European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January kc3 the stars and stripes s six gop senators ready medicare plan Frozen North really Frozen Washington a six re publican senators arc drawing up a health care plan for the aged which lever Cut Saltonstall says would cover some doctors going beyond the measure proposed by president i the senators alternative pro Gram came on the heels of one proposed in Chicago by the american medical the Long a toe of plans for social Security medical care far the also said its version would be broader than the administrations a third alternative is in the according to House re publican Leader Gerald he quid in us interview re publican members of the House ways and Means committee would unveil a proposal in the near Ford said work has not been completed on separate payroll tax the administration measure would be administered by social Security and financed by a sep Arate payroll Edlo individuals with an annual income of not More than or couples with an income of would be voluntary for All persons Over 19 not on the old age assistance Massachusetts alaskans Are operating normally at 50 below said the proposal he and his five colleagues would introduce this week would include some doctors fees and drugs outside the Hospital and thus go beyond the administration Meas which includes hospitalize nursing Home Home health visits and outpatient hos Petal diagnostic services but no medical or surgical the top senators program would by financed from Genera Treasury plus control buttons from the states and incl a duals rather than through a payroll Thi Ama plan also would Side step social being financed with Federal and state funds plus individual contributions according to it would be joined to the existing Kerr Mills health care program with the states handling administration rather than the Federal gov the insurance would be written by private Par More Ama president Donovan Ward said this would provide far More for the elderly with none of the attendant evils of unpredictable invasion of medical practice by the Federal bureaucracy or disruption of the private health insurance Indus try by major features of the Republican plan would come from the general plus buttons by the Stales and Inai plans would be offered they would be a Short term diagnostic pack age a Lon term catastrophic ill Ness plan or a private insurance would be limit participants would have o pay an enrolment fee ranging rom 110 to a year based on the Federal government would pay m per cent of stale admin Strat Lve costs and m to m per cent of other depending on a Stales per capita joining with Saltonstall on the Ilan Are Thruston Morton of Hugh Scott of Penn Morris Cotton of new George Alken and Winston both of major features of the Ama proposal citizens would enrol in a health care program through a private for the subsidized program would be determined on the basis of what Ward called a simple income under a Check of the individuals financial status is premiums for individuals with certain incomes would be paid by state and Federal policies would be provided by Blue Cross and Blue shield plans and health insurance com the degree of coverage by Judy Brady Alaska a theres one Bright spot Well be the Only town in the country to have outdoor ice hockey in said an of Delmer with a guess this Frozen North with nonchalance of alaskans toward cold residents Here Are viewing the monthlong stretch of subzero temperatures with More interest than Only twice through december did the alcohol thermometers business has  to it after i Mercury freezes at minus 40 i climb above then Only for wins presidents turned my m see Lyndon Johnsoa on a Campaign visit to she look along her hot the motorcade moved Loo fast for her would vary by Ward to snap a she wrote to explain m her do this would provide experienced Back came an in Hallow to he inauguration m administration with Public and with ii a picture of a smiling Pom said she private funds sharing the plans to accept the photo red Cross charts disaster in editors note four army i from on loan helicopters Are lifting red Cross Frum disaster specialists to isolated we flew from Eureka toward areas in the Northern California the a Lumalu River 70 Miles coastal counties of Del North and their Mission is a House House Survey of the Christma Sweek floods lingering this is the Story of operation As told by red Cross worker Russ who was flown in rom by Russ Jones a what is operation tooth comb its we take a map of hum Boldt and Del none and we Lay out then we Fly Over the Back and and Check out every House we its a census Type o we need to know who needs emergency help in areas where ground traffic cant gel in and Telephone service is we took off from Eureka in a directly above an Ocean Bench littered with uprooted Redwood Trees and there was mud a greyish the Road was u with naps where Bridges used to traffic almost didst cattle huddled in High we flew up the a Lumalu the pilots great concern was to Dodge wires ind cables stretched across the about 10 Miles from the Mouth of the River we saw two so we put the copter Down on the River at the top of a 15foot twisted Trees were piled it looked like a graveyard of at the House a Man with a seen on our minnow said the Bear Hud eaten fond that morning from a Back room in his ii was n Nice will punted and fairly we took off again and flew Over in Lulu settlements of four to 20 houses and some places had no truce of but we could see bathtubs and stoves in the at the Little Lawn of Johnson on the just North of the Llo opa Indian we were met by a group of adults and a few several times temperatures dipped to 60 far weeks at a time the temperature has stayed below minus and in pm Miles South of reports came that sled dogs died when the temperature dropped to 75 in Fairbanks the residents have a joke id go but i cant find the joke is almost Flat the cold traps the usual byproducts of combustion Oil and car exhaust into a dense ice fog that blankets the town and the fog is so thick that tall and head lights an invisible at More than five driving is and for smaller planes that cant take off on is for the Alaska the cold brings other our Oil thickens up like one official if a car sits too Long the wheels refuse to turn and we have to drag it for we Are o p e r a 11 n g source of Pride operating normally at so be Low is a source of Pride to the people few meetings Ore cancelled and school goes on As everyone dons heavy parkas and boots or mukluks Moosehide moccasins lopped with gloves Ullh Long under Wear and heavy children Are instructed not to to keep the cold from damaging their and one frequently feels Cheeks with in unloved hand to be sure they Arent becoming driving becomes a carefully protected at night motorists plug Ihler cars into circulating h e a t e r s to keep the water around the engine Block batteries Are lugged in Burins the Drivers must frequently interrupt their work to bundle up and run their Auto mobiles to prevent a after cars have been sitting awhile the tires Harden and Shat Ter if they bump Loo i Lle Allag costs doubled the cold presents special prob lems in everyday Healing costs almost during december and this win ters freeze broke pipes that stood the cold in less severe All he identified himself As William minnow and said he Center Nelch was flown by to was cleaning he knew All Robert on army Pilot about the fresh Bear tracks we d their Leader was the by u minister at the a not uncommon sight is a open Bible Standard he was uti Ink As a Deputy civil de sense what if it were you they Hud in no no roads a shortwave radio was the outside in a Region naturally housewife taking a bag of dirty dishes to work because the pipes at Home froze and downtown shoppers Cut in rough buildings rather than walk an extra Block in the cold and stores leave their Back doors unlocked for this All in Fol h isolated by and h Ulni the food of the b rights groups urged to shun red help s but the said they were All i right that Only three of the m Lucro the Middle Homes were the cell played in the Sand and bed and three Washington York minister and adviser to the peace corps urges civil rights groups to shun the support of common lots regardless of 1iow desperately they need the James Robinson told the House committee on Una Merican act values Toi lest Many just re eased that he Dis covered firsthand that comm nto Uwe such movements for their own or was ated in the Imos with sons that have been died As he appeared before in settee privately last May to help Clear up the he is pastor emeritus of the presbyterian Church of the master in new York City and is a member of the National advisory Council of he also is the peace director of operation Crossroads which operates a student Exchange program Between the United states and he testified thai he was never a member of the communist party but that he was associated with some movements with communist members m years in those be he believed in supporting communists when they were working Tor things in which he believed civil rights and similar i not questioning Why school Hudnul i would not do ii he resumed after the Vin tors doom Seal in Tel la age and you learn a Good Many other the Clergyman said he Mill believes a person can logically be civilly but ii is the Ohl Luellon of the person who takes this stand purge out of Ihler ranks the kind As we returned from the Dussl san a we Hud no doubt an autopsy revealed that Ern California had endured a real you wonder what you would do if you were in the place of the of people who do not Lake it for the same Good reasons of con science and who try to use ii to another he they cannot hide under the fact that our cause is so Good luvs been talk cd a feeling of of being Cut off they cant even run Down to the grocery their roads arc too badly and Ihler in Many de pends upon logging and our situation is so desperate which arc now sat we will accept anybody on a i but Ihler spirits Are they brotherhood front he know the outside world knows of Isdr plight and will a risky Little Seal at the cites natural science died of Gumro Nolc in her stomach were found three dimes some a pad several empty six a 81 pen Nies and a dog License All apparently thrown her by vile Law professor new up Fowler a Yale Law professor und one of the no Lions top Legal died there after a Long