FSU Trustee Board Approves 11 New Degree Programs
Shearin Joins Blue Cross 9 Blue Shield
Durham Native
Is Named To
Important Post
CHAPEL HILL - Clinton
Shearirl. formerly with Opera
tion Breakthrough in Durham,
has joined the Provider Rela
tions staff of North Carolina
Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
Inc.
Shearin, 36. a Durham na
tive. attended Hillside High
School and is a graduate of
North Carolina College. In
addition to his work with
Operation Breakthrough. Shea
rin has wbrked with the State
Board of Juvenile Correction.
J. W. Moffitt, director of
the Provider Relations Divi
sion. said he is delighted to
have Shearin as a member of
his staff.
Shearin is married to the
former Arnetta Perry of Dur
ham. and the couple has two
children. Mrs. Shearin is a case
worker with the Durham Coun
ty Department of Social Ser
vices.
KISKNHOIKR l-M ATF.
Gettysburg, Pa.--Court rec
ords show that former President
D - Eiaonhortet's estate
valued at mote than
£278.363 from investments and
-42 choice grade cattle. The
inventory d'vs not include roy
altiPS or interest earned from
gas wells and land.
Roxboro Native Appointed To
Assist. HUD Administration Post
Jeffers Calls for
Considerations
From Builders
SAN FRANCISCO Civil
rights leader and former Cali
fornia Deputy Attorney Gene
ral Clifton R. Jeffers has been
named Assistant Regional Ad
ministrator for Equal Oppor
tunity of the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban Devel
opment (HUD), it has been an
nounced by Robert B. Pitts,
HUD Regional Administrator.
During a news conference
here, Jeffers stated that "HUD
is making a determined effort
to insure that equal opporun
ity docs in fact exist; not only
with respect to in-house em
ployment, but equal opporuni
ty with respect to all pro
grams administered by this
agency.
"This increased thrust casts
the concept of the simple dec
laration of non-discrimination
into an era of the past. Our
concern today is action-orient
ed: that is we look to the end
product, the results."
In applying this "increased
thri'st" to constructive activity
in H U D-assisted programs,
Jeffers said that under affirm
ative action requirements "we
are insisting that contractors
establish ranges, goals and
timetables as they relate to the
employment of minorities.
Jeffers, who headed up the
California Department of Jus
tice's San Francisco Consumer
Fraud Unit, has been in the
civil rights forefront as presi
dent of the San Francisco-In
gleside Branch of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. He has
also served as chairman of the
NAACP's local Metropolitan
Council, composed of the Cen
tral, Hunters Point and Ingle
side NAACP Branches here.
(See NATIVE page 2A)
Ck Carwla Cijmo
VOLUME 48 No. 52
48 U. S. Coast Guard O
Employes Hold
Effort Aimed to
To Redeem
Amer. Society
PORTSMOUTH, Va. Forty,
eight U. S. Coast Guard man
agement officials and l employ
ees from a three-state district,
gathered in Norfolk for a sem
inar last week on Equal Em
ployment Opportunity , were
told by Dr. William P. Robin
son, that they represented the
kind of effort that might re
deem American society.
Dr. Robinson, chairman of
political science at Norfolk
State College, and the second
black man to be elected to the
Virginia House of Delegates
(See SEMINAR page 2A)
V A
NEW BOARD MEMBER—Jos
eph W. Goodloe, left, presi
dent of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,
is shown being congratulated
on his election to a three-year
term on the Life Insurance
America World Leader in Crime, Report Says
commission
last week completed a IV4 year
investigation of violence in
America, and its report reveals
that the country is on the verge
of becoming an armed camp.
It warns that unless all citi
zens are freed from poverty
and social privation, America
will continue to suffer the vio
lence that marked the past
decade as one of the bloodiest
in the history of the country.
The commission, headed by
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, was
created by President Johnson
following the assassination of
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to de
termine the causes of violence
in the United States and to rec
ommend methods of preven
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1969
Ghana Ambassador
Delivers Address at
Bennett College
GREENSBORO—What is the
purpose of an education? Is
it to prepare one to compete
and make a living in today's
complex society? Not so says
E. M. Debrah, Ambassador to
the United States from Ghana.
"The Challenge of Today's
youth," Mr. Debrah said in a
speech at Bennett College last
week, "is to accept the fact
that their education is intend,
ed to prepare them to be a part
of the society from which they
originate; and to work dilli
gently towards removing its
misery and Its handicaps."
Mr. Debrah was in Greens
boro as the second Bennett
(See GHANA page 2A)
Association of America's board
of directors by Richard E.
Pille, board chairman. His elec
tion was a part of the program
at the 63rd annual meeting of
LIAA held at the Waldorf-As-
tion. Its members include per
sons if many political stripes,
ranging from conservative Sen.
Roman Hruska, R-Neb., to
longshoreman-philosopher Eric
Hoffcr.
Eighteen months of investi
gation showed that, among
modern, stable democracries,
the United States is the clear
leader in rates of homicide,
assault, rape, robbery and
among the highest violence
and assissination.
The picture of average
Americans was depicted as a
study in fear: Millions of them
stash arms. They play, study,
worship under guard, fleeing
' the streets at nightfall. Some
cry revuf tion. others mobilize
■v -
CLIFTON SHEARIN, formerly
with Operation Breakthrough
has recently taken a new pott
with the Blue Cross, Blue
Shield firm. He will be as
signed to the Provider Rela
tions section of the nationally
renown hospital insurance com
pany.
Helena, N.Y.-Miss Mary
Keere said she was awakened
to find a strange man going
through her bedroom into the
kitchen. The 75-year-old woman
explained that a car driven by
Michael Car, 18. of Brasher
Falls crashed into her home.
I toria Hotel recently.
Out of America's 1,737 life
• firms, the 117 LLAA members
j are said to represent 78% of
( the assets of all companies in
■ the United States.
vigilante-like patrols. Though
the report said some hopeful
things about the condition of
the nation, its report painted
a picure of civil deterioration.
Portents for the future un
less effective public action is
taken are gloomy. Hiey In
clude:
• High rise apartments and
residential compounds protect
ed by private guards and se
curity devices will be fortified
ceils for upper middleclass
and high income populations
living at prime locations in the
city.
• Surburban neighborhoods
will be protected mainly by
economic homogenity and by
(See CRIME page 2A)
PRICE: 20 Cents
Project Three
Decision Gets
Final Approval
Apathy appears to be the
general reaction to the recent
City Council approval of the
Redevelopment Commission's
plan for the controversial Pro
ject 3. The tone of the neigh
borhood is more or less pic
tured in the statement by a
resident that the "people
iViwntown are going to do
whatever they want to any
way. I ain't even worried about
it.
Project 3 is one of several
projects in the General Neigh
borhood Development Plan
for urban renewal of the
blighted and deterioated sec
tions of Durham. Controversy
first developed when a citi
zens committee confronted the
Commission with an alternate
plan that called for rehabili
tation rather than total clea
rance as the original plan out
lined.
Redevelopment officials
maintained that the citizens'
plan was not practical because
of the cost involved. They
did, however, according to one
official, modify the first plan
to include many of the feasible
proposals of the residents in
the area. Objection was still
very much apparent, even up
to the time of the final vote.
Several studies with con
flicting results have made of
the area. According to a sur
vey taken by the Redevelop
ment Commission, 98.7 per
cent of the houses in the area
had been found to be deficient
and total clearance of the area
was suggested except for St.
Mark's AME Zion Church.
A study made by the Citi
zen's group, headed by Mrs.
Carrie Mebane reportedly in
dicated that a greater portion
of the houses in the area could
be brought up to standard.
Her plan also suggested a re
location of a public park so as
to void contact with Lakewood
Avenue, creation of a com
munity center building and
shopping center. In addition,
it called for the northern part
of the project to be industrial,
and for realignment of Dillard
Street to avoid Malcom X
liberation University.
By surveying the residents
in the area, it was revealed
that a vast majority of them
especially those in the section
bounded by the expressway
and Pettigrew Street, were taci
tly in favor of the plan
Though, not particularly in
favor of public housing as pre
sently structured, many of
them indicated they are willing
to take anything to get out of
the "rut" of Hayti.
h
KENNEDY AT WHITE HOUSE
—President Richard Nixon
greets W. J. Kennedy retired
president of N. C. Mutual Life
Insurance Company at White
House dinner meeting hosted
Jewish Committee
Correct House Voting Act Curbs
St. Aug. President Calls for
Reform In Higher Education
Speaking on the Interna
tional Aspects of the Academic
Community, Dr. Prezell R.
Robinson, St. Augustine's Col
lege president told the Raleigh
Branch of the American As
sociation of University Wo
men that American college
students like all other students
around the world are anesthe
sized to the ills of society.
"Racism, air pollution, war
in Vietnam, and a need for
reform in colleges and univer
sities are among the common
threads which permeate the
colleges throughout the
world." he continued.
Dr. Robinson pointed out
characteristics c r education in
Japan attend college, education
in India aims at perpetuating
mythological views about man.
college students in Africa are
expressive and many engage in
activism.
His knowledge and impres
sions of higher education
throughout the world have
been gained from travel-lecture
experiences in universities in
India as a Fulbright lecturer,
as well as visits to Cuttington
College in Monrovia, Liberia;
and institutions in Hong Kong.
Thialand, Japan. England, Ger
many, Austria, Lebanon, and
Iran.
Fayefteville State U. to Offer
Bach. Degree in Black Studies
FAYETTEVILLE - At a
special call meeting, Fayette
ville State University's Board
of Trustees approved eleven
new degree programs to be
presented the North Carolina
Board of Higher Education for
Action.
The new degree programs
were developed after studies
were made in the region and
in keeping with trends in con
temporary education. Dr.
Charles "A" Lyons said.
Approval by the State
Board of Education will mean
by the President to klckoff
"Drive for Decency," a five
year, $25 million development
program to combat juvenile
delinquency. The drive was an
D*. ROBINSON
Beyond the doctoral level,
his advanced studies include
his participation in an Insti
tute for College and Universi
ty Administration. Harvard;
and Mvsrore University, My
srore. India; the President's
Institute, Pennsylvania State
University; The Institute on
College and University Ad
ministration. University of
Michigan; and the Institute on
Institutional Research. Uni»er-'
sity of Kentucky.
Dr. Robinson has also writ-
ten numerous articles on socio
logical aspects of education.
Hawaii is easing its n-gula
tions on lepers.
that FSU can offer bachelor
degrees in art education, black
studies, business administra
tion, chemistry, computer
Science, French, speech thea
tre and recreation.
Dr. Lyons stated that the
university is preparing to ini
tiate the new degree programs
during the academic year 1970-
71.
Also approved upon the
recommendation of FSU Pre
sident Charles "A" Jr.
were 20 faculty and staff ap
i Sec GRANT page 2A)
nounced at the White House by
the National Boys' Clubs or
ganization. Mr. Kennedy is •
member of the National Board
of Directors of the Boys' Clubs
I of America.
Extension of Act
Call Necessary To
Continued Progress
NEW YORK—The American
Jewish Committee urged the
United States Senate to correct
the action of the House of Rep
resentatives in what it called
"its substantial weakening" of
the VoUng Rights Act of 1989.
The Committee also urged
President Nixon to "agree to a
simple extension of the 1988
Act, the most meaningful and
successful civil rights law now
on the statute books."
In an official statement, AJC
President Philip E. Hoffman
stated that the Bill enacted by
the House last week "would
without doubt weaken the pres
ent program by, among other
things, diverting govern-men
tal resources away from the
South where the problem of
ensuring voting rights is most
acute.."
Mr. Hoffman pointed out
that the 1965 Voting Rights
Act "has performed well in
registering hundreds of thous
ands of Americans, most of
them black, previously denied
the most precious light in a
democracy, the right to vote.'*
He stated further that "at a
time when faith in the Ameri
can political system is under
attack from so many quarters,
it would be particularly shock*
ing for the Congress to take
action that could only add to
the alienation and skepticism
of those Americans still not en
joying full citizenship."
S. C. State Receives
$75,859 Summer
Science Isti. Grant
ORANGEBURG. & C -
A $74,859 grant for support
of a summer institute in
science for secondary school
teachers has been awarded to
South Carolina State College
by the National Science Foun
dation.
The grant will be urntor the
direction of Dr. Lewie C.
Roache, chairman of the De
partment of Natural Sciences
at the college.
The objectives of the pro
gram are to improve the quali
ty of high school science in
struction on bioiogy, cheat tatty
and physics for teachers wboee
(See STUDIES page 2A>