Is There A Doctor In The House In Kingsport
Kingsport faces a complex doctor access issue as patients seek specialists for heart and other services. A Times-News survey shows many specialists use waitlists up to weeks while general practitioners offer same or rapid access. Sullivan Johnson Medical Society says no overall shortage, noting some wait for routine checkups but house calls and emergency care remain available. The Chamber of Commerce notes 8 doctors for about 33,767 people, with suburban growth complicating ratios.
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Kingsport
Chamber of Commerce
Bennett Cowan
Sullivan Johnson Medical Society
Two County
Moose Lodge approves three-pool gymnatorium complex plan
Kingsport Moose Lodge No. 972 approves a 168 by 100 foot complex costing 160000 to house three pools a gymnasium and workout rooms. The project will meet AAU and NCAA pool standards with facilities for basketball volleyball billiards pingpong and a sauna, using lodge funds with no extra fundraising. Completion aims for the second week in September with plans sent to Supreme Lodge in Aurora Illinois for approval.
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Kingsport
Moose Lodge
Lattie Harwood
Kige
Supreme Lodge
Aurora
Til
Harwood
Lenten Guideposts and a Star’s Opening Night Tale
The story recounts a performer's opening night and the personal climb in show business. It traces early success with husband Gower in supper clubs and TV, then a troubled film experience amid industry shifts as TV rose and studios faced uncertainty.
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Gower
Weather Outlook Clear and Cold With Mild Near Term Temps
Weather forecast shows a clear cold night with a low of 22. Thursday turns partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 34. Friday stays partly cloudy and mild. Yesterday’s high and averages referenced, but exact figures unclear due to garbled data.
Tear Gas Attacks Intensify Vietnam War Battles
In Saigon region fighting rages as U S infantry clash with Viet Cong in a daylong engagement. A tear gas attack by Communists prompts American gas masks and firefights near the Cambodian border. Marine units report initial contact with guerrillas northeast of Saigon as casualties mount and air strikes join the battle.
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Saigon
API
U.S
Vietnam
Dian
Can
Warr Tion City
1St Infantry Division
Six More Cadets Kicked Out In Academy Scandal
Six more Air Force Academy cadets were expelled amid an ongoing investigation into a cheating scandal. A congressional panel will study the affair as the number implicated rose toward sixty. The 1985 and 1951 expulsions remain the two largest prior episodes in U.S. military academy history.
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AIR Force Academy
Cole
UPI
Air Force
U.S
Westigure
ILA
Stewart Bachtelle
Tennessee Faces First Two Billion Dollar Budget Plan
Gov. Buford Ellington presented Tennessee’s first 2 billion dollar two year budget totaling 2,054,793,000. He proposes a 130.6 million revenue bite from whisky tobacco gasoline and autos and an overall mix of state tax non tax federal bonds and current funds. Ellington urged expansion of services while warning lawmakers of remaining within existing revenues or raising new funds.
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Nashville
UPI
Buford Ellington
86Th General Assembly
Ellington
House
Senate
Tennessee
Budget proposes University Center funds in two construction programs
Governor Buford Ellington’s budget to the legislature includes money for Kingasport’s University Center in two construction programs. East Tennessee State University would get 4,063,000 for construction and the University of Tennessee 13.5 million. Both schools favor spending 0.5 million on the campus on 100 acres donated by Harvey Brooks in Hawkins County within Kingsport city limits. The site’s future hinges on legislative approval. Operations would fund ETSA at 7,004, Greene Valley Hospital and School at Greeneville at 2,270,000, and Rocky Mount Historic Association could receive 3,500 if approved.
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Buford Ellington
Kingasport
University Center
East Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee
Harvey Brooks
Greene Valley Hospital
Greeneville
Rocky Mount Historic Association
Highway Work Plans Hinges On State Funds
Sullivan County and nearby areas face possible highway improvements but timing and scope depend on budget funds. The State Highway Department lists five year outlooks and yearly projects based on budget allocations and federal aid, with changes possible as money and needs evolve.
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Highway Department
Bible Aims Reapportionment Of Courts By Population
Tennessee legislators propose redraw of state judicial districts based on population figures. Rep. Robert Bible of Kingsport will co sponsor a bill with Rep. Lewis of Pulaski to require all county courts to be apportioned by population and reviewed for enforcement and alignment with census data.
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Nashville
Robert
Nation
Ible
R-Kingsport
Counly
St. Lewis
Pulaski
Tennessee House Debates Genesis Teaching Bill
Nashville based report outlines a Tennessee bill to repeal the 42 year old anti evolution law and require Old Testament course material in high schools. Senator Aaron Brown and Representative Charles Galbreath propose replacing the ban with a Biblical literacy mandate while opponents call the measure unconstitutional. More details on page 10.
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Nashville
UPS
House
Hep
Gayle
Tennessee
Trenton
Malone
Chance
Galbreath
Education Committee
Brown - Malone
Charles Galbreau
United Press International
Dayton
John 'T. Scopes
Wik
Jennings Bryan Storm
Aaron Brown
Paris
Ellington seeks 1100 more beds for mentally retarded
Governor Buford Ellington proposes a 56.8 million three-year budget to add over 1,100 beds in state facilities for the mentally retarded. The plan allocates 700 beds at West Tennessee Hospital and School in Arlington, 344 at Greene Valley in Greensville, and 60 at Clover Bolton in Nashville, plus two youth treatment centers in Chattanooga and Memphis with 74 beds, and 700,000 for community health centers.
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Nasisville
UPH
Buford Ellington
Allington
New West Tennessee Hospital
Arlington
Shelby County
Greene Valley Hospital
Greensville
Clover
Ellington
Movesin Bend
Chattanooga
Tennesaée Psychiatric Hospital
Memphis
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