Medicare Rules For Chair Purchase And Benefits
Readers ask if Medicare covers buying or renting a wheel chair and learn both are reimbursable with a doctor’s prescription. Other questions address income reporting penalties, Part B premium increases, survivor benefits for children, and a local flag presentation story.
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L. C. Bellevue
Nuclear Plant Plans May Heat Lake Erie and Pollute Habitat
A proposed Lake Erie nuclear plant would end coal smoke but may raise lake temperatures by 18 degrees, affecting fish life. Ohio State researchers test how warmer water up to 98 degrees in summer and six miles offshore could disrupt walleyes and attract warm-water species. Cooling towers may be required to mitigate thermal pollution.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Lake Erie
Ohio State University
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Hippies Spurn Census Counting In Northern New Mexico
In Taos and 19 counties hippies resist enumeration. Enumerators report 2314 self described hippies including 1000 commune residents with primitive farming. Transients show little cooperation while commune leaders cite distrust of government.
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Taos
Amador
George
Stokes Opposes Cleveland Building Ban Amid Pollution Hearings
Mayor Carl B. Stokes warned the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board during hearings in Cleveland that a building ban would devastate the city’s economy. The board heard Cleveland and 22 other communities and 16 industries cite failure to meet deadlines for pollution cleanup. Detrex Chemical Co. of Ashtabula faced potential action, while mercury dumping cases involving a Michigan firm and an Ontario firm were cited for a later $8 million lawsuit.
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UPI
Carl B. Stokes
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
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Euclid
Painesville
Akron
Huron
van Wert
Ashtabula
Detrex Chemical Co
Francis Mayo
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Chicago
Detrex
Ohio
Paul Brown
Michigan
Ontario
Watch Your Hurry Wins Ohio Slogan Contest
Mrs. Roy Wipert of Washington Court House won the 1970 slogan contest with Watch Your Hurry earning a new Ford Maverick and the No. 1 license plates. Theresa Ann Marie Haford, 10, of Galion, won the juvenile class with A Safe Driver is a Safe Arriver and $35 plus plates as prize.
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UPI
Washington Court House
Roy Wipert
Theresa Ann Marie Haford
Galion
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