Price of Medicare Debate Examines Private Blue Cross Plans
The article compares Blue Cross hospitalization figures with Saskatchewan's compulsory plan to gauge costs for aged care under Social Security. It notes Blue Cross enrolled 56 million, paid $1.65 billion to hospitals in 1960, and would cost the U S $6.0 billion for national coverage. Saskatchewan funds via premiums taxes and income taxes, raising total costs to $9.57 billion if adopted. It argues private Blue Cross is cheaper and covers all ages, urging careful study before taxing workers.
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Kennedy
Blue Cross
Hawaii
Nevada
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
United States
Saskatchewan
Canada
Europe
Telstar's Hidden Helper A High School Teacher’s Influence
A retired New York high school teacher Miss Verona A. Spicer is credited for sparking the Telstar project via teaching brothers Eugene F. O’Neill and Lawrence H. O’Neill. The Telstar launch and missile defense work at Bell Labs and Columbia are noted as outcomes of her guidance and inspiration.
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Eugene F. O'Neill
Bell Laboratories
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Verona A. Spicer
Frank
Lawrence H. O’neill
School of Engineering
Columbia University
New York
Prof. O’neill
America
Columbia
Diplomats and the test of noblesse oblige in New York
A critical essay argues that immunity and prestige spoil manners and morals among UN officials and diplomats in New York. The writer cites license plate privileges, late responses to misconduct, and the need for accountability, noting Prince Philip and others as examples.
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United Nations
New York City
State Department
United States
Waldorf Astoria
Prince Philip
New York
Bill Ormerod
Dear Abby Confessional Dilemmas Span Faith and Fame
Newspaper readers confide in Dear Abby about compulsive lying in a friend, a bride’s piano at a wedding, a church rummage sale clash, and a negative note from a reader who accuses Abby of fabricating letters. Abby answers with guidance and humor.
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Abby
Personal Cases Jealousy and Kinsey Theory in a Wife’s Struggle
A reader titled Helene asks why her husband, a dentist, becomes insanely jealous over minor actions. The piece argues jealousy stems from perceived female erotic hunger, critiques Kinsey reports, and explains Helene’s restraint contrasts with her husband’s belief in heightened female passion.
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Helene
Kinsey
Helene J
Tom
Dr. Kinsey
Haga Ridge Sets Homecoming on August Sixth
Homecoming at Haga Ridge is scheduled for Sunday August sixth with a two o clock program. Samuel G. Munn the president urged interested residents to attend for a discussion on church continuation.
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Haga Ridge
Samuel G. Munn
Kennedy's first 18 months abroad tested crisis and resolve
Kennedy faced major foreign policy tests from the Cuba invasion to Berlin while pursuing disarmament. Latin America saw upheaval with Castro, Trujillo's assassination, and Latin leaders embracing the Alliance for Progress. Elsewhere, Algeria, India, Pakistan, Congo, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia saw coups, wars, and creeping Cold War tensions as UN leadership shifted to U Thant.
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Kennedy
Congress
Berlin
Khrushchev
Truman
Eisenhower
Latin America
Cuba
Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Algeria
Secret
France
Middle Age Time To Sleep
A middle aged man awakes to face another workday while his wife prod s him to hurry. The ritual includes feeble excuses a summoned pain list and a final five minute lecture on economy before he leaves for the day. The wife retires content to sleep another hour.
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Corres
Haydenville Family Celebrates Trina Sparks Birthday
A Haydenville family gathering at Mr and Mrs Wilburn Sparks home marked Trina Sparks birthday with home made ice cream and cake. Guests included grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilson The Plains and extended relations from Haydenville Buchtel Wyona Lisa Wilson Buckeye Lake and others.
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Wilburn Sparks
Trina
Herbert Wilson
the Plains
Albert Sparks
Haydenville
Gene Doe
Billie
Penny
Gene
Richie
Buchtel
Wyona
Lisa Wilson
Homer Carter
Alfred Ahart
Timmy
Tommy
Tallmadge
Carter
Emmy
Ray Carter
Fairfield Beach
Buckeye Lake
Roscoe Fwler
Florida
Charlotte Dixon
Toronto
Can
Sylvia McMaster
Middleport
John Hooper
Newark
Roy Glen
Dorothy Collins
William Thompson
Columbus
Unclear postal rate schedule fragment from Athens Ohio paper
Fragments listing delivery periods and prices for mail service appear in a Athens Ohio newspaper. The text includes rates for one week four weeks three months six months and one year with misread lines and stray letters. The piece mentions post office details and Union Street address but lacks coherent context or complete data.
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U. S
Athens
Ohio
ASSOC
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Telstar
Euripides
Abigail van Buren
Ladies’ Church
George W. Crane
James Marlow
Israel
Egypt
Syria
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Goa
Portugal
Salazar
Franco
Spain
Congo
Katanga
Viet Nam
Red China
Quemoy
Matsu
New Guinea
Burma
Ne Win
Troika
U Thant
Dag Hammarskjold
Hal Boyle
Athens Messenger Publigese
Messenger
Ze Va
Olé
Vail Ee
Union
Union St
Ohi
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