Facing death as a personal choice and right
Chicago columnist discusses death with dignity, patient autonomy, and the clash between medical advances and end of life decisions. The piece cites hospital vs home death, family influence, and quotes Rev LeRoy Joeston on patient chosen death. It previews the euthanasia controversy.
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Dave Palermo
Copley News Service
Chicago
LeRoy Joeston
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge
Joeston
Marya Mannes
Retirement Medicare costs and advice for retirees
The article explains rising Medicare costs for the first 60 days of hospital care and daily charges for days 61–90, plus out of pocket expenses for drugs and custodial care. It also offers retirement investment tips, tips for medical expense deductions, and notes on obtaining Medicare cards at 65 with optional supplemental plans.
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Frank Corrick Copley
Medicare
Tricky diamond game puzzle from The Aces column
Southport, N C reader James T Barnes shares a bridge problem. It asks for the winning plan after West leads spades and East may gain the lead. The tactic is to duck spade king, use ruffs, and execute a sequence of discards and finesses to win with dummy and cross to hearts, clubs, and trumps for the final heart discards.
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James T. Barnes
Southport
N.C
West
East
Declarer
Hast
Bridge bidding problem with four clubs cue bid proposal
In a spade lead bridge problem South holds 4K Q10972 AQJ62 12 South North 36 Answer: Four clubs. This cue bid shows first round control and invites North to cue bid his controls. South must find out if North has high club honors or high diamond honors. A Blackwood bid would not help unless North has all three missing aces.
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North
South
UA astronomers photograph Betelgeuse features at Kitt Peak
At Kitt Peak Observatory University of Arizona researchers photograph the star Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation using an 158 inch telescope and computer processed images. They report several dozen granular patterns indicating regions of warm and cool gas in Betelgeuse's atmosphere and note atmospheric distortion was mitigated with advanced techniques and short exposures.
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Tucson
Vietnam
Lynds
Mine blast on Viet ferry kills 22 civilians
Saigon command reports a ferry struck a mine on a major inland waterway in Kien Tuong Province killing 22 civilians. Government blames Communist forces for the attack as violence eases on South Vietnamese battlefields with 106 attacks recorded.
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Saigon
VPS
Mekong Delta
Kien Tuong
Cai Lay
Gia Nghia
ASU Outlines Jan Orientation for New and Transfer Students
Arizona State University announces a three day orientation and registration program for new and transfer students from January 13 to 15. Activities include a general assembly at 8 30 a m at Murdock Hall and informational sessions in Memorial Union rooms with separate sessions for freshmen and transfers. A parent program starts at 9 a m January 13 in Yavapai Room. Faculty advisement and campus tours follow, with schedules mailed to admitted spring students.
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Arizona State University
Murdock
Pima
Memorial Union
Coconino Room
ASU
Bob Francis
Yavapai
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