Hospital doctors' pay plans may drive up medical costs
Health Research Group researchers say a Department of HEW funded study found hospital based doctors paid on fee for service or percentage of business earn far more than salaried rivals. Radiologists pathologists and anesthesiologists could have saved about 215 million in 1975 if paid salaries, the group claims. They urge HEW to require salary payments for Medicare and Medicaid funded hospitals to curb rising costs.
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UPI
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
HEW
Joseph Califano Jr
Oil shipments to East urged in energy debate
Washington lawmakers pressed quick action to move Alaska pipeline oil to eastern and midwestern states. At a House Commerce subcommittee hearing California and federal officials faced criticism for delays in two proposed pipelines the Sohio Project linking Long Beach to Midland and the Northern Tier from Port Angeles to Clearbrook with eastward extensions. Senator Melcher called Sohio delay red tape and said both pipelines are needed. Rep. Dingell chaired the session and urged clearer explanations from federal energy officials.
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California Air Resources Board
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Los Angeles
Queen defies IRA threat to plead for peace in Northern Ireland
Queen Elizabeth defied a bomb threat from the IRA and continued to Coleraine University to address the public on peace. She urged an end to violence, noting hopeful signs of reconciliation amid years of sectarian conflict in the province. Her visit proceeded despite a delayed helicopter landing and a schedule change.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
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Irish Republican Army
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Prince Philip
Labor Dept. Orders Pay for Safety Inspection Tours
Eula Bingham announced that workers must be paid for time spent with federal safety inspectors during plant inspections. The policy reverses a 1971 Mobil Oil case in Paulsboro and threatens discrimination charges against nonpaying employers.
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UPI
Labor Department
Eula Bingham
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Bingham
New Jersey
OCAW
Mobil Oil
Paulsboro
Brown urges women leaders to press for corporate power
Governor Edmund G Brown Jr urges a group of elected women officials to push for more female representation in top corporate and government roles. He cites boards of the 100 largest companies and endorses meetings with personnel directors to raise awareness and broaden participation.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
California Elected Women’s Association
Marin County
Barbara Boxer
Santa Cruz
Charlotte Melville
Rose Bird
State Supreme Court
Bigger U.S. grain crop could slow food cost rise
Howard Hjort, chief economist of the Agriculture Department, says a bumper U.S. grain crop this year could curb food price inflation next year. He notes 3 to 6 percent projected price gains for 1977, conditioned mainly by higher marketing costs, ahead of the August crop report.
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Washington
UPI
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Howard Hjort
Department
Soviet Union
Hjort
Major art theft hits Oviedo Cathedral in Spain
Thieves ripped three priceless items from the Oviedo Cathedral including the Cross of Victory, the Cross of the Angels and the Chest of Agates. Police suspect an international gang targeting church treasures and melting or reselling stones. Value cited around 59 million dollars, though officials call the items irreplaceable.
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Spain
UPI
Oviedo
Cifra
Diaz Merchant
Asturias
Ethics panel may indict Park in bribery probe
A House Ethics Committee member says there is enough evidence to indict Tongsun Park over alleged South Korean payoffs on Capitol Hill. Chairman John Flynt and counsel Peter White denied reports of meetings in London or Park cooperation. Rep. Bruce Caputo said there is sufficient evidence for indictment.
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Justice Department
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NATO
Belgium
UPI
Brussels
Canada air controllers end walkout by government order
Air traffic controllers resume work under legislation ending a four day strike. Air Canada projects 90 percent of 500 daily flights, with transatlantic service mostly normal. Analysts say airline losses may reach 20 million dollars. passengers faced long bus trips and many were stranded abroad.
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UPI
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