Goats and GOP: Brinkley’s 1930s Kansas empire
Dr. John Brinkley built a booming goat gland operation from Milford Kansas to a powerful radio network. His “Radio Mailbox” and pharmacies lured credulous locals, with wins in 1930 and 1932, despite revoked licenses. By 1933 he moved to Texas, leaving Milford in gloom and prompting reforms in broadcasting and medical practice. Next week’s feature previews Gerald Winrod’s rise in the same era.
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John Romulus Brinkley
KFKB
North America
Brinkley Pharmacies
Brinkley
Milford
Oklahoma
Francis Schruben
Kansas
Landon
del Rio
Texas
Gerald Carson
Rio Grande
Doc Brinkley
Kansans
Gerald Winrod
RMH in contract dispute over BCBS changes
RMH trustees criticized a new BCBS contract as one sided and costly. They fear patient confusion and potential loss of business if coverage expands only to participating facilities while direct billing shifts to RMH. The board approved staffing and safety measures amid pressure to balance insurer demands with hospital finances.
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Smith
RMH
BCBS
Betty Kimball
Bc-Bs
Jim Ryssemus
Blue Cross
Dale Skinner
Corder
State Insurance Commissioner's
Mettenburg
Sandi Staneart
AMH
RMH Auxiliary
Esther Bemmels
F.A. Reyes
County Commission
Roy Swank
Ransom
Kimball
Anderson
Staneart
Aquino's Widow Urges Dissidents' Freedom
Corazon Aquino urged President Marcos to release all political prisoners after a massive Manila vigil for Ninoy. She cited detainee numbers, noting 1,100 held under martial law powers, with estimates near 1,000 by a church group, while crowds massed for the Requiem Mass at Santo Domingo Church.
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Manila
Philippines
Benigno Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Mrs. Aquino
Quezon City
Marcos
Defense Ministry
Santo Domingo
John Paul II
Aquino
United States
Rolando M. Solis
Ninoy
Lower-Income Families Are Carrying The Load
Washington AP. A Congressional Budget Office study finds families earning under $20,000 bore 70 percent of domestic budget cuts enacted by Congress and endorsed by President Reagan over the past two years. It notes the steepest benefit reductions in the under $10,000 bracket, with about $430 in 1984, versus roughly $300 for $10,000 to $20,000 earners and $140 to $170 for higher incomes. The nonpartisan report, requested by House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill Jr., cautions that economy-wide effects are not fully measured.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Congressional
Congressional Budget Office
Nonpartisan
Budget Office
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
D-Mass
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Kansas University Division of Education
Kanu Radio
Kansas Committee For the Humanities
Caroline E. Hewitt Foundation
Smoky Mountains
Milford, Kan
Doctor Brinkley
Dr. Brinkley
Sland
RMH Trustees
Som
Skinner
Leonardo Legazpi
Chevrolet
Reason
Stubbs Evroilet “Ids, Inc
Ottawa, Ks
Senate
Peoples
KC Royals and
Worlds of Fun
Our Passport Travel Agency
Peoples National Bank & Trust
FDIC
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