Aiken Doctors See Medicaid Payouts Top $671 757 in 1976
Blue Cross Blue Shield figures show Aiken County physicians and dentists were paid $671 757 22 for professional services in 1976. The total excludes hospital drugstore and other Medicaid reimbursements. Reimbursements are managed by South Carolina DSS with BCBS payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Columbia
Aiken
Arizona
South Carolina Department of Social Services
DSS
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
BCBS
H. Sussman
M.D
N. Augusta
J.D. Gillam
D.C
D.E. Bowen
G.S. Salter
R.G. Hrbacek
R.E. Bowen
H.T. Warren
N.augusta
Hospital Restricts Visiting Hours
Aiken Community Hospital limits visiting hours due to a flu epidemic. Administrator Larry F. McFall said only immediate family members may visit during designated hours and cautioned the restriction may last longer as many patients are very ill and vulnerable to the flu.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Larry F. McFall
McFall
Rabin Says U S Israel Ties Should Stay Strong for Peace
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem for about an hour and twenty minutes. Rabin said he was very satisfied and that the Carter administration would maintain the special relationship aimed at peace through strengthening Israel. Vance arrived on a six‑country Middle East tour and began with a wreath at Yad Vashem before talks with Foreign Minister Yigal Allon.
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Israel
Rabin
Vance
Yad Vashem
Yigal Allon
Military Drawing Food Stamps Welfare Study Reveals Gaps
A Pentagon study finds up to 38,000 service members currently receive food stamps and as many as 62,000 could be eligible under the pay and allowances system. It notes moonlighting and working spouses affect eligibility, suggesting compensation gaps in military pay.
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Washington
Armed Services
Pentagon
Mil
Crosland Listed In Critical Condition After Stroke
Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland remained in critical condition today after suffering a massive stroke. Doctors reported he was sinking fast and in a coma in the intensive care unit at Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, marking a shift from earlier phrases describing him as dangerously ill.
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London
Anthony Crosland
Foreign Office
Crosland
David Lipsey
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Black Judge Nominated by Carter for Solicitor General
Wade H. McCree a 56 year old black judge who has served on a federal appellate court for ten years was named by the Carter administration to represent the government before the Supreme Court If confirmed he would face Thurgood Marshall the department s only other black solicitor general in 187 years McCree who lives in Detroit when the Cincinnati court is not in session was the choice of Attorney General Griffin Bell for the third ranking post at the Justice Department
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Washington
Carter Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
Wade H. McCree
Black
Thurgood Marshall
McCree
Detroit
Cincinnati
Atty
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Tax saving marriage ad at Hobart College
A Hobart College junior, 22, seeks a wife among faculty single women to gain tuition relief. He offers his marriage as a tax deductible contract, claiming the wife would gain a $750 deduction by declaring him a dependent. The plan is described as a news proposition.
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Geneva
N.Y
Hobart College
Valentine's chess romance and backyard waterfall bargain
A playful ad-like note touts romance like chess and promotes a 7 foot high waterfall for 2300 dollars plus 5 for packing. It suggests buying two as a value proposition and ends with a casual nudge about the market offer.
Tax Rebate Rework Aims At Lower Income Gains
Congress weighs altering President Carter’s $50 per person rebate to favor lower income taxpayers. Ways and Means faces proposed changes to the stimulus plan, including phasing out rebates for earners between 25 000 and 35 000 and boosting relief for those under 25 000. The plan also projects an 11 14 billion higher deficit for 1978 and shifts in business tax provisions.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Carter
Congressional Tax Staff
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ford Administration
Washington Post
Gerald R. Ford
Congressional Budget Office
Colder Weather Expected In Aiken Area
Forecasters predict a cold snap with lows in the upper 20s tonight and a high near mid 40s tomorrow. Warmer conditions return by Friday with highs in the 60s and little rain through tomorrow.
Aiken County Council Meeting Highlights Road Woes and Quarters Plan
County leaders pleads bear with us over severely poor county roads while pressing for a county shop to shelter and service equipment. The discussion also covers converting nurses quarters into a juvenile detention site with backing from Alston Wilkes Society and Family Court Judge Williamson.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken County
Hill
Carrol H. Warner
Board of Commissioners
Warner
Ralph F. Cullinan
Alston Wilkes Society
Cullinan
Alston Wilkes
Family Court
Howard K. Williamson
Helping Hands Inc
Southern Gas To Boost Supply For 30 Days In Southeast
Southern Natural Gas Company plans an extra 50 million cubic feet per day for 30 days from Amoco Austral Florida and Florida Gas Transmission to aid resale customers including SCE&G facilities like Owens Corning Fiberglass. Gas curtailments have eased with warm weather, allowing restart of 28 plants and 800 Owens Corning workers. The Gregg Finishing Plant may reopen this week with mid March projected gas release for United Merchants and Graniteville.
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Aiken County
Southern Natural Gas Company
Southern Natural
Amoco Production Company
Austral Oil Company
Florida Power and Light
Florida Gas Transmission Company
Sce&g
Owens-Corning
Owens- Corning
Guy N. Thompson Jr
United Merchants and Manufacturing
United Merchants
Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Company
Gregg
Timmerman
United Merchants and
Four Charged With Drug Violations in Aiken County
Four suspects including three Aiken County residents and one Georgian face charges under South Carolina drug law. Goggans, Brown Jr., Rhinehart, and Stringfellow are accused of marijuana possession with intent to distribute, PCP, concealed weapons, and cultivation. Arrests followed a vehicle stop and discovery of drugs.
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Aiken County
S.C
Thomas Ervin Goggans
Rt. 1
Warrenville
Goggans
Donnie Gerald Brown Jr
Box
Aiken County Sheriff's Department
Carl Edward Rhinehart
Leitner St
Graniteville
Augusta
Fredrick Stringfellow
Winter St
North Augusta
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A.P. Majors
D.D
K.R. Braun
M.D. Fulford
W.R. Kennedy III
J.L. Bland
New Ellenton
W.R. Beddingfield
R.N. Devore
Jackson
M.H. Zwerling
T.W. Cofer
H.C. Sunshine
D.M.D
K.W. Yost
D.D.S
Mrs. Young
Liz
Men
Yitzhak Rabin
Erbank
Paul Ferbank
Tui
Augusta Veterans Administration Hospital
Murry Sill
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