Medicaid Sticker Dilemma for 76 Year Old with MS
A reader describes how a 76 year old with MS receives 32 from Social Service and 78 from Social Security and faces doctor shortages. Doctors honor Medicaid but pay rates are low, causing hardships for ongoing care and basic needs. Officials note plans for a nonemergency outpatient clinic to help Medicaid patients in High Point.
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Social Service
High Point Memorial Hospital
John Benson
High Point
Publishing Poetry Safely Without Mail Theft
To publish poems without mail theft risk, use registered mail or mail yourself a copy unopened with receipt. Publishers expect submission, often request a self addressed stamped return envelope if rejected. For guidance, consult The Writer’s Market from the library.
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Public Library
Writer’s Market
Spelling Variants for Sweet Briar Street Signs Questioned
Inquiries discuss whether Sweet Brier or Sweetbriar is correct for a city street sign and mention a traffic engineer’s input. The Public Works Director states the owner agreed to clean up a dirty street area at Lindsay and English.
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Chamber of Commerce
Virgil Hazelett
Traffice Engineering
Bombs Hit Tehran as Nixon Departs Iran Visit
Bomb blasts in Tehran wounded a woman and broke Brig. Gen. Harold L. Price's legs while delaying President Nixon's schedule by 45 minutes. Explosions targeted the tomb of Reza Shah and a nearby U S formation building and Pepsi plant. Iranian Marxist guerrillas were blamed as Iraq urged action. Nixon proceeded with the tomb ceremony and planned Warsaw departure.
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Tehran
Nixon
Iran
Harold L. Price
U.S. Information Service
Baghdad
Reza Shah
Massacre at Tel Aviv Airport Rocks World Leaders
In Tel Aviv, three Japanese terrorists hired by a Palestinian group killed 22 and wounded more than 70 at the international airport. Premier Golda Meir blamed Arab states, condemned lax security, and said the attack could have been prevented. A 3 year old girl died and Prof. Aharon Katzir was among the victims.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Cairo
Beirut
Israel
France
Jerusalem
Aharon Katzir
Israel Academy of Sciences
International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics
Lod Airport Massacre Report By A New Yorker In Israel
Tom Golden describes the Lod International Airport attack by Japanese terrorists allied with Arabs. He and his mother sheltered behind a pillar as blasts and gunfire erupted, saving her from serious harm and fleeing toward the terminal exit. His sister Carol plans to leave Israel immediately after the massacre.
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Carol Golden
New York
Tom
Israel
Miss Golden
Tom Golden
Lod International
Tel Aviv
Golden
Carol
Bomb Shelter Blast Kills Five Children in Valdese
In Valdese North Carolina a bomb shelter explosion killed five children and injured another. A leaky gas line and a faulty light switch are cited as likely causes. A 500 gallon fuel tank, owned by Mr and Mrs James E Garron, was buried near the shelter. Jean Garron 12 was among the dead. Picou 10 survived with minor injuries. The ATF unit leads the investigation while cleanup followed by fire and rescue crews. Local officials note the blast shook the town and bodies were found in and around the shelter site. Waldese lies between Asheville and Hickory in the western foothills.
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Valdese
N.C
U.S. Treasury
Jack Sewell
Sewell
James E. Garron
Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit
Garron
Jean
Picou
Valdese General Hospital
A. O. Anderson
Waldese
Asheville
Hickory
North Carolina
Nixon visits Warsaw for trade talks with Gierek
President Nixon arrives in Warsaw to meet with Edward Gierek on trade and economic aid. A bilateral consular pact with Poland is signed as Rogers and Olszowski seal greater embassy protections. Bombings during the Tehran trip are not aimed at the President. one Iranian woman is killed and a US general is injured.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Warsaw
Nixon
Poland
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Soviet Bloc
Tehran
Iran
White House
Nixons
Washington
Gierek
U.S
William P. Rogers
Stefan Olszowski
Piotr Jaroziewicz
Wilanow
Air Force
Ronald L. Ziegler
Welfare Recipients Get Jobs in New Work or Else Plan
In Albany the welfare work or else program shows 22 748 recipients placed in jobs in nine months and 39 124 removed for missing interviews or other reasons. About 32 percent of placements lasted a week or less with only a third still employed by November, while some left initial jobs for other work. The aim is to spur active job seeking and reduce welfare reliance.
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Albany
N.Y
Department of Social Services
Social Services Es
Abe Lavine
Lavine
Barry van Lare
State Employment Service
van Lare
Nixon visit to Tehran marked by bomb blasts
Iranian police blamed local Marxist guerrillas for a wave of bombings as President Nixon visited Tehran. A blast near the tomb of Reza Shah delayed his ceremony. Brig. Gen. Harold L. Price was injured and a civilian woman killed. Attacks also hit US facilities and a Pepsi plant while thousands cheered at a royal dinner.
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Nixon
Reza Shah
Tehran
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Iran
Baghdad Radio
Iraq
U.S
Israel
Persian Gulf
Gerald Warren
Warsaw
Niavaran Palace
EPA approves nine state clean air plans amid court order
EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus approved nine state and three territorial clean air plans while a court order required review for complete protection beyond federal standards. He approved full plans for Alabama Connecticut Florida Mississippi New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Oregon West Virginia Guam Puerto Rico American Samoa and partially for others. The court ordered government to prevent deterioration of air quality and may affect future approvals.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Environment Groups
Ruckelshaus
EPA
William OD. Ruckelshaus
Alabama
Connecticut
Florida
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
West Virginia
Guam
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
Federal Register
U.S. District Court
John H. Pratt
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NBC Television
Rockefeller Plaza
Richard Nixon
Chelan Reza
Reza Chan
Congress
Moscow
House
Pepsi-Cola
Iminco
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