Rising Costs of Health Care and Blue Cross Role
The Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield mailing outlines rising health care costs and the insurer’s role in helping subscribers pay bills. It argues cost increases reflect higher living costs, notes doctors and hospitals face price pressures, and urges efficiency to curb expenses while warning of potential federal controls.
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Kansas Blue Cross and
Blue Shield
Blue Cross
Kansas
Congress
Lawrence
B.C
B.S
KU Plans Washington Birthday Classes and Closures
KU will hold classes on Washington birthday while District 497 and several colleges take the day off. City and county offices close. recreation centers stay open. no garbage pickup but landfill open. Federal offices and post offices close. banks closed. businesses and gas stations mostly open. Ballard Center, Boys' Club and Penn House close. holiday observed on the third Monday in February.
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George Washington
Kansas University
Eudora
DeSoto
St. John’s
Haskell Indian Junior College
Lawrence City
Douglas County
Parks and Recreation Department
Boys’ Club
Penn House
Ballard Center
Ballard
Helen L. Hays completes Missouri Auction School course
Helen L. Hays of 3020 [owa Kansas City Missouri has completed the course in auctioneering and auction sales management at the Missouri Auction School in Kansas City Missouri.
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Helen L. Hays
Missouri Auction School
Kansas City
Weather could end food cost slowdown in 1975
Government economists warn that another round of bad weather could push grocery prices up again by year’s end. Favorable crops may slow increases by mid year with possible declines later, but poor growing conditions could reverse gains. Retail food prices are forecast to rise 2 to 3 percent in Q1 and about 3 percent in Q2.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Summers
Dow Jones
KBI chief ordered to destroy public official files
Acting Kansas Bureau of Investigation Director Richard Dewey was ordered by Attorney General Schneider to destroy 73 of 532 files on public officials and private citizens not charged with crimes. Dewey would not comment on actions taken.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Richard Dewey
Atty
Schneider
KBI
Dewey
State Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Asst. Atty
Steve Weichman
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ross Doyen
Concordia
Doyen
Amtrak reports peak earnings in 1974
Amtrak announced that 1974 saw record passenger totals and highest earned revenues since its 1971 founding. The energy crisis boosted demand, trains ran on time 75.3 percent, up from 61.7 percent in 1973, and the nationwide ticketing and reservations system was completed.
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Washington
Government Railroad Corporation
Amtrak
Roger Lewis
Bennett turns SW Bell probe to attorney general
Gov. Bennett said Southwestern Bell Co. gave gratuities to Kansas Corporation Commission members and will have Attorney General Curt Schneider review possible state law violations. If wrongdoing is found, Saffels and Stroberg may resign. the Las Vegas trip and toll free credit cards highlighted a long standing practice.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Southwestern Bell Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bennett
KCC
Las
Las Vegas
Commission
Kissinger denounces Safire Harper's attack in print
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger objects to William Safire's Harper's piece claiming a Brezhnev meeting draft included a conflicted remark about Nixon and war. Kissinger says Safire quotes a staff draft he did not follow and insists he did not discuss the wheat deal or Kosygin with Soviet officials.
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New York
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
William Safire
Harper’s
Prince
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Safire
U.S
Kissinger
Brezhnev
Ford extends rebate offer to cover more models
Ford Motor Co extends its cash rebate program to include small cars and some light trucks ordered anytime before February 28, even if delivered after. The move follows the Feb sales slump and comes as automakers announce plant shutdowns affecting 263,605 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors
Julian Huxley Dies at 87 in London
Sir Julian Huxley British biologist and author died Friday night at his London home aged 87. He was Aldous Huxley’s brother and Thomas Huxley’s grandson. Born June 22, 1887, he bridged science, culture and public broadcasting. His work covered poetry religion philosophy zoology and cancer research.
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London
Julian Huxley
Julian
Aldous Huxley
Thomas Huxley
Sir Julian
Leonard Huxley
Britain
Mao warns internal enemies amid new CCP instruction
Mao Tse-tung issues an important instruction calling for a crackdown on bad elements within the party and population. The People’s Daily warns that stronger dictatorship of the proletariat will bring tougher methods against class enemies and covert capitalist elements. The move signals potential upheaval and a campaign that may affect cadres, state industries, and reform efforts under Premier Chou En-lai.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Mao
People’s Daily
China
Communist Party
Chou En-lai
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Economic Research Service
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Commerce Department
Association of American
Railroads
Association
Out Jook Board
Desert
San Bernardino
Calif
Nev
California Highway Patrol
Man
Samuel Notah
East Lawrence
Notah
Gene F. Thornton
Thornton
Lewis
Illinois
Michigan
New
Southwestern Bell
Irks Kissinger
Huxley
Proletariat
Lin Piao
Confucius
MLO
Dunn
Ridge Court
Cindy Bailey
Charlie Girl
Massachusetts
Round Corner
Bernice Williams
Lawrence Banks
Douglas County State Bank
First National Bank
Lawrence National Bank
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