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PEOPLE under‘72 can work and earn more and still get their social security benefits starting in January, according to Philip E. Bettendorf, social security district manager in Winchester.

“In 1976 people can earn as much as $2,760 and get their full social security retirement or survivors benefit,” Bettendorf said. “The yearly earnings limit for 1975 was $2,520. The increase keeps the amount in line with increases in general average wages,”

For earnings over $2,760 in 1976, social security benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $2 earned. “But no matter how much people earn for the year,” Bettendorf said, “they can get their

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