Health department moves to regulate hospital labs for Medicare
The Department of Health and Human Services drafted a rule to require hospital and independent labs to improve clinical test accuracy or face losing Medicare and Medicaid funding. The proposal would cover pap smears blood tests and urinalysis for drug use, but excludes doctor’s office labs drawing fire from Rep. Wyden who says many tests occur in such settings with little accountability.
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House Commerce Committee
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Meese denies offering job to Wallach amid probe
Washington Attorney General Edwin Meese III rejected a deputy’s claim that he offered his close friend Robert Wallach a Justice Department job while Wallach faced a criminal investigation. Meese, resigning soon, urged contempt for any leak of a special prosecutor’s report, even if Wallach leaked it. The Times cited parts of the report raising ethics questions about the offer.
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Edwin Meese III
Robert Wallach
Justice Department
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Wallach
New York Times
Dukakis attacks Bush on health fees tax question
Dukakis in Denver urged Bush to tell the truth about fee plans for health coverage, saying it equals a tax increase. Bush campaigned from Kennebunkport and sought Lithuanian backing at a festival while denying the charge.
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Six Die As Small-Plane Crashes North Of Tokyo In Fog
A single engine Cessna crashed on a mountainside north of Tokyo in dense fog, killing all six aboard including two children. Police identified the victims as pilot Kazunori Fujita, 37, Satoshi Tanaka, 40, Tanaka’s daughters Junko, 8, and Yuko, 7, Kazuo Satake, 37, and Yutaka Matsubara, 42. The crash occurred Sunday afternoon while en route from Oshima Island to a Saitama airport. cause under investigation.
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Kazunori Fujita
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Reagan to announce compensation for Iran Air 655 victims
U S officials say the Reagan administration will approve ex gratia payments to families of the 290 civilians aboard Iran Air flight 655, with possible aid channeled through the Red Cross or Red Crescent. Officials frame the move as humanitarian, not an admission of fault, while urging Iran to accept responsibility. Vernon Walters predicts Iran will bring the matter to the Security Council this week.
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Slow results muddle election in Mexico
In Mexico City two men claimed victory and a third led the race as officials delayed full results. The PRI touted Carlos Salinas de Gortari as winner while Cuauhtemoc Cardenas and Manuel J. Clouthier reported leads from their own counts. Voters in 31 states and the Federal District elected a 500-seat chamber and 64 senators.
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Khmer Rouge agrees to dissolve amid Cambodia peace push
In Bangkok the Khmer Rouge reportedly agrees to dissolve as part of a settlement to end Cambodia's war. Prince Norodom Sihanouk says Khieu Samphan told him the group would dissolve and join a coalition with Hun Sen's government and Son Sann's Khmer People’s National Liberation Front after a Vietnamese troop withdrawal.
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Wheelchair resident charged in rest home murder
In Los Angeles a 47 year old man in a wheelchair fatally stabbed his 86 year old roommate with a pocketknife after a dispute over lighting at Golden Manor Rest Home. Vern Porter was booked for murder in the death of Joseph McMamamin following the Saturday argument.
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Golden Manor Rest Home
Joseph McMamamin
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Hyman Ingber
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McMamamin
Israeli troops kill 17 year old in refugee camp stir
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 17 year old Palestinian in a refugee camp. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin vowed to meet violence with violence to crush the uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A general strike paralyzed the lands for a second day as workers stayed home marking the eighth month of the uprising amid 218 Arabs and four Israelis dead.
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Gaza Strip
Four-nation talks in New York on Cuban troop pullout
U S officials from the United States South Africa Angola and Cuba meet in New York to seek principles for Cuba to withdraw troops from Angola and to advance black majority rule in Namibia. The third in a series aims to end stagnation with some hopeful signs a settlement may be near.
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New York Cockroach Is Nation's Longest Champ
The 2-inch American cockroach submitted by Antonio Gonzalez of New York City won first in Philadelphia at the Great American Road-Off. The event featured a road triathlon and drew over 2,000 entries, with a DOA qualification rule and COD submissions.
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