Social Security and Veterans Benefits Q&A Summary
A reader asks about the earnings limit for widows with children and how excess earnings affect child benefits. The article explains that if a widow earns above the annual limit, the Social Security Administration withholds the overage from the widow’s benefits first, starting in January, with monthly recoupment until the excess is paid, while children’s benefits remain uninterrupted. It also covers burial expense reimbursements by the Veterans Administration, eligibility for divorced wives, and the SSA’s tracking of hospital days without the client’s need to record them.
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Social Security
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Social Security Administration
Secial Security
Kennebunk Unitarian Alliance Initiates Rev Edna Bruner
The Kennebunk Evening Alliance of the Unitarian Church met at Mrs. Dresser’s Mechanic Street home with 15 members and one guest, Nancy Taylor. President Mrs. Haskell led the session, devotion by Mrs. Downing covered the Alliance history and the initiation of Rev. Edna Bruner. A round table discussion followed, refreshments were served, and plans announced for a Feb 11 parish meeting featuring Alan Jasper’s program An Evening with Barbara and Alan Jasper.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
John Dresser
Mechanic Street
Nancy Taylor
Richard Haskell
J. Robert Downing
Alliance
Edna Bruner
Chester Cram
Maynard Welch
Alan Jasper
Barbara
Alan Jasr
Everett Cluff
Wescott Merrow
Warren Went
Robert Johnston
Today In History highlights and key dates for January 17
On January 17, 1949 the trial of top Communists in the United States began in New York. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706. In 1917 the United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark. JFK proposed a record 1964 budget of 98.8 billion. Ten years ago British and Egyptian negotiators reached a Cairo pact ending financial strains from the 1956 Suez seizure.
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United States
S. Serace
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Virgin Islands
Denmark
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Cairo
Suez Canal
Wells Auxiliary Exceeds 198 Membership At January Meeting
The Elbridge and Leroy Hanson American Legion Auxiliary reports 201 members after adding Helen Murray and Eleatha Littlefield. National and Department citations may be earned. a $60 fundraising total from the former Legion Post home is noted. The unit plans a March meeting to honor the American Legion’s 50th anniversary and invites Miss Lynn Hamlyn and her mother.
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Legion Post
Wells
Alber G. LaPierre
Dorothy H. Fitch
J. P. Littlefield
Post
Ruth Kemp
Gace Gray
Department
Lynn Hamlyn
Dirigo
American Legion
Miss Hamlyn
LaPierre
Vivian Ellis
Kathleen Hutchins
Ogunquit Fire Station
France Moves to Recognize Communist China
Five years ago France shifted to recognize Communist China despite U S dissuasion efforts. One year ago President Johnson in his State of the Union urged extending the war on crime and addressing big city problems with a $186 billion budget and a tax increase among his proposals.
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France
China
United States
Johnson
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