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DURHAM, N.C. SATURDAY,; NOVEMBER 1974
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Operotimi" BmmMhrough BSprd Elects New Chairman
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; 'DrJack' Hughes, a Durham Physician, was
elected to succeed Dr. Osofo L.H. McDonald, as
chairman of the Operation Breakthrough Board
of Directors Nov. 21. Twelve newcomers also'
took their seats on the 36 member board. Dr.
Hughes becomes the fifth white chairman of
the Board in the 10 year history of Operation
Breakthrough. f ,
' " The Agency will move its headquarters from
800 E. Main Street to new headquarters at ,
corner of West Main and Gregson Streets. Fred "
McNeill, executive director of Operation
Breakthrough said that the staff will move into
the three-story brick building during the
Thanksgiving holiday period and expects to be
ready to open the new offices on December 2.
A one year lease with the Dillion Supply
Company will allow the agency to have the
available space in the building on E. Main Street
made it necessary to secure other quarters.
Hughes, who was elected urianiously by the
Board,' represents the Durham Chamber of
Commerce on the board and has served on the
agencies planning and : adrijifstratlve
committees. He wtttbegin serving hoarth
term. Five years is the rraxirrum thafiny
member from any group may ( serve on the
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McDonald,' a representative' of the Durham
Ministerial Association served as chairman for
two years and was on the. administration and
planning committee during his tenure, as well as:
Executive Cormittee.
Other officers elected were Ronald Greene,
first Vice-chairman, Robert Hll, second vice
chairman, Mrs. Daisy Caine, secretary, and Mrs.
Barbara Harris, treasurer.
Executive committee members elected
included Mrs. Eula Bowling, Mrs. Alma
(See BTHROUGH Page 12)
Corabftfce Urges Congress ford,
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Thanksgiving just
the corner, many
will be counting
s and eating
. A major human relations:
organtzatlon has called on the:
Ford 'Admlnlstnhort ind'the - -United
.States Congress to give -urgent
attention to the j
problem of rising;
unemployment. It expressed j
the hope that the present !
Congress would make this a
top priority at its special
session.
The National Executive
Council of the American
Jewish 1 Committee, in a
statement, emphasized the
need for expanding public
service employment and for
other anti recession actions to
meet the wrosening
employment picture. It warned
that new tensions are beginning
to erupt becauseblack, other
minority and women
employees, who were hired in
recent years in response to
affirmative action programs,
now face layoffs as the
STAND GUARD-PoHce stand guard outside Atlantic City High
School as school lets out for the day Nov. 15 the day after
economy shrink ' q i Comrentlftg oft this-, fighting broke out between white pdblack students, resulting in
. PartJculan4btrubinB Is the .. need-. Alftiut it Mmm the .arrestioLiiL least 12 youthsiNo further" incidents ''yeie
jump w tnr nnempioyment ' WashlHgton Attorney who is reported.
rate in October for black
workers, a rate of close to 11
per cent compared with 6 per
cent for the nation as a whole,
the AJC declared. It warned
that the increasing economic
burdens borne by both low
income and middle income
families provided inflammable
tinder for scapegoating and
could lead to conflict among:
racial, ethnic, and class groups.'
The AJC statement
welcomed President Ford's
proposal - for extended
unemployment insurance
benefits, but pointed out that
"This will not provide for
those ineligible for
unemployment benefits or
workers who will quickly use
up the additonal benefits
without being able to find
work."
Chairman of the AJC's'
Domestic Affairs Commission
noted. i
"Severe economic
instability and dislocation
affect the most basic of human '
rights the right to live decently,
to have adequate food, shelter,
education and medical care.
This is the reason why concern
with economics is foremost on
the pre ent day intergroup,
relatior agenda.
M'. Moses urged a
substantial expansion of public
service employment as a
"constructive approach both to
easing the plight of the
unemployed and to meeting
critical community needs.' '
The AJC statement also
called on President Ford and
Congressional leaders to place
(&je CONGRESS Page 12)
0 ty of Durham io Hold Series
Of five Public fb? Meetings
During the next two weeks
the City of Durham will he
holding a series of five night
public hearings in order to get ,
citizens' eas on how best to
spend $7.1 million over the
next three years to improve
living conditions in Durham.
In order to ensure that all
interested citizens have an
opportunity to present their
ideas with a minimum of
in.covenience,
Womtn-In-Actlon are
coordinating buses to take
citizens to the hearings. All the
hearings will begin at 7:30 p.m.
and Operation Breakthrough
buses will be picking people up
on the hearing nights at 6:45
p.m.
The first public hearing was
held Monday, Nov. 25 at
Holton Junior High, and E.K.
Powe School was the hearing
site Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Brogden Junior High will be
the site of the public hearing
set for Tuesday, Dec. 3. Bus
pick-up locations will be the
Old Oxford Manor recreation
center, Bluefield recreation
center, in the Albright Council
Area at St. Paul's Church and :,
in the Bragtown Council' Area,
3607 Dearborn.
The fourth public hearing is
to be at Rogers Herr Junior
High cr. Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Buses will be in the Imranuel
Council Area at the corner of
Gerald and Jackson Streets and
(See DURHAM Page 12)
TV Program To Explore Breast
Cancer, Hypertension
A two-ninut demonstration on prime evening tins television
could spare untold numbers of women death and isfigurement
from breast cancer.
The short segment teaching women how to examine their
breats for early signs of cancer will be shown on the new TV
series, "Feeling Good," on the Public Broadcasting Service at 8
p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4.
The program will depict three women methodically searching
for lumps or thickening while a physician counsels them on the
medically approved techniques for identifying potentially
cancerous breast conditions.
Widespread misinformation regarding the treatment and
prevention of breast cancer led to the decision to air the segment,
said William Kobin, executive producer of the series. He
pointed out that a recent American Cancer Society poll reveals
that only 18 per cent of women surveyed performed a monthly
self-examination while most half did not even have an annual
breast examination by their doctor and only 24 per cent had
received instructions from their doctor.
The self-examination segment follows a case history study of a
near tragedy told by a woman who underwent breat surgery.
Dotti, a 39-year-old mother fo three, shares her experience with a
national television audience.
Dotti's ordeal began after her husband felt a lump in her
breast. Her doctor confirmed the malignancy and she underwent
a masterctomy an operation in which the breat is removed.
Breast cancer has become one of the most talked about topics
in recent weeks as a result of the mastercomies performed on the
' President's wife and on Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.
Guest stars on this week's program are Bill Cosby, Howard
Cosell, singer Joe ViUiams and comedians Bob and Ray. The
"Cluster" on breast cancer and self-examination is the most
sobering in the program. Other topics which though treated in
songs and comedy sketches are no less serious Include:
Hypertension. Twenty-two million Americans have
hypertension or high blood pressure and many of them do not
know they have It. A blood pressure check is sold by a carnival
pitchman with the aid of Dr. Eugene Thompson, a consultant.
Singer Joe William sings of the importance of this so he can live
. (See CANCER Page 12)
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around
individuals
their
turkey.
For Fayetteville State
University senior Margaret
, Lewis, thankfulness, and
blessings have practically been
her motto.
The early childhood
education major was stricken
with polio at the early age of
three months. But this
handicap has not stopped her
from achieving her education
nor her ambition to teach samll
children.
A native of Rowland, this
(See KEEPS Page 12)
National League
Of Cities To
Meet In Texas
WAS H INGTON America's
largest and inost represenssatlvo
gathering of municipal officials
will be held Dec. 1-5 in
Houston, Texas, when the
National League of Cities
coivenes its 50th Anniversary
Congress of Cities and
Exposition.
Major speakers to be heard
at general ' sessions of the
Congress include Janes T.
Lynn, secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, and
Casper Weinberger, secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Both will address the second
general session on Dec. 5.
Maynard Jackson, mayor of
Atlanta, Ga. and John Poelker,
mayor of St. Louis, Mo., will
also participate.
Using an innovative
nine-track thematic concept,
the NLC intends to expose
more than 3,000 delegates
from the nation's cities to an
in-depth review of the amjor
problems facing cities today.
Delegates will do so by
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TAKES A BREAK-Mrs. Margaret Lewis, a poBo victim studying
at Fayetteville State University smillingly takes a break and then
proceeds to her next class on campus. (FSU Photo by John B.
Henderson).
Kenyan Star Says UCCU
Exploits African Athhtas
A Kenyan track star
enrolled at North Carolina
Central University said in an
African sports magazine that
American universities explit
African athletes and he warned
Africans athletes who hope to
use their athletic skills as a
passport for an American
College education to be
U. Michigan Professor Writes
Revised Study of Black Family
ANN ARBOR-Dr. Richard
A. English is not the first
sociologist to study the black
American family. But he is
among the first to study It out
of the context of deviance,
divorce and 'the legacy of
slavery."
"The black family has not
been treated as a unit of
anlaysis," he asserts, but as a
social problem for which moral
solutions are sought. The
investigators have occupied
themselves with catagloguing
and decrying such 'problems'
as prositution, adultery, child
illegitimacy and welfare
dependence.'
Dr. English professor of
social work and associate
vice-president for academic
affairs at The University of
(See PROFESSOR Page 12)
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JOHN H. WHEELER HALE"
ATLANTA Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Saturday,
Nov. 16, at Morehouse College for the new John H. Wheeler Hall,
named in honor of the president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank.
Mr. Wheeler, an alumnus of Morehouse, is also a member of the
college's board of directors.
The building will house the departments of business
administration, economics, computer science, political science,
sociology and psychology, and will contain a lecture room that
will accomodate 175 students. The ceremony, presided over by
Morehouse president, Dr. Hugh Gloster, was held in conjunction
, with the college's annual homecoming activities.
Dr. Gloster said that the building wOl be named in honor of
Mr. Wheeler because of his achievements as "a distinguished
alumnus of Morehouse, a df Heated member of the Board of
Trustees, and a leading figure in the business and civic affairs of
Durham, and the nation."
. Since 1952, Mr. Wheeler has been President of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank and he has been the recipient of honorary
degrees from several colleges and universities, Including
Morehouse College, Shaw University, Duke University, and
Tuskegee Institute.
In his brief remarks, Mr. Wheeler' said that he deeply
appreciated the naming of the new facility after him, but that,
"it's more important to look' at the building as a new tool
towards developing strong black leadership."
Atlanta architect Edward C. Millier said that the building will
contain three stories, divided into six separate areas: the
Departments of Psychology and Computer Science will be on the
first floor, Business Administration and Econoirks on the second
floor, and Political Science and Social Sciences on the third floor.
Each department will have faculty offices and classroom facQites.
The building, which win be centrally heated and air-contioned,
will also have a small library, a faculty lounge, an auditorium, and
laboratories. Estirmted to cost $1,845,000, the John R. Wheeler
building is expected to be completed in the fall of 1975.
Dr. Gloster called the groundbreaking "a gigantic step"
towards relieving the overcrowded classrooms of Morehouse. He
said that this year's full-time enrollment of 1,275 students baa
surpassed all previous enrollments of the College, and that
construction of the John H, Wheeler building would significantly '
increase the space needed for the Departments of Business
Administration and Political Science, which comprise nearly half
of the majors in the student body.
prepared for possible
disappointment.
Robert Ouko, a member of
the 1972 Kenyan Olympic
team and a member of Kenya's
winning 1600 meter relay team
in Munich, made his comments
in a recent issue of Aflrca
Sports, a magazine published in
Nairobi, Kenya. The article was
written by a staff member of
Africa News, a Durham based
news service that monitors
short wave radio broadcasts
from the African continent
uuko, wno nas Men a
student at NCCU since 1971,
said he hoped the article would
help other young African
runners avoid the
disappointments he has had.
Prospective athlete students
should know that American
schools may be more interested
in their bodies than their
minds, he said. Ouko said there
were times when ha had to
fight to attend classes and that
weekend track meets left
member of the of the team
with only two or three days
each week fret for
academicwork.
Dr. Leroy T. Walker, who
recruited Ouko and the other
Kenyan members of the NCCU
track team, said he baa not
read the Africa Sports article,
but said the Ouko's remarks
may have been prompted by a
misunderstanding concerning
the university's obligation to
its foreign athletes.
Walker said the University
was obligated to provide Ouko
with a full scholarship that
provide for room and board,
tuition, books and spending
money for laundry. "NCCU
has bad la continuing to
discharge its responsib&tty to
(See KENYAN Page 12)