Health costs and hospital rate debate across Maryland
The article tracks Blue Cross and Blue Shield rate hikes and hospital charges in Maryland, highlighting a 19 percent rise in hospital costs, a 29 percent increase for group subscribers, and an 12 15.5 percent adjustment by insurer under Hatem. It notes a new Maryland Hospital Rate Regulatory Commission unlikely to set rates before 1974 and discusses broader national health proposals from Nixon Kennedy and AMA. It also covers medical association membership losses and calls for policy action to ease patient burden amid rising care costs.
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Thomas J. Hatem
State Insurance Commissioner
Baltimore
Washington
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Madrigal Tropez
Miss Tropez
Frederick
Department of Social Services
Welfare Department
Maryland
Blue Cross
Hatem
Blue Shield
Nixon
Congress
Edward F. Kennedy
American Medical Association
Maryland State Assembly
Marvin Mandel
America
Capitol Hill
Nixon-Kennedy-Ama
New York
California
California Medical Association
Wesley W. Hall
House of Delegates
AMA
Le Duc Tho’s Paris visit signals possible peace talks
Washington sources say Le Duc Tho arrived in Paris amid behind the scenes diplomacy while Kissinger also travels to Paris. The Hanoi emissary seeks a negotiated settlement, with Bruce as a limited conduit and broader authority dodged. Meanwhile, U.S. intercepts and Saigon tensions frame the scene while Washington weighs concessions.
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Washington
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Nixon
Hanoi
David K. E. Bruce
Henry Kissinger
Bruce
Averell Harriman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Juli Ewell
Pentagon
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs
Washington Post
Letters On Hospital Care And Community Concerns
Readers defend Frederick Memorial Hospital’s care for a young patient from an April accident and challenge claims that finances dominated treatment. They praise FMH staff while urging accountability for social services and broader tax funding debates. The letters urge parental responsibility for juvenile delinquency and more local support for community issues.
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Frederick Post
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Department of Social Services
Frederick Hospital
Social Services Dept
FMH
Hustlers look to even series as King to start for Martinsburg
Hurling ace Bill King of the Hustlers will start on the mound for manager Ramsey in Martinsburg as Frederick holds second place five behind Waynesboro with a 22 point lead. A Pennsylvania man paid 25 dollars after failing to cover a 100 dollar bet, while Constable A E Alexander lost a summer hat amid a courtroom mixup after speed trial proceedings. Petersville Farmers Club met with about half its members present and voted to donate 60 dollars to the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company Track Fund amid talks on the local school problem.
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Martinsburg
Bill’ King
Ramsey
Frederick
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
A. E Alexander
J. Grahame Johnson
Petersville
Thurmont canning under way as beans start season
Canning of green beans begins at Thurmont as the pea packing season ends with high quality crops processed at Thurmont and Gaithersburg. The corn canning season will start in August at two Frederick plants. About 275 Evangelical and Reformed Church women will meet at Hood College with 20 guilds in attendance.
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Thurmont
Gaithersburg
Frederick
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Women's Guild
National Organization of the Women's Work of the Church
Heroin Trade Ties Stretch From Asia to U S
ARay Cromley reports the heroin supply linked to Vietnam era profits likely to expand in the United States. Bankrollers are Chinese financiers across Hong Kong, Singapore and Macao with ties to Southeast Asia and various corrupt import export ventures.
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Washington
Nea
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Far East
Hong Kong
Singapore
Macao
Thailand
Laos
Malaysia
South Vietnam
Burma
China
Yunnan
Southeast Asia
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Frederick, Maryland
Peking
Phillips Talbot
Asia House
Middle Kingdom
Mao
B. L
Chamber of Commerce of the
Hetter
Archie K. Davis
Harriman
Lodge
Saigon
Kissinger
National Security Agency
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI
TACP
Quinn Tamm
Ioover
Tamm
IACP
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
George McGovern
James Pastland
D-Miss
Jim Burke
D-Mass
David Gambrell
Benny Smith
Gambrell
Smith
John Volpe
New York City
la Guardia
Volpe
Federal Aviation Administration
Valpe
Brenda Lightner
Westminster
Mary Ford
Howe
Meuy D Ford
News
One
Frederick County
Mary
Ford Singer
Helen G. Alexander
Frederick, Md
Sirs
Mathias
Francis K. Deane
Brunswick
Ernest L. Willey
Benjamin Harsh
David Riser
Ray Cromley
By Ray Cromley
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