Federal Old Age Insurance
Program Grows In County
Growth of llio'fi'riurnl old-line
id survivors Inmirnnco progrum
In tlm last year In Klnniulh coun
ty was reported tinluy by llnrrls
DuSenbory, Mllng inuiMiger of
the Klamutli Full, Oieuon office
of the nclnl security adinlnlstra
(Inn, federal security ugi'iivy.
Mr. Dusonhcrv noter thai ap
proximately 0.200.11(10 wage n (id
nlnry earners In the United
Stilled will luive iitlnini-rt life
time Insurance protection for
th.ntselvea and their fuinllloa
under the program by the and of
HMD, IncUidliiK a number In the
Klumiith areu, Mr. IJinenliery
ii Id he bud no way of knowinjf
the total of ix-rnianently Inmired
worken In till nrrn.
Mora tliiui t in 1 r of Ilia iK-rnuin-enlly
Inmired persona will liuve
Kiilned Uiut slutu In 11140
through the completion of 10
yearn of work In commerce and
Industry. The yriir 1 1MB wan the
flint year in which It win pos
Ible for them to uttuln fully
Inmired status permanently
under the 10-year coverage pro
vision, since the old-aue and sur
vivors insurance program com
pletes Iti tenth year of opera
tion December 31.
Benefit for the nation in-
SEWING MACHINE
REPAIRING
Cietrl. Oa.r.M..a W.rk
(All M.kMl
rl Sr.. IVllMBlM
Sawing Machine Service
f r IM.e.a4nt O..Lr
rb.a am n ssu w.?
creased from 1,2118,0(10 at a
monthly rule of f 23,80 1,000 at
the end of 1D46 to an estimated
1,644, 000 at a monthly rale of
$:il,H60,000 at the end of 1946.
Tho Incroime in benefit In
Klamath county l from 438 at
a monthaV rate of $8,032.48 at
the end of 1045 to an estimated
IHI7 at a monthly rate of lit,
060.00 at the end of this year.
About 4,600,000 worker In
the United States, of whom
about BOO. 000 are women, will
have completed the noceseory
10 yearn of aarvlce In covered
Join this year and thus will be
permanently Iniured.
In addition, about' 1,800.000
men and 200,000 women will be
fully Inmired for life under an
other provision of the law be
came they will have worked In
covered John for a time greater
than half that between the end
of 1038 and the data when they
will be 65 years old, Mr. Dunen-
BETTER BEALTHI
tMtmt m4 i he
UtMrlllna
Write or rwh fcf RES
l. mltWw M4.M.M J m.
n r,b,ii,, fndf 7h f
D. C. J. DEAN CLIXIC
bery explained. All of the mem
ber or this group will reach be
fore 1957.
The other persons who will be
permanently Inmired Include
about 1,400,000 men end 200,
000 women who have gained
fully Inmired atatut and are now
aged 65 or older, About half of
them are now drawing monthly
benoflta,
Worker who art permanently
Inmired will have at least min
imum Insurance protection for
llfo, regurdless of their futuro
work history. Worken who are
fully Inmired, but not perman
ently Inmired, can maintain their
artJituaj by continued work in Jobi
covered by the Social Security
Act. When their records how
10 yearn of auch employment,
they will be permanently In
mired, The covered employment
doea not have to be continued
employment.
An long as a worker con
tinues In Jobn covered by the act,
no matter what hie age, he con
tinues to contribute a percent
age of hla wagce to the fund
from which benefit are paid.
Ilii employor make a matching
contribution. An long m a
worker continues In covered
Joba, he may continue to build
Alaska Children To Have
Christmas Party After All
SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (Pi The
drenry prospect of stockings
hanging flat and empty before
Alaskan flrepUices Christmas
morning was craned today when
Seattle civic organizations an
nounced plans to fly four tons
of gifts to children of the ter
ritory long Isolated by the mari
time strike.
"Children In some of the iso
lated towns- have never seen an
apple or a candy bar," seld L. J.
Dowell In announcing the pro
ject. For that reason, he said,
plan to collect toys were dis
carded and the gifts will consist
of fruit, candy and nuts.
Santa's Jaunt north will be
made in four planes, each carry
ing a ton, Dowell reported, Pan
American World Airways, of
which he Is public gelations
counsellor, will pinch hit for
Santa to get the gifts to Ketch
ikan, Juneau, Whltchorse, Fair
bonks and Nome. Pacific North
ern Airlines will transfer the
Anchorage allotment from
Juneau.
The Shrine here and In Alaska
Is handling the distribution of
Drenentn. donntpd hv fiputtln
civic organizations and packaged
ay volunteers irom ine Daugh
ters of the Nile and Order of
Eantern Star.
"Thousands of Alunka children
would have a dismal Christmas
this year If Seattle had not vol
unteered to play Santa," Dowell
said. In the remote areas of
the territory, where the gifts
will be late due to transporta
tion difficulties, Shriners are ar-
Housing Move
Gains Weight
WASHINGTON, Dee. 18 fP)
Top housing officials, declining
to take notice of the storm of
controversy President Truman's
revamped home building pro
gram nad arounea, went into a
ranging for delivery of the pack
ages by charter plane and dog
team.
up his benefit amount. , If
worker under 85 leaves covered
employment, his benefit amount
will decrease. .
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