Nursing Homes Top Fire Risk List
A Senate subcommittee report says nursing homes remain the most fire unsafe facilities. In 1973 there were 6,400 nursing home fires with 51 deaths in multiple death fires and about 500 in single death fires. The HEW is urged to enforce safety standards, train inspectors, and consider direct federal inspections if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Special Committee On
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Trailways Offers Half-Price Fares for Unemployed Workers
Trailways proposes 50 percent fares for jobless riders pending ICC approval. Fred Currey, board chair, says the plan aims to aid unemployed middle and low income travelers and sparks job searches as job banks list openings in terminals. If approved, discount runs until November 6 for trips through November 21.
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Washington
Continental Trailways
Fred Currey
Trailways Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Currey
Trailways
Ford
ICC
Grafton Newspapers Sold and Merged
Grafton’s two daily papers the Sentinel and the Central West Virginia Guardian are sold and merged by new owner J E Schiffer of Charleroi Pa. The Guardian ends its run after a final edition Sunday and the Sentinel will continue under the new regional concept.
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Grafton
W.va
J.E. Schiffer
Charleroi
Grafton Sentinel
West Virginia
Tygart Publishing Inc
Guardian
Scientists denounce astrology as baseless hokum
A statement signed by 186 scientists led by Dr. Bart J. Bok declares astrology has no scientific foundation and warns the public against accepting astrologers' predictions. The signers include Nobel laureates and leaders from NAS member institutions, noting astrology's outdated views relative to modern astronomy.
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New York
Humanist Magazine
Bart J. Bok
American Astronomical Society
University of Arizona
Bok
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