Bergland Denies Resignation Rumors Amid Cabinet Talk
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland dismissed resignation rumors at a Washington news conference. He said he intends to stay through Carter’s term, will not remove any sub-cabinet members, and may consider a Carter second term but plans to resign only near the end of January 1981. He also downplayed corporate directorships and emphasized his farm and home in North America.
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Washington (Ap
Bob Bergland
Carter
Alex Mercure
New Mexico
M. Rupert Cutler
Michigan
Bergland
Congress
Minnesota
Agriculture Department
North America
Legislators Back Five Member Panel for Blues Rate Review
A Kansas legislative panel endorsed a five member interim committee to oversee Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield hospital rate reviews, replacing a state agency. Hospitals refusing participation face penalties. nonparticipants’ rates may be reviewed by SRS starting March 31, 1981, with firm participation deadline July 1, 1980.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Rex Hoy
R-Fairway
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
SRS
Elderly Protest Hospital Costs Hit Capitol Hill
About 400 elderly activists gathered on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to pass a federal bill capping hospital expenses and imposing revenue controls. They cited bills and examples including a Wisconsin heart surgery bill of 25155.50 and a York Pennsylvania case, while supporters and opponents clash over cost containment versus care quality.
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Washington (Ap
Washington
Capitol Hill
Evelyn Donner Day
Mequon
Wis
Dorothy Ryan
Youngstown
Ohio
Thomas P. O'Neill
Rachael Doll
York
Bill Hutton
National Council of Senior Citizens
Carter
National Commission
Congress
The
American Hospital Association
Begin Clears First Parliament Hurdle
Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin won his first win in the winter Knesset session defeating five i confidence motions by 12 votes. The 120 seat body rejected the Labor Party charges over the economy and West Bank settlements as Dayan backed the government and Elon Moreh faced a court order demanding dismantling within 30 days. Avraham Shut and Elon Moreh settlers urged resistance while Ariel Sharon defended expansion.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Knesset
Israel
Labor Party
Begin
West Bank
Ezer Weizman
Egypt
Likud
National Religious Party
The
Democratic Movement
Agudat Israel
Moshe Dayan
Shimon Peres
Peres
Dayan
Supreme Court
Elon
Elon Moreh
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Nuke Closings Post New Threat
Nuclear medicine relies on low level waste disposal to treat diseases with isotopes. With Beatty Nevada and Hanford Washington dumps closed, only Barnwell remains open raising risk of disrupted diagnosis and therapy. Governors warn improper transport and burial of waste, urging tighter regulation.
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Don Harrison
Associated Press
Leonard Freeman
The
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Carter
Beatty
Nev
United States
Bob List
Dixy Lee Ray
Hanford
Wash
Freeman
Barnwell
D.C
Richard Riley
List
U.S
Brezhnev Appears in Moscow Ending Death Rumors
In Moscow Brezhnev in public with top Kremlin officials to greet visiting South Yemeni leader Abdul Fattah Ismail, ending rumors of his death after long absence since October 8. Tass reported the arrival ceremony also included Gromyko Ustinov Ponomaryev and other officials. Ismail flew in from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Abdul Fattah Ismail
Tass
Brezhnev
East Germany
Hafez Assad
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dmitri F. Ustinov
Boris N. Ponomaryev
Ismail
South Yemen
Socialist Party
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Soviet Central Asia
Nationalization of Oil Industry Call Gains Momentum
Kansas labor leader H J Yount urged nationalization of the oil industry at a National Farmers Organization convention in Manhattan. He said voters would back nationalization now and called for full industry disclosure and a federal energy policy, plus creation of a national oil commission and a focused Congress to tackle energy and inflation.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
National Farmers Organization
Jim” Yount
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Afl-Cio
Yount
Congress
Federal Power Commission
U.S
Congress of the
United States
Savings Incentive Aims to Cut State Tax on Interest
Kansas lawmakers backed a savings tax incentive bill to let individuals deduct interest from savings accounts or CDs in state taxes up to 500 dollars for single filers and 1,000 dollars for joint returns. The plan seeks to encourage saving and keep investment capital in Kansas while uncertain revenue effects remain uncalculated. The committee also proposed equalizing privilege taxes on banks and savings and loans at 4.25 percent earnings with a 2.125 percent surcharge, and left credit union taxation unchanged.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Paul Hess
Wichita
Legislative Research Department
Hess
Savings
Savings and Loan
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Bergland & Co
Earl Butz
Kent Roth
D-Ellinwood
Arnold Berman
D-Lawrence
Berman
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ralph
S. Sycamore
Ottawa
Walter Pohl
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
Clerks
Wanda Kirkland
Elaine Roberta
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