Health costs and Medicare premiums rise as 1970s loom
The article warns that health care and insurance costs will dominate living expenses in the 1970s. It notes Medicare premiums rising from 4 to 5.30 dollars by July and projects ongoing increases, with concerns about government takeover of medical costs. It cites Nebraska figures on premium trends, hospital costs, and rising physician fees.
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Uncle Sam
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Nixon
Congress
Nebraska
Warren Jennings
State Insurance Department
Jennings
American Hospital Association
Leo Bolin
Nebraska Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bolin
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Blue Cross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Dunlap well promises big oil future in Morrill County
Nebraska faces a potential oil boom as the State Dunlap well near Bridgeport yields about three thousand feet of oil in a drill stem test. Sundance Oil Co. operates with Braden-Gear Drilling Co. as the driller in Morrill County, raising hopes for a new field in the Panhandle.
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Bridgeport
Morrill County
North Platte
Sundance Oil Co
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Swse
Nebraska
State Board of Educational Lands
Lincoln
OU and Gas Conservation Commission
North Platte River
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Box Butte
Dawes
Sheridan
Wyoming
Montana
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Cheyenne County to file for Federal Food Stamp program
Frontier Airlines courtesy forecast notes fair conditions in Panhandle with near zero precipitation and temperatures generally cooler to Saturday. Cheyenne County plans to join the Federal Food Stamp program after a board survey on feasibility, with commissioners Paul Huff Doug Boyd Billie Smith and Welfare Director Virgil Knackstedt announcing the move.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Cheyenne County
County Board of Public Welfare
Paul Huff
Lodgepole
Doug Boyd
Sidney
Billie Smith
Potter
Virgil Knackstedt
Knackstedt
Food Stamp program boosted with 15 million expansion
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin announced an extra 15 million dollars to expand and improve the Commodity Distribution Program to reach every county and independent city by June 30, 1970. The funds target starting new programs for low income families, expanding existing ones, and coordinating nutrition education, with four priority areas and regulations to be published tomorrow. A revised schedule increases participation, raising a four person family monthly coupons to 106 dollars, an 83 percent boost over the prior minimum.
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Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Guam
Samoa
American Trust Territories
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register
Vo-Tech
Robert Clark
Cheyenne
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nixon
United States
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
North
Rites Held Today for Herbert L. Roy Hull
Funeral services were held this morning at the First United Methodist Church for Herbert L. Roy Hull 65 who died unexpectedly Friday. The Rev. Dr. Sidney L. McCaily officiated with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving are one son three brothers and six grandchildren while two daughters and a son preceded him in death.
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First United Methodist Church
Herbert L. Roy Hull
Sidney L. McCaily
Greenwood Cemetery
Jack Benzel
Walt Stewart
Jim Dickes
Roy Anderson
Bob Anderson
William Gilgren
Craig-Holechek
Herbert LeRoy Hull
Brule
Benjamin Hull
Sterling
Colo
Addie Glass
Hull
Growth of Scientists and Engineers in the U.S.
The scientific and engineering workforce is rapidly expanding in the United States. From 1950 to 1966, the number of scientists and engineers rose from 551,000 to 1.4 million.
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United States
Phone Rates Drop for Toll Calls Across States
Northwestern Bell announces lower out of state toll rates effective January 1 for Nebraska users excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Direct dial calls may save up to 19 percent on calls over 200 miles, with longer reduced periods than current evening and night rates. Example Grand Island to New York shows a 3 minute station rate lowering from 1.40 to 1.20 and other time bands trimmed accordingly.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nebraska
Alaska
Hawaii
H. R. Zich
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Grand Island
Mrs. Bertha Bahr 89 Dies. Rites Planned in Manning
Bertha Bahr also known as Bertha Gottsch died at Memorial Rest Home at 89. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Craig-Holechek Funeral Home. Interment will be in Manning Iowa. Born December 9, 1880 in Manning to Henry and Amelia Gottsch. Survived by three daughters Edna Gentry Elsie De Mers Florence, one son John, siblings, 15 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
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Bertha Bahr
Memorial Rest Home
Craig-Holechek
Manning
Iowa
Bertha Gottsch
Manning Lowa
Henry
Amelia Gottsch
John Bahr
Sunol
Bahr
Ralph Gentry
Edna
Lodgepole
Kenneth de Mers
Elsie
Sundl
Rudolph Selchart
Florence
Denver
John
Sidney
Anna Ehlers
Sioux Falls
S. D
Henry Gottsch
Egan
New Direct Dialed Call Rates For Interstate Calls
A midwestern telephone service sets new direct dialed interstate call limits from Nebraska. The maximum charge for a one minute call will be 25 cents if placed between midnight and 8 a.m. The schedule also covers Station calls in exchanges lacking direct dialing, with caller consent.
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Nebraska
Dalton's Hospital Is Closing After Doctor's Death
Dalton's Pioneer Memorial Hospital and rest home will close this week following the death of Dr. J B Pankau, the town's sole resident physician. Rest home residents are being moved to Sidney and Sterling Colorado, with some others yet to be relocated by Tuesday evening. Dr Pankau founded the facility and ran it as a medical service center for Dalton.
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Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
J.B. Pankau
Sidney
Katherine Neick
Carl
Edith Christenson
Mable Mintken
Art Larson
Frank Jennett
Minnie Adams
Gust Chinarakis
Sterling, Colo
Jim Davidson
Don Dean
Walter Schmidt
Elle Rehmer
Dr. Pankau
Cheyenne County
Hay and Mercury Thefts Reported Near Potter and Sidney
The Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office investigates two thefts in the past week. About 200 bales of alfalfa hay were stolen from Howard Gunderson’s Potter-area farm two and a half miles west of town. Separately, mercury was taken from five oil wells near Sidney with a sixth attempt, totaling around 6 to 8 pounds per well, valued at about 8 dollars per pound on the used market. Both cases are under investigation.
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Cheyenne County
Coast-to-Coast Telephone Rates Cut Again
The report notes the caller used their own phone as the rate cut is the 25th major reduction since interstate service began in 1915 with a base rate of $20.70. Drive carefully.
Lodgepole Lady Dies Suddenly
Luella Marie Schwartz Borges 52 a Lodgepole resident died Sunday at relatives home after visiting her husband a Memorial Hospital patient She was born November 17 1917 in Lodgepole and married Edward Borges June 4 1939 Survived by husband son Dennis three sisters Hilda Boehmer Lillian Schwartz Evelyn Flessner and Fred Schwartz Funeral by Craig Holechek at Immanuel Lutheran Weyerts Cemetery memorials Weyerts church
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Lodgepole
Edward Borges
Memorial Hospital
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Weyerts
Kenneth Malpert
Craig
Dennis
Hilda Boehmer
Lillian Schwartz
Denver
Cole
Evelyn Flessner
Gurley
Fred Schwartz
Oshkosh
Television set overheats douses smoke in Sidney incident
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded Friday night to 2372 Newton where a new color television overheated causing heavy smoke. No fire occurred and the owners moved the unit outside. damages confined to the set.
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Sidney
Newton
Minor Accident In Sidney Involving Truck And Parked Car
The Sidney Police investigated a minor two vehicle collision Saturday afternoon at 2 02 p m A semi truck driven by Homer Lee of Denver Colorado struck a parked car owned by Lester Langdon of Springfield Oregon causing about 75 dollars in damage to the Langdon vehicle no damage to the truck was reported
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Sidney
Homer Lee
Denver
Colo
Sylvester
Lester Langdon
Springfield
Ore
Langdon
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Telegraph
Roy Hull
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