Assembly survey shows dramatic need for drug price info
Assembly Speaker Bon Morrell explains a price survey conducted in the state capital highlights the necessity for public information on prescription drug costs. The Assembly Office of Research found the price of the drug Diliatin varied widely across providers.
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Toothpaste you can eat and price survey problems
Astronauts may bring edible toothpaste on Skylab missions due to zero gravity, NASA says. A separate drug pricing survey shows wide variation, with only one pair of identical prices at two outlets of the same chain and a store labeled Cut Rate advertising deep discounts yet charging higher prices elsewhere. Moretti notes lack of price clarity for consumers.
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Space strike unsettles Cape Kennedy launch plans
Space agency warns a tracking station strike by IBEW workers remains a threat to the planned Skylab launch two weeks from May 4. Bendly Field Engineering Corp. workers have been on strike for five days, with Pickels withdrawing from most spaceport entrances.
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Flood crest passes threaten countryside along levee banks
Flood waters crest over levees threaten surrounding lands as levels ease after peak. Damage estimates across seven Mississippi Valley states exceed 500 million dollars. River stands higher than in two centuries of records. Elsewhere gas concentrations prompt evacuations near Williamsburg Michigan as mud gas craters erupt twelve days ago.
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Youths Clash With Police at Stockton Concert
A chaotic Stockton concert at a baseball field ended with police reporting 27 officers injured and hundreds arrested, as thousands of youths clashed with officers using riot gear and crowd-control charges. Hospital officials noted dozens treated for injuries and possible overdoses while several hundred attendees fled or were detained on charges from disturbing the peace to drug violations.
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Moscone Proposes Universal Health Care for California
Sen George Moscone a Democrat running for governor proposed cradle to grave health care for nearly all Californians financed by mandatory payroll deductions and employer contributions. He attacked private providers as costly and inefficient and said the plan would spread premium costs to lower rates for most residents.
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