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Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 mm w( i - Words of Wisdob I "Getd rtsabjdont are sSaafy chsdtf 3 less tS3 t bank tety km m tccssst VOLUmE 58 - NUMBER S DURHAM, KORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 832-2913 Communist Workers Removed From March -kit Talk of Firing Tboogbt to Be Clotivo ,1: -t, ;, . . Samuel L. Stubbs, 37, supervisor of a Duke Hospital microbiology lab, was shot and killed on the third floor of the hospital Tuesday after noon -near the microbiology department. Robert Edward Weaver, 38, of Durham, has been "charged with murder. Weaver was a medical technician and had work ed at Duke since 1964. According to reports, Stubbs was considering firing Weaver. The two men had had a meeting Monday afternoon. On Tuesday morning, Dr. polph Klein, director of the clinical microbiology lab, said Stubbs had men tioned to him that he wanted to talk with him later in the day. While no dismissal forms were known to have been drawn up, Klein conjec tured that Stubbs may have told Weaver he was going to fire him. According to police reports, the shooting took place about 10 a.m., with a .22 caliber revolver, and Stubbs died shortly after ward in the operating room. Weaver went to police headquarters, with his wife, and was arrested and held without bond in Durham County Jail. Funeral services for Stubbs will be held at Sun day at 2 p.m., at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Rev. V. E. Brown is the pastor. Burial will be in Beechwood. Cemetery. Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home is in charge of ar rangements. Surviving is his sister, Mrs. Lugenia Jenkins. Inside This Week , Barber-Scotia Observes 113th Founders Day Page 7 MEAC Statistics Page 5 4 Rep. Rangel Talks About Guns and Butter Page 10 . Entertainment , Section 16 Pages M .S tj 0 W V If w'tl t i ? - ,J 4 , jr'- Scad! To Head 'Mother Of Year' Drive Mrs. MarzeUa Webb, owner of MarzelU's BonrJqoe, has been son4 tto&mm of the NAACP 1980 Mother Of The Year Drive. The drive wUl condrte faMaywK3ift crowning of the State Mother Of The Year. Potential candidates arc anttwijfi I list with Mrs. Webb as soon as possible. Pictured with Mrs. Webb is George Fratkr. president of the Durham Branch, NAACP. Photo by JSai fSoft NCCU Lgvj School To toon Accreditation . ... a.. . t - inn a livn.mni(n if oii'..t..' ts.,''i,T-:"iji;F Ckl Da.wIi than 30.000 volumes were "V -rrirSZ.- T" ..." Funeral services for John D. Lennon will be held at White Rock Bap tist Church on Saturday, February 2 at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch officiating. Lennon died at his home, 1317 South Alston Avenue Wednesday mdr-r. University. He retired June 30 as director of Stu dent Life for Men; First elected to the Durham City School Board in 1975, Lennon was re-elected last November to his second four-year term., . He was a member of the - Quicjance Association. He wa active, on a planning , committee of the College "Entrance Board. Lennon president schools Examinations Coalition Inifiatos Suit Arjains? SBA for llarassnont The American Bar Association has, lifted the ihreat of loss of accredita tion from the North Carolina Central Universi ty Law School, according to an announcement made by Dean Harry Groves last Friday. Governor James B. Hunt was present for' the announcement which, was made at the unfinish ed law school building on the Alston Avenue side of the campus and took part in the ceremony. i Hunt offered "congratulations" to the Law School officials, say ing "we're proud of you," and commended the N.C. General Assembly for ap propriating the money needed to upgrade the school. Groves commented that during his Vi years as dean, nine additional faculty members were hired, the school's budget was tripled, and more added to the law library. ; The ABA had con? ducted several inspections of the law school front 1975 through June, 1979, toward getting the "show cause" order removed. They had cited as deficien cies too few faculty members, too few library Ibooks and services, low faculty saleries, low stu dent admissions stan dards, and low financing of other aspects of the school. In January of 1975, the school was plac ed under the "show cause" order, making it liable to loss of ABA ac- creditation if it did not upgrade deficiencies. Chancellor Albert N. Whiting also praised Groves for getting the order lifted. Lennon was admitted to Durham County General Hospital on November 26 with what was reported as a flu-like illness. He underwent surgery and was confined to the hospital's neurological neurosurgical unit until last Friday, when he returned home. A native of Wilm ington, Lennon had lived in Durham since 1940. He was a vocational educa tion and agriculture teacher at the former Millgrove School and MerjjcJc-jfloore School. In 1965, nie was appointed ipal of Little River mtary School, a post leld for three years. In 1968, Lennon was named dean of men at North Carolina Central associations president-elect of a tional division of American Personnel and na the and i h 1ft ' N JOHN D. LENNON NCCU STUDENT CLASS OF '60 The Hillside High School Class of 1960 is holding a reunion planning meeting at 7:00 P.M., on Saturday, February 2, at the Ramada Inn, Downtown, Willard Street. : Members are urged to borne out and support class Worts. r : Join The (lAACP Today Appointed Rep. of Peace Corps Cynthia Ward, a junior at North Carolina Central University, has been ap pointed the campus representative of the Peace Corps and will pro vide information on Peace i Corps activities and op---portunities to her fellow students through May, 1980. f The appointment was madetas part of a Peace . Corps effort to increase the number of minority members who join the program. . Miss Ward attended,; with NCCU Placement1 Director Lindsey A. Mer ritt, a recent Atlanta con ference called by Deputy Peace Corps Director" William G. Sykes for the training of campus representatives. "As a black American," Sykes told the representatives of 33 col leges and universities, "I am very much concerned about getting more black, Hispanic, and American Indian men and women into the Peace Corps." The Peace corps has reported that only 4.9 per cent of its volunteers who go abroad represent, minority groups. . "You can play a unique role in providing underdeveloped countries with skilled American manpower. You can also help the people of the Third World countries to have a better understan ding of American socie ty." Miss Ward, a Public Administration major, will provide Peace Corps information at the univer sity's Career Counseling ' and Placement Center from 12 noon to 3 p.m. each Monday, Wednes- day, and Friday, and from 3 to 5 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursdav. She can be reached at those hours at 683-6337. was formerly of the city system-wide ,ParentTeacher ; Associa ' tioit Council, the Durham Coifcy. Ilwnaa RdkMMMtt? Cqffl mission and the North Carolina Agriculture Teachers Association. y He was past chairman of the board of directors of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Troy House and Family Counseling Service. Lennon was a trustee and Sunday School teacher at White Rock Baptist church. He was ac tive in the Durham Com mittee on the Affairs of Black People. A bachelor's degree graduate of Hampton In stitute, Lennon also held a master's degree from North Carolina A&T State University and the Educa tional Administration cer tification from North Carolina Central Universi ty. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Thelma Cumbo Len non of the home; two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Carolyn Shannon of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Marjorie Paul of Miami, Fla.; four sisters: Mrs. Jessie Jacobs of Wilmington; Miss Mamie Lennon, Dr. Mar jorie Zobier and Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, all of New York City; and a maternal aunt, Mrs. Jessie Alexander of Wilmington. Contributions may be made to the John D. Len non Speakers Forum at North Carolina Central University to provide scholarships for its . members. Lennon found ed the group in 1968 and on December 5, its members renamed and dedicated the forum to him. By Harry Amana to protest the massacre of five CWP members November 3 in Greensboro, and the failure of the state, so far. mo prosecute inc rtazis, The Communist Workers' Party has been removed from the leader ship of the February 2nd inarch in Greensboro, but ntlifr mnhM nf ttm vyc wui win un behalf of the CWP in legal cases arising from these murders. The issue that separates us is non violence and no weapons," they conclud ed. On Tuesday, Mobiliza tion members filed a suit to enjoin what they called "intimidation practices" of SBI agents. A Durham spokesman said the Mobilization had "clear evidence" that SBI agents had been on the North Carolina Central Universi ty campus - questioning students and suggesting that they should not par ticipate in the march. "They (SBI agents) even went so far as to ask students to identify pro fessors who might be organizing for the march," the spokesman said. Greensboro Mobiliza tion officials gave a similar account of alleged SBI activities on the North Carolina A&T campus, "but we will not be ro tation, and have initiated a suit against the State Bureau of Investigation for alleged acts of harass ment and intimidation of students and others in volved in the march. The CWP removal was announced earlier this week in Greensboro by Mobilization leader Rev. Lucius Walker who said the decision was made by the planning committee because the, CWP "could not make a clear statement that it would adhere to the policy of non-violence and no weapons, agreed upon by all organizations when the Mobilization was first planned in Atlanta December." in Walker added that the decision had nothing to do with the CWP being a communist organization, or with the question of citizens' rights to arm themselves, but with a "fundamental question of tactics at this time." Mobilization organizers said they would "continue timidated," said Mobilization attorney Irv Joyner. Meanwhile, Mobiliza tion press conferences took place to Raleigh and in CkapH Hut plvUmiw. communities gave their support for the march this Saturday. Included in the Chapel Hill press conference were members of the National Organization of Women. Chapel Hill chapter: Welfare Rights Organiza tion; Critical Perspectives Forum and the Friends of Chapel Hill. Other en dorsers from the UNC campus include the Pact FacultyStaff Caucus, the Student National Medical Association and the American Mcdkal Association. All are UNC chapters. In Durham. bos transportation is schedul ed to leave from the park ing lot of the RusseS Memorial CME Church. 703 South Alston Avenue. Tickets are $3 per person. In Chapel Hill, car pools will be assembled at three locations: the Kroger Shopping Center park and ride lot, the Bell Tower parking lot on the UNC campus, and the Multi purpose Center. Boll to Got CoDDODity Award William V. Bell, Durham County Commis sioner, has been selected by the North Carolina Human Relations Council to be the recipient of the 1980 Community Involve ment of the Year Award. The award will be presented by Gov. James B. Hunt during the Third Annual Recognition Lun cheon and Workshops on February 9. The luncheon is scheduled for 12 noon at the Jane S. McKimmon Center, Raleigh. Bell, an Electrical Engineering Manager with the IBM Corporation's System Communications Division in the Research Triangle Pyk has been an active participant in com munity affairs since hav ing established residency in Durham in 1968. A native of Washingtpn, D.C., he grew up in Winston-Salem, where he attended public schools. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, Washington. D.C.. and his M.S, degree in Electrical Engineering from New York Universi ty. He is a former officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. ( Bell was elected to the (Durham Board of County j Commissioners in 1972 and has been re-elected each term thereafter. UDICDC Reelects Board Members at Annual Meeting ; The membership of UDI Community Development Corporation re-elected seven members, whose time was expiring, to the Board of Directors at its sixth annual meeting recently held at St. Joseph's AME Church, with W.P. Edward, chair-, man, presiding. : The Board is authorized to have nineteen members consisting of six represen ting the business com munity and thirteen representing the low-, income community. Four of the seven re elected, represent the business section. They are Bert Collins, vice president of N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company, Attorney Carol Willis of Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Dr. Stewart B. Fulbright of N.C. Central Universi ty and Melvin Speight of Speight's Auto Service Center. The three low-income representatives, re-elected are Ms. Sharon Baker, Ms. Gertrude Cheek and Ms. Etta Vinson. Melvui Speight, vice chairman of UDICDC, gave an activity report for William V. Bell, presi dent, who had to be out of town. Speight read the achievements of UDICDC during the past year.. He noted that UDICDC was beginning to make a very positive impact on the Durham community with the development of its In dustrial Park. The 41 -acre park represents a million dollar investment that should create 1,500-2,000 jobs over the next five .years. The first tenant of the park, Automatic Systems Developers of Poughkcep sie, New York, a manufacturer of elec tronic components, is scheduled to employ 250-300 persons when up to full capacity during 1980. UDICDC is a majority stockholder in an injection ' molding company that employs 25 persons and manufactures plastic parts for major corporations across the country in cluding the automobile in dustry. tIDICDC is also involved in a construction company and real estate development, including selling and leasing. Total employment af fected by UDICDC related activities number 236 persons. Approx imately two million dollars were generated by UDICDC's related ac tivities within Durham during 1979. R. Edward Stewart, ex ecutive director of UDICDC, presented a slide show of the In dustrial Park, Injection Molding Company, quali ty homes built, and other projects currently under way with UDICDC in volvement. He also stated thai Erimary emphasis for IDICDC will focus in three areas in 1980: the in dustrial park, venture monitoring and an economic rehabilitation . program within a' designated impact area. Other board members are Attorney Paul Eand. Ms. Pauktte Robinson, J.C. Scarborough, HI, MX. Harris. Ms. Man Frances Fox and IbskeQ White. The UDICDC Ward meetings take place ca the fourth Wednesday cf csch month at 7 pjn.. at ths cf. fke on FayettariUa Street, The public Is iavh:dv
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