Mental Health Institutes shift from custodial to remedial care
In Iowa the Independence facility cuts average stays from 291 days to 79 for new patients, while overall patient rolls drop from 1,787 to 850. The move to remedial treatment features a team approach with psychiatrists as captains, expanded staff, new medicines, and increased voluntary admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Independence
Cherokee
Clarinda
Asylum
Independence Institution
Independence Mental Health Institute
Max E. Witte
James QO. Cromwell
State Board of Control
Selig M. Korson
Cromwell
Glenwood
Woodward
Towa
Unified military weather effort eyed for cost savings
The text argues that unifying armed services could advance weather forecasting and research. It notes multiple agencies currently handle related work, with overlaps and an estimated annual cost of 250 million dollars, suggesting fiscal benefits from consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Weather Bureau
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
National Science Foundation
Bureau
Water use and irrigation in Australia power vast expansion
A reflective overview praises irrigation feats in Australia where water management transforms arid soil into productive land. It notes the Snowy River scheme piping water to Murray and Murrumbidgee systems and discusses bold proposals like importing water from New Guinea or forming an inland sea by seawater siphon, underscoring optimistic innovation shaping a growing civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Australia
Snowy
Murray
Murrumbidgee
New Guinea
Lowa
Spit & Whittle Club Prefers Gun Smoke Over Miss America
A New York reader voices preference for traditional Westerns over Miss America pageants, urging TV programmers to quit airing pageants on Saturday night and keep Gun Smoke on air.
Letters defending Dick Gregory in the march for freedom
A Monticello letter writer argues Gregory should be both American and Negro, citing equality in a response to an Express editorial. The page also notes local social, school, and community notices including visits, gatherings, nursing graduation, birthdays, and a September meeting preview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Gregory
America
Mr. Gregory
Cynthia Dierks
Monticello Comm
Cynthia
Gregory
Harry Dierks
Monticello
Local Families Honor Veterans and Guests at Iowa Gatherings
Mrs Center Jcy hosted a dinner at the Laverne Cruise home in Olin on September 2 for Dean Leroy Krutzfield before his Sept 5 departure to Corpus Christi Texas. The gathering included the Richard Krutzfield and related families from Wyoming Cedar Rapids and Olin. Labor Day guests joined the Alvin Swanson home in Clinton for a meal. Rhinhart Dirksen hosted a Sept 2 dinner for grandson David Gravel heading to school at Winton. Attendees included Tony Gravel Henry Poppe and William Ostercamp families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Zirkelbach
Marvin Lacock
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Lacock
Mercy Hospital
John Heiken
Pam
Willms-Reuter
Elwill Reuters
Labor
Clarence Willms
Albert Hanssen
Robert Paynes
Becky
Loras Webbers
Monticello
Robert Eilers
Deanne
Clarence Eilers
Harold Eggers
Connie
David
Anamosa
Robert von Spreecken
Bernard McGowen
Robins
Hans Hinrichsen
McGowen
Hinrichsen
Robert Krutzfield
Randy
Karen
Dale Swanson
Clinton
Eagle Point Park
Dubuque
Janice Catlett
Gail Catlett
St. Luke’s Professional School of Nursing
Sam Thompson
Avert Kiburz
Jim Kiburz
Johnny Kiburz
Champaign
Sil
Avert
University of Illinois
UPW Guild
Lloyd Collier
Gordon
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Beryl Collier
Donald Tufts
Myron Mead
William Mead
Center Jct
Alvin Swanson
Rhinhart Dirks
David Gravel
Winton
Tony Gravel
Henry Poppe
William Ostercamp
Grey Driebelbis
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Medical Association
Department of Public Instruction
Monticello Express
Jones County
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago, Ill
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones
Cedar
Delaware
Jackson
Linn
United States
Monticello Publishing Co
H. M. Jones
Betty J. Wagner
Mearle Griffith
Jane Scott Society
Mollee Williams
Bob Harlan
Ray Luckstedy
Bob Goodyear
Joan Steger
Justowriter
Sharon Bader
Mildred Bach
Mike Jones
Snoopin
Dere
Fellas
C.b.s.-Tv
New York
N.Y
John McDonald Hospital
Taylor
Olin
Driebelbis
Onslow
Herman Peterson
Peterson
Lyman E. Moats
Volga
William Wright
Zirkelbach
Margaret Thompson
Mrs
Richard Krutzfield
Larry
Donald Krutzfield
Ella Krutzfield
Judy Krutzfield
Eilers
FORD
Freese Motors
Nticell
RCA Victor Sales and Service
REM Electric
Peoples _ Natural Gas Division
Northern Natural Gas Company
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