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Juke University Libra Durham NC 27706 ... . i.i ' JULY IS NATIONAL 1 "V-c W IJ$P$ 091-380) Words Of Wisdom If yo tell ih imih, yo don't have lo remember anything. Mark Twain People are lonely because I hey build walls in stead of bridges. -Joseph Newton VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 30 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS MISCONCEPTION SAID Given On East-iWest E xpressway Committee By Trellie L. Jef fers Opponents of the East West Expressway are disgruntled by what they say are inaccurate reports being given on the June 1 1 meeting of an Expressway Committee formed by N.C. State Secretary of Transportation, Tom Bradshaw. The committee consists of Durham County and City officials, Durham ex pressway proponents and representatives from groups opposing the ex pressway extensions: the Durham Voters Alliance, the Durham People's Alliance, the Crest Street Community organization and the Durham Commit tee on the Affairs of Black People. Mike Calhoun, a staff attorney for Legal Aid who is representing the Crest Street Community in its fight against the ex pressway extension, said that Secretary Bradshaw's committee is being represented as one with official status to move the expressway forward, and that reports of the meeting are being given to indicate that all groups present at , the meeting endorsed the completion of the ex-, pressway. Both Steve Schewcl, from the People's Alliance, and Mrs. Julia Barkely-Brown, from the Durham Voters Alliance, said they had thought that the meeting had been call ed to discuss alternatives i to the expressway exten-' When weotto the.' meeting, we nact to ttgra to get our position heard," said Schewel. Mrs. Barkely-Brown said, "we (the DVA) are unhappy with the reports; we still oppose the ex pressway for what it will do the Crest Street. But, if there is some kind of satisfactory solution worked out for Crest Street, we would still op pose it for the noise pollu tion, . the destruction of parklands and the destruc tion of other nearby neighborhoods." She also said that if Secretary Bradshaw's ; committee is functioning to move the expressway forward, the DVA wants nothing to do with it." Schewel said that the People's Alliance supports alternatives to the ex pressway. "We feel that the widening of Erwin and Hillsborough Roads, a better bus system and a park-and-ride lot would be good alternatives to the expressway extension," he said, p Schewel also said that his group wants to save Crest Street and get developmental funds for it in addition to blocking the tax drain, the interstate traffic through Durham ! and the damage to the en vironment that will be caused by the extension. Attorneys attending the June 1 1 meeting expressed concern about the legality of a meeting to move the expressway forward since the expressway issue is now in litigation in the Civil Rights Division of the Federal Transporta tion Department in Washington. . Said Calhoun, Workshop On Teenage Pregnancy Planned y Trellie L. Jef fers The Durham Task Force on Teenage Pregnancy of the Durham County Health Depart ment is sponsoring a workshop on Teenage Pregnancy Saturday, August 2, from 9:30 a.m. -12 noon at St. Joseph's AME Church on Fayetteville Street. The workshop will feature a film entitled "A. Family Talks About Sex," some communication skills to be used among parents and their children, role playing and informa tion to parents on how to deal with teenage pregnan cy. Miss Joyce Grant, coor dinator for the workshop, says that the target groups for this workshop are parents of all ages and women were between ten ' and fourteen years old. . Miss Grant says that the workshop will help parents examine their ptyn feelings about sex, learn what is normal sexual development, com municate better with their children about sex and practice being an 'askable parent. "I would like to stress that men are invited because men play a very important role in the social, emotional and psychological develop ment of teenagers," said Miss Grant. The workshop will feature both male and that she hopes that the teenage parent will find the workshop' valuable, although any person who is interested is welcome to attend. The Durham Task Force on Teenage Pregnancy functions to address the criticaj pro blem of teenage pregnancy in Durham County. For example: In 1979, there were 311 live births in Durham County to women under nineteen years old; ninety of these young women ranged in age from thir teen to sixteen, and 219 of the 318 women were un married. Although data for abor Continued on Page 2 Hogan Says Andrews' Donation "Serious Matter Thurman Hogan, Fourth District Republican candidate for' Congress, said this week that "the revelation that Congressman Ike An- ktl. drews' campaign con- VWMUUIl, - ire t irihntirtne itnriino im in thm purpose of the committee I rkrt rTi .1 idea. It has nc 'mSSWi , to take any final actWns : am decp,v cc!ncerned k r U n SlW' about repots published before the East-West Ex- t wgend v that pressway issue is rcsuiv- jjqq qqq en, saia acnewci. Andrews' deposited account. It is particularly distressing to discover that theiwntribution was never even reported until the Federal Election Commis sion investigated. This is not merely a technical violation j6f tto&Bnjfe plicated Federal- mo many unanswered Ques tions concerning (1) his campaign financing, and (2) his use of tax money; for 'entertainment' and' travel, j.1 '(I) ? Mr. Andrews should" ask the Federal coons ComttmsKnta plicated rederar wmotiS elections commission LawSSmetmet contribution to campaign was in his personal Low Bidder Denied Painting Contract By County Schools Cleveland Hayes, presi dent of Hayes Construc tion Company of Durham, charged this week that the Durham County Schools failed to award any of the five potential painting jobs to be done this summer to -him or another minority company. Hayes says his company was low bidder on the contract for the ex terior of Lowe's Grove Elementary School and the interior of Hope Valley School. On the Lowe's Grove job, Hayes' bid of $5,340.00 was reportedly lower by $160 than that of the - next highest bidder and $224 less than that of the company which landed the contract. On the Hope Valley job, Hayes' bid of 415,675.00 was reportedly the lowest of eight bids submitted. The company landing that job is reported to have submit-' ted a bid $2,780.00 higher than that of Hayes. Hayes Construction Co., and Kid Smith were the only minority contrac tors to bid on the school painting jobs this summer. None of Smith's bids were lowest of those bids open ed on July 8. According to mimeographed specifica tion sheet issued by the Durham County Schools, "The Durham" County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to ac cept such bid as appears in its judgement to be in the best interest of the Durham County Board of Education. The Durham County Board of Educa tion reserves the right to waive all informalities." Cuban Anti-Communist Seated on CWP Five Jury GREENSBORO After four weeks of jury selection in the trial of the accused Klan-Nazi murderers of the CWP Five, the prosecution and the defense have been able to agree on eight jurors out of over 1,000 persons questioned. A Communist Workers Party news release accuses the government of "using the trial as a propaganda weapon to sway public opinion in favor of fascist attacks." "The questions ' posed to potential jurors," the release con tinues, "were designed to separate out those who sympathize with the CWP and believe that murders were ' committed on November 3, 1979 from, those who sympathize with the Klan-Nazi-FBI and believe that the murders of the CWP were ; justfied." On Thursday, July 'J, Octavio Mandulcy 'as seated. A fomer "machine factory owner in Cuba," and, according to the release "a member of the Board of the '20th of May' organization set, up to sabotage the Cuban! Revolution," Manduley is reported to have con tinued "to work in the '20th of May for at least four years in Florida wjhile working also working the U.S. Army." Hayes contends that this stipulation allows the school system to freeze out minority contractors; without a valid reason. He J says he would "welcome an unbiased" comparison of his work to anybody's so far as quality is con cerned. Dr. W.F. Landing, assistant superintendent, General Administration, says they the schools system "could care less about the color of the painter" as long as the job was done well. He con tends that Hayes "had problems completing jobs", referring to work done by Hayes Construc tion Company at Merrick Moore School two years ago. County schools superintendent, Dr. Frank Yeager said they specified "lowest and best" and that the work done by Hayes at Merrick-Moore was "unsatisfactory". Dr. Landing said that "several inspections of ,the Merrick-Moore job were turned down." Hayes contends that he "called him (Dr. Landing) one time. Mr. Warren Williams (director of Buildings and Grounds) and a paint salesman came , out several times and he (paint salesman) rode by back. They gave me no color chart. When the principal wrote me a note about a place across the front of his office, I did it the way he said. Mr., Williams agreed to it, but Dr. Landing said I had to follow the plan. Landing then had a color chart sent out to me. After that, the paint salesman came look ing for trouble frequently. He insisted that, interior1 Continued on Page 2 ly endorsed the check and deposited it in the wrong bank account knowing that it .was a campaign contribution. How could a', check from the Mid American Dairymen Inc.; possibly have been regard ed as anything other than a campaign contribution? ' "This is more impor tant than just one in dividual or campaign. At a time when we are trying to encourage more people to become involved in politics, it is disheartening to see contributions in tended for a campaign end , up in a persoanl bank ac count. I simply cannot believe that this kind of thing would happen in; North Carolina. We cer-; tainly do not want a Diggs, or Talmadge type of scandal in this state." , In a statement issued: Sunday, July 20, Hogan said, "Mr Andrews state- i. ment of July 17, leaves paigri records to determine" what has actuallynappen ed To the-campalgn con tributions in question. In all fairness this may have beVn a case of poor record keeping rather than a, deliberate misappropria tion of funds or an illegal, failure to report. It is the F.E.C., not Mr. Andrews, who should do the audit. If he does not ask for the iaudit himself, then I will do so." . Andrews announced Tuesday, July 22, in a prepared statement, that he "will authorize the campaign committee to; engage the services of an independent accountant or others which the com mittee might deem ap propriate" to check; "campaign reports,,; checking account records or other materials relative to the matters in ques tion." Continued on Page 2 f r .' '" r-A V:?'' V ' -.tyi'v -fa u lift -?v Vi-A. . t'HT si-1 i li H;vvv.4t t v i " ' I -- ? . . '-'-, " : JW . ' - V' ' tr"2 'f' : j( i - . J I f , f k. - -..iin-r-.L i ii - i ' iiiniiiiriiiM-miii) it , t i -- -1 m -V n r t Mrs. Delia Davenport cheeks on her one-year-old grand-nephew, Hamen Wesley. They were among several hundred Macon, Georgia residents who sought relief from the searing heat wave, by going to the air-conditioned Macon Coliseum. The heat was believed to have caused the deaths of eight Macon residents in three days. UPI Photo JCPS To Conduct Training Institute For Small City Officials NCCU Prof Appointed To Term With U.S. Transportation Dept. Dr. Woodrow W. Nichols, Jr., professor and chairman of the department of geography at North Carolina Centtel University, has accepted a one-year : appointment, 'starting September l, as a, liaison staff member in the Office of University Research of the United States Department of Transportation. The agency annually ap points, for one year, a faculty member from an accredited senior college or university to serve as a liaison between the DOT and the university research community. Dr. Nichols will assist with the Office of Univer sity Research's program to involve university faculty in researclrfor the DOT; will provide technical, assistance to universities' interested in developing research, policy, and pro gram personnel to identify - changing research needs. He will also review technical content' of the department's annual solicitation of research projects and will prepare i evaluations of the Univer ; sity Research program for i the director of the office and for higher-level departmental personnel. Dr. Nichols is an alum nus of NCCU, holds the Master of Arts degree from Michigan State University, and received his Ph.D. degree in urban geography from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is cur rently completing a research project entitled, "The Adequacy of Transportation Facilities in Black Communities: The Problem of Residence-Shopping Place Separation." He is also the author of many publications "related to the spatial analysis of transportation and other socio-economic problems in black com munities." Dr. Nichols is the son of Mr. and Mrs. "Woodrow W. Nichols, Sr., of H38 Laurel St., Salisbury. WASHINGTON, D.C. The Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS) in conjunction with the North and South Carolina Conference . of Black Mayors will conduct a two-day- training institute for officials of small cities July 25-26 in Atlantic BeacK, South Carolina. The focus of the training sessions will be on the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program which is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The institute will give small city mayors, council members, community development and other ci ty officials and overview of the Community Development Block Grant program and will offer specific suggestions on how officials can improve their techniques for ob taining funds under the program. In announcing the in stitute, Eddie N. Williams, president of the Joint Center said, "Acquiring funds under the Community Develop ment Block Grant pro gram is a complex, exac ting and sometimes frustrating process. Ap plications must conform to special criteria and data in support of proposed projects must be accruate. Competition for funds is extremely intense. Many small, disadvantaged cities lack knowledge and exper tise about how to obtain, federal funds that could help them grow and develop into more liveable communities. The Joint Center's training session is tailored to improve their effectiveness in competing! for CDGB funds." Participants in the two day institute, in addition to JCPS staff will be Robert Drakeford, presi dent of the North Carolina Conference of Black Mayors; Charles Ross, president of the South Carolina Con ference of Black Mayors; Joseph Lee, director of Economic Development and Transportation, South Carolina; Ms. Eva Clayton Assistant Secretary, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Communi ty Development and Lewis Wallace, Deputy Area Manager of the Columbia, South Carolina HUD Area Office. Approximately thirty small cities from North and South Carolina will be represented at the in stitute, held at the Atlantic Beach Community Center. The institute is funded through a grant from HUD. The Joint Center for Political Studies is a private, non-profit and non-partisan organization which conducts research, training and technical assistance programs. JOIN THE UAACP TODAY! Presidential Candidate Anderson Responds To Demo Committee Independent Presiden tial candidate John B. Anderson's North Carolina campaign Mon day challenged the Democratic Committee's efforts to use the North Carolina Board of Elec tions to carry on what it calls "its harassment of the independent can didate." The Inde ndents for Anderson P y of North Carolina i. id papers Monday, July 21, before the state Board of Elec tions objecting to the DNC's challenge of the Board's June 17 decision to certify the party and Anderson for the November general election ' ballot. Mitchell Rogovin, Anderson's general counsel, called into ques tion the standing of the DNC to bring such an ac tion. He said, "Since the, DNC is neither a registered voter nor a state political party, it ought not have the right to use the North Carolina state agency to carry on its. political warfare with John Anderson." The In dependents lor Anderson Party requested that the state board strikd the DNC as a party to the pro ceeding. Rogovin describe the Continued 09 Page 3J
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