New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00781

M • N. T. AMSTERDAM NEWS. Sat In The Narcotics Battle Dempsey Says His Halfway House Plan Best Bet F I handle both the men’s and wom­ en's divisions of the proposed “Halfway House.” The staff also will include food, clerical, maintenance and liaison workers who will work closely with aw-enforcement and medi­ cal authorities, said the minister. Backs Proposal His proposal for the cure of habilitation, it would be more wisely spent.” He said that the plan makes no provision for the after-care of narcotics addicts once they’re cured. “Guiding him to reintegrate into society — finding him a job, help- ins him - to rebuild, his self-can-1psychiatric help —- mental psycni- fidence and regaining him a atric help,” Allen added, place in hts world are more im- The Rev. Dempsey said this week he would call a conference purtant,” he said. He volunteered that the half- on crime and narcotics at his way house concept would be church at 7 p.m. on Oct. 4 <o seek additional ways of “st^P- more effective. “What addicts need mostly Is ping up the fight against crime. By MALCOLM NASH Dr. Henry Brill, first deputy The Rev. O. D. Dempsey commissioner, said addicts would doesn't have much faith In the not be confined in any way State Hygiene Department's pro- under the program which would poaai to provide narcotics addicts seek to determine whether “S with heroin-type drags to help reasonable number of addicts, on them withdraw from the lethal a staple maintenance dose, can habit. work and live normally.” . British System He pictured it as risky, sug- gested it would end in failure and said his own program of a “half- way bouse” would produce more *™ld rssulti revolutionary experiment t0 th* Brit7 system of supplying drugs to some addicts under medical su- Said the minister who has been pervision. Dr. Brill told the State coeducting a campaign against Joint Ugjslative Committee on drug addiction from his peish, Health jnsurance Plans last Fri- Upper Park Avenue Baptist day at the New York Count, Church at 125th St. and Park Ave. Lawvers Association Building. 14 far more than a year: Vesey St >You can't help an addict by He that the -British nev- aupplying him with drugs. He’s er have had a narcotic problem likely to remain an addict unless of anv magnitude,“ explaining you take him off completely, BriUin has iess than 1,000 Every addict I know who wants addiots among its 50 million peo- to get rid of the habit wants to pje wbjie there are 20,000 among altogether — not get «,j#w York's 8 millions. _____ ’ more.” Stote Program To Build House Other sources, however, nota- ^ly tj,e cjty's Hospitals Depart- Under the state’s program as ment had said earlier that it is outlined by'State Mental'Hygiene believed New York has close to Commissioner Paul H Hoch, le- 50.000 addicts. K9t distribution of a heroin-type drug to 20 narcotics addicts will The Rev. Dempsey last week begin by the end of the year in announced plans for a $100,000 an experiment designed to find “Halfway House” for the reha- out if an addict can be kept at a bilitation of addicts in Harlem, The bouse, which is to become low level. Dr. Hoch said Manhattan State operative in the next six months, Hospital on Wards Island will will be quartered in the six-story serve as the teat base and will building in which his church is be given methadon or meph- housed. anesin, a nonaddictive drug. Se- The Rev. Dempsey, who also lected addicts wiH probably re- directs the Anti-Crime and Anti- celve their eupplies from a mid- Narcotics Committee operating out of bis church, said the house town clinic, he eaid. Free X-Rays For Harlemites Free chest x-rays will be avail­ able for anyone 15 years of age and over from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p m. at the following locations this week and next: Thursday, Sept. 19 — 125th St. and Lexington Avenue. Wednesday. Sept. 25 — 116th Street & Fifth Avenue. Thursday. Sept. 26 — 130th St. 1 Bet. Lexington Sc Park Ave.) Anyone wishing to volunteer a few hours to help out at the X- ray bus should call Miss Marjo­ rie Costa at AC 2-7360. Slayer Hunted Eastside detectives are seek­ ing the man or men who am­ bushed 36-year-old Richard Reid at the corner of 123rd St. and Park Ave. Thursday and shot him to death. Reid, police said, lived at 63 E. 118th St. Rumored around the area Is that narcotics was the cause of the shooting. Det. Mike Fallon of the E. 126th St. de­ tectives is assigned to the case. Flavorful Sale Allen licked a ten - year habit that broke up his family five years ago. ‘It's ridiculous,” said Allen of the state's proposal. "If theyi spent that kind of money in re Manhattan Girl “Miss Pabsco" Toni Samuda. 16-year-old Man­ hattan high school junior, scor­ ed a stunning upset in the final count of yotes to capture the “Miss Pabsco of 1963” title. “It has been a thrilling and ex­ citing experience,” said the love­ ly, dark-haired charmer of 319 W, 124th St. "I hope there'll be more contests so I can take part in them ” Backed bv her manager Jos­ eph Scott. Miss Samuda polled 100.300 votes for a landslide vie lory. When the first of the two counts was reeled off Sunday night at 1215 Bedford Ave., a Masonic lodge hall, the tabulation pointed to an apparent comfort­ able margin in favor of Norma. Yvonne Brown of 1234 Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn, who then had over 42,000 votes. The Prospect Heights High senior, however, finished with 66.327 for a disap­ pointing second place. Places Third Merle Hinds, 19, of 277 Mc­ Dougal St., Brooklyn, who led in the previous count, tallied 55,- 590 for a third-place finish. 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