8A THE CAROLINA TIMES Sat., March 24, 1973
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1973
8 Pages in This Section
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News of Interest to All
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YOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
WACHOVIA BANK OPENS NEW OFFICES MONDAY
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The Old Corral
After 57 years as a Ford Dealer and 49 years in the same location, we're
closing out business in "The Old Corral", in One Week we will be moving into
our new facility which will be the Finest in North Carolina ...
BUT
This Week in Our Old Location March 22 thru March 31
WE WILL GUARANTEE YOU THE BEST DEAL YOU WILL
EVER GET ON A NEW FORD CAR, TRUCK OR USED CAR!
Over $1,000,000 Worth of Cars and Trucks to Choose from
NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED
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PILLARED HARDTOP
Front disc brakes, medium blue
metallic finish, 302 V-8 engine, auto
matic transmission, whitewall tires,
power steering, bumper guards, AM
radio, wheel cover.
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Automatic transmission, power steering,
power disc brakes, light blue finish, 351 V-8
engine, bumper guards, whitewall tires, Facto
ry Air Conditioning, tinted glass, AM radio,
wheel cover.
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Air Conditioning
INSTALLED
on
Pintos & Mavericks
Family
Weekly
See Ford's ad on Car Buying
Made Easier
in the Sunday, March 25
FAMILY WEEKLY
330 K. Main St. Dealer No. 1659 Ph. 688-23 1 1
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WACHOVIA'S John J. Wert,
Vice President for Public
Relations checks with tellers,
from left to right: Mrs. Paul-
ette Couch and Mrs. Teresa
Carter along with Mrs. Ann
Hyde that everything is in
readiness, for the opening of
the new facility on March
20. Photo shows one section
of the three teller sections of
the bank.
Justice Dept. Refunds District Of
Columbia Teachers College Patrol
The Adult Courtesy Patrol
protection Service of the Dis
trict of Columbia Teachers Col
lege has been refunded by the
District Office of Criminal Jus
tice under the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act,
Last Rites Given
Sover'n Grand
Leland French
Sovereign Grand Comman
der Leland Dickerson French,,
of the United Supreme Coun
cil, Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry, Northern
Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affili
ation, died in Cleveland, Ohio,
Wednesday, March 14, after
a lengthy illness.
Sovereign Grand Comman
der French's death follows by
a few months the demise of
his predecessor, sovereign Gr
and Commander Emeritus
George Williamson Crawford.
Both men were top official
of the 33rd degree masonic
organization.
Just one month ago offi
ficial notification was sent uni
ted Supreme Council members
that Lieutenant Grand Com
mander Frank M. Summers, of
East St. Louis 111., would dis
charge the duties of Sovereign
Grand Commander until Mr.
French recovered.
Scottish rite ceremonies
were observed Monday night,
March 19, at 9 p.m., in Shiloh
Baptist Church, 5500 Scovill
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Fu
neral services were held Tues
day, March 20, at 11 a.m. in
Shiloh Church, where Mr.
French was a trustee.
He is surviv ed by his wife,
Mrs. Agnes French; a sister
and a nephew.
Dr. Paul Cooke, President an
nounced this week.
The Teachers College has
been awarded $41,521 from
Department of Justice Funds
to continue the program or
ganized in 1970 under the
Youth Opportunity Service
program. The patrol was organ
ized as a self-help group to
protect citizens in the 14th
Street corridor area.
The District of Columbia
Teachers College agreed to sup
port the program after mem
bers of the Adult Courtesy
Patrol appealed to the College
for Administrativ e and suppo
rtive service. The College has
signed a contract with the -Opportunities
industrialization
Centers to train members of
the Patrol.
Approximately 20 members
of the Patrol now patrol 14th
street and the area surround
ing the College to give assistance
to anyone in trouble and to
alert police and officials to
criminal or disruptive activity.
Members do not attend
classes, but leaders ot he Pat
rol receive guidance and instruc
tion from the College Commu
nity Service Department. They
wear bright orange jeckets with
black arm bands when on duty.
Busimessmen and residents of
the area have repeatedly en
dorsed the patrol and commen
ted upon its effectiveness.
The ide a for the patrol
originated with King Wilkins,
area resident, who formed the
D. C. Trojans for the protec
tion Of local citizens, Mr. Wil
kins' organization was first sup-
ported by the Episcopal Church
and then later by the D.C.T.C.
A proposal was submitted to
the Mayors Youth Opportunity
program for funding the pro
gram last year and accepted.
This year the Office of Crim
inal Justice agreed to support
the om'toft
National Budget - Blueprint of
Nat'l Policy of 'Benign Neglect'
WASHINGTON The pro
posed national budget waa
described by Vernon E. Jor
dan, Jr., Executive Director
of the National Urban League
as the "blueprint for the con
version of a national policy
of 'benign neglect' into a
policy of active hostility to
the hopes, dreams and aspi
rations of black Americans."
While the policy is not the
"product of conscious, anti
black, anti-poor reasoning,"
Mr. Jordan warned that the
cutbacks in the funding of
human resources programs
"reflects an irrational choice
of priorities" that intensifies
1973 Session of N.C. Student
Legislation Slated for Raleigh
The 1973 session of the
N.C. Student Legislature will
meet in Raleigh March 28
April 1 to conside r legislation
in such areas as judicial, health
care and governmental reform.
According to Chuck Bunn,
president of the group and a
Duke University Senior, 250
students from 30 institutions
across the state have research
ed legislation that will be acted
upon during the session.
Among bills expected to be
introduced are an open meet
ings act and a bill calling for
the establishment of an om
budsman to handle citizens'
complaints about governmen
tal agencies.
Headquarters for the meet
ing will be the Sir Walter Ho
tel. The first plenary session
will open at 1 p.m., March 28,
followed by sessions of the
House and Senate to elect
officers. Delegates will attend
vernor's Mansion, where they
will have an opportunity to
meet Gov. James Holshouser
and other state officials.
Chancellor John Caldwell
of N.C. State University will
hold an afternoon reception
for delegates the same day.
The legislative banquet will be
held on March 31 at the Sir
Walter.
Banquet tickets will be
available to the public through
NCSL headquarters, Box 4691,
Duke Station.
The 1973 session marks the
36th annual meeting of the
student group.
ON ENVIRONMENT
President Nixon has pro
posed new legislation to
permit establishment of pro
tected wilderness areas in
the eastern states, set fed
eral safely standards for
drinking water, and regulate
commercial fishing off U.S.
coasts.
PRICES RISE
The Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics has reported that the
wholesale price index rose
1.3 per cent on an unadjust
ed basis last month and l.i
per cent on a seasonally ad
justed basis.
the nature of urban prob
lems. , Speaking at a luncheon
held at the National Press
Club, Mr. Jordan said that
far more whites than blacks
would be affected by the bud
get cuts, but that "the respon
sibility for calling attention
to the impact of the cuts
falls increasingly on black
leadership.
"It is fair to ask today
that white people join us in
the struggle to preserve the
social services of the federal
government that enable them,
too, to survive," he declared.
"The silent white majority
that has been the prime ben
eficiary of the programs of
the 1960s and is today the
group most in need of fur
ther federal services will
have to speak up. They are
not stigmatized, as are the
blacks, by charges of special
pleading by special Ameri
cans looking for special treat
ment. And their representa
tives in the Congress will
have to act, too.
"They cannot complacently
watch their constituents' wel
fare being trampled on, nor
can they accept the shrink
age of their rightful consti
tutional role in our system
of government.
"The gut issues of today
better schools, jobs and hous
ing for all, personal safety
and decent health care are
issues that transcend race. So
long as they are falsely per
ceived as 'black issues,' noth
ing constructive will be done
to deal with them.
"White America must come
to see that its cities, its
needs and its economic and
and physical health are at
stake. The needs of blacks
and whites are too strongly
intwined to separate." Mr.
Jordan said Whitney Young
used to say, We may. have
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Facility Expresses Confidence
In Downtown Realization
When Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company opened its new
offices on the corner of Main
and Corcoran Streets, new con
fidence was expressed in the
future of the city and the
revitalization of the downtown
areas.
Archie K. Davis of Winston
Salem, Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Wachovia, at
the banks unveiling to the
press and other business lead
ers of Durham expressed his
appreciation and thanks to the
community for its confidence
in Wachovia and related that
the Durham area is one of the
fastest growing areas of the
country.
Citing the Research Tri
angle counties, Durham, Oran
ge and Wake, tremendous
growth over the period as re
vealed through total employ
ment, personal income and
capital investment, Davis said
the Research Triangle has fat
outstripped the national rate.
Mayor Hawkins and County
Commissioner Chairman Scar-
boro expressed thanks and ap
pr Jciation that Wachovia had
chosen to expand its banking
operations in the downtown
areas. Durward Everett, senior
Vice President for the bank
in Durham related that the
new building and plans for
new branches indicated its
faith and commitme nt to Dur
ham and surrounding areas.
E. J. Evans, a member of
the Wachovia's Durham Board
of Directors and Chairman of
Greater Durham Chamber of
Commerce Downtown Revita
lization Committee said that
the new facility offers much
toward the enhancement of
the city's downtown program
by this step.
W. A. Clement, Sr. Vice
President of. the North Caroli
na Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany serves as one of the Di
rectors for Durham Wachovia's
Board of Directors. Ralph
Frasier, NCCU Law graduate
serves as a Vice President with
the home offices in Winston
Salem, NC.
WASHINGTON: H. R.CRAW
FORD, ONE OF THE COUN
TRY'S FEW BIG-TIME
black apartment operators,
has been nominated by Pres.
Nixon as an assistant Secre
tary of Housing and Urban
Development. If the nomi
nation is confirmed by the
Senate, he will become the
highest ranking black in the
administration. (UPI)
N. C. C. University Choir Tour
Begins; Repertoire is Varied
Sacred music, classical mu
sic, "serious" work by black
composers, and black music
in the traditions of the spiri
tual and gospel songs com
prise the varied repertoire of
the North Carolina Central
Univesity touring choir.
Audiences in the northeast,
from Washington to Norwalk,
Conn., and in the midwest,
from Cleveland to Superior,
Wisconsin, will hear that
music performed between
Friday, March 16, and April
1.
Under the direction of
Charles H. Gilchrist, the choir
will perform in the east coast
cities, New York, Philadel
phia, Baltimore, and Wash
ington, as well as Norwalk,
Conn., generally under the
sponsorship of alumni asso
ciation chapters in the area.
Then they swing west, to
hit Cleveland, Detroit, Cin
cinnati, and the campuses of
the University of Wisconsin,
which has for many years
conducted student and fac
ulty exchanges with North
Carolina Centra),
All the audiences will hear
much the same program. The
SO members of the choir will
start with three sacred songs,
by Randall Thompson, Rach
maninoff, and John Beck.
The second segment of the
program is entitled "Contem
porary and Traditional Com
positions by Black Compos
ers." These are the "serious"
compositions, often unrecog
nized by the general public
as part of the black heritage.
Gilchrist's goal is to increase
the public knowledge of these
black composers, who include
Ulysses Kay and William
Dawson, both still living, and
Harry T. Burleigh, who died
in 1949.
A composition by Norman
Dello Joio completes the' first
half of the program.
J. S. Bach's "Kantate 180"
opens the second half of the
program. A selection of folk
songs and modern composi
tions follows, and a segment
entitled "Black Reflections"
closes the program. This in
cludes Jester Hairston's "live
A Humble," and "In Dat
Great Getting Up Morning,"
and Gilchrist's own arrange
ment of gospel music, "Rock
A My Soul."
Gilchrist, who has been di
rector of the choir since 1968,
is a 1961 graduate of NCCU.
He holds the master of mu
sic degree from Indiana Uni
versity and is presently en
rolled hi the doctoral pro
gram of the University of
North Carolina at Greens
boro. The one thing that most
men can do better than any
one else is to read their own
writing.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO - PIC
KETS from the Coalition of
Vietnam-era veterans march in
front of City Hall, demanding
$2500 for all vets as com
pensation for wages lost while
in the military. Inside City
Hall hearing was held to
look into the problems of the
returning Vietnam-era vete
rans. The hearings are spon
sored by the National League
of Cities and U.S. Conference
of Mayors. (UPI)
Less Severe
High Blood Is
More Frequent
In Female Sex
The need for early detection
of men and women with high
blood pressure, and for them
"clearly to understand the im
portance of controlling their
condition," was stressed at a
medical symposium on hyper
tension held in Houston, Texas
recently.
High Blood pressure can be
successfully lowered with mo
dern drugs and strokes and
heart attacks prevented, ac
cording to Morton H. Maxwell
MP, Clinical Professor of Med
icine, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Patients should receive drug
treatment if they give evidence
of persistently elevated blood
pressure readings, or if they
have a family history of hyper
tensive cardiovascular disease,
another participant on the pro
gram, Edward D. Freis, MD,
Dr. Freis, who is senior med
ical investigator, Veteran's Ad
ministration Hospital, Washing
ton, D.C., recommended that
indications for treatment sho
uld be stricter for men than
for women because of the more
rapid progression of cardiovas
cular damage in men. (Statis
tics, however, show that more
women than men are diag
nosed as being hypertensive).
A relatively simple and in
expensive work-up can help
the physician to determine
whether a hypertensive patient
should have therapy without
delay.
Walter M. Krikendall, MD,
director of the program in in
tensive medicine, University of
Texas Medical School, made
this point and explained that a
group of symptoms and signs
in the patient's history, physi
cal examination, and labora
tory tests give the physician
the information he needs to
evaluate the patient.
The symposium was spon
sored by the Medical School
and Division of Continuing
Education of the University of
Texas Science Center at Hous
ton, and was co-sponsored by
CIBA Pharmaceutical Company.
U. S. Office of
Edu. Makes $14
Million Grants
WASHINGTON -(NBNS) -The
U. S. Office of Education
last week belatedly announced
the award of $14.3 million
to 48 school districts and 29
nonprofit groups in 16 states
for school desegregation acti
vities. The grants were awarded
Feb. 7, but were held up until
last week because of bureau
cratic red tape, an Office of
Education spokesman said.
The largest awards for in
struction in mathematics, read
ing, tnd other educational and
community activities to help
schools desegregate went to
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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE
REPORT
if0t BY JOHN EDWARDS . inAlWinmf
This report covers the pe
riod from March 8 through
March 14.
The first letter and num
bers in the paragraph give
the number of the bill and
indicates whether it was in
troduced in the House (H)
or Senate (S), followed by a
description of the bill.
S-422 Funds for Mentally
Retarded: Appropriates $1.7
million to the Department of
Mental Health to be used to
make grants to support the
mentally retarded and phy
sically disabled.
S-423 Eastern N. C. Sana
torium Funds: Appropriates
$840,000 to the Department of
Human Resources to support
a program at the Eastern N.
C. Sanatorium to improve
medical service and educa
tion in eastern North Caro
lina. S-427 Give Governor Veto:
Amends N. C. Constitution so
Governor could veto or ap
prove bills passed by the
General Assembly.
S-420 Allow Two-term
Governor. Amends N. C. Con
stitution to allow the Gover
nor to serve for two terms.
11-591 Counties' Nursing
Home Costs: Provides that
counties pay nursing home
costs in excess of $18.50 (now
$14) per day for eligible re
cipients but cost paid cannot
exceed $23 per day (now
$18.50).
H-596 Landlord -Tenant
Law: A new law which de
fines the rights of landlords
and tenants and clarified law
governing the rental of dwell
ing units. Basically tins law
would strengthen the legal
rights of tenants.
H-620 Auxiliary Public
School Police: Would require
the sheriff and chief of po
lice to appoint end train
teachers and administrators
to serve as special deputies in
junior and senior high
schools.
H-651 Exam for Advanc
ed Teachers: Would limit
power of State Board of Edu
cation's to certify teachers
and administrators unless
employees meet Board's min
imum score requirements on
National Teacher's Exam In
force on July 1, 1960.
S-476 Workmen's Com
pensation Benefits: Bill pro
vides for raising of benefits
under the Workmen's Com
pensation Act.
S-477 Workmen's Com
pensation: U 3 Employees:
Would change the definition
of employer so that private
employers of three or more
employees (now, five) are
covered by Workmen's Com
pensation Act
Several other bills (S-478,
S-479 and S-480) were intro
duced which would broaden
and increase the benefits of
the Workman's Compensation
Act
Association Agency Officers Said
To "Control the Whole Thing"
Using a sermonette format,
complete with a text from
the Book of Ruth, W. J. Ken
nedy, m, president of the
North Carolina Mutual life
Insurance Company, told the
eighty-five delegates to the
34th Annual Agency Officers
Mid-Year Conference at their
second session held in the
Downtowner Motel that, "You
agency officers are responsi
ble for the continuous flow
of life giving blood (premium
dollars) into the company
arteries in ever increasing
amounts to sustain healthy
growth and continued via
bility." "All of us are familiar with
the old axiom: "Either grow
or go!'" Kennedy continued.
'We are part of a dynamic
society and a dynamic eco
nomic environment This is
doubly true in the black com
munity. In 1968, D. Parke
Gibson, that leading Mack
marketing cons ultant so
widely used by our nation's
largest firms, identified the
disposable income of blacks
in America at $90 billion "
"Four years later, Andrew
Brimmer, a member of the
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, an
nounced that the disposable
income of blacks in the Unit
ed States reached a record
$61 billion in 1972. an in
crease of $5 billion or 10.9
over 1971. And, this is in
contrast to 8.8 for the
United States as a whole.
But, it must be noted that
while blacks make up 113
of the total population they
only have 6.7 of the na
tion's 1971 disposable in
come. And, as Dr. Brimmer
pointed out: "If we had the
same share of disposable in
come in 1971 as we have a a
ratio of the population, the
income of blacks would have
been $78.6 billion instead of
$46 billion"
"I heartily agree with Dr.
Brimmer's explanation of
this short fall." Kennedy stat
ed. "It It a legacy of racial
discrimination end depriva
tion All of this has Unute
blacks' ability to acquire
marketable skills and barred
them from better paying
jobs."
'While blacks ate baying
some insurance they are not
buying life coverage in suffi
cient amounts to meet their
complete security needi
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