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Show Widows Get Retirement Jump Under Social Security Changes Social Security retirement retire-ment payments to most aged widows and dependent depend-ent widowers will be increased in-creased in 1973, according accord-ing to John Wainwright, social security district manager in Grand Junction, Junc-tion, Colorado. Up to now, a widow's retirement benefit could be no more than 82 12 per cent of the amount her husband would have received at age 65. "But under new social security legislation, a widow who started getting get-ting benefits at 65 or later can get the same benefit that her husband would have received at 65," Wainwright said. "If she first startedget-ting startedget-ting checks before 65, the benefit will be less than the full amount of her husband's benefit but not less than she was getting before. "For example, widow wid-ow who started getting benefits at age 62 will now get 82.9 per cent of her husband's benefit amount, instead of the 82.5 per cent she receives re-ceives under present law." The new law will also apply to benefits paid to dependent widowers. In addition, dependent widowers wid-owers will be able to get reduced benefits at age 60, as widows can now, instead of waiting until they're 62 to start getting checks. Nationwide, about 4 million widows and dependent de-pendent widowers are expected to get higher payments under the new law. The increase will first appear in checks delivered in early February. Feb-ruary. For more information contact Mr. Herman Frame, social security representative who will be in Moab, Utah at the Employment Office on January 9, 1973 between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. |