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"Heart Quiz" available
Does treatment for high blood
pressure reduce the chance of
having a stroke? Can rheumatic
fever be prevented? Knowing the
answers to these questions could
very well save your life or the life
of someone you love.
"Heart Quis" tests your
knowledge of these and many
other common cardiovascular
questions concerning signs and
symptoms of heart and blood
vessel disease.
The booklet points out common
misconceptions about
cardiovascular disease such as
heart murmurs being a sure sign
of heart problems. Another
common misconception is that
high blood pressure can be
detected by the way a person
feels. The majority of people
with high blood pressure can be
detected by the way a person
feels. The majority of people
with high blood pressure have no
specific warning symptons. The
answers to the quiz reassure
readers by pointing out that
many congenital birth defects
can be cured with surgery, and
that a blood clot blocking an
artery does not automatically
mean that the person will be an
invalid for the rest of his/her life.
Many patients with coronary
thrombosis recover and return to
their previous employment and
lead healthy lives. .
For your free copy of the
"Heart Quiz" write to the North
Carolina Affiliate of the
American Heart Association,
One Heart Circle, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina 27514. It's a quiz
you can't afford to flunk, but
even if you pass the heart quiz,
there's still more you need to
know about your heart. So get in
touch with your local Heart
Association to find out how you
can help in the fight against
North Carolina and the nation's
numbre one killer
cardiovascular disease.
IRS cracks down on taxpayers
^GREENSBORO ? The
Internal Revenue Service is
clicking down on taxpayers who
misuse the Federal Tax Deposit
(FTD) system. Beginning in July
and after, taxpayers making tax
deposit payments directly to the
it^S will be subject to a penalty.
'Federal tax deposit must be
made through a depositary for
proper processing. Those
taxpayers delivering their
payments to an IRS office will be
provided an "over-the-counter"
coupon requesting that
taxpayers deposit taxes at the
Federal depositary. Those
taxpayers who insist on leaving
the payment at the IRS office will
be informed that they will be
subject to an FTD penalty.
Notices reflecting penalties
assessed will be issued first in
November, 1984 for the third
quarter Form 941. Subsequent
notices will be issued quarterly
thereafter.
McCarty wins GOP Post
RALEIGH ? Dr. Barry
McCarty of Elizabeth City was
elected Saturday, June 23, at a
caucus of North Carolina
delegates to the Republican
National Convention to North
Carolina's seat on the influential
Committee on Permanent Rules
aftd Organization.
* McCarty, 31, is Chairman of
the Pasquotank County
Republican Party and a canidate
for the North Carolina State
Senate from the First Senatorial
District. He is also vice president
of the American Academy of
Parliamentarians and served as
convention chairman of the 1984
state Republican convention.
McCarty won the seat at the
caucus by a clear majority in a
three way race over former U.S.
Congressman Gene Johnston,
chairman of the state Regan
Bush Committee, and Pete
Partridge, Chairman of the
Eighth Congressional District
Republican Party.
The Committee on Permanent
Rules and Organization will meet
prior to the 1984 Republican
National Convention and
consider recommendations for
changes in the party's structure
and governing instruments over
the next four years.
Child restraint law in effect
?RALEIGH - The Child
Restraint Systems Law warning
pferiod ended midnight June 30
apd violators henceforth may be
subject to a find of $ 10.
? The warning provision in the
liw which has been in effect
since July 1, 1982, has been quite
effective. Voluntary usage rates
fer children under two years of
?ge have increased from 30
percent prior to the effective
date of the law to 46 percent
qurlng the first year.
> Some safety officials, however,
are hopeful the current useage
ijate of 50 percent will increase
?ibstantially when violators are
subject to a fine beginning July 1.
? According to Department of
Crime Control and Pubic Safety
Secretary Heman R. Clark, the
fyw only covers children under
two years of age riding with their
parents in the family vehicle.
"The child restraint law is a
good law," Clark said. "It's
saving lives and the cost is
minimal. Even loaner/rental
programs. are available whereby
child seats may be obtained for a
nominal fee by parents who
prefer to rent or cannot
financially afford to purchase
one."
Clark encouraged parents to
avoid the embarrassment,
inconvenience and cost of a
possible court appearance by
voluntarily coplying with the
Child Restraint Law.
"Their decision to place their
child in a safety seat may be the
most important one of their life,"
Clark concluded.
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;FCC orders mixed blessing for phone use
(Editor's note: This is a
continuing series of articles to
help customers understand the
changes taking place in the
deregulated telephone industry
and how these changes are
affecting your telephone
service. ) 1
Telephone users got good news
and bad news last month.
The good news for consumers
is that, effective May 25, AT&T
reduced its interstate (between
states) long-distance rates by 6.1
percent. The long-distance rate
reduction applies across the
board to Wide Area
Telecommunications Service
(WATS) and regular long
distance directory assistance
calls, which previously were
free.
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At the same time, local phone
companies began imposing a
monthly line charge of up to $6
per line for businesses with more
than one telephone line, as part
of the Federal Communications
Commission's "access charge"
plan went into effect. (Carolina
Telephone's monthly line charge
is M-75 per line for multiline
customers.)
The changes, ordered by the
FCC, are designed to foster
competition in the long-distance
market.
Until now, the telephone
industry has used long-distance
companies to compete on an
equal basis, the FCC decided to
shift more of the cost of local
service to those who use the
service, through the access
charge plan.
Under the plan, customers
would pay a monthly line charge
to share more of the lines and
related facilities which connect
them to the telephone
companies' switching
equipment. While the FCC did
not impose an access charge for 1
residential and singl?-line?'
business customers, such a
charge is scheduled to go into
effect in mid-1985.
Under the directory assistance
plan included in the FCC's recent
order, customers will charged
50 cents fo each intestate
directory assistance cal} they
make. However, each ciptomer
account will be allowed two free
interstate directory assistance
calls each month, provided two
interstate long-distance calls are
billed to the account rduring the
J
same billing period.
Customers can request two
numbers per directory
assistance call for one SO-cent
charge. If the number is non
published or cannot be located,
the SO-cent charge will still
, apply.
> If customers make interstate
directory assistance requests
from public telephones, the 50
cent charge will be collected
before the number is provided.
Again, even if the number is non
published or cannot be located,
the 50 cents will no be refunded.
AT&T said the charges are
needed to cover its cost for
access to the local telephone
network, when customers'
directory assistance calls are
switched to AT&T's long
distance operators.