Medicare costs may push private hospital bills higher
Doctors and hospital leaders at the American Hospital Association meeting warned that Medicare cost pressures could raise patient charges. Officials noted rising hospital and physician fees, with nurses' pay and other wages likely to push costs up to 25 percent next year. Ball said Medicare's reimbursement rules would be re-evaluated as the program develops. Cartmill added that if reimbursements do not cover costs, hospitals must raise bills.
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American Hospital Association
Philip D. Bonnet
Boston
AHA
Robert M. Ball
Social Security
Ball
George E. Cartmill
Harper Hospital
Detroit
Davis Returns from Greenland to Begin Pilot Training
Lt. 1 C. Fred E. Davis has been reassigned from Greenland service in the Air Force to Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma. He will attend undergraduate pilot training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Davis of Rt. 1 Makanda.
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Fred E. Davis
Greenland
Air Force
Vance Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Howard E. Davis
Rt. 1
Makanda
Fulbright Probes Thai Buildup for Viet Nam Echo
Senator Fulbright plans a Senate inquiry into the U S buildup in Thailand to assess risks of another Viet Nam. Officials hesitate to testify openly with talks of closed hearings around Sept 19 and possible later open sessions. He cites reports of large bases and a long Southeast Asia runway near the Viet Nam border.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Thailand
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Tee
China
Lee
Pentagon Handl
Southeast Asia
King Defends Human Power Amid Black Power Clash
In Chicago a King speech met a militant Black Power plea from Monroe Sharp at a South Side church. King rejected white or black power urging human power and standing ovation mixed with jeers. He later supported a Saks Fifth Avenue strike warning 130 workers, with potential 1000 to 2000 Negroes engaged if no settlement.
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Martin Luther King Jr
King
Monroe Sharp
Chicago
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Pharoah
South Side
Sharp
Saks
Fifth Avenue
Nun Sister Eamon Dies After Ouster at Border
Sister Eamon an 86 year old former Mary O Sullivan of Cork Ireland died of heart failure and strain less than a day after crossing into Hong Kong from mainland China. She collapsed at the border and was transported in a baggage cart to a hospital alongside Mother Mary of the Cross a 76 year old Canadian.
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Red China
Hong Kong
Eamon
Mary O'Sullivan
Cork
Ireland
Mother Mary of the Cross
Detour Planned on Rt 148 as Highway Division Announces
Traffic will be detoured on Rt 148 from Christopher to Walier Road during road reconstruction. The detour adds 1.14 miles and will be marked. One way traffic will also be maintained on Rt 51 from Tamaroa to three miles south of town during the project.
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Christopher
Walier Road
State Division of Highways
Tamaroa
Police Brief in Red Bud Names Vernon L. Buescher Fine
Vernon L. Buescher of Red Bud was fined $15 for failing to pass a required safety test. The brief notes the penalty without additional details.
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Red Bud
Vernon L. Buescher
Firemen Strike Friday In St Louis
St Louis firemen vote 161 to 126 to strike at 8 a m Friday. Local 73 IAFF represents about 1 100 of the city s 1 200 firefighters. Union criticized Civil Service plan to raise pay two grades while still below professional trades. Starting biweekly wage now 273. proposed 301 under plan under review by aldermanic committee.
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St. Louis
International Association of Firefighters
Aldermanic
Ways and Means
Police Briefs: Fines for Traffic Violations In Two Cities
Sparta sees Sherwin K. Ernsting fined 15 dollars for a stop sign violation. Cape Girardeau Missouri records Daniel K. Alderman fined 20 dollars for speeding.
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Sparta
Sherwin K. Ernsting
Cape Girardeau
Daniel K. Alderman
Soldier in Saigon Kills Bread Vendor in Taxi Argument
An American soldier, Pfc. Wallace Frazier, 21, fired a pistol during a dispute with a taxi driver in Saigon, killing Dam Thi Mong, 33, a bread vendor. Two fellow soldiers were detained briefly. the weapon, a .25 caliber pistol, was taken from Frazier and unregistered.
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Saigon
U.S
Wallace Frazier
Philadelphia
Dam Thi Mong
Frazier
Brink Hotel
Miitary
Correction clears Cairo plant site confusion
The Southern Illinoisan corrects a prior error saying Aluminum Company of America never considered a Cairo area site. Olin Mathieson studied a Cairo area site for a primary aluminum plant while CIPS denies power shortages influenced any site decision.
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Southern Illinoisan
Aluminum Company of America
Cairo
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Alcoa
Olin Mathieson
CIPS
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