Shadow on health care costs and Alzheimer's burden
Chicago Tribune columnist Joan Beck discusses Alzheimer's disease as a core health care threat. The piece notes its high death toll and cost, impacts on families, and gaps in Medicare and Medicaid coverage. It surveys long term care needs, proposed reforms, and the urgent need for research and policy support.
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Chicago
Ateanicen Jaunal
Alzheimer’s Association
National Institute On Aging
Mitchell
Gephardt
Senate
Joan Beck
The
Chicago Tribune
A cheer for Mexico marks political shift in 1994 election
In a historic endorsement of reform, Mexico voters favored change with Ernesto Zedillo winning the presidency as Salinas’ hand-picked successor. The PRI dominates but faces a reformist wing, while PAN gains on free enterprise and anti corruption, with turnout strong and observers noting limited irregularities. The near-term legislature will refine public sentiment as Mexico pursues privatization, trade openness, and democratization.
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Ernesto Zedillo
Salinas
PRI
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Mexico
Zedillo
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos
Fernandez
National Action
PAN
Cardenas
Chiapas
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Carlos Salinas
United States
Small-plane liability victory reshapes aviation law
President Clinton signed the General Aviation Revitalization Act after eight years of debate, exempting single-engine aircraft makers from liability suits for planes or parts 18 years old or older. The measure boosts Wichita manufacturers like Cessna and Beech, promises job restoration, and signals a shift away from aggressive trial lawyers, while lawmakers note the need to curb frivolous product liability and medical malpractice suits.
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Clinton
Congress
U.S
Cessna
Beech
Kansas
Dan Glickman
Nancy Kassebaum
North Carolina legislators face cafeteria vacancy and telephony costs
North Carolina's General Assembly risks an empty Legislative Building cafe as no private operator runs the cafeteria, with past caterers quitting since the 1970s and 1980s. Government snack bars nearby lack appeal, and taxpayers may cover about 80,000 a year to run an outside operation if required. Lawmakers also debate phone and data lines costs tied to the Assembly computer system and whether reimbursements are due for work-related communications.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Legislative Building
George Hall
Legislative Services
Hall
Loa
Assembly
Shaw Aco Wes
Sun
Ipi
Nesbit
Jim Hunt
Nesbitt
Blue
Congress
Paul O' Connor
Capitol Press Association
Hat Stretching Tales In London With A Triple A Cap
Calvin Trillin recalls a quirky trip to London mixing tourist scenes with hat stretching for a Kansas City Blues cap from 1949. He jokes with customs, notes Mary’s antique hat-stretcher, visits Nautilus and the Barbican, and muses on baseball nostalgia and academic work.
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London
Kansas City Blues
Blues
Louisville Colonels
Minneapolis Millers
Midwest
Reading University
Hank Bauer
Heathrow
Mary
England
Nautilus
Jet
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Patrick Holmes
Judy Zimmerman
Jerry Wicks
Vermont
Royster
Freedom Newspaper
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Old Guard
Cuauhtemoc Cardeno
BY Dan Pirard
Cindy
Aen
Paul O'Connor
Calvin Trillin
Uncivil Liberties
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