County MDs face 486 percent malpractice premium hike
Southern California doctors face up to a 486 percent rise in malpractice premiums effective Jan 1 1976. The Los Angeles County Medical Association warns the spike could force doctor shutdowns or higher patient charges. Travelers Insurance seeks the higher rates across seven counties, prompting calls for public hearings and a new arbitration bill to curb costs and attorney fees.
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California
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Sanford Rothenberg
Travelers Insurance Co
Los Angeles
Orange
Kern
San Louis Obispo
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Travelers Insurance
State Insurance Commission
Rothenberg
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
Ford praises Kissinger as Sinai accord wins support
President Ford welcomed Henry Kissinger back from a 14 day Sinai mission and praised the interim Egypt Israel peace accord as a step toward enduing lasting settlement. He said a small U S contingent would stabilize surveillance posts and urged Congress to back the plan amid mixed opposition.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai
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Egypt
Kissinger
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
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House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Scott
Rhodes
Albert
O’neaill
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Israeli forces attack Sidon port area in Lebanon clash
Israeli commandos landed near Sidon under naval gunfire and fought Palestinian guerrillas for about three hours. Reports said six people were wounded including a security officer at a nearby refugee camp. Israeli warplanes also bombed targets near Tyre on the second day of cross-border strikes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Tyre
UFW Defies Judge as Farm Access Fight Intensifies
A federal judge temporarily bars union organizers from entering California farms while growers resist an access rule. The measure aims to let United Farm Workers and Teamsters seek worker signatures for elections, despite ongoing legal clashes over trespass and property rights. Gov. Brown urged restraint amid clashes between vigilantes and deputies, defending new labor laws.
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California
State Agricultural Labor Relations Board
United Farm Workers
Teamster
Gov. Brown
San Joaquin County
Brown
Dave Jensen
UFW
Cesar Chavez
ALRB
U.S. Dist
M.D. Crocker
Fresno
Jerry Cohen
South Central Farmers Committee
Don Curlee
South Central Group
No compromise yet on oil curbs
Washington AP reports House Democrats plan veto override first to test bargaining strength before any energy price control compromise with President Ford. Senate likely to seek override next Wednesday, House vote two days after. Democrats discuss energy measures after vacation. Wright urges flexibility on import tax and life for the public.
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Washington
House
Ford
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Carl Albert
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Wright
Rough voyage for barges to Alaska oil project
After weeks waiting for an ice opening, two barges push toward Point Barrow with critical Trans Alaska Pipeline gear. Ice experts expect the passage to close in three weeks, narrowing time to unload 47 barges and 23 tugs. The Barton Island icebreaker sails from Long Beach to aid operations.
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Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Point Barrow
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Glomar to attack Soviet sensors off San Clemente Island
The Glomar Explorer and its 314 foot barge will begin an operation to remove or destroy sensors believed planted by a Soviet submarine near San Clemente Island. The mission aims to clear the area for Trident I missile tests and undersea launch trials within four months.
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U.S
Glomar Explorer
Navy
San Clemente Island
San Diego Evening Tribune
Here
Defense Department
San Clemente
the Tribune
Santa Catalina Island
Global Marine, Inc
Redwood City
Pacific
Central Intelligence Agency
Grim weather hinders control of California forest fire
Porterville AP — "Pretty grim weather" keeps firefighters from containing California's largest forest fire of the season. Humidity below 10 percent and temperatures above 90 hinder efforts. Containment aimed for Thursday but weather remains unpredictable. About 1,800 firefighters guard a 16,250 acre blaze along a 15 mile front 35 miles east of Porterville. Two injuries reported from falling limbs. Losses reach $390,000 timber $78,000 watershed and $1.355 million in suppression costs.
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Porterville
California
Bruce Bundick
U.S. Forest Service
Here
FBI releases documents show Nixon leaked Hiss info in 1948
FBI records released reveal Richard Nixon disclosed information about Alger Hiss in 1948. The documents appear on page A-16 and shed light on the early whistleblowing actions by the future president.
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FBI
Richard Nixon
Alger Hiss
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