Medicaid Fraud Costs 1 Billion in NYC program woes
A Manhattan grand jury claims nearly a billion dollars vanished through cheating and sloppiness in New York City Medicaid. Jule M. Sugarman disputes the figure, saying losses cited were under 5 million. The report highlights dishonest providers and mismanaged reimbursements, while suggesting a study on a cheaper clinic system for the poor.
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New York
New York City
Jule M. Sugarman
Human Resources Administration
Manhattan
Sugarman
Social Services and Health
Gumet
Fighting Cock Kills Referee in Philippines Cockpit
In Pagadian City a fighting rooster attacked and killed referee Severini Redulla, 43, slashing his arms and stomach with razor blades on its spurs. Owner Clemerite Saquin was also cut and received immediate first aid before hospitalization. The red Texas variety cock fought a white opponent at the Damalian barrio cockpit, about 450 miles south of Manila.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine News Service
PNS
Pagadian City
Zamboanga del Sur
Severini Redulla
Saquin
Damalian Barrio
Redulla
Garbage Trucks Circle Capitol in Protest Over Landfill Closure
About 20 privately owned garbage trucks circled Capitol Hill for two hours to protest the December 29 order shutting Knickerbocker Landfill in East Whiteland Township for lack of a state permit. The owners say an alternate Montgomery County dump would raise costs while Commonwealth Court weighs a temporary reopening.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
Capitol Hill
Chester County
Montgomery County
Department of Environmental
Knickerbocker
East Whiteland Township
West Conshohocken
Corry UC Men Charged In Series Of Burglaries
Union City man William R. Ingalls 21 faces two burglary counts for the Pine Woods Inn break ins in June and July of last year. Police say two others from the area will be arrested on the same two charges. Be reg involved in beer thefts at Beizer Beer Distributors in Union City. Four men were charged, including Corry resident George E. Coons, 20, now in the navy, William M. Powell, 21, and Clark L. Bacon, 18. A fifth man was released. Police traced the break in from a broken window at 4:40 a.m. to 5 Concord street. Bail for Ingalls set at 5000 dollars. The case continues.
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Corry
Union City
Erie County
Pine Woods Inn
Porter Auer
William R. Ingalls
Gran Street
John Evanko
The
Journal Today
Ingalls
Evanko
Thomas Kaiser
Auer
Bejzer Beer Distributors
George E. Coons
Duane Street
Navy
Ingalls and Coons
Paul Behan
William M. Powell
R.D. 2
Clark L. Bacon
Concord Street
Behan
Norman Hanby
Market Street
Reizer
American Legion
Richard Steadman
Marvin Tubbs
Merlin Proper
Borough
Suspected SP Slayer Also Slain in Multi State Chase
A 19 year old blonde Suspected SP Slayer was captured after a three state manhunt and high speed chase. She waived extradition and was handed to Pennsylvania authorities. Her companion, Irving R. Hogg, 20, was killed along with trooper Ronald L. Carey, 29. Trooper David C. Yarrington, 24, died after gunshot injuries. Authorities say she faces charges for Wednesday robberies and shootings plus motel robberies in Michigan and Ohio.
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Media
Pennsylvania
Marilyn Dobrolewski
Toledo
Maryland
Delaware County
Irving R. Hogg
Delaware
Ronald L. Carey
David C. Yarrington
Wilmington Medical Center
Dobrolewski
Michigan
Ohio
Erie County connections noted in Dobrolenski search
Pennsylvania State Police report the Dobrolenski woman has relatives in Erfe and Lake City and a friend at Edinboro State College who lives in Pairview. The capture came 15 hours after Delaware troopers were shot, about 40 miles away, after a gunfight near an oil tank farm east of Chester. Hogg died at the wheel near Church Hill, Maryland, as police recovered a shotgun, a .45 pistol, and a sawed-off .22 rifle abandoned at the scene.
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Dobrolenski
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Erfe
Lake City
Edinboro State College
Pairview
Hogg
Maryland
Church Hill
U S Steel fires price cut in steel war opens
Pittsburgh AP report says U S Steel cut prices on hot and cold rolled sheet by 5 to 8 per ton and 25 per ton on merchant quality bars, triggering a price war as Inland Steel and Bethlehem Steel move to match or beat the cuts. Industry sources note competing moves and prior Jan hikes of 7.7 percent on sheet products.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
USS. Steel
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Yar
Inland
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel’s
Republic Steel
U.S
Bank Welfare Check Delivery Expands Across Pennsylvania
In a pilot in Philadelphia, welfare checks will be picked up at neighborhood banks to cut replacement checks and fraud. Gov Shapp says elimination saves millions. 9,000 recipients in Ridge District have used the system since Oct. 19 with 92 thousand dollars saved since then.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Shapp
Welfare Department
Helene Wohlgemuth
Ridge District
Wohlgemuth
Allegheny County
Ridge
Harold E. Kohn
Israel Packer
Cohn
Ohn
Hill Seeks Raises Above 5.5 Percent U S Limit
Erie County Commissioner William C. Hill Jr proposes salary hikes for county officials beyond the 5.5 percent presidential freeze. The plan lists first assistant Bernard Siegel at 12,615 a 4903 raise, others up 2307 to 3086, plus four percent cost of living raises for remaining staff. Hill wants the new scale included in the total budget before approval.
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Erie
William C. Hill Jr
Hill
Commission
Sip Hending
Bernard Siegel
Robert Chase
Alois Ibiewiewski
Frank Kroto
Charles Agresti
Joseph Messina
Armand Chimenti
Christopher Capotis
Chester Bukowski
Peter Russo
Appointed Elgin Officials Defy Court Ouster Order
Two Elgin Borough appointive supervisors Richard Burrows and Earl Ruffner refused to step down after a court order. They participated in a regular council meeting and backed a motion, actions invalid under the ruling. A petition by 88 electors triggered the removal, with a hearing scheduled before Erie County Judge Edward Carney, attorney Eugene Brew to represent recall supporters, while borough solicitor William Peiffer did not attend prior hearings.
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Elgin Borough
Richard Burrows
Earl Ruffner
William A. Pratt
Ruffner
Burrows
Elgin
Lastight
Erie County
Edward Carney
Pfadt
Carney
Eugene Brew
Erie
Brew
William Peiffer
Youth Injured In Area Crash
AF Findley Lake youth Richard M. Andrews, 17, admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after a one car crash on a rural road near French Creek. He was eastbound when forced onto the berm by a westbound vehicle in the wrong lane, left the road, and plunged into a ditch.
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Findley Lake
Corry Memorial Hospital
French Creek
Richard M. Andrews
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department
Andrews
Berm
Ralph Alford
B.D. 4
Union City
Johnstown Names New Police Chief
Melvin Causer, 53, a veteran detective and former captain, is named police chief of Johnstown, replacing Sam Coco who resigned amid a City Hall scandal over a cable TV contract. He was appointed by new Mayor Herbert Pfuhl after a political shakeup.
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Johnstown, Pa
Melvin Causer
Sam Coco
Causer
Herbert Pfuhl
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Chester
AUS. Steel
Johnstown
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