Welfare cuts cited by Louisiana nursing home leader
Jerry Brodhead president of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association says a $5 cut in state welfare vendor payments will reduce services. He notes 80 percent of nursing home clients rely on welfare and cites reductions in physician visits drug stocks and a looming wage increase as techno economic pressures on facilities.
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Louisiana Nursing Home Association
Jerry Brodhead
State Welfare Department
Brodhead
Alexandria
LNHA
Garland Bonin
Nursing Home
Governor's Tax Committee
Siamese Twins Born In Berlin
Berlin police report the birth of Siamese twin girls joined at the breast to a 20 year old mother. The twins weighed nine pounds combined and mother and babies are in good health.
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Berlin
Nixon vote drive begins in area
Charlton H Lyons Sr former Louisiana GOP chairman and Nixon Agnew state chair led a grassroots campaign kickoff in Ouachita Parish encouraging Republicans to spread the Nixon message. Lyons urged voters to choose Nixon over Humphrey, praising Nixon’s war service and judicial standards while naming local Young Republican leaders.
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Louisiana Republican Party
Louisiana
Nixon-Agnew
Charlton H. Lyons Sr
Shreveport
Richard Nixon
Lyons
Barry Goldwater
Ouachita Parish
Nixon
America
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Wallace
Humphrey
House of Representatives
Butcher Faces Court Over Train Fare Evasion
In CRAWLEY England John Butcher refused to pay his fare on a heated London to Sussex BR train after an ice sheet formed on the floor. He appeared in court on a charge of evading payment.
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Crawley
England
UPI
John Butcher
British Railways
London
Sussex
Soldier From Jonesboro Dies In Vietnam War
Defense Department reports two Louisiana soldiers died in Vietnam action. SFC Charlie E. Kemp of Baton Rouge and Cpl. Ray L. Jackson of Jonesboro were identified, Kemp married to Margaret R. Kemp of 1519 79th Ave in Baton Rouge. Jackson was son of Charley R. Jackson of Jonesboro.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Jonesboro
Vietnam
SFC
Charlie E. Kemp
Margaret R. Kemp
79Th Ave
Cpl
Ray L. Jackson
Charley R. Jackson
Man Found Guilty Then Freed After Court Costs Paid
A man was found guilty but released after paying $25 in court costs. The incident concluded with his discharge upon settling the required fees.
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