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1 OOKE UMlVlRSm i MEWSPAPER DEPART" DURHAM, PEfl COPY 1 'PER COPY Mm 9 (USPS C31-380K Vcrds of Ukdcb "A man who cannot tolerate small Bis can nefer tc compHsh great thing;" Chinese Prow "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside." Akaandet Pope Ml A 1 mm AfNr 111 mm 0) . Governor James B. Hunt;" Jr., issued a pro clamation making Oc tober 1 'Hunger-Fighting Month in N.C." in sup port ! of statewide CROPChurch World Service Hunger Walks this fall.. Most of the com munity hunger walks will take place on Sunday afternoon, October 7, World - Communion Sun day; and most will be ten miles in length. Funds raisedby walkers and their sponsors on these " walks will benefit the In dochinese ''boat 'people" and othervictims of world hunger through Church World Services' refugees relief and self-help development programs in fifty of the poorest regions of the world. Twenty-five per cenf of the funds from the hunger walks ' is fifteen North Carolina towns and cities will also be designated to stay in the local area to help lodal hunger-fighting agencies (e.g. , Meals on Wheels; N.C. Hunger Coalition) in the state. ' The Governor states in own funds to go through CROPChurch World Service to other cooperating international relief and development agencies such as Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Con ference, Catholic Relief Service, Lutheran World Relief, American Friends Service Committee,' UNICEF, Heifer Project International, World Relief Commission of the National Association of Evangelicals, and others. For further information concerning the Fall CROP hunger Walks in North! Carolina, write Carolina! CROP, 1006 Lamond Ave., Durham, NC 27701,; or call (919) 688-3843. ! The following are local CROP event contacts for this Fall's hunger events statewide: i BURLINGTON (Oct, 7): Rev. Earl Dulaney (919) 227-3153; FAYET TE VILLE (Oct. 7): Rev. Earl Richardson (919) 425-0401; RALEIGH (Nov.' 11): Dr. Don Lucey (919) 782-2931; and SAN- John U I 4 ' It 1 f Prsi Thornton Will Not Ron For City FORD (Oct. 7): Dr. , rows personaie vef y -eight seconds from hunger-related ' causes throughout the globe." He also cites statistics showing "one out of every four deaths in the world involve children under five years old, most of them living in the Third and Fourth World countries" of Asia. Africa, and Latin America it: " The ' proclamation : recognizes and shows con cern for North Carolina's "own undernourished and malnourished citizens in isolated urban and rural situations." Governor Hunt cites CROP, the Community Hunger Ap peal of Church World Ser vice, for its compassionate 32 year old record of "helping the world's poor ; to help , themselves with food-fof-work programs, refugee and disaster relief, and integrated community development." CROP is a low-Overhead vhunger fighting organization. Individual sponsors of walkers on a CROP Walk can also designate their MRS. THORNTON Campaign to Counter KICK Rosurgenco ' NORFOLK, Va. A National Anti-Klan Net work has been established by a broad range of human rights, civic, religious, and labor organizations to mount a nationwide campaign to counter the current resurgence of the Ku Klux vKlan. The Network grew out of a weekend conference on the Klan threat here in August. The conference was called by the Southern Christian Leadership Con ference (SCLC) im mediately following its an- nual convention. "We studied the Klan and we analyzed it," said the Rev. C.T. Vivian, SCLC acting Executive Director, "and we see it as a major threat to this country not in its present numbers, which are still small, but in its potential. We intend to build a mass movement to stop it all across this na tion." , ; Participants in the Nor folk conference came from eighteen states and represented thirty organizations. They drew up plans to combat the Klan through legal action, . political action and direct H. "action, with special em- 1- -' V P.. , . r r IL Nominated U.S. NEW YORK -i. United Nations Ambassador Donald McHenry leaves the U.S. Mission ist moments after vTfc phasis onvteaching. whit 2 - President ; Cartel intod thicreer diplomat ma v .-ry 6u tigvemtruenxswAmoaSSaaOr i W.-Amjnst-31sMouceeed AndrewtYoang as ir.jua ' f . a. - c tri . Council Mrs. Carolyn I.Thornton who had filledan at-large seat on the Durham; City Council issued a statement ; here . Tuesday citing her, reasons, for not' running .in-' the coming elections. . v vg! Her 'prepated statement," in full, is as follows: "During my tenure on the City Council I have attempted to serve all citi zens in a positive and pro ductive manner. , The deci-, sion making process is : a slow and deliberate one which requires, tolerance, time, thoroughness and a ."tough , skin'. The frustra- ? tions j have been , many. ; Primarily this has been due to the Council's failure to achieve some goals. Per haps the most discouraging ( frustration is due to atti ; tudes, which I perceive to j be a post Watergate pheno- r menon, where- elected' officials are often viewed with suspiciousness and mis trust. This," along with the' alarming amount of sexism and racism that exists in our 'City, has encouraged me to believe that I can be more effective : serving the .citi zens of Durham in a non official capacity. For these reasons I will not seek election to the City Council in this fall's election. "In spite of these problems I do feel a sense of accomplishment and I assure you I will continue to strive to be productive and to work , in the best ; interest of the total com munity. ' - "To those who have actively encourage me to seek election and to those who have supported me in f the past, b(l assured of my gratitude 'and apprecia-tion.' INSIDE. Blacks may lose Sbillion if Chrysler closes Page 8 ; NCCU Eagles open grid season Saturday against Virginia Union Panthers Page 17 Bermanzohn responds to story on Young's resigna tionSays Young no friend of Third World Page 7, Better SOME law grads than NONE Page 6 Complete TV pro gram r Entertain ment Section a prime target oi juan recruiters. The conference decided to establish the continuing Network and asked SCLC to coordinate it. SCLC will do so, with a headquarters in its main office,. 33 Auburn Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303. ' A hotline has also been established to which peo ple across the country are being asked to report in stances of Klan violence and resurgence. The number is area code 404522-1420. Those who attended the Norfolk conference were about equally divided black and white, They came from both' North and South and from the East and West Coasts. They represented church ' Continued on Page 18 bassador to the U.N. UPI Photo So n d ay, Sop t op ber 9 Is "Can cor Avvaronoss Sunday In N. Carolina RALEIGH James B. Hunt, Jr. Governor of the State of North Carolina has proclaimed Sunday, September 9, "Cancer Awareness Sunday" in North Carolina. He is shown presenting James N. Slade, M.D. of Edenton, Chairman of the Task Force on Cancer Awareness for the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society. Phil Ford, former outstanding University of North Carolina basketball player, has agreed to serve as Honorary Chairman of this Task Force. The Governor's Pro clamation reads as follows: WHEREAS, the in-' cidence of cancer is on the rise and can strike anyone at any time, regardless of age, sex, race, Or occupa tion; and WHEREAS, in the past 25 years, the overall cancer incidence rate for blacks rose eight per cent while for whites it drop ped three per cent; and WHEREAS, during the same period, cancer death rates increased 26 per cent for blacks compared with five per cent for whites; and WHEREAS, some forms of cancer can be prevented and many which do occur can be cured if detected and treated in time; Continued On Page 3 USDA Extends Comment Period on School Sale of Competitive Foods T WASHINGTON, D.C. - The public has thirty additional days to com ment on a proposal to limit the sale of - competitive" foods in schools.' The proposal was made by the U.S. Depart !i meht of Agriculture, jv Competitive foods are . those sold in competition with federally subsidized meals in the nation's schools. "We extended the deadline from September 6 to-October 6 to permit all interested parties to submit comments based on a thorough understan ding of the complex issue," Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman said. The department developed the proposal in response, to at 1977 admendment to the Na tional School Lunch Act, authorizing the Secretary Of Agriculture to regulate the sale of goods that compete with school meals for students' appetites. The department Scarborough Nursery Elects New Officers, Board Members Members Left to Right Mrs. Cydie Scarborough, Ms. Dorothy Crock,.., David., Harrison, Mrs. juua tucas, ran. Wilhelmenia Upctturch, seated: F.V. Allison. Recently elected officers and new board members of the Scarborough Nursery School, Inc. are F,V. Allison, Jr., presi dent seated center; stan ding, left to right, Mrs. Clydie Scarborough, ex ecutive director; Mrs. Dorothy Brock, secretary; Pavid Harrison,- new board members; Mrs. Juliao Lucas, vice preslaeht; and Mrs. Whilhelmenia Upchurch, board member. Other of ficers and board members are now shown above are: Nathan Garrett, CPA, treasurer, and Mrs. Delores Estes, assistant secretary, Dr. Marian , Thorne and Robert T. Lewis, board members. Other members of the governing body are Mrs.C.E. McLester, Mrs. Adele Butts, Dr. W.A. Cleland, J.J. Henderson, Mrs. Maggie Henry, Ms. Edna Mason, A.M. Rivera, Mrs. J.S. Thomp son, and W.J. Walker. W.J. Walker, outgoing president, was presented a plaque for outstanding services rendered to the Scarborough Nursery School for the past ten years. The Executive Director reported progress for the 1978-79 school year and announced that purposes and goals have been evaluated to meet, specifications of the Federal government regulations and the State. The school was v pro nounced financially sound according to the report of CPA Nathan Garrett of Garrett, Sullivan and Company. The Scarborough Nursery School, Inc. is a member of the United Way of Durham and Durham County and ac cepts children regardless of race, creed or color. withdrew an earlier pro posal in- December because its officials believ ed there were significant scientific issues that need ed further study. The current proposal would limit the sale of any food that does not have at least five per cent of the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance for any one of the eight specified nutrients. "This provides a scientific standard to distinguish among foods," Foreman said. Under the proposed rule, carbonated beverages, water ices, chewing gum and some candies could not be sold until after the end of the last school lunch period each day. Foods contain ing five per cent or more per serving or per 100 nutrients protein, vitamin A, ascorbic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, calcium and iron could be sold at any time during the school day. . -'v Interested parties chnutr! rnc mmmnt the proposal to Margaret O.K. Glavin, Director cf the School Programs Divi , ' sion, Good and Nutrition Service, U.S. Departir.rr t of , Agriculture:
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