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Hooks: He was misquot
NEW YORK ? NAACP Executive Director Benjamin
Hooks termed inaccurate a statement attributed to him in
a Charleston Daily Mail article that Ronald Reagan will
be re-elected. The story was picked up and also run in
USA Today Feb. 21. ^
The Daily Mail article quoted Hooks as saying,
"Ronald Reagan is dangerous to the well-being of black
people across the USA but will win the 1984 presidential
election nonetheless."
Hooks said the emphasis of the interview was on the
difficulty of defeating Reagan in November, and said his
actual statement WaTthe following: "Ronald Reagan is
dangerous to the well-being of black people across the
USA. It will be difficult to beat him, but it can be done."
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CHARLOTTE -- Rep. Steve Neal, D-N.C., said
recently that the Reagan administration's cutoff of Social
Security disability benefits for more^ than 300,000
Americans is "a callous disregard for fairness and decency."
Neal made the charge before the Governor's Disability
Review Commission, formed by Gov. Jim Hunt after
some 15,000 North Carolinians were cut from the federal
disability rolls. Eligibility for the benefits is determined at
the state level under federal guidelines.
Hunt has ordered that no more North Carolinians be
taken off the rolls until the review commission completes
a statewide series of hearings and reports its findings.
Federal Judge James McMillian of Charlotte has ruled
that the Department of Health and Human Services is
violating the law in denying disability claims and terminating
benefits.
Many disabled people were taken off the rolls not
because their conditions had improved, said Neal, but
because their multiple ailments did not fit neatly into
Subcommittee sees prot
WASHINGTON ? Citing a record of business failures
in 1983, Congressman Parren J. Mitchell, chairman of
the House Committee on Small Business, recently held a
hearing to assess the effects of the current economic
climate on small businesses.
Testimony from prominent businessmen and financial
experts was heard before the subcommittee on SBA and
SB1C Authority, Majority Enterprise and Small Business
Problems^
"The record number of small business failures over the
past three years is a clear sign that something has gone
seriously wrong with the state of the economy as it affects
small business," said Mitchell.
Fire Prevention
Spring cleaning et
BY THOMAS FLYNN
Syndicated Columnist
Jn many parts of the country, people are looking ahead
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to ine aecune or winter with glee and anticipation. You
lucky readers might want to act immediately on the advice
in this column.
In other parts of the country, people are sti'l looking
out at 12 feet of snow. You poor souls might want to hold
off a little longer before you perform the annual ritual
this column suggests: spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning is more than a cosmetic response to the
accumulated debris of four months of winter living. It
can be a smart investment in your family's safety because
that accumulated debris doesn't just look bad; most of it
burns.
Now's the time to get rid of miscellaneous paper products.
Throw out those old Christmas boxes you don't
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ed in S.C. newspaper
On Hooks' opinion of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's
presidential campaign as published in the paper, Hooks
charged that the Daily Mail article was again in error.
Hooks was quoted as saying it would be fruitless for
his organization to push Jesse Jackson's presidential bid
because Jackson has no chance of winning.
Said Hooks: "In no way could I have said that. I
pointed out that for legal and traditional reasons we cannot
and will not endorse a political candidate or party."
Since Jackson announced his candidacy, Hooks said
the NAACP's position has been one of wishing Jackson
well. He said his organization would do nothing to impede
Jackson's campaign, which is bringing people
togeiner ana nas been valuable in inspiring black citizens
to register and vote.
y cutoffs 'callous'
"grids" Ssthbtfthed by the Department of Health and
Human Services.
"One man from my district suffered a mental disability,
a paralyzed left leg, a colostomy, an intestinal
balloon, arthritis and had a history of more than 15
operations," said Neal. "Another had been on disability
since 1967 and had muscle spasms, loss of bladder control
and partial paralysis from a gunshot wound to the
spine. Both were taken off the rolls."
Neal said one man from his district committed suicide
after his benefits were terminated by a review lasting less
than 10 minutes. The congressman also reported that
another of his constituents was found without heat and
with little food in the middle of a winter storm.
"Certainly, we all recognize the need for some reform
of the program," Neal said. "There were some on the
rolls who no longer required assistance. Congress approved
an orderly review of these disability cases, but it
never envisioned that 'reforms' would be so radically applied."
>lems of small businesses
He charged that massive.tax cuts and a rapid military
buildup will have doubled the national debt by 1985,
which will adversely affect small businesses.
''Small businesses are always the first to be crowded
out of the credit markets by chronic, negative economic
circumstances," said Mitchell. "Already, real interest
rates on short-term bank loans to small businesses are too
high, posing a serious threat to the survival of many small
businesses."
?Mitchell said businesses are paying" 12-IS" percent cm
short-term loans. With an inflation rate of about 4 percent,
small businesses are paying about three times the
average real interest rates paid over the post-World Wat
II period, he said.
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murium sujviy
know what to do with, lest they invite spontaneous combustion.
If you save newspapers, haul them off to the
recycling plant -- or call the Boy Scouts, who may be happy
to come take your papers away so they can haul them
off to the recycling plant.
Inspect closets and storage rooms for unneeded paper
and cardboard. Find and dispose of flammable rags. The
cloths you've used to shine your sf^es and to clean up
after fueling the snowblower will probably burn like
Liberty's torch by now -- so get rid of them.
Winter appliances, from snowblowers to space heaters,
will be going out of use in a few weeks.. Don't just put
them away for next year. Electrical appliances should be
inspected by a competent repairman, while your
snowblower should be tuned up, adjusted and drained of
fuel by the dealer or a skilled repairman.
Please see page A11
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Crime Prevention
Female robs elderly
The following "Crime Box Score" is designed to keep
you abreast of criminal activity in your community dur- clc
ing the past week and to help you protect your family and nil
property from crime. cei
Armed Robbery
4200 block, Rosa Street a 1
When the elderly complainant answered the door, a
black female suspect entered, placed a knife against the *
complainant's throat and took his money.
, *1200 block, Dunleith Avenue su:
The suspect entered the complainant's house and ho
demanded money. When the complainant refused, the su:
suspect pulled out a knife and demanded money again, lai
The complainant and a witness recognized the suspect,
who is now in the county jail.
Strong-Armed Robbery thi
500 block, Trade Street tal
Three black males forced the complainant behind the .
Main Post Office where he was assaulted and robbed of
his money. No further description was available. tic
1400 block, Cleveland Avenue
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money. The suspects are described as 5-7 to 6-foot black
males in their mid-2C?.
Siorebreaking
200 block, West Sixth Street Several
handguns were stolen.
2300 block, North Patterson Avenue
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3700 block, North Patterson Avenue
Several hundred cartons of cigarettes, some metal and
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Housebreaking
700 block, Alexander Street
A neighbor called the police when she observed two
spects breaking into a house. The suspects ran from the
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spects were lost in the the darkness. A stereo and two
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1100 block, East 19th Street
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1500 block, Pittsburgh Court
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Larceny
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2200 block, Peachtree Street
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