Bell faulted as health care costs rise in Kansas
Parsons Sun reports Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell did not curb health care cost increases. Blue Cross Blue Shield rates rise 14.9 percent for 1983 while hospital and physician charges are projected to climb 18.8 and 17 percent respectively. Critics argue inflation lags other sectors and call for controlling money flow to slow rate hikes.
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Parsons Sun
Kansas
Fletcher Bell
Flieder Bell
Distaff Side Panels On Activities In Education Debate
A Kansas panel at the State School Boards meeting weighs whether activities contribute or detract from education. Three men and one woman express varied views, praising activities for well rounded development while cautioning against overemphasis on winning and loss of academic time.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
Topeka
Lester Paul
Kansas State High School Activities Association
KSHAA
Auburn-Washburn
Paul
von Lauer
Kansas Association of School Administrators
Sabetha
Lauer
Nelson Hartman
Eshsaa
Hartman
Social Security reform plan gains attention from tax fund
Washington debate shifts to a plan by the National Taxpayers Legal Fund proposing private retirement accounts for younger workers while preserving benefits for retirees. The proposal, echoed by figures like Barry Goldwater and Milton Friedman, argues the current system is a redistribution scheme and suggests separating welfare from insurance financed via SSI and general revenues.
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National Taxpayers Legal Fund
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Treasury
William Simon
California
Pete Wilson
Milton Friedman
James Buchanan
Colin Campbell
Kill the MX missile and save the nation
A memo argues Congress should reject Reagan era MX missiles as a costly, dangerous step in the arms race. It cites a 26 26 House vote tie on funding, warns of escalating costs to 50 billion plus, and urges lawmakers to act before Christmas by eliminating the MX to reduce nuclear threat and unemployment.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Reagan
Hans Bethe
Bethe
America
Soviet Union
Herbert York
Pentagon
Carter
Wyatt Earp
Public Pulse Police charity commended by ministers
A letter from Wayne M. Paulsen, secretary of the Garden City Ministerial Alliance, thanks the Garden City Police Department for distributing unclaimed bicycles to underprivileged children as a Christmas community service project and praises the volunteers who repair and deliver them.
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Ministerial Alliance
Garden City
Fire departments praised for prompt action in Garden City
The Mike Meier family from 2012 N. 3rd expresses gratitude to Garden City firemen and police for their prompt and efficient response to a frightening early morning smoke incident. The letter thanks the departments for their help and sincere concern for residents’ safety.
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Garden City
Mike Meier
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