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Show Extensive Aspects Of Social Security Explained Social Security is often thought of as a monthly check that most age 62 or 65 people can get If they or their spouse worked a certain period of time and made enough contributions con-tributions to special social security se-curity funds to be insured for the payments. Kesler T. Powell, manager of the Provo social security district office, this week Indicated, however, that many monthly checks go to middleaged people, young people, and even infants In this area. Most people know that they can get benefits at age 62 or 65 or later, but do not know much about the income protection pro-tection social security provides to dependents of young disabled dis-abled workers and survivors of workers who die at young .ages, Mr. Powell pointed out. Monthly payments can be made to these dependents of young disabled workers or the dependents when the younger worker dies: (1) unmarried children under 18 years of age, or between 18 and 22 if they are full-time students. (2) unmarried children 18 or over who were severly disabled dis-abled before they reached 18 and who continued to be disabled. dis-abled. (3) a wife or widow, regardless of age, if she is caring for a child who is getting get-ting payments based on the worker's social security account. ac-count. (4) certain other dependents. de-pendents. Of course, the young severly disabled worker can also receive re-ceive monthly benefits if the disability will prevent any work for at least 12 months and the worker had employment employ-ment covered by social security secur-ity in 5 of the 10 years before be-fore the disability began. A representative of the social soc-ial security will be at the Cedar City Resident Station, 93 No. Main Street, each Monday Mon-day and Thursday from 9:00 a. m. until 3 p. m. Phone 586-8162. |