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Social Security Benefit
Hike Ready In Congress
By PATRICK J. SLOYAN
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Con
gress was ready today to give
priority handling to a compro
mise <3.8 billion bill increasing
Social Security benefits by 13
per cent and authorizing a
freeze on the nation’s largest
welfare program.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills of
the House Ways & Means Com
mittee said House action on the
final version of the huge mea
sure could come Wednesday
with the Senate following up la
ter in the week.
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Friday, December 8, 1967
The measure, which was
considerably less than President
Johnson had asked for last
January, was hammered out by
House and Senate negotiators
Thursday.
Under the bill, 23.8 million
Social Security recipients would
get a 13 per cent benefit
increase: minimum monthly
payments would rise from the
current $44 to $55. The increase
would take effect next Februa
ry.
House Version Dominates
The compromise was close to
the House bill, which would
have provided a 12.5 per cent
Increase with a SSO monthly
minimum. The Senate version,
just as requested by Johnson,
was a 15 per cent increase and
a S7O minimum.
One provision of the bill would
freeze the level of federal
contributions to the controver
sial Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC)
program. This move was
opposed by the administration.
• Under the compromise bill,
the government would only pay
its share of the federal-state
welfare program at the level of
recipents set as of Jan. 1, 1968.
Persons going on AFDC rolls
above that level would get
payments, but only those
completely financed with state
and local funds.
Local welfare agencies,
however, would not be required
to start the freeze until next
July 1. There are an estimated
5 million persons getting
welfare under the program,
many of them mothers without
support.
Increase Tax Base
To finance the bigger Social
Security benefits, the bill would
increase the existing $6,600 a
year payroll tax base to a new
top of $7,800, effective Jan. 1.
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payroll tax rate would be
increased to 4.8 per cent Jan. 1,
1969. The rate would go to 5.2
per cent in 1971 and to a top of
5.9 per cent in 1987.
The current 4.4 per cent pay
roll tax rate would be Increased
to 4.8 per cent Jan. 1, 1969. The
rate would go to 5.2 per cent In
1971 and to a top of 5.9 per
cent in 1987.
This would mean that maxi
mum annual payroll deduction
would increase for persons earn
ing $7,800 and more from the
current $290.40 to $343.20 next
year and to $374.40 in 1969. The
1987 maximum would be $460.20.
Republicans said that while
the tax base would be
broadened Jan. 1 and the first
additional benefits would be
received in March, the higher
tax rate would not be effective
until after the November
elections.
The conferees agreed to let
the government start collecting
an additional $1 In monthly
premiums February from 18
million Americans 65 and over
who elected to join the doctors’
bills insurance program under
Medicare.
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Area Chairmen
Area chairmen for the March of Dimes drive in January were named this week.
Mrs. Evans McMullen, Mrs. J. L. Darsey, Mrs. W. Deane Brown and Mrs. Ed
Dingier (1-r) check their areas on a map of the city.
Seven Injured
In Gas Blast
At Dalton Home
DALTON, Ga. (UPI) — Four
of seven persons seriously in
jured Thursday when a gas
main exploded demolishing a
house were reported under in
tensive care at local hospitals
today.
But hospital authorities said
all of the victims were expect
ed to recover.
The blast occurred outside
the northwest Dalton house
where workmen were repairing
a gas main. The apparent
cause of the explosion, accord
ing to authorities, was due to
a woman in the house lighting
a cigarette.
Three of those injured were
children, 3-year-olds Robert G.
Wilson, Kimberly Darnell and
Cinthia Quinn, whose mother’s
match apparently ignited the
explosion.
Also Injured were Mrs. Ar
lene Quinn, 21, Walter Cordelle,
84, his wife Donnie Marie, 64,
and Estelle Hayes. The acci
dent occurred in the Cordelle
home.
Legislative
Conference
Taps Atlanta
ATLANTA (UPI) — House
Speaker George L. Smith has
praised 28 Georgia delegates
for their role in the choice of
Atlanta as the site for the 1969
National Conference of State
Legislative Leaders.
Atlanta, one of several cities
bidding to be host city, was
chosen Thursday during the
organization’s current confer
ence in San Francisco.
“The Georgian’s worked hard
to get this convention for our
state and I am proud of them,”
Smith said, in an announce
ment through his office Thurs
day while preparing to return
from California.
It will be the first time a
city in the southeast has host
ed the convention of legislative
leaders.
A total of 28 Georgia dele
gates, Including legislators
three aides and several others
attended the West Coast con
vention.
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Columbus Jury
Gets New Call
On Corruption
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) —
1 The second special grand jury
1 this year has been called to
investigate charges of corrup
i tion involving the Columbus po
-1 lice department.
Superior Court Judge John H.
Land, announcing the special
[ session of the Muscogee Coun-
• ty Grand Jury Thursday said
1 the jury would convene next
. Wednesday morning.
Last March, the jury also In
vestigated - the department,
which has been rocked by the
firing and resignations of a
’ total of 21 policemen this year.
Thirteen were charged with
• crimes including burglary and
i larceny.
’ Police Chief Clyde R. Ada’/
said he would welcome the cm
tinued probe.
$2 Million
Donated To Emory
ATLANTA (UPI)—An anony
mous foundation has donated
more than $2 million to an
Emory University capital funds
campaign, pushing the total
gifts for this cause to more
than $25 million, school officials
said today.
The college said $2,142,32 In
securities has been given
Emory for use in general en
dowment programs.
The securities were directed
to the MERIT program—signi
fying Mobilizing Educational
Resources and Ideas for To
morrow.
The foundation said the
money was being presented “in
recognition of Emory’s distin
guished service to the region
and the nation."
The MERIT campaign runs
through 1969 and has as its goal
an amount of s3l million.
Suspect Questioned
In Bank Robbery
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Meriwether County Sheriff How
ard A. Norris said Thursday
night his officers were question
ing an Atlanta man in connec
tion with the SIO,OOO robbery of
the Luthersville Banking Co.
Monday.
Norris, who would not name
the suspect, said the man had
been under surveillance for sev
eral days.
A masked Negro bandit
robbed the Luthersville bank
shortly before closing time and
fled in a station wagon, surviv
ing a gunbattle with officers in
nearby Fayetteville.
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