Hospital room rates rise across New England
A survey shows hospital room prices vary by facility with private rooms at Massachusetts General reaching 131 a day and at Yale New Haven from 99.50 to 114.50. Rates rose overall due to inflation, higher salaries and costs, though some Maine and central Maine hospitals cut or hold lines on core room charges.
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Newland
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Mass. General
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
Frisbie Memorial Hospital
Rochester
N.H
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Tal
Waterville
Maine
Thayer
Augusta General Hospital
Augusta
Donald Bowker
Armand A. Couture
Ludlow Hospital
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Associated Press
Mass
New England Medical Center
Thomas Barnett
Yale-New Haven
Beach Tenants Union to Run in Old Orchard Beach Election
The Old Orchard Beach tenants union plans three candidates for municipal elections citing park residents’ neglect. They aim for nonpartisan at large races and seek locally known residents to join, with no talks yet with park owner David McCullum.
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Old Orchard Beach
Orchad Beach
McCullum
Ben Collins
Collins
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Ees
Tive
Municipa
Eecuvis
Beg
David MecCallum
McCallum
Tenan's Union
Israelis Battle On Two Fronts In Fourth Arab-Israeli War
The Associated Press reports fierce fighting on both the Suez Canal front and the Golan Heights. Israel claims holding lines east of the canal while Egypt reports pushing into Sinai and destroying Israeli positions and aircraft. Damascus and Cairo issued competing communiques as pilots bombed targets deep inside Egypt and naval forces clashed near Damietta.
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Associated Press
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Suez Canal
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Quenitra
el Rom
el Mansoura
Cairo
Nile Delta
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Syria
Senate panel to hear testimony on campaign sabotage impact
The Senate Watergate committee will hear top officials from the Muskie and McGovern campaigns. It will also question a former McGovern campaigner about phones used to spur a demonstration against a Nixon fundraising appearance in Los Angeles. The session was held in secret with staffers investigating alleged Democratic campaign incidents.
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Senate Watergate Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGoverl
McGovern
Los Angeles
Nixon
Samuel Cash
McGoverns
California
Fred Taugher
Israeli Phantom Jets Hit Damascus in Syrian Raid
Israeli jets attacked Damascus hitting the Defense Ministry and a radio station near Amaween Square. Several blasts caused fires, collapsing walls, and civilian injuries as hundreds sought shelter and ambulances evacuated the wounded. A Syrian MIG21 pursued without firing.
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Damascus
Syria
Syrian Defense Ministry
Defense Ministry
Iyl Gam
Biddeford Considers Making Developers Pay for Streets
City officials weigh ending city funded road work as subdivision rules tighten. Developers would shoulder paving, sidewalks, and water and sewer installs with no reimbursement, reversing prior practice where the city covered 25 percent of final costs if plans were approved and work met standards. Council members clash with contractors over construction and street issues.
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Biddeford
Plannis
Cit
Joseph Zuke
Boss to new employee welcomes aboard with motto
Cartoonish notice shows a boss greeting new hire Smith and quipping about the motto If at first you don t succeed you re fired The light hearted jab reflects workplace humor likely from a cartoons or classifieds page in The Journal referencing familiar humor about corporate culture.
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Smith
Israeli Women Step Up as War Mobilization Expands
Israeli women, clad in khaki miniskirts, man jeeps and serve on front lines in the Middle East war. Thousands of reservists, including wives, are called up on five minutes’ notice to assist in operations near the Golan Heights and Suez Canal. A nurse from Tel Aviv recalls nerves giving way to resolve as women serve in multiple roles from switchboards to field hospitals, while combat units remain male.
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Middle East
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Tel Avis
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Golan Heights
Suez Canal
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David Ben-Gurion
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