The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 27

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IIH stcrioN County to continue rationing of gasoline able to purchase only 75 percent of the gas it bought a year ago When officials learned last week they had exceeded the county's monthly allotment all county depot tments except public safety agencies were placed on an allocation plan to finish out the month That has forced many departments to cut back on services to the public The Social Services Department has temporarily stopped transporting clients for appointments and the nutrition project for the elderly has cut back on the number of grocery store visits for participants Many county employees are doubling up for rides to common destinations and some work has been postponed until the county receives next month's allocation ounty commissioners have already approved a gas-rationing plan thit allocates gas to certain departments depending on the severity of the problem But that plan which has been on the drawing hoards for quite a while was not ready for implementation when the current shortage came to light By mini MAI IO Bilim New Staff Writer Mr klenhurg (mints officiils struggled through another day of gas rationing tod iy with no word yet on what the gas situation will ho aftei hr nrw month begins Wednesday Randv Goers countv flut director said today No county depaitment is having a problem finishing out this month Officials are expecting to get GO 100 gallons next month hut they sav the allocation may be 0 000 gal Ions less because the county borrowed that much this month to store in tanks at the new satellite station on Billingsley Road County officials are not sute yd whether they will continue the plan when August begins but say some kind of gas rationing progtam will probably re main in effect until the gas crisis eases DC Brown citv and county purchasing ditec tor is expected to meet with a representative Irom Gulf Oil Co the countv supplier of gas today to discuss the next months allocation for the county which is Natural living conference accentuates the positive Avoiding compulsory immunisations a legal clinic with hygienic lawyers 4 30-5 30 pm Wednesday The human search for the good life 7 50-8 30 Wednesday Understanding the needs of the sick 10 30 a Thursday Surgery its uses and abuses 10 30 a Friday Psychological factors in the disease process 7 pm Friday Daily registration fees are $15 for the full day $7 for morning classes $5 for afternoon workshops and $5 for evening lectures Day care will be provided for children under 5 movement and authors of Living the Good Life Other speakers will be Dr Keki Sidhwa a native of India who has practiced natural health care in Tn-gland for 25 years Dr Alec Burton a 20-year practitioner in Australia Dr William Esser of Honda a 40-year practitioner of natural living and Jack Dunn Trop formerly a Hollywood producer and now author of Smoke in Our House Here are some sessions included in the conference Cancer therapy and the lae-tnle controversy 8 40-9 50 pm Monday The American diet craziescq 8 45 on Tuesday By JANICE SMITH News Staff Writer A natural living conference at the Llmversitv of North arolina at Charlotte this week could make Mr Clean seem like a dirty old man Sponsored bv the American Natural Hvgiene Society based in Chicago the conference which ends Saturday is designed to teach the public how to live naturally and maintain good health Discussion sessions in the Cone University Center are scheduled on family living nursing mothers singles and diet control Speakers include 95-year-old Scott and Helen Nearing leaders for 50 years in "back-to-the-land Bringing The News Collections book in one hand and rolled paper route Wednesday appropriately attired for in the other Charlotte News carrier Christina summer weather Christina lives on Colony Magill 14 trudges along her Selwyn Avenue Road (News photosJcep Hunter) Minister entering City Council race for at-large seat HLNDRICKS JUU SUM fj 'f' VT is A malfunction brought the Carowinds Thunder Road roller coaster to a halt temporarily last week Mishap halts coaster at park Charlottean arrested A Charlotte man has bepn arrested in connection with the stabbing death Friday of a Charlotte insurance salesman William Cohen 30 of 1712 Fleetwood Drive was charged with the murder of Ralph Harding Dixon 57 Police said Dixon's wife reported him missing at 11 pm Friday after he failed to return from collecting insurance premiums body stabbed several times in the chest and clothed only in an undershirt a sport shirt socks and shoes was found at 5 a by a security guard patrolling the grounds of the Bouligny Co on NC 16 Police responding to a report of a stolen moped arrested Cohen at 1 Saturday after finding him on the moped on Old Statesville Road near Interstate 85 Cohen was held under $100000 cash bond Services for Dixon will be at 9 today Flankins and Whittington Funeral Home Burial will be at 6 Tuesday at Shelby Hills Cemetery in Bristol Tenn Dixon of 3011 Commonwealth Ave was an agent for the Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co Surviving are his wife Evelyn two sons Michael of Harrisburg and Mark A of the home one brother Lee Leonard of Bnston Va four sisters Mrs Georgia Nichels of Chattanooga Tenn Mrs Annetta Fussell of Bristol lenn Mrs James Stuart and Mrs lune Jarrett both of Jacksonville I la and two grandchildren Memorials may be sent to Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church Friends may call from 7 30 to 9 tonight at the funeral home By JANICE SMIITI Nows StaH Writer A Presbyterian minister announced today he will seek an at-large seat on the Charlotte City Council A Rudolph Hendricks a Republican said in love with Charlotte concerned about the total city He said his campaign will focus on the issues of assuring adequate housing improving public transportation controlling pollution and promoting energy conservation Hendricks 41 is the minister at South Try on Presbyterian Church 2516 Tryon St A graduate of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa Ala Hendricks has lived in Charlotte for 15 years He has done graduate study at Johnson Smith Theological Seminary and Princeton University Fie presently serves on the Civil Service Board and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee He had been on the boards of the Mental Health Association of Mecklenburg County the North Carolina Mental Health Association the Ametica Red Cross and the Charlotte Council on Alcoholism He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Dilworth Rotary Club Hendricks said he is seeking public office at this time in to represent the people of Charlotte as the city continues to meet new challenges and experience new growth Hendricks and his wife Barbara a media specialist at West Charlotte High School have three children They live at 107 Walnut Ave Charlotte 3 move a plus for Hunt By WILLIAM WEIGH Associated Press RALEIGH When the last two members of the Charlotte 3 walked out of North Carolina prisons last week their sentences trimmed by Gov Jim Hunt they put to rest a nagging issue that otherwise could have dogged Hunt through next re-election campaign The case posed political problems for Hunt similar to those he faced with the Wilmington 10 until he dealt with those defendants in a similar way last year Both were civil rights cases left over from late 1960s and early 1970s racial tension both involved young black men convicted of unlawful burning and both attracted national attention Hunt resolved the issue in the same matter he used for the Wilmington 10 allowing the defendants their parole bv reducing the prison terms Jim Grant and Reddy were released last week as a result the third defendant in the stable-burning case was already paroled roller coaster accident that iniured 12 Philadelphia-area children police say Seven of the young people remained hospitalized Sunday as a result of the accident in which the roller coaster called skipped its track at a small amusement park The passengers on an outing sponsored by several Baptist church groups from Philadelphia were spilled onto the passengnr-loading platform from four cars that derailed as the ride entered its final turn at West Point Park on Saturday authorities said According to Upper Gwynedd Township police the accident occurred when a ride attendant pushed what he thought was a brake as the coaster made its final approach What he actually did was release the brake police said and the cars going too fast left the track front wheels came up on the track Bickett said The train traveled about 700 feet down the track before stopping in a section about 12 feet above ground The 27 passengers aboard were lowered to the ground by a lift on the back of a truck No one was injured but parts of the wooden track were damaged The ride was closed and the state Department of Labor was called to inspect the roller coaster A spokesman for the elevator inspections division which inspects all amusement rides called the malfunction a occurrence and said the possibility of the leaving the track as a result of the incident was remote Following repairs and another inspection the ride was back in operation Saturday morning Human error caused another From News StaH and Wire Reports The rumbling of the Thunderroad was silenced for a few days last week following a malfunction in the roller coaster Gary Bickett public relations manager for the amusement park said at 4 Wednesday the wheels on a front train became slightly dislodged and acted as a brake causing the train to stop The train was about 50 feet above the ground when the two Body discovered The body of James Everette Berch 38 who drowned Friday in Mountain Island Lake was found Sunday afternoon Police said Berch's body was found at about 2pm Sunday after it floated to the surface Berch of 649 Northway Drive went under water after yelling for help from a small motorboat on the lake at about 5 30 a friday 'Wherever you go people will know you're city employee' On our street BY JOHN VAUGHAN Good morning' Rodney Harm the thick-set training director for the City of Charlotte is at the front of the room surveying the latest crop of new city employees to come through his orientation program His greeting gets a mumbled response from nine ppople in the room Now one of the things we want from new employees is enthusiasm If you cant manage to sav morning' there not much enthusiasm is there9 Now lets try it again Good Good morning' comes the chorused reply About 4 000 of your tax paid public servants have said that to Rodney Harm over the past four years between 10 and 20 of them every Wednesday morning Garbagemen firemen mechanics planners auditors laborers meter readers Before they start work all new employees come here to learn about the city that hired them Our nine workers have divided themselves into two groups black and white on opposite sides of the room There are four sanitation workers a summer intern in the Operations Department a secretary a heavy equipment operator an animal shelter worker and a computer be grows at home He talks about the importance of keeping up appearances You know what realv important9 what the citizen thinks is important From now on city employees and people will think about vou differently You know why9 'Cause they pay your salary People will form opinions about you and the city quickly If you re driving down the street in a city car and vou cut somebody off at the pass vou know what they 11 say9 goes that reckless city employee Remember that and conduct yourself well And welcome to a great city Coffee break comes and goes Another hour passes with discussions of pay scales employee medical services and the all-important pavcheck Then Personnel Analyst lohn Hill steps to the front of the room ve been a very quiet he says asked many questions We welcome you to the City of Charlotte Now go get some lunch You mav sre these people hauling vour trash or bulldozing a house or catching a strav dog in your neighborhood And for a while at least they mav be thinking of what Drew I awing told them be like a goldfish in a bowi Wherever vou are people will know you re a city employee So be on vour best and one slv smile Color slides on Charlotte history and government come next then Diew Lawmg from the Personnel Department talks about World of Work advice to vou" he savs to learn to like what you do learn to enjoy your work and have peace of mind on your job If you get to where coming to work is like pulling teeth youd be better off and the city would be better off if you found some other job He gives his belt a hitch and continues to what some people think about city government you re not here because you knew a friend who knew a friend You're here because of vour skills and talents We could care less where you live who vour friends are or how much monev you have in the bank Gwen Harvey is up next talking about the city budget Then comes Peggy Reel discussing employee relations retirement grievance procedures and vacations Ninety minutes pass lack Cornwell from the Safety Department compares employee safety to love can touch it or smell it It an attitude in a person mind That gets a few blank stares and the sly smile reappears City Manager David Burkhalter strolls in his cottony hair looking like one of the white rosrs your show today'" says Harm And then it begins a three-hour parade of speakers representing 10 departments and hundreds of city jobs First up is city information officer Bill Guerrant mustached and natty in sport coat and tie "You re working for a company a business like any other he tells his listeners your company has a very proud history-Not manv firms have been doing business at the same location for more than 200 years company has a board of directors the City Council and the chairman of the board is the mayor The stockholders are 325000 citizens who pav your salarms They make the final decisions But you re not onlv city employees you re also citizens That means every two years you can vote your own board of directors out of office This proposition is greeted with several blinks.