Supreme Court ruling questions fee fixing in law practice
A Virginia case holds minimum fee fixing as price fixing and illegal under anti trust laws, but the ruling targets only one statute and applies when fees affect interstate commerce. Analysts fear broader impacts on lawyer fees and possibly other professions, challenging tradition of non disclosure and ethics.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Government bungling on Medicare hospital charges
HEW phased out an 8.5 percent nursing care differential for Medicare patients to cut costs. Hospitals sue through their national association, arguing rate cuts shift costs to noncovered patients and private insurance. The piece urges federal responsibility in Social Security health care.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
A Reader Asks About Protein Intake Before Summer Trip
A reader writes to Dr Thosteson requesting guidance on high protein low carb foods due to low blood sugar. The note mentions an upcoming summer trip described as a primitive venture.
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Protein tips for travel and health questions
Practical guidance on portable protein sources for trips, including meats dried fish nuts and soybean concentrates. Notes on protein timing for hypoglycemia, cautions about canned options, and suggestions to consult health stores for concentrates. Also includes reader letters on diet, anemia, sauna safety, peritonitis, blood pressure, and midcycle discharge with medical clarifications.
Future Of Housing Dim, Say Savings Bank Analysts
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports that the 2 percent of annual income rule fails for current home prices and median income. Multistory housing faces rising land and labor costs, keeping multifamily units low and dampening mortgage demand as banks fear long-term low rates. Savings bankers urge fiscal policy to curb deficits and boost efficiency to stabilize rates.
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New York
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Saul Klaman
Savings Bank Group
A Girl Named Sooner on NBC Offers Pleasant Alternative
New York AP reviews NBCs teleplay A Girl Named Sooner filmed near Vevay Indiana. An 8 year old orphan girl moves from Old Mam to guardian couple in a bittersweet tale set in the early 1930s with Cloris Leachman Richard Crenna Lee Remick Don Murray in key roles. Delbert Mann directs and Ralph Woolsey photographs the program.
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Sooner
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Indiana
Vevay
Susan Deer
Indianapolis
Cloris Leachman
Mam
Civilian Conservation Corps
Richard Crenna
Crenna
Lee Remick
Don Murray
TV Schedule Fragments and Economic Note From AP
A dense TV guide fragment lists daytime and evening lineups across several networks with shows such as Truth or Consequences Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies. An AP report cites D Gale Johnson of the University of Chicago predicting cautious optimism about global food production and the timing for reserves, suggesting reserves should wait until prices ease after bumper harvests.
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Electric Company
Green Acres
News
Truth Or Consequences
Liberty Line
Weather
Hello Young America
Police Surgeon
Beverly Hillbillies
Barney Miller
Sunshine
the Waltons
Cops
Andy Griffith
Karen
Bob Crane
Gomer Pyle
USMC
San Francisco
Cotton
Harlem
Ambush Bay
Dick van Dyke
Harry O
Mike Douglas
Lillas
Sunset Strip
Perry Mason
Joerton
Farm Roundup Sees Prices Decline Yet High After 1974
Johnson reports in World Food Problems and Prospects that prices have fallen from 1974 levels due to large harvests but remain elevated beyond 1972 73. He says reserves must be rebuilt by government action, awaiting a significant grain price decline before a nonharmful reserve program can be started. A durable Middle East peace could boost nitrogen fertilizer supply and ease world food problems.
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Washington
D. Gale Johnson
University of Chicago
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
Johnson
United States
Middle East
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and masthead
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication, editor Wellington Robert, and subscription rates for trade area and outside area. Rates include monthly and yearly options with sales tax details, plus 3 percent tax for out of state subscribers. Associated Press is credited for local news and dispatches.
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Robert
Wellington
Associated Press
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