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and the Chrysler Corporation
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nority group members into
auto dealerships at the
middle management level as
sales managers, parts depart
ment managers and service
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Congress Renews Drive
For Safer School Buses
WASHINGTON -Of
the 20 million children who
board school buses each year,
about 35 are killed in bus ac
cidents. An estimated 40,000
other children suffer disabling
injuries.
This record, based on the
latest figures available, makes
school buses the safest trans
portation available in terms
of fatalities per mile, but a
renewed drive is on for safer
school buses.
The Department of Trans
portation proposes that all
school buses be equipped
with padded high-backed
seats. Six Senators and about
50 Representatives are spon
soring bills aimed at tougher
Federal standards for school
buses.
"While the number of fatal
ities and injuries from school
bus accidents is small com
pared to the blood bath from
automoDue use on uk High
ways, everyone agrees that
the potential for tragedy is
great," says Senator Gaylord
Nelson, Democrat of Wiscon
sin. About 55,000 persons are
killed in all traffic accidents
annually.
The men who make school
buses say safer models are
available now. School boards
get as many safety features
as they are willing to specify
and pay for.
"What is in there in the
way of safety equipment now
is there because the school
board asks for it," says
Berkeley Sweet, executive
secretary of the School Bus
Manufacturing Institute.
Padded seats, for example,
have been ' available since
1966, when the Federal Gov
ernment ordered them on its
school bus-type vehicles to
avoid injuries to passengers
who could be thrown against
standard metal-backed seats
or metal bars across seats.
But padded seats take up
more room, thus reducing by
one the number of rows of
seats in a 66-passenger bus.
And 10 buses with padded
seats cost about as much as
11 buses without, according
to manufacturers.
At the 1970 National Con
ference on School Transpor
tation sponsored hy the Na
tional Education Association,
school officials established
model specifications for
school buses.
Seat Belts Abandoned
They discussed high-backed
seats to protect against whip
lash, but rejected specifying
them because pupils would
find it easy to cavort with
out drivers being able to see
them. Seat belts were dis
cussed and abandoned.
So virtually all school buses
are made without seat belts,
without padded or high
backed seats.
"The prime reason is every
school district is pressed for
finances," says Mr. Sweet
School buses cost from
$6,000 to $10,000 each, de-
ieamed the business, they
will be able to move up to
ownership.
The automobile manufac
turers are no longer simply
looking for blacks with
money to take over existing
dealerships in the nation's
urban centers. In most cases,
it just doesn't work.
"The auto companies
learned a few years ago there
is no reason to put a black
guy into a dealership location
where there's been a white
guy for many years and he
couldn't make it," says
Richard B. Harris, the black
manager of dealer develop
ment for the sales section of
the General Motors Market
ing Staff.
'There's no indication that
black people in general will
go and buy from, a black
dealer or businessman just
because he's black," Mr. Har
ris added. "From the stand
point of location, if the deal
ership is in an area where
people don't feel safe going
into because of certain crime
factors, regardless of the
color of the customer, he
pending on equipment,, such
as lighting, heating, brakes,
and transmission.. A measure
of how school bus costs are
increasing: While the number
of pupils riding buses doubled
over the past 20 years, the
cost of operating the buses
tripled.
School buses are distin
guished by their yellow and
black color, configuration and
construction, but they start
out as trucks.
The nation's six major
school bus manufacturers buy
a chassis and engine from a
truck company, drive the
frame to their factory, erect
a steel skeleton over the
back and rivet on ft sheet
metal skin.
This system of construction
has been criticized twice by
the National Transportation
Safety Board, which noted
that school bus sheet metal
had a tendency to break free
and take on a lethal cookie
cutter shape in an accident
Theseietybostodoi
the number of rivets
school buses to those
mprrial hlMM. and
that the fewer rivets in the
school buses made them
weaker. Jr.
School bus manufacturers,
however, note, that other
commercial buses do not
have the steel framework
that school buses do. "The
average school bus does not
fare too badly in an average
school bus accident," Mr
.Sweet said. . :
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V.v n nlainer is the
ment of Judson Powell Jr., a
market analyst at torn. mt.
Powell, who is black, says,
"I truly believe the black
man can do business as a car
jissippi, and I
think he can do it in North-
Conceding that some
blacks will deal only with
blacks and whites with
Powell says:
"Mostly, youH go to the
gives- you the
don't give a damn about the
nics."
The General' Motors Cor-
mobile manufacturer
with more than 13,000 deal
ers 76 of them minority
owned has the most ambi
tious program under way to
train dealers. The company
has set up a Dealer Develop
ment Academy which, it
hopes, will telescope years of
actual experience into 18
months of intensive training.
It is not an assistance pro
gram. The 24 men enrolled in
the first two classes have
proven they have the ability
to succeed. They have also
shown they can raise the
money to invest in a dealer
shipbetween $20,000 and
$180,000 and have taken
substantial pay cuts to take
part in the program
Mr. Harris says General
Motors has no set goal for
the number of black or mi
nority dealers.
The zone managers, the
men who direct the dealer
ship activities for 'a geo
graphical area, are being
told: "If you don't have one,
get your first one. If you
have one, try to get your
second one."
The program is not de
signed specifically for blacks
or other minority groups.
STOWAGE ROOM OPTION
The Dodge Dart Sport offers
an optional fold down rear
seat, including the separating
fold down trunk panel. This
feature gives the car more
than six feet of carpeted
stowage room from the trunk
up to the back of the front
seats.
YOUTHFUL STRIPES
The youth appeal of the
Dodge Dart Sport series is
enhanced by an "Up and
Over" optional exterior tape
stripe, in black or white,
which sweeps back, up and
around the rear side glass.
The stripe is available with or
without the new canopy vinyl
roof.
The short-range goal It to
increase minority ownership
of dealerships. Once that's
accomplished, it will be used
to tram anyone interested in
becoming a new car dealer.
What the program will
provide, Mr. Harris says, hi a
sound foundation in the re
tail car business and the abil
ity to take advice from peo
ple who know what's hap
pening. "G. M from the social re
sponsibility standpoint, is in
terested in offering more op
portunities to minority peo
ple," Mr. Harris continued.
'These opportunities, in or
der for them to be. tangible
to the corporation and the
individual who goes into the
business, have to be sup
ported with qualified people
going into .these dealer
ships." He added:
"The program enhances
the parson's ability to be suc
cessful, if he's successful, of
course, the corporation it
successful.
'We want to make this a
sound kind of program, not
one in which we are just
placing' guys on the basis of
their color and not their abil
ity to succeed. This is a very
lucrative business for the
guy who knows how to run
it. But there's no 100 per
cent guarantee of success.
A lot of car dealers only show you
how great their cars look.
$e'd like to show you
how great ours work.
At our Porsche Audi showroom we have
more important things to tell you about
than how our cars look. That, you can see
for yourself.
We'd rather show you how each one
works, Because, frankly, that's what we're
most proud of.
Our Audi, for example, is a lot of cars
for the money. It has rack and -pinion
steering like a Ferrari. It gives just about
the same headroom and legroom as a
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. And holds as
much luggage as a Lincoln Continental
Mark IV, (Just to give you an idea.)
Porsche 914
And our Porsche 911 is engineered to
be one of the most superlative rod
machines of its time. Regardless of price.
Which is why Porsches have won more
than one thousand major victories in the
past twenty-three years.
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Our Porsche 914 is engineered with a
mid-enpirie design so it corners surer and
brakes smoother than just about any other
car on thevroad. And since its engine is in
the middle, we give you two trunks instead
of one. The removable fiberglass roof
stores in the rear trunk, where it takes up
practically no room at all.
Stop by our showroom, and see for
yourself why we honestly feel that our
cars are among the best engineered cars
in the world.
Then we can talk about how nice they
all look.
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instead of bridges. Joseph Fort Newton
Very few people understand words every
one understands pictures.
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IHJBHAM SOCIAL NOTES By
Mrs. Sfndner Daye
By John HudgiM
FROM THE PEN OF DONALD LOVE
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VOLUME 53 No. 18
DURHAM, N. C, MAY 5, 1973
Students and Faculty Puzzled
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Arthur "JMuffBoyd Meded As
Distinguished Black American
NURSING SPEAKER Miss
Vernice D. Ferguson, s nurs
ing specialist with the Vete
rans Administration, is shown
speaking to members of the
first class of nurses to re
ceive nursing pins from
C, Central University. The
which represent the
tiool at which a nurse, re
ceived her training as a reg
istered nurse, had not previ
ously been awarded because
previous classes included only
registered nurses seeking the
bachelor's degree. This, year,
29 students who had received
their entire training as nurses
from N. C Central completed
degree requirements.
VA Nursing Specialist is NCCU s
Speaker For Planning Ceremony
It has been announced by
the Distinguished Young Black
American Incentives Associa
tes Inc., that Arthur "Mutt"
Boyd of Durham has been se
lected as one of the Distin
guished Young Black Ameri
cans for 2.972. His nomination
and selection came as a result
of his significant contributions
to the professional, civic and
social arena. Boyd is the son
of Mrs. Mammie C. Boyd of
Durham, North Carolina.
The Nominees for this award
were gleaned from all phases
of the professional world. Pro
fessionally he is a consistent
performer for the Xerox Corp.,
closing the 1971 year with
146.6 performance. In 1972,
he was awarded the "Summer
Sarge Award". In December of
1972, he was a salesman of the
month on his sales team.
On the social and civic scene,
he served as the President of
the Boston Chapter of Florida
A & M University Northeastern
Regional Executive Committee
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and Board of Directors of the
Boston Chapter of the NAACP.
He was also a member of the
Action Unlimited, a group of
concerned Blacks interested in
the social and political process
es in K ox bury , Mass.
In 1970, he was a recipient
for the "Most Outstanding
Young Man of the Year" in
America. This award was given
by the United States Chamber
of. Commerce.
l After graduating from Flori
da A&M University in March,
1969, he joined Armour-Dial
He., in New York. His sales
responsibilities included retail
ing chain stores in New York
and Bronx, New York, and also
designated key accounts in that
area.
He pursued the Masters of
Business Administration in
anagement at New York Uni
ty Graduate School of
siness while employed with
Armour-Dial Inc. After
leaving this Company, he
played with the New York's
Football Farm Team as a mid
dleline backer and kicker be
fore a knee injury ended his
career.
f Tin Boston, Mass., he joined
Xerox Corp, in November,
1970 and after initial training
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SENTS CHECK James Scott,
vice president of the Double
Dozen Club presented a check
tor $50.00 to Ie Smith, (left)
director of the John Avery
Boys Club.
Miss Vernice D. Ferguson
was featured speaker for the
first Pinning Ceremony for
graduating seniors from the
Department of Nursing, North
Carolina Central University.
The ceremony was held on
campus in B.N. Duke Audi
torium at 7:30 p.m. April 28,
1973.
These are the first students
to complete the four-year bac
calaureate program, begun on
1969, leading to the Bachelor
of Science in Nursing degree.
The Department of Nursing
has recently received notifica
tion that the program has been
accredited by the Department
of Baccalaureate and Higher
Degree Programs of the Nation
al League for Nursing.
Miss Ferguson is the highest
ranking Black nurse with the
Veterans Administration, Wash
ington, D.C. Her position is
General Medical and Surgical
Nursing Specialist for Program
Planning and Policy Develop
ment. Miss Ferguson had her initial
nursing preparation at New
York University Bellevue Medi
cal Center where she received
both the nursing certificate and
the baccalaureate degree. She
holds an M.A. in Health Educa
tion from Teacher's College,
Columbia University and com
pleted the master's program
in nursing administration at the
University of Chicago.
Her many awards and recog
nitions include the Mary Ma
hony Award of the American
Nurses' Association for her
work in promoting improved
professional relationships be
tween nurses of different eth
nic groups.
She has a broad background
in nursing research, teaching
and service. She Is a frequent
contributor to Nursing litera
ture including the American
(See NURSING page 7A)
Motivated by an impassion
ed plea to use the expertise of
the NAACP, made by Mrs.
Tommie Young, NCCU, and
acentuated by a rip-roar ex
pose of the unfair hiring policy
of the Register of Deeds' office,
by Alexander Barnes, the
youth and the adults of the
Durham Branch, NAACP, de
cided to wage an all out war
against the county's hiring
policy, in its' monthly meeting,
Sunday.
Mrs. Young set the tone of
the meeting when she told the
audience that eternal vigUence
was the price of freedom.
Even though she chose to call
her speech "just plain talk"
and had it keyed to the youth,
she had many admonitions
about the freedom fight that
struck at the very core.
She began by urging black
people to stop going back into
ancient history and picking
up the trash and dirt that
other nations had long since
discarded and attempt to use it
to build an image of self re
liance. She recited the history
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of many nations and warned
that the reason many of them
failed, was due to the fact
they basked in the sunlight of
seperatism in the day and re
veled in the flesh-pots of im
morality, after five, in the
evening. Mrs. Young is the
first vice-president of the
Durham Branch.
The city became alerted
April 18 when Dr. J. W. Hill,
vice-president, Durham College,
reported that A. J. (Buck)
Gresham, Register of Deeds,
Durham County, bad alleged
ly told a black applicant for
(See NAACP, Page 7A)
Social Organization composed
of twelve energetic couples.
One of the purposes of the
club is greater and
community
the members.
Mack Jarmon serves as
200 Meets with
Bishop Nichols
The students, faculty and
staff of Allen University, lo
cated in Columbia, S.C., are
reported still puzzled and
deeply disturbed about the
recent decision of the Trustee
Board to terminate all con
tracts of all employees as of
May 12.
The letter, allegedly sent
under duress by Dr. James W.
Hairston, the president, states,
"This is to advise that this
letter serves as an official
notice to the effect that your
Present contract with the in
stitution will be terminated 30
days from the date hereof.
All future contracts will be
negotiated by the proper au
thorities at the appropriate
time."
A delegation of approxi
mately 200 faculty, staff and
students met with Bishop D.
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three Washington youths charg
ed with robbing and shooting
Sen. John Stennis last January
has pleaded guilty in a move
to receive lighter sentence than
he might have otherwise.
John S. Marshal), known
as "J.B.", who would have
been 22 years old in a few days
can now be sentenced under
the lenient Youth Corrections
Act, which is open to those
between 18 and 22 at the
time of plea or conviction.
The government objected
to the change of plea by Mar
shall. "We respectfully but most
strongly request that this court
exercise (its) discreUon-which
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Brothers, Sisters on Continent
BARBARA McNAIR'S DRUG
CHARGES DROPPED BY U.S.
NEWARK, N.J. - The fede
ral government has dropped
charges of heroin possession
against actress-singer Barbara
McNair but a Grand Jury has
indicted her husband-manager,
Rick Manzie, 32, for attempt
ing to possess a heroin com
pound. Although the arrest last
October at the Playboy Club
in McAfee, N.J., where she was
performing has cost Miss Mc
Nair thousands of dollars in
contracts, Miss McNair stead
fastly maintained her inno
cence. The U.S. Attorney's office
and the U.S. Bureau of Nar
cotics and Dangerous Drugs
have conducted an exhaustive
and comprehensive investiga
tion into the matter, Miss Mc
Nair's attorney said. "In my
opinion they have acted fairly
and impartially, and I believe
the interests of justice have
been served," he said.
N.C. GOVERNOR VISITS LAW
SCHOOL Perry Crutchfleld,
left, and Ron Draper, right,
students at North Carolina
Central University's School of
Law, flank N. C. Governor
James E. Hoslsouser as he
visits the Durham law school.
Holshouser, who was asked
to visit the law school by a
committee of second-year stu
dents that included Draper
and . Crutchfleld, assured the
students that hs would con
vey his impressions of the
law school's needs to the
Board of Governors of Hie
University of North Carolina
and to the state legislature
RALEIGH On Saturday,
May 26, thousands of Black
people in the United States
and throughout the Western
Hemisphere will join together
to participa te in African Libera
tion Day. African Liberation
Day (ALD) is a day set aside
by African People all over the
world to show support for our
brothers and sisters on the
Continent who are. engaged in
armed struggles. The theme for
this year's demonstrations is,
"There is no peace in Africa
-African people are at war!"
There are four major purposes
for African Liberation Day:
(1) To express our solidarity
with Africans all over the
world; (2) To educate the Black
community about racism and
imperialism; (3) To show the
connections between Africans
on all the continents; and (4)
To raise money to support the
liberation struggles.
Last year's demonstrations
attracted over 65,000 people;
there were rallies in Washing
ton, D.C, San Francisco; Tor-
Federal agents had earlier
charged that the couple had
received a half-ounce of heroin
at Newark Airport and brought
it to Miss McNair's room at
the club where agents posing
as delivery -men arrested them.
NBNS
PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY
LOOKS INTO BLACK MUSLIM
SECT
PHILADELPHIA - The
Black Muslims are under in
vestigation by a federal Grand
Jury looking into the multiple
slayings of seven persons in
Washington early this year.
U.S. Attorney Robert Cur
ran admitted last week that
the Grand Jury had been secret
ly looking into the brutal
slayings of five children and
two adults at a Moslem home
which officials say was the
result of a rift between the two
factions.
Government officials from
Washington and Pnlladelphia
have apparently joined forces
in the investigation since police
raided two houses
Seven thousand delegates
from the state will convene
in the Bull City representing
the IBPOE of W.
Dr. Renee Westcott, Com
missioner of Social Services,
North Carolina Department of
Welfare will be the principal
speaker at the "Elk of the
Year Banquet."
The convention proposes to
be a success due to organiza
tion and planning genius of
Julius R. Haywood, State Di
rector of Planning. Durham
will be the recipient of a very
colorful parade led by Hillside
High School Band of 120
students. The local lodge and
temple will furnish ample en
tertainme nt at the Elk's home,
2311 South Alston Avenue.
Under the guiding hand of
President, S. T. Enloe, of
Shelby, North Carolina, Elk
dom has made enormous
strides throughout the state,
he has coraUed an effective
corps of officers who are dedi
cated to the well being of the
commuuity, state and nation.
Peter Moss of Durham, Dis
trict Deputy, who's territorial
jurisdiction involves the local
lodge of Durham, enhances the
affairs of the total convention.
onto, Cannada; and the West
Indies. This year the National
African Liberation Support
Committee is sponsoring de
monstrations in over 25 cities
across the U.S., Toronto and
Ontario, Canada, Accra, Ghana;
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and
in the West Indies. Owusu Sa
daukai, National ALSC chair
man expects more than 100,
00 persons to participate in
ALD.
In North Carolina, John
Mende z is chairman of the
North Carolina African Libera
tion support Committee. The
state committee is composed
of 32 persons from all over
North Carolina representing a
cross section of the Black com
munity. The North Carolina
office is located in Rale igh at
518 South Blount Street.
Plans for the North Carolina
demonstration call for a march
to beg in at Shaw University
and proceed through the Black
community to Chavts Heights,
site of the ALD rally. Included
(See LIBERATION 7A)
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son, a transpanted Phlladel
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ager Jim Ricks (L) are using
the can phones inside Cox-
son's Lincoln Continental
which is equipped with color
television and built-in bar
while campaigning in Cam
den, N J.; Coxson la running
tor Mayor in the May 8th
primary. The IS year old en
tiefteneni owns 11 en in
cluding this Uacntsv m.
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special built antes.
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