PostBy: franco b On: Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:12 pm  Ike was just
elected and there was hope the Korean war would end with the
election of a no nonsense General.  It certainly was a different
world and country then and when I ran across this little tidbit
it brought home one of the differences. It's from Russell Bakers
book "The Good Times". He is 27 and has learned his wife is
pregnant and is worried how he will pay the expense on his $70
weekly salary.  "The doctor alone wanted $100 for delivering the
baby. What's more, the hospital wanted $50 deposit right away.
Whether this would pay all hospital costs seemed doubtful as I
scanned its prices: $3 a day for the nursery, $15 for the
delivery room, $9.50 a day for a private room. Mimi agreed to
settle for a semiprivate room at $7 a day."  Seems to put the
progress we have made into perspective.  Russell Baker won a
Pulitzer Prize for his book "Growing Up" which I read years ago
and enjoyed very much. This book is a sequel.  Another quote of
his which I like very mu