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Hearings have been scheduled Subcommittee, of which I am Chairman, to review the opera tion of the 1964 Act for the Hos pitalization of the Mentally 111 in the District of Columbia. While the Federal Govern ment’s responsibility in this area of the law is limited to the Dis trict of Columbia, these hear ings will be in the nature of a national accounting of proced ures relating to the liberty and hospitalization of the mentally ill. The 1964 Act was a model code for the mental health pro cedures in this country. 1 am pleased that it resulted from the investigations and hearings conducted during my tenure as Chairman of this Senate Sub committee. Those investigations pointed up •some acute problems arising out <of the cumbersome laws and procedures surrounding the treatment of those suffering from mental illness. While our investigation disclosed some serious “due process” of law problems involving such persons in many states, its primary pur pose was to modernize proced ures to protect the medical and legal rights of the mentally ill who reside in the District of Columbia. ! A major source of the prob lem was found to lie in the prev alent attitude concerning mental illness. Most individuals suffer ing from this illness have been faced' with archaic laws based upon the popular conception that to admit to such an illness canted a social stigma which Vvas often impossible to erase Jjtt the community. Another major problem was that it was often impossible to gain admission to a public hos pital for treatment on a volun tary basis. On the other band, ! judicially ordered hospitaliza tion meant an automatic loss of the basic rights of a citizen. 'Under that system, the Dis trict of Columbia law assured the mentally ill but one right, the right to be forgotten. The subcommittee findings from those hearings -became the ba sis of a new law, Public Law 88-397, which was enacted on September 15,1964. Its passage represented a step forward for the civil liberties of these often forgotten individuals. Primarily, the 1964 Act was designed to encourage voluntary hospitalization to define and pro tect the rights of a patient once he was in the hospital; and to ensure, as far as legally possible, that no stigma was attached to the fact that he had been hospi talized for mental illness. Un der the Act the judicial finding Of a need for hospitalization was separated from the finding of legal incompetence. Thus Con gress recognized that mental ill ness does not necessarily mean that one lacks the ability to ex ercise -his rights. The law also' carefully defin ed for civil patients riich rights as 'communication privileges; visitation rights; the capacity to seek, release under certain con ditions; and more important, the right to medical treatment, and not just custodial care. Sufficient time has now elaps ed to see how well the Act is functioning here in Washington. We shall now attempt to discov er to what extent the constitu ipnal rights of the mentally ill, the prospective mentally ill, and their families are being respect' ed in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. I trust that these hearings will give a much need ed accounting upon this impor tant subject. Frosty Morn 'Helping to build a better Livestock Market for Eastern North Carolina" Top prices paid for |Hogs& Cattle Dail: No Commission . >»--V - No ‘sip i£ISJf£$tf 'M,. ,iy$ urn pi RrSiWi :-45S ' 3M Kinston Belatedly Named Safest City In N.C. for 1968 This week the belated acknow ledgement came from the state motor club that in 1968 Kinston was the safest town in the state for drivers and walkers. Kinston was the town with the largest motor vehicle regis tration to get through *68 with out a traffic death. Traffic officials have their fingers crossed, hoping the city will be as lucky for ’69. Some bitter “traffic expert” commented that traffic moved to slow in most areas of Kinston to kill anybody, hut police rec ognize that while speed is al ways a major contributor to the traffic death toll there are other hazards that also dsbn many lives each year. STEVENS IN PACIFIC Postal Clerk Third Class Wil bert L. Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stevens and husband of the former Miss Eliz abeth Swenson, all of 120 S. Orion St., Kinston, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Ram sey in the Western Pacific. DAVIS PROMOTED IN TURKEY Ronnie E. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davis of Route 2, Kinston, has been promoted to airman first class in the Air Force. Airman Davis is a radio operator with a Air Force support unit at Ihcirlik AB, Turkey. The airman, a grad uate. of North Lenoir High School, attended Brigham Young University. His wife, Denise, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hardy Jr., Route 3, La Grange. North Caroline i%S state rich in history. More th^n 1,000 high way markers designate the sites and Civil Wars or the birthplace of some' of the country’s great statesmen including three U. S. Presidents. . ' one is my proper cause,( ly to Be ne$ected,poa»fy done or ovedsae. . r . K „ , Wise pnming of trees and shrubs improves the general ap pearance and neatness of a home landscape By: maintaining, as nearly as possible, the, natural growth habits of the plants; cor recting' damage caused by acci Not Guih$$, Guilty, Appeal Last week in district court Edward McKeef of La Grange route 3 had' a> drunken dttvihg charge dismissed when the blood test' showed his alcoholic content tb be- just .03 per cent.. Then he- was convicted of reck less driving’ and! fined $25. Then he appeailed tb superior couch. As Kipling Put if "The female- of the specie h more deadly" proved correct a gain in a weekemf encounter be tween Mr. and' Mrs. George Smith of La Grengo route T. Mrs. Smith told investigating of ficers that bar husband hit her on the headwitha brick, which she then* took i 22 caliber^ tol and shot him In the left side. The bullet lodged just under his heart' and" she lodged in fail' charged' with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Them are more than 300 golf courses; including some of the nation’s finest and most beauti ful layouts, in North CaroEtea. Here, four major golf tourna ments are. staged each year. They are the Azalea Tournament at Wilmington, file Greater Greens boro Open at Greensboro, the Kemper Open at Charlotte and the Raleigh Ladies Invitational Tournament at Raleigh. .rwiu has charac ter all its own represented by growth habit,• and leaf, stem, fax* flower or M color. An understanding of the fruit or flower bearing habits of the 'plant is essential before one can ipnme intelligently.. The spring ;Woaming ornamental woody Plants produce their flowers jfoom buds already formed on [wood produced in 1969 and re main dormant over winter. This !is true of lilac, forsytitia, wis iteria, weigeta and deotjria. The ; roper time to prime these plants is just after they bloom because :«a^y spring «r late foil prun ing would remove the doom i The summer blooming plants 'such as hyfiarld perpetnal roses, 'crepe myrtles hunch and musca dine grapes will produce their iffowers on shoots produced eer ily in 1970 and frequently referr |ed to as the current season's ,rowth. Such plants require prun ing in winter or early spring in ! order to produce strong new jshoot growth. ‘ •Ry to avoid “dehonrinf”*' or better to practice what I call deep pruning. This iafoeremov al of carefully selected entire limbs or branches. IT you" use this method, it is much easier to control growth and maintain the general growth characteristics of your plants. Hex cornuta Bur fordl (BarfonTb Chinese HoJBy) is a good example of the type plant that responds well to this type of treatment. Except for the early spring flowering plants, the best time to prune is during the winter or dormant season. However, light corrective pruning can he done at any time of the year on both evergreen and deciduous plants. No Mess — No Waiting — Our Ready-Mixed Concrete is on the job when you need it Also Sand, Gravel and Crush CONCRETE COMPANY Free Estimate* — New Bsrn Highway/ Kinston, N. C.
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