Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Congress fails abused report finds Washington a an Esti mated million elderly americans Are abused each often by their own but the govern ment has virtually ignored the a House of representatives subcommittee reported yester most cases of elder abuse go unreported because older people Are ashamed to admit their families abuse them or they fear reprisals if they the subcommittee on health and Lon term care elder abuse has been virtually ignored by the Federal even in the face of mounting Evi Dence of its scope and the report without meaningful Federal support to detect and treat elder remains a National murder the incidence of such abuse has increased from about one million victims annually in 1980 to Mil or five per cent of All older the panel Only about one of every eight cases is Down from the one in five cases reported in the subcommittee said its Survey of states and social workers found thousands of accounts of ranging from systematic theft of social Security cheques to violent physical abuse including rape and forty states reported that the problem continues to at a time when the Inci Dence of elder abuse is on the the Congress and the states Are doing said representative Edward Roybal chairman of the subcommittee and the full select committee on the subcommittees illustrated with photos of abused older detailed cases in which adult children kicked and hit their Par attacked them with knitting Needles and stole their denied them food and neglected other Basic it said physical violence and Finan Cial abuse were the most common types of followed by the Deni Al of Basic human rights and psycho logical victims Are Likely to be 75 or older and Are More Likely to be women than the abusers most often Are adult typically a and frequently were themselves abused by their parents when they were the report among the examples cited in the report d an elderly Delaware woman weighing about 60 pounds was admitted to Hospital with bloody drainage from her maggots covering her deep purple bruises and a Black she said she lived with her daughter but refused to blame saying i dont want to get anyone in she died two weeks d in a 69yearold woman was found tied to her wheelchair with an electrical suffering from insect bites and after being released from the she died from extreme neglect while her daughter and friends drank in the next the report was released one Day in Advance of a scheduled subcommittee hearing on elder the hearing and report were designed to take Stock of the situation a decade after the committee on aging held its first hearing on elder the subcommittee called for greater spending on Federal pro Grams to combat elder and also advocated assistance for people who care at Home for chronically ill or dependent family proudly announcing Donald Mckenzie chairman and chief executive officer Bruce Mckenzie president and chief operating officer Gary Stanley vice finance and administration Robert Mckenzie vice sales Scott Mckenzie vice marketing and corporate communications Ken Vann vice operations Bill Lamb senior vice president consolidated parts distributors of Canada is pleased to announce that Donald has assumed the new role of chairman and chief executive Bruce executive vice has been appointed president and chief operating Gary director of has been appointed vice finance and Kobert sales has been appointed vice Scott advertising and sales promotions has been appointed vice marketing and corporate Ken warehouse operations has been appointed vice Bill Lamb continues in his capacity As senior vice these postings ensure consolidated parts of a senior management Structure which supports the company continued growth and development As a full Venice distribution organization sening the automotive consolidated parts distributors is a wholly Canadian owned company with the head office in Winnipeg and ten distribution centres in major cities across Lyonis 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Antenna can move Only with some restriction until a More sophisticated software solution is devised by Nasa Oli vier the improved software May be come available in two to three weeks or he the jammed Antenna is one of two on the Telescope designed for High Speed transmission of scientific data Back to the dish Antenna is mounted on a five metre Mast extending from the the Bulky Antenna was being run through a movement test saturday when controllers detected the Mike director of Hub Bles Orbital said tests on the Antenna would be conducted throughout last the tests will involve mapping and pattern matches in which the telescopes guidance sensors will take a look at the he the same tests will be performed beginning this morning on the other Antenna to make sure we dont have a recurrence or another sur Harrington by the command Centre at Goddard should be ready to Send up stored program commands to the Harrington said Nasa ground control has activated the science computer on Board the Hubble Tele scope and brought All scientific instruments in a position ready for activation and full astronomers will study the Hub Bles pictures of faraway galaxies and Hope to prove the theory that the universe began with a big fall of Saigon marked by revitalization vow to Chi Minh City Reuter Vietnam quietly celebrated yester Day the 15th anniversary of the communist takeover in now to Chi Minh with a Promise to revitalize the discredited socialist in the face of the extremely complicated International a struggle to defend and develop socialism is unfolding in a fierce president to Chi Cong 7th anniversary Sale Beautiful brass Beds Canadas finest Quality k w twin iu4s iu4v twin 1199 1z49 Queen i if s1549 twin Simmons Beair rarest electric Beds 1999 s2399 Queen seat Simmons woes web from599 solid Oak suites 1849 4 suite brass bed sleep Center 263 Henderson 1851 Portage 169 Mead Wood 6639998 8897233 2656918 hours to set told a ceremony at the former presidential we Are convinced that 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