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February 14, 1983
Health Deptartment
to be investigated
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United Press International
AUSTIN — The special pro
secutor assigned to handle mur
der charges against a Texas City
nursing home also will investi
gate the failure of the State De
partment of Health to follow up
reports of abuse and neglect at
that home, Attorney General
Jim Mattox said Friday.
Former Galveston County
assistant district attorney David
Marks was named by Mattox to
investigate and prosecute the 2-
year-old case against Autumn
Hills Convalescent Center Inc.
“I think that the records indi
cate that there were at least as
many as perhaps 50 different in
dividuals that died (at Autumn
Hills) under some questionable
circumstances,” Mattox said at a
news conference.
The corporation and eight
employees were indicted in 1981
on charges of murder by neglect
in the deaths of eight patients.
The indictments were dropped
because of legal flaws, and the
corporation later pleaded no
contest to a charge of involun
tary manslaughter.
The plea bargain was re
scinded last month at the re
quest of new Galveston County
District Attorney Mike Guarino.
Marks, who was fired from
his job as assistant district attor
ney for opposing the plea bar
gain, said he expected new in
dictments to be returned within
two months.
Both Mattox and Marks said
investigators for the state De
partment of Health had warned
high-ranking department offi
cials of continuing problems at
Autumn Hills, but the warnings
were “disvalued.” They said the
Health Department’s actions or
inactions in the case also will be
investigated.
‘‘It’s pretty obvious that the
field staff had given ample
warning of the need for action,
and those warnings had not
been heeded by those higher
up,” Mattox said.
“I think the responsibility for
not shutting those institutions
down or not bringing about
proper care must lie in the
hands of either the Health De
partment or in the hands of the
Medicaid Fraud Unit of the
attorney general’s department,”
he said.
Mattox said as many as eight
people on his staff would work
on the case along with Marks,
who will be based in Galveston.
He said his office was called into
the matter because of the ex
pense of the investigation, which
already has cost $250,000 and
probably will top $500,000 be
fore it is concluded.
The attorney general said the
case would serve as an example
to other nursing homes that “the
people of Texas are not going to
tolerate the kind of mismanage
ment and lack of proper care
that is exhibited in this case.”
“I’m going with the intention
of convicting that corporation
for murder and perhaps some
of the officers and employees of
that corporation for murder,”
Mattox said.
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ositive testimony allowed
Textbook hearings opened
. Si T1 United Press International
kU.ll JSTIN — The State Board
■ducation opened the tex-
n languajtlk adoption process to all on
nited Stale ly. The move was hailed by
branchol tments of the old system,
neofsixbnlh limited public input to
nited State
as constm
)lbook critics,
extbook selection will nev-
anyone come down here and say
what they want, whether it’s true
or not,” she said.
Mrs. Gabler has claimed the
proposed changes would turn
schoolbook hearings into a de
bate over personalities and phi
losophical beliefs. She accused
opponents of the old process of
only wanting to negate the influ
ence she and her husband
wielded.
The board also adopted a re
commendation calling for an ex
pansion of the textbook commit
tee from 15 to 27 members and
defeated a proposal to do away
with the board’s yearly public
hearing on books recommended
for adoption.
to “recot lithe same again in Texas,”
tel Hudson, Texas Coordi-
cetotheti |i of People for the Amer-
Germans ijWay, said Friday. “Quite
ly, we are surprised and
inly appreciative that the
board went this far,” he
d 198
try of
country
nificantw
eto Texas,
she said
it will
maryoftk
nmigrants
Ihe state board, meeting as a
inittee of the whole,
Ited several recommenda-
pres made by an ad hoc commit-
n the Texas textbook selec-
process and scheduled a
id the ptf tal vote on the proposals
played atst rday,
tateunivets Under the recommenda-
nefunding:I, people vvill have the right
er for Hmlbuf negative comments and
fete positive testimony on
osed books during yearly
ook hearings.
^ »'exas citizens will now have
fix
c., Armoui
a Foods f
million in*
■eed that il*
ed federal
|r opportunity to participate
I in the process,” Hudson
lople for the American Way
tan opposing the existing
[ess, which limits testimony
oodsCoJ Igative appraisals of a book,
ichor Hod lyear, claiming the system
s undue influence to book
|, such as Mel and Norma
ler of Longview,
he Gablers, strict fun-
jentalists, have virtually
lopolized the hearings for
the pricinfiears, gaining national atten-
and influence. Texas is the
sst textbook buyer in the
itry — spending $60 million
ear.
ofAmerin f 0 me, it’s not over,” Mrs.
rCorp.T ler said. “Every year they
made changes. I’ve never
any problem with them
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