Doctors Fees Rise Faster Than Inflation Say Ike Speech
President Eisenhower, addressing the American Medical Association in Atlantic City, warned against a government run health system and urged private practice to stay within public price ranges. The article notes 20 year cost changes since 1939, with overall living costs up 108.6 percent, medical care up 106.1 percent, and doctors' fees up 84 percent, alongside gains in food, housing, and other items.
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James Marlow
Ashington
American Medical Assn
Atlantic City
Explosion Kills Two Workers in Atlas Powder Plant
An explosion at Atlas Powder Co in Tamaqua Pa killed two workers and injured three others two seriously The dead were John T Litsch 29 and Robert H Wheeler 47 Both from Tamaqua and White Haven Pa The seriously injured was Charles De Wire 26 also from Tamaqua All incidents occurred in the dynamite mix house during morning operations with burns to the chest and face.
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Tamaqua
Atlas Powder Co
John T. Litsch
Robert H. Wheeler
White Haven
Charles de Wire
Alan Young Returns to Drama After UK Residency
Comedian Alan Young faces loss of American citizenship if he stayed in England, choosing to return to the United States for work. He now shifts from American TV comedy to a dramatic Time Machine role as a 70-year-old and his on-screen son. The piece notes other comic casualties like Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, and Red Buttons amid TV’s shifting landscape.
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Hollywood
Alan Young
London
England
Young
H. G. Wells
Red Buttons
Youn
Gleason An Berle
New State Police Retirement Policy in Rhode Island
Providence Rhode Island State Police officers must retire after 24 years of service. Superintendent Walter E Stone said the change would broaden advancement opportunities.
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Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Walter E. Stone
Ohio House votes to lower voting age to 18
The Ohio House passed a resolution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years and sent it to the Senate. If approved, the issue would go to voters in November.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio House
Senate
Travel smartly through sunny days with a slender sheath
Ad describes a slenderizing sheath dress with its own jacket and contrasting accents. It advertises Misses pattern 4671 in half sizes 14 through 22 percent per yard. The notice asks readers to send fifty cents plus ten cents per pattern for first class mail to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York. Include name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
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