Liberalization expands Social Security disability benefits
The article details broader disability criteria under new law changes, lowering work requirements for under 31 qualifiers and widening widow disability eligibility. It explains benefit ranges, duration rules, and provisions for returning to work, with amounts tied to average earnings and retirement benefits.
Welfare program changes expand disability benefits in 1968
New law broadens Medicare and Social Security disability provisions effective March 2 1968. Wives of disabled workers 62 or with eligible children may claim benefits, as can children of disabled workers under 22 in school. Benefit amounts and potential future expansions could raise current totals beyond about two million recipients.
Stickley Proposes North Carolina College Loan Plan
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jack Stickley on Tuesday proposed a loan program funded by state or private sources to help students from small school systems become teachers in North Carolina. Loans would require a five year teaching commitment, be cancelable after a set period, and target districts with smaller enrollments. The plan also urges education funding matching from state and localities and supports a education sales tax.
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