Dooley’s Laos Hospital Struggles With Doctor Shortage
In Ban Houei Sai Laos the last of Dr Thomas Dooley’s Lao hospitals still operates on a shoestring. Three young Americans Miss Zola A Watson Tim Ford and Reginald F Gordon keep the clinic running amid civil conflict and doctor shortages. Malaria and malnutrition ailments fill wards while about a dozen Lao patients seek care daily with limited field operations and distant referrals to Thailand.
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Ban Houei Sai
Laos
Thomas Dooley
Mekong River
Dooley
Zola A. Watson
Portland
Ore
Dooley Foundation
Miss Watson
Tim Ford
Indianapolis
Ind
Reginald F. Gordon
Schenectady
N.Y
Chiengrai
Thailand
Area Labeled Pathet Lao Territory Draws U.S. Caution
The area is described as territory controlled by the pro Communist Pathet Lao. American forces have been advised by right wing garrison commanders in the area to stay out of the Communist zone.
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Pathet Lao
Purvises Buy Property at 111 Temple Street Saco
Clifford A. Purvis and Joyce T. Purvis of Saco purchased through King Woodman a two apartment frame building with private garage and land at 111 Temple Street Saco formerly owned by Philip S Towle and Lawrence Towle The Purvis family now occupies one apartment as their residence.
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Clifford A. Purvis
Joyce T. Purvis
Saco
King Woodman
Philip S. Towle
Lawrence Towle
Temple Street
Purvis
Robbers Use Sick Trick In Harlem Doctor’s Office
New York reporting that three robbers tied up Dr Thomas H Amos the nurse and the receptionist in a Harlem office. They forced the receptionist to name patients in the waiting room and robbed 11 victims as they entered the inner office. The trio, two with guns and one with a knife, took about $600 in cash and $300 in jewelry.
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New York
Thomas H. Amos
Harlem
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Dr. Dooley
Robert A. Cote
St. Louis
Cote
Leopold Bellerose
Anastasoff
Leon
Green Street
Biddeford
Leon Grover
General Electric
George’s Appliance & Furniture
Main Street
Mery Christmas
First National
Pepperidge Farm
Owen
Pillsbury
Comstock
Wilson
Copley
Finast
Cans
Flavors Canada Dry
Chia
Chase Winn Kraft Party Snacks
Kraft
Welchade
Wrao Cup
Santa
First National Store
Biddeford, Maine
National
R Stores
Tun
Elm St
Thien
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