Northwest Journal (Newspaper) - January 3, 1968, Chicago, Illinois Display Cites Horrors of Dope See BeSow Get The Buses Editorial NORTHWEST JOURNAL 4 MTY and A I S AI VOL 9 NO 14 4047 W NORTH AVE AR 64322 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 1968 This Issue Consists at Two Pages By a i At Newsstands i Transfer Plan Busing Issue Feature School Board Action Shows Horrors of Dope A display of narcotics and dangerous drags and the terrible damage they do has won high praise from police officials for Youth Officer Richard Heinrich of Area 5 which includes Shakespeare and Austin police districts It is being to illustrate talks to PTA tions youth groups and other bodies Used in the display are narcotics and drugs taken by Heinrich and bis partner Henry from youthful offenders It was compiled by rich with the aid of his wife Marge while he was recuperating from injuries suffered on duty Besides showing drugs the display board also dramatizes in photographs the tion of one youth during a year's time from ing barbiturates and amphetamines goof balls and pep pills and the picture of a nude woman whose body is covered with and ul- cers caused by her use of unclean hypodermic needles to administer dope New Consumer Protection Laws Double Work of Unit Attorney General William G i Clark has announced that his bureau of consumer fraud has monies recovered for Illinois consumers At the same time Clark fore- cast that a new package of consumer protection laws which became effective Monday will double the activities of the fraud unit A summary of these new laws is contained in this release On the recovery of money that would have otherwise been lost through fraud or de- ception Clark said that to date has been re- paid to 52 715 Illinoisans who have filed consumer com- plaints with the attorney office since August 1961 when Clark created the fraud unit He noted that fraud com- plaints from the public in- creased 15 per cent he predicted the figure would rise dramatically in 1968 when the new consumer protection laws take effect Clark urged the public to familiarize itself with this im- new legislation which e said will give Illinois the strongest consumer protection laws in the nation today He also observed that The public is sometimes quick to note the shortcomings of the legislature This is the other side of the coin This is action in the public interest in its finest form Clark said the impact and benefits of the new legislation will be felt throughout the state and at all levels ing high schools which are re- un- der the new laws to courses in consumer tion The new protective tion hi broad respect applies new controls to lending and in- terest rates safeguards payments prohibits misleading advertising allows revocation of car dealers state licenses broadens car buyer protections demands full disclosure of in- stallment buying costs its undue harrasment in debl collection allows cancellation of door-to-door sales and re- quires licensing of finance agencies dealing in time ments or installment loan con- tracts New Law Sets Maximum On Credit Card Interest Two new statutes limit the amount of interest that can be charged on credit card chases and require that buyers must be given detailed ments for the costs involved The new regulations took fect this week The first allows the con- sumer to be charged no more than per cent per month of the average daily unpaid balance during each billing cycle The second demands that the purchaser be given a detailed statement of accounting ing such items as the amount of payment due at the start of billing period any payments made the total balance due and any other charges which must be paid by the user of the credit card Another significant new con- sumer protection is that in which a person is not liable for credit card purchases when he did not apply for the card and neither he nor any bW of his family benefits from any purchases made with the card Liability begins only when the receiver of the card signs it or uses it to make a purchase Simply because the person Big 1968 Spurt In Draft Calls who receives an credit card does not destroy it or return it does not hi any way indicate that he accepts the card A permissive transfer plan involving 126 area elementary school students was one of the highlights of last week's board of education meeting Under the plan 55 students Delano school and 61 from Lowell could be transferred to other schools They were the only two sending schools in Dis- rict 25 There are no receiving schools in the district but dents could transfer outside the district But the big news at last Wednesday's board meeting centered around the busing proposal The board of education last week took its first serious step toward helping stabilize a called changing hood by giving approval to James Redmond's recommendation to bus dents from overcrowded West Side schools By a vote of 8 to 2 the board okayed Redmond's plea that be provided in the 1968 school budget for tion to meet the needs for the next semester beginning Jan 29 The same margin with president Frank and board member Thomas ray again casting no votes gamed passage of another Redmond recommendation Cor the immediate ment of plans to implement the non-contiguous attendance area busing program in the Austin area Although the votes cleared the way for Redmond to put some of his bold new con- as contained in the tion Be still Has to get approval of tbs final plan in which he will present specifics such as schools involved ber of students to be bused schools to receive the etc This program will be ed at the Jan 10 board meeting and it is altogether possible that Redmond may meet strong opposition Two board members who voted in favor of the two busing proposals intimated that they did so with reservations and would have to take long hard looks at the final plan Mrs W Lydon Wild said she is definitely against ing any student to another school against his will Mrs Green dim view of any busing program which is undertaken on a cial basis only If the program is put into operation to relieve ing then I am for Mrs Green said But I will fight tooth and nail against any ing on racial Warren H Bacon who pears to be one of the strongest backers of the Redmond plan old board members who voiced opposition to the program that hey are making a sham of the whole thing In principle we supported Dr Redmond's bold new con- presented in his said but when it is put on the line we reject his and make a sham of the whole thing Bacon went on to say that time is of the essence and we have to try everything we possibly can to stabilize not only this the Austin but the entire city When the busing proposals came up for discussion at Wednesday's meeting Murray attempted to have the matter deferred a move that could lave set the program back as much as six months W He claimed that before we take up this busing issue we should investigate thoroughly whether or not busing has in other situations We can't jump off the deep end on something like this He did make an official tion to defer the tions but it was voted down 7 to 3 with Mrs Wild joining Murray and Whiston in voting no In urging the board to pass his busing plans Redmond told the board he had singled out Austin as one of the two communities to be involved the other being South Shore because the people of these communities the pressing problems facing them and they came to us for help them we must Asking for approval for of- pupils Jo re- lieve overcrowding and mote Redmond revealed that a preliminary appraisal indicates that ing the remainder of the school year it will be desirable to transport approximately pupils and that additional numbers will be transported during the first semester of the school year He did not break the ure down as to Austin and South Shore saying that this would be contained in his Jan 10 report to the board He said that in the next two weeks he would be in close con- tact with organizations of the two communities to find out what their immediate needs are and the best and quickest way to handle the situations Among the local tions undoubtedly included would be the May United committee and the tion for a Better Austin They have constantly asked the board to relieve overcrowding conditions at May Spencer and Emmet schools and they vehemently objected when the board attempted to ease Welcome Campfire When yon have to get the film out of the era and developed sometimes yon don't expect much of the last exposure But that last shot on the roll is not always wasted Community Publications staff photographer William man made this one after an assignment at a Northwest Side Boy Scout exhibition at Hanson Park using a Mamiya with 65 mm lens and film Taken with existing light just after dusk hand held but braced against ground second at It's the wind that makes those stand up the situation with the ment of mobile units at May and Emmet of men called by area draft The Caretaker Is Loyola Play Next Weekend The Loyola university Curtain Guild will present The taker by Harold Pinter day Saturday and Sunday Jan 12 13 and 14 at the Loyola Community theater 1320 la with a cast that includes William Norris Robert gan and Perry Bullington Mrs Sylvia V Zastrow of the uni- department of speech and drama is director of the production The play will be presented at p.m Jan 12 and 13 and at 3 and p.m Jan 14 evidently reflecting the step- of combat in Vietnam In December the 11 area draft boards called 31 men for physical examinations and 67 for induction In January the call is for 466 men for physical examinations and 126 for times as many for physicals as in De- cember and nearly twice as many for induction The January calls by area boards are with December calls in Board Area 5 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 47 49 51 55 Area 4 Area 7 TOTALS Physicals 22 5 41 5 41 5 53 22 40 39 27 41 39 7 1 2 0 4 1 1 81 CO 31 14 16 13 10 9 15 11 7 1 7 23 7 9 3 C 8 C 0 9 4 4 5 5 47 St Paul Plays Santa A total of 285 gifts to distribute to 80 families were donated by employes of the St Paul eral Savings and Loan association and ered in time for Christmas Shown with the gifts are left to right front row Frank P Kosmach president of the association mary Fallen Irene Kaptena Eleanor Hoffman and Judy Bockstahler and rear row Robert Filek John DeMarte and Michael Franczyk though not mentioned by name in Redmond's busing proposal will probably get first attention hi the area A step up of action regarding the local schools came Dec 13 when the board received a re- port from the Real Estate Re- search Corp Preliminary Findings and Projections of Population and School ments for Redmond said it was at the request of the board that the report analyzed in detail the specific community area of Austin Based on the analysis it is clear that this un- der the general conclusion of the report namely that any plans undertaken by the board of education to promote stabilization and integration must be implemented immediately if they are to be effective In the permissive transfer plan recommended by mond 19 West-Northwest Side elementary schools were as sending schools and 10 receiving This plan has no connection with the busing proposals Oddly enough all 10 receiving schools are in district 4 in which May and Spencer are located The transfer plan says there is space available in the 10 schools for students as receiving schools and the number of students which can be accepted are Bridge Burbank Byford Canty Dever Clark branch Lyon Sayre Smyser 198 and Thorp Area sending schools and the number of pupils who may transfer are Emmet Key 13 and Nash 37 in district 4 Faraday Jensen Sumner 11 and Webster 19 in district 8 and Delano 55 and Lowell district 25 Other action taken by the board at last Wednesday's meeting concerning area schools Awarding of contracts for construction of a new Manley ry school 3030 Arthington taling Awarding of contracts for an addition and of Dante branch of Marshall High school 4320 Fifth totaling Approving in contracts for installation of a ROTC rifle range at George Westinghouse Vocational High school 3301 Franklin Awarding of contract for lunchroom equipment at Flower Vocational High school 3545 Fulton Area Schools in Wingspread Plan Aside from the approval to provide busing from ed Austin schools probably the most important action taken by the board of education last Wednesday was the application for a federal grant to initiate Project Wingspread The project provides for an interchange of students between Chicago and suburban high schools Involved would be tary junior high and high school pupils although most students would be high school sophomores If the United States office of education gives its stamp of proval to the project pupil and teacher exchanges of three weeks to one year would begin next summer and continue through 1969 One of the tentative ex- changes and also one of the first which will be initiated if the federal government OKs the project would involve Austin and Niles Township high schools It would be a five-week mer session in which students would attend regular classes in the morning and then work on a special project on tan living in the afternoon In the latter according to tive plans Austin students would Investigate the tions of a newspaper while Niles pupils would study air transportation at O'Hare airport Another exchange involving West Side students would be a program next fan for seventh and eighth ers of Hay Upper Grade ter 1018 N Laramie and pupils of Oakview Junior High school in SkoMe As to busing the students seph Rosen project director said work is underway to op teaching devices for the 36 Wingspread buses at a cost of Students would be briefed cording to Rosen en route to their exchange school on a moving a large roll of paper with information printed on it in large type Slide and stereo tape recorders would also be used Rosen said Wingspread expenditures for instruction would include for 104 teachers 95 teacher aides and the bus de- vices The aides would help pupils on the buses and act as field trip guides Rosea said the primary aim of Wingspread is to show city and suburban students what binds the metropolitan together Some Hot Tips for Cold Mornings Here are the suggestions of the Chicago Motor club for starting your car on cold Push the gas pedal the way to the floor and release it half way Don't grind the er more than 30 seconds Make repeated attempts allowing 30 to 45 seconds between tries If the engine floods shut off the ignition push the pedal to the floor again and hold it there a minute Then with the pedal still on the floor torn the started This procedure allows any ex- cess gasoline to drain through the manifold Enough fuel usually remains to give a er start Warm your engine at an idle Never race a cold engine be- cause rapid action of internal parts before lubricants are flowing freely will wear parts severely Even these sure-fire niques may not work however if your car is not kept tuned and your battery charged erly A good battery is essential for winter driving note that a new fully charged battery has only per cent of its power at 32 degrees 46 per cent at and only 30 per cent at 20 de- grees below zero The club suggests this check list for maximum battery Water and electrolyte should cover battery plates at all times Have the battery every miles or every month A hydrometer will measure the strength of the battery acid an indicator of the battery's condition Corrosion around battery terminals is a common cause of resistance to the flow of electricity Use sandpaper to clean battery terminal posts at least three times a year
