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Cc:ndl tCc-tJnued fjrom Front rvlunter and discuss tae i ".Smith Affair", i4 it is r bow - bang - called, and several other concerns. It is certain that Hunter's response did noty satisfy - the .. black 'lawmakers, and Pledger's -i - T- t.lcdia Technician I (Vidfo ,Trapo Operation ' Opportunity for employee to develop In all phases of video tape operation and edIUng. Successful can tidate b required to have a minimum of a high i Kchool diploma sad two years experience In broad . : Caslini, closed circuit or Instructional television, audio aador video production or operation, or 1 related area: or equivalent education and experience. Salary range: $9.1CW12,324. Apply before October 5. 1979 to Personnel Office, UNC-General Ad Minlstralion, P.O. Box 26SS, Chapel Hill, NC27S14. KQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE AC ; TION EMPLOYER. Typesetter Needed Kxpvrienced typist needed for part-time, temporary potion to begin November 1, 1979. Would prefer ap : ccani with CRT or mag card experience but will con f sider oihtrv Must be able to type 60 wpm and possess exceih.nl grammatical and spelling skills. Salary aegliaM. . Send resume to Manager, The Carolina Times, P.O. Box 3SZS, Durham, N.C. 27702. No phone calla- picas?. Computor Systems Analyst III ' Completion of college course work with a major in computer science, or related field and three years ex perience in computer systems analysis and programming work: or an equivalent combination of education and r experience. Familiarity with mechanized library systems Sid Univac VS9 operating systems helpful. Salary nge: $19,452 - $27,094. Contact the Employment Division, 111 Pettigrew Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. EQUAL OPPORTUNITYAFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. V1 T Research Technician III 1 Completion of college course work with a biological science major; or an equivalent combination of training pud experience. Good background in biochemistry with basic knowledge of microbiology essential; understan ding of nucleic acid hybridization and enzyme purifica tion techniques required; experience in electron microscopy and tissue culture techniques desirable. Salary range: $11,316 $15,46. Contact the Employ ment Division, 111 Pettigrew Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE AC-. TION EMPLOYER, revelation seemed to in- - cense matters. Council member Mrs. Margaret Keller -acknowledged- this-week-! "the whole affair has made matters extremely diffiaitt,V-r------V-A- While Hunter's remarks did satisfy some members of the council, they failed to satisfy four of the blacks and some of the whites interviewed by The Carolina Times. Black council member. Ralph Hunt responded to Hunter's letter with a se cond letter asking that the matter be discussed in full session. An informal survey of the council; Wednesday afternoon in dicated that at a majority of the council would hear the matter. The discus " sion, if it takes place, will be held in executive ses sionor in other words, behind closed doors as re quired by North Carolina law. THE CASE AGAINST HUNTER Dexter Smith- made available to The Carolina Times a voluminous stack of monthly memoranda sent to' Hunter and Assis tant City Managers Regina Brough and Richard ; Stevens, and former Acting Personnel Director Robert Slade. The memoranda show that, for a period beginn ing at least in August, 1978 and continuing to August 1979, Dexter Smith com plained monthly in written reports of unfilled vacan cies, and lack of resources to carry out all of the ob jectives of the department. Smith says his pleas for assistance from Hunter and his assistants went unheeded. By April and May of - 1979, through budget decreases and transfers, his workforce had dwindled from four teen to seven. But accor ding to Smith's memoran da his work load was in creasing. The following excerpt from a memorandum dated December 5, 1978 somewhat captures the tone of much of Smith's correspondence to the manager's office:"I.Loss of Personnel. Our draft- last August, his job was advertised in newspapers across the state before he was notified he was fired. -iCity -.Manager. Dean Hunter could not be reached for comment this week.- His secretary said he was out of town and could not be reached for . comment. Hunter return ed to town Wednesday, but his secretary said he did not have time' for an interview, Mrs, Brough also could not be reached for comment, r SMITH AFFAIR, AN INDICATION OF HUNTER'S OVERALL PERFORMANCE Blacks, particularly, are not pleased with what ap pears to be Hunter's per formance on the Smith Affair, and they cite many other shortcomings of his .administration. 1 f v Hunter was formerly ci ty manager in Lexington, Kentucky. He was hired here last August following a lengthy search. Some of the council members -say their first disappointment was Hunter's failure to establish a residence in Durham since he was hired over a year ago. 1 Real estate ; broker James W. Brown said he felt that Hunter's failure to move to Durham is more than Hunter's in ability to find a house, as Hunter has stated. Residency is but one of Hunter's problems. Several key positions have been left unfilled with per manent staffers since Hunter's arrival. Some white council members have replied that Hunter had a difficult time filling vacancies, but he has now hired a personnel director, which will make the job of filling other vacancies easier. That is the ra tionale advanced by Council member Mrs. Margaret Keller and several others. "A personnel director is nothing but a sophisticated clerk whose job is collecting papers sent from one office to another," said Ralph Hunt, a bit irritated over hearing the call for ; smart Hi Mr. George Gr- ,;'::,v;!-;'v,; &$fffV amv.signedvn--'ste Social Research Associate Completion! of college course work for a degree in ; early childhood education), special education, child development or related field and one year of experience Int teaching preschool age children and work with adults in a training, consulting and supervisory capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Salary range: $6,750 -$9,270. Contact the Employment Division, 111 Pettigrew Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. EQUAL OPPORTUNITYAFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. c V . PHOTOGRAPHER We are looking for an experienced television hews , photographer capable of handling both ENG and film. Person must be experienced in all phases of news photography and! editing. Send video cassett with samples of field work and resume to New Director, P.O. Box 2009, Durham, NC 27702. A Capital Cities Station, EOE. No telephone applications accepted. THE CHAPEL HILL HOUSING AUTHORITY The Chapel Hill Housing Authority, an Equal Oppor tunity Employer, announces a vacancy in the following position, for which applications must be received by Oc tober 15, 1979. Interested persons please submit resumes andor applications to: , - Mr. Alvin E. Stevenson, Executive Director t chapel Hill Housing Authority 307 North Columbia Street P.O. Box 630 Chape! Ilill, North Carolina 27514 I RECEPTIONIST Beginning Salary: $7,292.92 to $7,657.56. Public contact and clerical work at the Ad ministration Building: ? receive incoming calls and Visitors: provide basic public information and referral, typing. Provide clerical support as assigned. Desireable Education and experience: graduation from high school or vocational school and some experience in operating a telephone switchboard; or any equivalent combination pf experience and training. ' Roanoke-Chowan Technical Institute SECRETARY FOR Title III Director must have all secretarial skills plus work experience, A.A.S. degree preferred. ; , EVENING COUNSELOR Master Degree in , ; . Guidance and Counseling. Nine Month position. Con , : ; , tact: J.W. Sawyer, Roanoke, Chowan Technical In-' t Diml. 1 Dm d. J At I f- 4- flA - ' . (t 19) 332-5921. - . work assignments and in overloading work onto other remaining staff members. 2 Lack of Ade quate Manpower. This is continuing problem with the need to fill a clerical position, a drafting posi tion, and the Assistant Planning Director posi tion. The unfilled Assis tant Planning Director position provides a pro blem in providing ade quate supervision and handling of public con tact.? Overextended Work Program.There is a conti nuing problem of having more - work items than should logically be handl ed." Smith responded to the charge that he had not "controlled" the black employees in his office, saying that the only possi ble reference he could im agine was Linda Swetner," now Mrs. . Linda DelCastilho, who became dissatisfied with black staff members who were conducting a survey of the Crest Street neighborhood. Mrs. DelCastilho, who married Public Safety Director Barry DelCastilho, reportedly was dissatisfied with pro gress on the survey, and staff members reportedly were dissatisfied with her. In any event, she was transferred shortly from the planning division to the community develop ment division. A good friend of Mrs. DelCastilho, Mrs. Regina Brough was one of Dexter ' Smith's supervisors, but . Mrs. DelCastilho said this week that ' she never , discussed her problems in the planning division with the assistant city manager. When Smith was fired "Feel top dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.' Robert Henri f Udop Bclj Ghirardelli On t lie Board Vote October 9 fMimii Committee To ilwt Bab Ohlrardelli and 1978). Using statistics' : of the North Carolina Department of Labor, ' Durham's ' sanitation workers had the highest . rate of injuries of any workers in : the state. Those statistics haven't changed :-t much 7 since Hunter's arrival. To some extent they may . have worsened. Marcus ' Allen, a 39-year-old black ; sanita tion worker, was crushed ' to death last month at the sanitary landfill, a death that possibly could have been avoided, if proper safety measures had been developed and followed. Councilman " Ralph Hunt is dissatisfied with Hunter's performance in managing the sanitation division, overseeing police enforcement ' of. laws toward black citizens, and the hiring of blacks in city government; 'm-sp11? N In, general many of the councilmen say Hunter has told whites and blacks different and conflicting stories, sometime causing conflicts. The"Dexter . Smith Affair" is an exam ple cited. , Hunt describes the rela tionships between blacks and whites in Durham as a "plantation," talk that hasn't been common by lawmakers since blacks were marching in the streets in the sixties. "The City of Durham through City Hall, in cluding us on the council, is a plantation, based on , the master-servant rela tionship," Hunt says. Hunt says that many of the whites, he calls liberals, are passive when black council members at tempt to fight racism. He fears that may be the case, with some of the council members who traditional ly are black allies. What to do with the "Smith Affair" and, above all, City Manager Dean Hunter has some of the middle of the road council members puzzled. But not the blacks who were interviewed by The Carolina Times. White Councilman William Smith is satisfied with Hunter's perfor mance, and ms response progress are said to be in , the balance. Morale among - black employees is particularly A - low in the days following the termination tf eigh teen city CETA employees" whose jobs ran out last week; Most " of those ' employees were black. CETA.., ..regulations would : not allow their . employment past eighteen months. - White CETA' , employees similarly af fected, sources, say, have been hired in permanent positions, while blacks re mained : in temporary CETA jobs. One case mentioned by one black council member is that of Mrs. Sharon Baker, formerly an employee in the comp trollers office, and a law school graduate, who has held several jobs for the city. Her job ended with the other CETA jobs. Caucus Continued from Page 8 Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Holiday Bill. This bill would designate January ISth of each year as an official U.S. holi day. , The ten Legislative workshops, led by members of the Caucus and participated in by some 7,000, covered education, arts and humanities, aging, com munication, black voter participation, network development, economy, inflation, science and technology, foreign af fairs, housing economic development, minority enterprise, criminal justice and health. The final workshop statements, shaped from the presentations and question answer periods will help form the 1980 legislative agenda presented by the Members of the Congressional Black Caucus. 'thp :kv Caucus fur draisiut; vwrr of the Legislative Weekend the First annual VIP Recep tion and Buffet Dinner . - Dance took place Friday: evening. , Vice President v Mondale, Ben Vereen, former U.N, - Am- ba$ssador .. Young, U.N. v Ambassador " Donald McHenry," Clarence Mit chell, K- Mayor Marion s Barry, and many other na ; tional leaders were present ', as people danced to : the ' ' music of Teddy Pendergrass. Workshop . . . Continued from Front ' ' x- -!,,,' " - Carolyn Johnson, Special ' Research for the National , Institute of Education (NIE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Theprogram is being .coordinated ' and ad- ministered by Dr. Lawrence E. Johnson, Director of Black Church Affairs of Duke Divinity School, For further infor mation and registration forms, contact: Dr. Lawrence E. Johnson, Director of Black Church Affairs, The Divinity School, Duke University, 684-3234. - " t - , -, , THE CAROLINA TIMES ' "TCall TpAv? 682-2913 - I IMS i Cameras Televisions Typewriters Component Sets We Loan The Most SAM'S PAWN SHOP Phone 682-2573 122 East Main Street Durham, N.C. lff 'Ji.? I i m mm MltJiiii mm iMi (Miwtoiaiii gradualism. "Don't come pointing the personnel to the letter , sent by the I director to ' me,' ' says; jblack. counciLmembers br Black councilman raul Margeret Keller, a can- Bland is also very critical didate for mayor, says she doesn t think Hunter s performance should become an election issue, and that Hunter's job should not become political. One of her more conser vative opponents,, Harry Rodenhizer, has been critical of the city manage ment, for which Hunter is held responsible. ; Many observers say the outcome of the so-called "Dexter Smith Affair" may have significant im pact on the City's popula tion, particularly blacks for some time. Affir mative action and black that Hunter has left key positions vacant. The per sonnel director was vacant longer than a year, Bland notes. A former city com ptroller, Bland says the ci ty "cannot be run effec tively and efficiently while key positions are vacant," Other key vacancies he cites are director of ad ministration, assistant city manager, and safety plan administrator. Safety was a key con cern of the council when it hired Hunter. Durham then had the highest rate of injury of any other city in North Carolina (1977, CALENDAR BLACK LAWYERS TO MEET IN DURHAM -The North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers will hold its October Meeting in Durham, .October 5, 6, 7, 1979. The meeting will feature "Trial Advocacy Workshop III" a program of continuing legal educa tion designed to enhance advocacy skills for members of the Association. The Workshop will include lectures and a demonstration on jury argruments in death penal ty cases. Recent legislation will be analyzed. 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