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8 THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1982 1 School Head Denies Devisive Charges By Joseph E. Green The head of the Chapel . . Hill-Carrboro school system this week denied charges made by teachers and parents in the district that her policies are racially divisive. Dr. Pamela Mayer, whose policies have been attacked by groups of parents and teachers, said during an interview that the charges were "untrue' and short sighted". "I totally disagree when they say that I am splitting the community racially," Dr. Mayer said, "That allegation lacks evidence." The racial allegations surfaced recently when l he seven-member school board voted 4-3 on racial lines to put a co principal at Culbreth Junior High School. Dr. Mayer presented the plan to the board about three weeks ago. Culbreth currently has a black principal and some black parents believe that placing a white principal at the school will dilute the already diminishing posi tion of authority that , blacks have in the school . system. There are only two black principals in the entire system. Mayer said that she believed that the co principal concept would help the school system. She said that there would be a black principal and a white principal this year and a similar situa tion at Phillips the system's other junior high school the following year. "The whole black white thing is a false issue," she said, "I am doing what is in the best interests of the boys and girls that make up the school system." Mayer said that some"" teachers who were critical of her ad ministration of the school system were not' representative of the ma jority of the teachers. Specifically, she singl ed out the Chapel Hill has included teachers branch of the American and administrators in all Federation of Teachers, of her major decision saying "their objections relate to their lack of in volvement in policy mak ing. . t Mayer said, that she making 1 and that some people needed to "come in and talk with her" if they felt that they were being left out. Mayer, who holds a doctorate from the University of South Florida, said that i the ; "heat" came with her job and that she' was prepared to face 'con troversy. ' 'M 1 . ' Famous Artist Returns To Support Michaux By Joseph E. Green A nationally famed ar tist and native of Durham is returning to his home city .to support the candidacy of his schoolmate and early childhood friend, H.M. "Mickey" Michaux. Ernie Barnes, a famed football player for North Carolina Central, in the 1960'sandthe creator of all of the art work that is used on the television show "Good Times", will be coming to Durham, from Los Angeles before the July 27 th run-off between fay The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. FVROSEMIDE Furosemide (fur-OH-se-mide) belongs to the general family of medicines called diuretics. It is given by mouth or by injection to help reduce the amount of water in the body by in creasing the floW of urine, ft is also used to treat high blood pressure in those patients who are not helped by other medicines or in those patients who have kidney problems. Furosemide may also be used for other condi tions as determined by your doctor. This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription. A commonly used brand name is Lasix. ',: Proper Use of This Medicine Furosemide may cause you to have an unusual feeling of tiredness when you begin to take it. 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A member of the 1956 Hillside graduating class, Barnes said during a telephone interview from Los , Angeles that "Mickey has always stood for the people.' ! want to be there." Barnes said that he would be in Durham to, carry his elderly mother to the polls to help elect Michaux, who,' if elected, would become the first black con gressman from the rural South in almost 100 years. Barnes, who played professional football for the New York Jets and the San Diego Chargers, is perhaps one ' of Durham's most famous artists. s His works have been purchased by the likes of Bill Cosby, Howard Cossell, Charleton Heston, Mrs. Ethel Ken nedy and Belafonte. Harry A Day In Court (Conlimial I mm l iom) to onng ine youm oatK based upon to court. At that point, accor ding to Ms. Bynum, she and her brother's at torney were standing just outside the courtroom door when her brother stormed out and headed up the hall toward the elevator. Seconds later, accor ding to Ms. Bynum, four i men ran from the cour troom and started up the hall behind her brother, yelling for him to stop. It was later learned that these four merf x were court bailiff W.TProc tor," assistant districtSat torney Eric Eversonnd Durham Public Safety j officers D.L. Jordan and Grant Christie. I "I didn't know who these men were," Ms. Bynum explained "and I didn't know why they appeared to be chasing my , brother. Later, as they came back down the hall with my brother, I stepped up beside one of the men and asked him if my brother- was in serious trouble. He was wearing a blue suit, and 1 had no way of knowing , he was a police officer." ' It turned out that the ' man she spoke" to was Officer Jordan. "When I touched him on the arm and asked 'him the question," iMs. ' Bynum continued, ;"'he turned to me and' said get your .. hands off me.' But he didn't say he was a police officer." Minutes later, Ms. Bynum was under arrest and standing before the judge. This was the first time, she says; that she realized - Jordan ' is a police officer.. - ; There is no way to . ! confirm Ms. Bynum's description of the in-.-cidents that led to her ar rest. The police records offer no details. Jordan ? won't agree to be inter viewed, and public safety ) officials are using an in-1 terpretation of the N.C. Public Records law to justify making no : response, not even to , Ms. Bynum. ' Following her arrest, which included, accor- ding to Ms. Bynum, a discussion with Jordan in an interrogation room, the young woman filed a complaint against the officer with the Public Safety internal af fairs' office. According to Ms Bynum, her. complain! centered around what ! she considered to be un professional behavior by the police officer and the fact that she was arrested and charged though she had only made an honest mistake. , Ms. Bynum said she told all this to the inter nal affairs officer, but -'when she checked to see , what had been done, she ,' was told that the police could hot release any in-, formation about the in vestigation. Ms. Bynum then gave The Carolina Times a notarized ', : ; affidavit, authorizing a reporter to see the information, but the police still refused to release, it. :t0 VV"; According to Public ; Safety Chief Talmadge j Lassiter, this policy .is i, an inter pretation ot the in.c. Public Records law, and the state's personnel pro cedures that make public employee personnel files confidential informa tion. According to public safety officials, the ,law will not allow them to , give Ms. Bynum, or anyone else, any report on what happened with , her complaint against , Officer Jordan, As far as the media are concerned, according to one official, "...we can't even acknowledge that a com plaint has been filed, because it is clearly a matter of personnel, and personnel records are confidential." ' This interpretation of the law, however, ap pears to conflict directly with a principle of the 1 federal freedom of In formation Act which says that a government unit should not have any record in which the name of a citizen is included without that citizen hav ing access to the record. But apparently, the question of whether or not' this is a conflict will ultimately have to be decided in d court. . Meanwhile, Ms. Bynum has a police and court record that could have devastating impact on her career plans. But it doesn't have to be that , way. According to a 1981 law passed by the N.C. General Assembly, Ms. Bynum and other per sons who qualify can have these police and court records erased. According to Durham .Superior Court Clerk James L. Carr, the new -law provides for more than ; just marking through certain charges- ' on a record. "The record is actually destroyed and all evidence that such a record existed is remov ed." The new law, which . went into effect October 1, applies to all criminal records, whether a. con vict ion, resulted or not. The qualifying provi sions are as follow: If a person has been convicted and the gover- ' ."v.v : rvr- ii ' 'V , - - ' y 4 I . ": V " 1 t... .X - 1 " , -' f.ft- , , u ' ; f : 1 " PHILADELPHIA Sharone Gray (r) sits with , her mother, Mrs. Joanne Gray, outside their apart ment building here: Lawyers for the Women's Law Project and the Na tional Organization for Women's Legal Defense filed a lawsuit on her behalf against Girard College for refusing her application to the all male elementary and secondary school. The school in T968 was order by the Supreme Court to end its all-white rule for males. UPl Photo Forum 6 Enamiime BlacEi Dmage in Film nor grants a pardon of innocence, then the en tire criminal record can be destroyed. If a person is ar rested and no matter what happens after that, short of conviction the record could qualify for being erased. The process is simple. ' A person who warft s ! hisher record erased must file a petition with the court where the record is filed. For exam ple, if the case happened in Durham County, the record would be in the courts here. The local district at torney gets a copy of the petition, and 'if the DA has an objection, it must be filed with the court. The court then must hold , a hearing on the petition and the district attorney's objection within 30 days. If the petition holds ' up, then the petitioner's court record is destroyed . by the judge. According to Carr, after a record is destroyed locally, the clerk of court sends a certified copy of the judge's order to the local sheriff and chief of police, who must also send a copy to the State Bureau of Investigation. The SBI then notifies the FBI that the records have been destroyed, and these agencies must then destroy the records in their files which, pertain to the petitioner and the related cases. The petitioner pays all costs associated with the court erasing these records. ? NEW YORK In recognition of the in creasing interest and concern being displayed about the utilization of blacks in the entertain ment industry, the Na tional Urban League will present a special forum, "The Black Image in Motion Pictures,,, and television",, as part of its 1982, Annual Con ference in Los Angeles. The forum will be held on Tuesday, August 3, at the Bonaventure Hotel and will feature a number of the most distinguished individuals in the entertainment field who are expected to pro vide special insights into the subject. Tony Brown, host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated television program, "Tony Brown's Journal", will serve as moderator. The guest panelists from the ranks 1 of the television and film industry will be: Robert and John Guillaume, star of the executive ' television series "Ben sort"; Roxie Roker, a key figure in the TV series "The Jeffersons"; veteran actor Brock Peters; television and film , actress Denise Nicholas; Lonnie Elder, writer, and Charles Johnson, producer. The format will be that of a panel session led by the moderator special presentations of the four-day NUL con ference which opens of ficially on Sunday, August 1, with the keynote address delivered by John E. Jacob, president, NUL, and concludes on Wednesday, August 4. The conference theme is "Meeting the Challenge of the New Federalism", and its headquarters will be the Los Angeles Con vention Center. A number of the na tion's influential leaders from the spheres of government, the private sector, industry and labor will also pari ticipate in the various plenary sessions; workshops and other special sessions Among the notables are: At torney General William French Smith, Thomas Bradley, mayor, Los Angeles; William; Kiesnick, president. Atlantic Richfield Corp.: F. Henning, secretary- treasurer, . California Labor Federation, AFL CIO. : Cast Your VOTE On July 27 For hard-boiled eggs, use who will ask pertinent the oldest ones you have on and probing questions of h"d; fresh eggs are harder the panelists, who will in 10 P1 when cooked, turn, relate their par- ticular experiences and Peaches are native to' insights on the subject. China and were brought to The panel is one of the the New World by the apaiusn. fmm' w ajsT IN CONCERT The St. Mark Choir will pre sent a concert on Sunday, July 25, at St. Mark AME Zion Church. The choir is nationally known, 'wpT f if C -mmm m mm mm .'.-.!-. WCQf air- 1 1 I r ' "V ' ' ' ' ' : ' X ' - and has traveled extensively for concerts. r
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