Your Mind Can Save You
By Dr. r
People who orry constantly
tend to be far more' stre ful
tho ho h ve a po itive
outloo on life. F peopl
are able to chieve the degree
of relaxation that they d ire
without . tance beca of
the inability to keep negative
thoughts (about problems, dis­
content, personal inferiority and
the likelihood of failure) from
forcing them lye into the
thought proee . The negative
thought create tension, anxiety,
and c of confidence.
People ho worry constantly
ha the follo ing char cteris-
tics:
-A lack of self-confidence
and constant insecurity. (l
hope ey like me but I don't
thin t ey will); a highly sugg -
tib1e mind that creat con-
nt anxiety, and the feeling
of being threatened. (That
person d' gusts me with always
trying to be better than every­
one e );
-A fear 0 being evaluated
o!, examinations and in con­
frontations ith trangers. (l
me that I ouldn 't like
him/her from the first meeting);
The capacity to be uplifted
with happin but the equally
potent capacity to uffer an
immediate mood change at the
sligh st hint of a problem.
(l really feeling good until
I thought about my problems);
tendency to be overly
n itive to criticism and fre-
quent worrie about some aspect
of the phy . cal appearance that
is not as good as that of other
people. (I wish I had a better
grade of hair); Continuo
fear that other people notice
the inadequacies that are ob­
vious. (I hope they don't notice
my . . . hair, complexion,
no );
-A creative mind and a high
degree of intelligence. (I kne
the right answer but couldn't
get the nerve to answer); A
failure to receive adequate love
and affection as a child. (I
always unhappy as a child.
They cared more about my
sister than me);
-Constant trouble with fears
of various kinds: animals,
height, closed spaces, water.
(I 10 complete control of
myself in that situation); A deep
capacity for affection. (I could
really love someone deeply if I
had the chance);
-A history of not receiving
affection from those to hom
ffection . re dily given. (Why
. it that people are not as nice
to me 1 am to them?); Con ..
stant fear of failure. (l am not
going to take the test becau
I kno that I will fail it);
-Continual worrie about not
having done the right thing.
(If only 1 h d handled it this
way. Why did 1 do hat I did);
The inability to get a good.
night's sleep or to go back to
sleep when he/she wake up at
night. (I am too tense to go
back to sleep);
-Shyness. (l would rather
stay at home alone); Becomes
bored easily with people. (They
get on my nerves);
-Acts impulsively - ithout
1hinking. (I just can't control
myself); Has little direction in
life. But wants it. (I wish I
could get my life together);
-Is reluctant to get involved
in any program that doe not
show immediate re ults or is
too challenging. (1t'8 too
frustrating ... and 1 lost inter-
I
est).
Although everyone can bene­
fit from the wonderful techni­
que of guided fantasies the
person who exhibits any or all
of these characteristics will re­
ceive a sudden release of stre
when using this technique of
thought control. This techni­
que is also known as Guided
Fantasy, Directed Im gery,
Creative Thought Proce or
Po itive Daydreaming.
One of the extraordinary
benefits ot this technique i
its ability to modify behavior
by changing habits. When the
individual achieves total relaxa­
tion while concentrating on the
voice of the therapist, won-
derful thing happens. Any
behavioral change that the thea­
apist ugge s, and that the
individual want to occur, will
take place when the fantasiz­
ing is over. This might be
referred to as a post hypnotic
used, unsucce ful method of
treatment. ore p ychiatri ts
and psychologist are becoming
convinced of the superiority of
thi form of treatment over
any other that is pre ntly in
use. 0 single form of treat­
ment is a panacea. However
guided fantasy improved the
effectivene s of nearly every
other form of treatment.
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suggestion. This ability to
change negative, If-destructive
habits in to positive constructive
habits is one of the most
effective and innovative con­
cepts to take place in behavioral
therapy.
As this technique is tried 0 ith
more and more cases of com­
plusion nd emotional problems
it will lowly replace currently
CARCINOGEN
ingti efo
ere's 0
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Dear Editor:
I'm an inmate at Camp
aterloo. I lived in Benton Har­
bor for almost 21 years before I
caught this c . At that time I
owned my own Car ash bu '­
ne p I had pretty good
job an in urance man.
I 0 con . dered to be
an outstanding citizen of the
community.
But no 1 have been t up
for a crim for hich I did not
commit. Thi is one of the
re n hy I'm asking the pub­
lic for a helping hand.
o 1 ould like to tell
you hat I I have done to better
my If since I have been in this
p ceo I h completed two
skills application cour e in busi­
ne law and pr ventive dentis­
try. I have also gotten my elf a
college bu ine degree. I al 0
have a certifi ate as a communi­
ty repre ntative hie means to
function to improve the com­
munity hich I lived' and to
improve the com. uni arion be­
tween the people which I repre-
nted and administration.
AI 0 I would like to nd
out gratitude to my mother,
ho name i Lillie ae Cro ,
ho stays at 1660 Leslie St.,
Detroit, Michigan 48238 for be­
ing so helpful to me on thi c
so far.
ow I feel free to y on
Se ber 15, 1975, I was
ntenced in Berrien County to
life imprisonment for second
degree murder. . . . I was con­
victed in the Circuit Court of
Berrien before the honorable
Judge S. White, on July 11,
1975 to one countcharge of
aiding and abetting a murder
in cond degree.
A you re d the cond part
of thi letter ple e keep one
thin in mind' and that is I'm not
the murdered in this case.
Terry Langford is suppo d
to have been the murderer in
this c , the person whom I am
charged with aiding and abett­
ing.
ow on March 6, 1975
TepY Langford made a signed
sworn statement to the fact that
he would cooperate with the
pro ecuting attorney in all crimi­
nal ca s in tum for a chance to
plead guilty to cond degree
murder with recommendation
that he would receive a term of .
20 to 40 years imprisonment.
That Terry Langford impli­
cated me as an accessary to a
murder.
Prior to Langford making
the allegations to the police
and the prosecuting attorney, I
w constantly harra d by the
Michigan State Police, namely
Detectives John Karson and
James Gunderson, who ed
that 1 say to them that Terry
Langford committed murder.
When I wouldn't cooperate
with them, they went to Terry
Langford and made a deal with
him in oder to implicate me.
Then I was arrested and
arraigned on first degree murder
and conspiracy.
Prior to my trial, Terry
Langford the individual I was
charged for aiding and abetting
has not yet been taken to trial.
During my trial, Terry Langford
was called to the tand, listed as
a res-gestae witne and refused
to testify consistent with his
prior out-of-court signed state­
ment.
The question that has not
been dealt with is this, the cor­
pus delicti as to the principal
has never been proven. I was
found guilty of aiding and abet­
ting a murder, but the individual
I was charged with aiding and
abetting has never been taken to
trial on the rna ter. He was
arraigned and he had a prelim­
inary. examination. He was
bound over to Circuit Court,
entered a plea of not guilty.
DUring my trial he testi­
fied that he did not commit the
murder. In fact, he stated that
he didn't know who had killed
her. Also it is a known fact that
Terry Langford has written the
court on numerous cases reque -
ting to be tried for the murder
that I'm doing time for no .
However he never was. Some­
time in 1977 around January
through May, charges ere drop­
ped in this matter against
Langford.
I believe that I'm being
held illegally in violation of
all e laws in the land.
I have never aided or abett­
ed anyone in a murder case. But
at this present time no one ha
been taken to trial for this mur­
der but me. So it must be taken
into consideration that Terry
Langford was never tried in this
matter nor was he given any
type of immunity from prosecu­
tion. Therefore whom did I aid
and abett? There's got to be a
ghost somewhere becau e I'm
not charged for murdering any
body. The corpus delicti was
never proven to be Langford,
and therefore how could it be
proven against me.
o The bottom line i , it can't
be me. In aiding and abetting
it must be proven that the aider
and abettor knowingly helped or
encouraged another, the princi­
pal, to commit the crime. The
principal must be established.
I feel the world must be
made aware of what happened
and what great injustice ha been
done in Michigan's so-called
justice system.
•
a
I
de
,
I do need help, your help,
better known public help.
Also I want the public to
please keep in mind that every­
one in prison . not guilty.
ow I re my c better
known putting my life in the
hands of the public.
Anyone interested in help­
ing me fight for mr freedom,
please contact me t this dd­
re .
Lorenzo Cro III
142680
6000 Maute Road
Gra Lake, MI 49240
CHILD WATCH
Continued fre u p 4
have children with a steady
stream of nev caregivers to
become attachec to and pro­
gram director 'W ith new staff
to continuously train.
Both the Federal Government
and the states must make child
care a top priority. The major­
ity of our young children are
now being cared for away from
�ome for the larger part ot the
Jy. Whil e
must move quickly to cop ith
the problem of xual b
this issue most be n
symptom of the larger child
re needs of this n tion.