Doctors Face Medicare Fee Control Debate
A column argues that rising doctor charges under Medicare risk government caps and urges organized medicine to lead in restraining fee increases. It notes a potential 3 to 4 dollar monthly rise in supplemental coverage and a 7.8 percent rise last year, warning doctors could invite controls.
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Organized Medicine
George Meany
American Medical Association
AMA
Aflcio
Freshwater fish farming seen as world food solution
Dr. Shelby D. Gerking of Arizona State University argues that raising fish in managed ponds could greatly boost future protein supplies. He notes yields per acre exceed cattle, with low costs, as world demand for food grows, and cites growing pond farming of bass and carp as evidence.
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Shelby D. Gerking
Arizona State University
Orient
Gerking
Halfway to victory in Vietnam as Con Thien siege ends
Joseph Alsop analyzes the Con Thien siege withdrawal as a turning point in the Vietnam War. He traces Hanoi's shifting strategies from Phase III big unit warfare toward options including negotiations, highlighting the 1965 1966 decision cycles and the U.S. and Viet Minh roles.
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Saigon
Khe San
Con Thien
U. S
Hanoi
Mao Tse - Tung
Nguyen Giap
France
Dien Bien Phu
Central Committee
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Party
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
South
U.S
Con. Thien
Pity and politics in Harold Wilson’s England
William F Buckley Jr reviews Harold Wilson facing leftist critics and economic austerity. He notes Wilson’s cautious rhetoric, left-wing tensions, and foreign policy debates from Vietnam to Commonwealth welfare, concluding with a resilient British spirit.
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Harold Wilson
Scarborough
Labor Movement
Labor Party
England
Zurich
Wilson
Michael Foote
Mr. Wilson
Commonwealth
King Canute
United States
Vietnam
George Brown
Brown
State Department
Middletown Journal subscription rates and details
The Middletown Journal announces subscription options with daily 10 cent copies and 15 cent Sundays. In-city delivery via newsboy routes costs 60 cents weekly, with mail rates of 15 dollars yearly in trading areas and 24 dollars outside, plus 38 dollars outside USA.
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USA
Jail Matron Defends Jail Menu Against Inmate Complaints
A Butler County jail matron and cook, Elizabeth Hazelton of Hamilton, responds to an inmate's remark about jail food by publishing the week’s noon menu. She asserts inmates and staff eat the same meals, noting varied dishes and no complaints. Another item notes a state patrol post dispatcher facing coffeeMaking woes and a male colleague praising worse coffee.
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Butler County
Fred B. Cramer
Elizabeth Hazelton
Hamilton
Hazelton
Violence and independence in Africa and America
The piece analyzes whether violence pays in uprisings such as the Mau Mau in Kenya and Black Power advocates in the United States. It notes British crackdown, Kimathi’s execution, Kenyatta's detention, and eventual Kenyan independence, while linking these events to Pan African thought and debates over violence as a path to freedom.
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Kenyatta
London
Kenya Highlands
Kenya
Nairobi
Mombasa
Kimathi
Lumumba
Congo
Africa
America
Race and rebellion echoes across Kenya and America
The text argues that British Kenya’s land policies fostered Kikuyu resentment and eventual rebellion, while comparing this to U S civil rights age tensions. It questions future violence in non colonial settings and notes Stokely Carmichael’s Africanization stance as altering context and outcomes between Africa and America.
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Kenya
Kenya Highlands
Highlands
Massachusetts
Rap Brown
Stokely Carmichael
U. S
Africa
America
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