Hospitals Under Threat From 9 Percent Cost Cap Debate
The Carter plan to hold medical cost growth to nine percent faces critique. The piece compares it to Nixon era wage and price controls, arguing a single cap cannot fit all hospitals from metropolis to rural clinic. It notes mergers, modernization limits, and regional differences challenge the policy's feasibility.
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Carter
Richard Nixon
Mississippi River
Polecat Creek
A.M.A
We Eat For You expands with Maine trip report
In Perkin's Cove Ogunquit Maine a nor'easter blows over the coast while Milford and Lois Everly describe a delightful Rhode Island Massachusetts detour. They celebrate the One Ten Restaurant Amesbury owners George and Betty Lay and announce a new service: We Eat For You. For a minimum $100 they will sample eateries and report back. First come first served.
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Ogunquit
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Worcester
Lois
George
Betty
Amesbury
A Conservative View S. 1437 A Good Bill Despite Flaws
The piece praises S. 1437 for modernizing the federal criminal code and endorses its aims such as sentencing guidelines and strengthened penalties. It warns that the bill’s breadth could empower abusive prosecutors and judges, citing gag orders and reporter-source protections, urging narrowing of risky sections before final passage.
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Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
John McClellan
Arkansas
Baton Rouge
Kennedy
Oil embargo study underway under Carter in 1979
President Carter orders a secret National Security Council review to assess the impact of a new oil embargo on the United States. Energy Secretary Schlesinger warns of uncertain Middle East supply as U.S. imports rise to 8.7 million barrels daily, prompting potential import controls and a push to strengthen strategic reserves.
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Carter
National Security Council
United States
James Schlesinger
Middle East
Europe
NATO
Schlesinger
Calada
President Carter and the Dream of a Call From the White House
A columnist recalls President Carter dialing two Washington reporters to discuss Mondale and White House work. The piece humorously details how editors and even families imagine receiving a call from the president, and the social frenzy that follows.
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Washington
Carter
Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Jack Nelson
Los Angeles Times
Walter Mondale
White House
United States
Jody Powell
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