Hospital layoffs rise amid medical care access strain
In Los Angeles County and surrounding counties layoffs in hospitals rise as private facilities cut services over malpractice insurance hikes. Public facilities see a higher caseload while patients report calm, yet delays in care persist. UCLA Medical Center ER handles about 100 more patients daily. doctors note premium jumps up to 484 percent, with some premiums near 36000 for high risk physicians.
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Charles McElroy
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Robert Gnaizda
State Department of Health and Welfare
United Physicians of California
Michael Frealich
Reagan says budget slash wouldn't hike state taxes
Ronald Reagan touring New Hampshire on the 1976 campaign trail argued his plan to cut the federal budget by about 90 billion dollars would not require new state taxes. He assured voters in Gorham and Milan that New Hampshire residents would not pay state income taxes or be hit with new taxes as the plan is phased in.
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Sanford
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Fletcher Wheeler and the SLA Fugitive Route to Safety
The story follows Fletcher Wheeler, linked to the SLA, who fled violent radicals and sought medical care across the United States. He used false IDs, hiding in plain sight until a chance event blew his cover and led to FBI arrest after a hospital visit.
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Pewser
Wheeler
Venceremos Group
People's Forces
DeFraeze
Jim
Guy
Veheeremos Medical Clinic
Mary Alice Siem
Houston
Tex
Insurance hikes hit hospitals and doctors
Hospitals face steep malpractice premium increases with claims of a 550 percent rise in two years. Presbyterian seeks to join a new plan while providers warn about Medicare costs and unreimbursed expenses. Santa Monica Hospital cites daily room cost increases and dramatic premium-driven cost jumps since 1965. West Adams Community Hospital notes premiums climbing from 14 000 to about 24 000.
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Doug Dutton
CHA
Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center
West Adams Community Hospital
Los Angeles
Fatal Huntington Beach siege ends in brother’s arrest
A man identified as Nicholas John Distefano was shot and killed by police after a hours long barricade at a Huntington Beach home. His brother Arthur Robbins Distefano, 35, was later booked on murder charges. SWAT teams, calls to surrender, and weapons found at the scene followed a family dispute. A second incident in San Pedro left James Hawthorne Dixon stabbed to death after a dating dispute with the victim’s mother. Madrid subway strike impacts public transit for three days.
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Arthur Robbins Distefano
Golden West St
Huntington Beach
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Young
Set
Philip Oliver
Lee Camp
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital
Arthur Distefano
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Taurer
Ray Gendreau
Harbor Division
James Hawthorne Dixon
Compton Public Service Department
Patricia Adams
Gendreau
Dixon
Hawthorne
President Ford notes distress over Soviet ships near Angola
President Ford expressed dismay at two Soviet ships off the African coast near Angola. Press secretary Ron Nessen called the vessels evidence of continuing Soviet involvement in a region where they have no legitimate interests and equated it with broader Soviet intervention in Angola.
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Ford
Angola
Ron Nessen
Nessen
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