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? Winston-Salem refused
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Washington -- Fifth
District Rep. Steve- NeaL <
said recently the Postal \
Service proposal to do |
away with Saturday home *
mail delivery would be a
serious policy mistake. ? i
"What we need from H
the Postal Service is better I
?-service and more efficient?<
cy, not less service at a I
higher price," Neal said. <
"Therefore,! have co- I
sponsored legislation i
which would prohibit the ]
Postal Service from mak- ]
ing the cutback." j
Actually, Neal said, the <
proposed reduction would i
save very little money, <
while placing a burden on
millions of Americans who !
rety?on?Saturday ' mall <
d*Hv^ry <
"Of course, cutting out 1
one day of mail delivery \
would reduce expenses. <
??But using that logic, it t
would make sense to stop 1
all mail deliveries.-The c
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point is mai ine rostai I
Service is just that -- a~^r
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Warning to motorists: The
cyclist to the streets and 3(
Credit Ci
In this country today, r
some 370 million credit s
card accounts are in use. t
That figure includes credit f
cards issued by retail c
stores, banks, oil com- c
panies and finally, those
cards used for travel and
entertainment purposes.
The Better Business t
Bureau advises that the u
wise use of credit cards c
can enable consumers to q
eniov the use of a Droduct
while earning the money F
to pay for it. However, r
credit always costs mo
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ratcher
orter
funny to Thomas Person
hen the magistrates of
to marry them on the
k and she is white,
e legally blind.
Z. Lewter and Harold
d neither, apparently, is
*rohibit
&~Cutbacks~
service ? and curtailing
Dperations is not the
proper way to deal with
postal deficits," Neal
said.
The House Post Office
Mid Civil Service Commit*
;ee estimates^the elimina;ion
of Saturday mail
delivery-would ^ave less
;han one cent on the cost
)f first class stamp, and
;hat saving would not
materialize for about two
years. Recognizing that,
Postmaster General Benamin
Bailar has announced
that he also will ask for
i three-cent raise in first
:lass postage.
Neal said elimination of
Saturday home mail
delivery would be especially
hard on small
businesses and rural
people. Also, it would
overburden carriers with
ihree day9 of mail our
Mondays ancf probably
;ause a one-day delay in
irst-of-the-week delive'ies.
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Cyclis
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summer brings more
$ were killed in 1976.
irds: An s
ley; you pay more for
tomething if you buy it on
ime, rather than pay cash
or it. The consumer must
lecide if it is worth it to
lelay the payment.
Common Sense
O 1 '
credit lips
Before you decide to
>uy anything on time
ising your credit card,
onsider the following
[uestions:
Can you make the
ayments out of your
egular income?
Have you any credit or
? ~ ?? ?y
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Saturday June 4, J 977
Neither fl
justice, in Forsyth County.
A few weeks ago, when Thomas Pt
Carol Ftgueroa applied for a marring*
they were warned by a clerk that
magistrates would not perform the c
even though the couple had a legal lie
They- consulted attorney Ervin Brov
Legal Aid Society, who accompanied the
^ Sura enough. the mi
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cash reserve to cover an Fair Credit E
unexpected illness, acci- It used to
dent or loss of job? customer who ]
Are you willing to give pay cash rathei
up pari of your regular credit card v
income, for a number of undue disadva
months, for the sake of the merchants wfr
credit purchase? "third-party"
*How far is your credit (bank or trave
already extended? Some examP^e) P*id
credit experts say that for carc* firms
most people, no more than PGrc?ntage 01
15% of your income ? ?ac t"T'e 0^u*
after taxes and excluding hls Jcard* The
mortgage payments - costa i
should be tied up in time mto account
payments. See Credit
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- This little tot found some fun on the
desperately to catch some of his feathered
scheduled for the mall to stimulate intei
its Killed L
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Bicycle Program Hopes
Rfllpiah -- NJr?rfK? f a rn_ maano nf trc
Una Department of Trans- rather than
portation (NCDOT) fi- pleasure,
gures show that the
State's record for bicycle
accidents and deaths is a jn an effor
reason for concern, ac- hirvrlino^ QnfAr
cording to Curtis Yates, more enjoyable
Bicycle Coordinator. Bicycle Progra
available to tfc
Last year, there were
over 1,000 bicycle/auto- '
mobile accidents. As~ a ser^es Pam
result, 36 cyclists were detaile<
killed " narratives des
commended b
from Murphy
Twelve of the bike
deaths involved adults. In Yates comm
many of these cases "Although n<
cyclists were riding as a where motor v
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refused to marry the c
>rgpn and personal rftlionoiTa rnnvirti
3 license, Brown is still a bit 8
"the two incident. "We thought tfc
eremony, says, referring to
:ense. ? discrimination." Those ca
m of the-~~school, but students mc
couple to oddities of legal history agieitret^^
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downtown mall recently as he tried
I playmate?. Several concerts have been
rest.
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t to Curb Accidents
insportation bicycles mix will ever be
just for totally safe, there are
many existing roads of the
extensive primary and
secondary highway system
in the State unknown
t to make ^ majorjty of North
Carolinians. The routes
?, NCDOT s are relatively safe for m
nT,haS bicycling due to their low
le public a traffjc volumes and good"
roadway conditions."
phlets cond
maps and The . * Mountains to
cribing re- Sea" pamphlets are
>ike routes available by contacting
to Manteo. Curtis Yates, Bicycle
Coordinator, Department
lented that, of Transportation, P.O.
0 roadway Box 25201, Raleigh, North
ehicles and Carolina 27611.
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credit cards \y
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were taken
when the little carde are a ti
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cases *>f outright ^
ses are covered in law i*
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Shelter 1
For Batt
by Sharyn Bratcher
y Staff Reporter
Gail Beerman's eyes
flash as she recalls asking
a doctor at BaptistHospital
for help in a
program for battered
women, only to have him
laugh and s^y: "That's
how I keep my wife in
line/' It isn't a jok^yto
Mrs. Beerman, co-ordinator
of the Council on the
Status of Women, and it
isn't funny to the
approximately 30 women
a month who are beaten
by their husbands or
Jx>yfriends
'' Wife-battering" is a
serious problem. It's the
second highest unreported
crime, and it happens
three Times as often as
rape.
Why isn't it reported?
__/Women donl take
their husbands to court
because they are terrified,"
says Mrs. Beerman.
They?have good I
reason to be. The law, |
says ivirs. is nui <
very helpful. If a woman
charges her husband with
battery, he will be
charged, jailed, and out
on bail within a few hours.
After which he will
probably go home and
beat her even more
violently for having him
arrested.
The only way to break
the fear cycle is to offer
women a chance to get
away from the wife-beater,
so they can report him without
endangering
themselves or their children.
At the present time,
there is no place to go, but
the task force of Women ?
in Crisis, started by the
Council on the Status of
Women, is working on it.
Pepcv MatthewiL.
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Chairperson of the task
force, wants to establish a
shelter for battered women,
a place where
women can get away from
immediate danger, and
also receive legal assis- v
tance, counseling, and e
financial aid, until she can t
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wite ot Hugh N. Smith, Sr. (
Some of the guest i
speakers were: Rev. John
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remendous aid when used
lie when used excessively.
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Suddenly in 1977, Ervin Br
[i-ald~-f ashionecL H i scriminati
on still exists, -he-points out,
lasked under other excuses
ickle in a lawsuit. Nobody is I
t this case. The magistrates r
larriage on the grounds of r
oing to do about it?
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Badly Nt
ered Wot
decide what to do.
"This is NOT just a
low-income problem,"
Mrs. Beerman points out.
More wife-battering cases
areTeported among lower
income families, but that ;
is because higher income 1
womeg are very concerned
with status, public
opinion, and loss of
support. "After all," says
Mrs. Beerman, "If the
husband goes to jail or
loses business because of
the scandal, the wife and
children will also suffer
economically." It's a
complex problem; there
-aren't any easy answers"
but there is more at stake-1
than just money.
"Wiierfe- there i? a
battered wife there are
also battered children.''
she warns. The safety of
Vfrs. Ella B. TUlman and B
Dinner He
A
Retire Fro
A retirement dinner I
/as held on Friday C
vening at 7:00 p.m. in r
hp frlpnn -Tr HiorK I
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Cafeteria, honoring Mrs. r
Lilla Belle Tillman and i
jer&ldine R. Sinitlrr-Tlifct?fe
adies will end their many 1
rears of teaching on June i
.5/ 1977. 1
Mrs. Tillman has given ?
orty years of her life to t
he teaching profession. (
She is the wife of ]
Talmadge C. Tillman, Sr., j
who is a retired principal j
ilso. !
1
Mrs. Smith has com- j
pleted 35 years of
educating the children of i
North Carolina. She is the ]
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IT W7*
its
own finds himself in
ion suit. Di^mminau S
but these days it is
, which you have to
being subtle about it
efuse to perform the
ace, and what is he
s, Pa?e 2 1
teded
nen
the children may depend
upon the wife's decision to
seek outside help.
What kind of man beats
woman r ACCUrumg (jj
psychologists who-have *
studied wife-battering
cases, the man has low
self-esteem, and a feeling
of powerlessness. He tries
to boost his ego by beating
his wife, because he feels
the world is beating him.
Often things are not going
well at work for the
wife-beater. Other factors
in the case are sometimes
alcoholism or a history of
abuse in the man's own
"childhood:
? It tocma to be a cycler^ ?
battered child grows up to
beat his own wife and
crhiitlren. Somebody;
somewhere, has to break
See Shelter, Page 2
Jjl
Atb. Geraldine Smith.
Id AsTwo
m Glenn
). Peterson, pastor of
}race United Presbyteian
, Church. Jay Wise,
'rincipal of Wiley Laboatory
School, C.J. Washington,
Principal of KerleisvUle
Jr. High School,
rma Gacison, supervisor
n Secondary Education
ror Winston-Salem/Foryjyth
County Schools, Dell
lohnson, Teacher at
31enn Jr. High School,
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams,
Former President of Winston
Salem State University,
and Denise Hartsfield,
graduate student at
\8tT State University.
Entertainment was provided
by the Faculty. Mr.
Robert Bost, Principal of
31enn Jr. High School
icted as Master of.
See Dinner, Page 2