Mansfield retirement sparks bitter Senate leadership battle
UPI reports Mike Mansfield's decision to retire could unleash a fierce Democratic race for the Senate leadership as Muskie launches a bid to replace Mansfield alongside Byrd. Republican hopes center on Griffin facing a challenge from Tower, while Humphrey also eyes the post amid shifting GOP and Democratic dynamics.
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Kiss costs $40,000 in landmark state claim
New York Long Island woman Gladys Homere, 45, was awarded $40,000 by the New York State Court of Claims after a March 20, 1972 assault by a mental patient left her unable to kiss her husband properly. The ruling also granted her husband Andre $7,500 for lost consortium, noting the attack disrupted their marriage.
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Ohio House passes mental patient care reform bill
The bill to reform care and treatment in state hospitals cleared the Ohio House unanimously 94 to 0 and moves to the Senate. It requires hospital plans by February 1 1977 to meet Joint Commission standards with full compliance by mid 1979 and removes medical staff from classified civil service.
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Man pays funeral plan for 38 years nickel weekly
Ralph Avellino from Italy started a nickel weekly payment in 1905 to Oliver H Bair funeral home for a $100 policy and earned a fully paid funeral. He died at 89 and received his promised service with engraved casket plate five horse drawn coaches and a local obituary. His daughters Rita Simone and Rose Sohl recall his pride in a paid up policy acceptable to Europeans seeking proper burial.
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