Social Security improves efficiency and service levels
An assessment of Social Security Administration progress under Acting Commissioner Martha McSteen highlights faster processing times for retirement claims, 1 day for issuing numbers, a zero backlog in wage postings, and 99.7 percent accuracy on annual benefit statements. The agency plans a nationwide switch to centralized, real time computer processing to deliver nearly instant benefits, with offices modernized to support the changes.
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Martha McSteen
Social Security Administration
Steiger Tractor Files Chapter 11 Protection
Steiger Tractor Inc a farm equipment maker along with its two subsidiaries Steiger Credit Co and Integrated Technical Systems Inc filed for Chapter 11 in U S Bankruptcy Court listing 47 5 million in debts of which 27 8 million is secured The majority of creditors are in the Dakotas Iowa and Minnesota Integrated Technical Systems designs electronic controls for Steiger The firm cites loan covenant failures and failed funding talks Irvin Aal president said the decision was difficult Steiger laid off 50 workers after a 7 8 million second quarter loss and machinists union members rejected a 15 20 percent wage cut plan. about 150 nonunion staff remain under Chapter 11 the company will seek to reorganize while protected from creditor lawsuits
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Steiger
Steiger Credit Co
Integrated Technical Systems Inc
Valley City
Steiger Tractor Inc
Steiger Credit
Integrated Technical Systems
Old dairy catalogs and vintage creamery memories sought
Letter from Scott McCormick of Princeton requesting archival dairy machinery catalogs from firms no longer in business such as F B Fargo Cornish Curtis Greene Davis Rankin and Vermont Farm Machine Company. He recalls threshing gear autos after 1900 railroads tempering vats creamery operations in Portage County and historical notes like skimming stations and Berlin Carnation plant 1926 and Van Camp started 1908.
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F.B. Fargo, Cornish, Curtis & Greene, Davis & Rankin
Vermont Farm Machine Company
Berlin
Carnation Company
VanCamp
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