Lawmakers Fail to Pass Malpractice Reform in North Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly debated bills reducing the filing window for malpractice suits to three years and removing the duty to inform patients of all treatment risks. House opposition, led by lawyers, killed the measures in Rules Committee as insurers warned of rising premiums and broader litigation trends. A 1977 study commission was proposed to reexamine the issue amid ongoing medical care concerns and shifting insurance dynamics.
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Senate
House
Tom Suddarth Fa
Davidson County
North Carolina
New York
New York Times
New York State
Employers Insurance of
Wassau
North Carolina Legislative Commission
Why No Clout In Mecklenburg Delegation Angers Raleigh
The Charlotte Observer notes Mecklenburg County's large, young delegation to Raleigh. It cites Rep. Herbert Hyde's dig at Barbara Simpson and argues the county lacks seniority and accomplishment, weakening Piedmont political influence. Guilford shares similar turnover concerns.
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North Carolina
Utilities Commission
Barbara Anne Simpson
House
Herbert Hyde
Buncombe
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Raleigh
Herman Moore
Hyde
Piedmont
Korea Remembered I Police Action Or War Debate
Three days after ordering U S air and naval units to repeal the June 1950 North Korean invasion President Truman said at a news conference the United States was not at war He called the effort a police action under the UN and noted the UN role in the conflict The United States supplied the majority of ground naval and air forces to the UN command with 15 countries contributing combat troops and other support The Soviet boycott helped enable the action and could have blocked a UN response if present
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U.S
South Korea
Truman
United States
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Republic of Korea
Security Council
Unified Command
Korea
Trygve Lie
United Nations Command
The
Red Cross
Soviet Union
Republic of China
Cambodian Death March and Amins Advice
UN silence on Cambodian evacuation described as mass death march with up to one million expected to die from hunger and exposure. Memo cites deliberate relocation to remake Cambodian society. Also notes Idi Amin’s unsolicited global advice and patent lobby push backed by Sen. Hiram Fong aiding Monsanto.
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Washington
United Nations
Cambodia
White House
Phnom Penh
Memia
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Monsanto
Senate
Fong
Robert Seto
Park concession policy stirs Interior probe findings
A Music Corporation of America concession at Yosemite prompted an Interior Department inquiry. The task force largely clears the National Park Service of catering to concessioners, but notes that decision making can be swayed by political appeals from concessioners. Rangers at the parks sometimes were overridden by pressured officials.
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Music Corporation of America
Yosemite
Interior Department
Special Task Force
National Park Service
Campaign Finance Reform Risks Constitutional Rights
The author warns the 1975 campaign finance law, linked to Nixon’s era, may create jobs for lawyers while infringing electoral rights. He notes potential Supreme Court challenges over full donor disclosure, cites NAACP disclosure precedent, opposes burdens on political privacy, and critiques bureaucratic tracking costs before predicting a lively legal and political fight ahead.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
Supreme Court
Eugene McCarthy
James Buckley
New York
William Steiger
Wisconsin
New York Civil Liberties Union
Department of Justice
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Biegfeeind
Franchising the CIA in a satirical column
The Art Buchwald column riffs on franchising the CIA after the Rockefeller Commission hearings. A hypothetical pitch outlines licensing the agency with logos, training, and branded gadgets, lampooning political blame games and foreign franchises. The piece ends with a partly quoted exchange and a punchy mock sales pitch.
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United Feature Syndicate
Amin’s
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Idi Amin
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Ford
Henry Kissinger
Amin
Kampala
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Americas
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Art Buchwald
CIA
Rockefeller Commission
Patent Office
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Colonel Sanders
McDonald’s
Ronald McDonald
Dick Helms
Sanders
Castro
Cuba
McDonald's
Helms
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