First Medicare patient admitted at Beckley Hospital
Mrs. Lala Gooch, resident of 102 Seventh St Beckley, became the first local Medicare patient admitted today at 6 a.m. Joe D Antoni, 68, Rhodell, was examined shortly after 8 a.m. BARH officials and Dwight Billings welcomed the pair as Medicare began. Medicare offers up to 60 days hospital care with a $40 patient share, plus coverage over $10 daily for 30 more days. The optional second part costs seniors $3 a month.
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Lala Gooch
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Gooch
Seventh St
Beckley
Joe D’ Antoni
Rhodell
Beckley Hospital
Dwight Billings
Social Security Administration
Howe St
Madrina
Giammerino
Barh
Phillip Leeber
Billings
Medicare Starts Amid Desegregation Tensions In Hospitals
HEW says over 600 hospitals failed desegregation tests to qualify for Medicare on opening day. Gardner warns no hospital will be cleared without real compliance. About 8 percent of hospitals, mainly in the Deep South, non compliant. Critics claim elderly white and Black citizens are being punished. AMA delegates foresee no hospital bedlam. AHA cites a potential small rise in in patient activity as Medicare begins.
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United Press International
South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John
Gardner
Houses of Healing
Deep South
American Hospital Association
Chicago
Medicare
West Virginia Certifies 80 General Hospitals for Medicare
West Virginia begins Medicare participation with 80 general hospitals certified and 27 independent laboratories plus 19 home health agencies approved. State institutions receive six month deferral for surveys, as psychiatric and TB facilities require more time. Gov Smith notes 91 percent of residents 65 plus have signed up, higher than the national average. Total bed capacity among certified hospitals is 8,807.
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Charleston
Richmond
Smith
West Virginia
U S Launches Moon Satellite
The United States launched a 206 pound moon monitoring satellite from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket on a 246000 mile, three day voyage to reach lunar orbit. The probe aims to study the radiation environment for Apollo astronauts as NASA officials predicted a nine in ten chance of success after a rain delay. The mission seeks to use the Moon as an anchor to explore space around it beyond Earth satellite reach.
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Apollo
Tory
America
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Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Eleven Die As Bus Crashes With Farm Workers
A bus carrying Negro farm workers from Belle Glade Florida to Missouri crashed into a ditch in Ozark Alabama after a left front tire blew out. Eleven people died on scene or en route to hospitals, with numerous others injured. The group had traveled together for four to five years.
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Ozark, Ala
UPI
Florida
Belle Glade
Fla
Missouri
Weather Sunny Beckley Area With Mild Tonight
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high of 85. Cloudiness increases tonight and tomorrow with a low of 61 and a high of 83 tomorrow. Airport reports show a high of 85, a low of 68, with SE winds 17 mph gusting to 22 mph. River levels Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 1.3 gates open, Hinton gauge 1.7 ft. Today's extremes include a high of 209 in Blythe California and a low of 42 in Greenville Maine and Reno Nevada.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Greenville
Maine
Reno
Nev
Stampede Pass
Wash
AMA Urges Hospitals Boycott at Convention
Chicago report says the American Medical Association pushed for hospital boycotts over doctor patient-care bans while postponing a decision on the measure amid antitrust concerns. President Charles L. Hudson urged reconsideration as debate highlighted potential ACE antitrust suits and existing litigation against the AMA.
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Chicago
UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
Charles L. Hudson
Cleveland
Ohio
House of Delegates
Hudson
Joseph B. Copeland
Austin
Tex
AMA Board of Trustees
Wendel G. Scott
St. Louis, Mo
Scott
Mrs Geiger Paroled From Alderson After Bank Embezzlement
Mrs Burnice Iverson Geiger, 64, the widow who embezzled 2.13 million from the National Bank of Sheldon Iowa, left Alderson Federal Prison on parole for a life sentence reduction. She planned to head toward the farm belt area near Charleston and said she would not stay in Sheldon. She spoke briefly to reporters and hinted at new plans while wearing a green dress and veil.
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Alderson
UPI
Burnice Iverson Geiger
Alderson Federal Women’s Prison
National Bank of
Sheldon
Iowa
Geiger
Johnson presses Hanoi with peace talks threat after war talk
President Johnson at his Texas ranch urged North Viet Nam to join peace talks or face continued air strikes. In Omaha and Des Moines he declared the Viet Cong count on U S dissension while vowing to keep bombing North Viet Nam until talks begin, then headed to Johnson City for the Fourth of July weekend with Lady Bird and Luci.
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Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas
Viet Nam
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Hanoi
Washington
United States
Johnson City
Lady Bird
Luci
Pat Nugent
North
Bombing backs up Johnsons threat in Vietnam actions
UPI reports U S warplanes struck oil facilities near Haiphong for the third day, underscoring Johnsons warning to Hanoi before talks. An accidental bombing of a South Vietnamese village killed five civilians and wounded 43. Ground forces pursued a Viet Cong battalion toward Cambodia. China urged restraint, while diplomats in London predicted no direct war without broader risks.
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UPI
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Johnson
North Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
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U.S. 1St Infantry
Cambodia
China
Hanoi
London
Air Force
Beckley Soldier Wounded In Viet Nam
Lance Corporal Harold L. Hancock of Beckley West Virginia USMC was wounded in action in Vietnam near Phu Bai on June 25. The 20 year old Marine has served ten months in Vietnam and received treatment at Da Nang Station Hospital before likely being flown home. Hancock enlisted June 15 1963 with the West Virginia Centennial group and prior to Vietnam served in the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
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Viet Nam
Harold L. Hancock
U.S. Marine Corps
Hancock
Harold Hancock
Milliberry Ave
Beckley
Phu Bai
Wallace M. Green
USMC
Greene
da Nang
Marines
West Virginia Centennial Group
Charleston
Camp LeJeune
S.C
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Johnson Approves North Viet Nam Air Targets
President Johnson personally approves all air strike targets in North Viet Nam. Gen. John P. McConnell testified that final decision on targets a month ahead rests with the President. The testimony, given in early May, preceded oil depot raids near Hanoi and Haiphong and discussed strained TAC conditions, with concerns over planes parts and personnel.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Air Force
John P. McConnell
McConnell
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tactical Air Command
Viet Nam
Gabriel Disosway
TAC
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
J. Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
North
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Eight West Virginia Cities Receive $9.3 Million Aid
Gov. Hulett C. Smith announced $9.3 million in financial aid to eight West Virginia cities in late June. Funds funded health, education and public utility projects in Wheeling Elkins Bridgeport Pt Pleasant Keyser Philippi Hinton and Culloden in Cabell County. Local sources supplied $2.6 million with the remainder from federal agencies.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Wheeling
Elkins
Bridgeport
Pt. Pleasant
Keyser
Philippi
Hinton
Culloden
Cabell County
Governor Smith to Attend National Governors Conference
Gov Smith and Mrs Hulett C Smith were slated to leave Friday for the 48th National Governors Conference in Los Angeles A member of the Committee on Economic Resources Smith will report to the full conference during the final business session The meeting runs Monday through Thursday
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Charleston
Ten Day Break For Congress
Members of Congress voted themselves a rare extended break of 10 days amid a looming three to four month work period. The House and Senate adjourned until July 11 after Speaker John W. McCormack backed a resolution for vacation, following pressure from leaders Carl Albert and others.
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UPI
Congress
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John W. McCormack
Carl Albert
Okla
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Elmer Warden
North Hill St
William A. Teubert
Hill St
North Oakwood Ave
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