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Th Atlanta Journal tofebiuuii) I ha Atlanta Constitution wuiio 10, 130 I Everybody Knows Why Women's Bank Would Not Work carole ground," she said. On the other hand, you couldn't give preferential treatment to women "because that would be cliscriminatory," she said. You would be prevented by "regulations, rules, red tape and; bureaucratic from offering any services that are not currently provided by the big, established banks, she said. Frankly, she admitted, "I'm not willing to expend much more energy on it" Fran Fuchs, manager of the National Bank of Georgia's Dunwoody branch, was in the audience. She once received an angry three-page letter from the husband of a woman with whom she had discussed the importance of establishing credit in one's own name, she told me; he had "protected her" for years, she dida't "Mad to know" anything about their finances, and be "didn't appreciate my enlightening his wife on that subject," she said sadly.

Ms. Fuchs didn't say how she felt, about women's banks, but I stole a glance at her a time or two, as the others spoke. She did a lot of unless she's willing to wait for him to get to the top, and is confident that he will remember to reward her for all that patience, whea be does. I was beginning to understand why Atlanta has no women's bank, or any prospect of having one any time soon. My hunch is that it has less to do with the high caliber of service being offered by the big banks, in an admittedly competitive market than with the low image a lot of Atlanta women high-achieving, successful women, at that have of themselves! The arguments against establishing a new, small bank of any kind may very well outweigh the arguments for it But I didn't hear any really convincing arguments from either camp.

On the "pro" side, Andrea Kay Smith said that a bank controlled by women is desirable because "money is power" and it would open up opportunities for women in the "top levels" of bank management Ms. Smith has already raised the first $1 million towards her goal from 200 would-be "founders" who had contributed $5,000 apiece. It shouldn't be difficult to raise $3 million-more from other sources to get it "off the "The least threatening woman is the one who gets promoted," she had scrawled sarcastically. A few minutes later, we heard another woman vice president for corporate finance and planning of one of the big, established banks deliver her philosophy of banking. Female investors should be treated "like youngsters," she said.

They need to have things "explained to" them, patiently and in great detail My luncheon companion began to mutter under her breath. Row did the speaker think women acquired money to invest in the first place? By relying on the business acumen of their benevolent husbands and fathers? Women who aspire to top management jobs in banking are just going to have to be more patient the vice president continued. And if they do a good job, "sooner or later, the man at the next desk is going to notice it" I thought my luncheon companion was going to burst a blood vessel So what if the man at the next desk notices? He's not the one who's going to promote her Denver has a women's bank. New York has a women's bank. There's a bank with 30 branches in Bombay, India, run exclusively "by and for women," according to one of the speakers at a Women's Forum meeting I attended Friday.

There must be something to it But it doesn't look as if Atlanta is going to get a women's bank any time soon. Why not? Take your pick: 1. The Atlanta banking community is responding so well to the needs of Atlanta women. 2. Any new, small bank would have difficulty surviving in Atlanta's "aggressive" marketplace.

3. Half the "minority" banks founded in this country have failed. 4. There's at least one woman "to talk to" in most branches of the big, established banks. 5.

The banking industry has been almost as quick as the service and trade industries (ranked first and second respectively) to promote women to middle-management positions though, of course, few women ever ascend to top management 6. You couldn't really call it a "woman's bank," anyway. You wouldn't want to put your money in a "man's bank," would you? Incredibly, those were the reasons advanced by three intelligent, successful women two of them middle-management officials of the big, established banks, the other a high-powered businesswoman who. admitted she was "not willing to expend much more energy" trying to promote a concept that seems unlikely to bear fruit The woman seated to my right at the forum meeting in Buckhead slipped me a note, while this was going on. Fenffisir IRS Caused Us To Default, Thevis Studio Buyers Claim its WW.

AM 11: ItrsWfo! i moor a By Sam Hopkins Constitution Staff Writer The high bidders on an Atlanta recording studio formerly owned by convicted pornography king Mike Thevis have blamed the Internal Revenue Service for their being declared in default on the full purchase price. John Kimbal Adams and James Thomas Ginn have sued the IRS in federal court here to prevent the agency from auctioning off the property again. The IRS has scheduled.the second auction for June 24. The IRS accepted the high bid of $428,000 from Adams and Ginn on May 13, with the stipulation that the two men would make a down payment of $85,600 and pay the balance of $342,400 by May 20. The suit contends that the studio property was burglarized on May 19 and that as a result the two men were unable to show the property to their investors and thus could not make their final payment to the IRS on time.

The plaintiffs contend that after the burglary, the IRS would not allow them to enter the building to show it to their investors. The suit does not speculate as to why the IRS allegedly would not allow the plaintiffs to enter the building. An IRS spokesman could not be reached for comment Friday. The IRS extended the payment deadline twice, until May 22 and then until May 26, but then declared the two men in default and refused to pay back the $85,600 down payment, according to the suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court The suit contends that the IRS is responsible for the two men's inability to pay off their debt because the bureau "failed to properly care for the property by.

Jailing to activate the burglar alarm" in the building. The suit further states that on June 4, Adams and Ginn "were prepared to tesdecthe balance of the purchase price," but that; the IRS would not accept the money and. also refused to return the down payment In an affidavit attached to the suit, Adams says, "This studio represents 4 unique and special business opportunity for me, and if it is sold I would suffer irreparable harm." Ginn, in a separate affidavit said he formerly was employed at the studio and was familiar with the burglar-alarm He said he called the company that operates the system and was told the system "had not been activated in the three days immediately preceding the break-in." "The Internal Revenue Service's failure to properly care for the premises was the reason for our failure to meet the original seven-day deadline," Ginn said in the aff idavft The plush studio, located at 123-125 Simpson St. N.W., was sold with all of its contents, including a Jacuzzi whirlpool and sauna and grand pianos. The sale of the former Thevis property is an effort by IRS to collect an $11 million tax bill which it contends former Thevis companies owe the federal government Thevis, who was already serving tune in prison on pornography convictions, was convicted after a nine-week trial in Rome in 1979 on charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder.

1 Adams and Ginn are asking that IRS be enjoined from selling the studio until their rights have been "fully adjudicated." UW ftlAYV 1 I dear abby By Abigail Van Buren Billy Garter Complains IRS aMNmMHMHHl Out To Get Me' Personally with it, he doesn't HALF to. DEAR ABBY: There is this guy on my husband's ship who is the quiet type. When the ship goes out to sea, he sits back and observes all the men. When he gets home, he tells his wife every move the men made, right or wrong. Well the wife goes to the wives of these guys who messed around overseas and spills the beans.

She and her big mouth have already caused two married couples to split up. Abby, no wife really wants to hear that her husband has been unfaithful to her. We need a solution. -NAVY WIVES IN VIRGINIA BEACII DEAR WIVES: A slip of the lip can sink not only a ship but a marriage. I don't condone fooling around, but let all concerned be forewarned.

DEAR ABBY: Just before hunting season last year I read about an organization that is anti-hunting. The day before hunting season starts, members go out and spread "human odors" around so the animals will leave the area. Do you know of any such organization? I would like to get in touch with it -BAIN HOLLAND, PA. DEAR B.H-- I've never heard of it, but I'll do some sniffing around. Readers? You have only a speaking acquaintance with this girl, yet you are upset to know of her fiance's less-than-honorable intentions toward her.

What would you do, if anything? -NAMELESS DEAR NAMELESS: I would abide by the old caveat "Let the buyer beware." But first I would find some way to make the "buyer" (namely, the bride) AWARE. DEAR ABBY: When my granddaughter asked me when she would be 6tt, I counted the months and days with her. We celebrated with half a cake and six and a half candles! I gave her half a birthday card and my husband put in a half-dollar. We sang "Happy Half-Birthday." The next year she reminded me when her half-birthday was due, and her brothers also marked their half-birthdays on my calendar. Now my granddaughter is learning to play "Happy Birthday" on the piano.

My husband says I was foolish to start this celebration. I claim the kids enjoy it and it does no harm. What do you think? -FLORENCE B. DEAR FLORENCE: I think it's clever and fun. Tell Grandpa if he doesn't want to go along i HALEYVILLE, Ala.

(UPI) Billy Carter, being forced 6 auction off bis Plains properties to pay $105,000 in back taxes the government claims he owes, charged Friday the Internal Revenue Service is "personally out to get me." Carter, the colorful brother of former President Jimmy Carter, said the auction will be held June 27. He said the IRS seized all of his Plains property and 58 acres in nearby Buena Vista last week. The IRS reportedly made the move to protect its own interests after Carter failed to fulfill a promise made in March to pay off the remainder of his tax debts within 90 days. -V "They don't fulfill all their promises they make to me, so I don't fulfill all the promises I make to them," Carter said. "I have had this ongoing fight with the IRS for two years now.

"In my opinion, the IRS isn't acting like a business. It's like, in some respects, they are personally out to get me. But I don't roHfiver dead for them." The sale will include Carter's famous service station and the field where his brother played Softball games with the press and Secret Service agents. It will not include present home at Buena Vista, Ga. DEAR ABBY: Put yourself in my shoes.

Here's the situation: Your husband works with a 21-year-old foreigner who is in this country on some sort of two-year exchange program to learn a profession. His visa will expire in two months, and he is not yet qualified to practice his profession in his home country. In order that he might stay in this country longer to earn his professional ratings, he is marrying an 18-year-old American citizen. This girl works part time with both your husband and the young foreigner, and is head over heels in love with him. She has accepted his proposal of marriage and is planning a big church wedding for the end of June.

Your husband tells you that the young foreigner has told him that he is marrying the girl only so he can stay in this country a while longer, and has no intention of taking her home with him when he returns to his native country. Adult, 3 Kids Shot Gardening juries; 12-year-old Sonya Rossen, with face, knee, thigh and finger injuries; and the adult Mary H. Ellison, with a leg injury. The address for all four wounded persons was listed as 954 Frank St S.W. Miss Commings, identified as the girlfriend of the suspect sought by police was charged with discharging a firearm.

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ByBeaaCotts Constitution Staff Writer Three children and one adult described as innocent bystanders at a fight on a southwest Atlanta street were wounded Friday night by a shotgun blast at the scene of the altercation, a police spokesman said. The wounds were "minor," according to Emory Baldwin, night administrator at Grady Memorial Hospital, where the injured were taken. The man alleged to be the gunman fled the scene of the shooting on Joyce Street Southwest and was being sought by police, the police spokesman said. Police stopped a fight that included the suspect and dispersed a crowd which bad gathered to watch. The police spokesman said the fight was renewed after officers left and Zoya Commings, 17, of 942 Joyce St S.W.

fired a shotgun into the air, hitting no one but stopping the fight The suspect then allegedly fired a second shotgun, wounding four people. The police spokesman identified those wounded as 3-year-old Alicia Rossen, with a head injury, 9-year-old Elaine Ellison, with chest and leg in But prescription drugs called prostaglandin inhibitors, some of which have been available since the 1960s, will relieve the symptoms of severe menstrual pain for about eight out of 10 women. Previously prescribed and marketed primarily for the treatment of arthritis, prostaglandin inhibitors are used to prevent menstrual pain, rather than merely relieving or alleviating the symptoms. Prostaglandin inhibitors currently approved by the FDA for use in dysmenorrhea are Naproxen (Naprosyn) and Naproxen sodium (Anaprox). Prostaglandins are hormone-like organic acids produced by many body tissues, including the uterus lining.

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According to Consumer Reports' medical consultants, aspirin and most of the over-the-counter products widely promoted for this condition have not been very effective. For example, alcohol may well be the only active ingredient in one of the oldest of these products: Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Liquid. Most of the others (Midol Pamprin, etc.) contain aspirin or acetaminophen, usually with one or more extra ingredients. Do these extra ingredients help? Not often, in the opinion of CR's medical consultants.

You'd do just as well with plain aspirin or acetaminophen alone. Diuretics and antihistamines, the, usual ingredients in medications for menstrual pain, are supposed to help relieve premenstrual nervousness, Irritability or swelling, but are usually ineffective. Oral contraceptives and various combinations of stimulants and tranquilizers have been prescribed by some doctors for the relief of dysmenorrhea. In the opinion of CR medical consultants, these are questionable treatments, considering the undesirable side effects of such drugs. By Virgil Adams Special to th Journal-Constitution When energy was readily available and cheap, new homeowners didn't pay much attention to where on the lot they built the house.

Their main concern was to line it up parallel to the street They gave little consideration to existing natural conditions of the building site: slope of land, direction of prevailing winds, orientation of house to sun. Neither builders nor buyers paid much attention to maximum energy efficiency. All that may be changing, says Bill Slack, landscape architect with the University of Georgia Extension Service. Energy conservation is on everybody's mind, and families are taking a closer look at proper site planning for their new home. Slack calls the out-of-doors "a large and beautiful extra room." He would like to see homeowners manage it for maximum use and benefit The landscape architect says it is not possible to manipulate major land masses.

But you can recognize and work with them, and that is important For example, Slack suggests selecting a building site where north and west winter winds are minimal or where the house can be protected against them. Buildings, fences, walls, hedges and other plants should be located to control unwanted winds. Slack says some homebuilders are using sloping sites to practically bury the bouse; others are using earth berms or mounds for weather protection and insulation. Tall, deciduous trees already on the lot are being saved to provide shade for the house and outdoor living area. Slack believes bouses of the future will be smaller.

That makes the lawn and garden area more important than ever. He would like to see this "large and beautiful extra room" planned, constructed, planted and maintained with the same tender loving care that the inside receives. 'WHY DO THE HEATHEN Psalm 2:1 and Acts 4:25 The heathen rage because they are the enemies Kingdom of Heaven, the King of Eternity! "Oh God, the heathen are come Into Thine Inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled "Psalm 79:1. They can sing and pray "Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as It Is heaven," and apparently enjoy doing so, and think they mean it. However, when It come to literally obeying and establishing The Heavenly Kingdom Laws, The Moral Law, The Ten Commandments, and observing them In our dally conduct and commerce, frequently, if not most Of the time, men are aroused to raging against them! God is not pleased with such an offering ol worship! "I hate, I despise your feast days Take thou away'from Me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

But let judgement run down as waters? and righteousness as a mighty stream." Amoa Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I 6:46. "The great desideratum In the council-chamber of the infernal king has always been how man's Innate religious feeling should be satisfied, and yet God not be served. How could the heart be kept from God, the clamdre of conscience be silenced, and yet the demands olny Instinctive religious feeling be answered? The arch enemy of man's immortal hopes solved the problem. The solution appears In the cunning devices he hat sought out to beguile unwary souls. He hat varied his plana to suit times and circumstances, the condition of man, the progress of society, the character of human governments, and the condition of the human mind." Whoever It was that said that surely "knew his way around" In the spiritual world.

And he goes on to point out the devil's strategy down through the ages In solving this problem with remarkable success until he gets to the place where God says: ''Thus far, but no further." Luther, the great man of God of the 16th century, said that if he had the gilt of miracles, yet It were better to testify of his faith by obedience, than by working miracles! P.O. BOX 405 DECATUR, GEORGIA 30031 Fireman's Protest Of 'Offensive' Display Ends Mannequins' 'Bondage' tic manner" in which models attired in red and black would be shown "handling black wires with red light bulbs." The designers "were trying to get the effect of bracelets and things like that," she said. The cords have been loosened substantially so that the mannequins "appear to have freedom of movement now. We still have the artistic effect, without the suggestion of any binding together," said Ms. Berg.

A new window display was scheduled to have been set up "next Wednesday, anyway," according to Ms. Berg, who said Mathews and Ms. Iwatini-O'Kecfe had been asked to "just hurriedly put something in there" to grace the windows until then. Carole Aihkinaie the point was to sell clothes." Hightower and his wife "have a little girl," he added, "and I sure don't want her to grow up thinking things like that will be done to her someday." Store executives took another look at the display, which had just been set up, agreed, arid ordered the bonds loosened, according to Rich's spokeswoman Ann Berg, who said she took the extra precaution of asking "several females in the store" for their opinions before approving the change. Ms.

Berg said that after talking to Jeff Mathews and Yasuko "Spike" Iwatini-O'Kecfe, who designed the display, she believed there was "no message intended." "The intention was to display the merchandise in an artis- A display in the windows of Rich's downtown store was altered Friday following a man's complaint that it was "frightening" and "offensive to women." Spencer Hightower, a 34-year-old Atlanta fireman who spotted the new display on his way home from work Friday morning, said he could "scarcely believe (his) eyes" when he strolled past the store on his way to the bus stop. Pairs of chicly attired female mannequins were bound tightly around the arms, legs and neck with thick black electrical cord. In some cases, they were bound to one another, in others, to chairs. It was highly suggestive "of bondage" and sadomasochism, according to Hightower, "which didn't seem at all necessary if.