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Is No Bed Os Roses
By JOAN CROSBY
PASADENA — (NEA) — For
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uttered as you retire for the ni
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Wakeup time is 3:15 a.m.
(when most New Year’s Eve ce
lebrations are just beginning to
think of returning home), in or
der to get into make-up and cos
tume. You’re picked up at 4:30
a.m., board a bus for the drive
from Los Angeles to Pasadena
before the heavy traffic starts,
then sit around and wait and
freeze.
Last year I was Invited to ride
on the Chrysler Corporation fl
oat. I had always thought how
magnificent Pasadena must sm
ell on New Year’s Day, with ev
ery inch of every float covered
with living flowers.
The flowers have no scent.
And considering the balmy cli
mate in southern California, I
didn’t realize how bone-chilling
the cold can be very early in the
morning.
The 1968 Chrysler float, which
was modern, psychedelic, red,
pink and purple, did not win
any prize. But it did contain a
message of brotherhood.
My perch was precarious, and
to feel secure, I bent my legs
back around one of the flower
covered columns. It was lovely
until the circulation stopped.
Meanwhile, high on the float,
Joan Parker, the perky brunet
te in the Dodge commercials,
was oohlng every time there was
a bump. She felt less secure and
had a much greater distance
to fall.
To her, my perch looked
safe and secure. To me, her per
ch looked great because she
could sit in a natural position,
with her legs down. We made a
pact and changed places.
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AN OLD FRIEND of the Young Americans, NEA’s Joan
Crosby (holding the tip of the banner) shares a float
with the popular singing group in the 1968 Tournament
of Roses Parade. She and Joan Parker (top), the Dodge
commercial girl, later changed places.
the parade route. Each one be
came cause for panic, since the
float bounced. I reached behind
a column with my left arm and
stretched. One of the Young Am
ericans, also on the float, grab
bed my hand. Joan reached
down and grabbed my left
shoulder. I moved my right—
or waving-to-the-public arm—-
to the right, and with the part
from the shoulder to the elbow,
pressed Joan’s legs securely ag-
ainst the pillar. Another Young
American, sitting beneath me,
grabbed my ankles. And thus we
were locked on the float, smiling
and waving all the time.
The Rose Parade on New
Year’s Day, 1969, will be the
80th. Each year there Is a the
me. Last year’s was the Wond
erful World of Adventure. This
year it will be A Time To Rem
ember. Bob Hope will be the pa
rade’s grand marshal.
It is not unusual for a corpo
ration to spend $20,000 on flowers
, alone to decorate a float. Teams
1 of people, very young to very
old. painstakingly glue every ex
posed portion of the float with
petals from literally millions of
flowers.
Despite the long hours spent
before the parade getting there,
despite the discomfort and the
cold when you are riding on a
float, something happens when
you see the people along the
route. Those who have camped
all night are just waking up,
lighting their portable braziers
and heating up breakfast. Some
have stuck flowers in soft drink
bottles. Everywhere along the
parade route there are smiling
faces.
You are part of a float that is
part of a parade bringing them
beauty and joy. They give it
back to you.
COLLINS BACK
CLEVELAND (UPI) — Ron
Green, Bill Glass and Gary
Collins have been restored to
the active player roster of tfie
Cleveland Browns and are
expected to play Sunday against
Washington.
Green, previously on the taxi
squad, replaced flanker Eppie
Barney, who suffered a hairline
fracture of the fibula in practice
Wednesday.
WILLIAMS OCT
ST. LOUIS (UPl)—Split end
Dave Williams will miss the
remainder of the St. Louis
Cardinals’ season because of
exploratory surgery on his left
knee.
A spokesman for the team
said nothing abnormal was
found, and that the cause of his
knee difficulties remained uh
clear.
For Clayton
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Jack
Clayton, who directed "Room at
the Top,” will direct a movie
based on armaments king Sir
Basil Zaharoff.
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Social Security
Medicare Claims
Are Due By Dec. 31
Miss Kate M. McLaurin, offic
er-in-charge of the Griffin So
cial Security Office, today urg
ed everyone signed up for the
doctor bill insurance part of
Medicare, to spend some time
between now and the end of the
year in reviewing whether the
program owes them some mo
ney.
She said that this is most im
portant for those older people
who Incurred expenses for co
vered medical services between
Oct. 1, 1966, and Sept. 30, 1967.
If a claim isn’t made for reim
bursement of these expenses
by Dec. 31, 1968, it will not be
possible to make a payment.
Miss McLaurin pointed out
that, in the past, some Medicare
beneficiaries postponed making
a claim because they thought
that if the doctor declined to
take an assignment, the patient
had to submit a receipted bill
with his application. Unable to
supply evidence of having paid
the doctor or the medical sup
plier, they failed to file a claim,
she added.
“These people are in danger
of shortchanging themselves,”
Miss McLaurin said. “The 1967
amendments to the Medicare
law eliminated the requirement
that a bill submitted with a cl
aim must be receipted to show
that it was paid in full or part.
Starting in 1968, an itemized bill
showing the services or medical
goods received and the charges
for these, even if unpaid, became
sufficient."
She reminded those many old
er persons in this area who
have signed up for voluntary
medical insurance that Medicare
pays for 80 percent of the rea
sonable charges of the cover
ed services and medical goods,
less an annual SSO deductible
that the patient must pay. If the
expenses of the last three mon
ths in any year do not come up
to the amount of the deductible,
they can be carried over to the
following year to reduce the de
ductible for that year. ’
SEAMEN ON TRIAL
TRIESTE, Italy (UPl)—The
captain and engineer of the
Panamanian-registered freight
er Taitu and two representa
tives of the owners went on
trial Thursday on charges of
scuttling the ship for insurance
money. Insured for $192,000, the
ship sank on Oct. 19, 1967, off
Sardinia.
in 1958.
Prime on TV
HOLLYWOOD (UPl)—Andy
Prine will make a guest
appearance this season in an
episode of the new “Lancer”
series.
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prepared to help people make
claims for doctor bill insurance
haven’t applied for reimburse
ment for medical services and
goods received between Oct.
1, 1966, and Sept. 30, 1967, are
urged to apply before Jan. 1,
1969. Beginning with that date,
it may be too late.
Anyone wishing speedy and
efficient service on one of these
claims should bring evidence of
the services received, either in
the form of an itemized bill from
the doctor or the supplier of me
dical goods, or the same infor
mation on the "Request for Me
dicare Payment” form supplied
by the Social Security Adminis
tration. Another “must is the
older person’s Medicare cai;d or
other official document show
ing his health insurance claim
number.
The Griffin district office is at
435 West Solomon street. The
phone number is 227-0183. Office
hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
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Thursday, Dec. 12, 1968
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“TWIN COLLISION" — Dr.
Alvar Brunge examines Mrs.
Maybritt Pettersson, 26, in
Motala, Sweden, where she
had a baby Nov. 1 and ex
pects another within the
next six weeks. A “twin col
lision,’’the case is called. The
next will be her fourth child.
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