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Denver's Archbishop J. Francis Stafford advised Catholics to stop going to the shrine in the hope of visions. He warned about unreliable "private revelations" and appointed a committee to examine the Lopez case...
...People who can afford to pay more for their own health care should do so. In addition, subsidies should be more carefully rationed when it comes to extremely complex and costly medical procedures for very old patients. "Most of the elderly would probably accept that idea," says Dr. Perry Stafford, a surgeon at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. "It is usually their families who have this tenacious hold on anything that will prolong life. It is hard for people to see that at some ) point, you are prolonging death, not life...
...most dramatic change outlined in the bills would be the elimination of banks from the Stafford Loan Program. By creating a Direct Loan Program, students would borrow money from the federal government instead of from banks...
...appeal of the rolling Ozarks is not lost on the entertainers, most of whom have settled there after long, exhausting runs on the road. Even with 12 shows a week, Tillis considers life in Branson "a vacation." Says resident singer-comedian Jim Stafford, whose witty, whimsical show is in its second year: "It is easy to get burned out on the road. But here I live on the lake. I just drive in, play and go home...
...there is no turning back the clock. Too many tourists have found a friendly, affordable mecca in Branson; too many nationally known performers, & some of whose hits are behind them, have found appreciative audiences. "It is an honest-to-goodness boomtown," says Stafford. "There are other places where this could be happening, but it's not. The gold rush is here." Spoken like a true pioneer...