Five-Year Bridge Cheating Dispute Settled Out of Court
The American Contract Bridge League and former members Dr. Richard Katz and Larry Cohen settled a lengthy civil suit in Los Angeles without guilt admissions. Katz and Cohen are readmitted as full members but cannot partner for two years. the league’s insurer will pay $75,000 to cover legal costs. The agreement leaves unclear whether improprieties occurred at the 1977 Houston trials.
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New York Times Service
Los Angeles
American Contract Bridge League
Richard Katz
Larry Cohen
Houston
Katz
Cohen
League
Robert Kelly Jr
Albert Krieger
Cohen-Katz
Hatch charges pension fund abuses in Las Vegas case
Senate hearings opened on Labor Department enforcement of pension laws with Sen. Orrin Hatch accusing Morris Shenker of illegally borrowing millions from his employees pension fund. Hatch urged an immediate audit of the Ohio Carpenters Health and Welfare Plan, while Shenker disputed the charges citing ill health.
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Washington
Morris Shenker
Dunes
Las Vegas
Senate Labor Committee
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Labor Department
Vietuers
Hatch
Shenker
Nevada
Culinary Workers and Bartenders Pension Fund
Associated Press
Ohio Carpenters Health and Welfare Plan
Jeffrey Clayton
Pension
Ohio
Inspector general claims U S overcharged for kidney dialysis
Medicare's kidney dialysis program was overcharged by hospitals and clinics, with Monroe Community Hospital in Rochester cited as overpaid one million dollars over five years. The inspector general criticized proposed new rates as too generous for some profit clinics and noted duplicate billing and no-show issues. The Medicare program now pays 1.8 billion for 72,000 kidney patients, with 59,200 on dialysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Medicare
Department of Health and Human Services
Inspector General
Richard Kusserow
Department
Kusserow
House
Government Operations Subcommittee On Human Resources
Monroe Community Hospital
Rochester
N.Y
U.S
Elaine Dalconzo-Grove
L.H. Fountain
D-N.c
Subcommittee
Congress
Raymond J. McGrath
R-N.y
Fountain
HCFA
Cedar Rapids City and School Meetings and University Events
The city council and multiple advisory committees convene across Cedar Rapids locations from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. discussing cable franchise sewer bonding mayor term lengths and library program status while University of Iowa concerts and theater readings occur in the evening. Campus events include the University Sinfonietta at Clapp Recital Hall and theater productions at Old Armory and Hardacre theaters with ticket pricing noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Library Board
University Sinfonietta
Clapp Recital Hall
University of Iowa
University Theater
Old Armory Theater
Hardacre
Tipton
Weekend Forecast Warmth Grows Into Sunday
Extended forecast Friday through Sunday shows little or no rain. Temperatures rise from highs in the 30s to low 40s and Saturday in the 40s, with nightly lows in the teens and 20s. National extremes note a low of 3 degrees at Warroad Minnesota and a high of 88 at Thermal California.
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Warroad
Minn
Thermal
Calif
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Omaha
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Coralville Lake
Pee
Cedar River
C.reben
Lansing
Dam
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Peewee Ewe
Record Warmth Ranges Widest Across Central States
Degrees days tied or broken from the central Gulf Coast to southern Missouri and Kentucky while the upper Midwest faces more snow. Record highs include Fort Smith Arkansas 81 Little Rock 82 Louisville 75 Memphis 78 Nashville 82 Springfield Missouri 79 Tulsa 81 Wichita Falls 85. Winds gusted over 55 mph at Lander Wyoming and Casper. The forecast calls for rain on the Pacific coast snow in Minnesota and the upper Great Lakes with widespread cloud cover from New England to the inland Southwest.
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Gulf Coast
Missouri
Kentucky
Upper Midwest
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Fort Smith
Ark
Little Rock
Louisville
Memphis
Lander
Wyo
Casper
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Mississippi Valley
Southwest
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CCA
Murphy Salesman’s Rooms
Sheraton
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Weather Report
C.R
Anchorage
L.A
Ewes
Atlanta
pAiami
Ose Mols
Boston
Nashville
Denver
N.orleans
Duluth
New York
Anne Sone Phoenix
Houston Honolulu
Seattle
Washgunn
National
Eee
Ane
Los Ange
New Orleans
Ram
Tami
isHowens
UPI
Cedar Falls
Davenport Eeey
Ames
Atlantic Cone
Storm Lake
Nace
Asbury
Dubuque
Furt
Nastar
Thorp
ITT
Thorp Credit Inc
Center Point Road
N.E. P.O
Iowa
Tim Grimm
Mgr
Edgewood Road
N. W
Financial Thorp Services
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