Editorial ID cards that tell everything
Editorial argues for Life Card health records on a plastic card carrying up to 800 pages decoded by computer. It envisions wide adoption for Blue Cross Blue Shield in Maryland, enabling doctors and insurers to access full histories while arguing privacy must be protected by law. It warns of potential abuses like blackmail and a police state and stresses strict privacy controls.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield Health Insurance
Maryland
Senior citizens target of consumer fraud warned by Ohio AG
Ohio Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze warns seniors face two main fraud methods: threats with weapons and various cons. Fraud costs reach 20 to 25 billion annually, with seniors bearing the brunt. Common schemes include home repairs, mail order scams, health product claims, charity solicitations, and high return investments. The guidance urges time to think, written contracts, checking reputations, and consulting friends or lawyers. Contact the Consumer Protection Division at 1-800-282-0515.
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Anthony Celebrezze
Ohio
Better Business Bureau
Celebrezze
Opinion Convention Bureau proves valuable asset to region
Editor notes the Trumbull County Convention and Visitors Bureau aided a state-wide Optimist convention in Youngstown-Warren by handling housing, coordinating with hotels, and supplying sales promotion and PR support. The committee praises the bureau as a creative, professional, and committed asset. Dean Bowser signs.
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Youngstown-Warren
Trumbull County
Convention Bureau
Tumbull County
Call to hold corporations to account for environmental harm
Alden Meyer argues that despite progress since Earth Day 1970, problems like acid rain pollution and hazardous waste persist. He urges stronger laws and full corporate accountability, including jail for knowingly harmful executives, ending subsidies for nuclear and coal, and expanding citizen control over environmental decisions.
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Alden Meyer
Mobil Oil
Dow Chemical
IBM
Tony Mazzocchi
Case for tax simplification in shaky real estate laws
New York AP reports a push for tax simplification amid complex rules that created loopholes in seller financing. Law changes aimed to tax below market rates, prompting protests. House Ways and Means backs exemptions for small to mid size deals, risking more confusion over definitions and applicability.
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New York
Washington
Sam
Uncle Sam
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Letters to the Hubbard News Welcome Signatures Required
The Hubbard News invites letters to the editor suitable for publication. Each letter must be signed with a full address and telephone number. All submissions will be confirmed before publication and the paper reserves the right to edit or reject letters as needed.
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Hubbard News
Hubbard News publication and address notice
The Hubbard News lists publication details and pricing for subscriptions and confirms mailing address and postmaster information. It states weekly Wednesdays, yearly and half year rates, Phoenix Publications Inc. address in Niles Ohio, and a Hubbard Ohio postmark mailing notice.
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Hubbard News
Phoenix Publications Inc
State St
Niles
Ohio
Hubbard
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