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Th Pantagraph C-4 Bloomington-Normal, III. Sept. 24, 1970 Does Screaming Help If You're Attacked? i' 4 4 Who'i Doing What i iiiium i fttiitt mwi hum rimwiiii wnwinwrn If I 5 I would no longer be a victim protecting yourself but a person committing a crime. So the i A prevalent attitude is to remove, the opportunity for any person, to use a weapon in such an irrevocable way. There was a great vogue, lor example, in pocket-size tear gas guns.

Again, there has been considerable misgiving. If a By Barnard Gavzer AP Writer Women constantly are being advised to learn how to deliver a stunning chop to the medulla oblongata or a knee to the groin in supposedly guaranteed self-protection tactics. Or say the ads "just try this handy little gadget." One man (usually men are the ones selling or promoting all this stuff) calls for everything short of a 105mm field piece, On Guard 0 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lam-brecht of 612 Hilltop Mobile Home Court returned home Sunday from a 10-day vacation on the West Coast.

They flew to California to visit their son and daughter-in-law. Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Ronald Lambrecht of Sunnyville. Lieutenant Lambrecht is stationed at Naval Air Station at Moffett Field, Calif.

While in California, they toured San Francisco and the Bay Area and completed their trip with a weekend in Las Vegas. Celebrates Birthday WAYNESVILLE (PNS) Mrs. Clayton Rogers Clayton Rogerses Slate Miss Goodman Hardin Photo Goodman LINCOLN (PNS) Mr. and Mrs. Ray Goodman of Lincoln are announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Pamela Goodman, to Michael Chambers, son of Mr.

and Mrs, Billy Chambers of Lincoln. Both are graduates of Lincoln Open House on 50th Year scream is effective at 10 the tear gas gun most probably is not. It is if you devoutly believe the manufacturers in some very controlled situations. For instance, which way is the wind blowing? If it is toward you, the potential attacker may have the benefit of tear gas The former Gladys Nowlin MAROA (PNS) Mr. and and Mr.

Rogers were married Sept. 30, 1920, in Decatur First Methodist Church by the Rev. E. J. Campbell.

They are parents of Mrs. Clarence Young of Maroa; Mrs. Ronald Gray, Naperville; and John, rural Clinton. They have nine grandchildren. Mrs.

Clayton Rogers of Forsyth, formerly of the Maroa and Clinton areas, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Forsyth United Methodist Church. Jesse Coppenbarger was I honored wit a wiener roast jSunday evening at his home (near Waynesville in observance his birthday. Forty-eight 'relatives attended. Community High School and are seniors Lincoln Christian) College.

which affects you and not him. Karate Questionable Karate and judo lessons tor women are put into what might be called the fantasy category. "That stuff all looks great in the Sunday supplements and in those classes it all works very nearly," says a burglar. "When I was doing some time, my wife took those lessons because I was worried about her and my kid. The real truth behind them is that they don't do any good because when someone is making a real move to mug or hoke mmmmm sliiiili Wools SumNqs a scrumptious selection of bulky weaves, knits, flannels BONDED ACHYLIC PLAIDS rayon, cotton, nylon, acrylic, flax Do Karafe or Judo Help? The benefit of judo for the ladies may reside wholly in improved health rather than from an effective self-defense program.

A Dec. 17 wedding is being1 planned. 7o Honor New Faculfy At ISU New members of the Illinois State University faculty, their husbands and wives, will be honored at a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the University Union ballroom. while another has something akin to a bear trap.

All of it is promoted amidst awful drumbeating that in the very least should scare 10 years off the life of any normal woman. The usual advice comes along three lines 1. Have an alarm. 2. Have a weapon.

3. Have offensive-defensive skill, such as judo. The one alarm that is available to most women is the voice. And that raises a question: When should you scream? Two Cases Her are two real situations involving screaming: (1) "I was asleep in my apartment when I was awakened by a man standing next to my bed. He had taken my silk stockings from the bathroom and put them against my neck.

I immediately began screaming and pulled at his hands with mine. I began screaming before he put the stockings against my neck, because he first said something to me, about what he was going to do, and I just began scream i a woman, she can't act like she following me. It upset me. there is no scientific statistical js tne ju(j0 scnooi on a mit crossed the street. And then he, demonstration that intuition is However, tnere is some infallible, but those who work in the field of crime and behavior give some credence to the did.

I crossed again, and so did he. He kept coming closer and I was petrified. When he got substance to the argument that besides the general improvement in the tone of a person's IMPORTED ITALIAN TWEEDS BONDED WOOL FLANNEL acrylic and wool BONDED KNIT JERSEYS WOOL FLANNEL 15 COLORS TWEED COORDINATES wool nylon 54" to 60" widths about 15 feet from me I just, ability of humans to sense when began to scream. He didn't do, they may be in danger. body, the skill in judo and karate exercise fortifies a wo- anything to me, he never got As to dealing with serious man s0 that she can mix she is close enough, but there was, threats, there is divided opinion equai to any situation in which something about him that about the carrying of weapons there is potential for assault frightened me.

I didn't run or A. Desoerate Situation This can be of considerable OH anytnmg i jusi siooa mere ana un' consequence in possibly avoid- screamed. He ran away. I don't lf a We is at stake, then any, AND worm it. know if I did the right thing.

I1 weapon you can use is Cy yd. YD. Among the honored guests will be ISU's new acting president, Dr. Francis R. Geigle, and Mrs.

Geigle. Arrangements for the all-faculty reception are being made by a committee headed by Miss Vermeil Wise. Dinner Honors Two MINONtf (PNS) Mrs. George Iliff and her grandson, Warren Van Horn of Cerro Gordo, were honored at a birthday dinner Sunday at the home of Miss Roberta Iliff and Miss Agnes Brady of Park Ridge. don't know why I didn't run and But is that the sort of weapon scream, too.

I don't know why I you might carry? did what I did." A hand gun. such as a revolver or pistol, certainly is a it Can Help rton wpaivm Hnwevpr. in Intuition at Work If it is true that the law abiding person can intuitively have caution about a person who might be threatening, then' one must appreciate the criminal also may have intuitive messages about the person who might be best equipped to avoid being a victim. SO-FRO FABRICS EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER Routes 9 and 66-Bloomington Phone 8299322 many states it is forbidden to have such a weapon concealed or even in possession. Most law enforcement people agree that it is bad business to There are experts who believe that by screaming when she did the young woman was far enough from a potential attacker so that he could get away faster than he could come to her and try to stop the screaming by throttling her.

Various men who have been OPEN 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. MONDAY thru SATURDAY possess a weapon such as a The criminal does not want to firearm. Thieves agree, and for, work. Anything that impedes about the same reason as the quick, smooth progress of noIlCP hie nrimn nan art frv mot a him ing" i The ordeal, according to the young woman who was involved, may have lasted nine or 10 minutes.

In all that time, she screamed at the top of her voice. Though she occupied an apartment in a relatively new building in which loud noises generally can be heard through apartment walls, no one came to her aid. The woman apparently lost consciousness and it is thought that her attacker may have thought she was dead "because he abandoned his intention to rape her. (2) "I was walking on the street at dusk, about three blocks toward my apartment, when I noted this man who was on the bus. He seemed to be i i v-imit wun tvj mane nun questioned about this suggest! nia that thev orobablv would have An armed robber exPlams: glve lt Up' abusive phone abandoned any attack, as did "If someone tries to draw on (Next.

The the man in this particular case. I me whether it's a woman, man caj 1 Ml I 1 ur cup, i nave uie euge ue- cuurse, wouia De an caus. whpn rm nulling a 1obi I've already eot mv eun in my! Mrs. Meredith hand. Either I've got it stuck in Heads Church Women my pocket or I've got it up absurd world if women started screaming or setting off sirens on the streets on the approach of any stanger.

But there is something else that is operative here. It is intuition. Perhaps ELLIOTT (PNS) Mrs front. You start to move for a gun and I'll blast you before1 Kenneth Meredith has been you can pull it." jelected president of the Pon- jtoppidan Lutheran Church Wo men. I oener OKip weapon Police have tended to think that most people especially Mrs.

Wendel Frette is vice president; Mrs. Clinton Len- i i women are better off without ON GUARD: protect yourself against the criminal The Bloomington Pantograph Box 5, Teaneck, NJ. 07666 Enclosed is Send me copies of ON GUARD (Books are 1 each) Name hart, secretary; Mrs. Art Seim. treasurer; Mrs.

Thomas Hill, stewardship secretary; Mrs. Ezra Johnson, education sec retary. I weapons. For one reason, they I do not know how to use them I effectively. For another, the I need for using a gun for self-j protection might arise only once in x-number of years.

But pro-voking situations a domestic quarrel, a falling-out with a lover, a disagreeable clash with The women will be installed in December to serve through Address City 1971. The women will again have a Make checks payable to The Associated Press Be sure to add state sales tax where applicable. Norwegian supper at the church I a masher or drunk might lead 1 to use of a gun in a crime. You Dec. 12.

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