Fraternity-Testvériség, 1965 (43. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1965-06-01 / 6-7. szám
10 FRATER NI TY died himself rather than harm her. What possible good can come of sending him to prison?” More support came from . . . The eighth face, my employer’s. “Joe is an asset to our company”, he said. “Always eager to do more than asked, and do it well, Joe has won two promotions in three years.” But all of this counted for naught, thanks to . . . The ninth face, the judge’s. “If I had my way”, he began, “no driver, regardless of his standing in his community, would ever get a second chance to hit and kill and run. Unfortunately, the law sets a maximum term for crimes of this kind.” The sentence eventually brought me up against . . . The tenth face, that of a prison cellblock guard. He paused at my cell this morning to comment on the weather. I ignored him. Finally, turning to walk on, he remarked, “You sure got a hate hangover, ain’t ya?” Yes, I suffer a hangover of hate . . . for drivers who leave their cars unlocked. But I knew agonizing remorse — until that day, five months after my trial, when this same guard handed me a heartbreaking message. Details came later. A teen-ager in a hot car was being chased by police when the kid sideswiped an oncoming vehicle, lost control, jumped a curb and mowed dowm three shoppers. One shopper never got up again. In her dying move, Nancy had reached to clutch the layette she had just bought for our unborn baby. The car that killed Nancy had been left unlocked, keys in the ignition switch.--------«*'?•*»------PROBLEMS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY Question: I retired August 1964. I am drawing Social Security for my family of four. I also draw a pension from an insurance company which was set up by the company from which I retired, as a fringe benefit to my salary. Last year, because of illness in the family, I had to cash some Series E bonds which paid some interest. I also have some savings in a Building and Loan Company which paid some interest on books, but was not paid to me. Does this pension and interest count towards the amount I am allowed to earn per year while drawing Social Security? Answer: No. Only earnings from employment and substantial services in self-employment count in relation to Social Security. Pensions and interest and other investment income are not counted. Question: A woman aged 62 elects to retire and draw Social Security on her own earnings. The rule whereby you average the 5 best years of the last 10 — does that apply in this case? The local Social Security office has averaged the last 7 years and that has reduced the amount of monthly payments. Is there any such rule as this? Answer: We do not average the 5 best years of earnings. We drop the 5 lowest years. The exact number of years used depends on when you reach age 62.
