-THE CAROLINA TIMES Sat.. Doc. IS, 1572
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Hie Sad Fate That Awaits the Dropout
More than ever, this country
needs trained, educated people to
continue the progress America has
made and to take their rightful
places in the society that is develop
ing.
Much of the poverty and unem
ployment that exists today is direct
ly related to the lack of education
and preparation by previous genera
tions.
Right now there are two million
youngsters in this country in the 10
to 21 age group who dropped out of
school before earning their high
school diploma. Nearly a fourth of
them are unemployed. Most of the
rest are stuck in dead-end jobs, with
out any real future.
Large gains have been made in
the fight against ignorance, unem
ployment and povertv during the
past several years. It is reported that
two million more people are work
ing and one million more are in high
school and college than the popula
tion increase of the last three years
-accounts for.
The Education Campaign of the
oast several years has helped in this
progress. It has naid bv dividends
by inspiring dropouts to return to
the classrooms and encouraging the
undecided to finish their education.
In 1960 the dropout rate was 25 per
A Christmas Prayer for Writers
"O THOU GREAT SOURCE of
truth and knowledge, we remember
before thee all whose calling it is to
gather a window of facts for inform
ing the people. Inspire them with
a determined love for honest work
and a staunch hatred for the mak
ing of lies, lest the judgments of our
nation be perverted and we be
taught to call light darkness and
darkness light. Since the sanity and
wisdom of a nation ,«re in . their
charge, may thoy count it" shame to
set the baser passions of men on fire
for the sake of gain. May they never
suffer themselves to be used in drug
ging the minds of the people with
falsehood and prejudice.
Grant them boldness to turn the
unwelcome light o nthose who love
Highway Frankensfeins
The automobile has become a way
of life. It is, in many instances, an
extension of the driver's personality.
No other single object gets as much
attention as the family car, the hot
rod. the old buggy or whatever other
endearing name has been hung on
this motorized replacement for the
horse.
The automobile by itself is simply
another machine. It can do nothing
on its own. The difficulty begins
when its lord and master slips be- ,
hind the wheel and hits the ignition.
Man do we have trouble then. •"
It's amazing the -change which
takes place in an ordinary
working, so-called average Joe wJ££ti;
he becomes the operator of a motor
vehicle. It's the Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde bit . . Lovable Larry is some
how transformed into the Franken
stein of the freeway. ZOOM! ZOOM!
And he's off in a cloud of rubber.
It's Christmastime . . . It's the end
of an old year and the beginning of
u new one.
Let us suggest a planned outing
for Christmas Eve and New Year's
Rve. Pass up the parties and the
merry making and drop around to
SmBSZ
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WRFTMR - - .THE CONGRESSMAN
THAT SENT MORE NEGROES TO CON -
A CRESS DURINGTHE''RECONSTRUCTION"
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cent. Last vear it had deceased to
18 percent.
But 18 percent is too high for •
Nation to tolerate. The frightening
fact remains that at the current
dropout rate bv 1975 there will be
32 million adults in the labor force
without a high school education
32 million who will be unqualified
for most of the jobs available then.
The newspaper supports the ef
forts being made to keep our youth
in school and help them from be
coming future victims of deprivation
and poverty.
But it takes more than our sup
port. It needs and commands the
support and effort of every citizen.
Youngsters who have already
dropped out of school need special
help. They need to be counseled and
guided into training that will help
them develop skills for today's jobs.
Others on the verge of leaving school
before completing their education
dropout many times to earn money
to support their families or to buy
necessities for themselves. Action
by the business community in the
form of part-time jobs needed to
help them stay in school.
You can serve your country best
by helping to insure that tomorrow's
leaders are educated today.
the darkness because their deeds are
evil. Put into their hands the shin
ing sword of truth, and make them
worthy successors of the great cham
pions of the people who held truth
to be a holy thing by which nations
live and for which men should die.
Cause them to realize that they have
a public function in the Common
wealth, 3nd that their country may
be saved by their courage or undone
by their cowardice «and silence.
Grant them lwprt of manhood
to cast their mighty Influence with
the forces that make the people
strong and free, and if they suffer
loss, may they rejoice in that as
proof to their souls that they have
fought a good fight and have been
servants of the higher law."
the hospital emergency room. Watch
as they wheel in the speeder with a
face full of glass, drinking drivers
with splinters from a telephone pole
still protruding from his side, the
reckless and the racer who came in
second best in an encounter with a
bridge.
Look and feel for them. But look
again at the people, who through
sheer chance were the victims of
someone else's mistake. Clobbered as
they were minding their own busi
ness.
But those who get to the emer
gency room are lucky, he unlucky
arc back on the highway with a
sheet over their face.
True . . . The motor vehicle is the
weapon. But the man behind the
wheel is responsible.
The people who are trying to
make the streets and highways a
safe place to travel need your sup
port. Public apathy will make it
impossible to get the job done. If you
withhold your help, one of these
days they may be wheeling you intq
the emergency room ... Or even
worse, pulling a sheet over your
face . . . Think about it.
THESE MURDERS CONFESS CLEARLY HOW CASUAL IS THE
COUNTRY'S SENSE OF JUSTICE FOR BLACK PEOPLE,HOW CARE
LESS rr is OF rr's OWN HUMANITY.
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SAILORS
(Continued from front page)
R. Jones.
Since the Kitty Hawk inci
dent, Mr. Jones has been
heading the team of lawyers
defending 21 of the 27 men
who were charged. The Gen
eral Counsel heavily under
scored his attacks on the
Navy's handling of the case
by outlining for newsmen
sections of the report of the
Department of Defense Task
Force on Military Justice.
As co-chairman of the Task
Force along with Lt. Gen. C.
E. Hutchin, Commander of
the First Army, Mr. Jones
played a key role in the
group's findings.
The basic conclusion of the
report was that "Systemic ra
ci a 1 discrimination exists
throughout the Armed Forces
and in the Military Justice
System. No command or in
stallation—and more impor
tant—no element of the Mil
itary System—is entirely free
from the effects of systemic
discrimination against mili
tary servicemen as individ
uals and as groups.
CRAFT
(Continued from front page)
Juris Doctor Degree from
Rutgers University and is a
member of the Kappa Alpha
Psi.
He and his wife, Jean, and
their 14 month old son are
now residing in Willingboro,
N. J. and he is currently
holding the position of Staff
Attorney with the Camden
Regional Legal Services of
Burlington, New Jersey.
BENNETT
(Continued from front page)
modern Health Center. A t
present the facility is located
in the oldest building on the
campus, Kent Hall.
The Centennial Observance
has four major thrusts: cul
tural emphasis, campus im
provement, program evalua
tion and renewal, and a fund
campaign. 4
In May of 1973, the College
will undertake a three-year
Capital Fund Campaign for
S3 million. Already several
commitments have been
made. Dr. Miller announced
these at the assembly.
"I have received a commit
ment for SICO,OOO with a maj
or grant of $50,000 from Bur
lington Industrial with the
provision that an additional
$50,000 be raised from other
sources," he explained.
BREAST
(Continued from front page)
causing 31.000 deaths a year.
Mose cases occur in women
after the age of 45 when
many changes are taking
place in the body, and hor
mone imbalances may play
an important role in the de
velopment of the disease. Hor
mones are known to affect
the growth of the breast, and
in some patients it has beeit
possible to cause temporary
regressions of their cancers
by altering horißqp£ levels in
the body.
At the Medical College of
Pennsylvania and the Univer
sity of Southern California
Medical School, researchers
will grow cancer cells from
different patients, closely
studying how cells change as
they grow in the test tube
and attempting to classify
them by their behavior. From
such observations, they hope
to learn to predict how the
disease will progress in indi
vidual patients.
Similar research at the Uni
versity of California School
of Medicine, San FVancisco,
will focus on the hormonal
. requirements of mammary
tissue cultures. Since the be
havior of human breast can
cers varies, this teachnique
might be used to test the
hormonal response of cancer
cells from an individual pat
iet before treatment is de
cided upon.
MITCHELL
(Continued from front page)
• With the possible excep
tion of secret meetings, all
sessions of the Senate and its
committees should be tele
vised.
• There should be "a firm
agreement among Senators
that they will not travel
abroad, except on urgent mat
ters, when Congress is in ses
sion. This would also help
to assure a better attendance.
• The three branches of
government, the executive,
legislative and judicial, would
benefit from joint hearings
of House and Senate commit
tees on matters that would
permit this.
DAWSON
(Continued from front page)
Ear, Nose and Throat. A
graduate of Meharry Medical
College, he did further stud
ies at the New York Univer
sity of Opthalmology; as well
as serving in the N. Y. Eye
and Ear Infirmary.
From 1968-1970, Dawson
served as Medical Director of
Lincoln Hospital. Further ser
vices include duties as a clin
ical instructor in Ophthal
mology at Duke University
Medical Center.
GROUP
(Continued from front page)
leaders from across the nation.
OMBE funds The Durham
Business and Professional
Chain to provide business as
sistance to minority persons
seeking to enter or expand
business, as part of a national
minority business program.
The conference will tatat up
.questions and challenges faced
by minority business develop
ment organizations in a series
of workshops covering such
areas as sources of financing
and management assistance to
minority buMnessmen.
The Durham Business and
Professional Chain, organised
in 1938 as a Local Business
Development Organization has
provided assistance in the area
of business developments for
34 years. Its offices are locat
ed at 511 Grant Street.
Hunt and I. Jarvis Martin
of the Chain will attend the
conference..
GOVERNOR
(Continued from front page)
mal attire is preferred."
Crockett praised the work
of the League and said the
organization "is workign at full
capacity to make this Inau
gural Ball the best ever. They
are to be congratulated for
their great effort and for their
contributions t* so many state
wide charities.
Crockett stressed that the
Ball was intended to be a true
statewide event adn that tick
ets were available to aU North
Carolinians.
Although many Inaugural
ceremonies are scheduled to
begin at 12 noon on Friday,
January 5, in front of the east
facade of the State Capitol
Building. This is the area facing
New Bern Avenue and the
State Highway Department
Building.
Following the ceremonies at
the Capitol, the Inaugural par
ty will move-to the reviewing
stands in front of the Wake
County Courthouse for the
parade, which is scheduled to
begin at 1:30 p.m.
NEWS REPORT
FROM
WASHINGTON
G.O.P. Rumbles-
Nixon's Task-
Democratic Changes-
Mitchell & Westwood-
Washington, D.C.-Presi
dent Nixon is faced with dis
sension in Republican ranks
on Capitol Hill. There is a
feeling among some solons
the President did too little
in the campaign to produce a
G.O.P. majority.
In the Senate, where the
party lost a net of two seats,
some Senators feel the Presi
dent, by campaigning more
in states such as Colorado,
as he so often has done in
the past, could have meant
the difference.
In addition to this feeling,
there's disenchantment
among G.O.P. solons over
the quality of the liaison be
tween the White House and
Congress. It hasn't been
what it could have been, is
partly responsible for sev
eral presidential defeats, in
cluding the rejection of two
nominees to the Supreme
Court.
Thus Mr. Nixon must mol
lify key congressional lead
ers and improve his con
gressional liaison team, if
he is to gain maximum influ
ence in the 93rd Congress.
There are indications
Democrats are likely to suc
ceed in remaking their party
structure. Chairman Jean
Westwood is expected to re
sign at the December 9th
National Committee meet
ing. But she won't give way
to Robert Strauss,or anyone
she considers a moderate or
conservative— according to
reports.
She'll only step down when
someone like George Mit
chell of Maine, a friend and
former employe of Senator
Edmund Muskie, has the
votes to Succeed her. She
feels party reforms adopted
recently are of paramount im
portance and only if she can
save them is she willing to
go.
If she cannot, there is
likely to be a fight in the
party and the present split
could remain. The question
is whether the liberal Mit
chell can regain party losses
in areas such as the South,
| that is, whether he can re-
I build the party from the tra
ditional groupings which
have so often produced vic
tory in the past.
And some wonder if Mit
chell. or others on the left,
really want to regain the
conservatives.
** * *
If you get rid of envy you
will be surprised to see how
many nice people there axe
in your community.
Trass
i EQUAL
I REVENUE SHARING j|
SHIFTS POWER
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JjVernonJord^
The federal government's
Christmas present to the states
will be about $5 billion in re
venue sharing funds—the first
installment of a program that
will pump about S3O billion
into the state and local gov
em merits over the next five yrs.
Money is power, and this
new federal "share the wealth"
program represents a signifi
cant shift in power from Wash
ington to state capitals and
local city halls. Unlike other
federal programs, which man
date strict controls on every
dollar spent, revenue sharing
funds come with very few
strings attached. State and lo
cal governments have wide lat
titude in the expenditure of this
money.
Proponents of the revenue
sharing plan claimed that this
was an idea whose time had
come. Recent news reports in
dicate that it is an idea whose
time may have passed. Reve
nue sharing was conceived at
a time when federal tax col
lections were climbing while
local resources seemed about
to dry up. The Vietnam war
and higher federal spending,
coupled with increased state
tax revenues have reversed that
situation.
Now, it is the federal gov
ernment that is desperately try
ing to keep the lid on spendi
ing, while many state and lo
cal governments are reporting
fat surpluses. Some communi
ties say they'll use the new
federal revenue sharing money
to cut taxes, something the
plan's authors didn't have in
mind.
Of course, that's just th?
general, overall picture. Many
cities, especially laiger ones,
are hurting bad. Newark is in
a tight financial spot, Detroit
announced it is closing its
schools for leak of funds, and
others are also cutting back on
important public services.
Revenue sharing won't be
of much help to such cities
because the amounts they'll .
receive won't be nearly enough.
Since Congress authorized the
revenue sharing program for
five years, it ought to take a
long, hard look at its effects
and make necessary changes
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$ before the program become*
s permanent.
Another aspect that bears
t watching is how local govern
ments use the new money,
i Past experience has shown that
V' federal programs are more ef
i. fective and more free from dis
crimination than most local
efforts. Local governments —
' have often been plagued by
scandals, and the experience
of blacks and other minorities
with many state and local of
ficials has been one of discrim
ination. And many local gov
ernments have actually been
less anxious to do something
about poverty and social con
ditions in their town than have
5 those much-maligned Washing
ton agencies.
So the real problem is: how
will the money be spent. If
state and local officials res
pond to the flow of federal
dollars by expanding impor
tant social programs and by
improving schools, housing
health and welfare systems,
then revenue sharing will be a
historic act.
At the moment, there isn't
much reason for optimism. But
past experience need not be
future reality and it is up to lo
cal leadership, voluntary social
agencies, and committed citi
zens to put pressure on the
state house and city hall to in
sure that new funds are used
properly. It is also up to the
Treasury Department, which
administers the revenue shar
ing program to keep close tabs
on how the money is spent.
The Treasury Department
has the power to cut off all
funds from governments that
don't comply with the law.
While it has the power to do
this for violations of the law's
anti-discrimination program,
its interim regulations dont go
far. The success or failure of
revenue sharing may depend
on how tough the Treasury
is willing to get. This is an ex
perimental program involving
billions of dollars and the bur
den is on the Treasury, state,
and local officials to prove that
revenue sharing is better than
direct federal action to build
housing, feed the hungry and
heal the sick.