Los Angeles doctors protest malpractice insurance rise
LA hospitals report surge of emergency cases from private facilities as physicians protest insurance rate increases. The dispute centers on a state plan for a doctor funded pool in exchange for free care days and Medi Cal referrals, with negotiations ongoing after a Friday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Daniel A. ‘Lang
Daniel Brotman
Leon Bender
Medi-Cal
Robert Gnaizda
Arizona Prisoners Take Brief Escape Bid in Florence
Two inmates James Morgan 31 and Nicholas Savko 28 fled a Florence prison work detail but were tracked by dogs about 1.5 miles and recaptured. In Phoenix Robert C. Griffin 48 faces grand theft charge over city funds used to buy tires and a sand buggy. A Willcox bank embezzlement probe in Tucson widens with vague unnamed sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Arizona State Prison
James Morgan
Nicholas Savko
Dwight Carey
Phoenix
Justice of the Peace Court
Robert C. Griffin
Bein
Eures
Barr, Gutierrez defend medical malpractice bill in Arizona
House Leader Barr and Senate Leader Gutierrez defend a proposed Arizona bill on medical malpractice insurance. They note criticism of a section requiring a state plan to charge at least double, while allowing hospitals and physicians to create their own insurers. They seek action by April 1 before Travelers drops coverage. Gutierrez dispatches staff to California to study rate jumps after reform measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
House
Burton Barr
Senate
Alfredo Gutierrez
Barr
Gutierrez
D-Phoenix
Arizona
California
Apartment Fire Damages Unit in Scottsdale Co-op
Scottsdale Rural Metro Fire Dept reports a morning blaze at M-219 8220 E Garfield St in a cooperative building. The fire started from smoking materials igniting a living room couch, causing $5,000 damage and was confined to the couch and adjacent wall. It was reported at 7:58 a.m and under control by 8:10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Rembrandt painting recovered after theft in Boston
A stolen Rembrandt valued at more than a million was recovered wrapped in a brown quilt with slight damage. U S Attorney James N Gabriel said no ransom was paid and some investigation details cannot be disclosed for safety reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Call to the Pope Upends Ohio Drunk Arrest
Summit County deputies charged Paul Covey and a young companion with disorderly conduct and reckless operation after Covey, 21, reportedly tried to call the Pope from a telephone during a roadside stop on Ohio Route 8. The long distance call was billed to Covey’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Summit County
Sheriff's Deputies
South Euclid
William Riley
Paul Covey
Vatican
Rome
Riley
Covey
Arizona Sues Phoenix Promoters Over Mexican Lands
The Arizona attorney general sues Gulf Shores Agency Inc. president John McChesney and broker Allan Harrington in Maricopa County alleging consumer fraud in selling leases to Playas Las Conchas, a 5000 acre Mexican seashore subdivision. The suit seeks injunctions, 5000 per violation penalties, and refunds to buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Maricopa County
Attorney General’s
Consumer Protection Section
Gulf Shores Agency Inc. of
John McChesney
Allan Harrington
Gulf Shores
U.S
Rocky Point
Sonora
Las Conchas
Wayne Tangye
Atty
Bruce Babbitt
Robert Blakey Jr
Tangye
William Penn
Arizona
Playas Las Conchas
City to collect living and cut Christmas trees next week
City crews will collect living Christmas trees by appointment for planting in city parks after residents call the parks and recreation department. Cut trees will be picked up on the brush schedule starting next week on the east side of the Indian Bend Wash: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, then same days on the west side the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Margaret Hance
Parks and Recreation Department
Indian Bend
Purse with $700 taken at Papago Lanes recovered
A Scottsdale woman left a purse with 714 dollars unattended at Papago Lanes on Scottsdale Road. Four suspects fled with it. two witnesses recovered the purse nearby as police noted nothing was missing. Earlier Rose Jones reported a separate purse theft of five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Marie Wiley
Papago Lanes
N. Scottsdale Rd
Rose Jones
Obituary of Patricia M Ebner
Patricia M Ebner 40 died Thursday in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Services set for 11 a.m. Monday at Messinger Mor tuary Scottsdale with burial at Paradise Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband Frank and children Frank Jr Karen and Doreen all of Scottsdale and mother Helen Roman of Scottsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia M. Ebner
Messinger Mortuary
Indian School Rd
Friends
Paradise Memorial Gardens
Frank
Frank Jr
Karen
Doreen
Scottsdale
Helen Roman
Dona M Carter Memorial Service Notices
Dona M Carter 65 dies at home held memorial 1 30 p m Monday Arcadia Funeral Home 4800 E Indian School Rd. She was an escrow officer at Transamerica Title Co and member of the RONS Club. Survivors include husband A Rea Carter Charles C and Dr Forrest R Carter a sister two brothers and two grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona M.carter
Arcadia Funeral Home
E. Indian School Rd
Carter
N. 50Th St
Transamerica Title Co
The
Rons Club
A. Rea Carter
Charles C
Forrest R. Carter
Driver hurt in canal plunge near 66th and Oak Streets
Romana Hancock, 28, remained in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after her eastbound car failed to stop at a 66th Street stop sign and veered into Cross-cut Canal at 66th and Oak. The Apache Junction woman Ruth Hopkins, 60, in fair condition at Scottsdale Memorial after a Hayden McKellips crash left Martin Zepada, 19, uninjured driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
66Th
Oak Streets
Apache Junction
Hayden and McKellips
Romana Hancock
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Oak
66Th Street
Canal
Ruth Hopkins
Scottsdale Memorial
Hayden
McKellips
Martin Zepada
N. 74Th St
Hopkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherry Kleven
Northridge Hospital
San Fernando Valley
Joel Ellenzweig
Associated Press
Tucson
Willcox
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Donald D Itlock
Boundless
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Lad
Desert
Tucson Medical Center
Shawn Chinn
Karen Chinn
Three Points
Here
Arizona State
Lucy Davidson
Tucson Democrat
Rembrandt
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Audit Bureau of Circuit Corsset
Aciz
Allon
Bob Johnstone
the World
Safari Hotel
Pontiff
Dona M. Carter
HONDA
America
MESA
W. Broadway
Mesa, Arizona
EIA AS
SRD
First Ave
Old Town
Stottsdale
SRO
Canal Plunge
Ousdale
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!