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...article ignores the millions of people in this country who have been indoctrinated by television programs and magazine articles to demand useless procedures and excess surgery. A corps of highly ethical and conservative physicians could not begin to satisfy their wants. As I lie down to sleep every night, it is with the contented knowledge that those people who demand more drama and reassurance in their lives than I can give them can find it in the clinics and flamboyant physicians in the vicinity...
Rather than wait for the same thing to happen in other communities, federal planners are considering a new tax in order to discourage "excess use" of natural gas by homeowners. The tax might apply to all purchases above 90% of last year's usage. While such a measure would surely help to conserve the fuel, Congress has shown no enthusiasm for it. The lawmakers are not anxious to offend all those homeowners. Moreover, the tax would not get at the basic problem: pricing policy...
...campaign contributions on the record. It recommends a code of ethics to states, counties and cities and urges that boards be set up to enforce the code. All elected officials should be required to file a financial disclosure statement, listing "all assets legally and constructively owned," "all debts in excess of $1,000 and to whom owed," and, "if a partner in a law firm, a list of all clients whose annual fees exceed $2,000 or comprise 5% or more of the firm's annual business." Such disclosure "must be mandatory, periodic and accessible to the public...
...endurance. Prior to the bleedings, Ekblom had each one run on a treadmill to determine his normal endurance; the average time from the start of the exercise to exhaustion was 5.73 min. On the day after the infusions, it rose to 7.17 min. Because the body quickly passes off excess red cells, the pickup was not permanent; within 14 days of the infusions, all students' performances returned to prebleeding levels. So far, no adverse side effects have been noted, but other doctors believe that more study is needed to determine if any risk is involved...
...Corporate Secretary Ferd Meyer admitted that when the plant is completed, KP&L will be able to produce more power than is needed in the state. He also said that KP&L would sell the excess to neighboring power companies at higher prices...