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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1954)
r.- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1954 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN increased Socio Security Benefits Basin Residents By EVERETT EATON Manager, Klamath Falls Office Social Security Administration The Old-Age and Survivors In surance Program, more commonly known as social security, was de signed to provide at least a mini mum cash income far retired workers and their survivors. While the benefits may not be as large as you would like, the fact you can count on receiving them each month, after you are 65 and qual ified, gives you an opportunity to acauire a home and perhaps other investments. It is hoped that this combination will make possible a comfortable retirement. The Increase in benefit rates pro vided by the 1964 amendments to the Social Security Act, signed by President Eisenhower on Septem ber 1, will be of immediate interest to approximately 1350 residents of Klamath County who are present ly receiving monthly retirement or survivors benefits. The amount of the Increase will depend on the size of the present check. The min imum Increase will be $5.00 per month for a retired worker and 12.50 for his wife, while the maxi mum raise will be $13.50 for the worker and $6.80 for his wife. Wid ows with two children under 18 who have received the maximum family benefit of $168.90 will re- 1 ceive an Increase of $197.10 per j month. The minimum family bene- t fit Increases to $50.00 while a J single survivor (child under 18 or J widow over 65) will have a mini- mum of $30.00 per month, but can receive as much as $73.90 per month, depending of course on the average monthly wage of the de- I ceased worker. ? Following are typical examples of increases provided for present beneficiaries of a retired worker. The new rate and old 'rate: Twenty-five dollars $30.00; $50.00 $55:00; $60.00 $65.10; $70.00 $78.10; $80.00 $89.10; $85.00 $98.50. A wife over 65 will receive her own benefit equal to one-half of her husband's new rate. Following are examples of in creases provided for a widow and two children. The old rate and new rate. Forty-five dollars and ten cents $50.20; $58.50 $67.60: $80.00 $90.20: $140.10 $157.10; $168.90 $197.10. A widow with three dr more chil dren who received the old maxi mum family benefit of 168.90 per month will now receive the new maximum of $200.00. All increases In benefit rates will be computed automatically; if you have been receiving your social security checks you do not need to sign any papers or file a new ap plication. The increase will be in cluded in the check you receive during the first week of October. Those filing their claims in the future will have their benefits com-, puted by use of the formula con tained in the new law which as sures a benefit rate at least as high as that received by present beneficiaries with the same aver, age monthly wage. Since the amount of wages or self-employment income subject to the social security tax Increases from $3600 per year to $4200 on January 1, 1955, it will be possible for a per son to qualify for the maximum benefit of $198.50 per month on July 1, mos, II he averages $350.00 per month after next January 1. Klamath Tribal Members Hold Discussion Meeting A banquet meeting of some 50 members of the Klamath Indian tribe was he'd at the Winema Ho tel Saturday night. Purpose of the meeting was for discussion and a thorough understanding of Public Law 587, passed by Congress re cently pertaining to the termina tion bill. Wade Crawford, chairman of the meeting told the assembly that this U the first time in 100 years that the federal government has ac knowledged,the fight for freedom being made by the American In dian. He praised those gathered lor their help in making amend ments to the bill which Is now fa vorable to tribal members. He also praised the work of Congress man Coon, Secretary of Interior McKay, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Emmons and Attorneys Llttel and Alexander, for their as sistance. In a brief resume on the law, Crawford stated experts should be selected for tile big Job of apprais ing the reservation within 60 days and believed this appraisal would be completed within one year. Ap praisers to be selected will be dis interested persons not controlled by politics. He advised members that when this appraisal is com pleted those desiring to withdraw from the. reservation, should get their applications in ad once. The act as passed by Congress does not set any specific date for this appraisal to begin. No one knows how many per sons will want to withdraw, Craw ford asserted. If only 10 per cent so desire, there probably would be enough money on hand to pay them, off. If 50 per cent wish to withdraw, then it will be necessary to sell off 50 per cent of the res ervation before such a withdrawal can be completed. In his opinion at least 80 per cent will demand withdrawal during the first year. He advised members who have heirship problems to request that the commissioner of Indian Af fairs straighten these out before the expiration of the termination bill four years hence. If these prob lems are not decided by the Fed eral government before the end of the four year period, then heirships will have to be settled In the courts of Oregon at tribal members ex pense. Old people and incompetents will receive their share the same as any other member, but their es- 'STATE F, AUTO INSURANCE NOW COSTS EVEN LESS Everett Lyon Local Agtnt William N. Goen Dist. Mgr. 709 So. eth Ph. 3262 STAIi (AIM INSUIANCI Awfrijtd rprMfUofrv Slate Farm Mutvol Automobile Insurance Company Horn offtc., ftfoomr'flpfoit, lltinoit tale will be handled by a guardian or custodian. When questioned as to what the appraised value of the reservation would be, Crawford stated in his opinion it would be about $70,000- 000. Each member desiring to withdraw should receive conserva tlvely about $20,000. This would de pend to some extent on timber markets during the next year. He pointed out that to members with large families this would amount to a sizeable sum. Eleven persons, most of whom were present at the meeting, had contributed $1100 to Attorney Littel to act for them at conferences with Senate committees on the termin ation bill, Crawford stated, and urged others to sign contracts with the law lirm so that the group would be represented at any fu- ture hearings before the Senate and Congress. He also told the gathering that any future attempts to offer amendments to the termination bill would be bitterly opposed by him, and added he was also op posed 'to tne newspaper publicity given to members of the trlble who get into trouble. "The Indians have been political' ly controlled and that Is the ob stacle we nave had to hurdle to get this termination bill passed, he concluded. Entertainment for the meeting was furnished by Mrs. June Poit- ras, Portland, who sang several solos. Potato Queen To Be Chosen MERRILL Pretty girls in all communities of the Klamath Ba sin will soon be vying for the crown of the potato kingdom to succeed Queen Connie Reeves, Merrill, 1953 monrach. Candidates will be chosen from high schools and the winner will be chosen on a ticket sales basis. The Merrill elimination dance is scheduled for Saturday, September 18. The queen's ball will be held October 9 and the harvest ball that ends festival festivities will be Saturday, October 23. Elimination dances at Malln, Tulelake and other towns will also be held this month. Speaker at the banquet is ex pected to be a man prominent in public affairs. Confirmation ol his acceptance will be announced probably this week by the festi val committee. The banquet, highlight of the first day's activities, will b e served family style, Friday, Oc- tomer 22 by the Ladies Aid of the Merrill Presbyterian cnurcn. Trophies for winning potato en tries, parade winners and other competition have been planned. A llnwer and garden show is being planned this year for the first time. Committees will stress agri cultural exhibits. Including grains, seeds and other produce as well as potato entries. Competition in potato entries is state wide again this year. The annual Klamath County lrague football game will be played Saturday afternoon, Octo ber 23 between the Chlloquln Pan thers and tile Merrill Huskies. Harold Hendrickson, principal of the high school, president of the Lions Club and general chairman. is being assisted by a full corps or sub-committee chairmen em bracing all members of the Lions Club and representatives of other service organization. New Air Force Base Opens Today, the United States Air Force officially opens the nation's newest gateway to the Air Force at Parks Air Force Base in the heart of the San Francisco Bay region. i The need for a third basic train. ing center was recognized long ago. Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and Sampsom Air Force Base in New York, the only other 1 Air Force indoctrination centers i will have reached near capacity i due to the number of men slated to undergo training as a result of : Air Force expansion. Due to the tremendous emphasis MELFORD SCHORTGEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Schort gen, 2070 Etna., was dis charged from the Air Forca recently and is employed in Culver1 City, California. The Schortgens are proud par ents of a baby girl born Aug ust 18 and named Ellen Louise. Paternal grandparents of the new arrival are Mr. and Mrs. Vern Schortgen. Sheepmen Plan Lakeview Meet Lamb preparation for eating is the theme of a public meeting to be held at Lakeview, at 8 p.m. Sunday, September 12. The program is sponsored by the Fremont Sheepmens' Association on the evening before the annual ram sale. Lamb cutting, merchandising and cooking will be demonstrated in the Memorial Hall of the new courthouse. Simple methods of cooking lamb for good results will be demonstra ted by Mary Kelly, San Francisco, home economist for Fhllco Com pany, cutting lamb and selling all of It to advantage will be demon strated by Miles Teneyck, proprie tor of the B and T Market in Portland. Phone Cable , Repairs Made A 700 foot section of under ground cable was replaced by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company repair crew last week on Main Street near Balslger Motor Company after- it was discovered that the 200 pair telephone cable was about to go out. 1 After tests proved that moisture was penetrating the lead sheath around the cable a tank of dry ni trogen gas under pressure was con nected to the cable to prevent any additional water from entering the lines.. This action held the loss to only 30 pairs in the cable. Cable was ordered from Portland at 9 p.m. Tuesday and delivered here at 8 a.m. Wednesday, pulled in and spliced bv splicers who worked around the clock to com plete the repair job at 5 a.m. Thursday. placed on air power, training the men of the nation's "first line of defense" Is no minor matter. In fact, the United states Air Force is now America's largest business. Thousands of young men will be needed in the coming year to meet Air Force personnel requirements. A 4400-man recruit load is planned at Parks, which formerly trained basics during part of tne Korean conilict. Parks ' will re- ceive new Air Force enlistees di rectly from recruiting stations in the eight western states ot cawor nia, Oregon. Washington. Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Art zona. , Parks Air Force Base was se lected to host the new training cen ter because of its Ideal geographi cal location within the metropoli tan bay area. SALE LONDON (IP) Stanhope Steam ship Co. announced Tuesday the sale of its third ship this year to the Russians. The vessel Is the 10,000-ton Stanburn, built in 1951. Cattlemen Plan Barbecue MALIN A Joint meeting and barbecue sponsored by the Klam ath and Modoc County Cattlemen's Association will be held in the Ma lln Park, Thursday, September 9, T?opf for the feed, donated by W, C. Dalton and Stanley Johnson, will be barbecued and served by mem bers of the Malln Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is slated to start at II a.m. and the barbecue will be held at noon. Rube Elbaugh, .professor at the University of California Agricul ture College at Davis will be guest speaker. All members of both sponsoring groups of cattlemen and their fam ilies are Invited to attend. Nation's Beauties Gather For Miss America Contest ATLANTIC. CITY, N.J. W From the North, East, South and West, the pick of the nation's beauty crop gathered here today and primped as they made ready to battle it out for tbe "Miss Ameri ca 1955'-' crown. Also on hand but barred fcom the contest was a former WAC from Middletown, Conn., who caused quite a stir yesterday by picketing the pageant because she leu tne omciais nad done her wrong. While the 50 "legal" contestants were registering, Violet Fuchs, 24. barged in, announced that she was Miss Connecticut and even ob tained the white silk badge bear ing the title. ' But the olfiCials soon learned of their mistake and rushed over to Violet while she was posing for photographers. Miss Lenora Slaughter, the pa geant's, executive director, de manded the badge , and told the blue-eyed blonde: "You are not Miss Connecticut." Violet flushed. "I am Miss Connecticut." she insisted. "I won the Miss America Pageant contest legally." She refused to relinquish- the badge, and Miss Slaughter shrugged and said she could keep it. Violet stormed out of the pageant headquarters and said she "was so mad I couldn't cry." At least not until she got out side, when tears flowed freely as photographers snapped away. She promised she would picket the headquarters. 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