Aime Forand's Health Insurance Plan Began A Chapter
In 1957 Rep. Aime Forand proposed adding health insurance for the aged to Social Security. Backed by AFL-CIO and allied groups, the plan faced fierce opposition from AMA and business groups who warned of destroying private insurance and burdening Social Security. The battle lines formed as Washington heated up.
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American Medical Assn
AMA
Harry S. Truman
Forand
American Public Welfare Assn
American Nursing Assn
Farmer’s Union
Chamber of Commerce
National Assn
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Gruenther Urges Stronger American Spirit at Red Cross
General Alfred M. Gruenther called for renewed American resolve amid the Cold War during the American Red Cross convention in Kansas City. He warned the Summit Conference crisis will pass, but the fundamental conflict with Communist powers will not, urging citizens to support the President as events unfold.
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Kansas City
Alfred M. Gruenther
TV Set Goes Up In Smoke In Douglassville
Edgar Rauch watched his television burst into flame as smoke filled his home near Douglassville Pennsylvania A Metropolitan Edison spokesman explained that an Army jet fighter truck dragging a tail pulled down a utility line snapping a ground cable causing the fire at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania
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Douglassville, Pa
Edgar Rauch
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Edison Electric Co
Indiantown Gap
Pressure Groups And Education Faces Public Scrutiny
The Sputnik era spurred school reform talk with demands to raise costs and improve curricula. Neal Gross surveyed 40 urban and suburban superintendents: over 90 percent find overall Sputnik impact beneficial, with cost containment, curriculum changes, and college entrance as top pressures. Taxpayers and real estate groups lead opposition to higher costs, while unions and parental groups push for more funding and stronger programs especially for the gifted and sciences.
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Neal Gross
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Local Chamber of Commerce
Tendents
Dr. Gross
Gross
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