Personal Myths Help Increase Hospital Costs
President Carter calls for limits on hospital reimbursements to curb inflation but faces critiques that it treats symptoms, not causes. The piece argues costs rise due to prevention neglect, affordability, technology, labor, and management practices, urging cost controls to force efficiency and personal prevention.
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John Cunniff
New York
Carter
Alex McMahon
American Hospital Association
McClellan pushes federal death penalty bill
Sen John L McClellan chair of a Judiciary subcommittee proposes a federal death penalty for murder treason and espionage saying it would combat rising violent crime. He asked the Justice Department to review the bill and Atty Gen Griffin Bell said the proposal would likely meet constitutional requirements.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Judiciary
McClellan
Justice Department
Atty
Griffin Bell
Supreme Court
Tragic Skiatook bicycle fatality raises Oklahoma toll
A 5 year old rider, Dale Ray Coitharp of Skiatook, was killed when struck by a pickup in Skiatook. He died on arrival at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital as state toll rose to 211 for 1977.
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Associated Press
Skiatook
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Dale Ray Coitharp
Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital
Enid
Janice C. Matteson
Billings
Santa Fe
St. Mary’s Hospital
U.S. 64
Mental health probe urged by Oklahoma House subcommittee
Oklahoma City AP report shows a House Mental Health subcommittee calling for a full scale investigation of the states mental health system. The panel faulted Central State Hospital Norman and Western State Hospital Fort Supply for drug handling staffing and treatment methods. Rep Hannah Atkins chair emphasized unreliable agency information and systemic inadequacies while Speaker Bill Willis slowed action.
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Oklahoma City
House
Bill Willis
Central State Hospital
Norman
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Hannah Atkins
Mental Health Committee
House Rules Committee
Willis
D-Tahlequah
Atkins
Charles Cleveland
Tulsa
House Approves Oklahoma Well Spacing Bill
Oklahoma City AP report says the House backed a bill to limit gas well spacing to 640 acres by a 78 to 20 vote and send it back to the Senate. Supporters say it boosts production and landowner royalties. opponents fear reduced development of deep wells.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Glenn Floyd
D-Norman
Floyd
State Corporation Commission
CAB Delays Ruling On Flights To Europe Cross Atlantic
The Civil Aeronautics Board voted to defer major decisions on expanding direct Europe flights from 11 U.S. cities and granting transatlantic routes to Delta and Northwest as U.S. Britain air talks continue. Decisions on Pan American and Eastern Europe routes from San Juan are postponed while other cargo and niche services proceed.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Europe
United States
England
CAB
U.S
Britain
Delta
Northwest Airlines
Atlantic Ocean
Atlanta
Cleveland
Dallas-Fort Worth
Denver
Houston
Kansas City
Pan American and
Eastern Airlines
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Counterfeit Charges Dropped in Xerox Color Copy Case
Federal prosecutors drop the counterfeiting case against Lawrence D. Blavin a Troy Michigan pharmacist accused of using a color copier at Xerox to produce over one million in counterfeit bills He was deemed mentally unbalanced by joint psychiatrists and cannot be confined to a mental hospital.
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N Newkirk
J.D. Stewart
Main Street
Newkirk
Roger Mullins
Stewart
Detroit
Lawrence D. Blavin
Troy
Mich
Blavin
Secret Service
Xerox Corp
Soisson
Xerox
Treasury
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Joe Taylor
R. Jay Cook
Cook
James Jones
D-Okla
State Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
Jones
Stillwater
James Garland Flint
Flint
Chester Harlow
Dick Ward
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Robert Franden
Franden
Bartlesville
Phillips Petroleum Co
W.F. Martin
Transworld Delivery
W. Gore
Rep. Atkins
Miami
National Airlines
Luxembourg
Seaboard World Airlines
William Soisson
General Electric
Seeeenees Csae Ciewl Gese Wiay
12Th & Gore
Sears
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