Hearings Begin on Comprehensive Malpractice Insurance Bill
In Sacramento a joint Assembly Judiciary and Health hearing opened on AB1 by Assemblyman Barry Keene. The measure seeks fee caps for plaintiffs attorneys, a ceiling on malpractice awards, sliding fee scales, periodic payments, and an arbitration process. Debate included objections to committee routing and calls for more insurer data.
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UPI
Assembly Judiciary and Health Committees
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
Donald Burns
Business and Transportation Agency
Burns
Night Caledonian sleeper wreck kills seven near Nuneaton
An overnight London to Glasgow express derailed at 2 a.m. near Nuneaton in a 15 car accident. Seven killed and 38 injured, including Agriculture Minister Fred Peart. Driver survived as police investigate speed through a track repair zone. Witnesses reported 70 to 80 mph in a restricted area.
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Nuneaton
England
UPI
Glasgow
Fred Peart
Peart
Nuneaton Station
House votes for anti recession bill amid veto forecast
The House passed a 1.35 billion housing measure to aid builders buyers and owners despite an evident presidential veto. The 253 to 155 tally lacked a two thirds override margin with 44 Democrats voting no. Separately the ICC approved a 5 percent rail freight rate hike to begin no earlier than June 20 to offset wage and benefit increases.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Ford
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
Thomas Rees
Calif
William Moorhead
Democratic Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Byrd backs Kissinger shuttle diplomacy for Middle East peace
Senate leader Byrd urged renewed Kissinger mediation between Egypt and Israel as the best path to peace. He joined President Ford and other leaders after a breakfast, signaling preference for shuttle diplomacy over a Geneva summit. Ford praised NATO ties and Mideast talks with Sadat in Europe.
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Geneva
Israel
U.S
Ford
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Brussels
Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
Weather Underground leaders linked to LA film crew sting
Four Weather Underground fugitives including Bernadine Dohrn were said to pose as a TV news crew interviewing striking doctors at Martin Luther King hospital in Los Angeles. Subpoenas for moviemakers like Haskel Wexler were withdrawn. a grand jury probe and ACLU sponsored news conference were planned.
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UPI
Weather Underground
United States
Bernadine Dohrn
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Kathy Boudin
Jeff Jones
Cathryn Platt Wilkerson
Haskel Wexler
Wexler
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Shirley MacLaine
Warren Beatty
Jon Voight
William Friedkin
Miss Boudin
New York
Leonard
Boudin
Daniel Ellsberg
Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital
Los Angeles Times
Virginia Woolf
Jeff
Emile de Antonio
Richard Nixon
Sen. Joseph
McCarthy
Mary Lamson
New York Film Lab
the Times
Grand Jury
Suez Canal opens to toll paying traffic under Sadat
The first toll paying passage in eight years enters the canal from Port Said as President Sadat formally reopens the route for northbound traffic. An Iranian destroyer led the nine-ship northbound convoy with Crown Prince Ali Reza in attendance. Local celebrations erupt as crowds cheer Sadat and the reopened commercial shipping channel.
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Egypt
UPI
Suez Canal
Gulf of Suez
Port Said
Anwar Sadat
Zaal
Saam
Iran
Ali Reza
Sadat
Mediterranean
Great Bitter Lake
Britain votes to stay in Common Market in early returns
Early official returns show Britain voting nearly 3 to 1 to remain in the European Common Market. Turnout varies by region with about 66 percent of 40 million registered voters casting ballots and 26 million counted so far. Opposition leaders concede defeat as pro market leaders express cautious optimism.
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London
UPI
Independent Television News
Norman Atkinson
Labor Party
Jack Jones
Britain
Transport and General Workers Union
Labor
Roy Jenkins
William Hamilton
Shirley Williams
Williams
Philip Allen
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Tornadoes and High Winds Ravage Several States
A line of thunderstorms unleashed tornadoes and high winds across Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Pennsylvania, uprooting trees and snapping power lines. Lightning started fires in Michigan while a medical clinic in Poplar Bluff was damaged and telephones disrupted. Gusts reached 90 mph at Point lookout Missouri and Knoxville suffered extensive damage from funnel clouds and storms.
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United Press International
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Poplar Bluff
National Weather Service
Point Lookout
Knoxville
Tenn
Knox County
California traffic deaths rise in May
California traffic deaths totaled 384 in May, up 61 from the same month last year, according to Highway Patrol Commissioner Glen Craig. A Knoxville police spokeswoman cited wind and rain damage across the town including uprooted trees and a damaged bank and school roof. No injuries were reported. A separate Kentucky squall line caused wind damage and minor injuries, toppled trees and knocked out power in Harlan County.
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UPI
California
Highway Patrol
Glen Craig
Knoxville
Kentucky
Harlan County
Cessna Pilot Education Expands Ground School Training
Cessna Pilot Education announces expanded ground school options to help new pilots and students launch aviation careers. The program emphasizes safety, theory, and hands on flight prep for aspiring aviators.
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Monica Nicastro
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ALU Pharmacy
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Anwar) Sadat
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Barbara Seals
H’ Street
Lompoc
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Suez Harbor
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