Kansas Briefs Deny doctor license reinstatement
The Kansas Board of Healing Arts denied a Coffeyville doctor’s request to reinstate his license. John Vakas, 51, faced 410 counts for illegally prescribing drugs and may not seek reinstatement for at least a year. He had a 1988 diversion agreement tied to his right to practice medicine and a 24 year non violation condition.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Healingers
Coffeyville
Kansas
John Vakas
Vakas
Kansas aims to meet 1991 prison crowding deadline
Kansas seeks to reduce prison overcrowding by 1991 as Corrections Secretary Steve Davies cautions that new prisons alone won t solve the problem. He urges rehabilitation and prevention programs and notes issues from toxic waste at prison sites to parole delays due to missing mandatory treatment, with potential budget cuts looming.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Department of Corrections
Steve Davies
Davies
Roofing blaze at Wichita vacuum building damages building
Hot tar roofers using a torch to melt rubber started a fire at the Wichita Vacuum Cleaner Co. on Friday night. Deck Roofing and Construction workers were installing a roof on an old wooden sub roof. The blaze caused 300000 to 500000 dollars in damage, gutted the second story, but no injuries were reported.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita Vacuum Cleaner Co
Dwayne Stovall
Stovall
Lotto pot reaches 9 million in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa no one matched all six Lotto America numbers on Saturday. The estimated Wednesday jackpot climbs to 9 million. One group of 69 tickets nearly hit the top prize, matching five of six numbers for 975 dollars each. An additional 3 742 tickets matched four numbers for 42 dollars. Winning numbers were 5 13 28 32 37 39. Kansas Cash Lotto drew 2 7 9 11 15 17 with an estimated 30 000 dollar jackpot.
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Des Moines
Wilde Succumbs to Leukemia in Hollywood Legend’s Death
Los Angeles AP reports Camel Wilde, a leading 1940s film star known for A Song To Remember and The Big Combo, died after a leukemia battle three days after turning 74. He was admitted Sept. 2 to Cedars-Sinai. son Wilde Jr. was at his side. Wilde, also a director and producer, earned an Oscar nomination for A Song To Remember and appeared in High Sierra, The Naked Prey, The Fifth Musketeer and Beach Red among others. He spoke of hard work and self-respect as keys to success. Born Oct. 13, 1915 in New York, Wilde married Patricia Knight (1938–1951) and actress Jean Wallace (1951–1980), with whom he had a son. he later lived through multiple projects with Wallace.
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Wilde
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Come
Wilde Jr
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Sherwood Forest
Mombassa
Omar Khayyam
Constantine the Great
Fifth Musketeer
New York City
Patricia Knight
Wendy
Jean Wallace
Miss Wallace
Fort Worth
Dallas
John
Dear Ann Landers infertility readers react to relaxing advice
Readers from multiple cities respond to a Dear Abby style column, arguing that relaxation does not improve fertility and sharing personal experiences of infertility, medical costs, unsuccessful attempts, and eventual solutions such as adoption, with a note praising the RESOLVE infertility organization and its contact details.
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South Jersey
Toledo
Dallas
Naperville
Ill
Ann
Resolve
Water Street
Arlington
Mass
Diet and drugs for celiac and arterial disease questions
A reader asks how to help a son in law with celiac disease regain strength. Advice stresses gluten elimination, dietitian guidance, and a Johns Hopkins Nutrition Handbook as a reference. The letter also covers periarteritis nodosa treatment with cortisone or cyclophosphamide. A separate note mentions amantadine as a potential aid for cocaine withdrawal, with caveats.
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Johns Hopkins
W.B. Saunders
DR. Donoh
QUASAR to boost math education in disadvantaged middle schools
Ford Foundation launches Project QUASAR with a $10 million grant to reform math teaching for grades four to eight in poor communities. The program, led by the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, begins with five schools in 1990-91 and expands to at least ten more in 1991-92.
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Ford Foundation
Franklin Thomas
Foundation
U.S
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Ireland
Korea
Britain
Spain
Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
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