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CLOTHMAKER Oun, (?6clc(ne*t fl Betty Ann Lambert is the charming three-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lambert. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Lambert and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kay. % SOCIAL feSECURITY INFORMATIONS I " X Social Security In An estimated 28 million retired Americans will receive a 20% increase in social security benefits as a result of npw loi'i sin t inn nnccoH li\r rAnmnc^ utiH ^ signed by President Nixon in July. ^ Clinton employees will receive a less desired result?an increase in the deduction from pay for Social Security tax. In 1973 the maximum deduction for Social Security tax will go from $468 to $594?an increase of 27%. Then in 1974 the maximum tax will zoom up to $660, a climb of more than 409? in 2 years. Since January 1, 1970 Social Security benefits have climbed more than 509?' % while the cost of living increased 10'? for the same period. After the scheduled 1974 increase eoes into effect the maximum Social Security tax will have climbed more than 75% since the beginning of 11)70. Many people now pay more Social Security tax than income tax which is an alarming fact. The new Social Security benefits are the biggest increase in Social Security ^ ever and became effective September 1. [* * jB * I -W 1 Ashley Salters is the charming daughter of Don and Sandi Salters of Joanna. She is six months old. Ashley's maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ballew. Edgar is a Plant No. 1 Assistant Overseer. X ,. 7 / t/J cOf,AL * SEriRl-j-y I / > r r? kccoum v ?u?ki I ? ){^ 987-65-4320 -5 / I II ftU* ti'?. >U fw* ] | I >|s11 f lint Mills I j fll L QMJLM?,llj r ^ ercasi's Aniioiinnd The higher Social Security payments will be in checks mailed in October. In addition, for the first time the Social Security law provides that future Social Security benefits will be under an escalator provision tied to the government's cost of livinn inHtw unH l?ono. fits will increase automatically, whenever the index goes up 3'7c or more in a year. The new tax increase to support the improved benefits will go into effect January 1, 1973 when both the tax rate and wage base on which it is paid will climb upward Starting next January the Social Security tax deducted from wages will climb to 5.5';; of the first $10,800 in annual i I 111' lit.\ rail" L'UrrCIUiy is 5.2'/< on (ho first $9,000 of earnings, which results in the current maximum tax of $408 annually. On January 1. 1974 the wage base on which the new 5 5'{ Social Security tax is levied will i use to the first $12,000 of earnings, a $000 tax annually. After 1974 the taxable wages will rise 5 IT FIGURES Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home For cutting your finger or bashing your dome, For twisting an ankle or blacking an eye, Or breaking a leg when you don't even try. But women who stav i r> tVio hnmo oil day long, Are only the spotters of things that go wrong. Th?-y wait till the man of the household returns To light up the furnace and get all the burns. They hand him the knife that is sharp as an adder. They stand at the bottom while he climbs the ladder. They're suddenly helpless and shy and retiring When someone must check on that place in the wiring. Oh. sweet little women do housework ail day, They sweep and they dust and they put things away. They've songs in their hearts, and they've lots of endurance. But their husbands, let's hope, are the ones with insurance. ?Richard Armour in Quote ISew Baby Mrs James SuI _ ber Droudlv holds - her new baby daughter, Carrie Ulonden Suber. s, Carrie was born 1^1 paternal grand *. M mother is Mrs. Carrie Mae Suber. James is employed at t'lC ? a ' * e y automatically, under a new escalator provision, as the general wage level rises. "Up and up it goes, and when its going to stop nobody knows," seems to wen aestnue xne social security tax we now have in the United States.