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VOLUME 5!rNo. 47 '
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.DURHAM, N.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1974
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DURHAM SOCIAL NOTKS By Mrs. Symincr Dsye
FROM BLACK By John Hudgins
WRITKRS FORUM By George B, Russ
A POTPOURRI OF RICTNT K VENTS By G. Russ
RI-FLFCTIONS By M3ry Bohanon
PRICE: 20 CENTS
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Number Of Black Legislators Are
Boosted One-Seventh By EUction
Building Funds
By
Commission
Rejected
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Funds for the NCCU New
Law School Building were
rejected by the Advisory
Budget Commission along with
the capital improvements
budget of the other 15
constituent Universitites in
spite of the recommendations
of the Board of Governors of
the University of Nortlf
Carolina. " v
Kast Carolina University's
proposed four year medical
school appears to have gotten
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"Budget
The Advisory
Commissions
recommendations are not final
as the ultimate policy making
powers rests in the General
Assembly of North Carolina.
"It is hoped that the
members of the General
Assembly will take a course
that will best advance the
public interests and Heeds of
the state," Dr. Albert Whiting,
chancellor of NCCU said.
A medical school is a long
range project. The public
would not reap any direct
benefits for at least 10 years
after its completion. This
would be ? conservative
estimate within current times.
The services of the first
doctors of physicians from
Kast Carolina University's
proposed four year medical
school, including construction
lime, would not be available
until around 1989 or 1990.
The Board of Governors of
the University of North
Carolina had recommened
$180 million, for capital
improvements among its 16
(See Funds, Page 8A)
Ambassador to Ghana and former
child movie star, gets a briefing on international labor issues by Deputy Under Secretary Joel Segall,
left, and ILAB African Area Specialist William Steen during a visit to the U.S. Labor Department. The
former actress has held a variety of domestic arid overseas federal posts in recent years.
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Project VJM Threaten
Several Bladi Businesses
By JOYCE SESSUMS
The Five-Points
Revitalization project,
scheduled to get underway in
six weeks, will attempt to lure
shoppers away from the
shopping centers and back to
the downtown area with
attractive and interesting shops,
a restaurant with a sidewalk
cafe, a bakery, delicatessen,
and a theatre. The theory
behind the project is that the
quaint and casual atmosphere
which these shops will provide
is an element now missing in
the life of the community and
the formula necessary for an
"ambience of street life."
The Five-Points project will
be operating on private funds
rather than public funds and its
fate will rest upon the success
of its developer and promoter,
Richard Morgan, in securing
$200,000 in the next 60 to
120 days. The money is to be
obtained through the sale of
500 units of stock to private
individuals at $1,000 a share,
and entitles the holder to a
limited partnership in the plan.
Morgan said that the securities
offered a high degree of risk
and are offered to bona fide
residents of North Carolina
only.
Although a few of the
buildings on which Morgan has
options to buy house black
businesses, he says there is
definitely no racism involved in
the plan and no attempt is
being made to discourage
blacks from participating in the
venture.
' We don't aim to relocate
Black merchants," Morgan
said. "Downtown Durham is
basically a black center.
Without the support of the
black people of the
community, the downtown
would be less viable than it is
today."
The buildings on which
Morgan has options to buy are
now , occupies by Burthey
Clothiers, The Angel of Mercy
Lounge, The Royal Clothing
Store, and Reddick Printers.
He has already bought the old
First Federal Bank building
(See Downtown, Page 8A)
Several Notable
"firsts" Among
Elected Persons
' WASHINGTON There will
be 270 black persons sitting in
the legislatures of 42 states as a
result of the November 5
election, an increase of
one-seventh from the previous
total of 236, according to a
survey by the Joint Center for
Political Studies.
. This is almost triple the
number of Black state
legislators, in 1964, when there
were 94 and a 39 per cent
Increase since 1970, when
there were 198.
As a result of the November
election, Georgia is now the
State with'the largest number
pf lack legislators, with 23.
treifrjisj,yf JllinQ.isa,dv
i Maryland were tied for the lead
with vJ9 each. Georgia's total
rose from 16, while Illinois
now has a total of 21, and
Maryland went down to 18.
Georgia and two other
states ir the South, Alabama
and SouthCarolina, showed the
largest increases. Alabama's
total went from three to 15
and South Carolina's from
three to 13.
There were several notable
"firsts," including the first
biack state senators in
Massachusetts and North
Carolina, and the first black
member of the Montana
legislature.
The 11 states of the Old
South showed the sharpest
gains, from a regional total of
59 legislators to a new total of
92, an increase of 56 per cent.
Three states in the Old South
did not hold legislative
elections this year , Louisiana,
(See Legislators, Page 8A)
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By MALVIN MOORE
Most of the word coming
out of Kansas City following
the Democratic Party's mini
convention last week was that
the party had achieved a
semblance of unity, signalling
In the minds of some a
reuniting of the. "old
Democratic coalition." That
coalition - comprised of blacks,
liberals and organized labor -had
provided both the core and
the Philosophical motivation
behind the Democrats' new
deal policies since the days of
FDR.
But there are signs which;
indicate that all may not be
well and that the unity bubble
has been pricked. And unless
the bubble Is patched up by
the time of the party's annual
nominating convention in
1976, the Democrats may lose
more than just hot air.
For one thing, labor is mad,
the liberals seem divided and
blacks are just plain
dissatisfied, and the question
affecting all three groups Is the
status of .minorities
particularly blacks-in the
conduct of party affairs.
The charter approved by the
Democrats in Kansas City, the
first of its kind for any
political party in the U.S.,
provides for less minority
participation at party
conventions than at the 1972
convention, and the so-called
affirmative action policy which
governed , the selection of
delegates to Kansas City will be
In effect in 1976.
As a result of quota rule
which prevailed in '72, 15 per
cent of the delegates in Miami
Beach were black, but with the
dissolution of that rule blacks
comprised only 9.1 per cent of
the delegates to Kansas City.
The decline in the number of
blacks- in the North Carolina
delegation was even more
pronounced. In 1972, 13, or
20.3 percent of the state
delegation in Miami Beach was.
black. But of the 45 North
Carolina delegates to Kansas
City, only five, or 11.1 per
cent, were black. ; 1
, The cause of this drastic
two-year decline in black
delegates strength can be
traced to the development of'
the affirmative action pollcjr, .
which, while abolishing the.
quota system in the selection
of black delegates, nevertheless
puts the Democrats on record
as opening the party up for
increased minority
participation in all party
affairs.
But if the results of I
affirmative action means more
of wbat prevailed at Kansas
City, when fewer of their
numbers were in attendance,
black Democrats, including
those in North Carolina, plan
to challenge their state parties
to insure greater black
participation In state1
delegations and in other party
affairs. With the removal of a
controversial section from the
party's new charter these
possible challenges stand a
good chance of succeeding.
The controversial section
would have placed on a
challenging group the burden
" (See Democrats, Page 8A)
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LOS ANGELES GIRL NAMED "OUTSTANDING ACHIEVER" IN JANUARY SEVENTEEN
Carol Johnson, 17, is featured in the January issue of Seventeen Magazine as one of the outstanding
young achievers in the nation. A senior at Los Angeles High School, Carol is a long-time volunteer
with the American Red Cross and attended the 1972 convention in New Orleans as a youth
representative. She spent last summer in New York City as a UNICEF intern and as part of a musical
group that visited day camps and children's villages, entertaining the audience with international
songs and dances. She also toured Bellevue Hospital and attended classes for handicapped and
retarded children. Carol, the daughter of August R. Johnson, would like to attend college in the East,
majoring in special education for the mentally retarded and handicapped.
IMPORTANT MEETING-Labor Secretary Peter J. Brennan (left)
and Mahlon T. Puryear, director of economic development.
Urban League, New York City, exchange thoughts on the special
One day meeting of the Labor Department's Federal Advisory
Council on Unemployment Insurance. Secretary Brennan
administered the oath of office to Puryear, a new member to Ihe
Advisory council, before the meeting, held to explore possible
legislative Improvements in the federal state unemployment
insurance program.
Duhe Power Company Seefis
To Mie Bos Fare In F oar Cities
OtilteMWcf-eetorpwy ha ppM- tOfitilfiiNltlw -insunc.jiiiti-iffat tea foa.
Carolina Utilities Commission lor an increase in bus
fares being charged riders in the city ot rjurham.
It will be. The first increase in fares here since
September 21. I4. Duke has applied for higher fares
in three other cities in which it operates public transit
systems, (ireensboro. and Spartanburg and Anderson.
South Carolina.
The requests in all four
cities seek to raise the adult
cash fare from 20 cents to 30
cents. Student tickets will be
increased from a dime to 15
cents and there will be no
transfer charge for students.
Adults will be asked to pay a
10 cent transfer charge.
In Durham adult riders may
purchase tickets in quantities
of five for $1.50 while students
may purchase 10 tickets for
the same amount.
H.E. Shoaf, Duke Power's
District Manager, said that the
Durham transit system has
been a deficit operation for
many years, but that recent
rises in costs made an increase
mandatory.
"For the five years prior to
1974," Shoaf said, "the
Durham transit operation lost a
total of $1,107,423, and in the
first nine months of 1974 these
losses have continued to
escalate."
Shoaf cited a decrease in the
number of passengers carried
for approximately the same
Foundation
Approves Eagle
Club Formation
The Board or Directors of
the North Carolina Central
University Foundation, Inc.,
approved the creation of an
"Eagle Club" organization
under the foundation's
corporate structure. The Eagle
Club will conduct fund-raising
activities in behalf of the
university's athletic program.
By agreement with the
university, the club will have
the use of a club room in the
newly-renovated O'Kelly Field
Stadium Members will have
special parking privileges for
home games in all sports and
will be seated together during
the games.
(See Eagle, Page 8A)
operational miles, coupled with
rapid increases in all costs
connected with the transit
business in explaining the need
for the increases.
The number of revenue
passengers in Durham has
shown a dcrease from the
3,513,005 using the buses in
1969 to 3,045,514 in 1973 as
the standard of living in the
area increased.
"During that time," added
Shoaf, operating expense has
increased drastically. For
up 67 per cent since 1973, fuel
55 percent, oil 31 per cent, and
the cost of tires has risen
considerably. Wages of course,
have increased substantially.
Shoaf pointed out that
transit system operations are
entirley separate from Duke
Power's electric operations,
and the elecTric rate payer in-no
way has been charged with the
transit losses.
"The Company has been
absorbing these losses," the
Duke official stated.
A fleet of 44 buses serves
Durham. AU but five, standby
buses for emergency operation,
are air-conditioned.
Nineteen were placed in sen' ice
in 1964-65 at a tost of
(See Duke, Page 8A)
flange Appointed to VJays
And Means Committee
Congressman Charles B.
Rangel the two-term
Representative from Harlem
who succeeded the late Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr., has been
selected by the Democratic
Steering Committee of the
House for a seat on the House
Ways and Means Committee,
thus becoming the first black
in the history of the United
States Congress to be selected
for the prestigious Committee.
Rangel, who represents the
Harlam, East Harlem and upper
west side communities of New
York City, was selected by the
New York Democratic
Congressional delegation as the
delegation's choice for a seat
on the expanded Ways and
Means Comrittee. He also had
the support of the seventeen
member Congressional Black
Caucus, and the House
leadership.
The selection of Rangel
represents another milestone in
the career of the man who
after exploding the myth of
political invicibllUy
surrounding the flamboyant
Powell, has gone on to achieve a
status of responsibility, respect
and power in the halls of'
Congress. This year, he has
assumed the chairmanship of
(See Rangel, Page 8A) "
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