Hospital bed cuts may save money without harming health
A government funded study for HEW says a 20 percent cut in hospital capacity could reduce costs by at least six to seven billion annually while not harming Americans. It warns against rapid cuts without reducing demand and suggests performance based physician reimbursement limits and higher cost sharing.
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Washington
UPI
England
Canada
HEW
Bureau of Health Planning and Resources Development
United States
General Motors abandons Wankel rotary engine project
GM confirms seven year effort and about 150 million dollars to develop the Wankel rotary engine failed to meet fuel economy and clean air standards. The automaker scrapped the idea after the Arab oil shock, noting rotary engines cannot match piston engines in efficiency, while Mazda remains the sole foreign maker still selling a rotary model.
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Detroit
API
General Motors Corp
Mazda
Toyo Kogyo
Diablo Canyon may run on interim license with NRC action
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) seeks a two year interim operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to activate one Diablo Canyon unit near San Luis Obispo. The move aims to ease drought induced power shortages and prevent rolling outages in Northern and Central California.
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San Francisco
UPI
Diablo Canyon
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pg&e
San Luis Obispo
California
Hosgri
Protest Over Concorde Landings Draws Thousands
Several thousand Long Island residents protested the Concorde SST landings at Kennedy Airport while a federal judge prepares to hear a suit by British Airways and Air France to overturn a temporary ban. The Port Authority plans no formal discussion on landing rights this week as noise data are reviewed at other airports.
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Cedarhurst
N.Y
UPI
Long Island
Kennedy Airport
Port Authority
New York
New Jersey
U.S. District Court
Milton Pollack
British Airways
Air France
Kennedy
France
Richard Wiggs
Anti-Concorde Project
Catherine DeCouan
Montmorency
Paris’ DeGaulle Airport
Montmorency Forest
Recanting Witnesses Mark Wilmington 10 Case
The last of three major witnesses against the Wilmington 10 recants testimony but a superior court judge denies bail for the remaining nine defendants. A May 9 post-conviction hearing in Burgaw is planned. The tenth defendant was paroled in January.
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Wilmington
N.C
UPI
Russell J. Lanier
North Carolina
Jerome Mitchell
Aspen. Colo
Claudine Longet
Colorado Health Department
Pitklin County
Dick Kienast
Kienast
Miss Longet
Garfield
George Lohr
Andy Williams
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M.D
E. Cypress St
Bobbie
SUN
FHA
Charge it!Net
VR ME
Scr
Teances
Alee Siding
Lompoc, Calif
General Motors
SST
Liberte Oui
Fraternite
Concorde Now
Liberty
Brotherhood
Concorde
Aspen
É Naturé
Naturé Made
Sekai Wee
Corie
Aaeek
Magus Oe
Valley
exXa
DRUGS
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