Unnecessary and Incompetent Surgery Review Sparks Debate
A congressional subcommittee cites two million unnecessary operations in 1977 with 10,000 deaths and 4 billion dollars in costs. The AMA disputes the estimates but agrees reforms are needed, urging patient information and internal peer review to curb needless surgery without excessive government regulation.
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Washington
American Medical Association
AMA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Computerizing Welfare Recipient Records
The federal plan to create a nationwide computerized list of welfare recipients aims to detect cheaters and assess training programs. Privacy laws shield welfare rolls, but no restriction blocks federal record-keeping, and a $1 million computer project would reveal employment outcomes and program effectiveness, shaping policy on welfare dependency.
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Congress
Better Than Boom Or Bust
Economic pundits weigh recession vs inflation as a downturn in 1979 could ease cost pressures. A mild recession might lower inflation, reduce imports pressure, lower interest rates, and give time for long term fiscal policy, while unions accept smaller raises.
Executive Privilege Resurrected in Carter Era
The piece critiques renewed executive privilege under President Carter in denying GAO access to White House records amid a coal strike inquiry. It notes criticism from Rep. Dingell and ex-Rep. Moss, references GAO challenges, and contrasts with Nixon era tactics while mentioning foreign farmland investment and a Montclair New Jersey public works union accepting a no raise with profit sharing.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Jimmy Carter
General Accounting Office
Carter
Nixon White House
White House
GAO
John Dingell
Dmich
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
Department of Energy
Council of Economic Advisers
Justice Department
Atty
Griffin Bell
Dingell
John) Mitchell
John Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Congress
Public Works
Montclair
N.J
Woody Hayes in Gator Bowl Critique Sparks Debates
Letters to the editor weigh Woody Hayes’s actions after the Gator Bowl attack on a Clemson player. Readers debate coaching ethics, media coverage, and sportsmanship, with comparisons to Billy Martin and calls for accountability.
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Woody Hayes
Clemson
Woody
What it feels like to die for a Christian
Dear H B explains that the Christian does not truly die the body stops working while the life within endures. Death is described as angels lifting the soul from the body into the presence of Jesus and Abraham. The gift of everlasting life removes fear of death for believers.
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L.C. Geer
Ohio State
Geer
ABC
Keith Jackson
Ara Parseghian
Hayes
Jackson
Parseghian
Woody Hayes
Clemson
Woody
DR. Graham
H. B
H.B
Jesus
Lazarus
Abraham
God
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Wall Street Journal
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
Clark Mollenhoff
America
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Agriculture Department
House
Richard Nolan
Dminn
U.S
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Saint He Aint
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