BACK IN TIME
JAN. 14, 1958
Even though all candidates "stand foursquare" for the
preservation of racial segregation in the schools, the issue
will nevertheless be a prominent one in this year's
gubernatorial campaigns in South Carolina, Dr. Donald Russell
declared last night.
The former University of South Carolina president, who
resigned last month to run for governor, said his own position
on the question was to "follow the letter of the law."
Dr.
Russell, who visited North Augusta to launch the third annual
Community College of adults, said the state's greatest need is
an expansion of educational opportunities on all levels.
AROUND TOWN
Activities and entertainment events scheduled for this week
include:
TUESDAY
TREE AND TURF SEMINAR: Empire Tree and Turf,
the Augusta Housing Authority and Augusta Trees and Landscape
will sponsor the 2003 CSRA Tree, Ornamental and Turf
Seminar at 9 a.m. at the Julian Smith Casino, 2200
Broad St. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The seminar
will continue Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Westover Cemetery, the
corner of Wheeler and Berckmans roads. The seminar is
free and open to the public. For more information, call
854-0926.
CSRA WRITERS MEETING: The CSRA Writers will meet at
6:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1336 Augusta West
Parkway. Writers needing a support group are invited to attend
and bring six copies of each manuscript to be critiqued. For
more information, call Lela Turnbull at 738-4114.
SUPPORT GROUP INAUGURAL MEETING: The Medical College
of Georgia support group for parents who have lost a child
during pregnancy, childbirth or early infancy will hold an
inaugural meeting at 7 p.m. in the Medical College of Georgia
Pastoral Care Conference Room, 15th Street. The meeting is
free. For more information, call 721-8299.
AARP CHAPTER MEETING: AARP Chapter 266 will meet at
2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Council, 535 15th St. The guest
speaker will be Donald Love, of Georgia Partnership for Caring
Foundation Inc. The topic will be Pharmaceutical Programs for
Medicaid Recipients Who Do Not Have Prescription Drug
Coverage. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more
information, call 771-1052.
WEDNESDAY
30901 DEVELOPMENT CORP. MEETING: The 30901
Development Corp. will present Linden Square, an apartment
complex for people 55 and older, at a community meeting at 10
a.m. at Linden Square, Linden Street. The meeting is free and
open to the public. For more information, call Hawthorne
Welcher Jr. at 823-0905.
FRAUD ALERT
Police offer these tips on protecting yourself from
financial fraud:
Mail bill payments in blue federal mailboxes or at the
post office.
Do not print your Social Security number on your driver's
license or checks.
Do not carry your Social Security card in your wallet.
Protect all personal identification numbers. Do not carry
them in your wallet.
Do not carry too many credit cards in your wallet or car.
Check bank statements monthly for errors and
discrepancies.
Remove your mail from the mailbox as soon as it is
delivered.
If you go out of town, have your mail held at the post
office.
Shred all pre-approved credit offers, charge receipts,
insurance forms, bank statements, expired credit cards and
other information over the telephone.
Do not give out personal or financial information over the
telephone.
Check your credit once a year to make sure that no one
else is using your personal information to attain credit cards
or services.
CHEMOTHERAPY BENEFIT
Elderly patients diagnosed with midstage colon cancer
benefit as much from chemotherapy after surgery as young
patients with the disease, according to a review of more than
3,000 patient records in the New England Journal of
Medicine.
Patients ages 70 and older, who were judged fit enough to
undergo chemotherapy and had the resiliency to withstand the
side effects.
The study showed that chemotherapy reduced the risk of
death after surgery for colon cancer by 24 percent.
Colon cancer ranks second to lung cancer in the number of
deaths it causes each year. Most colon cancer patients are
over 70.
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