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VOLUME ES - NUMBER 10
'READ BY OVER 33,000 DURHAMITES"
CUP, HAM, NORTH CAROLINA- SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1977
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By Warren D. Blackshear
When it was his turn to use
the lecturn.W. J. Kennedy, III,
president of North Carolina
Mutual . Life Insurance Co.,
announced that his subject
would be "Are we standing on
our forefathers shoulders."
Perhaps most of those
assembled at the annual awards
banquet of the Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain
wondered, like this reporter,
how did this subject relate to
the purpose of the affair.
After completing a few plea
santries such as welcoming the
audience to the cafeteria of the
North Carolina Mutual build
ing where the dinner was held,'
Kennedy resolved the mys
teries about his subject.
The president of the
world's largest black insurance
company which was founded
in Durham raised the question
of whether today's blacks have
done as well as their forefa
thers had in the development
of black business.
To his v knowledge,
Kennedy recalled, Durham
blacks owned a cotton mill,
brick factory, three : drug
stores, three theatres, nume
rous grocery stores and others.
He also pointed out that "most
of the buildings on Main Street
were constructed with bricks
-from the Fitzgerald Brick Yard
owned and run by blacks."
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GREENSBORO (CCNS)
A moratorium on evictions of,
toiuwt to
lie housing projects has been
issued by the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban Develop
ment. Exactly what projects
across the nation and parti
cularly in North are affected
by the legislation has not been
determined. The reason cited
for the regulation is a severe
winter and high heating costs.
AiHUD directive issued on
February 18 declares, "no evic
tions shall be commenced in
PHA (public housing autho-
QUADS DOING FINE - The first set of quadruplets born In Washington, D. C. In
about 40 years is doing just fine. And so is their father, Calvin Willis, a taxi driver
(2nd from left) as he looks proudly at the three girls and a boy that his wife,
Joanna, gave birth to on February 17 it George Washington University Hospital.
Nurses ars holding the babies. (UPI).
IVosf Ifrto Worliots' Sorarncr
Denounces Ipcrttofd In Sooth HMta
LOME, (Hsinhua) - West
African workers held here from
February H to 18 a seminar
on elimination of apartheid in
South Africa.
Organized jointly by the
organization of African Trade
Union Unity and the National
Union of Labourers of Togo,
the seminar was attended by
representatives of Upper Volta,
Mauritania, Mali, Niger and
Togo for studying ways to
organize mass movements so as
to better mobilize the masses
"PRIDE OF THE SOUTH"
Durham also had a black
owned hotel which was "the
pride of the South when it
was constructed," he said. He
added Jhat Fayettevttle" and
Pettigrew Streets were the
centers of many black owned
businesses.. .: . ; jr'Hi
"When J look around to
'day.J Kennedy ; said many,
if not all are gone." He pointed
out that, there are no more
black owned theatres, brick
yard and only one drug store
owned by blacks. These black
owned institutions "no longer
exist," Kennedy declared.
He then r repeated the
question "are we really boost
ing on our forefather's shoul
ders .... (and added) ... or
are we walking in their dust?"
BLACKS HEADING BACK
Instead of making pro
gress, he noted, blacks might
be "heading back down the
road where we came from."
Maybe it was the know
ledge that many of the build
ings which housed the black
businesses pn Pettigrew Street
were being torn down on the
same Friday, February 25 that
Kennedy spoke, or perhaps it
was the fact that most of those
assembled also remembered the
multitude of black businesses
the .. city once -r held,, -but
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rity) owned low income hous
ing projects unless 'the PHA is
or ner-
sons to be evicted are able td
move into decent, sate, san
tary- and satisfactory heated
housing. Any pending evic
tion actions shall be ;
pended." y : - -
' The directive requires an
adjustment where the tenant
pays for his own fuel and
where "evictions derive from
non-payment of tent and it can,
be reasonably demonstrated
that the family's inability to
pay is the result of increased
in the
apartheid
struggle
in South
against
Africa.
Togolese , Minister of
Justice, Public : Function and
Labour Sama Issa presided over
the Seminar. He strongly con- j
demned in a speech the policy
of apartheid and stressed the
necessity of strengthening
unity and cooperation among
the African countries. He said,
"We must unite all our efforts
to oppose , apartheid so as
to deliver Africa from the
gangrene of apartheid." He
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CHAIN ACHIEVERS Recipients of business achievement awards at the Durham Business and Professional
Chain's annual dinner pose with their trophies. They are from left J. C. Scarborough. Ill, dinner toastmaster;
Mrs, MaryT. Horton; Phil Bell; Mrs. Phil Bell; Nathaneil Walker; Mrs. Nathanell Walker; Mrs. Betty Law and W.
J. Kennedy. 111. principal speaker. (Photo bv Blackshear).- 1
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tenant-supplied utility, costs."
' The directive also chanees,'
the
order of person? "on the
public housing waiting list for
vacant uniis. , "Perfcrence (is
given) in filling all vacancies
in low income housing pro
jects to families who are
living in unheated dwellings or
who face immediate termina
tion of essentia utilities be
cause of increased costs." .
Where vacant' units exist
but are unusable because they
need repairs,' the Are! Insuring
Office should be informed and
HUD can provide funds.
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stated that the Togolese
government will support, as
always, all people struggling
for the right to self-determination.
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Two statements Issued
.fW thm im4nar r11nn all
the independent - African
nations to energetically
support the liberation organi
zations in Zimbabwe, Namibia '
and South Africa in their
heroic struggle ! against
apartheid and colonialsim and
urge sanction against South
Africa.
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Many housing authorities
across the state have been hard
'hit byrspirahng -uiLilitiips' posts
tor three years, which through
a complicated formula have
been passed on to tenants. The
result is many tenants, un
able to. afford utilities, have
moved out or have been
evicted from public housing to
inferior housing.
The fuel problem in Dur
ham is so critical that the
Durham Tenant St eering
Committee has developed a re
volving fund to pay the rent
and fuel to deserving fami
lies. Nellie White, Chairperson
of the Committee says while
"every family needing assis
tance can't be helped, we try
to $et the neediest.
'. Ms. White had mixed feel
ings about the moratorium and
By Wsrren D. Blackshear
The Durham City Board
of Education last Monday
voted four to one not to
meet with the Durham Co
Sapacr Jobs For Voofffj
WASHINGTON - Secre
tiry ; of Labor Ray Marshall
announced that more than a
million disadvantaged youth,
14 through 21,' will be hired
this' surruner under an ew
pinded summer jobs pro
gram. Marshall said that $618
million was allocated to 445
state and local governments
serving as prime sponsors un
der the Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training
Act (CETA) The funds in
clude. $595 million appro
priated , by Congress, and $30
rrillion in last summer's
unspent funds, of . which $7
million is being used fo fund
the national Vocational . Ex
ploration Program (VEP) and
to make adjustments In indivi
dual prime sponsor allocations.
"We should see signifi
cant reduction in Idleness
among youth this summer as a
. J1"? nsult W
.to
develop 'additional' foe
opportunities'., the Secretary .
;said; J:q;M:- f, f f .t r -' -T
. The funds allocated will,
provide an estimated 1 ,040,
WO summer jobs at the mini
mum wage of $2 JO per hour.
The strengthened Summer Pro
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a word of cautioMo tenants;
"I thinlcit'sEoodand it's bad.4;,
, WJhtpp;$i$ - hQjdirig;:in
evictions wiu, not encourage
tenants, not to pay their rent
becausk on May 1 we could
have . mass evictions," Ms.
White said. W i'i-
,jThe; policy Is to be in
effect for three months which
would put the housing autho
rities back into business as
usual on May 1. '-n V
I Durham Housing ' Autho-
rity Executive Director James
Kerf said be was unclear whe
ther the directive applied to his
housing authority. So, too,
was John Mentz, Acting Direc
tor of the Raleigh Housing
Authority.
The HUD directive makes
the policy operable in the
following instances:
DURHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
To Gooff Uollli CooBtly
unty Board of Education
because the county's refusal
to consider any discussion on
merger of the two systems.
A Highly contested sub-
gram for Economically Disad
vantaged Youth (SPEDY)
usually generates more jobs
than ; planned. Last year, for
example, when 888,000
were j: planned SEPDy, pro
duced .933,000 jobs by the
md of the summer.
: Marshall explained that
fie; Congress included this
year's summer program funds
in the Labor Department's re
gular budget, thus giving prime
sponsors more time forplann
rig. ' ;
Sponsors are being urged
to , begin planning early to
provide for an enriched
Simmer program '" offering a
wriety of employment and
raining activities which meets
the needs of the youth in their
respective communities, r ;
s Under , proposed revisions
h the summer program regular
Ions, CETA prime sponsors
are being asked to improve the
design of their summer pro
grams in several ways, includ
hg: , provide. ' labor . market
orientation to summer pro
gram participants; upgrade tjie
quality of sthe ; worksites and
supervision for work experi
ences programs ; and provide v
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' l A-county or city for
whuch the president hssdeclar-
- Vedntmetgertcy onrnajor
disaster as a result ot severe
winter weather, or:
2. Any ( county or city
which (She Director of HUD
Area Insuring Office in Greens
boro determines necessary due
to: t " '. :
unavailability of resi
dential heating fuel;
':(&) significant factory clos
ings due to shortage of heating
fuel; -:v,,
(c) residences being vacat
ed because of weather-related
problems;
(d) average residential
heating fuel and energy costs
substantially ? Vln ; , excess , of
average costs in the locality in
the past several years.
ject, the vote by the city
board followed racial lines
with the black members Dr.
Theodore R. Speigner, chair
man; Mrs. Josephine D. Cle
ment; Dr. Thomas Bass and
John Lennon for the motion
and the only white member
Harry E. Rodenhizer against
it.
All of the city board
members wanted to meet
with the county; however,
the response by the county
board threw them at odds
over how to proceed on the
joint meetings.
Dr. Bass opened the dis
cussion saying that the city
board's intent when it ex
tended the invitation to meet
with - the county was to
come together to discuss co
mmon concerns and interact
ions of the . two boards.
The" county's 'response w
which eliminated any discuss
ion of the two systems com
ing together restricted the
meeting to "certain subjects."
Dr. Bass further declared "If
I can't talk about what I
think is pertinent,: 1 can't
meet."
City Board Chairman Dr.
Speigner proceeded to read '
an account from the Durham
Morning Herald which indica
ted the' two systems cooper
ate in 14 ways and that there
was very little else that could
be discussed, i "We have a
responsibility to the taxpay
era for making it possible for
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RALEIGH (CCNS) - Dr.
John R. Larkins ami Jack
Cozort, both aides to Governor
James Hunt, have prepared for
Hunt a two part update on the
Wilmington case. The update
commissioned by Hunt about
two weeks after he took office
was completed February 27.
Both Larkins and Cozort say
that no recommendations were
made. Several organizations'
and. individuals have asked
Hunt to give clemency to
the eight former high school
students, Rev. Ben Chavis and
anti-poverty worker Anne
Sheppard Turner.
According to Larkins, the
first part, of the report is a
IS page summary of news
clippings, magazine articles and
lists of organizations for an
against the release of the Wil
mington 10.
Larkins said that his report
made no comment or mention
of the racial overtones in the
case. (He said that excerpts
from several news stories were
included from the 'Greensboro
Dailey News'. That included
investigative reporter Stan
Swofford's detailed account of
the Good Neighbor .Council
NATIONAL
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. . , MOREHOUSE MEP SCHOOL GRANT
ATLANTA, GA. - ThelSchool of Medicine at Morehouse
College in Atlanta has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the
Conn Memorial Foundation in Tampa, Fla.
. The grant will be used in the Morehouse medical school's
building program,- according fo Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, dean of
the medical school. -t
"We are deeply appreciative and grateful to the Conn
Memorial Foundation for its gift,'? Sullivan said. The grant will
certainly be of great benefit to us as we continue our efforts to
develop the medical school."
COMMISSION CONCENT ORDER
CITES HA LLCR AFT JEWELERS: PUBLIC
COMMENT INVITED
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Federal Trade Commission
has unanimously accepted an agreement containing a consent
order against Hallcraft Jewelers, Inc., 7022 Bristol Pike, Levit
town, Pa , a jeweler selling primarily to military personnel. The
order prohibits Hallcraft from misrepresenting that is is affiliat
ed with the U. S. Government or the Armed Forces, the
quality of its merchandise, or its business methods. Hallcraft is
also prohibited from engaging in unfair methods of debt codec-
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was handled by the Commission's regional office in Washington,
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Also cited in the consent order are two wholly owned sub
sidiaries of Hallcraft at the same address, Hallcraft Jewelers, Inc.
of New Jersey and Crest Clothiers, Inc., also trading as Crest
Collection Agency, and the president of all three corporations,
Donald J. Bound.
JOHNSTON PROPOSES MINORITY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON - U. S. Senator Bennett Johnston (D-U.)
has reintroduced his bill to consolidate and coordinate some 25
federal programs that deal with minority businesses into a
Mnority Business Development Administration in the Depart
ment of Commerce.
The Johnston Bill was unanimously reported from the In
tergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Government
Operations Committee at the end of the 94th Congress, Join
rig Senator Johnston as co-sponsors of the bill are Senators
John Glenn (D-Ohio). Sam Nunn (D-Ga.J, Lloyd Bentsen
(D.-Tex.), Edward Brooke, (R-Mass.).. and Jacob Javits (R-
NswYork).
The bill, S-607, would create a Minority Business Develop
ment Administration "directed by an Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, functioning at a level similar to other Assistant
Sscretaries in the Commerce Department, "What the minority
business effort needs is an official with clout, who will be able
to speak with authority for minority enterprises in this nation,.
Johnston said. . ' .f ' : 1 :' ,
CHURCH LEADERS TO PLAN '
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from five nations in Southern Africa will meet here with North
American mission executives March 7-11 at a consultation to
discuss the future of church work in the face of increasing vio
lence and repressive government action in Southern Africa.
The consultation, which is sponsored by the National
Council of Churches and the U. S. Catholic Conference, will be
. held at the Bergamo East Conference Center in Marcy, N. Y.,
' near Utica. c ' .
Desmond Tutu, bishop of the Anglican Church in Lesotho
' and an outspoken critic of South Africa's apartheid policies, will
give the keynote address, March 7 at 2 p.iru Until hst year,
Bisthop Tutu was dean of the Anglican Cathedral of Johannes
burg, South Africa. ,i
. v The participants will spend the next three days drafting re
solutions and messages that will be acted on at the. consulta
tion's final session, Friday morning, March It.
Release
staff members avoiding: both
testifying and bringing flies
to the Wilmington 10 trial).
Also included were stories of
the recantations of witnesses
Alan HaO and Eric Junious
against Rev. Chavis and the
nine other defendants. The
Wilmington 10 were charged
with firebombing Mike's gro
cery, white-owned and located
in the black community in the
port city. i
Larkins said that the
report contained some
comments from persons who
think that Rev. Chavis, a civil
rights fighter who was a thorn
in the side of the state of
North Carolina at the time of
his conviction, was guilty of
the firebombing charge. He
went on to recall, a "News
and Observer article " which
published results of interviews
with jurors at the 1972 trial
in which the Wilmington 10
were convicted.
"You see this article
points out that the jurors at
the trial believe they were
right," Larkins said.
Larkins also said that ex
cerpts of James Baldwin's
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