Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1964 — Page 4

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g B COMELY CUB—WAC Pvt Peggy DQpkoski proudly holds new recruit to the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., the only white tiger cub in the Western hemisphere. 'Zoo officials hope the cub, born in January, will be the first of a long white line of youngsters born to Mohini, a white, blue-eyed tiger.

Explains Pension Payment To Teacher

Criticism of the Indiana state retirement fund, by misstating the case of a retired teacher with 30 years of teaching in Indiana, has led to the following explanation by Earl M. Utterback, former state senator from Kokomo, and now executive secretary of the fund. ’ "The board of trustees and staff of the Indiana state teachers’ retirement fund have had scores of inquiries relative to the pension account of Irene Roloff. Miss Roloff, a Flint, Mich., teacher, had 30 yeans of dedicated service in Indiana. The account of Miss Roloff as reported by her and grossly misinterpreted in some areas of the United State is respectfully presented correctly with the hope that it will reflect to the credit of Miss Roloff and to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. In order to make a simple reply to these questions, we have set forth some simple facts concerning Miss Rolof’s retirement benefit. Taught 1114-1944 "Miss Roloff s first year of teaching was in 1914-15, which was before we had a teachers’ retirement plan in Indiana. When the 1921 retirement law was enacted, teachers then in service were not required to join the retirement fund. "Miss Roloff joined the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund and paid her first contribution of $54.79 during the 1943-44 school year. This was the amount re-

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quired under the 1939 law which was effective at that time. A notation was placed on her card ‘arrearages must be paid.” Arrearages required to be-paid were in the amount of $2,979.54. The state by law recognized all of Miss Roloff’s prior service provided arrearages were paid. "At the close of the 1943-44 school year, Miss Roloff left Indiana with 30 years of teaching service. Hie next school year, Miss Roloff started teaching in the neighboring state of Michigan. Miss Roloff was entitled to a retirement benefit at the time she left the state but did no apply for it. She did not choose to retire in 1944 because at that time she presumably didn’t want to pay . $2,979.54 in arrearages to qualify. Wafted 20 Years “Twenty years after leaving Indiana service, Miss Roloff wrote the Indiana state teachers’ retirement fund in the spring of 1964 to inquire concerning her retirement account. An application for benefits was subsequently filed and her account was calculated and adjusted by taking from her benefit the... arrearages amounting to $2,979.54. This made her total actual investment in the fund slightly in excess of $3,000. * “The calculations show that she was entitled to a retirement benefit of $49.77 per mpnth starting on July 10, 1944. She had served in the schools of Indiana for 30 years and had taught at small yearly salaries. The benefits to previously retired teachers have been increased from time to time . to take care of the inflation in our economy and today Miss Roloff’s benefit is equal to $135.17 per month. This amount has reflected in it seven post increase benefits granted by the various legislative sessions in Indiana. Miss Roloff received these post increases because she did not qualify for social security benefits due to the effective date of her retirement. “The check for $19,009.27 represents the benefit which Miss Roloff Would have received had she collected each monthly check since July 10, 1944. Since the now wellknown teacher permitted 20 years to elapse before filing for benefits, there had accumulated a benefit., of $19,009.27 after her arrearages of $2,979.54 were deducted. $1,900 A Year • There are these who feel that 30 years service as a teacher in the public schools ‘ is deserving and that less than SI,OOO per year pension is not exorbitant. Were it not for the large amount of taxes this excellent teacher will be required to pay, her pension would amount to an average ob about $79.21 per month over the 20 year period. r\ “The correct computations and true facts relative to this dedicated teacher’s account, with 50 years in the classrooms of Indiana and Michigan, are being made available to those persons and groups and news media who have requested additional explanation,” Utterback concluded. Peace Corps Recruits Report For Training SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD — Seventy-six recruits for the PeAce Corps arrived at the University of Notre Dame today to begin an 11-week training program. Most of them were recent college graduates. Hie group included 43 men, 19 women and 7 couples. They are scheduled for service in Chile and' Uruguay.

Hun ting ton Newcomers Present Hootenanny Thursday. July *. the Huntington Newcomers* club will present a "hootenanny” at Hler’s park pavilion in that city, in connection with Huntington Heritage days. The show will start at 8 p m., with tickets priced at 75 cents, with pre-school children admitted free if accompanied by an adult. Stnoky Montgomery, Fort Wayne, will emcee the show, which will include folk singers, instrumentalists, bands and all types of folk and country and western music. Delayed Paychecks To State Employes INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Another batch of state employes received delayed paychecks today but the delay was not as long as it had been for some of * their fellow workers. > Pay day finally came Tuesday for 3,600 state workers, including Governor Welsh, who were to have been paid last Friday. The delay in paying them forced , a delay in the checks for those who normally would have been paid Tuesday but they were to get their checks today.

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The National Safety Council warns that between 450 and 550 persons could die in traffic over the i three-day Fourth of July holiday weekend unless the extra holiday danger is met with extra holiday care. • The Council has made a detailed breakdown of the accidents that caused a traffic death toll of 442 in the 1960 Fourth of July holiday weekend. The irim hour-by-hour story of slaughter on the highway is shown n the chart above. While the days of the week differ between the 1964 and 1960 Fourth of July holiday

periods, the elapsed time —78 hours—is the same. All holiday counts, begin at 6 p.m. on the day preceding the holiday under the NSC statistical formulae. • The most dangerous single hour of driving in the 1960 holiday period? Between 1 and 2 a.m. the first full day of the holiday. Second most dangerous hour was 7 to 8 p.m. that same day. • By studying the chart you can determine what hours are safest and most dangerous. But the chart doesn’t show that of all those killed in the 1960

holiday traffic NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON ; WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS! It also doesn’t i‘ show that most of the fatal accidents occurred ; in the home states of the victims—half within j 10 miles of home. But it does show that fatal ! accidents occurred most frequently during , evening hours, leaving on a trip and returning . home. • This Fourth of July the National Safety Council suggests you wear seat belts, obey traffic laws, don’t drink if you drive and take it easy. It’s cheap life insurance.

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