Health care changing as hospitals consolidate
Dr. Raymond Bard at the University of South Carolina Aiken Science Seminar warned small hospitals will die as systems consolidate and patients move quickly to large centers. He said future care will rely on high speed transport, with a rise in first aid stations in small towns and a focus on reducing costs. Bard noted health care is a $100 billion industry with allied health workers making up most of the field.
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Raymond C. Bard
University of South Carolina
Bard
School of Allied Health Sciences
Medical College of Georgia
William E. Latterhos
Latterhos
Eloise Kills 25 In Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
Hurricane Eloise struck the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with 80 mile per hour winds and heavy rain. Officials report at least 25 dead in Puerto Rico and many missing as damage reaches about 40 million dollars.
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Eloise
Puerto Rico
San Juan
P.R
Dominican Republic
New York Teachers End Strike. Fort Wayne Teachers Vote
New York City teachers end a week long walkout as classes resume in the 1 million pupil system. Fort Wayne teachers association votes to strike against the system affecting about 30 000 pupils amid parent protests over a 90 minute weekly cut in class time.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Arms For Turkey Drive Seeks House Approval
Washington AP reports a new push by House members to authorize renewed U S arms sales to Turkey amid fears of anti American voter backlash in Turkish elections. The International Relations Committee opened consideration of an $185 million arms deal and plans more hearings on the Israeli Egyptian peace accord.
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Washington
House
U.S
Turkey
House International Relations
Mittee
Governors Call for End to Gas Price Controls
Southern Governors vote on an energy policy urging Congress to lift all price controls on old and new natural gas. The nine page policy, drafted by the 41st annual Southern Governors Conference energy committee, argues federal controls undervalue interstate gas and distort incentives for exploration and conservation.
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Orlando
Fla
Congress
Ence
Energy Committee
Premis
Miss Fromme Seeks Simple Life After Bail Cut
Lynette A Fromme appeared at a pretrial hearing in Sacramento hoping to resume life as a Charles Manson follower. Judge Thomas J MacBride lowered bail from one million to three hundred fifty thousand dollars and allowed limited speech with visitors.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette A. Fromme
Charles Manson
Miss Fromme
Ford
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Aiken High News Crew Fires Up Weekend Issue
The Stinger staff met to assemble the Aiken High newspaper with days and nights of effort. Youthful reporters, guided by enthusiasm, consumed brownies and snacks as they stitched ads and photos into a first edition. A misread highway find turned out to be two disposable diapers.
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Stinger
Aiken High
Aiken Residents Hear Plan for Youth Offenders Facility
South Carolina Department of Corrections officials visited Aiken to discuss a proposed youth facility opposite J D Lever Elementary School. Director William Leeke described three functions educational technical and religious and said most residents would be first offenders aged 17 to 21 from the Lower Savannah area. Aiken residents voiced concerns about location and potential risk to nearby families, while Leeke pledged screening and a lease provision ensuring the site remains a youth facility and not a center for hardened criminals.
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South Carolina Department of Corrections
Aiken
William D. Leeke
S.C. Department of Corrections
J.D. Lever
Leeke
Spekity
Savannah
Creddlt AK We Dall Tesco Ae
Kenneth Johnson
Aiken County
Johnson
Department of Corrections
Foxe Says Marriage to Mills Still Wanted
Fanne Foxe, 39, born Annabel Batistella, says she wants to marry U S Representative Wilbur Mills because he made her feel secure and valued. She told reporters in Akron that the final decision rests with Mills and she cried when asked about her feelings.
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Akron, Ohio
Fanne Foxe
U.S
Wilbur Mills
Wilbur
Miss Foxe
Annabel Batistella
Mills
Arkansas
Destroyed Records Probe Focuses on CIA Poison Stockpile
Senate intelligence panel questions the CIA over destroyed files tied to deadly poisons and Project Naomi. CIA director William Colby testified that some records and a memo about destruction existed, but a special counsel later said no such memo or destruction occurred. Helms, the former director, attended the hearing as Colby described $3 million spent on poisons and delivery systems.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
F A. O Schwarz
Naomi Schwarz
Richard M Helms
William E. Colby
Colby
Helms
Sidney Gottlieb
Mitchell Rogovin
Rogovin
Gottlieb
Iran
Aiken County Votes to Pay Augusta Hospital Indigent Bill
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners approved an $81,297.75 indigent care bill from University Hospital in Augusta pending verification of patient claims and account numbers. Commissioners debated the claim sheets and examined verification by the Social Services department before first reading of a revenue sharing ordinance.
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University Hospital
Augusta
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Charles W. Prosser
Cleve Edmunds
Harold V. Graybeal
Graybeal
Forest L. Kirby
Kirby
Donnie J Williams
Ralph F. Cullinan
Cullinan
Williams
Graybear
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John D. Spooner
Aiken County Public Library
By Lynne Katonak
N. Y
Sandra Good
MacBride
Alan Taylor
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Seekeonueried
Csaqeb
Jeane Hall
Lepke. Paget
Roof
Paul Jennings
Anne
Frank Church
Idaho
Central Intelligence Agency
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