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i " V" I ? ' V . . 8 " , ." i ,, V" '' f 1 ', i i V1 ; ..." ; J - .. 1 , ' ' IN THIS ISSUE SOME HOSTAGES GOME HOME FROM TEHRAN ,? Photo Essay ' : ' 1 . Editorial Section ; ' Duke University Library ; Newspaper Department , , Durham NC 27706 ? Hum ...... -I'.' 1 1 Words of Wisdom ' Some people art like wheel-farrows, tfcej have to be pished. It you don't Mint U cooperation, observe what hippeas to a wagoa whew a wheel comes off,' ; VOLUME 57 - NUMEER 47 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY.OECEKBER 1, 1S79 TELEPHONE (919) 6S2-2913 PE:CE:33CCaS Coreitta; Scott EOiig'To Epeak At UNGCH On December 3 i : iiinLJ in - jiiiiiii wMimi -i "l i' I N WWwn'"l.l.l)iu,iLli.(., I -3?S V. ajt ,!. f n 4 - i """"jf Vj I BACK HOME FROM IRAN ANDREWS AFB, MD.-Stsff Ssri James Hughes from Hampton, Virginia, hold hit throe year old son Sean and puts hi arm around hit wife as ha arrived in the United States after being held hostage in Iran. i UPI Photo Durhamito Selected By VA Nursing Service. TP Mrs. Jacquelyn T. Brown, of Kansas City and formally of Durham has been selected by the V.A. Central Office to be the Associate Chief of Nursing Service for Education at the Hun tington, West Virginia V.A. Medical Center. In this role, she will be responsible for providing leadership in planning, coordinating, implemen ting and evaluating educa tional programs to meet the needs of the nursing service. She ' will assume her new position on December 3. Mrs. Brown; a 1957 graduate of Hillside High School, received her B.S.ty. from Winston Salem State University, her M.S.N, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has done doctoral Work at the University of Kansas. Her professional involvement includes membership in A.N.A., Chi Eta Phi Sorority and Sigma Theta Tau, the na tional honor society of nuising. She has published nursing literature in the area of family planning. Mrs. Brown is married to W.E. Brown and is the mother of two, Ronnie a junior at Pittsburg State and Javonni, a freshmen at the University of Kan sas. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J,T. Tucker of Burlington Avenue, Durham. CHAPEL HILL Coretta Scott King; widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. and president of the Mar-, tin Luther King Jr. Center, for Social Change, will speak oh "Human Rights; Present and Future' Monday, December 3 at the University of North Carolina at-Chapel Hill. ' Sponsored by the Carolina Forum, the lec ture will be in Memorial; Hail at 8 p.m. Admission is free for UNCCHv students and $1.50 fori, others. 4 , Since her husband si death in 1968, Mrs. Kingv has pursued a career as ai speaker, author and social; activist. She has been a board member or officer of numerous Organiza tions, including thev Southern Christian,' Leadership Conference) and the Robert F. Ken nedy Memorial Center. ; Her book, "My Life? with Martin Luther King, Jr.," was a bestseller and -has been translated into sixteen languages. She has received dozens of honorary v degrees ' and other awards ,,; , : v - The King center was founded in ; 1969 arid in cludes the? slain civil rights leader's tomb and bir- thplace, as well as a com munity center. Seminars, ' conferences and -other ac- tivifleslhVinteiexw held to promote the,con-, given to students in ad vance will be available at the door on the night of the lecture, persons who have picked up advance tickets Should take their seats by 7:45 p.ih., forum- officials have announced.1 Seats not taken by that time will be sold or given away. V - "1'"T ' M r hi i -ri iiriinii'm i , i mmu n mi i ... .1 - i.pin iiiuu nnr i i n i j. v y 1 , i f 't : v v J?r m "n"" Mrm,,i in,,,,!, ,)T Jl.iV''-' ( .r KISSES FOR THE JUDGE . TRENTON, N. J.-Mrs. Anne Thompson receives a congratulatory kiss on each cheek from, her twochadron. year old William and nine year old Sharon, after she was sworn in as a new U.S. Federal Judge here last wotk. Si preside at Federal Court in Trenton. UN ...... . '- - - - .. . L Vocational Education Viewed! I Director of vocational education, Gordon Copeland and Associate Superintendent Frank B. Weaver presented a irideo tape of , Uie. Durham Gty School's elaborate; voca-; By TRELLIE JEFFERS very explicit tape explain ed in detail the vocational education program from its beginning in junior high school where students begin their trains ing as nomeraakers, wage course to foi "w. Students are then bffe. i the op portunity to lea. .i through practical experience while they develop a given skill, "which .according to Copeland.. does- , not in directly from high school are unable to compete i. terms of salary and ad vancement in ten years with those students who complete the college aegicc. i n aocs incucaie lOiensxKuaLJjonaxaiicjuoa-P with coueee-oouna mat students who wish to iviivKin nir x nrn. .gram was said to Offer 150 classes daily in 75 dif ferent subject areas, some of which are simple and fUncompIicated and many of whiclv are highly .com-' rplex;and required ekten-r sive training and skills to master ' The rather lengthy and economics Aeducationv institutions businessahd office educa tion or trade and in dustrial education. I It . , was reported that j senior high students are counseled oh.tareer direc tion according to their test ; scores, interests; ' school records and ability and then advised on the wise The thrust for voca tional education is enhanced by the fact that eighty per cent of; Durham's occupations do ' not require the- B.A. degree, according to the video tape. Copeland said, however, that students who enter the job market must also maintain a high degree of success in academic courses. Other wise, the students may be restricted for life to voca tional education courses which involve high mental skills. "We offer a voca tional education program in addition to the Continued oa Page 2) Observe International Year Of The Chm Parocrts Say 'Gay bo' Jo Spanning By TRELLIE L. JEFFERS In the fourth step of a series on spanking to achieve discipline, parents of Durham City School pupils have been contacted and asked for their per sonal comments on spanking to achieye discipline in public school. The survey was prompted by a recent board policy on spanking introduced by Superintendent Cleveland Hammonds. When contacted regarding his views on spanking in public schools, Lindsey Merritt of .1110 Red Oak Avenue, replied, ' Spanking in moderation is all right, if necessary, but all other, means should be tried first.'' Merritt recommended taking away privileges or recess in lieu of spanking. Mrs. Gayle Fleming of 1107 Chalmers stated, "I am not in avor of spanking children in publicschools. There are too many variables Involved. Spanking should be left up tohe parents. If. the teacher tries everything else (to achieve discipline), then the problem should be turned over to a counselor or to other professionals for help." . .-,rv Ms. LR. Page of 1315 Morreene Road, said, "If there is some way to in sure fairness, than Lam in favor of spanking. I would have to be sure that the same punishment would be given to each child for the same offense," i William' Lawrence of 308 Wayne Circle said, "I don't see anything wrong with spanking." He added that he uses other types of punishment at; home with favorable results. ' Mrs. Virginia Ghirardelli of 1404 Anderson Street stated, "I am against spanking in principle. I" really don't think highly of it. If we have students whose behavior is threatening to pupils pr teachers, then I would recommend it (spanking) as a last resort." : r$ Clarence Jones of 2613 Weaver Street said, "Spanking is necessary to a degree. Schools need discipline. Spank ing is one of the quickest ways to get it." Attorney Judith Washington of 804 Springdale Drive emphatically de nounced spanking in public schools. "I believe in spanking in principle", she said, "but I am opposed to it in public schools because there is too much room for abuse. Teachers may dislike children or they may have personal problems. Another problem with spanking is that it makes the child hostile and disagreeable instead of solving the problem." "I have mixed feelings about spank ing," said Ralph Williams of L922 Capps Street. Williams said that he would endorse spanking for teachers who are sincere and that he would con sider the school's test scores as a measure of teacher sincerity. '. Ms. Patricia Smith of 75 10 Lakeland Street, Apartment A said, "I am for spanking, but I don't think that children should be bruised." All parents contacted agreed that teachers must have discipline in order to do an effective job. Many parents reluctantly said that they would.permit teachers to use spanking to achieve necessary discipline, and once they agreed to spanking they would im mediately offer alternatives. Others would uncategorically state that they did not want teachers to spank their children. It would appear from this survey, as one educator said previous-. Jy, that parents are rapidly developing the opinion that teachers have no moral right to spank their children. ' . Next week! Durham City. Pupils' Views on Spanking T In celebration of the In ternational year of the Child, a series of workshops and other ac tivities will get under way in Durham Sunday, December 2 and continue through Sunday, December 9. The celebra tion is being sponsored by the Women In Action with the support of numerous human services organiza tions including the Durham Recreation Department, the Durham NCM Joins In Toacbor's Assault Salt An Irfedell County teacher who was assaulted on the grounds of his school while his young daughter watched will have the support of the North Carolina Associa tion of Educators in a civil suit against his assailants. .James Conger, a teacher at North Iredell High - School, will seek $5,000 in actual damages and. $10,000 in punitive damages from each of his two assailants, Ms. Karen Garr, chairman of the NCAE Professional Rights and Respon sibilities Commission, said. '' She said NCAE is tak ing the unprecedented ac tion of assisting a teacher in a civil suit "because we want to establish once and for all that we will not allow assaults . on our members to go un challenged and that we will take civil action against the offenders." Conger, whose duties included supervision of buses at the North Iredell School, testified in Iredell County District Court that on April 23, he was check ing buses on the school , grounds when two former , students confronted him. The two students, Glenn Chambers and Charles Watson, reportedly in formed of the teacher of their dislike of him and, after some conversation, jumped the teacher. Con ger's daughter was on the , grounds and witnessed the attack. Conger testified he was struck from behind by one of the former students and that adults came to his aid. He said he suffered extreme ' embarrassment because of the incident. Chambers and Watson were both convicted of the assault charge, and both received active sentences of six months in prison. Garr said NCAE has not previously taken part in this type of civil action, but she said the associa tion hopes to demonstata that assaults on teachers will not be tolerated and that those guilty of such offenses ! may also face Civil actions for monetary damages. "A teacher ought to be able to feel secure in his or her place of employment, and we intend to do what . we can to establish that , security,? she said. She said the charges ; were filed in Iredell Coun- : ty Superior Court on Wednesday! November 21. Day Care Council and the Durham County Depart ment of Social Services. City and County Schools are also participating. On Tuesday evening, December 4, the Durham County Banquet will be held at the Downtowner Motor Inn with Rev. W.W. Easley, pastor of St. Joseph's AME Church, as master of ceremonies. Music will be presented by the Durham High School Concert Choir Mrs. Lelia Sharpe, director and Ms. Barbara Taylor, accom panist and the Jordan High School Music Ensemble Ms. Lisa Mclver, director. Dr. Minta Saunders, Children's Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, will be the keynote speaker. She will be introduced by Gail Blackburn, III, manager of J.C. Penney Stores. Prize winners of the Literary Contest spon sored by the Xi Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Pi Sorority will present ex pressions; a dance pro gram will be presented by students from the Hope Valley School under the direction of Ms. Pat High; poetry from "Poetry, Childhood and Spring", the book published by the Durham Chapter of the National Barrister's Wives, Inc., in celebrary of the I YC, will be read by the young poets, ' themselves, presented by Mrs. C.C. Spaulding, Jr., chairman of the Poetry Contest Committee. Misses Bridgette and Jewel Allen will present a skit, entitled VPeer 'Pressures" under the direction of Mrs. Clara Lawson of Hillside High School. Children And Legal System On Thursday, December 6, from 8-10 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, a workshop on "Children and the Legal System" will explore various aspects of the topic. Major participants will be Richard Archer, Director of the Child Ad vocacy Commission; Judge J. Milton Read, Jr., Chief Judge, District , Court; Dr. Hal Harris; Dr. John Curry, psychologist. Community Guidance Clinic for Children and Youth; and Mrs. Margaret Thorae. ACSW, Delinquency Diversion Worker, Durham County Depart ment of Social Services. Foster Care The Durham County Department of Social Ser vices will lead a workshop entitled "Children in Foster Care" on December 5 at 7:30 p.m. To be covered in this ses sion are accomplishments of procedures and legal Children Need Homos, Says Group Especially Black r.lclos "It is a beautiful ex perience to adopt children whom the world has thrown away", said Mrs. Betty Moore, a Duke divinity student arid County and Dr. Marcus Ingram, North Carolina Central University, ' Ms. Smith invited members in the audience to open their hearts ana mother of seven adopted ' minds and adopt some of black, white, Korean and the 200 children in Norm native American, han dicapped children. Mrs. Moore, along with four other persons, spoke at Union Baptist Church on Roxboro Street, Sunday, November 25 in com memoration of National Adoption Week, which is emphasized annually dur ing the week of Thanksgiving. The pro gram was entitled "Black Homes for Black Children." Other persons on the program were Ms. ! Ardetta Smith, social worker, Durham County Department, of Social Services; Rod O Conner, Triangle District Office of Children Home Society; Mrs. Gertrude Boone, Supervisor of Adoption and Foster Care, Dur' m Carolina who have been cleared for adoption or to become foster parents for some of the thousands of children whose only con tacts with the outside world are with people who come into the hospitals and other institutions where homeless children are housed. Some of these children are physically and emotionally handicapped, according to Ms. Smith, She pointed out that black males art often poor can didates for adoptions; and that many of them suffer from emotional problems due to previous abuse and rejection. . ; Mrs. Boone pointed out that single parents and older parents may a&t IContbiuedonPiiJf