Home Accident Toll Soars Across Nation in 1970
A New York report projects 27,000 home accident deaths by end of 1970 with another 4.1 million disabled. Falls, fires, suffocation and poisons drive costs up to 1.7 billion dollars in wage losses and 600 million in medical costs. Calls grow for stricter safety laws and childproof packaging to curb hazards in homes and toys. A Johannesburg notice follows about a window cleaning firm identifying itself as Transparent Wall Maintenance Engineers.
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New York
Vietnam
U.S
National Safety Council
U.S. Public Health Service
Frank Moss
Utah
Congress
Johannesburg
South Africa
Friendly Visitors Project Forms in C R
Harold Hensel of the Council on Aging announces a new friendly visitors program to combat loneliness among the elderly. Volunteers will train, be assigned to an elder for a weekly one hour visit over six weeks, and may recruit more seniors via council referrals. Meetings on Thursday and December 10 at 1026 Third Avenue SE will orient volunteers.
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Harold Hensel
The
Council On Aging
Hensel
Georganna Contri
Council
Third Avenue SE
Phone a Friend Service Launched by Cedar Rapids Council
The Council on Aging and the Junior League launch phone a friend to help elderly residents combat loneliness. Call 365-0223 from noon to midnight daily. volunteers aged 55 to 82 answer anonymously and provide empathetic listening.
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Council On Aging
Junior League
Lowell Sisson
Anacin Proclaimed Effective For Tension Headaches
Doctors test and public advertisement claim Anacin relieves nervous tension headaches as well as leading prescription products. The tablet is non narcotic, non drowsy, and economical, offering fast relief without stomach upset. It is touted to match the prescription product that garnered 21 million prescriptions last year.
Mansfield Says Nixon Troop Plan Will Trigger Senate Showdown
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says the Nixon administration will face a showdown in 1971 if it keeps U S troop strength in Europe at about 285000 through the 1972 fiscal year. He introduced a resolution calling for substantial reductions and plans to seek action via a resolution or amendments to defense bills.
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Washington
Senate
Mansfield
U. S
Europe
Defense
Laird
NATO
Brussels
Nixon
U.S
Jordan King Hussein to visit West Germany in December
Bonn AP report says King Hussein of Jordan will make an unofficial two day visit to West Germany in mid-December with no dates or specifics released by officials.
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Bonn
Germany
Hussein of
Jordan
West Germany
Dunes Set Aside For Rare Lizards In Lancashire
Southport, England AP reports the sand dunes around this coastal town have been protected to save a colony of 30 Lycertis Agilis Agilis, a nine inch green sand lizard. Naturalists say the lizards are the only ones of their kind in the world.
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Southport
England
Irish Sea
Lancashire
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