Remarkable nurse Louise Liers long service remembered
At 91 Louise Liers of Clayton recalls 60 years as a Red Cross and Army nurse, delivering thousands of babies in Chicago and Clayton while enduring near blindness. She recounts World War I France, incubator care for premature infants, and village aid that changed her path back to nursing.
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Clayton
Louise Liers
Red Cross
France
Miss Liers
Dubuque
Louise
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Mexico
United States
Germany
Clayton County
St. Luke’s
St. Luke's Hospital
Sophie
Guttenberg
Elkader
Garnaville
Nurse Louise Liers’s Lifelong Care and Faithful Service
A profile of Louise Liers, an obstetrical nurse who cared for patients in Elkader and surrounding towns for decades. She recalls nursing, friendships with patients and families, modest pay, a late-life car accident, and her philosophy of faith, resilience, and acceptance of death.
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Elkader
Louise Liers
St. Luke’s
German troupe from Reutlingen entertains Amana crowd
Do nauschwaebische Tanz und Folklore Gruppe from Reutlingen Germany performs traditional German tunes and dances at the MIDDLE AMANA ball park. Schwaben International Inc sponsors the U S cultural exchange. 39 travelers toured St Louis and the Amana area with 21 local host families.
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Reutlingen
Germany
Donauschwaebische Tanz Und Folklore Gruppe
United States
Schwaben International Inc
St. Louis
Amanas
Iowa
Amana
Unsere Hoffnungen Fur Unsere Heimat, Inc
Iowan Higgins rises to deputy undersecretary at HEW
Tom Higgins, 33, former Iowa legislator and HEW regional administrator, becomes deputy undersecretary of the department. He will advise the HEW secretary, oversee regional offices, and push policy changes amid ongoing civil service reform debates. He cites hospital cost containment and southeast Missouri economic development programs as noteworthy achievements.
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Kansas City
UPI
Tom Higgins
Iowa
House Human Resources Committee
Higgins
Carter
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Midwest
Davenport
Washington
Califano
Office of Civil Rights
Omaha
Neb
Missouri
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Stefan Sehl
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Middle
Sehl
Iowan Higgins
Pyle Els Bes
Jupiter
Clyde Jupiter
America
United Negro College Fund
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
East 62Nd St
New York
N.Y
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