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Atomic Adventure. The U.S. already knew a little of what lay beyond. Speculation about the establishment of atomic power plants for peacetime uses ranged from five years to 30. But no one had yet discovered a safe, effective shield against atomic radiation in industrial use. No one was sure how much uranium was available for it. There were tremendous peaks of social, economic, technological forces. Some of the revolutionary forces were already in beneficent use: radioisotopes, byproducts of the bomb, for medicine and scientific research. Others could be roughly charted...
...Boston Traveler's Photographer Frank Gushing was out on assignment when he heard a police broadcast of what sounded like a hotter story 2½ miles away. A tough youngster with a gun, chased by the cops, had seized a boy as a shield and was holding off a dozen policemen. The youngster was taking pot shots at the cops, and threatening to shoot his hostage if they came closer...
...that he be a Christian Scientist. Otherwise he must come through with that $15 per term, $45 for a full year including Summer Term, even though he may be a resident of Cambridge, married, with his own private physician, and a subscriber to the Massachusetts Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which cover almost every medical or surgical need...
...Massachusetts Comprehensive Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan presents an example of what can be achieved by a group medical insurance program, and the Hygiene Department's offerings suffer from a comparison. Designed primarily for the benefit of a group whose income is less than $1,500 a year, and including all ages, Blue Cross and Blue Shield can expect that a large percentage of its members will become ill than would be the case for Harvard's normally healthy undergraduates. Yet its rates are only $23.80 per year for a Single Membership (compared to the Hygiene Department...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield do not cover minor illnesses such as colds and sore throats. On this score the Hygiene Department has the advantage; yet the cost of caring for such minor ailments must not constitute a very considerable proportion of the Department's expenses, since all the patient usually receives is advice to go buy a box of aspirin and a package of cough drops at Billings and Stover. Should the student require x-rays, anesthetics, special materials, or special laboratory examinations, he must pay for them himself. Care in Stillman is limited to one week per term...