TO THE EDITOR
Attention should be called
to a positive endeavor of a
group of young people ' in
our city high schools. The
Hillside High School Band has
accepted an invitation
to participate in thej
Bicentennial Cherry Blossom!
Festival in Washington, D. C,
April 9 through 11.
We have learned that the
Hillside group is the only high;
school band from North'
Carolina participating. In view
of the fact that this group
brings recognition and honor
to our city and our state we
feel that the citizens of
Durham would like to know
this.
Obviously an undertaking of
this magnitude needs financial
support The parents of the'
band students axe organized to
attempt to raise funds to pay
for transportation and lodging
for the 133-member group.
The trophy case in the new
music facility at Hillside boasts
of. numerous citiations, plaques
and awards brought back from
past years' experience in
participating in national events.
Excellence should be
supported. Citizens wishing to
contribute to this endeavor
may send tax deductible
donations to: Mrs. . Johnnie
Brown, 1517 Rosewood St.
27707. Checks should be made
payable to Hillside High School
Band Parents.
Mrs. Merian Gibson
Mrs. Andrea Williams
Mrs. Virginia Ghirardelli
COMMUNITY
AFFAMBS
by
KENYON C. BURKE
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1AT MARCH 20. 1978
ABORTION: A FALSE ISSUE
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Commissioner
A NEW BILL FOR ALL OF US
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Public participation in the decision-making
processes of the federal government processes that
affect the lives of all of us, will get a giant boost if
the bill, entitled S. 27 1 5 is passed into law.
Sponsored by Senator Edward J. Kennedy, this
bill in Kennedy's words, ' will accomplish this
purpose hi two ways: (1) It authorizes federal
agencies to reimburse citizens for their expenses
incurred in administrative proceedings (this
includes their expert witness fees; attorney's fees,
and other costs of participation, including, perhaps
transportation);
and (2) it would permit federal courts to
reimburse citizens who bring successful lawsuits to
enforce agency compliance with the laws they (the
agencies) are charged with administrating."
What a welcome bit of fresh air this would
bring! As a boy and a young man, it never
occurred to me that I or any citizen of my
community in Memphis, Tennessee, had the right
to question the kinds of programs radio stations
beamed into our homes (they were pretty corny
then, subtly racist and sometimes openly racist in
some instances);
or to protest to the Interstate Commerce
Commission in respect to prices of commodities
While watching the
customary jockeying for
position and attempts at
manipulating public opinion
that accomplished Presidential
and Congressional races, one
wonders why we continue to
fall prey to false issues.
Law & Order, crime in the
streets, busing, and now
abortion is being offered up by
some special interest groups as
a major campaign issue.
Most people in our country
today are looking for executive
and legislative leadership
capable of dealing: effectively
with such gut survival issues as
high unemployment, poor
schools and health care,
inadequate housing,' fear of
personal safety in our own
neighborhoods and the affect
of racism and discrimination.
We are searching for leaders
who can understand and act
upon complex problems of the
energy crisis, a sagging
economy, along with working
toward a world that has more
peace than war and more
humanity than inhumanity.
One thing we don't need in
our survival game plan Is
another false issue todistractus
from keeping our eyes on the
bal.''' While abortion arid its
physical and psychological
ramifications are not to be
taken lightly, access to
medically supervised abortion
does bring about significant
health advantages to
individuals and their families.
Since the 1973 Supreme
Court decision gave legal
sanction to abortion, the
maternal death rate and infant
mortality rates have materially
declined. Any attempt to
interfere with a woman's right
to personally make a choice on
this crucial matter would
reverse that trend.
The price of illegal abortion
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Supreme Court's abortion .
decision was paid in the
currency of women's dignity, "
women's health and even"
women's lives.
Though many paid the
price, none paid it more often
or more cruelly than minority
groups and the poor. More
than nine out of 10 of those
who died at the hands o;,
incompetent practitioners a
the days before abortion was
legal were black and
Spainish-speaking.
As serious and important
as this subject is, we find it
difficult to understand how
and why a President or
legislative candidate's stand on
abortion has anything to do
with almost overwhelming
problems of survival that wt
face today.
Indeed, in a pluralistic
society such as ours, with
many cultures, sub-cultures
lifestyles, special interest and
values we can expect
differences of opinions.
However, we must be alert
to those who are single issue
folks and would impose their
values on all and keep us frbm
focusing on the real issues.
Beware of false prophets
among us for they are riding
the abortion horse in our
current Presidential and
Congressional campaigns.
Resolutions
Coatinued From Front Page
me mbers of the press
contingent covering the
week-long seminar and
briefings were:
Lonnie Kashif, Washington
Bureau, and Joe Walker, New
York Bureau, Bilalian News;
Reggie Major, San Francisco
Sun Reporter; missBrenda
Jones, Freedom ways Magazine;
Michael Scott, labor journalist,
and Robert Chrisman, the
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Speaks To
Commission
The equal Employment
Opportunity ComniisJon has
nude much progress over the
past two yean according to it's
Charlotte district director,
Harris A. Williams. Williams
was in Durham on Tuesday to
speak at a meeting of the
Durham Human Relations
Commission. He has been the
director of the Commission for.
the past two years after having
been with the Internal Revenue
Service for the past fifteen
years. Williams jurisdiction
covers the entire state of North
Carolina.
"I've tried to bring into the
office a positive management
approach,' aid Williams in an
interview prior to his speech.
Some of the major
accomplishments that the
Commission brought forth
under his leadership says
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'' BLACK GUDE TO WASHINGTON - Just in time for the
' Bicentennial, R Powell (left) and Bill Cunningham, have
written a guidefeok to this city, titled ' Black Guide to
Washington." Thihook, which they display here, provides the
first inside view Washington's black presence and history, to
the best soul foot restaurants in town. The 128-page book
: includes the tradition! sightseer's tour, but goes further, weaving
history and street-wU knowledge with relaxed , good humored
intimacy. (UPI). .
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WHAT SENATOR HUQNtttEY
SAYS ABOUT
GOOD
SENATOR
What Senator Humphrey
Says About Another
Good Senator ...
" Long before civil rights was a winning issue, Henry M. Jackson was standing in
the front ranks of those who were fighting for even the most limited victories:
-To abolish the poll tax;
-To abolish segregated hospitals built with Federal funds;
To create a civil rights division in the Department of Justice;
To establish a Federal Civil Rights Commission."
"Scoop" Jackson was there when the major victories of the mid-60's finally were
achieved:
Equal access to public accommodations;
-Equal opportunity in jobs and housing;
-Meaningful guarantees, enforced by the Federal Government, on the right to
voto;
-And all the other landmark victories that ended legalized discrimination in
American life."
Remarks by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey introducing Sen. Henry M. Jackson. May
13. 1975.
Paid for by Jackson for President Committee, Washington, D. C.
Waiter T. Skallerup Jr., Treasurer
A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Elections Commission and
it available for purchase from the Federal Elections Commission,
Washington, D. C.
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Sen. Humprirey spoke of the headline victories. He knows Sen. Jackson's record
in civil rights is widely known and respected. These respected North Carolinians
know Sen. Jackson's record, too, and they stand with the Senator in the North
Carolina Presidential Primary:
-State Senator Fred Alexander of Charlotte;
-Mrs. H. M. "Mickey" Michaux of Durham;
-City Councilman William Knight of Raleigh;
-Dr. Roy Moore of Greensboro;
-The Rev. James Mcllwaine of East Spencer;
-Lee R. Morgan of New Bern, former Mayor Pro-Tern.
Vote for
Sen. Henry lachson
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North Carolina Presidential Primary Tuesday, March 23
SEN. JACKSON