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? Here are authoritative answere by the'Veterans Administration to questions from, former servicemen and their families: ? Q — When can I expect my GI in surance dividend during 1962? A — The GI insurance dividends -are being paid as near the anni versary date of the policy — the date it was first issued — as pos sible. Q — Can anyone enter the VA Hospitalized Veterans Writing Contest ? .t v . A i->No, the contest, is limited to ■war veterans who are actually hos pitalized at the lime their entry is •written. Q — Are all veterans with war time service entitled ■ to domiciliary care ? A — Not necessarily. Veterans with wartime service must'have disabil ities that incapacitate them from earning -a living; be in need of domiciliary care. War "veterans whose disability is nonservice connected must execute an affida vit of inability to pay for their care. - Peacetime veterans must have been discharged or retired for a disability incurred in line of duty or be receiving disability compen sation. . HEALTH FOR ALL Not Unusual Enough Last year, Jim, a, college student, •was trying to move a refrigerator in the kitchen of his. campus apart* rnent. Suddenly he coughed and blood came up. He sat. down to rest but the blood kept flowing. '[ He though of tuberculosis but dismissed the idea. After aU, he hadn’t felt weak, or cqjMfhed up any blood before. He hadn’t been running a temperature, nor had he lost any weight. He didn’t even have a cough. But obviously some thing was very much wrong. He went to a doctor. The diagnosis? A well-advanced case of active tuberculosis. It took'months in a TB hospital and a long convalescence before Jim was well again. When he re turned to his classes, he took more than usual interesjt in the poetry of John Kpats, who died of TB at an early age. C \ Jim’s story isn’t as unusual as it should be. In a recent year there were almost 55,500 new active cases of tuberculosis reported. All told, there are 250,000 cases of ac tive TB in the U. S. right, now". TB could be wiped out in this country if we could find all the people ill with active TB and get them treated adequately. 'It is ur gent that we detect and treat all active TB cases now, because ^TB germs resistant to the anti-tuber culosis drugs are developing rap f ; \f_ ■. ■ jjtrf - June 30, 1962, is a very import ant date for workers who have been severely disabled for several years, according to Robert L. Hocutt, 'Field Representative for Lenoir County. Until June 30, 1962, a person may file a claim for disability insur ance benefits and establish a period of disability from the date his ill ness or injury occurred. - However, the 1960 amendments to the Social Security Law estab-, lished June 30, 1962, as a cut-off date for filing a' claim for a dis ability that has existed more than 18 months prior to the date ‘on which the application was filed. Effective July' 1, 1962, eighteen (18) months prior to the date of filing is the earliest period of dis ability that can be established for a worker regardless of the actual onset of his ability. Hocutt points put that the date of onset of a disability is extreme idly. In few years it may be too late. We shall have lost our chance to wipe out this dread scourge. If tuberculosis is found in its earliest stages, it is easiest to cure. You can do your part. Get an annual TB check-up — tuberculin test or chest X-ray for yourself and your whole family. Iy improtftnt in computing a work* er’s disability insurnace benefits. For example, a man who became disabled in 1957 may establish that onset date if he files his claim be fore June 30,' 1962, and will get a much higher benefit than if he waits until after the cut-off date to file. If he does not file'a claim until July 1962, the onset of his dis ability i? deemed by law to be January 1961, or 18 months prior to the date of his application Hocutt concluded . that most people are not aware of the sign ificance of the onset date in the computation of a disability insur ance' benefit. Any person who was disabled in 1960 or before should file his claim for social security disability in surance benefits before the June 30, 1962, cut-off date. If one would like detailed in formation concerning the require ments that must be met to entitle a person to social security disability insurance benefits, you may obtain Booklet No. OASI-29, entitled “If You Become Disabled,” from your Contact Station at 111 S. McLew ean St., or by writing to the Social Security District Office, 311 E. Walnut St., Goldsboro, N. C. r ■-----1 Higher Turkey Profits with Red ^ Rose’ Turkey Feeds i From "early nutrition” to finishing. Red Rose Turkey Feeds sm formu lated to help you get the most profit from your flock. i - Red Rose Turkey Starter supplies the vitamins and antibiotics for fast weight gains and conditioning, Red RoseTurkey Grower keeps the flock well "conditioned, and Red Rose Turkey and Broiler Fitting Feed helps you get more at market time. From start to finish, feed Red Rose Turkey Feeds. Turkey Poults Arriving Weekly Parrott Bros. 300 N. Heritage St. Kinston, N. C. 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