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Show New Law Broadens Social Security ' Social security benefits may now be paid to survivors of workers who died before January Janu-ary 1, 1940, if the worker had at least a year and a half of the social security when he died, says Clarence J. Seitz, District Manager of the Social Security Administration. Before the social security amendments of 1960, no monthly benefits were payable to the survivors of a worker who died before 1940. Under the new law, if a worker had social security credit for at least a year and a half, benefits may now be payable to his widow (and dependent mother) if age 62 or older, to his dependent depend-ent father at age 65, a nd to his disabled children if they became disabled before they reached 18. This is true even if the family had collected the "lump sum" at the time the family breadwinner died. For further information regarding re-garding this new provision get in touch with your social security secur-ity office at 212 S. W. Temple, Salt Lake City. |