Federal Trade Commission bans out-of-state debt suits
An administrative law judge ruled Spiegel Inc violated fair practice by suing debtors in Chicago courts when they lived far away. The FTC said distance and cost burden due process and rights. Spiegel halted Illinois suits and may appeal. Other firms faced similar actions and settlements were reached in related cases.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Harry R. Hinkes
Spiegel, Inc
Hinkes
Cook County
Chicago
Spiegel
Commission and
Illinois
Mongomery Ward
Seattle
Montgomery Ward
West Coast Credit Corp
Fidelity Finance Co
Washington State
Commercial Service Co
Commission
Multimillion-dollar drug ring smashed in major bust
In Brooklyn a federal indictment charged 18 people with smuggling and distributing heroin from Europe and cocaine from South America through New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Miami. Leader Frank Matthews remained at large as the largest federal fugitive since Dillinger.
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New York
Frank ‘Mark IV
Frank” Matthews
John Dillinger
Brooklyn
Europe
South America
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Miami
U.S
ABA medical chief backs brain death standard in death definition
Chicago AP report cites ABA Law and Medicine Committee chair McCarthy DeMere pushing a new legal death definition based on irreversible brain function loss. He notes high ICU costs and extended life support conflict with family hopes, urging a policy shift to reduce suffering and financial burden.
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Chicago
McCarthy DeMere
American Bar Association
DeMere
Baptist Hospital
Memphis
ABA
House of Delegates
Kansas
Maryland
Virginia
California
Doctor refuses delivery over unpaid bill in Latta incident
Dr Dan F Moorer says no ethics violation in declining to deliver a baby whose mother Shirley Abrams could not pay. The 7 lb 2 oz girl, May Francis Abrams, was born by ambulance near Marion Memorial Hospital after rescue squad members assisted. Moorer had planned to refer Abrams to the county health department, but she did not seek help.
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Latta, S.C
UPI
Dan F. Moorer
Moorer
Shirley Jean Abrams
Mariennian Memorial Hospital
Marion County Hospital
Donald Kilgore
Greenville
State Medical Association
May Francis Abrams
Struck-Down Crematorium at Cook County Hospital
A crematorium built five years ago in Cook County Hospital powerhouse remains unused after protests from about 80 power-house workers threatening to strike. The $30,000 facility was intended to burn two bodies nightly, but doors stay welded shut. The hospital relies on private cemeteries for unclaimed remains under a $75 per body contract, with about 1,000 cases buried yearly.
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Chicago
Cook County Hospital
George Dunne
Laurence Hickey
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Elizabeth McGaffey
Petro-Tex
Houston
Tex
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Texas Chemical Company
Trager
Tients
Abrams
H.K Plumbing & Hen
Pacific Ave
L.B
Yours
Jones
Long Beach
Vege Mani
First Federal Savings
E. Ocean Ave
Ximeno Ave
Alte
E. Carson Lakewood
Cal
Treasury
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