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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1946)
TOUH-MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thunday, Jan. 31. IMS FRIDAY and SATURDAY Are i OLD AGE BENEFIT riurlnff fpmnnrnrv disability fl than six months) and extended disability (six months and over) Insurance against costs moriir-nl rare, including MM mcnts to physicians and hospi tnU with Drovislon for decen tralization of administration and ll BEFORE CONGRESS possible utilization of state ministration. ad- DAT Eleven specific recommenda tlons for the expansion of the old-age and survivors Insurance ' program have been made to con ' gress In the tenth annual report ; of the Social Security board, Howard J. Nelson, manager of the Klamath Falls office of the ' board, reported today. Heading the list is a recom- : mendation that coverage of the program be expanded to Include ; "all gainful workers, Including ' agricultural and domestic em ployees, public employees and : employees of nonprofit organiza tions, ajnd self-employed persons, '.including farmers." I Mr. Nelson said that "the social and economic welfare of I the area served by his office of "the board will be strengthened whenever action is taken to ex tend the benefits of the system to the millions not covered now. Credit For Vets Urged "And, I am glad to say, the ; board has recommended Inci dentally, for the fifth consecu tive year that credit be given ..to servicemen for their period of .. service In the armed forces."' Recommendations of Immedi ate importance to persons al ready covered by the act Include one for an Increase In benefit amounts, particularly for low paid workers, and one for an In crease from $3,000 to $8,000 a year In the amount of earnings subject to contribution and counted In compulation of bene fits, Nelson pointed out. "At present levels, monthly benefit payments amounting to approximately $26,339.53 went to. 1418 men, women and chil dren In this area last year," Nel son said. Three recommendations by the Social Security board are for changes In provisions of the act that experience has shown cause hardship to beneficiaries and po tential recipients, Nelson said. They are for a reduction of the qualifying age for all women beneficiaries to 60 years, from the present 65; deletion of the requirement of school attend . a nee as a condition of receipt of benefits by children aged 16 nd IT, and Increase In the mount of earnings permitted a beneficiary without suspension of benefits. Would Ease Penalty Benefit payments now are suspended for ' any month In which the person on whose wages the benefits are based earns more than $14.09 In cov ered employment, and a sum equal to a month's benefit Is as sessed as a penalty for knowing ly failing to report any such earnings. Two additional Insurance pro visions have been urged by the board Nelson said, to Improve the health of the nation and to compensate the worker for wages lost during periods of sick ness or other disability. These provisions are: Cash benefits' to Insured workers and their dependents Nuernberg, Jan. 31 (U.R) The war crimes tribunal today rejected a request by Rudolf Hess for permission to act as his own defense counsel. The court appointed Dr. Otto Stahmer of Kiel, who also rep resents Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering. to defend Hess. The former Nazi denuty fuehrer had nsked to be allowed to defend himself after his attorney was forced to withdraw because of a broken ankle. The Hess ruling was handed down after French prosecutor Charles du Bost had resumed his case aealnst the Nazis. He charged that slave laborers from concentration camps were forced to live and work in un derground V-l and V-2 factories In order to guard the' secrecy of the flying bombs. PITCHER INJURED New York, Jan. 31 (U.R) Freddie Fitzsimmons, former Malor league pitching star who rnalirnnrl In mlH-spasnn last Vear as manager of the Philadelphia Phillip wns Iniured seriously today In an automobile accident. Under New Management! OYSTER LOAF 125 W. Main I . John Taylor, Owner Dinners, a la Carte and Short Orders Open 6 am. to 1 1 pm. L. C. TAYLOR CO. pays the HIGHEST MARKET PRICES It you have a CAR ot TRUCK to loll, we advise selling it now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. G. TAYLOR GO. Phone 2965 nnnnftV r . iii u v 0 o 4 A Aft OA IT IT ETC when yo. fcy . w w r r kk 1 ,or9 pa(ka Wheatena en 1 lb. of any brand of Last chance to get In on (hit big Wheatena "get acquainted" offerl Save 1W oa your favorit brand of coffee and give your family a welcome chango for breakfast, too. Just buy a large box of Wheatena and your grocer will accept the box-top as 1W payment toward a pound of any coffee you choose! 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