Medicare Fee To Increase In July
The July 1 rise increases Part B monthly premiums from 5.80 to 6.30, the largest since 1970, plus a deductible hike from 50 to 60. About 22.5 million Americans will be covered under Medicare Part B after the change, with new benefits for therapy and prosthetics.
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Philip Shandler
Washington Star-News
Washington
Peti E Ae
Elliot L. Richardson
Congress
Social Security Administration
Medicare
Harry S. Truman
Jetport Concourse May Be Off-Limits
Huntsville Decatur Jetport officials consider closing part of the passenger concourse to non passengers to meet a Treasury Department anti hijacking deadline. A central screening point would serve all three airlines with armed police possibly on boarding. Decision possible today with Friday effective rules.
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Ben Windham
Huntsville-Decatur
Airport Authority
Ed Mitchell
Department of the Treasury
Mitchell
Decature makes it happen in Alabama shopping area
Alabama's friendliest shopping area featured in the Daily on This Date in 1961. The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. Weather notes forecast highs in the mid to upper 50s, lows around the 30s, with an 80 percent chance of rain tonight.
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Decature
Alabama
United States
Cuba
Daily Want Ad Sells GE Store and More
Mrs George Cooper of 811 Grant St SE sold her GE stove via a Decatur Daily Want Ad and received 14 responses. The ad promotes a low cost want ad special offering 3 lines for up to 30 days at 4 dollars, expiring January 31 1973. Item: GE stove $60. Contact 353 1029.
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George Cooper
Grant St
Decatur Daily
Classified Ads Solicit Listings for Decatur Daily
Night and Sunday holiday phone numbers appear in a classified ad header for the Decatur Daily Classified Advertising section. The lines show contact numbers and a city reference, Athens dial code included.
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Athens
Dial
Decatur Daily
93rd Congress Opens Amid Democratic Challenges to Nixon
The 93rd Congress begins with Democratic majorities in the Senate and House as leaders vow to challenge Nixon on Indochina war and domestic spending. Mansfield re-elected Senate Democratic leader. House with 240 Democrats, 192 Republicans and 3 vacancies. Senate votes show a mandate to assert constitutional checks and balances. See more on page A-10.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Pat Jennings
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
U.S
Executive Branch
Democrats
Alabama Industrial Growth Sets New State Record in 1972
Gov. George C. Wallace announced Alabama broke all records in 1972 with 838 million dollars in new and expanded industry, creating 42,878 jobs across 682 projects. The yearend report, by the Alabama Development Office, State Chamber of Commerce, and Alabama Power, notes 193 new plants with 290 million in capital and 20,727 jobs plus 489 expansions adding 22,151 jobs, benefiting all 67 counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Alabama Development Office
State Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Development Department of
Alabama Power Co
Wallace
Republicans Back Nixon Efforts for End to Indochina War
U S senators adopted a resolution showing full support for President Nixon as he pursues a negotiated settlement to end the Indochina conflict. In Baton Rouge Southern University reopened quietly after two students were shot to death November 16 during a confrontation with police.
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Washington
Nixon
Indochina
Baton Rouge, la
Southern University
Fighter strikes and ground battles widen Vietnam conflict
AP reports U S and South Vietnamese forces conducted more than 120 strikes on North Vietnam with 84 fighter-bombers and 40 B52 sorties. In South Vietnam enemy attacks rose to 81 with Saboteurs blowing a bridge near Can Tho. Cambodian forces retook two villages near Tram Paar as Communist forces pressed near Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
Andle
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Mekong
Can Tho
Marine Corps A6
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
U. S
Dia
Panhandle
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Tram Pna
Sandol
Tram Pnar
Ang Kantoch
Tram Paar
Shepherd Named Park Director at Point Mallard Park
Frank J. Shepherd director of the Kingsport Boys Club named executive director of Point Mallard Park effective February 1. Leonard Hudson, park board chairman, noted Shepherd’s prior Decatur Boys Club work and praised his work ethic and capability. Shepherd is a Johnson City native who studied at East Tennessee State College and taught in Carter County schools.
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Frank J. Shepherd
Kingsport Tenn
Point Mallard Park
Leonard Hudson
Park Board
Decatur Boys Club
Kingsport
Harry Rice
Calhoun Junior College
Hudson
Shepherd
Johnson City, Tenn
East Tennessee State College
Carter County, Tenn
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