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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, July 24,1980
Movin’ At The Mart
WHOLESALE BUYERS and
salespeople alike gather at the
Atrium Fashion Theater of the
Atlanta Apparel Mart to view the
latest in ready-to-wear.
BY THEA JARVIS
It looms up out of the
hot city street like a
stone fortress.
A windowless wonder,
its pseudo-turrets and
towers proclaim a
medieval mystery in the
heart of the South’s most
contemporary city.
It is the Atlanta
Apparel Mart, the latest
Portman powerhouse just
down from the Catholic
Center at the corner of
Spring and Harris Streets.
Though some may
agree with one bemused
employee who described
the Mart as “atrocious
looking from the
outside,” there are
thousands who are daily
held in thrall by the
beehive beauty of the
interior.
The Mart is a veritable
honeycomb of
merchandising activity,
the southeastern center
for the wholesale
marketing of
ready-to-wear clothing
and accessories.
“When there’s a show
going on, it’s the wildest
place in the world,”
quips Tom Burke, Holy
Cross Church in
Chamblee’s local
representative, who
operates “The Children’s
Corner,” a showroom on
the Mart’s seventh floor.
Looking down from
Tom’s vantage point, the
novice to the inner
sanctum of high fashion
views tier upon tier of
brown-carpeted balconies
flowing gracefully down
to the stage of the
Atrium Theater.
Here the high priests
and priestesses of large
and small retail
establishments gather to
appraise the latest
renditions of
ready-to-wear.
When shows are not in
progress at the Atrium
Fashion Theater, buyers
are free to roam the
hallways that make up
the heart of the
seven-storied hive.
Here they might find
Frank Piacentini, another
Holy Cross faithful, who
plies his wares midst the
genteel surroundings of a
Maine cottage.
“The headquarters for
Hathaway Shirts is in
Maine, so we try to give
our showroom a
traditional New England
look,” says Frank,
looking right at home
behind his antique
Americana desk.
Independent-minded
people like Howard
Oppenheimer, a
transplanted Yankee who
supervises the “Quiltex”
showroom find the Mart
THE place to be for
up-front, action-packed
marketing.
“The Apparel Mart is
centrally located here.
People like to come to
Atlanta - it’s a go-go
city.”
The Mart is the
offspring of the original
Merchandise Mart, to
which it is connected by
umbilical glass tunnels.
High on the
twenty-second floor of
Mother Merchandise,
Jennifer Sills operates
the Public Relations
Department, which
balances the needs and
wants of the waves of
buyers who come to
Atlanta seeking fabulous
fashionata.
‘‘It’s never normal
around here,” says an
enthusiastic Ms. Sills,
who apparently thrives
on the big-time buzzing
of the beehive.
‘‘Normal’’ for
Atlantans will have to
remain a wide-eyed
wonder at the stone giant
on Spring Street. For the
wholesale world of the
Atlanta Apparel Mart is
the domain of the
professional buyer,
wrapped in a “mystique
material” all its own.
ABORTION IS MURDER!
i en years ago, I published a series of articles in the Atlanta newspapers
alerting people to the dangers of legal abortion.
No one paid any attention!
Three years later, the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal. The
next year I ran for 4th District Congressman as a single issue,
anti-abortion candidate.
No one paid any attention!
Now in 1980, after millions of babies have been murdered and millions
of dollars have been made by the legal abortionists, the political,
religious and social communities have become aware of what legal
abortion has done to our moral conscience, is God Angry with
America? Has legal abortion brought about this moral decadence, social
upheaval, economic disaster and international problems that is
challenging our political and economic system?
It should now be clear that legal abortion is wrong and every effort
should be made to overturn the court’s ruling.
I am trying to do my part. How about you?
FOR U.S. SENATOR
NICK-REAGAN BELLUSO
YOUR G.O.P. NOMINEE
Nick-Reagan Belluso is a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, made
the Cursillo in 1968, and is a supporting member today. Nick-Reagan
Belluso recently celebrated 33 years of marriage with his wife Virginia,
a union blessed with 8 children and 7 grandchildren.
Nick-Reagan Belluso attended the University of Illinois, Gallaghers
Business School and Woodrow Wilson College at Law. He is now a
semi-retired businessman, self-employed as an investment analyst,
administrator and consultant.
Nick-Reagan Belluso has been socially and politically active for the past
35 years. He has run for several political offices, including Congress in
1974 and for Governor in 1978.
VOTE REPUBLICAN -- 1980 IS OUR YEAR!
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BOLIVIAN COUP
Military Detains Religious
LA PAZ, Bolivia (NC) -
Archbishop Jorge
Manrique of La Paz asked
Bolivia’s new military
leaders to release the
‘‘unknown number of
religious leaders and
priests who are being
detained.”
The archbishop also
asked for the release of
political and union leaders
arrested after the military
coup of July 17.
Interim President Lydia
Gueiler was allowed to
seek asylum at the Vatican
mission after signing a
letter of resignation.
The military solidified
its control of the capital of
La Paz by raiding union
and political party offices
and rounding up leaders.
Archbishop Manrique
criticized the raids and
said raiders in civilian
clothing used ambulances
to conduct the raids. He
denounced the use of
ambulances ‘‘in
non-humanitarian military
missions carried out by
plainclothesmen.”
In a protest against the
coup, the U.S. government
recalled its ambassador.
The coup was aimed at
preventing Congress from
ratifying the election of a
civilian president. It also
came after a warning in
June by Archbishop
Manrique that a coup
would be “the greatest
treason to our country.”
Bolivia has had 189
coups since independence
from Spain 154 years ago.
After 12 years of
military rule, Bolivians
began efforts to restore
civilian government in
1978. Since then several
presidential elections have
been held, but military
coups prevented the
winners from taking
office.
The latest elections,
June 29, gave the largest
number of votes to the
Popular Democratic
Union, a coalition led by
former President Hernan
Siles Zuazo. Because the
count did not show a clear
majority, Congress was
scheduled to decide the
winner Aug. 5. Congress
was expected to elect Sites
Zuazo.
The Bolivian bishops
encouraged Catholics to
vote in the June elections
despite indications that
the military wanted to
delay the vote and that
another coup was possible.
They also condemned as
betrayal to the country
“all violence that brings
fratricidal conflict among
its citizens.”
The first indication that
another coup was in
progress came from the
correspondent in Trinidad,
300 mites from La Paz, of
the Catholic radio
network, Fides. The
correspondent reported
that soldiers had occupied
government buildings by
force and were arresting
Sites Zuazo supporters.
Soon afterwards 60
soldiers dressed in civilian
clothes occupied the
government palace in La
Paz and arrested President
Gueiler and her cabinet.
Military leaders
contend that a return to
civilian rule would weaken
the country because a
civilian government will
not be able to cope with
economic problems and
Marxist penetration of
national life.
A radio broadcast in La
Paz said, “The armed
forces will defend the
nation’s integrity and will
not allow communists to
assault the country.”
In June Archbishop
Manrique warned Bolivians
to stop “a violent
confrontation” that could
foil the election and return
the country to military
rule.
“I can declare that
definite armed
confrontation is in the
making, and therefore I
ask those responsible for
it: What good can come to
the nation from a river of
blood and violence?” he
said.
He spoke against the
backdrop of terrorism and
repression which claimed
among other lives those of
Catholic lay leaders. By
June the unsolved torture
and killing of Jesuit Father
Luis Espinal in March had
prompted human rights,
church and political
groups to form a chain of
Committees for the
Defense of Democracy.
The military said these
committees are subversive.
After the coup military
leaders sent tanks and
troops to several
tin-mining towns south of
La Paz after hearing that
5,000 miners armed with
submachine guns wanted
to challenge their rule.
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Your Candidate
JUDGE NICK
LAMBROS
On August 5th the voters of
Fulton County will elect a new
Superior Court Judge to serve
them for eight years beginning
with January 1,1981.
On election day, we will have the opportunity to bring to this office
Nick Lambros, the man most qualified to be our new Superior Court
Judge. With the quiet confidence and assurance gained from his ex
tensive judicial experience, he will apply the law efficiently, effective
ly, and equitably. He is a man alert to the need to make our judicial
system work for all people, and is acutely aware of the continuing
problems facing our Courts.
Judge Lambros will bring to this office courtesy and respect for
those he will serve. He firmly believes that a primary function of the
law is to protect the people and their families at home, at their work,
and in public places. His many years of achievement, as a legislator,
a city councilman, an attorney and as a Judge, commend him to this
high office. His unquestioned respect for the law, his belief in the
rule of law, and his unyielding commitment toward the pursuit of
justice will serve us well.
ELECT-
JUDGE LAMBROS
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CHRISTMAS IN SUMMER - At a vacation
Bible school in Evansville, Ind., four-year-old
Jason Feldhaus works on a Christmas tree using
paper, glue and cupcake containers. Jason and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Feldhaus, are
members of St. Agnes parish in Evansville.
Children’s Masses:
Report Issued
WASHINGTON (NC) -
The first issue of BCL
Reports, issued by the
secretariat of the U.S.
Bishops’ Committee on
the Liturgy, deals with
children’s Masses.
Data for the first report
came from a questionnaire
prepared by the liturgy
committee to evaluate the
use and effectiveness of
the Directory for Masses
with Children published in
1973 by the Vatican
Congregation for Divine
Worship, as well as of the
three eucharistic prayers
for children issued in
1974. The committee
received 2,095 responses
to the questionnaire.
The data indicated that
more time was needed for
local implementation and
even more time for
accurate evaluation of the
use and effectiveness of
the eucharistic prayers.
Father Krosnicki noted
that the National
Conference of Catholic
Bishops itself will have to
submit a report to the
Holy See in the fall
concerning both the
Directory for Masses with
Children and the
eucharistic prayers for
children.
BCL Reports also
includes new musical
settings for the
acclamations used in the
eucharistic prayers for
children. Permission has
been given to diocesan
liturgical offices. Catholic
parishes and religious
institutions to reproduce
all or portions of the
musical settings, on the
condition that the
reproduction is for local
church or school use and is
not to be sold in any
manner.
Reprints must include
the copyright notice and
the statement as given at
the end of each setting of
acclamations. The
accompaniment music
may not be reproduced in
any manner without
explicit copyright
permission.
Africans Reply:
Pen Pal Power
KINGSTON, N.Y. (NC)
- What 15-year-old doesn’t
like to get mail? But
Kathleen Bentley of
Kingston says enough is
enough.
In the past two years
the John Coleman High
School sophomore has
received 3,759 tetters -
not third class junk mail,
but tetters from Ghana; an
avalanche of pen pal
replies that has had her
parents working overtime
to read them and her
teacher shaking his head in
disbelief.
Kathleen’s story began
two years ago. Fresh out
of St. Joseph’s parish
school she became a pen
pal prior to taking a course
in her freshman year at the
high school in
African-Asian Studies.
She asked her social
studies teacher to send her
name to Japan, but it was
sent to Ghana and for
some reason placed in that
country’s only daily
newspaper. That’s when
the trouble started.
A week before school
was to start, Kathleen
recalled, she received five
tetters from Africa “which
we all enjoyed reading.”
Then 21 tetters arrived,
followed by 110 in one
day. Shock settled in but
the worst was to come. On
Sept. 5 the mail reached
its peak when 430 tetters
arrived.
There was little to do
but read the huge pile of
mail. Long before,
Kathleen gave up any
attempt to answer them
all, so friends and relatives
were drafted to help in the
reading.
The readers soon found
that the respondents
ranged in age from
10-years-old to people in
their 40s, representing all
walks of life.
Some proposed instant
marriage, others requested
soccer equipment, Bibles,
cameras and tools be sent
to them in exchange for
gold, diamonds or
monkeyskins.
To preserve their sanity
the Bentleys tried various
ways to stop the flow of
mail. They appealed
through friends to the
United Nations, but it
didn’t work. Then they
contacted their local
congressman. Again
nothing.
But mercifully, the
tetters slowed down and
Kathleen receives perhaps
six a month, an amount
she can easily handle.
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Re-Elect
Jim Tysinger
Your State Senator
Republican Primary
August 5
“A member of the General Assembly
must cut through the red tape of a
large, impersonal government to help
resolve the problems of individuals. ”
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