KU to seek tuition plan alternatives for doctor retention
Kansas University faces a choice between the proposed medical school scholarship program and alternatives to keep medical graduates in the state. Regents urge KU Medical Center to explore residencies and other options, with findings due at the January board meeting for 1978 legislation.
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Topeka — Kansas University
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents’ Health Education Committee
KU Medical Center
Association of Family Doctors
Glee Smith
Archie Dykes
Regents
Kansas Medical Society
Wreck Photos Show Damages in Douglas County Two-Vehicle Crash
Deputy Mike Suitt photographs a two-vehicle crash south of Lecompton west of Lawrence. A pickup owned by Thad Lofton of Topeka was totaled. A car owned by Kenneth R. Swanson of Lawrence sustained 2000 dollars in damage. Swanson was treated at Stormont Vail Hospital then released. Lofton was not injured.
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Mike Suitt
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Lecompton
Lawrence
Thad Lofton
Topeka
Kenneth R. Swanson
Swanson
Stormont Vail Hospital
Lofton
Wichita medical school may have found a home
The KU Wichita branch can remain in the old E B Allen Hospital as Sedgwick County rents space to support patient care programs. The plan keeps WSU Health Professions in a separate new building under construction, with both schools expressing satisfaction.
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Topeka
Wichita
Kansas University School of Medicine
Kansas
Board of Regents
E. B. Allen Hospital
Sedgwick County
Fairmont Towers
Wichita State University
Regents
WSU
Regents oppose automatic pay hikes and seek targeted raises
Regents debate wage policy saying higher pay reduces hiring of students. They approve some increases individually signed by a vice chancellor while seeking extra funds 263 719 for this year and 368 309 for next fiscal year to meet minimum wage. At KU 1233 of 1800 student workers earn minimum wage with 171 earning more than 265. Also a voluntary faculty early retirement plan is tabled until January amid revisions by Dennis Duell of Wichita State University.
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Regent
Walter Hiersteiner
Fairway
Regents
Dennis Duell
Wichita State University
Architects to go ahead with City Hall design chosen
City commissioners favored a sloped roof passive solar plan for a new City Hall. The design preserves the cable car tower brick half and reunites the site with a bridge to the building while replacing most riverfront structures and using federal revenue sharing funds.
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Paper Company
Bowersock
Dale Glenn
The
Arts Commission
Karen Gould
Tom Jordan
Fire ruins recall early site uses at Eighth and Massachusetts
A Thursday fire on the northwest corner of Eighth and Massachusetts recalls the site’s early history. Records show Simpson's Bank founded in 1858 by William A. Simpson at the location later occupied by Dick Brothers Drug Store run by Lawrence pioneers Harry and Will Dick and Massachusetts Street.
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Eighth
Massachusetts
Simpson's Bank
Lawrence
William A. Simpson
Massachusetts and
Henry Streets
Dick Brothers Drug Store
Harry and
Will Dick
Yule Message Centers Open Across County by Radio Clubs
Local amateur and citizen band operators will run six electronic Christmas message centers Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They will relay holiday greetings nationwide by radio. Sponsored by the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club and local operators, centers will be at Ninth and Massachusetts, 19th and Massachusetts, Hillcrest Shopping Center, Eudora Enterprise office, Howard Johnsons on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence, and Ford's IGA in Baldwin.
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United States
Canada
Douglas County Amateur Radio Club
Ninth
Massachusetts
19Th
Hillcrest
Eudora Enterprise
Howard Johnson’s
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Ford
Baldwin
KU to push rural plan for doctors
Kansas University officials press to accredit the Affiliated Family Practice residency in Garden City amid AMA concerns. A second site is Salina as Dykes adds a Wichita St. Joseph’s post to help develop first year curriculum.
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Topeka
Kansas University
Kansas
Archie Dykes
Garden City
Health Education Committee
Kansas Board of Regents
American Medical Assn
David Waxman
KU Medical Center
Joseph Meek
Chicago
AMA
Salina
Regents
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Wichita
KU School of Medicine
St. Joseph’s
Farmers push nationwide support for price parity strike
Kansas farmers organize a widespread campaign with 75 American Agriculture strike offices meeting in Great Bend to select a state spokesman and urge telegrams to President Carter for 100 percent price parity. Nash Finch Foods in Liberal suspends deliveries after talks with union officials as picketing continues at the company's plant.
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Kansas
Great Bend
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Bob Duran
Johnson
Kan
Nash Finch Foods
Liberal
Duran
Nash-Finch
American Agriculture and Teamster Union
County ASCS Chief Says No Details on Farm Strike Violence
Eben Farley of the county Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service says his office was asked to report violent activity tied to the farm strike to state officials but was not given details on usage. A U.S. Agriculture official denied directing monitoring of the strike. Senator Dole had raised concerns about surveillance. Farley notes limited activity locally with few concrete effects and some farmers withholding sales.
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Fice
U.S Department of Agricul
State Office
Farley
Douglas County
Chowchilla trio facing life terms in California kidnapping case
A judge ruled three Chowchilla men James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Fred Woods may face life with no parole after finding three of the kidnapped schoolgirls suffered bodily harm. The judge rejected the heat exhaustion claim but accepted fainting and stomach distress tied to the July 1976 ordeal. The men await sentencing and potential appeal.
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Oakland
Calif
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Fred Woods
Superior Court
Leo Deegan
Jodi Heffington
Jennifer Brown
Rebecca Reynolds
California
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Sticks
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Edward Hille
Wichita Medical School
Regent Panel
Bill Kauffman
Ep Sasees
He Tegr iv Haworsne Olewfeley
Eben Farley
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conversation Service
ASCS
Ture
National Farm
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Chowchilla
Ray
Cynthia van Hoff
Deegan
Ted Merrill
Schoenfeld
Lester Gendron
Gendron
Journal-World
MASS
Striet Deli
Fea
the Sirloin
Kaw River Bridge
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