Slowdown persists as doctors renew insurance plans
More than 5,000 of Southern California’s about 9,500 physicians renewed malpractice coverage with Travelers or SCPIE, despite Gov. Brown backing a voluntary state fund. The slowdown, in its 28th day, may spread to Long Beach. A bill to fund the pool averages $4,000 per doctor annually.
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Southern Calfornia
Travelers Insurance Co
Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange
SCPIE
Long Beach
Brown
Assembly
Senate
Alfred Long
Monterey Park
Long Beach Medical Association
St. Mary Medical Center
Jacques Desottignies
Johnson
Los Angeles
Travelers
Downey
Decotignies
Wilshire Boulevard
Contempt threats at Hearst trial juror selection
In San Francisco the Hearst bank robbery trial reselection faced contempt risk as defense counsel warned excused jurors and reporters could be cited for discussing closed sessions. Judge Carter moved questioning to a private adjacent courtroom with marshals, while the ACLU urged public access and fairness for an impartial jury.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Seee Teasley
Bailey
Mike Forrest
Radio Staton
US District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Ina
Carter
Federal Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Albert Johnson
Girl 15 Dies After Sniffing Spot Remover
Hawthorne girl Gayla Batman 15 died at Lennox Park after sniffing spot remover and losing consciousness. Deputies said friends found her unresponsive around 9 p.m. and she was dead on arrival.
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Hawthorne
Lennox Area
Gayla Batman
Cerive Ave
Lennox Park
Condon Ave
Doctor jailed for fraudulent hearing aids case gains lengthy sentence
Dr Emilio Marquez, 58, was jailed 364 days and fined 15000 for prescribing unnecessary hearing aids to elderly nursing home patients in Glendora. He must refund 25000 to victims after conviction on November 4 following seven weeks of testimony.
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Emilio Marquez
Los Angeles
Marquez
Glendora
Sax
Ethel Boyer
Catastrophic Health Plan Advances in California Assembly
SACRAMENTO AP Legislation to create a catastrophic health insurance program narrowly passed the California Assembly. Assemblyman Dixon Arnett said employers must offer it with premiums up to 50 dollars for individuals and 90 for families in year one. The plan would cover medical costs over thresholds of 5 000 and 7 500 dollars.
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Sacramento
California Assembly
Dixon Arnett
Redwood City
American Medical Association
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
Keene
Los Angeles Council Rejects Own Salary Raise
The Los Angeles City Council narrowly rejected a two stage pay raise for council members, the mayor, city attorney and city controller. Final action was delayed after an initial 11-2 vote on first reading, as unanimity for passage was required with 12 of 15 members present. If approved, mayoral pay would rise to 52 000 this July and 55 000 next July. city attorney would rise toward 46 750. council members and the city controller would also see increases.
Ward proposes red car routes for mass transit
Los Angeles Supervisor Baxter Ward unveiled a $7.0 billion 281 mile rapid transit plan called the Sunset Coast Line Route of the New Red Cars. It would reuse Pacific Electric corridors, run 230 miles of heavy rail and 51 miles of light rail, acquire 1,000 cars for 30 trains to LAX and other lines, and rely on a one cent county sales tax with a 12 to 90 year potential deployment depending on federal funding.
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Pacific Electric
Los Angeles
Baxter Ward
Rapid Transit District
Ward
Union Station
Long Beach
County Grand Jury
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles County named drug hub by Sheriff Pitchess
Sheriff Peter Pitchess warned that Los Angeles County has become the heroin and marijuana distribution hub of the nation. He cited narcotics probes showing large scale smuggling around Santa Catalina Island and noted that despite increased seizures only about 14 percent of heroin used by 50 000 addicts is intercepted.
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Peter Pitchess
Loreles County
Santa Catalina Island
Board of Supervisors
Pitchess
Court of Appeal bars union fees for city county workers
In a unanimous ruling the California Court of Appeal ruled it illegal to require city or county workers to join unions or pay union fees. The decision struck down Hayward and United Public Employees Local 390 agency shop terms and may be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
California
State Court of Appeal
Hayward
United Public Employes Local 390
State Supreme Court
Alameda County Superior Court
State Supreme Court Reuffs Conviction Review
State Supreme Court refuses to consider the conviction of former county Deputy Dist. Atty. Jack Kirschke for murdering his wife and her lover. The related items reference various pages and topics from the paper, including Patty Hearst’s changing family dynamics and Ford administration notes.
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State Supreme Court
Jack Kirschke
Page
Navy awards F18 contract to Douglas
The U S Navy will spend at least 16 million dollars to develop the F18 combat aircraft in a program slated to create up to 10 000 California jobs. Plans call for 800 F18 fighters for Navy and Marine pilots from 1980 to 2000 in a 7 7 billion project to replace Phantoms and A7s. McDonnell Douglas is the prime contractor with Northrop doing 30 percent of development and 40 percent of production at Palmdale Hawthorne. McDonnell Douglas work to be done in St Louis Mo.
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U.S. Navy
California
Defense Department
Washington
Navy
McDonnell’ Douglas Corp
Northrop Corp
Northrop
Palmdale
Hawthorne
McDonnell Douglas
St. Louis
Weather and terrain outlook for the region
Weather brief notes some high temperatures. area forecast shows fair conditions. Mountains expect highs around 25 with clear skies and lows near 25. deserts near 35 with mild winds. Overall highs reach 83 in the warmest locales with no major precipitation expected.
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Leo McCarthy
Patty
By Tony Ledwell
Calgains
L.A. Council
Los Angles City
Noel Swann
Frew Our
L.A
Bareau
L.A. County
U.S
L.A. Sareen
Hearst
Patty Hearst
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Angola
Kissinger
Elliot Richardson
Ford
Richard Nixon
DIST
Atty, van de Kamp
Frank Sate
Douglas
Fela L.B
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