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YOUR VOTE
June 29
Can Change the Course of
Clack History for at Least
The Next TEN Yean
Register and Get Out Other Votes
Words Of Wisdom
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Into small jobs. (
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VOLUME 60 NUMBER 19 ,
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TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
'Serious Questions Haunt
fflllceflaiicl
By Isaiah Singletary rr.-
Chester Reams spent the last day of his
life rather routinely, . He worked most of
the day at North American Van Lines
caught a ride to a liquor store near , his
home, walked about a mile and ;a half
home, changed clothes, and, about an hour
later, visited a white woman who had
checked into a local motel., v
Later, Reams and the woman decided to
take a walk along Guess Road. This last act ;
cost him his life.
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Reams)" 37,- was killed
Monday night, May 3, as
he walked along the 2400
block of Guess Road.
According to a report fil
. ed by the Durham Public
Safety , Department,
Reams was struck from
behind by a car traveling
south on Guess Road.
He was knocked more
than .80 feet from the .
point of impact, and was
pronounced dead on ar
rival at Duke Hospital.
The incident, that police
are calling a "traffic ac
cident", occurred about
10:25 p.m.
--Police - have - arrested
Robert B. Grimes 19,
name, at jhescene as .'Wednesday, "and I em
Patricia Reams, has told nhasiie. at this time'-
-who gave his address as two different stories,. Police say the in
2901 Carver St., - and neither Of which appears vesticatifm continues.
reiaiea 10 Keams aeatn.
. "We have nothing at
this time to connect
Grimes with either of
these two incidents," a
police spokesman said
charged him with in- ;
voluntary manslaughter
and felonious hit' and
run. He was released on ,
a $20,000 bond.
Police have said that
this appears ' to be .' a
routine hit and run case,
despite comments by one
witness the white
woman that Reams
could have, been victim ,
of a racial attack. Police
officials also say that the
woman, who gave her
However,
Carolina Times
The
has
handfing of the case.
For example, Ms. Lin-
...da Littrell, a desk clerk
at Econo-Travel Motor
Hotel 2337 Guess Road,
said records show that a'
learned a number of woman who signed her
things that raise signifi
cant questions about
both the charge, and the
name as "T. Nelson",
checked into the motel
and was given Room 33.
She signed the registry:
"T. Nelson, for ChestefT
Reams'. . "; '
' The record shows mat
she checked into the
motel at 6:03 p.m.
Shortly after 6 p.m.,
according to Eugene
Reams, 36, the dead
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to-
City Council Likely
To Approve Hayti
Compromise Monday
I t
By Donald Alderman . from both the city and
, In an apparent about the HDC concepts,
face, the Durham City But when Durham Ci-
Council appears ready to ty Manager Barry Del'
unanimously approve, a Castilho; presented the'
compromise Hayti compromise to the
Redevelopment proposal Finance Committee, op-
that just two weeks ago ponents, led by Hunt,
seemed headed fort said the new concept
defeat. V ' wouldn't meet '
A poll of the council developers' " standards,
by The Carolina Times However, the committee
shows that eleven sent the proposal to the v
members, three of whom council, on a1 4-3 .vote.
voted against , the pro-, The council sent it back,'-
posal . thei first i time vit4Uj; Since then: - however;
; came t before; ; ithe; almost every opponent
" council's Finance" Com has changed his mind;
r )ne , member; iRa oh . nan .that-, the citv and
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Leadership Confab In
Greensboro May 14;
GREENSBORO - t
The Greensboro Senior
: Club of the Naiionaf 'J
Association , of ; Negro
Business and Profes
sional Women's (NANB
PW) Clubs will present
its annual Founder's Day
Banquet and Leadership'?
Conference May 14-1 5 al ' V
the- Hohday.lnn-Airporl,
. (iieensboro. v
Kcynoiint ihc . eveni
on Friday will be lii.
filiabelh ). K(U)iil,
former Assistant
Superiniertdenf', N.C.
IX'pariment ol Publio
Insirudion. Dr.. Koont',
who retired in : March
alter seven years with the
Stale Department, is well
known for . her
achievement s in the Held
of education. , ; k
Dr. Koont began her
long career as a teacher
of slow learners rn her
home town of.Salisbury'.
Her active - teaching
career led to her election
as the first black, presi
dent of the National
Education Association
(NEA) in I96K-69 alter
serving as the first black
president of its largest
body in 1965-66, the
Association I ' of
Classroom Teachers.
In' January,' 1969,
President Nixon ap
pointed her as director of
the U.S. Department of
Labor Women's Bureau,
the) first black director!
and subsequent IXputy
Assistant Secretary for-.
Labor . Employment
Standards.
The theme for
1
Vis its good as the city's
- original plan, said Coun
cilman Tom Campbell, a
former opponent, and
has the added attraction
; of having, more support
from, the, black com
munity." Other councilmen who
once Opposed - the pro
posal, but, now support
it, are Kim Griffin, Paul
Vick and Barney West.
They all , Said in
telephone interviews this
MRS. KOON'I . r
" :'; " p ;V . i ' . .. ; " i
. ol ; j heir bulstandiiig;
acliieveuients as leaders
in their lields.' "We want
to rccognic. and pay
tubule to . outstanding
leaders" throughout the
state for the legacy they
leave' our youth and the
'..community at large. In
the decade of the XO's
our young people and
our communities will
need strong role models
with strong leadership
capabilities," V says
Smith. Scheduled for Satur
day morning, 9 a.m. -I
P.m., are three panel
: discussions led , , by
various state and com-v
' munity leaders: Political ;
Awareness, moderated
by 'Larry Little, Alder
man from . Winston
Salem; Economic
Development with Ms.
Yolanda1' Lcacraft ad
ministrator of the
Hunt, refused to say how HDC together developed
. he plans to vote. . -: ,
' But indications ' are
.that Hunt will . vote
"yes" also, since in last
week's Finance Commit
tee c meeting; he was
quoted as saying he
hoped the council would
'unanimously approve
s The proposal, Worked
out; over the past two
months - by the - city!
government administra
tion, calls for anincreas-
cd lcvcl;of '"economic week that,barring con
dcvelopment in the aret trary i information,
that was destroyed years' they'll support the pro
ago in Durham's urbarj posal,
1 renewal program.,1" ' Councilmen who sun
Hayti hasVoften bew sported the proposal say
called .;1JMhmcci6lhey' still 'do:' '
black economics ; In th5 Most of the coun-
South' 5;;:alm,enV'added ' a mild
l.atc last year, the city disclaimer to their ap
proposcd ;. a " Hayti proval of the proposal
redevelopment plan that,' '.saying, if developers
principally ;C ; featurcdw invest in it, then
nousmg, wnue me riayu - ine council would pro-
Development v: corpora
tion, a non-profit, black
organization, put forth
another plan designed
according to HDC, to
return . Hayti to . its
former prominence in
the local black communi
ty. The compromise pro
posal includes features
UBI Expands Industrial Park
TOth-AcquisitionOfOuAres
UDI Industrial Park,
acclaimed . the most ad
vanced ; .. industrial
development site-in the
Raleigh-Durham area,
acquired '; an additional
fifty acres last week to
increase its total acreage
to 91. Financing 'involv
ed the. participation of
the North Carolina
Mutual J.ifc Insurance :
Company, Mechanics '
and Farmers Bank and
the Opportunity Funding
Corporation in
Washington, D,C.
The Park enters its
third year of develop
ment since completing
the infrastructure for 41
acres and there arc two
pany in telecommunica- 1982. Stewart said. "The
lions moved a division , growth of Ihc park is on
into the Park during the a positive pattern
fall of 1981 to utilize the " because of its proximity
33,000 square foot struts to the Research Triangle
lure formerly occupied '-.Park.' This growth has
manufacturing plants in , Development
operation, employing 'lion, two-
by Automatic Systems
Developers. - ;
Hydro Services and
Supplies, Inc., ; a
manufacturer of wafer
purification systems and
the - extrusion -of
specialized plastic pur
pipe which is related to
the treatment of -water,
moved into a new 15.000
square fool facility in
April,' 1982. '
According io Ed
Stewart, executive dircc-.
tor of UDI Community
, Corpora-additional
approximately 100 per- plants are projected to be
sons. Northern Telecom, constructed and in
the second largest com- operation by the end of
.
oaoty amend the pro
posal to insure some type
of development.
"We'll look at
, anything if somebody
has some money to
, spend down there, said
Councilman Carrol
Pledger. Said Coun
cilman Kim Griffin, "If
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Ted Parish Named
To State Post
Howard Fuller to Keynote
NBIPP To Sponsor
"Salute To Malcom X"
Greensboro Commission
on the Status of Women;' celebration
and, Starting ' A Jrom I to
this ' Business, moderated hv
year's conference is Lewis Myers, Assistant
Secretary, State Depart
ment of Commerce.
For more information.
contact committee chair
man.
."Leadership Changes'
, and Choices for the
80 V Toast master for'
the, Friday night banquet .
is he Honorable Henry
Fryc of Greensboro.
Asc'a special tribute,
the- members - of the
Greensboro NANBPW
will be honoring leaders '
throughout" the state for
achievements' ; in ' the
fields , of V, religion,
business, government, '
human , service,; educa
tion and media.1 Accor
ding to club president,
Connie Smith, honorees'
were selected on the basis
RALEIGH - i On
Saturday, May 15, the
National Black Indepen
dent ,v Political - Party
INBIPP) will sponsor a
'Salute To Malcolm X"
and , rally
5 "p.m., at
Chaviv Park (corner of
Lenoir & Chavis Way).
The keynote' speaker
will be Howard Fuller
(Owusu.- i SadaukiL
founder of Malcolm X
voter . registration; a
karateself-defense
demons! rat ion ; - cull u ral
presentation by the Paul
Robeson Drama Guild.
' A. special community
speak-out on . , police
brutality will also be
held,
the
Review Board proposal '
recently submitted to the
Raleigh City Council will
be made. i
RALEIGH - Ted
Parrish, 48, of Chapel
Hill, has been appointed
Assistant Secretary of
the v Department ; of
Human Resources for
Intergovernmental Rela
tions by -Secretary Sarah
T. Morrow.
Parrish, who has been
serving as lead staff for
Governor a Hunt in his
role as chairman of the
Human Resources Com
mittee for the National
from
taken place in spite of
the national economic
decline, normal pro
blems and attempts to
hinder the project.','
The UDI Industrial
Park has received several
grants from the federal
government , most- of
which were used to ex
tend sewer ' and water
lines and to provide land
improvements necessary
for industrial usage.
These improvement research
are also expected to within
enhance: the livabilily of
surrounding ; areas such
as promoting growth in
Southeast Durham
County (example: Cen
tury Oaks Apartments)
and provide improved
waste water systems for
the residents in the area
as that provided the ,
county school system.
The additional acreage i;
. will be improved and
developed to conform
wit h the standards' of the
health education
UNC-Chapcl Hill.
He has previously ; original Industrial Park
served as a policy advisor tract. This means, water
with the Department of
.Administration, . as a
public health officer with
Healthco, Inc., a health
center at Soul City; as
director of the Division
of Community Health
Education at Tufts Delta
Health Center, Mound
Bayou, Mississippi; as
director of ., a
and sewer
street and'
lines., paved
gutters, gas
and underground elec
trical services.
The newly-acquired
property will extend
LTDI's Park to Corn
wallis Road permitting
an exit that will reduce
the distance to the
Research Triangle Park
from five to 2'i minutes.
Stewart said this is ex
tremely important in the
development of. UDl's
Industrial Park. Because
the main attraction is the
close proximity to RTP,
UDPs recruitment ef
forts are focused on
those manufacturers that
are suppliers to those
- operations
the "Research
Triangle Park: Stewart
said,, "Job creation ' is
our top priority through
Industrial development
and to' enhance our ef
fort, 1 believe we must
develop and maintain an
image that is attractive to
industry moving into
North Carolina. We
want to play a sup
plementary role to the
Research Triangle
Park."
"According to the
feasibility study
prepared by the Research .
Triangle . Institute '
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Governors' Association,, neighborhood center in
assumes his new duties in Boston which created the
Ms. Valoric University: former N.CV
freeman at 379-7956. activist, and now leader
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yj. in me r.niM i.accy ioau-
iiwm '.v ngaiiisi - . route
Brutality in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. - ,
' . The event is being held
in honor of Malcolm X's
birthday which is; May
1 9. Thcrc ; arc ; several
cultural and political ac
tivities scheduled for the
.enjoyment and participa
tion of the entire family.
' Other events include
mid-May
.In his new role, he will
be responsible - for
A presentation of .establishing and main-
civilian Police,; taining a close workinu
relationship between the
various levels of govern
ment on human services
issues.
- "Lam delighted that
Dr. Parrish has agreed to
accept this position.
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Malcolm X was a
powerful proponent off
black self-determination I
who was assassinated in j
1965. He has become a!
symbol of strong black!
'advocacy. '
1 Co-sponsors of this
'community celebration '
include the Raleigh
. Black United Front and
the Triangle Association
South End Tenant's i
IX'velopmcnt Corp., and 1
as director of Youth
Development and Of-;:
fenders Program with;
United Planning'
Organization . of
Washington. D.C. He
has also dircctod a voca- .:
tionat counseling train-
ing . and employment: -center
for schixl .
Dr. Morrow said. "I feci dropouts, and worked;
that he will add trcmen- with troubled youth in
dous insight and depth to
the department." '
. Parrish received his
A;B. in ' psychology in
1957. ; from Brown
University, a masters of
education and a masters
of social, ': work ; . from
of Black Social Workers, ' Boston University and a
The public is invited. ; doctorate in public
alternative programs
He r has received i '
awards for v outstanding
siKial ;orkcr. of thei
Eastern r Chapter of!
Massachusetts ' and;.
Global ; Community v
Health Fellowship.
- Parrish is married and
the father of four.'
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