Government raps private nursing homes in New York and Illinois
A Senate subcommittee report finds private nursing homes in New York and Illinois failing to meet care standards. Conditions cited include roaches, bad food, and unsafe living spaces as financial incentives push patients from public facilities into private care. Senator Moss links policy to crowding and cost-cutting practices.
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Washington
Senate
New York
Illinois
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Mentally Ill Patients Suffer Hunger and Abuse in Private Homes
A report criticizes the shift of patients from public to private care as driven by SSI rules. It cites profits from operators, pennies per day on food, and underfunded private facilities. The transition, Moss argues, created a scandalous for profit nursing home industry and psychiatric ghettos.
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Moss
Congress
Veteran ERIE Lackawanna worker badly injured in boxcar accident
Orman Shreve a 57 year old Cochran ton man was crushed by a boxcar wheel during switching at the EL plant entrance. He lost one leg and suffered severe damage to the other as a brake failed and the car rolled over him. He is in Corry Memorial Hospital in poor condition with a long hospitalization ahead. His family and fellow workers describe immediate efforts to apply tourniquets while awaiting ambulance transport. Rev. Shreve, his son, notes 34 years with the railroad and possible early retirement next month.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Corry
Ormnal Shreve
B.D
Cochranton
Corry Memorial Holt
Shreve
Faith Chorchhes
UC Man Helps Capture Pair In Robbery
A Union City man aided police in capturing two armed teenagers who robbed him and another resident in Erie. Officers located one suspect after a pursuit and arrested him. a second suspect was detained nearby by a separate team. The youths admitted roles in a gunshop burglary and led to the recovery of revolvers stolen from Discount Guns and Ammo in Erie. Michel Hoopsick, 18, ER, was charged with receiving stolen goods.
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Unies Creet
Thomas Zappia
Union City
Erie
Mary Flowers
Exie
Zappla
Zapp
Ronald
Lawrence Kisko
Robert
Norman Kuhn
Charles Bowers Jr
Donald Levis
Discount Guns
Elie
Michel Hoopsick
Pave Way For U S Funds For Corry
HUD notified Corry that its second year Community Development Block Grant application will be processed. The city will request release of funds and HUD certification next Friday for three projects including West Main Street laundromat renovation, a city reservoir upgrade, and South Center Street apartments.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Corry Redevelopment Authority
West Pleasant Street
Mary Ann Ribler
West Main Street
South Center Street
Princess Margaret Separates From Lord Snowdon
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones announce a separation after nearly 16 years of marriage. No divorce or custody details are provided and no pressure from Queen Elizabeth is indicated. The statement comes from Kensington Palace with no further settlement information.
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London
Margaret
Elizabeth II
Lord Snowdon
Kensington Palace
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Queen Elizabeth
Porc Margaret
Church of England
Trinidad
Par- Mula
Viscount Linley
Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon separate amid marriage strain
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon are reportedly separating their public duties though no divorce plans exist. An observer cites palace pressure in the Townsend case, while officials note Margaret remains fifth in line and retains her £70,000 annual allowance. The couple’s estrangement follows reports of her relationship with Roddy Llewellyn, with sightings and visits noted, amid broader palace and church commentary on marriage.
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Lord Snowdon
Margaret
Royal Air Force Group
Peter Townsend
Palace Affairs
Buckingham Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury
Roddy Llewellyn
Llewellyn
Caribbean
Mustique
Bath
England
Canterbury
Prices barely rise as grocery costs plunge in February
Washington AP reports a near record drop in grocery prices kept February inflation at the smallest monthly gain in over four years with consumer prices up only one tenth of a percent. Beef and gas led declines while nonfood prices rose moderately and services costs edged higher.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Ford Administration
Hearst Case Nears Jury Deliberations in San Francisco
Jurors in Patricia Hearst's trial enter deliberations amid two conflicting portraits. Prosecutor Browning urges the jury to view her as a calculating liar, while defense attorney Bailey portrays her as a hostage who joined a bank robbery under duress. Final arguments summarize the debate as U.S. District Judge Carter plans to give instructions and send the case to the jury.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S
Adtv
James L. Browning Jr
Lee Bailey
Dist
Oliver J. Carter
Browning
Miss Hearst
Bailey
Patricia Campbell Hearst
Odd burglary at Corry yields two roosters and hammer
Corry state police were called to investigate a burglary miles west of the city yesterday. The burglars took two roosters valued at $1.50 each and a claw hammer worth about $0.50.
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Corry
CMH Hurting Hospitals Face State Welfare Cuts
Corry Memorial Hospital and peers warn that a $32 million shortfall in Medical Assistance funds, due May 1, threatens to shut or curtail services for the poor. Hospital leaders cite $32,100 in unpaid bills and possible service limits to cover costs as welfare cuts loom, risking major patient impact in Erie region.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Frank Beal
Curry Memorial Hospital
Samuel Antrim
Erie
State Welfare Department
Pennsylvania Welfare Department
Department of Public Welfare
Hamet Medical Center
William Ennis
Ennis
Pennsylvania
Brie
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