Margaret Morton, member of the Performing Arts Guild
Ensemble, protested the Oct. 17 return ta prison of the
Charlotte 3. A march calling for their release will be held
Dec. 15. (photo by Eileen Hanson).
December 15 .
Candlelight March
Set For Charlotte 3
by Eileen Hanson
Special To The Poet
Supportera of the Wilming
ton 10 and Charlotte 3 will hold
a candlelight march in down
town Charlotte on Fri., Dec.
15. The march is scheduled to
begin at 5:30 pjn. at the Main
Library and proceed down
Tryon to the square for a rally
at NCNB Plaza.
Sponsored by People United
for Justice, the march will be
a public appeal to Gov. James
Hunt to take action on the two
cases before Christmas. The
— human righto organization is
calling for pardons of inno
cence for the 13 civil rights
activists. Traditionally the
Governor grants pardons be
fore the holiday.
The Wilmington 10 are 9
black men and one white
woman convicted in the 1971
Ire bombing of a Wilmington
grocery store during civil
rights protests in the port city.
All but the Rev. Ben Chavis
have been paroled.
• The Charlotte 3 were convic
ted in the 1968 burning of the
Lazy Β stable in Charlotte and
are currently serving prison
sentence· of 19-2$ years.
ι D0 1WU cases nave auraci
ed national and International
protest because of perjured
testimony used to convict the
13 young people who had been
active In civil rights, labor and
anti-war activities in the late
1960's. Amnesty International,
a human rights organization,
designated both groups as
"prisoners of conscience."
Last iQonth, the Charlotte
City Council adopted a resolut
ion calling on Gov. Hunt to
review the cases and comm
ute the sentences of the Char
lotte 3.
A year ago the Governor
reduced the sentences of the
Wilmington 10, making all but
Chavis eligible for parole
within one year. Supporters ai
the 10, however, think the
defendants were framed and
thus are demanding a full
pardon of innocence
, Marchers are encouraged to
bring signs and a candle to the
Dec. 15 rally.
The Wilmington 10 Defense
Committee is selling Christ
mas cards to raise money for
theij· work. Each card has a
message from the Rev. Ben
Chavie, Cards are (2,50 for a
package of 10, and may be
obtained from the Committee
at 3234 Banbury Drive in
Charlotte, or by calling
JWMW21 or 334-2728.
WBT Radio
> Makes Fun Bus
Available
WBT-radio is making its
Fun Bus available to the Soc
ial Services Department dur
ing the bus strike to help
persons in need of food stamp.
The bus will travel to the
Civic Center, Social Services
and Foodstampe office at the
following times:
8:45-9:15 a.m. loading at the
Civic Center on the E. Trade -
St. side.
9:15-9:30 a.m.-leave Civic
Center-arrive at Foodstampe
office.
9:45-10:00 a.m.-leave Food
stamps office-arrive at Social
Services.
10:30-10:45 a.m.-leave Social
Services-arrive at Food
stamps office.
11:15-11:30 a.m.-leave Food
stamps office-arrive at Civic
Center.
12:15-12:30 p.m.-leave Civic
Center-arrive at Foodstampe
office.
12:45-1:00 p.m.-leave Food
stamps office-arrive at Social
Services.
2:00-2:15 p.m.-leave Social
Services-arrive at Food
stamps office
2:30 p.m.-leave Foodstampe
office, return to Civic Center.
For additional infomation,
contact Social Services at
374-3256.
Cites Potential Damage
Researcher Urges More Caution In Usine Amohetamines
By Selby Bateman
UNC-G News Bureau
( First of Two Articles )
GREFJNSBORO-Six-year
old Jimmy starts each school
day with a good breakfast, a
hug from mom and dad, and a
dose of what is commonly
called 'speed'--ampheta
mines.
The daily drug dose, adrnini
stered by his parents, started
shortly after Jimmy reached
the first grade. At that time
the excitability, impulsive
ness, and overactivity thai
Jimmy had been exhibiting ai
home seemed to intensify dur
ing the school day.
He couldn't stay in his seat
he would speak out of turn ir
an overly loud voice, and he
simply couldn't concentraU
on what the class was study
ing.
Finally, after consultation·
among his parents, teacher
school psychologist, and pedi
atrician, Jimmy began taking
a prescribed quantity4 oi
amphetamines every day. The
effects were startling: Jimmy
paid attention, stayed in his
seat, stopped shouting, and
actually seemed to concen
trate on what was happening
in class.
For the first time in several
years, Jimmy's parents felt a
sense of optimism about their
son's behavior. And his teach
er heaved a sigh of relief as
her classroom returned to
normal.
But that's not the end of the
story.
Although Jimmy and thou
sands of other so-caUed hype
> ractive children across the
nation are given those .stimu
lant drugs under medical sup
ervision, some researchers to
day fear that such therapy
may be potentially damaging
and, in some cases, unneces
sary.
"These stimulant drugs
have the effect of speeding up
the heart rate, increasing
sweat gland activity, and
stimulating brain waves,"
said Or. Lynne Y. Koester, an
assistant professor of child
development at the University
of North Carolinr. at Greens
boro.
"This raises the whole
question of how long the child
ren are on the drug and the
amounts they are given. And
often these children are diag
nosed as soon as they hit the
public schools," she said.
Dr. Koester, a researcher
who has also worked with and
taught pre-school, third,
seventh, and eighth grade
children, is among those re
searchers who are concerned
over this widespread use of
stimulant drugs " tio coiitttl
hyperactive children. She has
presented professional papers
before the American Psycho
logical Association on such
subjects as psychophysiologi
cal characteristics of first
graders; sex similarities in
children's activity, attention,
and arousal; and related re
search topics.
The specter of so many
children being given stimulant
drugs on a daily basis, often
from age six all the way to 10
or 11 years of age, is an
unsettling one for researchers
such as Dr. Koester.
"In terms of the potential
negative side effects there are
very few studies and this is
one reason I feel we need to be
more cautious about the wide
spread use of the drugs," she
commented. "There are all
kinds of laws prohibiting the
use of amphetamines by
adults. It seems to be a double
•standard." '
In some cases, especially
where à child has hèMt Incor
rectly labeled hyperactive,,
the drug therapy may be an
unnecessary solution, she
said.
"And I'm afraid that some
times parents and teachers
see this as the only way they
can cope with the child's|
behavior so they may encour- '
age the drug's use more than
is actually necessary," caut
ioned Dr. Koester.
"In seeking alternatives. I
think we need to look at
whether we can provide the
stimulation these children
need through the environ
ments that they are in rather
than through drugs."
Hyperactivity has become a
commonly used label applied
to many children who exhibit
a wide range of behavior
problems such as excitability,
distractibility, impulsiveness,
and overactivity, noted Dr.
Koester. And many times,
that behavior is first noticed
or becomes more noticeable in
thé BcfKftt envtTDiunwit, she
added.
For years it was assumed
that hyperactive^ children
were driven internally, little
dynamos of undirected energy
sparked by an overactive in
ternal system.
"But what has fairly recent
re» determined is that the
opposite is, in (act. true." said
Dr. Koester. These children
are actually under-aroused in
ternally. They are slower in
their physiological processes
and they are not as responsive
to incoming stimuli."
But, Dr. Koester, who is
currently studying the physio
logical origins of hyperactiv
ity in infants, feels that
researchers need to examine
more doeely both the short
and long term effects of such
drug therapy.
"We are seeking currently
not so much an increase in the
numbers of children who are
hyperactive, but an increased
awareness of the problem,"
-eh» said. "There is more
publicity about it and I think
the danger here is that the
term gets used very looeely . "
( In the second and concluding
parts of this series, Dr. Koest
er will discuss guidelines for
parents and teachers working
with children labeled as
hyperactive).
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