National health costs spur calls for reforms and fears of socialism
Opinion argues rising health care costs threaten individual freedom and push for national health insurance. It cites a $118.5 billion annual bill averaging $547 per person, criticizes doctors and hospital administrations, and notes FTC and Justice Department actions against medical groups. It warns of reduced choice, higher taxes, and potential total government control if a national plan is enacted.
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Len
Ted Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Federal Trade Commission
American Medical Assny
FTC
AMA
Justice Department
National Society of Anesthesiologists
U.S. House Subcommittee On Investigations
Teamsters Union
Sen. Kennedy
America
Government indicators face growing doubt among economists and officials
The piece notes rising doubts about official economic indicators as revisions to GNP figures and inflation rates create confusion. It cites January 1976 projections, repeated revisions to the Leading Indicators index, and concerns from economists such as Yale's Richard Ruggles about index composition and data quality.
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New York
Commerce Department
The World Company staff and pricing list
The World newspaper of Lawrence Kansas lists Dolph Simons Sr as president publisher Bil Mayers as editor Ralph Gage as executive editor Jack Starkey as managing editor and Leo Eller as advertising manager It notes established 1854 and a daily except Sunday publication with subscription rates by car or mail across various regions in Kansas and the United States.
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Dalph C. Simons de
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sith
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Nixon pardon drama unfolds but no deal found
The piece recounts the 1974 Nixon pardon process led by Gerald Ford. It notes Haig's early pardon talks, San Clemente negotiations, and Ford’s insistence there was no deal with Nixon. Eyewitnesses describe Nixon's despair and the final statement of contrition attached to the pardon.
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Ford
Nixon
Alexander Haig
White House
Gerald Ford
Haig
Igning
Jerry terHorst
Robert Hartmann
Philip Buchen
Buchen
Herbert J. Miller
Miller
San Clemente
Benton
California
Pacific
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Becker
Pat
Washington
Hartmann
Benton Becker
Nixore
Bicentennial Song Proposals Reflect American Themes
The author weighs using existing songs for a Bicentennial theme. Suggestions include Yankee Doodle God Bless America Ballad of the Green Berets U S Blues and American Tune. They argue rock fits uniquely American culture and cite survival imagery in Grateful Dead’s piece.
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Lawrence
U.S
Sgt. Barry Sadler
Soap Box Derby entry marks first sanctioned run
The car of 14 620 Ind Robert Evans aged 14 was the first sanctioned entry after passing final tests. Red Cross soup kitchens operate round the clock for levee workers as Sailors from Olathe Naval Air Station patrol Lawrence levees. Arthur D Weaver 93 died at his home in Lawrence where he had been a merchant since 1883. Clark Gable and Jeannette MacDonald star in San Francisco at Wilkinson Theater. The past June was the driest on record with only 0.14 inch of rainfall. Train delays due to steamboat transfer at Kansas City after a burned bridge. Maple worms begin to affect some town maple trees.
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Robert Evans
Wakarusa
Olathe Naval Air Station
Lawrence
Red Cross
Arthur D. Weaver
Bullene
Clark Gable
Jeannette MacDonald
San Francisco
Wilkinson Theater
Kansas Pacific
Santa Fe Eastern
Kansas City
Ribicoff and Rumsfeld top picks for Carter Reagan futures
The column argues potential U S vice presidential picks for Carter Reagan and Ford. It highlights Abraham Ribicoff as a strong Carter option and Donald Rumsfeld as a Reagan partner, with Daniel Patrick Moynihan as a Ford possibility, while noting cultural references and political context.
Readers Target Gas Signs Over Billboards in Lawrence
Clark H. Coan argues gas price signs receive undue attention while over 40 large billboards surround Lawrence. He says removing billboards would beautify the city and urges focusing on bigger problems first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Clark H. Coan
1645 Barker
Prayer for Sight and Service in Daily Life
A brief prayer asks for open eyes to beauty and need around us so we can enjoy the good and improve the bad. The speaker seeks divine guidance to notice others and act with compassion and purpose in daily life.
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Father
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City of
St. Louis
American Hospital Association
Afl-Cio
Fice
Richard Ruggles
Yale University
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Journal- World
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Richard Nixon
Uncle Sam
Ribicoff
Rumsfeld
By David S. Broder
Oval Office
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Carter
Sen
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Bronx
Fairfax Avenue
Abe Ribicoff
Camelot
John M. Bailey
John Stennis
Senate
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
George McGovern
Dick Daley
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Congress
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Mr. Ford
GOP
Moynihan
United Nations
Dr. Kissinger
Cleveland
Scoop Jackson
Garcia
Hunter
Paul Simon
Simon
Sall
Tan
National Lampoon
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