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; DuXe University Library ,: ;jlespsper Separtnent . '.x Durham;' y..,C 277GS 11-10 VJcrds of VJhdora NATIONAL DIDLE WEEK HO VEA1BER 19-26 iiii vn i Economy is half the battle of life: it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it welL ' Spurgeon f . ' , ; i - - r i i '., .-..:.-?-!';.'.'. ' ?.;'.'. '.."f. tv-'-'-vf ;:' 1 ft III - I I , , VOLUME 56 - NUMBER 47 Investigator Moots With Head By Pat Bryant UJS. Justice Department investigators are probing allegations of police bruta lity against black and poor Durhamites, The TJepart menfs Community Rela-V tioria .Service (CRS) investi- f;ator Robert Ensley, met ast week with police heads Barry DelCastilho, Director of Public Safety, and Police Chief T. B. Seagroves as part of an initial fact finding mission, sources say. ... Initiated by a police brutality complaint filed by black Durham barber,, John Segars, sources, said Ensley questioned police, other, complainants, and witnesses connected with other allegations' of police brutality. ' The probe caught police and city officials off guard, ; sources say. Ensley, a black nan.,- van it fcv Mivviij uii- . announced. Whether the investigator caught officials off guard was doubted by some sources who point to the announcement of pro- i motions . for four black J employees of the; depart ment. ' ; V; ' 7 John Segars charged that , PSO ?Apple beat, him while handcuffed and threatened his wile with a pistol alter the . policeman kicked his ' door in last May. Apple was , suspended by police: higher- - Ufa Tviiiwiik evuivhi vara nan jps which, sources say was Seagfovci However, Acting ; Brough reversed the deci Continued On Page' 10 Jordan Issues IVarninrj Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. President of the National Urban League ; tonight issued a warning to the nation . concerning : wide-, spread predictions of a national recession during the coming year in an address at the National Urban League's 22nd Annual Equal Opportunity Day Dinner at ' the New Math Lawyers Approve Rutgers Admission Plan WASHINGTON (,IWA The National Bar Associa tion has announced its sup port of the recommendation made by the Rutgers University Faculty that the special admissions program be retained and extended to include economically disad vantaged white students. The Rutgers faculty vot ed 34 to 3 for the retention, of the special admissions program. The program will extend its special admission population to thirty per cent from 25 per cent. ' "The vote culminated months of cooperative effort between Rutgers' students, faculty and con cerned citizens from the Newark community. We hope this joint effort is evidence of the direction other university communi-t ties can take as they a.ttempt to resolve affirma tive action questions in this - ost Bakke era," said Junius Wliams, President of the National Bar Association. ? NBA recognizes the clear constitutional' legitimacy arid necessity for the con- tinuation of affirmative action programs. These pro grams attempt to increase opportunities in education and employment for victims of past discrimination. In light of the ongoing judi cial question of how to be more equitable in the en forcement of admission cri teria, the Rutgers decision 3fafii Geroore Impressed uiimorBfly WAHINGTON, DC Black mayors here for the Fourth Annual National Corfference recently at the Shoreham Hotel praised local minority business pro-, iects undertaken with the help of the U.S. Commerce Department's Office of Minority Business Enter DUA Reorgoncrotion to of Dir. of Community ; , Reorganization of the Durham Housing Authority will alter the duties of the new director of Community Relations and Social Ser-vices-that, when the vacan cy is filled. The position was held by . f Mrs. Annette Exum 4intfl she . resigned Friday November ,17. ' Her brief tenure was, marked by staff ard tenant unrest as had been with the previous director of Community Re lations and Social Services.' ' ' Tenants had backed staff -member James Devone foi,. the .position when jtwas wv-mawjui mivu i. .vacant out m, tjxum; men I County , Department -of Social Servicei, ,was hired.' The Authority had expected " to get the inside track on- York Hilton Hotel at which Donald H. McGannon, Chairman of the Board of VVestinghouse Broad casting Company was pre sented, the 1978 Equal Opportunity Day Awards The award is presented , annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the achieve ment of equal Opportunity for black Americans. ; Mc- is a giant step toward the resolution of this issue. However, the NBA will remain vigilant to the im plementation of the ex tended admissions program to assure that the inclusion of disadvantaged whites will not be to the detriment of minorities who historically have been disproportionate ly excluded from educa tional and economic oppor tunities, Williams points out. "We will look to the administrators of the special admissions program for evi dence that they will not ' use the extension as a means of letting more white students into the university, while at the same time re ducing the number of blacks and other minorities admit ted," said Williams. "We appreciate the con cept of consideration of the economically disadvantag ed," he continued. "Certain ly there are whites as well as blacks who are in need. This concept, however, should not be used by the univer sity as a means of getting around its commitment to minorities, he added. , r "Newark is innovative in its approach," said Williams. "Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson has often said, 'wherever Americas' cities are going, Newark will get there ' first'," We believe the Rut gers program Is a step in the right direction, Gibson declared. . . . . : prise (OMBE). Dr. Randolph T. Black , well, OMBE's national direc tor, took a group' of small town majors on a tour of 'several OMBE assisted pro jects in the Washington area. They were impressed. Mayor A.J. Cooper of Pritchard, Alabama. tre MRS. ANNETTE EXUH RESIGNS Title XX funds administered by the Department of Social Services when Mrs. Exum was hired. Expected funds did not come. Plaqued by lack of ex pected funding of social services and recreation by local agencies, the Authori ty operated on. a shoestring compounded by claims of incompetent administrators. Recreation was the pri mary .need expressed ' hy tenants,;.;? Joint City and housing 'authority efforts to establish! recreation pro grams'broject by . project-. . h aye.'since bpCn lacktagstaff , i?juu siiui, vvy iuuiuyiM. ComiftunUy i Social Services, If the name is hot changed, will become somewhat of an organizer, a of Potential Gannon is immediate past Chairman of the NUL Board of Trustees and has worked tirelessly on behalf of min ority Americans both inside and outside the broadcast industry. - In - his address, Jordan -said: "A black community already mired in economic depression cannot sustain a fresh recession. America's cities, staggering under fiscal problems and physical de cay, cannot withstand the impact of another recess ion." Pointing out that the black unemployment rate is two and a half times higher than the white rate, Jordan said"President Carter ap pears to be resorting to traditional instruments of fiscal constraint. That means lowered federal spending, double digit interest rates, and the very real threat of double digit unemployment rates." In assessing - the current state of ; the national economy, Jordan said fighting inflation and de fending the dollar demand sacrifices from all. but it is unfair to ask working people and poor people to bear the brunt of fighting inflation while the affluent esjoy the benefits of the tax bill the President recent Fcunfroy WASHINGTON (NNPA) Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy who is spearheading the drive for , adoption of DC Voting Rights Amend ment, and a black govern ment gardener, who fought a discrimination case to a $170,000 victory after 21 years, were honored here last week at the Henry W. Edgerton dinner of the American Civil Union. " Honored along with Del. Fauntroy and the gardener, Hoover Rowel, were Sena- DURHAM, N.C - SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1978 mm ' . i , ',"-t,. - . Conference President, called the tour a "real eye opener", "These innovative exanv pies of black business enter prise are particularly inter esting as they can be", re plicated .around the nation. We are very interested,'; . Cooper said. ;: Cooper was referring Alter Duties Relations Eerson who . Executive tirector James Kerr says will be expected 'to organize block by block and project by project". Day care and tutorial programs would be expected to be organized and managed by the new director. ' Kerr told. THE CARO LINA TIMES that tenants had not been advised of the shift in emphasis from re creation and social services but tenants had been told io expect some changes. Much, of the .poor conv munication . between stall " and ' tenants in the authiW inputf t'n nnlirv rtprUinnc an n.pr. r - ?" !' tion that Kerr denies. ? Continued On Page 8 Rocossion ly signed. In light of recent reports . that the Carter Administration plans an increase in the defense budget and cuts in social spending, Jordan said "America can't have it both ways - escalating military spending and tax breaks for the affluent and fewer jobs and social ser vices for the poor". , He also said "America can't buy price stability with social instability. Our frayed social fabr ic cannot sustain the racial and class pressures a new recession would bring." Jordan added that "the way to control inflation 'is through full employment and full productivity. And if sacrifices arc necessary they should be borne by those best able to bear them, not by the black, Hispanic arid poor people who are still in economic depression to day." He also reflected on last week's election results and said they indicate consider able drift and confusion among the electorate with the most disturbing thing about the election of 1978 being a shift to the right that was evident not only in the results of the elec tion, but in the campaign itself. WINS '170,000 DISCRIMINATION CASE and Bladi Gov't Gardener Honored tor Edward M. Kennedy and Congressman Don Edwards of California for their roles " in helping to-'push the Vot ing Right Amendment ! through Congress. Also honored was 94-year-old Roger Baldwin, founder of ACLU in 1920 and its executive director for thirty ; years. , He has continued to work in the Liberties "; human rights field s switch ; ing his activities to the international area. ' In his acceptance speech, Baldwin said. "The secret to , 1 ta the OMBE: garbages re cyclpig project undertaken withr;,ther National Black -Vrtcrahs's Organization. Under a grant of $350,000 the -project recovers waste materials in the Washington area4 Dt Blackwell pointed out .io' the mayors thai undefc the Recovery and Con servation Ad of 1976, some '35,000 garbage dumps must be citwed in the next five years; "Municipalities such as Mayoij Cooper's spent aboui $4.5 baiion in 1977 on solidwaste management," Blackwell said.' "Just thinkfof the energy savings, jobs Creation potential and minority economic oppor tunities available under a Continued On Page 7 Joseph Martb Gets raise Scholarship Joseph H. Martin, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Martin, Sr.. 309 Pekoe Street Durham, a student . at Duke University Medical ?,.hool. has been awarded fa the H 978-79 school year. Outstanding students m 10 health fields received a record 5,249 NHSC awards totaling almosl$60 million in fiscal 1978 from the U.S. Department of Health, Education.and Welfare. Awards were presented to 4,552 medical and osteo- , pathic students; 440 in den tistry; 160, baccalaureate nursing; 10, community health nursing; 18, nurse practitioner training; 1 2, nurse, midwifery; 15, public health nutrition; 17, social. work; and 15, audio-logy-speech pathology . A scholarship pays for tuition, fees, other reasonable education expen ses and a $429 monthly stipend for living expenses. For each year of support, a recipient is obliged upon completion of training lo . serve a year in the National Health Service Corps in . manpower shortage area. Applications for NHSC scholarships for the 1979- 80 school year are expected to be available early in 1979 from the Division of Manpower . Training Bureau of Health Health Resources Admini stration, Hyattsville. Mary land 20782 (Toll-free number 800-638-0824). liberty is courage." The he added, after reviewing the achievement of ACLU over the past 58 years, "the situation still may not be good, but is was never better." . . ' Fauntroy said in his re marks . that the American people will push the D.C. voting - v Representation Amendment through the required 37 additional states, because "conscience always .asks, 'Is it right?' And it is right," he de clared. ' JOIN THE NAACP TODAY! TELEPHONE hi! PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER greets Clarence Lightner, former mayor of Raleigh, (above) and Row Motley, Chairman of the Black Caucue of the Democratic National Committee, Charlotte, (below) while Louis Martin, special assistant to the President, looks on. Lightner, Motley and nearly 200 other black leaders from Mississippi, Tenne see. North and South Carolina were greeted by the President at a reception recently in the White House. They were also briefed by several senior White House staff members on the Administration's accomplishments in the first 20 months and about the status of domestic legislation now that Congress has adjourned. The group met the President following the the briefing. f.linority Publishers To Convene In Atlanta, Georgia, December 1-2 ATLANTA (NNPA) Minority newspaper and magazine publishers across the South will confer here al the Marriott Hotel. De cember 1-2 on the "tnvi ronniental Impact " of Pol lution" on their communi ties. The conference is being conducted by the National Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation (NNPA) .- Black Press of America und' a grant from the I ''Environmental Protection Agency (tPA). The publi shers will participate with environmental experts in discussions of ways by which minority communi ties may become more aware of air, water, noise and other forms of pollution which impact Rowel, an humble gard- ener in the- grounds main tenance and landscaping unit at the National Insti tues of Health, a subdivision of the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare, reviewed his 21 -year fight, against racial discrimi nation at the agency . He said that while white fellow workers were promo ted to Grade 5 within a year on the average, blacks were similarly promoted only after eleven years. And although white gardeners (919)688 - 6587 1 iiilMDW t r OIT POLLUTION upon them. "We must address the fact." says John H. Seng stacke, editor-publisher of the Chicago Daily Defender and president of NNPA, "that a large percentage of our people live in u very inliealthy environment. Noise, unsafe drinking water, solid waste, air pol lution and rats are only a lew of : the health pro blems which urban minori ties confront each day. "High unemployment" he adds, "poor education al opportunities, and inade quate recreational facilities interact to create a deterior ating environment for our people." Invited to attend the conference are all the min ority newspaper and maga- Dy ACLU were promoted beyond Grade 5, blacks were almost never further advanced. Rowet began complain-., ing of this discrimination in 1956. In 1964, he was joined by other blacks and later ACLU entered the case. Finally, fifteen com plainants were involved, but NIH resisted back pay for the workers while ad mitting discrimination. The case went to the Court of Claims in 1969 and later to the U.S. District Court. But it wai not until 1977 that the case was settled. PRICE: 20 CENTS zine publishers in the southern region: Alabama, Arkansas! Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missi ssippi, New Nexko, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Minorities include blacks. Hispanice, native Americam, Chinese and Japanese. Previous conferences have been held in San Fran cisco for the West, New York for the Northeast, and Chicago for the Mid west. Sherman Briscoe, exe cutive director of NNPA, is coordinating the conferen ces with the cooperation of two officials of EPA's Of fice of Public Awareness, Paul H. Whyche, constituent coordinator and Ms. Joyce Davila. senior minority affairs coordinator and Ms. Joyce Davila, senior minori ty affairs coordinator. i 1 1 1 1 -i In This Week's Edition Black Education Progress ; Four Police Promoted The Valuiol Reading The Bible f lVdiS C i? f ri r V
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