Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1963 — Page 12

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SPECIAL WASHINGTON REPORT > - — ....... ■ — J ALL SENIORS PROTECTED UNDER NEW HEALTH BILL By U.S. Sen. Clinton Anderson (D-N. Mex.)

fAll of the nation’s 17.5 million senior citizens could be financially aided during illness in hospitals under improved proposals J extended Social Security insurance. There fte several major improvements in the new (King-Anderson bill) HMMBHRMB Social Security Hospital Insurance for persons J ' of 65-years-of-age and over. f ! There is now a special provision extending t 1 coverage to the 2.5 million citizens 6 5 and over ■ JrT . who are not under Social Security or Railroad ■ Retirement. They had been excluded in the H previous bill that was defeated. In another improvement, the revised bill will offer senior citizens a choice of three different hospitalization plans, varying in scope and length of benefits. Under this proposal the CUb, “" *"•**”■

' beneficiary could choose between plans providing: i 1. 45 days of in-patient care, with no deductible feature. T 2. 90 days, with a deductible y of $ Iff a day for the first F* 9 days. f J. 180 days, with the patient I paying the first 2)6 days Ifct of average cost (equivalent J5F' to about $92.50). ® Aside from the deductible feature, hospital benefits would include all those customarily furnished by a hospital for its * patients. Other benefits under the King-Anderson bill include: 'l 1. Can for up to 180 days in a skilled nursing home affiliated with a hospital, i after the patient is transferred from the hospital I 2. Up to 240 visits a year in *>. a patient’s home by a therj apist or visiting nurse. [ J. Outpatient diagnostic services in a hospital, with the JP first S2O deductible. I To pay for this program Social Security taxes would be increased one-quarter of 1 percent on workers, to be matched by an equal amount from employers. Tax on the self-em-ployed would go up four-tenths of 1 percent. The present $4,800 base on which the tax is levied would rise to $5,200. The program is fiscally sound because the income to the hospital insurance trust fund in

Says Weightlessness Pleasant Experience

By ALVIN B. WEBB JR. United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (UPD—The sleek, silvery FIOOF jet airplane streaked toward space almost with the speed of sound. Suddenly, in a graceful bow, its nose dipped back toward the fleecy white clouds. In that moment, I recalled a scene from an old science fiction movie and reached inside my ..... jackets. A.- biL of- niisjudgment on the first try sent my right hand against the oxygen mask covering my face. Better luck the second time, and I pulled a ball-point pen from my sweater. Carefully, I held the pen up—and let go. The slender, black object simply hung there. A flick of the finger sent it tumbling slowly to the left side of the cabin. I tapped it with the left hand, and the pen waltzed to the right in a fascinating little dance against the sky’s blue background. Up front, Capt. Ronald E. Catton, solo pilot on the Air Force’s famed Thunderbird precision flying team, was adroitly maneuvering ys on a brief trip through that eerie domain of astronauts—weightlessness. Find It Pleasant Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. GORDON W. GREGG Rupruranting MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL Life Insurance Company Springfield, MascachuwtH ★ Life Insurance * Retirement Income ★ Annuities ★ Group Insurance ' Phone 3-3407 1045 Park View Dr. Decatur, Ind.

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' the first year of operation would be $1,430,000,000, while expenditures are comparably esti- ’ mated at $1,040,000,000. This program would be administered much like Blue Cross. It would in no way interfere with a patient’s freedom * to choose his doctor, hospital, or nurse. Certainly, this offers the best i hope of solving the problem of financially disastrous illness for ! our older people. They are entitled to some peace of mind in their later years—at least, the peace of mind that comes from knowing they are protected ! against ruinous hospital bills. A solution for this threat of 1 crushing health costs in our later years is long overdue. We cannot rest our hopes for a solution on existing laws which fall far short of being even a halfway answer. Nor can we ex- . pect that private insurance plans, despite some commendable efforts, will adequately provide for even the majority of the elderly. This is because the aged generally have substantially less income to buy insurance protection and considerably greater need for hospital services than younger people. The Social Security system, which has served for 28 years as the first line of defense for retired workers, is the logical instrument for dealing with the health cost problem.

described weightlessness — or “zero-G,” as the professionals call it — “a pleasant experience.” Teammate M. Scott Carpenter said he was “somewhat distracted initially” by it. Spaceman Alan B. Shepard Jr. desenbed it as “most analogous to floating.” To a novice, all three descriptions come home true, doubled and redoubledA taste of “zero-G” — the one symptom of spaceflight that cannot be duplicated on the ground —was what we had in mind when Catton and I roared away fromPatrick Air Force Base, Fla., and flashed over the Atlantic Ocean atop the 16,000-pound-thrust “Thunderbird-6.” First came the breath-erbshing “G-forces” as the jet pulled out of ite dive and began climbing. My normal weight, 130 pounds, soared for a few seconds to around 450 pounds, or approximately three “G’s.” Astronauts have taken nine “G’s” or better on their rocket flights into space and down again. A 150-pound man facing nine “G’s” would appear to weigh about 1,350 pounds. Over The Hump The jet soared over the invisible hump and nosed downward. Catton’s calm voice came over the intercom: “You now weigh exactly nothing.” To someone who has never weighed exactly nothing before, it sounds a bit unwordly — or other-worldly. My legs, virtually riveted to the floor by the “G’s of a few moments before, now dangled in mid-air. My arms and the pen I toyed with ploated as on an invisible bed of feathers. The heaviness of the helmet lifted and tugged gently at the straps under the chin. Everything goes lax. The body presses lightly against the parachute harness, and 'there is a fleeting temptation to loosen the

Bridal Service For Widows, Divorcees By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON <UPD — You would think, considering all that you have read about it, that the recent Rockefeller-Murphy wedding had been covered from every angle, wouldn't you? I mean, there have been stories about its political significance, social significance, romantic significance and several dozen varieties of insignificance. It would appear to the casual observer that the subject had been exhausted, but some events apparently never run dry. Yet another aspect of the celebrated nuptials has been turned up by Max Hess, a publicity-shy deartment store operator in Allentown, Pa. He has just weighed in with a report on the commercial significance. Bridal CounselingSome time ago, Hess opened in his shop what was described as the world's first bridal fashion counseling service for widows and divorcees who are planning to remarry. He noted that more than 140,000 divorces were granted last year and that an even larger number of husbands had severed matrimonial ties the hard way, by kicking the bucket. This swelled the population of one-time losers to something of the magnitude of 1.9 million divorcees and 8.3 million widows. Hess reasoned that a sizable percentage of these females soon would be taking the plunge again and, in preparation, would be unleashing a sizable chunk of cash for clothes and stuff. It was the hope of channeling some of this currency in his direction that prompted him to establish the counseling service for bridal retreads. “While there,is a wealth of etiquette and fashion advice on first marriages, there is a dearth of reading matter and counsel on the nuptial arrangements for second-time-a-rounders,” Hess observed. Offers Various Goodies His store therefore began offering matrons planning to revisit the alter instructions on such matters as announcements, invitations, engagement parties, rings and wedding gowns. The significant thing about this is that since the. vzedding of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Mrs. Margharita Murphy. sales made through the remarriage service have doubled. Apparently, the gubernatorial nuptials caused a number of widows and divorcees who had planned to remarry unobtrusively to decide to make a ceremony out of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if big splashy remarriages became the fashionable thing to do. Be that as it may, it is obvious that the governor's second marriage has been good for business in Allentown. And what’s good for Max Hess is good for the U.S.A.

Candle Grease When candle grease has been dropped onto one of your good rugs, scrape it off with a spoon rather than a knife which could possibly injure the fibers. Press the spot through a blotter with a warm iron to absorb the remaining grease. Repeat until the grease has been removed, shifting the blotter from time to time to keep a clean surface over the spot. annoying straps and go floating merrily around the cockpit. Suddenly, in about seven seconds, the reality of gravity tugs at the seat of the trousers. The dive is over. We ran through it again, for a combined total of about 13 seconds in weightlessness. It seemed like minutes — and one is left wishing it could be hours. 1/ V ' ;,T u w t ,-•- J-XX WRI TAKES DAD’S ADVICE—' John F. Kennedy Jr. practices the healthful walking bit on a visit to Andrews) AFB, Md. John has nurse i Maude Shaw in tow. I

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Capitol Elevator Workers Dedicated By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON <UPI) —ln addition to having the astronauts to cheer about, we also can be proud of the dedicated young men who operated the elevators in the U.S. Capitol. If such statistics were available, I believe they would show that your chances of getting where you want to go in a Capitol elevator are almost as good as they are in a space capsule. When astronaut L. Gordon Cooper visited the Capitol this week to address a joint meeting of Congress, elaborate precautions were taken to make certain the elevator he rode in was functioning properly. You can imagine the embarrassment it would have caused if his spectacular 22-orbit mission into space had been climaxed by Cooper getting stalled in an elevator. The Russians would never have let us forget it. Countdown Begins The elevator countdown began

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several hours before Cooper was scheduled to arrive. Technicians carefully checked over the engine room equipment and then stood by in case trouble developed. At approximately T-minus-20, an inspector from the elevator company rode up and down several times to make certain that everything was shipshape in the capsule. The mission of lifting Cooper from the street level to the second floor, a vertical distance of some 15 feet, was carried out by David Muchow, 18, of Winter Haven. Fla. David runs' an elevator to help pay his expenses at Georgetown, University here. He has only been in training since last August, but it is generally agreed that he is one of the most skilled and reliable operators at the Capitol. ‘ I wanted to take him up,” Muchow told me in an exclusive interview, so Gene let me substitute for him.” Back-up Operator Eugene Buccelli, who normally runs the elevator at that hour, handed over the controls to Muchow and assumed the role of back-up operator. At about T-minus-5, a Secret Service man told Muchow to “freeze” the elevator on the street level and cut off the buzzer and

signal lights. When the lift-up finally came. Muchow was ready. “It was a real smooth ride,” he said. "There wasn't a hitch at all.” . "Were you nervous?” I asked. "Not really," he said. .“The

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Secret Service had thoroughly briefed me on the procedure. I never had any doubts that the mission would be -a success.” Muchow, I might add, ran the elevator on the manual control system. Had he become flustered

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and pushed the handle to the right instead of the left, the elevator would have gone down instead of up. But when the pressure was on and the chips were down, Muchow came through.