Medicare Paperwork Bigger Problem Than Patients
Hospital administrators nationwide report Medicare forms and slow reimbursements as the major hurdle after six months of the program. Officials note no widespread care disruptions, but nursing home bed shortages for extended care and longer patient stays strain capacity in places like Columbus and Chicago.
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Medicare
Chicago
Associated Press
Edward J. McGea
Chey
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Socialty
Ronald Boyington
Tampa
Fla.) General Hospital
Market Shows Cautious Confidence at High Point Furniture Sale
Enterprise staff writer Robert Marks reports retailers at the winter High Point furniture market are cautiously optimistic. Traders say the market is steady, not spectacular, with some new lines but a focus on proven best sellers and good value. They expect higher sales in the second quarter of 1967 after a slumping year ends.
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High Point
Johnson seeks 73 billion defense budget for Vietnam war
President Johnson announced a 73 billion defense budget for the next fiscal year to fund the Vietnam war, with a 9.4 billion supplemental for the current year. Sen. Stennis and others expect strong support for war spending but caution on nonwar items like an antimissile defense system.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Secretary of
Defense Robert S. McNamara
Stennis
Miller
Editor Reports Bomb Evidence Inconclusive
The Miami copy editor notes in Hanoi that critics ask why American forces target steel and concrete in air strikes against North Vietnam. The piece surveys reactions from intellectuals government officials peasants and soldiers to the air war.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
Bombing Report From Hanoi Raises Uncertainty
A second American reporter confirms Salisbury's Hanoi bombings while questions remain about blasts. Fire may have caused destruction near the Red River with 300 homes burned though blast evidence is unclear. A crater and dormitory damage near downtown support bomb impact.
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America
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Hanoi
Salisbury
Red River
Long Bridge
School For Trade Unions
Barney Ross Dies of Cancer at 57 in Chicago Home
Barney Ross world welterweight and lightweight champion of the 1930s died of throat cancer in his Lake Shore Drive apartment. The Marine veteran and former Illinois Boxing Commission secretary was 57 and survived by his wife Catherine and several siblings. He rose from New York City slums to boxing glory, then earned heroic status as a World War II Marine after Guadalcanal where he saved comrades and earned the Silver Star.
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Chicago
Barney Ross
Ross
Lake Shore Drive
New York
Veterans Administration Research Hospital
Catherine
Ben
Sam
George
Morrie
Los Angeles
Ida Kaplan
New York City
Barnet David Rasofsky
Ton Canzoneri
Jimmy McLarnin
Henry Armstrong
Illinois Boxing Commission
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Twins Steal Scene at Jamaica Queens Fire Hero Ceremony
Three year old twins Gavin and Gregory O Connor captivated City Hall as Mayor John V Lindsay awarded Patrolman John O Connor and Partner Francis Keating for evacuating residents before a Jamaica Queens gas leak sparked a massive fire. The twins interrupted the ceremony repeatedly seeking attention from their father.
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New York
Gavin
Gregory O'Connor
John V. Lindsay
John O'Connor
City Hall
O'Connor
Francis Keating
Jamaica
Queens
Snow May Arrive By Friday
Cold air grips North Carolina with teens expected tonight and a chance of snow in the western half by Friday as the arctic front drives below normal temperatures for two to three days. Temperatures already plummet across the upper Midwest with 20s and below from Montana to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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North Carolina
Montana
Michigan
Missouri
Piedmont
Weather Bureau
New England
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Gas Co
Hibbing
Minn
International Falls
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Newlyweds Targeted by Prank on Oklahoma Highway
A newly married Illinois couple was stopped by a Tulsa highway patrolman on Tuesday after a note on their gas tank claimed they were being held hostage. The trooper confirmed the confession with the driver while the hysterical bride demanded answers. The note was traced to a prankster and the couple’s names were not released.
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Tulsa
Okla
Illinois
Jerry Matheson
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Social Security
Robert M. Ball
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Pete Gerlich
Parkland Hospital
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St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Beaula Babe
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Iron Triangle
Cedar Falls
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Jack R. Miller
Iowa
Bill Baggs
Miami
Miet
Marines
Lindsay
Gregory
O’connor
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