Tri City doctors face patient surge amid physician shortage
Waiting rooms overflow as Tri City residents struggle to secure family physicians. A Washington Hospital task force was formed April 5 to study recruiting doctors after a February report warned of a critical shortage. The district had 92 practicing physicians for about 1.0 million people earlier, with a low physician-per-thousand ratio. Doctors report heavy patient loads, and many primary care physicians have reached capacity, turning away new patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City
Washington Hospital
John James
Hospi
Tal Planning Associates
Washington Township
Tri-Cities
Cians
Robert Singer
Conrad Anderson
Gentral
Prac
William Scherber
County ’Medical Association
Apollo 16 Moon Landing Delayed By Instrument Glitch
Astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke touched down in the lunar highlands after a tense descent delayed by a broken engine sensor. Officials warned the late landing could shorten their stay from 73 to about 60 hours and likely scrap the final moon walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Duke
Young
Flight Dynamics
Mission Contecant
Apollo
Reagan urges Nixon on Vietnam bombing policy attack on protesters
Not a peace sign Goy, Ronald Reagan tells a news conference that President Nixon should do whatever has to be done to protect GIs in Vietnam and denounced critics of renewed American bombing as stupid and ignorant. The Republican governor lashed out at bombing protesters and strongly supported Nixon in some of the harshest language he has used. See story, Page 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goy
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Vietnam
Malady fears halt Alameda County Fair bird show
Fear of an Asian Newcastle disease outbreak suspends the county fair’s large poultry and exotic birds exhibits. James Trimingham says a final decision isn’t set, but the July 2016 fair may proceed with no birds for the first time. 500 plus birds last year faced quarantine and mass vaccination efforts are underway statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Alameda County
James Trimingham
Pleasanton
Newcastle
Sonoma
Santa Cruz
Eleven U.S. airmen missing after Vietnam downings
UPI report says seven American aircraft were shot down in Vietnam with at least 12 crewmen missing in action. Six airmen were rescued, one plane was downed April 2 near the DMZ by a SAM. Two Phantom crews were missing after April 3 and April 34 incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
OVAC
South Vietnam
Bronco
Dong Ha
Reds bombard An Loc as Viet Cong push closest to Saigon
North Vietnamese forces strike An Loc with waves of heavy bombers and mortars, driving a fierce assault near Saigon. Vietnamese defenses allegedly hold, but Communist troops push toward Saigon corridors and seize Cambodian Highway 1 segments. US ships and air activity report bombardment in Tonkin Gulf and South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
APS
Ad Loc Jaté
An Loc
Loc
Oklahoma City
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Higbee
North Vietnamese Panhandle
South Vietnam
Mekong
Asphat
Cipital
Cambodia
NLF
Phnom Penh
Cole Saigon
Mekong Dalla
Fhe
Hal An
Highlands
Weekend Weather Brief Seen With Mild Temperatures
Friday and tomorrow show mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate winds. Daytime highs stay in the 60s, tonight’s low near 40s, and yesterday’s high reached 73 with a 50-degree low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemont
New Haven program faces disbanding over funding
The area’s human relations program in the New Haven Unified School District risks being disbanded on July 1 if funding to sustain it cannot be found. Page references note varied local races and community figures, including Vane Bonnet of Fremont, and mention a fingerprint expert testimony regarding Angela Davis in a separate case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Unified School
Vane Bonnet
Fremont
Grimmer School
California Supreme Court asked to halt jail threat for seventh child
The father of six legitimate children appeals to the California Supreme Court to stop a judge from jailing him if he fathers a seventh child. Reagan denial of marijuana use noted amid broader national items. University of California Berkeley students vote to protest war in Indochina. Virazole animal-tested antiviral shown promise in humans later this year. Reagan and Reinecke deny plans to move GOP convention site. Reagan condemns Viet Nam bombing critics as contemptuous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Supreme Court
University of California
2K Berkeley
Indochina
Ronald Reagan
H. Reinecke
Republican Party
San Diego
Stanford scientist urges single director for consumer safety
Pad Pena of Stanford University proposes placing all national food and drug control activities under one independent director in a consumer safety agency. The idea appears in a Page 10 column discussing federal oversight and public health policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Heads of Israel and Haifa travel to Eastern Europe
The heads of state of Israel and Haifa travel to Communist Eastern Europe in the coming weeks for different aims. Brief notes mention a young man shot in Belfast and British troops intervening to save lives at Armagh prison, with details on the Armed forces and rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Hayet
Europe
Belfast
Armagh
Prisbi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doctor ‘Crisis
The
United States
Alameda-Contra Costa Medicals Association
Moon
Apally
Lunar
Gerald D. Griffin
Descartes
Orion
Casper
Apollo Spacecraft
James A. McDivill
Earth
McDivitt
Apply
Rocco Petrone
Kimber Farms
W. F. Lamoneauu
Kimber
Hort
Reds
U.S. Jets
Jema
South County
San Leandro
Union City
Angela Davis
Main County
Pad Pena
William Kunstler
Cecil Williams
General Conference of the
United Methodist Church
Camp David
White House
Helen
Ray Orrock
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!