GAO Finds Violations in Skilled Nursing Homes
GAO report on 90 nursing homes in Michigan New York and Oklahoma shows half lack monthly doctor visits and proper nursing supervision with weak fire drills. Payments were suspended for six Oklahoma homes and two closed. HEW will tighten oversight and criteria for skilled care.
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State Senator Knocked Down in Downtown Robbery
Police seek two Black men who robbed State Sen. D Woodrow Bird 58 of Bland of 80 dollars at knifepoint near his downtown motel. Bird was knocked to the ground, treated for a knee cut at Medical College of Virginia Hospital and released. He was in Richmond for a General Assembly special session and left for home in Bland.
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Bland
Assembly Warned Not to Stop At Patching Up Redistricting Plan
Atty Gen Miller warns the Virginia General Assembly should adopt single member House districts rather than patching its current plan to satisfy Justice Department objections. He cites the Hinds County decision as a guide and notes a possible court ruling. The P&E panel moves toward a single member plan with hearings set next Thursday.
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Weekend Search Planned as Grave Yields 25th Victim
In Yuba City California searchers using infrared maps planned a weekend probe of orchards along the Feather River after a peach orchard yielded the 25th grave. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker said the victims are mostly mid Atlantic drifters and farm workers stabbed or hacked to death. Juan Corona, 37, is charged with murder in the first ten killings and is jailed in Yuba County.
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Holton Urges Graduates To Remain in Virginia
Governor Linwood Holton urged Virginia Tech graduates to stay in the state and help build a new South. He highlighted higher education gains, noted enrollment growth from 32,635 in 1960 to 107,567 in 1970, and cited 16 community colleges with over 37,000 students. An honorary degree was awarded to Holton and Jerome B. Holland at Washington & Lee University.
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Jet hijacker duped and disarmed after 3 hours
A 58-year-old coal miner hijacked a United Airlines jet from Charleston West Virginia to Newark. After 3 hours at Dulles International Airport, Flight Engineer Colliton talked him into surrendering the weapon. He was charged with air piracy. no one hurt.
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N.J
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Girl Killed While En Route to Brother's Graduation
Sharon Ann Bryant 14 of Parsons West Virginia and Blanche Clark 65 of Hico were killed when a tractor trailer plowed into a line of stopped cars on Interstate 85 near Belmont North Carolina. Six others were injured including Acie and Sharon Bryant. Driver Thomas Earl Morgan 26 Louisburg North Carolina was charged with manslaughter.
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Hico
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Isaac Hayes Sued for Divorce by Wife in Memphis
Emily Ruth Hayes, 22, sues for divorce from soul singer Isaac Hayes after a long marriage begun in 1966. She seeks custody of three children and cites their once happy life as over while noting Hayes earns over $100 000 annually. Hayes rose to fame with Hot Buttered Soul.
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