Better Emergency Care Sparks Call for System Reform
A National Academy of Sciences report argues America faces high injury tolls with 52 million injuries yearly and 110000 deaths. It urges modernizing ambulances, regional emergency centers, trained EMTs, 24 hour ER staffing, nurse leadership, and expanded research to cut deaths and disabilities.
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Academy of Sciences
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dragon by the Tail reviewed by John Roche on Davies critique
Roche assesses Barbara Tuchman and John Paton Davies Jr in contrasting views of U S intervention in China during and after World War II. He highlights Davies analysis of Chiang Kai shek and Stilwell and criticizes Roosevelt era moralism in foreign policy.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Central America
Vietnam
China
Barbara Tuchman
Stilwell
Macmillan
Tuchman
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
John Paton Davies Jr
Dragon
Norton
Burma
Davies
Chiang
George Kennan
Kennan
Readers critique Pete's Beat column draws police ire
A letter writer condemns Pete Chappars for ridiculing police in his Pete's Beat. The editor notes the writer is Susan Schmidt, wife of Steven Schmidt, and that Chappars replies, defending his approach as previews of future items. The exchange hints at ongoing controversy over the column.
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Pete
Pete Chappars
Elwood St
Decent Jobs Promise Faces Human Condition Debate
The piece critiques McGovern’s pledge of “decent jobs for every worker,” arguing that political leaders cannot remove all menial tasks. It notes factory boredom’s political resonance, cites GM’s industrial relations chief on career paths, and contrasts U S and foreign competition while stressing limits of rapid change.
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McGovern
Ohio
Tube
Life
Larry O'Brien
Elton Mayo
General Motors
Treasury basement cache prompts bold taxpayer expedition
A reader imagines a Lewis and Clark style mission to locate 2.9 million forgotten silver dollars stored in the U S Treasury basement since 1964. The note likens the cache to an elephant sized pile of cash and seeks a six month expedition by a 12 member team to reveal funds for the national debt.
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Sam
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal outlines pricing for daily newsstand copies at 15 cents, Sundays at 25 cents, home delivery options including motor routes at 3.47 yearly installments or 3.20 for four weeks, and mail subscriptions at 30 dollars per year in the trading area and 38 dollars outside the U.S. All subscriptions are payable in advance. The paper is published by News Journal Inc, located at 8 Broad at First Ave, Middletown Ohio.
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