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The workm en a bove are not playing an early April Fool's prank . They are altering the na meplate to emphasize this is the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. The name remains the same. They simply want to make the "Northeast Mississippi" in the nameplate more prom inent. The same fifteen counties will receive coverage. A news staff of 28 people provides news fro m the world, nation, sta te and Northeast Mississippi: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba , Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union counties. This newspaper has the largest circulation in Amer ica for a city the size of Tupelo because of the lar ge r eadership outside Lee County. Sixty percent of the cir culation comes from those other 14 counties. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal continues to grow. The average daily circulation for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in 1983 was 34,083, according to the official ABC Audit Report released this week. That fig ur e represents an increase of 484 copies a day over 1982's circulation. This increase represents more than 1,300 new Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal daily reader s, based on industry estimates of 2.1 readers per copy. The workmen are pulling out the small map and painting a larger "Northeast Mississippi. " They should be finished by Monday.
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WAS H IN GTON ( AP ) Congress on Friday approved a one-m onth extension of the nation ' s bank r uptc y court syste m , one day before its s cheduJed expiration , but legisl ation for a permanent system continued to be s ty mied by disputes over new judgeships and la bor contr acts. T he S ena te passed the extension 78-0 and the House approved similar langu age by voice vote . The t wo versions differed slightly, but the Senate agr eed to accept the House language and send the measure to P resident Reagan. The tem porary bill would keep the courts, with jurisdiction over some $93 billion in assets on an average day, in business until April 30. THE Supreme Court said the bankruptcy judges had assum ed the powers of other federal judges but were not given the same constitutional protections - such as lifetime terms of office.
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By TINA WILSON Staff Writer OKOLONA-About 60 black citizens crowded into the Chickasaw County Voter's League hall Thursday night to voice apprehensions about the upcoming manslaughter trial of a Chickasaw County man accused of stabbing a young black man. Kenneth Mayfield, a Tupelo attorney who conducted the meeting, said it was the second one since the death of Michael Bowen , 22 , of Okolona, in February. Jimmy Anderson, a Chickasaw County landowner, was charged with manslaughter in the stabbing death of Bowen. Mayfield said he has contacted the U.S. Department of J ustice about the matter. He saia officials have promised to investigate for civil rights violations if Anderson is not prosecuted. Aziz Mohammed, formerly known as Alfred S. "Skip" Robinson, was a guest speaker at the organizational meeting. Preaching a mixture of Biblical parables and Moslem rhetor ic, Robinson was applauded when he announced, "I am coming back to the struggle." ROBINSON, a Holly Springs resident, was prominent in the United League, a civil right 's group active during the late-1970s, but recently dropped out of public view. T he people who gathered for the meeting voiced concer n over the fairness of Anderson' s trial. Mayfield said the black citizens of Chickasaw County are worried because the man char ged in t he case has personal relationships with District Attorney Kenneth Coleman and Chickasaw County Sheriff Toby Craig. Coleman and Craig could not be reached for com ment Friday afternoon. "No one here believes Anderson will be prosecuted fairly in Chickasaw County," Mayfield said. "Can we actually expect a jury to convict Jim my An~erson? And if he was convicted, would he walk . away the next day on probation?" Mayfield urged the Chickasaw Countians to express their feelings to the district attorney and sheriff. Robinson told the m to let their local state representative know their doubts. The charges against Anderson will probably go before the next Chickasaw grand jury in May, Mayfield said . He also said Anderson's trial will come up in September. During an executive session before the public meeting, the unnamed group set up two committees, Mayfield said. One is for the Michael Bowen situation, and the other is to help free Dr. Howard Gunn, a local civil rights activist now serving a sentence in a federal prison for mail fraud and embezzlement. Mayfield said he invited Robinson to the meeting for his support, but the two committees will be the decision-makers for the group. "We welcome any help Skip can give us," he said. "But this activity will take place through the committees. He can give us spiritual guidance, but not dictate to the community."
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HILO, Hawaii (AP) -The threat to Hawaii's second-largest city from the eruption of Mauna Loa eased Friday, with a new finger of lava diverting some of the volcano's molten flow over uninhabited tand, officials said . Meanwhile, the island's second volcano, Kilauea, resumed its intermittent eruption, marking the first time in more than a century that the two erupted simultaneously. Officials flying over the area early F r iday sighted the new stream of lava from Mauna Loa about three miles behind the front of a 13· m ile-long flow. The wall of lava has descended the mountainside to about five miles from the nearest homes in the upper Kaumana area of Hilo, which has a population of 40,000. The new finger of molten rock is "more favor able, because it's farther up the flow," said Bill Takaba , a Hawaii County Civil Defense volunteer. "It relieves pressure at the front." The new flow was headed north over uninhabited state land, away from Hilo. Heavy rain and fog prevented officials from gathering better information , said Takaba. INSTRUMENTS at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory early Frid ay indicated Kilauea was erupting. It was the first time since 1868 that the island 's two active volcanos erupted at the same time. "From one side I could see Mauna Loa erupting, and on the other side I could see Kilauea," said Susanne Gines, who lives in Volcano village. " It's a real eerie feeling, to be surrounded by volcanic activity," she said. "You can feel the charge in the air." The main lava flow from Mauna Loa was one of four streaming from a fissure at the 9,000·foot level of the 13,677-foot-high volcano. The other three main flow s had appearently stopped advancing, said Robert Decker, sciectist in charge of the volcano observatory. The new outbreak from Kilauea did not appear to pose any immediate threat to a residential area several m iles away. Both scientists and Civil Defense officials said it was difficult chart what the main lava flow from Mauna Loa would do next.
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ON THURSDAY, Hawaii County Mayor Herbert Matayoshi signed a declaration of emer gency for the east and southeastern portions of the island and urged residents to " say a pr yer." Matayoshi said the declaration would enable the county to seek ii dditional state frn i, and authorize the county to use ;>rivatc property if necessary
'Nurse Nice' eases tots' hospital fears By MYRA HUMPHRIES Staff Writer E ach week, "Nurse Nice, " alias Judy Hodges, leaves her post on the pediatric ward of the North Mississippi Medical Center to perform a tonsilectomy on a teddy bear. She also dresses preschoolers and first graders in surgical garb so they can assist with the operation. This pretending is all part of an orientation for the children preparing them in case they ever have to go to the hospital. The program explains what is expected of the child and what the child can expect during the stay. Mrs. Hodges, head nurse of the pediatric ward , says this preparation is important for children . She said those who have gone through the orientation are usually calm and prepared if they are admitted to the hospital.
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Six-year-old Summer Garrett helps "Nurse Nice" Judy Hodges with her teddy bear patient.
"THEY DO remarkably better than kids who haven 't visited," she said. Mrs. Hodges also talks to children before they have surgery; she says she sometimes has to answer some tough questions. "Some of them will ask me if they are going to die - that's the hardest one to answer. Because of the one in a million chance that they might, I just skirt the issue. I can't promise them that they won't. " The key to keeping a child calm in any medical situation is understanding and trust, said several medical professionals. Dr. Richard Warriner, a dentist who specializes in pediatrics, said gaining the child's trust is one of his main objectives. He often gets referrals from other dentists who have had problems with the children. " IT' S CHALLENGING to get a child who has had a bad experience and work them through it. But if I can talk to them, I can gain their trust and work them through their fear," he said. Warriner said one of his office rules is that when children turn 3 years old, they go to the examining area alone. "It's traumatic for parents to see their children get an injection, and the children sense that." He said one mother insisted on accompanying her child and ended up passing out "cold as a cucumber, but the kid was fine. " I had to stop working on the child to go over and make sure she didn't knock her head off.'' Warriner uses show and tell to explain dental procedures to his patients. "We explain what we 're going to do, and then we do it. We try to practice 'painless dentistry' and not do anything that hurts the child. "BUT IF something is going to hurt a little, we tell them. That way they know what to expect, and we don't lose their trust." Warriner said he also avoids terms with negative connotations when talking to the children. "Shots hurt ; injections pinch just a little and just for a minute. If I can calm them down I can work them through anything. They'll get the injection and not even know they've had it," he said. Jacky Goff, assistant supervisor of the surgery department at the hospital, said children get special understanding and VIP treatment in his area. Children going into surgery are allowed to have their parents in
Joseph Thompson, the four-year-old son of J.D. and Nancy Thompson of Shannon, constructs a masterpiece while waiting to see the dentist. the holding area until they go into the operating room . He said once they get into 'OR' they are held by the staff until time for the procedures. "These children are sleepy and want to cuddle. They'll go to almost anybody," he said. GOFF SAID children are also allowed to take their blankets or teddy bears all the way through surgery and recovery. Anesthesiologists also roll out the red carpet fo r the little ones. A new staff member pioneered use of fruit-flavored solutions, which allow the children to breathe in grape or orange oxygen. " We pretty much cater to the children," he said. "If any of our staff is ever touched, we're touched by children."