HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thurmdcrr, Januorf 1 I96
Medicare Patients
To Pay First $44
Of Hospital Bills
Bcuinnlna in January, an old
it iTH(in who bcm'h to the hog.
liitnl under Medicare will te re
Hionsihle lor Ihe first $44.00 of
his hospital bill, Vern Wi'lo, o.
cliil seeuritv district mannRcr,
Mild. The S-l.Of) Increase tfrum
the pres -lit 10.00 deductible) re.
suits from a provision in the law
requiring on annual review of
the deductible amount.
The law specifies that If the
annual review shows that hos
pital roMs have rhunged slRnif
leant ly. the? hospital deductible
amount must be adjusted for
the following year. Necessary
ch;ine,cs are to be made In J-I.Ul
slips 10 avoid snuill annual
rhaniM's.
Following the formula In the
1'iw, and flurln( the ratio of
inpatient hospital costs under
Medicare In 19ii6 with those in
1!.:7. the deductible amount for
1 i'.fi'J worked out to $-15.36.
Hounded to the nearest multi
ple of $1.00. this will make the
deductible $1-1.00 for 19t'9.
The chanuc also applies to
the dollar amounts a Medicare!
beneficiary pays toward a hos
pital stay of more than GO days,
or a posthospital extended care
Slav of more than 20 days.
These amounts therefore will
also increase by 10 percent, ef
fective January 1 to $11.00 a
d.iv for the Gist through the
90th day of a hospital stay; to
$5.50 for the 201 h to the 100th
day of a stay in a posthospital
extended care facility; and to
$22.00 a day for each day of
the lifetime reserve of 60 days.
This applies only to the hospi
tal insurance part of medicare
and does not affect the finan
cine of the supplementary med
ical insurance the voluntary
program which covers doctor
bills and a wide variety of oth
er medical services.
Mrs. Claude (Happy) Graham
flew to Kugcne from Pendleton
Saturday to spend a few days
with her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Da
mon. Mr. Graham took her to
Pendleton early Saturday to
catch the plane, allowing two
hours, but because of bad
weather, barely made it in
time. Mrs. Graham and the Da
mons are planning to attend a
wedding in Lake Oswego Sat
urday if weather permits.
Market for Beef
In Japan Eyed
There in a considerable mar.
ket for Oregon and western beef
to le developed In Japan, but it
is going to take considerable
time anil effort on the part of
:he western beef industry. Kred
Phillips of Keating, declared on
return from a two-week Orcg n
Trade Mission to the Kar Ku
First vice-president of the
Oregon Cattlemen's Association.
Phillips told a press conferein
at the Portland office of Ihe
Oregon Cattlemen's Association
in l!ie Impcriul Hotel that he
is moving Immediately to see!;
ori'iiniz.-itiiin of a new hi-cf p"
motion group to work in J.ip !!
on the promotion oi wcsicn.
beef.
Phillips said when the Amer-1
lean National Cattlemen's As
social ion meets in Honolulu ;n
January, he will seek to set up
the permanent organization, in
viting the fiiipimri of a number
of westen stales to Join in fl
nancing the market promotion
and development effort.
A member of the 32-man trade
mission led by Governor Tom
MeCall which visited Tokyo.
Osaka and Kobe, Japan; Seoul.
Korea and Taipei, Taiwan dur
ini? the last two weeks of No
vember. Phillips said he found
ample Interest, particularly in
Japan, for the importation of
high quality western beef.
Leaders In the Japanese beef
Industry and In the Japanese
government expect a substan
tial increase in the beef lmport
quotas In 1M!) and 1!)70. He al
so reported that representatives
of the 15 trading companies cur
rently licensed to import beef in
to Japan all expressed consider
able interest in the prospect-;
of importing U. S. prime and
choice grade beef from Oregon
and other western states.
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HOSPITAL NEWS
Pa icnts admitted to Pioneer
Mcmoriul hospiial during the
ia-1 week, and titlll reeeivlna
medical care, are the following:
Miia Martin, Fossil; William
Springer, Pilot liuck; Kosalie
loe. Heppner; Fdmi llutchens,
Heppner; Flovd llutchens, Hepp
ner; Hugh Jones, Condon, and
r.velyn Farrens, Heppner.
Those dismissed, alter receiv
ing medical care, were Henry
Marick, lone; Delbert Kmert,
lone, and Desmond Robi.-on,
'pray.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill and
on, Invton, of Coos Bay are
enfoving tlielr annual Christmas
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. lorn Harris. Also here at
the end of the week were the
Hills' son-in-law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Williams cc
Coos Uav. and children, Joclvn
and Andrea. The Hills will ex
tend their visit past the New
Year's holiday, while he Is rn
vacation from his work with thei
state apprenticeship program.
VUltlng with Mr. and Mr.
Ken Kvans at their home in the
Adams area Tuesday through
Thursday of last week were Ev
ans' pu rents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Fvans and daughter, Chris, of
Ileppner. Traveling to the Ev
ans home to enly Christmas
Day were her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James linger, and her
grandmother, Mis. F.mma lit-ger.
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SHERIFF C. J. D. BAUMAN (center) was honored with presentations at the Chamber of Com.
merce meeting Monday just prior to his retirement from the sheriit s office on January 6. Mrs.
Ed Hunt presented him with a portrait that she painted, and Wes Sherman, Chamber president
presented him with a plaque on behalf ol the organisation.
Ma. and Mrs. John Brlst-w
and family, from Greenville,
Texas, returned on Monday to
their home following a ten-day
visit with relatives in the area,
while staying at the home of
his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie McCahc an. I
family. Other guests at the Mo-
Cabe home on Christmas Day
were her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Bristow, and her brother,
Don Bristow, all of lone, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Bristow and fam
ily from Tillamook, and the
McCabe's daughter, Pam, home
from attending business school
in Portland.
sons
Mr. and Hr- Jack Woii ail
fr: Vanrierhoot. eanaaa
u r,- rccei-t i-dios at the It mt
,f Mr. on I Mrs. Curtis Culp and
famJlv prior to the Christmas
holidays. On Tuesday. Decern
her 21. the Culp family travel
ed to Redmond to spend time
U'Hini! her sister, before tray-
in,, in A'banv to make a
rhii..tm;is visit at the home of
her grandparents, Mr. and Mr,
Miii-tin Snrensen. Last Thursday
the f.imilv vi-iteel at her moth
er's h:;nv In Portland.
Mr. aid Mrs. Nels Anderson,
k.i nnil Kii-kv. formerly of llepp
ner and now residents of Dal
las, have been spending Christ-
mas week with friends and rel
at Ives in the area. They have
teen nirsts of their son and
rl.niM'htcr-in law. Mr. and Mrs
Jerry Anderson and family, and
with the George Luciani and
Charles Bloodsworth families.
Anderson is a county agent on
the staff of the Polk County Ex
tension office.
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson
and two children from Albany
were visitors during the Christ
mas holidays at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Bloodsworth and family.
We Join You In Hoping For
. Mr. end Mrs. Bob Partoni
and family arrived December 24
to spend Chrisimas live with Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Connor and fain
ily at their home. On Cliristma
Day, they gathered with olhr
family members for dinner at
ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Jensen. The Pursons family al
j-o visited tor a short time on
Christmas at the home of his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. George Steagall before
returning to their home in Ben
verton.
My Neighbors
"What would you suggest
for a husband who gave his
wife a vacuum cleaner last
Christmas... ?"
(G-T Photo).
Sheriff Bauman
Honored Monday
For Long Service
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called some humorous incident
of his own.
Among those who had plan
ned to attend the meeting but
were forced to cancel because
of weather conditions were Shr
iff Harry Marlowe of Lane
coun'y, president of the Oregon
Sheriffs association; Sheriff Ru
port L. Gillmouthe of Hood Riv
er county; Bert Lindsay, Paul
liettiol and Karel Hyer, Salem,
of tile Bureau of PoPce Stand-
n:ls and Training; Sheriff Key
Johnson of Umatilla county,
who called during the meeting
to say that he is ill with the
flu; and others.
Among local guests at the
meeting who came to honor
Sheriff Bauman were Sheriff -elect
John Mollahan, Deputy
Dean Gilman, and Heppner
Chief of Police Glen Kolkhorst.
Those from outside Morrow
county said that they would
either come at another appro
priate time when weather is bet
ter or send their tokens of rec
ognition to the sheriff.
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May our crops grow
better and our fortunes
rise in 1969!
We extend our heartiest
'Thank you' to all for
their support and cooper
ation during 1968 and
wish for all a truly 'Bang
Up' New Year.
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