Walking pneumonia outbreak spreads across Kansas
Illness described as walking pneumonia known as mycoplasma pneumoniae has surged in Wichita and statewide. Dr. Donald Wilcox notes unprecedented number of confirmed cases in recent weeks and warns many patients mistake symptoms for the flu. Hospitals report rising admissions with flu-like signs.
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Wichita
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Donald Wilcox
State Bureau of Epidemiology
St. Joseph Medical Center
Non-Union Miners Maintain Roughly Sixty Percent Output
Despite violence and picketing in coal regions, non union mines sustain about 60 percent of normal weekly production during the 36 day nationwide UMW strike. Federal mediators and industry spokesmen discuss impact while coal flow from non union operators remains strongest in Kentucky and Virginia.
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R David Green
Associated Press
United Mine Workers
UMW
Appalachian
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
BCOA
Cecil Roberts
District 17
Charleston
W.va
Tommy Gaston
Madisonville
National Coal Association
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Coal Statistics Branch
U.S. Department of Energy
West
Virginia
Robert Harris
Energy Department
Alabama
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Harris
Coast To Coast Winter Locks Most Of Nation
A powerful arctic storm battered the East and West coasts with fierce winds and heavy seas leaving the Midwest frigid. At least eight weather related deaths occurred across six states as roads closed and schools shut amid damaging floods and fallen trees.
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Julie Dunlap
Associated Press
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Rhode Island
Achilles
Bristol
R.I
Provincetown
Mass
Ann Phelps
Alabama
Richard Rowe
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