Fifteen Health Care Bills Highlight Slow Congressional Action
Congress stalls amid a flood of health insurance proposals. Highlights include the AMA plan and Kennedy bill with vast price estimates, while the National Health Care bill aims for a middle ground. Hearings in October proceed, but no bill advances until next year.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
American Medical Association
Edward M Kennedy
D-Mass
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
American Hospital Association
AMA
Kennedy
Khrushchev and Black contrasted in ruling styles and legacies
The piece weighs differences between Nikita Khrushchev and Hugo Black noting Khrushchev’s tightrope leadership and Black’s justice cabinet role. It argues Black preserved liberty and the rule of law, while Khrushchev’s power rested on a rigid Soviet core. The column ends with tangential notes on cultural trivia about grunion spawning and the origin of Charley horse.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Hugo Black
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Black
United States Supreme Court
Soviet Supreme Court
Soviet Empire
Communist Party
Russia
Jumping to conclusions and a dentist’s dentures
HAL BOYLE notes in a light column on age envy between 30 and 20 year olds, gender quirks, and the psychology of reading. He jokes about office shoelaces, mascara, and the lure of lending good books, insisting favorites rarely return.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
John Masefield
Quick Quiz Snapshot of Historical Facts
Questions cover the largest U S labor union the Tremont House hotel opening in 1829 how water birds stay stationary while sleeping by paddling with one foot date palm fruit yield and a single brewing plant by Anheuser Busch in St Louis Missouri.
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Anheuser-Busch Inc
St. Louis
Nixon Peking trip frames US China relations at crossroad
Washington analyzes chances for progress with China as President Nixon plans a Peking visit. Topics outlined include Indochina, Taiwan, trade, and UN representation, with focus on succession, Sino Soviet tensions, and possible shifts in Asia's power balance. The piece notes public mood and the Nixon Doctrine shaping the dialogue.
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Washington
United States
China
Peking
Nixon
Indochina
United Nations
Mao Tsetung
Chou En-lai
Taiwan
U.s.-China
Japan
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Moscow
Vietnam
Hanoi
Gallup
Harris
U. S
Ottawa
First American Composer Hopkinson Forerunner Of Song
The World Almanac recalls Francis Hopkinson as the first native born American composer. His early notable song was My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free composed in 1759.
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Francis Hopkinson
World Almanac
Oddities and anecdotes from public life and history
A collage of quick notes and trivia from 1971. Topics include foot size trends, St Martin’s Day, the 100th anniversary of key events, early Weather Bureau, medical wound tests, etiquette in dining, and quirky laws. Includes a note inviting reader correspondence to L M Boyd.
Prospects for Have-Not Nations Face Dim Future
Washington experts forecast grim living standards for Asia Africa and Latin America as population growth and resource depletion threaten global stability. MIT and Columbia Journal of World Business scholars warn green revolution gains may be short lived and widening unemployment persists, especially in Kenya where only a quarter earn wages. Industrial bases require outside aid as trade deficits rise, delaying any ascent to acceptable living standards.
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Washington
NEA
Asia
Africa
Latin America
United States
Courtney Brown
Columbia Journal of World Business
Brown
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia Journal
Andre van Dam
van Dam
MIT
Kenya
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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