Inefficiency in Syracuse hospitals boosts patient bills
Professor Joseph V. McKenna of Syracuse University critiques hospital management for inefficiencies that raise costs. He cites examples where high paid staff perform tasks that could be done by cheaper workers, and where slow communication and elevator delays cause waste. He argues efficiency and good management are essential to affordable patient care and urges a cost cutting mindset in hospitals.
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Syracuse
Joseph V. McKenna
Syracuse University
McKenna
Memorial Hospital
Good Shepherd
Professor McKenna
Van Doren to testify on quiz show earnings before House panel
Charles Van Doren appeared publicly to accept a subpoena to testify on November 2 before a House subcommittee investigating NBC's rigged Twenty-One show. He earned 129000 dollars in 1956 57 appearances, and NBC suspended him as network consultant after the probe. He declined to discuss earnings prior to the hearing, citing respect for Congress.
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New York
Charles van Doren
House
NBC
van Doren
Washington
United States Congress
CBS
Robert W. Lishman
Errol Flynn Dies at 50 in Vancouver Apartment
Vancouver AP report says Errol Flynn died at 50 after suffering a heart attack in a Vancouver apartment where he dropped in for a drink. He died laughing, per hostess Mrs. George Caldough, as doctorsWorked 57 minutes before pronouncing him dead at a hospital. Beverly Radland, Flynn's 17 year old protégé, rode in the ambulance and was sedated. Flynn had arrived six days earlier to sell his yacht Zaca for about $100,000 and discussing with Caldough.
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Vancouver
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Errol Flynn
George Caldough
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Radland
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Caldough
Girl's Head Stripped To Bone In Complex Surgery
A 12-year-old Blackfoot girl suffered scalp and facial loss when a potato harvester blade tore her head. Doctors in Salt Lake City and Blackfoot performed a 622hour reconstruction using grafts from the abdomen and surrounding tissue. The surgeon risked further skull work to enable future grafts and facial restoration. Names of doctors were not released. The operation aims to recreate an ear and facial features, seen as a potential miracle if successful.
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Salt Lake City
Christine
Blackfoot
Salt Lake
Clarencee. Wonnacott
38 Predicted For Tonight
The weather picture for tonight and Friday remains unchanged with cool temperatures. Mostly cloudy skies with little change. Low tonight around 38 and a high near 50 tomorrow. Winds light and variable. The U S Weather Bureau expects slightly higher temperatures over the weekend with a chance of rain.
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U. S
Recess Taken in Hearings On Steel Strike Progress
President David J McDonald of the Steelworkers Union says no progress toward settlement as the steel strike enters its 98th day. The inquiry board led by George W Taylor contemplates a possible weekend settlement to avoid a Taft Hartley injunction. The panel plans to report Monday and may direct an 80 day cooling off period once submitted.
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Washington (Ap
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Union
McDonald
Eisenhower
George W. Taylor
Taylor
White House
H. C. Lamb
Today's Chuckle Golf Caddy Joke
A lighthearted quip about a boy caddy who stands behind you and misses the following shot, adding a playful gag about not seeing where the ball went.
Janitor Freed in Slaying
Robert C. Welch of Newbury was acquitted of murder by directed verdict in Vermont. Judge Natt L. Divoll Jr. explained the court ended the vigilante trial after defense rested without calling a witness. Welch, a 46 year old school janitor, was charged with the slaying of Orville A. Gibson, a 47 year old Newbury dairy farmer. Frank W. Carpenter faced a separate trial.
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Robert C. Welch
Newbury
Vermont
Natt L. Divoll Jr
Divoll
Henry Black
Welch
Frank W. Carpenter
Orville A. Gibson
Carpenter
Nobel Med Prize Goes to Americans
STOCKHOLM Sweden AP Two American scientists were awarded this years Nobel Prize in medicine for pioneer research into heredity mechanisms Dr Severo Ochoa of New York University Medical School and Dr Arthur Kornberg of Stanford University were cited for discoveries of the biosynthesis of DNA and RNA The prize is 220700 Swedish crowns and honors chemistry physics literature medicine and physiology with Alfred Nobels trust funds providing the money
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Stockholm
Sweden
Severo Ochoa
New York University Medical School
New York
Arthur Kernberg
Stanford University
California
Royal Caroline Institute of Medicine and Physiology
Alfred Nobel
George Beadle
Edward Tatum
Ochoa
Luarea
Spain
Caroline Institute
Billy Graham tells followers not to worry about golf mishaps
In Indianapolis evangelist Billy Graham assured followers they need not worry about bad golf shots. He said his usual reply when he muffed a putt was Oh no and tried to reassure his audience with a light remark during his event.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Billy Graham
Pace Fund Ahead Of 59 Campaign Totals Reported
The United Campaign fund drive is 30 percent funded at 8792.57 dollars with the first report luncheon noting the 1960 drive nine days old and 3 percent ahead of the 1959 start. Industry Division leads in dollars at 399,449 and Public Service Division tops in percent with 67 percent or 91,094.
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United Campaign Fund
Industry
Public Service Division
Suspected “tip-toe” burglar nabbed after two early breaks
David Horton Jr. 23, of 601 E Washington St, arrested near two burglaries on Hickory and N Townsend. He confessed to about 20 house burglaries and four car thefts, with over $1,600 in cash seized. Officer Gorman captured him at Townsend and Burnet. Victim Walter Nicholas reported a flashlight sighting at 2:30 a.m. and a burglar leaping from a front window. Police expect second degree burglary charges.
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Syracuse
David Horton Jr
Washington St
Horton
Willia Metzger
Hickory Street
N. Townsend Street
Charles Gorman
N. Townsend
Burnet Avenue
Walter ©. Nicholas
Hickory St
Nicholas
Barry Fitzgerald Undergoes Brain Surgery in Dublin
Barry Fitzgerald, 71, Academy Award winning Irish actor, underwent brain surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin. His condition was described as critical after a weeks long illness. The veteran star, famed for Going My Way with Bing Crosby, has been ill for several weeks.
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Dublin
UPS
Barry Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bing Crosby
Queen Mary’s Secret Abdication Letter Reveals Family Distress
The secret 1936 letter from Queen Mary to Edward VIII is published with her official biography. It recalls her misery over his abdication for Wallis Simpson, urges him to consider the country, and notes the strain on the royal family and nation. Edward’s reign lasted under a year before he abdicated and was succeeded by the Duke of York.
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Queen Mary
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Simpson
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George V
Edward
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Mary
James Pope-Hennes
Pope Hennessey
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