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YOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
DORHAM. NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM DELEGATION BLASTS NIXON AND STAFF
Thousands Rally at Capitol In
Protest of 0E0 Dismantling
Among the thousands that
rallied at the Capitol on Tues
day were several persons from
the low-income people served
by tne many poverty programs.
Other protestors included a
group of mayors from several
cities as well.
Funds for the tirp of the
delegation were raised by con
tributions from churches, local
civic groups, sororities and fra
ternities based in Durham, busi
ness vendors and some "out
of your own pocket" money
by some staff r (embers.
TheDurham group is scne
duled to meet with Senator
Sam Ervin's staff and 4th Dis
trict Congress Ike Andrews con
cerning tne Nixon administra
tion proposal to cut off anti
poverty efforts among the
poor.
National Mobilization Day
for Domestic Unity was the
name given to the effort as
planned by the National Asso
ciation for Community Devel
opment. This group consists so
many community action agen
cies funded througn the econo
mic Opportunity Office.
Low-income personnel oc
cupy several jobs with the
Breakthrough office including
18 in tt;e administrative sec
tion of agency, and five are en
rolled in area technical insti
tutions a, id colleges. Further,
50 of the 61 employees in the
Head Start program for pre
school aged children are in the
low-income category and some
11 persons are now attending
classes at NCCU.
Rep. Bella Abzug, D-N.Y.,
told the crowd that they were
mobilizing "a gainst the horror
budget" as outlined by Presi
deiit Nixon.
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REPORT
aWJJW BY JOHN EDWARDS
ELEANORA HICKS
The report covers the pe
riod from February 16-21.
The firt column gives the
number of the bill and indi
cates whether it was intro
duced in the Houso (H) or
Senate (S. The second column
gives a brief description of
the bill.
S-301 Fundi To Attract
Doctors: Appropriates $100,
000 to the Medical Care Com
mission for 1973 to be used
for pilot programs to get
doctors to practice in areas
considered to be without ad
equate medical services.
H-412 No Death Penal
ty, Limited Parole: Provides
that the maximum punish
ment for certain crimes, shall
be life imprisonment and that
no person sentenced to life
imprisonment shall be eligi
ble for parole until the per
son has served 25 years of
the sentence.
H-415 School Construc
tion Bond Issue: Authorizes
State, subject to a vote of the
people, to sell $300 million
in school construction bonds
to be used to make grants to
county and city school units.
The local school units could
use the funds to build new
schools, improve existing
school buildings, and in cer
tain cases to pay off existing
bonds. Similar bills, S-325,
introduced in Senate.
H-430 Study Teacher Cer
tification: Directs the House
Education Committee to study
issues involved in teacher
certification and to prepare
recommendations for the
State Board of Education by
April 1, 1973.
H432 National Teachers
Exam Score: Provides that
the State Board of Education
requires each applicant for
teacher certification to score
minimum grade as prescribed
by the State Board on a stan
dard examination. Similar
bill, S-323, introduced ' in
Senate.
H-328 Direct Grants
Disturbed Children: Provides
for grants to local mental
health authorities be made by
tht Department of Mental
Health for services to emo
tionally disturbed children
(now all State grants for lo
cal mental health services are
on a matching basis). Similar
bill, H-437, introduced in
House.
S-333 Non-accident Work
men's Compensation: Purpose
of bill is to eliminate require
ment that "injury" arising
out of employment to be "ac
cident" in order to be eligi
ble for workmen's compensa
tion. The basic effect of this
law would be to broaden the
coverage of workman s com
pensation for employees who
are injured while on the job.
Strong Earthquake
Rocks Costa Rica
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
A strong earthquake shook
this Central American republic
Sunday, but there were no im
mediate reports of casualties or
damage.
In San Jose, where the trem
or lasted five seconds, hun
dreds of people rushed out of
buildings into the streets.
Eleanor Hicks Is U. 5. Consul Third
Highest Ranking Black Woman
NEW YORK - At 29, Elea
nor Hicks is U JS. consul for the
French Rivera, third highest
ranking Black woman in the
UJS. Diploma tic Corps, a sing
ing, painting, play writing, lib
erated woman usually describ
ed as "confident and captivat
ing." Georgia bom, but raised
in Cincinnatti, she first em
barked on her fascinating car
eer with courses at the Uni
versity of Cincinnatti but it
wasn't until graduate school
(John Hopkins) that she de
cided on this particular field.
In 1962 she joined the Foreign
Service and interned in Ham
burg, Germany. Her first as
signment in Bangkok, Tahi
land found her nighlighting as
a vocalist with an Australian
rock group and coping by day
with a more-than demanding
job usually reserved for men.
Interviewed by Jeffery Robin
son in the current issue of
Essence, Ele anor recalls, "It
was pretty hilarious to see the
facial expressions of some peo
ple when they walked into my
office. I guess most people
expected a strait-laced, grey
flannel-suited man. I smiled a
lot, but I didn't give in to pres
sure and I wouldn't let any
one intimidate me."
Now , as consul for the Rivi-
. 1 1 ..4-
era, sne nas received mucn at
tention, even an offer to model
for an American fashion mag
azine, and she feels being
Black is the underlying cause;
"le consul de charme '
French newspaper called her
Says Eleanor, "I don't dwell
on my being Black any more
than on my being American.
I'm really not a racially con
scious person. Here my con
cern is with all people; this
tttod- of work allows me to ac
complish things on a very im
portant scale and I don't feel
I have to apologize."
W-l-A Mokes An Appeal To
County Board Of Commissioners
Men Win Equality Under Social
Law Says SS District Manager
You generally hear nowa
days about women lacking e
quality with men but it's been
the other way around in figur
ing retirement benefits under
social security, according to
D. W. Lambert, Social Securi
ty District Manager in Dur
ham. "For example," Mr. Lam
bert said, "a woman of 65
who has always e arned the
maximum amount that could
be credited for social security
would get about $269 a month
if she retires now. But a man
who is the same age and has
exactly the same earnings
would get only $259."
The new social security
law will eliminate that dif
ference over the next 3 years,
he said.
Under present law, benefit
amounts for both men a nd
women are based on average
earnings, but average earnings
are figured up to age 62 for
women and up to age 65 for
men.
"Both men and women can
strike out some years of low
earnings, but because the dif
ferent ages are used it works
out that men must use 3 more
years of earnings than wome n
do in figureing the average year
ly ea rings on which these
monthly benefit rate is based,"
Mr. Lambert said."
Under thejw- law, men
who reacK 62 in 1973 will be
ible to drop an additional year
of low earnings, men reaching
62 in 1974 will drop an addi
tional 2 years, and men reach
ing 62 in 1975 will drop an
additional 3 years.
Also -reduoed benefits will
now be provided for nondis
abled widowers at age 60, as is
now the case of widows.
"So in 1976, at least in these
respects, men and women will
he iust alike." Mr. Lambert
said.
This organization has been
in existence since 1968. At the
time of its formation, Durham
was in the midst of a black
buying boycott and tensions
were high. We immediately set
up an open forum at which the
Black Solidarity Committee,
the Merchants Association and
the Chamber of Commerce
could be heard. In due courses,
the grievances were resolved
and the boycott was called
off.
This was followed in 1969
by the school desegration court
decision, prior to which, we
had opened our Center for
School Support to dispel re
morse, foster parent, teacher
and student workshops and
otherwise work toward the
creation of a climate of accep
tance of the court decision, so
that schools might open in an
orderly manner and without
serious disruption. We are hap
py to say that this objective
was realized and according to
to the local press, the openini
of schools was one of the most
orderly in several years. And
our community was spared the
strife, turmoil and violence ex
perienced in so many of our
communities.
Our next project was the
opening of our Problem Clear
inghouse, in 1970. The Clea r
inghouseoffers a free service
to citizens and persons who
can help them find answers to
their problems. We work with
the client ori a confidential
basis, person to person, until
he has recieved the satisfaction
he desires. This service is of
fered on a call-in, walk-in basis
and located at 213 North Man
gum Street. The Clearinghouse
's also active in tracking down
rumors that are called in form
time to time.
Our organization is a coali
tion of dedicated and commit
ted women from all walks of
life, cutting across racial lines
and all economic levels. Its
membership has increased from
over 100 to over 400 women
in slightly more than 4 years.
This organization is not in
competition with any organiza
tion, but acts in support of
and as a completment to other
organizations and agencies,
working for the benefit of our
total community. Trhough the
Clearinghouse Referral Services,
we are in a position to call up
on appropriate civic and govern
mental agencies in the handling
of specific individual problems.
The organization also pro
vides an opportunity for people
who have grievances to come
in and "get things off their
chest", which are causing ten
sions, and without fear of re
crimination. We have often
found that through this ther
aputic experience many indi
viduals are greatly relieved of
their tensions, because they
have had an opportunity to be
heard by someone who cares.
Our big gest problem of
1973 has to do with Budget.
This is, providing the necessary
funds to underwrite the ser
vices which we need to render.
In an effort to meet this need,
Continued on page 7B
: MM BE
Appeal Issued
To Support the
Walltown Cen.
For more than thirty years,
the dreams, drive, and devo
tions of Mrs. Jay L. Alexander,
longtime employee of Duke
University (also the father of
Mrs. Grace Cooke , Records
Clerk in the NCCU Registrar's
Office) kept the doors of the
Walltown Charitable Communi
ty Center open to provide free
recreational activities for the
youth in this depressed neigh
borhood which is located in
West Durham near the North
gate Shopping Center.
This service was offered long
before city recreational facili
ties became available to the
Walltown children. (The pres
ent city center caters mainly to
teenagers; thus the private unit
is greatly needed for children
four to e ight years of age.)
It has been supported solely
by the contributions of public
spirited citizens in the commu
nity at large and by those at
Duke University who got a
glimpse of Mrs. Alexander's
vision.
Now that he is gone, it is
a challenge to the whole Dur
ham community to continue
the work of this man whose
concern for others enabled
him to do so much with so
little. This means coming to
gether as citizens and as insti
tutions for the purpose of
constructing a new building and
carrying out the programs
which death would not let
Mr. Alexander complete. For
faculty, staff, and students at
North Carolina Central Univer
sity this also me ans an oppor
tunity to perform significant
public service by providing
"outreach" program assistance
and financial support for a
black community center in
need.
The NCCU Committee to
assist the Walltown Community
Center therefore appeals to you
to give generously of your min
utes and your money in the
interest of wholesome recrea
tional and character building
activities for children in Wall
town. Continued on page 7B
ST. AUG. HONORS DR. FRI
DAY Left to right: Dr. Pre
zell R. Robinson, president of
Saint Augustine's College,
presents a "Distinguished Ed
ucator's Award to Dr. Wil
liam C. Friday, president of
the Consolidated University
of North Carolina. Dr. Friday
was cited as "an outstanding
citizen and leader on the lo
cal, national and internation
al levels, and as a servant of
the people of North Caro
lina." The occasion was the
106th Anniverary Year Ban
quet at the College Union,
Saint Augustine's College.
Blacks and Hypertension Found
To Be Mystery Within A Mystery
MRS. McKEE
SECRETARY FOR FOUR A&T
PRESIDENTS Mrs. Vir
ginia McKee served as secre
tary to four A&T State Uni
versity presidents before as
suming her new position as
assistant to Chancellor Lewis
C. Dowdy.
Book Written By Former Durham
Resident Now in Second Printing
DURHAM - "Lov e My
Children," by Dr. Rose Butler
Browne, published by Haw
thorn Books, Inc., New York,
has gone into its second print
ing, according to Dr. Browne
who visited North Carolina
Central University this week.
Dr. Browne, who is a former
chairman of the university's
department of education, alsc
reported that the book has
been reprinted in pape rback
by the U.S.. Information A
gency for distribution in the
Caiiibbean and overseas. USIA
printed the editions in English
and French, Dr. Browne said,
"as a story of a struggle that
did not end in bitterness."
The book, essentially an
autobiography, describes the
career of one of the nation's
leaders in education for black
people. Dr. Browne's persua
sion led educational forces to
agree with her that no child
should be neglected. Under her
leadership, North Carolina Cen
tral University became one of
the first schools to train black
teachers to work with tht
mentally retarded, the emo
tionally disturbed, and children
handicapped in speech and
hearing.
She also pioneered in day
care programs for the very
young. Her Happy Hours Day
Continued on page 7B
Claims 0E0
Is Dismantling
At Double-time
WASHINGTON (NBNS) -The
Office of Economic Op
portunity, the federal an ii pov
erty agency, has been dismant
ling in double-time, ever since
President Nixon set a July 1
deadline for a halt in funding
of local community action a-
gencies and the transfer of
OEO programs to other federal
departments in his fiscal 1974
budget message to Congress.
Theodore Telzlaff, head of
OEO's controversial legal ser
vices program, appears to be
the first victim of the dismant
ling. The 28-year-old Telzlaff
who served as acting director
for a year, was abruptly fired
after he refused to resign.
"I was told that I had to
go, and that if I didnt want
my resigna tion to beaccepted,
I was terminated," Tetzlaff
said after his pro forma resig
nation was accepted. He was
said that OEO's ac ting director
Howard Phillips, had refused
the firing with him.
Teltzlaff, the third head of
the program in 27 months to
leave under pressure, said his
dismissal was part of an effort
"to kill the program or at least
to interject politics into the
work of antipoverty lawyers
and destroy their profession
alism." (His predecessor, Fred
Speaker, quit tht post saying
he was "disturbed" about the
"political interference" of Vice
President Agnew and others in
the legal services program.
Speaker's predecessor, Terry.
Lenzner, and his deputy were
Continued on page 7B
High blood pressure, known
medically as hypertension, is
one of the unsolved mysteries
of science. For black Ameri
cans, it is a mystery within
a mystery.
Why?
Because, in over 90 per cent
of all cases, the exact cause of
hypertension can't be deter
mine d. Because science has not
found a cure only ways to
keep it under control. And
because science also doesn't
know why this killer disease is
particularly vunerable to black
Americans.
Consider the se facts:
Black Americans are twice
as likely to have high blood
pressure as white Americans.
When a black American de
velops hypertension, he will
probably do so at an early age.
It will be more severe and more
deadly.
In most cases, a blavk A-
merican will die seven years
sooner than a white Ame rican
who develops hypertension at
toe same age. The cause of
death, in all probability, will
be heart attack or one or
more of the complications of
of high blood pressure hyper
tensive heart disease, kidney,
failure or stroke.
What causes this abnormal
ly high incidence of hyper
tension among blacks? Science
doesn't know for sure. But
there are theorie s and a lead
ing one is heredity. Suggests
tne American Heart Associa
tion: "Take a hard look at your
family history. How ma ny
people in your family -parents
and grandparents, brothers and
sisters, uncles and aunts devel
oped high blood pressure early
in life? How many died of
stroke, heart attack, kidney
failure or hypertensive heart
disease unusual end results of
hypertension? If they have,
there's a good chance you
have inherited an abnormal
tendency for nigh blood pres
sure, high blood cholesterol or
diabetes."
This applies to Americans
in general, and to black A
mericans in particular. For
altkougn it has not been pro
ven that heredity plays a major
role in causing more high blood
pressure in black Americans
than white Americans, it is
known that an abnormal ten
dency toward hypertension
can often be inuerited.
Dr. Frank A. FhmertyJr,,
professor of medicine at Geor
getown U niversity Medical Cen
ter in Washington, D.C., be
lieves heredity is a key factor.
He contends that black Ameri
cans "inherit bad blood vessels"
from ancestors not too many
generations removed. He also
points to the high salt content
in the diet of most black A-
Continued on page 7B
HONOR STUDENTS (I. to
r.) Bobby, Jasmin, Dianna
and Jodie Owens, honor stu
dents at Jackson State Col
lege pose with their mother
m bar recent visit to lit
campus. Mrs. Inaa Oveat fc
widow and the WHmm
en