Southland doctors resist higher malpractice premiums
In Southern California a large doctors strike continues as eight in ten physicians refuse the $327 percent premium hike and risk losing malpractice coverage by a Wednesday deadline. Travelers warns those who do not pay will lose coverage. many practices may curtail services amid a six county crisis.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Edmund G. Brown
Travelers Insurance Co
Los Angeles County
Surance Cooperatives
Santa Barbara
Mexico
Sanford Marcus
Union of American Physicians
San Francisco
Brown proposes overall 65 dollar state pay hike faces dis agreement
Governor Brown's flat 65 dollar monthly raise for all state workers drew serious disagreement from Legislative Analyst A Alan Post who warned the policy is not effective public policy. Post questioned education funding expansions and called for a delay on the early childhood program until an independent study is completed.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
A. Alan Post
Brown
Post
Senate Finance Committee
State Personnel Board
Inflation and jobs seen in 1976 Ford plan
The Council of Economic Advisers predicts a 6 percent inflation rate in 1976, down from 7.3 percent in 1975, with unemployment easing from 8.5 percent. Personal consumption should rise 6 percent, housing starts up 40 percent, and federal and local purchases modestly higher. City officials caution higher local taxes to fund budget gaps.
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Washington
UPI
Council of Economic Advisers
Ford
Congress
Council
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
National Association of Counties
John Gunther
Mayor’s Conference
Gunther
California tops U.S. crop output with record 51.1 million tons
California led the nation in crop production in 1975 with a record 51.1 million tons and cash farm income of about 8.5 billion dollars. Production rose 13 percent from 1974, with vegetables and field crops hitting new highs and major gains in fruit and nut crops. The department noted strong domestic and foreign demand for farm products despite higher costs and expected net income declines.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Department of Food and Agriculture
Department
L.T. Wallace
California oil imports to rise 25 percent this year
California faces an 83 percent jump in imports from Arab OPEC allies by mid 1976 as domestic crude dwindles. The Energy Commission projects overall foreign oil imports up 25 percent, with continued reliance on foreign supplies despite energy conservation needs.
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California
Sacramento
UPI
State Energy Commission
Commission
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Federal suit targets California hospital wage practices
A federal lawsuit filed by the Labor Department accuses California of failing to pay minimum wages to patients working in 11 state mental hospitals. If successful, California faces about 6.3 million dollars in current and back wages. The suit seeks retroactive pay and interest dating to December 1974 and cites a 1973 federal ruling extending wage protections to patient workers. Health Secretary Mario Obledo says California will fight the case and had suspended work therapy for 3,550 patients to limit costs.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Health and Welfare
Mario Obledo
Labor Department
U.S. District Court
State Department of Health
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