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DUKfc UNIVERSITY lIBKARY NEwSPAPfcR DEPARTMENT WW"1 ' PER COPY 'per copy. (Mr? Vc'rds of -VfeJca "l haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost." Kin Hubbard )0UE 57 NUM8EH37 ,. DURHABMIORTHCAROUNA - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1979 TELEPHONE (919) 632-2913 ' PRICE: 33 CENTS L k QV """"" "j' -- ill . . -. , 4 ' -'J: f' , ARROW POINTS i TO THE TOP OF MRS. WHITLOW'S HEAD, barely visible, as Public Safety Officer Andrew Harris hold, herextended feft .arm.. Wcker driver and other witnesl ook on. Incident occurred Ivtoniyepte 10 on Lawson Street , wportBdly as a result of non-payment of a $5 tow charge. aepromoer 1W on , v4 w4-:. "" 1 r I AFFIXING THE HANDCUFFS -ONE fll nn amm a rii UUU'inl Victim Of Trcatnont On Monday, September 10, Mrs. Emma Whitlow re turned to her car parked in a "no parking" zone m the 700 block of Lawson Street and was confronted by Public Safety Officer Andrew E. Harris who re portedly asked her "Is this your car?" Mrs. Whitlow says the time was 11:05, but Officer Harris' report lists the time as 10:37 aon. Mrs. Whitlow said she answered "yes.., whereupon the officer advised her that "I'm in the process of hav ing your car towed." She said she replied, "I'm here to get my car." She said Harris told her "It doesn't work like that. You will have to pay these men for coining out here." 'That's when I asked him how much it was", Mrs. Whitlow said. She said that Harris then replied that "I'll leave it to you and the tow truck driver and he the public safety officer went on to his car." Harris reported that "Mr. Frank Bayes of Franks Wrecker service was begin ning to tow a vehicle RFK-213 when Ms. Emma Whitlow of 2929 Driftwood Drive advised us; that it was 'J' her- vehicle, "advised M. ivHmoy-ffiitT mymsm' by the individuals in city government wouldn't allow her to move her vehicle unless she paid the wrecker for coming out; or either he would have to tow the vehicle. I advise sic Ms. Whitlow in front of Bobby Grissin also who drives for and owns boddy's (sic) wreck (sic) service. Ms. Whitlow then got into her vehicle, - started it a tryed (sic) to drive off." Mrs. Whitlow said, "I asked the tow truck drive Veil, how much is the fee?' Heaid, 'five dollars' " TI said I don't have five dollars and I don't have my check book with me'," Mrs. Whitlow reported. "And so he (the tow truck driver said 'give a wheel off Continued On Page 16 Mffimram Grand Opening Sunday By Pat Bryant Tall weeds are gone, now replaced by the Medical Dental Park at. 601 Fayetteville Street. The spacious brick, facilities now house the professional associations of family dentist Dr. Stanley Fleming, family medicine practioners, Drs. Sampson Harrell, Mar cono Hines, and Kenneth Banks, and Dr. Donald T. Moore, in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. The new medical facility brings a fresh breathe of life to what used to be a Jack Grocnbcrg to Spook at C O. Pearson Banauot Friday Jack Greenbenz. direc tor of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc., will keynote a September 26 banquet honoring Conrad Odell Pearson at the Durham Civic Center. The Durham Chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring the affair. Both Pearson a,nd Greenberg have made significant contributions in the area of civil rights. Attorney Greenberg, an excellent public speaker as wen as lawyer, was responsible for several breakthroughs in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's. Immediately after graduating from Colum bia Law School, Greenberg joined Thurgood Marshall at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) where he worked on several cases including Sweatt v. Painter, Continued On Page 16 Death May Have Been Avoided - Still Mystery The exact details of Marcus O. Allen's death last week at the city land fill are still a mystery. But workers and other in dividuals familiar with the operation of the landfill Indicate that 39 year old Allen, a black sanitation worker, would more than likely be alive if a city landfill spotter had been on duty. The spotter had been assigned to garbage collection duties, said one administrator, to cut costs. The death has been ruled an accident, and. representatives of the Oc cupational Safety and By Pat Bryant Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating for City compliance with safety rules. Hugh . Pickett, general services director, denies knowing that a spotter was not present at landfill the day Allen was However, one hih ministration source admit ted, off the record, that tne spotter wasn't present. the when killed. ad- to minimize contact bet ween people and the com pactors. Gill would not go as far as to say that not having a spotter at the scene could have possibly contributed to the accident. Until recent weeks, a spotter has been assigned to the dump, but another source said that ad ministration attempts to cut back on expenditures m! l " K1""" VII EApcuuuurc. ' Without auotinc rh rv. resulted in fh act duties of a spotter, Ci- mg placed on a garbage ty Personnel Director Gill pickup truck instead, said that two of the duties There have been other of a spotter are to direct attempts to cut back on traffic at the landfill and Continued On page i6j weedy field of rag weed, golden rods, and a smat tering of brown-eyed susans at the intersection of the East-West Ex-' pressway and Fayetteville Street. A little more than a decade ago, this area boomed with black businesses, many now ex tinct and all displaced by the edicts of urban renewal policy makers. When the commercial buildings were razed that formely stood on the land where the Medical and Dental Park now stands, much of the life and trade that supported the Hayti business district vanished as well. Once the North Carolina Mutual District office was located here. Others . included 77?e Carolina Times and E.N. Toole, now relocated from fire charred Pet tigrew Street offices to just three blocks down the street from the Medical Dental Park. Then there was Papa Jack's Restaurant, Smith's Grocerv. the New Era Club, Service Printing Company and many more. Then came urban renewal. Now the building cycle starts all over again. The Medical Dental Park houses three profes sional associations. Fami ly dentistry, family medicine, and gynecology and obstetrics are all separate services provided by the separate profes sional associations. Each association is housed in separate buildings, attached by a common breezeway. Some of the latest in novations in preventive health have been incor porated into the delivery of services. Some of the latest machinery as well has been included. All of these will be shown to guests and patients after 2 pm Sunday. 1 T-x I ill ' 6 x ' AFFIXING THE HANDCUFFS - TWO COUNTY 61 mm Workers Gear Up To Fight TB Exposure By Pat Bryant A group of workers at Durham County General Hospital have revealed that several employees at the hospital's laundry have been exposed to tuberculosis in the course of their work. A hospital spokesman has admitted the exposure, but says that only one employee was so affected a claim disputed by the workers. A group of workers have announced a Sunday meeting at a local bookstore. Associate Dirprfnr Pari Powell told The Carolina Times that the administra tion of the hospital was aware of the charges. He said that skin tests were administered to all of the laundry employees, and that eight showed positive results. The complaining workers say that chest X-rays were administered but the hospital hasn't made known the results. Powell says that the eight workers who showed positive TB from skin tests were given another test, "better than the older method" which showed that only one of the eight had contracted TB. That employee was referred to the Durham County Health Department, he says. Several employees pass ed out leaflets at the hospital Wednesday claiming that "the entire incident has been covered up and no serious treat menfof the workers and their families has started." t even The leaflet also claims that working conditions at the hospital are bad and workers are Harassed. Powell says that some complaints have been discussed with individual workers, but he would withhold any discussion pending more specific charges concerning work conditions. The leaflet calls for a meeting Sunday at Break the Chains Bookstore located at 951 E. Main Street. WVSP Jazz Set And Fund Raiser Sunday At George Tate's In Chapel Hill During times when there is an overall Toss of what Walter Norflett calls a "sense of community", he feels that "it is very im portant that a non-profit radio station continue to exist in Warrenton, North Carolina which has the capability of serving the northeastern and Triangle areas of the state." By Pat Bryant WVSP Radio, located at 90.9 FM, is controlled, and financed by its listeners, . unlike most radio stations whose pro gram content caters in a large measure to the dic tates of their advertisers. WVSP's nineteen hour program day doesn't have a single commercial. That's why Walter Norflett and several other people in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and other areas of the state are busily implementing plans to raise $40,000 the radio station - needs from its listeners to operate for its next fiscal year. Another $100,000 can be made available for station operation, says Norflett, based upon communities raising the $40,000. Kicking off the Triangle events is a fundraising jazz set Sunday September 23 at the home of Chapel Hill real estate executive George and Mrs. Esther Tate, who live on South Piney Mountain Road. A commits . Contin:
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