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rlieracMvVAUPUN, wis. — About 40
convicts Monday took over part
'hpf the segregation unit at the
10 an'Saw. hi pun Correctional Institu-
loweniW g|n, which has been the scene of
or un an attack on a nurse, a suicide,
and a weapons search in the past
week. ^
No hostages were taken and
no injuries reported, said Gov.
Anthony Earl, who announced
the takeover at his news confer
ence in Madison. Waupun city
police blocked off streets and
joined State Patrol troopers and
Dodge County sheriff s deputies
in riot gear at the prison.
The takeover came one day
after the state’s top corrections
official and the warden said the
prison was operating normally
despite a week of disruptions.
One or more units of the
overcrowded prison, including
the segregation unit, have been
searched. Several homemade
weapons turned up.
An inmate who hanged him
self Saturday, Raphael Mar
tinez, 26, was one of two prison
ers mainly responsible for the
prison’s problems that began a
week ago, Linda Reivitz, secret
ary of the Department of Health
and Social Services, said.
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Poverty increases;
more get benefits
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WASHINGTON — Nine
of every 10 U.S. households
in 1981 was getting at least
one non-cash benefit either
from public or private
sources, the Census Bureau
reported Monday.
In addition, the bureau
said the percentage of the
population below the pover
ty level rose in 1981 to 14
percent, contrasting with
1980’s figure of 13.6 per
cent. The 1981 poverty level
for a family of four was put
at $9,287.
That means nearly 11.7
million households were be
low the poverty level, up
from just over 11.2 million
households in 1980.
It was the second straight
year the number of house
holds getting benefits rose,
and it accompanied a drop
in household cash income
after adjustment for infla
tion and the rise in the num
ber of households under the
poverty level.
Bureau statistician Ange
la Feldman said the figures
do not reflect adminstration
budget cuts, although the
1982 numbers “probably
will show more of an im
pact.”
The bureau’s report ex
amined several programs in
which participation is deter
mined by the recipient’s cash
income — food stamps, free
or reduced priced school
lunches, public or subsidized
housing and Medicaid. It
also looked at programs
where income or assets are
not guidelines — Medicare,
regular priced school lun
ches, and employer-or un
ion-provided pension plans
and group health insurance
plans.
Almost half, 47 percent,
of the households getting at
least one income-or asset-
based benefit had an income
less than the poverty level,
the report said. Two-thirds
of the food stamp house
holds, half the lunch prog
ram households, nearly 53
percent of the public hous
ing users and 54 percent of
the Medicaid users were
under the poverty level.
In all, 14.5 milion house
holds made use of some
form of the income-based
programs, with nearly 8.5
million covered by Medi
caid, 7.1 million getting food
stamps, 5.3 million making
use of the lunch program
and nearly 2.9 million using
housing programs. The only
drop in usage was for the
lunch program, where parti
cipation declined 3.2 per
cent.
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Retailing Industry Goes Back to School
Lone
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by Kim Penn
In these times of a recessionary
buying period, high unemploy
ment and a changing industry en
vironment, retailing has decided
to go back to school. Texas A&M
University, that is. On November
23, the University's Board of Re
gents approved the establishment
of the Center for Retailing Studies.
The new Center is a privately-
funded segment of the Texas A&M
University Marketing Department
in the College of Business Admi
nistration.
Beginning formal operations in
January 1983, its underlying pur
pose is to better serve students in
terested in retailing careers as well
as the retail companies that will be
recruiting these students. It is an
exciting concept designed to form
a partnership between the Univer
sity's faculty and students and the
retail community.
"The Center is not an imitation
(of other academic programs in re
tailing)," says Dr. Leonard Berry,
Director of the Center and market
ing professor. "We didn't look at
programs elsewhere when we in
itiated the Center; we looked at
what needed to be done."
What is unique about the Center
is that it is completely supported
by private, not state, funds. A
number of major retailing firms
which are prominent leaders in
their industry have already pro
vided backing, and the funding
base for the Center is expected to
expand nationwide. Present sup
porters include Brookshire
Brothers Grpcery Company, Dil
lard's Department Stores, H. E.
Butt Grocery Company, Kroger
Food Stores, Neiman-Marcus,
Sanger-Harris, Southland Corpor
ation, Tandy/Radio Shack Corpor
ation, and the Zales Corporation.
Why are retailers so interested
in the Center?
"They're realists...and busi
nessmen," says Dr. Dan Robert
son, Head of the Marketing De
partment. "We're not being sup
ported by state funds, but private.
That makes us accountable to
them, and that's good. Sponsors
have not made a charitable dona
tion, they'll expect a return on
their dollar. And we intend to give
it to them."
That return will be seen in a
number of ways. First, retailers
will benefit as the Center facilitates
an increase in graduates who are
interested and educated and ex
cited about retailing. These gradu
ates will know the field they are
entering and won't be a part of the
high early-career turnover retail
ers frequently experience.
Retailers like Frank Bal^ Senior
Vice President of Operations at
Neiman-Marcus, are recognizing
the need to invest in college-
educated people who will be able
to advance and make a long term
contribution to their enterprise.
"Change in the retailing indus
try can be seen in the rapid expan
sion of major retailing stores
throughout the United States," ex
plains Mr. Ball.
"Before this expansion, retailers
could rely on an intuitive feel for
merchandising to be successful.
But today we're talking about a
$450 million company, and you
can't control it by intuition alone.
You need qualified people with a
background in math, computers,
communication and humanities,
as well as an exposure to retailing."
Another return will be the in
teraction that will take place be
tween retailers, faculty and stu
dents in the various programs of
the Center. A national retailing
conference is slated for November
1983, combining the academic and
practitioner worlds of retailing to
address pressing issues in the
field.
What do the retailers expect to
get from investing in the Center?
"A closer working relationship
with the institution," answers
Mike Romaine, Vice President of
Community Relations at Zales
Corporation.
"Overall, we hope the Center
will increase awareness. We'd like
to sense that the College of Busi
ness Administration will be
paying more attention to retailing.
We're also expecting help in re
cruiting. If we're recruiting for a
specific skill, we want to know the
best people available. We also
want to know people who can
identify the right students for the
jobs."
According to William V. Muse,
Dean of the College of Business
Administration, there is an open
market for university involve
ment.
"There are not a lot of universi
ties that put an emphasis on retail
ing," he said. "So the response is
good from retailers in the South
west. They're also responsive be
cause of A&M's reputation of qual
ity graduates and programs."
"By working more closely with
retailers," continued Dean Muse,
"we can better meet our objectives
of increased job opportunities for
students, a stronger focus on re
search."
Both students and faculty will
benefit from the constant flow of
retail ideas through such prog
rams as Executives-in-Residence,
the Annual Business Student
Career Fair, the Retail Career Sym
posium, a Funded Research Prog
ram, and a Faculty Development
Program.
The Retailing Career Sympo
sium, also held during Business
Week, will bring in speakers for
panel discussions. The Center's
Funded Research Program will
support faculty research proposals
related to retailing problems and
practices.
"For example," cites Dr. Para-
suraman, marketing professor, "a
faculty member may be funded to
Business Week '83 Schedule
Tuesday, February 1, 1983
7:00 am
Breakfast for recruiters, MSC
Cafeteria.
8:30 am
Company booths open for student
conversations, A&A Bldg, first
and second floor lobbies.
Speaker:
ACCT Conference, 10 am; ACCT
327, 2 pm
Carroll Phillips, Managing Partner
with Coopers & Lybrand, Houston
12:00 pm
Booths closed. Lunch for recrui
ters.
1:30 am
Company booths reopen.
7:00 pm ».
Career Fair Banquet. Academic
Awards Presentations, MSC
second floor, main banquet room,
224.
Wednesday, February 2, 1983
7:00 am
Breakfast for recruiters MSC
Cafeteria.
8:30 am
Company booths open for student
conversations, A&A Bldg, first
floor.
Retailing Career Symposium,
Rudder Tower, room 601.
Speaker:
MGMT470, 11 am; MGMT470, 12
noon
Roy Serpa, Manager of Headquarters
Commercial Development, Gulf Oil
Chemicals Company
12:00 pm
Lunch for recruiters, booths
closed. Retailing Career Sympo
sium Luncheon.
1:30 pm
Company booths reopen, A&A
Bldg, first floor.
Retailing Career Symposium con
tinues, Rudder Tower.
6:30 pm
"Take a Student to Dinner," Re
cruiters host selected students at
local restaurants.
Thursday, February 3
Speakers:
MGMT 435, 11 am; MGMT 436,
12:30 pm
Charles Irving, Attorney, Texaco,
U.S.A.
spend a week in Neiman-Marcus
observing actual management de
cision making or watching how a
buyer works.”
"So much of what we've done in
the past has been pure textbook,"
says Don Heaberlin, a senior mar
keting student. "We have the
theory down, but as far as applica
tions go most of us are pretty defi
cient. We need the theory, but we
don't know enough about ap
plying it."
"There is an obvious growth in
professional retailing and the sub
sequent need for future mana
gers," Dr. Robertson believes.
Going back to school after all
these years is probably a good
thing after all.
Retailing Career Fair Schedule
Wednesday, February 2, 1983
Retailing Career Symposium in
room 601 Rudder Tower
8:30 am Welcome
William Muse, Dean
College of Business Administra
tion
Opening Remarks
Leonard Berry, Professor,
Marketing Department and
Director, Center for Retailing Stu
dies
9:00 am Keynote:
"Why Consider a Career in Re
tailing?"
Lawrence Elkin, Senior Vice Presi
dent of Personnel,
Neiman-Marcus
10:00 Panel Discussion:
"Qualities of a Successful Retailer in a
Large Retail Chain"
David Finley, Manager of Organi
zational Research and Develop
ment,
The Southland Corporation
Wayne Majors, Executive Vice
President of Human Resources,
Zale Corporation
John Woodward, Senior Vice Pres
ident of Personnel,
Joske's
11:00 Panel Discussion:
"Qualities of a Successful Retail En
trepreneur"
Pam Glosserman, Partner,
Eve France, Inc.
Cappy Lawton, President,
1776 Corporation
Kenny Martin, Owner,
Future Heirlooms Jewelry and
Gifts
1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion:
"The First fob in Retailing"
Tim Brookshire, Director of Per
sonnel,
Brookshire Grocery Company
Barbara Caldwell, Director of Per
sonnel and Training,
Dillard's Department Stores
Ann Keeter, Director of Recruiting
and Placement,
Sanger-Harris
2:45 Presentation:
"How to Get a Job in Retailing"
Margaret Ford, Director of Per
sonnel,
Sakowitz, Inc.
3:30 Closing Remarks
Paul Duesterhoft
Don Heaberlin
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DETROIT— In the 50 |
years since the Lone Ranger first
donned a black mask cut from
his dead brother’s vest and gal
loped off on his stallion Silver,
no greater champion of justice
has been found, his creators say.
Five decades ago last Sunday,
with “a fiery horse with the
speed of light, a cloud of dust
and a hearty ‘Hi-ho Silver,
away,”’ the Lone Ranger rode
into American living rooms to
the strains of the William Tell
Overture.
He started his career as a
champion of justice on Detroit
radio station WXYZ, January
30, 1933. Before the decade was
out, more than 400 stations car
ried the Lone Ranger.
The fictional Lone Ranger,
born in 1850, began his career as
the only Texas Ranger to sur
vive a bushwhacking by outlaws
that killed five others, includingj
his older brother, Daniel Reid.
The Indian Tonto found the
younger Reid riddled with bul
lets, nursed him to health, and
roamed seven states with him to
fight the forces of evil.
When the masked man, who
was portrayed by 18 different
actors, first went on the air he
did not even have a name. Wri
ter Fran Striker created him fot
use on the “Manhunter” series, e j|
half-hour drama show rur
nightly except Sundays.
“In the beginning it wa:
something like Zorro,” contri
buting writer and actor Ton
Dougall said. “He would shoo
up three or four bad guys at th<
end (of the show) and ride awa;
laughing.
“We simmered him dowi
and made him the greatest hen
that ever was. Nowhere in thi
pages of history can anyone fin<
a greater champion of justice.’
Soon the Lone Ranger, witl
thundering hoof beats — actual
ly coconut shells beaten agains
the chest of soundmen — ex
panded his audio trails. He wa
heard in Chicago and Nev
York, and was instrumental i
the establishment of the Mutu:
Network.
The show’s popularit
brought demands for person;
appearances. Announcer Brae
Beemer was fitted with with
cowboy outfit and a white hors
was rented from a circus playin
in Detroit. On July 30, 1933, th
Lone Ranger made his first pul
lie appearance to rave review
Dick Osgood, a writer wh
worked at WXYZ for 37 yea
and wrote a book on the statioi
said.
In September 1949 the Lor
Ranger galloped into a ne
medium — television.
The last live radio broadca
of the Lone Ranger was Sept.
1954, Osgood said. In Augu
1958 television production
the show was stopped. But tl
Lone Ranger still rides the ai
waves in reruns throughout tl
world.
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