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Show More Receiving Social Security Utah County now has 3,569 persons receiving Social Security Secur-ity benefits under the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program, pro-gram, Sen. Wallace F. Bennett announced this week. Total monthly payments within with-in the county now total $172,-258. $172,-258. The figures were compiled by the Department of Health, Education, Ed-ucation, and Welfare as of December De-cember 31, 1956. Sen. Bennett, who is a' member mem-ber of the Senate Finance Com-mitte, Com-mitte, which handles Social Security legislation, said the figure will increase every year for the foreseeable future. "The Social Security system is now a recognized part of our way of life," Sen. Bennett said. 'The increasing number of persons receiving Old Age and Survivors Insurance focuses attention at-tention on the need for preserving preserv-ing the purchasing power of the money these people receive. |