Health Insurance Plans Face Senate Hearing On Costs
In Washington the Senate Finance Committee, after agreeing health costs are high, heard UAW president Leonard Woodcock and AFL-CIO’s Andrew Biemiller among others allying with a government financed plan. Witnesses weighed Kennedy federal takeover and Nixon private approach while Byrnes proposed small business subsidies.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Andrew Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Jacoy K. Javits
R-Ny
Monda
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
House
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
Elliot Richardson
Kennedy
Richardson
American Medical Association
Medicredit
HEW
Agnew Sign Change at Towson Sparks Letter Proposal
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Towson State College to use interchangeable sign letters to ease renaming of streets after his name was replaced on campus signs. President James L. Fisher kept the letter private. About 20 campus signs cost inmates at state institutions and run about $8 each.
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Towson, Md
Spiro Agnew
Towson State College
James L. Fisher
Towson
Agnew
Fisher
Maryland
Towson State
Agnew Drive
Kent State Drive
State Correctional Institutions
Mt Airy Bowling Inter Church Team Standings
Mt Airy Baptist leads Mt Airy bowling standings with 78 pins in a high game by B Harnea. The Pi Won Lost table lists Margineers at 45 2 and Mt Airy Baptist at 6 78. Hi team set this week was Marvineers 612 and hi team game this year was Mt Airy Baptist 620.
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Inter Church
Margineers
Upper Seneca Baptist
Montgomery
St Michaels Angels
Montgomery NI
Bush Creek
St Michaels Handicappers
Mt Airy Baptist
U S to Cut Air Power in Vietnam War
The United States plans a 25 percent cut in fighter bomber sorties in Southeast Asia next fiscal year, reducing monthly flights to about 7,500 across South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia from this year’s 10 000. B52 sorties will ease to about 1 000 monthly as air campaigns adapt.
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Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Cang ‘Pedia
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Thailand
Ho Chi Minh Tra
Leading aluminum producers and brewers launch recycling drive
Major aluminum producers join brewers in a reclamation program to recover and recycle empty aluminum cans, aiming to reduce waste and boost environmental responsibility across the industry.
General Assembly Plans Special Work Session
Maryland lawmakers will be recalled for a year round system with 135 legislators on three 14 member Senate and House committees plus three subcommittees. Bills pass three levels before reaching the General Assembly, with the Legislative Council supervising year round work to improve state government and department performance. Governor Mandel will refer programs to the council when conceived.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
William James
House
Thomas Hunter Lowe
Lowe
Council
General Assembly
Legislative Council
Lowe Sa‘d
Mavin Mandel
Rate Raise Sought For Fire Insurance in Maryland
Spokesmen for the Maryland insurance industry urged a 40 percent increase in fire insurance rates for homes and apartments to expand coverage. Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau executive manager Arthur Muhly said costs justify a higher hike, though 84.9 percent would be needed to cover rising construction and labor costs. Hearing before state Insurance Commissioner Thomas Hatem drew no opposition. A related housing analyst survey cited by Allan Day noted a 15 percent rise in residential construction nationwide.
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Mayland Insurace
Arthur Muhly
Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau
Thomas Hateman
Muhly
Hatem *Ad
Meily
Healy
U.S. Fidelity and Cuaran’y Co
Oreawy
Rupert Bradshaw
Maryland Associator
Nixon foreign aid overhaul faces House hearing
In Washington AP reports President Nixon's plan to split and expand the U S foreign aid program faced sharp opposition in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Top members urged changes including creating separate military and development arms and shifting control to international institutions as the $3.1 billion request for next year and $1.7 billion for the following two years faced scrutiny.
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Washington
Nixon
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas EF
Morgan
Dppa
Congress
U.S
State Department
America
Defense Department
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Agency For International Development
Internaional Development Corp
Nixor
International Development Institute
Southern Senators Lose On Integration Funding
The Senate passed Nixon administration school desegregation aid after defeating Southern attempts to curb federal court powers. The bill authorizes 1.5 billion dollars with restrictions, granting 500 million for the coming year and 1 billion the next. It imposes guardrails on use, seeks integrated schools, and bars support to private segregated schools.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Basketball Marathon to Aid Charity at Maryland
A three day basketball marathon at the University of Maryland to aid heart disease victims begins this morning with students bouncing balls for charity. Pro football players Sam Havrilak and Jerry Smith are slated to attend the Bounce for Bears event, run by Alpha Phi sorority and Sigma Alpha fraternity, in cooperation with Prince Georges County Heart Association. goal is $6,000. The university previously hosted a 52 hour MD dance marathon that raised over $15,000 last November.
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University of Maryland
Sam Havrilak
Baltimore Colts
Jerry Smith
Washington Redskins
Bears
Alpha Phi Sorority
Sigma Alpha Fraternity
Prince Georges County
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