Higher hospital costs spark reader concern and questions
The Lawrence Memorial Hospital trustees plan substantial next year rate increases amid a 14.8 percent budget rise for 1982 and a 20.52 percent salaries surge despite anticipated 1,000 fewer patient days. Critics urge officials to tighten spending, noting soaring room charges and comparing with Mayo Clinic affiliated Methodist Hospital in Rochester. The columnist questions public officials fairness in tax-funded spending and urges more prudent cost control.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Methodist
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Hospital
Lawrence Hospital
Giant tax tale ends in a crash and depreciation
A giant and Jack discuss tax free gains from a beanstalk venture and a hen with golden eggs. They seek shelter in a tax plan, hire Ben the tax lawyer, and the giant renounces symphonies for depreciation profits. The tale ends with the giant’s fatal fall after months of sedentary work and depreciation.
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Jack
Ben
Symphony
Sam
Vladimir Horowitz
Earth
Reagan Target of Libyan Plot Says Anderson
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reports Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi planned to assassinate Ronald Reagan after the Mediterranean air clash. He discussed the aim in a monitored call with Mengistu Haile Mariam, with NSA translating the substance for the White House.
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Washington
Muammar Qaddafi
Anwar Sadat
Ronald Reagan
Mengistu Haile Mariam
National Security Agency
White House
Qaddafi
Mediterranean
Reagan
Italy
West Germany
Britain
Greece
United States
Wilson
Frank Terpil
CIA
Eugene Tafoya
Green Beret
Colorado
Libya
Tripoli
Wilson-Terpil
Joseph G. McElroy
Pennsylvania
McElroy
London
Investing group gets its shares for a few dollars
New York report explains the National Association of Investors Capital plan that lets 3,500 thrifty investors buy fractional shares with low upfront costs. Members pay 16.50 annually for Better Investing and a stock manual, then buy via NAIC with a 5 commission.
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New York
National Association of Investors
NAIC
Te Naic
Royal Oak
Mich
P.O. Box
Window of vulnerability and call for peace in a world of guns
A narrator imagines Reagan’s window of vulnerability revealing global fear and division from Europe to the Middle East and the Kremlin. Leaders mourn Sadat, while calls for more arms abound. Camus and Emerson offer a pause for reflection amid relentless conflict. The window refuses to close.
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Ireland
West
East
Germany
United States
Menachem Begin
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
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Saudi Arabia
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Stalin
Red Square
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Hitler
Poland
Churchill
Albert Camus
Emerson
Diablo Canyon Plant Fault Line Sparks Public Debate
In a Buchwald column the author weighs both sides of nuclear power near San Andreas fault. He recalls a Diablo Canyon protest and defends science while noting later news of misrouted pipes halting the reactor. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek jab at the power company.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Evening News
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