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Jrl ,'"r A pG> 12, - PLAINDEALER - WED., AUG., 14, 1968 Listed tows*#>s W®f-?* S-X'tft will be by-products , V At Record $1,159,462 '• J'" A record $1,159,462 was I paid out in social security cash ^ benefits to 12, 424 residents of | McHenry county for February, .•>' 1968, according to Bernard * Barnett, Social Security district v manager. "February 1968 was ; the first month in which in- , * creased benefits provided by the ^ 1967 Amendments to the Soci- ; al Security Act were payable" Barnett noted. Nationally, the amount of monthly benefits exceed $2 billion, and more than twenty - four million men, wo- : men and children, or nearly 1 out of every 8 Americans, are now receiving some type of monthly benefits. In McHenry county 8,733 of those receiving benefits at the end of February were age 62 or older. An additional 674 were disabled workers under age 62 and their young dependents. About 1,567 social security beneficiaries were young widowed mothers and their children, Barnett said. In the past six years alone, benefit payments to this "younger group" have amounted to 1% times as much as the amount paid out in this category during the preceding twenty-one years. Many younger people also receive benefits due to disability. More than $62,728 is being paid out each month in McHenry county to disabled workers and their dependents. This is a rate that is 10 percent higher than that of December, 1966. Most of the changes in the 1967 social security amendments provided more protection for younger people. For instance , some 175,000 children in the U.S. are now eligible for benefits based on the earnings of a mother who has. died, or is disabled and entitled to disability benefits. Payments can now be made to the children of a woman worker who has died, become disabled, or retired, if she has enough work credits - earned at any time - to be "fiilly insured". Another change made 100,000 younger persons - disabled persons and their dependents - eligible for benefits. The amount of work credits required for the payment of benefits to workers who become totally disabled before they reach age 31 has been reduced considerably - * for those below 24 years of age, to as little as a year and a half of coverage. This has increased the number of servicemen who are eligible for payments, because of disabilities resulting from the Vietnam conflict. Some 65,000 widows in the U.S. unable to work because of severe disabilities, are now able to get benefits at age 50. Dependent disabled widowers also became eligible for payments, and in some cases, so did divorced wives of deceased workers. Barnett stated that there are many changes in the law. He urges all residents of McHen- The Illinois State Fair opened a ten-day run Friday, Aug. 9 over the 366 acre fairgrounds at the north edge of Springfield. More than 40 floats and nearly 20 marching bands and units kicked off the exposition with a parade. Forming at 10:30 a.m. in the Capitol area the parade moved through downtown Springfield to the fairgrounds. There, Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro cut the ribbon at theynain gate at 1 p.m. Opening day was Youth Day, with all youngsters 17 and under admitted free. Wednesday, Aug. 14, is Republican day; ThurGauy, Aug. it>, vjuvci HGI S Day; Friday, Aug. 16, Golden Age Day; Saturday, Aug. 17 - 100-mile National Auto Race Day; Sunday, Aug. 18 - 100- mile Stock Car Race day. Gates open daily at 6 a.m. The Illinois entry in the 1969 national "Miss Wool of America" contest in Texas next June will be selected during the 1968 Illinois State Fair, Aug. 9 to 18. Girls 18 to 25 years of age, at least five feet, six inches tall, wearing size 10 dress may compete. The Illinois winner will receive a wardrobe of wool garments and an all-expense week-long trip to Texas next June. < ry county and Lake county to contact the local office at 2500 Grand avenue for more information about the 1967 changes in the law. The district office is open each week day from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. On Monday, the office is open until 8 p.m. HERE AND THERE USINESS NEW FUND SALE The national sales organization for Investors Diversified Services (KDS) has begun distributing shares of a new, growth - oriented nutual fund company, according to the IDS representative in this area, Van C. Wilson. The new company, 1SD New Dimensions Fund, Inc. will be the fifth such company for which IDS provides investment advisory and distribution services. PLANT MANAGER Jaime Balugb, previously with Admiral corporation's Color Tube division, has been promoted to plant manager of the company's McHenry plant. Balugo, who has been with Admiral two years,, is a graduate of the city college of San Francisco and southern California. He was a U.S. Army Signal corps officer in World War n. Collecting By Dolores White United States adhesive postage stamps were first issued under act of March 3,1847 and placed on a sale at New York, NY., July 1, 1847. Books of stamps were first issued April 16, 1900. Coils of stamps were first issued Feb. 18, 1908. Postal cards were first issued May 1, 1873, under act of June 8, 1872. Air mail postal cards were first issued Jan. 10, 1949. Stamped envelopes were first issued in June, 1853, and under the act of Aug. 31, 1852. Printed stamped envelopes were first issued the spring of 1865. Newspaper wrappers were first issued in Octoboer, 1961, under act of Feb. 27, 1861. A new Arkansas River design will be issued for the opening of the first portion of the Arkansas river tp commercial navigation and will be celebrated in October with a 6 cent postage stamp. First link of the $1.2 billion project will connect Little Rock, Ark., with the Mississippi river. The river will be navigable to Ft. Smith, Ark. next year and to Catoosa, Okla. (near Tulsa) in 1969. Flood control and hydro-electric power production of project. Full details including first day of issue and the place will be made public later on in the year. The country of Dahomey, has issued a set of three stamps honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The values and designs issued July 16 are: 30F "We must meet hate with creative love." 55F Dr. King receiving the Nobel peace prize; 100F Portrait of Dr. King. These are all airmail issues. A souvenir sheet holding the three values was also issued. The Italian philatelic publication "LL Collezionlsta Italia Filatelica" recently conducted a survey to find out which were the ten most beautiful stamps issued throughout the world in 1967. France took fir st honors, Britain second, Upper Volta third and the United Nations was awarded fourth place with its issue of the Chagall "Kiss of Peace" 6 cent stamp. This stamp which has already sold out was a reproduction of one of the panels from the famous Chagall stained-glass window, donated jointly by Marc Chagall and members of the secretariat staff of the United Nations, in memory of the secretariat staff of the United Nations, in memory of the late Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, and all those who died with him in a plane crash 'in Africa in 1961. The stamp was printed by Jolt, Enchede en Zonen Haarlem, Netherlands. If your first love letter had LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL FOR HANDICAPPED The Illinois General Assembly last week passed House Bill 2671 sponsored by State Rep. Daniel M. Pierce (D-23nd), which for the first time author-, izes state reimbursement for tuition of physically and mentally handicapped children in private schools. The reimbursement will be paid when the public schools are unable to provide education for the child because of the nature of his handicap. . Rep. Pierce stated that most handicapped children will be accommodated in public special education classrooms by September, 1969, when the state mandatory special education requirement becomes effective. However, there will be certain youngsters who becauseofmultiple handicaps' or the special nature of their handicaps will not find classrooms or teachers available in the public schools The parents of these children will be entitled to reimbursement of tuition in private education schools approved by the state up to a maximum of $2,- 000 per year with the first $600 paid by the local school district and the balance paid by a 4-cent stamp you're still young. If it had a 3-cent stamp you're middle aged. If it had a 2 cent stamp, you're Gramps. mm New officers for the McHenry County Association of Independent Insurance Agents, the educational group of county insurance men, assumed leadership this month. Next meeting is set for September at Marengo. From left: David Kent, McHenry, treasurer; Benjamin Frisch, Cary, . president and Howard Diercks, Algonquin, secretary. Robert Bauman, Crystal Lake, vicepresident was absent when photo was taken. DON PEASLEY PHOTO ILLINOIS STATE SMEWS SALES INCREASE National Tea Co., reported a 7.8 percent increase in sales to $277,355,443 for the 12 weeks ended June 22, 1968, compared with $257,226,687 for the previous year, according to Norman A. Stepelton, president. JOHN CORSO IN RIPON COLLEGE ADMISSION OFFICE President Bernard Adams recently announced new appointments in the Ripon college admissions office. Six Ripon college graduates are among the admissions staff members. 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