Vermont Doctors Oppose Medicare Plan Fee-for-service Emphasis
Getty Page of the Vermont Medical Association told Bennington Rotarians that health costs would be lower and care better under fee-for-service, opposing Kennedy’s Medicare. He warned the plan shifts taxes to all Social Security recipients and labeled it socialist, urging support for existing Medical Aid to the Aged programs and Kerr-Mills.
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Getty Page
The
Vermont Medical Association
Bennington Rotarians
Page
VMA
Abraham Lincoln
Vermont
Kerr-Mills
MAA
Bennington
Vermont bill seeks permanent Medical Aid to the Aged program
Rep. Francis J. Kleinhans introduces legislation to make the Medical Aid to the Aged program permanent in Vermont. The 1961 act funded $167,500 yearly for two years, with Gov-elect Hoff as sponsor. Social Welfare Chair Wackerman says the program works well as the state seeks $425,000 annually to extend services, including enhanced physician and drug benefits.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Francis J. Kleinhans
Kleinhans
Philip H. Hoff
Burlington City
General Assembly
House Social Welfare Committee
Social Welfare Cmst
John J. Wackerman
Medicare via Social Security Tax Sparks Debate on Costs
Getty argued that creating a national Medicare system would demand a full bureaucracy and federal control of hospitals and staff. He warned Social Security taxes would finance care for the elderly, requiring about 20 percent withholding from young workers’ salaries to cover Medicare costs.
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Getty
Benhi students seek local housing in disaster plan
Outlying areas beyond a 15 minute walk from Benhi School must arrange shelter by case of emergency. Ed Ransom, son of Edward Ransom a machine shop teacher, is stationed at a Navy base in Spain where the coldest winter in a century has left citrus trees dying and temperatures down to 35 degrees. The Benhi ski team began practice Jan 7 at Prospect Mountain under Robert Houle. Martha Gale and four Benhi students attended a Dartmouth College biology lecture Jan 5 given by Dr. A H McNair on parenthology.
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Ed Ransom
Bendi
Edward Ransom
Spain
Benhi
Robert Houle
Prospect Mountain
Martha Gale
Dartmouth College
A. H. McNair
Ann Fairman
Lynne Preston
Bob Parnell
Alan Moskovitz
Burt Rockwood Jr
Evans News
Union Street
Burt
Bennington College
Hagerman
Bennington Banner Postal and Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for newsroom and advertising and details home delivery and subscription rates. Rates vary by radius and destination, with 3 month, 6 month, and 1 year options for Vermont and elsewhere in the U S. A 20 percent discount applies for servicemen.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Bennington Considers New or Upgraded Post Office
U.S. Rep Robert T Stafford and local leaders express a wait and see stance on a possible new or renovated Bennington post office this year. Aiken and Prouty were asked to help address chronic space and facility deficiencies noted by the Greater Bennington Association.
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U.S
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Donald C. Hicks
Greater
Bennington
GBA
Stafford
George D. Aiken
Winston L. Prouty
Teaching Machines Exhibit Arrives in Pittsfield
The National Demonstration Exhibit of Programmed Instruction and Teaching Machines comes to Crosby Junior High School Pittsfield January 29 to February 2. Sponsored by HEW and the Center for Programmed Instruction, the display runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and covers 1,000 square feet with program samples and a library of materials.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Crosby
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Center For Programmed Instruction
Stymie Fails Twice in Dixie Handicap at Pimlico
Unlucky in Dixie at Pimlico Stymie the stretch runner won many stakes but finished second in the Dixie Handicap in 1946 and 1948.
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Blatimore
Stymie
Pimlico
Benhi Civics Class Hears Official Speak
Michael J. Hogan Jr., town village treasurer for Graded School and District and Greater Bennington Schools Inc., spoke to Richard Caswell's freshman civics class on town and village tax assessments. He explained the Grand List, gross and net assessments and poll taxes.
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Michael J. Hogan Jr
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Richard Caswell
Hogan
Bennington
Caswell
Bennngton
California tops states in gold output says EDA
California leads the nation in gold production, according to the state's Economic Development Agency. The agency notes California has produced more gold than any other state in the union.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
St Michael's College Announces 25th Summer Session
St Michael's College in Winooksi Park announces its 25th Summer Session running July 1 to August 9 with graduate and undergraduate programs. The dormitory quadrangle will expand facilities to accommodate more than 549 last year's enrollment, including 200 English for Foreign Students from 24 countries and 349 in the regular eight week program. The St Michael's Playhouse enters its 16th season with concerts and art instruction, as the college, founded in 1904, plans master programs for the 25th year.
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Winooski Park
St. Michael’s College
St. Michael’s
Paul A. Morin
SSE
St. Michael’s Playhouse
Society of St. Edmund
Burlington
St. Michael's
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