Nursing shortage continues to plague Medical Center Hospital
Staff Writer describes ongoing nursing shortfall at Medical Center Hospital despite international recruiting. The facility budgets 185 RNs but has 43 openings and relies on a Denver agency to fill ICU CCU shifts. Domestic recruitment efforts abroad face time delays, while census climbs and ICU CCU demand rises with 16 daily patients.
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Medical Center Hospital
Trudy Williams
British Isles
Williams
Bernie Kiely
Odessa
Kiely
Denver
Henneberry
Soviet leaders wait on successor as Andropov funeral opens
Kremlin officials gathered at Andropov's bier for a state funeral while rulers kept secret who will take his place. Konstantin Chernenko led the Politburo into the House of Unions as mourners paid respects, with Western diplomats watching for clues on the next leader. Possible successors include Grigori Romanov and Mikhail Gorbachev, amid questions about elder versus younger generation among the ruling circle. Andropov died after a 15 month tenure, the shortest of any Soviet leader.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Kremlin
Andropov
Konstantin A. Chernenko
House of Unions
Chernenko
Red Square
Communist Party
Politburo
Grigori V. Romanov
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Evacuation of Americans continues amid Beirut shelling
Mortar shells and sniper fire disrupted the Beirut evacuation as helicopters airlifted over 400 civilians to U.S. warships offshore. By day’s end 2,400 had been moved, 884 Americans among them, with French and Italian troops ferrying hundreds from west Beirut to ships bound for Cyprus.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Jounieh
West Beirut
Cyprus
State Department
Washington
East
Green Line
West
Rafik Hariri
Amin Gemayel
Elie Salem
Reginald Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Seafront
Oil boom to bust to cautious stability in Midland Odessa
In the Permian Basin Midland Odessa faced a 1981 oil boom, 1982 bust, and a 1980s push for stability through 1986. Ed Thompson of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association says the region is rebuilding, rehiring, and aims to avoid another abnormal spike like 1981 while stabilizing after volatile investors and tax shelters.
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Associated Press
Midland
West Texas
Permian Basin
Odessa
Ed Thompson
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Thompson
Evolution teaching approved by State Board of Education
The Texas board tentatively approved a back-to-basics curriculum mandating evolution instruction. The plan, debated for hours with over 100 amendments, aims to boost reading writing and arithmetic for younger students. A final vote is set for March.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Mary Ann Leveridge
East Barnard
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Judy Giannettino
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