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..ttke Universit Litrary Durham, c 27 70S , ' . lURKAM, N. C. 277CS 11-30 Tlio Black Press-', ; Our Freedom Depends On It! Words of VJIsdcm When you can think of yesterday without v regret and tomorrow without fear, vptt ire,.,, near real conttntmentr'Megidda MeiugtT ; : ; VOLUME 55 - NUMBER 39 Succession Referendum Is Target of Much Criticism ' MMnnmiiiiHimHmiiniiiiiuuiiiniiiniiiiiniiiiiuiiiiiii ::';S;:;!::;::!;:;;:;:: ' f .....I "MISS NCCU" Grace llene Dortch and Chancellor A. N. Whiting. (See Page 6) NHmiHiniHIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllMIlllllHllUlliiliill 32-Dcd Dodder Drjfldrng Trailer .'Prison Opens in., wane RALEIGH (CCNS) -Governor James Hunt held his weekly press conference last week at the Wake Ad vancement center in Raleigh, a minimum security prison in south Raleigh. The theme and site of the conference were compatible-overcrowding in the state's prisons. Hunt's visit "marked the opening of a 32-bed modular building, much like a home trailer, constructed to acco modate 32 inmatesJMor to the unit's opening, Wake Ad vancement had 85 prisoners in a building designed for a maximum of 56. Including modular units, as the trailers are called, and: permanent prison facilities, Hunt, said, by 1981 more than 3250 units will be added to the al most 15,000 inmate popula tion. Hunt said the units which are equipped with smoke detectors to alarm in the case of fire, are to located in Vance, Gates, Martin, Green, Duplin, New Hanover, Nash, Cateret, Wake, Bladen, David son, Lincoln, Lee, Alamance, Guilford, Cab anus, Gaston, Anson, Chowan,: Catawba,, Rumcnoru, oiokcs, YYuxes, n..i.L r j ' ri.i... ii;n Henderson', Caldwell, Forsyth and Durham. Some of the modular units are not- yet ready but all are scheduled to be completed by Decern- I I i y B OPPS! An unidentified young participant at Durham's Second Annual Street festival cools herself and the sidewalk while enjoying the fun. During the one day festival hundreds bf people visited downtown exhibits of arts, music, and novelty. (Photos by PCNS) "READ BY OVER 30.000 DURHAMITES" gover;:o2 hum iiiHiniiiiiiimiiM ber 1st. The house trailer prison units were provided as an immediate solution to the problem of overcrowded pri sons in the state by Secre tary of Corrections Amos Reed. Built to house 10, 000 inmates, the system houses nearly 1 5 ,000 in mates, many packed together in hazardous conditions. Hunt would not comment on a reporter's question about the findings of the N. C. Industrial Commission that several prison officials at the Marion County prison unit were negligent as they allow ed several inmates to- be burned in a locked prison unit, except to say that legal actions may be taken against the officials and also possible is an appeal of the Indus trial Commission's order. Careful not to make pro jections of when the rapidly growing prison population will level off, Hunt said that by the middle of nerft year, including modular units and newly built units (permanent) 1862 new beds will be added to the system. By 1979, Hunt says, an additional 748 . .z. - ... . s beds will be added and oo by 1981. The system has been growing at almost 2,000 annually . The majority of the inmates are black. Many of Continued On Page 1 6 raffiiffftftfnnntti lounry Aflili:! .,.,5illIi!;!''W: lift 4Wi uxely ebb actoj LEADERS TIIltlK GOV.'S STAND Oil VMO WOULD AFFECT SUCCESSION RALEIGH (CCNS) -Governor James Hunt, a likely . : benefactor of the November succession referen dum which, if passed, would allow Hunt and subsequent governors - the right' to serve the state for two successive terms, has become the target of criticism directed against succession. Much of that concern - has come from groups and individuals that support a request that Hunt pardon the Wilmington 10. Hunt has said all along that he doesn't think the Wilmington 10 or other issues associated wit h his administration would have very much affect upon succession. But " discussions with selected leaders in the state's black communities prove different. The sample was not a scientific sample. Democrats and Republicans alike for varied reasons seem to drop succession, most for shortcomings of the Hunt administration. Typical is Mrs. Johnnie Mae Nixon, a Hunt cam paign worker in the coastal town of Burgaw, located in Pender County, who said h omnnrl.rf Hunt ac I t rw rZ' C Si SS IT 1. J SttrhS L CvLtionf M IMIIIIMIIMIIMIIHIIlHHIHIIHIllnnifllllMlllMIIHIIIIIIIIIHMIMMMIMnilHIII"llM"MW",""'M it " I V'J - I I j - J' c " ' r"- rr r - nrn Tit m i nit ' " 'lniii' i i iim iiii i mil ru i TTm ir Titilv ti HOWARD "TICK" HENDERSON is sworn in as president of the Student Govern ment by Vice-Chancelor James Blue. (Photo by Kelvin Bell). Ponder of Grievances to Dr. Craig BURGAW . (CCNS) -Members of , The Black Community . of Pender County have presented a list of pievances to Dr. A. Craia Philljps. State Superin- I DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - request to pardon the Wilmington " 10, ' Mrs. Nixon , said Hunt . "is waiting to see if he has a chance to run for a second term." "A statesman," she. continued, "makes a- decision- based upon what is right or what he has promised to do, but a politician acts based upon what is expe dient." Questioning whether Hunt has fulfilled promises 10 protect me ngni oj au m the state to education, Mrs. (.j Nixon said "the school, sys- t tern here is just not right; He vS could send some people to see if blacks are qualified (as t teachers) or are just ; being pushed out." :y-:xjti VM' v Also typical is Herschel Seets a Democrat and a mem- :' I ber of the Person County blections Board. A retired school teacher who boasts of " the' $150 he personally gave Hunt and Howard Lee's cwi-;. paign last year; Seets com- '. plains hat black politically thrust is weakened since:;? Hunt "picked off top blacks: like Mickey Michaux, John Winters and Ben Ruffin (H p.m. (he opening session will M. Michaux, appointed U. S, feature artists, musicians, and' Attorney by President Car- V" dancers who will demonstrate a v N n U2m n .m mmJ D..4T:-''.' rertt lsrcV r- rT Via arte t rx "N-"U,K, """' appointed to the N. C the BlacR.8tudiecurricuiuin. . UtSity Commission am SattrHay, : October 8th Humfn.: Relations Oommtfrom 9 ajn. to noon a panel bi !& ' , (Continued On Page MJ County Group Presents List tendent of Public Instruction, for his consideration in their current dispute with the Pender County Board of Edu cation over discriminatory practices in the hiring, pro motion and treatment of black personnel in the elem entary and secondary public school systems, which they say represent a "total dis regard for the black's morale within the school system . . " Following the initial attempt to meet with the Board to present their grie vances the Black Community deemed the experience "dis gustingly unfair ' and insult ing" because there was not enough time to discuss each of the sixty-two item list of grievances, or . room enough at the meeting place to house aU 200jnembers of the group who showed up for the September 12th meeting. A second meeting was schedul ed for September 19th where new ground rules were announced by the group. They reserved the right to address any Board member they felt to be "the most SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1977 III THIS ISSUE Pres. Asks For Double Purchases From Minorities PAGE 11 Mrs. McCoy Named ; To Who's Who PAGE 2 O Durham Native Chaplain In Navy U , PAGE 3 Fayettovillo To Host Black Studios Moot The North Carolina Con ference on Black Studies (NCCBS) will hold its third annual conference in Fayette ville at the St. James Inn October 7-9. Fayetteville State University is the host institution. Keynote speakers are Dr. Theodore Speigner, Chairman, Durham City School Board and Howard Dodson, Director, Institute of the Black World in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference theme this year is "The Black Studies Curriculum in Action. Friday, October 7th at 7 . 6 vl qualified individual among you to respond to our individual questions." The ad monished the Board to be "direct and to the point" in their responses and further to -address the group as "The Black Community." Dudley Robbins, chairman of the Board, dismissed the group as a "large, unruly crowd" ' many of whom "did .not know why they were there," after the September 12th meeting. At the second session, which took place in the Burgaw Junior High School cafeteria, a list of eighteen ; follow-up grievances was presented which included a challenge of the county regu lation which relies on NTE scores as criteria for choos ing teachers, asking "Has there been a study to prove that the ones who score high on the NTE make better teachers?" The school board maintains that "qualified" balcks codld not be found to fill the twenty . eight vacancies which occured Continued On Page 16 (v n Phillip 1' ?'? Wl ' " U i i If 'i III u ' " 1 zz I V? I 'ii ' : , s f IF A ii "' LI... iin.nin ni i i ; n , - - in. , , I II f lHr"-l III J DISMISSED BY GOVERNOR - Former Secretary of State C. Delores Tucker be- Sins to pack up the numerous plaques and awards decorating her office following er September 21 dismissal by Governor Shapp. In a letter to Ms. Tucker, the Governor accused her of using her office for personal financial gain. (UPI). IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMHDIIMIirilllllllllllllllllMIIMHHIIIl Illl HllimilllMlfnHMIIIIHm(IIIIHHIHMHIHinillHHMMIIIIMIfMHHtlll Right to Die" hram Sponsored RALEIGH (CCNS) -Sacred attitudes about death and dying coupled with in creased technology in the hands of medical experts has created an amoral attitude about death, said Dr. Larry lllllllllllimillllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIItlllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllUlllllllltllllllllllllHIIHIIII. Promises f.1ore Dldcfr interns In Government WASHINGTON - Presi dent Jimmy Carter and the U. S. Civil Services Commission should work to ensure the presence of successful minority group candidates -particularly those from pre dominantly black colleges -in the historic new Presiden tial Management Internship Program, the head ' of Texas Southern University urged at the official White House enactment of the pro gram last month. "I told him, on behalf of black colleges, thank you Mr. President.' " Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, president of TSU said of his conversation with Carter following the official signing of an executive order authorizing 250 public management -college gra duates each year to be hired as top level interns in the . federal government. "He told me. 1 hope there will be many blacks here when the first group is selected." Sawyer said of Carter's response. "As far as I'm concerned, that's a man date from the President of. IN, X y y K) PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE - Following his enactment of an historic new Prist dential Management Internship Program, President Jimmy Carter discusses the role of predominantly black colleges and universities in the new program with Dr. uranvme m. sawyer, rresiaent, texas boutnern umversny. president tanar toiq Dr. Sawver that he hooes manv blacks will be am on a the first 250 Interns selected "That's a mandate from the TELEPHONE (319) By Concerned Afro Christians Churchill, an Associate Pro fessor of medicine at the UNC medical school. The analysis was made at a forum on the "Right to Die" spon sored by the Concerned Afro America Christians. the United States" to see that blacks are included. TSU, one Of the few pre dominantly black colleges to offer an advanced degree in public administration, will be one of less than 300 of all the colleges and universities in the country eligible to nominate twenty per centr of its advanced graduating class for consideration in the program. The university has pioneered among Southern universities in successfully placing its public adminis tration students in local and state government internships. Last summer, two TSU students participated with other . students from pre dominantly black colleges in an innovative legislative internship with the District of Columbia City Council. The students lived in D. C. and Worked for six weeks with the Council drafting a laymen's guide to the legis lative process. The internships were arranged by POSITIVE FUTURES, Inc. (PFI). the first public affairs consortium in black higher education, in which TSU participates. JUL 3, gWUMIUIUWUUI i r 1 President, Dr. Sawyer said. 3-J7 FRIC: 23C1 Right to die, along with participation in county and local government, were topics of the forum held at Rush Metropolitan AMEZ Church in Raleigh, the first of three forums funded by the N. C. Committee on the Humani ties. --Right to. die legislation, ' "Churchill said, has been passed recently by 33 states including North Carolina. He attributed the sudden activity by state legislatures as re sponse to publicity around the Karen Quinlan case. Amoral attitudes, he claimed, were suppressed until the case suddenly surfaced in the press. Right to die, often mistaken for euthanasia or mercy kiUy, allows the patient to agree to suspend extraordinary life sustaining mechanisms which prolong life. Before right to die leg islation was passed, physi cians held the sole authority to determine whether to pro long life utilizing prolonging mechanisms. Rev. Ralph Stephens, pas tor of the St. Matthew AME Church agreed with a con tention of Churchill that phy sicians previously exercised unwielding power over life or death decisions. Adding some brief history of the development of black values surrounding death, Stephens . noted that death and the process of dying have been, until recently, regarded by most as one "making peace with the Master. Currently doinft research - Continued On Page 7) 1 1 aeMM - r r ) I; F(
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