Editorial: Simmering battle over KU Hospital future
The piece argues a long running power struggle among KU Hospital KU Medical Center St Luke s Hospital Kansas City business leaders KU Chancellor Hemenway Barbara Atkinson Gov Sebelius and others to weaken KU Hospital in favor of St Luke s. It warns of board pack نگر and political pressures while urging lawmakers and the public to oppose moves that would damage KU Hospital s excellence and statewide health role.
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Kansas University Hospital
KU Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Robert Hemenway
KUMC
Barbara Atkinson
Kathleen Sebelius
KU Hospital
Hospital
Kansas
Melvin Neufeld
Irene Cumming
St. Luke’s
EU Hospital
Sebelius
Hemenway
Atkinson
Cumming
Page
Kansas Medical
Lawrence District Shows Strength In State Tests In 1907
Lawrence school district officials praised results from April state competency tests with math and reading averages surpassing 70 percent, above the 62 percent state average. Baldwin patrons learned a sizable mill decrease, from 22.33 to 17.33 mills, for the coming academic year. A bridge washout near Marceline, Missouri, prompted a heroic woman to halt a train, saving fires and equipment while passengers showered gold coins in gratitude. The local fire department’s team of horses Johnny and George, after 12 years, were sold to a Kansas City buyer, with replacements weighing about 1,300 pounds each.
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Baldwin School District
Lawrence Daily World
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Marceline
Johnny
George
Kansas City
NAFTA debate heats up as 2008 contenders clash over trade
President Bush urged Congress to decide on new Latin American trade deals with Peru and Panama while Democrats face pressure from labor unions and rival candidates. Senators Levin and Clinton push for labor and environmental protections, but Levin warns changes to NAFTA hinge on Bush's term, casting doubt on fast track and reform prospects.
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Panama
Sandy Levin
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Treasury
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U.S
Susan Schwab
Chicago
Soldier Field
Afl-Cio
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio
NAFTA
Mexico
Canada
WTO
World Trade Organization
Keith Olbermann
MSNBC
Lou Dobbs
Hillary Clinton
Bill Richardson
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Democratic Congress
Levin
Bill Clinton
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Demanding Proof From Black Professionals
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that readers pressure black columnists to condemn peers like Michael Vick to prove their credibility. He contends white readers, not facts, drive the demand and highlights how affirmative action stereotypes persist in professional evaluation across fields.
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Jesse Jackson
Louis Farrakhan
Whitney Houston
Tim Hardaway
Isaiah Washington
New Orleans
Eddie Jordan
Ray Nagin
NAACP
Ice Cube
50 Cent
Ludacris
Martin Luther King Jr
Leonard Pitts Jr
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