Federal workers face 35 percent Blue Cross rate hike
Blue Cross Blue Shield says premiums for about six million federal workers and dependents will rise about 35 percent effective January 1. An average family coverage cost jumps from 154 to 208 dollars per year as the insurer seeks to cover rising medical costs and prevent deficits from government coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
J. S. Nagelschmidt
Federal Treasury
Nagelschmidt
Aetna
Pryor Commutes 24 Arkansas Prison Sentences in 9 Months
Governor David Pryor of Arkansas has commuted 24 state prison sentences in his first nine months in office, more than under Dale Bumpers but fewer than under two prior governors. Pardons and commutations follow Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendations, with commutations reducing time served to enable immediate parole. The record compares Pryor with past governors including Bumpers, Rockefeller, and Faubus, noting Pryor’s notable clemency for Alvin Tyger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
David Pryor
Dale Bumpers
Pryor
Arkansas
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Bumpers
Winthrop Rockfeller
Rockefeller
U.S. Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Alvin Tyger
Tyger
White and nonwhite nurse figures in South Africa
The South African Nursing Association reports severe disparities in nursing and bed availability. Whites numbered 4.3 million with 26,322 white nurses and 45,124 beds across 848 hospitals. Nonwhites total 21.3 million with 31,600 nurses and 121,960 beds. The ratio shows one white nurse per 162 whites and one nonwhite nurse per 674 nonwhites.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Nursing Association
Farmers file claim over G and F C flood loss
In LITTLE ROCK AP a group of Poinsett County farmers filed a 675 243 claim with Arkansas Claims Commission against the Game and Fish Commission. They allege that a temporary cofferdam built during the St Francis Lake project by Folk Construction caused flooding that ruined 1972 1973 crops and impeded harvests. Thirty four farmers also sued Folk Construction in U S District Court seeking triple damages under Arkansas law.
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Little Rock
Poinsett County
State Claims Commission
State Game and Fish Commission
Game and Fish Commission
U.S. District Court
Jonesboro
Folk Contraction Co
Tennessee
Arkansas
Folk
St. Francis Lake
Army Engineers
Folk Center revenues show gain in Arkansas report
William E. Henderson said the Ozark Folk Center near Mountain View posted revenues of 484,706 with expenses 460,420 a gain of 24,236 for the year. The 1974 figures were 450,014 in revenue and 431,927 in expenses, yielding an 18,087 gain. The financial report was presented at a Parks Commission meeting in Jacksonport State Park.
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Batesville, Ark
William E. Henderson
State Parks and Tourism Department
Ozark Folk Center
Henderson
Mountain View
Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission
Jacksonport State Park
Here
Isabel Peron Opens Rally as Security Tightens
Isabel Peron addresses the Plaza de Mayo rally in Buenos Aires after resuming office, with police scanning tunnels for bombs amid threats. Observers expect policy signals while organizers say over 100,000 supporters may attend, though officials warn of possible violence.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Plaza de Mayo
Isabel Peron
Senate
Italo Luder
Divorce petition filed by Margaret Ann Rich in Memphis
Margaret Ann Greene Rich, 42, wife of singer Charlie Rich, seeks divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds in Circuit Court. She requests alimony, child support, and custody of their minor son Jack Michael Rich, 8, while noting the couple’s separation since Oct 8, 1975 and their long marriage begun in 1951 with three other children.
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Memphis, Tenn
Charlie Rich
Margaret Ann Greene Rich
Jack Michael Rich
Sy Rosenberg
Rich
John Denver
Charlie
Rosenberg
Forrest City
Ark
Jack Michael
Renee Annette Rich Carver
Charles Allen Rich Jr
Laurie Lynn Rich
Wood bridges eyed for Arkansas roads by land official
Land Commissioner Sam Jones asked the Highway Department to approve a wooden bridge line his firm exclusively holds in Arkansas. If approved, counties and cities could use these bridges on secondary highways and state roads. The department says no wooden bridges have been built to date, but will study the proposal and monitor a test bridge in Garland County.
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Little Rock
Sam Jones
Highway Department
Arkansas
Jones
Burt Rownd
Weyerhauser
Jones’ Company
Garland
Rownd
Upgrade plans for Arkansas experiment stations announced
University of Arkansas president Dr Charles E Bishop told Blytheville civic club that at least five agriculture experiment stations will be upgraded into combined research and extension centers with professional scientists and extension specialists. A 66 member advisory committee was announced and two mobile laboratories will train county staff. A computerized farm management network will be developed with USDA and Virginia Tech. The Fayetteville Business Administration Building will house an executive development center for Arkansas businessmen.
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Blytheville, Ark
University of Arkansas
Charles E. Bishop
Blytheville
Bishop
Snalign
Keiser
Mississippi County
Federal Agriculture Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Fayetteville
Arkansas
CIA Mafia plot to kill Castro tested by 1961 scheme
Investigators say the CIA offered up to 100000 to Mafia figures Giancana and Rosselli to murder Fidel Castro during the 1961 Bay of Pigs period but they declined the money to join the mission for free. Sources cited testimony and senate records noting disputed totals.
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Washington
CIA
Fidel Castro
Sam Giancana
John Rosselli
Castro
Rosselli
Senate Intelligence Committee
Cuba
Giancana
Chicago
Senate Committee
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Mafia
Sen
Richard S. Schweiker
Senate Intelligence Panel
Artro
Eee
Thuredé
Las Vegas
Frank Cath
Idaho
Schweiker
Church
Cult leader Applewhite jailed for auto theft in St Louis County
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr 44 Brownsville Texas identified as The Two leader of the Jesus Christ Outer Space cult served a four month sentence for auto theft in a St Louis County jail from Oct 15 1974 to Feb 18 1975 after failing to return a rental car. Bonnie Nettles 48 of Houston accompanied him according to records.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis
Portland Oregonian
Marshall Herff Applewhite, Jr
Brownsville
Tex
Earth
Bonnie Lou Truesdale Nettles
Houston
Applewhite
Gumbo
Brachiosaurus Giants Among Dinosaurs
The Brachiosaurus stood as the heaviest land animal in history with estimates of up to 85 tons. Scientists describe them as enormous long necked giants among dinosaurs, illustrating extreme prehistoric size.
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