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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1970
Page
4
The 20 million elderly face higher Medicare costs while total health expenditure nears 35 billion dollars. Hospitals, physicians, and drug costs dominate, yet university centers show outpatient care and prevention can lower bills. Insurance, including Blue Cross and Blue Shield, lags in covering outpatient preventive services, hindering progress.
Ohio State University unveils a six year path from high school to medical degree with a three year undergraduate medical program and year round curriculum. The plan aims to address physician shortages while expanding allied health services and breaking the traditional four year to four year structure. Dean Dr. Richard L. Meiling emphasizes calendar flexibility and faster training.
Academic deans at Ohio University express support for President Claude R. Sowle and call for removing discussions of issues from violent campus atmospheres. They urge mutual trust and truth as essential for university and society growth.
Washington insight argues the Democratic Party must choose a full‑time professional national chairman to rebuild organization and funding, replace the out‑of‑touch leadership, and mount a stronger challenge to Nixon. It flags potential candidates like Jack English and Neil Staebler while noting debts and internal divisions.
Washington report profiles Laud Humphreys and his Tearoom Trade study on homosexual activity in men’s rooms. The piece details his participant observer method, the “watch queen” lookout role, and how he tracked individuals via license plates and public records to interview them later.
The column argues that U S dues to the United Nations and agencies would rise sharply, urging Congress to reconsider support amid domestic spending cuts. It cites Henry J Taylor and notes the United States bears a large share of UN costs while many members fail to pay.
Walter G. Pietsch former Queens chapter chairman of Americans for Democratic Action sues to stop collection of the 1966 surtax arguing funds were earmarked for an unconstitutional war He seeks to test presidential power to commit U S troops to an unpopular war and the amount cited is 190 84 dollars.
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