;1 V' wSkifcLx . ?^sSl ^1 " -~?w i > r^c^M mK^' J|fl - ' -^ 4^ I ir>m SSte v m ^^H^BP1 Mi % m H ' W..:i 4ii - \i 9 M|?JPB ||tf|T Ipf 'flWM^ m, \ M Ejgtil HJ brv^vl ! ? ?MEWS DIGEST? National, state and local new Creator Of Game Sues BALTIMORE - A game inventor filed suit against the NAACP and the National Organization for Women recently, saying that they conspired with the government to blacklist his spoof of the welfare system.~ Robert Bowie Johnson Jr. of Severna Park, Md.f is seeking $13 million in damages in the federal suit filed in U.S. District Court under the Civil Rights Act. Johnson maintains that NOW and the NAACP conspired with government welfare workers to prevent the sale of the board game which he and partner Robert Pramschufer invented in 1980": The game is called "Public Assistance - Why Bother Working For A Living?" Omega Pledge Dies Ero NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A fraternity party ended in the death of a 20-year-old pledge more than a week ago during part of initiation ceremonies. Officials reported **emptv whiskey bottles all over the house" and said the dead student's blood alcohol content was five times the t i legal imoxication level. Van L. Watts, a junior engineering major at Tennessee State University, died from an overdose of alcohol, said : Dr. Charles Harlan, Davidson County medical examiner. 4'He died from drinking too much alcohol in too short a period of time," said Harlan, who estimated that it Local Man Joins Staff < i ?> WINSTON-SALEM - William Shedrick Adams of 3?L6 Sawyer St. has been hired as a staff assistant in the Winston-Salem office of Democratic Congressman Steve Neal. Adams, 44, fills a vacancy created Oct. 22 by the death of the Rev. James. L.E. Hunt, a longtime Neal assistant. Before joining the Neal staff, Adams served for five years as an intake officer in the N.C. Department of Pro bation and Parole. He also was coordinator of WinstonSalem's summer youth employment programs for two years and served briefly as a psycho-social clinician with Fire Prevention Enjoy Fire-Safe C By THOMAS FLYNN Syndicated Columnist Deck the halls with boughs of holly - but only if it's flame retardant. That's the message of a growing movement for safety and sanity in the way Americans decorate their homes for the holidays. Here are fire-wise tips for displaying yotir family tree this season. If you plan to use a live tree, remember that you're inviting a highly flammable object into your home and take special precautions. When buying a real tree, insist on a recently cut, fresh specimen. Trees with brown, shedding needles can be rejected at once. If a tree looks green and healthy, take a long needle and bend it between your thumb and forefinger. If it snaps, the tree is too dry. Look for one with needles that bend and spring back. Use a tree stand that supports the trunk in water ? and keep the water level up with daily inspection and topping off. Never mind how early in the season it is; if a tree turns brown and starts to lose needles, it's time to get rid of it. That brown color means the tree is drying out and could be easily ignited by the heat of the lights. It's because of problems like this that more aod more Americans switch to artificial trees each year. But these . 1 . i, 1983 >s briefs compiled by John Slade NAACP And iJOW The NAACP and NOW have called the game "racist and sexist." The game satirizes the welfare system, portraying recipients as lazy and dishonest and living off the labor of hard-working taxpayers. Johnson says that a welfare lobbying group, the American Public Welfare Association, urged welfare agencies across the country to work with the NAACP and NOW to-14remove the game from the marketplace." Johnson said he has a right to sell the game free from government interference. Last month, he and Pramschufer went to the Supreme Court to argue against a New York official who urged stores not to sell the game. The coujrt refused to hear the case. m Tan Mnrh AlrnHnl ? - A V?W4A A AAVX/AtV/1 I >4l^ ffijj I 1 I > ? **: . ... % *as i I // ? r would take 26 shots of 100-proof alcohol for a 150-pound man to reach Watts' blood alcohol content of 0.52. A level of 0.1 is considered legally drunk in Tennessee. Police ruled the death accidental, said Homicide Capt. Sherman Nickens. University and Omega Psi Phi fraternity officials denied that Watts' death resulted from hazing, which is -outlawed by Tennessee State. The fraternity was banned" from the campus five years ago for a hazing incident, but was reinstated two years ago. Of Rep. Steve Neal the Forsyth County Mental Health Department. At the time of his appointment by Neal, Adams was serving his second term as second vice chairman of the Forsyth County Democratic Executive Committee. He resigned that position to join Neal's staff. A native of Winston-Salem, Adams is a member of First Baptist Church on Highland Avenue. He is married to theformer Virginia Watson-of Durham and is-ft-faculty member and doctoral candidate at Winston-Salem State University. Christmas Trees trees, too, require common-sense precautions. Some people prefer the silvery, alumnium trees. Keep in mind that these metal trees are electrically conductive, so do not decorate them with any electrical product, whether a string of lights or an electronic singing ornament. The metal can cause a short and a fire - or simply become "hot" and deliver a nasty shock to unsuspecting people. Light an aluminum tree with a detached color wheel. Green artificial trees can be lit like real trees but use caution before decorating with large conventional C9 or CIVi bulbs. Very old artificial trees and some of the newer, soft-needle types cannot endure the heat of these bulbs and will melt and exude an unpleasant odor in the vicinity of the bulbs. Miniature lights of all descriptions are available for these trees; one can also switch to new, cool burning, energy saving bulbs in the traditional C9 or CIVi sizes. Never use candles or open flames on an artificial tree, as many plastics give off toxic gases when burned, It's .also a good idea not to leave lights on for long periods when no one is at home. Whatever kind of tree you use, the possibility of light failure and consequent electrical Please see page A 5 f i Crime Peventlon Buildings At Fail The following "Crime Box Score" is designed to ke you abreast of criminal activity in your community dt ing the past week and to help you protect your family a property from crime. Storebreaking 400 block, West 27th Street Several buildings on the Dixie Classic Fairgroun were broken into and vandalized and money was tak from drink machines. 100 block, New Walkertown Road Money was taken from video game machines, as w as additional money and a single-shot shotgun. 1000 block, North Chestnut Street Furniture was taken from a warehouse. Though < ficers located and returned three love chests to the own* the business was broken into again later in the week. O person was arrested. . *600 block, Alexander Street A Stuart drum set and one amplifier were taken fron church. 700 hic\cV Fact *>lth Q?r~# Blankets were taken from a warehouse. 1100 block, Manly Street A church was vandalized as intruders attempted steal a sound system. Nothing was taken. 3 3100 block, Bowen Boulevard Four hundred cartons of cigarettes, 22 Timex watch and three radios were taken. ATTENTION PUBLIC SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE SPEAKING - ? TOO BUSY TO PREPARE SPEECHES ROPERLYFOR DELIVERY? 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