Creeping Bureaucracy Threatens Rural Hospitals
An opinion piece warns that new Medicare and Medicaid admission rules create a costly review bureaucracy. Hospitals must prove physicians follow diagnosis and treatment standards based on averages, risking physician patient trust and rural hospital viability.
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United States
HEW
Insead
Oklahoma
Observer Good Things By Russell Baker
A humorous collage from a New York Times piece highlights oddities from Oregon to Palo Alto and Fort Dix. It notes a Denny’s butter toast dispute winning $10,000 damages and a funeral bonus controversy, plus Army desertion talks and animals cheering humanity in Bloomington and Adelaide, ending with global population notes and a baldness cure claim.
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Russell Baker
New York
Henry Kissinger
Egypt
Moses
Congress
Five Man
Oregon
Alcolm Douglas Stroud
Denny's
Stroud
Denny’s
Oregon Supreme Court
Denny
Palo Alto
Calif
Fiorine Marguerite O’shea
Women's Army Corps
Pentagon
Guadreau
Middle East
Bloomington
Luke Tardy
Thumper
Tardy
Associated Press
Adelaide
Australia
Samson
Wichita
L.C. Nehrt
New York Times
Foster and Whitehouse Pages Directors in 19th Century Past
A brief biographical note lists Alta W. Foster and B F C Whitehouse with dates 1891 1971 and 1889 1972. W Paul Casavant is publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse is president and treasurer.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Thieu crackdown on press prompts U S cables
Washington officials report Saigon seeks to silence critics by closing newspapers and arresting journalists. Ambassador Phuong probes Council on Foreign Relations links and asks for clarification while monitoring American coverage for March profile of Vietnam aid and Cambodian issues.
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Jack Anderson
Ith Les Whitten
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
Tran Kim Phuong
Capitol Hill
Phuong
Nguyen Huu Chung
Council On Foreign Relations
Council
Chung
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ress
Cao Thieu
Christian Science Aiter
Washington Post
Washington Star
New York Times
Baltimore Sun
Kissinger and Ford warn of moral commitments in Vietnam policy
The Nation argues Kissinger and Ford use the domino theory to press Congress for three more years of aid to South Vietnam. It contends the Paris accords created no binding moral commitment and warns such rhetoric would deepen U.S. entanglement, cost lives, and erode leadership.
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Tom Wicker
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Kissinger
Congress
South Yomn
Nixon
Democratic Congress
Leslie Gelb
New York Times
Gerald Ford
House
Paris
Ford
United States
Indochina
Thieu
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
John Paton Davies
China
Pride in America flag project praised by Old Orchard Beach resident
Ruth P. Newsome defends the Saco Jaycees Pride in America flag effort as bicentennial celebration and community service. She cites flag sales, flag installation, a private contractor built the base for a baseball diamond, and Jaycees activities from Christmas benfits to junior bowling, education and elder aid in the town.
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Marion Gordon Banks
Saco Jaycees
America
Santa Claus
Jaycee
Ruth P. Newsome
Stockpole
Old Orchard Beach
Jaycee letter defends Saco group against critic Banks
David I Kimball, a Saco Jaycee and veteran, defends the Saco Jaycees against Marion Gordon Banks. He details community work from fundraising for the March of Dimes to providing Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas toys, a city baseball diamond, and joint Halloween events with police and fire departments amid charges of slander.
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Saco Jaycee
Saco
Marion Gordon Banks
Jaycees
Massachusetts
Saco Jaycees
United States
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
America
Banks
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Rotary Club
John David Louison
M.G.B
David I. Kimball
Pleasant St. Saco
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John Lubbock
Kansas
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
Jackson
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Joe McCarthy
Maine