ICC chief studies trucking crime links after personnel removals
Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman A Daniel O Neal says he will cooperate with a Justice Department probe into alleged organized crime influence on trucking decisions. Secretary Robert L Oswald and deputy Richard W Kyle were placed on administrative leave but will continue to be paid as the investigation proceeds.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Daniel O'Neal
Justice Department
Robert L. Oswald
Congressional
Richard W. Kyle
Oswald
Kyle
O'Neal
Office of Investigations and Enforcement
John Dowd
Dowd
Dutch government warns Moluccan hostage siege ends today
The Netherlands pressures South Moluccan gunmen holding 55 hostages in Assen and Bovensmilde to free captives or face action. Officials fear deteriorating health among hostages aboard the train, with 51 aboard the locomotive car. Mediation failed to break the standoff as troops encircle the sites.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Holland
Jakob Nieveen
Nieveen
Theo J. van Hattem
Joop den Uyl
Josina Soumakil
Hassan Tan
Justice Ministry
Bovensmilde
Testimony Sought On Korea Influence Probe
House investigators subpoena former high level officials from the Nixon and Ford eras to probe knowledge of South Korea efforts to buy influence in Congress. Subpoenas target Lawrence S. Eagleburger William G Hyland Juanita Moody and Brent Scowcroft as ethics staff pursue access to sensitive intelligence cables and reports.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Ford
Congress
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Yugoslavia
William G. Hyland
State Department
Bureau of Intelligence
Juanita Moody
National Security Agency
Brent
Lawrence housing boom continues into May with strong single family permits
May activity shows 46 single family permits valued at 1.73 million, down from April but above prior records. Apartment permits total 1.63 million with 13 permits for 70 living units. Five month totals exceed 14 million, vs last year's 10.92 million. six-figure projects include 28-unit 2400 Ala complex and 175000 Hol iday Plaza phase two. Betty Beach files malpractice suit against Dr Corbin Robison over June 1975 Lawrence Memorial Hospital surgery seeking over 10000 dollars.
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Lawrence
Betty L. Beach
Eudora
Douglas County District Court
Corbin Robison
Beach
Robison
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Princeton Boulevard
Iowa Street
United Fund approves budget and countywide drive plan
Lawrence United Fund board approves a 254500 total budget with a 250000 from the budget committee and 4500 for United Cerebral Palsy. The drive dates are Oct 3 to Nov 11 with a plan to extend countywide if subcommittee reports favorably.
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Lawrence United Fund Board of Directors
United Cerebral Palsy
United Fund
Douglas County
Board of Directors
Lawrence
Snyder
Salvation Army
States face billions in Medicaid funding cuts
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano says twenty states may lose about 377 million in federal Medicaid matching funds for 1975 after failing to review nursing homes serving Medicaid patients. He urges Congress to change the law while implementing the withholdings, with New York hit hardest at 53.8 million of 142 million withheld.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Califano
Congress
New York
Alaska
Indiana
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Tennessee
California
Colorado
Town
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Delaware
Nevada
Louisiana
HEW cuts Medicaid payments hit Kansas with $1.89 million fault line
Kansas faces a $1.89 million Medicaid payment cut after HEW ordered a $142 million nationwide reduction for 20 states for not meeting nursing home care review requirements. SRS officials warn of serious budget pressures and possible deeper cuts in general assistance medical payments if no legislative fix occurs by next year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Harder
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Harder
Congress
Cora Catt
Topeka-Lawrence Srs
Douglas County
SRS
Lawrence residents face higher water and sewer bills
Lawrence officials announce a rate hike approved in April raising minimum water and sewer charges from 6.82 to 7.87 with larger increases for higher usage. About 3,000 households will receive new bills, with first mailings starting Monday and subsequent mailings on June 20 and July 1.
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Lawrence
Ross Wilson
City Utilities Department
Wilson
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