Urban Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

In this unemployment compensation case the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review denied benefits under §102(b) (1) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, IB PS §802 (b) (1), because the claimant voluntarily terminated his employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling reason, in that he voluntarily retired to accept a pension.

The claimant, Victor Urban, was last employed as a debit agent for the Home Life Insurance Company of America on October 31, 1957. On July 1, 1957 he was 67 years of age and was eligible for retirement under a retirement plan in effect…