By CHARLES ST T Field Rep.
Benton Harbor District
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- 12, 1913 THE C'T_'ZE
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exh u ed their re urce after pending
time in a nursin hom.
d Center on
letter
Young people in Southwe tern i hi
gan ho are planning to pply on for
their first mmer j b nd ho do n t
have a ocial Security number should
remember to apply for number t
le 4 ee s before they ill need it.
ost employer ill not ccept pplica-
tions from peopl 'ho do not h ve
Social Security number, it i a good
idea to get a number before looking
for ajob.
To get a cia] Security number,
person mu ' provide proof of date of
birth, identity, and U.S. ci izenship
or immigrant tatu. People 18 or over
mu t apply in per n.
Th best proof of date of birth and
citizenship i a public or hospital birth
re ord recorded before e 5 or re
ligi u record of birth or bapti record-
I THE P T
ral tate w nted
to require ult children to contribute
. to the pport of indigent parent , but
federal interpret tions of edicaid la
di ur ed them from doing . The
tates ere told in effect, that they
would 10 edic id money if they
dopted such a requirem nt.
o ho e er the Rea an dmin-
is r tion has told ates they m y enforce
such requirement. A cial supplement
to the st te edi 'd manual, i ed by
the Department of Health and Human
S rvices y "the 1 and regulations
permit tes to require ult family
members to pport adult relatives with
out violating the edic id statute."
in
n for the
Y in re
in people TO the st te to rite
Go . Jam s Blan h rd and prote t."
Th interpretati n of th edi-
id I ed re ently in government
publi tion ive tes n y to
curt il edicaid costs by requirin
children to pay m of the costs no
p ld by federal and tate government.
edi aid finances medical re for
poor p pIe d many elderly people
from middl -income families ho ve
D C
The proportion of Bl who have
dropped out of 001 ha d lined over
the p eral ye r hile that of
bite h remained the same, cording
to report' ed by the Comrnmerce
Department' Census Bureau.
Among BI civilian 18 and 19
years old, 19 percent were not in hool
and h not gradu ted from high school,
1981 survey shows.
In 1961, hen such data
a rust gathered by the
bure the proportion
26 percent.
Th proportion of e -
m ntary and secondary u-
dents in private school a
about the sam .
bout 11 percent of elementary hool
e children ere in private hoots in
tho t 0 ye and the percent h
remained the same since 1911. It wa
15 percent in 1964.
omen continued to 'outnumber men
among all college tudents in 1981 and
the aver e udent no Ion er as of
tr ditional age.
There were 108 women attending
college for every 100 men in 1981.
In 1972 the ratio was 74 omen per
100 men. Th 1981 rvey al 0 ed
that mo t college students were 0 er 21
years old and more than one-third (36
fi n
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Forum f atur
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fitn
United
coordin tor. In dition
he will spe on ho exer-
cise not only can en ble
e ch of us to live longer
but a] liv a fuller life. '
The pril 11 on is
being spon red by Region
Four e ency of in;
hitc mb To ers St.
10 ph' and the YWC
St. Jo ph.
ed before
nt h uld
rd,
e)-
Applications for a S cial Se urity
number can be obtained at the B nton
Harbor Soc' Security offi e 1 ted t
225 Colfax. The telephon number is
926-7232.
percent ere 25 and over.
Colle e enrollment gre
from 1972 to 1981 to
by one-third
total of 12.1
million reflectin incre of 12 p rcent
for men and 63 percent f r omen.
The number of tudents bove the
tr ditional ge of 21 gre by more than
half.
omen comprised h f of full-tim
undergraduate under 35 - 45 per ent
of gr du te student - nd th m [ority
of both part-time and t -ye r 11
udent. The female prop rti n in all
four cate ories . re b ntialJy fr m
1972.
Adults Thinking About Returning To College:
Aquinas College's
Office of Continuinq Education
and
Graduate Management Program
.
cordially invite you to a workshop
on Saturday, April 9, i983
from 8:30 a.m. to noon
In the Loutit Room of We�e Student Center
the final mee ing
19 3 forum ill
t e pi e f om 1 to 9
p.m. in th St. Jo ph
C 508 P e sant St.·
Tic et re priced at 2
e ch nd c n be purcha
t the d or.
ho in 1978
CLOTHI G
FRO
THE 30's
TO THE
PRESENT
TopiCS will include: .
Career Planning
Financing Your Education
Support Services for Adults
Selecting a ajor:
• Accounting
• Business
• Computer Information Systems
• English/Communication Arts
• Graduate anagement Program
• liberal Education
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Undecided
erci pr ram and pro-
dure.
Lloyd ill brin ith
him team of nior iti-
zen ho ill perform an
e rei pr ram to mu ic
th t i truly in irin
id Don 1 ro C
r of Phy i
nd forum
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