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r i 1 wirf ! Duke University Library Newspaper Department DuauSic.27706 (USPS fo 1-380) Words Of Wisdom Some people, instead of trying to drown their troubles, take them out and give them swimming lessons. "Billy" Sunday VOLUME 58 NUMBER 41 j- DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11.1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS Hails Memorial to 37th b6HEill9Gii?i ANNUAL NAACP CCJv'ftlTION: eMer Sosfes to - Acrss Abo. ii Fitting Tribute Stit CHARLOTTE Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., veteran NAACP leader, . Vice Chairman of the Na tional Board of Directors and President of the North Carolina NAACP, said recently that if the black population in the state of North Carolina is to meet the challenge of survival in a period of economic crisis, new techniques and stratigies must be developed to com bat sophisticated racism in all areas of community life. Alexander said, that dependence of federal programs is not enough for blacks to be integrated into the mainstream of American democracy.! Basic programs in, economic developement; will be a major priority of! the NAACP in North Carolina, he said. Milton Dove, President of the Lenoir County Branch NAACP, is Chair man of the State Con ference Economic Development Task Force, is to deal with this area of concentration. Dove said thr role of the task force is to engage in continous economic development ac tivity and on a state-wide basis the program will in clude (1) monitoring the effectiveness of. federal j and state governments in ; meeting needs of minority entrepreneurs and black economic development; (2) identifying relevent state-wide issues and resources for their resolu tion; (3) seeking to ' organize and bring rele vent information to' minority entrepreneurs through continous pro gram forums and pressing : for the enactment of favorable state legislation j and issuance of enlighten ed policies to support minority businesses and economic development in terests. The Economic Develop ment Task Force, as to an example of specific pro-; grams, is affirmative ac-j - tion by ' vendors and 1 supliers; arranging meetings with Mayors in1 North Carolina where our branches are located, to determine whether the city . requires it's contractors and vendors to submit an I effective affirmative ac-j tion program to ensure) that minorities are fairly i hired and promoted. The) Task Force will also ap-! proach the executive of ficers of the counties in j the state in which our branchers are located, to determine whether they have such a program : operative. ' Dove added, what we j are talking about is governmental unit, j (including schools systems) in the areas of the state, which does not have Chavis Says Blacks Need 'Organization acrflAGrial Han of Poaco NEW YORK Howard M. Squadron, , president of the American Jewish Congress, has hail ed the newly-dedicated monument to Dr. Ralph Bunche across from the United Nations as "a fit ting tribute to a great man of peace." In abatement following dedication ceremonies for the park and monument in memory of the black leader, Squadron declared: '"Dr. Bunche's life was dedicated to the pursuit of peace among nations. All Americans are proud of his accomplishments. The American Jewish com munity is especially pleas ed that there will be a monument to his memory. "As architect of the ar mistice that ended the Arab-fsraeli War in 1949, this extraordinary diplomat helped establish the Jewish state on a basis of peace. ' . "With skills that earned the admiration of all in volved, including David V " "a ah affirmative action pro gram will be requested to establish such a program. The North Carolina NAACP Economic Development Task Force is working closely with the National NAACP Economic Department by providing support and cooperation in resolving economic development issues of national impor tance. Curtis E. Rogers, Na tional NAACP Director, Economic Development Department, will direct a workshop at Convention ,, on Saturday, October 25. Before coming to the NAACP, Rogers was in the position on the General Counsel's staff of 1 Western Union Interna- i tional, Inc. where he serv- j ed as attorney engaged in the practice of general coporate, telecommunica-, tion, equal employment , opportunity and tax law. 1 - WW Working For UNCF The men of Tau Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity held an attic sale in the parking lot of the Alfonso Elder Student Union last Saturday. Proceeds from the sale went to to support the United Negro College Fund. During a pause in the sale members (l-r) Audwin Heton, William Eddleman, Alvin Dennis, David Williams are shown with Director of the Student Union Thomas Prescott. Governor's Volunteer Awards To Be Presented Friday RALEIGH Gover nor Jim Hunt will be honoring outstanding volunteers from Central North Carolina at S p.m.., Friday, October 10, at the Woman's Club of Raleigh. ,3300 Womans ...... . Li: . .v SfriV -k, cim pnve. The ceremony wide recognition event sponsored by the Volunteer Services Bureau in April. They are: Mrs. Claronell Brown, for her work as a tutor at junior and senior high grade levels to prepare community sponsor for inmates. Leonard Sherwin, Friends of Duke Universi ty Library volunteer, for his valuable contribution to: the manuscript depart ment of Perkins Library, processing and describing By Felicia M. Cassels RALEIGH - Rev. Beiamin F. Chavis, Jr. encouraged 240 people to join and revitalize the freedom movement at the sixth annual conference of the N.C. Association of Black Social Workers Oc tobef 4. Chavis, the Washington, D.C. direc tor of the United Church of Christ (UCC) Commis sion for Racial Justice and leader of the Wilmington Ten, told the audience that if they were "truly for black liberation they would have to live accor dingly. He said there is "nothing wrong with hav ing a dream, but realize it's just a dream that will only -enter the realm of reality at the point of organization and correct leadership." He said a person's own community is "the hardest place to organize because folks there see how you live your life" and judge you as such. He added, "you can't be a good leader until you're a good follower." Chavis said commit ment and sacrifice brings joy v . . ."the best feeling in the world is to wake up knowing you have done something for your peo ple." Chavis said blacks are making a difference in society but the difference is often toward maintenance of the status quo. He suggested blacks! declare their political in dependence because the Republicans and Democrats "do not have I the interest of black liberation in mind." Chavis, an ordained minister in the predominantly white denomination of the UCC, said he is not pre judiced against whites, abut at some point black people have to make their liberation a priority." He announced the foun ding conference of the in-' dependent national black political party November 21-23 in Philadelphia. He said Jhe conference was deliberately set after the November elections because most blacks have "already embraced somebody. Hesaid blacks should not put all their faith and1 hope in the White House because it is not "God's House." He said Presi dent Jimmy Carter may! promise more appoint ments, but quoted California Congressman Ronald Dellums who said' appointments are a natural part of living in a democratic society. Besides, Chavis added, appointments usually don't change the system, but help maintain it. He added that blacks' should work toward liberation regardless of their occupation or status. They should be like. Fourth District To Hold Rally By Trellie L. Jeffers The Fourth Congres sional District of the Democratic Party will hold a unity rally, Friday October 10, at the Edison Johnson Recreation Center, Durham. The ral ly is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The purpose of Friday night's raly is to expose the voters to all of the state wide candidates for the November election, and to have an old fashion 1 rally to attempt to general enthusiasm among potential ; November voters. Speakers scheduled for the rally are Governor Jim i Hunt, Senator Robert : (Continued on Page 10) Minority VVodod Auard Nominees Aro tbcod Mrs. Elva P. DeJar mon, Mrs. Florine Rober son and Ms. Margaret Holmes Turner are amoung 72 minority women from 36 North Carolina counties who have been nominated for awards to be given Oc tober 11 durhing the first Tribute to Minority Women banquet at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. Coordinated by the N.C. Council on the Status of Women, the banquet tribute is planned to honor minority women who have contributed to their communities and state "behind the scenes". During the 7 p.m. ban quet in St. Augustine'3 Martin Luther King Ballroom, IS awards will be given, three in each of jhe following catagories: volunteer service, com munity involvement, per sonal career development, business and professional 'achievement and political involvement. Nominations " were solicited through organizationa of minority women. v "We hope to single out some pf the state's minori ty worsen who are not traditionally in the limelight', especially those , wher have given en couragement and support, to other women who have gone on to higher levels in education, human service, business and politics," . said; Sen. Helen Marvin of Gastonia, chairperson of the1 N.C. Council on the Status of Women. The ' council's Work options for women program and the minority Women's Task Force are cosponsor ing the event. Karen Hastie Williams, administrator with the Of-1 fice of Federal Procurennt Policy at the Office. of Management and Budget, Washington, D. C, will, be keynote speaker. Previously employed as chief counsel of the Senate Committee ori the Budget,. : Ms. Williams; la reciepient' 'of the 1980 Special 1 Achievement Award from i the National Association ; of Black Women At- . itorneys.. . chamelions, he said, lizards who change color according to what they land on as a defense . mechanism, but who' never forget they're' lizards. During his speech, Chavis paid tribute to' Rev. L.H. Whelchel who "epitomizes what a black minister should be," and to Alderman Larry Little who "epitomizes what a black elected official should be." Whelchel is pastor of Russell Memorial C.M.E. Church in Durham. Chavis served as his assis tant for a year while in prison. Little was the founding member and coordinator of the N.C. Black Panther Party. He was given the Association's Human Ser vice for his "total and un compromising commit ment to black liberation." Association president Leonard Dunston said Lit tle was repeatedly arrested in 1969 and the early 70s for organizing and demonstrating. Dunston said Little used the. Freedom of Information Act to find out what COINTELPRO, a CIA surveillance file, contain ed on him. He subsequently learn ed that a $5000 contract .had once been placed on his life. Little, a 1979 Honors graduate of Winston Salem and a Masters degree candidate at UNC-, Greensboro, was the first! to implement free i breakfast, free ambulance j service and a sickle cell testing program in I Winston-Salem. Little dedicated his award to Joseph Waddell. He. said Waddell was an unjustly .; incarcerated political activist who died in Central Prison after having a j heart attack, although I he had no history of heart trouble. Prison officals perform ed an autopsy before noti fying Waddell's family of his death,'. Little said, making it impossible to determine its actual cause. Little said he has a renewed commitment to I the black struggle and en-, courage the social workers to be progressive. Che persuaded the com batants to start peace talks in 1949 on the Island of Rhodes. Egypt' ame to terms first, followed by the Other Arab nations. "These were virtually, the only direct Arab Israeli negotiations until President Sadat's journey to Jerusalem thirty years later. It was an outstan ding achievement that earned Dr. Bunche the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. "Today, as efforts to establish a permanent peace in the Middle East go forward, we look back with respect and admira tion on the ac complishments of Dr. Ralph Bunche, a courageous crusader for peace and justice." the State this fall! Volunteers from Western North Carolina wete honored in Asheville on October 4, and. those from Eastern North Carolina in Kinston on September 29. This is the first statewide effort of its kind. At the event, the new "Governor's Volunteer Award" will be given in five categories to outstan ding volunteers in each county participating. The categories are individual human service, individual community leader, chur chreligious group, civic group and volunteer ad ministrator. Award selec tions were made by a local nominating committee. Durham County's awardees were selected as the 1980 Volunteers of the Year in the community- defta4 ompetencarv and complex collec tests Ms. Cathy Carlson, for, her extensive . in vestments of time and energy in helping a disabl ed citizen. James Lepene, American Red Cross Volunteer, for his unusual capabilities as a youth volunteer in the Histology Lab at the VA Medical Center. Ms. Louise McCut cheon, for her never ending role as a volunteer and leader for a dozen organizations that provide human services. Walter Rhodes, Durham County Prison Unit volunteer, for his role as an active member of the Advisory Commit tee, and the Yokefellows Prison Ministry, and as a tions of personal papers. Alfred Stephens, employeevof Duke Univer sity Dining HallWest Campus, for his many contributions in working with his fellow Shriners during their annual fish fry, which supports Shriner's hospitals and burn centers. Mrs. Constance Watts, Durham Chapter Links, Inc., volunteer, for her leadership to this organization in expanding the group's volunteer in volvement in the arts, ser vices to youth and other endeavors. A small reception will be given at 4 p.m., for the award recipients; and the ceremony, which is open to the public, will follow gat 5 p.m. Alternatives To Incarceration Citizens Commission To Meet In Raleigh Saturday North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge, the Honorable Willis Whichard, will convene the first session of the: Citizens Commission on Alternatives to Incarcera tion at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 1 1 , at the Holiday Inn in downtown Raleigh. Judge Whichard heads this independent panel of North Carolina judges, legislators and criminal justice experts who are studying the problems of rising costs and crowded conditions in the North Carolina corrections, system. The Commission! hopes to develop recom-1 mendations for the use of programs other than im prisonment for some con victed offenders. Na tionally recognized correc tions authority William Nagel will address the) commission at its first! meeting on the need for alternatives to incarcera-i tion. Last year. North; Carolina incarcerated 'more people per capita than 47 other states, even1 though its violent crime . rate is one of the fifteen lowest in the United States. Only 23 per cent of all persjpns incarcerated in North Carolina in 1979 were convicted of violent crimes. In an era of up wardly spiraling construc tion and operational costs, the North Carolina prison system is 34 per cent over populated. Featured speaker William Nagel has spent over thirty years of his life working in and studying about the U.S. criminal justice system. A former prison superintendent in ,New Jersey, Nagd has 'served for the past eleven years as president of. the American Fooundation, Inc., and director of its In stitute of Corrections. Nagel is the author of a book on the social and economic costs of prison construction, The New Red Barn, and has served! as an advisor to President Johnson and Penn sylvania Governors-Scran-ton and Schaefer. He has also spokon to numerous state and national legislative committees and at the Brookings Institute. Trie Citizens Commis sion represents a broad cross-section of persons from across the state with first hand experience in almost every phase of the criminal justice system, from commission and pro secution of a crime and its 'adjudication, to confine ment and eventual post release programs. .,The Prison and Jail Project of North Carolina will pro vide staff and, research ; functions for the commis sion. The Z. smith Reynolds and Mary 'Reynolds Babcock Foun dations of Winston-Salem ; are underwriting the work of this panel of legislators, ; judges, corrections and treatment persons, and ex offenders. With the help of three full-time staff, the Com mission will gather written information and hear ex pert testimmonny from resources and persons : from across North ! Carolina and the United 1 States. To facilitate I testimony and to ap preciate better the par ticular needs and character of different regions of the' state, the Commission will assemble j from time to time at places 'other than Raleigh. The Honorable Karen Galloway, N.C. District Court, Durham, is a member of the Commis-; sion. Dr. Dovd) Proposes to Retire By Richard Moort GREENSBORO The I proposed retirement - of , Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy as 1 chancellor of A&T State University in June, will 1 signal the end of the most progressive era in the ! university's 89-year I history. Dowdy, chancellor of A&T since 1964, announc ed hs intentionn to retire from that position effec tive June 30, 1981. In a letter to the Board of Trustees, Dowdy asked the board for a leave of absence to take care of some personal, health pro blems. He said he would then return to the Univer sity for teaching and research. "If the leave of absence is (ranted, said Dowdy, "the beginning date will be set by Dr. William Fri day, president of the University of North Carolina, I informed him of 'my. intention simultaneously with my recommendation to the Board of Trustees." In. a statement. Dowdy said! "I fed that over the past fifteen years we hap buUt a soUd academic pro gram at A&T, and w have achieved national to
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