Blues Hospital Payments Face Cut Narrowing Hospital Contracts
Colorado Insurance Commissioner J Richard Barnes orders Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado to end current hospital contracts unless hospitals endure a five percent payment reduction. The move ties an April rate hike to hospital, physician, and internal cost-saving measures, affecting 65 Colorado hospitals. Hospital officials warn of economic hardship while Blues officials seek workable alternatives.
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Colorado
J. Richard Barnes
Colorado Blue Cross
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Colorado Hospital Association
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Burnys
Barnus
Blues
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Brekke
Baynes Goon
Dscess
Warnes
EPA approves DDT use to curb plague
The Colorado Health Department plans DDT dusting of about 22 007 animal burrows to curb rodent plague, starting in El Paso and Pueblo counties then Fremont, Mariono, and Custer. Dusting will target rock squirrels and will be done by a six three member panel. A National Guard plane retrieved 4 000 pounds of DDT for the operation, despite the nationwide ban except in emergencies.
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Colorado Health Department
Department
Towene Dantum
el Paso
Pueblo
Fremont
Mioriano
Custer
Dank
Chbkade Air National Guard
Barstow
Calif
Richard Lamm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Danbom
Re-enactment rider charged in horse sale case
Boulder County officials charged Chuck Payne and accomplices with three counts of felony theft over a scheme involving leased horses worth thousands from Boulder woman Anna Bestroder. The case links to a protest ride from Denver to Washington during Colorado statehood petitions.
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Lolo
Nelaui Rockefeller
Bouller County
Rockefeller
Chuck Payne
Yodo
Denver
Washington, D.C
Colorado
Boulden
Mantay
Payne
Anna Bestroder
Graoup
Kathy
Sam
Backyard collapses blamed on family dog
In Denver, Sandy Workman reports a 40 foot deep backyard pit after a collapse. Her son Bobby suspects the family St Bernard caused it, while she seeks an explanation from city agencies and fears for her children.
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UPI
Sandy Warkiman
Bobby
St. Bernard
Monmy
Chris
Denver man drowns on Colorado River raft accident
A Denver man, Randy Erickson, 22, drowned when his raft upended on the Colorado River near Glenwood Canyon. His companion Kathy McGinnis, 20, also of Denver, survived after authorities reached shore. A rescue crew recovered Erickson’s body after the incident on Sunday.
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Calo
Denver
Colorado River
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Canyon
Randy Erickson
Kathy McGinnis
Garfield County
Reagan to attend state GOP convention in Colorado
Presidential aspirant Ronald Reagan will attend the Colorado state Republican convention July 9 10 in Fort Collins where campaign director Mike South said Reagan will arrive July D and meet with delegates. A total of 25 delegates and 25 alternates to the National Republican Convention in Kansas City will be chosen at the two day Fort Collins meeting. Six delegates and six alternates have already been selected in two Colorado districts.
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Ronald Reagan
Fort Calling
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Maniay
Mike South
Reagan
Fort Collins
Kansas City
Murder charge reduced against Sterling man
A Sterling man had a first-degree murder charge reduced to second degree during jury selection in district court. Robert Keith Reinhart, 34, is one of three men accused in the machete slaying of Jeans Guzman, 25, last January. Richard Depenhart Jr. faces trial next month in Fort Morgan.
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Sterling
Robert Keith Reinhart
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Jeans Guzman
Fannie Weiscamp
Richard Depenhart, Jr
Fort Morgan
Suspect says he got $10,000 to place bomb in newsman's car
Prime suspect in reporter Don Bolles car bomb case says he received ten thousand dollars to plant the device and was surprised Bolles did not die immediately. John Adamson testified at a preliminary hearing, with others detailing plans, the motive, and alleged accomplices.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
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Bolles
John Adamson
Roberts Jeltieve
The
Arizona Republic
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Adamson
Ikunson
Diego
Uinhby
Superior
Cuuy
Eagles Nest wilderness bill approved after conference
Conferees backed a bill to include 134 085 acres in a Gore Range wilderness area near Vail Colorado. Senator Floyd Haskell and Representative James Johnson led the effort urging Denver Water Board accountability over water planning and potential development costs cited at 36 million to 40 million dollars.
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UPD
Floyd Haskell
N-Colu
Senate
House Conference Committee
Denver Water Board
Haskell
James Jobnson
H-Colu
Gore Range
Vail
Coli
Johnson
Ference
Ara Vaal
Boundries
Lenard Campbell
Denver
Western Slope
Water Board
Air Force Academy dean faults high schools for remedial needs
Dean Brig Gen William Woodyard blames U S high schools for more than 300 freshmen at the Air Force Academy needing remedial English and mathematics annually. He cites lack of demanding programs and says the academy has required remedial instruction since 1973 due to drops in scholastic achievement. About 20 to 25 percent of entering classes need remediation each year.
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Colo
UPL
Air Force Academy
William 7. Woodyard
Woodard
Woodyard
Hive
Loomech
Askuda
Unlieh
Academy
Wanilyarddaid
Billy the Kid Tombstone Recovered in Fort Sumner NM
The tombstone of Billy the Kid, stolen 26 years ago, is back at Fort Sumner cemetery. It is encased in a steel band welded to a steel plate buried in concrete to deter thieves. Billy the Kid, born William Bonney in New York City on November 23, 1860, died after a gunfight with Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881.
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Punfighter
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Fort Sumner
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Tox
Billy the Kid
William Bonney
New York City
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Pat Garrett
Garrett
Billy
Gunfighter
New Mexico
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Lincoln, NM
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