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employees whose wages have
been frozen because of the scar
city of funds.
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P&G Gets Tough
The Procter & Gamble Com
pany is taking legal action to stop
the spread of rumors associating
the company with satanism and
devil worship. Maybe such get
tough action by one of America’s
top corporations will put an end to
this silly mess.
For those along the Public
Parade who have been fortunate
enough up to now to miss the
episode, some success is being
attained by those who claim that
the P&G corporate “moon and
stars” trademark is a satanic
symbol signifying a company
connection gith satanism or devil
worship. Really!
The trademark is a circular
design featuring a man - in - the -
moon figure looking out over a
field of 13 stars. It has been used
since 1850 and was officially
registered in 1882. The symbol
started as simple markings on
crates of Star Candles, an early
P&G product, and evolved over
the years to a formal design
showing a man - in - the - moon, a
popular figure in the 1800’s, and 13
stars representing the original
colonies.
The rumors typically report that
the company’s “moon and stars”
trademark is a symbol of
satanism and devil worship and
that a P&G executive discussed
satanism on nationally televised
talk shows. Producers of the
shows mentioned and P&G have
confirmed that these stories are
totally false.
P&G said it is receiving more
than 12,000 calls each month about
the rumor and has picked up
copies of materials being handed
out at stores and churches en
couraging a boycott of P&G
products. The high number of calls
and the use of reproduced handout
materials suggests this is more
than rumor mongering by in
dividuals..
The cfttaparty has filed suits in
Atlanta, Ga., and Pensacola, Fla.,
against a corporation and several
individuals who are charged with
“libeling the character” of the
company by circulating “false and
malicious” statements about the
company and by calling for a
boycott of its products.
It is a shame that a company
such as P&G must go to such
expensive measures to stop such
silly mess. We hope the campaign
backfires, and those responsible
people will be taught ap expensive
lesson in common decency.
A sad part of the entire saga lies
in the fact that somewhere down
the road innocent consumers will
have to pay. Lawsuits are ex
pensive and the cost of this one
will have to be factored into the
cost of product. Ain’t it a mess?
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salt, pepper, a little lettuce, onion,
tomato, sometimes cheese and
maybe ketchup, and, ah, a nice
hard roll.”
“He had given about 10 absolute
specifications and a few variables
for preparation of one of our
simplest amd most basic foods.
And these requirements were built
on an unstated set of standards
about the qualify and supply of the
ingredients,” the specialist said.
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MEETS WITH ROTARY’S NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Hoke Roberson, Jr., right, new president of the Edenton Rotary
Club, met with'Rotary’s new District Governor, Franklin Ayer,
left, in Tarboro recently for a workshop on the district’s planned
activities for the new club year which began July 1. Present for
the meeting were 140 officers and leaders of the districts’ 47
clubs. The Edenton Club is best known locally for its Little
League Baseball team and the Rotary Cup for Outstanding
Student Activities. Governor Ayer is scheduled to visit with the
Edenton Rotary Club during its regular meeting on Aug. 5.
Postmaster Bond Urges Public Aid
For Postal Workers During Summer
As the U.S. Postal Service
prepares for delivery during the
forthcoming summer months, the
public and delivery employees are
being encouraged to be especially
alert to the potential for animal
attacks on public streets or
private premises.
Postmaster James Bond, said
today that precautionary safety
measures taken by the public and
delivery employees will aid in the
movement of the mail during the
vacation period and more im
portantly, help reduce employee
injuries due to dog bites.
Across the nation thousands of
letter carriers, special delivery
messengers and delivery and
collection personnel were injured
last year - most during the sum
mer vacation period - due to the
hazardous condition of
unrestrained dogs during delivery
hours.
This year the postmaster said
the Postal Service will make every
attempt to deliver mail as ef
ficiently and safely as ever.
“However,” he added, “through
cooperation on the part of our
customers, this task will be much
easier to accomplish.”
In all communities, customers
are being requested to keep their
dogs restrained during delivery
hours, which includes restraint of
the animal if the delivery person
must make delivery on the
customer’s premises.
All letter carriers and
messengers are being encouraged
this year to follow safety tips in an
effort to reduce the dog bite injury
rate.
Delivery personnel are being
reminded that if annunrestrained
animal threatens their safety at a
particular residence, they are not
required to risk injury by at
tempting to make delivery. In
such instances, mail service will
be curtailed to that residence and
not resumed until such time as the
owner of the dog provides the post
office with written assurance that
the animal will be controlled in the
future during delivery hours.
The postmaster also noted that
delivery service personnel bitten
by customer animals are en
couraged by the Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
under the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA, 5 USC
8101 at sec.), to pursue a claim
against the person or party
responsible, or his - her insurance
company. Often such settlements
result in damage payments
amounting to thousands of dollars.
Effective control of personal
pets, however, is the most ef
fective safety precaution a
customer can take to ensure his
delivery carrier is properly
safeguarded against dog bites, the
Postmaster said.
Rise Predicted
For Soybeans
Farmers in North Carolina are
expected to plant more soybean
acreage in 1982 than the previous
year according to the N.C. Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service.
Sweet potato plantings are also
larger than last year but tobacco,
corn, peanut and cotton planted
acres are down.
These estimates are based on a
survey conducted around the Ist of
June.
Corn planted for all purposes is
estimated at 1,800,000 acres, down
10 per cent from last year. Corn
for grain is expected to be har
vested from 1,650,000 acres, also
down 10 per cent.
Flue - cured tobacco harvest is
expected to total 329,000 acres,
down 7 per cent from 1981 harvest.
Burley tobacco harvest is forecast
at 11,000 acres up 3 per cent.
Soybean plantings in North
Carolina are expected to total a
record high 2,150,000 acres, up 12
per cent from the previous year.
Peanut plantings are estimated
at 165,000 acres, down 8 per cent
from last year.
Cotton acreage this year is
estimated at 80,000 acres, down 4
per cent from die 1981 plantings.
Sorghum planted for all pur
poses is estimates at 100,000 acres,
down 9 per cent from the previous
year and sorghum for grain is
expected to total 70,000 acres,
down 10 per cent.
Sweet potato plantings are
estimated at 42,000 acres, up 5 per
cent from 1981 nd the largest crop
set since 1955.
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Rate Bureau Asks Car iosuraoce Cost Increase "
RALEIGH The N.C. Rate
Bureau has filed for an average
increase of 7.7 per cent in the
overall rate level for personal car
insurance and the N.C. Rein
surance Facility filed for an
average increase of 11.9 per cent
for its liability coverages.
The bureau and the facility
proposed January 1, 1983, as the
effective date for the new rates for
personal auto liability insurance,
and collision and comprehensive
insurance coverages. The filed
rates are subject to review by the
state insurance commissioner.
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Business Activity
Is Stabilized
Business activitity in North
Carolina continued to remain
about level in May, according to
the Wachovia Business Index. The
Index registered 154.8, down 0.1
per cent from the revised April
level.
Non - agricultural employment
was down slightly from the
previous month while the number
of people unemployed increased.
The average manufacturing work
week and price - adjusted average
hourly earnings were virtually
unchanged from April.
In the manufacturing sector,
employment decreased 0.5 per
cent, with durable and non -
durable goods industries ex
periencing modest declines.
Losses in textile and tobacco
employment were primary factors
contributing to the decline.
• Employment -in-the—-non y
and trade employment declined
2.2 per cent and 0.3 per cent
respectively. Government em
ployment was up 0.3 per cent while
services employment held steady.
The seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate for North
Carolina was 9 per cent in May, up
0.3 per cent from April. The
national rate for May was 9.5 per
cent, up 0.1 per cent from April.
The unadjusted unemployment
rate in North Carolina was 8.7 per
cent in May.
Unit sales of cars for the first
five months of 1982 remained well
below year ago levels, while truck
sales were down 4.4 per cent for
the same period.
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voluntary business and “dean
risk’ 1 business placed in the
facility became effective
December 1, 1980.
Statistical data in the rate
bureau’s filing indicated the need
for an overall average increase of
18.7 per cent, but the filing was
limited to an average increase of
7.7 per cent because North
Carolina law restricts annual
increases to a percentage that is
governed by increases in the U.S.
Consumer Price Index (CPI). A
statutory “cap” has applied to
personal auto insurance rate in
creases for five years, but it was
set at 6 per cent for the first four
years.
Rate Bureau Chairman D.T.
Zimmerman, regional vice
president of State Farm Mutual
Insurance Companies, said the
statistical data on paid claims,
expenses and trends for the auto
liability coverages not in the
facility indicated the need for an
overall average increase of 30 per
cent in the rate level. The bureau
filed for a 12.4 par cent increase
for liability policies written
voluntarily and the reinsurance
facility policies defined by law as
“clean risks.” The bureau filed for
only a 1.1 per cent increase in
rates for collision and com
prehensive coverages.
Facility Chairman Bernard H.
Parker, vice president - regional
manager of Nationwide Mutual
Insurance Company, said
statistical data fully justifies the
facility filing for rates averaging
11.9 per cent higher than those
currently in effect.
Auto Insurance Rates
And Related Increases
U.S. Consumer Price Changes'
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1. June 1977 Through May 1982. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
2. 1980 Per Capita Income Compared With 1976. Source: N.C.
Employment Security Commission
3. June 1977 Through June 1982 increase for private passenger
automobiles. Source: N.C. Rate Bureau
Chart by North Carolina Insurance News Service ,
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“The cost to insurers of
providing auto insurance has risen
much more than the rate in
creases allowed us by law during
the five years North Carolina law
has imposed a ’cap’ on rates,”
Zimmerman said. “There has
been no ‘cap’ by the state or
anyone else on our losses and
expenses.” >
He continued, “Medical care
costs, which are a large expensein
auto liability insurance, have
climbed 61 per cent as measured
by the Consumer Price Index jn
those five years. The CPI cir *
repair and maintenance indfx
actually understates the cost
increase in the kinds of repairs £or
which insurance pays. U|-
derstated as it is, this CPI indsc
has risen 54 per cent in the fivijj
year period that a statutory ‘cm’
has applied. Inflation ps
moderating, but by the time epi
rates can be implemented all=ejf -
the CPI indexes have increas*!
even more.
“Per capita income for Noifli
Carolinians has stayed ahead pf
auto insurance rate increases
North Carolina,” he added. “Rpr
capita income increased 43 pssr
cent from 1976 through 1980, fife
latest year for which figures a&
available.”
All companies selling person*
auto insurance in North Caroh&s
are required by law to be med&
bers of the N.C. Rate Bureau arid
the N.C. Reinsurance Facility apf
to provide the operating data
which the bureau and facility
formulate standard rates for use
by all companies.