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Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, April 27 i (USPS 091-380) Words of Wisdom As a rale, the nta wko kmowt what he b talkie about has little to say. Hernia progress mast be paid for, bat it caaaot be bought. VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 17 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS BOOB. CQinflI TO i voter mim "Will Get Out Candidates To Discuss The Issues j j BY TRELLIE L. JEFFERS The Political Sub committee of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People will hold a Voter Education and area rallies Saturday, April 26, at various loca tions in the Durham com munity. "We will get out the candidates to discuss the issues," said Dr. E. Lavonia Allison, the chairman of the Political Sub-Committee. This is an important election year, locally and statewide, as well as na tionally, and the May 6 election will be crucial for many of the candidates in North Carolina who are seeking political offices. The Durham Commit tee hopes to. give citizens in and around Durham a chance to study the can didates in order that they may begin to make the crucial decisions on how to cast their votes in the May 6 Primary Election. The April 26 rallies will include a discussion on priority issues as well as feature some exciting entertainment, according to Willie Lovett, co chairman of the Political Committee. The area rallies will begin at 11 a.m., in Fisher Heights; move to Corn wallis Road at 11 : 50 a.m.; Fayetteville Street at 12:40 p.m.; McDougald Terrace at 1:30 p.m., and Few Gardens at 2:20 p.m. All members of the various communities where the rallies are to be held are invited to attend, as well as residents of neighboring communities. NAACP To Aid Flood Victims In South a . . - ..,'S .-Kfj" NEW ORLEANS-In an effort to aid flood victims in Mobile, Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport Mississippi, Ben jamin L. Hooks has ordered NAACP Emergency Relief Fund officials into those disaster areas to immediate ly determine what assistance is needed. Hooks made the announcement in . New Orleans where thousands of residents in low-income areas have been evacuated from already water-logged homes that were being threatened even further. Noting that the recent rains had caused severe damage to the low-lying Tri-State area, Hooks said he was dispatching W.C. Patton of Birmingham, Ala., to survey the damage and Black Women's Caucus Stages Membership Drive report back to him)i the funds that would be needed to begin processing applica tions for assistance. '.' The NAACP Special Con tribution Fund and Emer gency Relief Fund (ERF) Erogram has not receive'd )t of attention outside those disaster areas where they have had an active! role. Last year in Alabama j they set up a major aid center for the floode communities of Mobile an Pritchard and a few month! later was instrumental providing assistance to one. hundred "washed out' families in Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi W.C. Patton, who coor dinates the ERF efforts, was1 the NAACP Voter Regis tration and Education Director for more than 25 years. He is generally given credit for the association having registered more black voters than any other organ ization in the country. K.'jr iv i .. i. -- . s l va. WV V 7 " ,;.-.? .,"'n'"'' :?n ft r crl V IT I 74 iff Elected State Career Exploration Club Officers Miss Pamela Saunders (left) and Miss Crystal Harden (right) were elected sentinel and president, respectively, of the Career Exploration Clubs of North Carolina during the state convention held recently in Raleigh. Both are students at Hotton Junior High School, Durham. Photo by Hotton MGE Class Join The NAACP Today Holton OE Students Compete In State Convention ... ,The, Durham i Women's Political Caucus has launched its annual membership drive. The Durham County Chapter, which was formed in late 1977, is composed of women who want to im prove the economic, social, and political op portunities for black women in Durham Coun ty and across the state of North Carolina. The Durham County Chapter devotes its energies to projects that will directly help black women and the black community. One of the major endeavors was to spearhead the campaign that resulted in the hiring of a black female, At torney Cecily Smith, as an assistant District Attorney in the office of District At torney Daniel K. Edward, Jr. County . The Durham County . .and hard to aeoomolisfv MwliGhptr-has -maxje-reeom- sDeci ficromiriunil Vfcoals: mendatibns to federarand, state government officials in support of blacks who have been recommended for various positions. In January, 1979, it sent let ters to President Carter, Senator Robert Morgan and severl other officials recommending Attorney Julius L. Chambers for the position of Judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Richmond, Virginia. More recently, the Durham County Chapter was among the first organizations to send a letter to Governor Hunt recommending Attorney Karen Galloway for the judicial seat created on the bench of the District Court of Durham County. In an attempt to recognize black women who have labored long ' the " V Purham;. : County Boston Attorney Named Now Gonoral Counsel On April 11-U, Holton cxipationat .ExplcfeSt?; 3 -Ctutf members compeiMfrgiim created the Heroines which is annually at a prepared and the Caucus Chapter "Unsung Award" presented banquet hosted by members. For the last two years, the Durham County Chapter has provided Christmas activities for the black children of Cen tral Orphanage in Oxford. In 1978, the Durham County Chapter gave a party for the children at Central Orphanage. To the delight of the children at Central Orphanage, the Durham County Chapter introduced and presented a KWANZA celebration as its 1979 Christmas ac tivity. In May, 1979 the Durham County Chapter Continued on Page 3 Medal Presented To Hero's Mother During Awards Ceremonies Mrs. Lydia Dunn of Durham received the Carnegie Hero Medal given posthumously to her son, Wayne M. Dunn, in awards ceremonies held Thursday, April 16, by the North Carolina Central University Academic Skills Center. Dunn was named one of twelve "national heroes" designated in 1979 by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The award for heroism was given as a result of life-saving efforts in which Dunn drowned hut saved the life of one of his co-workers. The Carnegie awards were announced in December. Mrs. Dunn received the medal com missioned by the Carnegie Hero Fund Thursday before her heroic son's co worker in the Academic Skills Center Dunn, a certified life saver, swam to the aid of Ms. Janice Harper, who was also a counselor in the Academic Skills Center, when she fell off a raft and was swept to sea by a riptide off Pine Knoll Snores, North Carolina. Miss Harper, a non swimmer, was brought back by Dunn to a point near shore. As off-duty lifeguards reached the two, Dunn slipped beneath the surf, ap parently exhausted. His body was missing for three hours. The two were among Academic Skills Center staff members who had completed a planning workshop at the coast. The May 30 incident oc curred when a group of staffers went to the beach for a last swim before returning home. Thursday's awards ceremonies saw the presentation of award cer tificates to 100 Academic Skills Center students who earned a B or better averages during the cur rent academic year. The Academic Skills Center provides special tutoring and classes to students with difficulties in such subjects as English, mathematics, and social sciences. Most of the students enrolled are assigned to the program as freshmen and have been admitted to the university only because the special assistance can be provid ed. AH of the students recognized Thursday night were enrolled in the Academic Skills Center during the fall semester of 1979. NEW ORLEANS -The Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced Tuesday the selection of Boston Attorney Thomas Atkins as the new NAACP General Counsel. Atkins will assume a position vacated last fall by Nathaniel Jones who was appointed by President Carter as a federal judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is presently the president of the NAACP Boston Chapter and Chief Counsel for all the Associ ation's litigation involving school desegregation. To date, he has over thirty cases either active or pending decision. On being notified by Executive Director Hooks of the appointment, Attor ney Atkins said that "entering the position at the start of a new decade is an exciting prospect. We are at the beginning of a. very significant civil rights juncture where the issues are - How do we consoli date the gains previously won against attack and, How do we expand these gains at a time when discrimination and segrega tion are even more subtly practiced than ever before." The Elkhart, Indiana native is a graduate of Indiana University where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive a masters degree from Harvard Univer sity and later received his JJJ. from the Harvard University Law School. Atkins was the first black to be elected city wide to the Boston City Council (1967), and was later re-elected in 1969. From 1971 until 1975, he served in the Cabinet of Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent as Secre tary for Community Development. Hooks also expressed "deep appreciation to Theodore M. Berry for his outstanding service, dedi cation and important contributions as Interim General Counsel." Berry is a former Mayor of Cincin nati, Ohio, presendy in private practice, and a Director-Emeritus of the NAACFs National Board of Directors. with students from across the state in several categories during the State Convention of Career Ex ploration Clubs held in Raleigh. Two of Holton's club members were elected to state offices. Miss Crystal Harden was elected presi dent and Miss Pamela Saunders was elected sen tinel. Miss Harden, 13, is president of the National Junior Honor Society, editor of the school newspaper, an "A" honor student, and member of the school chorus at Holton. Miss Saunders, 13, was a third place winner in in dividual talent on April 11. She performed again for over 1100 career club members and guests on April 12 at the Scott - tense, but through ' the Building . on, the r North : grace of Goo and knowing State ftljfm ma r, my ihnn mAiliM' : VU - - i imi ; frgrmutds.'Ai Hoton. she is secretary of the Na tional Junior Honor Society, a member of the school newspaper staff, and participates in all athletic activities. Competitive activities at the convention included public speaking, creed, in dividual talent, group talent, scrapbook, and a new occupational cluster contest. Holton has 84 state members with four ad visors: Ms. Arline Neal, Ms. Janet Tarlton, Bob Overby and Jesse Robert son . Miss Harden was elected State Career Ex ploration Club president after giving a rousing speech to the 1100 members and guests. She said, "Before I said my speech, I was nervous and Harden, and my grand mother, Mrs. Frances Yarborough, put into my education, I was able to say my speech with ease." The newly elected state president expects to work toward establishing new club charters. Miss Saunders said, "Being a member of the Holton Career Explora tion Club has given me some experience that I will need in preparing for my future. While serving as the state club sentinel, Miss Saunders plans to do her best in expanding the success of the Career Ex ploration Clubs of North Carolina. According to their ad-, visors, both young ladies are looking forward to serving the Career Ex ploration Clubs of North Carolina Winfred Godwin, Head of SREB, To Be NCCU Commencement Speaker Hooks Assails Carter's Proposal To Cut Social Program Spending pointed out," Hooks said "the President's projected budget cut might reduce in flation by 2, but it would be immediately off-set by the .5 price increase in the- new oil import fee." NEW YORK-Benjamin L. Hooks, Executive Direc tor of the National Associa tion for the Advancement Winfred L. Godwin, president of the Southern Regional Education Board, will be the Com mencement speaker at North Carolina Central University Sunday, May 18. Dr. Godwin's organiza tion, which he has headed since 1961, provides technical assistance and financial support to NCCU programs in nurs ing and in the sciences. The SREB administers funds provided by the W.R. Kenan trust to sup port curriculum innova tion and imporvement of teaching methods. That program has given NCCU $75,000 each year for nine years to support the development of various academic programs. Godwin will speak at the Commencement Exer cises at 9 a.m., Sunday, May 18, at NCCU's O Kelly Stadium. The university is expected to award between 900 and 1,000 degrees to undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The speaker is a native of Montgomery Alabama, a summa cum laude graduate of Birmingham Southern College, and the holder of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Universi ty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a student of the celebrated regional sociologists . Howard Odum and Rupert Vance. He joined the SREB. in 1953, after serving as Survey Director of the Jef ferson County (Ala.) . Coordinating Council. Programs developed by the SREB during Dr. God win's presidency include an Academic Common Market through which . Southern states share un common graduate pro grams; a continuing pro gram to inform political leaders of issues and pro blems confronting higher education; a consultation service to assist states in the strengthening of plan ning in post secondary education; and a number of efforts to expand cur ricula in the health and human service fields and to improve teaching at the undergraduate level. During the period of Dr. Godwin's presidency, the SREB has emphasized the expansion of educa tional opportunities for blacks and the creation of an information clear inghouse at SREB for comparative higher educa tion statistics. Dr. Godwin has been active in advisory panels and boards for such organizations as the Ford and Carnegie founda tions, the Department of Helath, Education, and Welfare, the National En dowment for the Humanities, the American Council on Education, and the American Association for Higher Education. Since its foun ding in 1969, he has served as chairman of the board of Change Magazine, a higher education monthly. He is the author of a variety of books and ar ticles on higher education in the South. of Colored People said last week that President Carter's proposal to cut even deeper into social program spend ing, "will impose upon the nation's poor and black people an intolerable burden of sacrifice and suffering - and we can accept neither." Hooks said, "in the cam paign to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and powerless, citizens of goodwill must speak up against this latest form of moral irresponsibility." He added, "the immediate victims and targets are the same citizens who Mr. Carter promised to help when he was running for President in 1976." In assailing the Admin istration's budget cut pro posals, Hooks stated that there was no "certain re lationship between govern ment deficits and inflation." He recalled that the 1920 federal budget ran a surplus ' while the country experi enced nagging inflation. "Yet, inflation declined in 1975-76, from 12 to 4,8 while we had a budget deficit of over 1 12 billion dollars." "As knowledgeable" dangers economists and others have peace.' Hooks closed by saying, "if Mr. Carter is serious about ensuring social justice and racial equality, then he must assume the lead in re invigorating the American people's commitment to liberal ideas and efficiently run social programs. He must pursue and implement the promises of full employ ment and the Humphrey Hawkins Bill. He must take bold measures to safeguard the health and welfare of our people, by restructuring the present tax system and reordering federal spending priorities. ' "These bold measures cannot be taken if he Is intent on urging and imp men ting devastating cuts in ' social programs. The end result of such a reckless! policy, will be to put equality and domestic con cerns on the shelves of the nation's archives and that would pose sjgniflctat to our internal
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