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■ ■ ■ mmmsm | zsmmgm ^ ^ s ^ v> ^ ^^^ Jobless workers troubled car buyers save 3 iM, , . . . THE BATTALION Page 11 Insurance clauses cause loss egret! •om| he mat cats. Reveitt noldeif plasti ill bttj iriesa es art- r motor- tdOhor- 15 n4 say da m sharp withoa :k$ ■ms i has Itl :ensi(itti headed I of tkl ientSta-1 ' of thtl teseardl stem Itl latfomsl ?s. elf ofil and gar I ry eip-l ssissippil ofsedt-f lere the! lo. it andii it never •eight ol I noted] n places | [Jy wait 1 e or on- uiveririj rk an ol uck the )0 miles platform gatioos ras (lire, n alone, t move | diaper I NEW YORK (AP) — Many |thousands of jobless workers al ready have lost or soon will lose their protection against medical ex penses because of termination dauses in their health insurance contracts. Although some large national Blue Cross plans, such as in the steel, automotive, telephone and oil industries, continue protection from four months to a year, the ma jority of plans protect the jobless worker for only 30 days. The situation, which has gone re latively unnoticed, could cause se vere personal hardship for the families of the unemployed as well as for many financially strained hos pitals. Already, said Alex McMahon, president of the American Hospital Association, medical institutions are preparing.“get sick now, pay later” plans. Some hospitals will be badly pinched, he said. The problem is worsened by the tendency of individuals to get sick more often during times of reces sion and unemployment, according to a study made by Blue Cross. McMahon said the hospital in dustry as a whole could meet the challenge, but said many institu tions will have to borrow, postpone improvements, and reduce re search and community activities. There could be some deteriora tion in the quality of care, he said. We already have told hospitals to be very careful about committing their money,” McMahon said. “We can’t manufacture it. While ine quitable, he said some hospitals might have to raise charges for pa tients able to pay. The failure to protect laid-off Tom McCall speaker for MSC presentation workers during a time of financial stress seems to be a serious over sight on the part of unions, legis lators and insurance officials, al though most proposals for a national health insurance program contain remedies. At the moment, however, three alternatives are open to the worker threatened with loss of hospital and medical insurance: 1. He or she can convert from company group cover age to nongrouP individual cover age. A Blue Cross study of 74 Blue Cross plans showed 38 ofter a laid- ofF worker a conversion policy with the same benefits. In 36 plans the workers obtain less comprehensive coverage. 2. The jobless worker can apply for medicaid. Eligibility varies from state to state, as do benefits. 3. If unable to qualify either for insurance or medicaid, a jobless worker and his family can use the emergency rooms, clinics and out patient departments of voluntary and municipal hospitals. AUSTIN (AP) — New car buyers in Texas can deduct both the amount of the factory rebate and any trade-in allowance from the total sales price for tax purposes, state Comptroller Bob Bullock said Wednesday. Bullock announced the proce dure for figuring the four per cent motor vehicle sales tax in a letter to county tax assessors-collectors. Meanwhile, new car purchasers financing their automobiles through the federal credit union at Berg strom Air Force Base near here dis covered even more good news. Howard Warren, head of the cre dit union, said Tuesday he had ar ranged specially discounted financ ing terms to coincide with the price rebates being offered by some car manufacturers. Warren said the new terms would offer savings of $100 or more a deal. One retired Air Force officer, who had just learned the new financing rates were going to save him almost $500, said, “It sure was nice to have some good news for a change.” Maj. James Pettesch said the model he purchased was not co vered by a rebate. “I just needed a new car," Pet tesch said. “Now I have my own rebate anyhow and I feel like America is being reborn.” Warren said, “If other money- lending organizations went along with the idea, it would be a great stimulus to the economy. “The people who have come in to borrow money have been real sur prised and happy when they found out we were going to help them save even more money on their cars, ” he said. One of the happy ones was Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, a civilian emp loyee on the base, who said she de cided to buy her new car because the price was right. “When the credit union called to say my loan had not only been ap proved but at a lower rate, I just couldn’t believe it, Mrs. Graham said. “The only person who was hap pier than me was my husband,” she added. !V_/CXA,3 - WDOMCaPrtX JANUARY 30, 1975 AGGIES . . . DON'T DELAY! Order Your Boots Now For Future Delivery - Small Payment Will Do YOUR BOOTS MADE TO ORDER Convenient Lay-A-Way Plan ONLY $100.00 A PAIR We Also Have Spurs & Chains Economy Shoe Repair & Boot Co. 109 E. Commerce San Antonio, Texas 78205 — CA 3-0047 NOTICE Students—Faculty— Staff—Former Students Memorial Student Center Guest Rooms, located in the Memorial Student Center on campus, is now open. For reservations call 845-4253 Former Oregon Gov. Tom McCall, recognized for conserva tion and environmental protection work, will appear on the A&M cam pus under the sponsorship of Politi cal Forum. McCall has been honored with the Sierra Club’s 1974 ‘Disting uished Achievement Award” and was named “Conservationist of the Year by the three-million-member National Wildlife Federation. He recommended the nation’s first “bottle bill and measures for protection of Oregon beaches from commercial and residential de velopment to statewide land use planning. The McCall presentation will be in the second floor lecture hall com plex of the MSC beginning at 8 p. m. Admission is 25 cents for students, $1 for non-students. McCall became Oregon’s 30th governor in 1966 by the largest vote ever cast for a chief executive there. He was re-elected in 1970. A former Idaho and Oregon newspaperman, McCall graduated from the University of Oregon in 1936. After a Navy tour as an en listed correspondent, McCall was executive assistant to the late Gov. Douglas McKay. Cosmonauts visit Cape preparing for joint flight WASHINGTON (AP) — Soviet cosmonauts preparing for a joint U S.-Russian space mission in July t will pay their first visit to Cape How to make friends and influence ^ history. (JomUs.) 3 ^ •- i- V) 3 C !l £ ° a .c <*> E a 3 O ^ FT 03 n 3 O c/3 O CL« 0 <£. !! & “ CD r-t* CD o < CD zy 'K 3 <*> How’s This 9 for t A Young Man with A Future? cr ct) s; zr o p S' a> 9 rt* c ft) SUNDAY 10:45 a. m. and 6 p. m. 315 X. Main — 846-6687 3 Hubert Beck, Pastor Canaveral, Fla., next week to in spect U. S. launch facilities. Nine cosmonauts and 18 Russian space officials and technicians will be joined by 10 American astronauts for the Feb. 8-10 session. The group then flies to Houston’s Johnson Space Center for three weeks of training. The Florida visit won’t be all work. Astronauts and cosmonauts will tour Disney World near Or lando on Feb. 9. The group includes the prime crews for the joint mission in which Apollo and Soyuz spaceships will link up in earth orbit. They are cos monauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov and astronauts Thomas Stafford, Donald Slayton and Vance Brand. The others are backup and support crews. Highlight of the Cape Canaveral visit will be the cosmonauts’ inspec tion of the Apollo ship to be used in the flight. They will familiarize themselves with the cabin so there won’t be any surprises when they climb aboard 140 miles above the earth on July 17. The astronauts will view the Soyuz vehicle in May at the Soviet cosmodrome at Baikonur. It will be the first time Americans have been permitted to visit this super-secret launch site in central Russia. Russian citizens have visited the Cape in the past but none has been connected with the space program. They included a group of 12 young political leaders, a major general on a tour with military attaches, and a' newsman and poet Yevgenyi Yev tushenko, both of whom witnessed the Apollo 17 launching to the moon. In Houston, the cosmonauts will join about 60 Russian experts who are divided into five working groups to perfect plans for the mission with American counterparts. These working groups will as semble again in Moscow in mid- May for a final major planning ses sion. The flight is to start July 15 with the launching of the Soyuz from Baikonur and is to be followed 7Vi hours later by the Apollo liftoff from Cape Canaveral. After two days of maneuvers, the ships are to hook, up. During two days of lineup, the crews will transfer back and forth and will conduct experiments. CASA CHAPULTEPEC OWNER — MR. AND MRS. CATARINO REYNA OPEN 11 A.M. TO 10 P.M. 1315 COLLEGE AVENUE SPECIALS GOOD TUES., WED. & THURS. 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