Friends of the Hospital Push Public Ownership for Aiken County
About 50 residents at USC Aiken heard the Friends of the Hospital urge a publicly owned and operated hospital on the present site. John G. Lyon and D. Robert Lipe presented letters from the hospital board urging a public facility, criticized HCA plans, and cited petitions and ads in support.
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Friends of the Hospital
Aiken County
Hospital Corporation of America
USCA
John G. Lyon
Aiken County Hospital
Robert O. Lipe
Friends” Organization
Hospital Board of Trustees
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Lipe
Aiken Standard
J. Richard Coney
Bureau of Health Facilities and Services
S.C
Sipe
Lower Savannah Council
Denmark
John Cunningham
Graniteville Corp
Hos
Doctors contest HCA role in Lakeside hospital saga
Aiken County officials hear disclosure that private hospitals in multiple communities faced dissatisfaction amid expansion. Dr Finley A Kennedy hints at HCA involvement, referencing a Medical Economics piece by Alvin Lassen detailing wooing of Lakeside physicians and alleged cost-cutting claims.
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Finley A. Kennedy
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Kennedy
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Aiken County
Medical Economics
Doctors Gratis
Alvin H. Lassen
Metairie, la
Lakeside Hospital
Metairie
Clinic Hinges On Staffing For New HCA Hospital
Dr. Thomas Frist Jr. announced at the Aiken County Hospital news conference that space will be set aside for an outpatient clinic in HCA’s proposed 190 bed hospital in Aiken County if adequate staffing is available. He described plans for isolation rooms on each floor and four rooms intended for severely disturbed psychiatric or alcoholic patients with state funds to support care as staffing allows.
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Thomas F. Frist Jr
Hospital Corporation of America
Aiken County
HCA
Aiken County Hospital
Friends of
Dr. Frist
Hijack Attempt Thwarted at Logan Airport
A young Black man demanded ten thousand dollars for the poor and took an Eastern Airlines pilot hostage aboard a DC9 at Logan International Airport. The pilot was injured when the hijacker was captured. Authorities said the assailant used a knife or fingernail file and the plane remained on the runway as police and FBI agents swarmed the scene.
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Boston
Eastern Airlines
Logan International
FBI
Daley Back In Driver's Seat After Stroke Recovery
Chicago Mayor Richard J Daley, 73, returned to City Hall for the first time since a May stroke signaling he intends to remain in office. He had spent four months recovering at his summer home in Grand Beach Michigan amid speculation about his political future.
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Chicago
Richard J Daley
Daley
City Hall
Grand Beach
Mich
Butz Denies World Food Disaster
Secretary Earl L. Butz urged more focus on boosting food production than stockpile management. He pledged U S relief regardless of reserve talks and backed an international reserve system while urging importing nations to build their own stocks. He dismissed world disaster talk as apocalyptic nonsense amid a crying need for more food.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Butz
United States
Houston Suspect Brooks Gets Mental Competence Hearing
David Owen Brooks received a November 4 hearing to determine if he is mentally competent to stand trial for the murder of four of the 27 victims in the Houston mass murder case. His attorney says he is sane. prosecutors rely on eight psychiatrists' opinions.
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Houston, Tex
David Owen Brooks
Houston
William M. Hatten
Brooks
Ted Musick
Dist. Atty
Carol Vance
Fish tale dispatch and clinic misreads in light humor
A CB radio exchange features a sheriff car reporting a flat tire and a humorous reply. The Paul Weinle family of Aiken visits the Southwest and f ish in the High Sierras with a single rainbow trout that was caught by chance. Mrs Weinle returns the fish, while two nurse-receptionists discuss the word ferment and firmament in a doctor's waiting room.
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Citizens Band
Sheriff's Department
Paul Weinle
Aiken
Southwest
High Sierras
Mass grave in Maratha backs Turkish claims amid Cyprus clashes
Turkish Premier Ecevit warned of serious measures as UN teams exhumed 84 Turkish Cypriots from a Maratha pit. Ankara cites two massacres with 158 Turkish Cypriots reported dead. Greek Cypriots deny and seek missing victims’ status.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Maratha
Bulent Ecevit
United Nations Peace Force
Famagusta
Glafcos Clerides
Corp
Ses
Osman Orek
Argument Ends With Shooting in Wagener Nightclub
Ulysses James, 30, was rushed to University Hospital Augusta with a gunshot chest wound after a Tuesday afternoon argument over a truck gear count in a Wagener nightclub. Curtis Schofield, 35, surrendered to Wagener Police Chief Melvin Padgett and was jailed. James remains in critical condition.
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Wagoner
Ulysses James
University Hospital
Augusta
Aiken
James
Leatha Burgess
Curtis Schofield
Wagener
Schofield
Melvin Padgett
Weather forecast hints at warm fall day tomorrow
The forecast shows a fall day with clouds and a high in the lower 80s. There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow while tonight’s low should be near 60 degrees.
Why Outpatient Clinic Placement Matters in New Hospital Choice
The hospital plans an outpatient clinic contingent on sufficient medical staffing and service needs. Rates will mirror Augusta Georgia and Richland County facilities, with no service removals planned despite profitability concerns. site selection aims at long term regional benefit and expansion potential near USCA.
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Aiken County Public Library
Friends
Carroll Allen
Pital
Cunningham
Cunningham, Kenny
Dr. Lipe
Lyon
Wendell Hall
Lassen
Robert Ayerst
Robert G. Miller
Robert J. Crawlevy
Lakeside
Ayerst
Frist Fields
Sam Nesbit
Palodhia
Orek
Timi
Limassol
Clerides
TLRAS
Laurens Street
Paul Jennings
Augusta Ga
Richland County
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