Hospital Rated Satisfactory after state inspection
Lawrence Memorial Hospital received a satisfactory rating after the annual state health inspection. A report by two registered nurses noted substantial compliance and praised staff efforts to raise patient care standards. Minor recommendations included more complete pre employment exams and ongoing KU engineering student cooperation to improve hospital systems.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
State Department of Health
Department
Kansas Hospital
Lucky Combo Helps Phones Keep Ringing
Ed Carter Southwestern Bell regional manager explains that public cooperation, advance equipment, and luck helped maintain service during a five day strike. Managers handled calls, with 20 percent more direct dialed long distance and 12 percent fewer operator handled calls. Rates will rise after cost review.
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Ed Carter
Southwestern Bell
Bell
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jim Keefer
Carter
Telecom workers back on jobs as partial striking continues
Most of the nations telephone workers returned to work after a tentative three year contract proposal. In New York state 42000 CWA members mostly stayed away while other regions saw continued picketing in Akron Denver Arizona New Mexico and Wyoming. Beirne said secret ballots will take about two weeks with a possible new strike on August 19 if rejected. The package offers a 33 14 percent wage and benefit rise costing about 4 billion. Top old contract pay was 118 to 193.
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Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
New York State
CWA
Akron
Ohio
Denver
Colo
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Joseph A. Beirne
Bierne
Local Woman Revives Near-Drowning Victim at Perry Lake
Lawrence woman Marian Wells aided bystanders in reviving 17 year old Paul Schmidt at Perry Lake after he was pulled unconscious from the water near Perry Dam. Schmidt was transported to Stormont Vail Hospital and released. The incident followed a nearby drowning the prior night by Silas Hamilton.
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Lawrence
Perry Lake
Marian Wells
Perry Dam
Paul Schmidt
Topeka
George Hathaway
Lake Ranger
Schmidt
Greg Husett
Mike Rohr
Hays
Hathaway
Bill Weakly
Diane Henderson
Silas Hamilton
Bob Pulliam
Leawood
Dread Avenue
Public Hearing Highlights Calls for Human Resources Boost
Citizens from Lawrence urge the city to expand the human relations department budget and staff. They warn against complacency and criticize vigilante fear while urging better women’s rights and blue collar outreach at Menninger program follow up.
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Bendvengo
Menninger
Commission
Sheriff's Department
Purcell
Jane McLaughlin
W. 25Th St
Manhattan
Lawrence
Katherine Kasten
Menninger Foundation
Census figures drive pay raises for Douglas County officials
The 1969 to 1971 population rise of about 9 000 in the city and county triggers pay increases for county officers including the county attorney and probate judge. Rogers census will be checked by the Kansas Agricultural Board with final figures due this fall, affecting state revenue by about 9.25 per person.
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Old City Hall
11Th
Massachusetts
LMH
Douglas County Historical Society
Rogers
Agricultural Board
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas Agricultural Board
Topeka
State Board
Two Syracuse Residents Die In Motorcycle Car Collision
Syracuse Kansas authorities report two local residents died in a motorcycle car crash thirteen miles south of Syracuse on Tuesday night. Identified victims are Gloria J Weckerly age 20 and Paul Weckerly age 22. Gloria Weckerly died at the scene while Paul Weckerly died in Stanton County Hospital this morning, a spokesman said.
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Syracuse, Kan
Syracuse
Kan
Highway Patrol
Gloria J. Weckerly
Paul Weckerly
Weckerly
Stanton County
Cambodian operation backs Vietnam elections under air support
Ten thousand South Vietnamese troops with U S helicopter gunships and B52 bombers push into eastern Cambodia to secure elections set for August and October. Commander General Nguyen Van Minh aims to cut off North Vietnamese infiltration and protect the campaign as artillery and air strikes roared along Highway 7 near Krek and Mimot.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
National Assembly
South Vietnam
Neguyen van Minh
Tay Ninh
Minh
Krek
Mimof
Associated Press
George Esper
Parrot’s Beak
Earthshine Manager Foils Night Burglary
Dee Larry Luneford, manager of Earthshine at 12 E Eighth, alerted police from his apartment at 7 10 pm Tuesday after spotting two intruders in the store. The youths, about 14 to 17, reportedly escaped after using an extension telephone to listen in, taking about $20 in change from the register.
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Earthshine
Dee Larry Luneford
Lawrence
Fire at Kansas Power substation causes transformer burn
Fire at a KPL substation near the east city limits at 9 15 a m burned a transformer with damage confined to the unit. A separate fire at 2 p m Tuesday caused $250 damage when a television set shorted and burned in the home of Mrs Alfred Hoffman 765 Lincoln.
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Kansas Power & Light
Lawrence
Alfred Hoffman
Lincoln
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Kansas University Electrical Engineering
Charles Denniston
Denniston
Hampton Shirer
J. Alan Sanders
David Hiebert
Elizabeth Watkins Trust Fund
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
SMU
Mustang
Laura Bayoud
Sally Shub
Diane Grantham
Peyton Slade
Menninger Talk
Larry Maxwell
Sunflower Apartments
City Commission
Maxwell
John Emick
Emick
Carol Chittenden
John Purcell
City Human Relations Commission
Ernest Angino
The
Steer
Ing
Tom Moore
Ala
Wayne Smitt
New Hampshire
Wayne Propst
Warren
Lawrence, Kansas
Kansas City
Carl J. Privitera
Highway 1
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Lees
Fred and
Oscar Rumsey
Homeowners Policy
Bill Hogle
Tennessee
9Th
Indiana
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