Michigan Proclaims September Epilepsy Month
Governor G Mennen Williams urged understanding and support for about 70 000 Michigan residents with epilepsy as the state dedicates September to public education. The Michigan Epilepsy Center promotes a whole man approach while noting medical progress enables most patients to lead active lives. Michigan hospitals in 1959 show rising expenses and varied per patient day costs across facility types.
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G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Raymond D. Dennerll
Michigan Epilepsy Association
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Dennerll
Denneryl
California
Michigan Epilepsy Center and Association
Detroit
Michigan United
Length Of Hospital Stays Up In Michigan
The Michigan Hospital Association reports that average length of stay rose to 7.9 days in 1960 from 7 days in 1951 in voluntary short term general hospitals. Admissions totaled 1,126,823 in 1959, up 48,000 from 1958, with about 60,000 patients and 540 newborns daily. Over 67,000 full-time workers supported an average of 113 staff per 100 patients across Michigan hospitals.
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Michigan
Michigan Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Senator Smith challenges post office over fishing stamps
Margaret Chase Smith and Maine Sardine Council present a stamp display to the Smithsonian. She notes the Postal Service has issued only one stamp honoring the commercial fishing industry since its founding. Leonard Carmichael accepts the display for the Division of Philatelic History with Ross Leffler present.
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Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
U.S. Post Office Department
Richard E. Reed
The
Maine Sardine Council
Council
Smithsonian Institution
Postal Service
Leonard C. Carmichael
Smithsonian
Philatelic History
Ross F. Leffler
the Interior For Fish and Wildlife
Porter Park Plan Labeled GOP Legacy in Michigan
The Lansing observer notes a $10 million state park bond plan touted by Democrats but credits Republican Senator Elmer R. Porter with the act. Governor Williams vetoed it twice before it passed, and the Conservation Commission now signals a reduced $3 million 1961 budget with funds likely aimed at the southeast.
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Democratic State Administrative Board
Williams
Elmer R. Porter
Blissfield
GOP
Porter
Michigan
UAW
Gov. Williams
State Administrative Board
Capitol
Arthur C. Elmer
Parks
The
Conservation Commission
Elmer
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