Filth, Torture At 'Home' Described
HONESDALE Pa AP Patients at Ridge View home for retarded children endured filthy living conditions and erratic supervision as former director William Boyer recounts. He cites staff walkouts, a fatal drowning of Louis Novak and abuses by some workers. He details attempts to improve the 40 acre facility after 1971 lease, including staff expansion, but says money limited upgrades.
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Honesdale
Ridge View
Louis Novak
Novak
Boyer
Commonwealth
Dems Offer 10 Cents Per Election Poster Cleanup Drive
Salamanca Cattaraugus County Democratic Chairman Thomas Cowley announced a poster cleanup drive offering 10 cents per Democratic poster. Payments will be made Saturday night at the Holiday Inn in Olean during a victory celebration for assemblyman-elect Daniel Walsh, signaling continued party strength in rural areas of Cattaraugus Allegany and Chautauqua counties.
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Salamanca
Cattaraugus County
Thomas Cowley
Cowley
Holiday Inn
Olean
Daniel Walsh
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Chautauqua Counties
Shares With Widows Orphans Of Detroit Firemen Fund
Cuba Goldman of Birmingham Alabama will donate five thousand dollars to a fund for the widows and orphans of Detroit firemen and policemen. Goldman, who won seven hundred fifty thousand dollars in a damage suit against the Detroit Police Department, says the funds show how fair the police and courts were after his car was struck by a Detroit police car that ran a stop light, shattering his right leg.
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Titusville
Oilwell Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Oil City Hospital
Oil City
Kenneth Webber
Edward Swacha
Walter Martyna
Leroy Phipps
Franklin
Ford Nulph
Ronald Perry
Harold Fink
James Stack
Stack
Central
Ottawa
Cuba Goldman
Birmingham
Ala
Detroit, Mich
Goldman
Detroit
GI Glad Fragging Trial Held In U S
Billy Dean Smith, a Watts, Los Angeles native, freed of murder charges in the first U S military court martial over a fragging incident in Vietnam. A seven-member panel found him innocent of two murder charges and related counts after five hours of deliberation. He was convicted only of assaulting a military policeman, receiving a bad conduct discharge and a rank reduction.
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Ftord
Calif
Billy Dean Smith
United States
Watts
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Smith
Thomas A. Dellwo
Chateau
Mont
Richard Harlan
Dallas
Tex
Peter B. Higgins
Harrison
N.J
Dellwo
Army
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Columbus Volunteer Fire Department
Columbus Fire Hall
Columbus, PA
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Ist
Meadville
TRYM
Our
Philco
Pat McCray
Barry Tingley
Anelte Brown
Carole Porta
Servier
Sue Costelha
Consumer Credit Service
Try-M Consumer Discount Co
N. Center St
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