Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1961 — Page 2

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(Editor’s Note) Do you haw any questions about Social Security? Wo aB 4a. don’t wo? Bead any question you might have to Social Security Quiz, c/o Daily Democrat. You’ll find Tour answer in tills uhna. which la published t«f»larly.) 1. Q. My husband is drawing disability benefits. My son and I are also drawing benefits as his dependents. If my husband should die, would any sou and I receive any monthly payments after his death? A. Yes. You and your son would be elgible for survivors monthly benefits in the event of your husband's death. 2. Q. Can a person draw workmen's compensation and still collect his social security retirement benefits? A. Yes, workmen’s compensation would not prevent an individual from drawing his retirement benefits. If the individual is of retirement age, only his own employment or self-employment would prevent him from qualifying. The fact that he is drawing workmen’s compensation would not bar his entitlement to social security benefits. 3. Q. For the past 11 years, my husband has worked for a railroad. He was born September 8, 1896. He worked under social secuurity for 18 quarters prior to his railroad employment How many quarters will he need to qualify for social security benefits. A. Due to the 1960 changes in the social security law which reduces the number of quarters required, your husband would need

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only 13 quarters to qualify for social security benefits when he reaches age 65 in September 1961. 4. Q. Is it compulsory for a person to file for his social security benefits when he reaches retirement age? I am 69 years old and I'm still working full time. A. Filing for your retirement benefits is an individual decision. It is not compulsory for you to file a claim because you have reached retirement age. However, it might be adviseable for you to contact your social security office since there will be a change in the retirement test beginning January 1961. Many eligible people who have not applied for their benefits because they were earning over S2OBO a year and ordinarily could not draw any checks, may now find it to their advantage to apply. 5. Q. I am 68 and have been drawing social security benefits for three years; however, my total earnings for this may be slightly over SI2OO. I returned to work for two months on a part time basis. Do I need to report this information to the social security office? A. If your total earnings for 1960 exceed SI2OO, it will be necessary for you to file an annual report. This report must be filed no later than April 15, 1961. At that time you can explain that you returned to work on a part-time basis after your retirement. If your total yearly earnings do not exceed SI2OO, it won’t be necessary for you to report that you worked.

Initial Spaceman Shot Is Nearing

EDITOR’S NOTE—What has been cuing on in the Untied States’ man-in-space program since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth? American scientists and astronauts, admittedly disappointed, are eagerly approaching the climax to their first spaceman shot. UPI Cape Canaveral Correspondent Alvin B. Webb Jr. reports in the following dispatch tension is mounting as the countdown approaches. By ALVIN B. WEBB Jr. United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) — Two U.S. rockets tuned with urgency but tempered by scientific caution may put an end within nine days to cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s exclusive franchise on manned space travel. Since the momentary disillusionment caused by the April 12 space flight of the stocky Russian major U.S. scientists have resisted a wave of panic with a determination to do the job the way they planned in the first place. “Project Mercury” space capsules are mounted atop a gleaming Atlas missile on Pad 14 and a slender white Redstone is perched on Pad 5. They are the products of around-the-clock schedules, hundreds of hours of overtime and a peculiar scientific resistance to discouragement. If all goes well, the United States will pull the trigger on this doublebarreled “partial answer” within a few days by launching the Atlas on an unmanned orbital flight. Then, on May 2, it fires an astronaut 115 miles into space for a “sub-orbital” ride on the Redstone. Since April 12, scientists in charge, of this nation’s Mercury program have had to swallow the jibes of Russian leaders, nearpanic among some of their own leaders and their own personal disappointment at knowing they will be runnersup in early manned space flights. The chance to be first is gone forever. And the upcoming “answer” won’t be a complete one, since an actual full orbit ride for a U.S. astronaut is at least six months away. Still, scientists consider the Rus-

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sian flight only the initial dive into the water. Man still must learn to swim in the new environment, and toward that end U.S. scientists have shifted their aims in manned flight programs. U.S. missilemen were aware from the start that the Mercury program began in 1958 with two strikes against it and the third well on the way as fat as beating the Russians was concerned. It was a case of too little and too late. The Atlas and Redstone rockets, the most powerful and most reliable this nation could come up with, were midgets compared to the missile behemoths the Soviet Union has had under development since shortly after World War 11. The penalties were obvious. Gagarin’s space cabin weighed 4.5 tons and was a veritable apartment compared to the one-ton, coffin-tight confines of the Mercury capsule. America’s seven astronauts — Leroy Cooper, Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Walter Slayton and Walter Schirra—also had no illusions that they would beat the Soviets to the punch. Time and again they emphasized the longer-range aims of Mercury. They are human and the scientists are human, and they were disappointed to a man when word of Gagarin’s voyage came. A pall of disappointment settled over this “Spaceport U.S.A.” It still hasn’t totally dissipated. Expecting a knockout blow doesn’t ease the pain or make the recuperation any faster. Many contended American could have won, had it been a little less cautious. Perfection of the capsule’s escape system, for example has run up against a series of problems that have delayed the initial manned flight on numerous occasions. A few even doubted the truth of Gagarin’s flight. But generaly, the feeling was and is that expressed by one official of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): “We have no reason to doubt that the Russians didn’t do exactly what they said they would do,” If there has been any doubt, it was in connection with rumors that Gagarin was not actually the first or maybe even the second Russian to fly into space. But most scientists here prefer to talk rather positively of their own plans, rather than rumors about Russia’s doings. ; Gagarin’s flight has done nothing to relieve a sort of college “rah-rah” spirit that has sprung up around America’s astronauts. This is still a new game, and the United States is waiting for its chance at the ball. Tension here is mounting as the days pass.. Newsmen already have begun pouring into the area to cover the big event. The Soviet success seemed to increase rather than decrease the urgency of getting the Mercury program spacebound —and added to the psychological handicap of the participants. Os concern now is how the United States would look if it failed with a sub-orbital, comparatively brief flight such as

' *• 'fi mßfJMft ■* W l«iO 1 | f|||||||f!f||fL OIO(l^®# ? Jrt ■ «fJI/j bJ RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS— Taya Erekson, left, and Marceda Whetstone and Tom GrabiU, right, are shown observing the scholastic scholarships posted on the Decatur high school bulletin board which they have received from Ball State Teachers College in Muncie. Miss Erekson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reid B. Erekson, plans to major in English special, while Miss Whetstone, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Whetstone, and GrabiU, son of Mr. and Mrs. GaU Grabill, plan to major in speech and hearing and science, respectively. ’ j

Sen. Capehart ; Takes Control Os State GOP ( I INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Politi- , cal friends of Walter R. Beards- , ley, wealthy Elkhart patent medi- ■ cine manufacturer, threw his hat into the ring today for the Indiana i Republican national committee- ‘ man post vacated Saturday by • the 3rd District GOP committee Sunday at a meet in Plymouth, within hours after Gates presented his resignation to the party’s state committee at a reorganization meeting here Satur- ( day afternoon. Gates’ resignation came as a surprise. He gave “personal reasons” for his action and said he had contemplated it for some time. Robert J. DuComb, 3rd District GOP chairman, announcing Beardsley’s endorsement, said “we have found considerable statewide support for him because of his Ufelong career in GOP affairs, highlighted by service as county chairman, county finance chairman, state finance committee membership and four-time delegate to the national convention.” s'. , Beardsley is of Mile Laboratories, Inc.. Elkhart, which makes such products as Alkaseltzer and One-A-Day vitamin tablets. Capehart in Control Sen. Homer Capehart won control of the state committee in the reorganization meeting held in connection with the annual spring session of the Indiana Republican j ,that planned for the manned Redstone, coming so soon after Ga- \ garin’s globe-circling success. « I But this doesn't get the job j done. U.S. scientists are confident j to a man that they have the program going smoothly now, and America's venture into manned spaceflight is just around the corner.

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Editorial Association. The Hoosier senior senator plans to run for his fourth term next year. He told a weekend news conference “I want a friendly committee, one that will pay off the $300,000 debt and win elecCapehart obtained the election tiions.” Capehart obtained the election of his favorites. New chairman is Thomas A. Gallmeyer. Fort Wayne. 4th District chairman, who succeeds Edwin Beaman, Princeton. New vice chairman is Mrs. Esther Guthridge, Fowler, 2nd District vice chairman, who replaced Mrs. Martha Whitehead, Waldron. Stanley H. Byram, Martinsville, was named treasurer, succeeding George Stark, Indianapolis, Gallmeyer announced that an election will be held next month, to replace Gates. He said that John W. Fisher, Muncie, mentioned as a possible successor, has indicated he cannot accept. Some chairmen indicated support for Clarence O. Hamilton, Columbus, for the national committee post. Mrs. Harrington Remains The national vice committeewoman, Mrs. lone Harrington. Chesterton, did not resign, but she did criticize the reorganization vigorously. She called the shift “a Rockefeller pitch” and said Capehart is trying to swing the Hoosier organization from former Vice President Richard M. Nixon to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in 1964. The state committee’s secretary, James T. Neal, editor of the Noblesvile Ledger, retained his post. He had the backing of the editorial association. The IREA banquet speaker Saturday night, Sen. J. Caleb Boggs, R-Del., said “the much-publicized Kennedy timetable has been going through a change of pace—slowdown—because of the apparent , lack of enthusiasm and support jthroughout the country.” However, he said that “as Republicans we must cooperate with the administration in accomplishing, in a sensible manner, those programs which serve the best I interests of all our people.”

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Full Color Film Is Available This Week A 20-minute full color film, "Artificial Respiration,’ will be available for showing in Decatur all this week, is was announced today. There is no charge for the film, produced by the Pennsylvania railroad. The film was shown at Magnavox in Fort Wayne Friday and Saturday, and at the Decatur high school today. Church groups, service clubs or similar organizations wishing to show the film may make reservations by calling 3-4371, or contacting Hugh J. Andrews at the high school office.

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