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16 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Wednesday, December 17, 1958 Social Security Changes To Affect Most Families Editor's note: Following is the first of two dispatches telling about forthcoming changes in the Social Security law and what they will mean to you. By LOUIS CASSELS Washington - (CPD - Virtual ly every family in America will be affected by major changes in the Social Secur ity law which will go into effect over the next few weeks. These changes were voted by Congress at its recent ses sion, and were signed into law by President Eisenhower on Aug. 29. The Social Security Admin istration has been working overtime since then to pre pare detailed interpretations of the new amendments, and to apply them to the millions of individual cases involved. Here is a summary of the most important changes, and how they will effect you. Ad ditional information on specif ic situations may be obtained from local Social Security of fices. Payroll Taxes The Social Security tax deduction from your pay check will be bigger, start ing Jan. 1. The tax for both employers and employes will go up from 214 per cent to 2V2 per cent. And it will ap ply to the first $4,800 of an nual earnings instead of stop ping at $4,200 as it does now. The net effect of these two changes for people who pay the maximum will be to in crease the annual bite from $94.50 to $120. The tax on self-employed persons likewise goes up on Jan. 1, from 3 to 33A per cent, and the ceiling goes to $4,800. The higher taxes will af fect 74,00,000 people. The 12,300,000 people who receive monthly survivors and disability benefits (OASI) will receive bigger checks, start ing in February. The increases will average about seven per cent. Payments to retired work ers aged 65 and over now range from $33 to S108.50. Under the new schedule, they will range from $33 to $116 a month. Benefits for eligible dependents and survivors also will be increased by the same percentage. For example, a retired worker and his wife, both over 65, will be eligible for a maximum monthly bene fit of $174 compared with the present $162.80. The increases in OASI checks will be made auto matically. No one has to ap ply for them. Public Assistance There are about 5,800,000 people who receive public as sistance checks based on their need, regardless of whether they are covered by the So cial Security insurance sys tem. These benefits, some times called "welfare" or "relief checks, go to the needy, aged, the blind, dis abled persons and dependent children. Each state runs its . own public assistance program, and fixes the amount of bene fits to be paid. The Federal government contributes part of the cost under a compli cated formula. The new amendments make three important changes in this program: 1. For the first time, Fed eral contributions will be bas ed in part on the relative wealth of the various states. The poorer a state in per capita income, the larger the federal contribution. 2. About S200,000,000 in addition Federal funds will be pumped into the overall program. 3. The maximum payment in which the Federal govern ment will share is raised to $65 a month for the aged, blind and disabled, and to an average of S30 a month for dependent children. While the states retain a wide discretion in managing their public assistance pro grams, experience indicates that most of them will raise their monthly checks by a few dollars each to pass along the additional Federal money. Child Welfare An extra $15,000,000 will be distributed among the states to improve and expand child welfare services. For the first time, children in city slums and other urban areas will be eligible for federally aided services on the same basis as rural children. (Next: New Eligibility Requirements.) Television Series To End Thursday The Jackson County Tuber culosis and Health association will close its 1958 series of television shows with a pro gram of Christmas music fea turing the Medford schools. The association, in coopera tion with the Jackson County Medical Society, has present ed a bi-weekly health educa tion program over station KBES-TV for more than three years. The Christmas program, which will be seen Thursday at 4:05 p.m., will feature a choral group from McLough- lin Junior High school, under the direction of Ray Lewis, and one from Hedrick Junior High under the direction of Carroll Graber. Mrs. Dorothy Jones of McLoughlin school will be accompanist. Also included in the pro gram will be a poem read by Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, regular moderator of the association's medical panel programs. Mrs. Burton will be accompanied by Lewis at the piano. Medford Man Held For Police in Yreka Thomas Lee Robertson, 23, of 220 South Grape st., was held by California police at Yreka Tuesday in connection with the theft of a 1957 Ford from Crater Lake Motors here, according to Medford police. . The vehicle was taken Fri day night or Saturday morn ing from the company's lot at Main and Fir sts. here, po lice said. Crystal or Dinnerware LARGESJ SELECTION Between San Francisco and Portland MEN ONLY! Pick a pattern for your wife. She'll love you for it. How ever, if your choice is not quite what she wanted, we will gladly exchange for any pattern she may choose. 2nd FLOOR 1 MEDFORD 1 vnve ner Irom Mettle Old Engl ana SUPPERS IBtttifcar 2tlale as England! Foot-warming fashion, finest detail make this the perfect slipper gift. Deep shearling fleece collar dyed to match the lambskin uppers. Richly draped, taper ed vamp with the soft, light feeling of hand-turned construction. Smooth leather sole, cushioned heel. 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