Nursing home residents seek higher personal allowances
Ruth Howard in Canton Illinois leads a petition to triple the monthly personal allowance for nursing home residents from 25 to 50 dollars. She cites arthritis and aging shoes as hardships while Rep Lane Evans plans to push doubling the allowance before the Ways and Means Committee.
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Canton, Ill
Ruth Howard
Howard
New York
Oklahoma
Canton
Lane Evans
Rock Island Democrat
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Be ir Beirut bombing report projected to be harshly critical
Pentagon spokesman says forthcoming military report on the Beirut bombing that killed 241 American servicemen likely to contain harsh evaluations as a complete document often is. Other defense sources say key conclusions will align with House subcommittee findings released earlier. President Reagan supports Marine Commander Kelley while noting no cover up and defense officials debate security lapses.
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Pentagon
Beirut
Caspar Weinberger
House Subcommittee
Reagan
Marine Corps
Paul X. Kelley
House
Kelley
Congress
Rampage leaves six dead in Gillette gun rampage
Police and deputies pieced together a two incident massacre in Gillette Wyoming with a gunman holding Mary Alice Beatty hostage and later blowing up a house. Six people died including a policeman and the gunman. Four others were found dead at a ranch, all killed with an automatic weapon. Officials could not confirm the gunman’s identity or motive.
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Gillette
Wyo
Mary Alice Beatty
Bob Hartman
Dale Chamberlain
Pacific Power & Light Co
Wyodek
Beatty
Chamberlain
Hartman
Campbell County
D.B
Spike
Hladky
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AE. University
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