University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 3, 1987
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Too few staff may threaten future of Kansas hospital
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — State lawmakers are anticipating a report by health agency investigators which Gov. Mike Hayden yesterday said could threaten certification of the Norton State Hospital.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said he feared Norton might face problems with its certification similar to those recently at the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center.
A multitude of problems at Winfield, the most serious involving abuse of patients and intimidation of
Welfare officials say Norton has not experienced the type of patient mistreatment problems as happened at Winfield. Hayden said other problems, including too few staff for the number of patients, might threaten Norton's certification.
staff, led to federal decretication and nearly cost the facility $24,000 a day in Medicaid funds.
Winter, State Rep. Sandy Duncan, R Wichita, and others think the state should use the problems at its mental retardation facilities to achieve a large revision in state treatment policies.
Norton as a state hospital for the mentally retarded and turn the facility over to the Department of Corrections for housing minimum-security inmates.
Both men support a plan to close
Winter is chairman of a Senate subcommittee which handles the budgets of mental retardation hospitals.
Winter and Duncan, chairman of the House subcommittee, are designing a proposal to turn Norton over to the corrections department and remove the 106 patients currently under care in Norton, which is located 11 miles from the Nebraska border in northwest Kansas.
Hostage near death, tape says
BEIRUT — U.S. hostage Jesse Turner said in a video released yesterday that fellow captive Alann Steen could die within hours and appealed for the United States and Israel to "do something to save us."
United Press International
In a three-minute color videotape, Turner, 39, read a prepared statement, possibly written by his captors, urging the U.S. government to "seek a happy ending for Steen's issue and all of us."
The bearded Turner, who was wearing a red and blue track suit, appeared tired and tense and kept his head down as he read the statement.
Besides Turner and Steen, 47, Robert Polhill, 52, and Indian-born U.S. resident Mithileshwar Singh, 62, were kidnapped in January from the private Beirut University College by gunmen posing as police officers.
"We hope that this will not be the last message we send before the death of Steen. We feel that his life would over in a few hours." Turner said.
"His condition is worsening as time goes by despite the treatment he is receiving and the continuous care the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine is giving to save his life."
The Islamic jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, in a statement issued Tuesday, threatened to punish their hostages if the Reagan administration and Israel do not respond to their demands.
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- Saturday, April 4th and Sunday. April 5th
- Teams from at least 7 states will play
- Shirts and discs will be sold
- KJHX 91FM will spin records from noon to 5 both days
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MIKE RUNDLE ADDRESSES THE ISSUES
On April 7, skip the personalities. Vote on the issues. Here's what Mike Rundle thinks about some of the main ones:
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. The 600-block mall proposal is not what downtown Lawrence needs. Let's vote on it now before we waste any more money. Then let's get on with sensible downtown development.
TRAFFIC SANITY. Growing cities have problems with traffic. Mike Rundle believes that we need to slow traffic down on residential streets and around schools, keep it flowing smoothly on major arteries, and keep big trucks on the truck routes. He also says we need to provide for bicyclists and pedestrians, as well as motorists.
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE. Everyone talks about preserving our fine old buildings and our neighborhoods, but we keep losing them. Mike Rundle says the city can promote preservation with well defined policies.
VOTING. When over 4400 citizens sign a petition asking for a vote on a major issue, they deserve a binding vote
GROWTH. The issue is how, not whether, we grow. We need good planning and controlled growth to make sure new development doesn't erode the qualities which make Lawrence such a special place.
By denying that right, the current city commissioners have failed those they govern.
Paid for by the Mike Rundle for Lawrence Committee, Neva Entrikin, Treasurer
Foreign educators to come to KU
By a Kansan reporter
Fifteen English teachers from 15 countries will learn about contemporary culture and life in the United States at a seminar at the University of Kansas next week.
The foreign educators will hear several lectures and panel discussions by KU faculty and will participate in field trips to Lawrence High School and an area dairy farm during the seminar, which begins Monday and ends Saturday, April 11.
ment is sponsoring the event at the request of the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C. KU was selected to sponsor a similar event last fall, after a rigorous selection process, said Gina Witt, assistant program coordinator for the secretary and secretary for American studies.
KU's American studies depart-
The fall seminar was so successful that the academy made the unusual decision to invite KU to sponsor another seminar without requiring it to go through the selection process
again, Witt said.
The academy's seminars are part of an educational program for citizens of other countries sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency.
"This shows that the USIA believes that the University of Kansas has a strong American studies program and strong capabilities in cross-cultural programs," said Forrest Berghorn, chairman of American studies. Seminar participants will visit Lawrence High School on Wednesday
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