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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1975

Page

18

A Time To Live At Last Social Security Praised

Readers praise Social Security benefits in letters highlighting how benefits supported a widow with four children and a disabled son, enabling college for daughters and self employment for the mother. A genealogy author notes checks are better than Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy after twenty years in medical work.

Social Security Long Beach Prudence Groff Michael Lakeville Ind Timber

SSI Eligibility and Application Steps for Mrs W G Sacramento

The reader asks if they qualify for Supplemental Security Income and how to apply. Advice notes that savings and Social Security benefits count as income, and urges applying at the Social Security office promptly since SSI payments are not retroactive.

W. G Sacramento. A

Judge Orders Pens and Pledges for Offenders

In San Rafael municipal court Judge Gary Thomas uses jail time for offenders to write 3000 pledges like I will not steal and I will pay for my food. Three men who left Denny’s in Novato without paying 6 dollars completed the sentences in 18 to 24 hours. One blisters, another spared for arthritis after 1500 of 2000 sentences.

San Rafael Macy Gary Thomas Denny’s Novato Anthony Russo Thomas

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