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V-'- I ATHOL DAILY Tfiurcday September 29 1994 Page Time Running Out On Campaign Financing Bill i 7 -t 'w provide some federal matching money to House and Senate candidates The fate apparently hung on whether three of five Democrats who opposed it Ben Nighthone Campbell of Colorado Bennett Johnston of Louisiana Bob Kerrey of Nebraska Richard Shelby of Alabama and Harlan Mathews of Tennessee could be persuaded to switch their votes Details of the bill were expected to be unveiled on Thursday after Boren presents them for the approval of six Senate Republicans who have been key supporters: Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas Jim Jeffords of Vermont John Chafee of Rhode Island David Durenberger of Minnesota William Cohen of Maine and John McCain of Arizona The agreement among the House and Senate Democratic leaders came after the two chambers agreed on a new $6000-per-eleCtion cycle limit on the amount that a political action committee can give to a House or Senate candidate Investigates Expect To Solve Heist BRETTON WOODS NH (AP) 1 Investigators will likely solve the case' of a recent armored car heist and double murder in Hudson but not any time soon Attorney General Jeffrey Howard said request for $83000 in additional funds to help his office investigate the Aug 26 crime was approved Wednesday by the state Executive Council investigation is actually moving forward a number of leads were developed early cm and those leads are being Howard said "We are of the belief that we will solve this case at some point in time but we do not expect anything to happen imminently It is not that type of he added Councilor Bob Hayes R-Concord was the only one to question the request for additional money asking Howard if this would exhaust discretionary funds the his office might be able to use for other investigations Howard said not likely the state will spend all the $30000 it requested for secretarial staff and legal research Tiro remaining $33000 for investigator staffing is up to the requirements of the state police Howard said DONATION Orange DARE officer BiU Golding accepts a check from Donald Barnes of Harris Manufacturing for the Orange Program Moated piko Fugitive Captured NEWEST MEMBER Max Singer 5 smiles as he was presented with his membership card to the Athol Area YMCA Cancer Walk A group from the North Quabbin Region raised approximately $2200 for the American Cancer Society at a recent fund-raising walk in Boston The 23 walkers were organized by personnel affiliated with the mammography unit at Athol Memorial Hospital The walk Strides Against Breast raised $1 million with 10000 people participating in the five-mile walk along the Charles River Esplanade The North Quabbin contingent traveled to Boston in a chartered bus subsidized by AMH DICK AUTO REPAIR 48 KING ST ORANGE MASS 24 (12) Hr Towing Service Ramp Truck and Wrecker Houn: Mon-Frl Sat 6-12 544-3835 Cummings was one of the more interesting people got in here for some Pacheco said Pacheco said Cummings routinely impersonated a police officer dr a federal agent Pacheco said Pacheco said however that claim to have hidden underwater while breathing through a teed was believable The night before dogs went to the water two or three times The officer (handling the dog) just believe he was in the The search began around 7:30 pm Tuesday and originally focused around Massasoit State Park in Taunton and Taunton Airport Police picked up on trail Wednesday morning when he was spotted in Middleboro Raynham Police Chief Peter King said Raynham officers who had searched all night went to Middleboro to help track him eventually arresting him Cummings had been arrested a number of times on a variety of charges in Massachusetts ranging from fraud to assault and battery on a police officer -but had'dniy'fcenred six to seven months on domestic violence charges Pacheco said Pacheco said law enforcement officials in other states were also looking into activities attorney Peter Levetoni return a telephone message MIDDLEBORO Mass (AP) He vowed' he be taken alive but Guy Cummings was captured after a 14-hour manhunt alive and well except for a bite from the police dog that ran him down Cummings 30 of Brockton told police he had used a technique from a movie to hide underwater overnight and elude search dogs said Raynham Police CapL Louis Pacheco But a police dog finally caught up with him about 9:30 am Wednesday in Middleboro The dog and two officers from Raynham had tracked him about two miles through a swampy wooded area Cummings was treated for the bite at Mortem Hospital in Taunton Raynham police began the search Tuesday night when Cummings fled a house where police were called to a look into a domestic Pacheco said Police said Cummings told them as he fled that he be taken alive Raynham police are investigating allegations that Cummings held a woman hostage in that home for three days No charges were filed by Wednesday afternoon Police however learned that the muscular Cummings had allegedly fbed'itfrdm Arizona where he jumped $10000 bail after being charged with theft Pacheco said Cummings was arraigned Wednesday in Dedham District Court on a fugitive from justice charge He was ordered held without bail at the Norfolk County House of Correction A further hearing was set for next Thursday WASHINGTON (AP) After a year of stalemate House and Senate Democrats have agreed on a campaign finance reform bill that would curtail the special-interest money flowing into politics But the agreement reached late Wednesday in a meeting between Democratic leaders of the two chambers may have come too late for passage of the legislation as the 103rd Congress sputters to an end not off the danger list but at least moving said Sen David Boren D-Okla the chief Senate sponsor still uphill" Senate Republicans have been filibustering the bill which has not yet been sent to a formal House-Senate conference A make-or-break vote to end the filibuster was scheduled for Friday morning To succeed Democrats would have to muster 60 votes three more than they got when a similar vote was tried Tuesday In an all-night talkfest last week Republicans contended that the bill amounts to a new welfare program for politicians because it would ASSOCIATES HLUNQ AND DEBT RECOVERY Licensed and Beaded POBw 201 AMMA 01331 508-249-9511 ONLY HD Years CLOSING THE DOORS FOREVER Find Strategy To Prevent Elderly alls compared their falls with those suffered by 148 elderly people who got no special care The results published in New England Journal of Medicine show that 33 percent of the men and women in the program fell over the following year compared with 47 percent in the comparison group did not set out to try to eliminate said Tinetti we are to maintain their independence and mobility they will continue to Among the strategies of the program: People were taught how to walk in ways that minimized their risk of falling as well as the best ways to get into bed oronto the toilet Those unsteady on their feet were given exercise to help them keep their balance Handgrips and railings were' installed in bathrooms and hallways When patients took more than four different drugs their personal doctors were asked to review them and cut out as many as possible People were instructed how to minimize the risk of blacking out when they stood up Beat the Clock ADRIAN Mich (AP) Chess matches are frequently contested by telephone But a swimming match? Yes one was held last winter during the snowstorms that plagued most of the country Adrian College was scheduled to travel 120 miles to Hope College for a men's and swimming meet Bad weather made travel impossible So the Adrian swimmers competed against the clock in their pool and the Hope athletes did the same in their tank BOSTON (AP) Teaching old folks how to keep their balance adjusting their medications and installing handrails can significantly reduce the risk of falls one of the most frightening hazards among the elderly researchers say A project at Yale Medical School conducted mostly by nurses and physical therapists cut elderly falls by about one-third during one year Fear of falling is one of the major worries of the elderly often keeping them house bound And when falls occur they can be medical disasters that cause fractures and big medical bills Many problems of growing old can increase the risk of falling such as weakening muscles poor balance and the use of medications that cause dizziness The Yale program tried to help the elderly cope with these ills so they could get around safely attempted to show that if you do preventive physical therapy working on balance and gait you can prevent their falls and do it cost said Dr Mary Tinetti who designed the program About 30 percent of people over age 63 who live on their own fall each year Medical bills for fall-related fractures add up to $10 billion annually Unintentional injuries rank as the sixth leading cause of death among the elderly and most of these result from falls The cost of the Yale program resulted mostly from the salaries of nurses and physical therapists who worked with elderly people in their homes The researchers believe it makes economic sense They calculate that it works out to about $12000 for each serious fall prevented by the program This is about the same as the typical cost of treating a bad fall in the hospital The-researchers tested their program on 133 men and women whose average age was 78 They Furniture a Recliners Dinette Sets Oriental Rugs Broadloom Carpeting Draperies Mattresses Bedding Lamps Domestics Hardware Luggage Giftware Clothing Housewares SALE PRICES GOOD AT THIS LOCATION 1 Canal Street Turners Falls MA Mon-Sat 10-9 Sun 12-6 (41 3) 863-4343 MasterCard Visa Discover And Checks Accepted All Sales Final No Layaways No Exchanges or Refunds All Manufacturer's Warranties in Full Effect Quantities Limited to Stock on Hand All Items Subject to Prior Sale Ml.