Senate report blasts private nursing homes for mentally ill
Senate investigators criticize private facilities in New York and Illinois for hunger, cockroaches, leaking roofs, exposed wiring, and cheap construction. The report blames government policy and SSI funding shifts that incentivized moving patients from public institutions to private homes, enabling for profit operators.
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Senate
Washington
New York
Illinois
Frank Moss
Utah
Congress
Moss
States
Dear Abby Letter About Smoking Wife Change
A reader asks how to handle a wife who quit smoking and now pressures others to quit. Abby praises the quit but cautions against shaming smokers and urges respectful, nonjudgmental approach while encouraging awareness of health hazards.
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Abby
Wendorf Heads Cedar Rapids Civic Development Unit
Harold A. Wendorf elected president of the Cedar Rapids Civic Development Association succeeding Ralph Dresher who led since 1970. Blake Garske and Harold Ewoldt named vice president and secretary treasurer with ERs. Metcalf Ómera Smulekoff Wendorf re-elected three-year terms. James Seifert new two-year term. carryover directors listed. The group owns four downtown parking lots and promotes parking for shoppers and workers.
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Harold A. Wendorf
Killian’s
Cedar Rapids
Lenten services arranged at Marion churches
Marion churches announce Lenten services with speakers from area churches. First Presbyterian hosts noon luncheon with Rev. Allen Van Cleve from Cedar Rapids Central Park. Lutheran and Ascension churches schedule evening talks by Rev. Charles Schultz, Rev. M C Hagedorn, and Rev. John Huber on grace, eye to eye, and the Messiah. Also notes a Parish parade ad and local misdemeanor fines from Marion court.
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John Huber
Defiant West Bank Arabs Begin Day of Protest
Arabs launched a day of protests across the West Bank defying Israeli vows to quell demonstrations by force. Hebron’s mayor threatened to resign in support of the anti set movement as six mayors quit Israeli troops moved to suppress gatherings. Roadblocks cut Jerusalem from the West Bank while militants distributed guerilla pamphlets calling for rebellion.
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Jordan
Jerusalem
West Bank
Hebron
Nablus
Solons May Have Violated Law in Accepting Meal
Des Moines Iowa senators face possible ethics issues over a bankers association hospitality event. Senator Gene Glenn cited an Iowa code ban on gifts of 25 or more, noting a Milner lobby report listing 47.92 per senator and spouse for the dinner. Some senators defended the lack of beverages and empty hors d oeuvres, while Glenn urged ethics review and potential penalties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Assn
Gene Glenn
Dottumwa
Iowa
General Assembly
Glenn
Senate
Neal Milner
Bankers’ Association
Sen
Warren Curtis
Curtis
Senate Ethics Committee
Otterbeck Fined for Drunk Driving in Fayette Co Court
Kenneth Raymond Otterbeck of Strawberry Point pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Fayette county district court at West Union. Judge Joseph Keefe fined him 300 dollars plus costs and revoked his license for an indefinite period. Otterbeck was charged March 6 with drunk driving.
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West Union
Kenneth Raymond Otterbeck
Strawberry Point
Fayette County
Joseph Keefe
Otterbeck
Petition Seeks Construction Halt On Tama Project
Grace Reid of Tama files in Tama county district court to stop a 24 apartment complex for seniors valued at 350000. Defendants include James Levy Pioneer Village Tama Associates and zoning officer Robert Hazard. Reid seeks permanent injunction and removal of a building permit, alleging violation of city ordinance and lack of required special exception. Israel launched heavy attacks in Jordan on this date in 1968.
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Toledo
Tama
Tama County
Grace Reid
James F. Levy
Des Moines
Pioneer Village of
Tama Associates
Robert J. Hazard
Tama Board of Adjustment
Reid
Hazard
Levy
Egypt to intensify effort for Western arms support
Egyptian arms policymakers plan expanded Western aid after ending a 15 year Soviet friendship treaty. War Minister Gamasy leads a diversification mission with trips to France Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia seeking spare parts and Western aircraft while hoping U S radar gear and six C 130 planes may push precedent for broader sales.
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CAIRG
Egypt
U.S
Soviet Union
Israel
Mideast
Anwar Sadat
Moscow
Sinai
France
England
Saudi Arabia
Sadat
United States
Washington
Ford Administration
Mohammed Abdel Ghany Gamasy
Gamasy
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
TASER Gun Ruled a Firearm Fireheadlines clash over new federal control
Washington AP reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms reversed a 1973 ruling, declaring the TASER electric dart gun a firearm after May 1 and subject to federal gun laws. Rex Davis cites crime-linked study as reason.
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Washington
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Bureau
Rex Davis
Mt Vernon Housing Mt Vernon Lisbon area legislators hold public session
State Rep John E Patchett and Sen James Redmond will hold a legislative roundtable for Mt Vernon and Lisbon residents from 10 a m to noon at Mt Vernon city hall. Also notes 1828 birth of Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen.
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MT. Vernon
John E. Patchett
North Liberty
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Braniff and Teamsters avert air strike deal
Braniff International and the Teamsters union reached a tentative contract agreement for 3,600 ground workers after a nearly 50-hour bargaining session. Details await ratification while the strike deadline was pushed to 4 p.m. EST Friday to allow further negotiations. The pact covers ticket agents reservation clerks secretaries and baggage handlers who had been contractless since last August.
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Washington
Braniff International
Teamsters Union
George Ives
Nationa Mediation Board
Braniff
Candid Gun Buyer Arrested in Omaha Incident
Authorities rejected a gun permit request from an applicant who said the weapon would be used for a robbery. Police traced the unnamed man, found he was wanted in another state, and arrested him in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
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