Spunky seniors protect themselves in street safety course
In New Hyde Park, elderly residents learn self defense and theft prevention from Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center staff. Tips include a barking dog tape, a whistle for phone harassment, two wallets, an inside pocket, and carrying a handbag close to the body to deter purse snatchers. The program, aimed at seniors, could become a model for other communities.
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New Hyde Park
N.Y
UPI
New York City
Social Services Department
Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center
Charles Cohen
Cohen
Borough of
Queens
Fire Department
Lincoln voted America's greatest president, survey shows
History professors from 85 colleges polled by the U.S. Historical Society named Abraham Lincoln America’s greatest president with a unanimous vote, while Gerald Ford and several others received few or no votes. George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt followed in rankings.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln
America
Gerald Ford
The
Society
Richmond
Richard Nixon
Lincoln
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Jackson
Harry Truman
James Polk
John Adams
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
Truman
Carter
Virginius Dabney
Dabney
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Grover Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Dwight OD
Eisenhower
Warren Harding
Benjamin Harrison
James Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Nixon
John Tyler
James Buchanan
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
William Taft
Calvin Coolidge
James Monroe
Herbert Hoover
William McKinley
Chester Arthur
Martin van Buren
Yoshimura to appeal conviction in explosives case
Wendy Yoshimura, once linked to Patricia Hearst's fugitive circle, will appeal her conviction on explosives charges. A Berkeley garage stash tied her to plans against UC Berkeley naval facilities and McNamara’s family. jurors could not decide on a conspiracy charge. She faces up to 15 years. bail remains at $25,000 pending sentencing.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Wendy Yoshimura
Patricia Hearst
Revolutionary Underground
Miss Yoshimura
Superior Court
Berkeley
Naval
University of California
Defense
Robert McNamara
Yoshimura
Martin Pulich
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Plattsburgh
Western
Anna M. Kot
Albany,n.y
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Robert M. Standish
Schenectady, N.Y
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Veo
Pascal Delrey
Florida
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New York State
Chester T. Williams
Bristol, VT
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Perry Milton, VT
Barbara Kuzia
Ballston Lake,n.y
Frank A. Bushey
Plattsburgh, N.Y
Jean D. Snyder
Saugerties, N.Y
Lauray Ellen Bentley
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
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Enosburg Falls, VT
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