AMA Shows Leadership as Medicare Nears
The AMA shifts from opposition to active participation ahead of Medicare rollout slated for July 1. Officials help shape regulations and policies while maintaining formal opposition to Medicare overall. Most doctors are expected to participate, with a minority of specialists resisting.
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Decon English Access and Control taps computer speech
The Commerce Department outlines Decon a Direct English Access and Control system that lets machines talk in English rather than machine code. The prototype is experimental and its grammar cannot yet cover all likely constructions but will improve with time.
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Whooping Crane Recovery Sparks Hope for Endangered Species
Conservationists note the Interior Department count shows the whooping crane population rising to 44. The piece compares this progress to the nene goose revival, quoting Dr. S. Dillon Ripley on humanity’s role in restoring fragile species.
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Bluebeard of Paris Henri Landru Executed at Versailles Prison
The 1922 execution of Henri Landru, the so called Bluebeard, ends a five year spree of luring and murdering women for money in a grisly Versailles prison scene. Anatole Deibler oversees the guillotine as Landru meets fate.
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Gloomy Signs on Budget Forecasts Under Johnson
The White House now projects 1965 budget spending at 105 to 107 billion dollars with a 7 to 10 billion dollar deficit, while inflation and housing slowdowns raise new worries. Rising labor costs, tax gaps, and limited excise tax relief add to economic tension as the administration avoids significant spending cuts.
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Congressional Codels and Christmas Shopping Abroad
A columnist mocks members of Congress touring Tokyo Manila Hong Kong and Madrid for Christmas shopping. He jokes they travel in coded delegations or codels led by military aides guiding room assignments and shopping, contrasting serious public service with lighthearted abroad shopping trips.
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Dr Spock warns Christmas gift giving hazards
The text notes Dr Spock labeling gift giving at Christmas as a real hazard for children, while abstaining from gift giving is described as even more hazardous. It mentions Rhodesia as an agricultural country growing corn cotton tobacco and refers to Old Ned.
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Pragmatists reject U.N. concession over Red China Appomattox talk
John Chamberlain argues against allowing Red China into the United Nations. He urges backing Taiwan as a model of freedom and growth, warning that U.N. seat for Mao Tse-tung could undermine U.S. credibility and provoke global instability. He dismisses 1966 Appomattox scenarios.
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Do You Beat Your Wife and Other Odds and Ends
Hal Boyle surveys quirks of behavior and social quirks in a lighthearted column. It jokes about fat men, neckties, cats, barbers, Christmas affection, and Viet Nam policy with cartoonish logic, ending with a quip about drug addicts and critics.
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Tarahumare beliefs and ancient currency facts
The Tarahumare Indians believe all plants have souls. Major religions are traced to Asia. Fish rely on smell more than sight to bite. The Bank of Sweden issued the first world bank notes in 1661. United States Navy logging ended in 1850. American women spent over 235 million dollars on wigs in recent years.
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