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Congressman-elect Stephen
L. Neal (5th-District) vowed
recently to put the concerns of
his contituents above all else.
Neals business office here is
already receiving correspon?
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aence irom peopie presenting
problems.
"Although I have not yet
qjffr assumed office," Neal said."!
am happy to receive"" these
inquiries from citizens of the
district." In addition, "It is
my intention to provide a
contituent service second to
none in the Congress.
Although I do not yet have
staff to handle casework, I'll
help with any problem I'm
able to handle."
Although Neat's post-election
schedule is more
demanding than that of his
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Of Flim-Fl
You've read about "flimflam"
artists.
They're smooth-talking individuals
who try to convince
you that you can make a lot of
money quickly, just by putting
up some of your own money in
advance.
But when you take your
money out of the bank and
turn it over to the stranger,
it's gone. And so is the
stranger.
Occasionally a flim-flam
artist even claims to be a bank
officer who is trying to catch a
"dishonest- employee". The
approach is a little different
but the result is the same
Once the money is turned ove'
to the stranger, that's the las
9 that is seen of either. Don't b<
a flim-flam victim. If anyorn
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victorios campaign, he declares
that he likes it that way.
Neal is in Washington this
week for an orientation
session for freshmen congressmen.
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Democratic "mini-conventionl'
Friday through Sunday.
At liis business office here.
Neal has been flooded with
several Hundred applications
for staff jobs and a steady
stream of telephone calls and
visits from well-wishers. Add
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to that _the time-consuming
task of learning ?to?be a
congressman, plus overseeing
the business affairs of the four
small corporations he heads,
and it's easy to understand
that Steve Neal is a busy man.
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re Warned
am Artists ?
you don't know asks you to use
your money in any unusual
way, call a bank officer
immediately.
Just ask for any bank officer
you know personally. Give him
the full details.
Your quick action might
catch a crook...and protect
your money at the same time.
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"Obviously, there are many
things 1 need to learn before
taking my seat in the 94th
Congress,'" Neal said. "A
knowledge of protocol and
procedure is essential to
efficiency. More important, 1
must" "keep abreast of issues
and seek solutions to pressing
national problems. All these
things require long hours of
study."
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Meat cutters who were
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piCKeung stores in tne
Winston-Salem area and
throughout the state last week
will probably be back on the
job for Saturday's shoppers.
The meat cutters have
accepted a plan that will
significantly .increase their
salaries over the next two
years.
It was reported that
members of the local 525,
Meat, Food, & Allied
Workers' Union, AMC & BW
of NA, AFL-CIO considered
the move a positive accomplishment.
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Local meat cutters had
picketed Big Star Food Store
in Northside Shopping Center
here last week and vowed to
"break this company from
ripping off North Carolinians."
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Unemployment claims in
the Winston-Salem - area in
Nov. soared to six times that
of last May and were three
times greater than those of a
year ago, according to Grover
C. Teeter, Jr., manager of the
Employment Security Commission
(ESC) here.
Teeter said the amount of
claims paid out in November
of this year totalled $325,000.
The amount paid out a year
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increase, however, is due
partiaHy because of a bill
passed in October that raised
the maximum amount of
benefits to $90 per week as
opposed to $68.
The Winston-Salem branch
of the ESC placed 100 fewer
workers in jobs last month
than in October. They placed
270 in jobs in Nov. "That's
good considering the state of
~~ithe economy," Teeter said in
a recent interview. "It should
remain there unless things
really get tough."
Teeter said there have been
no "big" lay-offs in the area
(Davie, Forsyth, Yadkin and
Stokes counties) and he
doens't look for it to happen.
"But the major companies
that are not laying off," he
said, "are not hiring either."
What that does is to cause a
gradual swelling of the
unemployment ranks. Right
now there are twice as many
jdb seekers as there normally
are for this time of year.
Teeter expects, too, that
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with the arrival of the seasonal
tobacco worker things will get
a little tighter: ?
"There are 2.500 to 3,000
seasonal tobacco workers.
When that time is over,
one-half will stay and look for
work. That ususally swells the 4 '
unemployment ranks by 1 '/i to
2 per cent. When they come
out it makes the problem ?
worse."}
There is a bit of good news . ^
to be found amidst all the bad,
however. Winston-Salem received
approximately
$114,000 a week ago through
the manpower roil noil tn
provide jobs in the public
sector. Teeter expects this .
type of assistance to increase.
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/Aiiuuicr pussiuuity ui?*i may
ease things some is the city's ,
attempt to attract new
industry to the area.
The ESC, however, is taking
direct action .to thwart' the
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unemployment problem:
"We're intensifying contacts
with employers to show .
openings. We are also capable
of providing assistance_ to .
employers with on-the-job
training; expanding facilities
into rural areas we're serving;
and we've hired extra people
ourselves to handle the extra
workload."
No one knows, not even
economists, what will happen
in the near future. But it is
generally agreed that even if
things were corrected today, it
would be some time before
anyone could feel the effects.
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