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Tower Dining Room NOW OPEN national Battalion/Page II December 10,1 - Growing appeal for help overburdens charities e Have you taken your secretary to lunch this semester? Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. Rudder Tower 11th Floor Open to Public “Quality First” United Press International America’s charities say re quests for help this Christmas have tripled in some areas and many of the needy are members of the “new poor” — young people, Asian refugees and people who once were on the giving end. The Salvation Army, long the caretaker of the poor, is already turning people away in some parts of the country. “People who were helping us help others a year and a half ago, now are coming to us for help,” officials in Wichita, Kan., said. Carol Franks of the Dallas Salvation Army said in 12 years with the charity “I’ve never seen the need, demand. Demands are well beyond anyone’s anticipa tion.” Capt. Charles Williams, director of social services for the Salvation Army in Boston, said “people are hurting and they’re not giving. That’s going to hurt us.” He also said many people who donated in the past are now looking for assistance. “A lot of people that used to give, can’t,” said Sally Faren- thold, head of the Kansas City Metropolitan Lutheran Minis try. “Maybe they have lost their own jobs and their working hours have been cut back. And the people who have given in the he' idp right past are needing now.” An example is a Dallas woman, 39, who asked to remain unidentified, sleeping on the floor of a downtown Salvation Army facility with her two chil dren. She lost her 10-year, $503- a-week stockroomjob when Bra- niff International declared bankruptcy in May. “Listen, I’m just grateful I don’t have to sleep in the car,” she said. “At least my two kids and I have a place to stay and something to eat.” Salvation Army City Com mander Maj. Roland Chambless in Tulsa said, “It would be a shock if we were unable to pro vide for everyone this holiday season.” Chambless’ concern is re flected throughout the ranks of the Salvation Army. “I know demands are being placed on us now that far exceed anything last year,” said Maj. Leon Ferraez in Atlanta, who heads the division responsible for Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and other Southern states. The Chicago-area Salvation Army is cutting back its services, suffering its own economic problems, while requests for assistance are up. “We are seeing a younger client, a person who is willing to work, a person who has had more education than the tradi tional bum or wino or derelict we’ve seen in the past," said Helen Johnson, assistant dire ctor. “There are many a ployed, lots of Asian refiijn tremendous influx of[t , U temporarily in need.T:.l: L ‘ an< ^ <H c s the hard-core poor. ‘ you’d call them thetapi In San Francisco, thi tion Army ended its Qiit food-voucher program weeks early becausetheSii )1 ° budget for the grocery cates was exhausted in t«i Gi (conti Son others don’t. Th company Remen companie which is t In Wichita, Kan.,Sab Army Major Herbert said, “We’re having i three times moreapplicai this point than in preview Last year during the Chi season, Wichita’s Army post served 1,1 lies. To date, the mimhel already reached that am Wes Laws, director of de velopment for the Salvation Army in Minneapolis, said the nature of his case load also has changed. A Dallas official | creased demand at percent. New York official demand is up 60 perctnil officials have only heed fulfill 20 percent of them Getting you move easier, Cl; Getting the next phone de panics usi average phone bill company usually ht o exceec be requin posit or b :me co-si| any cont Setting ext. If yc furniture, Chi Jobless rate remains steady Unite United Press International WASHINGTON — Fifty-six thousand fewer people applied for unemployment benefits dur ing the Thanksgiving week, pri marily because government offices were not open every day, the Labor Department said Thursday. But the latest total, despite the decline, was still at the same 598,000 level it was during the survey week that helped gener ate the November national un employment rate of 10.8 per cent, a new post-Depression re cord. r rooted ir of { Jind.in re The total initial claims for the week ending Nov. 27 were 598,000 — down from the pre vious week’s 654,000. , The overall rate reported Dec. 3 showed 12 million Amer ican workers were unable to find jobs, less than half of whom are covered by unemployment in surance and included in the weekly claims figure. WASH mas,” say bautn, “is hreat an cause Chi on as the Insteac ector of or the A mittee, Je comfortal receiving The seasonally adjusted state unemployment insurance fi gure also does not include another 6,300 federal em ployees and newly discharged veterans who also applied for jobless pay for the first time dur ing the Thanksgiving week. Department officials said most of the more than 6 million people not covered by unem ployment insurance are appa rently living with their families and are being supported by spouses or relatives who still have jobs. Thanksgiving week, which government offices closed at least one day, Mil third week in four in initial claims for benefitslj gone down. The level of two of those weekst lowest since the sevem period ending Aug. 7. The number already receiving i j- m on) ' pnce-min the week ending Nov. 20J ped by 391,200 to 3.9 ml vlT; the department said. 1 | yyp-p brought the rate of unemf P L * i b , ,. ,, r ..most lew; ment among people elim d benefits to 4.4 percent, froit I: r • ’ percent a week earlier. , , That Figure also does lit! i TT elude another 464,700 1 employees, railroad and those benefits. There were 339,800 claiming certain extended™ u o • 1 f fc XlC Sell nefits which were available® states, down from previous week, the departi report showed. 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