Medicare Goes Into Effect Today
Thousands of elderly patients in hospitals nationwide were automatically shifted to Medicare status for bookkeeping purposes, HEW said. Secretary John W. Gardner noted the sharper count reduces figures compared with earlier reports and most nonparticipating hospitals facing Medicare bans were in the South for not complying with civil rights provisions.
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Education and Welfare
John W. Gardner
HEW
South
No Great Rush Seen In N C
Medicare enrollment begins with no immediate surge in North Carolina hospitals. Facilities report current occupancy near capacity and will not alter admitting priorities. Expectation centers on a rise in elective surgeries such as prostate and hernia operations as hospitals adjust to Medicare rules.
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North Carolina
Winston - Salem
Associated Press
Kian
Golds
Medicare Answers Clarify Bed and Deductible Rules
Washington AP summarizes common Medicare questions for seniors. It explains bed eligibility and how deductibles are applied when hospitalized and readmitted, clarifying that the deductible is not charged for each return visit beyond the standard rule.
U S Pilots Hit Another North Vietnamese Fuel Depot
U S pilots struck another fuel depot near Hanoi as the air campaign against North Vietnam entered an eighth day of raids. Navy and Air Force squadrons reported bombs landing on target areas while Allied ground forces pushed back Viet Cong units toward the Cambodian frontier after ambushes near Saigon. Three fighter bombers accidentally dropped cluster bombs on a Vietnamese village, killing five civilians and wounding 41.
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South Viet Nam
U. S
An Loc
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Tropical storm spawns twister wrecks planes in Florida
A tropical low drenched Florida with heavy rain and spawned a tornado that destroyed two planes at Palm Beach airport and damaged a DC 3. One small plane was wrecked, another was 400 feet aloft over a two story bar. Three adults and a teen are reported missing. watches covered central Florida and southeast Georgia.
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Fla
Florida
Palm Beach
Jac’sonville
Gulf of Mexico
Tallahassee
Palm Beach International
Georgia
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Vero Beach
Florida Conservation Department
Horseshoe Beach
Taylor County
E. W. Millican
Gainesville
Elliot Palmer
Bank Embezzler Is Released From Alderson
Burnice Geiger paroled after five years for embezzling 2.1 million from her father's Sheldon bank in Iowa. She plans to settle in Iowa but not return to Sheldon, where the bank failure occurred. She earned credit for good behavior and spoke of no definite living plans.
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Alderson
W. Va
Burnice Geiger
Sheldon
Iowa
Sheldon National Bank
Reformatory
W. P. Iverson
Driver Of Kennedy's Car Retires From Secret Service
Washington AP The Secret Service agent who drove the White House limousine in the Kennedy assassination is retiring because an ulcer condition worsened by the Dallas tragedy. William G. Greer, 56, receives disability retirement effective immediately, with annual payments totaling 623 percent of his $12,900 salary as a special agent.
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Secret Service
White House
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Kennedy
William G. Greer
Greer
Johnson asserts U S will stay in Vietnam for peace
President Johnson declared the United States will remain in Vietnam until an honorable peace is negotiated and will continue air raids on North Vietnam while Communists refuse talks. He spoke at a Democratic dinner in Des Moines after touring Nebraska and Iowa, insisting the U S will stand firm and not back down. The president offered direct talks with North Vietnamese leaders and called for no preconditions or agendas. He urged peaceful negotiation as the only path to end the fighting and bombing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Nebraska
South Viet Nam
Fire Destroys Block in Wake Forest Downtown
A major fire in downtown Wake Forest North Carolina destroyed nearly a block of the town, burning the theater and four nearby shops. Firefighters from six communities fought the blaze after it started about 10 30 a m and a water shortage led plants to shut off supply to conserve pressure. No damage total yet.
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Wake Forest
N. C
Wakeee
Richard Branch
Viola Wilson
Recorder’s Court
Sherman
Lunar Explorer Starts Moon Transfer Orbit in July Launch
Lunar Explorer, a three stage Delta rocket powered space craft, began its 246000 mile 74 hour journey from Cape Kennedy toward the moon. A spokesman later announced the rocket phase was successful and the craft appeared to be on a lunar transfer orbit.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Lunar Explorer
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
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