Hospitals Caught Between Costs and Care Crunch in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids two hospitals St. Luke's and Mercy face rising costs from wage hikes and equipment upgrades. They rely on depreciation funded capital and Hill Burton aid with loans for expansions while nursing shortages and Medicare billing pressure add to the strain. Employee turnover has risen as wage scales adjust, and cost oversight tightens across departments, with comparisons to state and national benchmarks guiding budgets.
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St. Luke’s
Mercy
St. Luke's and
St.Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Blair
Louis Blair
Hill-Burton
Methodist Church
Sisters of Mercy
Marvin Dais
Hospital Administrative Services
Chicago
Iowa
Final day for All City instrumental contest entries
Wednesday is the final day to enter the All City instrumental contest sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Community School District. The event takes place Saturday March 11 at Washington High School with about 1,200 Cedar Rapids students competing in grades 10 through 12 across multiple categories and experience levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Last Wyoming Quint Is Dead
Salt Lake City AP reports the final member of a Wyoming quintuplet birth has died from presumed prematurity. Born three months early to Mr and Mrs Allen Bradley of Big Piney the five were three births followed by two deaths, the last a girl at 1 15 p.m. Sunday.
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Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Allen Bradley
Big Piney
Tokyo Hit By Minor Quake Jolts City
A minor earthquake rattled Tokyo and surrounding areas tonight. Police reported no damage or casualties.
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Tokyo
Manchester Book Dispute Tied to Kennedy Rifts
Washington AP reports author William Manchester attributes part of the dispute over The Death of a President to differences of opinion between Mrs. John F Kennedy and Sen. Robert F Kennedy. He discusses the manuscript, revisions, and reactions from Harper & Row editor Evan Thomas, Kennedy aides, and Warren Commission testimony.
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Washington (Ap
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Bob
Manchester
Kennedy
Kennedys
Sen
Johnson
Kenneth O’donnell
O’donnell
Warren Commission
Boston Globe
O'Donnell
Mrs. Kennedy
Evan Thomas
Harper & Row
Thomas
John Seigenthaler
Nashville Tennesseean
Edwin Guthman
Los Angeles Times
Jacqueline Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Marina ‘Oswald
Marina Oswald
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Cedar ‘Rapids
Mary Lawrence
Medicare
Bob Blaser
St. Luke's
Walker
By Relman Maria
Prudential
Prudential Man
Prdential
Ordinary Agency
John R. Jameson
Ave
N.E
P.O. Box
Chester N. Affeldt
Town & Country Shopping
the Prudential
Hiram Wainer & Sons Inc
Peoria
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