Health Bill Aims to Curb Soaring Medical Costs
President Johnson calls Congress to cut health and medical costs citing $43 billion spent by Americans on doctors hospitals nursing care and medicines. He asks a national conference on costs and notes rising hospital charges and regional disparities while warning Medicare and Medicaid inflation may drive spending higher.
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Johnson
Congress
John Gardner
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
GIs Marry Vietnamese A Study of 180 Applicants
A study of 64 marriage applicants and 64 matched GIs from 1964 to 1966 finds an age around 25, with many from broken homes or marriages. It notes fear of American women among the GI group and views of Vietnamese women as passive and compassionate. Some couples will marry abroad or on returning to the United States.
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William F. Kenney
Albert Kast
Sunday Dinner For Four Costs Inexpensive In New Jersey Area
The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes: a four-person Sunday dinner in the New York northeastern New Jersey region cost 5.19 for rib roast dinner and 3.72 for chicken dinner last month. Prices are up slightly from a year ago but food remains a major bargain for families.
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New York
New Jersey
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
States Move To Boost Tax Revenues In 1965
The Tax Foundation reports 33 states study tax hikes totaling at least 10 percent of last year’s 29 billion. They seek 2.8 billion more, 1.5 billion from existing taxes and 1.3 billion from new taxes, while 14 states eye cuts saving about 500 million.
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Johnson
Congress
The
Tax Foundation
Kennedy gamble in Laos and Geneva pact aging fate
A Defense of JFK's Laos policy notes that Geneva 1962 split Laos into hostile factions and allowed North Vietnamese forces to stay in Laos. It argues the pledge to withdraw and avoid Ho Chi Minh Trail use was breached, while stressing the theater focus on South Vietnam as key. The article cites 35,000 North Vietnamese troops on the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Southern Laos.
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Kennedy
Laos
Averell Harriman
South Vietnam
Harriman
Pathet Lao
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
Kosygin
Podgorny
Ho Chi Minh
Paul
U Thant
Rangoon
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
White House
the Messenger
Franklin Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Henry Stimson
Japan
Herbert Hoover
Knowland
McCarthy
China
Truman
North Korea
Kennedy-Johnson
McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eisenhower
Korea
Vietnam
Percy
Hatfield
Republican Party
Nixon
Goldwater
Goring
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
LeMay
Time To Rally Behind Lyndon Johnson In Vietnam War Debate
A conservative urges alignment with Lyndon Johnson as Kennedy pressures mount. The piece notes Johnson faces a harsh winter of political wringers and seeks a strong, unwavering commitment to a peaceful yet sustained Vietnam policy. It warns that no enemy sign of willingness to peace has appeared.
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Lyndon Johnson
Bobby Kennedy
Senate
Thorugh
Johnson
Vietnam
Washington
Rock Creek Park
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Virginia
Lippman
Soviet Union
Hanoi
United States
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Fulbright
Clark
Gore
McGovern
Jackson
Farm opposition to CIO dairy union push voiced in Midwest
The Messenger notes farmers in the rich middle western dairylands oppose the CIO plan to organize 3.5 million dairy producers. Gomer Lewis of Racine leads a project to secure riverboat transport for Mason County TNT plant workers. Pacifist Scott Nearing resigns from Toledo University amid criticism of peace meetings.
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Middle Western
CIO
Gomer Lewis
First National Bank
Racine
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio River
Mason County
Scott Nearing
University of Toledo
Missouri
Athens
War photographs stir debate on Vietnam policy and peace
The Messenger criticizes war imagery as reminders of human tragedy and questions U S strategy in Vietnam. It argues for political options over force and urges voters to back peace candidates, contrasting government actions with civilian suffering and the goals of international peacekeeping.
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the Messenger
Vietnam
Reischauer
U.S
North
Pentagon
Saigon
Hanoi
Gavin
Vietnams
The Athens Messenger Publishing Details
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with prices for local delivery, mail subscriptions, and overseas options. It notes association with the Associated Press, and provides mailing addresses and post office information for subscription and service.
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The
Associated Press
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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