Across: |
1. | The rest of his ___ is spent at home. |
5. | His ___ house used to be in a good neighborhood. |
7. | He told Karl to mail a follow-up letter that included his wife's ___ of death. |
9. | But the agency ___d to send the checks. |
11. | He carves wooden military figures that he donates to a ___ charity. |
12. | When SSA finally ___d its mistake, it sent Karl a letter. |
13. | He fought on Iwo Jima, ___ of one of the most furious battles. |
14. | They're going to kick me out of my ___ home. |
16. | They're ___ to kick me out. |
17. | "They're going out," said Karl Berger, 86 years ___. |
18. | We know that he is a ___ veteran. |
19. | ...Iwo Jima, site of one of the most ___ battles of World War II. |
21. | A clerk said ___ to worry. |
24. | Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is slightly above poverty ___. |
25. | The only savings that he ever had, $5,000, was spent on his wife's ___. |
26. | He told the Social ___ Administration to stop sending checks to his wife. |
29. | He takes the bus ___ a week to visit his wife's grave. |
30. | Karl's wife ___d a couple of years ago. |
32. | The ___ left him deaf and almost blind. |
34. | SSA gave Karl six months to ___ the debt in full. |
35. | He told Karl to mail a letter that included his wife's date of ___. |
37. | That is fraud, ___ and simple. |
39. | The battle left him deaf in one ___. |
41. | Karl is a widower with ___ living children. |
43. | Karl called again; a ___ said not to worry. |
46. | Karl is a ___ with no living children. |
47. | But the agency continued to send the ___s. |
49. | His small house used to be in a ___ neighborhood. |
51. | He told the Administration to stop ___ing monthly checks to his wife. |
53. | It sent Karl a ___ saying that he owed SSA $5,900 plus interest. |
54. | He told the ___ Security Administration to stop. |
55. | But that doesn't entitle him to ___ money. |
56. | He knew that his wife was dead, yet he ___ed her monthly checks. |
57. | Karl is a widower with no ___ children. |
61. | The battle left him ___ in one ear. |
63. | That is fraud, pure and ___. |
64. | Karl wrote back, asking if it would be okay to pay $30 a ___. |
65. | The charity uses the money to help ___ the homeless. |
69. | The battle left him almost blind in one ___. |
70. | He told Social Security to ___ sending checks to his wife. |
71. | He cashed ___ checks. |
72. | The rest of his time is spent at ___, where he carves military figures. |
73. | Feds ___ WWII Vet (See title.) |
74. | Otherwise, the SSA letter said, the ___ would seize his home. |
75. | He donates to a local ___. The ___ sells the carvings. |