BUSINESS MEMO: SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT

Hundreds of thousands of Americans age 65 through 69 will be able to earn as much money as they want without losing Social Security benefits under a bill signed Friday by President Clinton that repeals a Depression-era penalty. The elimination of the so-called earnings test will mean an additional $6,700 in payments this year on average for some 800,000 recipients who are working and another 100,000 who haven't sought benefits because they have jobs, the Social Security Administration says...