Malpractice costs and care under strain
An editor's note opens a three part look at how rising malpractice insurance premiums affect American medicine. The piece cites rising jury awards, insurance losses, and doctors limiting case types, with anecdotes from Hawaii Missouri New York and Nevada highlighting access, delivery and surgery reductions.
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Pilot says 2 hijackers survived Egyptair hijack
Cairo based pilot Captain Hani Galal reported in a Maltese hospital interview that two hijackers survived the Malta storming of the Egyptair Boeing 737 hijacked November 24. He identified one survivor as Omar Marzouki but said both men were in Valletta’s St Luke Hospital.
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U.S. officers aided Malta raid on hijacked airliner
American military personnel provided technical help to Egyptian commandos who stormed the hijacked Egyptian airliner in Malta. Washington denied involvement in the assault, saying only that the U.S. offered support. The alleged team did not arrive due to Maltese government opposition to an overt American presence.
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Legislature plans care for community colleges
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr. proposes bringing Kansas community colleges under the Kansas Board of Regents review. He argues a thorough fiscal and programmatic overhaul is needed amid declining state revenues. Fiscal 1985 funding reached about $24.24 million with a $2.6 million overrun, and counties contribute for colleges serving other counties. Douglas County commissioners heard colleges requested additional aid beyond budgeted funds.
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Congress moves to salvage Farm Credit System amid crisis
In Washington, House and Senate rush to overhaul the Farm Credit System and its regulators with two weeks before adjournment. Lawmakers seek federal backing to calm markets as the system issues over 2 billion dollars in bonds, aiming to keep funding costs low for about one million farmers.
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Computer aids KU in building characters for multilingual output
Kansas University professor of East Asian languages and cultures envisions a future where the new IBM XT and software China:Star serve as an international trade assistant. The system translates English into Chinese and can display traditional and simplified Chinese, as well as Japanese Greek and Russian characters. A demonstration shows typing A yields sun, B yields moon, and combined keystrokes form a merged Chinese character.
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