APHA report cites health brutality in minority living conditions
The American Public Health Association condemns the U S medical care system as broken noting millions of minorities face daily health brutality. Case studies include Mexican American farm workers in Tulare County poor Indian veteran in Great Falls and a jailed epileptic in Atlanta.
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American Public Health Association
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APHA
Tulare County
Calif
Great Falls
Mont
Grady Hospital
City Prison
Corney
Breslow
America
Brutality in Chicago s housing and care crisis report
Two physicians found 34 000 hungry families in Kenwood Oak and Southside Chicago with infant mortality at 45 per 1000 births. They cited brutal, rat infested overpriced apartments, nonfunctioning plumbing, long waits, and impersonal care at distant public hospitals. Local clinics were scarce and welfare medical aid limited.
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Port Said
Kenwood Oak
Chicago
Cook County
Ill
Americans in danger as N Vietnam pushes toward Sam Thong
North Vietnamese troops move south from the Plain of Jars toward the Sam Thong government base in Laos. U S and Thai forces evacuate hospital cases and plan possible withdrawal of aid personnel. Reports say airstrip seized near Tha Tam Bheung and Phou Pa Xai. up to 2000 troops of the 316th Division mass between the Plain of Jars and Sam Thong.
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Vientiane
Laos
Plain of Jars
Sam Thong
U.S
Sam _ Thong
Tha Tam Bheung
Phou Pa Xai
Vang Pao
United States
Air America
CIA
Long Cheng
Snow Here Kansas Snow Job Moves Eastward
A record snowfall from southwestern Kansas into southern Missouri paralyzed business, schools, and traffic and was expected to reach western Kentucky and southern Ohio. Up to two feet fell across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma into Missouri and northern Arkansas, with Missouri roads impassable in Newton and McDonald counties and five deaths in Kansas and Missouri linked to shoveling, accidents, and vehicle collisions.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Wichita
Kan
Neosho
Diamond
Carthage
Mount Vernon
Joplin
Monett
Galena
Missouri Highway Patrol
Newton
McDonald Counties
Ohio House Speaker rebuts claim of $20 million for schools
Columbus AP Ohio House Speaker Charles Kurtess dismissed school officials demand for $20 million in excess funds. He cited ongoing budget review by the House Finance Committee and noted possible sources include higher sales tax revenue and remaining balances in the State School Foundation program. He warned inflation and cooling inflation can affect general fund revenue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Kurtess
House Finance Committee
Kurfess
Ohio School Boards Association
Buckeye Association of School Administrators
PTA
John D. Herbert
State School Foundation
Education Resource Center
General Fund
Snow Forecast Grips Lower Plains Tonight
The weather forecast warns of a departing storm with 2 to 4 inches of snow for southern Ohio and heavier falls farther south. Tonight’s lows linger in the upper 20s with tomorrow’s highs in the upper 30s, followed by partial clearing and warmer weather on Wednesday.
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Lower Plains
Ohio
Celler Opposes 18-Year-Old Voting Legislation
New York congressman Emanuel Celler age 81 leads House Judiciary delay of a Senate backed plan to lower the voting age to 18. He cites constitutional concerns and calls 18 year olds impressionable, referencing Georgia governor Maddox’s ax handle stance. He will not block a constitutional amendment but opposes the statutory route.
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House Judiciary Committee
Georgia
New York Democrat
Ax-Handle Maddox
Lester G. Maddox
Capitol
Celler
House
Senate
West Point Lt Seeks Conscientious Objector Discharge
Lieutenant Louis P. Font, 23, West Point graduate and first lieutenant, applies for CO discharge arguing the Vietnam War is immoral and unjust. He cites My Lai, Harv ard study, and a vow from the cadet prayer as the basis for his commitment to the harder right.
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NEW York
West Point
Louis P. Font
Kansas City
Kan
West Point Cadets
Font
John F. Kennedy School of Public Affairs
Harvard University
Vietnam
My Lai
United States
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Harvard
Fr. Meade, Md
Judge makes 45 lawyers wear numbered placards in Whittel will hearing
In Redwood City California Judge James O Keefe required about 45 attorneys representing 60 animal organizations to wear numbered placards during a hearing on the eccentric millionaire George M Whittel Jr will The dispute centers on a clause giving 6 million to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the potential split among local SPCA units Whittel died at 87 last April with an estate near 30 million including 25 000 to 30 000 acres at Lake Tahoe Nevada where he kept wild animals
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Redwood City
Calif
James O’keefe
Superior Court
George M. Whittel Jr
Whittel
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Abolition Urged by Nader Group Against ICC
A seven member Harvard and Pennsylvania law student team led by Ralph Nader calls for abolishing the Interstate Commerce Commission and replacing it with a single agency regulating all transportation. They accuse the ICC of serving industry and cite career moves of former commissioners as evidence. They urge a new interstate commerce act and stronger public control.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ralph Nader
ICC
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University of Pennsylvania
Seven
Nader
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Senate
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