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By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
Voicing concern over waves of fear and
misunderstanding about the unknown killer
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS), a Pennsylvania Depesgragnt of
Corrections spokesperson said Mohaday that
no current plans exist which would send the
system’s three confirmed AIDS victims to
the State Correctional Institute at Dallas
(SCID).
Reports earlier this week indicated that
the Pennsylvania Department of Correc-
tions had plans of turning SCID into a
treatment center for those Pennsylvania
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Members of the local Jewish com-
munity are observing the ending of
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
today. The celebration continues
until noon, Sept. 26, as the two are
the highest Holy Days in the B'nai
B'rith Temple, according to Mrs.
Perry Karnofsky of Dallas.
This period of High Holy Days are
probably the most uniformly
observed of all Jewish holidays,
' according to Mrs. Karnofsky, and is
a time when members of the Jewish
faith give close scrutiny to the lives
they live.
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atone-
inmates inflicted with AIDS.
Pennsylvania’s state correctional system
curren y _has three confirmed AIDS
inmates being housed at the state facility in
Samp Hill. A fourth confirmed AIDS
inmate died earlier this year at the Camp
Hill prison.
State correction officials currently have
two SCID inmates under medical care for
what is believed to be AIDS. The two
inmates are not confirmed AIDS victims at
this time, officials /
“The current. AIDS problem which is
Sweeping the country is a very serious one
but Pennsylvania’s prison system is not
being overrun by AIDS victims,” said
Department of Corrections Deputy Press
Secretary Amy Dugan. “It (AIDS) is some-
thing we are concerned with but we are
mainly concerned with the wave of misin-
formation about the disease.”
Dugan said Pennsylvania is well below
the average number of AIDS inmates
compared to other states. For example, the
state of New York currently has over 200
confirmed cases of AIDS in its prison
system while Pennsylvania has only three,
ugan said.
. Pennsylvania houses nearly 14,000
inmates in its 10 state correctional insti-
tutes and Dugan said the three AIDS
victims found were the result of them
‘showing signs of AIDS.”
“We have no mass-testing going on in the
state’s prison system,” said Dugan. ‘Each
correctional facility is handling their sus-
service to the community with an
Memorial Library Association to
ing on Main Street in Dallas for Lehman.
ing at that time and all individuals
Smoldering remains
Monday afternoon.
pected AIDS cases individually.
“In fact,” added Dugan, “the two sus-
pected cases at SCID are not as of yet
confirmed AIDS victims.”
Dugan also said the Department of Cor-
rections does not have a current plan to
house the three confirmed AIDS inmates,
or others found within the system, at SCID.
. “If it comes to that (isolating the AIDS
victims in one prison) we will look at all
the correctional institutions, not just
SCID,” said Dugan. ‘“We hope it does not
come to that.” ;
Dugan said plans are in effect to educate
prison personnel about AIDS.
Said Dugan, “The Department of Correc-
tions plans to set the record straight
through education.”
they purchased the property where
the college stands today but because
Mercy Sister
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
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Mercy Week — Sept. 2 to Sept. 29
— is a week of activity surrounding
Mercy Day, Sept. 24, at College
Misericordia. It marks a congrega-
tional celebration of charismas of
the Sisters of Mercy, sponsoring
body of the college.
The week opened Monday, Sept.
23, 8 p.m., with a coffee house in
Merrick Hall, followed Tuesday,
Sept. 24, by Mercy Day beginning at
11:15 a.m. with Convocation by
Msgr. Andrew J. McGowan in Ken-
nedy Lounge, 4:15 p.m., Folk Mass,
and 9 p.m. an open student govern-
ment meeting, Kennedy Lounge.
On Wednesday, “iept. 25, 10 p.i.,
there will be a Folk Mass; Thuis-
day, Sept. 26, 2 p.m.; special tribute
to retired Sisters; 9 p.m. “Thursday
Nite at the Movies”, coffee house;
Friday, Sept. 27, College Commu-
nity Appreciation Day, a combined
activity for faculty, staff, students,
administration and: their families,
Weekend with a program of activi-
Sunday.
The Sisters of Mercy have pro-
vided an affordable, quality educa-
tion to hundreds. and hundreds of
students through College Misericor-
dia, which they founded in 1924, on
the same campus where the college
stands today.
It was in 1874, that the Sisters of
Mercy came to the Scranton Dio-
cese and in 1875 that they located in
Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton. In 1914,
At that time, the Cathclic Order of
accepted in the Back Mountain and
the day that the college opened
crosses’ were burned on the campus
during the 1972 Flood the services
offered by the college seemed to
change the attitude of persons in the
Back Mountain community.
passion and prayer, a socialite
vows, the vow of poverty, chastity,
obedience and the fourth the care of
McCauley, who spent her entire life
devoting her time to doing that.
first class at College Misericordia,
a gymnasium., The first few classes
ulty.
House burned down in 1964, then
they moved to Mercy Center. i
lished by the Sisters of, Mercy
A report, over the past weekend
that Franklin Family Restaurants
with offices located in Kingston
were purchased by the Friendly Ice
Cream Compan
confirmation Ay The Dallas Post on
pt. 23.
Velis, Director of Friendly
Ice Cream and Restaurants home
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
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signed an agreement to purchase
the entire Franklin Family Restau-
formal announcement releasing
details of the agreement would be
made Sept. 30. :
Franklin of West Virginia, Presi-
of Franklin Family Restaurants.
It was also reported that Frank
dent, would remain with the com-
pany and that it was expected all
by the new owners.
prior to presstime.
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