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Lackner Plans Medi Cal Drug-Buying Shakeup
Editorials question Dr. Jerome Lackner’s plan to cut Medi Cal costs by letting the state buy drugs wholesale and contract them to pharmacists. They warn the bureaucracy’s track record and note the prior approval rule for doctors writing Medi Cal prescriptions may be eased or dropped.
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Jerome Lackner
Tory
Lackner
Reagan
Alioto Pushes Compulsory Arbitration for Public Workers
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto calls for firing public employees who strike after exhausting arbitration avenues. He cites Oakland’s charter model where compulsory arbitration cost the city millions and boosted Fire Department payrolls by 30 percent. The piece argues budget and policy decisions belong to elected officials, not outside arbitrators, and urges upholding laws that prohibit public employee strikes.
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San Francisco
Joseph Aliota
Joe
Alco
Alioto
Schoo District
Oakland
California Journal
Oakland Fire Department
People People
California
Blackwall
The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution
Irving Kristal of New York University argues that the American political tradition rests on a proposition and a premise. The proposition supports mild government. The premise requires a bedrock of focal self government achieved by a people guided by religion education and daily experience capable of local self governance in small matters.
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Irving Kristal
New York University
CIA chief Colby admits cover up after Watergate scandal
Director Colby acknowledges the CIA concealed some misdeeds following the Watergate era including destruction of records. The disclosure reflects deeper concerns about undercover agency activities once kept hidden from the public.
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Dirretor
Colby
Corr
Growth industry rants against welfare clash with strawberry pickers
Paul Harvey rails against government as he attacks social reform and welfare in a tirade. He cites Glen Ernst near Farina and St Anthony's Sisters picking fruit, and argues poverty programs create demand for the poor. He mocks social workers, compares U S policy to a socialist Britain, and claims poverty pays tax revenue.
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Farina
Glen Ernst
It Wasn’t the Principle It Was the Burglary
Jim Fiebig narrates a burglary at 6 am last Saturday when a rock shattered his kitchen window and a thief took his wallet. He laments the loss of twenty six dollars and lists the hassle of replacing cards and license while amusingly critiquing vigilante ideas and his cat’s daring. He jokes about improving at burglary.
Selective indignation as Carey Sparkman linked to oil scheme
The Washington press notes a possible Watergate like scandal involving Gov Carey and Sen Sparkman amid oil deals blamed on DEA1 and Bart Chamberlain. Investigations showed refined crude moving to the United States for profits while prices and regulations were evaded.
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Orden
Carey
Sparkman Tee
United States
Saiper
Jain
Vega
Disarmament and History Across Nations and Time
The article surveys disarmament arcs from Czar Nicholas II’s 1899 Hague call to modern NATO and Warsaw Pact talks. It contrasts Russia’s weak industry and reluctance with Western powers, noting U.S. and Soviet incentives, and argues global arms control shapes policy, pace, and future balance.
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United States
Russia
Nicholas II
Hague
Barbara Tuch- Tan
Europe
Krupp
Skoda
Vickers
Nicholas
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Vierioa
MBPR
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St. Petersburg
England
Kaiser Wilhelm I
France
Alsace
Lorraine
McKinley
America
Japan
Soviet Union
Willy Nilly
Heavy partisan fog lifts over New Hampshire senate dispute
Washington analysis blames heavy handed partisan politics for the New Hampshire senatorial fight between Louis Wyman and John Durkin. Both sides accused of bias as the Senate wrestles with whether to order a new election. Funding and retroactive pay implications loom for legislators.
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UPI
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Louis Wyman
John Durkin
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Durkin
Salemate
GOP
Watergate
Wyma
Wimer
Congress
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