Moss Undercover Slams Medicaid Mills Weak Oversight
Senator Frank Moss posing as a welfare patient exposed what he calls Medicaid mills farming the system for profit. He visited 200 clinics across New York California New Jersey and Michigan finding crummy facilities and doctors diverting 50 percent of Medicaid funds to operators. Moss estimates up to 1 billion yearly may fund such non health serving ventures.
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Washington
UPD
Utah
Frank E. Moss
David Mathews
Ford
Moss
Senate Committee On Aging
New York
California
New Jersey
Michigan
Joseph HK. Rodriguez
New Jersey Commission of Investigation
Subcommittee
New York City
Volcano eruption injures five scientists in Guadeloupe summit
A brief volcanic eruption at Onvintte peak sent rocks mud and ash over the 4 900 foot summit injuring five scientists from a 12 member team. A mudslide near the summit required helicopter rescue and a black smoke plume rose above the crater as tremors spread for miles.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guanteloupe
la Soutriere
Via Onvintte
Challengers debate state housing and ERA stance in heated election
Melvin and rivals pressed on pension vesting limits tied to governor rules, with all three opposing ERA ratification citing constituent opposition. They sparred over Life Sunset Law and agency abolition plans, and on Okaloosa land leaseholds with opinions split on fee simple titles and public ownership.
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Melvin
League of Women Voters
Manning
Roles
Okaloosa
Bales
State Supreme Cand
Supreme Court
Steel price hike halted by rollback across major producers
United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel Inland Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh withdrew a 4.5 percent price increase set for Oct. 1, halting the move as Armco delayed to Jan. 2 1977. The Council on Wage and Price Stability said it will fold the steel analysis into a longer term metals report by year end.
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Pittsburgh
UPL
United States Steel Corp
Council On
Washington
William Lilly
Thehite House
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
National Steel, Jones & Laughlin
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Lilly
Russian Sub Collides With U S Warship in Mediterranean
A Russian nuclear powered submarine and the U S Navy frigate Woge collided in the Mediterranean on Saturday. Both vessels sustained damage. the Wage was disabled and towed to Soudha Bay Crete. One American sailor suffered a broken arm. The submarine surfaced but did not respond to assistance.
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Washington
UPI
Woge
Mediterranean Sea
Pentagon
Soudha Bay
Crete
Stabbing Suspect Arraigned On Second Degree Murder Charge
Darryl Browning 19 was arraigned in Shalimar on second degree murder for a stabbing death of his friend Michael Lessee. Bond set at 25,000. Browning held at Okaloosa County Jail pending posting. Other incidents include Michael Todd Chapman 19 charged with possession of marijuana over five grams and resisting arrest with violence in Fort Walton Beach.
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Howard Gill
Shalimar Courthouse Annex
Darryl Browning
Browning
Okaloosa County
Task Force
Michael Lessee
Eglin Air Force Base
Dapoties
Wright Trailer Park
Gill
Crestview
Pat
Fort Walton Beach
Michael Todd Chapman
Dolphin Court
Chapman
North Koreans Seize South Korean Vessel
North Korean gunboats fired on and seized a South Korean fishing boat in the Sea of Japan after it entered what Seoul calls North Korean waters. Seoul reports no details on casualties while North Korea calls the vessel unidentified and detained after noncompliance. The incident comes ahead of a planned second level Armistice Commission meeting to ease border tensions after the Panmunjom slayings.
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Seoul
South Korea
Sea of Japan
North Korea
Korean Military Armistice Commission
USS. Army
Panmunjom
Niceville Holds Special Budget Session Today
Niceville City Council meets in a 7:30 p.m. special session in the council chambers to review revisions of the operating budget for the new fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The proposed budget, presented to council, totals $1,016,000 for 1976 7 fiscal year, with hearings to precede final adoption.
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Niceville
Veteran in Abilene charged after sniper incident
John J. Allen 55 was charged with the sniper slaying of 16 year old Neville Ray King near his home. Police said Allen fired from inside his house during a three hour standoff after shots also hit two other youths and a responding officer. He surrendered after police fired tear gas and was jailed on 100000 bond. Allen had reportedly lived in a World War II era fantasy and suffered mental illness.
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Abilene
Tex
UPI
John J. Allen
Lois Dunlap
Neville Ray King
King
Gyo
Allen
Granville Agnew
11.G. Luedike
Bill
Kosygin Suffers Stroke Report Not Denied
The Evening News in London reports Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin suffered a stroke while skimming in the Moscow River and nearly drowned. Official comment was withheld, but the paper says his condition was not serious and his bodyguards aided his rescue and resuscitation.
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London
UPI
Evening News
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
Victor Louis
Kosygin
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
TV Cameramen Test Trials In Orlando Courtroom
In a mock drunk driving trial in Orlando two TV cameras and several radio reporters recorded the proceedings. The test, organized by SDX, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Grange County Bar Association, aimed to study future use of video and audio in real trials. Judges and attorneys offered mixed views while officials consider broader adoption for appellate and administrative purposes.
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Orlando
Fla
UPL
Central Florida
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi
Grange County Bar Association
Florida Supreme Court
Joseph L. Brechner
SDX
Freedom of Information Committee
Supreme Court
Orange-Osceola
Robert Egan
Barker
John Briggs
Dridge Barker
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Seal
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National Safety Council
Council
Vincent Tofany
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African National Council
Britain
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Superior Court
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Centro
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Center
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R-I
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