16 THE CAROLINA TIKES
SAT., JULY 25, 1981
Unemployment At R.J. Reynolds
-,Vy INSTON-SALEM
AsSrcmployment lines
lent, lien and the future of
theHeconomy remains
uncertain, there is some
good jiews for workers to
daier :
Klyiy well-paid jobs in
Anir$ca are unfilled, with
"The prognosis for lhe
next generation is very
good for people wn0
directed to high
technology fields," said
Trulove. "Careers will be
practically unlimited for
them if they plan their
education carefully and
; f job Openings in fields that :i possess the necessary per
promise the greatest
employment opportunities
forBfee next 10-20 years,
according to John
TruBve, vice president of
personnel for R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Electronic, computer
anflTiechanical techni
cians programmers,
engineers, business
macTMhe repairers and
secretaries with word pro
cessing experience will be
at a premium into the 21st
century, said Trulove.
As electronic and'
coapaier technologies
become more and more
sophisticated, we will see
employees with some'
technical training in the
scientific fields doing very
well in the business
world," said Trulove,
who is responsible for per
sonnel administration for
thejoation's leading tobac
co fompany.
"Rnfttove estimates that
by ajO, R.J. Reynolds
wilfisrdouble its high .
technology workforce. By
that year, the company is
scheduled to open two
new manufacturing
facilities and one central -distribution
center which
wiltihsmse the latest in
corrPpBter processors.
Marty of the workers in
the facilities will be cur
rent "emlpyees who will
undergo on-the-job train-'
ing t&Jearn to operate the
newfquipment. Several
willihd students' currently
enrolled in technical
school training programs
to mt the needs of For
tune' jpO companies such
as RfiJi Reynolds.
sonal characteristics to
perform with corpora
tions' Trulove said that R.J.
Reynolds and its manufac
turing, research and
development and
engineering staffs work
closely with high schools.
technical schools and col
leges to ensure that
; students and faculties are
aware of future and pre
4 sent employment oppor
tunities with R.J.
Reynolds if they pursue
' the proper curriculum.
"Educators are in
terested ,in changes in
tobacco technology
Z because their curricula
must be compatible with
the industry's . re
quirements for technical
personnel," he said.
Trulove said education is
' 'more important in the
1980s than ever before,
v Brains, rather than brawn,
' are required to keep high
speed equipment running .
at peak efficiency and pro
ducing top quality pro-
ducts.
"Years ago far more
' jobs in a cigarette factory
required muscular
'strength and physical
labor. Today, a majority
of our operations depend
on an employee's ability
to understand complex
equipment and to take
proper action to correct or
prevent malfunctions,"
; said Trulove.
: l Trulove said that while
making cigarettes may be
Z no more difficult in the
4 1980s than it was in 1913
, when the first rolled
cigarette, Camel, came off
. the R.J. Reynolds produc
tion line, the manufactur
ing procedures have
changed dramatically.'
"The two functions ire
as disparate as operating
and maintaining ::: a
T-model Ford and a fuel
injected modern car with
all the extras," he said.
"people, who can keep
tobacco.processes running
must be extremely current
in their ; technical ' exper
tise," he said. MThis will
v continue, to be. the
) challenge of the future." v
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, a subsidiary of
; R.J. Reynolds Industries, '
Inc.,v J manufactures)
Winston, Salemr Camel.
' ." Doral II; Vantage, 1 More.;
NOW cigarettes, as
as a full ranee of
33
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and
well
chewing
tobaccos.
and
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Tuskegee
Convention
:V smoking;
TUSKEGEE They
came, a handsome, im
pressive group, meeting
and patting old friends on
their backs, walking along
the -Avenue, strolling
leisurely through he
spacious valley, losing
themselves helplessly in
the maze of the Tuskegee
Chapel, but, most of all,
radiantly smiling.
An estimated 4,000
alumni returned to pay
tribute to their Alma
Mater during Tuskegee .In
stitute's Alumni Conven
tion, held July 2-5.
But their most extraor
dinary virtue was not
manifest in their beauty,
their , awe, or proud,
sometimes aimless, gait. It
was not only represented
by their loyal attendance
at such Centennial events
as the Moton-Patterson
Centennial Banquet, Fri
day, July 3, at Tompkins
Dining Hall; or undaunted
participation during the
climactic festivities on Ju-.
ly 4. No, these do not even
come close. The
quintessence of their
return was best revealed
by their willingness to
piece together that which
was asunder, and by their
generous financial con- ?
tributions.' Alumni . en-.". ,
joyed special workshops,?,
a victory parade, dances,
many banquets music,
historic .' presentations, ,
tours, neighborhoods on
review, and a variety of.
ohter activities. ''
PTheir gratitude was ex
pressed by the estimated .
$130,000 received over the
Centennial weekend. In- -stitute
V leaders in every
sense of the word Dr, and
Mrs. Frederick D. Patteri
son gave a gift of $25,000
during the Centennial .
festivities, while current
and retiring President
Luther H. Foster donated
$10,000. These amounts,
however, are not included
in the total aforemention
ed. The largest alumni
Centennial contribution
was given jointly by Atty.
and Mrs. Nathaniel Colley
who contributed $40,000,
during the weekend, br- .;
inging their total Centen
nial contributions to
$50,000.
Tuskegee Institute has
come a long way from the
small wooden shanty
which marked its beginn
ing nearly one hundred
years ago. But more than
STATE 4-H
ELECTRIC
CONGRESS
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Attendeh 4-H Electric Congres$
Durham County 4-H members Doujj Ferroll, (left) and Kleth Ferrell, both of Rt. 1, Morrisvllle, wero delegatis to the State 4-H
Electric Congress at the Unlwtlty of North Carolina at Ashovlllo, July 13-15. ' .
Ms. Patricia Laxton, manager of consumer products and education for Duke Power Company, (right) accompanied the
delegates. The 4-H'erswereselected for achievement In their electric projects. v ,
Duke Power Company sponsored their trip. The Congress was conducted by the North Carolina Agricultural Extenslon.Servlce.
Former Resident Heads Indiana Alumni
Dr. Edward G. High, a
former resident of
Durham and former pro
fessor at North Carolina
Central University, is the
new president of the In
diana University Alumni
Association. He assumes
the office by virtue of elec
tion to president-elect in
1980. .
Dr. High received the
A.B. degree, in 1940,
A.M., 1941 and Ph.D. in
1950 from Indiana
University. He has been a
professor arid acting
chairman of the depart
ment of biochemistry and,
since 1967, chairman of
the department of
biochemistry at Meharry
the remnants of its
glorious past are seen
throughout the campus.
The past is echoded by
older buildings and halls.
Students presently atten
ding the world-renown in
stitution are yet very much
like the students of the
past. They all are giving
their best and are sincerly
proud to be a part of the
Tuskegee Family.
Special thanks are due
to the many who helped to
make the Centennial
festivities an immense suc
cess. We could not have
done without you.
.Thanks.
Medical College in
Nashville, Tenn. He was
recently selected the first
annual Percy L. Julian
Memorial lecturer of the
Institute of Nutrition of
the University of North
Carolina. In 1965, he was
a visiting professor in
biochemistry at the
University of Teheran,
Iran. He has been a con
sultant to the U.S. Public
Health Service, ex
tramural associate for the
National Institutes of
Health, the White House
Conference on Food,
Nutrition and Health, and
the Office of Child
Development of the U.S.
Department , of Health,
Education and Welfare.
He has published exten
sively in scientific jour
nals. '
Dr. High is married to
the former Miss Kafhryn
(Nip) Weston Toole of
Durham, and they have
five daughters and seven
grandchildren.
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cities have protested the
tour in recent months and
in mid-July opponents of
the visit poured potent
.weed-killer on one rugby
'field. The resultant dead
grass now etches in large
1 letters: NO TOUR.
New Zealand observers
say the nation has not
been so thoroughly divid
. ed since the Vietnam War,
aha that MtfKloWs pHihe
concern may be the
general elections next
November. They say the
Prime Minister may lose
i support of influential.
wealthy backers if he
yields to pressures and
denies the Springboks
visas.
Yet the consequences of
the visit will also be
severe. The tpur has been
condemned by Com
monwealth nations, by the
United Nations special .
Committee on Apartheid
.and by the Organization
of African Unity. The
J; commonwealth will move
its September meeting of
finance ministers out of
New Zealand if the tour is
not cancelled. Arid
African states would press
to exclude New Zealand
from the November
athletics World Cup in
Rome and the February
1982 Commonwealth
; games in Australia.
The precedent has
already been set. The 1974
. Commonwealth Games in
Christchurch, N.Z., were
; saved only by cancellation
of a Springboks tour. A
similar tour by a New
; Zealand team to South
Africa sparked an African
boycott of the Montreal
Olympics in 1976.
In 1977, Com
monwealth nations in
cluding New Zealand sign
ed the Gleneagles agree-
ment promising active
discouragement, or all
sports contact with South
Africa. Critics of the cur
rent Springbok tour say.
New Zealand is violating
this agreement as well as,'
the International Declara
tion Against Apartheid in
Sports.
In the U.S., where
rugby scarcely exists, op
position 'is nonetheless
. growing to the three Spr
S ingbok matches scheduled
here ' for September.
Operation PUSH is ex
pected to approach the
Chicago City Council to
try to stop a match there
and a resolution has
already been introduced to '
I the New York ' State
Legislature by its black
j caucus ' to ban South
.African teams from play
ing in that state. If passed,
this, ; would .cancel t a
September 22 match in
Albany and .a September
i26 encounter in New York
The U.S. State Depart
ment has granted the Spr
ingboks visas for the mat
ches, saying on July 13
that the U.S. doesn't in
terfere with private sports
contacts. Richard Lap
chick, chairman of the
American Coordinating
Committee for Equality in
Sport and Society
(ACCESS) calls the action
"consistent with- all the
moves the Administration
has made so far regarding
South Africa." He expects
the U.S. government to
point to the one mixed
ancestry player chosen to
join the Springboks for in
ternational matches, and
to suggest that his
presence means change in
South African i sports
policies.
The fear among' mariy
American sports en
thusiasts is that the
mushrooming secondary
boycott will be turned on
all U.S. sports, and ;nd in
a boycott of the 1984
Olympics in Los Angeles.
Over 40 Americans are
on the list of offenders,
and though the issue has
as yet attracted relatively
little attention in this
country, it has at times
dominated the sports
pages in Britain, the
Caribbean and other
Commonwealth areas.
In February, for exam
ple, three of Britain's top
tennis players were detain
ed and then deported from
Nigeria without playing at
scheduled tournaments
because of their sports
links with South Africa.
And in Guyana, a British
cricket team had to leave
precipitously without
playing because team
member Robert Jackson
has played and coached in
South Africa, and own
property there.-" :
In Miii a CMith Africa!
tour by an Irish rugby;'
team the first in twenty
years sparked the
withdrawal -of Zim
babwe's invitation to
another Irish team, and
cancellation of visits to.
Ireland by the national :
soccer teams of Kenya and
Ethiopia.
-The escalation ' of
pressures is likely to have
an increasing impact, as
when 14 British soccer
players withdrew from
scheduled South African
exhibition games last
month, after being .
threatened with ."severe
disciplinary action" by -FIFA,
the world soccer
federation. . !
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a voteless ',
people is a
hopeless
people.