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A7 THE REPUBLIC, COLUMBUS, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1975 What's So Funny? Society Can Entrap Assaulted Wives m. 'w department during a five-month period in 1974, accounting for almost half of all assault and battery complaints. "I could name you three or four addresses where every weekend, year after year, we'll have calls on family disturbances, on a family fight," Detective Lt. Harold Owings said. "The husband automatically beats up his wife everytimehe gets drunk." The majority of wife assaults occur during certain peak periods of the week, the researchers said, especially on Friday nights, late Sunday afternoons and Sunday nights.

The most common form of attack, the study showed, is with the fists. But most often the assailant also resorted to kicking, throwing across the room or down the stairs, slap- house call in only half of those complaints. In only one case was an arrest made. The victims insisted they did nothing to provoke the assaults, and most said when they tried to defend themselves, the beatings increased in intensity. 4 Miss Eisenberg and Mrs.

Micklow said there is no way to estimate accurately how many wives are beaten by their husbands, but offered these indications: A 1974 Detroit Police Department study showed 85 per cent of 144 assault complaints were filed by women, half of whom were married. A Wayne County assistant prosecutor said wife assault is one of the most frequent crimes he encounters. The police chief of a small Washtenaw County town of said family assault calls come in every day. The wives ranged in age from 19 35. The researchers admitted the sample was heavily weighted to persons in the lower economic classes because of lack of access to women in the upper strata.

They emphasized wife beating straddles all occupations, levels of education, duration of marriage and family size. Detroit Recorder's Court Judge Sue Borman said the middle or upper class woman is less likely to bring charges against her husband because of embarrassment. "She has the ability to get away from the man, too," Judge Borman said, "more economic ability." Miss Eisenberg and Mrs. Micklow said most cases of wife beatings probably are not reported to police because of three factors humiliation, fear of reprisal, and the stumbling blocks women face along the legal path. "The woman runs into barriers wherever she goes, the police, courts, prosecutors," Mrs.

Micklow said. "There is an emphasis in this society on preserving ROYAL ENGAGEMENT -On Valentine's Day Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands announced the engagement of their daughter, Princess Christina, to a Cuban refugee, Jerge Guillermo. The happy couple is shown above in a stroll through the garden of the royal palace in Soestdijk, Holland. (UPI Photo) can te found Irrpolice departments files in almost every city in the nation. Yet the phenomenon known as wife beating remains fogged by social prejudices and arbitrary laws.

Arrests and convictions are rare. Two University of Michigan law students recently completed an extensive study on wife assaults. The results are statistically imperfect but the impact is staggering. Sue Eisenberg, 24, and Pat Micklow, 37, both third-year law students, titled their research study "The Assaulted Wife: 'Catch 22 Revisited." "Wife beating is a misunderstood and tacitly accepted custom," they wrote. "It is burdened by societal humor, thoughtless tolerance and arbitrary applications of the law.

"It is an index of the devaluation of women in our society." The pair said wife assaults are treated as a social problem, not a crime. Cases are buried in divorce, assault and homicide statistics, making it difficult to pinpoint the scope and frequency. Starting in April, 1973, the researchers interviewed 20 women in two Michigan counties who had been beaten by their husbands. They also talked to police officers, prosecutors, judges and emergency room doctors. The victims, identified only by age, and occupation, revealed a startling string of horror stories.

"He used, to ae when I was down like a dog," one woman said "If my clothes were ripped during the fight, he would make me sit and sew them right after the beating." ping, choking, burning or smothering. The "more innovative weapons used" included a broom, leather belt, brush, pillow, hot iron, lighted cigarettes and a piece of railroad track. Areas of the body most frequently attacked were the head and the face. Some wives said their husbands "always went for the face first" in a desire to humiliate them. Seven victims interviewed said their husbands inflicted blows to the abdomenal areas during pregnancy.

Injuries included four women with miscarriages, four had concussions, one woman had her hair ripped out, one suffered a fractured jaw. and one sustained cracked ribs. Miss Eisehberg and Mrs. Micklow said those wives who decided to take legal action against their husbands were trapped in a shuttle between the criminal and civil courts the "Catch 22" situation. If the woman requests an assault and battery warrant, they said, she must prove to the prosecuting attorney that she is a worthy victim.

The researchers said most prosecutors want proof the woman is filing for divorce before they will issue a warrant. But when the woman arrives in court, judges often fail to punish the husband in the hope that reconciliation will occur, they said. Miss Eisenberg and Mrs. Micklow pointed to the need for the legal system to recognize wife beating as a crime, offering immediate protection as well as long term solutions. Red, White, Accent Sorority Program By CATHY L.

TROST ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) The woman was pinned against a wall, a butcher knife poised at her throat. She was six months pregnant but her assailant slammed his fists into her stomach, again and again. He kicked a chair onto her stomach and she blacked out. When she came to, he was still beating her.

The woman's assailant was not a stranger. He was her husband. He began beating her, she said, when she misplaced his cigarettes. Assault reports like this Women's Guild Plans Fashion Show A style show will be featured at the March meeting of St. Bartholomew Women's Guild.

The showing of homemade fashions will be followed by a salad buf fet. Guests are welcome. The Feb. 5. meeting of the Guild was opened with the Rev James Dede celebrating Mass.

Flans were made for the '75 Biergarten to be held May 9 and it was decided that the group would contribute to the Bar bara Hawksworth memorial fund. After the meeting, a special awards night was held honoring members' for their contributions of time and energy to Guild functions. Refreshments, of cherry tarts and punch were served by Cathy Niese, Dottie DeGreef and Jea-nette Freeman. Couple To Observe Fiftieth Anniversary Mr. and Mrs.

Ernest Per-kinson of Route 11 will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday. Mr. Perkinson and the former Martha Gibson were married Feb. 18, 1925, at Madison. He is retired from Cummins Engine company.

The couple are the parents of Marjorie Johnson of Grammer and Russell Perkinson of Columbus. There are six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Clifty Ladies Aid Ladies Aid society of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Clifty will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial hall.

Hostesses will be Mrs. Herbert Nolting and Mrs. Walter Reinking. Doctor's Column Tavorite Persons' Basis of Poems Poems about favorite persons were responses and roll call for Columbus Poetry club members meeting Thursday at th home of Mina Morris Scott. Original poems were "The Room Polisher" read by Dorothy Rolf; "Our Garden of Friendship," by Emily Hen-nessy; "Remembered Joy," by Frances Brown Price; "My Little One" or "A Father's Thoughts on Her Wedding Day," by Mary Greene' and "Solo Sailor" read by Mary E.

Simmons. Mrs. Scott read "The Death of Nancy Lincoln" by Lloyd Whitehead, member of the Indiana State Federation of Poetry clubs. Mrs. Greene gave an intensive study of 16th and 17th century poets for the study program.

The next meeting will be March 13 at the home of Mrs. Hennessy. Responses' will be Easter poems and the study session on humorous poetry will be led by Marjorie Sea Fortmeyer. A doctor at a Detroit hospital emergency room said he sees five or six wife assault cases each week. And 57 cases of alleged wife assault were reported to the Washtenaw County sheriff's Sorority Tours Furniture Company Tour of Buchanan and Sons Furniture company was the highlight of the Feb.

11 meeting of Xi Delta Pi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Scott Colburn and Mona Wirth guided the group which has been studying interior and exterior home decorations this year. Following the tour refresh ments were served prior to short business meeting. The tour guides explained the different types, icr of furniture, showing various char acteristics In design which would indicate French, Italian Spanish, English or Oriental in fluence. The group was told lhat the United States is the home of the rocker, which started out as a straight chair to which were nailed barrel staves to obtain sturdiness.

Evening Welcome Wagon Evening Welcome Wagon club will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the tfonderosa steak house. A "Dutch Auction" will be conducted by Neil Greene auctioneer. Each member is to take a homemade article sewn or baked. Mr.

Greene will also be auctioning off unsold items from the November ba zaar. tne marriage at an costs. The researchers said they were convinced from interviews with police officials that most officers are trained to view wife-beating as a family problem, better handled by a social worker or counselor, and to avoid making arrests. Of the 20 women interviewed, 16 railed the police. Officers responded with a Policewoman Discusses Her Varied Duties.

The winner of the wcman of the year contest held by the Chere Amie chapter of Ameri can Business Women associ ation will be announced at club's spring enrollment tea to be held at the Williamsburg club house on March 16. A Boss's Night also has been scheduled for April .14 at the Holiday Inn. Nina Crosby of the Columbus police department was guest speaker at the Chapter's Feb. 10 meeting. She discussed her duties as a policewoman assigned to juvenile division and additional duties including assisting with rape cases, narcotics problem of women and other problems of juveniles or women.

Angela Crawford of In dianapolis Power and Light company was a guest. The door prize was awarded to Martha Kinsey. I "Various Man, the Very Great" was the program topic at the Feb. 11 meeting of Xi Bet! Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. Mrs.

Don McLean was program leader. Mrs. Herman Darlage con- Newcomers Clubs Plan Potluck Social A St. Patrick's day social is planned by both Day and Nighttime Newcomers clubs. The social, a potluck supper, will be held March 15 at Two Worlds clubhouse.

Nancy Ormsby presented a program on child abuse for the Day group at its meeting Feb. 11 at Gene's cafeteria in East-brook. Nancy Besch has resigned as president because she is moving. New president ls'Uean Smith; Gladys Shoberg will be the new treasurer. The May 17 luncheon, sponsored annually by both New comers groups, will be held May 8 at the North Christian church.

Card games were played and prizes given to Mrs. Shoberg, Mrs. Norman Gray, Mrs. Richard Kuhn and Mrs. Phillip Shulze.

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She demonstrated the "revised" craft of quilling Literature, kits and sample projects were displayed at the home of Mrs. Gene Stevens. Mrs. Donald G. Schwartzkopf conducted the business meeting.

Dessert was served by hostess committee members, Mrs. George Dickey, Mrs. Joe Miller, Mrs. Stevens and Grace Turner. Door prizes provided by Mrs.

Grayson were won by Mrs. Jud-son Erne, Mrs. Arthur King and Mrs. Schwartzkopf. NORTH.

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Incidentally, when you next see Joe to him that he should rest on his laurels and not try any more doubles like this one." IliWffiflQiB 33i Neck Creates Chronic Pain Wrv Blue Colors ducted the business meeting and Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Jean Kirsh-man and Mrs. James Beshear were appointed to the nominating committee for the election of officers to be held at the next meeting. Preliminary plans were discussed for the annual Founders day banquet to be held during Beta Sigma Phi week April 28 to May 3.

A dessert course was served on tables decorated with silhouettes of George Washing and Abraham Lincoln. Members were asked to wear red, white and blue in keeping with the patriotic theme. The prize for most patriotic attire was awarded to Mrs. Beshear. Mrs.

Kirshman. Mrs. Burvl Line' and Mrs. McLean won prizes at party bridge. Menus Chango Daily American Smorgasbord Restaurants 2475 Taylor Road Wedding Album You will receive 12 5x7 Color Prinrt in a auliful album all for only $75.00 CAU TODAY I Thii sptcial prict applies to all wtddingi booktd en or before March 31.

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Pass Pass Pass Opening lead A neck is held in an abnormal position to compensate for the poor alignment beginning from the bottom of the spine up. The fact that you have trouble when you walk means this needs to be looked into. The search for the cause begins literally from the possibility of a short leg, all the way up to the top, including the neck vertebrae. Acupuncture is not much good for these problems unless one means using a needle to locate small points of muscle spasm and then to needle them. These spots are sometimes injected with novocaine, the same thing the dentist uses, to relieve the spasm.

Such treatments by experienced hands are really great in providing sudden relief. These treatments too, though, are usually temporary unless the underlying disorder is corrected. That is why you can't just treat the muscle spasm. A lot of short term stiff necks from muscle spasm can be almost miraculously cured by techniques that involve stretching the affected muscle. It is a bit like relieving a muscle cramp, as in the calf muscle, by stretching it.

If the cause is something simple like unusual exertion painting the ceiling, for example that may not occur again, that may be all that is necessary. Recurrent attacks, though, also require a search for the cause. DR. LAWRENCE E. LAMB Newspaper Enterprise Association DEAR DR.

LAMB For the past ten years I have had a condition known as wry neck (it was explained to me as a muscle spasm), where my head hangs to the right of my neck with a constant ache. I have been to very competent orthopedic doctors, and five years ago they put me in a hospital in traction for ten days. When I came home my condition, if anything, was worse. A therapist was recommended and I went to him for a number of visits. This summer, under a new doctor, I had ten acupuncture treatments.

There was no change in my condition, and actually it made me a nervous wreck. I'm in my mid-50s and have a responsible job where I must be sharp at all times. I'm seldom absent. Other than the neck I'm in perfect health, but I am vain. I hate to have people ask me what is the matter with my neck.

This condition bothers me most when 1 am walking (this is really an effort) and when I am driving my car. Do you have anything at all to suggest in order to straighten my neck? This is really getting me down. DEAR READER Since you have had the problem for PRESENTS By Oswald James Jacoby Jim: "All mistakes made at the bridge table aren't costly. Sometimes they boomerang into winning scores. When Joe Conforte of Reno doubled five diamonds at the San Antonio nations, he made what should have been a costly mistake, but wound up with a top scorer." Oswald: "They sure like to gamble in Nevada.

North's two-club bid was artificial and forcing? South's two diamonds a negative response and I guess that when South 20 off ten years it is not going to be easy for anyone to do much about it. My suggestion would be to see a good specialist in physical medicine. He can use the information from the orthopedic specialist and also prescribe what you might need from a physical therapist. The first important thing to find out is what is causing the muscle spasm, if that is what you really have. If muscle spasm is because of some problem within the neck vertebrae, it may be necessary to correct that.

Usually people like you have some other underlying problem and temporary relief of the muscle spasm helps only a little while unless the underlying cause is corrected. It might be that you are one of those people with a short leg. These people will have the whole spine, including the neck, canted out of position like a crooked stack of dominoes. The regular Now Thru Feb. 1975 ooooooocooc How to increase your personal Wine Pleasure 1st Annual CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPH CONTEST Your Child Can Win GRAND PRIZE of $100 U.S.

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