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VOLUME 57-NUMBER 6
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1979 A DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA
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Vote
For Union
Duke Medical Centef em
ployees are scheduled to,
vote for union representa
tion February 16. A close
vote is expected in the
election which is said by
management and labor to
be a key union vote in
North Carolina and the
South. Two years ago,
workers rejected unioniza
tion by a narrow margin.
Low wages and inadequate
benefits are complained of
by union backers, while
managers are pointing to
strike fears and allegations
of union corruption.
Covered in the election
are 2,000 junior techni
cians and clerical and ser
vice workers. Current wage
rates for the workers is
between $2.90 and $4.67
an hour - the equivalent of
$5,800 to $9,340 annually.
That figure falls well below
what it cost a family of
four to live on a low budget
in Durham using the U.S.
Department of Labor's
September, 1978 statistics.
A similar attempt, to or
ganize workers was rejected
in May, 1976 by 42 votes.
Since that vote Duke's
managers have attempted to
stall the current vote by ask
ing that the vote by delayed
until the hospital's newest
addition opens later in the
year. That plea was rejected
by the National Labor Rela
tions Board.
Duke doegti't loose many
decisions before the Board.
The hospital is represented
by the prestigious Washing
ton law firm on Leon
Jaworsky, who was counsel
for the Watergate hearings.
Duke is also represented by
Modern Management
Methods, a firm which hires
its services to employers
supposedly to defeat
Sep
ees to
resentation
Charlotto Threo Delays Targets of Lawmakers
Three year delay by
Federal Judge Franklin
T. Dupree to set a hearing
on the Wilmington 10
case was strongly cirticized
by two U.S. Congressmen
visiting North Carolina
last week. The occasion
was the third anniversary
of the second jailing of
the Wilmington 10. A day
later in Charlotte, Charlotte
Three and Wilmington 10
supporters set plans to
pressure Judge Dupree for a
hearing, and Governor Hunt
for a pardon of the
Charlotte Three.
Stacking an impressive
mound of legal paperwork
and reports that conclude
the Wilmington 10 were un
justly convicted, California
Congressman Don
Edwards said he and
congressional
cohorts would not "rest
until this matter is
resolved." "Referring
to a , recent letter he
received from Judge
Dupree "it doesn't do
any good to say that nine of
them are no longer incarcer
aed, one still is, Rev., Ben
Chavis." The other Wilming
ton 10 are on parole, which
Edwards said is "a form
of imprisonment."
The status of Chavis and
other Wilminton lO.defend
Continued On Page 16
- UDI Community Devlop
.rnent Corporation has sign
ried a twenty year lease ag
reement with Automatic
Systems Developers, Inc of
Poughkeepsie, New . York
as first tenant in the In
dustrial Park according to
Ed Stewart, Director of the
Industrial Project at UDI
CDC. He ststed that ASD
was expanding its opera
tions to the park because
of its proximity to the Re
search Triangle Park. "We
are fortunate that they were
were attracted to our site."
This is the result of Long
hours' of planning and ne
gotiations bv Ed Stewart,
Bobby Sims In Trouble With Police
Officers Again
Jack Stewart, formerly a
consultant for UDICDC
and Walker Arch, an of
ficial of ASD, during sev
eral meetings with officers
of commercial instutions
before final agreements
were reachered and prop
er leases signed December
5, 1978 in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. Permant financing
will be provided by the
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance
Company and Mechanics
'& Farmers Bank, and Con
struction Financing by
Northwestrern Bank.
Automatic Systems Dev
elopers, Inc., and its associ
ated family of corporations,
will occupy a 32,000 square
foot facility and will manu
facture cables and provide
custom test and process
equipment as well as other
electronic services to various
industries. Construction is
scheduled to begin in Febru
ary and will be completed
by May of 1979. The Gene
ral Contractor is Davidson
& Jones of Raleigh, one of
the oldest and largest build
ers in the state. The build
ing will be constructed with
pre-stressed concrete.
As one of the first
tenants in UDFs park, the
company's operations are
projected to employ ap
proximately 200 persons
mmmm
within a twelve month
period. The first ASD opera
tion to occupy space in the
building will be Cabletron
ics, which is scheduled to
begin production in the new
site in May. Other expand
ing companies operated by
ASD are Opto-Generic De
vices and Duchess Design
and Development, both
rapidly growing operations
in the electronic field.
Another activity related
to the jobs created by ASD
are training programs sche
duled to be conducted to
help prepare the low skilled
unemployed person to
qualify for entry level posi-
Continued On Page 16
"Bobby" Nathaniel Sims
just seems to have a lot of
problems getting beaten by
store guards and police.
Sime, who was allegedly
beaten by two Durham
police last week, was also
beaten by two K-Mart em
ployees last December. Sims
was charged with resisting
arrest, driving without a
valid operators license, and
forging a $500 money
order. The officer's account
of Sims' arrest and a shot
that was , fired i conflicted
Stylth thos fif witnesses,
PSO Dewayne L Jordan
reported that he was in
structed to be on the look
out for Sims' car in refer
ence to a forgery complaint.
Jordan reported that he saw
Sims and followed him to
the corner of Canal St.,
where he asked Sims for his
driver's license and vehicle
registration. Jordan
reported that Sims pro
duced an expired Georgia
license, was instructed to go
back and sit in his car, but
Sims ran. The PSO chased
him. Both were on foot.
Sims claims that before
he ran, Jordan pulled his
revolver on him and told
him to get on the ground,
but Sims refused. Sims'
account is that he then
ran across Canal St., be
tween two houses and was
followed by Jordan who
shot at him. Sims said he
then stopped, sat on a porch
on Canal St., until PSO
? L S: SMth antved., 7 SJP
Donald Mack who lives"
on Canal St., said he saw
Sims run from Jordan, who
chased Sims between two
houses. Then Jordan yelled,
"Stop! I can kill you, I've
got a felony", said Mack,
who was shaving in front of
his kitchen window in a
good position to see the
street outside.
From across the street,
Mrs. Cathy Jones said she
heard what she thought was
a gunshot and went to her
window and saw Jordan
point his pistol at Sims and
fire it.
Mrs. Eassie Green, who
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UDICDC INDUSTRIAL PARK GETS UNDERWAY
LOCAL CHAPTER AUA's PRESENTS $1,700 CHECH TO OIF
CAROLINA ACTION PICKETS IIJSCOE REALTY CO.
A stand off appears
to be in the. making
between members of
Carolina Action, the
West End Community
Group and Inscoe
Realty Company.
The issue is repair of
dwellings occupied by
Caolina Action mem
bers who rent apart
ments and houses managed
by Inscoe.
When over 30 CA
members picketed outside
the realty office, a
spokesperson would not
meet with the group and
said that Inscoe
wasn't at the office. Bobby
Inscoe, the firm owner,
has been invited to meet
with the tenants the
previous evenings - but
didn't.
Insocoe said last
Wednesday that he replied
to the group request saying
that he would meet with
any tenants individually,
but not as a group. He
further said that tenants
desiring repairs should
submit in writing their
complaints, as is required by
North Carolina Law. Thirty
days notice is required after
the written notice before
tenants can begin to take
action against the owner.
"Renters have been
bringing their problems to
the office for years and for
years their problems have
been irgnored ," said James
Smith, president of Carolina
Action's ' South Durham
Group.
"The only reason that
Mr. Inscoe wants to meet
with us individually is to
intimidate his tenants with
implied threats of eviction
or higher rents," Smith
continued.
CA members' con
cerns include late fees,
repair services and rent
increases.
Inscoe is the largest
property iranagement
company in Durham.
Inscoe replied that
he only wants to abide
by the law and doesn't
know any of the tenants
who were demonstrating
in front of his office, He
assured THE CAROLINA
TIMES that he doesn't
plan to evict tenants or
raise their rents, as James
Smith contended.
Local observance, of
Alpha Kappa Sorority'&'TJst
Founders' Day was recently
held -rttfee; campus
North. . Carolina - Central
University. The theme for
the occasion was "Together-;
ness". Alpha Chi Chapter
of NCCU was joined, in
the observance by Alpha
Zeta Omega ; (Alumna)
Chapter, Iota Mu Chapter
of Duke University, and
Theta Pi Chapter of the.
University of . North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Following an morning
coffee hour, all sorprs
joined the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Director, Soror
Evelyn Ried Syphax from
Arlington, Virginia, in a
mini-workshop. The goal
of the workshop was
greater sisterhood and
self-fullfilment. At the
conclusion of the
morning session, a luncheon
was served in the W.G.
Pearson Cafeteria. Soror
Syphax, who spoke during
the luncheon, reminded
all sorors of the goals of
the founders: High Academ
ic Scholarship, Leadership,
Togetherness and Service
to the Community.
During the luncheon,
Norma Royal, Basieus,
and Constance Scott, of
Alpha Zeta Omega
presented a check for
$1700 to the Mid
Atlantic Regional
Director for the
United Negro College Fund
Engraved silver trays
were presented to some
of the sorors who retired
;$cent years: Adele Butts,.
rice Cherry, Althea
Holmes, Bernadine Bailey.
Lola Riddick, Alma Biggers,
.Viola Crowder, Thelma
Carrington, Geraldine"
Alston, Heleu - Edwards,
Loris Ray, and Lucia
Taylor, bv Soror Delois
Washington.
Members of the
Founder' ; Day Committee
0?-
Si . -yM'
1J
Mmes. were George
O'Rourke, chairperson -Gerladine
E. Dunn, " Marie -
rauut, nazei armin ana
. Deloris. Washington,
ALPHA ZETA OMEGA CHAPTER OF AKA- presents a check for $1700.00 to Mrs.
Evelyn R. Syphax, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, for the United Negro College Fund.
(Left to right): Mrs. Contance Scott; Mrs. Syphax; Mrs. Norma Royal, Basileus; Mrs.
George O'Rourke, Founder's Day Chairperson.
Durnra Ce!Iqp
Ilornccomg
Activities Sot
Durham College home
coming' activities will begin
February 4 with a fashion
and talent show in the
college auditorium at 8
p.m.
The Tigers will take on
Barber-Scotia College
in basketball February
9 at 7:30 a.m.
The founder of. the
college Dr. Lucinda McCau
ley Harris, is having an
open house just prior to.
the game to renew ac
quaintances with alumni
A basketball game
with Cecils Community
Collge Feb. 10 at 7:30
p.m. will bring the week
to a climax. The queens of
the clubs and organiza
tions of the college will
be crowned at half-time.
All alumni are urged to
participate. Ms. Juanita
Bynum, alumni association
president, is making reserva
tions for alumni who will
need overnight accomoda
tions in local motels.
tabor Dept. Assist. Sec'y fo Speaft at lif omen Conference
Ms. Alexis M. Herman,
deputy assisant secretary of
the U.S. Department of
Labor, will be the
banquet speaker at the
24th annual Spotlight on
Women conference to be
held here March 34.
The conference, "Career'
Management: A new
Horizon for Women," is
sponsored by the N.C.
Federation of Business
and Professional Women's
Clubs, Inc., in cooperation
with the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill Extension Division.
Ms. Herman, 32, is the
youngest director of the
Labor Deprtment's
Women's Bureau in its 58
year history. Under her
direction, the bureau has
started special programs to
help young and low-income
women who have
employment-related problems.
Ms. Herman was ap
pointed by President
Carter . and took office in
March 1977. Before her
appointment she was
nationaldirector , of the
Minority Women
Ms. Herman was ap
pointed by President
Carter and took office in
March 1977. Before her
appointment she was
national director of the
Minority , Women
Employment Program of
R-T-P Inc. in Atlanta. She
directed programs to
place minority women
in white-collar Jobs in
10 cities.
Conference topics
include career planning and
entry, career advancement
and financial planning.
The conference is open
to all interested persons.
Participants should make
Registration fee is $18 be purchased separately. Extension Division, 204
Banquet tickets are an For further information, Abernethy Hall 002A,
additional $8 and may contact Joan True, UNC-CH chapel Hill, N.C. 27514.
25 Restaurants Serve Mined
Drinlis; Nono Black
While mixed drinks were
poured in 25 restaurants
across the city beginning
February 2, not a drop
of the spirits were
mixed and served in
black owned restaurants in
Durham County. No
black applied, according
to Acohollc Beverage
Control staffers. Prelim
inary indications are '
that only one black
restaurant is qualified to
serve mixed drinks under the
1978 statue.
Claiborne Tapp, owner
of the Chicken Hut on
Fayetteville St., is
bothered by the fact that
no other blacks applied,
and that his Fayetteville
St. restaurant probably is
the only black restaurant
that meets ABC standards.
Black customrs have also
been bothered, enough
to call Tapp and e"xpress
their concern. Tapp
hasn't decided to
apply for the new liquor
license. Chicken Hut, like
many other black establish
ments has a brown bagging
license which allows
patrons to mix their own
liquor on the premises.
"If I handle it
(liquor by the drink), I
would have to build a bar
on back," said Tapp. He is
worried about the
probability that drinking
customers "might get one
or two shots and might use
profanity" or be disrespect
able in others ways to other
patrons.
Separating the bar from
other business would be
essential, Tapp says, adding
that much his seasonal
business around Christmas
comes from church groups
who are likely to be
offended if alcohol drinkers
are seated near them.
All applicants for
liquor by the drink li
cense pay a $500
application fee for th
the license which has to be
renewed April 30 with a
renewal fee. By the
time April 30 rolls around,
Tapp will have a decision
one way or another.
Black voters were
encouraged to vote for
liquor by the drink in
a recent referendum by
advocates who cited
economic incentives for
blacks. It would be an
incentive for black business
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ALEXIS WL HERMAN
Deputy Asst Secretary. ULSL Dept of Labor