Prescription drug price survey shows 24 percent gap
A Chronicle-Telegram survey of four drugs across six area stores found a 14.23 dollar spread between the highest and lowest totals, a 24.4 percent difference. Pharmacists cite ethics and Ohio law as barriers to price advertising. FTC proposals could change rules but not require price posting. Abbe Rexall Pharmacy would not release price information.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Ernie Pyle in Art Series Portrays Freedom Heroes
Harold Von Schmidt reproduces Ernie Pyle portrait as part of John Han cock Mutual Life Insurance Co historical art exhibit Faces of Freedom. The fourth color painting honors notable American figures and events and runs under Chronicle Telegram special arrangement through the nation’s bicentennial. Pyle, born 1900, began journalism at Indiana University and became a famed World War II correspondent. He won four Pulitzers in 1944 and was killed April 18, 1945, in the Pacific.
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Ernie Pyle
Indiana University
Bloomington
North Africa
Sicily
Maly
France
Pacific
Elyria cites plan to end income tax reciprocity with nine area cities
Elyria City Council finance committee backs eliminating reciprocity with nine nearby cities. Losses may reach 16 percent in some towns like South Amherst, with Amherst Avon and Vermilion facing reduced funds. Lorain warned it would also hurt its coffers, while North Ridgeville and Sheffield Lake see no loss.
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Elyria City
Elyria
Lorain
North Ridgeville
Amherst
Avon
Grafton
Huron
South Amherst
Vermilion
Lowell Swinehart
William Hall
Sheffield Lake
Cleveland
Elvira
Heft
Genevieve Kline
George Brill
Weather forecast shows showers and thundershowers likely
Showers and a thunder shower possible today with a high in the mid 80s. Tonight partly cloudy with a low near 70 and a 50 percent rain chance. Tomorrow through the day variable cloudiness with highs in the 80s and southeasterly winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Details on page A-6.
Dickerson Resigns as Chief of WAC in Lorain
James Dickerson stepped down as executive director of the Lorain Welfare Action Center. The 648 Board voted to terminate funding as presently constituted amid prior welfare fraud pleas and ongoing agency debates.
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Dickerson
WAC
James Dickerson
Lorain Welfare Action Center
Anti-Poverty Agency
Cleveland Foundation
United War and the County Mental Health Board
Welfare Action Center
Lorain County
Charles Hopkins
Book of Ecclesiastes
WAC Board
Joann Jones
Welfare Action
Michigan
Dayton
Portugal’s military rulers face fresh power struggle
Portugal trembles as a three man military junta confronts internal rifts over how far left the revolution should bend. President Costa Gomes returns from Helsinki urging unity and an end to partisan rivalries. Demonstrations in four cities test the leadership as officials promise a government formation soon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalve
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Helsink
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Costa Gomes
Helsinki
Index of People and Stamp Facts
Index page fragment lists names and numbers with scattered notes on stamps and dates. The readable items mention individuals and numbers associated with stamp facts, implying a catalog or record-keeping list with unspecified details.
Kissinger Ford aides split widens during Helsinki summit
The rift between White House staff and Secretary Kissinger widens as Ford’s leadership during the Helsinki conference faces partisan attacks. Kissinger denies involvement in deleting Baltic paragraphs from Ford’s remarks, while staff hints at internal influence. Page A3.
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Henry Kissinger
Gerald Ford
Brussels
Belgium
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Helsinki
Ford
White House
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Richard Nixon
William Rogers
Nixon
John Ehrilicham
Jr. R. Haldeman
Oval Office
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Lorain County Pharmaceutical Association
Ohio Law
Richard Williams
State Board of Pharmacy
Noble Jones
Abbe Rexall Pharmacy
Diabenese
Valim
Faces of Freedom
Harold von Schmidt
Elyria’s
Lake Erie
Mikie Sherman
James C. Dickerson
Today's Index
Camerd
Teres Poerfrey
BT Television
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