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- - Human needs - before
i beautification and historic pre
servation was the message the
people gave to the Durham
City Council Monday evening
at i the ; Community Develop
ment Public Hearing held at
the Central Civic Center.
J : Several , hundred citizens
. applauded speakers' appeals
and questioning of proposals
to spend. $150,000 to restore
West Point Mill , when street
lights, i, attention to crime
prevention and services to the
elderly -and the young, and
sidewalks needed -v, adequate
funding. "
The third year budget of
the Community Development
;Program was criticized
strongly.
The $850,000 carryover
from the second year budget
was severly criticized in view
of inadequate response- or no
response from City Hall on
appeals of years standing.
William Patterson, repre
senting the . . Crest Street
, Community, cited some 16
years of petitioning for re
creation facilities for the
MT University Dedicates Electronic
Center, A First For Bfacfi Universities
GREENSBORO - The
first major electronics research
center to be located at a
predominately black university
was dedicated recently at
North Carolina A&T State
University.
1 ; The laboratory dedication
was attended by a number of
key . representatives from
NASA, Rockwell International,
Cornell University and the
North Carolina State Univer
sity system. Gallium arsenide
solar .cells fabricated with
materials grown in the new
laboratory were.; -displayed
after the dedication.
The laboratory was es
tablished through a grant
from Rockwell International
and the Research will be
funded by the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Dr.- James C. Fletcher,
Administrator of NASA said
at the ceremony , "One of the
real pleasures I have had as
Administrator of NASA has
been to provide the means for
talented people to make their
contributions to our nation's
space program and thus to
mankind."
The Space Agency provid
ed $150,000 through its
Langley Research Center and
Rockwell International provid
ed nearly $250,000 in labora
tory equipment. NASA is also
providing an - additional $30,
000 to A&T for a feasibility
study on experimental research
in Curriculum Sharing via
Communication Technology
Satellites. The focus of this
second grant is to establish
SAMPLE WORK-t Dr. Donald Hearth, Director of NASA's Langley Research Cen
ter looks at a sample of work being done in unique research laboratory at North
Carolina A&T State University. , 1 , ' ". V . '
Crest , - Street area. "You've '
been telling me for ten years,
that an expressway was coming :
through our area," said Patter
son,' "but we're going to the
streets if we don't get some re
sults, expressway or no
expressway " ' - '
Representing the' Durham
Committee on the Affairs of
Black People, J. H.. Wheeler,
noted that the city has not
complied, with fair employ-,
ment practices to make it eli-
gioie . torn; tunas . me.
Durham Committee supported
the CDC recommendation for
sidewalks for "the Crest Street
area and recommended side
walks on the east side of Rox
bo'ro Street from Dallas to Erie
for the Spaulding School
children-, to extend sidewalks
on the west side of Alston
Avenue for the Shepard Junior
High students;t liberty Street
from Elizabeth,: being an out
let from Durham to Wake
Forest, and Roxboro Rd.,
should be paid for from City
funds. The Committee also
supported the expansion of the
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a curriculum jsharing process
among institutions having large
minority enrollments.
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SOLID STATE LAB UNVEILED - Cutting the ribbon
at the new Rockwell solid state laboratory at A&T are
(left to right) Robert Anderson, president of Rock
well International; Dr. William Friday, president of the
University of North Carolina; and, Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor of A&T. (Photo by William Peeler).
Board
? By Warren . D. Blackshear
... As a result of last Mom
day's Durham City Board of
Education action, Parrish
Street; traditionally the center -
of black financial firms. ' will
be setting a trMt-r Rha
the local, educational doUar; In
two separate actions with
no
disentine votes.v the board i
- approved . uarrett Sulli
van and " Company, a black
certified accountant firm
headed by Nathan T. Garrett
and Dewitt Sullivan, to serve1
as accountants for the school
system; and
approved Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, a full service
black bank headed by John H.
Wheeler, to share equally with
four other banks on a two-year
revolving basis as a depository
for the systems' local current ,
expense and capital outlay
. funds and school food service
similar grant will be made or take action tq improve drop
later this year to Howard 'out problem which is reported
University to conduct research ty the highest in the state of
in microwave electronics. , North Carolina. .
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funds., . ,. -i.
;The new accountant firm
acquired the contract which
was formerly .held .by Ricca,
Nelson
uaniiEana,i-on?)any, .menaations wmcn couia cost. ,
a firm
located on , Croasdafle
Driven The -previous firm: re-(
ceived about r $ 14,000 for ser-
vices .provided to the k city
school svstentlast year.: 's'a.
' The Addition bf Mechanics
and Farmers Bank to the list
of bank depositories was an
action initiated by? the board.
Originally the administration's
recommended list only includ-
ed Central Carolina'Bankt First
Union National i BankNorth
' Carolina National Bank1 and
'Wachovia.. Bank and ii Trust
Company, f ff tf r H'W
According to Richard
arber, Assistant Superinten-
; dent i for, JBusiness,lit )S , estH;
mated that Atheblackiiowjhe4
bank; will now share;: m the
account which handles about
seven , million dollars, a year ;
On the educational front,
the board received suggestions
and commendations from the
community based groups
to improve the quality of edu
cationyet failed to mention
if, The.board of education re
ceived a' final report from the
4 53 member Citizens' Steering
Committee as presented by Dr.
Max B. Rogers, co-chairperson,
in the absence of co-chairman
A. H. Howard Clement, III.
' The report contained more :
than 50 recommendations or
changes without evervonce
r. mentioninn i the , committee's;
purpose , jthe existing problems
'-"of' those
pse iney worims HV
AXaiuihtttiufo: rationale lo
arrive at their massive recom
mendation list. The initial
report was issued ten weeks
after the committee's first
WASHINGTON - Presi
dent Carter has proposed ex-
nansion 6f ouhlic service em-
ployment by 415XKX) jobs, in
his two-year $31.2 billioji
economic recovery package
sent to Congress.
The President also called
for an expansion of training
and youth programs under the
Comprehensive- and Training
Act (CETA) and $4 billion
more for local public works, as
well as the following:
An increase in counter
cyclical revenue sharing, de
signed to pay out an additional
$1 billion a year at current
rates of unemployment.
A $4 billion program of
tax reform and simplification
for individuals, through an in
crease in the standard deduc
tion,.
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Local Loaders Struggle
Against Roprpssion
RALEIGHDURHAM (CC
NS) - Mary Dunn, the mother
di five children , born i and
raised in Raleigh became a
' beautician after leaving . the
. ninth grade. She has worked orT
a series of jobs in Raleigh since
then. , .
During the recent cold
wave, when the mercury stayed
down around 8 to 10 degrees,
Mary Dunn has spent every
Monday and Thursday leading
the outdoor vigils in front of
: the State Legislature cerhand
ing an end. to the death
penalty. She is always the first
to arrive and the last to leave.
Cynthia Hale, in her junior
year of Divinity School at
Duke : University, is a member
of the Disciples Church and
preaches every Sunday in her
community. When she graduat
es, she u hopes to organize a
Black
'.meeting. The report by the
: lay group, meeting on an
. average of once a week,
Contained unsupported recom-
taxpayers up to five million
: dollars.
Some of the recommenda
ttions included
' . construction of a four
year comprehensive high
4 school which would replace
jfboth Durham High and Hillside
1 High Schools
,i , purchasing 12 new buses
the addition of physical
; education teachers for all
elementary schools
, mandatory Individual
' parent teacher.' coAferences ' be
' ' held twice a year. '
In a brief presentation, Jr.
( David Ross, of the Greater
Durham Chamber ot
- CommerM'Prete1 ilu-'
tion unanimously approved
by the Chamber Board of
Directors which offered special
s
S RALEIGH , (CCNS)
Governor-' James . Hunt has
- approved two measures which,
if passed by the N. C. Legisla
j'ture; would make Jt manda
tory for all high school seniors
'to pass standardized examina
tions before receiving diplo
mas, and which would test
all students in the first, second,
sixth and ninth grades to "mea
sure "the level of academic
achievement of students in
basic subjects."
! Questioned if safeguards
would be built into the pro
posed ; standardized .tests i to.
iu .rimiMrfinn v oaint
''r "T" "? i
blacks and other cultural and
raciql minorities, Hunt said he
.did. hot know what would be"
' done "but we. will have to
GR7KQ
Individual
tax
to
rebates.
Social
.and
payments
' Ser.uritv. S ii O o 1 1 m e n t a 1
Security Income fSSI) and
Railroad Retirement
benefi-
I ciaries which would total $11 .4 ,
billion. '
- An . optional credit
against income taxes equal to
4 per cent of payroll taxes,
or an additional 2 per cent in
vestment tax credit for busi
nesses. '"''
"The economy I found
when1' I took office," Presi
dent - Carter, said, "had 7.5
million Americans out of
.work, 1.4 million full-time
i workers forced to take part-;
' time Jobs, and still another
1. million ,. workers who had
dropped out of the labor
force because j jobs are j so
social action branch in her
church,
- ' These two dynamic,
committed young black wo
men are local leaders of the
N. C, Alliance Against Racist'
and Political Repression and
are examples of what Alliance
leader and- Charlotte 3 de
fendant Jim Grant means when
i he , says, "The Alliance has
taken root in the communities
and is being led by local
people.',, i'
In a scries of interviews
in Raleigh and Durham, Mary
Dunn and Cynthia Hale spoke
of their work, the Alliance and
i the movement for social justice
; uv North Carolina.
Many community people"
.'call up Mary Dunn when they
: have specific problems. Last
week she was helping a woman
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Firms
commendation to John Lucas,
principal, and the faculty of
Hillside High School for
.."developing - a flexible curri-
culum which endeavorsto
meet the needs of a diverse
student population."
The chamber statement
said that this bold program
allows students to select within
a., given framework, semester
courses based on their interest
and ability v which results in
each student having the oppor
tunity to develop a program
which is challenging and
allows them to reach their
full . learning potential. In a
show of support the statement
. cohclbded - "the Chamber
would like to state its stead
fast support for the adoption
of new and dynamic program
ideas which will insure that
i every Durham City student
reaches his full learning poten
tial; and to that end, we pledge
our cooperation."
avoid
we
worry about that and its a pro
per concern but we aren t
worrying enough about those
children who aren't learning,
that's what I want to get at."
According to Hunt any
student who . received a
diploma after 1978 would be
required to pass a standardized
test developed by an 11 mem
ber commission appointed by
the governor. Hunt said that
students failing the test when
first administered their junior
year in high school would take
the test aeaui ineu kww
pa.'i um tfrt would
... .
allow' the "student upon pass
ing other requirements to
graduate with a high 'school
diploma. He said that stu-
OIT0
hard to find."
The President
said
last
vear expenses, caused by the
recession, such as unemploy
ment compensation, were $22
billion higher than in 1973,' the
last pre-recession year.
Economic growth has de
clined ; for three consecutive
; quarters, he said, and most ,
economists have projected that
without further stimulus, the
economy will grow by "an in
adequate 4H-5 per cent" in
1977. . .
The severe weather this
winter, will probably reduce
growth even further if no
action is taken, the Presi-
dent added.
, Regarding em ploy ment
and training programs, the
; President if said -his t economic
stimulus package is designed to
cope with both cyclical un
employment, caused by the ,
recession and structural un
employment, ; which affects
those lacking training and skills
to find work even in good
times.
"It is time to take our
people off welfare and put
them to work, with maximum
f emphasis ' on 'creating jobs in
the private sector," President
Carter said. "But it will take
time for ; an expanding
economy; to" provide a large'
number of jobs for the un
employed." "In . the meantime", he
said, "we must expand teni-
porary public service jobs for
those who. would find it diffi-
v cult to obtain work in private
industry."
The President's proposal
calls for an increase in the
number of federaUy-funded
public service jobs under CETA
from 310,000 not to 600,
000 by the end; of the 1977
fiscal year, and to 725,000 for
the 1978 fiscal year.-
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Sag S
that . . . So often
km
COLO VIGIL Author Mark Lane and comedian -activist
Dick Gregory (R) hold old newspaper atop
memorial at the birthplace of the late -President
John F. Kennedy. More than .one hundred persons
gathered at the JFK birthplace to conduct an all
night vigil in freezing temperatures in hopes of con
vincing Congress to continue appropriating money for
investigations into the deaths of Kennedy and the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (UPI).
dents not passing the test but
passing other requirements for
graduation would be likely to
be given some kind of certi
ficate. The bill (Would exclude,
however, children who are
placed in special education pro
grams or "who have been offi
cially designated as eligible for
participation in such pro
grams." Most special education
, classes have higher percentages
of black and poor children
. whose cultural backgrounds are
: , different from many of the re
' searchers and, - scholars j at
Princeton University, where
most of the educational tests
for the nation are designed.
Many test, produced by
NATIONAL
mm mns
, STATUS OF BLACKS "UNCHANGED"
ALBANY, GA. - "Equal opportunity still does not exist;
forty-two per cent of all young black men in the cities of the
United. States are out of work, seventy per cent of the 12,500
prisoners in the State of Georgia are able bodied young men,"
said Mamie Bynes Reese, Chairman of the State Board of Par
dons and Paroles,
i Mrs, Reese, the first black and the first woman to serve in
this position, told faculty, students, friends and family gathered
at . Albany State College for the Sixth William H. Dennis
Memorial Lecture Series, that the status of blacks in this nation
is unchanged. ; ;
SEEKS NEW DIRECTOR
ATLANTA, GA. - The Voter Education Project is seeking
a .new director to replace John Lewis, who resigned to seek the
congressional seat vacated by Andrew Young, the newry
appointed U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations. '
r "The resignation of John Lewis, VEP executive director of
seven years, was a great loss, but the VEP staff and board are
continuing vital voter registration and education programs on a
full-scale basis throughout the regionj" says Harry Huge, VEP
president. yf ; -i;r r v---
The VEP Search Committee, is prepared to receive appli
cations immediately. Applications inquiries, and recommends-,
tions should be directed to: Attorney John Ruffin, P. Q. Box
1625, Augusta, Georgia 30903. ; J
- HOWARD COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
Basil Paterson, former vice chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, will be the keynote speaker for Howard
University's 6th Annual Communications Conference on
February 19 at 8 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel, headquarters for
the conference.,,
; Paterson, who now works with the Institute for Mediation
and Conflict in New York, will speak on minority employment
in t he communications indust ry-present and future.
.The conference, which will officially open on February
17, will feature workshops, seminars, film festivals, and job
interviews, far communications students.
JAN. UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN
WASHINGTON. D. C. - Both black and white workers
expenenced reduced joblessness in January, the U. S. Labor.
Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The rate
for black workers declined from 13.4 to 12 J per cent. For
white workers, the rate dropped from 7. 1 to 6.7 per cent. On a
national basis, the department reported that empfoyment con
tinued to rise in January and unemployment declined sharply.
The unemployment rate was 7.3 per cent down from revised
levels of.7.8 and 8.0 per cent in December and November, re
spcctively and equal to the 1976 low of last May.
X,
Princeton including the
National Teachers Exam (NTE)
have been the subject of con
troversy because of claims
that the tests are racist. Cri
tics say disproportionate num
ber of blacks fail the test and
there has been no correlation
of a teacher's score on the test
and the rehcr's performance
in the classroom The test
is the subject of current liti
gation in the courts.
Both pieces of legislation
are co-signed by Senators Al
ford Stallings, White, Lake,
Winters, Wynne, Vickery,
; Marion, Webster, and Barnes.
John Winter who represents
Wake, Harnett, and Lee
Counties, is the only black
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