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Duke Universitnjbrarv" Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706- '- i i r ; Words Of Wisdom Who is a wise maa? He wb lesunas of all awav -TId It Is net be that searches for praise that finds it. Rftaro! VOLUME 59- NUMBER 12 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1981 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 39 CENTS SHAKEN OLDE EFS MEET- G0NT1NU ED LCHC Expects Groundbreaking This Year By Donald Alderman Groundbreaking ceremonies are cautiously' expected to be exercised in May of this year for a new $4.9 million Lincoln Com- munity Health Center, ac cording to a top ad ministrator. However, an ; additional $20,000 is urgently, needed before that accomplishment can ? be satisfactorily realized. ; Officials have disclosed that thfr Center's building fund campaign has raised $180,000 of a $200,000 local goal. Another $1 million in '! foundation grants to be raised by the campaign depends largely on the successful achieve ment of the local goal. The patients of Lincoln Community Health Center would be "better served" by a new facility, (commented Dr. Evelyn Schmidt, the Center's, chief administrator, while' explaining the need for ad ditidnal financial support. ine present facility is not effective and efficient in in mnll imini lmLm miL P"- uMihAiiL- m n il BLACK HISTORY ESSAY WINNERS (See Story) Chapel Hill-Carrboro Delias Call For Federal Intervention In Atlanta The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; along with 677 Delta Sigma Theta chapters located throughout the United States Operates Eight Branches In North Carolina Mechanics 'and Farmers Bank held its 73rd Annual Shareholders' meeting at the bank's Durham head auarters on March 9. J.Jv Sansom, president the bank, announced 1980 earnings of $400,119 or $2.81 per share as com pared to $280,464 or $1 .97 ;pef$ share in 1979. i Shareholders' equity in creased from $3,680,492 in 1979 to $4,009,459 in 1980. Total assets of the bank as of December 31, 1980 were $47,608,931 as compared to $44,711,273 at the end of 1979. Total deposits at the end of 1980 were $43,000,885 as com-, pared to $40,562,285 for the same period in 1979. The bank's loan portfolio increased to $24,140,288 at the end of 1980 as com pared to $21,338;427 in December, 1979. Board members re elected at the annual meeting included: J.B. Aoglin, Jr., Joseph W. m u nan -"""".j. .i umwi'M"1)'.'".' Hfirnniiii"! mmm rr -run inrt-nrirTTvyw -" mmm.imi mmmimmmmanv'iAl .... . . ; .t::;.; .. :- .... '', I v? Addresses Shareholders and abroad, supports the Gomnor of Georgia and the Mayor of Atlanta in urging .' I Green, v William J. Ken- ; in the deliverjr of clinical ; president Reagan to qpclar a state Of emergenejftn; Atlanta, and that he mobilize the nedyi LHl Benjamin S,, services in ;M?vmitts:i&MlMMfc National Guard to assist In atprtheftdina the criminate) and protecting: the tittiosephV Jt SanVv : digniftednmnersayi TJh;.: Schmidt, adding that the The chabter members are circulating setiiiohs which' will be deUvereii to President : ' PMW:' I". Maced K. (See Storv). i : . J.J. Sansom, Jr. prasldent of Mechanics and Farmers Bank, (top) addrtsm shahoWarv at tha tank's 73rd Annual Maetinq at the 116 West Patrhli Street Hsjrecft (tottam) ; ; present structure was designed for a hospital. The Center is said to be plagued by a number of deficiencies: the heating and cooling system is totally inefficient com fortable temperatures can not be properly controlled in the winter or summer; the electrical system is par tially worn out, making the sixty year old structure a fire hazard; much of the Center's, medical equip ment is technologically obsolete; the floors, ceil ings and walls are deteriorated. Administrators say the new facility will have all !atient services on one evel, allowing a more effi cient utilization of staff and delivery of patient ser vices. At present, many patients have to move bet ween all four levels in a single visit. "That is un comfortable and burden some, especially for the elderly patients," says Mrs. Margaret Ooodwin, supervisor X-ray depart ment and a staff member since 1938. . It is contended that a new building will help at tract and retain quality medical personnel and would allow health ser vices to be delivered in a courteous and dignified manner. t According to present plans, the old facility will be demolished to make way for a parking lot when the new building is completed. Officials say the trees and flowers will reamin adpart of Lincoln. However, many citizens who favor the4 preserva tion of historically black institutions have voiced concern over the old struc ture being torn down. "The pirit of Lincoln, is not only within this I building," says Mrs. Ooodwin. "It Is also the nurses and doctors who render services to the com munity. It is being able tp provide the kind of quality services that the communi ty rightfully deserves. The namme will not change and the spirit of Lincoln will be renewed in a better facUIty," she explains. , Mrs. Mary TV-Jortes, supervisor of clinical nurs ing and a staff .member (Contihued on Page 2) 1 Reagan, requesting immediate federal intervention in solving the atrocious murders. Pledging themselves to be persistent reminders of the unsolved, gruesome crimes against black children in Atlanta, chapter members are wearing green ribbons as a symbol of "life. They are also encouraging Orange County and surrounding com munities to be reminders by wearing green ribbons. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a predominately black professional women's organization. Attorhey Emma Jean Levi is president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter. Jesse Gray To Speak Here At St. Joseph's March 28 Jesse Gray, president of the National Tenants Union,' will deliver the opening speech at the March 27-28 conference, "Organizing Fqj The 80's". The conference to be held at St. Joseph's AME Church in Durham is. being sponsored by more than 35 North Carolina groups represen ting civil rights, labor, low income, women's, religious and environmen tal interests to organize opposition to the Reagan administration's economic policy and other conser vative programs. Gray, ; one of the organizers of the Maritime Union, came to Durham helping to plan and carry out. the sit-in at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor in 1957 before moving to New York. There, his workj jwith the Harlem Tenants; 1 Union led to rent strikes v and the formation of the National Tenants Union j in . which tenant - organizations from 140 cities work together for improved housing legisla tion. Gray has also con , sistently called for a new approach to our national budget to channel billions .spent on armed forces to rebuild slums with decent housing, hospitals and college education or skills training. . TRe" conference pro gram will focus on the im pact of conservative K)licies on the people of orth Carolina, including thhe impact of the federal budget cuts which have been proposed"! Speakers and workshops will pro pose strategies for grassroots lobbying ef forts. Also addressing the conference on Saturday will", be .Ms. Brenda Frazier, a native of Shelby, who served as an? at-large delegate to the 1980 Democratic Conven-: tion as well as sergeant-at-! arms of the Pennsylvania' delegation. She is national , co-chair of the NOW com imittees on Educational Discrimination and Minority Women. David Dellinger, long time peace activist, editor :and author,' will speak at the close of the con ference. Dellinger Is the author of Revolutionary (Continued On Page 2) ; NCCU Offering Reward In Telephone Bomb Threats ? By Donald E. Alderman ' As a result of persistent bomb threats, North Carolina Central Universi ty is offering a $250 reward leading to the ar rest and conviction of the guilty party, according to a, release by Chancellor Albert N. Whiting. I Within tte past month numerous threats have caused disruption across the carnpus. Students have been alarmed by early morning evacuations. Ad ' ministrators and staff members alio have been subject to the terror, said David Witherspoon, the school's News Bureau director. , A number of ''extra security measures", have -y. been employed throughout the campus. Visitors seeking dormitory entrance will find them locked at 11 p.m. instead of the 1 a.m. usual lockup time. Officials are "closed mouth" about other security precautions. "It is best for the callers not to know," Witherspoon said . " Every threat warrants serious attention. Max imum evacuation pro cedures are exercised.' Bomb detective experts are "brought in and the suspicious facility given a thorough search. "Every search is said to require froin one to two hours. "That process," said Witaersppon, is very ex pensive. Each search pro bably costs several thou sand dollars." Con siderable time is lost while employees wait to, return to work. Also,-the ex penses of explosives ex perts and other public safety officials are said to be rather high. Students were said to be "angry and exasperated" by the untimely manner and persistency of the calls. Some students were "sleeping in their clothes" last week in preparation for the often early morn ing evacuations, Withers poon said. ' This week, March 16-21, the students are on Spring Break and no ! "calls" had been received as of oress time. Sloan, 'f Charles C. Spaulding, Jr., Mrs. Julia W. Taylor, Walter S. Tucker and John W. Winters, Jr. Mechanics and Farmers "Bank, the oldest black bank in North Carolina, was chartered in 1907, and operates eight branches in the cities of Durham, Raleigh and Charlotte with . a ninth branch scheduled to open in Winston-Salem in late summer 1981. Usage Increase Needed At (Stanford Warren By Donald E. Alderman A probable decrease in the budget of the Stanford L. Warren Library is sure to be, .unless community ; involvement increases im mediately, according to a library administrator. "Usage of the library is depressingly below nor ' mal. This will adversely' affect our budged We are competing with five other, libraries for county funds. It is difificult to present a defendable budget request when your, circulation statistics are. below nor mal," said librarian Mrs. Shirley Brown. The budget, ap propriated by the Durham 1 County Board of Com missioners, is based on cir culation statistics, mainly, the number of books be ing borrowed, Mrs. Brown explained. At one time, Stanford L. Warren was about the only place in Durham that blacks could borrow books. Although that has changed, the library has retained some of its uni queness. One section, en titled "Black Collections" is the most comprehensive collection of contem porary black, writers of all the county library bran ches. "From poetry to prose; from Brooks to Haley, they are all here," Mrs. Brown said. The. library is not only a place to borrow books but also a black cultural'' i center.' Workshops, films, (Continued oil Pag2) - Black Social Workers Protest Bill Introduced To HRC Trellie L. Jeffers The North Carolina State Association of Black Social Workers is pro testing a bill introduced to the Human Resource Committee by Represen tative Lura Talley of Cumberland County, en titled "Human Life Licen sure Bill." If the bill passes, social workers will be, required to pass an ex amination and then pay a fee to secure a license in order to practice social work. Leonard G. Dunston, president of the associa tion, said that black social workers are not opposed to standards, but they are opposed to requiring addi- , tional standards where needs for them have not been demonstrated. Social workers who work for the Durham County Department of Social Services have pass ed a merit test as part of Ithe N.C. state re- ' quirements; social workers for the Durham County Schools are re quired to make a j minimum score on the Na tional Teachers Examina- . tion before certification, and social workers who work in the Durham VA hospital must have met re quirements for joint , hospital ' accreditating standards. "Since each agency has its own standards, cases of malpractice should be demonstrated before new state. standards are need ed, and no such evidence has been documented," said Dunston. j Dunston said that the 'members of his organiza tion believe that the issue surrounding the proposed bill is "one of title protec tion and an effort to con trol who is able to practice social work." "There are two schools of though that control the field of social work: the .eclectic school, and the Freudian schooL" said "Dunston. .The eclectic school believes that an in-; dividual's problems 'may be caused by multiple pro blems caused by various institutions in the society; the Freudian school believes that an in-, dividual's problems are hisher own fault. Dunston said that the black social workers' posi tion is that the victim can not be blamed, that there are systemic problems in-1 volving the institutions that control people's lives. "When the individual encounters a problem which may have its major cause in an institution, heshe may turn the ag gressidn inward. The black social worker should then promote social change. They should not be into diagnosing peo ple's lives," said Dunston. Dunston said that he is concerned because more social workers 'have not protested the bill. He said that social workers should object to the huge cost to th statejg implement the bill, if passed ($12 million) and tiiey should object ; because it is not possible to construct an adequate' examination for social work. ; "Because sociaj work overlaps with sociology, psychology, health, and even law, it is therefore difficult to construct an exam that is unique to -social work,," said Dunston. Blacks are becoming more concerned that re quired tests many of whkh seem to be subjec-tive- are significantly reducing the number of blacks who qualify for a given profession. Present- ' ly, there are 1,005 social workers on the state merit 1 register; 22 are blacks. In 76 of 100 counties, there are no black social workers. The North Carolina State Associa tion of Black Social I Workers . fear that the I licensure bill may further reduce the number of black social workers. County Precinct Meeiin zs Scheduled A 1 j By Trellie L. Jeffers ' Registered voters in the Democratic Party of Durham County's 44 precincts will meet at their regular polling places, Thursday night, March 26, at 8 p.m., to elect five officers of their precincts, five committee members and to elect an assigned number of delegates to the county convention. : The five officers to be . elected are the chairman, first, second and third vice chairmen and a secretary treasurer. All active Democrats at the precinct meetings who reside in the given precincts will be fMgibJff to cast a vote, for all persons elected.- (An active Democrat is defied asaperscmwhohMbeaa registered Democrat for at least ninety days, except in the , case of an initial registrant, and who gives of his or her time andor means to further the in terests of the Democratic Party.) If . requested, active voters who attend the precinct meetings may vote on resolutions and nominations to come before the Durham Coun ty Convention. If this is done, the chairman or presiding officer and the secretary should certify to the County Convention the vote that was cast in the precincts and this same vota must be reflected la the vote 'of the prtdact deteaatea at the County ' (WontJnued on rag 3
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