Whaland pushes state control of health care facilities
New Hampshire Health and Welfare Commissioner Frank Whaland urged a Senate committee to create a three member Hospital and Health Care Review Commission with power to set hospital rates tax facilities approve budgets and supervise programs. The bill ties to the federal Health Planning law and faces competition from existing HSAs and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
Health and Welfare
Frank Whaland
Whaland
Senate
Meldrim Thomson
Commission
Health Systems Agency
HBSA
Hospital and Health Review Commission
HSA
Deviloping
New Hampshire
Granite State Health 5Ystems, Inc
New Hampshire Health
Flexibility urged in New Hampshire mental health law
Acting Insurance Commissioner Leo Fraser urged the New Hampshire legislature to keep mandatory mental health coverage but tie it to a subscriber’s existing health policy to control costs. He warned that without adjustments, rates could rise and some plans may cut physical coverage to offset mental health costs.
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Concord
N.H
Leo Fraser
Fraser
Senate
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Wew
New Hampshire
Insurance Department
Meldrim Thomson
Marshall Cobleigh
Thomson
Oliver Fifield
Vermont
Baseball field option floated for Diamond National site
City Hall planners will study fitting a baseball field on the Diamond National property acquired for a McDonough Street recreation area. Teen Richard Lockhart urged the idea at a council work session, backed by William Black of the police juvenile division. The plan would reroute a nearby right of way and expand park facilities as part of a three year program with other projects and funding discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
McDonough Street
Citizens Council
Richard Lockhart
William Black
Police Juvenile Division
Ford Visits Indonesia Amid Heightened Security
President Ford arrives in Jakarta for a 19 hour stay as Indonesia and the United States emphasize their strategic ties amid tensions from South Moluccan hostage actions. Suharto and family greet the Fords at the airport with a heavy security escort and formal ceremonies.
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Betty Ford
Tien Suharto
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ford
U.S
Indochina
Suharto
Air Force One
World Council of Churches decries religious rights violations
A global Christian assembly denounces infringements on faith freedoms and urges support for those facing denial of fundamental rights, citing no specific nations in a report on structures of injustice and liberation. DETROIT AP A separate tip names three New Jersey Teamsters tied to Hoffa abduction and murder with a lineup date set. Washington AP unemployment falls to 8.3 percent in November with 7.7 million unemployed.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Detroit
New Jersey
James R. Hoffa
Salvatore Briguglio
Paramus
N.J
Gabriel
East Rutherford
Thomas Andretta
Hasbrouck Heights
Hoffa
Washington
Betty Ford turkey casserole in Vermont school cookbook
Betty Ford supplied the turkey casserole recipe for a Lawrence Barnes School cookbook created by 16 year old students. The cookbook is for sale at the Christmas bazaar Saturday.
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Burlington, Vt
Betty Ford
Lawrence Barnes School
NH Farmer's Home chief welcomes federal audit
Granite State reports John C. Raynes district director says the agency is understaffed and welcomes a federal audit to improve performance. In Merrimack officials say Anheuser Busch won’t pay its share for running a town sewage plant while negotiations stall.
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Concord
N.H
Farmer's Home Administration
New Hampshire
John C. Raynes
Merrimack, N.H
Anheuser- Busch Co
Pittston Co moves forward on Eastport refinery plan
The Pittston Co has completed most feasibility studies for a proposed 500 million oil refinery in Eastport Maine and appears set to proceed. An executive would not confirm or deny reports of an imminent construction announcement. In Orono Attorney William Kunstler tells UM students that politics of confrontation and pressure on politicians drive change, not electoral reform.
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Hartford
Ella Grasso
Bangor, Maine
Pittston Co
Eastport
Bangor Daily News
Pittston
Orono
Maine
William Kunstler
Kunstler
University of Maine
Stalemate in hijacking in Amsterdam and Beilen
Dutch government refuses to yield to South Moluccan hijackers holding 60 hostages at the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam and 38 aboard a stalled Beilen train. police surround sites as sharpshooters monitor the siege into its second day. five hostages killed so far on the train.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Holland
Beilen
Indonesia
South Molucca Islands
South Moluccas
Dutch East Indies
Jakarta
Half a loaf Hampton: press and the public
A fragment from a Hampton newspaper quotes the phrase half a loaf in relation to press coverage and public access. The snippet implies limited gains from media efforts and a cautious view of available information.
York voters approve shoreland zoning amendment and police car
At a special town meeting York approved a shoreland zoning amendment allowing expansion of existing hotel motel and marina facilities in limited residential recreational areas and a police car purchase. The meeting also covered the Cliff House expansion and Fire Department budget with seven new firefighters needed.
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York
Priet
Cliff House
Harland Reynolds
Selectmen
Peter G. Lombardi
Lombardi
Fire Dept
City Council Work Session On Senior Citizens Subsidy
Mayor Bruce Graves calls a Wednesday 4 p.m. work session to consider a $3,450 funding request from the Community Council of Senior Citizens Inc. The group seeks city subsidy after the Manpower program ended its senior job plan on Aug. 31 to sustain part time jobs for people aged 55 and over. City Manager Calvin A. Canney recently recommended a $770 subsidy.
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Bruce Graves
Community Council of Senior Citizens, Inc
Dorothea M. Reed
Community Council
Calvin A. Canney
Union 16 budget proposal heads to December meeting
Exeter A 7.89 percent increase for School Supervisory Union 16 is proposed for 1976 77. The $339 434 total covers operating costs Rockingham School two federal programs and special education. Estimated income of $199 556 includes Rockingham tuition grants state support and cash on hand. Net to be raised by six towns is $130 878. Joint School Boards meet December 16 at 7 30 p m at the junior high school to adopt the budget.
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Exeter
School Supervisory Union
Hngh
Rockingham
Kittery board rejects spar loft plan
The Kittery Board of Appeals denied Dion's Boat Yard Inc. a variance to add a spar loft, citing lack of undue hardship and a substantial departure from the ordinance. The 1.25 acre nonconforming yard faced a petition from 24 nearby residents and objections from neighbors over waste, parking, and town road access. Dion argued the loft would improve efficiency and keep winter work, with no expansion intent.
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Kittery
Board of Appeals
Dion’s Boat Yard Inc
Elmer Dion
James Fitzpatrick
Dion
Fitzpatrick
Frank Bennett
Old Ferry Lane
Bennett
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