Aging Americans in Nursing Homes and Health Costs in 1937
Five percent of people aged 65 and older live in nursing homes. In 1937 the 65 plus cohort made up 12 percent of the U.S. population yet accounted for 36 percent of total personal health care expenditures.
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Red tape leaves wife frustrated and bitter
Margaret LeBrun reports on Rita Murtaugh in Central Square as she endures hospital delays and endless bureaucracy after her husband Ralph enters care. Set by Oneida Lake on May 7, the piece traces her quiet morning routines, fading hope, and the stark reality that he will not return home.
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Stail
Rita Murtaugh
Rodney
Ralph Murtaugh
St. Joseph's Hospital
Murtaughs
Ralph
Oneida Lake
Central Square
SU professor threatens suit over TV adaptation of novel
Syracuse University author Douglas Unger alleges copyright infringement after CBS TV movie The Incident closely resembled his 1988 novel The Turkey War. He claims the film plagiarized his ideas and vows legal action if CBS and involved parties do not settle. Unger, writing another book on Central and South America, feels robbed and plans to ring the bell on Hollywood.
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Syracuse University
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Cbs-Tv
Friends
Unger
Art Buchwald
Eddie Murphy
America
Los Angeles
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Hollywood
CBS
Gorbachev defends reforms at pivotal Soviet party congress
In Moscow Mikhail Gorbachev rejects resignations and takes control at the 28th Soviet Communist Party Congress. He blames past leaders for economic woes and ethnic conflicts while condemning bureaucracy and urging radical reform to prevent the USSR from becoming a second-rate power.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
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Abduction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rocks Philippines
Troops hunt the kidnapped American volunteer Timothy Swanson 26 from Cheyenne Wyoming in Negros Island mountains. U S officials rule out ransom while embassy negotiates release amid strained US Philippine ties. Rebels from the New People’s Army reportedly took Swanson June 13 from his home as tensions rise after US warned volunteers to leave the country.
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Philippines
Negros Island
Peace Corps
Timothy Swanson
Cheyenne
Wyo
U.S
Swanson
United States
Patay
Negros
New People’s Army
Tomas Gomez
Gomez
Swangson
Leonard
Antonio Fortich
People’s Army
Fortich
Negros Mountains
Merly
Herald-Journal launches advertiser index service
The Herald Journal announces a new service on Page A2 providing an advertiser index to help readers find ads more easily. The note expresses hope that the index will make the newspaper more convenient and useful.
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