Ohio bill aims to curb Blue Cross hospital cost pass through
State Rep. Dennis Eckart and Attorney General William Brown announced amendments to push Blue Cross of Ohio to reduce hospital costs and stop automatically passing costs to insured. Eckart likened Blue Cross to a hospital cost collection agent and urged hospitals to work with insurers.
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UPI
Dennis Eckart
Deuclid
William Brown
Blue Cross of
Ohio
Eckart
State
Senate
Blue Cross
Ford to deliver State of the Union in bicentennial year
President Ford will address Congress in a televised State of the Union in a bicentennial year. Aides expect a mildly optimistic, philosophical speech with few election-year proposals. He likely predicts growth and lower unemployment while urging a Social Security tax increase and restrained spending to curb inflation.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
State of
Union
House
Senate
White House
Weather notes and local births deaths in brief
Snow possible tonight with two to three inches and lows around 10 to 15. Temperatures stabilize Sunday with highs near 17 to 1 below zero noted in report. Births announce a son to Mr and Mrs Ralph Mullins of Norwalk. Deaths list Mrs Ellen Godfrey Arlington Texas age 59 Mrs Mildred Welch 76 Collins and Mrs Barbara Brainard 69 Haydenville Ohio.
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Lapr
Ellen Godfrey
Arlington
Texas
Mildred G. Welch
Collins
Barbara A. Brainard
Haydenville
Ohio
Opinion Line Prefers Ms Prefix in Vote Guideline
Readers debate addressing women in voting prompts choosing Ms over Miss or Mrs. The column asks opinion on preferred form and provides two contact numbers for Yes and No votes.
Super Swindle Hits Steeler Fans At Miami Bowl
Police report shows up to 5000 fans from Pittsburgh Boston and Philadelphia watched the Super Bowl on hotel TV while three men representing Super Tours International failed to deliver 298 game tickets. James Udichas of Pittsburgh faced angry fans at Fort Lauderdale’s Yankee Clipper as others bought tickets from scalpers. Suspects James Panetelas John Frazier and Donald McCartin were identified but no charges filed locally. potential fraud could total about 1.5 million across involved parties. Joy Travel Agency of Wexford Pa. was named as a misled firm.
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Miami
UPS
Pittsburgh
Boston
Philadelphia
Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Super Tours International
International Travel Bureau
Youngstown
Ohio
Yankee Clipper Hotel
James Udichas
Udichas
Margie Pope
Steeler
James Panetelas
John Frazier
Joy Travel Agency
Wexford
Precinct caucuses start 1976 presidential race campaign
Iowa voters head to 2500 Democratic caucuses and GOP precincts in the first test of candidate strength. Democrats require 15 percent at caucuses to win delegates, while Republicans need 2 percent. Reagan rides in, Ford absent. six Democrats pursue front positions as Carter Bayh Humphrey Udall Harris Shriver vie for momentum.
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UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
South
Ford
Darden Research Corp
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Reagan
Des Moines
Iowa
Gerald Ford
Hawkeye State
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Arizona
Morris Udall
Washington
Henry Jackson
R. Sargent Shriver
First Apartment For Elderly Completed In Norwalk
The Metropolitan Housing Authority will pick 24 of 70 applicants for Norwalks first elderly only apartments built at Rose Avenue and Spring Street. Ken Rebman states one building is done with two more to finish in about 45 days. HUD approval and rent details follow a system where residents pay a quarter of income and the federal government covers the rest. Mayor Goodsite submitted the 70 names to Rebman for MHA consideration on a first come basis once HUD confirms structural soundness.
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Metropolitan Housing Authority
MHA
Norwalk
Ken Rebman
Jack A. Morrison Building Co
Lexington
Rose Avenue
Spring Street
Redman
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Wayne Goodsite
The
Housing Authority
BBB Installs Toledo Hotline for Huron County Complaints
The Better Business Bureau opened a toll free hotline 800 472 1030 in a Norwalk press conference to handle complaints against merchants across 16 Ohio Michigan counties. It aims to advise consumers on buys and policies and to report issues with mail order firms and local businesses.
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Better Business Bureau
Huron County
Dick Eppstein
The
BBB
Norwalk
Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
Eppstein
Grandpa Hitches Ponies To Sled At Weisenberger Farm
The Weisenbergers south of Norwalk harness ponies Dimples and Dapples to a bobsled as snow blankets fields. He recalls 1945 when heavy snowfall forced sled shopping and milking, now used to entertain nine grandchildren.
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Herman Weisenberger
Norwalk
Weisenberger
Marian
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Carl Albert
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Library of Congress
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CBS
NBC
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Ralph Mullins
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Marshfield
Mass
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Towa
Lloyd Bentsen
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