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THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1971
BLASTS HEW
(CONTINUE!* FROM PAGE 1)
High is slated to lose 133 black
students and the total student
- enrollment is osßected to drop
! at least 45 perceht under any
I plan.
Rev. Leon White, Executive
; Director of the North Carolina-
Vtrgtnia Committee for Racial
Justice, said, “If they bus
blacks and whites on an equal
basis, I can support the plan,
but black kids will get bussed
more than white kids. White
continued, “Wake County will
! probably end lip in court be
cause they are listening to a mi
nority of whites that are cen
tered around the Cary area.”
The Nixon Administration has
recently announced a new eco
nomic policy to shock the eco
nomy hack Into line. Rev. White
cited this as a move* to get
everyone’s mind "off of the
schools and on‘o the pocket
book”
Mr. Graham seemed very pes
simistic about the future of the
schools. He also expressed
concern for ih? lack of black
leadership.
“Just where it will end is
anyone’s guess, but we have to
remember one of the most lm -
portant factor In the school is"
the students, he concluded.
MOORE SQUARE
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Worthdale, Brentwood, Colonial
Heights and Oakwood garden
clubs embarked upon a pro
gram to secure $1,500 from in
terested citizens to continue the
improvements to Moore Square
in downtown Raleigh.
The improvements would con
sist of elevated flower beds,
identification of the park and
most important -- an irriga
tion said Mrs. Archie Hender
son, chairman of the Raleigh
HANDS project system. “In
two months the organization
raised $1,700, which exceed
ed their goal by $200”, she
said.
F rank Evans, director of parks
and recreation for the city,
presented the group’s program
before the City Council and
was allotted $4,300 to complete
this work, making SO,OOO a
vailable for the? job.
This, the second phase of im
provements, followed the initial
work five years ago when
flowering plant beds were de
veloped and a new lighting sys
tem was installed.
The third stage of the pro
ject will involve the erection
of a fountain. Everyone who
knew and still knows Moore
Square can easily notice the
change for the better.
“We hope people will enjoy
the park but protect it also,”
Hrs. Henderson said. She and
other garden club memliers li
terally "worked their rear ends
off’ trying to get this pro
ject moving and completed.
The fountain should be erect
ed early this fall, Mrs. Hen-
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of improvements to the park
up to around SIO,OOO.
The “HANDS” organizat ion in
Raleigh was the pilot group in
the country and since its in
ception 14 years ago many af
filiates have been created na
tionwide.
ELDERLY IN
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Mr, Alexander stated that a
disproportionate number of el
derly black people are forced
to subsist under the currently
Inadequate Old Age Asistance
allotments or minimum Social
Security payments. He attribu
ted this to discriminatory em
ployment practices which have
kept black workers in the low
est paying jobs or allowed em
ployers to evade social securi
ty taxes completely thus de
priving the wage-earners of
lawful retirement benefits.
The report also shows that
during the past decade the life
expectancy of black men in
America has actually declined a
full year to about 60 years.
This means that a majority
never live long enough to re
ceive any retirement benefits
even if they worked steadily
all their lives and faithfully
paid the required tax.
Since Social Security taxes
are flat rate levies, black work
ers are thus actually financ
ing from their prevailing low
earnings a disproportionate
share of the retirement pay
ments to white beneficiaries
--many of wnom have had much
greater earnings from which
to prepare for retirement
through private means, Mr.
Alexander suggested.
Thus, the report shows that
one-fourth of elderly black fa
milies headed by a man have
incomes under $2,000, while
for whites the ratio is only
one in ten. Households head
ed by women, of course, as
well as single persons, fared
even worse both in actual a
mounts and proportionately.
Thus, it is not surprising that
despite lower skill levels (and,
hence earning potential), poor
er health, and greater disabil
ity rates, black aged persons
are still as likely to be work
ing regularly as are their white
counterparts, the report con
cludes.
The study also points out the
heavy role that many black
elderly households play in pro
viding homes for related and
non-related persons, both chil
dren and adults, who are vic
tims of the disintegrative forces
based on discrimination whicli
plague the black community.
The extraordinary ability of
these aged fam'lies to encom
pas those additional persons
despite severe economic hard
ships is indicative of the large
ly ignored basic strength of
most black families the report
states.
AEC SEEKS
(CONTINUED FROM PAG* I)
mission’s Personnel Division,
said the jobs -for middle
and upper level experienced
personnel -- carry with them
“a commitment to achieve a
higher level of minority re
presentation in professional
positions.’" He asked the Lea
gue to make the information
known through its “operations
and service to minority
groups."’
The jobs available are for nu
clear, structural, mechanical
and environmental engineers
with 3 to 5 or more years
field experience. Familiarity
with nuclear reactor technology
is required for some positions
but not all. Civil service sta
tus, rating and examination are
not required but applicants must
be United State's citizens.
Tlu> jobs are mostly in Bethes
da,. Maryland, lHit there are
also some in Newark, New Jer
sey, Atlanta, Georgia, and Glenn
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THEY SAY
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE I)
elected him. His economic pol
icy Is about tit for tat. It will
bring more jobs and will de
crease prices, but it will stop
Black workers from climbing
the pay scale which they so
desperately need to do.
Miss Carol Lawrence
John Winters’ Apts,
Raleigh, N. C.
“I’ll tell you this: At the rate
we’re going, Nixon should have
done something a longtime ago.
Although it does help blacks in
the long run, it was not designed
to do so. It's main purpose was
to help white people. Can you
been aimed at helping Black
people'.”’
Rev. Leon White
Wake Forst Road
Raleigh, N. C.
“I have seen, hi many
instances, how Blacks are be
coming economically sound and
and the President’s plan is stop
ping all of this. Black dollars
are already small and cannot
afford to stretch but so far.
Blacks need a chance, but the
freeze on wages is stopping
this. Blacks are now getting
more benefits, rather than
wages, because of the plan.”
Miss Charlotte Wall
2203 Gilliam Lane
Raleigh, N. C.
“The Nixon plan has its good
parts and its liad parts. It tends
to help Blacks stabilize their
personal financial status
whereas a Black businessman
will con'lnue to face the hard
ships that tie encounters daily.”
AWARDED
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
pational Safety and Health Ad
ministration (OSHA). The con
tracts, for a total of $965,600,
are under the FY 1971 OSHA
budget.
OSHA has responsibility for
administering the William-
Steigor Occupational Safety and
He; Ith Act of 1,970, which covers
some 57 million workers in
about 4.1 million places of em
ployment.
In announcing the contracts,
Assistant Secretary of Labor
George C. Guenther said that
"in view of the size and com
plexity of the problems involv
ed in improving the safety and
health of workers, we are con
tracting out certain tasks which
urgently need to be accomplish
ed, but for which we do not
yet have the specialized ca
pacity ourselves.” He added
that, since OSHA is a new
organization, many of the con
tracts are of a one-time, start
up nature.
The National Safety Council
has been awarded a contract
to develop methods of cost bene
fit analysis which will provide
employees with accounting pro
cedures to measure savings re
sulting from effective safety and
health programs.
The State of Wisconsin is de
veloping a method for measur
ing inspection effectiveness
under OSHA. The study will
examine the relationship be
tween hazards observed by in
spections and any unreported
hazards whicli have caused ill
nesses or injuries according to
Wisconsin Workmen’s Com
pensation statistics. The ir
sults are expected to reveal
what types of hazards inspec
tors ma\ be overlooking.
Two important contracts have
been awarded for work in the
field of systems design and in
formation retrieval I’RC In
formation Sciences Company of
McLean, Ya., will develop a
management information sys
tem for OSHA. This contract
involves the gathering, storage
and processing of information
for use at all levels of OSHA
management. The contractor
w ill also develop plans for fu
ture automated management in
formation system. \ second
contract was awarded to a
Philadelphia-based minority
company to develop a techni
cal information retrieval sys
tem for OSHA. Existing Fe
deral and State standards will
be abstracted and cross-rofei -
enced by Systems Research
Company.
‘DANNY BOY'
(CONTINUED FROM FAG* 1)
ed.
At the time Hedrick said the
body was in Chapel Hill under
going an autopsy.
"Alcohol was the only tiling
found”, he said recently.
“There was enough in the blood
sample to indicate the person
was drunk, but not excessive
ly drunk.”
Hedrick stated previously that
if tliis case was the first over
dose death in the city, there
are Ixoundtobe more. He claim
ed that heroine is much more
dangerous to an individual than
alcohol,
Daniel Williams was born July
29, 1948 in Norfolk, Va. He
attended Ligon High School, and
was well kiiuwu among his
peers. His death shocked them
Into a greater need to get be
hind the drug fight here, but
the revelation that drugs were
not involved should not deter
their interest.
I cannot think of him as dead,
Who walks with me no more;
Along the path of life I tread
They have but gone before.
Daniel William s’ funeral was
held last Thursday at the First
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church,
Rev, W.B. l ewis presiding. He
is survived by: his mother,
Mrs. Dorothy Williams and
father, Mr. David Williams of
the home, a daughter, Donslo
Michelle Hooker-, two sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth McMilllan
es Durham; and Mrs. Alma
Marie Whitley of Raleigh, four
brothers, David, Jr., Eddie.
Samuel Lawrence of Raleigh
and Larry D. Williams of Tex
as; two nieces, five nephews and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
NC’S WILLIAMS
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE I)
cial trouble there.
A former leader oftheNAACP
in. Monroe, the 46-year-old na
tive North Carolinian still faces
charges in this state growing
out of an armed confrontation
between black and white people.
He is presently a consultant at
the Center for Asian Studies at
the University of Michigan.
Williams, his wife and two
children fled to Cutia, then to
Africa and finally to China,
where he lived abroad for eight
years, .people of this state can
.probably remember well the
great news play which sur
rounded this occurance.
He returned to the United
States in September, 1969 and
his lawyers are now attempt
ing to make North Carolina of
ficials prove their case against
him as*“criminal rather than
political." “This" oittie" is pre
sently in the Michigan courts.
He said he returned to tliis coun
try from China because reports
reached him in Peking that his
native land had changed, but he
has said recently that;
“I’m shocked to see how bad
race relations really are. I left
the South and even though we had
sharp conflict, we still had dia
logue and there was some hope
then that blacks could attain
equality.”
Coming to Michigan, he found
little discussion between blacks
and whites. He observed bru
tality against blacks as a ma
jor friction as well as the court
system nationwide.
“The place of lynching has
shifted from the town squarodo
the courthouse as far as black
people are concerned he said.
“Blacks go to jail every day for
things white people go free
for."’
Williams once came face to
face with a mob of whites
in Monroe’s downtown section.
As they surrounded his car for
the kill, Williams jumped out,
pulled out a gun and stood tall.
One old white person could lie
heard crying “What has the
world come to when nigger*
carry guns?”
"There have been some im
provements, but there have al
so been some losses,” he stat
ed.
Williams is now lining support
ed by the Ford Foundation and
is writing a book on his ex
periences. IR> is one of the few
outsiders to .have discussed
world issues with leaders of
mainland China in recent years.
He also observed that Chinese
people are taught all their lives
that there are no contradictions
or frictions between the Chinese
and people of the United States,
and that the people of our na
tion are misled and misinform
ed-they are misled and misin
formed by the President.
PITT MAIN
(CONTINUED FROM PAG* I)
ty has come to life with meet
ings. Local ministers have
called meetings to disseminate
information and decide upon a
course of action.
Referring to oppression in the
area around Greenville, one
Pitt County resident said “It’s
got to stop and it will stop here
and now. Either they are going
to stop it or we are going to stop
it. but it’s gonna stop,"
These statements verify the
belief that some blacks in Pitt
County are going out buying
guns.
Residents of the area have al
ready gathered a wealth of in
formation which they believe
will challenge the statements of
Officer Da).
Police reports say Murphy
was shot in the car during a
struggle, but a pool of blood
and a urine stain (signifying an
involuntary reaction upon
death) was found on a road near
Ayden.
An employee at the Norcott
and Company Funeral Home in
Ayden said Murphy was shot
once in the back and that the bul
let exited irom me victim’s
side. There were other severe
1 ruisps and gashes on his head
v. hicli lie said were to pronounc
ed to K- covered up for the fun
eral.
Murphy was shot wigh a .357
magnum which is standard e
quipnient foi highway patrol
men'.
It is reported that Murphy,
while seeking his boss, spoke
to the man’s wife briefly from
across the road as she return
ed from work. No advances were
made but shortly afterward the
patrol car stopped Murphy on i
down the road.
The shooting occured appro
ximately a mile and one-half
from where Murphy was picked
UP.
A lot of things are still j
in question, but one thing seems
certain: the impact of Bill Mur
phy’s slaying on the black com
munity in Pitt County and its
efforts to exist in the midst of
what they believe is clear-cut
oppression will be significant.
DR. HANNON
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
charge of the Annual Con
vention of N. C. County Com
missioners.
Hannon noted from an Ashe
ville newspaper that the coun
ties were split on fund-shar
ing. Dr. Hannon, who has
taught local and state govern
ment for a number of years,
stated that he favors the federal
government sending the sharing
funds directly to the local
government; not byway of the
state government. Hannon not
ed that he would make addition
al statements in this area in
the future.
Hannon, dressed in old khaki
farm-like trousers, with a red
corn cob pipe in his mouth,
leveled a blast at the Nixon
farm program as he walked
through the crowded Asheville
farmers’ curb market, shaking
hands with farmers and their
wives and 18-year-old 4 H Club
•members’.
He asked the farmers what
their problems were with their
chief cash crops, peaches and
tomatoes. Most of them stated
an inadequate curb market, slow
sales, and an inability to make
use of the excess amount of
peaches and tomatoes. Hannon
told the farmers that large far
mers are getting richer at the
expense of small farmers.
“I was bred and born on the
Kitchen’s farm at Scotland
Neck; I am an old farmer my
self, but not old In age,"’ said
Dr. Bob. "I am an old county
agricultural agent, and I know
your problems.” One elderly
white lady said to Hannon,"God
must have sent you here to help
us.” Hannon tiugged the woman
and said, “God will bless you.”
Dr. Hannon, shaking hands
with another farmer asked w'hat
county in N. C. grew these large
tomatoes? The farmer stated
that they grew on his farm in
South Carolina. Hannon, with
a “victory” smile on his face
said to the farmer, ‘'You are
not eligible to vote for me.”
Speaking in a broken English
fashion, Hannon stated, “ain't
a darn thing wrong with your
tomatoes. You can't help me,
but I will drop a post card to
your S. C. Congressman.”
Hannon was invited back on
August 30 to speak to a mass
meeting of predominantly white
farmers from Buncombe and
adjoining comities in N. C.
Leaving the farmers’ mar
ket, after consuming a dozen
big, sweet, jiuev peaches, given
to him by enthusiastic white
farmers, Dr. Hannon went up
and down the streets of Ashe
ville, shaking hands with young
and old, rich and poor. One
Negro man who had seen Han
non’s picture in the local paper
and on the local telelvlsion
station in Asheville, shouted,
“Right on brother, there goes
the next Black Lt. Governor of
N. C.” “He came running to
me slapping me in my hand
and punching me with his el
*bow,” Hannon said jokingly,
“I started to shoot tluft fel
low, 1 thought that he was try
ing to rob me,” he said.
MAN STABBED
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
at 9 a. m., to face a
murder charge in the
stabbing death of 22-
year-old Prentis Clem
mons, same address.
The stabbing took place at
their home. A small, sharp
butcher knife was said to have
been the death weapon. An
argument is said to have
started the fight.
According to Wake County
Coroner Marshall W. Ben
nett,Mr.Clemmons was stabbed
three times, "one each in
the left ehesjj arm and the
jugular vein. “Either the chest
wound or the stabbing in the
neck could have proven fatal
to him,” Coroner Bennett said.
“However, in order for the
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NBC League
Commencement Exercises of
the National Beaut\ Culturists’
League, Inc. were held Sunday,
August Ist, 1971 at 11:00 a.m.
in the Grand Ballroom of the
Fairmont Roosevelt Hotel, New
Orleans, La.
A trio of Raleigh Cosemoto
logists received their Bache
lor of Arts (8.A.) degrees from
the seven days during the hard
working sessions of the insti
tute.
In conjunction with the Na
tional Convention, the croun in
cluded Miss Vivian L. Burt,
Mrs. Lucy B. Slade, Mrs. Polly
S. Taylor. Mrs. Mary R. Whit
ley received a masters degree.,
Others attending the National
Beauty Culturists League, 'inc.
Institute and Convention includ
ed: Mr% Beatrice Hall, Mrs.
Mildred Williams, Mrs. Eliza
beth Barber, and Mrs. Juanita
Lyles, who are working on their
masters degrees.
Mr. Whitley received three
trophies in areas of makeup,
hair coloring and hair styling
and Mrs. Lyles received one
trophy.
Mrs. 13. Hall Mrs. J.
Lyles attended ellipses at Tu
lane U. in the chemistry of
cosmetology.
arm wound to have killed hint,
he would have had to bleed
to death. We held an autopsv
in the death, also,” Bennett
declared.
He said a test of the vic
tim’s blood had been made, but
the results would not be known
for “three or four days from
now.”
An argument is believed to
have led to the slat ing. Clem
mons was pronounced dead on
arrival at Wake Memorial Hos
pital.
The woman was questioned
by local police authorities
earlier 4n the night Saturday
before t>eing charged with mur
der, a capital offense.
God Is Not; Dead
(A News Release)
A News Release explains the
phenomenon that occurred in
the sky above Memorial Sta
dium. in Baltimore, Maryland,
on the evening of August 19,
198(1, during the God’s Sons of
Liberty Di-trict Assembly of
Jehovah's Witnesses. It also
relates lo Daniel 5;7 ami Dan
iel 5:29.
A free copy of tills News Re
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Hiram T. Whittle
P.O. Box 571 Baltimore, Mary
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POET’S CORNER ,
RIVER OF TEARS
BY ELVAULTIA “EVE” MLAL
I awaken early with a glad start,
So happy for the passing night's dark;
I was like a cocoon in a shell,
Freeing myself from the bondage of hell.
When night time finds me weeping,
In the days there’s no time for sleeping,
It’s sanity you try very hard \p keep,
And your tortured heart tries not to weep.
So'very weary is this soul of mine,
Trying to keep up with the modern times;
And if I sometimes do things in haste,
It’s because I have no time to waste.
My mind dwells on thoughts in depth,
But for me there’s no - kind of help;
Other people can go their own way,
And face their problems from day to day
Last night, I felt I coudn’t go on,
All around me things went wrong;
I felt cursed from the bottom of my soul,
Now I hang my head in sorrow add ih woe.
This morning I hide my head in shame,
Knowing I should forget your name;
Somehow this just can’t be me.
I’ve already drowned myself in a river of tears.
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