Stop the bleeding as malpractice costs soar in Pennsylvania
In our opinion the Malpractice Insurance Act did not cut premiums. Insurance carriers seek steep increases from 70 to 190 percent, while doctors and patients suffer. Hearings in early April aim to address the rising costs and find a remedy before socialized medicine looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
William Shepperd
Richard A. Smith
Chester County Medical Society
The Taft Hartley Act and Employee Benefit Plans
The piece defends Taft Hartley as protecting labor interests through fringe benefits under collective bargaining and trusteeships. It highlights 4000 pension plans for 10 million workers, $18 billion in assets, and contrasts with Social Security. It notes the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, its conferences, Wharton course, and trust fund administration by labor and management. The article ends with a note on EFT liability debate and a 1976 commission report urging consumer safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Safeguards urged as EFT faces regulatory debate
A government commission presses for consumer protections in electronic funds transfers while regulators debate the role of government oversight. It urges privacy safeguards, access limits to financial records, and clear customer rights, emphasizing that EFT will expand but not replace existing payment methods. The report warns against abuses, notes the need for transaction records, and calls for marketable options like value dating while stressing continued use of checks and credit cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commission On
EFT
Hughes Watergate link remains a Watergate era puzzle
Washington reporting by Jack Anderson reviews Howard Hughes mysterious role in Watergate. Documents suggest Hughes closely followed the probe, funded political insiders, and advised on secrecy. With aides like Robert Bennett involved, the billionaire’s full involvement remains unsettled and unprobed by prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Hughes
Robert Bennett
White House
John Dean
Bennett
Hughes
Chester Davis
Fred Buzhardt
Senate
CIA
Nixon tapes interview plans by Frost in 12 two hour shows
Los Angeles AP reports former president Richard Nixon will discuss his career and Watergate in a six hour interview series with British host David Frost. Frost says taping runs two hours per session with 12 sessions planned, covering Nixon’s last days, foreign and domestic policy, and Watergate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
David Frost
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Frost
Carl Berstein
Seth Woodward
Washington Post
Washington, D.C
Woodward
Bernstein
San Clemente
Paradine Productions
Minoff
Offica
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billy Graham
Waltons
Paul Harvey
United States
Taft-Hartley
Helpful
International Foundation of
International Foundation
Miami Beach
Taft-Hartlay
South Stresh Corry
George R. Sample
Willy 3. Eaton
John Mckaughlin
Presse Oar
Monty
Carrer
Pat Eday
Deautiin Y Wm
National Commission
Congress
Sylvia Porter
Commission
Ford
IRS
Hughes-Watergate Connection
By Jack Anderson
Davis
Buzhardt
Sen
Sam
Sam. Ervin
D-N.c
Bebe Rebozo
Wrot Davis
Richard Hannaty
Nevada
Richard Danner
Key Biscayne
Fla
Calif
Rebozo
Bob Bennett
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Larry O'Brien
Las Vegas
Hank Greenspun
Liddy
O'Brien
Greenspun
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Ralph Winte
John Ehrlichman
Harley
Colson
Ter
By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
Syndicast Services
Marvin Minott
Mutual Broadcasting System
MBS
Ausra