Medicine in crisis and the push for reform
The article outlines a nationwide medical care crisis driven by rising costs and strains on facilities and personnel. It notes Medicare and Medicaid, inflation, and rapid scientific advances as key factors, and discusses reforms such as new MD training, teams of health workers, management methods, and nurse to doctor pathways, while urging stepwise government restraint and efficiency.
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U.S. News & World Report
John A. D. Cooper
Association of American Medical Colleges
Cooper
Stanford University
James H. Cavanaugh
Roger O. Egeberg
HEW
Indomitable Americans face toughest challenges with ingenuity
Paul Harvey extols American resilience and innovation as researchers in Toledo develop asphalt made from ground glass to pave streets, Stanford teams create an air pressure separator to recycle trash, and Emory University scientists pursue a cancer vaccine. The piece urges optimism, progress, and a can-do attitude across science, industry, and public life.
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Toledo
Ohio
Stanford Research
Government spends on tobacco farming and anti smoking ads
The federal government funded 7.6 million dollars for tobacco farmers last year, including 240 thousand to promote American tobacco abroad, while allocating 4.2 million for advertising and research urging people to quit smoking. The piece questions whether this dual approach makes sense.
Supreme Court ruling on pool access sparks civil rights debate
In a landmark decision the Supreme Court held that Black residents have the same rights as White residents to use a local community swimming pool tied to neighborhood residence. The ruling is seen as a step toward equal access and desegregation in public facilities.
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Supreme Court
Governors split over Agnew critique of mass media
Russell W. Peterson and Deane Davis join Norbert Tiemann and Ronald Reagan in backing Vice President Spiro Agnew’s call for fair, seen as constructive, criticism of the networks. Governors from Delaware to California urge self-analysis by news outlets while noting uneven coverage and bias concerns across the national press.
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Spiro Agnew
Trervdllean Governors
Hot Springs
Ark
Agdew
Russell W. Peterson
Delaware
Deane Davis
Vermont
Norbert T. Tiemann
Nebraska
Ronald Reagan
California
Counrt
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Stanley Hathaway
Wyoming
Wire Service
Doves Upset by Fulbright Smear of Agnew on Guam Doctrine
The dispute over President Nixon's Guam Doctrine widens as Senator Fulbright calls Vice President Agnew a smart aleck and questions the degree of U S intervention in Asia. The piece traces Senate limits on presidential war powers, wartime history, and the emerging rift over Vietnam era policy and isolationism versus extended commitments.
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Washington, D.C
Spiro Agnew
Sen. Fulbright
Nixon
Guam
Asia
Agnew
Arkansas
Senate
United States
Laos
Thailand
Barbary Coast
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Robert A.taft
Truman
Vietnam
Congress
Dean Rusk
State of
Union
Greece Freedom Amidst Single Party Rule
Holmes Alexander reports from Athens on Papadopoulos regime’s censorship and law tightening under the drive for internal order. He notes Article 19% amended to punish whispers and rumors, with jail terms and fines, while praising prosperity and the paradox of liberty through repression. He considers external critics and predicts protests will come mainly from abroad, as Greeks tolerate the cost of crisis governance.
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Europe
Papadopoulos
Athens
Iegent
George Zoitakis
Greece
Georgia secedes from the Union in 1861
This Day In History notes Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861. It also mentions Francoist bombing deaths in 1998 Barac lona and Valencia, Eisenhower's 1955 news conference, and Johnson's 1968 appointment of Clark Clifford as defense secretary succeeding McNamara.
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Georgia
Union
Franco
Barcolona
Valencia
Spain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Clark Clifford
Robert McNamara
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