Nixon Pushes For National Insurance
The Nixon administration urged Congress to approve a national health insurance plan with employer based coverage and government aid for the poor. Elliott Richardson testified that rival federal and tax credit plans are costly or inadequate, as hearings opened with Mills noting public frustration over medical access and costs. The administration intends universal coverage next year, with employers paying major premiums and the government subsidizing poor families.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richardson
American Medical Association
Health Insurance Association of America
Russell B. Long
D-La
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress Gets Outline For Population Curbs
The administration sent Congress a five year national family planning blueprint the first official policy of its kind in an industrial nation. It forecasts costs rising to 392 million to 434 million by 1975 with subsidized services reaching 3.7 million more poor women. It notes growing premarital sexual activity and urges studies on unmarried women sexual behavior.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
United States
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Elliot L. Richardson
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Louis M. Hellman
The
Population Council
New York City
Fisherman’s Trick Triggers Hatchery Suspicion
Calgary officials at a provincial fish hatchery notice a boy lingering over a display pond. He had threaded a fishing line inside his pant leg and landed a trout, revealing a clever ruse.
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Calgary
Alta
Provincial
Windshield smashed at Oakwood Farm Packing Corp truck
Police reported Tuesday afternoon the windshield of a Oakwood Farm Packing Corp. truck at 68 River St. was smashed by an unknown person while parked near the meat packing company.
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Oakwood Farm Packing Corp
River St
Meat Packing Company
Newspapers Have Major Impact on Modern Journalism
Don Carter of the Macon Telegraph praises the Associated Press Managing Editors Association for shaping vital newspapers. He says editors in the 1970s are driven by reader input to report tougher, broader stories including drugs, racial conflict, teen issues, the elderly, education and traffic while supporting press freedom and White House communications.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Don Carter
Macon
Telegraph and News
APME
Canada
Carter
Nixon
White House
Bank Head Backs Standard Interest Rate System
San Francisco. The head of Bank of America, W. Clausen, urged abandoning the prime rate and pegging all rates to a standard determined by supply and demand. He said the prime rate has attracted undue attention though it affects only a small share of loans.
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San Francisco
UPI
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