Medicare Premiums Rise for Elderly Americans
The Medicare supplementary premium will jump to 5.30 dollars per month on July 1, a 32.5 percent rise from 4.00 dollars. Health Secretary Robert H. Finch attributed the increase to higher medical costs, while critics argue the move boosts physician incomes and signals broader price pressures in 1970.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Medicare
The
American Patients Association
Association
Theodore O. Crow
Finch
Crow
Burglars Strike Nelsonville Gun Shop and Stores
Nelsonville police report a second major burglary in five days at Koker's Shooting Supplies on Hocking Street with an estimated 6500 dollars in guns and ammunition stolen. A smaller break-in at Reeves' Sunoco on Chestnut Street caused damage but no cash loss, while Foster's Drug & Jewelry faced a large haul of watches rings and jewelry. investigations led by BCI agent Herman Henry continue.
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Nelsonville
Koker
Hocking St
Reeves
Joe Reeves
Rodney Reeves
Herman Henry
BCI
Baby Born Heroin Addict In Tucson
An infant at Tucson Medical Center showed heroin withdrawal signs within a day of birth. The child, born to Yaqui parents in their late 20s, began treatment and recovered after 15 days, with the hospital arranging ongoing addiction treatment for the parents.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tucson Medical Center
Milton Semoft
Semoff
Hijacked Jet Reaches Havana Then Miami After Flight
United Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 23 passengers and six crew was hijacked by a gunman near New York. The plane landed in Havana at 1 04 p m and returned to Miami at 2 23 a m with 28 passengers. One first class passenger remained behind in Havana. Passengers reported polite Cuban treatment and a hinted motive by the hijacker. Linda Brennan celebrated her 21st birthday aboard the flight.
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Miami
Havana
Linda Brennan
United Air Lines
New York
LaGuardia
Jim Howard
Chicago
M. Martinez
Ansis Valens
Agnew Urges Asian Self Help Within U.S. Alliance
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew declares the Nixon administration seeks Asian self sufficiency to reduce U.S. intervention while reaffirming treaty commitments. He outlines the Nixon doctrine of standing by allies, providing support if regional threats threaten the Asian economy, with troop decisions to be made by the President. He begins a 10 nation Pacific trip, stopping in Honolulu before Guam and the Philippines for Marcos inauguration.
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Honolulu
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Agnew
Guam
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
John S. McCain Jr
U.S
Pacific
U S Forces Attack Reds Near Cambodia
U S forces attacked near Cambodia as a Viet Nam bound cargo ship the Badger State carrying 8 900 rockets and bombs to 2 000 tons of TNT burned in the mid Pacific 580 miles NE of Midway Island. The Greek freighter Khian Star rescued 14 of 39 crew including Capt Charles Wilson.
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Honolulu
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Midway Island
Badger State
Navy
Hickam Air Force Base
Proxmire Sees Possible Override Of Veto On Aid Bill
United States Senator William Proxmire says President Nixon may reconsider his veto threat on the health and education money bill. If veto occurs, a Senate override may be possible. London hospitals go emergency due to influenza. only urgent non flu cases will be admitted in 200 hospitals. Texas industrialist H Ross Perot says the Soviet Union may consider flying to Moscow with gifts for POWs in North Vietnam. Cleveland Councilman Warren Gilliam announces run for Democratic nomination in Ohio 20th District.
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Michael Davidson
Air Force Two
Washington
Hawaii
Agnew
Senate
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-shek
William Proxmire
D-Wash
Nixon
London
Vientiane
Laos
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren Gilliam
Congress
Logan School Board Sets 1970 Reorganization Meeting
Supt. George Saribalas announced the Logan city school board will hold its annual reorganization meeting Monday January 5. A 6:30 p.m. dinner in Brandt's Mecca Room is for board members and their wives, followed by the 7:45 p.m. official meeting to elect officers set tentative appropriations and fix the monthly meeting date for 1970.
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Supt
George Saribalas
Logan City School Board
Brandt
Mecca
Heavy Snow and Winds Batter Eastern U S
Snow and strong winds sweep the east from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes and central Appalachians with up to two feet in parts. Warnings cover Maine while roads become treacherous and temperatures dip, with light snow noted in Logan and forecast for the Hocking Valley.
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Associated Press
United States
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Central Appalachians
New York State
New England
Maine
Virginia Beach
Eastport
Hocking Valley
Logan
New York Snow Storm Delays Transit Amid Light Post Holiday Turnout
Mayor Lindsay returned from the Bahamas to supervise snow removal as public transit faced delays but light commuter turnout kept bottlenecks from forming. North Carolina reports power restoration underway after a Christmas night ice storm.
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New York City
New York
John W. Lindsay
Bahamas
Ohio Christmas travel toll falls far short of forecast
Hazardous road conditions left drivers cautious as Ohio’s holiday traffic stayed well below the predicted 42 highway deaths. Officials reported eight deaths early today and warned the toll could rise as the weekend ends and travelers continue home.
Largest U.S. battle in weeks near Cambodian border
U S forces engaged up to 200 North Vietnamese troops with jet bombers, helicopters, tanks, and APCs. Official counts: at least 72 enemy dead and 40 bunkers destroyed amid ongoing fighting. 15 Americans killed and 62 wounded in a prior November engagement.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Loc Ninh
Highway 13
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Dong Ha
My Tho
da Nang
196Th Brigade
Question Sergeant About Massacre
A U S panel questions Staff Sgt David Mitchell accused of assault with intent to murder in the My Lai case as Lt Gen William Peers heads to Vietnam for on the spot inquiries. Lt Col William Calley faces a separate court-martial at Ft Benning with 109 alleged victims.
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Washington
My Lai
Vietnam
David Mitchell
Pentagon
Bland West
Army
Mitchell
William L. Calley Jr
Ft Benning
Army Board of
William R. Peers
Peers
Robert MacCrate
New York
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
William C. Westmoreland
Army Chief of Staff
Power Firms Plan Expansion Across Ohio and Kentucky
Three Ohio utilities CG&E Dayton Power and Light and Columbus and Southern Electric seek an 80 percent output increase in Ohio and northern Kentucky over five years. They will spend a record 106 million in 1970 and 550 million total on construction including four 600000 kilowatt units at J.M. Stuart Conesville Zimmer and Beckford stations with new liquefying natural gas production.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Dayton Power and Light Co
Columbus and Southern Electric Co
Cg&e
William H. Zimmer
J.M. Stuart
Ohio River
Brown-Adams County
Conesville
Coshocton County
William J. Zimmer
Moscow
Walter IX. Beckford
Japanese Voters Split on Sato Policy in National Elections
Light turnout marked Japan's national elections as Liberal Democrats seek a majority in the 486 seat House of Representatives after Prime Minister Eisaku Sato returns from talks with President Nixon. Polls show the LDP likely winning 270 to 280 seats, with 24 to 20 seats needed to control the chamber. The Socialists challenge Sato over pacifist and anti US bases stance.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Liberal-Democratic
House of Representatives
Diet
Liberal Democrats
Sato
Nixon
Washington
U.S. - Administered
Okinawa
U.s.japan
U.S
United States
House of Councilors
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Reds
Mid-Pacific
Logan School Board
North Carolina Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Rockies
High Plains
Central Plains
North Pacific Coast
Bangkok
Thailand
Ossie Brown
Baton Rouge
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