Show SS 55 Checks to See 13 1 3 Boost In Early March If you are receiving a monthly social security benefit the amount you receive will be increased by at least 13 per cent beginning with the check due early in March reported Claro Clar enCe J Seitz District Manager of the Social curit Office Office 10 located at Salt Lake City Yowl You do not have to do any thing in order to get this in crease Mr Seitz stressed THE MINIMUM monthly ben ben- benefit for a worker who re tired at age 65 will be increased i from 44 to 55 and maximum I from to The maximum payment to a family now on the rolls a month will be increased to He added that the 1967 Amendments will increase fut ure ure cash benefits even more This will willbe be done by increasing the amount of earnings that can be counted toward benefits in a year from to be be- beginning ginning in 1958 The resulting maximum bene bene- bene benefit fit will be based on aver age monthly earnings of These higher maximum retire ment payments will be payable to workers who are now young and who consequently will be paying contributions on these higher amounts of earnings over a considerable period of time before they retire For ex ample a man age 50 in 1968 who earns a year until he heis heis is 65 will get a benefit of at age 65 per cent higher than he can get under the present law A REPRESENTATIVE will willbe willbe be at the Field House Museum on February 15 Vernal from pm p m pm |