Thursday, July 27, 1978
Social Security For' The Record |
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-i By LeeWafiio
Field Representative
(A People who continue to
after retirement
should remember that the
amount of money they can
make without affecting their
Social Security benefits may
depend on how old they are.
Hie new retirement test
contains three age spans at
which a person’s earnings
affect Social Security
benefits differently under
age 65, 65 to 72, mid 72 and
over.
Under the earnings test
that existed before die 1977
Social Security Amend
ments, the only time the
earnings test was different
for people receiving Social
Security checks was after
age 72.
Under the present test, a
person under 65 receiving
Social Security benefits may
earn up to $3,240 in 1978
without affecting their
Social Security check.
An individual 65 and over
Cay earn up to $4,000 in 1978
thbut losing any benefits.
At age 72 a person’s Social
Security benefits are not
affected by earnings.
The earnings test is based
on the idea of Social
Security benefits as a
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' partial replactoie&t for
earnings loat to the family
because of the worker’s
retirement, death, or
disability.
The earnings test serves
as a yardstick to determine
if earnings have actually
been reduced and the person
is in fact retired, or in the
case of dependent’s
benefits, actually dependent
on the worker’s earnings. ■
Earnings over the annual
exempt amount reduced the
Social Secimity check $1 for
each $2 in excess earnings.
This means, for example,;
that it is possible for a 65-
year-old retiree with an
average monthly Social
Security Jsendßt of $240 to
earn as; nfifch las $0,760
before benefits are com
pletely withheld.
You should also note that
the “monthly earnings test”
no longer applies to people
after the first year in which
they receive a monthly
benefit.
Under the monthly test a
person can receive a Social
Security check for any
month in which earnings do
not exceed one-twelfth of the
annual earnings limit, or
$334 in 1978 for a person 65 or
over.
However, the monthly test
often resulted in inequities.
For example, seasonal
workers or the self
employed could draw
benefits for the months
when they normally did not
work without actually
retiring or having their
earnings reduced.
It was necessary to
continue the monthly test
for the first year in which a
person retired to avoid the
situation in which a person
would not be entitled to
benefits beginning with the'
month of retirement
because his or her prior
earnings for the year ex
ceeded the annual exempt
amount.
Public Meeting
To Be Held
“If you have something on
your mind regarding con
servation and natural
resources, yon want to mark
August 1, 1978 on your
calendar,” Chairman Lloyd
C. Bunch of the Albemarle
Soil and Water Conservation
District said today.
That’s the day when a
public meeting on the new
Resources Conservation Act
Public Law 95-192 will
be held at 8:00 P.M. at the
Edenton Municipal
Building. While specific
groups have been invited,
including government
agencies and organizations,
the entire public is invited to
participate. “We want' to
hear from those who come,”
said the chairman, “and
their comments will be
considered seriously and
included in the report on this
important meeting.”
Comments will be sought
on problems, trends and
natural resource needs for
Chowan County, and local
concerns and needs wall be
evalqated and used to help
in developing a five-year
soil and water conservation
program for the nation and
the state.
The comments will be
used to help (dan programs
to out, by the
Q§lwf;Sfl|T“ Conservation
Service, the federal agency
with main responsibility for
working with natural
resources. The new
Resources Conservation Act
requires public par
ticipation and involvement
in determining needs and
setting goals for soil and
water conservation.
The August 1 meeting is
open to everyone, without
regard to race, creed, color,
sex or national origin. “We
hope we get a good cross
section of opinion, because
that’s what we need,” the
chairman concluded.
Heart Association
Has Information
Our bodies talk to us all
the time, and one of the
signals they may be sending
is that a stroke is on the
way. Do you know the
warning signs of impending
stroke? Ask the North
Carolina Heart Association,
1 Heart Circle, Chapel Hill,
N.C. 27514 for a free copy of
“Body Language”.
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It is estimated that the
earth weighs 6 sextillion,
570 quintillion tons.
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to grow hydroponic tomatoes in greenhouses. Standing left to right are: Arthur Lyon, a
managing partner of Deep River Farms, Ltd., Wick Exum, chairman of the Greene County
Economic Development Commission and Tom Willis, director of the East Carolina
University Regional Development Institute. (Photo courtesy of The Standard Laconic).
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Tomato Plant Patented
GREENVILLE A $3.3-
million patented tomato
growing operation, the
subject of a feasibility study
by the East Carolina
University Regional
Development Institute, will
be constructed in Greene
County, it was announced by
Arthur Lyon, a managing
partner of Deep River
Farms, Ltd., of High
Point.
The first phase of the
project will consist of 35
greenhouses having over
130,200 square feet which
should produce 35-million
pounds of vine-ripened
tomatoes per year.
Construction on a 75-acre
site near Snow Hill has
already begun.
“The Hygro-Flo System of
producing tomatoes without
soil began in Panama City.
Fla., about eight years
ago,” Lyon said.
He explained that the
tomato plants are placed in
nine inch diameter black
plastic tubes. Liquid
nutrients are then pumped
through the tubes to feed the
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plants.
ready to be lacked in about
90 days and can be picked
for 48 weeks a year. Each
plant will produce about 30
to 40 pounds of tomatoes.
“We will have tomatoes
grown in winter that are
superior to the summer
tomatoes that are grown in
your back yard,” Lyon
predicted.
The location of the firm in
Greene County is partially
the result of a study made
by the East Carolina
University Regional
Development Institute.
Prepared by Talmadge D.
Page, Sr., a development
specialist and Thomas W.
Willis, the institute’s
director, the study deter
mined such things as the
profitability of producing
tomatoes in North Carolina
and the area of the state that
would have the greatest
amount of natural resources
(good water and sunlight) to
insure the success of a
tomato-growing operation.