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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1961
Page
9
An Associated Press report notes medical costs in the United States exceed 16 billion dollars annually. Rising hospital charges, new drugs, equipment, and expanded preventive services drive expenses. Firms fund more employer medical services and health plans, with insured benefits totaling about 3 billion in 1960 and corporate departments aiding 890 thousand workers.
Pete Clark of Edgerton won first in a Phillips 66 service station contest for best sales gains over the first nine months of the year in the M and M Oil Co. area. He received an AM FM radio and stereo. Orin Trabert of Olathe took third prize, a $75 merchandise certificate. The event followed a dinner at the Hotel Eldridge in Lawrence sponsored by M and M Oil Co. Other items mention ceramic works by Mrs. Rowena Pinkerton made after a Biloxi trip, a Twenty Year Club party at the LDS Temple in Independence, and local schooling officials attending a Kansas Association of School Boards regional meeting.
Tucson AP report says newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler was divorced on Monday from Pearl Dean Pegler who testified to cruelty. She received 35000 dollars cash and two parcels totaling 35 acres in the settlement. Pegler, 66, was not present in court. The couple wed May 11, 1959.
Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler, 74, is listed in critical condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital after his health worsened from a recurring heart condition. He was hospitalized on Oct. 14 and remains under care as doctors monitor his condition.
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