Newspapers / The Carolina Times (Durham, … / Jan. 6, 1979, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
I f - - ' . .f i - - f .Duke university Library t t $?aws per-' Department; Durharn,' C 27706 ,; J. Y Tfto DlaclY Press or; -v, , Our Freedom Dcpcndi :; On It! -j W-a.. dK-V - : - - , ' DURHAM K. C, 277c6 at IVorcfo of VJhdoti When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the petals out of a fruitful flower-oAii Raskin VOLUME 67 -NUMBER 1 14 PAGES DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1979 TELEPHONE (919f 688-6587 PRICE: 20 CENTS x uuvii n7Tn7rn out mm W mmmm rn Capacity ludence In Attendance Af Sf. s'Cburcb Josepf . The one hundred six teenth anniversary of President-Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclaimation was observed "preacherSi sum up historic feat. Lincoln's decree did not free slaves held captive in the South. It did by a capacity audience . solidify New Year's Dav at St. through a Joseph's AMM. Church, the observance ' was sponsored by the Durham Interdemoninational Ministerial Alliance. Five community leaders summed the. accomplishment's of 1978 and persented their 1979 agendas. The main speaker Dr. Robert Pruitt, noted I as did many other speakers, that despite the Emancipa tion Proclamation, the Union's winning of the Civil War, and a continual struggle thereafter, blacks in the United States are not freeyet. ' , Tliere were simiarobser vances, '(but much more gleeful, shortly . N after the north strong moral: ideal-freeing the slaves. It also provided : strong incentives for black slaves to fleee the South and join the Union Army. An .- annual .. event in Durham and many other southern ( communities since the Civil War, much of .the, observance focused on the 'role of the black preacher and the black church. in freedom struggles. "The black preacher has been and still is the freest voice in the black community," said Rev. W.W. Easley, adding that the black preacher is "compelled to tell the truth". Police brutality midnight New ' Year's a"1" black8 POIlce Day 1863 when telegrams m schools, and the of Lincoln's signing the v "all of former Durham Emancipation.. Prodama- Clarence Brown ,and tion had reached Vigils Howard Harris were across "the4 nation. Freed opposed by the Durham blacks in northern cities and Interdenornirtional Minister In parts of southern state & Afliance (DIMA).. -I already cnnnu.red hw' th'' The; Quest Jot freedom iMriWrtmrVtrtt'y jlmaL dominant vthemr'- iMW'it'ii.teAiiir 'fliroudiottt history said stagtogandv listening tofbr. Robert Pruttt, addifig black" orators; mainly Continued On Page 14 Social VJortiors Assessment Triangle : BlacCr Disndl In Aroa th I i (iv B fiwwwfc. ilii i imm mi mmmmmmr om . i:. . JJ. Sanson? Announces Promotions of TJfif - EMANCIPATION DAY CEREMONIES - (Top) John H.jGattis directs Community Choir. (Bottom: left) Keynote speaker. Dr. Robert Pruitt and host minister. Rev. W. W. Easley, Jr. (Photos by Kelvin A. Bell) ROGERS FOUND GUILTY OF SIMPLE ASSAULT A shocking, dismal, but yet challenging assessment of the condition of black people in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area was given by two Triangle area social workers at the Annual Banquet of The Triangle Association of Black Social Workers. In creased voting, making politicians accountable to voters strengthening the black family, and black youth were cited as objectives. Citing a few gains such as the increase in the per centage of black families earning more than $15,000 since the riot! of the sixties, a decrease in infant mortality, an increase in black administrators in government, Arnold Dennis noted unemployment among the black masses doubled in urban areas, and that in 1976, 36 per cent of all blacks earned less than the government set poverty level. In short, Dennis said, "one group appears to be attaining better jobs and higher income....while another group is remaining in the mire." Dennis is an administrator in the N.C. Dept. of of Human Re sources. Miseducation in the black community ; is said Jim Polk, as a means of keeping resources within black communities, includ ing, youth, underdevelop- ContinuedOiSiPage8 Twenty-two year old for mer Duke University em ployee Derrick Rogers was found guilty of t simple assault upon Duke Security guard Michael Cardm Wed nesday. Rogers was senten ced to a week-end in jail by Superior Court Judge Cor don Battle of Orange Coun ty. District Court Judge Milton Reed found Rogers guilty last November and sentenced him to a year in prison. Judge Gordon dismissed charges that Rogers assault ed a police officer saying that Cardin had no authori ty to detain Rogers. Racism and oppression of workers and students have been charged by Duke group supporting Rogers' case. Black workers and stu dents are frequently haras sed by campus police, repre sentatives of student and labor organizations contend. Rogers was convicted by a jury of ten whites and two black. Several Duke employees were on the jury. Sergeant Michael Cardin, a white Duke University security officer, testified that he approached Derrick Rogers in the parking lot back of the N. B. Duke building on West Campus "as Rogers fey in the car with his feet hanging out. Cardin testified that he suspected that Rogers may not have been authorized to be in the car so he asked Rogers to produce his J J. Sansom, Jr. President of Mechanics and Farmers Bank, has an nounced the following pro motions of employees of the Bank; David L. Harrison was promoted from Cashier to Vice President-Cashier of the Bank. Harrison, a native of Nash1 County, has been an employee of the Bank since 1953 and is a graduate of North Carolina College (North Carolina Central University). He has done further study at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking' at Rutgers University.! Be fore joining the Bank, he was Business Manager for Smith's Realty Company New Bern. Harrison has served on the Boards of Operation . Breakthrough and United Durham, Incorporat ed; is a member of the Executive ' Board of the Occeneechee Council of Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver award in 1974, the highest award a volunteer can receive in . scouting; president . and former treasurer of the Durham Business and Professional Chain and holds membership in the -National? Business League, . tb::poH)anttCh)berrV of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; a Turstee and vice chairman of the Deacon Board of White Rock Baptist Church. Harrison is married to the former Miss Dorothy A. Perry and they are the parents of three, sons. Mrs. Clarice Stephens Banks, an employee of the Bank since 1962, was promoted from Assistant Cashier to Vice President of Operations at the Raleigh Office. Mrs. Banks is a 1959 DAVID L. HARRISON MRS. CLARICES. BANKS graduate of Shaw Univer sity, Raleigh and has done further study through the. American Institute of Banking and LaSalle Ex tension University. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, and a Trustee of Wake Baptist Grove Church in Gamer. Mrs. Banks is the wife of Craven Banks and they are the gparents of one daughter. George hazier Named To Head Durham NAACP VJarrea County Residents Unite To Fight Disposal of PCD lllliiiiililliiiiif (7 is? SOT. MICHAEL CARDIN George "Bro" Frazier ex pressed his appreciation for the support of the Durham Community as he was elect ed president of the Durham Chapter of the NAACP. Others elected to the 1979-80 slate in the elec- tibn last Sunday were: Mrs. Josephine Turner, first vice president; W, W. Saunders, second vice president; Mrs. Annie Bynum, secretary, and J. E. Croraartie, treasur er, installation ceremo will be held January 28 4 p jn at St. Joseph's AME Church on Fayettevflle St. The first meeting of ,the newly elected officers and Executive Committee mem bers will be on January 20. The Executive Commit tee will be comprised of Addie Barbee, Alexander Barnes, Burch Coley, Mrs. Elva DeJarmon, William Harris, Mrs. Sarah H. Jones, John MasonMrs. Mable Powell, Mrs. Florene Roberson, Thomas Roys ter, Attorney Darryl Smith, T. R. Speight, J. H. Tucker, George White, Nathaniel B. White. The newly elected presi dent, who will replace the Rev. Percy L. High, said that among things to be considered in the January . 20 meeting would be: pro grams to aid high school students in preparing for the competency test; grants in the housing and labor field, the Freedom Fund Banquet, Mother of the Year Contest, and the Calendar of Events. The local chapter will also attempt to put on the largest membershio drive in the history of the City. Frazier expressed hopes of community participation in suggestions for projects of the NAACP and has asked that suggestions be sent in care of P. O. Box 3374, Durham, 27702. INSIDE THIS WEEK'S ISSUE Hillside Wins Holiday Tournament Women Doing Unexpected In Engineering FBI Investigates Police Brutality Warren County residents united this week to oppose a' state plan to purchase private land in the1 Afton community, to dispose of PCB (polychlorinated bt pastor of Coley Springs are free in the envfronment. Missionary .Baptist Church Approximate 25 ofthis of . water. The remaining 75 is in the spitThePCB found in the soil -oomei from discarded materials in the Afton community, the Environmental Protec tion Agency has found that in! tests on laboratory ani mals, results showed repro- t . -1 '' vm n w a4aj4 Mil at the Warren County ductive defects, cancer and tM f 9ntatatag PCB, atrnoher- site. mutations. However; the 0faU-u? "d sTJie rtv,. rtDU tu .' irtrto irm ffMt A hnmo v PCBs coat the soil particles uommis- were not cieari BIV v ' v" Warren County T sioners that Warren County According to ,the ta,te- did not want the state to w ment read Sy ,Rey. Urown, purchase the land site for EPA considered an nyjron the disposal of the PCB mental exposure ito detcta- contaminated soil. The state plans to pur chase more than 140 acres of land from a private land owner for the disposal of the high toxic, chemically contaminated soil. . More than 200 miles of sofl along . North Carolina highways was contaminated by PCB spillage, 26 miles were In Warren County. According to a statement read by Rev. Luther Brown, ble quantities of PCBs to be 'significant. According to EPA, PCB can enter the gestion or absorption f . through the skin, Once in the body, it circulates in the -; bloodstream and deposits in various body organs. The body has no waif of decom posing or rejecting , the .chemical. E?A estimates that 300- ' 400 million pounds of PCB ed to any water percolating through 'the sofl. PCB is only slightly soluble . , in water so that it tends to ' remain with the; soil parti , cles rather than dissolving quickly in water." ? r v,' In a special session Mon day, the Warren County Chapter of the NAACP passed f a resolution to oppose the state's plan for the storage and disposal of the , soil contaminated by. the t6xic cherrdcal PCB. , ' ' Calling the issue the next human -rights issue to be : , Nv , J - , ' 5- , , 5 . ' V - ' j " ...v.. .yihv....- .W...V.... . ... . ... 1 1 ! . 1 tContinued On Page 7 '. ;., :. .,, BRINGPQ IT HOME - The audience at Monday's Emancipation Day CartmoniM applauds ft trarMndous Job dona by tha Community Choir, led by John H, Gatti. ' (Photo by Kelvin A, Ball) s
The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 6, 1979, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75