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Heart food Ford earns $1.8 billion Creative Oils unlikely romeo Vzze 1-B -Psse 8-3 25C Mansfield, Ohio MUKON I ASHLAND ournal CRAWFONDlklCHlANDl ew MCrMMM TUESDAY moow Ln KNOX I Ml OM FEBRUARY 14, 1984 522-3311 Dudley Moore OLLYlAf .1 ijisiWBM I ASHlANOl I Scape goat Richland divorces down due to hard times, not true love, experts theorize 'In By Cindy Jakubick The Ntwi Journil 1 when the domestic actions hit a peak. In 1976, only 1,270 domestic actions were filed. Although both Jordens see the domestic actions leveling off, Instead of climbing steadily as they have since neither feels comfortable saying divorce is on the decline for good. Jorden said it's difficult to interpret the statistics, although he knows what he'd like to believe. He hopes that more marriages are preserved through counseling, an activity which is gradually outgrowing its social stigma.

Also, be said, many people in second marriages are coming to him wanting to make their marriages See Divorce Page 9-A noted that Richland domestic actions were relatively low, too, in 1976, a recession year. Jorden added, "More people are telling us they can't afford to get a divorce." His wife, Martha, also a member of the Ashland Professional Counseling Associates and a clinical therapist at The Center, said people aren't making enough money to support two households. "But that's not a good reason to stay married," she added. In 1983 in Richland County, 1,633 new domestic actions were filed. The actions include divorce, dissolutions of marriage and support actions.

The 1,633 figure is 36 cases fewer than in 1982. However, it is slightly higher than the 1981 total, and 40 cases fewer than in 1980, 1 JhJf MANSFIELD A failing economy is often the scapegoat for a variety of social ills, but this time it may be able to take credit for lowering the number of divorces in Richland County in 1983. The reason is simple during a financial crisis, people can't afford to get divorced. "Divorces were low in the Great Depression," commented John Jor-den, psychologist at the Center for Individual and Family Services and a member of the Ashland Professional Counseling Associates. The Rev.

Gerald Schuessler, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ and a marriage counselor, agreed with the economic link, He A i vr 1 i I 1 4 RV 1 Su. General Hospital cuts 87 jobs in move to reduce expenditures By Cindy Jakubick The Nwt Journal America's Debbie Armstrong navigates the slopes on her way to a gold medal Monday la the glut slalom in the Winter Olympics. (AP Photo) Giggly rookie hyped on junk food new queen of mountain in Sarajevo By Bill Lyon Knif ht-Riddr Newkptptrt memorable day, a stopwatch inside hausfrau turned to her husband and her head. asked: "Vass ist clining patient census and declining revenues.

James Meyer, MGH vice president for operations, said the staff reduction is a permanent one. Those let go have no hope of returning as in a typical layoff recall manner. However, they will be considered first for any vacancies that might occur, he said. All of the nurse assistant positions were eliminated, leaving those duties to registered and licensed practical nurses. Along with 51 nurse assistants and ward secretaries, also let go were 17 practical nurses and tome employees in laboratory, radiology, laundry, housekeeping, dietary, admitting and administration.

Registered nurses were not affected. Wisdom said layoffs were primarily based on seniority and Job According to hospital officials, all released employees have been notified of the action which reduces the hospital's total work force to about 1,300. "Since our patient census has shown a serious decline beginning last autumn, we no longer have the level of patient activity to justify the size of our work force. These reductions are targeted on those departments which have experienced the most significant decrease in patient volume," Wisdom said. Since last October, MGH's average daily census has been about 10 percent below its normal level of 85 percent The census for Janurary averaged about 330 patients per day, nearly 30 less per day than last year.

So far, in the first 12 days of February, the census is at its lowest level in See Hospital Page l-A MANSFIELD Mansfield General Hospital President Philip L. Wisdom looked at his hands, folded and unfolded them, and spread them out over the top of his desk as be confirmed that 87 hospital Jobs had been permanently eliminated Monday. "I'm sure somebody was considering buying a house. I even heard that some one was getting married," he said of those people who no longer have a Job at MGH. In a move to save the hospital about 1 million annually, MGH officials eliminated 49 full-time and 38 part-time Jobs in the first massive staff cutback in the 408-bed facility's history.

The blame for the most difficult action of Wisdom's 32-year career at the hospital rests with de He shrugged. In French, the official language of the Olympics, the event is known as Slalom Giant Dames. In English, it is the women's giant slalom, and in most Winter Olympics it has been the exclusive property of the Europeans. But not this Olympics. Or, in the words of Hugh Armstrong, father of the new queen of See Armstrong Page l-A SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia She came streaking down the course on her second run, a blur in a pearl racing suit slashed with pink stripes, her black stocking cap bobbing wildly in the chill air.

She flashed under the finish line and made a great swooping turn of triumph, spewing a rooster tail of snow out behind her. She never even looked at the electronic timer. She didn't have to; she had, on this And it told Debbie Armstrong at that moment that she had become the new queen of the mountain. She thrust both her ski poles high over her head, and the hills and hollows of Mount Jahorina echoed with the ecstastic yodeling of her war whoops of celebration. "Yeah!" she screamed.

"Yeah!" Over and over. "Yeah! Yeah!" In the crowd of shivering, blue-faced spectators, a plump German Richland plans to change method of dog euthanasia A 4 -I Ill rrr I The Humane Society offer, presented by the organization's president, Rick Risser, came after a five-member committee studied the euthanasia situation. The committee, headed by attorney John Siegen-thaler, observed operations at the dog pound as well as at pounds in Tuscarawas and Franklin counties. "The committee was unanimous on the suitability of the carbon monoxide chamber based upon the quantity of animals involved, the atmosphere in which the euthanasia must be performed and the human element" the committee reported. Technically, the commissioners merely took the Humane Society's recommendation under advisement but the commissioners declared their intent to accept the group's offer.

The motion also calls for the commissioners and Humane Society See Dog Page 9-A MANSFIELD By a 2-1 vote, the Richland County commissioners today declared their intent to adopt the carbon monoxide method of euthanasia at the county dog pound. Commissioners Paul White and Terry Wolf gave tentative approval to accepting an offer from the Mansfield Humane Society to purchase the carbon monoxide chamber. The pound and Humane Society would share the use of the equipment if the county agrees to pay for installation and maintenance of the equipment and to buy the gas itself. The county now uses lethal injections of the drug sodium pentobarbital for euthanasia at the pound. The Humane Society proposes buying a 63-cubic-foot unit for $5,445 plus freight from Animal Awareness Inc.

of Salt Lake City, Utah. Injections still would be used for young dogs and cats. Unseasonable umbrella A pedeitrlaa strides across raia-tlick pavement Monday at Walnat Street and Park Aveaee West (Photo by Mark Menke) Quick Reads Index 31 Pages, 2 Section Advice 3-B Lottery 2-A Business 12-A Markets 12 A Bridge 1IB Movies S-B No surgery An underwater shock-wave treatment that sounds like someone banging on a tin drum could allow 150,000 Americans to avoid surgery each year by crushing their kidney stones. Sii VS. hospitals have federal permission to try the method, which was developed in Munich, West Germany, and has a 99 percent success rate, Dr.

Stephen Dretler said. He is in charge of the project at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is assembling a shock-wave lithotripter. or "stone crusher." He hopes to have it ready in six weeks. 8D War cloud President Reagan is warning of an "ominous cloud of war that hovers over much of the Middle East" and wants people to urgently Join in the search for peace and stability in the region. An administration official says the "national obsession" with the role of the American Marines in Lebanon should end when the Marines are withdrawn from the war-torn country to ships offshore.

The White House is expected to disclose this week a plan for withdrawing nearly all the Marines within 30 days. 1 6-A Highways Sulfur from Ohio coal could be used to create a new industry tnd prolong the life of the state's highways, a Senate subcommittee has been told. Arthur Hoekstra of the Sulfur International Recovery Cincinnati, said other states already have started using sulfur -extended asphalt to repave and replace highways. Hoekstra, an engineer, said research into acid rain has shown that sulfur "wants to combine with water, and given the chance will do so," but also is aa excellent asphalt-binding agent 1 0-A Crossword 1S-B Obituaries T-A Editorial 4-A Pharmacy 3-B Focus IB Records S-A Games 1S-B Sports IS-A Horoscope 3-B TelevisioB T-B Hospitals S-A Tell Me 1B Sunny and pleasant Wednesday with a high 54 51 3-A.

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