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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1983

Page

4

Nursing home residents seek bigger personal funds

Ruth Howard of Canton Illinois laments 25 dollars a month for personal spending provided to most nursing home residents on welfare. She collected 2100 signatures for a petition to triple the allowance to 50 dollars and Senate- or House-backed proposals to double it to 50. Howard testified may come when Congress reconvenes, backed by Representative Lane Evans.

Canton, Ill Ruth Howard Howard New York Oklahoma Canton Lane Evans Rock Island Democrat Washington Ways and Means Illinois Karl Piepenburg State Welfare Agency

Beirut bombing report signals hard conclusions likely

A Pentagon spokesman said a forthcoming military report on the Beirut blast that killed 241 U.S. servicemen will include harsh judgments. The Weinberger commission delivered its findings to the Pentagon with an unclassified version to follow, aligning with House subcommittee conclusions amid political comments by Reagan and critics.

Washington Pentagon Beirut Caspar Weinberger House Subcommittee Reagan Marine Corps Paul X. Kelley House Kelley Congress Michael Burch Weinberger Commission

Rampage Ends In Gillette Slayings Rampage Ends In Gillette Slayings

Authorities piece together details of two bombings and shootings that killed six people including a police officer and the gunman, and wounded another officer and a hostage woman. Dale Chamberlain named by witnesses, but identity not confirmed. Hostage Mary Alice Beatty held for hours before a pipe bomb exploded.

Gillette Wyo Mary Alice Beatty Bob Hartman

Four killed in Wyoming home in Tuesday shooting and blast

A Wyoming city found a man, a woman and her two children dead in a house described as a shambles after authorities say they were shot with an automatic weapon and then blown up. The gunman, linked to a hostage incident, had a vehicle at a ranch. the four were described as good friends of the shooter.

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