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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PART 3-PROVIDENCE, R.I.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1971

Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey HIRAM L. FONG, Hawall

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1 Senator Winston Prouty, Vermont, served as ranking minority member of the committee from September 1969 until his death, September 10, 1971. Senator Robert T. Stafford, Vermont, was appointed to fill the vacancy on September 17, 1971.

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CONTENTS

Opening statement of Senator Claiborne Pell____.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Doorley, Joseph, mayor, Providence, R.I

Hill, Ann, director of the St. Martin de Porres Center for Senior Citizens__
Marshall, Hannah, Providence, R.I

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Lamoreux, Ruth, director, Providence Senior Citizens Center.

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McQueeny, Walter A., chief of Providence Police Department..

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Dean, Mildred A., president, Rhode Island Association of Senior Citizens and Senior Citizens Clubs.

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Vittorio, Anthony, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action Group_
McGrath, Alice, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action Group__
LaPlante, Eleanor, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action
Group ..

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Curley, Betty, senior vice-president, Rhode Island State Council of Senior
Citizens

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Person, Ruth M., field aide for Project SECAP.
Newsome, Elizabeth, director, Project SECAP

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Mulvey, Dr. Mary, vice-president, National Council of Senior Citizens--
Kraemer, Dr. Richard J., chairman, Committee on Aging, Rhode Island
Medical Society..

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Johnson, Wade, executive director, Hospital Association of Rhode Island__
Buonaiuto, Gustin L., president, Rhode Island Nursing Home Association_
Lees, Albert V., president, Rhode Island Association of Facilities for the
Aged..

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Whitcomb, Shirley, member, Association of Home Health Agencies__
Hanley, Arthur F., chief executive officer, Rhode Island Blue Cross and
Blue Shield..

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Burgess, Alex M. Jr., chief, Division of Planning and Standards, Rhode
Island Department of Health_

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Pesare, Dr. P. Joseph, Medical Care Program Director, Rhode Island
Medical Assistance Program_

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Brown, Edwin, secretary-treasurer, Rhode Island AFL-CIO

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Tierney, Joseph, president, Rhode Island Congress of Senior Citizens_-
Cilione, Annie Butler, Pawtucket, R.I..

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Maglio, Avlino, Providence, R.I..

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Cohen, Max, Providence, R.I..

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Fligner, Carl, Providence, R.I.

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Houston, William, Providence, R.I.

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Anderson, John, Providence, R.I..

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Demers, Father George, Providence, R.I.

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Murray, Veronica, vice-chairman, Rhode Island Senior Citizens Action

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