Impressive 1962 hospital expense plan participation rises
Health Insurance Institute data show 136,522,000 Americans joined hospital expense plans in 1962, about 75 percent of the population, up 314 percent since 1961. Only 12 million had protection in 1940. Seventy percent of insured had medical expense protection. 93 percent of hospital insured also had surgical protection. Over-65 participation grew faster, from 26 percent in 1952 to 53 percent in 1961, leaving 47 percent unprotected and prompting Medicare debate. Kerr-Mills expansion could aid seniors, while private plans push for greater elder coverage in 1968.
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The
Health Insurance Institute
Institute
Kerr-Mills
Letters to the Editor on Sunday Shops Past and Present
Pauline S Hope recalls a tale from 1884 about Mr Cox who closed his shop on Sundays after guidance from a minister. The note links the long running Sunday closing controversy to modern editorials and comments on churchgoing and family values.
Tumbleweed Christmas Tree Reaches Ohio by Kindness
Mrs C E McCarty executive director of the Tumble weed Girl Scout Council thanks a Garden City Telegram editor for a Garden-ing column. The note expresses appreciation for the girls in Ohio enjoying a distinctive Christmas tree sent from Arizona via Kansas.
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Ohio
C. E. McCarty
Tumbleweed Girl Scout Council
Arizona
Kansas
Garden City Telegram
Kendall Bryan
Girl Scouts of America
Half an Honor Better than None
Hal Boyle muses on New Year's resolutions and temptation. He jokes about tattooing the sinking Titanic on his forehead and parlor temptations, noting small, steady changes beat grand promises. The piece concludes that half an honor is better than none.
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Den
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Garden City paper
Rates list monthly and yearly prices for various delivery options across Kansas counties. Mentions front billing by carrier, mail delivery, and city areas Finney Lane Scott Wichita Greeley Hamilton Kearny Grant Haskell Gray. Notes Associated Press rights and publication restrictions.
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Garden City
Finney
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Kanaus
Skybolt Ad OKd by Air Force Sparks Debate
Drew Pearson reveals that the Skybolt missile ads in Time Newsweek and Fortune were paid by Douglas Aircraft via the Air Force and approved despite White House and Defense Secretary McNamara policy. The piece notes Ike's warning on military industry influence and recounts political fallout.
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Washington
Newsweek
Fortune
Pentagon
Douglas Aircraft
Air Force
White House
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Skybolt
America
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Ike
Stuart Symington
D.o
Symington
Air
Armed Services Committee
Douglas
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Political Shakeup In White House Security Posts
The plan elevates Douglas Dillon to secretary of state with McGeorge Bundy moving up as under secretary. Dillon, ex head of a Wall Street firm and former ambassador to France, is cited for influencing the shift as a key maneuver in White House security matters. In upstate New York, Richard Valle placed a 150 watt bulb under his car hood hoping to heat the engine, but it ignited a blanket and set the car ablaze.
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Dillon
Treasury
White House
Dean Rusk
Bundy
Tom Dewey
State Department
White House Palace
Douglas Dillon
the Treasury
McGeorge Bundy
Secrtary
Dillon Road
Wall Street
Eisenhower
France
Ken
Syracquse, NY
New York City
Richard Valle
Christmas Clippings and Town Gossip Roundup
Town chatter covers a woman buying a girdle on Christmas money, Truman Capote’s praise of Elizabeth, a man misreading a neighbor’s bicycle as a plot, a kitchen stove set assembled by one dad, and a boastful claim of Christmas spirit. Hair stylists name 1962’s top coiffed women, Elkhart raises haircut prices, Elizabeth Arden colors a castle, and a mobile chest X-ray unit plans a February visit with a call for Christmas seal donations.
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Truman Capote
Elizabeth
Ming
Elkhart
Elizabeth Arden
County Kildare
Ireland
Lloyd Haag
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Hal Boyle
New York
Telegram Publishing Company
Telephone
BR &3232
UIT
Bill Brown
Marvin
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Associated Press
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AP Newa
Fille
Opedece
Wise Ice Post
Drew Pearson
Detroit
Michigan
Laguna Beach
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Detroit Edison
Michigan Public Service Commisson
al Laughlin
Santa
Jackie
Princess Lee
Princess Grace
Stoners
Jim Sloan
Dr. Austin
Big John" Petarsea
Arnold Palmer
Santa Fe
Nestle
Santa Fe Fruit
Polio Clinic
Rome
Beauty Cooking
Beg
Stoner NO
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