California bill limits attorney fees in malpractice suits
The Assembly Judiciary Committee approved AB1 by Assemblyman Barry Keene 7-2 to curb malpractice costs. The bill caps attorney fees, with 40 percent on the first 50 000 and 15 percent beyond 200 000, and imposes a five year limit on malpractice suits with exceptions.
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Sacramento
API
Assembly
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Keene
Assembly Health Committee
Channel Environs Under Scrutiny for Oil Boom Impact
County officials urge creation of a regional air and water quality monitoring system to track South Coast oil development. Reynolds seeks $15,000 funding. hearings set for Interior Department review of leases could shape local pollution safeguards and tanker traffic risks.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara Channel Area
Board of Supervisors
Albert F. Reynolds
Reynolds
Frank J. Frost
U.S. Geological Survey
Exxon Co
Las Flores Canyon
Refugio
Goleta
Burmah Oil Co
Dos Pueblos Ranch
ARCO
Atlantic-Richfield
Gaviota
Ellwood
Interior Department
Santa Barbara
Lobero Theatre
Coastal Weather Through Saturday With Tidal Changes
Fair weather continues through Saturday with night and morning low clouds and little temperature change. Coastal highs in the 60s and inland highs in the mid 70s, with upper 40s to mid 50s for tonight. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tidal forecasts show Saturday highs 5.2 and 4.4 feet, lows 0.3 and 2.2 feet, Sunday highs 4.5 and 4.7 feet, lows 0.1 and 1.9 feet, and Monday highs 3.9 and 5.0 feet with lows 0.6 and 1.4 feet.
Farm House expands detox and recovery services in Lompoc
Farm House Inc expands from a six bed detox to a combined detox and recovery facility serving Lompoc and nearby communities. The project includes a move back to Sweeney Road, a 12 bed goal with potential to reach 22 beds by December 1976, and state grant plans.
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Grossi
Sweeney Road
Stan Rowett
Slaight
Farm House
Signorelli Construction Company
Rowett
Signorelli
Robert Hebert
Lompoc
NATO ministers and Schlesinger to tour Vandenberg
An entourage of NATO defense ministers and U S officials led by James R Schlesinger arrives Sunday at Vandenberg AFB for base tours and a Santa Maria barbecue. The group includes ministers from Belgium Denmark Germany Italy Turkey and the United Kingdom and will observe a Minuteman ICBM crew on alert with potential launch rehearsal.
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Steve LA Rue
Vandenberg Air Force Base
NATO Defense
Russell Erty
Strategic Air Command
James R. Schlesinger
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Strip
Monterey
California
Los Angeles
U.S
Santa Maria
Henry Kissinger
U.S. State Department
Washington
Kissinger
Defense
Belgium
Denmark
Federal Republic of
Germany
Italy
Turkey
United
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S. Army Precidio
Gerald Ford
United States
Ford Administration
South Vietnam
Vandenberg
90Th Strategic Missile Wing
Francis E. Warren Afb
Wyoming
90Th Smw
Defense Ministers
CBS Television
The
New York Times
Ford signs bill for vets' checks and benefits
President Ford signed a supplemental 15 billion spending bill to provide overdue education benefits for about half a million veterans and 50 dollar checks for 33 million Social Security recipients. The measure funds federal programs through June and includes 5 billion for unemployment programs and 2 billion for federal civilian and military pay raises plus food stamp funding.
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Washington
Holy Ghost Celebration Kicks Off Portuguese Festival in Lompoc
The Festa do Divino Espirito Santo launches with a 9 PM dance at the Veterans Memorial Building. A queen’s parade forms at 9:30 AM Sunday in front of the vets building and heads to La Purisima Church for a coronation mass officiated by Father Andrew McGrath, with Anna Domingos crowned and attendants Kathleen Domingos and Donna Grossi. The parade proceeds to Miguelito Park for a barbecue, followed by an auction of Portuguese foods donated by local merchants. Officers for the year are Vic Sousa president, Tony Bettencourt vice president, John G. Silva secretary. Admission to the barbecue is $3 for adults and $2 for children under 12. attendees should bring their own table service.
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Vets
la Purisima Catholic Church
Andrew McGrath
Anna Domingos
Tony Domingos
Kathleen Domingos
Donna Grossi
Willard Grossi
Patty Silva
Joe P. Silva
Kim Fletcher
Ardein Fletcher
Tisha Wilson
Don Wilson
Miguelito Park
Lompoc
Isabel of Aragoo
Diniz
Portugal
Vic Sousa
Tony Bettencourt
John G. Silva
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Manned Orbital Laboratory
Adam
Surf
Sudden Ranch
California Medical Association
Board of Medical Quality Assurance
Board of
Medical Examiners
State
Omer Rains
Ventura
Senate Insurance Committee
Bob Wilson
la Mesa
Art Torres
Second Avenue
Civic Auditorium
Terri Cotten
Lompoc Valley
Don Slaight
Loretta Grossi
State Office of Alcohol Program At
OAPM
State Finance Committee
Schlesinger
Ford
Veterans Po É Memorial
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