Rate hike criticism over Blue Shield premium rise
House benefits subcommittee chair Rep. Jerome Waldie charged the Price Commission approved a 22 percent premium increase for Blue Cross Blue Shield federal employees without supporting data. He warned the move risks higher nationwide health insurance costs and could trigger more increases after hearings reopen January 25.
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No Interest Curb Above Seven Percent Cited
The statement notes that muni bond rates have declined since mid-1970 and mid-1971, with rates at 7 percent in mid-1970 and 5.4 percent since August 1971. It also cites drops in home mortgage rates and the prime loan rate from 8.5 percent in 1970 to about 6 percent by mid-August 1971, amid the Economic Stabilization Act.
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Ebenezer Scrooge charges Hippie Santa in wild jury trial
In a Philadelphia courtroom Santa Claus faced charges from Ebenezer Scrooge accusing him of hoaxing children with promises of gifts. Judge John C Bell warned the jury as spectators and a party for orphans filled the room. Santa was found innocent and Scrooge banished to a place where there is no Christmas.
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Hoffa Leaves Prison With Commutation Conditions
Former Teamsters leader James Hoffa is released under a commutation preventing involvement with a union pension fund. His wife and son remain unaffected. Hoffa, describing his stay as harsh, plans to rejoin his wife and reports to a probation officer in St. Louis, then Detroit. He criticized the prison system as a total failure while noting plans for life after release.
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Teamsters
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Detroit
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Nixon
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Fitzsimmons
Hope maps charity show plan to aid POWs in Vietnam
Billionaire Bob Hope discussed a potential charity show to raise about 19 million dollars for a North Vietnamese children's charity and possibly reach Hanoi with a peace ideal. He described a cordial meeting with North Vietnamese diplomats in Bangkok and considered visiting Hanoi to aid prisoners of war.
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Dallas
H. Ross Perot
Inday
Paris
Pws
Leonard Unger
Hanoi
McMurtie Godley
G. Richard Rand
South Vietnam
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FCC drops probe of Bell system due to manpower limits
The FCC abandoned its $30 million annual rate investigation of Bell Telephone System citing insufficient manpower and funds to regulate AT T and its Western Electric unit. The 4-2 vote by Chairman Dean Burch left two dissenters arguing the move sacrifices public interests in fair interstate rates.
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Bell Telephone System
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Robert T. Baitley
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Dean Burch
Robert E. Lee
Charlotte T. Reid
Nicholas Johnson
H. Rex Lee
Johnson
Angela Davis seeks bail in new bid before trial
Angela Davis and her attorneys petitioned the federal courts to grant bail pending the January 31 murder kidnapping trial, arguing state denial was arbitrary and discriminatory. They cited doctors saying she may need surgery and presented petitions with over 200,000 signatures. The hearing was set for January 12 with a January 3 deadline for the government brief.
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Howard Moore Jr
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William T. Sweigert
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