Mail-order hospitalization policies face scrutiny
AP report shows high cost, low returns and heavy fine print in mail-order hospital insurance. Regulators cite 60 percent overhead, only 40 cents of each premium paid as benefits, and common exclusions for pre existing conditions.
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National Home
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Sound Waves On Sun May Be Traveling Sound Waves
Caltech astrophysicist Harold Zirin says recently found waves radiating from sun spots are likely sound waves. The expanding waves move 18 000 to 25 000 mph, about 1600 miles apart, and repeat every 270 seconds. The waves, named Stein waves after student Alan Stein, are the first observed running waves on the sun.
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Caltech
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Susan Reid Named Head of Coe Sociology Department
Dr. Susan Reid, associate professor of sociology at Cornell College, was appointed chair of the Coe College sociology department, effective September. She has served at Cornell since 1963 and acted as department chair in 1965-66, with degrees from Texas Woman's University Missouri and current law study at Iowa. Her husband, Robert Alan Reid, is associate dean of students at Cornell.
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University of Iowa
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Cornell
Coe
Sheriff’s Appeal: Help for Freedom in Kansas
Barton county Sheriff Marion Weese says he spared charges for two youths caught chopping stop signs after they helped recover missing signs. The private outreach led to a rapid, no questions asked effort collecting 56 signs, including 12 stop signs, six road closed signs, six yellow light flashers, five rubber cones, and one mailbox.
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Kan
Marion Weese
Barton County
Question About Fortas Money Still Unanswered
Washington UPI reports a new book argues the Nixon administration sought a criminal charge against Abe Fortas after he resigned from the Supreme Court. It claims Mitchell said there was no actual breach, and questions remain about what Fortas was expected to do for the money from the Wolfson foundation.
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Louis E. Wolfson
Pentagon: Largest Office Building Notes Arlington Location
The World’s largest office building is the Pentagon, headquarters of the U S Defense Department. Its mailing address is Washington D C yet it lies on the west bank of the Potomac River in Arlington Virginia.
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U. S. Department of Defense
Washington, D. C
Potomac River
Arlington
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