National
School Lunch Week
October .12 -16
'Nourish Your Neurons
Words Of Wisdom r
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No thoroughly occupied maa was ever yet
Very miserable..
L.E. Ijmdon
The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb
its routine.
W.H. Danforth
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VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 41
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1981
TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
PRICE: 30 CENTS
Up
eceives $1 .2
Million
rant For
UDI Community
Development Corpora
tion has received
notification from - the
Department of Com
merce in Washington,
D.C., that a grant from
the Economic Develop
ment Administration for
$1,222,880 has been ap
proved. The funds are
cm iuai i iur expansion
and improvement of
UDI's Industrial Park.
Terms and conditions
of the grant were
presented to W.P. Ed
wards, chairman of
UDI's Board of Direc
tors, and Ed Stewart, ex
ecutive director, on
Monday, September 28,
at EDA's office in the
Department of Com
merce in Washington.
Stewart said that
UDI's Park currently
consists of 41 acres and
"the grant permits us to
implement a develop
ment plan which includes
acquiring additional
acreage, extending sewer
and water lines, and the
construction of a transi
tion building."
The transition
building would permit
office, manufacturing or
training space on a tem
porary basis for '. firms
with plans to construct
permanent facilities in
the park within an
agreed tithe frame, i;
It would also aHpw a
company ".'zlM&wit,
ortemea to ine area,
identify the labor
market, meet with the
necessary officials of the
city - all promoting an
orderly transition by the
company into the
Durham community.
A five-year plan has
been approved for the
completion of the park,
Stewart said, which is
projected to create bet
ween 800-1200 irths for
persons within thtf city of
nurham, withemphasis
on those of low-income
and low-skill.
The development plan
also includes training
programs involving
Durham Technical In
stitute and CETA refer
rals. The idea is to
hopefully address
unemployment
underemployment pro
blems of Durham by
creating an attractive In
dustrial Park and en
couraging ' large and
small manufacturers to
expand or locate their
operations in that Park.
, The development of
the Park will also im
prove the economic base
for the city of Durham
and support the balanced
growth plans of both the
city and state of North
Carolina.
Because of these ad
vantages and other
potentials of the , Park,
present and former city
officials, along with
several community
leaders, played strong
supportive roles in UDI's
effort to obtain the
grant, according to
Stewart.
The final approval is
the culmination of an ef
fort started in
November, 1980, and
approved by EDA in
February of 1981, but
frozen until authoriza
tion was given by the Ad
ministration to fund a
number of projects
designed to address long?
term deterioration condi
tions within a communi
ty. UDI Industrial Park
was started in 1978 with
the construction of sewer
lines, water lines,
underground electrical
services, paved streets
and gutters, and was
completed in August,
,,I?7?.,The Park also has
gas and tail service.
".Je second building in
be . completed by
January, 1982: It will be
occupied by Hydro Ser
vices, a manufacturer of
water purification
systems and specialized
plastic pipes.
UDI , Community
Development Corpora
tion is a non-profit cor
poration with emphasis
oh economic develop
ment and is governed by
a board of directors "
designed to represent a
cross-section of the
Durham community. It's
board members are:
William Bell president;
W.P. Edwards, chair
man; Ms. Frances Fox,
secretary; Ms. Sharon
Baker, Paul Bland, Ms.
th Catherine Brown. Ms.
and Gertrude Cheek, Bert
comns, Ms. Jessie rer
rell, Stewart Fulbright,
treasurer; McCoy Har
ris, Ms. Frances
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Develdj3mGiit Park
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Stella W: Austin
Funeral services for
Mrs. Stella W. Austin
will be held at Saint
Joseph's AME Church
on Saturday, October 6,
at 11 a.m., with the
Reverend W.W. Easley,
Jr., officiating. Burial
will be in Beechwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Austin was the
wife of the late Louis E.
Austin, founder, editor
and publisher of The
Carolina Times, until his
death in 1971,
whereupon she succeed
ed him as president of
the" organization.. She
was the mother of Mrs.
Vivian Austin Edmonds,
current editor and
publisher of the family
owned weekly
newspaper. She was a
retired public school
teacher.
Born in
County,
V -( kit' .
r m
Muskogee
Oklahoma,
MRS. AUSTIN
November 22, 1900, ,she
was the oldest daughter
of the late Coleman
Walker, Sr., and Mrs.
Eliza J. Walker. She
matriculated at Tuskegee
Institute, Tuskegee,
Alabama as, a high
-,school and college stu-
oIrlpnt Qh namj tn
Durham in 1921 as a
(public school teacher.
yjShe was a member of
5aint Joseph's AME
-Church where she served
-as a member of
Stewardess Board
Number One and as a
Sunday School teacher
,tmtil her health failed.
In addition to her
daughter, she s survived
ijby one grandson,', Ken
neth W. Edmonds; four
"sisters, Mrs. Essie W.
-Wells, Chicago, 111.;
Mrs. Henrietta W.
Lewis, Mrs. Josephine
W. Jones and Mrs.
Evelyn Jackson of Los
Angeles, Calif.; two
brothers, Robert W.
Walker of Los Angeles
and Coleman Walker of
Muskogee, Okla.; a
niece, and two nephews
ind several in-laws.
Williams Case
Causes Stir
In Atlanta
PERSPECTIVE. . .
By Roy Harris
QUESTION budget cuts and business
How do you think incentives will affect
President Reagan's black businesses?
By Trellie L. Jeffers
ATLANTA, GA.
The Wayne Williams
case is causing a stir
here, and the prosecuting
attorney and Judge
Clarence Cooper, the
judge who has presided
in all matters pertaining
to the Williams case arc
now trying 10 decide
what directions to take.
Williams is a suspect
in two of the 28 slain and
missing Atlanta children
case. The first commo
tion in the case
developed over Ms.
Mary Welcome's
(Williams' attorney) ad
mittance that she had
taken a free lance writer
to Williams' jail cell lor
an interview with the
suspect. Williams' inlcr
view was published last
month in a popular
magazine which is
reported to have paid
$2,000 to Williams'
parents.
In spite of Ms.
Welcome's admittance
that she had made
Williams' interview
possible, she and At
torney Tony Axam have
accused .Atlanta
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Williams McLaughlin
Durham Pharmacist
It really depends on so
many variables. The
question or situation is
not as simple as it seems.
It is not all in black or
white.
Kara Watson
Durham Salesman
I feel the budget cuts
are too severe, because
they will only affect the
poor. I have not heard
hm speak of mortgage
cuts.
Mount Vernon Church
Heavily Damaged By Fire
abTe'JifWshed'wp the back
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the probable cause of a
fire that heavily damag
ed sections of Mount
Vernon Baptist Church
at the corner of South
Roxboro St. and East
Piedmont Avenue
around 9 p.m. Sunday
night.
Public Safety reports
say the fire appeared to
have started on the first
floor of the east side of
the building. The first
and second floors of the
building suffered heavy
damage as the blaze
soared, through to the
roof, causing con
siderable damage there
also.
The church's pastor,
Rev. Percy L. High, said
baptismal services were
held Sunday morning
and the heating unit may
have been left on after
the pool was drained.
church - the Sunday
School complex. Services
will be held in the E.T.
Browne Education
Building until the sanc
tuary can be repaired,
Rev. High said. He said
the education building
has been used before for
church services and no
problems are anticipated
since both buildings are
on the sarne grounds.
Officials of Insurance
center ot uurnam, in
suring company for thi pletely out.
edifice, said damage
estimates have not been
prepared yet. Adjusters
are expected to have
those figures in a couple
of days.
Fire damaged the east
side of the building,
destroying storage areas
and back rooms. The
altar and areas back of it
were badly burned as the
roof did not collapse,
but a big area was left ex
posed. The front area of the
forty-year-old church
suffered mostly smoke
and water damage. The
pews, some covered with
soot, remained in good
condition.
Firefighters broke
windows and plowed
through some of the
structure's frame to
spray hot flames in an ef
fort to put the fire corn-
Neighbors called
public safety after the
fife was noticed shortly
after dark Sunday night.
Residents of the St.
Theresa community wat
ched wearily as thick
smoke hovered high
overhead.
The church, was vacant
at the time and no in
juries were reported.
Says Dr. Vincent Harding:
: "The Making Of U.S. Begun Again"
By Trellie L. Jeffers
ATLANTA - Dr.
Vincent Harding, pro
fessor of history and
religion, University of
Denver, Colorado, told
students and .faculty
members at Dean Sage
Auditorium, Atlanta
University, Thursday
night, October I, "The
history of the United
..States is beginning
t again," and that "blakcs
Oshould ask themselves
what kind of nation they
want."
Speaking at a con
ference on "Black
Studies of the 1980's: A
Challenge Revisited",
sponsored by the . In
stitute of the Black
Wferld, Dr. Harding said
that in the last 25 years,
blacks have been an ac
tive part of the social
transformation ' Of this
country and that now .
they must be a part of
whatever there .. is; . that .
' must be done.s s " '
"There is no way for
the fundamental pro
blem of the black com-,
munity to be dealt with
without dealing with the
greater sbciety,-' said
Dr. Harding. ,.
He saicr that'lfc 'does
not accept "the over
simplication that racism
and imperialism are the
causes of the nation's
problems.
, There is an ailment of
the humsto spirit, and
how can a nation be free
without addressing its
very soul," said tyr. Har
ding. He introduced his new
book, There Is A River,
which he said is a
metaphorical narrative
of the black freedom
struggle in the United
States since slavery, and
which he had written
with a sense of hope that
men, women and
children will read it
together: '
"The river symbolizes
black people's continual
struggle beginning with
the large number of
slaves who ran , away
from the plantation.
These fugitives were the
most important pioneers
of freedom. After runn
ing away, they raised a
voice against slavery that
would not be quieted un
til freedom was snatched
from the slave masters,"
said Dr. Harding.
He said, "Blacks must
now ask themselves what
kind of people do -they
want to be instead of
permitting someone to
tell them what they
ought to be. We, who
were brought here as
slaves, may have the role
of vindicating the goals
Spatjldj
ng Named To LRSC
RALEIGH State
Representative Kenneth
B. Spaulding,
D-Durham, has been ap
pointed co-chairman of
the Legislative. Research
Study Co' ..itt.ee. on
State-F- .vied Instiiu
tionsCivil Rights Com
pliance. This committee
will study whether in
stitutions that get state
money arc complying
with civil rights laws. 4
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Representative
Spaulding introduced a
resolution earlier this
year asking for ihc
study, alter if was
reported that Two all
white orphanages were
receiving state money.
The study is to deter
mine whether non-state
institutions that are
funded by the state
discriminate on the basis
of race, color, sex.
religion, national origin,
, and handicapping condi- ,
tion. The bill further
'states that the General
Assembly should be
aware of any non-state
institutions which receive
state mony and may in
"some way promote
discriminatory practices
in violation of the United
States and North
Carolina Constitutions.
In making this ap
pointment. House
Speaker I.iston B.
Ramsey s;iid that he was
certain that Spaulding
would be a credit to all
North Carolinians by his
service on this commit
tee. The - Senate co
chairman of the commis
sion will be Senator
Russell Walker.
D-Randolph."'
of our forefathers."
He criticized blacks
for placing integration at
the center of their strug
gle for freedom.
"A force that may
surely stop the river (to
black freedom) is the
self-destructiveness,
when we no longer know
our course, when we no
longer know our origin.
We have come this far at
great risks, and the way
we have come is a broad
side invitation to all peo
ple," said Dr. Harding.
"Blacks must accept
that there is a meaning to
what they have been
through if there is a
meaning : to what they
call God," said Dr. Har
ding. Dr. Harding is the
former .director and
founder of the Institute
of the Black World,
Atlanta, which began in
the I960s. This year's
conference at IBW was
dedicated to the late
Hoyt Fuller, publisher,
at the time of his death
last May, of the First
World magazine.
There Is A River is Dr.
Harding's second book
on black history.
ble for Williams to
receive a fair trial due to
this publicity.
Williams' trial was
originally scheduled for
the first week in Oc
tober, but motions filed
by his defense attorneys
have caused an indefinite
postponement, and
District Attorney Lewis
Slaton is now charging
that Williams' attorneys
are attempting to delay a
new 'trial date" by con
tinually filing late pre
trial motions.
The latest motion filed
in the case by Williams'
attorneys is a request for
additional time beyond
the deadline set by Judge
Cooper to collect their
own experts to examine
the evidence against
Williams for the murders
of Payne and Nathaniel
Cater. In addition. Ms.
Welcome and Aam are
fighting a legal battle to
' have the body of Payne
exhumed to determine
whether or not the cause
of his death can be
significant in their
defense of Williams.
District Attorney
Slaton says that 42 mo
tions have been filed in
the case and that he
wants the Williams case
treated like any other
murder case and he is
therefore requestjjig of
Judge Cooper that the
filing of numerous pre
trial motions in this case
be halted.
Judge Cooper will
probably schedule a
court hearing next week
on an earlier postponed
hearing to suppress the
evidence gathered from
Williams' house on June
2 and June 22. The
evidence was gathered'
under two different
search warrants.
Meanwhile, the- jail
authorities have cancell
ed "Williams' preferential
treatment since the
published interview. His
visits have been limited
to his attorneys and his
parents.
While the black com
munity here awaits the
details in a court trial ol'
the evidence against
Williams, black
organizations are
refraining from any in
volvement with the
Williams case.
It" a
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Ms. Hymeria Teet
Durham Salesperson
Down here, I don't
think it will really affect
them. I don't think it will
affect us much, no more
than the people on food
stamps.
James Lawson
Durham Merchant
I feel it's going to put
a hurting on us. Things
are going to be that dif
ferent. It's putting peo
ple in a situation where
they have to just about
lake from those who
have to make it.
Greater Disparity
Seen As Effect
Of Consent Decree
By Donald Alderman
A spokesman for the
NAACP Legal Defense
and Education Fund
predicted last week that
ihc desegregation agree
ment between UNC and
the federal government
will widen the disparity
of programs and
facilities between the
white and black schools.
While the agreement
calls for the enhance
ment of the black
schools, the white
schools are also being
enhanced, even more
than the black schools,
causing the present
disparity in resources to
remain, explained Ms.
Jean Fairfax, director of
the division of legal in
forirfation and com
munity service. She ad
dressed a meeting of the
North Carolina Associa
tion of Black Student
Governments.
Ms. Fairfax also
predicted that blacks will
total from 55 to 75'o
of the enrollment at the
traditionally black
schools within the state
when the agreement ex
pires in 1986.
Decree Legally
Defective
Attorneys within the
Department of Educa
tion, Ms. Fairfax said,
"believe themselves that
the desegregation order
is legally defective."
Measuring UNC's com
pliance by "good faith"
violates the traditional
status of compliance, she
said. The agreement pro
vides for no monitoring
of compliance wiin.11
violates liilc V I of ihc
1964 ("ml Rivhis Act.
Citing furl her defeci-.
of the order. k. I aii fax
said, criteria for enroll
ment goals do not reflect
the spirit of desevrreg-i
lion: the lack of ad.
minis! rat ive enforcement
action does not iiwirc
UNC's compliance.
Also, she said, the order
fails to set employment
goals for the hiring of
black faculty and ad
ministrators at the white
schools.
Ms. Fairfax said the
Board of Governors
went beyond the consent
decree by requiring that
faculty being considered
for re-appointment have
doctorates or terminal
degrees as well as new
faculty. Pointing out
that East Carolina
University's faculty con
sists of fewer doctorates
than A&T Slate Univer
sity, she asked. "Why
are the black schools be
ing singled out?"
UNC's decision 10
build a SI6 million ac
tivities center ai Weslyan
college before placing a
much needed library at
Fayetteville State
University and .v an
engineering center at
A&T should be alarming
to the black community.
She said the $16 million
would have more than
paid for the library and
engineering buildings.
Viable!
Black Sc hools
The existence and
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