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Oklahomans Nominate ‘Favorite Son As National March of Dimes Child Social Security Increases To Go Into Effect Jan. 1 Ân Investment for Worker Tracy Greenwood, March of Dimes Poster Child for 1969, sounds much like any other 5-year-old boy. He puts on a cowboy hat when ne climbs up on his father’s tractor at their home in Oklahoma. He wrestles with his older brother, Jamie, and takes care of his menagerie of pets. I Starting with the first pay checks they receive in the new year, the nation’s working people will pay 4.8 percent of their earnings toward their so cial security protection, an In erase of 0.04 of one percent over the contribution rate in effect since the beginning of 1967. Social Security contributions are still payable on only the first $7,800 of annual earnings, C. I. Flaten, social security district manager, said today. For a person earning $7,800 or more a year ($150 a week or over), the increase will amount to 60c a week; a worker earn ing $100 a week will pay 40c a week more. The increase that goes Into effect January 1, was schedul ed in the social security a- mendments of 1967. Those amendments increased cash benefits for all beneficiaries by at least 13 per cent. The in crease in benefits payable to workers and their families in the future will be even greater, Flaten said. Retirement pro tection for workers and their families Is increased, and so is the protection wives and children have if the worker should die. There is also im proved protection for the en tire family if the family bread winner should become disabled for work for a period of 12 months or more. The contribution rate of 4.8 percent for 1969-70 is actually slightly lower than the 4.9 percent rate that was schedul ed for those two years in the previous law, Flaten said. Gradual increases are sched uled in the contribution rate until, far 1978 and later, the rate will be 5.9 percent. Flat- en noted that this is only 0.25 of one percent higher than the rate scheduled in the law before the amendments of 1967. This rate includes 5.C per cent far retirement, survivors, and disability insurance, and 0.9 percent for hospital insur ance. Younger workers, as well as those who are middle-aged or older, can look forward to get ting social security retirements worth considerably more than the total they will pay into sa- cial security toward that re tirement protection, Fiated stated. In addition, he said, they have survivors and disability insurance under social secur ity that may mean as much as $75,000 to $100,000 in pay ments to an individual fam ily should the worker die or become disabled for work be fore retirement. A look at the schedule of benefits and contributions in todays law, will assure the worker that his social secur- iiy is a good investment. But he can look forward to an ever greater appreciation in its value in the years ahead. Unlike the usual insurance contract which promises a fixed amount of money in re turn for a specified premium, the value of social security pro tection grows as the economy grows. The social security office in vites your questions. You may phone, write or visit. The Sal- None of this is easy for Tracy. Born with an open spine and hydrocephalus (wa ter on the brain), the hand some, impish youngster is en cumbered by full leg braces and wooden crutches. Yet, as any visitor to the Greenwood’s neat home in Velma can see, Tracy has conquered the heavy equipment with humor, de termination and the constant encouragement of his family. Doctors were pessimistic about his chances for survival when Tracy was born. They feared permanent brain dam age if he lived and doubted whether he would walk at all. At 3 months, he was taken to Children’s Memorial Hos pital in Oklahoma City where the March of Dimes supports a Birth Defects Center, and has undergone major surgery five times. For Tracy, the March of Dimes program of comprehen sive care consists of regular checkups by an orthopedist, neurologist, urologist and physical therapist. His mother helps him with daily exercises at home. Today, he is a symbol of the quarter of a million babies born every year in the United States with birth defects. As National Poster Child, he will represent them in cities and towns across the country dur ing January for the annual fund-raising appeal by the March of Dimes. The voluntary health agency is now in its second decade of leading the fight to prevent birth defects. In this period, it has established a nationwide network of 103 birth defects centers where outstanding teams of medical professionals search for the causes of these tragedies and provide the most modern treatment and reha bilitation. Tracy Greenwood is an ex ample of the progress they are making. His pretty young mother, Betty, says, “We em office is located at 702 Church street NE. The tele phone number is 585-1793. Re gular office hours are from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Monday through Friday:. For the con venience of those who are un able to come In during the re gular hours the office is open until 7:30 on Monday evenings. NTfiHT May thl» Chrhfmat Be one you will cherish in memory for long, long years to come. Sportsman's Center GETTING IN SHAPE for hit January travois as 1969 March of Dimas Poster Child, Tracy Greenwood, 5, of Velma, Okla., exercises legs crippled by a birth defect. Supervising is physical therapist Don Schneider, March of Dimes Birth Defect! Cent«,, Children'! Mem- orial Hospital, Oklahoma City. wouldn’t have Tracy today if it weren’t for March of Dimes research. They came up with the answers needed for our son and children like him.” Although he has been sin gled out for national attention, he is still called “Hound Dog” at home. Bright, happy and well-adjusted, his full day be gins at 7 a.m. He spends as much time as possible playing outdoors with his brother, Jamie, who is 7 and in normal health. Tracy is developing extra strength in his upper body as a result of his exercises. He puts this advantage to work during wrestling matches with Jamie and proudly announces the news when he “gets” his brother. Tracy is an avid television fan whose tastes run to car toons. His favorite books are and Heating, Inc animal stories and he lavishes attention on his rabbits, Hoppy and Freckles, his cat, Prissy, a Welsh Terrier named Susie, and Puff, a German Shepherd. The. Greenwoods drew the notice of fellow “Sooners" after local news stories ap peared about the tragedies they had faced and overcome. Mr. Greenwood suffered near- fatal ini uries three years ago when the gasoline truck he was driving exploded. Betty Greenwood carried on coura geously and has been rewarded by the excellent progress that both her husband and son are making. As a result, the March of Dimes was bombarded with petitions on Tracy’s behalf from thousands of Okla homans, including U. S. Con gressman Carl Albert (D. Okla.), House Majority Leader. Mill Ci+y, Oregon The world change«, it's true, but there h something which has withstood the test of ♦ime unchanged—CHRISTMAS. Advertising in The Mill City Enterprise May the spirit that makes Christines the greatest day of all days be yours throughout the coming year. Brings Results—Try It Every Week LYONS And a MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone. Dr. John W. Reid Mill City, Oregon I By Eva Bressler And the joys of Christmastime surround you throughout the holiday season. *---- l~L ~I H. L. 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