Hand washing still a critical hospital duty after 150 years
An editorial notes that despite 150 years of Semmelweis’s lesson, health workers and food handlers often skip proper hand washing. It cites CDC estimates of 2.4 million hospital infections annually, with about half preventable, and up to 100000 deaths linked to hospital acquired infections. The piece urges universal compliance.
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Sandra G. Goodman
The
Washington Post
Ignaz Semmelweis
Carole H. Patterson
Department of Standards
Joint Commission On the Accreditation of
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
On This Day: Gulf clash, Nobel Prize, deaths, surgery
On Oct 8 1987 US helicopter gunships sank three Iranian boats after an attack on an observation helicopter. Two of six Iranian crewmen died later. In 1992 Derek Walcott won the Nobel Prize in literature. Willy Brandt died in Ankel Germany at 78. In 1996 Pope John Paul II had successful appendectomy.
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U.S
Persian Gulf
Derek Walcott
Willy Brandt
Ankel
Germany
John Paul II
Clinton tapes heat up old political feuds
Mona Charen argues the Clinton White House repeatedly stonewalled and manipulated investigations, accusing Janet Reno of partisan double standards while contrasting actions on Republican figures like Dan Burton and Newt Gingrich with inaction on Democratic cases. The piece questions fairness toward Al Gore and criticizes the administration’s handling of campaign law inquiries.
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White House
Hillary Clinton
Watergate Committee
Nixon
al Gore
Clinton
Richard Nixon
John Huang
Clinton Gore
Charlie Tiie
Pauline Karanchalak
Fred Thompson
Janet Reno
Justice Department
Reno
Waco
CIA
Republican Committee
Florida
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Dick Armey
R-Texas
John Boehner
Robio
Jim McDermott
D-Wash
New York Times
McDermott
Dan Burton
R-Ind
Washington Post
Mark Siegel
Burton
Weekly Standard
Siegel
FBI
Pakistan
China
Bill Clinton
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Oregon Voters to Decide Assisted Death Again
Governor John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, urges legislative clarifications as Oregon resumes the bid to allow doctor assisted death for terminally ill patients. The measure, once 51 to 49 in 1994, faces a twice balloted process amid strong opposition from the Catholic Church and right to life groups.
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Salem
Orr
Oregon
John Kitzhaber
Kitzh
Hibbits
Oregon Medical Assn
Mark Hatfield
Kitzhaber
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Postmaster notice for address changes Journal-World
Address changes should be sent to the Journal-World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 USPS 306 520 Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kan Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Member of the Associated Press
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Journal-World
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Ljworld.com
Puff Pant Prom revival at KU links past and present
The Journal-World notes the Puff Pant Prom revived after WWII at KU, with 90 participants in vintage dress and Lindy, Charleston, and Double Taddle dances to live music by Junk Yard Jazz. Marion Howey attended. Friends of KU Women’s Studies supported the event to honor history and raise support for the program.
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Journal-World
Friends of KU
Junk Yard Jazz
Mike Rundle
di Anne Damro
Marion Howey
Billie Archer
Friends of KU Women’s Studies
Meadow Pl
Lawrence High Band kicks off United Fund drive at game
In 1972 the Lawrence High Marching Band staged a halftime presentation to begin the local United Fund drive during the LHS versus Shawnee Mission West football game. In 1957 Raney Hillcrest Drug ran a Raney store in the Ninth and Iowa shopping center with Richard H. Raney as resident manager.
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Lawrence High
United Fund
Raney Hillcrest Drug
Raney
Ninth
Iowa
Richard H. Raney
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