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Tligrsdbyi May 5, 1966
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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN,'N. C.
Herald
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Bob Hussey Replaces Gold
As Post 155 Legion Coach
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BARRY GIBSON
Van Dyke Ties
Foi Seventh;
Team Is Thiid
By GARY STEWART
Gibson Has Arm Trouble, Has 4-3 Record
Lenoir-Rhyne’s Barry Gibson is one of five former
Kings Mountain high school and/or Post 155 American
Legion Junior stars who has been shining on the college
diamond. ,
But recently Barry’s arm has been giving him trouDie
and his record is going down hill. After four starts this
year, the L-R ace had com
piled a 4-0 record but now,
after developing soreness
in his pitching arm, his
record has slumped to 4-3.
The former Kings Moun
tain high school and Post
155 Legion star has been a
big name at Lenoir-Rhyne
since his freshman year in
1964. He is currently a
junior and will be very
valuable to Coach Walter
Cornwell’s Bears again
next season.
Barry gained much re
spect ' while pitching at
Kings Mountain. His senior
year at KMHS he won the
John Henry Moss Most
Valuable Player Award
after leading Coach Fred
Withers’ Mountaineers to
the ^Southwest Conference
championship. He was 4-0 that year. „
Barry’s pitching thus far has led L-R
cessful season. The Bears have stayed around the top ot
the Cai’olinas Conference standings all year and win oe
one of the first division clubs at season’s end. -i/,
Gibson has appeared in nine of Lenoir Rhyne s 14
games this year. He has started seven games and has corn-
pleted five. He has worked the most innings of any L-K
pitcher, 54-4;i, has allowed 51 hits, 23 runs, has walked 13,
struck out 39 and has an earned run average or
Barry’s three losses came in one week. , . . , +
. His 2-1 loss to Elon last week is considered ms best
^ame of the season. Barry went the distance, allowing
only four hits, two of them infield singles.
In LR’s first game of the seiason, Barry completed the
game white, whipping Wofford 7-2. He allowed only seven
hits and fanned seven batters.
He pitched the last three innings against Wofford in
the second game of the season to pick up his seco^ win.
He didn’t allow a hit or run during his innings and swept
to a 10-7 decision.
His other two wins were over Newberry. His losses
were to Elon, Western Carolina and Pfeiffer.
Gold Hit At .255 Clip, Played All Games
Richard Gold, who recently completed his first season
of college baseball, hit at a .255 clip and played every inn
ing of every" game for the Florida State Frosh. Gold served
as captain of the team, led the team in st^en bases with
‘ 10, was second in runs scored with 15 and tied for the^lead-
crship in runs batted in with 13. • f
Richard was switched from his old familiar shortstop
position to second base but ho quickly got into the swing
of things. He stayed around the .300 mark most of the
season but an end-of-the-season slump dropped his bat
ting av'erage. He was fourth on the team hitting list.
n Dick collected seven extra base hits during the 28-1
gamb'^season, a home run and six doubles. The team finish-1 King? Mountain will ond its
od the season with a 17-11 record. i regular season schedule here to-
r T f : against Lincolnton. Coach
Rich'hrd expects to leave around the first of June to; paj.i^pj.>g unksmen currently sport
play with Luray, Va., during the summer, in a Virginia i a 6-6-1 record.
Collegiate League.
While at Kings Mountain, Richard earned four mono-
f^'rams in baseball and three in basketball and football. He
led the Mountaineers in hitting during his sophomore
year and carried a four-year batting average of almost
.300.
Dick was Post 155’s Most Valuable Player last year
while carrying a- .479 batting average, one of the best
marks in the state for a regular.
Richard also cashed in on several awards in basket
ball and football. He was the football team’s MVP his
.‘•'.enior year and was also all-state in football. He made the
All-SWC teams in all three sports his senior year and was
all-conference in baseball and basketball his junior year.
He owns the all-time Mountaineer basketball scoring
mark at KMHS with 826 points in three years.
MOUNTAINEER INFIELD — Pictured above are the five boys who hold down the four corners of
the infield and shortstop position for the Kings Mountain high school baseball team. From left
to right are Paul Gaffney (catcher), Wayne Mullinax (3b). Nelson Connor (ss). Mike Smith (2b)
and Chucky Gladden (lb).
Jay Powell Gains Medalist
Honors In SWC Golf Match
Kings Mountain high school
senior Jay Powell fired an even
par 74 at Forest City ' Municipal
Golf Course Monday afternoon to
gain irr.edalist h.on6rs in the
Southwest Conference Golf Tour
nament.
Powell finished first in a field
of 48 golfers from eight SWC
schools and qualified for the as
sociation meet to be held in
Boone on May 9.
John Van Dyke shot a six-over
par 80 to join Powell as the on
ly two KMHS golfers to qualify
for the association meet. Both
Powell and Van Dyke are letter-
men and have been valuablre to
' the team for the past two sea
sons.
yan Dyke’s score earned him
a tie for seventh place in the
conference individual standings.
As a team. Coach Don Parker’s
Mountaineers finished third with
a team score of 328. Shelby won
the championship with a 319 to
tal and R-S Central finished sep
ond with a 326 team score.
Host team East Rutherford
scored a 336 to finish fourth and
Belmont, Cherryville, Chase and
Lincolnton brought up the rear
in that order.
The Shel'by and R-S Central
teams, along with the 12 top qua
lifiers will repre.sent the South
west Conference in the associa-
Tracksters Finish
Lost In Conlerence
1
Kings Mountain high school’s j
track team ended the 1966 season j
on a sour note Friday^ at SheLy
by finishing last in the* Southwest
Conference meet.
Shelby won the event with a
total of 54% points. Favored R-S
Central placed second with 36
points and Lincolnton and Cher
ryville rounded out the top four
with 35 and 23 points respective
ly.
Kings Mountain managed only
seven points with a second place
finish by Mike Goforth in the
220-yard run and a third place
finish by the 880-relay team.
Shelby’s Tillrfi'an Tinsley was
high scorer for the meet with 16
points. Tinsley finished first in
the high hurdles and high jump
and was second in the 440-yard
run and the hop-skip jump.
Steve Pitches,
Tommy Hits KM
Past Chase. 3-0
Jim Leigh Named
Assistant Coach |
Foi This Season
Bob Hussey has been named as
the new coach foi" the "Otis D.
Greene Post 155 American Legion
'.-ascball team.
Hussey replaces John Gold of
Grover wiro has handled the.team
for the past two seasons. Jnn
ilcigh will again serve as assist
ant coacli.
The announcement was made
Monday by Legion Atliletic Direc
tor Carl Wilson.
Hussey serves as head girls’
basketball coach at Kings'Moun
tain high school as well as„track
coach, ninth grade head football
coach and assistant backfield
coach for the varsity gridders.
Hpssey handled the KMHS
ninth grade baseball tearri until
Kings Mountain dropped out of
tlie junior high program in 1965.
Registration for boys who plan
to play Legion baseball will be
on Saturda\ morning, May 14, at
10:30. Practice will begin on
Monday, May 16.
The Legion program will oper
ate on a 22 game regular season
.schedule this year with league
opening on May 31. Kings Moun
tain has five practice .games
scheduled before the opening
day.
^vclve teams will i.T.ake vip
tlm area. They include: Kings
Mountain. Gastonia, Bessemer
City, Shcl'cy, Belmont, Forest
City! Henrietta. Marion, Newton,
Granite-Falls and Cher-
afternoon in a ram- ^
shortened Southwest Conference i
contest. , I
Steve and Tommy Goforth ^
teamed to lead the Kings Moun-, teams will ad-
tain high school Mountamec^ to j the bot-
a 3-0 win over Chase here W^-, teams being climinaterl.
nesday afternoon in^ a^ 1 a meeting will be held in Shel
by on May 21 to draw up the
r I regular-season schedule.
Steve turned in a oim-hit, 111 Post 155 will have six stai'ters
strikeouts performance against!—three of them pitchers back
the Troians and Tommy, pla.ying I this season. Returning starters
his fir.«t game as an outfielder, \ are outfielders Ronnie Rhea and
the winning run for the i Tony Leigh, pitchers Ste\e Go-
with a double in the forth, Steve Wilson and Mickey
I Adkins and catchei; Roy-Medlin.
Adkins p.7Sted a i-2 record last
LEGION COACH — Bob' Hussey
(above) has been named coach
for the Post 155 American
Legion Juniors for the coming
season. He replaces John Gold
as Legion Coach. )
Mounties Host
Belmont Tuesday
Tuesday night’s Southwest Con
ference baseball contest between
Kings Mountain and Shelby was
postponed because of rain and
was scheduled to be played Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30.
Coach Bill Bates will take his
Mountaineers to East Rutherford
Friday afternoon before return
ing home to host Belmont Tues
Gault ^ New
Record—Rolls
429 Set Tuesday
I Lib Gault did it again!
Just last w'cek she became the
I first lady in Kings Mountain
I bowling history to roll a 400 sot
by setting an all-time high sot
mark of 425.
But this week she broke that
.mark.
Tuesday night Lib rolled a 429
set to lead her Elsie’s Beauty
Shop team to a -4-0 win over the
, Outcasts.
i However, Elsie’s still trails
I leag.ie leader Plonk Brothers by
: four games heading into the fin-
I al week of the 1^5-66 season,
i !'_4b connected 6A lines of 134,
1 164 and 131 for hef record total.
I Charity Goforth added a 350 set
for the winners while Ethel Tig-
nor was high for the Outcasts
with a 109 line,and a 362 set.
Elsie’s winning margin over
the Outcasts was 123 pins after
spotting the losers 16 pins per
game.
Plonk Brothers won a 4-0 de
cision over McGinnis Furniture
and Kings Mountain Drug won
a 3-1 score over Oates-Henderson
Shell in the other two matches
Tuesday.
Pat Herndon had a 131 line and
a 319 set to top Plonk Brothers
and Betty Fite had a 116-300 for
McGinnis Furniture.
Lynda Sparrow, Margaret Wil
son and Pat Panther all had 106
Panther had a 307 set
, - . lines and Panther had a
day and Cherryville Friday in the i Druo^. Jenny Oates topped
final two season game.?. i Scoring with a 116
The Mountaineers are currently! a 317 set.
4-6 in conference play and are in; STANDINGS
sixth place iii the loop standings.! -pparn
iLincolnton 18-1) leads the league I pjonk Brother.*?
while East Rutherford and R-S : Eigip-g Beauty Shop
Central are tied for second, Bel- , Kings Mtn Drug
mont’s fourth, Shelby fifth and I Qafpg.j.je„^ej.sQig
drove in
Moun tic’s
third inning.
The Mountaineers Collected
three hits off Chase pitchers Don
Weasc and Terry' Powell. All
three of the Mounties’ runs were
unearned.
Chase's lone hit came in the
opening frame with shortstop
Bobby Bridges getting a looping
single The Trojans reached
scoring position only once, in the
fourth inning when Al Radford
got on by error and reached sec
ond base when Goforth issued
a walk to Mike Henson.
Mounties Lose
To Lincolnton
Lincolnton scored three runs in
the fir.sl inning Saturday after-
TEAM SCORES
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
P'-ACE
TEAM SCORE
^ .1.
Shelby
319
2
R-S Central
326
3
KINGS MOUNTAIN
328
4
East Rutherford
.336
5
Belmont
337
6
Cherryville
338
7
Chase
341
8
Lincolnton
375
Goforth, Leigh In Slumps At ASTC
Warren (Bo) Goforth and Jim Leigh are both mem
bers of the Appalachian State Teachers Ctellege team but
are having their troubles at this faze of the year.
After winning his first start of the season, Goforth
has slumped to a 1-3 record. He beat Presbyterian 15-1 in
liis opener and has since lost decisions to Western Caro-1 ceiy plays the 'Bees and the Jets
... , . -IV play Bur-Mill Thursday, and
Craftspun Gems play Margrace
The Mountaineers got on the
scoreboard in the third witli
Wayne Mullinax scoring after
J’ pSV ';'S 11..- ,0 ,<M bauers
waa ,ag.
Tommy notorlh's double. 1 .f'l "Hb ,">“•,'’,8 s.Tond ,n
las many days. Goforth went the
Kings Mountain added two distance while giving up only
runs in the fourth with [ five bits and fanning seven bat
scoring wlien the Chase first
baseman errored a throw on on
infield bouncer that would have
Grover, Bur-Mill
Post Softball Wins
Grover and Bur-Mill posted vic
tories in Slow - Pitch Softball
League action Tuesday night aft
er rain postponment to opening
night games Monday.
Gastonia and Margrace and
Jaycees and Craftspun Jets were
scheduled to open Monday night
but heavy rains forced postpone
ment. The Jaycees and Craftspun
Jets were scheduled to make-up
their game Wednesday night and
Margrace and Gastonia have re
scheduled for Saturday night.
In action this week. Cash Gro-
Mounties Victim
(M One-Hitter
At R-S Cential
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Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers
fell victim to a one-hit, 15-strike
outs performance by Bill Free
man Friday afternoon at Ruther-
fordton. Freeman, a lefthander,
gave up only a'single to Tony
Leigh in the second inning and
posted a 5-0 win over the Moun
taineers.
With singles by Warren Dalton
and Johnny Davis and a double
by Freeman leading the way, R-S
Central batters knocked KM
starter Steve Goforth out in the chunky Gladden and Tony Leigh j tots. Two of the hits off Goforth
first inning. — •
After Goforth got the first two
men out in the leadotf inning,
Dalton and Davis connected with j "nded the inning
back - to • back singles. Goforth
then Issued a walk to Gary Con
ner to load the sacks, and Free
man sent all three runners home
with a double to left-center.
Goforth then issued another
walk and KM Coach Bill Bates
called on sophomore Darrell
Whetstine who worked the rest
of the way.
Freeman, who has a no-hitter
to his credit, at one time had 10
strikeouts in a row. The lanky
southpaw struck out the side in
the third, fourth and fifth innings
and fanned the first man he fac
ed in the sixth.
Kings Mountain got runners in
scoring position only twice.
Leigh stole second after get
ting his single in the second in
ning and Mike Smith reached
second on a wild pitch after be
ing walked in the seventh.
Cherryville and Chase tied f'l’; Outcasts
seven til.
Steve Goforth (4-3) will nrob- 1
ably receive the starting nod a-;
gainst Shel:y w'ith either Tommy,i
Goforth (1-3) or Darrell Whet-1
year, Wilson was 1-0 .and Goforth j Stine (0-1) starti^ against East!
was 0-0. Rhea did sorh'e I'olief i Rutherford. / i
pitching but was not involved in
a decision.
! McGinnis Furniture
Pet.
.676
.618
.588
.412
.368
.353
WNCHSAA
Annual Meeting
Held Wednesday
His pitching record still is one
of the best in the Southwest Con
ference- He has worked a total of
, 38% innings, has given up only
noon and tlien cruised to a 5‘2j22 hits, five earned runs, has
win over Kings Mountain in a . walked only 20 batters and has
Soutliwest Conference contest. struck out .54. His earned run av-
Ace figlithander Harry Graham gpggg stands at 0.89.
picked up the victory for the
Wdvos with a four-hitter. Gra-j Torhmy (^forth currently leads
the team in hitting with a .267
batting mark with four hits in
15 times to the plate. Mike Smith
is second on the hitting list with
a .231 mark and Nelsan Connor
is third with a .212 average.
Senior Mitchell Self will prob
ably pitch for Shelby on Wednes
day with Brinson Hill or Lewis
Jolley hurling for East Friday.
Iina(4-2), Pfeiffer (3-0) and High Point (5-1).
While at Kings Mountain, Warren led the Mountain-!
oers to a 7-7 season in ’64 and had a 4-3 record in ’63 when
the Mounties won the conference championship.
He was winner of the Legion MVP Award in ’64, the
same year that he made Post 155 history with a no-hitter
gainst Bessemer City in the post-season elimination
rounds.
Warren has two brothers — Steve and Tommy —who
ai*e cuiTently leading KMHS in the hitting and pitching
categories. ^ ^
Leigh, a junior, is currently hitting at a '.195 clip
while plaving first base'for ASTC. Leigh has eight hits in
41 times at bat, has scored six runs and has one double
and one run batted in to his credit.
Jim, who served as assistant Legion coach last year,
won the Legion MVP Award in ’62.
Beattie Leonard, who played Legion ball in Kings
Mountain three years ago, is currently the number two
pitcher on the squad at the University of North Carolina.
Leonard, a fireballing southpaw, has two shutouts to
his credit. His best game of the year was a three-hit, 3-0
victory over Tech two weeks ago. A
and Gastonia meets Mullins Fri
day night.
Grover meets Cash Grocery and
the Bees play the Jaycees Mt/i-
day and the Jels play the Mar
grace end the Gems meet Mul
lins Tuesday night.
STANDINGS
W
Team
Bur-Mill
Grover
Gems
Mullins
Cash Grocery
Jets
Bees
Jaycees
Gastonia
Margrace
L Pet.
0 1.000
0 1.000
1 .000
1 JOOO
0 .000
0 .009
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
MARGRACE PRACTICE
All boys who plan to play on
the Margrace Teener League
team this season are asked to
meet at the Margrace Ball
Field Saturday momimg at
10:^ for registration, and be-
ginniyig of practice.
R-S Central scored its other
two runs In the 'bottom of the
sixth with a single by Freeman
and a double by Williamson lead
ing the way.
Goforth and Whetstine gave
up seven hits, however, only the
last two runs by Central were
earned.
BOXSCORE
Ste\e walked only two battcr.s
en route to his fourth straigh!
conference victory. Wease struck
out four KM batters and walked
three. Powell walked one but
didn’t manage a strikeout.
BOX SCORE
Kings Mountain
T. Goforth, cf
,Con nor, ss
.Smith, 2b
Gladden, lb
Gaffney, c
'Leigh, If
Carroll, rf
Mullinax, 3b
S. Goforth, p
18
were infield singles.
Lincolnton's tliree first-inning
runs were scored by the help of
thice Mountaineer errors, two
stolen bases and a triple by Frank
Mostellcr.
The hostiiiJ Wolves went ahead
4-0 in the fourth with Gene Ca
they scfiiing after getting a sin
gle,* going to second on a single
hy Melvin Huffstetler, moving to
third on a fielder’s choice and
■ coming home on a fielders
' choice.
I Kings Mountain scored in the
q fifth with Wayne Mullinax and
0 Steve Goforth each getting sin-
01
01 Lincolnton stretched its lead 5-
Qi 1 in the filth before KM added
0' the game’s final tally in the sev
o’enth with Charles Carroll scor-
_!in gaftcr getting a triple and
1 , coming home when Mullinax
reached base on an error
Chose
Willis, 3b
Winn, 2b
Bridges, ss
Radford, c
G. Hamrick, cf
Henson, If
D. Hamrick,
Jones, rf
Wease, p
Powell, p
BOXSCORE
Kings Mountain AB R H BI
lb
Kings Mountain
AB
R
H
T. Goforth, cf
2
0
0
Connor, ss
3
0
0
Smith, 2b
2
0
0
Gladden, lb
3
0
0
Gaffney, c
3
0
0
Leigh, If
2
0
1
Carroll, rf
2
0/
0
Mullinax, 3b
2 ■
0
0
S. Goforth, p
0
0
0
Whetstine, p
2
0
0
21
0
1
R-S Central
Walker, 3b
4
0
0
Goforth, rf
3
0
’1
Dalton, ss
3
1
1
Davis, cf
3
1
1
Conner, If
2
1
0
Freeman, p
3
1
3
Thompson, 2b
2
1
0
Luekaidoo, lb
2
0
0
19 0
0
0
0 T. Gofoi'tli, cf
D. Connor, cf
0 ! N. Connor, ss
o! Leigh, If
01 Gladden, lb
0 Gaffney, c
0 i Putnam, 2bb
0, j Carroll, rf
_: Mullinax, 3b
.S. Goforth, p
0
E—Wease, D. Hamrick, Willis,
Mullinax. 2B—-T. Goforth, Con
nor. SAC —Gaffney. DP—Wease,
Bridges & D. Hamrick.
pitching:
6. Goforth
Wease (1)
: Powell
IP H R ERBBBO
(w) 6 1 0 0 2 11
4 2 3 0 3 4
1 1 0 .0 1 0
26 2 4 1
Williamson, c 3 0 12
25 5 7 5
E—Smith 3, 2B—Freeman, Wil
liamson. SB—Leigh, W. Goforth.
WP—Freaman.
Pitching: IP H ’ll ER BB SO
Freeman (w) 7 l 0 0 2 J5
S. Goforth (1) % 3 3 0 2 1
Whetstine 5% 4 2 2 1 4
Lincolnton
Proctor, cf 4 10 0
Smith, if , 3 0 10
Brackett, 35 3 10 0
Mosteller, rf 3 2 2 2
Graham, p 2 0 0 0
Martin, c ' 3 0 0 0
Robinson, ss » 3 0 0 1
Cathey, 2b 3 110
Huffstetler, lb 3 0 10
27 5 5 3
E—Brackett 2, Martin 2, Robin
son, 2, Huffstetler, T. (Soforth, N.
Connor, Gladden, Gaffney. Mulli
nax. — 3B—Mosteller 2, Carroll
DP—S. Goforth, Putnam & Gaff
ney. SAC—N. Connor. SB—Gra
ham 2.
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO
Graham (w) 7 4 2 0 2 10
^ Goforth (1) 6 5 5 2 1 7
G-W Gridders Get
Athletic Grants
BOILING SPRINGS - Two
Gardner-Webb College star foot
ball players have received full
athletic scholarships from South
ern Conference colleges. Gerald
Mathis, a fullback frsm Cowpens,
S. C., will play at W'illia.T) and
Mary College and David Lang-
'ord, bruising tackle from Fay-
-'tteville. N. C., will go to Rich
mond University.
h
Both youths received numerous
offers, especially Langford who
was courted by numerous senior
colleges. iLangford, a 61 225
oound tackle can run the 100 yard
dash in just over 10 seconds and
has been described by Gardner-
Webb’s Coach Norman Harris
"as probably the finest lineman
we’ve ever had.’’
Langford was All-Region lOin
’unior college play and was All
’Vestern Junior College Confer-
’•nce and was voted "Most Valu
able’’ during G-W’s 7-3 season
’ast fall. He is president of the
sophomore class at Gardner-
Webb College and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Langford of
Rt. 3, Fayetteville.
Mathjs, a 6-0 192 pound back
vas honorable mention on the
National Junior College All A-
•nerica squad, "Back of the Year”
in Region 10 play and All West
ern Carolinas Junior College Con
ference. During his freshman
year, the South Carolinian led in
rushing in Region 10 (Virginia,
Carolinas, Maryland and Geor
gia) and was co-captain of the
(CAV team. Mathis is at William
and Mary this semester but miss
ed spring drills due to injuries
’•ecelved In an automobile acci
dent. Coach Marv Levy says this
will not cause the loss of the
scholarship. At Richmond. Lang
ford will play for Frank Jones
who Is former coach at Presby
terian College and assistant coach
at Mississippi State.
SKI
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iBIlfilf
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Steve has been the mound i
workhorse all season and had anj
impressive 4-1 record until Fri-j
day and Saturday when tie lo.st | Affhe annual dinner meeting of
back-to-back decisions to R-S j tire Western'North Carolina High
Central and Linc.olnton. i School Activities Assiociation was
to be held Wednesday night at
Belmont following an executive
board meeting Wednesday after
noon.
Purpose of meeting was to
study applications of three Iredell
County Schools, Ncrth Iredell,
North Davidson and Central Da
vidson and to draw up plans for
next years meeting and sites for
1966-67 events such as wrestling,
golf, forensic and track tourna
ments.
The Conference .Sportsmanship
Award, w-hich last year went to
Shelby High School, was to be
presented at the meeting.
Q—What change has been
made in the social security disa
bility program by the Social Se
curity Amendments of 1965?
A—Under the old law disa'bility
benefits could be paid only to
people whose impairnaent was
permanent — expected bo last for
a long and indefinite time w to
result in death. Under the new
law, benefits can be paid to a
person whose impairment has
lasted or is expected t;p last 12
calendar months.
Q—Did the 1965 amendnoents
change the work requirements
for disability benefits?
A—Most people can receive
benefits only if they have worked
under social security for at least
5 of the 10 years before they be
came disabled.
‘Q—Does the disability still
have to have lasted for 6 months
before benefits can be paid?
'A—Yes. The 1965 amendments
did not change this. The worker’s
first check will be issued for the
7th month of disability. However,
the disabled worker should check
with his social seclurity office
during the 6-month period.
Q—I began receiving retire
ment benefits at 62 and when 1
was age 63 I became disabled. I
checked at my sacial security
office and they told me that I
could not get disability benefits
because I was receiving retire
ment benefits. Has this iceen
changed by the 1965 amend
ments?
A—Yes. After receiving retire
ment benefits, it is now possible
to change to disability bsnafits if
you become disabled before 65.
This means that if you are al-
aeady raoeiving a reduced benefit
when you become disabled, your
payment may be inci cased.
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