Red Cross faced AIDS risk over costly screening in 1983
Internal Red Cross and major blood banks warned AIDS could spread via blood while publicly denying routine screening in January 1983. Documents show private acknowledgment of transmission risk, with cost-benefit analyses valuing each protected transfusion at $500,000. CDC cites thousands of AIDS from transfusions since 1981.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
American Association of Blood Banks
Council of Community Blood Centers
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Associated Press
Paul Cumming
Cumming
Nontraditional KU senior earns Outstanding Woman Student honor
Kansas University senior Marcia Kelley, married with two sons, earned the Outstanding Nontraditional Woman Student award from KU’s Commission on the Status of Women. While pursuing a BGS with an English emphasis she cared for her children, supported her husband’s studies, ran a transcription business, and gave writing seminars, often sleeping only a few hours.
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Marcia Kelley
Kansas University
Kelley
Commission On the Status of Women
Commission
Michael
Matthew
Vernon
Atlanta
Marcia
U.S. Postal Ser
Aicuary Gwin
Pau Marcia Kelley
Wescoe Hall
Allegations test feminists amid Clinton Paula Jones suit
Womens groups strive to stay neutral as Paula Jones sues President Clinton. A conflicting public stance splits feminists between sympathy for a long awaited reformer and supporting an accuser in a high profile sexual harassment case. Page 10A notes an additional political quote from the Yemeni Socialist Party on war hopes and truce rejection, Page 164.
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Paula Jones
Clinton
Yemeni Socialist Party
North Yemen
Fixed income eyes impact of proposed sales tax hike
In Lawrence and Douglas County residents on fixed incomes including Pat Slick and Charity Grace discuss how a higher sales tax on groceries could erode disability checks and welfare, with examples showing regressive effects and reduced purchases if enacted. The proposal targets funds for a new jail, parks and health facilities.
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Pat Slick
Douglas County
Lawrence
Slick
Charity Grace
Rain or Shine Commencement at KU Planned With Contingencies
KU announces commencement for about 4700 graduates, with a 2:30 p.m. main ceremony atop Campanile Hill into Memorial Stadium. If rain delays occur, two whistles signal postponement and updates roll via local radio and KU Information Center.
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Campanile Hill
Memorial Stadium
KU Information Center
Memorial Drive
Allen Fieldhouse
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
KU deaths prove a big dose of reality
In Lawrence at First Presbyterian Church the community mourns KU senior James Thompson and KU student Anthony Thomas as shock at sudden deaths ripples through the campus. Officials note about 10 KU students die yearly, with ages around 20, underscoring the fragility of life for a university community.
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James Thompson
Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
Pat
Margo
Kirkwood
Hutchinson
Beta Theta Pi
Thompson
Kansas University
David Ambler
First Presbyterian
Ambler
Anthony
Mount Hope Cemetery
Kansas City
Kan
Thomas
Anthony Thomas
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Ann Landers
Sajan
Journal-Worth Wier
Gwendolyn Thomas
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