Doctors asked to resign over Blue Shield ties in hearings
Philadelphia UPI reports State Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg urged 133 doctors and executives of Blue Shield to resign, saying board members have conflicts of interest. He cited 18 doctors on the board and 115 as corporation members earning substantial fees. Denenberg advocates legal action and possible ousters, urging transfer of Blue Shield control to Blue Cross to curb cost-driven physician influence.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Herbert Jenenberg
Blue Shield
T Weir
Denenberg
Te Blue Shield Board of
Blue Shield Corp
Lawrense Denenberg
Servie Blue Shield
Hie
Blue Cross
Oar
Corporation
Barnet Liberman
Denenherp
Lieberman
Lichenan
Harry Boyer
Pennsylvania Apl - Clo
Anne Somers
College of Medicine and Deniistry
New Jersey
Challenger Clark Asked To Debate In Congressional Race
Rep Clark and Gary A Myers debate offer in 250i district grows heated. Myers proposes an hour long exchange with eight minute opening, five minute rebuttals, twenty minute Q and A and round of closing statements. He urges Clark to respond within a week as campaigns seek early media attention.
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Gary A. Myers
Congress
U.S
Rank M Clark
D-Bessemer
Chirk
Myers
Clark
Del
One room Amish school study advances at Wilmington Board meeting
Wilmington Area School Board approved forming a joint study group with Wilmington Township Supervisors and New Wilmington Borough to examine sewage service for a proposed new elementary building near the high school on Wood Street. The board also reviewed the 1971-72 budget, discussed school safety needs, and tentatively set Oct 16 for a public meeting with the study group.
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Harold Gwin
New Wilmington
Wilmington Area School Board
Cotton Road
Supl
Hubert
Sherwood
Arnish
Marcy Craft
Charles Melver
H. Dewey DeWitt
J. Dale Whiting
DeWitt
Rayburn Campbell
Wilmington
Mercer County
PeWitt
Pennsylvania Power Co
Sherwood Sai
Bnkding
Campbell
Edward Meyer
Meyer
Wilmington Area
Mail delivery stretched by 2309 miles under bulk system
Rep. Robert N. C. Nix cites 52 examples where parcels travel far longer routes under the Postal Service bulk mail plan. He notes a Modena Utah to Panaca Nevada package would route via Salt Lake City, Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas before Panaca, about 2308 miles, raising concerns over efficiency and costs.
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Washington
Hig Panel
Postal Service
Agai
Nix
Modena
Panaca
Madoni
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Colo
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Pannen
Chapel 19
N.C
Carrboro
Mix
County workers join union in city and county split
County employees vote to form a union with Construction and General Workers. The union plans to meet county officials to pursue recognition. County commissioners may recognize the union or order a state election. Jail guards could form a separate bargaining unit. Local 564 already represents city public works and office staff.
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Hassigner
Cork
DeGenartea
DeGenacca
DeCienarce
Tor
Why county residents give to the United Fund
The News asks county residents why they donate to the United Fund campaign. Va Cre R. Potter, county treasurer, explains his reasons linking giving to boyhood Scout days and the value of United Fund supported organizations such as the Scouts Sankey Center and the WW YMCA, noting his contribution covers multiple campaigns. Potter has previously served as a United Fund solicitor.
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The
United Fund
Cre R. Potter
United Pond Tatler
Boy Scouts
Porter
Scouts
Sankey Center
Wwymca
Potter
United Fair Campaign
Fire cost estimates rise after building loss at 24 N Mercer
Damage assessments place total near 140000 for a fire that destroyed a building at 24 N Mercer Street. Fire Chief Reynold DiLullo cites 10000 in smoke damage to Castle Arms Motor Hotel and water damage to a compressor. The Lawrence County Motor Club site housed Double R Linterprises storage. The club seeks a downtown location as investigators note the roof collapse.
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N. Mercer St
Reynold DiLullo
Castle Arms Motor Hotel
Lawrence County Motor Club
Double R. Linterprises
Motor Club
Cambodia shells Southeast Cambodia in heavy B52 raid
UPI reports U S command diverted over one third of B52 force from Laos and Vietnam to a major raid into southeastern Cambodia. A 30 plane strike dumped more than two million tons of bombs on Communist base camps just beyond the South Vietnamese border. Officials fear a renewed Communist offensive within three weeks ahead of the U S election.
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Saigon
Hooded man found shot dead in Belfast street
Police found the hooded body of a man shot in the head on Park Avenue East Belfast. The death marks the 576th Northern Ireland fatality since violence erupted in August 1969. Earlier a bomb blast damaged a Roman Catholic church amid intensifying unrest during peace talks in England.
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Belfast
UPI
England
Park Avenue
Northern Ireland
Kissinger Holds Secret Paris Talks With Hanoi Envoys
Dr. Henry Kissinger met privately in Paris with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy, Hanoi’s peace talks representatives. The White House said no details on duration would be released, noting it was Kissinger’s 17th such meeting in two years and the second in 10 days.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Washington
UPI
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
White House House
White Mouse
Kissinger
Press Secrtary
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon loses ground in Detroit poll showing McGovern gaining
National pollster Louis Harris told the Economic Club of Detroit that McGovern narrowed Nixon's lead by six points since September. Harris pegged Nixon at 59 percent, McGovern at 31 percent, and 10 percent undecided, but he did not disclose sampling or interview details.
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Detroit
UPL
George McGovern
Nixon
Louis Harris
Richard Nixon
Harris
Economic Club of
McGovern
Haris
Nixon's Spending Ceiling Clears House Committee
President Nixon won approval from the House Ways and Means Committee on a 20-5 vote for a 250 billion federal spending ceiling. A critic warned the plan would grant Nixon dictatorship powers to cut programs including Social Security veterans benefits and even salaries of congressmen.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congressional
House and Ways & Means
Amoorican Federation Signs State Employee Pay Pact
The AFL-CIO signed a contract with the state granting 21,000 workers a ten percent raise. Five percent retroactive to August 1 and five percent on November 14. August raise approved by the Pay Board. November raise under study. Fringe benefits include state paid Blue Cross Blue Shield major medical and life insurance pending approval.
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Harrisrung
UPI
Amoorican Federation of
Afl-Cio
Federal
Swanton Police Lose All Four Officers
In Swanton Ohio the village council accepted the resignations of all four policemen leaving only Police Chief Dean Griffin active. The Fulton County sheriff and the state Highway Patrol offered coverage. Four resignations followed two weeks of discontent with Chief Griffin. A total of 14 officers have left in two years as Mayor Claren Ingram forms a citizen committee to probe the department.
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Swanton
Ohio
UPI
Dean Griffin
Fulton County Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Griffin
Claren Ingram
State forest vehicle ban extends to December 12
Harrisburg UPI reports the Department of Environmental Resources bans non licensed motor vehicles on state forest lands from Monday through Saturday to align with deer hunting hours, with Sundays allowed for designated off road use. Licensed vehicles on public roads are exempt.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Department of Environmental Resources
Film editor Guilty of skyjacking in Los Angeles
William H. Greene UL, a 30 year old Los Angeles film editor, was found guilty of skyjacking and sentenced to the minimum 20 years. He pleaded insanity and called the verdict a miscarnage of justice, claiming he intended to be jailed for 30 days and that others initiated the aircraft piracy.
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Ciicaco
UPI
William H. Greene
Los Angeles
Greene
Senate OKs Pennsylvania criminal code bill in Senate vote
Harrisburg United Press International reports the 200 page bill passed 32 to 16 in the state Senate and moves to the House. Sponsor Sen. Louis D Hill says it creates eight crime classifications and codifies statutes from the past 11 years, while critics urge more work and cost concerns loom over reprinting.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Louis D. Hill
Philadelphia
American Civil Liberties Union
Budd Dwyer
Cruigford
Hill
Twyer
Clarence Bell
Delaware
Buckley Settles Libel Suit With Gore Vidal
William F. Buckley Jr editor of the National Review has received a 115000 settlement from Gore Vidal and Esquire magazine. Buckley drops his libel suit after Vidal’s suit against him was dropped, noting Vidal’s opinions matter little to the public. Buckley says Vidal’s legal costs teach him to observe libel laws and hints at future limits to charity.
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United Press International Settlement
New York
UPI
William F. Buckley Jr
National Review
Gore Vidal
Esquire
Buckley
Vidal
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