Medicaid Abuse and Incompetence Highlighted by Senate Probe
A Senate investigating committee reports nearly a billion dollars in Medicaid fraud losses annually across five states, with New York alone losing about 500 million. Observed incompetence at Medicaid clinics includes doctored urine tests and patient mistreatment during examinations, prompting calls to sustain the inquiry beyond bureaucratic dismissal.
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End of Endless Summer Signs in Drought and Heat
The narrative details a severe regional drought with July rainfall at 1.53 inches and August still dry, impacting tobacco and corn while soybeans face threats. Heat peaked with ten days over 100 degrees in July as humidity lingered. The piece notes September near and summer's end, plus light political musings on national conventions and figures Bob Dole and Spiro Agnew.
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Kissinger Confronts Law of the Sea Debates in New York
Kissinger visits the LOS Conference amid GOP infighting over rules. He says the United States has already made concessions on seabed wealth and warns against giveaways to developing nations. Seapower Magazine hints the LOS treaty may fail, and the U.S. may annex seabed rights, with Ford backing 200-mile zones.
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Africa War Talk By Kissinger Foreshadows U S Policy Blitz
Paul Harvey notes Kissinger meets South Africa’s foreign minister to curb a feared race war, but warns of deep rooted tensions. He traces Boers, British whites, and mixed groups shaping racial power, predicting continued conflict unless the United States fixes its own internal issues and avoids overreacting with embargoes or slogans. The argument spans South Africa, Angola, and regional dynamics, urging pragmatic restraint over idealism.
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The Real Promise of Space
The essay argues space exploration has evolved from a miracle to routine, noting how milestones from Wright to Sputnik reshaped perception. It envisions a century of space colonization including orbiting satellites, habitats, Mars visits, and planetary engineering, then a space ark to distant stars, all shaping humanity’s self view and progress toward peace.
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Radioactive Dump Causes Cow Deaths Near Ringos Mills
In Ringos Mills Kentucky cows fall ill and die near the region’s nuclear waste dump. Local dairyman Oscar Hirst reports hair whitening and rapid decline in cattle health. Residents fear radiation leakage from the EPA flagged site, while officials say testing shows no confirmed danger. The 1960s dump, now taxed to deter waste, faces ongoing mistrust amid concerns of plutonium and long half life hazards.
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Senator Soaper Equality Faces Complication in Majority Minority
A note on Senator Soaper Equality showing increased complexity when the minority holds the numerical advantage, highlighting political dynamics and potential shifts in policy influence. The statement suggests tensions as groups realign power.
GOP Strategy Targets Congress in 1976 Bid
Kansas City report on Elizabeth Ray and GOP plans to attack Congress as the source of bureaucracy, regulations, inflation, and corruption. Republicans push for independent auditing, financial disclosure, conflict of interest rules, House rule changes, and ethics investigations while pledging to frame Watergate as a Democratic-Congress issue ahead of November elections. The piece notes cross-party faults and the impact on a future presidency.
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