Social Security Changes Listed for 1960 Amendments
The 1960 amendments reduce the time to qualify for benefits by about one third. About 400,000 people nationwide become eligible for cash benefits immediately, including many wives widows and dependent husbands and widowers. New rules require minimum work and age figures, with October as the first payment month for newly eligible individuals. Prime Minister Nehru toured outer space concepts at the Hayden Planetarium weighing 24 pounds on the moon and other scales for planets.