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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1955
Page
2
The 1954 Social Security measure raises top monthly payments for a retired worker and spouse to 162.80 and 200 for a deceased worker’s family, with benefits tied to earnings since 1951. The changes rely on 18 months of coverage after June 1953, a higher earnings base to 4200, and a new formula, boosting lower income groups while capping family benefits at 200.
The article explains a simple method to locate a board center using a ruler and an edge figure of 4, resulting in a center mark at 2 inches. It also reports on Social Security type benefit changes raising individual amounts from 25 to 30 dollars with survivors receiving lump sums up to 255 dollars, and notes that existing beneficiaries gain the new formula but not the drop out provision or base earnings increases, effective in October checks.
Paris lawmaker Jules Moch claimed the United States has an intercontinental Atlas Rocket that could destroy Moscow 30 minutes after launch. He cited personal witness of experiments and warned the weapon would change modern warfare. Einstein reportedly voiced fear of hydrogen blast annihilation.
A visitor asks a young girl what she will do when grown. She replies with a humorous note that she will diet, drawing a smile from the mother nearby.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson on Tuesday announced a 1955 sugar quota of 8,200,000 tons with potential rise to 8,500,000. The quotas apply to all sugar sources for marketing in the continental United States, and the initial 1955 quota could grow with demand at prices allowed by the sugar act.
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