Right to die debate grows after high profile cases
The right to die issue heats up as cases in Morristown New Jersey Hawaii and Union Illinois draw scrutiny. Judges consider respirator withdrawal and living wills while legislative efforts spread across many states. Religious leaders scholars and doctors weigh ethics and legality as national panels discuss standardizing end of life care.
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Morristown
Nut
Robert Muir
Karen Ann Quinlan
Hilo
Hawaii
Alice Cameron
Union
Iir
Carol Dusold Rogman
United Press International
Rogman
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Washington
Virginia
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Maryland
Massachusetts
Montana
Oregon
UPI
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Boston Globe
New York Times
Cohen
Iraeli Supreme Court
Times
Saul
Journal of the American Medical Association
Teen alcohol use warning text amid adolescent issues
A discussion outlines warning signs of teen alcohol use and potential abuse, emphasizing that occasional experimentation does not imply alcoholism. It notes withdrawal, secrecy, behavior shifts, declining school performance, and accidents as possible signals, with expert caution against overreacting while urging parental support. It also mentions that alcohol can mask underlying problems and cites physicians stressing early recognition.
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Alto
Seixas
Herbert Holden
San Leandro
Calif
American Academy of Family Physicians
Dr. Holden
Chafetz
Capitol graft exposes Sanderson led Capitol fraud scheme
A Philadelphia decorator John Sanderson overcharged Pennsylvania for Capitol furnishings in 1908. He bought chandeliers and fixtures at inflated weights and prices, sold to himself and the state, and salted accounts with inflated room fittings. Investigations led to prosecutions, with several officials jailed or dying before appeal.
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Philadelphia
John Sanderson
Sanderson
Capitol
Pennsylvania Bronge Co
Herbert Arlene
Senate Majority
Commonwealth
Board of Public Grounds and Ice
Samuel W. Pennypacker
William P. Snyder
Chester
Berry
Mathues
Delaware County
Senate Chamber
Senate
Pennsylvania
Saad
House Transportation Committee
Jook Tar
Violet Gakiey
William Penn
Sanderton
Matlnes
Snyder
Joseph M. Huston
Democratic
Wen Wister
Pioneer girl recalls Kansas prairie life in 1862 memoir
Adela Orpen recounts surviving with her father and Auntie amid Civil War turmoil and a harsh frontier winter. She details a log cabin transformed into a frame-house, sparse furnishings, and the fearsome prairie winds that shaped her childhood and memory of the unknown west.
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Kansas
Adela Orpen
Kansas Prairie
Auntie
Far East
Mound City
Buck
Bright
Mrs. Weddell
Doaty Orpen
Rocky Mountains
Platte River
Belt Lake
Mexico
Litle
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United States Senate
Richard 5.Schweiker
R-Pa
Washington, D.C
Hugh Scott
Milton Shape
Harrisburg
R. Budd Dwyer
States Representative Assembly
Iwcherabie
Joseph P. Vigarita
Forest Hopkins
Cannon House
House
Thiavas
Adela
Ang
Smoky Hill Fork
Cortez
Darien
Pacific
Donty
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