Nader claims mental health centers oversold and unresponsive
Ralph Nader and allies allege federally funded community mental health centers failed to meet local needs and expanded a new bureaucracy. They criticize exclusion of minorities and vulnerable groups, and say NIMH helped shift patients from state hospitals to less adequate settings. NIMH counters centers are undergoing productive change with some areas showing reduced hospitalization rates.
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UPI
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Nader
Franklin D. Chu
Harvard
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Goucher College
National Institutes of Mental Health
NIMH
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Better educated linked to heroin use in New York study
A UPI report says heroin use may be more common among better educated middle class families than the poor. A LEAA survey of 612 people in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Fort Greene Brooklyn found 41 percent of Puerto Ricans and 22 percent of Blacks have a family history of heroin use, with overall prevalence over two in five families.
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Washington
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
Bedford- Stuyvesant
Wallace may seek American Party nomination for president
Dallas based American Party leader Hub Horton says there is a 90 percent chance George Wallace will accept the party’s presidential nomination at its Louisville convention in August. Horton also notes a California Republican congressman leads the race for vice president.
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Dallas
UPI
American Party
Texas
George Wallace
Hub Horton
California
Horton
Wallace
Louisville
Reagan backs Agnew as Nixon picks strong ticket
California Governor Ronald Reagan said he was delighted Nixon kept Spiro Agnew on the ticket and predicted allied leaders will support the choice. Reagan, returning from a three week Europe tour as Nixon’s emissary, praised Agnew’s performance as vice president and running mate.
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UPI
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Reagan
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Ted Agnew
Agnew
Reputed racketeer Moriarty freed on bail in gambling case
Jersey City officials report Joseph Newsboy Moriarty and 21 others were freed on bonds from 2,500 to 20,000 after a two month Hudson County probe into a multimillion dollar gambling ring. Investigators say the operation handled about 10 million in numbers bets annually with 20,000 cash, 12,000 cash on Moriarty and 20 numbers slips found. Arrangements call for arraignment Monday as four warrants expected to be surrendered.
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N.J
UPI
Joseph
Moriarty
Hudson County
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Superior Court
Joseph Hanrahan
Martin Greenberg
Balding Moriarty
Marchitto Crime
Thomas J. Whelan
Whelan
Christopher ‘‘Lefty
Marchitto
VVAW lawyer says client has vanished during custody
Tallahassee attorney Kent Spriggs said Donal P. Perdue of Hollywood, one of six VVAW members indicted for conspiring to disrupt the Republican National Convention, has disappeared while in U S marshals custody. Spriggs and Perdue's mother reported he left the Broward County Jail, prompting calls and threats to seek a court order to produce him. The case ties to a May Gainesville meeting at VVAW Florida leader Scott Camil's home.
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UPI
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
U.S
Kent Spriggs
Tallahassee
Donal P. Perdue
Hollywood
Fort Lauderdale
Perdue
Spriggs
Broward County
Grand Jury
Gainesville
Florida
Scott Camil
Camil
Peter Mahoney
New Orleans
John W. Kniffin
Austin
Tex
Alton C. Foss
Hialeah
South
Defense says Justice office failed to disclose details in court order
Defense lawyers in the Pentagon papers case charged that the Justice Department did not comply with a court order to reveal whether any defense lawyers or associates faced disciplinary actions or other inquiries. The filing implied possible omissions in DOJ disclosures and called for full compliance.
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Los Angeles
Justice Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo Jr
U.S
William Matt Byrne Jr
Byrne
Warren P. Reese
Nuclear pacers planted first U S patients report excellent
Two veterans in Buffalo become the first in the United States to receive nuclear powered heart pacemakers and are listed in excellent condition. Dr. Andrew A. Gage says they will be released within a week. One man, 48, first received a conventional pacemaker 12 years ago. the other, 45, has had a conventional device since 1967.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
United States
Andrew A. Gage
Veterans Administration Hospital
UFO researcher camps to track Missouri monster Momo
Hayden Hewes of the International UFO Bureau interviews Mississippi River residents who report a 6 to 12 foot tall smelly hairy monster named Momo. He plans to camp in the woods with scientific gear to record growls and determine if the creature is a giant hairy biped from another planet.
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Louisiana, Mo
UPI
Hayden C. Hewes
International
Unidentified Flying Object Bureau
Mississippi River
Missouri
Outer Space
Hewes
Momo
UFO Bureau
Florida
Trains Collide Head On Near Pozzuoli Killing Five
Two local trains crashed head on at a tunnel entrance by Pozzuoli near Naples. At least five people died and about 160 injured, 90 of whom were hospitalized. One engineer and two railway workers were killed. fire crews freed the other engineer after hours.
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Pozzuoli
Italy
UPI
Naples
Crowd clashes at Alton police HQ as tear gas used
About 100 black protesters charged police headquarters in Alton Illinois on Friday night. Police used tear gas and mace to break up the crowd after four youths were arrested on aggravated battery charges. A shotgun blast damaged a service station as windows broke nearby. Two women were treated for injuries at Alton Memorial Hospital.
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Alton, Ill
UPI
Alton Memorial Hospital
Rudy Sanders
Sawders
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