Pryor Exposes Nursing Home Neglect Across States
Rep. David Pryor accuses the federal government of weakening standards for intermediate care facilities to satisfy nursing home lobbyists. He cites cases in Tennessee New York Ohio Minnesota Arkansas and Texas showing patients tied, underfed, sedated, or left without timely medical care as inspectors prepare to review facilities.
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Washington
David Pryor
D-Ark
Pryor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John D. Twiname
Elizabethton
Tenn
Tennessee
Ing
Hot Springs
Ark
Dallas
Texas
Weekend Forecast Calls For Warm, Mild Weather
Fair and mild conditions are expected today and tonight with lows in the mid to upper 60s. Friday will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Saturday looks fair and not as warm. Yesterday’s high reached 89 and this morning’s low was 66.
Massacre at Ba Ren Hamlet shocks Vietnam war front
Viet Cong attacked Ba Ren Hamlet near Da Nang killing 70 civilians and wounding 31 in two hours of shelling and house-to-house violence. A U.S. Marine unit suffered one dead and 11 wounded as the town burned and about 200 huts were ruined. The action came as U.S. and allied forces report mixed battlefield deaths and wounded counts across Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Ba Ren
Cambodia
U.S. Command
Senate battle over Cambodia policy continues with last minute edits
The Senate moved toward a decisive vote on Byrd's amendment to limit U S actions in Cambodia and require presidential consultation with lawmakers. Church and Cooper pressed to restrain Vietnam operations while Fulbright urged clear language, warning against gutting the proposal.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Robert C. Byrd
Vietnam
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Byrd
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Balancing on a narrow ladder at Na trona church
A workman paints a church steeple at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Na trona Pennsylvania. He balances on rope‑lashed ladder sections in a risky scene that would alarm safety officials, yet it is described as part of a day’s work.
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St. Joseph Roman Catholic
Natrona
The
National Safety
Council
Shultz Named to Lead New U S Budget Office
President Nixon appoints George P. Shultz to head the new Office of Management and Budget overseeing 130 billion dollars in domestic programs. Shultz leaves the labor secretary post with a pay cut but gains vast control over domestic policy and spending, signaling a major reorganization of the administration.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Schultz
Labor
Office of Management and Budget
United States
White House
Aflcio
George Meany
Meany
Shultz
Guerrilla Threat to Kill Hostages in Jordan
Leftist Arab guerrillas threaten to blow up two Amman hotels holding 58 foreigners if Jordanian troops shell refugee camps. The intercontinental and Philadelphia hotels housed 36 and 22 hostages respectively. fighting flared around Amman and Zerka with reports of casualties and mass disruption.
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Amman
Jordan
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Jordan Army
Beirut
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Hussein
Intercontinental
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Muammar Kadafi
Libya
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
al Fatah
Sherif Zeid Ben Saker
Shaker
Mored
International Hotel
No radio signals from Soyuz 9 for 24 hours
Bochum Observatory reported no signals from the Soviet Soyuz 9 for a day though the craft appeared normal in photographs. Tass said cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov completed their 10th day in orbit after 230 hours and 155 orbits. Cosmos 346 was active as well but unlikely to rendezvous.
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Bochum
West Germany
Bochum Observatory
Tass
Soyuz 9
Andrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Heinz Karainski
Kaminski
Soyuz
Cosmos
Chuckle About Wants and Uncertainty
A light quip notes most people lack a clear desire yet feel certain they lack what they seek. It playfully contrasts certainty with ambiguity and invites a smile.
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Laurens
N.Y
Swanton
Ohio
Robbisdale
Minn
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat
Am Rong
Phnom Penh
Maj. Ronv
Byrds
Cooper Church
Viet
Nam
Interior Ministry
Joreanian
Zerka
Amman Intercontinental Hotel
Iraq
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