Medicare hits first birthday amid praise and complaints
Washington AP reports Medicare marks its first year with over 7 million beneficiaries and more than 3 billion in benefits. While many seniors praise the program, others fault billing delays and red tape. Officials defend progress and study prescription drug feasibility as plans for expanded benefits loom. Evansville AP notes Mesker Zoo hatches a second trumpeter swan, rare in captivity, with two other nests failed or abandoned.
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Washington
Medicare
Dora H. Moitoret
Seattle
Evansville
Ind
Mesker Zoo
Frank Thompson
Bend
Kan
Philadelphia
First Negro Astronaut Named in U S Air Force Program
EL SEGUNDO Calif AP the nations first Negro astronaut was named Friday Maj Robert H Lawrence 34 of Chicago holder of BS and PhD degrees in chemistry from Bradley and Ohio State University He along with three others Maj James A Abramson Maj Bonnid H Peterson Lt Col Robert T Herres will join 12 others in the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program The selection came from 500 Air Force Navy and Marine officers Also Iowa tax measures set to take effect with dates for income tax changes sales and use taxes cigarette tobacco beer taxes and other bills signed by Gov Hughes and publication rules noted with varying start dates
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EL Segundo
Calif
Air Force
Laho
Robert H. Lawrence
Chicago
Bradley ‘University
Ohio State University
James A. Abramson
Portland
Ore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Oklahoma
Bonnid H. Peterson
Winona
Miss
US Military Academy
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Robert T. Herres
Denver
Colo
U. S. Naval Academy
George Washington University
Washington
D.C
Navy
Marine
DES Moines
Iown
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Tired Legislators Strive To End Long Iowa Session
Exhausted Iowa lawmakers labored into a fifth day seeking to finish the longest regular session in state history. Key items included property tax reform, school aid formulas, and capital and operating appropriations for Boards and agencies. Conferees worked to resolve differences on scholarships and technical education funding.
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Iowa
William L. Eberline
Associated Press
Des Moine
SAP
General Assembly
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Senate
Laurence Allen
Council Bluffs
House
Reservists to Train at Camp McCoy Wisconsin This Summer
Muscatine Reserve center sends an advance group of twelve for Camp McCoy Wisconsin with Lt. Roger Blocks in charge. Main body of 87 soldiers departs July 8 led by 1st Sgt LaVaun LaRue, arriving 2 p.m. The 19 drivers led by Lt Robert Massey depart 8 a.m. Saturday. Unit includes members from Letts Muscatine Wilton Junction Durant Illinois City Taylor Ridge Reynolds and Davenport. The 495th Engineer Battalion is part of the 14th U.S. Army Corps based in Minneapolis with admin ties to the 372nd Engineer Group Des Moines.
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LaVaun LaRue
Roger Blocks
Corps of Engineers
Robert Massey
Muscatine Reserve Center
Letts
Muscatine
Wilton Junction
Durant
Illinois City
Taylor Ridge
Ill
Reynolds, Ill
Davenport
Minneapolis
U.S. Army
Middle West
Sth. U.S. Army
U.S. iAciny Corps
6Th Army
LaRue
Army battalion builds camp plans in Wisconsin trip
Summer camp preparation details a battalion comprising Companies B C and headquarters from Burlington Mt Pleasant and Ft Madison. They will travel 300 miles north along highways 61 and 27 to Camp McCoy Wisconsin then train July 11 15 including bivouac maneuvers and weapons firing with M E rifle M 60 and M 50 guns.
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Mt. Pleasant
Ft. Madison
Headquarters and Headquarters Co
Burlington
Dubuque
State Line
Minnesota
Westby
Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
What Is It Dad Craig Rowe Shows Kids Flag
Craig Rowe touches the red white and blue American flag in his yard while learning what the symbol represents. S. F. C. Rowe joined the Army Reserves after leaving the regular army in 1949. The Muscatine unit has drills on Tuesdays and occasional Sunday training. He and the unit plan two weeks of training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, with 120 members.
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Craig Rowe
F. C. Wesley Rews
Muscatine
Army Reserves
Engr
Craig
Lend
S. F
Kosygin in Paris For Mid East Talk
Soviet Premier Kosygin arrived in Paris for a second round of talks with President de Gaulle on the Middle East crisis. He and de Gaulle planned a 6 a.m. Elysee meeting as he expected to leave for Moscow later in the day.
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Paris
Alexei N. Kosygin
Middle East
Charles de Gaulle
Israel
Kosygin
Orly
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Moscow
Kosygin-De Gaulle
U.N. General Assembly
Cuba
France
Meredith's Slow Mississippi March Encounters Apathy
In Winona Mississippi James H Meredith resumes his 1967 march along U S 51 after last year’s ambush. He reports few white supporters and little Black turnout with only autograph seekers and curious residents showing interest. He describes the journey as a matter of conscience and notes blisters and hostile chiggers as the main hardship.
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Winona
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Batesville
Meredith
U.S. 51
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Michigan
Hillsdale College
Mark R. Shaw, Jr
Melrose
Mass
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Wimner
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New Orleans
Wilezrin
Orkoana See
Board of Regents
State Department of Social Welfare
State Conservation Commission
Wise
Company A
Cntine Reserve Center
Mus- Duly
Mid-East
Fidel Castro
Johnson
Glassboro
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