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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1977
Page
3
Authorities dropped a search for a possible second suspect in the killing of California Highway Patrol Officer Arthur Dann. Dann, 43, was found dead in his patrol car after a crash. Gary Arlen Eads, 35, of Burney, earlier booked for murder, said a blond male hitchhiker was in the back seat. investigators found no evidence to support the claim.
The malpractice insurance squeeze shifts from doctors to lawyers as premiums possibly rise to 1000 2000 dollars annually. Assemblyman Knox cites escalating costs driving lawyers to practice without insurance or raise fees. Samuel Shore of the Trial Lawyers Association blames insurers and urges a state fund to cover all attorneys with retroactive compensation. James Ladlam of the California Hospital Association suggests workcomp style payments and a public board to settle claims. A separate meeting at St Alphonsus Church discussed steep rates for East Los Angeles residents.
EPA Administrator Douglas M Castle sent California’s emergency smog plan back to state officials for redrafting to include gas rationing or freeway metering. ARB chair Tom Quinn warned a 30 to 40 percent traffic cut would be needed to achieve hydrocarbon reductions, while noting disru ption to Southern California. The ruling followed a lawsuit by the Center for Law in the Public Interest for the California Lung Association.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge upheld the right of all handicapped children in California to a free and appropriate education, potentially adding about 30 million dollars in state funding. The decision, by Judge Campbell Lucas, may take effect Jan 1, 1978 due to pending legislation and affects over 92,000 disabled youths statewide, including 4,000 without any education. The ruling declares all students are entitled to educational benefits suited to their needs, ending a suit filed December 20 by the Western Center on Law and Poverty against the State Department of Education. Education for handicapped children is currently guided by the Sedgewick Act, covering schooling when no public option exists.
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