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ORTHODONTIC OFFICE OPENING Dr. Robert J. Bray & Dr. E. Gregg Pfund are pleased to announce the opening of their office at New Jersey & East Glenwood Aves. Wildwood, N J. 522-1881

by Del Brooks The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced plans for upgrading its fcomputer operations Tmj, importance of. this unaertaking becomes evident when viewed within thd context of the job the system is required to perform. SSA’s Automatic data processing operation maintains records on 240 million workers, 36 million Social Security beneficiaries, and 4.1 million supplemental security income recipients. In addition, each year it processes about 380 million wage reports from employers, 19 million transactions (such as change of address and earnings reports for persons already on the rolls), 7.5 million new applications for benefits, and 10 million requests for Social Security cards. A MODERNIZED system will not only increase productivity, but reduce the number of er-

roneous payments and other actions as well. In the past, efforts to im 1 - prove the agency’s data processing system have emphasized the purchase of more computers and the employment of more people. The result in part has been a patch-wOrk affair that is now being strained to the limit. ONCE COMPUTER > modernization becomes a reality, SSA will be able to keep individual earnings records more current. * These records are the basis for determining entitlement to Social Security benefits and the amount of the benefits. Similarly, new claims will be purchased faster and with greater accuracy. Deficiencies in the current system often prevent prompt and accurate processing of applications for benefits. This, in turn, - means that applicants frequently have to make repeat visits to local offices.

NEW PROCEDURES recently put into operation allow Social Security numbers to be issued in about two weeks after a , person has applied and provided the required evidence and information. Even with these new procedures, however, a person must provide evidehce of his or her age, citizenship or immigrant status, and identity before a number can be issued. Only original documents or copies certified by the agency which issued them can be used. A person 18 or older applying for a Social Security number for the first time must apply in person. The best evidence of age and citizenship is a public or hospital record of birth or a religious record of birth or baptism. Any of these documents should be recorded before age 5. Del Brooks Is Social Security manager in Wildwood.

Would End Tax Move On Savings

WASHINGTON, D C. - Congressman Bill .Hughes (D-NJ) has ' intMCHiced legislation repealVkp the provision in the new4|x bill for withholding taxeson interest and dividends. Hughes pointed out that there is already neafly 97 percent compliance- in reporting interest income; and that withholding taxes on interest will force thrift institutions to create large new collection machinery, "AT A TIME \vhen we are trying to encourage

people to save to provide scarce investment capital,” Hughes said, "a measure of this nature is clearly counterproductive. It cuts down on the savings pool, and will hurt some people who will have income withheld even though they have no tax liability.” Hughes also said that a congressional oversight hearing has been agreed to at his request to look into the efforts of the'Delaware River and Bay Authority to block or threaten major

economic development projects in Salem and Bridgeton. He said he asked for the hearing after the DRBA refused to drop its lawsuit to block the City of Salem from establishing a barge port on the Salem River. Since that time, the DRBA has asserted similar claims of jurisdiction over the Cohansey and Maurice Rivers, threatening the development of a major riverfront project in Bridgeton. '

ACC Makes Promotions

MAYS LANDING - The Atlantic Community College Board of Trustees recently appointed a new dean of students, and named a wing of a new building after a college vice president who recently passed away. The board also named Dr. Thomas Chelius as Chairman of Academic Support Services. Chelius,

44, of Cape May, currently serves- as Director of Development. a'wing OR the new administration, and student services building ("J” Building) was named the Dr. Oliver Henderson Administration Wing after the long-time ACC administrator who died in July. Henderson played an integral role in the planning of Phase II, which saw the construction of this new I I I !■——4—■—

building. The board approved the appointment of Patricia Luciano to the position of Dean of Students. A sixyear ACC employee, Luciano, 42, of Vineland, served as Director of the Educationaj Opportunity Fund (EOF). She will replacoAne current dean, W. Wdfiam Kaenzig, upon his retirement this year.

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