AFL-CIO urges end to profit nursing homes in reform report
The AFL-CIO released a 30 page study urging gradual replacement of profit making nursing homes with non profit or government run facilities. It cites higher patient care and staffing in non profits and notes negligence and abuse in for profit homes. The report calls for federal standards revision stronger enforcement and federal criminal penalties for abuse of Medicare or Medicaid patients.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Afl-Cio Executive Council
China overhauls army to stress military expertise over politics
Hua Kuo-feng launches a campaign to sharpen the 3.5 million strong PLA and end politics dominating military affairs. The model unit, praised for strict training and combat readiness, rejects the Gang of Four and pledges loyalty to party leadership while aiming to prepare for war, including Taiwan reunification.
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Tokyo
Hua Kuo-feng
Hsinhua
Liberation Army Daily
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
Hua
Yeh Chien-ying
Central Committee
Model Company
Gang
Gang of Four
China
Taiwan
McKellips Road Reopening Delayed By Soft Ground
The McKellips Road project between Miller and Hayden Roads faces a delay as crews find a soft ground spot needing drying before paving. Paving is set to start next week with the road widening from two to four lanes and a storm drain to the Indian Bend Wash, part of the Indian Bend Wash outlet project.
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McKellips
Miller
Hayden
U.S. Corps’ of Engineers
Verle Cox
Cox
Indian Bend Wash
Thieves Steal Jewelry From Scottsdale Home
Police say more than 3800 dollars in property was taken from Michael McCall’s residence at 3402 North 83rd Street. Jewelry led the haul including five watches valued at 2060 dollars and two rings worth 560 dollars. Entry occurred between noon and 8 45 p.m. via a pried garage window.
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Scottsdale
Michael McCall
N. 83Rd St
Obituary Jessie B. Davis Prominent Scottsdale fashion figure
Jessie B. Davis 68 died today at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Services set for 12:30 p.m. Monday at Sinai Mortuary. Davis lived at 7625 E Camelback Rd and built Chick Davis, a Scottsdale women’s store, after a Sakowitz career. Born in Philadelphia, she owned the shop 10 years and worked as a manager for W R Schulz Apartments. A Temple University graduate and American Jewish Congress member, she is survived by her brother Benjamin Bellet of Philadelphia.
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Jessie B. Davis
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Sinai Mortuary
16Th St
Davis
E. Camelback Rd
Sakowitz
Philadelphia
Chick
Temple University
The
American Jewish Congress
Ex-resident's remains found near Granite Reef Dam
Robert W. Macaluso, formerly of 1033 E Princess Road, is identified as the deceased found skeletal remains in the desert near Granite Reef Dam. Foul play suspected. Macaluso, 22, disappeared last April. investigators note a prior aggravated assault and narcotics conviction with probation revoked after his disappearance.
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Coronado High School
Granite Reef Dam
Robert W. Macaluso
Princess Road
Cambridge
Macaluso
Manuel
Alfred Ortiz
Phoenix Man Cited After 2 Hurt In Intersection Crash
Two people were injured when a car driven by Thomas P. Mooney 20 rear ended a stopped vehicle at 87th Street and McDowell Road. Mooney and Ronald J. Miczek 36 were treated and released. Mooney was cited for speed not reasonable and prudent and failure to control.
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Phoenix
Thomas P. Mooney
16Th St
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Ronald J. Miczek
Cypress St
87Th Street
McDowell Road
Miczek
Mooney
APS energy program set
The third in a series of energy forums sponsored by Arizona Public Service Co will be broadcast on five Valley radio stations from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday. Keith Turley APS president will answer questions on major energy issues from listeners and the forum audience. Moderators are Priscilla Cook and Dr Currin Shields. The forum will focus on cost cutting measures. It will be simulcast on KJJJ AM KTAR AM KQXE AM KDOT FM and KMCR FM.
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Arizona Public Service Co
Five Valley
Keith Turley
APS
Priscilla Cook
Arizona Federation of Women’s Clubs
Currin Shields
Arizona Consumers Council
KJJJ
Ktar-Am
KQXE
Kdot-Fm
Kmcr-Fm
Water filtration restores supply in Ajo after contamination scare
Environmental Health Services reports purified water flowing again in Ajo Arizona after high arsenic and fluoride levels were found in groundwater. The Ajo Improvement Co subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Corp installed a three tank filtration system to treat supply for about 7000 residents.
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AJO
Environmental Health Services
Ajo Improvement Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Arizona
Former Arizona land company head ordered to appear in court
Cadmus Goss, once president of an Arizona land company, was convicted in federal court of fraud and jailed to stop flight risk. Judge Charles Hardy ordered him to stand trial in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday on civil fraud charges.
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Phoenix
Arizona Land Company
Maricopa County Superior Court
Charles Hardy
Cadmus Goss
MC CCD Accused of Discriminatory Hiring Against Blacks
Rev G Benjamin Brooks of the Maricopa County NAACP says concrete evidence backs long standing discrimination by the Maricopa County Community College District in its hiring practices.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Lincoln Thrift Depositors Fail Recall Petitions
The Protective Association of Lincoln Thrift Depositors missed the 120 day filing deadline to force recalls of Attorney General Bruce Babbitt and State Corporation Commissioner Ernnest Garfield. Petitions were issued Oct 27, with Friday the last day to file.
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Phoenix
Lincoln Thrift
Secretary of State
Pat Fabritz
Protective Association of Lincoln Thrift Depositors
Bruce Babbitt
Ernnest Garfield
Nearly 500 Apply for 77 Liquor Licenses in Arizona
About 500 applicants submitted requests for 77 bar tavern and liquor store licenses to be issued this year by the Arizona Liquor Department as part of a statewide licensing push.
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Phoenix
Arizona Liquor Department
McCulloch Dies At 64 In Bel Air Home Revolutionized London Bridge Move
Robert P. McCulloch head of McCulloch Oil Co died of an apparent heart attack at his Bel Air residence. He built the Lake Havasu City London Bridge project after moving it from London and founded a diverse empire including McCulloch Properties Inc and a chain saw business.
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Los Angeles
McCulloch Oil Co
Robert P. McCulloch
London Bridge
Arizona Desert
McCulloch
Bel-Air
McCulloch Properties Inc
Fountain Hills
Here
Lake Havasu City
Colorado River
William G. Mathieson
Stanford
McCulloch Corp
London
Lake Havasu
Fire destroys wing of Moscow Rossiya Hotel
Firefighters fought a three hour blaze at the Rossiya Hotel near Red Square Moscow injuring several, with unconfirmed reports of bodies being carried from the building. About 170 Americans, including 160 Case Western Reserve students, were safe. other embassies reported their nationals accounted for. A lone Japanese guest sustained a minor injury escaping a window.
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Moscow
Rosalya
Red Square
Rossiya
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
FBI arrests robbery suspect in Phoenix case
FBI agents arrested William C. Whitlow, 46, formerly of Scottsdale, in Vista California on an outstanding warrant for the December 1975 burglary and robbery of attorney Alexander Katz in Phoenix. The 9,000 dollar heist involved furs and jewels. Bruce Lee Baker was convicted last August and sentenced to five to six years.
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Scottsdale
California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phoenix
William C. Whitlow
E. Solano Drive
Vista
Calif
Leon Gaskill
FBI
Gaskill
Phoenix Police Department
San Diego
Whitlow
Alexander Katz
W. Montebello Ave
Bruce Lee Baker
Katz
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E. Indian School Rd
Oterplace
Jonathan Marshall
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Scottsdale Center For
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Scottsdale Center For the Arts
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