Two-Fisted Slap at Medical Plan Overcharges
The editorial critiques HEW audits of Blue Cross and Blue Shield overpayments to hospitals. It cites Kansas City figures and KU Medical Center excess receipts, arguing complex rules and interoffice misinterpretations cause waste and fault. The piece questions official narratives and cites delayed audits and inconsistent rule applications.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Social Security Administration
Kansas City
HEW
University of Kansas Medical Center
National debt debate and a Kansas county's burden
Congress plans a 20 billion dollar debt ceiling rise to 450 billion as the administration defends extra borrowing to cover bills. A Western Kansas resident estimates his county bears 2.5 million of the national debt with interest over 100000 yearly, while critics lament the lack of budget restraint and higher public borrowing.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Kansas
Ottawa Eyes Bond Vote for New Fire Station Site
City manager urges the commission to place a bond issue on next fall’s ballot to fund a new fire station. The current site beside a livery stable near Santa Fe tracks has long alarmed residents. A proposed location near the power plant would allow quick access via the K-68 bridge, avoiding downtown routes, though the final choice remains unsettled.
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Ottawa
Commission
Pap Smear Methods and Pain Variability
Question from M V asks how many Pap smear types exist and which method is best. The reply notes pain levels vary by doctor and method, and promises to provide a satisfying general answer despite not knowing the exact meaning of the query.
Pap smear basics and patient gentleness emphasized
The discussion outlines Pap smears as a method for early cervical cancer detection, describes sample collection across areas, and stresses gentleness during pelvic exams to reduce pain. It also answers reader questions on asthma meds, teen physicals, and Pap test necessity for young women.
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George Papanicolaou
Greece
Thosteson
E.J
Thesteson
J.B
Television Log Full Day Schedule Readout
A dense broadcast log lists hundreds of programs across classic channels with show titles, times, and occasional channel marks. It notes news weather sports blocks and a mix of dramas comedies cartoons sports and movies across late morning to midnight, including titles like Dream Of Jeannie Hogan's Heroes Brady Bunch Perry Mason Perry Mason and Sanford And Son.
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Kansas
Andy Griffith
Porter Wagoner
Brady Bunch
J Uy Ys
Fy Sanford
Bay City
General Hospital
Gomer Pyle
Mike Douglas
Jeff's Coltie
Big Valley
Daniel Boone
Dick van Dyke
News
Jeannie
Kanes
Lassie
Buck Owens
Lucy
Structural unemployment tops early 1970s crisis
AP report notes US faces a jobless crisis not solvable by higher demand alone. Structural unemployment hits women and teenagers hardest as labor-force shifts from men. calls for massive federal programs and public service jobs to bridge gaps while debates over timing and efficacy continue.
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Jean Heller
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Herbert Stein
President
Perry
National Alliance of Businessmen
Kids Are Gregg's Bag
Gregg Morris of Mission Impossibles electronics crew returns to the East Coast for a brief visit before resuming his seventh year trapping villains. The versatile actor and family man has appeared in over 30 film and TV roles and engages in charity and school trips, citing a lifelong love of working with children.
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New York
Gregg Morris
Mission: Impossible
East Coast
Gregg
Barney Collier
Morris
Ohio State
University of Iowa
Holywood
Farm Roundup and Warmer Prospects for Grain 1972
Reports from the Agriculture Department indicate potential record or near record grain output in 1972. Corn acres and yields suggest a crop possibly 5.1 billion bushels, with a 65 to 66 million acre target. Wheat areas could reach a 1.66 billion bushel harvest, while a feed-grain sign-up aims to reduce production. Also notes a grant study on recycling solid waste with hog manure. Meat imports rose in January though for 1972 total imports are up about 7 percent. A Japanese nursing home linked to wartime history opened in Hiroshima.
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USDA
Department
Washington
Agriculture Department
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
New Brunswick
N.J
Australia
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