Medical costs rise sharply in 1959 inflation push
President Eisenhower warning against inflation targets medical services as a contained cost. Government data show general living costs up 108.6 percent since 1939 with hospital costs surging about 300 percent and doctors fees up 84 percent in twenty years. He spoke to the American Medical Association asserting support for private medicine over government care.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington (Ap
Eisenhower
American Medical Assn. Convention
Atlantic City
Doctors warn against inflation in medical costs and government reliance
A speaker argues the medical profession should set fees within affordable ranges and warns that excessive government involvement in private doctor patient care would be a loss. The piece compares 20 year cost increases across food housing and energy with government health care costs.
Review Set For L. C. Fisher Co.
The SEC will review disciplinary action against Sheffield Alabama brokerage L. C. Fisher Co. NASD fined the firm $500 and suspended it from NASD membership for 90 days from May 25. Fisher requested the review after NASD sanctions. An NASD official did not disclose specific suspension reasons.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sheffield
Ala
L. C. Fisher Co
National Assn. of
Fisher
NASD
Poultry Queen Ellen Steed Crowned in Boaz Pageant
Lovely Ellen Steed of Boaz Alabama was crowned Poultry Queen after a competition with ten other contestants. The governor spoke on the poultry industry’s importance to the state’s economy and the need for its prosperity.
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Boaz
Birmingham
R AP
Ellen Steed
Boaz, Ala
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