Opinion: Curbing Malpractice Suits to Protect Doctors and Patients
Our opinion argues that ambulance chasing has evolved into multi million malpractice suits targeting doctors. It notes lawyers reap 30 to 50 percent of awards while patients risk gains, and cites Stanford's Thomas Ehrlich on low public confidence. It proposes legislation to cap lawyer fees to align interests of patients and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ehrlich
School of Law
Stanford University
Congress urged to visit Turkey before voting on arms embargo
Bastrop publisher Nathan Bolton urges Congress to see Turkey firsthand before extending or lifting military aid. He cites Turkey’s large army, NATO ties, and U.S. bases, arguing visits would reveal strategic value and dangers to national security beyond politics.
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Turkey
Congress
Nathan Bolton
Kars
Bolton
Bastrop Enterprise Publishing Co
Bastrop
Cuba
Russia
Paris
London
Boston
The
Daily Enterprise
U.S
NATO
Mystery of Aryan Brotherhood ties to Manson seen
Washington reports on a secret Aryan Brotherhood prison group with about 200 members in California. Investigators say no hard conspiracy evidence links the group to Charles Manson, Lynette Fromme, or the Ford assassination attempt, but an official probe is under way.
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Washington
Ford
Aryan Brotherhood
California
Brotherhood
Charles Manson
Lynette
Squeaky
Fromme
Manson
Brotherhood-Manson-Fromme
Derstand
San Quentin
Muscle
Dear Ann Landers Advice Columns From Schenectady to Elgin
Readers seek guidance on body hair in marriage, high school smoking lounges, petty inheritance disputes, dating poise, and personal ethics. Ann Landers weighs in on unreasonable requests, campus smoking policy, and gifting after a parent’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
P. O. Box
Elgin
Ill
Field Enterprises, Inc
State weighs swap for Matagorda Island park site
A proposed land trade would swap 18 000 acres near Fort Bliss for the federal share of Matagorda Island to give Texas control south of Port Lavaca. The House Senate committee backed state ownership while noting Air Force use ends and Interior seeks refuge for the whooping crane.
Texas Medical Rates and State Agency Appointments Noted
The document outlines 2S ASSOCIATION insurance rate filings for Harris County non surgical physicians at 1800 dollars and 1200 dollars elsewhere, with high risk specialists facing steep premiums including neurosurgeons and orthopedists. It lists hospital bed rates and outlines a broad slate of state government appointments across numerous boards and agencies by Governor Briscoe, plus notes on energy policy and legal actions related to voting rights and education rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JUA
Harris County
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues List From Page
A dense set of crossword clues across and down with many entries including names such as Timorese coin and Portman. Clues range from ancient times to modern terms and include weather, furniture, and family terms.
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Y.d
Senate
Whee
Energ Plan
Cuero Record
Cuero Publishing Company
East Main St
Cuero
Texas
William K. Todd
Ken Long
Homer Berner
Sharon Pargmann
Alfonso Gonzales
Texas Press Association
Dbase
Athe
Jack Anderson
Joe Spear
Adolf Hitler
All Lauers
Schenectady
N.Y
Ann
H.S
Bist
State Insurance Board
Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association
2S Association
Constitution
Mark White
White
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Texas Department of Public Safety
State Bar of Texas
Department of Public Welfare
Atty
John Hill
Hill
University of Texas
Regents
Employees Retirement System of
Dolph Briscoe
William N. Allan
San Antonio
William D. Parish
Weslaco
Texas Air Control Board
Fred Hartman
Baytown
Briscoe
Arlyn Kloesel
Austin
Doyle Harrell
Fort Worth
State Board of Pharmacy
Tully Shahan
Brackettville
Carroll C. Curry
Itasca
Texas Board of Licensure
William Thomas Arnold
Houston
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Hyden A. Albert
Gene R Danish
Polygraph Examiners Board
Blake Sparenberg
State Board of Canvassers
John H. Kultgen
Waco
T. J. Richards
Paducah
Talmadge D. Steinke
Board of
Texas State Technical Institute
William L. Connell
Wichita Falls
R. Edmonds Palm
Abelardo Villarreal
Alice
Rex C. Cauble
Denton
Lucien Flournoy
David Witts
Dallas
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Cauble
Flournoy
Bris
Coe
New Energy Council
Bill Hobby
Texas Association of Proprietary Schools
Board of Education
Oscar Laurel
Laredo
Good Neighbor Commission
Bob Bullock
Texas Animal Health Commission
St. Sign
Siam
Jack
U.S. Attorney General
Actor Portman
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