Medicare Has Quiet Beginning
Hospitals opened medicare paid treatment for seniors with no racial discrimination. About 17.3 million chose a $3 monthly optional doctor bill plan. Federal tally shows participating hospitals rising but many nonparticipating mainly in the South. Emergency use of federal hospitals for critically ill medicare patients was authorized to avoid deaths.
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Washington
South
Veterans, Miliary
Medicare
Mississippi
Ponl—Administration
Geiger Paroled From Sheldon Federal Women’s Prison
Mrs Geiger the widow of Alderson and former head of a large bank embezzlement walk free from the Sheldon Iowa reformatory after serving time for a $2 126 859 10 theft She rides away in a government limo telling reporters she will not stay in Sheldon and that she learned something each day of her sentence. She appeared nervous and spoke briefly before cutting the interview short.
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Alderson
W. van Burnice
Iverson Geiger
Leff Alderson Federal Women's Prison
National Bank of
Sheldon
Iowa
Federaleformatory
Medicare Rating Refused Hospital Evicts Eight Elderly Patients
In Corinth Mississippi a tiny hospital is ordered to evict eight elderly patients aged 67 to 87 after federal inspectors say it fails Medicare standards. Two other Medicare patients stay due to heart conditions. they cannot be moved. Medicare will cover the critical cases until new beds are found. Social Security notes firecode issues with old bed portions. temporary permits were denied and nearby hospitals are overcrowded.
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South
Iowa
Corinth
Health Insurance
Agen
Cies
Medicare
Social Security
President Johnson Tours Iowa Farms Amid Crowds
President Johnson visited farmland and towns across Iowa on a 2:58 pm arrival in Des Moines, stopping four times in a caravan to meet farmers. He chatted with tenants and ranchers, inspected cornfields and cattle, and mingled with crowds in Indianola and Des Moines, boosting 1966 Democratic candidates.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
Johnson
Iowa
Woodrow Diehl
Ackworth
Indianola
Savery
Isix
Iowa Democratic
Orville Freeman
Diehl
Henry Broyles
Francis Knouse
Old Carpenters
Broyles
Omaha
India
Viet Debate Splits Labor Party In London Parliament
In London the Labor government faces a split as left wing members threaten to oppose Wilson's agenda over Vietnam policy. More than 100 Labor and Liberal MPs demand denouncing U.S. actions in Southeast Asia while Wilson expresses regret for the Hanoi and Haiphong bombardment.
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London
Willson
Labor Party
Wilson
Vietnam
Hanoi and
Haiphong
U.S
Southeast Asia
Johnson Calls for Quick Viet Peace Talks at Des Moines
President Lyndon Johnson told a Democratic dinner crowd in Des Moines that North Vietnam can hold peace negotiations within hours if they indicate where and when. He defended farm policy gains and noted protests outside the event. In Saigon three U S fighter planes accidentally bombed a South Vietnamese village, killing five civilians and wounding 43 as they returned from air strikes.
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PE Phola
Johnson
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
W. W. Diehl
Diehl
Indianola
Des Moines
Omaha
Far East
Lyndon Johnson
North Vietnam
Viet Village
Saigon
U. S
Bien Hoa
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Mark Smith
LBJ
Ler
Stalin
Hiller
America
U S Bombing Sparks North Vietnam Controversy In Asia
U S pilots hit oil depots in North Vietnam while Communist China blasted the strikes as immoral bandits. A Tan Uyen village hit by containers of anti-personnel weapons followed a failed ordnance drop. U S and Vietnamese forces reported continued strikes, with Haiphong fuel depots targeted and a Thunderchief pilot rescued after a bailout. Iowa official Mackey named director of the Iowa CEO replacing Gilmour. Premier Ky comments link bombing to possible end of war by year start, while urging no attacks on populated areas.
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Tokyo
China
U. S
North Vietnam
Tan Uyen
U.S
South Vietnam
Dong Nham
Haiphong
Lunar Explorer Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy
Explorer Lunar Explorer blasts off from Cape Kennedy in a three stage Delta rocket bound for a planned 246000 mile 74 hour flight to orbit the moon. If successful it would become America's first lunar orbiting payload and provide enhanced data on the moon environment and radiation shielding for future astronauts.
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Cape Kennedy
Lunar Explorer
Moon
America
Russia
Lunar
The
Space Agency
Lunar Explorer Carries Iowa Detectors On Space Mission
Four radiation detectors from the University of Iowa Physics Research Center accompany Lunar Explorer to study space radiation. Dr James Van Allen and associates aim to map the earth solar environment, noting detectors will enter the moon’s far side tail of Earth’s magnetosphere during certain orbital phases.
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Iowa City
Lunar Explorer
University of Iowa
Physics Research Center
I James van Allen
Outer
U. of I
U. S
Iowa
Earth
Continued Story Teases On Page 3
A brief reference points readers to ongoing coverage in Page 3 column 7. The note signals continuation of a prior story and directs the audience to follow the next installment for full details.
Leader Goose Corrects Flock With Firm Honk
A lone goose leads its flock by scolding a bird following with a sharp remark about passing. The scene captures a humorous moment of avian discipline and movement.
Mercy Hospital Eyes Expansion Plan to 750 Beds
Mercy Hospital unveiled ten tentative plans Thursday for a 10 million expansion to 750 beds, with initial growth from 315 to 500 beds plus upgrade of the 1923 wing. Leon C. Pullen of The Firm of Herman Smith presented recommendations including a medical arts building, nearby health agencies, and home care extensions.
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Mercy Hospital
Leon C. Pullen
Herman Smith
Chicago
Pallen
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Second Streets
Simpson College
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