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le ^ NAACP Meeting monthly meeting of the Durham "l,, NAACP, will be held on Sunday,: list 23, at 4 p.m,, at Kyles Temple AME' Church on Dunstan Street in Durham, public is invited. (USPS 091-380) Words Of Wisdom All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. —Edmund Burke "k it it it it The world is full of willing people — some will ing to work, the rest willing to let them. —Robert Frost £59- NUMBER 34 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, AUGUST 22,1981 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE; 30 CENTS Miss Cynthia Carol Easterling Hillside High School and Durham High School an Open House on Sunday, August 23, 5-7 parenls, students and friends are invited. Murder Charged In Beating Death The body of Miss Cynthia Carol Easterl ing, 31, was found partially clothed behind a picnic shelter in Duke Park about 12:30 Tuesday morning. She had been brutally beaten to death. Two men have been charged with her murder. They are Thomas Carter of Bed ford Street and Mark Allen Upchurch of Glenn Road. Both are being held in jail without privilege of bond. At the time the body determined at press time was found by a public if they had previously safety officer who was known each other, patrolling the area. She reportedly had an Carter was found sleep- arrest record of various ing in a park shelter. The charges. PSO had first seen a An autopsy was per- pocketbook and a shoe formed on Miss Easterl- in the parking lot. ing’s body by'the state An informant notified medical examiner at police Tuesday that they Chapel Hill, might find some of Miss The park area of the Easterling’s belongings death scene is off Rox- in a car belonging to Up- boro Road near 1-85. church. He was subse- Funeral services will quently arrested. be conducted Saturday, Speculation is that August 22, 1 p.m., at Miss Easterling died as a Fisher Memorial United result of blows to the Holy Church, head with a wooden She is survived by her chair leg. She had ap- grandmother, Mrs. Net- parently met with Up- tie Easterling, church and Carter Mon- Burial will be in Glenn- day, but it had not been view Memorial Park. To The Streets For Voting Rights Some 3,000 blacks marched Sunday, August 9, to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery in support of ex tending the 1965 Voting Rights Acti In the forefront (from left) are Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Joseph Lowery. UPI Photo Local NAACP To Launch i • ■ Door-To-Door Campaign IE Bishop John H. Adams Freedom und Dinner Speaker August 29 lid Alderman irham Branch, executive corn- ill sponsor its Annual Fund Dinner at am Civil Center St 29 at 7 p.m. oree for the oc- Dr. Grady D. astor of Union Church and a Jhiversity pro- peaker for the is Bishop John as, bishop of the Episcopal of the African Episcopal Until 1980, he le Tenth AME asonable Time Frame Required or Nursing Program Mandate the author of books on blacks black church in- The Church as Community Organiza- • tion, 1965, Urban Mis sion of Black Church, 1967, Ethnic Education in Black Church, 1967, Grass Roots Clergy Training: A Model of Leadership Education, 1973. Bishop Adams served as president of Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas from 1956 to 1962. He was professor of theology at Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University in Ohio from 1952 to 1956. Adams has a long and distinguished ministerial career in helping to im prove the civil, social and political plight of blacks. He convened, organized and secured funding for the Seattle BISHOP ADAMS Central Area Motivation Program, the first inner- city poverty program funded by the federal Office of Economic Op portunity. He developed the Saturday Ethnic School for Young People, an in novative approach to Christian education us ing both blacks and whites at Grant AME Church in Los Angeles. Adams organized the Freedom Patrol, a na tional model designed to oversee and to curtail police brutality in urban areas. He hds assisted many groups seeking civil and human rights. Adams holds the AB degree from John C. Smith University, the STB degree from Boston University School of Theology and the STM degree from Boston University Graduate School. He has also (Continued On Page 3) "laid Alderman ■aandate by the loard of Gover- 'bich says that North Carolina "University i s must pass the exam by 1981 > by 1983 or be ’“ed is “unfair "5” according Johnea Kelley, mrsing program program was P at a time when * in the program "adequate and nditions still ex- said. The new ’ under con-' " "ow, is ex- be ready by the ^ebool year. ’ said the should be „ not suspended, ibuiu-'" jjylding IS com- five classes . graduated. "dNCCU’snur- «"am IS a depart- ,,'vithin the a scA ^ school Nccu tes nursing; ame at tes of ®''? n* nursing schools. “Schools have the capability of autonomy which permits a shift in resources,” she explained. Dr. Kelley said the mandate is unjust and places undue pressure on the black institution’s program. Noting the funding difference and lack of a mandate at the “flagship” institutions with nursing schools (UNC-CH, UNC-G) she said, “they have an un fair advantage over us. Not until some semblance of parity is evident should this type of comparison be made.” Dr. Kelley said the mandate is not based on a fair date and the time frame was arbitrarily chosen. She said ample time was disallowed to phase out an old pro gram, phase in a new I program and evaluate I the new one. The new curriculum, was employed without additional funds and developed by faculty members who already had heavy teaching and^ non-teaching respon-i sibilities, said Dr. Kdley.! Since the mandate was issued in 1977, three classes have graduated- which were not under the new curriculum. This means the same faculty members were responsi-. ble for teaching in and phasing out an old cur riculum while developing and teaching courses in a new curriculum. “The time frame as prescribed by the Board does not allow us to graduate several classes from the new curriculum and evaluate its effectiveness. That is simply unfair,” said Dr. Kelley. The Board reviewed performances of the state’s nursing programs and schools on the State Board of Nursing Licen sing .Exam in 1976, covering i a six-year period. NCCU’s passing rate was found to be 34%, but the Board identified no differences in resources or prescrib ed courses of study to ex plain the. serious defi ciencies at the black in stitution. The nursing programs at North Carolina A&T State University and Winston-Salem State, University have been given the same mandate. A&T has also officially requested extensions of the mandate. The Board is to render a decision later this year. To render a fair and just decision. Dr. Kelley says the Board of Gover nors should: • Visit the black nursing program facilities and ! realize for themselves the deficiencies and inade quacies; • Concentrate on the i positive ac complishments that the black schools have made with hardly any resources.; • Canvass North Carolina hospitals and ascertain the percentage of black school graduate care givers who are pro viding quality care to •N.C. citizens; • Request the N.C. Btoard of Nursing to pro vide a more specific data breakdown of the scores on the licensure exam, such as: , How many , students failed one or i more parts of the five- part exam? What part of the exam did a particular student fail? By Donald Alderman A volunteer door-to- door canvassing posse armed with special per mission to exhort county residents about impor tant dornestic concerns and to extract public opi nion about social and political issues will get under in the near future, the Durham Chapter, NAACP announced Wednesday. “After many weeks of study, we have conclud ed that this door-to-door method is the most com prehensive and effective way to increase the awareness level among some citizens and to gather a concensus on some local issues,” said George Frazier, local chapter president, in making the announce ment. The effort, Frazier said, should be viewed as a bi-racial, bi-partisan approach by concerned citizens — all citizens — to improve all facets of life for all people. The goals of the pro gram are to provide voter education and registration Information to the county’s poor and minorities, explain the power of politics and how politics affects all facets of life, to improve relations between blacks and whites, offer an in depth understanding of the American economic system, explain the im portance of exercising the full rights of citizen ship and gather opinions as to how issues of con cern can be properly ad dressed, Frazier said. In addition, the local . NAACP chapter plans to suggest ways for those affected to cushion the cuts in social services and increase the local chapter’s active member ship, Frazier announced. Saying the first-time effort is an “attempt to mobilize the total com munity under a more tolerable and harmonic umbrella,” Frazier said, the group’s volunteers will begin “knocking on as many doops as possi ble” in an effort to halt worsening conditions. Frazier said special emphasis is being placed on telling citizens how to respond to individual concerns and which ' agencies or groups to contact if the nature of the interest should be handled collectively. “The organizational dif ficulty . we sometimes face is not. always an awareness problem, but rather a responsiveness one,” he said. While there are special target areas, Frazier said, “We will be knock ing on all doors — black and white, young and older, rich and poor. We want to incorporate the total community into our program and we hope that all citizens will be responsive.” While having no reser vations about the pro gram’s success, Frazier said a “few, indifferent” citizens may not res pond, but the group’s ef fort will not be made in vain. A special target area will be the city’s project housing where over 10,0(X) people reside. 'The all-out personal ap proach will be taken to apartments, single family dwellings and “wherever there are peo ple,” he said. Frazier said most volunteers are knowledgeable, working people who think the idea is what the county needs. He said whites as well as blacks have of fered their time. He said enough volunteers have been massed to initiate the program but more' are needed to ensure suc cess. Workers, students and idle persons are welcomed. He did not rule out the possibility of some coun ty residents being con tacted by phone. Frazier said business and civic leaders will be contacted and their views gathered. He said other clubs and organizations will be asked to assist in the effort. The sensitive issue of race relations will be the most difficult to address because there may not be a willingness among the races to improve rela tions. “(But) the issue must be addressed,” he said. The program, design ed to be an excitant for social and political ac tion, is said to .be the boldest undertaking of the local chapter since its inception. A special appeal will be made for more citizens to involve themselves in the work ings of the local NAACP chapter. “It is a matter of the organization’s in tegrity that we receive more physical and finan cial support from the black community,” said Frazier. a voteless people is a hopeless people. Registration Restrictions Spark Counter-Attack By Donald Alderman Libraries or the cour thouse and regular poll ing places are expected to be congested with people eager to register to vote as a result of a new elec tion policy which does not allow special voter registration, according to the local NAACP of fice. “We will overflow the. regular registration places. We will bring people in by the carloads and busloads. The new policy will only have a negative effect,” said George Frazier, local chapter president. Frazier, undeniably aggravated by the new policy, said the local chapter had anticipated the registration restric tions and had developed contingency plans to counter the attack on voting rights. The plan, designed to awaken even the most complacent (fitizens, will be implemented im mediately, Frazier said. The three-member county elections board, which determines when and how registration will take place, voted unanimously Tuesday to ban special voter registration . after two groups had requested otherwise. The Durham Commit tee on the Affairs of Black People and the Durham Voters Alliance, pointing out the lower percentage of poor and black voters in Durham County as compared to others, requested that Durham citizens be given many registration oppor tunities. The board, denying the request, said special registration is too costly when compared to citizen turnout. The move was viewed as a means to keep blacks and liberals from exercising their political strength, allowing whites and conservatives a chance to protect gains made during elections held nearly two years ago. Noting that the elec tions board’s policy is important in increasing the county’s poor and black voters, Jim O’Reil ly of the Durham Voters Alliance said all counties with populations at least that of Durham are more liberal in their registra tion regulations. He said Wake, Orange, Mecklen burg and Guilford Coun ties all have about ten per cent more eligible voters registered than Durham County. Durham voters will fill three at-large and three ward city council seats in the coming November general elections. Mayor Rodenhizer’s post is also up for grabs. He is ex pected to seek a second term. Registration will end Septembers for the local primary and October 5 for the general elections. The board, while not allowing special registra tion on college campuses and in shopping malls, .said extra personnel will be available at regular polling places on certain days before the two ' registration periods end. In This Issue LCHC Gets $V2 Million Grant Page 2 109 Eagles Answer Call Page 7
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