Mail order firms take chunk of drug sale market
The AP reports mail order pharmacies are expanding from maintenance drugs, doubling prescriptions from 1972 to 1976 to nearly 25 million. The American Association of Retired Persons and National Retired Teachers Association run the largest operation, dispensing over four million prescriptions annually from Washington and six regional sites. They tout price savings, computer drug profiling, and generic substitutions, while noting state limits and postal service timing as constraints.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred Wegner
American Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Association
Washington, D.C
Wegner
State education head worried over finances in Ohio
Franklin B. Walter, newly named state superintendent of public instruction, voices ongoing concern about funding. He expects little legislative aid as Ohio considers Gov. James A. Rhodes' proposed budget for education.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin B. Walter
James A. Rhodes
Middletown OKs HUD Section 312 Rehabilitation Loans
City Commission adopts an emergency resolution authorizing the city manager to sign an agreement for public body approval of Section 312 rehabilitation loans with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Redevelopment Officer may approve loans per HUD policy and fund availability. Adopted April 5 1977.
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United States OF America
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Middletown
City of
Butler County
Ohio
Department of Housing and Urban Development
James W. Saunders
Bete J. Arthur
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