Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 5 · column 4 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
Rehabilitation High
For VA Disabled
Virginia ranked ninth in the nation in numbers of disabled persons rehabilitated in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1970, according to information released today by the Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) of the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW).
With a total of 9,139 disabled persons returned to gainful employment by the Virginia Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and 444 rehabilitated by the Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped (VCVH), the rate of rehabilitants per 100,000 population was 205. Virginia ranked fifth nationally in visually handicapped citizens rehabilitated.
Virginia ranked second in number of rehabilitants in HEW’s Region III. The state ranked above Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia and below Pennsylvania. According to RSA, more than 260,000 disabled Americans were rehabilitated during fiscal year 1970. This figure, up 11 percent Jver the previous year, is the
do on flowers, with the children, on community activities or on household duties.
We are also told that our diets have been up-graded, even though we are spending a smaller share of our dollars for food. We are eating chops and more proteins and less starches and carbohydrates. In other words, we are now getting more expensive foods for a smaller part of our income. If you are like me, every so often you sigh and wishfully recall the “good old days of good eating.” Most of this is daydreaming. When I look at yesterday and today and compare them realistically, I find our food dollars buy better food today. They buy extra time and energy. And it takes a smaller part of our income to do so.
82.6%