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sssp mlniriii. - V r HAPPY EASTER 3 ' V 1 " ' ' (USPS 091-380) Words Of Wisdom "A male always boasts that hb ancestors were horses." German Proverb "Men lire themselves in the pursuit of rest." Laurence Sterne VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 14 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS (Churches Withdraw Million From Citi $60 huuk DR. LARKINS Govornor Hunt Pays Tributo to Dr. John Larkins RALEIGH Governor Jim Hunt said that North Carolina had "lost its greatest pioneer in the quest for equal oppor tunities" with the death of Dr. John R. Larkins. Dr. Larkins, who was special assistant to the Governor for minority af . fairs, died Friday at Duke Medical Center after a long illness. He was 67. Hunt .who attended Dr. . Larkins fufiefar Monday I in Raleigh, issued a state-; ,ment which said: "In the passing of Dr. John Larkins, North Carolina has lost its greatest pioneer in the quest for equal oppor tunities for all its citizens. I have lost a close personal friend. "From the difficult ear ly days, he worked tirelessly to bring minorities into state government and into the ;matnstrearn of society. H? cared deeply abouWaJI peonle. and he dedicated Continued on Page 7 Last Day To Register April 8 April 8 Is the last day to register in order to be able to vote in the May o.Gneral Election for the Durham County School Board and the Primary Election for Durham County Com missioners, North Carolina Offices and United States President. Registration books are open at the Board of Elections office in Room 224, Durham , County Judicial Building from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.' ' . " Registrations can also be made at the Durham County Library, all branch libraries and the Bookmobile. Call the main library for registration hours. A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE ' NEW YORK Express ing frustration with Citibank's continuing in vestment in white minority-ruled South Africa, four New York based religious agencies announced the withdrawal of accounts worth over $70 million annually from Citibank March 24. In addition, ten Protes tant agencies and Roman Catholic orders with com bined investment port folios of over $250 million pledged they would no longer buy Citibank cer tificates of deposit, notes or bonds. "Citibank is America's largest lender to South Africa, with exposure of over $400 million," ex plained National Council of Churches president M. j William Howard, Jr., at a ! press conference in New York. "It is the only U.S. ; bank with branches there, and it stands as the 12th , largest bank in South Africa." Speaking for the coun cil, Howard called upon ; Citibank to withdraw its operations and adopt "a policy of no further len ding to South Africa until the system of apartheid is dismantled." Joining the NCC, which (withdrew a payroll ac count through which $4.7 million flows annually, were t -the" United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, which voted 'Saturday to sever all rela tions with Citibank, in cluding 28 separate ac counts with annual cash flows of over $57 million; Union Theological Seminary, which an nounced plans to close several accounts worth ap proximately $1.5 'million annually; and the U.S. office of the World Council of Chur ches, which will withdraw , its payroll account "if after renewed discussions the bank does not commit 'itself to terminating in vestment and loan opera tions in South Africa." Those agencies pledging ' they would no longer buy i Citibank certificates, Frustrated With Continuous Invostnont In Vhito tttaority-Rulcd South Africa notes' or bonds were the United Presbyterian Chhurch Foundation; the i United Church board for j World Ministries; the United Christian Mis sionary Society of the '.Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); the : Reformed Church in America; the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries; the Sisters of Loretto; the .Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Connecticut Pro vince; the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Michigan; the Dominican Fathers and Brothers, St. Alberts Province, Illinois; and the Sisters of Charity, Willie Mills Found Dead Tuesday The decomposing body of Willie Mills, 52, was found Tuesday morning about 8:50, buried in soft mud at the reconstruction site of Fayetteville and Pettigrew Streets. Jimmy Lipscomb, a Iqader operator for Brad sHer Grading Company, working at the site, had been ordered to spread and level three mounds of dirt. Because the mounds were in an lower area and .w,U had iained intermittent ly over tne past weeK, Lipscomb walked approx imately 75 yards down to the mounds to determine how wet the earth was before bringing in his heavy machine. While inspecting the site, Lipscomb said he noticed "a bunch of flies swarming" and looked to see what was attracting them. Almost immediate ly, he said, he noticed what appeared to be a leg sticking out of the mud. At that point, Lipscomb called to State Highway Inspector Leroy Creech to come and look. "We counted five toes," Lipscomb said. "I ran to Service Printing Company . to call police. I've never been so shocked in my life," he said. Police am veer at the ' . scene and crime personnel spent a little over an hour 'meticulously removing i thin layers of mud from the body. A pair of pants and shoes thought to have belonged to Mills were recovered trom the area for examination. Among the numerous bystanders who gathered, there was early specula tion that the body was that of Mills.s-The body was taken to the Office of the , State Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill for positive identification. An autopsy is reported to have found that Mills died of natural causes. It was not officially determined how long Mills had been dead, but, being well-known around town, every one questioned about when heshe had seen him last answered, 'about a week'. , He survived by his mother, Mrs. Belle K. Mills and three sisters, Mrs. Naomi M. Michell and Miss Ada Mills of Durham, and Mrs. Remelia M. Snipes of Washington, D.C. At press time, final ar rangements for burial I were incomplete. TIME REMEMBERED: 'Niggors ku s end Dogs Hot Allowed By James A. Thomas There is an important, ; yet unanswered, historical question that needs to be asked. Where are the historians of those wonderful,, yet turmoil-filled days of yesteryear? Have the historians allowed memories of the" great and important relationship that existed between southern blacks and Jews to become buried under today's' loud and vicious racial attacks? In the South, the blacks, because of color, Jived under legal restric tions. Jews, on the othei1 hand, because- of their faith, customs and beliefs were"also placed under the same restrictions. , The ' black was born into his . .restrictions; the Jew was forced into his. Yet both lived under the same yoke of hate, deprivation and segregation. Thfcy learned o depend upon o'ne another. The poor Jew was never , a part of the South's social 'pattjjraV The Jim Crow signs for blacks applied to ;Jews as-well. "Niggers, Jews and Dogs not allow ed." Because of color and 'economic deprivation, blacks 'could not move I easily from their segregated communities. Nor could the Jew live in the "better" white neighborhoods. When the Ku Klux Klan": rode through .black, neighborhoods, more than once the Jew also felt the sting of their whips. Many Jews, knowing the sen timents of the "old" South, used their little shabby stores as both , home. and business. For years, small Jewish" neighborhood stores Serv ed the needs of the blacks. Today, many blacks look back upon those family dealings with bitterness. Sure, we can say that the. Jew robbed us by the .prices .we had paid, but we always had food on the 'table and a healthy and' loving family relationship. And they often allowed the heads of households to buy on credit. It was in the Jewish .department store that the blacks were first permitted to try . on merchandise before purchasing!. Even though"' this-" was done .behind a curtain or in a; 'small stock room, it gave ' jthe black mother arid j father some semblance of dignity. And there was also credit. i When the news got I around in the blackl neighborhoods that ' Morgan's Department ' Store in Jacksonville, , Florida did this, of course.j his black business more than doubled. The bond ibetween southern blacks 'and the Jews did not just begin in the department 4 stores. Probably the most , indelible imprint in the, .rnind of today's genera-, ition was the massive and successful 1963 civil rights' : was July 27-August 1 Set As Black Women's Week . WASHINGTON The " National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. (NACWC), the na tions oldest black women's volunteer service organization, has declared the fourth week in July as "National Black Women's Week..' This annual observance is designed as a tribute to the contributions of black women nationwide. The 1980 activities are schedul-, ed for July 27 through August 1. "The nation and indeed the world have benefited from the commitments ', and leadership abilities j that black women have 1 i- demonstrated for cen ' turies," .explained Mrs. Inez W. Tinsley, president ; of the association. "The unrelenting efforts of these courageous women to induce progressive and positive changes for the ; betterment of all is to be commended and ' remembered." According to Mrs. ' Tinsley, the fourth week in July marked the first ; conference of Black , -Women in America and 1 was iriitiated by one of the organization's members, : Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre j Ruffin in Boston on July, ; 1895. A major highlight of the ; week's observance will be the release of an extensive , report, "the Status of; America's : Black j f Women." The report will! ' Continued on Page 6 march on Washington, D.C. But beforejhen, there that unsung year when a group of black and Jewish scholars and lawyers met in Niagara Falls, New York in 1903 to lay the spearhead for the oldest and most recogniz 'ed voice for the Black American the NAACP. The bond between the two goes even back into the I800's, to the Sears and Roebuck affair in Missouri. In that year, the first i and oldest education scholarship foundation for blacks, the Rosenwald Foundation, was founded. Sears and Roebuck was the first to sell shares of its company to black" employees. Each employee was permitted to buy bricks (co'mpany .shares). Yes, there was a wonderful and workable relationship between : blacks and Jews. There is still a great need to continue this , strong and productive i relationship. f Editor's Note: James A. Thomas is a communi 1 ty leader in Harlem. This article was originally ; published in the New York Amsterdam News. Nazareth, Kentucky, j The Sisters of Mercy of ;New York announced they had decided to reject an Otherwise financially at tractive Citibank offer of services until such time as ! Citibank's position on South African investments I changes. ' The Rev. Howard, the I black American Baptist ! minister who presides over the 32-communion Na tional Council of Chur ches, said the an nouncements were timed to coincide with the an niversary of the March 21, I960 Sharpeville massacre Continued on Page 7 Anti-Defamation League: Ku Klux Klan Likely To Produce Fresh Violence This Summer NEW YORK, NY-The Ku Klux Klan heavily armed . and pursuing deliberate confrontation tactics is likely to pro voke fresh violence this spring and summer, the Anti-Defamation League has warned federal of ficials. In a report to the U.S. j Commission on Civil 1 Rights in Washington last i week, Irwin Suall, director jof ADL's Fact Finding 1 Department, said "increased vigilance" from law enforcement of ficials and greater public awareness of KKK ac tivities was necessary to meet the "challenge." The reasons for the escalation of the Klan threat are threefold, Suall told the Commissioners: The advent of warmer weather, facilitating out door demonstrations; in creased competition among Klan groups for headlines and notoriety, and announcements by leftist groups of their in tentions to stage "direct, violent confrontations" of their own with Klansmen. The report made public today by ADL cited four Continued on Fage 6 Kennedy Tells Policyholders NCM's Gains Continue North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company's assets Increased to $184.8 million in 1979; insurance in force increased to $5.1 billion; and net gain from operations increased to' $1.1 million. These were some of the indications of the com pany's growth, which con tinued in 1979, W.J. Ken nedy III, NCM chairman, president and chief ex ecutive , officer told policyholders Wednesday. His remarks came dur-" ing NCM's 81st annual policyholders meeting in : the auditorium of the ; company's home office , building. "These figures solidify our position as America's i pre-eminent predominant ly black-managed finan cial institution," Kennedy' said, "and are indications that continued growth will be our corporate goal as we enter a decade of uncertainty." Kennedy said that ; although the economic situation remains i unstable he 'described it as chaotic and fragile NCM was prepared for any economic eventuality "The growth in all areas of operations looks well for the future of North Carolina Mutual, no mat ter which way the economic indicators move," Kennedy added. Some of the other year end figures that Kennedy cited included a $4.6 million increase in premium income to $58.3 1 million, an increase in j total income to $69.2 I million, up $6.7 million ' over 1978, and dividends j of $2.15 million paid to ; policyholders, an increase of $585,000 ove 1978. By surpassing the $5 billion insurance in force figure, Kennedy said, meant NCM became the first predominantly black I managed life insurance 'company to reach that i mark. Insurance in force i is one of the ways in which an insurance company is ! measured. Elmer Young Jr., senior ; vice president of First Pennsylvania Bank Continued on Page 6 National Caucus On Black Aged To Convene May 4-8 WASHINGTON, D.C A Senate Special Committee on Aging I Hearing to be convened by j Senator John Heinz (Pa); the Spring meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus Brain Trust on Aging, chaired by Con gressman Harold E. Ford (Tn), and a Black Leader ship Roundtable on the Economic Well-Being of Older Black Americans, presenting such noted authorities as Miss Dorothy I. Height, presi dent, National Council of Negro Women; M. Carl Holman, president, Na tional Urban Coalition; and William Pollard, director, Civil Rights Department, AFL-CIO, are only three of the major thought-provoking and action-oriented sessions scheduled to be held at the National Caucus on the Black Aged's Tenth An niversary Conference, May 4-8, at the Philadelphia Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pen nsylvania. Congressman William Gray (Pa) will convene the conference on the evening of Sunday, May 4, with a presentation on the impor tant role the church plays in the lives of the black elderly. Malvin Goode, pioneer black journalist, will deliver the keynote address at the main plenary session; Con gressman Charles -Range! (NY) and Dr. Jean Harris, Secretary, Department of Human Development Ser vices, State of Virginia, will co-chair a forum on "Health Programs and Policies for the 80s," Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander will be presented NCBA's Liv ing Legacy Award at a luncheon in her honor, and actor-poet Oscar Brown, Jr. will entertain at NCBA's Tenth An niversary Dinner Dance. The conference agenda also includes a number of issue-oriented workshops, and other exciting and pertinent activities. NCBA's annuJ con ference has become the single most important forum for discussing issues affecting oldei black Americans. Further information and registra tion materials may be ob tained by writing Ms. Kathy Coleman, Director, of Special Projects, at NCBA, 1424 K Si reel, N.W. Fifth Floor, Washington, D C. 20005, or by telephoning (202) 637-8414. Trianrjlo Groups Join Soofhoasforo Coalition ifor A oQ-ctloar World Six Triangle area organizations . NC PIRG-SANE, the Kudzu Alliance, D.A.N.G.E.R., Citizens Against Nuclear Power, Friends of the Filipino People and the People's Alliance have joined with over sixty organizations from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico in forming the Southeastern Coali tion for a Non-Nuclear ; World. This group is part , iof a national coalition wiiiiii ia nig a march and rally in Washington, D.C. during I April 25-28. The coalition, compos ed of labor, environmen tal, senior citizen, minori ty peace and Native American organizations, has listed as its five goals: (1) Stop Nuclear Power; (2) " Zero Nuclear Weapons; (3) Safe Energy; (4) Full Employ ment; and (5) Honor Native American Treaties. "CP&L" Shearon Har ris Nuclear Power Plant is less, than thirty miles from Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, so all Triangle area citizens will be threatened by the potential for accident's like the 'one at Three Mile Island," said North Carolina Coalition coor dinator and NC PIRG-, SANE member Ms. Marilyn Butler. "Since' CP&L has such a poor safety record at its Brunswick reactor, we have good reason to be , concerned for the area's safety. It's important for all Triangle area citizens to register their opposition to nuclear - power in Washington." The coalition's activities will include lobbying North Carolina's senators' and representatives antl a civil disobedience action at the Pentagon .on Mon day, April 28, in a4dition to the march and rally on Saturday, April 26. The groups in the coalition will also"arrangc for btfses to take interested peopk,to and from Washington on the day of the rally. For more information, contact: Marilyn Butler (286-2275) or JinvOvcrton (688-8167K
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