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Show the Welfare Office in Beaver on I Thurso-'. June 7, at 10 a. m., with ful- -iiformation on all phases oi the social security law. Disabled Persons Should Check 'Freeze' Benefits Social Security Law j "Totally disabled persons who fail to check on their rights under un-der the disability freeze provi- j sions of the law are running the risk of losing money lor themselves, or for their families," fami-lies," said Kesler T. Powell, district dis-trict manager of the Provo office. of-fice. "If a disabled person is eligible elig-ible to have his social security record 'frozen' but fails to apply, ap-ply, the survivors payments in the event of his death before age 65 may be reduced or not payable at all," Mr. Powell continued. con-tinued. "Although the disability disabil-ity freeze provision does not provide cash disability payments, pay-ments, it is of benefit to disabled dis-abled persons under age 65 because be-cause it excludes the period of disability from their social security se-curity earnings record and thus protects their retirement and survivors rights and the amount of future benefit payments. It is similar to the waiver of premium prem-ium clauses in private insurance insur-ance policies." In order to qualify for the freeze, a disabled person must have worked under social security se-curity at least half of the time in the 10 years before he became be-came disabled, in addition to having worked about half of the three-year period immediately immedi-ately before. The disability must have lasted for at least six months and be severe enough to keep the person from doing regular reg-ular work. A representative of the social so-cial security office wv'.l be at |