New law promotes HMOs to lower costs and boost preventive care
Washington outlines a five year 375 million experimental push to expand Health Maintenance Organizations across urban and rural areas. The plan funds grants contracts and loans to develop HMOs with prepaid service models and shared governance by members and physicians.
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Washington
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
HMO
Amelia
Elk City
Okla
Kaiser Foundation
Congress
Pearly Waters and Green Islands Feature in Island Pearls
Ishigaki in the Ryukyu Islands is the only site where black gem pearls are cultivated and one pearl sold for 3200 dollars. The Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona were formed millions of years ago by volcanic eruptions creating green island like landscapes in semi arid grasslands.
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Ishigaki
Ryukyu Islands
Chiricahua Mountains
Arizona
Phone Numbers Case Presents Problems
Johannesburg residents faced widespread errors in the 1973 telephone directory with hundreds of numbers missing or wrong. The post office blamed a new computer system but apologized and planned a half million supplements to correct the mistakes, affecting doctors, businesses, and private homes.
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Kenneth L. Whiting
Johannesburg
South Afrca
Associated Press
Gary Player
South Africa
Baby Shoes
Num
Ber
Jan Kamp
Kamp
Post Office
Pretoria
Lone Tree Town Crier Uses Tape News Service
Kenneth J. Nordstrom, editor of Lone Tree Reporter, launched a daily 2 to 3 minute tape news service. Residents dial a number to hear menus, meeting times, and civic updates, with about 1000 calls the first week.
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Claren F. Dale
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Lone Tree, Iowa
Lone Tree
Solid State
Kenneth J. Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Canadian's Record a Balm to Spirits of Americans
A three minute spoken work Americans by Gordon Sinclair, a 73 year old Canadian, becomes a hit in the United States. By midweek two million copies sold and it sits at No. 14 on the best selling chart. Byron MacGregor read Sinclair’s words on CKLW boosting the message across the border. The piece praises Americans for aid in disasters, war relief, and postwar generosity, with reactions including thousands of approving calls and plans for an album.
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New York
South
United States
Gordon Sinclair
CFRB
Toronto
CKLW
Canada
Detroit
Byron MacGregor
Paul Simon
Troubled Water
MacGregor
Sinclair
San Francisco
U.S
Watergate
John Wayne
America
Robert Mitchum
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AP News
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
American Medical Association
Russell B. Roth
AMA
Yalu
Mississippi
Germany
Japan
Britain
Italy
Ence
American Red Cross
Armen Boladian
Westbound
Detroit Symphony
Chess-Janus Records
Marvin Schlachter
T. D. Allen Consignment
Stereos
Hawkins
Lee Bivd
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