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resi th | pea to handle mental cases.
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ship and is owned by Clifford J.! mates. Although
Owens of Ebensburg. Plans for effort cannot b foreto'd now, th: Acciptance of mentally-ill pat- |
the purchase are nearly complet- commissioners ha indut | th: jents sas been Inrgely
| ed | state authoriti 3 to Joo. into th: | ble for the rapid increas: in
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yroble inmate population at the county
Provide Room At ‘Home’ | problem. CC [iat at the county
's Home
the county hom: yeste:div A mibstantial percentag of the
Moved Across Road
is assistant superintend of the inmates are mentally affected
Torrance State Hospita fo men i 2d in the opinon of the com-
The first of two steps designed
to relieve at the Cam-
tal artecty, . missioners, should not be in the
The commissioners hops that county institutio: Twanty nine
county home inmatex why areiof the inmates are classifi 4
y me for the Aged Superintendent Frank Burns ioners are endeavoring to hav be
brim C ount rg was announced on The property is losated on the ithe state assume responsibility
Tuesday, when the CambrialLoretto Road in Cambria Town-|for some of the county home in-
issioners Take Steps
Commissioners said they al
| ready have reached an agreement
County Commissioners purchased with the owner on a purchase
additional property {price of $12500 The home will
Commissioners said they intend be paid for out of institutional
{ tc purchase a house, located near! district funds.
| the county home, which will be. 1, another effort to relisve the
used as the living quarters of | gyvercrowded conditions, commis.
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red to Torrance or oth state in i apt co in 4 and und: constant
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mental patients ma b tran-fer olen! ments] cases who mus® be
stitutions which are bette equip- | watch Forty-seven of the inmat-
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TWO big reasons WHY i
I. No added charge for Credit
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rs are former inmates of
ce. This is the remits of
change gystesn under which
county has been
| every tishe some Cambria County | sider
an unsatisfactory
resident is admitted to the siaty ment. With the incveas»
institution. of diseasetl and
Purchase of the new home for | ments: CS foul
Superintendent Burns will aki tn | SPE be Hoart from those of
reliving congestion to some ex pe
tent Commissioners said his | Inmates.
wont living quarters, !
the main building of th: insiity-
ion, will be transformed into bed ty
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