Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 12, 1956, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIOHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnaidiy. September 12. 1938 Social Security Coverage Changed Under New Ruling (Editor's Nott: Th follow ing li th last In a iris of a r lie 1 praparad by iha So cial Security administration dascTibing important changes In tha Social Security law in acted by Con grass this year. According to tha local Social Security office, they will af fect mora than 600 woman in Jackson and Josephine coun ties, soma 200 or 300 disabled persons and an unknown but considerable number of law yers, dentists and other pro fessional people as well as farmers.) When farm and ranch em ployees were first brought un der social security in 1350 coverage under the old-age and survivors insurance program was restricted to those workers who met a rather strict and com plicated regularity-of-work test. The 1954 amendments chang ed the above test. The regular-ity-of-work restriction was re moved and replaced by a cash wages test. Through 1956. if a farm employee is paid as much as $100 cash wages by any one farm employer in a year, his r only' : 33 ? ROSEBURG plui tax '551 Ymstcoms ri Runts jS mti:x.i 3g mm. earnings are creditable for so cial security purposes and should be reported by the em ployer to his social security ac count. Further Change This year a further change has been made in the coverage test for farm employees. Under an amendment which will become effective beginning with 1957. farm work will count toward so cial security benefits if the worker meets either of two con ditions. They are (1) If the farm employer pays him $150 or more in cash during the year; and (2) if he does farm work for an employer on 20 or more days during a year for cash pay fig ured on a time basis (that is, on some unit of time such as an hour. day. or week), rather than on a piece-rale basis. For the 5150-a-year test, both piece-rate pay and pay based on a unit of time count and the total number of days worked does not matter; for the 20-day test, the total amount of cash pay is not a consideration so long as farm work is done for one employer on 20 or more days for cash pay. 1954 Law The 1954 law did not cover agricultural work performed by workers from Mexico hired un der contract or by foreign work ers lawfully from the British West Indies on a temporary basis. Under the 1956 amendments, service performed by foreign workers admitted to the United States on a temporary basis to perform agricultural work from any foreign country will not be covered bv the law after 1956. Lowell Firm Awarded Contract by Engineers Portland fU.R) C. Vern White of Lowell has been aw arded a $13,795 contract to build an a ccess road , parking area, boat launching camp, guard rail and latrines in the Hampton recreational area at Lookout Point reservoir in Lane county, the Corps of Engineers said today. Hampton recreation area is lo cated upstream on the highway side of the reservoir on the mid dle fork of the Willamette river. The recreation area will be turned over to the U.S. Forest Service for operation and main tenance since it is within the Willamette National forest. FCC Authorizes Western Union Rate Increases Washington tU.RI The Federal Communications com missions today authorized West ern Union to increase its domes tic press rate, and its rates on both general and press messages and money orders to Canada and Mexico. The company estimated the boosts will bring in S626.000 in additional revenue each year, al lowing for some loss of business due to the higher rates. An 8.2 percent increase in in terstate press messages within the United States will take ef fect Friday. The hike is expect ed to produce about $196,000 per year. The other increases are: A 19.3 per cent hike in gener al messages, a 16.3 per cent boost in press messages and 3.6 per cent increase for money or ders sent between the United States and Mexico. These also go into effect Friday. General Messages A 9.9 per cent increase in gen eral messages. 16.3 per cent hike in press messages and 10.3 per cent boost in money orders be tween the United States and Canada and the French St. Pierre-Miquelon Islands of Nova Scotia. These increases will start Sent. 24. The new hikes supplement a boost in general domestic and foreign telegraph rates which took effect Aug. 26. These am ount to approximately $9.6 mil lion per year. Western Union requested the series of rate increases to meet new employee wage agreements. The American Newspaper Pub lishers association protested the press rate boost in a letter to the FCC Aug. 24. However, the ANPA did not ask for a hearing. Heintz Low Bidder On Revetment Work Portland CU.R) R. A. Heintz Construction Co., Port land, was low of four bidders at $108,996 for construction of dumped stone revetment and drift barriers along the left bank of Albany channel of the Wil lamette river nine miles south of Corvallis, the Corps of En gineers said today. The site is known as the W. W. Smith Es tate location. Completion time is 75 calendar days. Seven-Year-OId Admits Part in Killing Father Norwalk, Calif. (U.R) A seven -year -old boy admitted early today he was the trigger man in a conspiracy with his two brothers to kill their sleep ing father and set up an ambush for their mother, sheriff's depu ties reported. The father, steelworker Thomas W. Parker, 31, was shot in the head with a .22-caliber rifle Tuesday afternoon as he napped. Deputies said that up until midnight Parker's sons. Tommy, 10, Bobby, 9, and Richard, 7, freely admitted the plot and fi nally the youngest boy admitted that be alone shot Parker. They said the reprisal was planned be cause they were disciplined. Loaded Weapon Richard told deputies he stole into his father's room and pulled the trigger after Tommy had loaded the weapon and handed it to him saying: "Go on in and shoot daddy now." The mother. Betty, 29, return ed unexpectedly before plans for her ambush could be carried out. She found her husband's mortal ly wounded body and called the sheriff's office. Oflicers said the boys had come to the attention of juvenile officers prior to Tuesday's shoot ing in connection with thefts in the neighborhood. Lt. Al Etzel said they showed no remorse over the tragedy. The Parkers also have a fourth son, Harry. 4, who was not in volved in the shooting, although he had been disciplined, and a daughter. Charlotte, 21 months.. Northwest Reaches Highest Dollar Volume Portland (U.R) The Pa cific Northwest reached its high est total dollar volume of record last month. According to a sur vey of 47 of the area's larger cities conducted by Equitable Savings and Loan association's statistical department, the Aug ust total was better than $5 mil lion ahead of August 1955. Actual valuation for August was $36,303,153, four per cent ahead of July and 16 per cent more than August 1955. Bulk of the boom during the first eight months of this year was supplied by commercial, civic and in dustrial construction. Read and Use Classified Ada The Community's Bin cent Marketplace Man Claims Beating Resulted in Injuries A civil complaint arising from an assault and battery charge has been filed this week in cir cuit court with the plaintiff seeking $30,250 in damages. Leland Clark, 133 White Oak dr., plaintiff in the suit, charges that on Dec. 21, 1955. Warren Hamlin, 2309 Hillcrest rd.. at tacked and beat him without provocation. Clark stated in the complaint he suffered severe cuts and bruises on the face and head, lacerations, a hemorrhage and a ruptured left ear drum, which he says caused unconsciousness, and resulted in a severe head concussion. Clark also claims he has suf fered mental pain, an aggrava tion of an old back injury and permanently impaired hearing. The plaintiff is asking $2,000 general damages, $10,000 exem plary damages and $250 medical expenses. Expanded Rights Asked by Roosevelt Los Angeles U.R) Hep James Roosevelt (D.-Calif.) has requested expanded visitation rights with his three children by his former wife, Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt. Roosevelt filed a superior court petition yesterday stating that since his recent marriage he has adequate facilities for taking his children with him for visits at such times as the court may decree. No immedi ate date, however, was set for a hearing on the plan. The eldest son of the late President Roosevelt was accom panied in court by his third wife, Mrs. Irene Owens Roose velt, 39. Roosevelt also request ed that child support payments stop during periods he has the children, Jimmy 11, Michael B, and Eleanor 8. ThelCongressman may only see the children in their mother's Pasadena, Calif, home under terms of Mrs. Romelle Roose velt's divorce. Pleas, Arguments Entered in Court Portland 0J.R) Portland courtrooms buzzed with the aftermath of the recent grand jury probe into alleged vice con ditions in the city yesterday as some of the principles in the in vestigation entered pleas or pre sented arguments. Taking the spotlight in the action was the move of James B. Elkins and Raymond F. Clark to have evidence suppressed that was seized in a raid on Clark's home and resulted in wire tap ping indictments against them. Seven Portland police offic ers entered pleas of innocent to indictments charging them with perjury. A two-hour hearing in the court of Judge Frank J. Loner gan resulted in a series of mo tions seeking dismissal of indict ments against Clark and Elkins. At one point, Deputy District Attorney Howard Lonergan con curred with attorneys for the defendants seeking dismissal of the indictments. He suggest ed that the entire matter should be turned over to federal au thorities who have already seized the tape recordings. Attorney General Roljert Y. Thornton opposed the motion, stating that he questioned the power of federal authorities to seize evidence already in cus tody of state police. Judce Lonergan concurred with Thornton that there was a serious question involved in the federal seizure. He took the series of motions for suppres sion of the evidence under advisement. Nursing Homes Seek Welfare Rate Hike Eugene (U.P Nursing home operators throughout Oregon met today to decide what action will be taken if a requested 60 per cent increase in welfare rates is not granted. A spokesman for the operators said they are faced with two alternatives: They must either secure an immediate raise in welfare rates, or fill their beds with other than welfare patients. Many of the nursing home op erators are near bankruptcy, the spokesman said, and would be forced out of business unless the welfare commission applied to the secretary of state for an emergency fund. New Winter Wheat Is Named 'Burt' Pullman OJ.R) The Pacific Northwest's new bread type. Smut resistant hard white win ter wheat, released Aug. 24 by the Washington and Oregon ag ricultural experiment stations has been named Burt.' John S. Carver, Washington State College research director, said the cereal office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has cleared the title. The name, Burt, Carver said, was selected in honor of the late Dr. Burton Bayles. wheat breed er and US DA wheat project administrator. Dead line Sundav Classified 1 at noon Saturday- 10 a m Monday tor Monday; other davt 5:30 areviou day. 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