Nader task force cites neglect in nursing homes
A six teenage girls led by Claire Townsend fault doctors federal officials and owners for neglect in nursing homes. They cite 25 deaths from salmonella in Baltimore and 32 in a Marietta fire, urge stricter enforcement and medical reviews, and note 1 billion in federal aid yet low compliance.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Seneday
Baltimore, Md
Marietta
Ohio
Nader
Connecticut
Claire Townsend
Robert Townsend
Senate
Consumer Advocate
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas to spend Christmas in hospital
Virginia O Hanlon Douglas 81 of Hudson will spend Christmas in Columbia Memorial Hospital after being admitted in October with infirmities of age. A hospital spokesman said there is no likelihood she will be released for Christmas. She was eight when she wrote to the New York Sun in 1897 asking Is there a Santa Claus. The reply was by Francis P. Church.
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Douglas
Old New York Sun
Santa Claus
Francis P. Church
Quill pen craftsman in Charlottesville gains fame
Lewis Glaser, 71, earns the nickname goose man as he claims to be America's only quill pen maker. He works from dawn to night with 15 strokes per pen, selling quills to the U.S. Supreme Court and other buyers while pursuing a symbolic role as a spokesman for America.
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Lewis Glaser
Charlottesville
United States
Charlottesville, Va
America
Glaser
U.S. Supreme Court
John Marshall
High Court
Glaser Marshall
Croesus, Last King of Lydia, Noted for Wealth
Croesus is remembered as the final king of Lydia in Asia Minor famed for his immense wealth and vast treasures accumulated during his reign.
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Croesus
Lydia
Asia Minor
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