Swine flu case in Missouri spurs vaccination push
A Missouri swine flu case renews public attention as a national immunization campaign seeks to boost uptake. Officials note low local turnout though Guilford County reports strong elderly participation. Jonas Salk warns of an immunity gap while monovalent vaccines roll out December 4, with free safe shots available.
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New Jersey
Missouri
Guilford County
J.N. MacCormack
Guilford
Jonas Salk
Saturday Review
Salk
Insurance Reinsurer Rates Spark North Carolina Dispute
North Carolina insurers and Insurance Commissioner John Ingram clash over auto liability rates. A proposed cut in premiums for most motorists hides a 74 percent rate boost for all drivers in the reinsurance pool. Industry critics say the plan unfairly shifts costs to well insured drivers while pool members include many with clean records. The state lacks a testing mechanism for insurer decisions on reinsurance assignments, and the proposal faces opposition from insurers and the Insurance Agents association.
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North Carolina
John Ingram
Ingram
Lopez Portillo Tapped to Succeed Mexico’s Echeverria
Mexico named interior secretary Jose Lopez Portillo as president, a move seen as likely to bring economic expertise. The peso’s devaluations, high inflation, and border consumer strain weigh on Mexicans, while U S relations with Washington and Carter’s upcoming term shape expectations.
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Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Jose Yves Limantour
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Mario Moya Palencia
Echeverria
Lopez Portillo
George W. Grayson
Current History Magazine
Tough Marine General May Have Intervened In Disciplinary Proceedings
The profile recounts Lt. Gen. T. H. Miller a hard nosed Marine officer accused of improper interference with administrative discharge boards at Cherry Point North Carolina. Investigations by Gen Louis H. Wilson Jr found no intent to influence jurors though several officers reported pressure. Cushman replaced by Wilson as commandant. Miller later became a three star general commanding Marine Corps aviation.
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United Feature Syndicate
Washington
T.H. Miller
Miller
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Headquarters
Louis H. Wilson, Jr
Gen
Wilson
R.E. Cushman Jr
Marine Corps Aviation
Cushman
Carter Burns clash over Federal Reserve power and policy
The piece argues Carter must challenge the Federal Reserve to curb inflation and fund his job program, tracing a long history of bank influence and presidential clashes from Jackson to Wilson. It contends the Fed is a public institution owed to the people, not bankers.
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Carter
Arthur Burns
Burns
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U.S
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Farm Credit
Home Owner’s Loan Corp
FDR
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Cleveland
Chairman Burns
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The Global View on Sin and Its Decline
A reflective column argues sin has become a fad and lost meaning across Western civilization. It traces origins through postwar shifts, sexual liberation, and pornography, warning about social fragmentation, church crisis, and Bolshevik control.
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