Sikes Reprimanded by House Vote Over Stock Disclosures
The House voted 381 to 3 to reprimand Rep. Robert Sikes for failing to disclose stock holdings and financial interests linked to defense contractor Fairchild Industries and Pensacola Naval Air Station land projects. The 498 page ethics report urged chastisement on two of three charges. a prior activity from 15 years ago drew no punishment.
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UPI
House
Robert Sikes
D-Fla
Adam Clayton Powell
Sikes
Congress
Common Cause
Citizens Advocacy Group
John Flynt
D-Ga
Flynt
Fairchild Industries
Pensacola
Fla.) Naval Air Station
Uganda Tones Down Rift With Britain Amid Citizenship Plan
Uganda says 200 to 300 Britons in the country will become Ugandan citizens as London cuts diplomatic ties. President Amin repeats warlike taunts at Kenya while OAU mediation stalls. Western diplomats fear Britons may be used as political pawns.
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Kenya
UPI
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Amin
Kampala
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Dora
Bloch
Air France
Organization of African Unity
Doctors discuss how to defraud Medicare
Two New York doctors discuss methods to bill for unseen patients and how kickbacks go unproven. Sen. Moss cites a partial transcript shown to a Senate subcommittee and notes that only 4 percent of doctors commit fraud while urging a central fraud office and better data sharing between Medicaid and Medicare.
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Frank E. Moss
Utah
Senate Finance Subcommittee On Health
New York
Moss
America
Department of Justice
U.S
Middle District
Pennsylvania
Britain and unions renew peace effort in social contract
Britain’s government and labor leaders outline a social contract promising three years of industrial stability in exchange for worker friendly policies. Prime Minister Callaghan cites cooperation while Len Murray of the Trades Union Congress warns disagreements will persist amid friction over a $1.8 billion public spending cut seen as risking higher unemployment.
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UPI
Britain
Labor Party
James Callaghan
Len Murray
Trades Union Congress
Murray
General Council
Brown sends 200000 letters on malpractice plan
About 200000 Californians receive letters from Governor Edmund G Brown Jr at a cost of 60000. The letters describe AB2939 by Assemblyman Howard Berman as the solution to rising medical malpractice insurance premiums. 110000 letters have been sent so far as Gray Davis notes the effort uses surplus salary savings.
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Sacramento
UPI
Howard Berman
Beverly Hills
Assembly
Senate
Cannery strike nears end with tentative wage raise
Northern California canneries await employee vote on a three year contract to end a strike now in its tenth day. The proposed pact would lift the wage fringe package by 1 60 to total 5 74 an hour, with about 65 000 workers to be hired during peak season. Growers warn of heavy losses as tonnage of peaches fallen.
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San Francisco
California
Washington D.C
Ron Schuler
California Canning Peach Association
Soviets May Boost Grain Imports Over Potato Shortfall
The Agriculture Department warns ongoing cold wet weather shrinks Soviet potato output, potentially raising grain imports next year. Soviets have 4.4 million tons ordered for 1976-77 under a five year deal. experts foresee 10 to 12 million tons later. Chinese harvest reports also cited as corroboration.
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UPI
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Russia
Offi- Agriculture Department
Overseas Affairs
Peking
Severe Midwest storms trigger floods and tornadoes
Heavy midwestern rains caused widespread flooding in Michigan and Missouri with four-inch downpours flooding basements and stalling hundreds of cars. A tornado leveled a building in Grand Rapids and a Detroit woman died from electrocution in a flooded home.
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Nebraska
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Japanese leaders warned of possible assassination plots in Lockheed scandal
Police in Tokyo issued an all points bulletin warning of potential assassination attempts against Prime Minister Takeo Miki and other officials amid theLockheed payoffs case. The National Police Agency pledged heightened protection while prosecutors seek 10 more days to hold ex PM Kakuei Tanaka on bribery and foreign exchange charges tied to about 1.67 million dollars in illegal payments.
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UPI
Takeo Miki
Lockheed
Japan
National Police Agency
FBI
NPA
Kakuei Tanaka
Lockheed Corp
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Tanaka
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