Petition seeks 6 percent hospital price ceiling reforms
A Cost of Living Council petition led by former Pentagon cost analyst A. Ernest Fitzgerald and groups including Ralph Nader's Health Research Group urges stricter hospital price controls. They claim Phase 2 rules allow multi million dollar overcharges and call to restore base price lists and a 6 percent cap per service.
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Washington
Ecost
Cost of Living Council
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Pentagon
Council
Internal Revenue Service
New Jersey
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
Gary G. Grindler
Wallace-Eljabar Fund, Inc
East Orange
N.J
Jaycees Schedule Open Forum on Employment
Cedar Rapids Jaycees sponsor a Tuesday open forum on employing people with criminal records and drug history. Open to all employers in Cedar Rapids Marion area. Panel includes Linn Deputy Sheriff George Griffin, John Bigler, Bonnie Miller, Steve Daley, and a representative from the Iowa Employment Security Commission. Forum at Mercy Hospital cafeteria at 7 30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Linn
George Griffin
Linn County
John Bigler
Special Problems Center
Bonnie Miller
Steve Daley
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Mercy Hospital
Single Dummy Bridge Problem by Lukacs
The excerpt presents a four spade contract plan from a single dummy problem by Oswald and James Jacoby with Lukacs. It explains a method to guarantee four spades by winning a trump lead in dummy, ruffing a heart, entering with a second trump, ruffing the last heart, then leading a diamond and handling passsive defense to force a ruff and discard or a club finesse, ensuring success regardless of defense.
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Paul Lukacs
Tel Aviv
Bridge World Magazine
East
One Spade Bid After One Spade Opening Response
In today’s bridge puzzle you hold one diamond and open with one spade. North responds two spades. Decide the best continuation for South. This Sunday’s answer explains the correct line and the reasoning behind it.
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North
Deadline for Licensing Dogs is Wednesday Cedar Rapids warns on dog licensing violations
City Animal Warden Charles Lockhart says owners must license dogs by Wednesday to avoid misdemeanor charges. City tag fees are 2 dollars with a 2 dollar late penalty after Feb 28, available at city hall and the animal shelter. County licenses cost 1 dollar for male and neutered dogs, 3 dollars for unspayed females, deadline May 1 with a 1 dollar late fee. Rabies inoculation required before purchase. Dogs running at large remain a problem. 700 calls last month, urging owners to protect neighbors and property.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Lockhart
Otis Road
Lockhart
Armed Forces Two C.R. Men Receive Medals
Cedar Rapids servicemen receive recognition and leaves from various bases. Schaffer and Austad earn Bronze Stars for valor in Vietnam action while others from Air Force Navy and Army are cited for meritorious service and leaves through Germany Texas and Alaska. Details include postings at Ft. Lewis Bainbridge Lackland Sparrevohn and Opheim with a Hawkeye Platoon forming in Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Virgils
Asmara
Ethiopia
John Austad, Jr
Army
Jeffrey L
John Austad
Russell
Jean Russell
Thirty-first Street
Westwood Drive
Ft. Lee
Vietnam
Fort Lewis
Wash
Air Force Tech
David Levan
Orion Levan
Avenne
Deanne Levan
Mt. Vernon
Opheim Air Force Station
Mont
Sparrevohn Air Force Station
Alaska
Open Doors Event At Roosevelt Sunday
Open Doors day sponsored by the Parents Teachers and Students Assn will run 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Roosevelt junior high school. Part of the 50th anniversary, the event invites parents and interested people to visit with teachers and administrators. Old yearbooks will be on display and former teachers principals and students are expected to attend. Excerpts from the student operetta Show Biz and a mixed swing choir performance plus girls basketball demonstrations, curriculum materials, audio visual gear and science lab projects are planned.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
13 Year Old Charged With Larceny In Mt Vernon Shoe Heist
A 13 year old Cedar Rapids boy was arrested on larceny charges after allegedly taking 47 dollars from the cash register at Mt Vernon Shoe Repair located at 3102 Mt Vernon road SE. He was processed by the youth bureau and referred to a probation officer.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Road
Youth Bureau
Do Not Begin Vigorous Exercises All in One Day
A Swedish researcher argues that exercise can rest the heart by conditioning the body, not tiring it. Start gradually, measure walking distance, and expand sessions over weeks. Include family in walks. write to Dr. Andelman with problems for future columns. Also note a 10 years ago item about a ten-member Morehouse family dying in a fire.
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Dr. Andelman
Imail
Gazette
Morehouse
Odrinex Weight Loss Plan Guarantee At Rexall Stores
Promotes a weight loss plan claiming fat reduction without dieting or exercise. Aims to refund money if ugly fat is not lost, with prices for small and large sizes and a guarantee offered by All Mays Rexall Drug Stores. Mail orders also available.
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All Mays Rexall Drug Stores
Downs Jailed on Malicious Acts and Trespass
Clarence Downs, 26, of 215 Fifteenth Street NE, is held in Linn County jail on charges of criminal trespass and malicious acts to a building. Bond set at $220. He was arrested Thursday night for trespassing at Pamela Downs’s home on 1600 D Avenue NE and for allegedly breaking a door lock at her residence.
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Clarence Downs
Fifteenth Street
Linn County
Downs
Pamela Downs
D Avenue NE
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Emil Olson
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Ray Hunters
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Rudolph Maurer
Iowa City
Armed Forces Staff College
Norfolk
Department of A Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard
Coralville
Lloyd Wright
Naval Reserve Training
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John W. Lint
John E. Lint
Bever Avenue
Lackland Military Training Center
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Harold Laetare
Hiawatha
Lackland Training Center
Armed Forces
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Ray Wilcox
Oakland Road
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Steven Schaffer
Maurer
Roosevelt
Carpetland
U.S.A
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