Midwifery on verge of rebirth in California
California moves toward reintroducing midwives after a 1949 ban as demand grows for natural births, doctor shortages in rural areas, and preference for individualized care. Liberal advocates see midwives as offering extended pre and postnatal attention amid busy physicians and obstetricians.
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California
Robert E. Sweet
Sacramento
Calif
Couture pattern book and midwife law revival in 1973
The article promotes Printed Pattern M 467 for Misses' sizes with jackets and dresses in wool or tweed, plus patterns and sewing books. It then profiles two aging Los Angeles midwives, Charlotte Alarcon and Marie De Alemany, who could regain licenses if old midwife laws are revived as lawmakers consider expanding nursing duties to include childbirth. The piece notes rising midwife demand and potential immediate employment of about 500 midwives in hospitals.
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Banff
Charlotte Alarcon
Los Angeles
Alarcon
Marie de Alemany
Gordon W. Duffy
Hanford
International Confederation of Midwives
Cunningham
Manor seeks host family for foreign exchange student
Livingston Manor Central School invites a local family to house a visiting South American boy for three months starting later this month. Supervising Principal James B. Ramage announced the plan as part of a joint exchange program with the Manor Student Council and Rotary Club. The program has previously hosted Latin American students. this year a high school boy is requested to live in the host home.
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Livingston Manor
Livingston Manor Central School
James B. Ramage
Manor
Rotary Club
Manor High
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