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Show National Public Health Hearing Day long public hearings on the National Health Insurance In-surance issue will be conducted con-ducted by Federal officials October 20, 1977, in Salt Lake City, and in Richfield, Utah October 21, 1977. The meetings, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health, Education , and Welfare, are part of a series of public hearings to be held during October in each of the six states comprising Region VIII. The regional .public hearings are in conjunction with a nationwide outreach project to solicit public comment as an aid to the Administration in drafting a National Health Insurance proposal, which is expected to be submitted to the congress early next year, Edwin R. LaPedis, HEW Acting Principal Regional Official, said. In Salt Lake City, the hearing will be held in Bonneville Room No. 2 in the Hotel Utah, South Temple and Main. The richfield hearing site will be in District Court Room 115 in the Sevier County Courthouse, 250 North Main Street. Both meetings will begin at 9:00 a.m. Verbal or written testimony is acceptable. Those desiring to schedule definite times to present testimony should contact Marvin Mortimeyer, District Manager, Social Security District Office, 461 South 4th Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84404, telephone 801-524-5300, for the Salt Lake City meeting; Don Donald son, District Manager, Social Security ' District Office, 173 East 100 North, Provo, Utah 84601, telephone (801) 377-5650. for the Richfield hearing or the nearest Social Security office, LaPedis said. Unscheduled testimony also will be accepted. ac-cepted. The number of participants par-ticipants may limit verbal presentations to 10 minutes; however, there is no limit on length of written testimony. Additional information also is available by contacting the NEW Regional Public Affairs Office in Denver, telephone (303) 837-2694. |