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Sale $449
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style in Scotchgard treated cotton with
loose pillow back. Cozy Early American style
in Scotchgard treated cotton with maple
finish hardwood trim.
Sale $349 Reg. $399 Contemporary, with
nubby olefin upholstery
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Reg. $149; Button-tufted
accent chair in rayon velvet
with cotton back. Distressed
fruitwood finish on hard
wood frame; cane inset arms.
Sale $169
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upholstered in acrylic velvet
with rayon back. Distressed
fruitwood finish on hard
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$30 to $110 savings on mattress sets.
Posture Flex mattress has
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ging, give full-width comfort.
Thick layers of felt and two
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quilted to print cover.
Matching Posture Flex
foam foundation.
Sale 169.90 Reg. 199.90
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- DRUGS "TO INFAtftt
Misuse of drugs to treat infants
ippears to be on the upswing, an of
Idal of the Poison Control Center at
Duke University warns.
"We have been seeing alot more
nisuse of both prescribed and over-ihe-counter
drugs in infants during the
past few years, and there have been
jeveral fatalities," said Dr. Shirley
Dsterhout, a peditrician and clinical
director of the center. '
"We're not sure whether the prob
lem is actually increasing or we are
just observing the results of it more
often," she said. "Still, parents need
to be aware of the potential dangers
of treating infants with any kind of
medication." :
Noting that National Poison Pre
vention Week begins today (March
18), she said there are a number of
ways for parents to get information
about proper care of their children. :
Dr. Osterhout also said that proper
knowledge of drug action and
toxicity in children under two years
is more curcial than in any other age
group.
During an infant's first months, she
explained, drugs are absorbed signifi
cantly faster than in older children
and adults because digestion is more
rapid. Conversely, drugs are eliminated
more slowly in infants because organs
like the kidneys have not yet matured.
"Just because a mother can use a
drug safely with her four-year old, she
shouldn't assume that its safe for her
baby," Dr. Osterhout said.
She said over-the-counter medica
tions and home remedies are particu-.
larly hazardous for infants because
some parents feel it is all right to use
them without consulting their doctor
or other qualified medical personnel.
She cited aspirin, boric acid and
rubbing alcohol as examples.
In one case in which the Duke
Poison Control Center was consulted,
a healthy, two-week old boy had
been given children's aspirin every four
hours for three days because of coljjc
and crying. Collie is form of infant in
digestion often brought on by a
mother's tenseness. :
The child was taken to a doctor
when he became extremely lethargic.
He went into a coma and died while
the doctor was discussing treatment
with medical center staff.
In another case, Dr. Osterhout
said a two-week-old girl became the
youngest patient ever to have her
stomach pumped at Duke after her
parents treated her thrush with boric
acid. Thursh is a whitish-looking
fungal infection in infants' mouths.
Boric acid is an old-fashioned home
remedy for it.
"Boric acid is so dangerous that
most hospitals have literally outlawed
it," she said. "It shouldn't be used for
diaper rash or eye infections either
because mucous membranes will
readily absorb it."
Still another unsafe but not un
common practice is sponging a b
baby with rubbing alcohol to bring
down a fever. :
"The alcohol won't lower the
baby's termperature, but it can
depress his central nervous system,
bring on coma and kill him if he
breathes it long enough," she said.
"If a child's first fever goes over
101 degrees, a parent should cafl the
doctor," she added. If it's less than
that, it's not really necessary to do
anything, although a bath in tepid
water may make the baby ted
better. V
The Duke physician said she feel
parents have been brainwashed by
advertising to turn to drugs whenever
their infant has a problem, however
small, and to feel guilty when they
don't.
In her opinion, even powders and
oils are unnecessary "because babies
have the most beautiful skin in the
world." ' Mild soap, water and dry
clothing should prevent most skin
problems like diaper rash. '
Dr. Osterhout said parents should
take the initiative in finding out what
they can do safely when their child is
sick and who they should call when
their doctor is away.
Information on the safe use of as
pirin and acetaminophen (Tylenol)
for fever in infants will be forwarded
free to anyone who sends her a self
addressed, stamped envelope at Box
3007, Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, tin 27710.
In addition, she said the federal
government publishes an excellent
booklet entitled "Infact Care that
can be purchased for $ 1 .00. '
The publication number is 0 17-09 1-00178-2,
and the address is: Superin
tendent of Documents, UJS. 'Govern
ment Printing Office, Publications
Department, Washington, DJCJ, 20402.
Allow three to four weeks for delivery,
she said. '
Bobby Sips
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forged a check. There
were no warrants outstand
ing against Sims at the
time the officer stated.
Ater stopping Sims'
vehicle, Jordan said he
asked Sims' for an
operators license and told
him to go back to his
car.
Before going back to the
car, Sims' said he
questioned the officer as to
why he had been stopped,
and if he was under arrest.
The officer replied that
Sims was not under arrest,
but questioned him about
not contacting . Detective
PjPy both men "indicat-
After walking back to
the1 car as the officer in
structed, Sims ran, he
said, because he "ran out
of fear I had been hassled"
a few weeks before.
The officer, still in his
patrol car, pursued Sims' in
the car and parked between
the houses s on Canal St.
near Gurley.
PSO Jordan said he
chased Sims' around the
house, hollered "halt" and
Sims' reached under
his coat with both hands,
while running, and leaned
to his left side. Sims didn't
stop running, Jordan said,
adding that the man's left
hand came from undne
the coat and his right
hand reached further under
the coat. Fearing Sims' was.
reaching for a gun, Jor
dan said he pulled his
gun, fired a shot over the
man's head and again hol
lered, "I'll blow your
damn head off.
The account varied from
Sims' and Donald Mack,
who was shaving in a win
dow of his apartment aooss
the street from where the
incident occured.
Mack said Sims' didn't
reach under the coat. In
stead he said the officer
hollered "Halt! Don't you
know that I can shoot
you!" Sims had his
hand over his head when the
shot was fired, said Mack
and Sims. Mack testified
that he knew Sims before
the incident.
After he had stopped,
Sims said PSO Jordan
told him to lie on the
ground and he refused. That
account was contradicted
by Jordan.
Jordan said that Sims
refused to let PSO Smith
and Jordan handcuff him
and a struggle insued. Sims
said there was no resistance.
Another witness, Mrs.
Essie Green, and also Mack
testified they did not
see Sims' resist the officers!
However, Mack said mom
entarily during the epi
sode he took his eyes off
the struggle, to remove
a burning pot from the
kitchen stove.
Sims and Mrs. Green
testified that Sims was
beaten and kicked by
Jordan and Smith and
other officers.
After the incident, Jor
don said he found that
Sims had been residing
at the Wake Place for
more than 60 days,
and hadn't obtained a
North Carolina driver's
license. However, when
police officals were ques
tioned by the news media
following the incident, they
said Sims Georgia license
has expired.
Before Reed found Sims
guilty, Attorney Frank Bul
lock argued that both
charges should have been
dropped because Sims had
never been placed under
arrest and that Sims was
not a permanet resident of.
North Carolina. The
arrest, Bullock claimed, was
an illegal arrest and Sims
had the right to resist it and
to use force in resisting.
The District Attorney
said Jordan's actions were
reasonable, particularly his
pursuit of Sims during the
chase and Jordan's pulling
his revolver when the
thought Sims was reaching
under his coat for a gun.
Several blacks attending
the trail were critical of
Judge Reed's judgement.
Reed would not respond to
a reporter's questions about
the case.
Sims, upset over the con
viction, replied "he
railroaded me," referring to
Reed.
A judge has the authority
to issue a bench warrant if
he has reason to believe
from testimony that a crime
has been committed.
Attorney Bullock said
that chances of a judge
students will demonstrate
in Albany against SUNY
investments of more than
SS million in corporations
operating in South Africa.
Demonstrations for divest
ment will take place at Co
lumbia on April 2 and 10.
The week will culrniaat on
April 11 in a city-wide
protest at Citicorp head
quarters against
participation in loans to
South Africa totalling over
$1 billion.
Bryn Mawr, Harverford,
Temple, Swart hmore, and
the University of Pennsyl
vania will plan to hold
actions during the week. A
major city-wide picket of
Provident Bank of
Philadelphia will take
doing , Aatouldyija, .slinw place on April 6. Temple
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saying he didn't believe the
police officer. Juries and
judges try hard to believe
police officers, Blullock, a
former New York police
officer, said.
Nationwide
Continued from page 1
planned events tor the
week. A teach-in at Harvard
on April 11 will build
for a rally at the Harvard
Corporation meeting on
April 16.
Princeton and Rutgers
are among New Jersey
schools particpating in the
week of action. A student
strike and demonstration in
memory of Martin Luther
King and in support of
divestiture of Princeton's
South Africa-related
stockes is planned for April
4. Rutgers students will
picket their Board of Gov
ernors meeting on April
6.
In New York students at
Cornell, Colgate, Columbia,
New York University and
the State University of
New York (SUNY) cam
puses at Albany and
Binghampton will be pro
testing university ties to
apartheid. On April 3,
board of trustees meeting
on Apru Id to protest
South Africa-linked invest
ments. University of Penn
sylvania activists will be
demonstrating on both
April 6 and April 10.
Major events are
planed for many cities and
campuses in the midwest.
In Chicago a demonstration
will be held on April 7,
while educational activities
will take place throughout
the week at the University
of Chicago and Northwest
ern. Minneapolis activist have
organized a run on the
banks for April 7 to oppose
bank particpation in loans
to South Africa.
At Oberlin College an
open meeting and rally will
take place during a trustee
meeting on April 5.
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