Antitrust Suit Hits South Carolina Health Care Association
The Justice Department charges the South Carolina Health Care Association Inc. with conspiring to restrain competition and raise Medicaid nursing home payments. The suit, filed Monday in Columbia, alleges the group as bargaining agent blocked contracts unless all members agreed, cutting competition for Medicaid reimbursements.
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South Carolina Health Care Association Inc
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Heavy Door Saves Woman in Apartment Shooting
Virgil Latham shot through a heavy door when he heard intruder noises and saw shadows. The bullet narrowly missed killing landlady Irma C. Jackson, 78, who was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after surgery for a .36 caliber slug.
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Latham
Psychiatrist Gale and Wife Sued Over Alleged Home Burglary Fraud
First of Georgia Insurance Co. sues psychiatrist Ian S. Gale and his wife in federal court claiming they fraudulently claimed a $10,000 loss in a 1975 robbery at their Columbia home. Gale is jailed on housbreaking and grand larceny charges. trial date not set. The wife faces no charges.
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Flea Market Owners Challenge Sunday Sales Laws
In Anderson, D C Bryson and Richard McClellion defend their Sunday conduct at the Anderson Jockey Lot, claiming only lessees sell prohibited items. Sheriff Cooley seeks a civil order banning Sunday sales of furniture shoes and jewelry, with Judge Cox weighing codefendant inclusion and lease conduct as key issues.
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Larry Kuhn
Larry
Melvin Bannister
Melvin
Anderson County
E.E. Cooley
Walter Cox
G. Ross Anderson Jr
Jockey Lot
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Kuhn
Bryson
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Four Bound Over In Shooting Death Of Swansea Police Chief
Four Swansea residents Lizzie Field 31 George A FurTick 21 Raymond Smith 25 and Eddie L Wannamaker 22 were bound over for grand jury action in the June 7 shooting death of Swansea Assistant Police Chief David L McIver 49. Magistrate James Ward denied defense claims and set no bond. Assistant Solicitor Sidney Riggs said the grand jury will not hear the case before October. McIver was killed after stopping a car for speeding near Swansea. The four were arrested the day after the shooting.
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Eddie L. Wannamaker
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