Houston Chronicle Tuesday May 21, 1996
photo by: Carlos Antonio Rios / Chronicle: An African American woman with a stern face and an ADAPT T-shirt sits in a manual wheelchair, several other people in wheelchairs and walking are behind her. Over her head she holds poster that reads "I'd rather go to Jail than die in a nursing home!!" The word JAIL has bars drawn over it.
[Headline] Building takeover
Barbara Hines, 48, who lived in a nursing home for 11 years, was one of about 400 disabled people who took over the Katy Freeway offices of Living Centers of America in a protest Monday morning. The protesters want more federal funds shifted into long-term care at home instead of nursing homes. Five protesters were arrested: Page 21A
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