Finding a doctor is worth effort not to give up
The article notes wide variation in medical care and urges planning to find a good physician. It recommends using consumer guides, board certification checks, residency training, and university-affiliated hospitals as indicators. It advises interviewing offices, assessing staff friendliness, and trying preliminary visits to judge compatibility and fees.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
John Pekkanen
U.S
George D. LeMaitre
Yankelovich, Shelley and White
Yankelovich
Skelly
White
Medical Society
Pekkanen
LeMaitre
Illinois board weighs shifting tuition control to universities
The Illinois Board of Higher Education will vote on a policy transferring final tuition setting power from lawmakers to university officials, arguing annual increases should keep pace with inflation. Senate members doubt the General Assembly will surrender such influence, warning legislators won’t abdicate responsibility due to politics or elections.
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Associated Press
State Board of Higher Education
General Assembly
Illinois
Senate Higher Education Committee
Richard Newhouse
Chicago
Lawmakers Want Tuition Autonomy For Universities
Sen Kenneth Buzbee says the General Assembly should have final say. Legislators control tuition funds by appropriating revenues and approving spending. The proposed policy would empower university governing boards to raise and collect tuition yearly and spend it without legislative approval.
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Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
General Assembly
Indiana prosecutor pursues Ford in Pinto homicide case
In Elkhart Indiana prosecutor Michael Cosentino builds the first criminal case against Ford Motor Co over Pinto fuel tank design amid two 1978 deaths in Goshen. He seeks questions to 30 Ford executives, while Ford contests the allegations and notes recalls. The trial starts January 7 in Winamac with local and national attention.
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New York Times
Elkhart
Ind
Indiana
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Wayne County
Mich
Henry Ford
Goshen
Michael Cosentino
Elkhart County
Thomas Dusthimer
First National Bank
Main Street
Alka-Seltzer
Mike
David and Goliath
Podunk
Ford Company
Bill Durnier
Cosentino
Durnier
California
Auto Company
Department of Transportation
Winemac
Pulaski County
Police chief slain while swapping with hostages in Mequon
Mequon Wisconsin a roadside shootout left Police Chief Thomas Buntrock 42 dead as deputies killed the gunman. The incident began when a robbery suspect fled a service station and abducted a man and child. Buntrock lunged into the suspect's car to save the hostages and was struck by shotgun fire. Authorities say several deputies opened fire at a roadblock fatally wounding the assailant. Witnesses described the exchange of gunfire as heavy as the windshield blew out. Buntrock served since 1960 and became chief in 1969 known as a peacemaker.
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Mequon
Wis
Thomas Buntrock
Ozaukee County
Donna Rhode
Buntrock
Bill Bachman
Milwaukee
Bank Robberies Surge in Los Angeles Area
FBI Los Angeles reports 1,007 bank and savings loan robberies in seven counties so far this year, up from 782 in 1978. The heists yielded about $2.4 million, averaging roughly $2,400 per robbery, with the largest haul near $60,000 and many incidents under $1,000.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Herbert D. Clough Jr
Bank and Savings and Loan Association
Beries
Chicago schools in financial straits
The city faces a 475 million dollar needed overhaul for Chicago public schools, per Goldman Sachs part of a task force. Mayor Jane Byrne weighs aid as the district cannot borrow and faces a 42 million payroll due Friday, while a weekend audit seeks clearer financial data from the system.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
Goldman Sachs & Co
Byrne
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