Suffolk cops win bid against frivolous lawsuits
The case of Officers Scott and Titolo highlights a nationwide push against frivolous damage suits. A Long Island judge awarded the officers $30,000 each after a heroin arrestee sued for brutality. Doctors win malpractice countersuits in California, with fallout including declining malpractice insurance costs. The column urges vigilance against phony claims and notes insurance and consumer-protection litigants as warning signs.
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Suffolk County
New York
John A
Robert Tito
Scott
Titolo
State Supreme Court
George F. Mcinnerney
Riverhead
N.Y
Meinerney
Long Island
California
W. A. Siebenthaler Sr President Myers Publisher GM
The notice lists W A Siebenthaler Sr as president and Frank R Myers as publisher general manager for Friday June 9 1978. It reads as a corporate byline or masthead line from the periodizing publication.
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Frank R. Myers
Phony Diplomas Plague Campuses As Yale Reports 7000 Alumni Claims
A nationwide issue of fake credentials plagues colleges and universities as graduates and others fabricate diplomas from trade schools, colleges, and even law schools. Yale alone lists over 7,000 individuals claiming alumni status amid rampant competition for graduate school admission and prestige. Colleges struggle despite fingerprint checks and careful record verification. The piece urges judging individuals by abilities, not by their parchment.
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Yale
Yale University
Not for 30000 by Jim Fiebig
The writer imagines Omar the Tentmaker as a stock candidate and laments housing costs. He recalls childhood goals of a 30 thousand dollar brick home and contrasts that with today’s market where similar homes run 40000 to 50000 dollars for tiny plots and cramped space.
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Omar
Ford
T.E
Panic buyers push up home prices in a crowded market
The narrator compares today’s real estate prices to the 1929 crash, noting buyers are paying $30,000 to $60,000 with anxious, hopeful pursuit of ownership. Americans seem willing to endure high prices, fearing waiting will raise costs and leaving many to fear a market fall where only a few may win.
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Omar
Carter
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates and Address
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal, Inc. at Broad and First Ave Middletown Ohio 45042 outlines subscription options. Rates include 20 cents weekday newsstand copies, 35 cents Sunday, and home delivery with 9 cents weekdays and 25 cents Sundays. Motor route 15 per copy daily and 30 cents Sunday, or 480 per four weeks. Mail in USA 38 per year or 46 outside USA. Founded 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
Inflation battles and political blame amid rising prices
Reagan era critique notes April price hikes across meat produce and dairy. Strauss and Bosworth push a wage price control plan, while labor and business resist. Carter faces double digit inflation and weak poll numbers as Republicans push tax cuts to spur growth.
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Jimmy Carter
Robert Strauss
Barry Bosworth
Strauss
Carter
Bosworth
Richard Nixon
Butch Strauss
Labor Department
White House
Congressional Democrats
Strauss and Bosworth
Capitol Hill
Weddings without claptrap in Rainbow Lake nuptials
A neighbor bride with poet laureate duties plans a modern ceremony free of traditional scripts. Separate vacations, still a joint honeymoon, and a casual prenup tone guide the couple’s long term contract on affection. Colleagues joke about wedding deals and staged bachelor traditions as shifts in ceremony practice emerge.
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Cana
Capt. Chauvin
Seven Pillars of Wisdom in Washington Portraits
Washington column reflects on personality over ideas, recalling Sen. James Allen and Henry Kissinger. The author notes that the city’s fascination lies in individuals, not debates, and promises more portraits from his “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” list.
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Sen
James Allen
Alabama
Allen
Lawrence
Jim Allen
Washington
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