Social Security Benefits Rise With 1984 Earnings Included
More than 2 million retirees will receive $14.30 more per month starting Thursday after SSA recalculated benefits with 1984 earnings. Retroactive checks average $265. About a half-million more workers with 1984 wages will see increases and retroactive payments by year end, as lower-earner years are replaced with 1984 earnings. Dorcas R. Hardy announced the changes.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Dorcas R. Hardy
Social Security Commissioner
New York Taxi Strike Ahead of Liberty Weekend
About 4 000 of New York City's 11 787 cabs plan to stay off streets during Liberty Weekend to protest stalled fare increases. Bernard Hager of United Taxi Owners Guild says roughly 40 percent may strike over six years without a raise while Gorman Gilbert of the Taxi and Limousine Commission notes limited action possible.
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New York
Bernard Hager
United Taxi Owners Guild
Gorman Gilbert
Taxi and Limousine Commission
Gilbert
Weather outlook with evening storms and heat
The forecast calls for a 20 percent chance of evening thundershowers as skies clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Tomorrow will be sunny and hot with a high in the mid 90s and a 20 percent shower chance in the evening. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths of Buell Chavous Eggersman Hay Mobley Moseley Odware Phillips
Obituary notices list deaths for Buell M. Chavous Edward H. Eggersman McKinley Hay Minnie K Mobley Norman Moseley Mose Odware Ruth F Phillips with locations in Aiken Clarks Hill Salley Franklinville N J Brooklyn N Y Jackson and reference Page 10A for full details.
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Buell M. Chavous
Aiken
Edward H. Eggersman
Clarks Hill
McKinley Hay
Salley
Minnie K. Mobley
Franklinville
N.J
Norman Moseley
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mose Odware
North Augusta
Ruth F. Phillips
Jackson
Medlock Rules Against Gov Riley Delay on 25 1 Ratio in Aiken
Attorney General T. Travis Medlock ruled there is no mandatory liability for local districts to implement the 25 to 1 pupil teacher ratio. The decision will delay full adoption in Aiken County, prompting budget restoration discussions and a reassessment of district expenditures.
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T. Travis Medlock
Medlock
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Aiken County
Thomas L. Moore
District
Jean H. Toal
District 75
Slay
EIA
To Market To Market a i
The Aiken County Farmers Market on Williamsburg Street in east Aiken is now open full time after delays from drought. Manager Frances Young notes Saturday crowds are heavy and about 12 growers sell produce saved from the parched ground. The market has operated for over 40 years under city council direction with a seven member commission serving four year terms. Farmers rent tables for $2 per day.
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Aiken County
Frances Young
Senate probes 1955 SRP accident radioactivity release
A U S Senate review, led by an Armed Services staffer, will examine February to April 1955 plant records at Savannah River Plant to determine if a March 14 elevated radiation reading indicates a reactor accident or fallout. DOE disputes the higher level as a reactor event.
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U.S. Senate
Savannah River
U.S
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Federal
Thurmond Department of Energy
SRP
Robert Alvarez
Washington
D.C
Senate
Carl Nandrasy
DOE
Defense
Search For Missing Youth Resumes Today
Curtis Lamount Bryant a 14 year old Governor's School student from New Ellenton is missing after a school outing near Folly Beach. Wilkin Williams 14 of Cheraw was found drowned at Morris Island. Bryant’s search resumed after dusk while Williams was recovered Monday morning. both boys were among about seven students in a residential math and computer science program at the College of Charleston.
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Curtis Lamount Bryant
New Ellenton
Folly Beach
Wilkin Williams
Cheraw
Morris Island
Bryant
Williams
Lighthouse Inlet
College of Charleston
Tae Tapet Lengeroestine Aor
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Wimbledon
Becker
Farmer's Market
Richland
Ginny Southworth
Williamsburg Streets
Riley
George Burgess
Priscilla F. Boatwright
Jimmy Scott
Montmorenci
Werley Swygert
Graniteville
Goodin
Armed Services Committee
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