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CELEBRATES 13 iDIRTHDAY -.MrfrCynthta
riwpatricK (L) was ,113,
Day. She Is greetarf by friends at a party held In hir
honor. Mrs. Fitzoatrlck.
was in Rochester to visit
great wisn was to see her three children grow up; the
Loj"d let me live to see my childreh grow, my grand
children grow, and my great-grandchildren grow." she
said. (Photo by Steve Groer, UPI). -
Blath Press
Seven IdvertisorS of
WASHINGTON, (NNPA)
- Senator Hubert - H.
Humphrey, former Vice Pre
sident of the United States,
will receive the Distinguished
Humanitarian Award of the
National Newspaper Publish
ers Association (NNPA) dur
ing its Mid-Winter Workshop,
January II 14 in Miami, Dr.
Carlton B. Goodie tt, presi
dent, announced this week.
Additionally, Dr. Good
lett said NNPA will present
"Affirmative Action Adver
tising Awards" to seven major
advertisers. These are: Ameri
can Airlines, Chrysler Cor
poration, Eastern Airlines,
Gulf Oil Corporation, Kraft,
Inc., Sears, Roebuck and
Company, and United Air
lines. They will receive plaques
during the "Recognition
Dinner for Advertisers" on
Thursday evening, January
.12, at Omni International
Hotel where the : Workshop
is being held.
Presentation of the Dis-.
tinguished Humanitarian
Award will be made to Sena
tor Humphrey, "the Happy
Warrior", or his Representa
tive as the climax of the
Workshop. Vice President
Walter F. Mondale has
been invited to receive the
plaque for the ailing Sena
tor if he is unable to be pre
sent. Humphrey, who began
his political career as mayor .
of Minneapolis at 34, first
appeared on the national
scene three years later as a
delegate to the 1948 Demo
cratic National Convention
where his fight for a strong
civil rights plank .led to the
formation, of the break
away, racist , State's Right
Party.
If
"READ BY OVER 30,000
mmrm
III
year old on , Christmas
who lives
I In Orlando, Fla.,
relatives! She relates that her
to Honor Humphrey and
Throughout more than
twenty years in the Senate,
and four as Vice President,
Humphrey has fought 'vigor
ously for civil rights legisla
tion. He is now co-sponsor
of the Humphrey-Hawkins
Full Employment and
Balanced Growth Bill to help
assure jobs for every Ameri
can. Congressman Hawkins,
who will address the Work
shop during the opening
luncheon, also will be
honored. The Californian was
first elected to Congress in
Justice Dept. Investigates
firing of Blach Officer
GREENVILLE - A dis
pute over the firing of Green
ville's first black police offi
cer, 57 year old Caesar Cor
bett, his resulted in a call
for the U S. Justice Depart
ment to investigate allega
tions of racial discrimination '
in hiring in the use of Green
ville's federal funds. The re
quest was made of the Jus
tice Department's . Civil
Rights Division, by the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference, December
20, following federal Judge
John Larkins lifting of a
temporary restraining order
which barred the town from
dismissing Corbett. '
Corbett, a 57 year old
police Veteran, alleges in a
suit filed December 8 by New
Bern Attorney John Harmon,
that around December 11,
Greenville Police Chief Glenn
Cannon told Corbett "to
either resign or be summarily
fired." When Corbett did not
DURHAM IT ES"
Vornoll f.khcnincd Adr.its Cc.Jn3 Police
A deal to turn Joan
" Little over to the FBI and
New York police was made
before Vernell Muhammad
met Miss Little in New York
on December 7, one of Miss
Little's attorneys said last
week. After Miss Little was
captured, Vernell Muhammad
admitted that he called the
police from Kennedy airport
and gave the license number
of the car she was driving,
.saying he feared for her
safety. But North Carolina
authorities say they had
gotten a tip the day before
Muhammad left for Brooklyn
from a caller saying Miss
Little was residing in
Brooklyn and gave an address
where she was living.
Jerry Paul, one of several
attorneys fighting to keep
Miss Little from being extra-
"By: JOHN G: MLDUNr t
fJR.; President Wachovia Bank
:f7m tZmmJ
N. A.,
w"luc.
The economic expansion
under way since the spring of
1975 appears to have suffi
cient momentum, strength
1962.
The "Affirmative Action
Advertising Awards" estab
lished this year, have become
a feature of the annual work
shop. Those being honored
are spending $100,000 or
more promoting their, pro
ducts and services 1 through
the Black Press.
The 1977 Workshop ad
vertising honorees were:
American Tobacco Company,
Ford Motor Company,
General Foods, General
Motors, and Philip Morris.
resign, the suit alleges, Cor
bett was told by the police
chief to "take eighteen days
of vacation and then report
to work on December 8,
1977 and resign or he would
be fired." Corbett says
Cannon told him that he
(Corbett) was caught asleep
while on duty, which Cor
bett denies. The reason for
Corbett's forced resignation,
Corbetts suit alleges is refusal
of whites in the department's
leadership, to hire Caesar
Corbett in a vacant Lieute
nant position left vacant at
the death of policeman Gyde
Stubbs.
y , Chief Cannon denies that
version claiming that Corbett
was "called and he said that
he was going to retire. So he
used up his vacation, and dur
ing the meantime, he em
ployed an attorney.".
The suit maintains that
. Corbett or any other city
employee with a grievance
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977
dited-from New York " to -bullets, was that he turned
North Carolina told TrlE if" her m to the P0,ice because
CAROLINA TIMES last week f e w0"11 no come back to
that a law enforcement report :' N?,h Carolina and turn her
disclosed that Muhammad ' ,,n- Geor8e McRae, a New
called the FBI and arranged Yfk boyfriend, Muhammad
to turn , over Miss Little W a,'d: had a gun and Miss
fore he (Muhammad) left for,' Htt,,e w afraid of
New York ' nim 50 ne turned. her over (o
Muhammad's story A to '1 e'police for her safety,
the news media after Miss ; , ; Muhammad, interviewed
Little's car was riddled with " V (Continued On Page 2
III THIS WEEK'S ISSUE
To End Racist Killings
Reception For AgV First Black Top Official
Sleeping Pills.; Most Dangerous of
Prescribed Drugs
ana xncoutageraenno carry
it through 1978. This re-
covery nas oeen cnaractenzea
Oy unevenness trom tne start,
and the variable -quarterly
growth patte rn is likely 1 0
continue over the next year
Fiscal, policy will be a
strongly stimulative . force
with the federal budget de
ficit estimated on the magni
tude of $58 billion, or thirty
per cent over the previous
fiscal year. The generous in
crease in the money supply
of the current year is ex
pected to be followed by a
monetary policy which is
accommodative to continued
moderate growth, j
Because of slowly im
proving (Confidence levels,
consumer and business spend
ing in 1978 should be midly
positive economic influences.
Housing will continue to be
strong. The election year at
mosphere may bring a toning
down of the administration's
reform and legislative pro
posals which contributed to
- the cautious mood in some
sectors this year.
There were 8 million
more people working in the
V. S. during the fourth quar
ter, of 1977 than at the re
cession trough in 1975, and
employment should continue
improving in 1978, However,
because of another year of
above-average growth in
working age population and
a higher participation ratio,
the national and North Caro
lina unemployment rates will
decline only modestly next
year.
Optimism in the outlook
AWiWWAV.W.V.VA'iWiVMWViVAVi
Cong. Dladi Caucus Itabers Say
1970 tVil De Veer of Action
By REP. PARREN J.
MITCHELL, Chairman
WASHINGTON, D. C. -The,
sixteen members of the
Congressional Black Caucus
would like to wish you and
your families a , safe and
happy holiday.
This year has been an
active year, and with your
support, the Congressional
Black Caucus has won many
important advances. The
Humphrey-Hawkins Full
Employment Act has been
and will continue to be the
tncweratttf; V '"-deep
concerns which remain about
number of fundamental
; issues. . These include the
enormous budget deficit, per
sistant price inflation, ' a
stubborn unemployment rate,
heavy foreign energy depen
dence, the $30 billion trade
deficit, and ' the weakened
dollar's troubles overseas.
A fourteen per cent in
crease in the minimum wage
on January 1 is expected to
add to personal income but
also to teenage unemploy
ment and inflation. A rise of
up to ten per cent in social
security tax schedules will
shrink New Year paychecks
and - raise, price levels. It re
mains to be seen what impact
on consumer psychology will
come from the first step in
the tripling of these taxes
Housing Rehabilitation
CfiGirps Lie; Cms
The housing rehabilita
tion assistance programs
funded under the Commu
nity Development block grant
program may be in need of
a change in administration,
the Law and Finance Com
mitteewas told last week by
Assistant City . Manager
Dan Pearson. The program is
currently administered by
the Durham Redevelopment
Commission under contract
with the City. The program
has been riddled with criti
cism from homeowners and
single most important bill on
the Caucus' Legislative
agenda. - '
A few weeks ago, the
Full-Employment Act receiv
ed the President's support.
This is a first major step in
the efforts of each Caucus
member to assure the kind of
comprehensive . . economic ,
planning which will mean
that everyone who wants to
work will, in fact,' have the
opportunity to work.
In 1978 we expect to see
the Full-Employment Bill
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THE MESSAGE Rev. James Barnett tells Gov. Hunt
of the Wilmington 10 by Christmas.
for many ' vforking people
and employers over the next
ten years.
On balance, the positive
forces should prevail and
push the real gross national
product measure of economic
activity upward next year at a
rate between four and five
per cent. This is expected
to be slightly less than the
advance for 1977, but well
above the longer-term average
real economic growth rate of
about three per cent.
The 1978 inflation rate is
expected to be in the range
of 554 to 654 per cent. The
increase , in prices is likely to
gather momentum as the year
progresses and average at a
slightly higher rate than for
1977. Real personal income
would be eroded a little more
Continued On Page II
Redevelopment Commission
sub-contractors.
The details of the pro
posed change in administra
tion were not discussed but
several city administrators
have said to THE CARO
LINA TIMF that the pro
gram would oe better operat
ed within one department of
the city or at least totally
within the city government.
A neighborhood im
provement program was al
most identical to the hous-
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passed. It will require your
support through letters,
church and community meet
ings, rallies, and prayers. It
will require an ! effort by
each of you. It will take all
of us working together,
1978 will be a year of
action. It will be a year for
building our urban areas and
for providing adequate
housing. .
Welfare reform legisla
tion has just begun its way
through . the congressional
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A pessimist is a person who, when smelling ,
flowers, looks around for. the f ancnl. .
. ; "Ora Hygiene? , . '
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nfw PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR Carolyn Fayton,
52, runs an . organization that for the most part is
young, white and male - and she's trying to change It.
She is the new director of the Peace Corps. (UPI) .
RECEPTION OD AO'S
FIRST DLACU TOP O.vKifi
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
- A committee of 100 friends
gave a reception ; last
week for Dr. Joan Scott
Wallace following fer swear
ing in as the first black
Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture. Dr. Wallace, who has
wide experience in education ;
and social work, will serve as -Administrative
Assistant Sec
retary having general surveil
lance over such staff agencies
623 - 6537 r PR lCs 2 i CZkl
CLGG
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that blacks want a pardon
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of the Department as the.'
Offices of Personnel, Infor-.
mation, and Plant and Opera-1
tions.
During the swearing cere
mony, Secretary of Agricul
ture Bob Bergland called the
appointment of Dr. Wallace
a first step in turning the ,
Department around from its
poor record on affirmative
action toward fuU equal,
employment opportunity for
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