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VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 27
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1981
TELEPHONE (99) 682-2913
Op
By Donald K. Alderman
Varied responses
followed U.S. Attorney
H. M. Michaux's recom
mendation that , criminal
charges be brought against
persons involved in the
Greensboro Massacre case
, the Communist
Workers Party agreeing,
Klansmen . and Nazis
disagreeing and the Justice
.Department refusing to
comment.
Michaux . made his
; recommendations known
to the press las Wednes
day -vhi last day in of
fice. He said that his
recommendations ' were
sdnl to the Washington of
fice of the Justice Depart
ment in early May, but he
was instructed at that time
not to make public, their
content. ! .
Michaux expressed
.dismay at the Justice
Department for not acting
sooner on his recommen-.
dations. "Iam really disp
pointed. It didn't take me
six or seven ,months to
come up with my conclu
sions and they are far
smarter than I am." . .
The threat Of Leachate:
The Real Concern Behind Water Conservation
By Donald Marable
The reason why Durham and other
cities across the nation are concerned
with water conservation is not solely for
reasons of a water shortage. The major
reason of concern is brought by the in
crease of chemicals into the state that
harm the drinking water and natural
habitat stored in nearby landfills. EPA
estimated in 1979 that the. United States
generated almost sixty million metric
tons of hazardous waste, but only ten
per cent of that was managed in a sound
manner. According to the Federal
Register, Section 33085, May 19, 1980,
the vast majority of these cases involved
the pollution of ground water. "
With Governor Jim Hunt's pledge, to
bring the microelectronics industry into
North Carolina particularly, :he
Research Triangle Park area'along will
come toxic 'chemical! 'uTsetf bjO'riose In?
dustnes, GedrgeHerberti director oft
Research Triangle ' Institute, remarks
that the dangers are unfounded. Herbert
said that the General Electric plant will
be recycling seventy per cent of its own
processed water and therefore will not
be a high water user; However, the crux
of the danger brought by these industries
is not so much their water use, but the
effects caused by the management of
waste produced by these industries.
The waste from these plants 'will have
to be stored somewhere,, and that will be
more likely in the near area. O.W.
Strickland? supervisor of the Depart
ment of Human . Resources,: and in
charge of hazardous waste, said, 'At
present there are no hazardous chemical
landfills in North "Carolina. There are
170 routine waste dumps for household
.and commercial waste. However, with
the influx of microelectronics, we're go
ing to have to have a site in North
Carolina. We can't keep on depending
on the Pinewood site in South Carolina
or the site in Alabama." Strickland said
that the site will be chosen based oh the
most suitable location, ?
There are', according to the U.S. EPA,
he
TTnffl
at least 838 toxic pits in the U.S. that
could cause serious; health hazards.
.History has already revealed by example
of the Love Canal at Niagara Falls the
effects were birth defects, miscarriages,
skin rashes, "unusual i .migraine
headaches, liver and kidney abnor
malities, and land, building and housing
deterioration. ' ' ; - .
The danger of toxic chemical landfills
is that they never lie dormant when
water penetrates them. The soluble com-:
ponents are absorbed into the water pro
ducing a polluted, liquid called leachate.
The real fear is that Jeachate will be the
only liquid left to drink Herein, is the
major concern of water conservation.
Leachate is distinguished by the EPA as
a hazardous wasteunder subpart E, sec
tion 261.24, 'ChAracteristlcsof EP Tox-
Durham's jpmswer; to leachate fwiII be'
the buildin&6f the Little River reservoir.
or will be meeting with the
governor, soon to discuss an en
vironmental impact statement . The U,S.
Army Corps of Engineers is consulting
the city on the project; X
Many problems have already surfaced
in California's Silicon Valley, where five
semiconductor chip plants are located.
The plants use acids, several hazardous
chemicals and poison gases to make the
chips.
It is not necessary to look at Califor
nia though. On Friday, June 26,
Salisbury officials closed that icity flow
of water from the Yadkin River when
'they discovered a large fish kill. Town
Manager Francis Luther said that it was
not unusual for lots of shad to die at this
time of the year, but the kill Included
bass, carp, crappieand catfish. An am
monia smell was reported by Luther.
The EPA is still conducting an investiga
tion. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
pacifier technique of building ore reser
voirs is not a, solution to the ihreat of
leachate. ';" A , '
Jobs For Teens Scarce
This
By Donald Alderman
"I don't think there will
be a summer youth
employment program this
year," said Carolina Ac
tion organizer Ms. Jcvnc
Diaz in an interview .
Wednesday, adding, but
there has been some move
ment on the part of the
private sector to employ
teenagers.
Teenagers for Jobs, : a
group interested in sum
mer 'employment, and
Carolina Action have, for
the past month, urged the
Chamber of Commerce
and the Private Industry
Council to press the
business community to
create a special summer
youth employment' pro
gram in Durham.
The Chamber respond-
ed by sending surveys to t
its 800 members to deter-1
mine if any , positions
could be made available.
Ms. Diaz said the surveys
have been placed thirty,
.per cent with federal agen
cies and the others within ,
the private sector. Most of
City Test
Scores Continue
To Climb
By Trellle L. Jef fen
Information released by
the Durham City Schools
indicates that over a four
year period, the average
achievement ; on the
statewide testing program
has climbed.. .'.-.v.: -
The test results show
that in 1978, when the
testing program began,
the average first and se
cond grader scored higher
than the state and national
norm in' both math and
reading. This trend con
tinued through the (981
si "Pandora's
tar'
John Wilson, a Justice
Department spokesman,
refused to comment on
Michaux's recommenda
tions.; He said 'it would
take "months" before a
decision on prosecution is
reached.-
Michaux said
November's acquittal of
six Klansmen and Nazis
"stunned" him, and that
he Jiad been investigating
the possibility of bringing
federal civil rights charges
since that time.
In a Greensboro Daily
News interview, Klansman
Jerry Paui Smith, one of
the defendants in the
Klan-Nazi trial, remarked,
"you can take.
...(Michauxjand buryhirrf
just like they buried Sandt '
Smith." ;Ms: Smith wa.C'
the only black killed at the
November, 1979 anti-Klan
rally. . . .- .
Earl Tockman, a
Greensboro Justice Fund
lawyer, commended
Michaux for his prosecu
tion recommendation. "It
is extremely significant
that a U.S. Attorney, after
a lengthy and thorough in-
f vestjgation, has strongly
recommended criminal
prosecution 6f at least
some of those responsible
for the November 3rd
Assassinations."
" "The fact that the
Justice Department has
refused to take any steps
tb' indict after one and
one-half years is an indica
tion of how little they
Want any more evidence
about the incident to come
out or the guilty to be pro
secuted. A real investiga
tion of the facts would
open up a Pandora's box
of government involve
ment in murder," said
Tockman.
The Greensboro Justice
Fund is filing suit against
Klansmen and Nazis as
well as federal, state and
local agents allegedly in
volved in the Greensboro
killings. Among those
named in the suit are Ber
nard Butkovich of the
Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms,
agents and officials of the
FBI, the SBI, and the
Greensboro Police
Department.
Rep. Fauntroy To Speak
In Raleigh
By Trellle L. Jef fers
The Honorable
Representative Walter, E
Fauntroy.
(D.-Washington, D.C.)
Chairman . of the U-.S.
Congressional " Black
Caucus, will be one of the' j
Washington dignitaries'
featured at the Fourth An-
nual Conference of the
North Carolina , Blacfk
Leadership Caucus at St.
Augustine's College :?3n
Raleigh,1. Saturday,, July
ii. v .'-'V
The thepie of this years
conference of the Caucus
is , "Organizing' and -
- Strategizlrg .to f-"
-1 Black PolitigarSirengin"
"ahr Twiif : leamre "three"
luncheon arid banquet; fcrcncc,
Rep: Faurtfrdy will be the 'dinaior
luncheon speaker. - v t
A dean of politics a'rtdi
political strategies, Rcf).
Fauntroy has served as
director of i the
Washington Bureau of the
southern Leadership Con-
5 J.
V- i k '
j m, 'f I '
, . , i v J
of
m nrmpntial p prtinru
1V7Z, IV76 and 1980."
The banquet speaker
will be Ms. toye Lewis,
executive assistant to the
Senior Advisor to the
President.
The workshops at
caucus meeting will
elude information
political party organiza
tions, precincts and cam
paigns and will include
j such distinguished figures
1 1 as Carl Green, director of
I 1 Network Development of
the congressionla Black
I Caucus; Ms. Gracia
7 1 Hillman, director of
the
Atlanta Suspect
Hancuffed and aader very heavy security precau
tions, Wayne B. Williams, the 23-year-old freelance
photographer charged in the slaying of Atlanta's 28th
murder victim, is shown being taken from the' Fnltoa
County Jail last Tuesday to the courthouse where he
had a preliminary hearing on the charge of murdering
Nathaniel Cater. UP1
Duke Union Settles
Without Strike
I J 'Operation
8KK FAUNTRoy
MS
loaucea ten joo com-; , iod
mifments. but no one.nas -,-t '.a-,1 ,
been placed yet.
- Ms. Diaz said over 400 ,
teenagers have applied tog
. the Employment Security i
Commission's " Job Ser- j
vice. She said 35 teenagers
In 1978, the reading
performance for the third
grade was at 3 1st percen
tile (better than 31 V of all
third graders taking the.
test) and the math pefor-,
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the students arc working
with .construction firms
and fast food chains. "
Ms. Diaz said Carolina
Action is not satisfied with
; the jobs progress, but she
expressed appreciation
that the private sector has
moved somewhat.
The Chamber says jhc
jobs effort was started too
late, noting that many
employers hire for the
summer in the spring. Ms.
Diaz says, "that's an ex
cuse they can use this year.
We arc starting now for
next summer."
Rod, Adams of the
Private Industry council
wants Carolina Action to
- coordinate a youth labor
program. The program
will list unemployed
teenagers with prospective
' employers ; f mostly ;
1 citizens. For instance, if a
community member needs
his or her lawn mowed.
heshe would call a central
numbef, make the request (
and a teenager on the list .
' Would be contacted. Ms.
Diaz said the program
would be great; but
Carolina Action has
neither the staff nor funds ,
to coordinate such a pro-.
"The Spot"
Case Settled
Out Of Court
By Donald Alderman
An out-of-court settle
ment was reached in The
Spot case Wednesday in
which the owner agreed to
evict the present
operators, thereby closing
the present establishment.
The settlement came after
two days of court pro
ceedings in the case.
District Attorney Dan
K. Edwards, Jr.v had re
quested the business be
closed . He said The Spot
is a public nuisance and it
has been alleged that il
legal drugs were bought
and sold there.
A court order issued last
week temporarily closed
The Spot after a heated
confrontation developed
between Durham Public
Safety Officers and a
crowd at the business The
incident left seven people
injured and damage to
two area businesses.
Gilbert Faison, the
owner of the building and
a defendantin the com
plaint, agreed 1o evict
Alphonzo Thorpe and
Gilbert Shaw, the
operators and other defen
dants in the complaint,
closing the business. The
agreement was reached
"without prejudice' V
meaning the case can be
reopened if the terms of
the agreement are not met. '
All charges have been 1
f dropped, nowever.
The two days of trial
produced conflicting
testimonies from the
defendants and the pro-,
secution. .They disagreed
on the use of the building
and the events that occur
red the night of June 17,
Thorpe said he had a;
permit from the city to sell
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the D.C. coor
for the 196$
March on Washington
Coordinator of the 1965
Sclma to Montgomery
March,- the 1966 vice
president of the White
House conference "To
Fulfill These Rights", the
first appointed vice chair-'
man of the D.C. City
Council from w 1967 to
1969, qnd national direc
tor oMIiC'.Poor People's
Campaign "m 1967. He is
also an ordained minister
of ih( Big... Bethel- Bapiisi
Church of 'Washington','
l).C.
It is staled that since his
election to Congress,
"Rep Fauritroy has con
tinued to build a record of
achievement, having
played key roles in the
mobilization of black
political power from the
national Black Political
Convention of 1961 to the
4V ": Bin
: VrlVrtt,!rtn :. B intiic"' A.i . -
and, ;i A- RadamaseT
Cabj;crafc;,,, Legislative
. Assislant, the : United
' Stales Congress.
George Jones and Willie
Riddick, the Caucus' con
ference chairmen, said,
"Tins year's conference
will serve as an excellent
resource for those who
wish to become or are in
volved, in community
strategics and develop
ment." The North Carolina
Black Leadership Caucus
was founde'd. in 1976 and
is now organized in each
of (Tie eleven congres
sional districts across the
state. Its purpose is to in
crease black participation
in business, - education,
voter education, registra
tion, civic affairs, housing
and community, develop
ment. For information on the
conference, call 682-5219
in Durham or 733-4023 in
Raleigh..
By Donald Alderman
Duke University of
ficials and the Duke
employees union reached
general salary increase,
this means an increase in
salary of I5-25 for
many Duke employees
about-': noon Wesda-gr'H-r' V-i.
i.. ... ... t. "V"V
a 1 1 ci iLdi ly - wci 1 1 y ihiu is
at the barcainn table.
averting a strike that was
to be effected the same
day. The Duke employees
union voted June 23 to
.strike at 12:01 a.m.
Wednesday, July I, the
contract expiration date,
if an agreement had not
been reached.. The con
tract expired and negotia
tions continued. A t di
lative agreement v was
finally reached.
The union settled for a
general salary increase of
10.5 of the first contract
year and a 9"o increase for
the second year, The con
tract includes a 50o
longevity increase.
Employees ' ' having
worked at Duke for 5-10
years will receive a 0o
longevity benefit. Those
having worked over ten
years will receive a 1 5
longcviry increase.
Coupled with the. 10.5
- inc contract also in
cludes, .a shift premium.
The second shift will
receive 5-7 more per
hour than the first and the
third shift will receive a
shift differential of
10-12.
The union also sought
increases in its mem hers'
retirement plan, vacation,
holiday and sick leave
allowances. Ronnie
Moore, business agent for
I lie union, said the union
decided to settle for salary
increases only.
Moore said Duke con
tends the contract
represent s the largest
salary increase ever
negotiated by Duke.
Moore said the unton
has a good tentative agree
ment. He said union
members will probably
ratify the agreement.
The contract covers ser
vice areas such as
housekeeping and kitchen
services.
Simmons Is 'Roasted' By Affectionate Crowd
J The folly of his venture into the perils of a col
lege presidency was the theme Wednesday, June 24,
as some 350 friends "roasted" Dr. S. Dallas Sim
mons at North Carolina Central University's W.G.
Pearson Cafeteria.
Connoisseurs of such affairs declared that Dr.
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DR. SIMMONS
Simmons finished the event in a "medium-rare"
state at worst. Most of the sixteen roasters declined
to chance an "overdone" guest- of honor, and kept 1
the flames low.
Simmons heard his intelligence cast in doubt the
evidence was his decision to assume the presidency of
, St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Va., on July I .
by most of the speakers, with the first reference com
ing from NCCU Chancellor Albert N. Whiting.
Other speakers declared the Vice Chancellor for
University Relations to be Machiavellian in cunning,
doubted his ability to survive without the staff
members of his NCCU division, and charged him
with desertion of his alma mater. Dr. Simmons his
been associated with NCCU fdr most of the years
since his high school graduation, as a student for five
years and as a faculty member and administrator for
sixteen.
In addition to Chancellor Whiting, roasters includ
ed Frank Yeager, superintendent of Durham County
Schools;. William Jones, assistant to the Chancellor
at NCCU; John C. Scarborough, III, president of.
. "Scarborough and Hargett Memorial Chapel and
Gardens; John S. Stewart, forme president of.
Mutual Savings and Loan; Randall M. Rogers,
polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi; Ben Ruffin, assistant
to the governor of North Carolina; Willis P. .
Whichard, judge of the North Carolina Court of Ap
peals; Herman Taylor, Greensboro attorney; Edwin
Speas, associate attorney general of North Carolina;
William A. Clement, chairman of the NCCU Board
of Trustees; Curtis Young of the Jordan High School
athletic department; Leroy T. Walker, professo,
physical education at NCCU; Ms. Peggy Ward, na-1
tional secretary, NCCU Alumni Association;
William Bryant, assistant to the president of St.
Augustine's College; and Dr. Helen O. Edmonds
distinguished professor emerita of NCCU.
The master of ceremonies was WRAL-TV per-.
sonality J.D. Lewis. A.M. Rivera presented recognS.
Hons to Dr. Simmons, and the Rev. Harold Cobb'
presented the invocation and fcc.-.evhction. ,
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