8A-THE CAROLINA TIMES
Sat.. July 7. 1973
Life Begins At 622 f
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By George B. Ruai
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by Godjc B, Rust
MlM Mtdle Had bten
burped, whipped lj her
InkX btery accused, stood
up, kicked hi the chin,
fcnored, cheated, and turned
out of c'.uirch during the 62
jhb of her life time but the
had nevei been punched in the
face by a man . ark or well She
had heard that some men beat
their wives, and girl friends:
break their limbs, take their
money, and do all manner of
cruel things to them, however,
"the ax had never been applied
to the root of her tree." Her
firss impulse was to crush Ben
Pratt into a "trillion pieces,"
then, upon second thought, she
decided that th satisfaction of
going to jail for smashing in the
(ace of a sick, toothless,
speechless man's face wasn't
worth the time she would have
to serve for giving vent to her
feelings, therefore, she quietly
left the "babbling, old coot" to
enjoy his tantrums alone.
Inside her own sticky -warm
room, she realized another first
time. in lonC time'
experience: she cried. A
torrent of unused tears burst
through their ducts and flowed
down her cheeks. At first she
allowed the well to fill and
A-..f inm unheeded The
novelty of being able to cry
abated the stigma of her
humilation of being wantonly
attacked by one whom she had
respected for a long while.
Actually, too many years to
enumerate at a time like this.
Minutes passed and the
excitement of this recent
discovery held her spell-bound
but, the novelty wore off and
self pity began creeping into
the salt of her tears. As nice as
she had been to "Mister Ben,
how could he have mustered
enough disrespect to
deliberately strike her? She was
a free woman to go and come
as she pleased; sleep late or rise
early; walk the streets of
Bayborough or "pick her nose"
to the tempo of a rocking
chair. And she might be up to
her neck to paring the time of
day dolrsj nothing If N bfdn't
let her heart run away with her
head. She sniffed a d snorted
until her noes was sore and her
hemS achad aomtthlng awfuL
The mom aha thought of all
the things she had given up to
come hem and nurm Ran rratt,
the mom woahagone she
became and the Was she cared
whether he lived or died. She
could discern his croaking
noises above the whirring
sound of the window-fan but
she made no mom to Inquire
of his needs, t"W whan she
realized M at the fan was too
cold for his marrowless bones.
The Little-Ben alarm clock
on her bedside table reminded
her that she was f-till up and
wide awake long past her
bedtime Lour. She had to go to
bed with the chickens after
waiting on a worry-wart like
Ben Pratt; he was old and sick
but he could think of more
ways of getting attention than
a monkey on a greasy pole.
The urge to read a few
nasseges of scripture from her
thumb worn Bible, pray over
the natter and leave the whole
sordid business to her Creator
was i:pp?rmost In her mind but
she decided that sh vitted to
mull the matter and stir up as
much wrath as she could while
it was fresh in her mind. There
was a consolation of sorts m
assembling a pile of abusiness
and whispering them to the
darkenss that filled her room.
The night light had been left
off because she would have no
need to leave the room tonight;
"dog-gone the rascal in the
other room!" She might need
him before he needed her, but,
for now she wasn't caring how
the cookie crumbled.
For how she wrestled with
her better judgement, so much
ao, that she forgot the field day
satan was having with her
unguarded Pan Dora Box and
forgot to go to sleep. Therefore
when the hour of midnight
came she was too exhausted to
toas 'n turn like a worm in hot
ashes, so, she just lay still
staring at the ceiling. Suddenly,
she saw the waving fingers of a
flaw dancing before her eyes;
and aba did a strange thing,
she wav, t. back. Then, she
broke into wild laughter; surely
to God she must be "touched
hi the head." Again, the hand
waved to her but aha didn't
return the compliment with a
friendly wave, however, she si t
up in bed and reached her
hands out to the darkness as
though she expected the hand
to grasp her own and she
v-ould tug with it until she
was able to b ring the whole
man out of hiding into the
open where she could see him.
' Tomorrow," she decided
emphatically, "I will keep a
sharp lookout for Deal's blue
and white sausage van. Who is
able to say that dancing fingers
is not the answer to just what I
need at this time in my life? A
woman v ith my took 'n
intelligence 'n worldly goods
don't need no mill stone about
hei r.eck. Companionship is
what I need; Homebody to talk
to, go places with. Mister Ben
may have done me a greater
favor than either of us realize
at this time." Miss Madie
smiled up to the ceiling, closed
her eyes thinking of how to
hein her tomorrow--
Continued.
Veterans who were
discharged as much as 18 years
ago could still be eligible for
G.I. education benefits.
Veterans Administration can
provide details on certain
benefits that do not expire
until August 30,1975.
ENOUGH
I wish I were big enough to
honestly admit all my short
comings. Brilliant enough to
accept flattery without it
making me arrogant Tall
enough to tower above deceit
Strong enough to welcome
criticism. Compassionate
enough to understand human
frailties. Wise enough to
recognize my mistakes.
Humble enough to appreciate
greatness. Staunch enough to
stand by my friends. Human
enough to be thoughtful of my
neighbors. Righteous enough
God. -Paul Dorton.
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Veterans Questions & Answcn
EDITOR'S NOTE: Veterans
and their families are asking
thousands of questions
concerning the benefits their
Government provides for them
through the Veterans
Administration. Below are
some representative queries.
Additional information may be
obtained at any VA office.
. Q - My husband died of
service connected disabilities
while in military service. Am I
eligible for Veterans
Administration assistance to
take correspondence courses or
on-the-job traini .'
A - Yes. Public Law 92-540
(Oct 24, 1972) extended these
benefits to wives and widows
of veterans whose permanent
total disabilities or deaths were
service connected.
Q - I still carry my World
War H "V- prefixed National
Service Life Insurance. Can I
get additional coverage?
A -Yes. Public Law 92-188,
enacted in December 1971,
allows veterans with these
policies to use their insurance
dividends to buy additional
paid-up life insurance
protection.
Q - The Vetetans
Administration guaranteed
$7,500 of my home loan,
based on my World War II
service. Since VA now
guarantees more, do t nave
more entitlement cominer
A - Yea. VA currently
guarantees up to 60 percent up
to a maximum of $12,500 of
home loans. Since you received
a loan guarantee of only
$7,500, you are eligible to
apply for an additional $5,000
in loan benefits. j 9kf
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While veterans with
nonservice connected
disabilities are eligible for
Veterans Administration
hospital treatment on a bed
available basis, beds are always
available to veterans with
service connected disabilities.
DROP PRACTICE
Tobacco stalks are
"bad news" for pregnant
sows and should not be
spread on fields where
hogs have access to them.
Animal health experts
report that deformed pigs
have resulted where sows
get to the stalks during
the early stages of
pregnancy. The practice
STORAGE TIP
Dry beans, peas and
lentils should be kept In
tightly covered con
tainers and stored In a
dry, cool place, accord
ing to extension food
specialists, North Caro
lina State University.
Stored in this manner,
they will keep their
quality for several
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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1973
8 Pages In This Section
Local, State and Nations
News of fnterest to AH
VOLUME 53 No. 27
DURHAM, N. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1973
WILD GUN BATTLE Tolice ambulance after a wild dead and two others wounded
and ambulance attendants gunbattle on a downtown 619. Police said one of the
Atlanta street leit two persons wau uni.."vvu.-..
wheel a -wounded man to an
Natl Alliance Inks 2 Labor Contracts in Agencies
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Monday, June 25, Washington,
D. C. Local 209 of the
National Alliance of Postal and
Federal Employees signed a
two year contract with the U.
S. Postal Service, covering
employees in a unit at
Headquarters of the U. S.
Postal Service in the Nation's
Capitol at 12th and
Pennsylvania Avenue.
This is tlit first contract
outside of the Security Force,
based on a National Labor
Relations Board's certification,
whereby the National Alliance
was selected by the employees
through an open election.
(Employees throughout the
United States Postal Service
must be allowed ' bargain
collectively through
representatives of their own
choosing.)
Some of ttwprovidons
give the employees, for the
first time, job descriptions and
bidding right f for preferred
assignments. The union and
management will jointly foster
the Equal Opportunity
Program. All employees are
guaranteed an opportunity to
have his or her case- heard
before a 48 hour notice and
disciplinary action is effected.
There will be a substantial pay
increase with some increase in
fringe benefits.
The signing ended a period
which began November of
1972, with an Alliance victory
in an National L;ilor Relations
Board conducted election.
Inability to negotiate a
contract led to the filing of an
Unfair Labor Practices charge
against the Postal Service with
the National Labor Relations
Conyers Calls
For Watergate
House Panel
NEW YORK (NBNS) A
veteran black Congressman has
called on the House ' of
Representatives to establish its
own committee to investigate
the Watergate and procedures
for Presidential impeachment.
Making it clear that he was
not callihe for the
impeachment of the President,
U.S. Rep. John Conyers,
Democrat of Michigan, said he
believed the House should
prepare for the possibility of
an impeachment with the
formation of the committee he
recommended.
Last year, along with five
other Congressmen, Conyers
introduced a resolution of
impeachment against President
at the time of increased
bombing in Southeast Asia. At
the time, he said that the
President was guilty of
conducting a war in Southeast
Asia without consent of the
Congress, as required by the
Constitution.
In pointing out that only
the Congress can subpoena a
President, Conyers told
reporters at a news conference
that the House has the power
"and more importantly, the
responsibility, to determine
whether or not the President
has been guilty 4t'rljjty
wrongdoing. "It is time that the House
began to face the fact that it
alone must resolve this issue
for the American people. In
saying this, I am not
necessarily suggesting that
impeachment proceedings be
Instituted now," he concluded.
Board and a petition for Fact
Finding with the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation
Service.
Fact Finding sessions began
10:00 a. m. June 1, in an office
in Georgetown Washington, D.
C. and ended at the same
location around 5:30 p. m.
June 25th, with the birth of a
bona fide labor contract of two
years duration.
Presidential Aide John W.
White led the Alliance
negotiating team of White;
Alorzo Adams, President of
District Two (Washington, D.
C, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia); Tommie L.
Wilson, Piesident of
Washington, D. C. Local; and
Lula White, NAPFE
Headquarters representative,
Carl Uehlein was spokesman
for the U. S. Postal Service trio
of Uehjftqe Druittd
Ron Bknd.
John White and Tommie
Wilson signed the agreement
for the Alliance while Carl
Uehlein and Assistant
Postmaster General Darrell
Brown signed for the Postal
Service.
Seymour Strongin chaired
the Fact Finding Panel of
Strongin, Francis J. Robertson
and J. Harvey Daly, which did
an unusually effective job of
bringing the parties to the
contract together.
Fact Finding cost
approximately one thousand
dollars per day, but President
Robert L. (Bob) White stated,
"The Alliance will spend its
last penny, if necessary, to
fully represent employees".
Tuesday, June 26,
Baltimore Local 202 and
Portsmoth Local 207 of the
Alliance signed a two year
labor contract covering 600
General Services
Administration employees in
Baltimore, Maryland and
Portsmouth, Virginia. The
ceremony took place at 7th
taMD' Streets at th GSA
Regional Office in Washington,
D. C. The agreement was a
single document covering two
Alliance locals and has bum
described as the best existing
contract between the GSA and
any union.
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Mixed Drinks
Poll Results
Are Released
On Wednesday, May 30, the
Greater Durham Chamber of
Commerce sponsored a
FORUM on the recently
inacted Statewide Referendum
on Mixed Beverages.
: Speaking in favor of passage
of the referendum was Hugh
Morton, owner of Grandfather
Mountain and Grandfather
Golf & Country Club in
Linville. Urging defeat of the
referendum was the Rev. Coy
Privette of Kannapolis,
president of the North Carolina
Christian Action League.
Subsequent to this meeting,
the Durham Chamber mailed
1013 ballots to its members
requesting their opinion
regarding an official Chamber
position on the Statewide
Referendum on Mixed
Beverages.
The Chamber membership
was asked to answer one of
four questions: Should the
Chamber actively support the
issue?; Should the Chamber
actively oppose the issue?;
Should the Chamber take no
official oosition on the
question?; Does the member
have no opinion at all
concerning the issue?
As of June 28 the official
results of the poll indicate that
70 of the Chamber
membership is in favor of
supporting the issue, while 12
favor opposition to the
referendum. 17 feels the
Greater Durham Chamber of
Commerce should take no
position at all, while 1 has no
opinion on the issue.
To date, 740 ballots out of
a total of 1613 have been
returned, representating a 46
membership response to the
questiorWnfc
Broken down, the response
percentage represent the
following number of votejr:
70511; 12 91; 1713'2
16
Earlier results of the
membership poll,
representating a 45 return
from the Chamber's
membership, were published in
the Chamber's newsletter
Action on June 25th. Chamber
members who have not
responsed to the questionaire
were asked in the newsletter to
return their questionaires as
soon as possible since the
Chamber members wants an
opinion on the issue from as
large a percentage of the
membership as possible.
As of this date, the Board of
Directors of the Greater
Durham Chamber of
Commerce has taken no
official position on the
referendum which will be put
to the voters of North Carolina
on November 6th of this year.
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NECKTIES FOR YOUTHS -Maurice
Fleishman, a
Fayetteville merchant, presents
fl50; neckties to James M.
Paige, Commissioner of Youth
Development in North Carolina
and J. C. Jones, Vice
Chairman, Board of Youth
Development. The neckties will
be presented to youths at
Samuel Leonard School,
McCain.
Advice From Friend Turns Out to
Be Good As Money in the Bank
QUESTIONED IN SLAYING
OF COLLEGE YOUTHS
MAXWOOD, III.: Police
charged Antonio Barrienlc,
21, shown after questioning by
police June 20, with the axe
and dagger slayings of a pair of
college students whose brdies
were discovered June 19 on the
grounds of a private school
wheie they had taken summer
jobs. Barrientes was charged
with two counts of murder ana
one count of burglary In
mnnection with the deaths of
Robert C. Enfourth, 23, of
Lincoln Park, Mich., and David
P. Hammes, 20, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Fayetteville State
Professor Is Named
Danforth Associate
FAYETTEVILLE - A
.Fayetteville State University
professor of Education and
Psychology has been named a
Danforth Associate. He is Dr.
Grady Davis.
The announcement was
made by the Danforth
Foundation, St. Louis, Mo.
Davis has been a member of
the FSU faculty since 1965
and is active in community
affairs. He is affiliated with
numerous professional
organizations which include
the American Psychological
Association, North Carolina
Psychological Association,
Academy of Religion and
Mental Health, Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion,
Institute of Pastoral Care, and
the American Association of
University Professors.
A graduate of Shaw
University, he received the B.
D. degree from Andover-
Newton Theological Seminary
and the Ph. D. in psychology
from Boston University.
In addition to his duties at
FSU, Dr. Davis serves as pastor
of Union Baptist Church, one
of the largest Baptist churches
in Durham.
He is a member of the
Fa veil evil le Cumberland
County chapter of the NAACP
and is president of the local
chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity, v !
Listed in Who's Who in
American Universities and
Colleges, he and his wife.
Dorothy, are the parents of
five children.
DETROIT When Lena M.
Peters was searching for a new
job in 1963, a friend advised
her to apply for a teller's
position at National Bank of
Detroit
That advice turned out to
be as good as money in the
bank.
Recently promoted to
branch manager, Mrs. Peters is
now the first black woman to
hold a manager's position with
NBD.
As manager of NBD's
Eureka-Wahrman Road branch
in Romulus, Mrs. Peters is also
eighth woman and the
eighth black to become
manager ot one ot the bank S
10B branches.
Mrs. Peters, a civicilly active
Inkster resident and native of
Detroit, says there are several
reasons why women
traditionally have been rare in
the upper echelons of banking.
One reason is that women
generally have not sought
careers in banking and have not
been encouraged to undertake
the extensive preparation
customary for men who aspire
to become professional
bankers.
With current emphasis on
careers for women, this
situation is changing and many
banks, including NBD, are
endeavoring to increase the
percentage of women in
official and managerial
Dositions. as they have been
doing for a number of years in
regard to minorities.
Mrs. Peters says mat, wnne
she has met some obstacles, she
encourages women to seek
banking careers. A degree in
accounting, business
administration, or economics
and related fields, can offer a
good start for a management
career in banking, she
comments.
"I would recommend
banking for women," she says.
''There are so many areas
where women can work in the
banking industry and move up
quickly. The work is clean and
pleasant. There is a lot of
personal contact, a lot of
dealing with people."
When Mrs. Peters entered
NBD's teller training program,
she had a dozen years of
experience as a supermarket
manager, but was unable to
enter the bank's management
trainee program because she
had completed only part of her
college education.
She graduated from St
Bernard High School before
attending the University of
Detroit She left U of D and
worked as a typist and
secretary before joining Allen's
Supermarket in 1950 where
she was office manager for 12
years.
Mrs. Peters joined NBD as a
teller in 1963, was promoted
.to general teller in 1966,
assistant manager in 1968, and
senior assistant manager in
1969.
Eight years of night classes
at U of D will end for her in
December when she receives
her degree in business
administration with a major in
finance. She credits her parents
- Mr. and Mrs. Ormond Curl,
Sr., of Inkster - for inspiring
her to continue her education
and to grow professionally.
The Veterans
Administration can advance up
to $250 in extra allowances to
selected veterans receiving
education assistance under its
programs.
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Dr. Joseph P. McKelpin
New Academic
Head Named at
Morris Brown
Dr. Joseph Pryce McKelpin
has been appointed the new
academic dean at Morris Brown
College. Prior to accepting the
post at Morris Brown, Dr.
McKelpin was Director of the
EPDA Institute for College
Teachers at North Carolina
Central University and the
Director of the Research and
Evaluation for Education
Improvement Program for the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
He brings to Morris Brown
College a wealth of resources
from his 35 years of exposure
in the field of education.
A gradute of Southern
University, Dr. McKelpin
earned his M. S. and Ph. D.
degress from the University of
Wisconsin.
He is the editor of several
publications and holds
membership in Phi Delta
Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa
Phi Kappa, American
Educational Research
Association, American
Association of Uirendty
Professors, National Society
for the Study of Education and
National Council of
Measurement in Education.
FAMILY TRADITION -When
he signed in at ROTC
summer camp at Fort Bragg
recently, William B. Neal HI
was maintaining a family
military tradition. His father,
William B. Neal Jr., is a colonel
and the professor of military
science at North Carolina A &
T University in Greensboro. A
rising senior at A & T, Neal is a
1970 graduate of Seaside,
Calif. High School. He and
some 2,100 other ROTC cadets
are being trained in tactics,
weapons and other military
subjects. The six-week camp
ends Aug. 3.
Serious Crime
In U.S. Drops
One Percent
WASHINGTON, D. C. -Serious
crime in the United
States declined one percent
during the first three months
of 1973, compared to a three
percent decrease in the same
period last year, Attorney
General Elliot L, Richardson
announced today.
Mr. Richardson reporter
that 100 of the nation's largest
cities-including Washingtc .:, D.
C reported actual reductions
in serious crime in the first
quarter of 1973. Eighty-eight
cities showed a decrease in the
same period of 1972.
The latest figures were
curtained in the FBI's Uniform
Crime Reports. The report of
nationwide crime statistics is
made possible by the voluntary
cooperation of local, county,
and state law enforcement
agencies.
The Attorney General said
the statistical report has been
changed this year to include all
larceny -theft instead of
limiting that category to
larceny $50 and over.
Mr. Richardson said the use
of larceny $50 and over was
begun in 195H in an effort to
define larceny more closely
with the so-called felony
statutes in the various states,
but experience has shown that
the use of i dollar value to
define the larceny offense has
several flaws.
The inflation trend in recent
yea-s has caused a bias that is
not acceptable in crime
reports, he explained, and
because many stater- have
chanted the dollar value
between felony and
misdemeanor larceny, the
K sult has created confusion
By removing value from flat
larceny category, the inflation
bias hiir buen eliminated and
the overall quality of
larceny-theft crime counts
should improve, he said.
Mr. Richardson said
larceny-theft is piimanK a
crime of opportunity and the
value of property taken is
usually incidental to the
criminal act
The Attorney General noted
that the volume of serious
crime would have increased
one percent during the first
quarter of 1973-tbe seme
change as for the comparable
period a year ago- had the
larceny $50 and over category
continued to have been used.
The Uniform Crime Reports
divides serious crime into two
categories: violent which
includes murder, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated
assault and property, which
includes burglary,
larceny-theft and auto theft
Violent crime increased six
percent in the first quarter of
1973, compared to a two
percent increase in the first
quarter of 1972. Property
crimes, which are far more
numerous than violent crimes,
decreased two percent in the
1973 period, compared to a
three percent decrease in 1972
Legal Aid Program Approved
WASHINGTON - (NBNS)
- A bill, labelled by some as a
disaster, has approved setting
up an independent corporation
to provide legal services or the
poor.
The 24 amendments
adopted by the House to the
independent corporation oui
places serious restrictions, on
what legal services attorneys
can do.
The House, in a marathon
session wrucn enaea near
midnight, approved
amendments barring legal
services lawyers from handling
suits to force hospitals and
doctors to perform abortions,
handle school busing or
desegregation cases, or draft
evasion amnesty cases.
Another set of crippling
amendments, which were
offered by Rep. Albert Quie,
R Minn , prohibits legal
services attorneys from
lobbying before a legislative or
administrative body unless
formally requested to do so.
Other amendments to the
bill would:
Prohibit attorneys getting
more than SO per cent of their
income form legal services
activities to engage in political
activities;
Prohibit lawyers from
taking part in partisan or
nonpartisan politics, including
voter registration drives;
'Prohibit funding or
allowing corporation personnel
to advocate or oppose
initiatives, refereodurns ot
other ballot measures;
Prohibit contracts to law
firms who spend more than
half their time on "public
interest" litigation;
Eliminate back-up
for research
assistance for legal
attorneys set up in law i
around the country.
Since the
services program, which is a
part of the Office of rkosMttgk
Opportunity, Democratic
liberals are hopeful theft fl
Senate will come up with a
better bill
A similar i
it year after
objections.
Opponents of the bill, i
f of Southern and
conservative
it
reform and r
pohtkal activity,