County Officials Struggle With Nursing Home Regulation Demands
Franklin County commissioners face state mandates on Crestview Nursing Home and five other facilities, with changes due by May 1 to avoid loss of funding. Administrator Jim Lewis seeks concessions while backing a plan to extend nursing call systems, upgrade safety features, and update equipment.
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Bob Burtch
Franklin County
Jim Lewis
Crestview
West Seventh Terrace
Reagan Ponders Escalation Of U.S. Role In El Salvador
The Reagan administration weighs increasing the number and scope of American military trainers in El Salvador amid a deteriorating security picture. A senior official says policy is under review, with 37 trainers currently and a ceiling of 55. Critics cite Salvadoran army corruption and large scale operations as undermining local efforts.
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Reagan
U.S
el Salvador
Washington
California
Robert S. Leiken
Georgetown Center For Strategic and International Studies
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hit and Run Injuries End Indiana Man 3000-Mile Quest
Clint Cook of Cedar Lake Indiana ends his 3000 mile walk for diabetes research after a hit and run crash near Fredonia Kansas left him with a broken pelvis ankle and internal injuries. He and companion Jim Witke began July 1 in the Chicago area and hoped to reach San Francisco in five months. Recovery delayed the journey until February when they resumed in Wichita, then Greensburg. Due to pain declining donations and inability to continue daily progress Cook canceled the trek and will return to Wichita to earn money while planning one final Kansas stop to propose to Karen Phelps.
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Greensburg
Kan
Clint Cook
Kansas
Cook
Cedar Lake
Ind
Fredonia
Jim Witke
Lansing
Ill
Chicago
San Francisco
Wichita
Witke
Wilke
Karen Phelps
Riverton
Baxter Springs
Kansas bill seeks minimum prices to unite farmers into Midwest OPEC
Kansas lawmakers weigh a plan giving the Secretary of Agriculture power to set minimum prices for wheat, feed grains, oil seeds, milk, cotton and rice. AAM backs the measure, proposing a referendum and 60 percent state participation before it takes effect. If approved, penalties apply to noncompliant sellers.
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Dale Goter
Kansas
Topeka
HNL
Larry Matlack
Midwest
OPEC
Secretary of Agriculture
Matlack
Burrton
American Agriculture Movement
AAM
House
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Secretary
United States Department of Agriculture
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Kansas Department of Transportation
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Charles Mavity
Charlie Clark
Laura Sutton
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Sutton
Roy Swank
J.W. Tomlinson
Lawrence Murphy
Franklin Township
George P. Shultz
Senate
Kansas House
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Spike
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Brigage
Pablo
Deep Horizons
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate Education Committee
John Carlin
Carlin
Steineger
Jack Steineger
Federal and State Affairs Committee
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Osage Court
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Osage County
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