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Died. Field Marshal Viscount Slim, 79, leader of the "forgotten army" that liberated Burma from the Japanese in World War II; of a stroke; in London. Low on the priority list for supplies and troop replacements, Slim's 800,000-man force often went to battle as lightly armed as guerrillas. The struggle went on for more than three years until May 1945, when the polyglot army of Indians, Nepalese, Africans and Britons captured the port of Rangoon, virtually ending the Burma campaign...
...critics who disliked the liberalism of the Warren Supreme Court, the biggest irritant was often the narrow margin of a 5-to-4 vote that tipped the balance in criminal cases toward the rights of the defendant. Last week, with two Nixon appointees now seated, the Burger court leaned the other way in its first criminal decision to be decided by a single vote...
Such logic showed the independence of the scholarly Harlan. Armed with a penetrating intellect, he has developed a craftsmanlike and rigorous judicial philosophy that often leads him to his conclusion by a route that differs from that of the other justices. In many cases, his crucial swing vote may well determine how far from the Warren court's activism the Burger court will move...
...Nursing homes are often unsafe. Investigation of a fire that killed 32 people in a nursing home in Marietta, Ohio, disclosed that the building failed to meet some safety standards, and that personnel had received no training in emergency procedures. The report goes on to note that though the Federal Government dispenses vast funds, inspection of the homes is left to the states, which are often less than diligent...
...Nursing-home care is poor. The report cites case after case in which homes were short-staffed-to a point where one home had only three people to cover an intensive-care floor of more than 50 patients. Those who are employed are often poorly trained for their jobs. As a result, many patients have waited hours for medical care. Cruelty to patients is also common, report Nader's Raiders, whose personal journals record instances in which elderly people have been abused by nursing personnel...