October 14, 1970 (12 pages)

Q. Ive been getting social “security since my father had a stroke and had to quit work. Tm 17 now, I heard there is some way I can keep getting the checks even after I'm 18, Is this true? _ A, Yes, If you're not married, you can get social security until ‘you're 22 if you're a full-time student. Or if you are so disabled that you can't work, your -checks would continue for as’ Q,I am a student social security beneficiary and I worked this summer. Will this work catise me to lose bénefits? A. ff you earn more than $1,680 during the year, some benefits will be withheld. The amount -depends on how much you earn above $1,680. One dollar in benefits is withheld for every $2 you earn between $1,680 and $2,880. In addition, $1 in benefits is withheld for every $1 of earnings above $2,880. However, no matter how much your total yearly earnings exceed $1,680, you can get a check for any month in which you neither earn more than $140 nor perform substantial services as a self-employed person, . Q. I retired afew years ago and began receiving social security payments. Recently, Ireturned to work. Must I contribute to social security now? A, Yes, if your job is covered by social security. Andthis_ is likely, because’ over 90 per cent of all jobs are covered. The contributions must be paid without regard to retirement status, age, or whether you are getting social security payments. An important point is that the contributions may increase the social security payment you will receive when you again stop working if your earnings are high enough. Q. I am a widow with four young children. I expected my social security benefits to stop when I went to work full time. But I still get the same amount every month. Why?A. With four young children, your family is still entitled to the maximum benefit amount based on your husband's earnings. Families with three or more. survivors. entitled to ° monthly benefits usually get this * maximum. Since your four children continue to collect social . security, your family keeps getting the same amount -the family maximum -whether you work or not. Stopping your check to each of your children could cause an interruption in your payments. For this reason, and to save administrative costs, the’ checks continue in your 1 name, © Q. I collect social security widow's benefits, I never workright ed myself, Will my survivors get a lump-sum payment when I pass away? A. No, The lump-sum pay~ ment is only made after the . worker's death, and the worker must have credit for a certain amount of work under social security. ' Q, Tapplied for social securQUESTION & ANSWER SERIES I expect to retire soon. What should I do to get my retire. . ment A, security office and tell them when you expect to retire. Do : this .at least three months be-. fore you retire so you can get your first check soon after you : stop working. Q. I'm a gardener and I wor for a number of different peo: ple, Does this work count for Social security benefits? : A, If you are paid $50 or . more from at least one of your employers in a calendar quar: ter, your earnings from that employer are covered under social security as wages, If, on the other you work on a contract basis (by the job, hour, day, or week), furnish your own tools, and control your own activities (such as the hours you work), you may be covered as a . yments? self-employed. person, In this . case, you would report your earnings at the end of the year . after expenses, you clear or more, Q. My wife is. 62, Can she get social security retirement benefits if I don't retire? A, ‘If she has enough social security credit of her own to qualify as a retired worker, she can collect whether you. retire or not, But she cannot get benefits based on your work record unless you are retired, Q. I have already made over $7,800 this year. Now that I’ve changed jobs, I'm still contributing to social security. Since I'll end up paying more than I should, can't I get some money back? A, Yes, You'll get a refund after you file your federal income tax return for 1970, The tax return is designed to show any overpayment of social security contributions during the previous year. Q. I lost my social security card, Must I get another social security number? A, No, If you use more than one social security number there is a chance you may not abla ne for all of your earnYou should get-a duplicate card. with the same number at office, the payments for each mt would be reduced, This results from the fact that the maximum would be divided among six people, instead of the four now receiving benefits. Your former wife, or the perrite or-visit your social __ judging TWO LOCAL SERVICE organizations donated funds toward the Nevada Union FF A's livestock team who will compete for national honors in Kansas City, Mo. next week. Mike McKee, president of the Grass Valley Kiwanis Club presents his club's check to Kathy Wolter, member of the judging team which was nam who will accompany the three-man team to Kansas City. Grass Valley towards the team's traveling expenses. Beale AFB will Not much mercury found in state water participatte in bombing test BEALE AFB BealeAFB will be a major participant in the. 1970 Strategic Air Command Combat Competition, slated to be held at McCoy AFB, Fla., November 15-20, The announcement was made by Brig. Gen, Frank W, Elliot Jr., commander of the 14th Strategic Aerospace Division at a recent Sacramento Valley Military Liaison Committee luncheon at Beale, Col, Carlton J, Konez, 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing com-mander, said that his deputy Col, een melanie, is the wing's project officer. Or a known as the "Bomb Comp," the first such competition among Strategic Air Command aircraft took phce in 1948 with — driven bomber navigation ed bombing from both high and low altitude, ~ Veale's B-52 Stratofortress aircraft commander is Maj, James E, Carlton, recently taking over the crew of Captain Timothy Westover. ; the tis Maj, Donald A, J who will lead his KC-135 Stratotanker into the points , addition to the Fairchild Sa ‘s Trophies, the Air ce Association will sponsor a trophy this year to be awarded to the top bomber unit, based eek. pees poe Some navigation. All bombing done during the competition is accomplished by Insignigicant amounts of murcury have been found in California's domestic water supplies, a special state task force has reported. Concentrations of the toxic metal in reservoirs and other water sources sampled were said to be less than two parts per billion. Even drinking water supplies near active mercury mines are safe,. public health sanitary engineers reported to Governor Ronald Reagan's interdepartmental committee on mercury in the environment. The committee was appointed in July to determine if a public health hazard exists following reports of elevated mercury levels in some sport fish and wild fowl. The group met in Sacramento to put finishing touches on a bioint logical sampling and testing program being conducted by health, conservation, and water quality agencies, . "We expect to know before opening of pheasant season Nov. 21 what levels of mercury, if any, are present inthese birds," , said Dr. Ephraim Kahn, committee chairman, Mercury: treated seed onagricultural lanu are possible sources. of contamination in pheasants, the committee noted. Farmers have been advised to drill treated seed well into the ground.and to take precautions . against accidental spills. While expressing satisfaction with the small mercury content of water supplies in California, Dr. Kahn said this is not relateed to the level of mercury toxicity in striped bass and other game fish. "We believe that micro-organisms in mud and sedimeat which contain large amounts of . mercury may convert the element into an organic form . transmission of a radar-scored which can be absorbed and storeded California champion and Bob Paasch, coach Lions also contributed build up in the tissues of large species, such as bass and sturseon, in effect contaminating one of nature's food chains." Dr. Kahn said, however, that recent U, S, Food and Drug Administration tests of fish imported from Hawaii and of mackerel caught off the . southern California coast showed nonhazardous levels of mercury. A few striped bass and crayfish caught recently by the Department of Fish and Game in Carquinez Straits and the Sacramento River near Courtland also were relatively free of mercury. However, systematic statewide sampling has just been completed and test results will not be known for several weeks. Dr. Kahn added that State and regional water quality control boards have sampled industrial, agricultural, and municipal waste discharges. throughout California without finding appreciable amounts of mercury. ready to serve you day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER ee il "ity benefits over a year ago-but son legally responsible for the electronic called a by fish feeding on the material,” 4] GRASS VALLEY ROAD, never received a check because pa or ony apply, for the . "bomb tone," rather than the hesaid _,NEVADA CITY, , ait 22s -

Q. Ive been getting social “security since my father had a stroke and had to quit work. Tm 17 now, I heard there is some way I can keep getting the checks even after I'm 18, Is this true? _ A, Yes, If you're not married, you can get social security until ‘you're 22 if you're a full-time student. Or if you are so disabled that you can't work, your -checks would continue for as’ Q,I am a student social security beneficiary and I worked this summer. Will this work catise me to lose bénefits? A. ff you earn more than $1,680 during the year, some benefits will be withheld. The amount -depends on how much you earn above $1,680. One dollar in benefits is withheld for every $2 you earn between $1,680 and $2,880. In addition, $1 in benefits is withheld for every $1 of earnings above $2,880. However, no matter how much your total yearly earnings exceed $1,680, you can get a check for any month in which you neither earn more than $140 nor perform substantial services as a self-employed person, . Q. I retired afew years ago and began receiving social security payments. Recently, Ireturned to work. Must I contribute to social security now? A, Yes, if your job is covered by social security. Andthis_ is likely, because’ over 90 per cent of all jobs are covered. The contributions must be paid without regard to retirement status, age, or whether you are getting social security payments. An important point is that the contributions may increase the social security payment you will receive when you again stop working if your earnings are high enough. Q. I am a widow with four young children. I expected my social security benefits to stop when I went to work full time. But I still get the same amount every month. Why?A. With four young children, your family is still entitled to the maximum benefit amount based on your husband's earnings. Families with three or more. survivors. entitled to ° monthly benefits usually get this * maximum. Since your four children continue to collect social . security, your family keeps getting the same amount -the family maximum -whether you work or not. Stopping your check to each of your children could cause an interruption in your payments. For this reason, and to save administrative costs, the’ checks continue in your 1 name, © Q. I collect social security widow's benefits, I never workright ed myself, Will my survivors get a lump-sum payment when I pass away? A. No, The lump-sum pay~ ment is only made after the . worker's death, and the worker must have credit for a certain amount of work under social security. ' Q, Tapplied for social securQUESTION & ANSWER SERIES I expect to retire soon. What should I do to get my retire. . ment A, security office and tell them when you expect to retire. Do : this .at least three months be-. fore you retire so you can get your first check soon after you : stop working. Q. I'm a gardener and I wor for a number of different peo: ple, Does this work count for Social security benefits? : A, If you are paid $50 or . more from at least one of your employers in a calendar quar: ter, your earnings from that employer are covered under social security as wages, If, on the other you work on a contract basis (by the job, hour, day, or week), furnish your own tools, and control your own activities (such as the hours you work), you may be covered as a . yments? self-employed. person, In this . case, you would report your earnings at the end of the year . after expenses, you clear or more, Q. My wife is. 62, Can she get social security retirement benefits if I don't retire? A, ‘If she has enough social security credit of her own to qualify as a retired worker, she can collect whether you. retire or not, But she cannot get benefits based on your work record unless you are retired, Q. I have already made over $7,800 this year. Now that I’ve changed jobs, I'm still contributing to social security. Since I'll end up paying more than I should, can't I get some money back? A, Yes, You'll get a refund after you file your federal income tax return for 1970, The tax return is designed to show any overpayment of social security contributions during the previous year. Q. I lost my social security card, Must I get another social security number? A, No, If you use more than one social security number there is a chance you may not

abla ne for all of your earnYou should get-a duplicate card. with the same number at office, the payments for each mt would be reduced, This results from the fact that the maximum would be divided among six people, instead of the four now receiving benefits. Your former wife, or the perrite or-visit your social __ judging TWO LOCAL SERVICE organizations donated funds toward the Nevada Union FF A's livestock team who will compete for national honors in Kansas City, Mo. next week. Mike McKee, president of the Grass Valley Kiwanis Club presents his club's check to Kathy Wolter, member of the judging team which was nam who will accompany the three-man team to Kansas City. Grass Valley towards the team's traveling expenses. Beale AFB will Not much mercury found in state water participatte in bombing test BEALE AFB BealeAFB will be a major participant in the. 1970 Strategic Air Command Combat Competition, slated to be held at McCoy AFB, Fla., November 15-20, The announcement was made by Brig. Gen, Frank W, Elliot Jr., commander of the 14th Strategic Aerospace Division at a recent Sacramento Valley Military Liaison Committee luncheon at Beale, Col, Carlton J, Konez, 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing com-mander, said that his deputy Col, een melanie, is the wing's project officer. Or a known as the "Bomb Comp," the first such competition among Strategic Air Command aircraft took phce in 1948 with — driven bomber navigation ed bombing from both high and low altitude, ~ Veale's B-52 Stratofortress aircraft commander is Maj, James E, Carlton, recently taking over the crew of Captain Timothy Westover. ; the tis Maj, Donald A, J who will lead his KC-135 Stratotanker into the points , addition to the Fairchild Sa ‘s Trophies, the Air ce Association will sponsor a trophy this year to be awarded to the top bomber unit, based eek. pees poe Some navigation. All bombing done during the competition is accomplished by Insignigicant amounts of murcury have been found in California's domestic water supplies, a special state task force has reported. Concentrations of the toxic metal in reservoirs and other water sources sampled were said to be less than two parts per billion. Even drinking water supplies near active mercury mines are safe,. public health sanitary engineers reported to Governor Ronald Reagan's interdepartmental committee on mercury in the environment. The committee was appointed in July to determine if a public health hazard exists following reports of elevated mercury levels in some sport fish and wild fowl. The group met in Sacramento to put finishing touches on a bioint logical sampling and testing program being conducted by health, conservation, and water quality agencies, . "We expect to know before opening of pheasant season Nov. 21 what levels of mercury, if any, are present inthese birds," , said Dr. Ephraim Kahn, committee chairman, Mercury: treated seed onagricultural lanu are possible sources. of contamination in pheasants, the committee noted. Farmers have been advised to drill treated seed well into the ground.and to take precautions . against accidental spills. While expressing satisfaction with the small mercury content of water supplies in California, Dr. Kahn said this is not relateed to the level of mercury toxicity in striped bass and other game fish. "We believe that micro-organisms in mud and sedimeat which contain large amounts of . mercury may convert the element into an organic form . transmission of a radar-scored which can be absorbed and storeded California champion and Bob Paasch, coach Lions also contributed build up in the tissues of large species, such as bass and sturseon, in effect contaminating one of nature's food chains." Dr. Kahn said, however, that recent U, S, Food and Drug Administration tests of fish imported from Hawaii and of mackerel caught off the . southern California coast showed nonhazardous levels of mercury. A few striped bass and crayfish caught recently by the Department of Fish and Game in Carquinez Straits and the Sacramento River near Courtland also were relatively free of mercury. However, systematic statewide sampling has just been completed and test results will not be known for several weeks. Dr. Kahn added that State and regional water quality control boards have sampled industrial, agricultural, and municipal waste discharges. throughout California without finding appreciable amounts of mercury. ready to serve you day or night Call 265-2421 BOST AVE. OFF LOWER ee il "ity benefits over a year ago-but son legally responsible for the electronic called a by fish feeding on the material,” 4] GRASS VALLEY ROAD, never received a check because pa or ony apply, for the . "bomb tone," rather than the hesaid _,NEVADA CITY, , ait 22s -