KU Medical Center to Expand in 1973 Growth drive targets more students and new facilities
KU Medical Center plans the state’s largest building project with a six level clinical and outpatient facility. Rieke says bonds of 64 million will fund expansion including a 750000 research building and new radiation therapy department. The center expects 200 freshmen by 1974 and total enrollment rising from 1687 to about 1752, with staff expanding from 400 to more. Joint programs will place interns in Garden City and Wichita and broaden training across Kansas.
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William 0. Rieke
Rieke
EU Endowment Association
Medical Center
Ricke
KU Medical Center
Garden City
Kansas City
Wichita State University
Cramer Reed
Kansas City Center
Reed
Drought Exposes Hunger Before Nicaragua Earthquake
In Managua hunger predated the quake as drought crippled corn beans and rice. U S envoy Belew warned the disaster magnified Nicaragua s food crisis with Foreign relief flights delivering aid while Somoza era officials faced complaints over distribution. Anastasio Somoza Jr oversees mercy flights amid 125 000 homeless in Managua and 130 000 elsewhere.
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Nicaragua
Wendell Belew
U.S
Belew
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Nixon
Maurice Williams
Somoza
Williams
Agency For International Development
Harvard
Anastasio “Tachito” Somoza
New Year 1973 Arrives Exactly One Second Late
The world welcomed 1973 as clocks gained a one second adjustment to sync with Earth's rotation. In Times Square Russell Brown oversaw the ball drop and quipped about 11 59 61 on TV screens. Global leaders urged ceasefire and peace while Americans watched Rose Bowl and major bowls.
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Brown
Allied Chemical
Manhattan
Times Square
Lawrence city commission opens 1973 with routine agenda
Lawrence city commissioners will start 1973 with a short agenda at 2 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. Bids are to be considered for three sanitation truck chassis two packer bodies and a roll off unit the first of its kind. The unit will allow one worker to winch large waste bins onto a truck for disposal. The board may authorize notifying landowners to remove 71 dead trees. Annexation of 62.6 acres south of Lakeview Road may be approved. John Harris land was part of a previously defeated annexation involving 1 780 acres northwest of the city.
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City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
Lakeview Road
Santa Fe
John Harris
City Commission Considers Welfare Awareness Week Proclamation
New business items include proposing January 2 to 5 as Welfare Awareness Week. The commission reviews an ordinance to add about 62.6 acres south of Lakeview Road within city limits. Also seeks bids recap for three sanitation truck chassis packer bodies and one roll off unit.
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Lakeview Road
A. D. Wagner
Humble Renames Itself Exxon After Marketing Push
Humble Oil Refining Co. changes to Exxon Co. U.S.A. at an announced cost of 100 million with 25,000 service stations undergoing an average of 50 changes each. The move unifies branding across the country after legal splits of Standard Oil.
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Houston
Humble Oil Refining Co
Humble
Humble, Tex
Exxon Co
U.S.A
Standard Oil Co
Esso
Enco
Ross Sterling
Exxon
Fight at Veterans of Foreign Wars Club prompts police call
A Sunday early morning dispute over weather in Phoenix sparked a fight outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club in Lawrence. About 20 people clashed on the parking lot with one man treated for facial injuries. no arrests were reported.
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Ariz
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Ala
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Theft reported in Lawrence apartment break-in
A break-in between December 23 and Saturday afternoon at the home of Ronald D. Smith and Stephen D. McCullough, 1603 West Eighth, resulted in a loss of stereo equipment, a television, an electric typewriter and other items totaling 1520 dollars. A forced entry door was noted by police.
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Lawrence
Ronald D. Smith
Stephen D. McCullough
1603 W. Eighth
New Year Opens Quietly in Lawrence Hospital Report
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births by 10 am on New Year’s Day 1973. Locals marked 1973 with noise from shotgun blasts and firecrackers, two of which sounded like dynamite. Authorities suspect military artillery simulators used for celebration caused the loud reports with no damage.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Nixon Viewed as Secretive Loner Amid Holiday Travel
AP reports President Nixon spent New Year’s Eve flying back to Washington from Camp David after watching the Redskins win the NFL title. White House aides denied planned parties, noting no holiday schedule and a telephoned congratulations to Redskins coach George Allen. Nixon’s public appearances were few since the election, with trips to New York, Florida, Independence, Missouri, and camping at Camp David for study and privacy. Mrs. Nixon headed to California for the Rose Parade.
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Nixon
Camp David
Washington Redskins
Dallas Cowboys
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Redskins
George Allen
Henry A. Kissinger
California
Pasadena
New York
Florida
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Sheriff Captures Escapee in Lexington Church
Carroll County sheriff's officers say Albert Lee Greene 24 of Grandview Mo escaped jail in the pre dawn hours and was captured today in a Lexington church.
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Lexington
Carroll County
Albert Lee Greene
Grandview
Raney Drug Stores Offer Free Prescription Delivery
Rumsey Funeral Home contact and handling details provided for home or away delivery options. Free delivery service information linked to Ady and Raney Drug Stores with phone number 843 5111.
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Raney Drug Stores
Ady
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ceiling Collapse At Emma's Ballroom Injures Dozens
In Phoenix a New Year’s crowd of about 500 at Emma's Ballroom saw 60 to 70 people hurt when a 20 by 80 foot section of acoustical tile and insulation collapsed from a false ceiling onto the dance floor just before midnight. One patient was admitted with head injuries in fair condition. Authorities cited loud music and crowd cheering as possible causes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Memorial Hospital
Emma’s
Dennis W. Gilbersten
Gilbersten
Prank ends in tragedy as Bronner dies on cliff hike
21 year old Pierce College student Fred Phillip Bronner died after being left by fraternity brothers in Angeles National Forest as a prank. Deputies say he fell from a 500 foot cliff after being deserted at 2 am. His family condemns hazing and calls for fraternity closures.
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Calif
Southern California
Fraternity Brothers
Fred Phillip Bronner
Pierce College
San Fernando Valley
Angeles National Forest
Chi Chi Chi
Bronner
Leon Bronner
Diane Brenner
Population on hand at start of 1973 reaches 210 million
The Census Bureau estimates the U S population at 210 194 312 at the start of the new year with a 1 6 million gain in 1972, slower than 1971 and 1970. The total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia, armed forces and federal employees overseas and their dependents.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
States
District of Columbia
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