Medical Cost Controls In Effect
The Price Commission set caps on doctor and hospital charges under Nixon Phase 2 rules. Doctor office calls may rise 2.5 percent annually and hospital room rates 6 percent, with government approval needed to exceed caps. Institutions can raise up to 2.5 percent without notice, higher increases require IRS and Medicare notification.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Nixon
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Commission
Grayson
Internal Revenue Service
Medicare
India Wins East Pakistan War as Dacca Surrenders
East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally today and Indian forces entered Dacca to establish Bangla Desh as a free state. Indira Gandhi announced Dacca is the free capital, while fighting on the western front continued and Pakistan air raids caused civilian casualties in Karachi and Lahore.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Dacca
India
Indira Gandhi
Bangla Desh
East
A. A. K. Niazi
J.S. Aurora
Eastern Command
A.m
Mukti Bahini
West Pakistan
Kashmir
Radio Pakistan
Karachi
Lahore
West
Britain
France
U.N. Security Council
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Moscow
South Asia
Ohio Assembly Ends Year With Tax Win And Redistricting Talks
The 109th Ohio General Assembly recessed after approving the states first income tax 5 to 3.5 percent personal rate and 4 to 8 percent corporate tax effective January 1. Sessions reconvene January 12 with possible January 5 action on redistricting.
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Columbus
Ohio
109Th General Assembly
House
Charles Kurfess
Perrysburg
John Brown
Senate
Hostage Release by Inmates at Yardville Prison
Inmate group at Yardville Correction Center releases one of two hostages after negotiations with state police. The other hostage release hinges on a radio broadcast of inmate grievances alleging police brutality and seeking independent investigations. Authorities report both hostages, Richard A. Seidl and Ira Friedman, likely uninjured as 50 officers guard the facility.
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Bordentown
N. J
Yardville Correction Center
G. Thomas Durand
State Department of Institutions
Durand
Richard A. Seidl
Ira Friedman
Friedman
Swann Freed From Jail Six Months After Camp Conley Killing
Steven Swann, 21, of Point Pleasant walked out of Mason County jail after being acquitted by reason of insanity in the July 4 murder of Sandra Williams. The release followed doctors ruling he is not a danger and unlikely to use drugs again.
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Point Pleasant
Steven Swann
Mason County
Sandra Williams
Camp Conley
Miss Williams
Swann
Howard Schultz
Williams
Debbie
Pollution Plan Faces West Virginia Economic Backlash
The State Air Pollution Control Commission hears opposition to Regulation 10 aimed at cutting sulphur emissions under the Clean Air Act. Opponents warn it could bankrupt the state, jeopardize coal mining, and threaten utilities led by American Electric Power Service Corp. The plan allows desulphurization, low sulphur coal, or oil burning, but limited supplies may block options.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Air Pollution Control Commission
APCC
Ings
John Tillinghast
Tillinghast
American Electric Power Service Corp
Appalachian Power Co
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian and
Ohio Power
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Association
Julius Singleton Jr
Commission
Scrubbing Plant Won’t Solve Emissions, Expert Warns
Tillinghast argues limestone wet scrubbing is the most noted desulfurization method yet is not technically feasible and is too costly. He contends it would generate new problems rather than solve stack gas emissions.
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Tillinghast
New monetary settlement eyed as Congress nears reconvening
Washington expects a new international money deal by January 18, including rates pattern, reduced trade barriers, and allied defense cost sharing. The Nixon administration may propose a dollar devaluation and drop an import surcharge. In Cincinnati police hunt gunman who killed UPS driver Marshall Venters 24 during delivery of three packages.
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Washington
United States
92Nd Congress
U. S
Nixon
Congress
Cincinnati
United Parcel Service
West End
Marshall Venters
General Hospital
Venters
Urbana Officials Consider Ferguson Act Amid Public Employee Strike
Urbana Ohio police and fire crews in a pay dispute walked off duty at noon Wednesday and called in sick, leaving only chiefs on duty as Urbana 19 policemen and 17 firemen participate in a sick-call work stoppage. Officials weigh invoking the state Ferguson Act to curb public employee strikes.
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Urbana
Ohio
Patrolmen End Sick Call Strike In Ashtabula Dispute
Ashtabula Ohio patrolmen resume 3 PM shift after pay dispute, City Manager threatened Ferguson Act to bar public employee strikes. EPA to require basic treatment for most industrial discharges into U.S. waterways, with stricter controls where needed. Nixon en route to Bermuda summit with Heath, aided by Haldeman and Ziegler. US Air Force F4 Phantom crashes near Phnom Penh, two crew rescued with no serious injuries. Indictment of former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner over stock misdealings tied to racing shares and favors.
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Ashtabula, Ohio
Ashtabula
George Ducro III
Saigon
Phnom Pah
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Boards of Elections
Gilligan
House- Senate
Air Pollution Control Board
Mason’s Swann
William Whitlatch
Nelsonville
White House
Spiro Agnew
Jackson Grayson
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S
EPA
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Bermuda
Edward Heath
H. R. Haldeman
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