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r Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 r "1 vn mil': Words Of Wisdom. To most mea, experience is like tbe tera ligbu of ship, which Olomiac only the track it ' has passed. Coleridge t Bad mea excuse their faults, good mea wBl leave them. H- BeaJonsoa VOLUME 59 NUMBER 48 , . , DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATUBSAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1981 ; c. 1 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 33 CENTS" Hsi ; Mcmmi Case myestig it t j? it .Ml .-.. -.iMk. e. Cleared Of Holduo Charee Miss Cynthia Boston anneai-ed in Ftrfpnif irvmrt in NUu Vnrlr lac MAnlaii :wnere she was cleared of charges in the failed Brink's arniored-car holdup in 7; Rockland County. She still must testify before a federal grand jury re vie wine the case. up w SU Announces $3 Mil Capital Gifts Campaign budget;, v increase ,for B- .tviuvu van; 1 UVSUaj IIIUI ill llg. UP I WINSTON-SALEM" community.' ., V.Sali-mslatft.UniveMiti announced mis wee me ennancement campaign suppori existing program launching of a S3 million is a key part of a lareer ?nd much needed new capital gifts campaign to enhancement program program," he said, that is to be financed largely by the State of North -Carolina.' VThe btate, hi said, will pro By Donald Alderman ' An investication Af- bruiality charges against A 1 u I n- ...... L-:-V. .J3 an rvituuuut Dcverage 'f Control police officer ts ! -;i continuing and results :, probably will not reach. . the District Attorney's"- t office until after Thanksgiving as Public 5 1 Safety detectives are ft suspending activities for I the holidays. . .it Meanwhile. Lerov '-A McNeill, who has charg ed ABC Officer Ronald Allen with unprovoked assault, says he will wait until the investigation is completed before pursu ing the matter further. He said he signed fdr detectives ta obtain copies of his medical records from Hnko Medical Center Monday. , t&Ti McNeill was treated at I C -4 Duke for head injuries1 iV He alleges ABC Officer if" Allen struct him in thev' " 1 1 back of the head with U''k , flashlight, McNeill sufj. E 1 fered a bruised braini f fractured skull and los,' It of hearing in his left eaf,i . The assault charge the McNeill home, in the Walltown section of Durham on November 7 by Allen and two other ABC sfficen.v McNeill says he was attempting to get the officers' names before Allen struck, tym. A secretary in 'the District Attornev's office said Wednesday that, the ation mded For Holidays "T " 4 lit liuni I 1 in 1. iiimvi"-'-r,r a Kfe i -M S'C(1 J iEl CS ; it c if t MMiaMMiiMMaitK Robber Gets Caught begin in December. According to WSSU Chancellor Dr. Douglas Covington, the cam paign will supplement fate and federal con tinuation grants and will be used to provide sup port in the areas of greatest need, including . new construction, renovation and program improvements. "Edward A. Horrigan, Jr., executive vice presi dent of R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc, chair man and chief executive ,officer of R. J. Reynolds jTpbacco Co. will head the effort, known as the "Enhancement Cam paign, ' as general chair man. .Other Enhancement 'Campaign leaders in- "cannot be implemented without additional funds. Success of the "Safetyj said most renorts reach (Continued On Page 4) vide major support over Enhancement Campaign . ...;n 1 1 .... me next several years to w'" oc ong striae WSSU for the creation of new community ser vices, land and constuc tion of new buildings, renovation of some ex isting buildings and bolstering and improve ment of existing cur riculum, - . "The; $3 million ex pected to be raised from the private sector through the WSSU Enhancement Cam paign," Horrigan said, "is designed to fund priority needs for which full state support is not available." Funds to be raised by toward the development; of an outstanding full service public university for our progressive area," Horrigan said. WSSU in one of six teen constituent institu tions of the University of North Carolina, having (Continued On Page 7) Inside This Issue. ". . . perhaps the most spine-tingling and ominous development of all is the recent revelation of the government's involvement in ethnic warfare. Documents released under the Freedom of Informa tion Act reveal, that beginning thirty years ago, originating at the Mechanicsburg, Pa. Naval Supply i Depot, the government experimented with a fungus that infected black people while leaving whites relatively unaffected," See "Reagan and Anti-Black Violence" By Gerald C. Home Page 14 NCCJ Asks Reagan To Release Haitian Refugees NEW YORK - The president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews has wired President Reagan and Ronald Attorney Black Educators Steering Committee Approves Mission i-liiflt John W. Davis, the camnnion tnrluH tt " - - - - ---f" imviwwv 111. Samuel B. Witt,5 In, for the .new business Dalton D. Ruffin, Mar shall B. Bass, Joseph Battle, Ms. Lillian D. Meredith, John F. McNair, III, ..and Chancellor Covington, This is thc tirst building, $1.3 million for the Blair Hall addition, $500,000 for an endow ment fund for student scholarshps and $200,000 for endowment to fund oriorifv nrn. capital gifts campaign in grams and curriculum the University s 5y;year needs, Horrigan said, history," Horrigan said "These improvements - a news conference are essential for the held on the WSSU cam- university to realize its pus to announce the pro- potential as a top-notch gram. educational institution, - Horrigan noted that and will be possible only "WSSU has conducted through the generous an intensive study of its support of the private operations and programs sector," Horrigan said, and determined that an "Presently, the expansion and university receives ap- strengthening of the proximately 757o of its University's programs is support from state ap needed to meet current propriations. The state's and future needs of the projected five-year By Donald Alderman A steering committee selected to guide the organization of a newly conceived black educators group has ap proved the group's mis sion and has appointed a sub-committee to further development of the group, the convenor of the group said. The black educators group, initiated by facul ty at North Carolina Central University, has also gained, influential supporters from faculty at other Triangle area universities, Dr. George Reid said, in an inter view. Reid is also chair man of the steering com mittee. In pre-organizational meetings in October, the group formulated a mis sion and listed several concerns of the educators. The mission was listed as meeting the "unique, needs and to enhance the status of black educators." At their first meeting, steering , committee members approved the mission and chose a sub committee that will recommend several work areas designed to ac compnsn the group's mission. The sub committee, or committee on committees, will pro pose a slate of commit tees for the organization and a general purpose description for each. Dr. Stanley Smith, president of Shaw University, was chosen and agreed to serve as chairman of the special sub-committee, Reid said. He said the steering committee also decided that the black educators group will be an autonomous organiza tion and will not be af filiated with any existing educators group in North Carolina. The committee added, however, that its mission will be made known to several other erouDs of k i Related interests, and the :- (group will elicit support from other groups. The steering commit teewhose members are facultyVrom Triangle area universities, also ap proved a statewide organizingYocus. Initiated by faculty at NCCU, the black educators group has gained members and supporters From Duke University, University of North CaroliW" at Chapel Hill and from ad ministrators and faculty within Raleigh, Chapel city , Hill and Durham schools system. The group began organizing to change the negative and diminishing image of black educators as well as to deal with other educational con cerns. The group's membership is not limited to educators and community members can also participate. Among the concerns of black educators are: the elimination of black institutions of higher learning; the absence of Vehicles to address the problems and inequities of black students; the absence of an organiza tion to represent the views of black parents, and the lack of vehicles to express the unique concerns of black educators to public of General William French Smith calling for the "immediate release" of Haitian refugees current ly being held in detention camps in four states and Puerto RicO. Dr. David Hyatt, president of the nation wide non-profit human relations organization, termed it "uncons cionable" for the United States to force the refugees "to languish in detention camps while concerned and caring people in America have expressed willingness to provide them with homes and jobs." Hyatt said that religious . organizations, individuals and other responsible groups which have provided housing and sustenance for other refugees in the past, are willing to offer similar services to the Haitian refugees "who have risk ed their lives to escape political tyranny in their homeland." Hyatt said that he recognized the need for procedural review of ad mission requests, but emphasized that keeping the Haitian refugees "behind locked doors is a violation of everything America has stood for throughout its history." The complete text of Dr. Hyatt's statement follows: "As president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews I feel compelled by cons cience to call for the im mediate release of Hai tian refugees who are currently being held in detention centers while awaiting judicial deter mination of their request for haven in the United States. "Religious organiza tions and other responsi ble groups, which have previously proven their ability to provide hous ing and sustenance for other groups of refugees, stand ready, to 1 give similar service to the Haitians. "It is unconseiopable for these persons, who have risked their lives to escape the political tyranny of their homeland, to languish in detention camps in Florida, New York, Texas, West Virginia and Puerto Rico while con cerned and caring people in America have express ed willingness to provide them with homes and (Continued On Page 4) Fauntroy Challenges Audience: Give 'Good News' To Poor By Donald Alderman .Politically active ministers have the Responsibility to translate their beliefs in to public policies and practices. And in doing so, ministers should 1 "come with the whole gospel and not just part of it," Rev. Walter E. Funtroy (D.-DQ, sajd! While delivering a ser mon in Duke University n fi5 Chapel here Sunday morning. The church is called "to preach good news to the poor, to bind the broken heart -d and to set a liberty those that are captive," Fauntroy said, as : he sought to define the social mission of the .church. uThe gospel is not just good; history, but it is good '. news. We are called to declare good news to the poor." He said the decade of the sixties "will go down as a classic example of the church bringing good news to the popr," Dur ing the sixties, many who were seeking better con ditions for blacks via political action .were ministers. believed, as a minister of the gospel, in the right to life ahd is against abor tion. He said the same gospel should apply once a child is born. While not naming the Moral Majority and con servative congressmen, Fauntroy's statement . was clearly intended for . fhnCA Uhrft A4fAftft Ant! Fauntroy said he abortionist public policies from a religious perspective and at the . same tune support legislation that will mean less public support for the poor and needy, thereby denying the full' application of the gospel. Free lunches have been taken from the poor "'while the rich reap tax deductions; Medicaid; has been tampered with while oil companies reap even more profits because of deregulation;, CETA has been slashed while big businesses are allowed to exploit cheap labor; and anti-public school support has given , rise to tuition tax credits, ' Fauntroy cited while ! deploring the preaching of good news to the rich instead of to the poor. He said some well intentioned Christians have been misled by right-wing strategists who apply Christian principles to a narrow, range of secondary issues 1 and. not to a broader range of primary issues. ; Fauntroy urged atten tion to the Constructive Alternative Budget as presented by the Cori 1 gressional Black Caucus, - of which he is chairman. The budget that he called "the best kept secret in America" effectively -deals with all of the na tion's major problems. He said it balances the' budget, gives tax incen-1 . tives and keeps a strong defense. He said it preaches "good news to: ;the poor " ? V :