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The Nespelem Tribune
Nespelem, Okanogan County, Washington
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In Olympia, the issuance of the first old age pension checks from the state public welfare department is delayed until about July 10 due to organizational red tape and caution over state revenues from a new tax bill, with about 6,000 checks initially planned and 50,000 applications pending.
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Issuance Of Old Age Assistance Was Held Up By Delayed Organization
OLYMPIA, July 9--Despite optimistic predictions, the first old age pension check probably will not go out of the state public welfare department until about July 10.
Officials of the pension division had said about 6,000 checks would be sent out by that date.
Red tape in getting pension machinery underway was blamed for the delay in putting first applications through the mill. After the first few are approved, it was expected the machinery would operate more swiftly and the 50,000 applications, more or less, would be acted on with more dispatch.
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One reason for the state's entering into its old age pension program slowly is that officials here are waiting to see how much money the revenue bill, including the sales tax, is going to bring in.
Since pensions will be paid out of the state general fund, which receives 19 per cent of revenues from the $35,000,000 tax bill, state authorities want to be sure they aren't going to bankrupt the state by too vigorous and early a distribution of pensions.
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Olympia
Event Date
July 9
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first checks delayed until about july 10; about 6,000 checks initially planned; 50,000 applications pending; caution to avoid bankrupting state via general fund from $35,000,000 tax bill.
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Despite predictions, first old age pension checks from state public welfare department delayed due to red tape in organization; officials blamed delay and expect faster processing after initial approvals; state proceeding slowly to monitor revenues from sales tax and other measures in revenue bill.