Ethics ouster pressure builds over Flynt lead role
Washington reports Democrats and Republicans press to remove House Ethics Chair John Flynt amid fallout from Lacovara resignation. CNBC notes include calls for a special prosecutor and potential new ethics committee actions as Flynt faces scrutiny over Korean lobby probes and internal friction within the Ethics Committee.
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House
Ethics Committee
John Flynt
D-Ga
Flynt
Moody
Citizens Lobby
Common Cause
Wertheimer
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Lacovara
Bruce Caputo
New York
Ethics
House Democratic Caucus
Congress
London
Tongsun Park
Committee For Legal Services
Medicaid kickbacks become norm says aging panel
The Senate Committee on Aging reports kickbacks are a routine part of Medicaid with little enforcement. It notes a 1972 law fines and jail for offenses yet prosecutions are rare, recommends felonies for Medicaid and Medicare abuses, and cites 15.5 billion spent in 1975 for the aged, blind, and disabled with 28 million eligible for 50 to 78 percent cost coverage. The eight year investigation highlights widespread fraud and pharmaceutical evidence.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Aging
Congress
Mother rejoices as son freed after helicopter crash
Patricia Schwanke, jubilant mother, celebrates news her 28 year old son Chief Warrant Officer Glenn M Schwanke survived a North Korean helicopter downing. He was released at Panmunjom with only a bruised knee and leg lacerations and may stay overnight in Seoul hospital. The incident left three other crew members dead.
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Wis
Patricia Schwanke
Panmunjom
Jerry Bargenbrgch
Cwo
Glenn Schwanke
Jody Powell
Carter
Jonei
U.S
North Korea
Dmz
Glenn M. Schwanke
Schwanke
KCNA
Iia
Tokyo
North
UPI
Sohio plan for Calif oil terminal faces hurdle
AP reports during a public hearing on Sohio proposed Long Beach terminal that California could lose access to new natural gas if Sohio takes over the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline. Regulators urged a separate crude line to the Gulf Coast, while Sohio spokesman noted costly tie-in options and explored alternatives through Canada or Panama.
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Los Angeles
Long Kestin Siephiki
Tom Quinn
Standard Oil of
Sohio
Valdez
Alaska
Pete
Midland
Texas
For
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Public Utilities Commission
California
Long Beach
Robert Schaadt
Sohio Transportation Co
el Paso
Kitimat
British Columbia
Panama Canal
U S shipments to radical nations plutonium sales raise eyebrows
The Monitor reports on U S plutonium exports approved by the government and supervised by international agencies. Highlights include 16 grams shipped July 24 1875 from a Bab and Wilcox plant, 125 kilograms to a Traing fuel facility in Cheswick Pa, and 110 kilograms to Germany between 97M and 97M. Belgium Taiwan and other nations received smaller amounts, with Taiwan awaiting return of material amid pressure concerns.
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New Horizons
Pab
EADA
Monitor
U.S
Internaomi Atomic Energy Agency
Themerous
Bab and Wilcox Company
Leedowe
Tolay
Iran
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Twartha Research Center
Aphid
Nagasaki
Japan
Traig 75
Germany
Biffalo
N.Y
Christian Partermann
Washington
Karlsruhe
Belgium
Taiwan
Babcock and Wilcox
Leechburg
Taiwanese Institute For
Amin adviser says army will rule Uganda to avert civil war
World in brief reports Idi Amin's adviser Bob Astles telling UPI gossip that Uganda faces bloodshed unless the army or tribal rule takes charge. Astles says the army unites diverse tribes and is the only capable national service, while Utting recounts prison observations and Astles quotes. Cairo notes Sadat says USSR canceled military contracts with Egypt and rejects a new friendship treaty, asserting no privileged position for outsiders and urging borders from 1967 as Begin visits Washington for a peace plan.
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Utting
Bob Astles
Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Moscow
Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
Central Committee
Middle East
Menahem Begin
United Sates
Carter
East Germany Ethiopia sign broader trade pact
East Germany and Ethiopia signed an agreement to significantly expand trade during a Friday visit by Ethiopian delegation led by Gessesse Wolde Kidan. Talks in Berlin included Lambertz's trade mission and reflect Ethiopia's shift toward the Soviet bloc after the 1974 coup. Later in Munich about 500 Muslims protested the screening of Mohammed Messenger of God outside a theater, guarded by police after objections tied to the film’s portrayal of the Prophet.
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Berlin
East Germany
Ethiopia
ADN
Aid
Gessesse Wolde Kidan
Military Council
Werner Lambrez
Communist Party
East Africa
Haile Selassie
Munich
West Germany
Mohammed
Trent
Land grant heirs rush claims after 1848 treaty
More than 200 persons and records rushed to beat the filing deadline for land grant indemnity claims tied to the 1848 Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty. Reies Lopez Tijerina led Alianza Federal de los Pueblos Libres in organizing the reimbursement effort as thousands of claimants across the Southwest allege they are heirs to 431 grants lost when the Rio Grande was fixed. The Mexican government is ready to settle, with the State Department to advise the president who will seek congressional authorization to pay claimants directly.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Guadalupe
Hida
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Alianza Federal Dels Puebros Libres
Southwest
Rio Grande
Highway Chaos Swells in West Germany During Vacation Travel
In Munich and across Southern Germany, thousands of European motorists head for Austria Yugoslavia and Hungary with traffic jams up to 30 miles long. Bavarian authorities log over 30 weekend accidents none fatal as speeds slow to a crawl. The slowest border crossing was at Spielfeld with about a two hour delay.
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West Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
Haly
Germany
Spieeld
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