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Hospital to transport a critically ill patient to Norfolk General Hospital. Photo by Clay Roberts.
Arson Awareness Campaign Endorsed In N.C.
RALEIGH - The North
Carolina Arson Awareness
Council has endorsed a
statewide public education
campaign to make citizens
more aware of the high cost
of arson to the economy and
what citizens can do to
combat the crime.
N.C. Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety
Secretary Heman R. Clark
chairman of the council,
said, “This effort is
essential to get people in
volved in the fight against
the crime of arson.
“Arson is a growing
problem in this state as well
as the nation, and the
economic cost and threat of
fire to our citizens are
terrible. The only way we
can stop it is to get our
citizens involved in
reporting the crime when
they have knowledge of a
purposely set fire,” he said.
A draft plan for the public
education campaign
presented to the council by
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staff envisions a year-long
event using multimedia
techniques and the in
volvement of a variety of
organizations to get the
message out.
“We will approach the
state’s insurance agents,
chambers of commerce, fire
departments, merchants
bureaus and Community
Watch organizations to
coordinate the local com
ponents of a statewide
awareness campaign,” said
Ken Farmer, executive
director of the State Fire
Commission and secretary
of the Arson Awareness
Council.
“Media material such as
slide shows bumper stickers
window cards for stores
radio and television an
nouncements and billboards
will be prepared,” he said.
“This material will em
phasize the problem arson is
in North Carolina,” Farmer
said, “and encourage people
who have knowledge of a
fire of suspicious origin to
call our special arson
telephone number.”
Haywood Starling,
director of the State Bureau
of Investigation and a
member of the Arson
Awareness Council, said he
hoped the number could be
manned 24-hours a day in a
short while. Currently the
number is manned during
the daylight working hours
and answered by a machine
at other times. The number
l-800-662-7610 - is toll
free and can be called from
anywhere in the state.
“We also will prepare a
firefighter’s handbook on
arson and the preservation
of evidence from a
deliverately set fire,”
Farmer said. “It’s im
portant that firefighters
think about preserving
evidence before they fight a
fire especially fires where
they suspect arson. They
receive training in this; but
there is nothing current
which they can review, such
as this proposed booklet.”
Farmer said the
estimated cost of the
campaign was about $42,000.
This would have to be raised
from various sources and
the amount raised would
govern the extent of the
campaign. “We might not
be able to bay all we have
outlined in the draft
proposal,” he said.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Hopes For A Safe And Merry Christmas
For All Travelers
CHARLOTTE, NC—lt is
latlniatodthat 31 persons will
Jbse their lives and 1,600 will
be injured in motor vehicle
accidents in North Carolina
over the upcoming Christma%
and New Year’s holidays.
The state will count its toll
from 6 P.M. on Thursday,
December 23, through mid
night Sunday, December 26
for Christmas; and from 6
P.M. Thursday, December 30
through midnight Sunday,
January 2 for New Year’s.
Last year 12 were killed and
841 injured over Christmas
holidays, while 4 were killed
and 811 injured over the New
Year’s holiday. In 1980 there
were 19 killed over Christmas
and 18 killed over New Year’s
holiday.
“The Christmas and New
Year’s Holiday period is a
particularly appropriate time
to focus our attention on the
critical problem of drinking
drivers,” motor club presi
dent John G. Frazier, 111 said.
“Traditionally a time of fami
ly reunions, friendly gather
ings and good cheer, the Holi
day Season is also, tragically,
a time of large increases in
the number of serious injuries
and fatalities on the
roadways.”
“It’s a Drinking/Driving
World.” Frazier said. “Ap
proximately 75% of all U.S.
drivers drink and most of
them drive occasionally after
drinking. Yearly, Americans
chugalug in excess of 275
million gallons of hard liquor;
1,600 million gallons of beer
and ale; and 170 million
gallons of wine and cham
pagne.” Frazier continued.
Alcohol-related motor vehi
cle accidents kill well over 400
North Carolinians every year
and injure 20,000, and these
figures are growing. North (
Carolina ranks third, behind
California and Texas in total
number of drunken driving
arrests.
“Alcohol” refers to ethyl
alcolhol. Ethyl will be a com
panion to a large number of
drivers as they attend the in
creased number of social
functions which normally oc
cur over the Christmas and
New Year’s Holiday, period.
She fi aquanWy finds hereeKte
a position of power behind the
steering wheel as the parties
progress. Drink by drink the
blood alcohol level mounts,
and by mid-evening the
driver’s judgment may be
clouded and he will be instill
ed with false confidence that
will make him fed that no
feat is beyond his power and
ability. Unfortunately, be will
apply this confiddence to his
ability to drive himself, and
his friends home. One tenth of
one per cent doesn’t sound
like much, but it’s dynamite!
This tiny percentage of
alcohol can turn a good driver
into a highway menace. It
makes him seven times more
likely to have an accident
than if his Blood Alcohol Con
centration were zero. And if
his BAC gets up to .15 per
cent, his chances of crashing
are 25 times greater! Don’t let
ETHYL Drive!
If you’re hosting a party in
your home, or having a drink
or two with friends at a public
bar, there may be times when
one of your friends has too
much to drink. If this should
happen, offer to drive him
home, invite him to spend the
night with you, or call a cab.
Friends Don’t Let Friends
Drive Drunk. Sometimes ex
treme measures are
necessary, but they are worth
it and you can count on the
gratitude of your friend when
he’s had a chance to sober up
and think more clearly.
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SAFE—This youngster and thousands more in North Carolina have been riding saferisince
the state’s Child Passenger Safety Law went into effect, requiring children under age 2 to
be safely restrained while riding with their parents in family-type vehicle. But more than
half the state’s young children still ride unrestrained, increasing the chance that they will
die or be injured in an accident. The Highway Safety Research Center at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests giving a safety restraint as a gift for Christmas or
another occasion to help your young loved ones have a happy-and safe-new year.
If a turkey is just too much
for your small family, you
may want to consider a bak
ing hen. Just remember that
this label indicates a mature
bird. It should be cooked by
moist heat and then browned.
NOTICE
The board of Chowan County Commis
sioner’s 1983 Meeting Schedule.
First Monday of each month in the Com
missioner’s Room of the courthouse on
Broad Street.
January g : oo A.M.
March 9:00 A.M.
May g ; oo A.M.
July g;00 A.M.
September g;00 A.M.
November g ; oo A.M.
February 8:00 P.M.
April 8:00 P.M.
June 8:00 P.M.
August 8:00 P.M.
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Thursday, December 23, 1982