Medicine's malpractice crisis reshapes California care
An editorial warns the medical malpractice crisis will permanently alter California medicine. Costs rise as insurance and doctor fees increase, driving patients to pay more and doctors to relocate or leave practice. It notes declines in trust, reduced new physicians, and calls for reform to avoid lasting harm.
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Los Angeles Times
Southern
Holger Rasmussen
Fremont
California Academy of Family Practice
Assembly
Leo McCarthy
Rasmussen
Bay Area
James Kilpatrick on happiness in America in 1976
Kilpatrick reflects on Carol Thomas’s worry that Americans are unhappy and contrasts it with historical progress. He argues happiness is relative, cites high school graduation gains, press freedom, and broad freedoms, and contends many societies would trade conditions for ours. He warns against excessive self-criticism and urges gratitude for American gains.
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Tony
Shad
Carl Thomas
Carul Thomas
New Hampshire Primaries Shape Ford Reagan Clash in 1968
The piece outlines how Lyndon Johnson carried New Hampshire with about 49.5 percent to Eugene McCarthy 42.4 percent, foreshadowing Ford’s weaker performance and Reagan’s challenge. It notes Reagan’s difficulties with the anti insult commandment style and attacks from Ford allies, pressing Reagan to secure victories beyond New Hampshire amid a fragile campaign posture.
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Keaie House
Lyndon Johnson
New Hampshire
Eugene McCarthy
Mike
Johns
Piers
Ronald Reagan
Johnson
Samaras
McCarthy
Reagan
New Egan
Jane Fine
Preida
Tlinois
Cuban forces in Africa linked to Soviet support says O Leary
Jeremiah O Leary reports Cuban troops in Somalia Tasmania and other African nations aid the Soviet Union's imperial aims. He claims many Cuban military personnel are deployed abroad while advisers and technicians back continental factions, urging continued economic and cultural disengagement from Cuba.
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Star
Latin America
Jeremiah O'Leary
O'Leary
Africa
Tasmania
Republic
Somalia
Alcona
Soviet Union
Donald Rumsfeld
Trex
Defense
Soviet Military Strength Outstrips U S Threatens Free World
The article reports broad concern over Soviet military superiority surpassing U S forces. It cites Defense leaders and Congress critics, noting rising Soviet budgets, manpower, and NATO warnings. Thatcher and Haig are quoted on strategic threat and expanding Soviet naval and air power.
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Niler Sara Y Et Clei
NATO
Margaret Thatcher
Russia
Britain
Kremlin
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