Scottsdale Hospital Room Rates Hit Patients and Employers
Hospitals in the Valley have raised daily room rates by about five to six dollars to cover higher wages and costs, with private rooms over forty dollars. Major local employers Dickson Electronics Motorola and city employees face higher group insurance payments, as Blue Cross plans shift costs to policy holders. Some policies include rate guarantees, or face higher overall premiums, said John Foster of Blue Shield.
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John Foster
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Blue-Shield
Mere Valley
Washington National
Motorola
Dickson
Seta "Istrict
Scottsdale City
Tom Cochran
Group Insurance
SRC
Foster
Blue Cross
Motorula
Temperatures Across the Nation From UPI Report
United Press International lists 24 hour temperature and precipitation data ending at 4 a.m. Regional readings show varied conditions across states with notable cold snaps and moisture patterns. The summary highlights temperature highs and lows and rainfall or snowfall amounts where reported.
Indigent admission policy dispute at Maricopa County Hospital
Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman L Alton Riggs denied ordering admission only for indigents. Acting administrator William King said the board instructed limit admissions to indigent patients. A county release claimed nurses were screened more and hospital expenses cut to fund raises.
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King
Army GI Johnson gets five year court martial sentence
Seven man jury at Fort Dix N J convicts Private James Johnson 20 of New York of disobeying orders to go to Vietnam. He receives five years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge. Denies legality of the war but testifies briefly. A second conscript, Private Dennis Mora 25, also receives three years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge. The trial of Private David Samas will follow.
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Viet Mam
Stanley Faulkner
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert McNamara
Faulkner
Army
Maguire
Bronx County
N.Y
James Johnson Sr
Darwin
Eleanor
Red Chinese threaten moves over Hanoi peace efforts
Western diplomatic sources report Beijing warned Hanoi it may move into North Vietnam to block any peace moves. Moscow hosted talks with North Vietnamese leaders including Le Thanh Nghi as Beijing pressures Hanoi toward prolonged guerrilla warfare and avoids direct confrontation with U S forces.
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Yuri Andropov
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U.S
Statewide probe into Gibraltar Savings collapse
Arizona Attorney General Darrell Smith disclosed the state is examining both criminal and civil aspects of the Gibraltar Savings & Loan Association collapse. A receiver was appointed, and the AG seeks influence over receiver counsel to aid depositor recovery. He criticized liquidation handling in a telegram to Judge Charles Stidham.
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Maricopa County
Charles Stidham
Smith
President signs landmark auto safety bill into law
President Johnson signs a broad auto safety package ending industry anarchy on wheels. Federal standards will cover design and construction of new cars starting fall 1967 with 267 million dollars in state safety aid over three years. Ralph Nader, noted author of Unsafe At Any Speed, praised as the bill’s key influence.
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UPI
Johnson
United States
Ralph Nader
Labor Department
Nader
Storms Hit Texas with Winds to Fifty-Two MPH
Storms lashed Texas with winds up to 52 mph while parched Great Lakes and Northeast states stayed dry for three weeks. Rain fell hardest in Pandale with 2.5 inches and Del Rio with .91 inches as a Pacific Northwest rain disturbance moved in from the west. The Great Lakes region remained sunny and warm in the east with cool nights in the forties.
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Great Lakes States
Pandale
del Rio
Great Lakes
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