B—The Daily Collegian Thursday, April 7, 1977 Elderly's medical services are adequate By JAN MASCIOLI Collegian Staff Writer There are adequate medical services available for the elderly who need 'them, according to a 1975 senior citizens study by the Centre Regional Planning Commission. The study also concluded most of the region's elderly are relatively free of medical problems that con strain activity. More than 71 per cent of 104 senior citizens questioned used the region's medical'services ih 1975, according to the study. All of those questioned said they were "very satisfied" with the service received. According to the study, 52 per cent of those surveyed had continuing health problems. This is below the state average according to Eloise 5 new botulism cases appear PONTIAC, Mich. (UPI) Five new botulism cases were reported yesterday in the worst such outbreak in U.S. history. In all, 44 persons have been stricken. "It should pretty much start tapering off now," said Hank Costantino, Oakland co LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 L N.• co N- W K. KONG Fay Ray Fan Club co N w SNOOPY Phi Beagle Beta 206 co ti w 5 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAV r ~, Melson, welfare policy specialist in Harrisburg. Melson said most of the state's elderly suffer from chronic health conditions. She said that 18 per cent are limited in mobility, 5 per cent confined to the house and 7 per cent need another person's help or the aid of special equipment to get around. Among the medical and health services available for Centre County!s elderly are the Health• C.A.R.E. Clinic and Home Health Service. The clinic, located in the Benedict House at the University, offers free health counseling, assessment, restoration, and education, or health teaching and health promotion to facilitate self-care skills. It is open County health administrator. "We sure hope, anyway, that this is the last big group that we get." Costantino said his office was still expecting the final toll to approach 50. Of the new cases reported at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Friday, April 15th Make your appointment now, to be sure you're in the yearbook. The sitting fee is only *sl.oo, this price, cannot be guaranteed after Spring Term. A YEARBOOK SAVES YOUR LIFE . . . THINK ABOUT IT. E7B LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 ILAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 LAVIE 78 n ` ~ . `- On Columbia Records pl and Tapes two were sent home under the care of private physicians. None of the 44 confirmed victims has died. Three were in critical but stable condition at St. Joseph. The poisoning has been traced to green peppers in hot sauce served last week at JUNIORS Delma Studios will only be here the Ist two weeks of April to take senior portraits. Monday, April 4th to ,-/AA 11 7 n HUB Schwann 698 Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and also by appointment. The Home Health Service provides nursing service and therapeutic services, along with chore service, and homemaker-home health aid service on a visiting basis. Fees are adjusted according to income. The service is located at 315 West High St. in Bellefonte. Mental health services are provided by the Mental Health- Mental Retardation unit in the Temple Court Building, 116 S. Alleghency St. in Bellefonte. It is basically a referral service, con sultation and educational service and fees are adjusted to income. It is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to in worst outbreak Trini and Carmen's Mexican Restaurant. Invetigators have determined. a former employee improperly canned the peppers at home. Those still in the St. Joseph intensive care unit included Diane Sprengler, 30, of Union Lake. She is a nurse at the series 127-9 S. Allen St. 237-5876 The University offers a psychological clinic in 314 Moore Building, Monday , through Friday, 9a.m.to4p.m. Fees are adjusted to income for services, including psychological assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, behavior modification and community mental health con sultation. Therapeutic dietary management of medical problems are among the services offered by the nutrition clinic and consultation center at the Beecher-Dock House, Elm Road, at the University. There is no charge for services, but any therapeutic diet consultation requires a physician's approval. hospital next door 'to the restaurant and was the first confirmed case last Thurs day. She ate the tainted hot sauce two nights in a row. Etta Mosele, 31, and Jennie Coe, 23, both of Pontiac, were the others in critical con dition. AVIE 78 LAVIE 78 L.V. Beethoven Music Ed. G. Ford loiew Klutzology BO •r.KS P ,YCL 't •'; 0 1E A SELS ET All Fo‘ A ' E L § > 0 ^ Selected Items at all four locations 0 v U u/own Z during our 0 4 6116 trfrailig, "Sale ° 5 4 ce itsf/lig a. 4/) U ir4 Happening NOW at w to The Penn State Bookstoree4 lie Upstairs/Downstairs/Over TheiS/12 lam EA Out There Bookstore :3 ON CAMPUS . 1 gg 4 1 ) • McAllister Building Z • Johnston Hall LU House coalition advocates tough human rights stand WASHINGTON (UPI) A coalition of Democrats and Republicans rebuffed President Carter yesterday and voted to toughen human rights language in an international lending bill. • The House approved an amendment by Rep. Tom Harkin, D-lowa, requiring U.S. representatives in any international lending in stitution to oppose financial aid to any country which violates "internationally . recognized human needs." The measure would authorize $5.2 billion over four years for groups such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the African Develop ment Fund. The measure was passed on a 194-156 vote and sent to the Senate. The House also removed VIE 78 ,an interview with DAVE GUBERNICK Wd f il m Coordinator of "Gentle Thursday" with host Jacqueline Lowe ,presents Today at 11:30 AM and 5:55 PM I a public affairs presentation of Campus Radio Stereo 91.1 m •,1 co , m - NI OD m - , J co m -.I a) r - , , Walter "Uke" Antonenko Alpha Phi Proudly Presents Our New Initiates: Carol Gaynes Mary Hummel Connie Lehman and Warmly Welcomes the Spring of 1977 Pledge Class Leslie Caldwell Sue Miner Jeanne Grim Cindy Sadoski Nina Jaasund Virginia Stokes , Michele Kohler and. Our Newestllencif Bordeaux SUITS TING TATIONERY ':'RIFF ALL SALES FINAL a $l5O million authorization for the African fund and replaced it with an open end authorization, meaning no specific amount was approved. It agreed that no U.S. funds could go to nations to help them 'cultivate palm oil, citrus or sugar in competition with American producers. • Speaker Thomas O'Neill and other House Demo cratic leaders backed Carter in his opposition to 'the Harkin amendment. The bill as it came ,from the House Banking Com mittee had administration backed language that only urged U.S. represen tatives to oppose such aid. "We want to implement this country's com mitment to promoting human rights without adopting an overly rigid approach which would Corliss Texter Helen Wilks Buffy Minter SOUVENIRS PADS MA,PS MS SCR P P MARKERS N-0 L 7- • First Floor HUB • Ground Floor HUB subvert the integrity arid effectiveness of the in stitutions," Carter wrote Rep. Henry Reuss, D-Wis., chairman of the banking panel. "The problem with the Harkin-Badillo amend ment is that it permits loans to be made to tor turing dictators and others of that stripe if they show the aid is going to needy citizens of the country," said Reuss in opening debate. "All • the torturers of Chile have to do is dress up their application with promises the money will go to their needy and tortured citizens." Rep: John Rousselot, R- Calif., • said Caiter's op position to the amendment means "the administration is backing away from its position on human rights." , Steve Courter ~~:~.,.- - rr