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t 1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE .“M) 1976 Paee B-3 i SADIE'S CORNER I • (Tips lo rhe Udies) • Dear Sadie, Sometimes iiind it very hard to communicate with my parents. I never get a ciiance to get my points over, I wonder if they understand me at all. They want to know it all and when I speak out, th^ say my personality is ter rible and I have to watch my manners or be put on punish* ment. How do I get them to understand how I feel about things? Signed Teenager Dear Teenag^r:‘‘;:ri:>\ Believe me I know what you are going through. I went through the same stage when 1 was a teenager. One thing you can rest your mind on, is the part of they don’t un derstand you. Most parents d(f understand their children and their disagreements with you are only to keep you on the right track because they have already been down that track. What will really shock you is to realize as you grow up that all the things your parents try to teach you, and forewarn you about usually comes true. Several times, now being an adult I have had to tell niy mother that she was so right, about so many things that I thought she was telling me wrong when I was a teenager. Most teenagers feel that their arents are not letting them be themselve when they show discipline or authority over a situation. But most teenagers must realize that they' can be thelselve and still listen to their parents. To listen only enables a teenager to gain knowledge of things to be faced in life. 1 say to any teenager that feels that his or her parents just don’t understand, well try to under stand the parents, look at their-side and not just your own views. Give your parents credit for having sense too, and most of all give them respect even when you disagree/ If most teenagers follow the guidance from their parents, then they will very seldom hear the words, "Well I Told You So!!!” Happiness Through Health Fewer Children Dying Of Cancer FEWER CHILDREN DY ING OF CANCER TODAY: More children are being cured of cancer today as a result of better diagnosis and treat ment of the disease; says a Milwaukee researcher. Dr. Donald PinkeJ, a Medical Col lege of Wisconsin pediatri cian, surveyed recent advan ces in childhood cancer treat ment, and concludes that im proved diagnostic and treat ment techniques “have led to increa^g periods of disease- free survival and probable cure for greater proportions of children...” Dr. Pinkel stated further that “Although only one per cent of cancer occurs in child ren, the potential number of productive years of life to be saved by eliminating child hood and adolescent cancer deaths is nearly equal to that to be saved by eradicating adult cancer mortality.” The American Cancer Soci ety says cancer is second only to accidents as the cause of death for children under 15. While about 3,500 children un der 15 now die yearly of can cer, the Cancer Society said, this is a “notable reduction”' from the peak of 4,615 who died of cancer a decade ago. ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS: Illegitimate births are steadi ly increasing, especially a- mons white teen-agers, the National Center for Health Statistics reported recently. The Center estimated that there were 418,000 illegitimate births nationwide in 1974, the latest year for which figures were available. This amount ed to an increase of nearly three percent over the previ ous year. White illegitimate birth in creased for the second conse cutive year in 1974 after de clining in 1971 and 1972. The Center said the illegitimacy rate decreased for all age and racial groups except 15-19 year-old white women, who showed a four percent in crease. F'or women 40 years and older, the number of illegiti mate births dropped nearly 12 percent. A Center official said many states are revising their birth certificates to reflect the martial status of the mother rather than the legitimacy of the child. The latter type of classification can raise legal questions in such areas as inheritance rights. EPIDEMIC OF HEROIN CONTINUING: The nation's top drug-abuse expert stated recently that heroin addiction is increasing steadily in the country after a temporary 18- month downturn that started in mid-1972. Admiting ne was wrong when he predicted in 1973 that the epidemic of heroin addic tion had ended. Dr. Robert L. DuPont said it has now spread into small cities and towns across the country from the major metropolitan areas of the East Coast, where it had been centered. The trend is now for a ' sening situation in heroi buse, said DuPont, directi the National Institute on I Abuse. “The epidemic is tinuing. It had never ende He estimated there are 000 to 400,000 daily heroir ers in the country comp with 200,000 to 300,000 dt the period of the downt But current heroin use hasn’t reached the peak o pre-downturn epidemic - 000 to 600,000 in 1971. The 18-month decline, Du Pont said, came as a result o Turkey’s ban on the growing of opium poppies and related From B-1 our court ana correctional systems have been unable to keep up.” Everyone is guaranteed a “speedy trial" by constitu tion but Alexander wants to ensure this by trying felony eases within 60 days and misdemeanor cases within 30 days to guarantee this riglit. “I feci we can unclog the dockets and thus speed up the court process by realizing th^t until the number of judges and district attorneys increases, plea bar gaining will be a necessary means of administratively re lieving the overcrowded dockets. Therefore, guidelines need to be established, pro bably by a committee of the Bar Association, that will Program To Reduce Crime safeguard the use of plea bargaining." Alexander also stated that he feels we need to start dealing more humanely with “criminals” such as the public drunk. “This is a sickness, not a crime and should be taken out of our criminal justice system." He stated that Mental Heahh, with the money from alcohol taxes, should be responsible for tieating the public drunk. time for equal crimes. " To accomplish this, Alexander proposes limiting the discre tion of judges in sentencing convicted offenders, and establishing guidelines for departure from the prescribed sentence. Alexander said that he is definitely in favor of capital punishment. “The most scientific study to date, shows that it is. in fact, a deterrent. Futhermore the alternative to Alexander also proposes establishing priorities for punishment would be processing court cases giving first priority to persons who which pose a serious threat to socie- more cruel and unusual . \y and last priority to first Punishment than death. Also, rr j .1 inmates who are in for nbso- offenders or those in a pre- , ■ ,i . . .. , ', ute ife pose a serious threat trial program., ' to prison staff and other lates because they have “I am a strong believer in nothing to lose if they murder or assault." Alexander also pointed out the tremendous cost of incarcerating life prisoners. The cost lor liic inmates currently on death row for the next 20 years will exceed Sll million.“I can’t sec that this can be justified when so many of our citizens who have never done any harm are in such desperate need of assistance." Alexander proposes capi tal punishment be mandatory for all premeditated crimes result in the taking of another human life. This would include premeditated murder, premeditated arson, premeditated burglary, and premeditated rape. “Prison overcrowding is the major problem of the correctional system in North Carolina. We arc in danger of federal takeover of our prison system, which happened in Alabama, if this problem is not alleviated." Alexander proposes re ducing the population by increasing parole for non- dangerous inmates, ing unused state such as juvenile developments . Now, he con tinued, Mexico supplies 90 per cent of the heroin used in the U.S., and the growth of treat ment programs has leveled off. Dr. DuPont stated further blacks and whites now use it equally, and the number of female addicts is rapidly ap proaching the number of male addicts, adding that it is spreading from the East to the West Coast. NCCU Professor Named To Red Cross Post Dr. Charles W. Orr, professor of education at North Carolina Central University, has been named to the Southeastern Area Advisory Council of the American National Red Cross. The three-part appoint ment was made by Dr. Frank Stanton, chairman of the Red Cross. 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