Hospitals Face Rising Costs and Probe Saving Options
Ailing Americans confront higher hospital bills as facilities seek to maintain care quality. About 250 hospitals with 62 000 beds join The Hospital Bureau Inc to cut housekeeping costs 10 to 15 percent via volume purchasing. The nonprofit group helps with contracts and refunds but notes savings are only a fraction of total costs while hospitals also raise room fees and seek donor support.
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Paul E. Widman
Bureau
British woman hiker hit by car delays cross country trek
In Brazil Indiana AP report state police and Dr Barbara Moore diverged on details of a Monday collision on U S 40. The 56 year old British vegetarian walked beside the grass divider when a slow moving car struck her from behind. Driver Elizabeth Moline 67 Shamokin Pa remained at scene. Moore bruised back and swollen ankle but plans to resume her cross country trek from San Francisco to New York and beyond toward Australia and Canada.
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Barbara Moore
Indianapolis
Illinois-Indiana
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Elizabeth Moline
Shamokin
Moore
California
New York
Australia
Canada
Farm Couple Elected DAV Leaders in Des Moines
A Des Moines couple, Ivor J. Williby and his wife Marga ret, were elected commander of the Iowa Disabled American Veterans and its auxiliary at the closing session of the state convention Sunday. Iowa will receive 251,836 dollars to aid fish and wildlife restoration in the first half of the 1960 61 fiscal year, funded from excise taxes on sporting goods. The six month total marks an 18 percent rise from the prior year, with over 2,000 dollars from the Burlington Moose Home incident noted. Police described the Burlington event as a professional job.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Disabled American Veterans
Ivor J. Williby
DAV
Margaret
State Conservation Commission
Newton Children Die in Lightning on Family Farm
Services were held today for two children killed by a lightning strike Saturday while feeding chickens on their parents farm seven miles northeast of Newton. Hel en Georgette Meyer age 7 and her brother Harold age 5 perished in the incident. The bolt struck without warning as intermittent rain fell that day.
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Helen Georgette Meyer
Harold
Harold D. Meyer
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Mrs F Kormacher new Iowa PEO president
Mrs F Kormacher of Grinnell is named president at the Iowa PEO state convention held Saturday in Mount Pleasant. Burlington burglars busted a safe and fled in a separate note.
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Mount Pleasant
F. Kormacher
Grinnell
Iowa Peo
Body of Raymond Rich Recovered From Missouri River
The body of 31 year old Raymond Rich of South Sioux City Neb was recovered Sunday by Sioux City firemen. Rich drowned in the Missouri River on June 4 after falling from a boat.
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Raymond Rich
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Neb
Rich
Missouri River
Des Moines Girl Kathy Stufflebeam Dies After Illness
An investigation continued to determine the cause of death of Kathy Stufflebeam six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daryl Stufflebeam in Des Moines. She died Friday following a five day illness.
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Des Moines
Kathy Stufflebeam
Daryl Stufflebeam
Nova Scotia Coal Veins Readily Exposed in 1700s
Historical notes describe coal veins near the surface in Nova Scotia during the 1700s enabling extraction with simple tools like a crow bar. This rapid access reflects early mining practices and regional resource abundance.
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Freeman Declares Minnesota Tax Revenue Rises Less
Governor Orville Freeman told the National Association of Tax Administrators that state tax revenue in Minnesota grew about 2 percent from 1955 to 1959 while national state tax revenue rose more than 4 percent. He cited inflation population shifts and rising demand for services as causes and noted federal support fell from 47 percent to 35 percent 1948 to 1957.
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Orville Freeman
United States
Minnesota
National Assn. of
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Freeman
Beatniks Invade Park Prompt Arrests in Pontiac
Nine Beatniks from the Cave of Nine Cats invaded a Pontiac park, with a leopard-skin cloaked man swinging from trees and a girl performing a shake dance. They were arrested for disturbing the peace, but Oakland County Prosecutor George F Taylor ruled there was no law against bongos and verse in public parks and ordered their release.
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Jack Weiler
Oakland County
George F Taylor
North Dakota crop spray pilots die 200 miles apart
Two North Dakota spray pilots died in separate crashes Monday. Ellis Thompson, 46, of Dickinson, with 10,000 flying hours, perished near Dickinson. Dayton Brandt, 33, of Bottineau, died when his plane went down on his uncle Art Zurcher’s farm, ten miles northwest of Rugby.
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Ellis Thompson
Dickinson
N.D
Dayton Brandt
Bottineau
Thompson
Brandt
Art Zurcher
Rugby
5 Day Forecast For Minnesota And Iowa
Minnesota trends show near normal highs in the 75 to 79 range with cooler northern areas and 51 to 58 degree lows. A warming trend develops in the latter part of the week with precipitation focused late in the period, especially in the south. Iowa averages 3 to 5 degrees cooler than normal with highs in the lower 80s and lows around 60, warming in the second half and rain accumulating mainly west to east toward period end.
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Iowa
Chandler elected head of Actors Guild in surprise vote
Hollywood AP reports veteran actor George Chandler has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild succeeding Ronald Reagan. The board of directors announced the result on Saturday.
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Madrid church allowed to reopen after ban
The Spanish government reversed a ban and permitted the Third Baptist Church of Madrid to reopen after authorities closed it in September 1958.
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Madrid
Spain
Third Baptist Church of
Truman says big-city press to nominate Democrats weakest candidate
Former President Harry S. Truman told ABC College News Conference that metropolitan newspapers are trying to nominate the Democrats' weakest candidate. He avoided naming a target, noting his favorite is Senator Stuart Symington and urging prayers for President Eisenhower's safe return from Asia.
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Harry S. Truman
Stuart Syming
Truman
Abc-Tv
Ruth Hagg
Sen. Kennedy
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Eisenhower
Catholic Digest Backs Higher Catholic Household Size
New York reports average Catholic household has 4.04 members versus a national 3.35, per Catholic Digest. The finding highlights larger family units among Catholics in the United States.
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New York
Catholic Digest
Why Do Women Wed by Hal Boyle
In a humorous New York AP column, Hal Boyle argues marriage ruins women who are independent and active. He contrasts pre and post marriage lifestyles, noting declines in fitness, finances, cooking, work ambitions, and social life, and asks why women pursue marriage despite the cost.
Rocket Sleds Break Records at Holloman Base
At Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico two monorail rocket sled records were set. A 48 foot sled with three Nike boosters reached 2650 mph covering 5.5 miles in 15 seconds. A second sled with three Javelin rockets hit 2688 mph over 25,000 feet, the fastest on the Holloman track.
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