Seniors deserve protection in buying health insurance
The elderly face confusing policies and unscrupulous agents who push unnecessary coverage. Ohio's new rule requires full disclosures, but advocates urge stronger standards and proactive policing by insurers and elder care groups to prevent victimization and ensure value.
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Ohio
Martha Sweterlitsch
Ohio Commission On Aging
Dollars for peace in the Middle East debate
The piece questions if American aid will buy peace between Israel and Egypt, noting Sadat seeks a 10 to 15 billion dollar five year plan and Carter promises Israel enhanced airports. It weighs moral, strategic, and economic costs of U.S. financial leverage amid looming regional tensions.
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Carter
Anwar Sadat
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U.S. Treasury
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Soviet Union
Carter saboteur on inflation blamed on White House
A critical editorial accuses President Carter of undermining his anti inflation program through government spending, high interest rates, and energy policy. It argues deficits fuel inflation, vows to cut spending, and cites the failed voluntary belt tightening alongside scorn from Gerald Ford and AFL CIO head George Meany.
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George Meany
Why the Guyana massacre by Jim Bishop
Editors call Jonestown the story of the year. The piece recounts Rev. Jim Jones luring nearly 900 followers, the murder of Leo Ryan and others, and the mass cyanide tragedy in Guyana. It questions how a cult can imprison minds and why the fifth W remains unanswered.
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Jonestown
Jim Jones
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God
Ryan
Newfoundland
Leo Ryan
Peoples Temple
San Francisco
Bay City
Guyana
Paris
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Tim Reiterman
Greg Robinson
San Francisco Examiner
Ron Avers
San Francisco Chronicle
NBC
Don Harris
Robert Brown
Gordon Lindsay
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Washington Post
Charles Krause
U.S
Harris
Brown
Robinson
Washington focus on new racism and missing election themes
The excerpt critiques a new form of racism in the U S defending black citizens regardless of actions. It cites three examples including Dr Carolyn Paytons Peace Corps exit Rep Diggs and Sen Brooke while also questioning Chinese leadership under Mao and the missing Nixon Watergate topics in elections.
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Carolyn Payton
Peace Corps
Transafrica
Charles Diggs
Michigan
Sen
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Union Chief Urges Silent Defense Amid Federal Scandals
In an emergency AFGE letter to 300000 civil servants, Ken Blaylock urges members to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions from a special fraud task force. The message targets DOD workers amid GAO and FBI probes into cost overruns, fraud, and waste across federal programs.
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Ken Blaylock
American Federation of Government Employees
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Blaylock
Labor Movement
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Department of Defense
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U.S
Elmer Staats
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