Consumer Study Says Public Favors Industry Scrutiny
A New York AP report summarizes a Harris Greyser Diamond survey of 1,500 adults and 522 officials. It finds over a third blame food makers hospitals doctors and oil and car firms for issues. Inflation tops anxieties while perceived corporate failure alarms.
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New York
Louis Harris & Associates
Harvard University
Stephen Greyser
Steven Diamond
Marketing Science Institute
Harvard Business School
Contract Strife Strikes ABC Workers Across Nation
New York AP engineers and technicians walked out at 12 01 a m EDT in a contract dispute with ABC. ABC said broadcasts would not be disrupted and supervisory staff took over equipment. The walkout impacts national facilities in New York and Los Angeles and ABC stations in New York Los Angeles Chicago Detroit and San Francisco. Key issues include meal delays at management discretion part time workers replacing full-time staff and DJs performing technician tasks.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians
NABET
Los Angeles
New
York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Imperfect Stamps Worth Plenty in Rare Drop
A British stamp dealer profited from a sheet of first issue stamps with missing perforations along the bottom two rows. The anonymous buyer paid 11 pounds, the dealer paid 550 pounds on the spot, and plans to sell five pairs. The sheets mark the 25th anniversary issue of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Lyndhurst
England
Alan Grant
Grant
Queen Elizabeth
Letter sent to victims of special claims bill defeat
The joint committee on claims voted to send letters to 134 individuals firms and organizations with pending state claims after the 1977 session failed to pass the measure. Gov Bennett urged quick action in 1978 to pay those owed. Sen Hess will draft the letter explaining the legislature’s failure to agree on whether to pay and noting routine payments in noncontroversial cases.
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Bill
Topeka, Kan
Joint Committee On Claims
Robert F. Bennett
University of Kansas Medical Center
House
Senate
Love
Paul Hess
Wichita
Troug- Nichols Co
Kansas City
EU Medical Center
Sherri Janssen
Patsofis
Frank Gaines
Augusta
Hess
Outsider Attorney Defends Medical Center Legal Work
Hoffman testifies that Reid Holbrook was hired years ago to handle medical center malpractice suits at the request of the university. Lawmaker questions why the attorney general should not handle the cases. Hoffman says no conflict exists but the university wanted local access due to complex Johnson County defenses. He notes two active malpractice cases in which Holbrook is involved and cites past court outcomes on governmental immunity and third party contract provisions. A $6108 1964 bill for Holbrook’s work prompts funding approval and future safeguards.
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Hoffman
Reid Holbrook
Attorney General's Office
Holbrook
Kansas City
Steineger and Reid
Vern Miller
Ron Hein
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Medical
Johnson County
State Supreme Court
Johnson County District Court
Wichita
Special Claims Committee
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Harris
First National Bank OF Ottawa
Clarence C. Love
Attorney General’s Office
Wilior
Fiberglas
Owens-Gorning
Pomona Lumber Co
Overbrook Lumber Co
Ottawa Lumber Co
Main
Roy Clark
Clark
Discomania
Freddie Fender-Read
Freddie
Elvis Presley
Goodies
Volly
C. Rich
Badfinger
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