Texas Opinion: PUC should tighten billing regulations
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Texas Public Utility Commission opened an investigation into cramming a pattern of fraudulent billing amid telecom deregulation. The piece notes local carriers like Southwestern Bell act as bill clearinghouses for entrants, warns of errors and fraud, urges tighter PUC rules, and advises customers to scrutinize bills, using the hotline (888) PUC-TIPS for misbilling complaints.
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PUC
State Public Utility Commission
Southwestern Bell
Epuc
Fort Worth
HIV prevention success cutsBirth HIV rate with AZT use
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal notes a 1992 to 1996 43 percent drop in babies born HIV positive when mothers used AZT after the first trimester. About 8 percent of such births occur with AZT versus 25 percent without. It argues for mandatory HIV testing of pregnant women to safeguard infants, despite privacy and cost concerns.
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Mary Lou Lindegren
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Lubbock
Clinton’s national dialogue on race draws mixed critique
Sobran argues President Clinton acts as a therapy hub and political showman, using a mass dialogue on race to shape public opinion. He labels Clinton’s talk as hollow rhetoric, a political machine selling meaning with a jingle like cadence, while noting Clinton’s liberal ideals and quest for fundraising power.
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Clinton
Phil Donahue
America
Washington Post
New Left
Bill
Hillary Clinton
Clintons
Language Barriers in Health Care Spark Debate
Feder argues in a Boston Herald column that English should be the common language in the United States. The piece cites Times coverage, immigrant linguistics, and political actions in California and New York, urging bilingualism rollbacks and English literacy as American unity.
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the Times
United States
America
Times
California
New York
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Israel Whitman
House
Newt Gingrich
Mexico
Feder
Boston Herald
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