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My grandmother used to say, "Prepare for '
the future but never fear it." . r- . . . i :
' ' ,. Faith Baldwin
Happiness is a byproduct just as the fra
grance of homemade bread can be created
only by baking it. "Register-Tribune"
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DURHAM, N.C SATIJRDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1975
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mi Symfaer Day
FROM BLACK By John llwfguis
WRITERS FORUM By Ceoije & Ra
A POTPOURRI OF RECENT EVENTS By C. Rmc .
THEATRICAL WORLD By 'Tie Rodnf Rpt
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GDJERAL THEME
rtance Of Black History Week To Be Related
Fulfilling Sutltieil EcOHOtiiy CcUSitlQ Ail lilfluil
Q Appic6Ei?s For Public flssisiasice
Heed For Food
America's
Promise"
BYELVAP DEJARMON
Black History, Week wQl be
. observed during the week- or ,
Feb. 9 through Feb. 16; The;
1975 General Theme is '
"Fulfilling America's Promise. -
Daily discussion topics have
been set forth under the
leadership of The Association
For the Study of
Afro-American Life' and
History, Inc.,' and the Division
of The Association for the
Study of Negro Life and
History, Inc., and by the
Associated Publishers, Inc.
Division.
These discussions topics will
focus on Sunday, Feb. 9, The
"Bicentennial and The
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Church Women
United Elect
Hew Officers
In the Second Annual
Assembly of Church Women
United In Durham : held at
White Rock., Baptist ..Church.
Tuesday, January; 31 " he"
officer were elected and
installed by the State
President, Mrs. Hal Dotson, ''
who used candles to interpret
the theme "Let Your Lights
SoShine."
The new officers are: Mrs.
Ethel Mpntgonary, President,
Mis. Johnnie McLester, First
Vice President Mrs. Minerva
Evans, Assistant Recording,
Secretary ,, Mrs. Ruby West,
Treasurer Those who will
succeed themselves for another
(See WOMEN Page 3A)
Fees Must Be
Approved By
Administration
The North Carolina Central
University Board of Trustees
Wednesday ; approved and
recommended to the General
Administration of The
University of North Carolina a
series of fee increases which
would raise the total cost to
students living in NCCU
dormitories by $44.00.
Students not living in
dormitories face an increase of
$21.00 in fees which must be
approved by the General
Administration. Dormitory
residents face an additonal
increase of $23, $18 more in
room rent and an additonal
$5.00 in linen and laundry
fees
In-State dormitory residents
pay a toai of $1,368.50 during
the academic year, The new
proposals would increase their
total costs to $1,412.50. (Out
of state students pay $1,600
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DIALOGUE-At A Dialogue" between inmates, and correction ontcals, legislators ano concemeu
citizens held at the Essex County Corrections Center Jan. 17, John F. X. Irving (left), dean of Seten
Hall Law School, shakes hands as he greets an inmate from Rahway State Prison. The inmate is one of
the inmates who took part in the session. Irving served as keynote speaker at the meeting.
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Recession Had f.linor Impart :
Cnf Bcrliani'sBioTIiroo
Stamps Causes
Extended Hours
. North Carolina's depressed
economy is causing an influx
of applicants for pubUc
assistance and food stamps at
county social services
departments across the state.
For the month of
November, the latest full
months report available there
were 160,774 recipients of
financial aid under the Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC) program.
This was an increase of 4,184
persons over the previous
month of October. Compared
to November 1973, there were
10,159 more recipients.
All indications show that
when reports come in from the
county social services
departments for December the
number of recipients will show
similar increase if not more.
The rise in applicants for
AFDC couDled with dramatic
Zeroises to 'applicants lorlood -DPtrant employee to
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NATION'S FIRST -Jackie Chatmra, (right), the first person in the Nation to be hired under
the mergency public service jobs bin signed by President Ford on New Year's Eve, discusses her new
job as a community liaison specialist with Maida Navis, executive director of Interfaith Task Force, a
community action agency in Arapahoe County, Colorado, where Ms. Chat mo n will be working.
Tribute fo Dr. Marfn (rig, Jr.
Observed by U.S. Labor Dept.
WASHINGTON In a
special ceremony to pay
tribute;, to Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., Secretary of Labor
Peter J. Brennan urged Labor
such as Booker T. Washington
and W.E.B. DuBois.
, As late as 1972, the assets
of the "Big Three" exceeded in
the aggregate, the assets of
Mack businesses in New York
and those in Chicago. In its
1973 ranking of the 100 largest
black businesses in the
country, Black Enterprise
Magazine ranked North
Carolina Mutual first among
black insurance companies,
Mechanics and Farmer fifth
among black banks and Mutual
Savings eighth among black
savings and loan institutions.
"The Big Three" should
maintain their relative
positions in the magazine's
rankings for 1974.
. "Last year we saw some
progress at Mutual Savings not
as much as we would have
liked, but looking back,
certainly more than we
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stamps has caused many local
social services departments to
extend their office hours and
require their staff to work
overtime.
Prior to the Christmas
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redldicate" their work to the
principles that Martin Luther
King Jr. believed in and
worked for.
"We remember Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. as a leader
(See TRIBUTE Page 6A)
Dure Univ. Gets $3.5 Million
Grani to Study Coronary Disease
Doctors at Duke University
Medical Center have received a
$3.5 million grant to tackle the
nation's No. 1 killer coronary
artery disease.
The grant, awarded by the
National Heart and Lung
Institute will support the work
of 17 researchers over the next
five years.
"Prolonging life and
reducing disability that's what
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STEWART
By MALVINE. MOORE
While 1974 was a disastrous
year for many black businesses
across the country, including '
those in Durham, the
cumulative effects of' the
recession and inflation during
the year had a minor effect, if
any, on Durham's "Big Three,"
The North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company,
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
and Mutual Savings and Loan.
Over the years the image of
Black business In this country
and Durham and the south, in
.particular has been enhanced
by the successes these three '
businesses have experienced.
As far back as the turn of the
: century, Durham's reputation
as a "mecca" for black business
. 'the Black Wall Street," was
spread far and .wide by the
statements and writings of
black leaders and theoritlcians
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NATION'S FIRST PRISON COMMENCEMENT-In many ways, graduation day for Jerome Smith
(R) was no different than the thousands of commencement ceremonies held across America each
year. Smith, a'27-year-okl Detroiter is a prisoner of Southern Michigan Prison in his second year of an
eight to 15-year sentence for manslaughter. Graduation for his tiny class of 21 marked the Nation's
first conunencemtn held inside a prison.
we're interested in," said Dr.
Andrew G. Wallace, head of
the research team and chief of
Duke's Cardiovascular Division.
Wallace explained that two
articles feed blood to the heart.
Fatty deposits can build up
inside these arteries, like rust in
a pipe, thus brining on
coronary artery disease. The
clogging prevents the heart
from getting enough blood
and, for that reason, can kill.
"It's the most common
cause of death for both men
and women in this country,"
Wallace said. In 1971 the
disorder was blamed for the
deaths of 675,000 Americans
more than the population of
Boston.
It can lead to the following
conditions, Wallace said.
One doctor will measure
blood flow to the heart with
radioactive chemicals that
show up on X-rays. The
indicate whether a cornorary
artery is clogging, Wallace said.
Another researcher will try
to surgically remove ballooning
areas of the artery that
contribute to heart failure. Yet
another will create a
computerized data bank that
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AWARED NONVIOLENT PEACE PRIZE John Lewis, VEP
director, is awarded 1975 Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent
Peace Prize by Coretta Scott King. Present for the Ebenezer
Church obserfance of Dr. King's birthday were Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson (1) and The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh (r). Photo
by David Lamothe.
John levis is Recipient of
King Nonviolent Peace Prize
John Lewis, Executive
Director of the nonpartisan
Voter Education Project, is
1975 recipient of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. nonviolent
Peace Prize.
Coretta Scott King, who
made the award on behalf of
the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Center for Social Change,
described the Peace Prize as the
Center's highest award. lit her
presentation, Mrs. King
honored John Lewis as "one of
the great nonviolent leaders of
our times." "We feel that this
man exemplifies the life, the
teachings, and the
contributions of Martin Luther
King, Jr., and certainly has
brought about in his efforts the
kind of nonviolent social
MCCU leaks Priueavo Puoids To Observe SOilli AMivorary
Foundation is chairman of the
anniversary fund-raising
committee. He feels .the;
Because the university has
no significant source of funds
for special programs, one of
thtt more important committee has two Important
committees working to help responsibUities.
"If we we're to celebrate
the anniversary as it should be
i a
MALONE
celebrate North Carolina
Central University's 50th!
annlversaryasa
state-supported senior
university Is the one charged
with fund-raising;
'- William P. Malone,
executive director of the North
Carolina Central University
celebrated," Malone said, "we
need money for the celebration
itself. And we will be making a
mistake if we do not use the
anniversary to bring i in
additonal endowment and
scholarship funds."
He said he feels the'
significance of the anniversary
will interest donors to the
program and to the university's
support, if the real meaning of
the occasion Is understood.'
North Carolina Central
University became in 1925 the
nation's first state-supported
college for black people with a
liberal arts orientation.. Before
the 1925 legislative act, the
states were supporting
teacher -- tining programs and
programs to train farmers and'
mechanics. ,
"It is Important to realize
that the 1925 act meant that
North Carolina was committed
to the principle of training
black men and women for
leadership. The graduates of
the North Carolina College for
Negroes were not be specialists
trained for just one job. They
were to be men and women
who were able to adjust, to
continue to learn, and to make
decisions."
Malone said the evidence
that North Carolina Central
University had performed well ;
is particularly clear in Durham,
where the . committee will
concentrate its efforts.
Our alumni are In many key
roles In Durham. We have an
alumnus In State
Representatives H HL Mlchaux,
Jr. The director of the Housing
Authority is an alumnus, as is
the director of the Human
Relations Commission.
Community improvement
organizations like Operation
Breakthrough and United
Durham, Incorporated, have
many alumni in important
postions.
"We have alumni in leading
positions in finance, law, and
medicine in Durham, I
hestitate to try to name people
because I'm sure to omit
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changes in our society that
have moved us forward and
will continue to move us
toward the dream," stated Mrs.
King. "This young man is a
very humble man, a deeply -committed
man, and a man
whom I respect, admire, and
love very deeply."
The Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace Prize includes a
contribution of $1,000 an
engraved citation, and a bust of
the late Dr. King. The two
previous recipients of the
award have been Georgia
Congressman Andrew Young
and Cesar Chavez, leader of the
United Farm Workers.
Lewis accepted the award
"on behalf of the hundreds and
thousands of people who
participated and struggled in
the civil rights movement' He
itatat "I recognize the fact
that it ia not just a tribute or
an honor for me, but because
of the movement that Martin
Luther King, Jr. led and that I
have been a part of for the last
tew years. "
Lewis was na organiser of
the first sit-ins at segregated
lunch counters , and. has
participated In most major
civil rights efforts since that
time. He was in the original
Freedom Ride of 1961, and in
1963, addressed the March on
Washington. A leader of the
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