California Medi-Cal scandal prompts Senate inquiry over profits
A Senate subcommittee and GAO scrutiny spotlight profit making firms linked to Medi Cal prepaid health plans. Five Southern California entities receive millions. questions arise whether funds reach beneficiaries or are diverted. California faces potential $80 million loss if cleanup stalls.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
California
Senate
GAO
Congress
Family Health Program Inc
Consolidated Medical Systems Ltd
Harbor Health Services
Omni-Rx Health Care Inc
American Health Care Plan
Family Health Program
Consolidated’ Medical Systems Ltd
Medi-Cal
Pharmacentrix Inc
HMO International
Consolidated Medical Systems
Consolidated Medical Services
Harbor Stealth Services
American Health Care Plan Inc
Norman Shapiro
Cassidy patriarch dies after apartment fire at 33-unit complex
Jack Cassidy, father of David Cassidy and ex-husband of Shirley Jones, died in a penthouse blaze that displaced about 100 residents. Firefighters say a smouldering cigarette may have sparked the fire. a bystander collapsed from a heart attack. Cassidy, born 1927 in New York, had a long stage, film, and TV career including a Tony win and credits from W C Fields and Me to The Partridge Family connection.
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Cassidy
David Cassidy
Shirley Jones
David
Evelyn Ard
Miss Jones
W.C. Fields and
John Barrymore
New York City
Mike Todd
Oil price rise reshapes OPEC aims and Western ties
The article surveys how oil price shifts since 1973 affect OPEC members including Saudi Arabia Iran Iraq and Libya with views on price strategies and Western dependencies. It notes the impact of higher prices on debt in developing nations and shifts toward pragmatic pricing among producers.
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OPEC
West
Japan
Pierre Shammas
Iraq
Soviet Union
Shammas
United States
West Germany
Paris
India
Probaly
Ulf
Lantzke
International Energy Agency
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Middle East
Doha
United Arab Emirates
Libya
Qatar
Tran
Venezuela
Orinora
Fiat
Electoral College to make it official today
The Electoral College meets today in 40 states and D C to elect Jimmy Carter. A long-standing constitutional process, the electors are expected to award Carter 297 votes and Ford 241, with certification and a joint congressional session to follow.
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Electoral College
Washington
States
District of Columbia
Jimmy Carter
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Carter
Ford
Rockefele
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Philadelphia
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
California Republicans to cast 45 Ford electors
A select California GOP group will meet in Sacramento to vote for Ford and Dole as electors. Carter had already won the presidency despite Ford carrying California 3,282,244 to 3,742,234 in a Democratic registration heavy state. Secretary Marek Fong Eu will certify and mail results to the vice president.
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Ohio
Texas
Carter
U.S. Labor Party
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
New York
Oregon
Ford
California
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
State Senate
Sen
Robert Dole O Manis
Marek Fong EU
U.S
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Simmy Carter
Atlanta
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Atty
Evelle Younger
Pete Wilson
Houston Flournoy
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