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"REAP BY OVER 30.000 DURHAMITES"
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. JANUARY 8. 1977
TELEPHONE (919) 6834587
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major completing her studies at FSU the first
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NEW . YORK r- NAACP
Administrator Gloster B.
Current sharply criticized Pre-
rident-lect Carter for iiis de-
r M Ar CiV DaII'b mamKsr.
Had ' 4etenoea- ,ns ..Aiwrneyr
General-elect . diiring ao,.intef '
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COMMON OCCURRENCE - Clubs which exclude
blacks, women or Jews and perpetuate racism are so
common In America that Jimmy Carter probably had a
hard time finding cabinet nominees who don't partici
pate, Benjamin Hooks executive director-designate of
the NAACP said on ABC's "Issues and Answers" on
December 26. (UPI).
Sen. ffarf Remembered
For Rights
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widow of Sen. Philip Hart of rights legislation by the Con
Michigan who died on Decern- gress for nearly two decades,
ber 26 of a heart attack. The
NAACP telegram to Mrs. "He was a man ' of in-
Hart at Mackinac Island was teoritv whose leadership in the
sent by Mrs. Margaret Bush
Wilson, Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Dr- W. Montague
an tint
of Directors, Dr. W. Montague
. . .j.. .j r... ;.
codd, rresiaem, ana ivoy nu-
kins, Executive Director.
In their telegram, they
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said:
"We of the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People extend our
very deep sympathy to you in
the death of your, beloved and
distinguished husband. Philip
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State University senior
pretty smile as the mer- M
Current Blasts Carter For
Boll's Private
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Mornine America Droeram
The text of Current's state
ment follows:
"President-elect Carter's
ct of amfnt that rritiricm rf
memoersnip
-that, exclude"
.1 .'til
oasea on
Aaivities
Hart was a key protagomstin
mir ramnaicn to secure tne
on ar-t mpnt of meaJlinClUl ClVU
Senate was recognized and
acknowledged by opponents
and supporters and across the
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and supporters and across tne
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pany uncs s .
highly productive and success-
ful lift, and he was fortunate
MtAiioh th see manv of h is
enough to see many oi nis
oals achieved. He was above
all a humanist, guided by his
commitment to the highest
ethical standards. Philip Hart
was our friend. We join you in
mourning his loss.'
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! DEATH PEUAITY SUtlDAY j j
Thp Durham Ministerial
Hav. Jan 3 to endorse
Jan. 9. On that day ministers throughout North
Carolina are-being asked to mediate on the re , jj
Ugious immunities' opposition to capitalpunish- ,
ment. Rev. Z D. Harris, President of, the Minis- i
? terial Alliance, who nas long peen on recoru a? j
it an opponent of the death penalty voiced support
: f tL mnnt nf neath
notes that this is an issue of particular importance ;
f as it is fnr mamher CnnirriV. W'!
gations of the Durham - Ministerial Alliance. ;s :
WW rarnlinUnt' Acninit tWe Death PenaltV' fe:5
h3HH hv William Geimer.
f are spearheading this particular effort. The en-
of tast Larolina nas oeen
urcins the participation
communities as possible.
Harriot Quin, Co-convenor o( the N. C. voal-v Mf
stinn Aoainxr the Death PenaltvViiFiid-'is 'assisUns M
with the local effort points out that this coming
; Sunday is a particularly
religious witness to opposition to re-insiaung uic
Death Penalty. The 1977 General Assembly will
convene January 12. Already, N. C. legislators,
have heen at work drafting a new Death Penalty
law with the assistance
Rufus Edmiston's office,
proposed Capital
out no as well as
many groups which have fought so hard to
abolish capital punishment. , m
inia'
Club Hopborstiip
grpund fails to deal with the
basic problem confronting
Judge Bell.
Inat prOOiem IS inc piu-
ot a person remaming
aw mm 9 mm -
when the case of a Biscayne
Bay private club reached that
court.
'The issue in that case was
whether to uphold or reverse
Aanann nf a tvainr Mr
fl WVIkiava V a v v
judge, outlawing the religious
and racial restrictive member-
ship policy of the club be-
cause of a lease between the
Blacfis Complain About f Jot Getting
Enougfi Incurjural Invitations
HENDERSON (CCNS) -"The Hadden, Chairman of the where to go and the process
Inaugural Committee requests Second Congressional Black of getting the invitations once
the honor of your presence and Caucus helped to deliver a solid in the nation's capital,
participation in the inaugura- black support for Carter in the ; Green said that he and
tion of Jimmy Carter as Presi- November election. Hadden Hadden have been in con
dent of the United States of was one of the earlier politj- slant contact with John Baker
America and Walter Mondale cians in the state to support and Harold Webb, coordinators
America ana waner munuaic
as Vice President of the United
. . . .
States of America on Thursday
the Twentieth of January, One
Thousand, Nine Hundred and
Seventy-Seven in the City of
Washington." The proceeding is
an invitation to a select group
of more than 300,000 invitees
from Jimmy Carter's Inaugural
Committee. That invitation in-
vites the receiver to the inaur
vites xne receiver iu uic uiau-
gural parade and to the swear-
ino in ceremonv.
VIP's received an addi
tional invitation to the "Inau
gural Party" to he held Thurs
day evening following the cere
monies. Not really an invita
tion, but an application, the
receiver is entitled to attend
ma41ac tvtfk
ent of $25 per ticket up
r ... Fr tl each
... i-.,:tM 1 entitled to an
the invitee is entitled to an
Inaugural Book.
ine inaugural panics ww
be .tttnded by fewer ton 50
blacks from North Crolln. on-
ISefbK-LSe'S
The inaugural parues wui
black supporters, organizers,
.L.o... that he A v.
ana wmuivwvis "
pected to; attend -wiU not. :
Typical of the Carter
that haven t been
United is .Henderson physician
Dr. J.P. Greene who recetveo a
letter from Carter's staff in
early December indicating that
he would receWe ticketUo the
parties. Greene, and; Leo
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Death Penalty Sunday
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Penalty "Sundav." He
Favetteville attorney,
acquirea. inis group i ,-
of as many religious ;
- . $
appropriate time for a
of Attorney General
Alliance. voted Mon
office. Opponents of the new , m
Punishment law need to speak :m
nc rhntar-.t their legislators. The iiii
pppohehts of the new
Dofonding
City of Miami and the Yacht
Club. V
"Judge Bell, while a men
-n. nnt fnrS racial . and
., , . .. r .-.onii, : nartidbated.'"
with the fact that JudeCyBell
is from the South or .'that
President-elect Carter i from
the South. The overwhelming
vote - that Governor Carter
received from black oeoole
in all Darts of the nation should
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"demonstrate thaj regional
bias is not a factor in their
reaction to the Bell appoint-
ment."
cians in mc mic u wyyvn
Carter. Neither politician has
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received an invitation.
Greene said that after
several inquiries in late Dccem-
ber he received a letter in-
forming him that "if you
haven't received Invitation be
fore December 31st come on
to Washington and get them
here." Greene has problems
with those instructions. The
wun inose inuu.ii9.
letter, according to him gave
no Information concerning
Dr. Hartin
To Sppqh
By Capitol News Service
."
' Dr. Martin Luther King,
ST., WW assist me Rev. oruce
r-j. . . , n....
xowaras oi me riauis oapusi
Church, to , ellly momt
prayer rvlce at the Lincoln
fe0W
service wiU. take place on the
i . . . ..: ,
eas";' sieps oi me memorial
where iDr; , M e0-
cruently gave his famous "I
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most mernPrable event In a
iona s-ries of free social re-
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Sffi-a: SS&
tUbim, cohalrperson of the
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3 Dl iUTlTlAU nrau baui1. .u:-ii u l
G6rgia for their meeting with President-elect Jimmy Carter. Leading the group are (L to R) Bob Bergland,
Agriculture; Andrew Young, UN Ambessador; Patricia Harris, HUD and Griffin Bell, Attorney General. (UPI).
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ten bureaucrats within the people, we'll have to upgrade Carolina's "right to work" law
(CCNS) A. J. Howard Department as policy making the skills of workers in that and the number of strike
Clements. III. an official of the and thus exempt from coverage you can't expect them free days would advertise
North Carolina Caucus of of the state personnel act. to come from Michigan or under his administrations as
Black Dcmocf at s said last week None of those ten policy wherever it is to North Caro- during previous ones, Hunt
that Lauch Faircloth. N. C. makers was black. Within the lina tn nav the same waee for said. "We have a rizht to work
ii)mmerce aecrciary designate
apparently has not been told
by Governor-elect Hunt that all
sta(C departments including the
Commerce Secretary designate
-r- - cj
. ...itklw .(..ffol Wv Kli, l.c
'Huh(t'.'iini. Nativ -.Americans,
lv foBowine his aDDointment
by Hunt, if he would appoint
any blacks to the ten posi-
tions declared by Governor-
elect Hunt to be policy making
nnsitinns in the. Commerce
henarimeint Fairclnth re-
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sponded, "well, I'm not sure."
During the proceeding
week of December 22 Hunt
requested 1 the resignation of
'
for Carter in bkek communi-
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ivi. -
ties across the state. "They are
trying to work sometningoui,
Greenesaid.
E.V.Wilkins, black mayor
of Roper, hasn't received an in-
vitation to the inaugural party
either. He, too, contends that
he was informed that his name
was sent by Webb and Baker
to the Carter headquarters.
" ,,v : rnT .
. Wilkins, mayor of the largest
Continued On Page 3
L Ung, Sr.
At Inaugural
1977 Presidential Inaugural
Committee. The committee, al-
so co-chaired by Vicki Rogers
, "".. Y . y
i-...nlli fo.tSual ufhir-h lasts
, ui8' .. . ,!,,
fromToesday. Jan. IStoSa.u,. When
.liy.Jjn.JJ.. k . . "nnSS
by tlttJZ
ana comoineu uiuu u..uc,
that ouutanre nf Nfirman Scrib-
" w ; V u u-
ner, 1 Duector of the Washing-
ton Choral Society.
"Never before will so
many people, have such a
f Mnce ? iaK.e Pa" !"
inauguration of a president,
Mid Tirana- "This wU1 be a true
T'1
Governor Carter wants."
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ran ArPfC vo rf
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nine departments of state
nine departments oi siaie
government and the 169 top
policy making positions, only
two departments had black
denartments had black
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niimWir-iH onlv thrpp
v riements will hold Hunt
for the Wring of
PQrmmewe,an9, pther
mere nave oeen
agreements? by
Hunt: to
appoint blacks to specific posi-
tions in specific departments,
except for the rhetoric that
blacks, whites, and Indians
would be hired equitably in all
areas of sovernment."
Faircloth said at his
announcement ceremonies that
he and his wife gave $6,000 to
the Hunt campaign ($3,000
each), the maximum allowed
by law.
Faircloth, a wealthy Clinton
businessman and former Chair
man Of the Highway Commis
sion was designated according
to Hunt because Of his "busi
ness experience." Hunt con
tinued saying, "His (Faircloth)
is a Horatio Alger success
story. He grew up on a farm in
Sampson County and has
literally built his business from
scratch. He knows what it
takes to make a business
grow."
Hunt expects Faircloth to
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spCnd much of his time in-
tnctrv hnntino if two Ot niS
t -
dustry hunting if two of his
proposals to cnange me uut-
ture of the department are
accepted by the legislature,
The proposal is to remove the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources (NER)
the Division of Economic De-
velopment to the commerce
Department and to create a
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labor resources board.
Industry hunting, accord
ing to Hunt's proposal, and
industrial development are to
be overlooked by a board of
economic development com
posed mainly of financial and
business people. Hunt says that
taking the economic develop
ment section from NER would
improve the economy.
Hunt reiterated his pro
mise to bring top paying in-
a I..;- Nnrth Tarnlina
dustries to INO nil Laiounu.
-r
naio sinuiar worKers m umei
Hunt rMied Smu can't
tales, "1.
ell them wh
are alter are industries wnicn
S thrn i e hat kind of
skills that require that kind ot
PY "Continuing, Hunt said,
S teS to S
them ut weU have to train
Iihhi'm
u: a. i I . J..:. .4
A ltfl 1 MTH EMIT
IrdU U VUUMU umuljuu u
labor that can't do as good a
labor that can t do as gw
job. We've got to get t
skills up so that they cai
just as good or better j
t those
can do
inct a ancA or hetter inh "
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n,i.r;i.ni.nt mnnM Ko
u4Mt tn rrmit inrinstrw anH
Uhen asked whether North,
NEW YORK - History Quiz: Which is the oldest college
which had as its original purpose higher education for
Blacks? "Lincoln University in Pennsylvania was founded as
Ashmun Institute m 1954 by Presbyterians, near Oxford,
Pennsylvania. In 1866, it was renamed Lincoln University."
Source: Black Culture Quiz, published by the Sperry &
Hutchinson Co., 330 Madison Avenue, NYC 1001 7..
Two former homicide detectives in Harlem have been
named deptuy chief investigators to conduct the House
investigations into the slayings of President John F. Kennedy
and Martin Luther King. They are uitiora a. remon,
and Edward M. Evans, 45.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its independence,
Lesotho, formerly Basutoland has issued four new stamps,
featuring symbolic designs of its celebrations and progress.
Lesotho, with a population of over one million, is entirely
surrounded by the Republic of South Africa.
The Manpower Development Training, sponsored by the
NYC Board of Education is marking its 15th Anniversary in
1977 with a two-day citywide job fair, "Careers 77," on
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 27-28 at the Norman Thomas
High School. Ill East 33rd Street. Object of the program is
to get jobs for unemployed and underemployed adults and
youth. The program has a reservoir of highly trained adults
ready for employment.
Basil Paterson of NYC has officially resigned as Vice
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was
highest ranking Black on anycommittee.
Among the House candidates without major party
opposition in 1976. many of whom enjoyed substantial
surpluses 20 days after the election were Rep. Parren
Mitchell (D.. Md.) who raised $50,000 spend $41 JOOO and
had a surplus of $8,900; and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D NY)
who raised $52,000. spent $41,300. and had a surplus of
$1 1.000.
Solomon Watson 4ih. a Howard U. and Harvard Law
School grad has been appointed assistant secretary of the
New York Times Company. Watson, 32, joined The Times
two years ago from the Boston Law firm of Bingham, Dana
& Gould.
Blacks, Hispanic persons and other members of
minority groups climbed to a record 19.1 per cent share of
New York State's government jobs as of mid-1975, according
to a report released by the State Department of Civil Service.
This was a rise from 14.4 per cent in the department's first
annual ethnic survey of 1967.
'
A U. S. Census Bureau study reports that the I I million
Americans of Spanish-speaking origin are worse off economt-
aiv than whites but better off than Blacks. The study
showed that unemployment among Hispanic Americans la
March registered 11.5 per cent compared with 6& pet cent
for whites and about 13 per cent for Blacks. ; ;
.
Rirharrt Clarke, head of the Richard Clarke Associates.
a 19 year old NYC firm that is the nation's largest recruiter
of black management-level personnel, says his business is
"running about 50 per cent ahead of just a year ago" and this
'soes good for professional black job seekers; There Is a
shortage now, lie says, for accountants, staff lawyers, sales
men, personnel experts, engineers and scientists.
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law in this state. 1 believe in
it ana norm carouna oeneves
in it. There is nothing wrong
with savins that's our law.
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state hut we thniilri not imnlv
that we're not -coins to oav
out worker fairly."