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t-TKZ CAROLINA TIMES SAT., MAY 24, 1980 H m , : 4 t aft Dean Hunter Presents City Council With $50 Million Budget For 1 980-81 By Trellie L. Jeffers Durham City Manager, Dean D. Hunter, Jr., presented a $49.9 million budget for the fiscal year 1980-81 to the City Coun cil Monday night, May 19. Defending a substantial increase over last years budget, Hunter cited in flation as the specific cause of the increase. In a lengthy statement on the budget proposal, Hunter said that funds for the budget increase could be secured from a two per cent increase on the pro perty tax rate, and an eight per cent increase for water service and a reduc tion of 25 city jobs. However, Hunter propos ed a 9.5 per cent raise for remaining employees. The reduction in city employees includes the elimination of one assis- A & T Graduation Participants Participants in the recent 89th annual Baccalaureate-Commencement at North Carolina A&T State University were (from left), Maynard Jackson, mayor of Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, chancellor; and Dr. Lacy Caple, chairman of the A&T Trustee Board. More than 1 ,000 students received degrees. Photo by William Peeler UNCF Scores Triumph With Two National Campaigns tant city manager position and the position of the chief of police. The 263-page document , giving detailed informa tion on the budget pro posals was distributed to all members of the Coun 'cil as well as represen tatives of the Durham city and county media. Public hearings on the budget 'are scheduled for Ihe week of June 2, and Mayor Harry Rodenhjzer jokingly challenged all Council members to re main in -town. for these hearings Shortly before the Council was to convene for executive session, Councilman Kim Griffin distributed a document, which he said he "personally opposed," relating to the Fair Hous ing Bill, scheduled to be voted on by the U.S. house of Representatives this week. Calling upon the Coun cil members to take action in voicing their opposition to Congressmen Andrews, Helms and Morgan, Grif fin said that he opposed Section 8 1 1 of H.R. 5200, which gives the federal government the authority ! to investigate complaints on housing discrimina tion. Griffin said, "this would give an ad ministrator ihe authority to come in and review zon ing patterns and motiva tions behind them." Councilman Adrienne Fox objected to having a personal issue of one member brought before the Council. In another statement Ms. Fox said, "If we voice our opposition to this bill, t I I I I I 1 LEGAL BRIEFS it is a slap in the face to women, black people and other minorities." Councilman Ralph Hunt said, "I think that the bill addresses a pro blem that has existed in this country for years. The federal government has had to have agents come in and require that the law be enforced. If the govern ment had not stepped in. I would still be somebody's properly." Mrs. Keller pointed out that she saw no informa tion in the distributed document relating to zon ing and Griffin admitted that there was nothing specifically referring to zoning but that it could be loosely interpreted to in clude it. When the city attorney, called upon to interpret the zoning clause, could relate no information on the zoning clause that Griffin objected to, Coun cilman Harwood Smith The United Negro Col lege Fund, which helps fund 41 private, historical ly black colleges and universities, raised a total of $33.9 million in 1979 through two simultaneous national drives. UNCF's annual cam paign generated $16.2 million last year with the support of corporations, foundations, black organizations, religious groups, individuals and others. A special fifty million capital drive, the Capital Resources Development Program, which was laun ched in late 1977, received $17.7 million in gifts and pledges during the 1979 campaign year. As of April 15, 1980, a cumulative total of $41 million in capital funds had been raised. This in cludes a six million challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation, which is contingent upon the CRDP reaching its goal by June 15, 1980. An addi tional challenge grant from the Ford Foundation will match grants of $100,000. or more on a three to one basis. "UNCF faced a unique challenge during 1979, when it engaged in two simultaneous and equally crucial drives," said Christopher F. Edley, UNCF's Executive Direc tor. "In light of last year's worldwide economic uncertainty, the fact that our annual and capital drives raised combined receipts of $33.9 million is an unmistakable triumph." For the past 35 years, UNCF's annual drive has raised general operating funds for some of the na tion's oldest and most respected black colleges, including Wilberforce University in Ohio (established 1856), last year) and 58 per cent of all gifts to CRDP. The largest corporate donors to UNCF's annual campaign were: Anheuser-. Busch Companies, Inc., which contributed $215,000; General Motors Foundation, $190,500; In ternational Business Machines Corporations, $125,000; The Sears Roebuck Foundation, $105,738; Procter & Gam ble Fund, $80,250; Equitable Life Assurance Soceity of the U.S.", $75,750; Ford Motor ,$50,000. . The Capital Resources Development Program received, during 1978 and 1979, thirteen million in gifts and pledges from foundations. Other major foundation support for CRDP, through the end of 1979, came from: The Ford Foundation (which made a $2.5 million grant); the Rockefeller Brothers Fund ($750,000); the M.L. An nenberg Foundation ($500,000); The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Company Fund, $75,000;. ($500,000) and the Timkin hxxon bducatton hounda- Foundation of Canton. tion, $72,500; Prudential Insurance Company of America, $70,400; Miller Brewing Co., $64,500; United States Steel Foun dation, $60,000; Celanese Corporation, $57,000; Texaco, Inc., $56,000; Xerox Corporation, $52,850; Johnson Publishing Company Inc. (Ebony Fashion Fair Pro-' ceeds from Lois R. Lowe Women's Division), $52,292; Bethlehem Steel Corporation, $50,000; Burlington Industries Foundation, $50,000; In ternational Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, $50,000; The Merck Com pany Foundation, $50,000 and R.J. Reynolds In dustries, Inc., $50,000. In addition to its Ohio ($500,000). Individuals contributed $2.8 million (seventeen per cent of the total) to the College Fund's annual campaign. Nearly 77,000 individual donors made contributions to the 1979 drive. During 1978 and 1979, a total of 68 in dividuals gave combined $678,128 to the Capital Resources Development Program. Other highlights of the UNCF annual campaign were gains scored in group contributions and in the drive among postal employees. Last year, 19,593 groups contributed a total of $1.2 million. (In 1978, 16,623 groups gave $930,000). More than 3,800 postal employees gave a total of $50,000 (up twenty per cent more than the 1978 figure). Last year's annual drive also saw an increase in dona tions from churches, with more than 1,000 churches across the country giving a total. of $122,352 (up five per cent from 1 978's figure). This year, UNCJF's goal is ninteen million.- Black Child Continued from Front points out that poor black children are not alone in their need for BCDI ser vices. She says that research shows that mid dle class black children are in more psychological trouble than their work ingclass counterparts. "Black middle class parents are not transmit. jiyu.MXJgitt to theannuar ting the values to their campaign, General children that helped them Motors Foundation also to succeed," says Dr. made the largest corporate Washington, donation to the capital Some of the ac campaign: $1,050,000. complishments that BCDI Other major corporate has made during its ten donors to CRDP during years of existence are (1) 1978 and 1979 were the to monitor all federal Ford Motor Company legislation that affects the Fund and International lives of black children; (2) Business Machines Cor- to establish the first poration, each of which publicly funded black day made grants of $750,000. care center in Mississippi corporations making half (3) to promote black million dollar gifts to adoption throughout the CRDP included: it's- td Morehouse Atlanta college in (established 1867), and Tuskegee In stitute in Alabama, (established 1881). Last year, the annual campaign was chaired by Lewis W. Foy, chairman and CEO of Bethlehem Steel Cor . poration and National Corporations chairman was John G. Smale, presi dent of Procter & Gamble Co. UNCF's Capital Resources Development Program, the first of its kind since 1963, had, by the end of last year, raised more than sixty per cent of its fifty million goal. The drive was led by General Motors Corporation chairman Thomas A. Murphy. President Jimmy Carter served as honorary chairman. The capital campaign addresses itself to the colleges' critical need for curriculum and faculty development, con struction and renovation, and endowment building. According to Edley, , corporations headed the ' list of contributors to both -campaigns, giving 45 per cent or the annual total (up from forty per cent American Telephone & Telegraph Company (including Western Elec tric Fund); the Atlantic Richfield Foundation; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc.; Exxon Education Foundation and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. From foundations, the UNCF annual campaign garnered sixteen per cent of its 1979 total, or $2.6 million. With its grant of $345,000, the Lilly En dowment, Inc., a founda tion, was responsible for the largest single gift to the College Fund's annual drive. Other, major foun dation support for the an nual campaign included: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, $175,000; The M.L. Annenberg Foundation, , $100,000; The Louis Calder Founda tion, $100,000; The Cleveland foundation, $100,000; Ca'fflegie Cor poration of New York, $84,500; The George R. Kendall Foundation, $66,000; John V. Ander son Foundation, $50,000; The Florenc and John Schumann Foundation, $50,000 and "Woods Charitable Fund, Inc., research projects at predominately black col leges which explore new ways to train teachers to teach young children, ac cording to Dr. Washington. Some of the additional goals of BCDI are to find ways to involve more men in the lives of black children; to find ways to curb the dropout and pushout rate of boys (the rate was thirty per cent in 1976), and to help young boys work to their fullest potentials. BCDI is not a profes sional organization. Its membership ranges from Ph.D.'s to welfare reci pients, and these members organize on the local level according to the needs of the children in their region. However, the na tional headquarters for BCDI is in Washington D.C. For those persons who wish to join the organiza- tion, call 966-5266 in Chapel Hill or 493-2244 in Durham. G.A.L's Travel Agency, inc. BERNICE STREET - DURHAM, N.C. 27703 P. 0. Box 8594 (27702) Phone 682-3185 or 596-7100 ARTELIAT. BRYANT LOLA I. RIDDICK CO-OWNERS June 21-22 "Horn In The West" (Outdoor Drama) Boone, NC June 26-19 Lancaster, Pa. (Pa. Dutch Country) Reading, Pa. Shopping Spree July 12 Chiqua-Penn Plantation House, Reidsville, NC "The Sword of Peace" (Outdoor Drama) Snow Camp, NC August 1-3 Biltmore House & Gardens, Asheville, NC "Unto These Hills" (Outdoor Drama Cherokee, NC August 9-10 "Strike At The Wind" (Outdoor Drama Town Creek Indian Mount Mount Gilead and Pembroke, NC October 18-19 Fall Foliage (Natural Bridge and Peaks) of Otter, Virginia November 27-30 Sth Thanksgiving Theatre Party New York City Call or Write For More Information!! LET US PLAN A TOUR FOR YOUR GROUP! We ire completely licensed and bonded for your protection. I.C.C. No MC-13034 Lawyer Advertising AndSolicitation Benefits Consumer By Theodore 1. Koskoff President Association of Trial Lawyers of America The current Code of Ethics of the American Bar Associa tion restricts a lawyer's use of advertising and solicitation. Supporters of the present re strictions on advertising and solicitation have maintained an aura of secrecy about the practice of law that has effectively kept legal services from about 70 percent of the people. However, in 1977 the U.S. S upreme Court1 in Bates and O 'Steen v. Arizona Bar struck down the ban on advertising. Hie decision came down on the side of advertis- DO,-- T.I. Koskoff ing as a lawyer's First Amend ment right. Interestingly enough, although it was the lawyer's right that was enforced, the rationale of the court was based on its public good. Lifting of the restrictions on advertising and solicitation will not jeopardize lawyers' "professionalism,". as supporters of the restrictions contend. "Bankers and engi- ' neers advertise," said the Supreme Court decision, "and yet these professions are not regarded as undignified." Advertising and solicitation will have relatively little effect on regular consumers of legal services. It's the 70 percent of the public that have been ' deprived by a lack of knowledge about legal services who will benefit. According to the old Code of Ethics, it was better for millions of people who were the victims of the indus trial revolution, environmental nollution toxic tnrts ripfpr- tive products and highway offered a motion to scud accidents not to know their the mailer to the public rights than to be solicited service committee which by lawyers. will not have time to act Those who argue against on ,ie matter before the advertising and solicitation y $ House voles, on the warn inai 11 win promote litigation. This is a view that ncsnmps that onnnraninn lift. gation and advising people of the Council a lengthy their Constitutional rights is discussion was held on a somehow bad for society. code violation on properly As Justice Blackmum said at 101 W. Hillside in the Bates decision: "Al- Avenue. Council members though advertising might in- seemed baffled that the crease the use of judicial owner refused federal loan .u.ii.iieiy, we cam.oi accepi nffPrQ , ,.rt.r,l.. .1,. needed bill. In other business before l. u 4 u : .. i L 1 1 1 : IIUL1U1I 1. 1 1 1 I 1 I IN iilWMVM better for a person to suffer 5UU rePairS necded ,0 a wrong silently than to Prevent the inconvenience redress it by legal action." to tenants that would We should be proud of the result from the Council's extensive use of the courts by enforcement of the code the American people, and it violation procedures. Ac should be encouraged. There jon taken by the Council is no court congestion in thewould require ,nat rcpairs Soviet Union or other cdllec- u ,,!; a tivist societies where individu made 10 ,h "V days or als have few rights. the house would be board- In a democracy such as -d UP ""til repairs are ours, the right to redress Tiade. by legal action is one of our After sending several precious freedoms. The pre- terns back lo committee, sent restricti6ns on lawyer ,n(J voting on routine auveruMng ana sonciiauon nauers, the council UIUOL gU went session at .nto executive A f - , It. ,V . ' --- S I I IIIIIOT I J il t ' I vo " cS? thy ' ' ''i 1 1 I I , , ", .,.:.,..J,W, in , llll'l 'lit llil
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