Malpractice Insurance Crisis Drives Higher Medical Bills
The rise in malpractice lawsuits has pushed insurance costs sharply upward for doctors, surgeons, and hospitals. National data show one in six doctors faced suits, with many verdicts near or above $600,000. In Hawaii and nationwide, insurers pulled out or raised rates up to 1000 percent, forcing providers to pass costs to patients and practice defensive medicine.
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America
Montgomery County
Chevy Chase
Ralph G. Shure
Hawaii Medical Association
Thomas Thorsen
Hawaii
Tax and crime drive prompts Swiss disclosure pact
A 1970 tax return rule will require Americans to declare foreign bank accounts as part of a crackdown on organized crime. The proposed treaty with Switzerland would allow U.S. investigators access to Swiss accounts with formal proceedings, amid past disputes over secrecy and war era funds.
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Switzerland
United States
America
Hitler
Germany
Gestapo
U.S
Twelve Month School Plan Aims at Expansion in Frederick County
Letter from Marjorie W. Saxon of the Frederick County PTA endorses a twelve month school plan sparked by Parade Magazine. She notes ongoing school replacements, upgrades, and new construction, urges a full vocational high school, air conditioning, unit ventilators costing four thousand dollars per room, and higher teacher salaries to support a year round schedule for broader curriculum and better outcomes.
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Taxpayers’ League
Parade Magazine
Frederick County
Dwight Roy
Urbana School
Citizens’ Committee For Developmental Planning
Valley View
Riots in Poland topple Gomulka and shake Moscow
A New York essay argues Poland's bread riots and strikes toppled Gomulka, signaling discontent across Eastern Europe. It notes Brezhnev’s hopes for European pacts faltering, Ulbricht’s defiance, and rising dissension within Soviet-backed regimes while stressing enduring national identities under Marxist rule.
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New York
NEA
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Moscow
Warsaw
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Ulbricht
Europe
West Germany
Russia
Brezhenev
Brandt
Nikita Khrushchev
East Europe
Baltic
Gdansk
Gdynia
Red World
Hungary
Early Maryland settlement founded religious toleration
In Saint Marys City Maryland 1634 colonists of diverse faiths including Catholics Episcopalians Quakers and Puritans lived together in harmony marking the first practice of religious toleration in the New World.
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New World
Maryland
Saint Marys City
Saint Marys
Thieves rob Walkersville station on January 7, 1921
A PA railroad Walkersville station entry shows thieves gained access by cutting through a rear window, broke a window light, and melted the cash drawer lock with a red hot poker stealing $5.35. The same period notes January 7 1951 appoints Dr Worthington to head the medical section of Frederick Civil Defense and reports a Route 15 collision near Buckeystown with minor injuries and $1,200 damage. A snow squall and forecast warm up follow. Handicapped Child piece discusses parental awareness and HEW program Closer Look inviting parents to write Box 1492 Washington DC for guidance.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Walkersville
Frank D. Worthington
Frederick
Ernest Helfenstein
Medical Society of
Frederick County
Buckeystown
Washington
NEA
Joey
Ruth
Mike
Jimmy
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
Washington, D.C
Ed Martin
HEW
Bureau For the Education of the
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arch N. Booth
Chamber of Commerce of the
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The
Wall Street Journal
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
Texas
John B. Connally Jr
the Treasury
W. Clement Stone
Jack Forbes
University of California
Pat
Arthive
Carroll Manor
Valley
Myersville
Washington Street
Emmitsburg
Woodsboro
Marjorie W. Saxon
Frederick County Council of
PTA
Bares
By Phil Pastoret
Book den
Tee
By Leon Dennen
U.S. House of Representatives
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Edgar Allan Poe
James Whistler
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Continental
Lida Lee Tall
Towson State Normal School
Chamber of Commerce and
County Board of Education
City Opera House
Ray Cromley
Washington Correspondent
Berry's
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