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Throughout' many parts
of the world education is con
sidered a luxury available
only to the rich arid in-,
fluential. Public education is
an unheard of privilege while
young and bid alike toil daily
only to survive. Ih the pre
Civil War United States," it
was ' a " crime, sometimes
punishable by death, to teach
a slave how to read. Local
private and public learning in
stitutions spend millions of
dollars annually to teach
students about the world in
which they live. Is it worth
it? Are our schools really
able to prepare our youth for
the world of today?
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REGINA . SATTER
FIE1D, 16, Junior, Hfllsidel
High School, purham - Yes
things we learn in school will
be needed when we get out .
such as geometry, math, and
reading. English is necessary
in order to talk to people and
writing down ideas. If you.
want to go to college you'll
need the basic courses taught
in high school, Students need
to have more time in their
classes and have fewer
classes. ;
ELEANOR MASSEY,
1 0, C. C. Spaulding, 5th grade
-Durham, N. C. - Yes, I
know more about life and
history than when I first
began school. When I grow
up I'll know more about
people around the world and
be able to make better
friends. Things could be
better but our teachers don't
always listen. Students could
pay more attention and listen
SUSAN HELMS,' 15 -Chewning
Junior High It's
all right but it could be
better. Student discipline is
pretty good , and nobody
really gets out of hand. It
would help if there was more
student participation in the
making of rules. A lot of
students get suspended with
out, ever Having their opinion
heard. The administration
needs to listen more.,
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"READ BY OVER 30.000 DURHAMITES"
. ' Three-year-old Melissa Amis is some
wherel " - '
... Durham police combed some 300
acres in northeastern Durham for two
days this week in search of the little girl.
They found a stained sheet in a field be
hind DaVinci Street, and Melissa's um
brella about a block and a half from her
home on Hinson Drive - but no Melissa.
The child was reported missing on
Sunday morning by Adolphus Prince, who
told police he prepared her breakfast
shortly Rafter 8 o'clock and dressed her.
While he, was taking a bath, Melissa dis
"BOBBY E BAILEV, 21,
senior, NCCU, Raleigh, N. C.
I ve been thinking qf leav-
ing Central even though this Jbers of thf People's Coalition'
is mrlaUTytan It' i like'a bigfof.-l)i,wed
"hUi'- schbotirTto'ofta -
'(o5ntfetent faculty and very' -
little . competition, v In ' my
opinion, liberal arts degrees
are On the way out. Students
need a more specialized curri
culum. I would recommend
NCCU to a certain kind of
student, but not high '
achievers. I don't regret the
Central experience, it has en
lightened me as to the plight
of black institutions of higher
education. The main problem
is , they Just can't compete
economically ot socially with
. the approach and innovations
of white institutions. ' .
to their teachers and parents
could teach us things at
home.
YEVONNE HARRISON,
15, Chewning Junior High -No,
it doesn't. I think it's
because kids don't really care
or listen and get into too
much trouble. Some students
take advantage of loose situa
tions and nobody does any
thing to stop them. Its hard '
to learn like that, It's mostly
a discipline problem, the kids
don't care the teachers don't
care and a lot of the parents
don't even care what's
happening.
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IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE
Unemployment Is S. C. State Captures
Killing 4fh Straight MEAC
Black People Title
PAGE 4
Two PCJ Members Are
Found Guilty In Ucsh
On Tuesday, November
1, Waldo James and Paul Ber-
manzohn,' two leading mem-
Md convicted in NaSrCoun-
My District Court in Nashville
on charges of threatening an
.' officer and trespassing. ;
James, charged with
threatening an officer, re-
, ceived a suspended sentence
of sixty days and two years
probation plus a $50 .fine
and court costs.
Bermanzohn, charged
with treaspassing, received a
thirty day suspended sen
. tence and one year probation
plus a $25 fine and -court
costs. ' 1
, The People's Coalition
for Justice has been leading
a struggle in Whitakers, pro
testing the April murder of
Charlie Lee, a black agri
cultural worker, by Joe
Judge, a wealthy white shop .
keeper. - . .
Joe Judge's September
19th murder trial lasted
about fifteen minutes.. The
trial of the two PCJ mem
bers lasted over three hours;
Joe Judge stood trial in the
Nash County Superior Court
in Nashville for murder. In
spite of a written confession,
Judge was given a ten-year
suspended sentence with
three years probation. He had
plea bargained for a suspend
ed sentence in exchange for a
$25,000 settlement to the
widow's estate. The two PCJ
members ' received a com
bined probation of three
years ' for misdemeanor
charges.
About ten . pickets ,
. carried signs outside the Nash
""County Courthouse last Tues
day morning protesting what
they , called a "frame-up."
Placards carried by the
pickets read, "We Must Hate
Justice!", "Support the
People's Coalition for Jus
tice!!! , Whitakers, N.C."
"Justice for the Rich, jail for
the poor." The rally included'
chanting and leafleting to
Nashville residents.
Waldo .James and Paul
Bcnjanh
The following is a state
ment by NAACP Executive
Director Benjamin L. Hooks
on the unemployment rate
for October that was released
by the Department of Labor
this week.
"The continuing rise in:
the unemployment rate for
black workers is a troubling
trend that requires immediate
remedy from Congress and
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
appeared. She lives with her mother, Mrs.
Jean Amis who is a nurse at North Caro
lina Memorial Hospital ul Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Amis was at work at the time of
Melissa's disappearance. -
Police spokesman said Tuesday they
suspect foul play in the case. They' main
tained that same suspicion on Wednesday
with no new developments, and are now
asking ALL citizens of Durham to help in
the search. Lt. Richard Morris of Jhe In
vestigations Division asks that citizens all
over the city please check their projberty -in
trash cans, under houses, in thickets,
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Bermanzohn were charged in -
connection , with incidents
that allegedly took place on
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.September 16, l?77the
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feopie TnaK of ,Joe.
Judge According to Berv
manzohn, "for several days.
before the 'Peoples' Trial,'
police in Whitakers had been
harassing motorists by stopvt
ping y cars and giving out
tickets, as well as following
PCJ members around town as
we were distributing leaflets."
Bermanzohn : claime d that
"the police were trying to
frighten people out of coming
to the People's Trial." r
On the evening-) of
September 16, James is re
ported to have inquired qt the1
Whitakers Police Station after
he saw his father's truck had
been stopped by an office r.
He is alleged to have threa
tened Officer J. E. Bunn after
Officer Bunn told Waldo
James to leave the ' police .
station, which he did, Ber- -manzphn
was arrested after a
group gathered around the
Whitakers Police Station to
At the trial in Nashville,
on Tuesday; November I, tes
timony about the Peoples
Trial of September' 17 and
the PCJ was not allowed by
the Judge; Ben Nevflle, him
self a resident of Whitakers.
Several times Judge Neville
interrupted testimony which
prev ented de fense witnesses
from describing the circum
stances which they believed
led up to the arrests. The
defense attorney, Frank
Balance .of Warrenton, pre
sented several witnesses who'
testified that James did not
threaten : Officer Bunn as
charged.; In fact, witnesses
testified' that James said
nothing to Officer Bunn. Wit
nesses also testified that Ber
manzohn was moving away
from the sidewalk in front of
the Whitakers Police Station
when Officer Bunn arrested
him for trespassing. Despite
the testimony of the defense
witnesses, Judge Neville
found the two PCJ members
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Mis Calls
the Carter Administration.
The NAACP has repeatedly
informed the Administration
in meetings tat the White
House and through other
forms of communication of
our concerns over this crisis.
Black unemployment now
stands at 13.9 per cent,
double that for whites;
"The fact that the "natio
nal unemployment average is
iff , w vafcu'f ductaiion possible
. Trial of Joe.W --n.'flfSr-,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1977
Durham Police Ash
Help In Search
abandoned cars and buildings, in ditches,
drain pipes - everywhere and anywhere
there is the remotest possibility the little
girl might be.
Melissa is reported to be a gregarious
little person - she likes other people and
has an outgoing personality.
The Carolina Times is asking our rea
ders to study Melissa's picture, cooperate
with police in the search and report imme
diately any findings or information which
may lead to location of the little girl.
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Pictures
North Carolina Governor
J James B. Hunt, Jr., com
.mended North Carolina Cen
tral University's leadership
Ifor not accepting the advice,
f;'Don't rock the boat,"
-during the university's 67
years of existence.
Speaking at , NCCU's
Founder's Day observance on
November 4, Hunt told the
, audience, "You have rocked
.the boat!" He drew a round
I ';of applause when he con
tinued, "And I want to tell
- you, you've got a boat-rock-(
"ing governor now." ;
J. -Hunt said the university
hjld faced-.,ieyere problems
;durin Us history and heid t0
, iit uith,) .Lm Wrtn.
''Tas a ripht to : . the best
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Oil PUSMUIC; iJiVijv-i "Holf 'ftf iW tinu U
'which' you honor your foun
der, Dr. James Sheparq, every
year at this" Founder's Day,"
Hunt -said. He praised the
university for asking its stu
dent leaders to conduct the
ceremonies honoring Dr.
Shepard.
"I speak for five and a
half million North Carolinians
in saying to the leaders of
this university, 'Thank you
for all that 'you have done
for us,' " Hunt said,
"Our universities today
face the problem of dealing
With a lot of students who
have not beer adequately pre:'
pared by our public? schools.
'That is. not the fault of the.
students, it is the fault of us,
the people of North Caro
lina, and we must change it
the 39-year old governor said.
.He said it was unfair for
' universities to have to offer
remedial work before begin
ning teaching material at the
college level.
. "What improves higher
HONORARY - DEGREE
Whiting (right) confers the
on Governor James B. Hunt.
For Full Employment
now 7 per cent, that is, much
lower for whites, demon
strates most forcefully the ad
verse effect that current eco
nomic and social policies are
having on black communities.
Furthermore, when we look
at the horrendous joblessness
among teenagers, which is
nearly 40 per cent, then the
extent of the social malaise
that affects so many Ameri
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education - what improves
North Carolina Central Uni
versity - benefits the entire
state of North Carolina and
so much of the nation," Hunt
remarked.
He told of his adminis
tration's activities to improve
health services to young
children and of his own in
volvement in the reading pro
grams he campaigned for in
1976.
He said he went weekly
to a Raleigh school where he
works as a volunteer with
children who have reading
problems, jtwo at a time: "I '
sit with them at one of those
tiny little desks and 1 hug
them up close to me and we
work with reading - syllables
and the sounds.
loving, and I don't know
which is needed most," Hunt
said, drawing a fervent round
of applause and more than a
few "Amens" from the au
dience. ."We. are all linked to
gether as human beings, as
citizens, and as we bend
down to help that child who
has not learned to read, who
has not had adequate health
care, we lift up our state and
our nation.
"We are concerned about
bread, about the economy
and opportunities for jobs
but perhaps most of all, we
should be concerned about
being humane and about the
kinds of communities we
have," Hunt said.
He quoted from Senator
Hubert Humphrey's recent
address to Congress: "I am
optimistic about America. . .
History is on our side. It is
not a question of whether we
can pile up more wealth, it
is a question of whether we
can live together."
- Chancellor Albert N.
degree of Doctor of Laws
(Photo by Kelvin Bell).
can communities will be
realized. ' v
"The ' only meaningful
remedy has to be a commit
ment to a national full em
ployment policy. We there
fore call once more upon our
national political leaders and
lawmakers to begin taking
seriously. - our ! demands for
the enactment of . the
Hawkins-Humphrey Full Em
ployment Bill.
' TELEPHONE (918)
"A TOUCH OF ELEGANCE- IS th thm fortthe
Twentieth Annual Coronation of "Miss Saint Augus
tine's College" for 1977-78 to take place on Friday,
November 18, at 8 p.m. in the Emery Building. Miss
Talitha Karen Heard, a 21 year old senior, majoring in
physical education will be officially crowned by the
outgoing queen Second Lieutenant Carolyn E. Floyd,
"Miss Saint Augustine's College" 1976-77. Attendants
to the queen are Vicky Re nee Jeffries, a freshman
Business Education major from Raleigh; Janet Preston,
a sophomore sociology major from Sumter, South
Carolina; Coeran Taylor, a junior psychology major
from Sumter, South Carolina; Marilyn Ward, a senior
psychology major from Baltimore, Maryland.
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CASTING U. S. VOTE - U. S. Ambassador Andrew
Young votes during security council debate on South
Africa. The U. S., Britain and France vetoed three
African resolutions imposing tough sanctions against
the Pretoria government but they agreed for the first
time to support an arms embargo against the white
regime. (UPI).
Appeal Is Urged On
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WASHINGTON-The U.S.
Department of Justice must
initiate immediate action to
stay a Federal Court ruling
which could devastate the
minority enterprise effort in
this country, according to Dr.
j Berkeley G. Burrell, President
of the National Business
League.
The ruling, delivered by
U.S. District Court Judge A.
Andrew Hauk, last week, im
posed a permanent, nation
wide injunction against, en
- forcement of the minority
business set-aside provision
under the recently enacted
Public Works Program. Judge
Hauk, who defined the pro
vision as a "quota system,'
ruled that it was "invidious
and unconstitutional", and
violated the equal protection
clause of the Fifth Amend
ment Burrell, tenth President
of the nation's oldest and
largest minority business
r organization, termed the
Court's action "devastating,
and added: '.This decision .
cannot and must not be
allowed to stand. The ruling
in this-case will effectively
deny - the minority business
community from equitable
participation' ' in America's
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free enterprise system. We
urge the Federal Government
to appeal the Court's ruling
without delay."
The case involves a suit
filed by the Pacific Legal
Foundation on behalf, of
several building contractors
in the Los Angeles, Califor
nia community. The suit
challenged the Congression
aDy mandated provision: that
at least ten per cent, or $400
million, of total expenditures
under the public works pro
ject be expended with quali
fied minority firms. S
Said Burrell: "The
Congress has recognized .the
nMtd to orovide stem to .
assist the minority business
community in overcoming
the effects of historic discri
mination in this nation's
economic structure. (The)
Court action is contrary to
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The setting of targets, such as
the ten per cent provision
in the public works program
is a legitimate and necessary
approach to rectifying the
past systematic exclusion of
- minorities ;in this country's
. free enterprise system".
. Whfle the fuQ impl.ea-
" .Uons of the ruling cannot be
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