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TROUBLED SCHOOL OPENS-A black student Waves as he arrives at South Boston High School
after it opened under heavy police protection. The school had been closed since December when a
white Student was stabbed and violence erupted. V -
New tetOroodens Aid- To Veterans
The U.S. Department of
Labor has acquired rrajor new
responsibilities to provide job
aid to disabled and
Vietnam-era veterans,
Secretary of Labor Peter J.
Brennan announced.
Under the Vietnam Era
Veteran's Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974,
adopted Dec, 3 , the
Department is charged with
administering a stronger and
broader , program to aid
veterans. " .
TheIJepartment's aw
tii otislbiiitTes indude :
Assuring that federal
contractors and subcontractors
"lake affirmative action to hire
and advance in employment"
qualified disabled and
Vietnam-era veterans.
Enforcing the
reemployment rights of
veterans who held jobs with
state and local governments
before entering military
service.
Extending priority job
counseling and placement
services for veterans to spouses
First V a. Black
Judge To Speak
For PH Masons
PETERSBURG, VA.-The
honorable James E. Sheffield,
Virginia's first black circuit
court judge in this century, will
be the guest speaker when
Prince Hall Masons of Virginia
celebrate their 100th
anniversary in a program at
First Baptist Church in
Petersburg, Sunday, Jan. 26.
Judge Sheffield, the first
black ever appointed a judge of
a circuit court in the city of
Richmond, will be the keynote
speaker at the first in a sereis
of five programs sponsored by
the centennial committee of
the Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia.
The other four programs in
the series will be held in
February - and March at
Norfolk, May in Alexandria,
June in Richmond, and
September in Roanoke where
the 100th annual
communication of the
MWPHGL of Virginia will also
take place.
First Baptist Church in
Petersburg is the site where the
Most Worshipful Prince Hall
Grand Lodge of Virginia was
first organized as a fraternal
order in December of 1875.
The general public is invited
to attend the 3:30 p.m.
celebration.
Judge Sheffield is a native
of Hot Springs, Ark. He
graduated from the University
of Illinois with a B.A. degree in
political Science ( and from
Howard University with a
L.L.B. degree in law, cum
toude (with honors).
of certain veterans.
Assisting the U.S. Civil
Service, Commission in
developing affirmative action
regulations for the
employment of disabled
veterans in federal agencies.
Under the previously
existing - federal law ,
government contractors were
required only to give "special
emphasis" to veterans'
employment. Stronger
affirmative action provisions in
the new law apply to firms
holding federal contracts or
subcontracts worth $10,000 or
more and cover all work of
such firms, not just federal
contract work.
VSSU Bio-Medical Project
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Dr. Wilveria Atkinson,
Director of Project Strengthen
at Winston-Salem State
University has announced the
recipt of, a grant of $48,730
awarded by the Minority
Bio-Medical Support Program
of the National Institutes of
Health. The award will fund
the project through Dec. 31.
Project Strengthn is a
program designed to provide
research opportunities in
bio-medical sciences for both
faculty and students. Its
specific aim is to offer
participating- students better
insight and background for
careers in the health related
sciences. ' .
The basic concept is that an
atmosphere of scientific
curisoity, which research
engenders,- is a critical
ingredient for : a successful
career in medicine, dentistry or
the teaching : profession in
higher education.
More than four million,
veterans, whose GI home loans
have been paid in full, are
potentially eligible for new
loans guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration under
legislation approved eligible for
new loans guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration under
legislation approved by the
President December 31.
New loans are possible also
for some four and a had
million who now have loan!
outstanding when their current
GI loan is paid off and the
home purchased with it hai
been diposed of.
The broadened eligibility
rules apply to ail veterans who
have served since the beginning
of World War II.
VA Administrator Richard
L. Roudebush said the recent
legislation follows a trend of
relaxing eligibility for the Va
guaranteed loans set by
Congress over the past decadev
The changes have been made
possible by the continued good
credit record set by veteran
borrowers, he noted.
Other provisions of the
December 31 law designed to
make GI loans more attractive
to both lenders and borrowers
are:
an increase from $12,500 to
$17,500 in the maximum
portion of a GI loan which VA
can guarantee. There is no limit
on the amount of the loan to
which the VA guarantee
applies.
a provision for loans to
purchase lots on which to place
mobile home units already
owned by veterans.
' an increase in the maximum
permissible loan amount for a
single width mobile home unit
to $12,500 and dor.ble wide to
$20,000.
' I removal of the July 1, 1075,
deli miting date , for
guaranteeing loans on mobile
home and mobile home lots.
liberalizing rules for
guaranteeing loans on ' used
mobile homes.
streamlining processing of
loan -approvals through VA
approved lenders.
broadened possibilities on
guaranteeing loans on
he-family condominiums by
Amoving link to HUD
-insurance. -. ', "7'
if The maximum grant to
certain disabled veterans in
reed of special housing was
also increased from $17,500 to
$25,000 by the December 31
law.
The new law also closed out
VA's farm and business loan
program, it was pointed out.
Horohooso Rocoivos
Grant
Froti Standard Oil
Dr. Hugh M. Gloster,
President of Morehouse
College, has announced that
the . College has." received
$20,000 from Standard Oil .
Company of California toward
the construction of the John
H. Wheeler Business
Administration-Social Sciences
classroom building.
The presentation of the
award was made at a noon
luncheon at the Commerce
Club Wednesday, January 8.
Mr. Willis J. Price, President of
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky, presented the check
to President Gloster.
Construction of the
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PRESENTS SERVICE PLAQUE-Mr. Jacob Lewis, Jr., District Manager of the Roanoke District
presents the service plaque to James A. Holmes who retires from the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company after the completion of thirty-tow years of rreritorious service. Mr. Holmes is
active in community and civic affairs, and is a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. He is
married to the former Natalie Fields of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Outbreak Of Head and Body Crablke
Reported Throughout North Carolina
An outbreak of head, body
and crab lice has been reported
throughout North Carolina,
according to Dr. J. N.
MacCorrrack, head of the
Communicable Disease Control
Branch of the Division of
Health Services.
MacCormack said , the
Infestation appears to include,
people of all ages and sexes.
"Lice are more apt to be
spread among members of the
same household than through
office of classrom contact,"
MacCormack explained.
"However, crab lice (which
infect the public region) can be
spread through toilet contact.
Most frequently they are spred
through sexual contact and the
Infestation isv actually
considered a venereal disease."
The public health official
said the most important thing
is to get people infected with
lice treated. He urged that all
members of a household
should be treated regardless of
how many appear to . be
infected at the time. ,f ;
"Lice are discovered mostly
In the hair,' eyebrows, under
the arms and of course, in the
public region," MacCorrrack
noted. "If treatment is not
started immediately, in , the
areas ; can beceome Irritated
from ' persistent scratching,
resulting in an infection. The
critters are hard to see when
there are only one or two
present. Itching begins when
they lay their eggs and
multiply."
MacCormack said the nits
(or eggs) can easily be confused
with, flakes of dandruff. He
said the best way to tell them
apart . is : that the nit la
considerably harder to remove
because of the way it attaches
itself to the hair shaft.
The epidemiologist said
there are primarily two
preparations recommended for
treatment of lice. "Kwell" la a A
prescription drug and has to be
prescribed by a doctor. A-200C
can be purchased over the
counter.
building, which is included in
the College's Second-Century
Development Campaign, will
4neiese and enhance the
physical plant of Morehouse.
The . three-story brick
structure will house the
Departments of Business
Administration and
Economics, Psychology,
Computer Science, Political
Science and Sociology. Each
department will have faculty
offices and classroom facilities.
The building will also house a
small library, a faculty lounge,
an auditorium, and
laboratories. Estimated total
cost of the building is
$1,345,000.
The building will be named
after John H. Wheeler, a
distinguished alumnus of
Morehouse, a member of the
College's Board of Trustees,
and President of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank.
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Heads Program
In Worcester
Mrs. Byrdie Burner Wilson,
an alumna of North Carolina
Central University, Durham,
has been appointed director of
the Family Nurse Practitioner
Program at Worcester
Hahnemann Hosptial in
Worcester.
Mrs. Wilson, a registered
nurse who holds a master's
degree in nursing service
administration from New
York University, is the first
director of the program, which
began in March. The program
offers training which enable
the professional nurses who
graduate from it to provide
judgement based health care to
individuals ind family
members of all ages.
Ms. Wilson has been
employed by the Harlem
Hosipal, the Hospital of the
Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, and the Visiting
Nurses Associaton of New
York City. She joined
Worchester Hahnemann
Hosptial after serving as
director of nursing at the
Neighborhood Maternity
Center in the Bronx, New
York. t
The program directed by
Mrs. Wilson is the first such
program iff the Northeast based
at a hospital. Similar programs
in the area concentrate on the
areas of adult health care or
pediatric care.
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Sfofe Jo Present Symposium
Or Bhch$ la Southern History
Three public symposia at
North Carolina State
University, scheduled for Jan.
30, Feb. 20 and April 7, will
examine Blacks in Southern
history.
The session, sponsored by
the School of Liberal Arts, will
feature nationally recognized
authors Robert W. Fogel of the
Univesity of Chicago and
Eugene D. Genovese of the
University of Rochester.
Fogel's "Time on the Cross'.'
and Genovese's "Roll, Jordan,
Roll" have been judged as
outstanding books by several
national news magazines. The
two bill appear during theApril
7 symposium to discuss new
perspectives on American
slavery.
James Crisp and Donald
Scott of the NCSU History
Department are coordinators
for the symposia. Crisp said the
purpse is "To point out the
importance of the Balck
experience in Southern history.
The session on Jan. 30,
entitled "Shades of Black and
White" and set for 7:30 p.m. in
Room 216, Poe Hall, will
present George M. Fredrickson
of Northwestern University
and Joel Williamson of the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. William C. Harris,
NCSU associate professor of
history and a specialist on
Reconstruction, will be
moderator.
Fredrickson is the author of
"The Black Image in the White
Mind: The Debate on
Afro-American Character and
Destiny, 1817-1914,"
published in 1971 by Harper
and Row. The book is said to
have penetrated the surface of
racist theory, analyzed and
categorized racist thought and
provided a better
understanding of race problems
in America.
Joel Williamson has written
"After Slavery," a book which
deals with race attitudes
prevalent after the Civil War
and continuing to the 20th
century. During the
symposium he will examine
W.E.B. Du Bois' writings,
presenting wasy of loollgn at
black and white.
Bi-racial politics will be the
topic of the Feb. 20 meeting.
Participants will be LaWanda
Cox of Hunter College,
Sheldon Hackney of Princeton
University, Dan T. Carter of
the University of Maryland and
Helen G. Edmonds of North
Carolina Central University.
In addition to authors Fogel
and Genovese, panelists for the
April 7 symposium which will
coincide, with NCSlfs Annual
Pan-African Festival, will be
Lster H. Ovens of the
University of Michigan,
Kenneth M. Stampp of the
University of California at
Berkeley and Richard N.
Current of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
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