Cost of sickness rises with hospital inflation in 1960s Lorain County
A Lorain County discussion details how hospital costs surged over a decade, with room rates doubling from 20s to 40s and 50s per day. Officials blame labor costs, staffing, and wages increases driven by federal minimum wage rules, hospital staffing patterns, and era shifts from religious orders to paid labor.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Lorain
Vernon Burt
Northeast Ohio Blue Cross
Robert Olesen
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Olesen
Gerald Lorence
Amherst Hospital
Streem
Restraining orders delay nationwide rail shutdown
A federal judge halted for 10 days the threatened nationwide railroad shutdown and strike after railroad lawyers said President Nixon would seek special legislation. The White House denied committing to such action, while labor officials pursued a voluntary settlement. The order aims to keep trains moving as Congress considers options.
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White House
George P Shultz
Francis M Shea
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Shea
John J Sirtca
Union Pacific
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Labor Department
James Hodgson
Sirica
William W. Winpisinger
Secretary of Labor
Florida officials trapped in a squeeze play
Governor Kirk asked a federal court for an emergency hearing in the Volusia County desegregation case after Volusia authorities sought relief amid court orders to begin transferring about 2,800 of 15,000 students and 145 of 1,700 teachers. Kirk warned of suspensions as desegregation cross-basing proceeds, signaling a tense clash among courts the governor and local districts.
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UPI
Claude Kirk
Volusia County
Kirk
Volusia
Manatee
Mild Weather With Sunny Spells Persisting Today
Weather forecast notes mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Clouds increase this evening bringing a chance of rain late tonight, continuing mild with a risk of rain tomorrow.
Cleveland Chief Tied to Abortion Payoff Scandal
Detroit Free Press links Cleveland Police Chief William P Ellenburg to an abortion ring, citing attorney Lawrence A Burns who allegedly paid Ellenburg $1,000 regularly along with two Detroit officers. Ellenburg, a 27 year Detroit veteran, was sworn in as Cleveland chief after being appointed by Mayor Stokes.
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Willam P. Ellenburg
Detroit Free Press
Lawrence A. Burns
Ellenburg
Burns
the
Free Press
William Colchill
Colchill
elimi
Carl Stokes
Patrick Gerity
Cleveland department
Stokes
Detroit Paolive
Internal Revenue Service
Frank Schaefer
Fraternal Order of Police
Izvestia Urges No Kissing to Curb Flu Spread
Izvestia advised Soviet citizens to stop kissing in greetings to slow a flu outbreak. The paper said epidemics peaked in Moscow and Leningrad and were spreading to Kiev, Murmansk, and Donetsk, urging sufferers to stay at regional treatment centers and avoid kisses for now.
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Izvestia
Soviet Union
Ivvestia
Leningrad
Kiev
Murmansk
Donetsk
Coed shot near Cincinnati campus dies. hunt widens
University of Cincinnati student Carol Sanders, 19, died at General Hospital after being shot near Burnet Woods. Police seek a white man 20 to 26 with dark hair following multiple assaults on young women, including a later incident of a student forced into a car at gunpoint.
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UPI
University of Cincinnati
Burnet Woods
Sanders
Nixon budget hope challenged by senators
Washington AP President Nixon faces sharp skepticism from Sen. William Proxmire and Rep. Wright Patman as they condemn the $13 billion surplus as inadequate and warn it could become a deficit without broader inflation fighting measures. They urge deeper defense cuts, fewer overseas bases, and clearer priorities in Nixon’s economic plan. The speakers say the administration overstates cuts and fails to show urgent, concrete steps to curb inflation amid a slowing economy.
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William Proxmure
D-Wis
Wright Patman
D-Tex
joint Economic Committee
Congress
Patman
Vietnam
Proxmure
Mansfield
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Lela Miller
Minnie Moeller
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