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Politicos Finances
Condnued From Page 1 Butler's assets were: his
$10,000 in personal pro-- $32,000 residence, $2,000
perty, and his law firm furniture, $500 personal
proprietorship, valued at
$50,000. On the debit effects, and his annual
side, Pfefferkom listed of $8500. His
mortgages totaling lf®bilities amounted to
$97,000, a note for *19.125, most of which is
It s 2 A.M. and I feel rotten.
Who has time
to read medicine labels?’"
Haley Protests Charges
Si.rry, there rui excuse for not reading the medi
cine label. The label tells you what it's for, how much to
take and how often to take it. It’s important information.
Before you take any medicine, read the label. Medicines
can’t help you if you don’t take them right.
Continued From Page 1 drews of the Housing
In a letter to the Authority stated in the
Redevelopment Commis- press conference that he
Mastercharge, Ready Re- triortgage on his house,
serve, etc. His 1976 Wayne Corpening, con-
income totaled $70,352.25 tacted late Tuesday, said
and paid $20,027.16 in ’'I’®* I*® s®®” make his
federal income tax. financial disclosure, but
Cecil Butler, the first I*’®* 1*®® of
candidate to caR for 1®'™. and has not yet had
BLACK EVENTS
QUIZ
financial disclosure, re- 1™® I® compile his
leased his statement at 2 listings,
p.m. Tuesday. He stated ’Tl'® fourth candidate in
that he wiR be a fuR-time H*® Democratic primary
mayor, because if elected Harl H. RusseR refuses to
he will resign his present ™ake such a disclosure. ‘ ‘I
position as a counselor don’t feel that it's
with disadvantaged boys relevant,” said RusseR.”
to devote all his time to 1 think they ought to stick
the office of mayor, fo fbe issues.
{For use in secondary schools
and colleges.)
Renewal Removes
Black Business
n .. . _ „ termination 7 days before
Continued From Page 1 the end of the month.
move. The Fayetteville
Street site was to be
demolished. The elderly
Pridgen was shown North
Mangum Street site by
Redevelopment officials.
A spacious building,
just a little more rent than
the Fayetteville location,
the new location is on the
right side of the traffic
flow on a one-way street.
During the Friday evening
rush experienced by most
grocers in Durham, on the
day Pridgen was inter
viewed, the store was
empty for one and a half
hours.
Pridgen says since he
moved in May business is
about that way all the
time. “You come by here
in the morning and it ain’t
much business then eith
er. The people just don’t
stir much here/’ Pridgen
said.
Although he was given
moving expenses and
money to repair the
plumbing and electrical
systems in the building,
Pridgen says “I don't
think I was treated fairly
by the urban renewal
commission. He contends
that the commission
staffers that adviced him
to move to the new
location should have
advised him against the
move, and should have
helped to secure a
building near his former
customers.
Ben Perry, Executive
Director of the Durham
Redevelopment Commis
sion (DRC) does not deny
that too little assistance
from them has been made
available to Pridgen and
other Black businesses
that were forced from the
Hayti district. Perry said a
retail market analysis is
not required or made
when a business is forced
Pridgen is not alone in
his frustration, waiting
and hoping business will
pick up. There are many
black entrepreneurs who
were in the Hayti district
who are no longer in
business. Mrs. Vivian
Edmonds, publisher of the
Carolina Times, accom
panied by several other
black businesspersons,
told Durham City Coimcil
members that of the 106
black businesses that
were once viable in Hayti,
Fewer than half have
survived
Some of the businesses
have suits pending in
court against the Redeve
lopment Commission.
Black businessmen ’ s
problems with lu-ban
redevelopment are not
isolated. In Winston-Sa
lem, for example, the
Winston Salem Chronicle
reported on 3 September
that a Black real estate
developer Dr. J. Raymond
Oliver, Jr., successfully
won a sealed bid sale of a
parcel of land from the
Redevelopment Commis
sion of Winston-Salem.
But a stipulation that an
ABC store had to be built
on the property hung him
up. After he submitted the
plans to the Forsyth
County ABC Board they
rejected the plans thus
voiding the sale. Without
advertising the sale the
second time, a white firm,
the low bidder at the first
sale, was sold the land
because, allegedly the
white firm’s plans to build
an ABC store were
acceptable. Blacks in
Winston-Salem began to
1) What responsibility, if
any, should an oil-rich black
African nation like Gabon
take toward impoverished
communities in Africa, as in
parts of Ethiopia?
Raised here is the question
as to what Africans must do
for themselves and for each
other African nation.
2) Since the Patriotic Front
of Rhodesia (or Zimbabwe)
does not represent the largest
numerical faction among
blacks in Zimbabwe, what is
your feeling as to why the
Organization of African Uni
ty endorsed this front as fit to
be the official black voice in
Zimbabwe? Is it tribally-
related?
.3) What do you make of
the growing teen age unrest
in South Africa? Is this a sign
which is serious? Or does this
seem more like a children’s
(or youth) disorder?
4) Should Africans con
demn or be proud of Amin?
There are obviously ambiva
lent feelings. Amin is looked
upon as the great liberator
who has “twisted the Lion’s
tail.” He is seen as a man
whom whites, at long last,
fear. And he has been seen as
indiscriminately cruel.
5) The white press has
apparently begun a system
atic effort to distort the drive
of blacks for quota-setting,
even though some forms of
restitution are apparently ap
propriate. If the assumptions
here are true, is racism or
polarization on the upswing?
Or would you hold an alto
gether different view of what
is going on? If so, please
explain.
6) Black civil rights leaders
have complained that the
HEW guidelines for college
desegregation in 6 key south
ern states allow from 5 to 10
years for remedial action.
How would you assess this
situation?
7) Benjamin Hooks, the
new executive of the
NAACP, has suggested that
black Americans might turn
America upside down.
Should blacks be this mili
tant? Is this too great a
change in mood on the part
of the NAACP? Is it best for
blacks, as an oppressed mi
nority, to proceed more slow
ly and so cautiously win
friends?
8) There are signs in vari
ous parts of the country that
the Ku Klux Klan remains
active. Do you feel that it has
changed greatly from its
cruel past? Would you per
ceive this organization as a
major threat or as a petty
annoyance?
sion dated February 2,
1976, Dr. Oliver explained
his reason for withdraw
ing his bid. He wrote;
“I frnd that since the
ABC Board broke faith
with me and misled me
into bidding for the
property in question I
cannot now go ahead with
the development of that
land. My bid price of
$16,000 was based on the
fact that the ABC Board
had promised to negotiate
with me. But since they
will not I will have to
cancel my plans and
PROBABLY BID ON THE
LAND AGAIN AT A
MUCH LOWER PRICE.”
Haley says that he does
not know what Dr.
Oliver's difficulties were
with the ABC Board, but
that the Redevelopment
Commission could not
negotiate leases for deve
lopers
Guy Ward, director of
the ABC Board, stated
that all three bidders had
submitted plans to his
office. The Board pre
ferred the plan submitted
by the Cumberland Deve
lopment Corporation, so
they refused to negotiate
with Dr, Oliver.
(The National Current Black
Events Quiz is designed for
classroom discussion and
personal use. Is your school
using it?)
Boycott Likely
Continued From Page 1
Without a lease from
the ABC Board, Dr. ORver
could not obtain the
necessary financing to
continue the project.
John Duncan, who
represented Cumberland,
says that that company
was not contacted by the
ABC Board.
‘‘They wouldn’t do that on Reynolds Road,”
i another person commented.
Dr. Wamie C. Hay, pastor of GaUlee Baptist
: Church on Claremont Avenue, is uneasy about
having the ABC Store constructed to face his
church.
‘‘There is a great need in east Winston for a
shopping center,” he said. ‘‘But I don't think that
an ABC Store should be the top priority. That is
playing east Winston cheap.”
The REdevelopment
Commission advertised
the parcel for sale again in
December 1976. This time
there was only one bidder:
WUson-Covington, re
peating their original
$10,813 bid.
Dr. ORver and Duncan
both state that they did
not receive notice of the
land sale. WilRam An
Integon Denies Bias
The job was given to a
white appRcant with no
previous experience in the
insurance industry. That
employee quit after three
days and was replaced by
another white employee
speak out, and according
to a 10 September news ^
Continued From Page 1
December 1976, but was company ana have been j„g when she was hired in
not granted an interview. '^®j®ot®f; June, 1969, and that she
re-applied to Integon, on 6
separate occasions, her
applications were rejected
despite openings in her
old department.
does the same work as a
white employee in her
department, but the white
worker is ranked two
story appearing in the
Chronicle, an investiga
tion is underway by the
U.S. Department of Hou-
by DRC from one site to sing and Urban Develop-
another. Commenting on ment (HUD),
the lack of counseling for Sources say HUD is also
the smaR businesses, reviewing complaints by
The class action suit
further states that of 700
employees at Integon
seventy are black. More
than 100 blacks have
apphed for jobs with the
Perry said, ‘‘It’s a lot
better than it used to be
but everybody knows
that’s one of our real short
comings.”
tf Pridgen is able to
hold on at his present
location, where his cash
register has never totaled
more than $60 any day
since his May arrival, he
may at anytime have
another problem. He was
advised to take the
building but got only an
oral, month to month
lease. The Durham Re
development Commis
sion, according to Perry,
paid Pridgen $1190 to
repair the electrical sys
tem and the plumbing.
Although Pridgen has
made these extensive
repairs, his rental agree
ment could not be ended
any month by the
building's owner simply
by giving the Food Market
advance notice of lease
Durham’s Black business'
men. Several have refused
to settle with the Durham
Redevelopment Commis
sion and three others have
refused to seR their land
for the prices offered and
moving expenses. The
only Vestige now left in
the once-thriving business
district is 3 businesses on
Pettigrew Street that
refuse to sell and be
moved.
The land on which those
three remaining black
businesses are located, a
recent news story in the
Durham Morning Herald
reported, are the Object of
current negotiations on
the property between the
newspaper and the Com
mission. Blacks in both
Winston-Salem and Dur
ham say the irregulru-ities
are the result of conspira
cies against Black busi
nesses and Black land-
owners. (CCNS)
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