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Reader tips appear from DEAR POLLY with Birdie Janice and RS. M. C. offering household hacks. Included are stain spotting by threading, cardboard desk protectors, egg carton knob packing, water ski eyeglass bobber, mirror memo tricks, and drapery pleat supports. Frederick News-Post invites further submissions.
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Polly
Birdie
Janice
Geriatric Mental Hygiene Clinic Surpasses Two-Year Goals
At Bronx Lebanon Hospital New York the nations first mental hygiene clinic for elderly attached to a general hospital reports two year results. 204 patients treated 65 ongoing 75 discharged improved or cured 92 referred to hospital 17 not benefiting from contact 139 discharged with more than half improving while less than one sixth required hospital care.
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Martin E. Segal
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Geriatric
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
New York
Bronx-Lebanon
Elderly Patients Benefit From Mental Hygiene Clinics
A Bronx Lebanon Hospital report argues many seniors with psychiatric issues do not need hospitalization but can be treated in mental hygiene clinics. It notes few clinics exist that serve patients 60 and over, with fees often scaleing from zero to five dollars and many patients paying one dollar per visit. The study details 204 patients over two years, ages 60 to 84, majority women, many with chronic physical illness, and emphasizes integration with general clinics to avoid stigma and rejection.
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Boston
General Hospital
Bronx-Lebanon
Bronx-Lebanon finds home treatment aids mental patients
The article notes outpatient care can be more humane for troubled patients who often abandon treatment. It warns that ending outpatient care may send them to mental institutions, while the Bronx-Lebanon experience shows they can be treated at home and reintegrated into mental health services.
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Pital
Bronx-Lebanon
Martin Beau
Town Buys Meters But Not To Use Lovell Wyoming
It has been nine years since Lovell decided to install 224 parking meters but none were installed. The meters were purchased for 14448 dollars and the supplier fought to recover funds, eventually winning a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling. The city will not install the meters.
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Lovell
Wyo
Wyoming Supreme Court
Cal Taggert
No Noticeable Change In General Policy On Strategic Hamlets
AP report from Saigon notes Americans see no real shift in policy governing the strategic hamlet program after the Diem regime fell. Despite new Vietnamese measures to avoid forcible relocation and to expand hamlets in widening circles, implementation lags as province chiefs lack guidance and troops are diverted to military ops.
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Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
United States
Mekong River
Delta
Salisbury voters pick three Dems for council race
In Salisbury, just over half of registered voters participated to nominate three Democratic candidates for the City Council, with W Paul Martin, Frank Maher, and Robert Powell securing spots to face Republicans Harry Fullbrooks Thomas Mumford and John Psoda. Martin led with 1070 votes, Powell 895, Maher 689, while Elmer Lynch and Raymond Ulm trailed. Powell and Martin, Maher advance to the general election.
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Salisbury
W. Paul Martin
Frank Maher
Robert Powell Martin
Powell
Maher
Elmer Lynch
Raymond Ulm
Martin, Powell and Maher
Harry Fullbrooks
Thomas Mumford
John Psoda
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