New High Point Mental Health Center Director Sets Start Up Plan
Woodrow McHarg, the new residential director, began duties April 12 and aims to make emergency mental health services accessible in High Point. He proposes evening hours, elder needs focus, and a community needs assessment while pursuing local autonomy amid Guilford County concerns. He leads a 20 member staff at the First Citizens Bank building and envisions a partial hospitalization day program to reduce long term institutional care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
Woodrow McHarg
Michigan
McHarg
Tennessee
Greensboro
Guilford County
Murfreesboro
Glenn McHarg
Alpena
Mich
Porterville College
California
Alpena Community College
Eastern Michigan University
Michigan State University
Caro, Mich
Carolina Unit
Rutherford County (Tenn
Sue Davidson
First Citizens Bank
Squatters' Rights Should Be Considered By Judge Jones
An editor argues that squatters' rights deserve consideration in evaluating earlier Indian land transfers. The piece traces 18th century treaties and1860s nullifications, noting 1790 congressional limits and 1794-1796 quitclaims. It warns broad reclaims could unsettle large parts of the East and West, urging legal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
New England
Penobscot
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Thomas Pownall
Massachusetts
Tidewater
U.S
Congress
Passamaquoddys
Penobscots
Watchee
New York State
U.S. Supreme Court
Department of Justice
East
Iroquois Federation of the
Five Nations
Mice
Wisconsin
Arizona
New Mexico
Canada
Rio Grande
Time To Rethink Life's three boxed stages
Martha Angle and Robert Walters describe a shift from the traditional three-box life—education, work, retirement—toward a life cycle plan that spaces education, work, and leisure across a lifetime. Social Security data shows rising midlife pressure and earlier retirement trends, prompting discussion of more flexible patterns already appearing without a unified framework.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Social Security Administration
Box
America
Small Producers Face Recall Costs in Tris Flame Retardant Case
In Thomasville a federal judge ruled that makers of Tris treated fabrics share part of the recall cost. Carolina Underwear Co and others warn higher prices will fall to consumers as industrywide costs are passed on. Nereus C. English III notes firms tried to meet standards after federal approval.
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Thomasville
Carolina Underwear Co
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Nereus C. English III
Carolina Underwear
English
Deprogramming Ordeal Told By Nancy Lofgren In Minnesota
Nancy Lofgren recalls a coercive attempt by her parents to force her from a new religious group. At 21 she was subjected to days of screaming and physical punishment in a private Minneapolis home as part of a deprogramming effort aimed at reversing her commitment to an Acts-based Christian sect led by Rama Behera.
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Tom Tiede
Minneapolis
NEA
Nancy Lofgren
Lofgren
Lutheran Church
Rama Behera
Minnesota
Hunger Strike Threatens Peace In Ireland
In seven weeks 14 IRA prisoners in Curragh hospital hunger strike to demand an independent inquiry into Portlaoise conditions. Names include Sean McGettigan Kevin Mallon and David O Connell with prayers for family visits and reduced isolation. Government refuses to concede, warning deaths could alter public mood ahead of a mid June election.
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Dublin
Curragh Military Hospital
Portabise
Sean McGettigan
Billy Fox
Kevin Mallon
Mountjoy
David O'Connell
Provisional Sinn Fein
Provisional Ira
IRA
O'Connell
Irish Civil Rights Association
Cooney
Irish Council For Civil Liberties
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Davidson
Grafeite
Patrick Cooney
Portlaoise
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