Work Village shows promise as treatment for schizophrenia
Big Spring State Hospital reports work therapy as a productive approach for chronic patients. Since January 1967 the Work Village has aided some residents in returning to civilian life, with several marriages and productive reintegration noted. The program remains a cautious, long term effort with ongoing evaluation.
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Big Spring
Tex
Big Spring State Hospital
Hogg Foundation For Mental Health
University of Texas
O. Stanley Brown
Foundation
Preston Harrison
Brown
Meany Could Be Nixon's Toughest Opponent in 1972
George Meany of AFL CIO, aging 75, based in New York City Bethesda Maryland and Washington, may face Nixon in a bid for a second term. He pursues an unpledged, pro labor stance while challenging the White House on fair labor funding and union policy. Meany, a blunt former labor fighter, resigns from the Pay Board amid clashes with the Nixon administration.
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Washington
George Meany
New York City
Bethesda
Richard Nixon
Afl-Cio
Nixon
White House
American Federation of Labor
Meany
Congress
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
House
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Labor Subcommittee
Thompson
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Trenton
N.J
National Right To Work Committee
Miami Beach
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Dwight D. Eisenhower
16Th Street
Lafayette Park
Vietnam
Labor Day
Outdoor programs touted for mental health benefits at Leander Center
The Leander Rehabilitation Center near Austin promotes outdoor recreation for the mentally ill and mentally retarded. Activities include camping horseback riding hiking fishing swimming boating and picnicking. Staff report therapeutic responses and life enrichment from these programs.
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Austin
Tex
Leander Rehabilitation Center
Texas Department of Metal Health and Mental Retardation
State Hospital
Leander
Space shuttle site choice hinges on Cape Kennedy or Vandenberg
The decision on where to base the space shuttle program shifts to Cape Kennedy Florida or Vandenberg California with President Nixon expected to cast the deciding vote. The choice carries billions in regional economic impact and political ramifications as NASA weighs launch trajectory, recovery, and cost.
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Federal Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Vandenberg
Edwards Air Force Base
California Desert
Kennedy Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James Fletcher
Nixon
United States
Hen
Pacific
Congress
Florida
U.S
Space Shuttle Task Force
Edwards
Ronald Reagan
Ed Reinecke
William Proxmire
Dwis
Beleaguered New York grocer flees to San Jose after robberies
Frank Leon, 63, sold his grocery store in New York amid a wave of burglaries and holdups. He moved to San Jose with his daughter where they were held up twice by armed robbers and Leon was wounded by a gunshot.
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Frank Leon
New York
San Jose
California
Leon
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Naval Electronic Systems Command
Como Park Zoo
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Space Age Report
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