Insurance crisis to the Doctors Hospital staff
San Leandro Doctors Hospital plans temporary layoffs of about 100 workers and a 30 to 50 percent drop in patient load after May 1 in response to a looming malpractice insurance crisis. Anesthesiologists will limit practice to emergencies, with elective surgeries reduced across several South County hospitals.
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Doctors Hospital
San Learro
Kent Hanson
South County
St. Rose and Kaiser
Hayward
Laurel Grove
Castro Valley
Fairmont
San Leandro
Lavine Hospital
Eden Hospital
Valley Memorial Hospital
Livermore
San Leandro Memorial Hospital
Argonaut Insurance Co
Menlo Park
Robert L'Kalien
Hanson
BART directors split over Hertinger nomination page 18
Three Bay Area Rapid Transit directors including two from South County voted against offering the top BART job to Frank C. Hertinger as the board approved his candidacy. A separate closed meeting vote opposed paying Hertinger an annual salary of 958,500. Hertinger, 33, will start July 1. Alameda County Taxpayers Association condemned the salary, urging moderation and possible pay cuts.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit
South County
BART
Frank C. Hertinger
Federal Urban Mass Transit Administration
John Glenn
Fresnont
Robert Allen
Livermore
Nello Bianco
Richmond
Herringer
Jority
B. R. Stokes
Lawrence Dakins
Heerrnnger
Hee
Bianca
Hertinger
California
Ianco
Alameda County Taxpayers’ Association
James Garrett
Association
Newark and Irvington Throwers Seek Shelter From Sudden Weather
Newark High School and Fremont's Irvington High School discus athletes seek shelter from a sudden South County storm as changing weather forces a pause in their meet. The two squads regroup to resume competition once conditions improve.
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Newark High School
Fremont
Irvington High School
South County
Bank and supermarket holdups leave ten dead in Mexico City
Bandits armed with submachine guns robbed a Banco de Comercio branch and a Conasupo supermarket in southern Mexico City today. At least 10 people were killed, including six police officers, a bank guard, and civilians. two more were wounded. About $12,000 was taken in the priestures.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Banco Dy Camercio
Conasupo
Embassy terrorists seize West German embassy in Stockholm
Six leftist terrorists seized the West German embassy in Stockholm and set the building ablaze after Bonn rejected their demands. Three people died during the 12 hour siege, including a West German military attaché, with five gunmen captured and one suicide. Hostages numbered 12 and they sought ransom, two anarchists’ release, and a Lufthansa jet.
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Stockholm
UPN
Dietrich Stoecker
Heinz W. Hildergaart
Bonn
Stache
Andreas von Mirbach
Luftansa 707
Final evacuation bill worked out
Senate and House conferees reached agreement on $427 million to fund humanitarian relief and the evacuation of Americans and friendly Vietnamese from Saigon. The plan limits President Ford's authority to use military force for evacuation and prioritizes withdrawal of all Americans north. The compromise sets $327 million in the House and strict troop authority, heading to votes next Thursday for final approval and a presidential signature.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Saigon
Ford
John Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Peace talks initiated by Saigon leader in bid for settlement
Saigon President Tran Van Huang has begun negotiations with North Vietnam aiming for a peace settlement. A high ranking official said Huang plans to send a cabinet minister to Hanoi to hear the Communist side. The United States backs the move and has approved the minister’s flight on a U S Air Force plane to Hanoi.
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Saigonap
Tran van Huang
North Viet Nam
Huang
Hanoi
United States
Hani
Assembly approves Superboard plan to Senate
The California Assembly narrowly passed AB 625 creating a Bay Area Planning Agency to replace five regional agencies. The 4 26 vote sent the measure to the Senate after amendments failed. Supporters cite efficiency. opponents fear reduced local input and voter oversight. Names cited include John Knox Dan Boatwright William Lockyer Floyd Mori Alister McAlister.
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Sacramento
Aki
San Francisco
John Knox
Richmond
William Lockyer
D-San Leandro
Floyd Mori
D-Pleasanton
Alister Medlister
Perm Unger
Knox
Bay Area Planning Agency
Senate
Dan Boatwright
Dconcord
Sul Knox
Association of Bay Area Governments
Bay Area Sewage Services Agency
Bay Area Air Pollution Contral District
Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Boatwright
Lockyer
Mori
McAlister
the Hill
Bank Robber Fled With Bag Believed $2,000
FBI identifies a man as the Castro Valley Crocker Bank robber who ran toward the back door clutching a bag said to hold $2,000 in his left hand and an automatic pistol hidden in his right. The Castro Valley branch at 3285 Castro Valley Blvd was robbed yesterday at 10 29 a.m.
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FBI
Castro Valley
Crocker Bank
Castro Valley Blvd
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