University Daily Kansas, April 18, 1984
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Slattery
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WHEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate is high, less money comes into Social Security from paycheck deductions because fewer paychecks go out to workers. Slatter said.
"If the unemployment rate slays down, then the future of Social Security appears bright," he said.
"But if unemployment starts to rise again, our system is not designed to function and be solvent."
Medicare could generate more controversy next year in Congress than the Social Security Bill.
He said the main problem plaguing the national health care insurance program for senior citizens and disabled persons was the same problem that the Social Security system experienced — more money going out than coming in.
But Slattert said that the debate over how to finance Medicare could be more heated than the debate surrounding Social Security because the state paid to keep many elderly persons healthy.
"You get into ethical problems, like who is going to pay for a triple bypass operation when the patient is 85 years old," he said.
Solving money problems for Social Security and Medicare is simple compared to balancing the federal budget, Slattery said.
Balancing the budget should be Congress' top priority because large deficits could cause high interest rates and force the country into another recession, he said.
Libyans
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"SHOTS CAME FROM an upper window of the bureau," said witness Jennifer Bowman, 26. "Someone stuck a machine gun out and sprayed into the crowd."
"All of a sudden there was a burst of machine-gun fire from the Libyan bureau building towards the demonstrators," said another witness, Alex Dobrochodov.
"There was panic," said witness Douglas Bay. I saw one Arab-dressed gentleman appear to be blown away.
A bullet stunt police officer Yvonne Flechet, in the abdomen at her fae, police officer Michaël
Miss Fletcher later died during surgery at Westminster Hospital. Eleven other people were wounded, two seriously, a hospital spokesman said.
"Top-level negotiations are taking place with a view to resolving this matter without further bloodshed," Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner Richard Wells said.
But the "People's Bureau" ranks as an embassy, and under international law British forces could not enter without permission, he said.
Wells said no demands had been made by those in the building.
"It isn't a matter of going in," Wells said. "We want them to come out."
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher kept in touch on her official visit to Portugal. Security around the prime minister was increased after the attack.
supplementary service insurance, social security or any number of benefits.
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To enter the living and training program, the perspective client must have an IQ of 69 or below but must still be fairly self-sufficient. Through a series of examinations and referrals, the staff determines whether the person could be helped at Cottonwood.
Working
If the Cottonwood staff determines, after a five-day trial period, that the client can be helped, the client is either accepted or on a waiting list. The waiting list now has 15 names.
UPON ARRIVAL AT COTTONWOOD, clients are given an individual program plan that outlines the goals and specific behavioral objectives that are required.
Work is organized according to the client's attention span and capabilities.
In the past, workers have recycled out-of-date design patterns for Simplicity Patterns Co., sharpened use ribbon shredders for Hallmark cards and used touchless touches on veterinary supplies for Bayvet.
The Quaker Oats Co. hired 45 clients last November to work in the Quaker Oats factory in New York.
Some of the clients at Cottonwood received training in high school special-education delivery.
Lew Allen, coordinator for on-the job training at Lawrence High School, prepares some of his mentally retarded students for either community work or a future at Cottonwood.
'LAWRENCE IS A fairly cooperative community, but there is still no one around who can get to her. She's been going through it.'
Bruce Andrews, service supervisor with the Lawrence Community building, 115 W. Eleventh St., hired two Cottonwood as jantors four weeks ago to help lift the program and work full time for Andrews.
not pulling his own weight," Allen said.
"They don't get the best pay in the world, but they have good, hard work, and they're very sapful."
"At times they need a lot of supervision, but they really enjoy being able to work and having a team."
Fowler said, "There is never a situation in which the client fails at his duties. Rather, it is failure on the part of the organization to help the client reach their individual potential."
To help the client adjust to the work situation, the organization provides weekly group therapy sessions.
"Mentally retarded people have very low self concepts and an even harder time adjusting to their individual capabilities. Our programs will hopefully help them work to their best po
OUTSIDE OF WORK, the clients learn about independent survival through organized living rooms.
"There are two points to the Cottonwood approach," Fowler said. "A client may have the best training skills, but they won't leave Cottonwood without a good socially adaptive behavior."
The Cottonwood residential program consists of six group homes for the clients who need more supervision, and semi-independent living groups for residents, said Lana Laudic, residential coordinator.
Cottonwood will open two more group homes in June.
"The houses and apartments are owned by these people," Laudick said. "They pay the rent and do the cooking and cleaning. Even though I live in the automator, they are the ones who keep the place up."
Vere Womack, 56, came to Cottonwood 10 years ago, after living much of his life in a nursing home.
"IVE LEARNED A lot of new things here," he said. "I first learned how to run the power saw in the power saw shop.
Womack said that he had worked part-time at several places in Lawrence. For several years he worked in the Animal Chemistry Lab at the Paradise Lunch and Cafe in Lawrence.
"Cottonwood is preparing us for independent living," he said. "To go out and live on our own. I'm pretty pleased that I recently learned to balance my own checkbook."
But not all of the Cottonwood clients will be able to live as independently as the staff would
"Some of the people are just not able to successfully work or live independently." Fowler said. "We usually try to place between 5 and 10 percent a year in the community.
"The country is far behind in meeting the needs of the mentally retarded. The need for services is about double the ability to provide these services.
"There will always be institutions whether we like it or not, but we hope that we will always be on our toes."
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