Garden City Telegram from Garden City, Kansas • Page 3

Kansas Medical Society Spokesman Says 'Here Malpractice Insurance Problem Now of Crisis Proportions cost and availability of medical malpractice insurance in Kansas is a problem that has burgeoned into crisis proportions. a Kansas Medical Society spokesman said here last night. Dr. Gregg Snyder, Wichita, chairman of the KMS commitice on malpractice, told a group of concerned citizens the state is losing doctors and unless the problem is corrected the public faces the loss of essential medical services. The meeting was at Western State Bank.

Dr. Snyder, a neurosurgeon, stressed that the crisis was a Markets (Prices at 12:30 p.m. today at Garden City Co-op.) Wheat $3.10 down Milo $3.80 unchg. Corn $2.50 unchg. 1 p.m.

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Lorie D. Lupton MONTEZUMA Funeral for Lorie Daneen Lupton, 15, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Montezuma High School, the Rev. William Merriman officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Montezuma.

Miss Lupton died Thursday at Trinity Hospital, Dodge City, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident Dec. 12 near Montezuma. Born Aug. 6, 1960, at Dodge City, she was a sophomore at Montezuma High School and had lived here all of her life. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Montezuma High Student Council, band, Kayettes and pep club and had been active in girls athletics.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dana Lupton, Montezuma; a sister, Jana, of the home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D.

Lupton, Montezuma, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Evans, Gove. The family suggests memorials to Montezuma Ambulance Service in care of Montezuma Federal Credit Union. Hulpieu-Swaim Funeral Home, Dodge City, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Mrs. Clarence Fine Minnie Fine, 77, Garden Valley Retirement Village a and formerly of 108 N. 4th, died Thursday at St. Catherine Hospital. Sept.

12, 1898, in Born Arkansas, she married Clarence Fine, March 1, 1956, in New Mexico. Mrs. Fine to Garden City about 30 came years ago and had managed the Sunflower Motel. She was retired. Survivors include the widower, of Garden Valley Retirement Village; two sons, Everett Turner, Bossier City, and Leonard Turner, California; a daughter, Mrs.

Effie Lee Rotramel, Neosho, two step-sons, Donald Fine, Sherman, and Gene Fine, 709 a stepdaughter, Mrs. Shirley Mosher, 1005 Theron; and three grandchildren. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Monday at Garnand Funeral Chapel, the Rev. William H.

public concern, not limited to doctors, lawyers and hospitals. "We need people to support sensible and well-conceived change through legislation," he said. An interim committee is studying the problem and will make recommendations for legislation at the next session. Dr. Snyder said it is getting increasingly difficult for physicians, especially for those in high risk practice, such as anesthesiologists, to obtain liability coverage.

He said they are the highest risk category because they put patients to sleep. Five years ago there were 13 companies in Kansas writing malpractice insurance, now there are only two major companies who write 80 percent of the business. He said insurance pre mi for anesthesiologists run from $25,000 to $60,000 a year. "There is no way a young physician can begin practice at those rates unless he i is independently wealthy," said Dr. Snyder.

He said 50 percent of the graduates of the University of Kansas Medical School leave the state and many doctors are taking early retirement District Court Action Is Heavy A jury trial date has been set for a Garden City man charged with burglary in connection with an incident at Garden City Country Club last August. He is Jesus (Jess) Garza Moreno, 21, 1410 W. Fulton. The date was set for Jan. 9 in action Tuesday, Dec.

16, in Finney County District Court. Moreno had been bound over to district court Aug. 18. His case had been continued. The defendant remains free on bond.

Finney County District Court granted five year probation to Senona Cisneros Alvarado, Wichita, in action Tuesday, Dec. 16. The Court sentenced her to from 1-10 years on a charge of grand theft and placed her on probation. The defendant was returned by Sheriff's Department deputy from Lansing State Penitentiary Dec. 12.

Ms. Alvarado had been found guilty of the charge of grand theft in a jury trial in Finney County District Court last June and had been conrifined in Lansing since Aug: 297 A motion to revoke probation was granted 'in. deaths deaths Travis officiating. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday until service time at the Garnand Funeral Home.

Ernest Campbell DIGHTON Ernest Campbell, 76, died Wednesday at the Lane County Hospital, Dighton. Born July 19, 1899, at Richmond, he married Ann Hubbard. He was a retired city employe and had lived in Dighton many years. Survivors include the widow and a sister, Mrs. Hazel Davey, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Niles-Zenor Chapel, Dighton, Mr. Dave Fiedler officiating. Burial will be in Dighton Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call until service time at the chapel.

John V. Carter ULYSSES Funeral for John Victor Carter, 69, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Phillips Mortuary Chapel, Ulysses, the Rev. Bill Dial officiating. Burial will be in Ulysses Cemetery.

Mr. Carter died Thursday at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Born Feb. 22, 1906, in Edwards County, he married Bernice Brewer, May 13, 1926, at Garden City. He was a farmer and had lived here since 1918, coming from Sylvia.

He was a member of Ulysses United Methodist Church, Grant County Farm Bureau and was a former Grant County Commissioner. Survivors include the widow; a son, Marvin Dean, Ulysses; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Walls and Mrs. Darlene Horner, both of Ulysses, and Mrs. Elaine Gierhart, Garden City; two brothers, Jack, Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Earl, Reedley, four sisters, Mrs.

Edith Fee and Mrs. May Jarvis, both of Ulysses, Mrs. Mable Lahey, Belleview, and Mrs. Pearl Jungferman, Ft. Myers, 10 grandchildren; and six great -grandchildren.

Friends may call Friday at the Phillips Chapel. because of prohibitive malpractice rates. Dr. Snyder stressed that it is a public problem because the costs must be passed on to patients, and what is worse consumers face the loss of medical services unless corrective action is taken. Dr.

Snyder listed some of the reasons for rising malpractice costs: patients are better informed today about what medical results can be expected: changes in doctor-patient relationship; incompetents in practice who are difficult to remove: and a small group of "highly talented attorneys specializing in malpractice" who have dramatized the fact there is a problem. He said the Kansas Medical Society has recommended. among other things, a reduction in the 10-year statute of limitations: a ceiling on liability for health care providers, and a maximum of $500,000 on claims, with excess to be paid from a patients' compensation fund financed collectively by doctors and other health care providers. Joe Mackey, Hutchinson Hospital administrator, told of the crisis faced by his hospital when it lost 3 of 4 anesthesiologists because of malpractice insurance problems. "Forty percent of a hospital's business is directly and indirectly related to surgery which requires the services of anesthesiologists.

"Our. position was to go to the public, through the media, and explain it was a problem that affects the consumer. There's no such thing as free lunch. The consumer ultimately pays," he The hospital organized a bus caravan to Topeka to present the problem to the governor, insurance commissioner and legislators. The hospital eventually hired two more anesthesiologists to ease the crisis.

Dale Gillan, St. Catherine Hospital administrator. said the pressures are not as great in this community, but they could be. Rep. David Heinemann, R- Garden City.

said the Legislature was aware of the malpractice insurance crisis al the close of this years session. but it was too late to act. so an interim committee was established. Heinemann reviewed some of the committee's recommendations. which include reducing the statute of limitations to four years, which he thought needed to be longer.

"Chances are bright," he 0 For Christmas card Elementary to grace the School school's designed front this door. stained Students glass Julie Christmas Zerkel, Taking advantage of the sunshine, the students in Dee left, and Fernando Cruz put the finishing touches on their Meschke's fifth- sixth grade class at Buffalo Jones art work. Telegram 1'hoin Man Is Charged For Grand Theft A man arrested by sheriff's department officers in the early hours Thursday morning has been charged with grand theft. He is James Gilbert Perry, 50, 111 N. 11th, who appeared in County Court Thursday afternoon.

His preliminary has been set for Dec. 23. The court set his bond at $1,500 and he is free on bond. The charge against Perry stems from theft of items from vehicles parked in the Corral Club parking lot Thursday morning. a sheriff's deputy said.

Cruelty to Animals Ambulance Charge Against Man One Bit of Bill Drafty Ragel's am- animals has been filed against la Garden City man for failure Ito feed and properly care for his horse. Finney County Attorney Don Vsetecka said the charge was filed against Leo McMahon. 203 Inge, who keeps his horse near the fairgrounds. Such a charge can be filed for either active or passive cruelty, the attorney said. Neglect would be passive, A charge of cruelty to John Martin Dam Recreation Pool Meeting Topic Here A special meeting has been set for Garden City next May to discuss a permanent recreation pool at the John Martin Dam, west of Lamar, Colo.

The issue, an old one that has been talked for years, is being studied by members of the Arkansas River Compact Administration, which sets policies for use of water stored behind the dam. The dam was built in the '30s for flood control and irrigation, with no recreation. water included. Congress approved the 10,000 acre foot pool a few years ago. The state of Colorado obtained water Planners Discuss might have on the already busy 8th and Kansas intersection.

Schools in the immediate vicinity, a school crosswalk at 8th and Kansas, and results from a recently completed city traffic safety study were also discussed. According to the traffic study, the 8th and Kansas intersection is now the location of more traffic accidents for the amount of traffic going through it than any other intersection in town. In other business, the planning commission: Approved parking lot plans for an addition to the Briar Hill Manor parking facilities. The new parking Page 3 Garden City Telegram Friday, December 19, 1975 said, "that something will be done in the area of malpractice." Gillan, however, said his sources in Topeka were not optimistic about comprehensive legislation to deal with the problem. "The only thing we might get out of it is a reduction in the statute of Gillan said.

Mary Knief was named chairman of the citizens group which will study malpractice legislation and report to the community. today In Garden ('its District Court Wednesday, Dec. 17, when John Lynn Summers, Oneill, appeared on a charge of parole violation. Summers was sentenced in March 1975 on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to sell. He was returned to court in June.

His sentence at that time was to from 1-10 years into the custody of the secretary of corrections. The court granted five-year probation. In September, he was charged with parole violation. Sheriff's deputies returned Summers from Nebraska Dec. 16.

The court Wednesday found him to be guilty of parole violation and ordered that he resume serving his 1-10 year sentence; effective date will be the date in September that he was jailed in Nebraska. was remanded to the custody of Finney County Sheriff until he can be placed into the custody of the secretary of corrections. Arraignment was continued for Ralph Leslic Havel, also known as Goodman, 17, 709 Bancroft, in action of Finney County District Court Wednesday, Nov. 26. Havel was bound over to District Court Nov.

20, on a charge of burglary after he was found non-amenable to juvenile jurisdiction. In his preliminary hearing in County Court Nov. 18, his bond was set at $1,500 and he is free on bond. The continuation was granted by District Court pending the receipt of psychological or psychiatric report from the Mental Health Center, court records show. The defendant has appealed the non-amenable ruling.

Tuesday, Dec. 16, Ray (Andy) Donaho, Burnside Drive, on charge of aggravated battery. Charge dismissed by order of County Attorney Don Vsetecka. Wednesday, Nov. 26, Richard Anthony Lemos, Trailer Village, on charge of possession of marijuana.

Charge dismissed by order of County Attorney Don Vsetecka. Tuesday, Dec. 16, William Larry Stults, U.S. Army, on charge of burglary. Upon plea of guilty, Stults was sentenced to from 1-10 years and was placed on probation for five years.

Finney County Sheriff's Dept. released Stults to U.S. Army authorities Wednesday. He was wanted for desertion, a sheriff's deputy said. Would City planners Thursday discussed rezoning the southeast corner of 8th and Kansas to allow a bus depot at that location and set a public hearing on the matter for 10 a.m.

Jan. 15. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Foltz requested the hearing to rezone 132 W.

Kansas from C2 (general commercial) to C3 (central shopping district) to allow the bus depot at that location. Mrs. Foltz is manager of Garden City's Continental Trailways bus depot, now located at 8th and Stevens. Before setting the hearing date, the planners discussed the possible impact the change in location of the depot Hospitals ADMISSIONS at St. Catherine George F.

Armentrout, Sublette Scott R. Becker, Elkhart Elaine J. Garcia, 1310 Hattie San Dee K. Key, Sublette Leslic C. Kirk, Syracuse Gary Lewis, Syracuse Julie A.

Nelson, 808 Price Martha E. Russell, Tribune Leonard M. Schreibvogel, Deerfield Della Singer, 2514 N. Main Ophelia R. Tolbert, 109 S.

10th Patricia Torres, Satanta Roxie J. Tucker, Copeland Diane L. Wishon, Holcomb DISMISSALS Arnold A. Brown, 305 Washington John D. Carl Imperial Rt.

Marybeth M. Gjellstad, 1104 Melanic Lane Jerry J. Gonzales, 511 E. Maple Harold J. Kitch, 1407 Mrs.

Ronald L. Mills and baby boy, Friend Harry A. Schleman, Scott City Alton A. Schmidt, S. Star Rt.

Mrs. Leo Solze, 1718 Lincoln Road Max E. Stewart, 507 W. Fair C. Herschel Webber, Sublette Courts while beating would be active cruelty.

An appearance date for McMahon has been set at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 7 in Finney County Court. Police Capt. Jimmy Grenz said that this is a case investigated by the city, but because the city does not have an ordinance covering it, the case was filed in county court.

He said that once a charge is filed, if cruelty continues, the person would be in violation another time and could be charged again. Grenz. also said that if conditions warranted, the animal being cruelly treated could be taken by officers. Hearing Set WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Civil Aeronautics Board has scheduled a hearing March 3 on an application by Air Midwest to serve several cities in southwest and southeastern Kansas.

An Air Midwest spokesman said CAB officials indicated in Washington Thursday the hearing might be held al Wichita rather than in Washington. The Wichita- based commuter airline is seeking CAB certification 10 permanently take over air service it now provides as a substitute for Frontier Airlines to Hutchinson, Dodge City and Great Bend. Garden City US83 by-pass. The planners instructed chairman Bob Wright to tend the next city commission meeting to seek comments from that commission on the by -pass proposal. GIVE BEEF FOR CHRISTMAS YOUR FRIENDS DESERVE SOMETHING SPECIAL GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE GARDEN CITY MEATS 424 N.

Main 275-6541 bulances is a little drafty these days, sporting a new "air conditioning" system that has temporarily put it out of commission. The ambulance, owned by Ragel's Garden City Ambulance service, was involved Wednesday morning in a freak three-vehicle pile-up at The Truck Stop just east of Dodge City. All three vehicles were unoccupied at the time, Dodge City police said. According to police, the brakes of a semi tractor trailer parked in the restaurant parking lot released, letting the truck roll across the lot and into the right rear of the parked ambulance. Force of the impact then shoved the ambulance into a pickup truck parked next to it, causing additional damage to the ambulance's right rear seclion.

Ragel estimated the damage to his vehicle at $1.500. He said the ambulance still could be used in an emergency situation, "but it might gel al little drafty in Ambulance driver Aaron Estabrook had stopped at the Dodge City restaurant en route to Garden City from Wichita. By The Telegram Walter C. Ellis, student in agricultural economics at Kansas State University, is featured in the 1976 Agricultural Senior Placement Annual. The unnual, sponsored by the Agriculture Student Council.

features all K- State agricultural students who will receive B.S. degrees in 1976. Ellis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L.

Ellis. Imperial Rt. TRAFFIC -COUNTY Fined for speeding Stephen P. Kralik. Wichita, 69 in 55 zone, $29.

John Barton Olsen, Newkirk, 72 in 55 zone, $35. Stephen H. Penick, Lakin, 76 in 55 zone, $43. Robert D. Crossland, 1407 N.

12th, 64 in 55 zone, $20. Randall L. Schaffer, 504 N. 13th, 80 in 40) zone, $100. Franklin K.

Eastman, Wichita, 65 in 55 zone, $21. Omer M. Luebbers, Liberal, 08 in 55 zone, $27. Walter L. Yost, Scott City, 67 in 55 zone, $25.

Samuel C. Reed, Mission Hills, 75 in 55 zone, $41. Thomas D. Conrad, Garden City, 72 in 55 zone, $35. Norman R.

Roberts, Bader Trailer Court, 72 in 55 zone, $35. Jo A. Spanier, Copeland, 65 in 55 zone, $21. rights to the necessary water but nothing has been done, largely because of controversies. The Syracuse Journal reports that those above the dam, sportsmen and civic leaders, favor the recreation pool.

Irrigators below, both in Kansas and Colorado, generally oppose it, fearing it will reduce their water supply. A team was appointed by members of the compact administration some time ago, made up of two engineers from Kansas and Colorado. This team will present its report and recommendation May 5 in Garden City. Rezoning Request spaces will be east of the Briar Hill building, north of Thompson. Received a letter from the Kansas Department of Transportation asking for comments about the proposed Fined, other Masonry Products Garden City (Bobby D.

Barnes, Garden City, driver overload, $76.30. Pappas Concrete Holcomb (Dale Koehn, Garden City, driver) overload, $61. Pappas Concrete Holcomb (Teddy J. Brown, Garden City, driver) overload, $31.50. John L.

Fleming, Dodge City, speed greater than reasonable, $20. Dennis G. Fine, Pueblo, defective exhaust, $20. Steven H. Ediger, 1002 Nelson, no physical card, $20.

Donald H. Morris, 409 W. Thompson, no KCC authority. $20. Randall L.

Schaffer, 504 N. 13th, driving left of center, $25. Alvin L. Flynn, 1607 Hattie, driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $111, and driver's license restricted. James C.

Stuart, Larned, no daily log, $20. Norman R. Roberts, Bader Trailer Court, driver's license expired, $21. Dr. M.

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