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A man whose parents and brother were killed 29 years ago by murdering arsonists in North Carolina ran into a burning house early Thursday to save the life of his tenant. Henry T. Lowry, 46, of 253 Grote St. ifront.i. kicked in a door at a cottage behind his home and led Charles R. Salome, 51, a tenant on the second floor, to safety. Another tenant. Thorne S. Dominick, 73, wheeled himself to safety from his first-floor apartment in his wheelchair, to, ■which he has been cohtvned' since suffering a stroke. A son, Soy, 28, was not home. Lowry, a handyman and house remodeler, had built Dominick a ramp so that he could enter and leave the house on his own. Fire fighters responded to an alarm at 12:99 a.m. but found the occupants of the burning cottage outside, thanks t o Lowry. Fire officials said the blaze, which started from defective wiring in Domiiuck’s apart ment, caused $25,000 damage. Lowry doesn’t like to talk about the incident in the South that left his family dead. He related only that he was at work when robbers killed his parents and brothers and then set the house on fire in an ap parent att«npt to cover the crime. Lowry said his wife, Shirley, awakened him after hearing the elderly tenant yelling for help. Lowry looked outside and saw the rear cottage burning. He ran barefoot and in bis un derwear to the dwelliug as flames began shooting from the windows. Lowry said he yelled for Salome, rang his bell and pounded on his door, but got no response. “So I just'kicked the door in and got him,” the landlord said. Lowry ad(^ that his,, only fear was that Salome Would be trapped Upstairs'by the lire. The tenant, a veieran of. 30 ’ “ yeans with tie Navy, is em ployed with the CETA program at Veterans Administration Hospital. He is staging with a relative. This article Is reprinted from the Courier Express of Buffalo, New Yori(. give us a lot more prestige, more to shoot for.” Dr. Ashton P. Wiggs of Atlantic Christian, president of the conference, said. “We fee! very fortunate to have Pembroke State in the con ference. llKy have a good overall sports program which is compatible with the other schools, and their facilities are outstanding.” Pembroke D.P.W. Club plans Sept. Meeting The September meeting of the Pembroke Business and Professional Women’s Club will be held on Monday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m. at Maynor Manor with Ms. He len Sampson, Ms. Mollye Briley and Ms. Pazava Thomp son serving as hostesses for the meeting. Ms. Grace S. Epps, First Vice-President and Chair person of the Program Com mittee, has announced that Ms. Betsy Clark, Project Di rector for the North Carolina Commission on the Status of Womejn in Raleigh will be the guest speaker. The September program will focus on ‘‘State and National Legislation Af fecting the Status of Women.” Ms. Clark will be accompanied by Ms. Clara S. Bryant, Coordinator for Region N Council on Status of Women for Bladen, Hoke, Scotland and Robeson Counties. Local BPW Clubs and State Federations adopt and endorse (he National BPW Legislative Platform which includes sup port and endorsement of the constitutional amendment to ratify the Equal Rights Amend ment. Other statutory legisla tive action items include; (1) the implementation of the principles of the Equal Rights Amendment with particular emphasis on educational op portunities, employment op portunities, retirement, social security and survivor benefits, credit, insurance, and other financial transactions: (2) equ al treatment for married and single persons regarding in come tax rates; equitable tax deductions and exemptions for the care of dependents; (3) developmental child care cen ters; (4) provide greater politi cal freedom for governmental employees at all levels and at the same time strengthen protections against coercion and abuse of office; (5) equal humane conditions and avail ability of rehabilitative ser vices for females and males in prisons and other correctional facilities in an effort to return contributing persons to society (6) improved programs and care for the aged, the alcoholic the emotionally disturbed, the mentally and or physically handicapped, the drug abuser, and disadvantaged youth; (7) research and prevention of rape, treatment of rape victims and offenders regardless of age or sex and development of model sexual assault laws; (8) repeal of the earnings limita tion under the Socidl Security law; (9) extension of United States Coastal Limit to 200 miles wherever geographically feasibly, and (10) conserve, protect, and improve the qua lity of all our natural resour- Yearand support of legislation on those items which are in agreement with National BPW Federation objectives. BPW Clubs and organiza tions also support measures within the framework of the Constitution of the United States that promote peace and strengthen national security and make more effective the United Nations and other such international organizations of which the United States is a participant, without relinquish ment of our basic freedoms, the United States ratification of the United Nations Conven tion on the Political Rights of Women, and the World Plan of Action adopted by the dele gates to the World Conference for International Women’s The Pembroke BPW club has been active in writing and contacting State legislators regarding the ratification of the equal Rights Amendment and under the leadership and guidance of the Chairperson of the Legislative Committee, Ms. Bertha M. Chavis, the club will actively seek the support and endorsement of incumbent and newly- elected legislators. The Program and Legislative Committees will design a ‘‘Meet the Candi dates” program on October 19 which will provide citizens an opportunity to meet and dis cuss the issues with local and state candidates. The program will be CO- sponsored by the Pembroke BPW Club and the Pembroke Jaycees and will be held at the Pembroke Jaycee Clubhouse. Woman of the Year Award will be presented. Guest Speaker for this occasion will be Mrs. Tennala Gross, President of the North Carolina Women’s Political Caucus from Green ville, NC. THE CAItOUNA INDIAN VOICE print shop CAU 521-2826 During National Business Women’s Week, October 17- 23, the Pembroke BPW CLub will host a Business Women’s Dinner on Monday, October 18th at Maynor Man or. The program will be entitled ‘‘A Salute to Women” ai which time the annual ii SEEK&FIND^ ADVERTISING TERMS D A Y A C C 0 R D C M A E L M P c R V T P A B L 0 L U A B E c N A A T T R N 0 D S R 0 N M T R L c Y T N E N 0 N V M U A P P Y E L 0 M 0 P E A V E Y S R N L A K M u U I I I D T £ R H S U V £ T H D Y R T P T T L Y 0 U T A c C 0 E G U S T A A A 0 A N M 1 M p A R T Y A N R c T M T M B G 0 A S C A M L C U F Y E G N 0 0 R Y M S U R H 0 A L P L D A E R C A P 0 A E T 0 C p R M 0 A 0 A S T L P R G R M V c 0 A T C Y H Q E E D M C L I V E A s G N c 0 u 0 T R R M A E 0 E H B D R A 0 B T R 0 P R R C S H P L T L A N A D N E P N A K Instructions; nioaen worus ueiow appear rorwaro, nacK- ward, up, down or diagonally. Find each and box it in. Impact Promotion Layout Readership Market Survey Presentation Theme Account Campaign Client Copy ELON rOLLEGE- Pern- broke State University joined the Carolinas Confer ence here Wednesday. The university's applica tion for memtMrship was approved by the confer ence’s executive committee during a session of the member schools' fall meet- “Many of our schools already compete with Pem broke State in athletics,” added Dr. Clyde H. Robert son of Pfeiffer, the confer ence commissioner, “And it seems logical to us for them to be part of the conference and compete for its champi onships. Gane emphasized that the door is still open to the possibility of Pembroke Statt competing for the conterence’s winter sports championships—specifically,, basketball— this year. “We already have two games scheduled with Cat awba. Guilford and Atlantic Christian,” he noted. mg. Other members of the conference are Atlantic Christian, Catawba, Elon, Guilford, High Point and Pfeiffer. All are Nc»th Caro lina schools. Conference and Pembroke State (^ficials said the ac tion is effective immediate ly, although Pembroke State will not compete for confer ence championships in fall sports until 1977 and may not compete in winter sports this year either. The university will com pete in all spring sports this school year, however. Lacey Gane, athletic di rector at Pembroke State for 12 years and an active campaigns for the univer sity's membership in the Carolinas Conference for three years, called Wednes day ”a great day fev’ Pem broke State athletics. “That’s not enough, and we would have to count some other games as conference games in order to partici pate in the post-season tournam«it. "The conference's basket ball committee is going to be working on that, and so are we. We have hopes of ironing something out,” Gane added. Gane said Pembroke State will continue its joint affiliation with Division II of the National Collegiate Ath letics Association (NCAA) and District 29 of the Nation al Association of Intercolle giate Athletics (NAIA). "As an independent, re cruiting— everything—has been difficult." said Gane. “We’re no Notre Dame or Penn State. This is going to
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