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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1977)
The Land: an investment for all times See special Private Property section in today’s edition. GRIFFIN llcsgSMMj&rl!t ■ P P .. — I ' ' JU £ <*> gJL. J i W*L ’ft 9l>& JBL wt a W \J | I *1 MME.Jt jSmnKi 1 II **®h WKsSKbK * ILBr < 1 * Ee' BEK Bli Doctors here decry rising health costs Dr. Kenneth Reynolds said he, too, decries the increasing cost of health care but doesn’t know how to stop it. He is past president of the Griffin- Spalding Hospital medical staff and past representative on the hospital authority. As a member, he said he voted for the recent increase in daily rates for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The rate went from sllO a day to $175. This pays for the room and nursing care and not supplies and other materials used in treatment. Dr. Valdon Smith, staff president, also expressed concern about the rising cost of health care. Both doctors were speaking as individuals and not as representatives of any group, though they were in leadership positions. Dr. Reynolds said the hospital administration recommended the ICU rate increase. The administration figured the unit was losing $40,000 a year and the rate increase should make it self supporting. Carter names monitors WASHINGTON (AP) - After scrapping his plan to give Americans SSO tax rebates, President Carter today named a labor-business team to moni tor the government’s war against inflation. Carter said that AFL-CIO President George Meany and General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones will head a new labor-management group to fight inflation. “Our goal is to reduce the inflation rate by two per cent by the end of 1979, which is a very difficult task to under take,” Carter told a nationally broadcast news conference. In announcing his long-awaited anti inflation plan, Carter flatly ruled out any wage and prices controls. He said it is evident that inflationary Daily Since 1872 Dr. Reynolds said the administra tion’s reasoning was it was not right to have to make up the loss through higher charges for other services. He said the administration has to look at a year’s fiscal operation because the hospital has more patients during certain months than others. This might cause hospital income to be high some months as it appeared to be in March when the rates were increased. Dr. Reynolds said hospital adminis trators are aware that Sen. Herman Talmadge has been working on legislation to reform Medicaid- Medicare payments. He said the hospital here does not want to be out of line on charges such as for ICU. Dr. Reynolds checked and found the ICU unit at the Floyd Courity Hospital in Rome, Ga. is S2OO a day and in Gainesville it was the same as Griffin’s. He said he knew the $175 rate here was high but did not feel it was out of line. He pointed out Medicare-Medicaid pressures have been intensifying all year, with the average level of price increases running at an annual rate of nine per cent. The President said he will deal with that “difficult and pernicious problem” without sacrificing economic expansion or jobs, and without resorting to compulsion or coercion. Carter said Meany and Jones would work with other business and labor leaders, as well as government officials, to develop economic objectives for the nation, including goals for jobs and inflation. “Most importantly, this joint effort must be voluntary and cooperative and not be based on coercive or self defeating controls,” Carter said. He said Treasury Secretary W. Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday Afternoon, April 15,1977 and most hospital insurance included ICU care. Dr. Reynolds pointed that the national expenditure for health care is more than 8 percent now. He thinks the government will do something to stop it at 10 percent. He said that’s what happened in western European and other nations. He thinks some sort of controls on health care costs may come out of the Talmadge bill. Dr. Reynolds pointed out that the “hardware” equipment in ICU is expensive. He said just as important is the so called “software” or personnel. One nurse for every two patients is on duty in the ICU, he said. They have to be trained at seminars to keep abreast of current techniques, he continued. “You want good, qualified people in charge of the ICU,” he said. All of these factors combine to make it expensive to operate an ICU unit, Dr. Reynolds pointed out. Michael Blumenthal will head government representatives who will work with the panel. There were few features in the anti inflation program that had not been previously disclosed by the President himself and or other administration spokesmen. Carter also told the news conference that he hopes to meet with Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev in the United States later this year. “I would welcome a chance to meet with Secretary Brezhnev on a continuing basis, annually at least....” he said. The President said he thinks the Soviet response to his initial strategic arms limitation proposals, which Moscow rejected, “has been predictable.” ROTC sparkles for annual inspection Jk— g ILVMHW k. i » > rT / IUBfXK / & il/fSftlz 1 jRk t* ’Wa w ■ v9II X 1 ■ IS*/*/ 1 WKr MEmSHHEI People ...and things Man wearing short pants with bucket of paint in one hand and soft drink in the other, dodging traffic on centerline of busy East Taylor street at noon. Cattle grazing late in the evening making a beautiful spring picture. Two hardhats watching as another works in manhole at Solomon and Sixth streets. “Telling a lie never is ap propriate — and telling the truth often isn’t” JBMR i ITT • fe * GIL J h'| 6153 n i .. p Bna | I yWr,/ mBMIT r fciaßu.... IBW* aMKwii fl '■■RiGyL-wWk*’/}' vBJM ST- f « ’’’\ J 8./'' Oops! Vol. 105 No. 89 Dix Local columns begin today The Griffin Daily News today in troduces a new feature on the editorial page. Members of the staff will write columns on a variety of subjects. Roger Dix, senior associate editor and sports editor, begins the series on today’s page. Dix is a native of Griffin and began his newspaper career at the Griffin Daily News when he was discharged from the army after serving a tour of duty in Europe. He is in terested in all sorts of sports and writes on other subjects as well. Jerry McLaurin, a news staff executive, will write a column on Saturday. He is a native of Griffin, a graphic arts specialist, and was a language specialist in the U.S. Navy. “Its just one of those things,” was the way truck driver Dennis Smith accounted for his mishap this morning. Smith was approaching the intersection of Highway 16 and 155 when his back wheels just ran out from under his truck. Smith was not injured in the mishap. Weather FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA— Fair and warm through Saturday with mild nights. Low this morning 47, high Thursday 86. McLaurin Combs Griffin High ROTC cadets put their best foot forward today for the annual federal inspection. A parade to which the public was invited was at Memorial Stadium. Among the spectators at left were Mrs. Joe Roskovich of Bridgeport, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Dudek and Mrs. Howard Harris (1-r) whose son Howard R. Harris is a cadet. Stewart Bertha Combs, a News employe, will continue to write a column which ap pears on Monday’s editorial page. She is not a newcomer to that spot. James Stewart, a native of Griffin who has wide experience on several Georgia papers, has returned to work on his home town paper where he began his career. He will write a column on Tuesday. Letters to the editor will continue to be featured on the editorial page on Wednesday. Bill Knight, executive editor, who has been with the Griffin Daily News 28 years, will write a Thursday weekly column. Editor and publisher Quimby Melton Jr. will continue to write the editorials and maintain supervision of the page. Wk K Knight
