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l-TKE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., MAY 17, 1980 66 Am erica Can Hasten Release of Hostages 9? HOLDS LENGTHY TALKS WITH CLACK HOSTAGE BY RICK E. ABEL The Call KANSAS CITY, MO. - The Rev. Nelson Thompson, who talked at length with one black hostage still be ing held in Iran, Past week said that the American government if willing could immediately hasten the release of some fifty captives at the United States Embassy there. "If the United States is not willing to take appropriate actions," he said, "then this country could very well be at war with Iran by summer." Executive director of the Martin Luther King Urban Center, 1418 Gar field, Kansas City, Kansas, Rev. Thompson, a Methodist minister, was one of three American clergymen who went to Tehran, Iran, April 6, to con duct Easter services for the hostages. The black hostage, Charles Jones, of Detroit, Mich., was a military liaison at the Embassy before the November 4, 1979 takeover by Iranian students. Because of his role before the takeover, it is possible that Jones was not among eight black persons set free by the Ira nians November 19 and 20 of last year. At that time, the militant students said that the remaining hostages would go on trial for spying. Five women were among those released last November. Jones was one of 31 hostages with whom the clergy delegation from the United States met. With Rev. Thomp son were the Rev. Darrell Rupiper, a .Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Nebraska; and the Rev. Jack Bremer, of Lawrence, Kansas. There were clergymen from other countries also conducting services, but the American ministers did not have an opportunity to compare notes with them. Rev. Thompson, in explaining what the United States could do to quicken the release of hostages, compared the government's measures taken in Iran with measures taken here during the riots and demonstrations of the late 60's. "Here in Kansas City in 1968, it was clear that the riots were not legal or justifiable acts," he said, "but it became necessary to look at the condi tions which made black youths feel and think that they had no other alter natives. And the riots did get the atten tion of the nation." He said that those demonstrations could not be fully understood without first understanding the history of poor housing, unemployment and poverty as most Americans both white and black do. "But most Americans don't know the history leading up to the present crisis in Iran," he said. "The Iranians are saying that the American govern ment has in the past been guilty of sup porting an oppressive government particularly under the Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi," Rev. Thompson said, "We all know what happened among the black leaders or organizations during the 60's. Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers, SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). All were1 infiltrated by the domestic intelligence agency the FBI." "In dealing with the Iranian situa tion," Rev. Thompson said, "we must ask ourselves as American citizens 'Is . there any legitimate basis to their claim that we through the CIA aided in the overthrow of the Mossadegh government in 1953; placed the Shah into power, and for 26 years after that supported the Shah's government; and aided the Shah in his flight from Iran'." Thompson, recounting even earlier history, said that the Shah's father had been in power and that the nationalist army supported by the oppressed people of Iran overthrew him with the help of the British government placing the Mossadegh government in to power. He spoke of the testimony of Jesse Leaf, a former CIA agent, who said that SAVAK agents (the Shah's secret police) were trained in America by CIA agents on torture techniques. QUICK N- f! - As America becomes a 4 lri 1 i'T.P "a-'1 i - I IB " 'O 'l nation of increasingly long- (U&TV- T'& A " 4 I 1 -IS H 1 lived people, how's your VT T f? jfVV FT 1: m ? I'll ' ! J 83 iW fastest growing -B-, Wf ?fct Jfc i l'S feFSPP'! P segment of our population W'" $ " liWwl! iL is (a) under 50 (b) between L RT. '&K1UMjL J- Ji FW 'mrHM!$ 50 and 60(c) over 75? JL If & M 4rWN O'l 2lr?3 VI I , 2. Older adult, should i VT S iK 'CSSjf f (a) get regular exercise ! U LJ, jX&(JEie bMfC?&&fa tTT: 1 (b) always avoid vigorous' M 3a13SVK Wf. "ft ' Q 1 exercise (c)substitute saunas , m TjMWh VSS'v-S fcL i'U u I and steam baths for - vVCef f4fW 2?t jQi. ff,"NlO 1 exercise,, . - Ai&Mri " nn.nS. t ''V! hf 1W-TWl , ' fPri;1. Rev. Thompson said that if these claims of the Iranians are true, then our government must accept one of their three demands that "America ad mit its complicity in the Iranian af fair." The other demands are that the Shah be returned to stand trial for allegedly torturing thousands of dissidents, and that they Shah return money taken from the country amounting from $2.3 billion to S3 billion (smallest estimates) to $50 billion (greatest estimates). "The major reason that the hostages were taken is because they are frighten ed. They are scared that unless America admits its involvement in their government then they stand the chance that the United States possibly will force another government on them which is not sincere with their con cerns. They fear this." But Thompson said that he feels President Carter will not admit the country's involvement because a war would be advantageous for him during the presidential elections. Rev. Thompson said that Jones, the black hostage, did not seem optimistic about getting out of Iran alive. "While we were talking he made a statement saying, 'I am a political prisoner and as such, I am being treated correctly'," Rev. Thompson said. "He said they talked about 45 minutes. Rev. Thompson said that black Americans, by those outside of lAmerica, are seen totally different. "We are seen as leaders as the pioneers of the modern struggle for peace, justice and equality." He said that black people in this country are admired because "we are the only group of people who have emerged out of slavery without arms." "The role of black ministers and preachers is crucial to them because of their historically moral and right stands on issues," he said. "It would be silly to sit back and not use this in fluence on a world perspective." He said that black children in America also should know that they are seen as Kings and Queens not the white children. He said that the world attitude on blacks in America should be taught in churches and schools. "They need to know how children right here in Kansas City are tied to an international struggle," he said, "especially since we've had a non violent revolution through God." Rev. Thompson said that the United Methodist Council and the Committee' for the American-Iran Crisis Resolu tion financed his trip there. It requires eighteen hours of flying time to go from New York to Iran, he said. Fire Claims Continued from Front fire, the heat was so in tense they could not exit through the downstairs doors. The blaze was so hot that several of the Pierce's had their hair burned as they leaped. All of the Pierce's fur nishings and clothes were destroyed by the fire. Several Durham agencies are assisting the Oxford Manor Tenants Council and the Durham Tenants Steering Committee to raise funds to help the family restore furnishings. The tragedy was an ticipated by Mrs. Pierce. She stated in an interview after the fire, "I had a shortage in the apartment. Thev (repairmen) came p andftxed the shortaget4litjM Attex. they tixed the shovuviuiimtiitxewtavi&KX' tage the lights kept going trical malfunctioning was not been done, which Mrs. Ferrell says tenants ex pected. The same complaints, tenants made again Wednesday to Housing Authority management. Assurances were given that inspections would be made project-wide. Tenants' patience with promises is wearing thin. Mrs. Pierce's sister, Ms. Mary Pierce, 36, was among one of uncounted victims in the same com plex last December. Fire engulfed her neighbor's apartment next door, in which a sixteen year old mother and her infant were killed, ihe tire s wiii fc A' MB I MRS. GWISHIRI Named 0WASA Accounting origin was believed related SUDBTViSOr 3. Marital relations among older adults (a) should be avoided (b) may be more fulfilling (c) usually disappears? 4. A decline in intellec tual activities among long living persons (a) commerces jus mi Fire in this Uxtord Manor Apartment claimed the lite ot tour-year-oid Joyce fierce Tuesday niaht. Other members of the Pierce family were injured when they leaped from second floor windows. Pictured in the top insert are: Mrs. Jessie Ferrell (at right) who is assisting Mrs. Betty Pierce to stand for the photo; Linda Pierce (left) and Charles Henry Pierce. A younger brother was hospitalized with second degree burns. Pictured in the bottom inset is Mrs. Rosa Clayton who lived" next door to the the Pierces' who says that her apartment, like that of the Pierces', has wiring defects. Fire officials have ruled out electrical defects as a cause of the fire. NCCU To Offer Two Summer Sessions at about age 63 (b) is inevi table (c) if it occurs, is most frequently the result of treatable medical or emo tional problems? 8uiSB3JDap 0 SB UM, SB uoissudap puB uorjBAudap nnuauiuojiAua of pB8i -noitSHBis aq oV punoj uaaq seq a8s pjo jo oijsuapBjeqo tuiaas ipiuM aisuodsai jo 8UIM0S ip 'DBJ UI '898893 -Md Bn?39i9u; jo auipap eifl jnoqB ajqiAaui JJu; ,-qjou 8! wMJ, -ss'gaojci 8UI8B aq AUBdtU033B ABU! JBqj 8S9U&P BUlifcA atn ioj 9)Bsuduio3 o pasn q Asm 'tuBouqni Buosaaj OHAHO p9B3 '38 S891UIB)8 '8unB)unuou '8saasBaj3 b s qans 'uonsapqni buoi -IPPV -JnsB9d ustunmp io intduii ?ou paau 98b qjiM tuouBiaj psjuBui ui saftusip (buuon (q) '8 'ssaiis qsi -uiuiip pue daajs jaaq sapiA -Oid 'iflpjaq uibuibui tdjaq MKuaxa ajBjapotu 'jBn8aH () I '() -i ;saaMSNv Sunlight the ocean of about penetrates to a depth 600 feet. North Carolina Central University will offer this summer, for the first time in the school's history, two consecutive summer sessions. The irst session begins May 24 and the se cond July 1. The university has con ducted two summer ses sions previsouly, but they ran concurrently. Most classes were offered in a nine-week session in previous years, but a six week session began later in the summer, offering graduate courses in educa tion (primarily for teachers who had not completed their jcliool year when the nine-week sessions began.) The two sessions this year include both undergraduate and graduate programs, and evening classes are scheduled in both ses sions. Departments offering undergraduate classes in the first session include Art, Biology, Chemistry, Dramatic Art, Education, English, French, Geography, Health Education, History, Home Economics, Mathematics, Music, Nui sing, Philosophy, Physical Education, Recreation, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, Accounting, Management and Marketing, Business Education and Ad ministrative Services, and Business Economics and Finance. Graduate level courses offered in the first sessio include those of the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Education, English, History, Home Economics, Music, Physical Education, Psychology, Sociology, and Business Education and Administrative Ser vices. Departments offering undergraduate courses in the second session, begin ning July I, are Art, Biology, Chemistry, Dramatic Art, Education, English, Health History, Music, Philosophy, Education, Political Psychology, Geography, Education, Mathematics, Nursing, Physical Recreation, Science, Sociology, Accounting, Management To The Citizens of Durham and Durham County I am deeply moved by your vote of confidence In me as manifested in the May 6th Primary. ft gives me a new determination to continue to serve all our citizons faithfully, and with integrity and fairness to an. Thank everyone of you for the support yell gave me! Slnclflly Elna B. I Dauldlng Your County Commissioner and Marketing, and Business Education and Administrative Services. Evening courses (beginning at 5 p.m. or later) will be offered dur ing the first session by the departments of Biology, Dramatic Art, Education, English, . French, Geography, Health Education, History, Home Economics, Mathematics, Music (graduate level only), Physics, Political Science, Sociology (graduate level only), Accounting, and Management and Marketing. Second session evening courses will be ottered by the departments of Dramatic Art, Education (graduate level only), English, History, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Accounting, and Management and Marketing, and Business Education and Ad ministrative Services. Registration for the first summer session is schedul ed from 8:30 to noon, Saturday, May 24, and from 8:30 to 4 p.m., Tues day, May 27, at NCCU's Farrison-Newton Building. Classes begin at 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 28, and final examinations are scheduled July. 2 and 3. Second session regis tra . tion is scheduled July 1, 2, and 3, with classes beginn ing July 7. Final examina tions for the second ses sion are scheduled Satur day, August 9. 2 i MRS. WHITMORE Mrs. Whitmore Gets Award Mrs. Mary J. Whit more, Area Home Economics Agent for the . Expanded Food and Nutrition Education pro gram received the 1980 State Newsletter Com munications Award at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Associa tion of Extension Home Economists held in Southern Pines. .The award is given each year to encourage excellence in Home Economics Com munications. Mrs. Whitmore's entry was a newsletter published quarterly for Extension Program Aides in an eight county area. She is also serving as district representative of the state association's public rela tions committee. A person uses up about 36 calories an hour driving a car. dim and then they would go bright .... They fixed the lights again about five or six months before." Charles Henry Pierce, 12-year-old son, told his mother the lights were dimming again earlier this week, two days before the fire. Residents Believe Death Could Have Been Avoided Many residents of hous ing authority owned apartments believe that Joyce Ann Pierce's death could have been avoided. The Pierce's apartment, the apartment next door, apartments throughout the complex and apart ments in other complexes have had a history of elec trical short-circuiting. Days before the tragedy, Mrs. Pierce reportedly saw the lights flickering, a reciii rent pro blem. Mrs. Rosa Clayton, who resides next door at 3622 Duke Lane Apart ment 1 , is sure the wiring had something to do with the fire. At the time the fire occurred, she was hav 1 ing trouble with circuit breakers. "When you turn the lights on, they' blink and buzz," she said. Mrs. Jessie Ferrell, president of the Oxford Manor Tenants Council, said that complamts of electrical malfunctioning are widespread, and she believes electrical malfunctions to be the cause of most of the fires at the complex. "This project has its share of fires," she said. Troy Riley, supervisor of the City's fire inspec tors, discounts Mrs. Fer rell' s belief, saying that electrical inspectors have ruled out electrical malfunctioning. The elec trical system was inspected and found in good order, Riley says. Complaints about the electrical systems in Ox ford Manor and in other housing authority proper ties are widespread. Last December, tenants from throughout the City's Housing Authority owned property met with Fire In spector Supervisor Riley, making these same com plaints. Since that time, electrical inspections by the fire inspectors have disputed as the cause by fire inspectors. Mrs. Ferrell says she can't prove it, but she believes fire inspectors are overlooking the facts that would conclude electrical fires "to save the housing authority." Mrs. Norma Burton, chairman of the Durham Tenants Steering Commit tee, was shocked as was Mrs. Ferrell to hear the news that fire inspectors had concluded electrical malfunctioning was not the fire's origin. "It's too many people out there having problems with electrical wiring to say it is not that. I can't say that it was an electrical problem that caused the fire, but tenants feel that the department may be quashing the facts that it was an electrical problem that is causing all these fires around here. It does seem strange tl at all these fires that started begin h the ceilin; arcund tios; wires." Riley has heard the complaints before, follow ing other fires. The buildings were built to in spection standards he says, and the problems oc cur after the tenants move in. An example he cites is Mrs. Clayton's house, which was checked out after the fire. The elec trical system was found okay. But the inspectors, Riley says, would not turn on power to the unit until fire hazards, long exten sion cords, extra refrigerators, spliced ex tension cords and the like, were disconnected. "Today when you go back they may have put it right back, and there is nothing you can do about it." Riley says the Housing Authority has been of fered fire detectors at a cost of $10 each. Even in the event of fires, Riley says early warning would save lives. HELP HAITIAN BOAT PEOPLE Landing destitute on Florida's shorn Send dollars for food, shelter, necessttiee ' N.C. Council of Churches , Refugee Project Box 6S37-H Durham, N.C 27708) CARRBORO The Orange Water and Sewer Authority announced this week that it has hired Mrs. Velma Gwishiri of Durham as its new ac counting office super visor. Mrs. Gwishiri received a bachelor's degree in ac counting from North Carolina A & T State University and attended graduate school at Temple University and North Carolina Central Universi ty. She lived in Philadelphia for seven years where she was employed by the city water and sewer department as an accountant. Thomas Scharf, finance officer of OWASA, said that she will participate in maintaining accounting and fiscal records, preparation of reports, as well as supervising a small accounting staff. Successful D estine By Glo ia i lig, ins In order to g t ahead, today's working woman must use not only her head. It usually helps if she knows that all of her, head to toe, looks as good as she knows she is. The better she feels about herself, the better job she can do. However, achieving that great, put- together look I is not some- Ithina that Higgins just happens. The usual routine in volves shopping, traffic, waiting, walking, high prices and limited time. Fortunately, there is an organization that has been working for over five yean to provide fashion alia wardrobe-planning aid and advice to the working woman. Its 36-page, full color catalog, called a Planner, can help a woman select her wardrobe at home from color-coordinated groups, especially designed for the working woman. 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