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I -if,. r I ; v,v j z i " f. 'iv iMi I 1 'Slhrr wrl vv-lit mi, ivlaV-r ay SierEows Tine Dover ; By Isaiah Singletary The white woman who ; was with Chester Reams when he was fatally struck by a hit and run driver on Guess Road two weeks ago has told The Carolina Times that she recognized the driver of the car because he and one.-- of her younger; brothers are goods friends. Reams . was'. black. because there is nothings to connect him with "the; . two stories" Ms., Reid told them. One story. described . an argument between Reams 1 and ia1-. white man in a pickup truck. Another story ex- plained that the driver of a car that passed them, iheaded north on Guess , Road yelled facial epithets at them, and then turned around jiear ; f ir 1t,,;T"f r III'' 41 Ms. Patricia Reid. 27: ' the' Guess Road tinder who ' told police at the pass, seed back, crashed scene of the fatal colli- Tsion' that she was "Mrs. Pat Reams", said this week that Robert Grimes, the man charged with killing Reams, and I... I...ik.. A II n J i. V'J ot Henderson, had been A First Ms. Dora E. Carrington of Durham has become the first female president of the North Carolina Central University Alumni Association. At left Is; Roger R, Gregory, outgoing national president. into Reams and wheeled down the road with" its lights out. f . Ms. Reid, who 'says,! that she married Reams in 1968 in' New Yor; when" she was 14 lyears old, and divorced him it) 1971, contends that the dead man was the victim of a racial attack, I "I know Grimes;' and he and brother arq jusl alike." she sairl TntHavt "They poth don't) lik .V On City Contract involved "with dope together . She says both of them dislike black people. "That's how r recognized him in the' truck and in the car." she said, "because I had . - black people." , seen mm and my brother together" -a lot, both in Henderson and . here," "fin Durham. M Reams; 37, of 1416 E. Club Blvd.. was killed .about ! 10:25 Monday : has basically rejected her night, May 3, as he walk-! because of - her ed along the 2400 block ' preference for black 'of Guess Road. Accor- men, ' r," t vdinff tci a rennrt filH hv ., "1 rcallv thmt- !i tunc the Durham Public Safe-, me that they were trying; tv . npnartmonl Dmmi : jIa till tYtni ninlir ;..k.i vampany,:.v..stuir. ,vWM struck from behind said ' "but .they 4oh l' 1 I ' -JiJl rw , DIGNITARIES AT NCCU COMMENCE MENT From left are: State Senator Kenneth C. Royall, Jr., who received the honorary Doctor of Laws degree; Attorney Hiltiary Holloway, trustee; Chancellor Albert N. Whiting; Dr. John Hope Franklin, who received the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree; and State Representative Ken neth B. Spaulding. f temporarily relocated" irj a row of tin structures Ms. Reid. whofalsd said that after divorcing ' ;Reid, she - married another black jnan( ' v . ' ; " Barry Welborn;p in Commencement Snpnktr Jlftnoc JMunnti V TVtc Raleigh, and her family - - rr--v- uwumuv, j x iov. 1 o (Jreate Models of ; Decency, Courage, Persistence -?,v. Infiistinir that MlnraHnn is mAr. il... : n .. . . By Donald Alderman f . Settled into a comfor V mpic sune oi ojnees. on cauea i in city", xi he ..i;4hc sixth floor, 'Of the other firm. Service Prirt- .-f Mechanics and rarmcrsiing;,C Rank huilrtino nn Parrich i .nnpralc.". .:'.', Af v aireeii ine new inreew original tiHiidintr on aw r.ni OAi, u ... i u.- i'miMhkiwHlff v th -'""i;nrtr CWf'W,i,lrt.' . .7-r - -. rv-,,-.,-, .Ymn' IvS "T" - . Y V mt V Mfcl uvea i U1UUC1S I Durham busmess&PrtH told, them twb ' Wation, Sdcr M. fcssional ? Chain ,t fieht&'fUons are a lie ivowned. . prti: i,...- u-u L .Vl..r.u -..1 ji-ii ?;.; rnuaaeipnia ' William Valiantly ,h for n the : arid C the nrohlstrt ' has organisation's survival. been Jhat 4hef business It's strategy is to sue- operators have contend cessfullv comolete a six month $40,000 contract ) with Durham's City government to assist eight . black-owned businesses "left over" from the Hayti urban renewal project. It's goal is to parlay the city con tract into a large federal contract with the Minori ty Business Development ed that city officials have not offered enoueh relocation money for the remains businesses to firmly I $20,000 esiaDiisn themselves in new, locations.- Enter the Business and Professional Chain. Faced with an almost do-br-die situation, the, Chain's "new life"! could be shortlived. The, Police have chareed Crimes, 19, who gave his address as 2901 Carver, St., with in voluntary: manslaughter and ; felonious hit -and run. He free ' on a bond. J He is scheduled for a preliminary court hear ing "Friday. Durham police have said th& Reams' death : appears to be a routine hit and run accident inSlStinlt that education IS mnn than rarr nn,mt D..,:.. i t--l i. . . tirnarati-rtn h,a ;:7." , .vwp.v... vu.k , inc Dacneior oi Arts degree , ' " 'wvJI: - "cu sumc wcic.?r siuacnis, wnue 76 received the Bachelor of ma,trtaiAiy. SundaMay W. fOlive .. . ,.. . . nr. . - r- - - JP l J-The School of Business awarded the Bachelor of wuwiivM ouiumiauauun ucgrce 10 iuo students. 'Among students receiving graduate degrees were Adminisiration (MBDA) organization appears' to assist more black caught in a squeeze; ' businesses. . . On the one side, the ci-i The Chain, almost 40 ty - has some ;y fairly years old, is a non-profit .specific ideas of what: organization designed to should be done to assist Durham's , black ."assist" the businesses, business community to Thehaneunisthattheci- stay solvent, grow and develop. i' "The city contract could make or break the Chain, said Ervin Allen, Jr., the organiza tion's new executive ly wants to Know in timate; details' of each firm's operations, " and financial health before t implementing any specific7 assistance; v' un inc otner side, the : director, "and much is businesses have refused dependent unonf a sue-, ccssful effort with the ci 'ty contract because a big gcr contract is at stake.' But (he Chain- has: taken on one of ! Durham's ;. loughcsl asiitnmcnis. - x f , iayti, a , ; former predominanily black oi'hiuimltr4 . nrfii ? . ih:ii fcuiurcd more than 100 ' businesses, and 'where more, than 600 fairjilics . lived, was razed ; by Durham's urban renewal Erogram. The vacant ind, aboul 34 acres of ;V prime inner city propcr .ty; has been virtually va cant for about ten years. All but eight of 111? black-owned , businesses originally h located in Hayti were , - cither V relocated,- or just closed it down. The cicht remain ing, businesses, locked in . l..'-..!.. ..' i.t.i: 41 M.CIIIIIIUiy unyiciuiiiK "to open their books and details of their opera tions to city scrutiny, through the Chain's con tract. Some1 of them say ithe Chain should not be "doing the city's dirty 't work''. Others are skep : ticalf of the process because of the Hayti ex perience, a project that many blacks feel 'shafted' the local black business community.! Most of the eight : (Continued On Page 3) i stories, both of them1 in- Penn Foundation.' sutd "thro i An tu. consistent with the facts, ' women's tights; environmental, and civil rights The Carolina Times has ' f movements that people can make a difference and unraveled what appears although these battles have not been won, the strug to be just one story with gW goes on even in the face of strong, organized and weU-financed opposition." ! .The speaker told the graduates, "To believe that ' change and renewal are possible, one must believe that the individual can make difference." v North Carolina Central University awarded , degrees to graduates of hs Undergraduate and 1 Graduate Schools of Art Busmess School of Law, and School of Library Science. . The Commencement program listed 693 degree- a number of stranee twists and turns. For example, Eugene Reams, the dead man's younger brother, says that a woman called for his brother shortly after 6 p.m., on the day he was killed. The register (Continued On page 3) 66 recipients of the Master of Arts degree, 24 receiv- mff the' Macfr nf CmnM At . ... ., unnm ucgicc, hi receiving me Master of Education degree, 18 receiving the Master of Business Administration degree, and 26 receiving the Master of Library Science degree. 1 The School of Law awarded 62 Juris Doctor degrees and one Bachelor of Laws degree. Honorary degrees were awarded to the historian Dr. John Hope Franklin, who received the Doctor Of Humanities decre anH In NT Ctoto Cn.. - cj-"i v ...-w. uiaiv viiatui i Kenneth C. Rpyall, Jr., who received the Doctor of i-aws aegree. Durham Laas Behind Rest Of State In f-ianning For m st Century y uonaid Alderman identified because he i nroiect. Commiinn Though planning ef- $?ears ' - job reprisals, chairman is" William Fri- ,VI ucaigucu iu lucutuy uurnara s , pontics nave ...... . , v - "V7 xijls 1 '.Ir Art I - VUl i I t I ' I t HI .,! 1 I I both problems and solu- stymied the Project 2000 nuns inai win airect i et torts here. North Carolina through ' "Obviously," he said, the year 2000 appear to "politics played apart in be moving forward in , the delay. Durham tradi other counties, in tionally v has problems Durham nothing has! pulling ; anything off happened. f because " it has a very Two county chairmen; diverse group of people, for the Year 2000 Pro-, many, power structures. ' ject, sponsored by Gov. 'In Durham you have the Jim Hunt, have resigned, university people, a' - and none of the schedul-. powerful black group ed meetings have been! and rural white conser held here. , . ? datives. It is real hard to By contrast, in other- get those people together ! counties, according to,. to plan for something of Tim Reese of the N.C.: this nature." 2000 staff in : Raleigh, f , Durham's new county county project chairmen i chairman for the 2000 have been busy. In 99, Project t - believes thai . counties, the first fact-! Durhamitcs - can get finding meetings have together to identify solu bcen held. Thcscftions to problems that meetings-are supposed to may confront the county get local citizens together 18 years from now. i to discuss local is.SUCS ' Ms . Anoie Pllrinr uh ' day, president of the statewide university : system. Several 1 Durhamites are members : of this commission. Pat ton said he resign-' ed because "I ran into a lot of brick walls. It was 'a little tough to get the people that I needed to pull this thing off." He : would not say specifical ly what the brick walls ments ( in . Chatnam, Durham,' tee." Orange. Johnston .and Wake counties, completed a report entitled "Focus on Tomorrow" in j February which takes a 'look at Region J in the ; year 2000. i Also, .-:a 'Durham Chamber Of Commerce-, sponsored! committed called "2000" is current ly working on a report that examines Durham were, or specifically who ;? County's'? Heeds two nc neeaca to "pun tnis decades down the road thing off" And even Ms. Elkins, who believes that citizens', participation in this 2000 project is ab j.solutely essential, con ' cedes that she faces some fairly formidable pro-: blems trying to generate j enough interest to hold a ,county meeting here in -June. In Durham Countv. : about 113.000 have been returned. From the returned ballots will come "action alternatives" or recom mendations that will ho mulled over at a Ralcieh convention to be held in December. There, local leaders and others work ing closely with the N.C. 2000 process will draw up proposals that will be presented to the gover hor, Tlic: rccooimenda t ion may be presented to the General Assembly 1 for action or they mavibe clash with the citv. arc ; the Carolina Times, Im- penal ; Barber A- Shop. 'Dreamland Shoe Shine Parlor. Green Candle , Restaurant, ' Thorpe's tf . .Electrical Contacto.s.i;'.,.j . -iervice . printing Com-' .t, . ' ' , i . , , . L"2rl??,f 5AD? Ml o'- RPel ThompJ - For the pasT several! fB 'H North Carolina Central University's line of i years, seven businesses ana incir rciauonsnin to was annomipH nhnm iun . fnr n9mnn u cni,uryu?' ' v ago, said ; she , statewide primary 1 AH this raises qucs- f doesn't foresee any pro-j ;scheduled for June 29 ; lions, of course, ofsblcms : in organizing rjand other "hot" issues i wnctner tnc itoal oi the meet nin Hnrhiim ch ' c.,h ik rt..ru. rroicct 2000 t- will bes said the'tt s m.i ,uiih 'irninr , J-. i i" liihVI,. .Will, V.VIIIV1 ,MV Ul'lllllllllV. (achicvcd v in Durham Reese this week to map7'attcntion. v County. The goal is toout strategy,. KHd July '-is normally con have all citizens rn the .MsRccse is Durham ; sidcrcd vacation month 1 state, or every race and County's third chairman land it might be hard to in ; every community, i for the project. The first gctv a representative share their views on the ?,twb - Floyd F. Pattoni group of citizens - shaping of their futures. -and ;.Stan ; Roberts - together then for such a But-given the : zero pro-resigned about two mon-if meeting, ,,gress so far. it doesn't , thsago. ' . Meanwhile, two other seem likely that- Roberts, - the . first i organizations also have 1 Durham s citizens will - chairman, said he resian- Sl2lst : Centurv nbnnin . r -- -o Still, the effort launch ed by the governor that J put before the voter; rccms iu oe going wen in ; 99 . counties! staggers .along in Durham. V: The first component i of the process involves determining needs in shaping v the . state's future, which is being done by the 65-mcmbcr commission. . , The second '. compo nent and the one in which local leaders play a critical role, especially the county chairman When Gov. Hunt harg-?ineDus,nessand political ed the commission, he f immunities get together made it clear that all ,m the convention to map citizens of every race and out nnal proposals, community have a say in ?ll,zens wou,d navc had So the purpose of the local "town meetings" is to get citizens to begin thinking about j future issues so that the ballots will be filled out from an informed; perspective. Local leaders, along with the county chairman, act to generate citizens in terest while the 65-member f statewide commission adds expert advice and planning. Then when leaders from of their , nave mucn input in tnesc 'ca to serve, on statewide discussions, r ! statewide Year i . Arrnrrtino tn nn ctat rnMnlui.. ' 'vviai i . m vniTciMiy s line Of , 'OlllCiai WHO WOrkS Close- ,fiVmemhr mn ZltSht toSl' t0mtn"nt 0B A-Vona.- :ly withYhe project 'SJSlS " ""'...peen . l -...t . . , i and who asked riot to be I overseeing the ? the .projects underway. awu , . i ne I nangie J Coun-1 !, 'official who works close-65-member commission, J which is made "ud of " ; lv With lh ?riOO nroiprl ' ; unnAmil , u..- !. . ' num. 1.1 vivvivu uuiciais irom CH ' Miaiui,1 r'tu" hJ .... L the shaping future. ' i The entire ' process focuses on four basic topics: people, the economy, natural I resources and the com ! 'munity, around which a ning of their future. ' Already Durhamites: uaic iiau iij uiM.u.YiiiJii.1 about the questionnaires or any of the pertinent issues and the seriou i . question remains whether Durhamites. meir views, desires or Lstatewide "ballot" will be sent' to citizens. Some ' of the questionnaires: needs will even be a part were sent out in April.; of the final recommend Reese said, and to date dations.
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