Word: kerrs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate chamber, jammed as the Senate tensed for the vote, hushed for the showdown roll call, which came on a motion by Oklahoma's Democrat Robert Kerr to table the medicare amendment worked out by the Administration and five liberal Republicans. All 100 Senators were present - a rarity. Despite meticulous headcounting, the outcome hinged on a few unpredictable votes. The count began with Vermont Republican George Aiken's crisp anti-Administration "aye"; it had seesawed to a 13-13 tie by the time the clerk reached Douglas of Illinois. Two-thirds of the way down the list...
Married. René Bouché. 56, Manhattan portraitist, Vogue illustrator, TIME cover painter (Jean Kerr, John F. Kennedy, Sophia Loren); and Anne Denise Alicia Lawson-Johnston, 34, a former editor of Vogue; he for the second time, she for the first; in London...
...Lessons. Mills believes the King-Anderson program would alter the philosophy and jeopardize the future of the entire social security system. Moreover, he was co-sponsor of the existing Kerr-Mills Act, whose provisions for medical care are backed by the A.M.A...
Dentures to Doctors. What are the aged fighting for-and what are the foes of King-Anderson opposing? Strangely, the existing Kerr-Mills Act offers far more financial help to the aged than the King-Anderson bill; in effect it pays all medical bills-from dentures to doctors-for those who qualify. It offers matching federal funds to states for health care for the aged out of general tax revenues, thus costs the wealthy taxpayer more than the poor to support. Its opponents point out that its eligibility requirements practically force the aged to take a pauper's oath...
...patient would have to pay $10 a day for the first nine), nursing-home services for 180 days, outpatient services (beyond $20) and home services up to 240 visits a year. It would also provide coverage for those who desire it at age 62, as against 65 for the Kerr-Mills...