Friendly Panama Editorials Daily Leader 77 Pan American travel note
The Panama Canal dispute continues to simmer yet U S tourists flock to Panama. Government Tourist Bureau IPAT cites 1977 as the seventh straight year of rising American visitors with near nine percent growth over 1976 and a target of about 100000 U S tourists. Tourists praise Panamanian warmth despite canal talks.
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Panama
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Isthmus
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Tass cites toll of Chinese repressions before Mao’s death
Soviet agency Tass reports in a Burlatski biography that 28 million Chinese died from repressions by the Malovist regime. The book revives figures of 25 million from the Cultural Revolution, two million in commune campaigns, and one million against national minorities, comparing to Russian losses under early Soviet rule.
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Tass
Fedor Burlatski
Malpractice backfires as lawyers face new lawsuits
A wave of malpractice suits shifts from doctors to lawyers. Chicago saw suits rise from 43 to 94. insurance costs for lawyers jumped from 158 to 233 dollars per 100000 in coverage. San Francisco Bay firms face rising claims with one in twenty sued. many cases settle around six to ten thousand, some higher. Insurance firms warn premiums must rise to cover growing risk, urging accountability for professionals.
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Louis Rukeyser
New York
Chicago
San Francisco Bay Area
Francis J. McCarthy
Travelers Insurance Company
McCarthy
Travelers
Senate panel rejects collective bargaining bills in Illinois
A state Senate Labor and Commerce panel, split 4 to 4, voted not to advance two bills authorizing public employees including teachers to bargain collectively and strike. The measures, already passed by the House, would have forced binding arbitration for police and other security personnel while allowing bargaining for educators. A separate action approved a compromise bill cutting workmen's compensation benefits to curb rising insurance costs.
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Senate
Senate Labor and Commerce Committee
House
Thomas Hanahan
D-Mchenry
Labor
Richard F. Kelly
D-Haze Crest
Illinois General Assembly action heats up across policy areas
The Illinois Senate panels approve lifting bans on political contributions by insurers and liquor license holders. A proposed constitutional change would elect the state school superintendent. Crime, budget, workmen’s comp, and police spying measures move, while drinking age faces House defeat. Policy games would shift to state operation with projected $45 million revenue. Family practice residency and scholarships gain backing, plus hazardous waste disposal tightened amid a PCB dispute.
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James R. Thompson
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Bodies piling up as funeral strike continues
In Chicago area a strike by workers at concrete burial vault firms has delayed nearly 1,000 funerals. Officials note a shortage of burial vaults has forced more use of funeral boxes, creating a backlog for the association of funeral directors.
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Chicago
The
Association of Funeral Directors
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
John Philbin
Catholic Cemetery Association
Thomas Moriarty
Funeral Directors Service Association
Public aid widens hotline to locate absent parents
Illinois public aid expands its toll free 1 800 252 8903 to gather tips on absent parents who fail to support their families. Director Arthur F Quern says anonymous callers may help locate and prosecute non supporting parents as the state fights welfare fraud. The hotline, first used in 1975 for fraud tips, is now used nationwide with Illinois offering caller anonymity.
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California
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State Department of Public Aid
Irene Hughes shines at Republican Women luncheon with psychic claims
The piece profiles Irene Hughes's appearance at a Republican Women spring luncheon where she discussed mind over matter, parapsychology, and bio feedback claims from Mayo Clinic. It also follows Adrian Young’s African tour coverage and assorted Illinois event notes, wildlife no pets warning, quarry protests, and Northwestern University orange bike defense.
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Irene
Irene Hughes
Mayo Clinic
Activity therapy workshop attendees named
Fairbury Alice Steidinger activity director at Helen Lewis Smith Pavilion Fairbury Lois Brockman rural Pontiac activity director Hamiston Have Pontiac Erma Macom Chenoa activity director Livingston County Nursing Home attend a two week advanced activity therapy workshop at the George Zeller Aone Center Peoria.
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Fairbury
Helen Lewis Smith
Lois Brockman
Pontiac
Hamiston Have
Erma Macom
Chenoa
Livingston County Nursing Home
George Zeller Aone Center
Peoria
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