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capita income. ‘Therefore
large cities did not com-
pete well with small poor
communities.
The other factor was the
number of unemployed.
Here again large cities did
not benefit. Due to the fact
that applicants with
considerably more unem-
ceive significantly in-
creased number of points
toward a total score, many
applicants apparently did
not have their public works
projects funded.
The analysis by the
Council for Urban
Economic Deveiopment
noted that most other scor-
ing factors had little im-
pact in discriminating
among applications. It
noted that there was some
problems with the 70 per-
cent - 30 percent formula
split which allowed small
municipalities with. unem-
ployment between 6.5 per-
cent and the national aver-
F HA rural
housing loans
guaranteed
The Farmers Home
Administration has begun
a program through which it
will guarantee rural
housing loans made by
commercial banks,
savings and loan
associations, and other
private lenders, Harvey M.
Gipe, Jr., FmHA county
supervisor for
Lackawanna, Luzerne and
Wyoming Counties an-
nounced.
FmHA, the rural credit
agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will guarantee up
to 90 percent of the prin-
cipal and interest of these
loans.
Guaranteed housing
loans will be available for
moderate income
borrowers who cannot get
housing mortgage credit
without a guarantee.
Applicants who cannot
qualify for guaranteed
loans may apply for loans
made by FmHA.
Dallas Borough added
another burglary to its list
of recent crimes, Monday
age to receive funding of
projects when, in fact,
many project applications
in communities with higher
unemployment rates were
not funded.
The analysis also re-
viewed county allocations,
noted that many cities in
lesser populated metro-
politan areas were not
funded, outlined that cer-
tain rural counties were
over-funded, and that
many industrial develop-
ment related projects were
not funded.
Howard J. Grossman,
executive director of the
Economic Development
Council, stated that, ‘The
report notes that Phila-
delphia received 13.3 per-
cent of the State’s Local
Public Works allocation,
while accounting for 13.6
percent of the unemploy-
ment; but Pittsburgh,
Scranton, Erie and Allen-
town together accounting
for 8.8. percent of the
State’s unemployment
were not funded.”
Based on the above
analysis, the report out-
lines possible changes if
there is to be new Public
Works legislation.
A copy of the legislative
bulletin may be obtained
by writing the Economic
Development Council = at
Box 777, Avoca, 18641.
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Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Wilkes-Barre,
Wednesday, March 2 at 8
p.m.
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slide show on hiking and
ham radios. Refreshments
will be served.
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