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WORDS OF WISDOM
Men who do things, that count never stop to count
them.
Don't expect too much from the man who talks about
what he did instead of what he's doing.
VOLUME 58 -NUMBER 43
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1980
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iVCCU Founder's Bay
Set For Friday, Nov. 7
Youth Forum
Panel
Panelists for the FIJI Yiuth Forum of the Year held at St. Joseph's AME Church Sunday,
October 19, were (from left) Quinton Brown, master of ceremony and youth chairman of the
Youth Committee of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People; Officer Ralph Mack,
youth investigator, Durham Department of Public Safety; Attorney A.J, Howard Clement, III,
former member, North Carolina House of Representatives; Attorney Kenneth B. Spaulding,
member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Photo by Joseph Decatur
Youth The Law and the Ballot
s of IlicEi People
Mis
IFiftEi ForuEia off tthe er
The Youth Committee
of the Committee on thhe
Affairs of Black People in
its fifth forum of the year ;
had as its theme "Youth
schools superintendent,
Dr. Ben Brooks, and then
city school Board chair
man, Dr. T.R. Speigner.
The. Forum concensus
Durham City Schools
Board members, ad
ministrators, parents
and students should
have input into the deci-
forurn.yvere Attorney A.J.
Howard Clement, III,
former member of the!
North' Carolina House of
Representatives; Officer
Ralph Mack, youth in- f
yestigator, Durham
Department of Public i
Safety, and Attorney
Kenneth B. Spaulding,
member of the North1
Carolina House of
Representatives.
Clement defined law as
a mechanism to bring
order andor keep order
in man's relationships
with each other and
things. In contrasting city
liaison programs, he said ,
that it is projected that in
the proposed city schools ,
jrogram, the police will
lave official authority
because their authority
' ies within the city while,
in the county schools, the
city police have no
authority. Such projected
. police visibility and i
authority in the city
schools gives parents. I
students, educators and;
concerned citizens very
negative feelings toward'
the program, the Forum
decided.
It was also recalled
during the Forum that
when the program (police
liaison) was originally
presented, it was ac
cepted by then city
Durham Committee
To Hold Rally
The Political Subcom
mittee of the Durham
Committee on the Affairs
of Black People will hold
its second rally, Satur
day, October 25.
The purpose of Satur
day's rally is to make
potential voters aware of
the crucial issues in the
November 4 election as
well as to stress the im
portance of the power of
the ballot. The Commit
tee also hopes to dispel
some of the voter apathy
that is being expressed
during this election year.
"This is a very critical
election year, and we
must impress this upon
the people," said Dr. E.
Lavonia Allison, chair
man of the Political Sub
Committee. Moreover, the Con
gressional Black Caucus
has released a report
that deals with the pro
blem of black under
representation in the.
United States legislative
branch.
The report indicates
that only sixteen black
Americans out of 535
serve in the U.S. Con
gress, but that over 100
members of the Con
gress owe their election
victories to the margin of
votes that they receive
from their black consti
tuents. - Nevertheless,
these 100 members do
not join the Congres
sional Black Caucus in
supporting issues that af
fect the blacks that vote
for them, and they often
vote against legislation
that would improve the
quality of life for their
black voters.
Saturday's rally is also
intended to make voters
become concerned about
the importance of casting
their ballots for those;
candidates on the local,
state and national level
who have demonstrated
a sensitivity to the needs
of black people and poor
people.
Other activities rele
vant to the November
election tchedule by tse
Durham Committee are
as follows:
a political meeting,
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the police liaison pro-
tram; and that the City
chools are making rapid
progress. .
It was suggested that if-
would expand itSI'dUth
investigative program to
have a speakers' bureau,
then educators, com
munity groups and other
concerned citizens could
request "such positive,
services as those
rendered by officer Ralph
Mack, along with all the
other panelists."
Attorney Spaulding
suggested that it would
be a helpful follow
through to make it possi
ble for librarians at the
high schools throughout
the state to climax re
quired courses in civic
responsibilities and
privileges with offering
Mi
Dr. Charles
Cobb To Be
Keynoter
Dr. Charles E." Cobb,
executive director of the
Commission for Racial
Justice of the United
Church of Chirst, will
speak at North Carolina
Central University's
Founder's Day exercise
at 11 a.m., Friday
November 7.
The program honors
the memory of Dr. James
E. Shepard, who founded
NCCU in 1910 and serv
ed as its president until
J 947. Dr. Cobb was a
student during Dr.
Shepard's presidency.
He also holds the
Bachelor of Divinity
degree from Howard
University and the
Master of Sacred
Theology degree from
Boston University.
Prior to assuming his
current post with the
United Church of Christ,
Dr. Cobb was pastor of
St. John's Congrega
tional Church in Spr
ingfield, Massachusetts.
His honors include an
honorary degree from
Houston-Tillotson
University, the 1980
Outstanding Alumnus
citation from Howard
University, and the
Frederick. Douglass Cita
ERVIII TO BE SUORII
IN OCTOBER 31
Richard C. Erw in, former Judge, North
Carolina Court of Appeals, will be sworn in as
the First Black Federal Judge since
Reconstruction for the U. S. Middle District of
North Carolina on Friday, October 31, 1980 at
2:00 p.m., in the Forsyth County Courthouse
in Winston-Salem. Immediately the swearing
in, there will be a public reception at the Ben
ton Convention Center from 2:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Cross Burners Still
Not Arrested
By Felicia Cassels
An investigator for the at the conclusion of the
Durham County Sheriffs
Department said
Wednesday he is not
sure if warrants will be
issued for five young men
who have admitted to
burning a cross at the
county stad
The five, are two
sophomores and three!
juniors at Northern High
School. David Poe, prin
cipal of Northern, said
thhey admitted to burn
ing a cross during a foot
ball game between
predominantly white
Northern- and
convenient
registration
students.
to
voter
eligible
It was pointed out that
Civics was, once a re
quired course in high
schools and that suc
cessful completion of
that course enabled
many youth to become
intelligent about laws
with govern our society.
It was believed that ig
norance of. law con
tributes to the large
numbers of young of
fenders and repeated of
fenders. Many other youth pro-1
blems involving the law
and the ballot were
touched upofT?
Hillside High School Oc
tober 9.
Durham County
Superintendent J. Frank
Yeager said they have
been suspended for ten
days. He said reinstate
ment depends on
whether the act was a
"prank" or an act of
"racial intimidation,"
which he will determine
at a meeting with each of
the students and their
parents.
Investigator Lewis
Danford said he believes
the five were the only
ones involved in the inci
dent and he has already
questioned them. Dan
ford said he talked to
witnesses of the incident
and to people who knew
of plans for the burning.
He said he will submit a
report to Sheriff Bill Allen
Blach Enterprise
Endorses Carter
ACCESS PREDICTS SOUTH AFRICA'S
EXCLUSION FROM EISENHOWER CUP
Dr. Richard E. Lap-chick,-
National Chairman
df ACCESS, predicted
recently that the disrupt
tions at last weeks
Eishenhower Cup Golf
Tournament would end
South Africa's participa
tion in that event in the
future.
According to those in
volved in protesting the
event, the withdrawal of
several nations has to
hasten the permanent
exclusion of South Africa
from the event. The
withdrawal occurred
after the United States,
Golf Association insisted
on allowing South Africa
to participate.
Lapchick said that the
World Amateur Gol!
Council, the international
governing body for the
tournament, would
follow the pattern of
other sports bodies and
abandon the represen
tatives of racism. He
recalled that "f Inter
national Tennis dera
tion, led by the I . Ten
nis Association, tried to
keep South Africa as a
participant in the Davis
Cup tor many years.1
However, after nations!
refused to compete,
venues had to be chang
ed as demonstrations in-1
creased. The . USTA and
the ITF suspended South
Africa in 1978 " Lapchick
added thaj ACCESS "was
deeply involved in that
process and we based
our Eisenhower Cup
campaign on what we
learned from tennis."
South Africa was bann-1
ed form the Eisenhower1
Cup in 1978 when the Fiji
government refused
them visas. This year's
cup had to be moved
from Brazil where the
South Africans would I
have also faced the;
denial of visas, Lapchick
said, "The U.S. Golf
Association was only too
happy to accommodate
the racists.. What they
did not expect vws the
domestic protest against
the event. ACCESS put
pressure on the U.S. Golf
Association, President
Carter, local officials in
Pinehurst, North
Carolina where the event
was staged, and ABC-TV,
which was to televise the
event." Even now it has
been announced that the
site of the next cup in
1982 had been changed
from Sweden, where;
South Africa could bei
denied visas, to
Switzerland.
The turning point took
place when ACCESS
began contacting the'
governments of other na
tions. The United Na
tions Special Committee
Against Apartheid then
took action on this issue
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ttorf irorrrtrte t! AACT torisredomlriiintly -ttack
u u i a i a ii u i ii g
achievements in the
struggle for. black libera
tion." The Founder's Day pro
gram will also include the
dedication of a campus
building in memory of
Harold W. Alexander and
Wayne M. Dunn. The
building, at one time the
university cafeteria, now
houses the university's
Academic Skills Center,
of which Dunn was a staff
member and Alexander
was the founder.
The university's Career
Counseling and Place- j
ment Center is situated
in the basement level of
the Alexander-Dunn
Building.
NCCU GFtADS
ELIGIBLE FOR
INTERNSHIPS
Graduates of the Food
and Nutrition Program in
North Carolina Central
University's Department
of Home Economics. may
now participate in post
baccalaureate programs
leading to registration by
the American Dietetic
Association.
Dr. Beverly A. Nichols,
chairman of the depart
ment, announced this
week that the NCCU pro
gram has been approved
by the American Dietetic
Association for student
participation in the
ADA's Plan IV, Clinical
Dietetics and Food Ser
vice Systems Manage-
ment.
Upon graduation,
students may apply for a
Dietetic Internship pro
gram accredtied by the
ADA, Dr. Nichols said.
The six-to-twelve-;
month internship pro-:
grams provide planned,
instruction and!
assignments in a clinical
setting to prepare entry
level dietitians. Many of
the programs are
associated with graduate,
schools and offer credit
toward the master's
degree.
Dietitians who com
nleta the internshiD pro
grams and are endorsed t
by the program director'
may then apply for active ,
membership in the
American Dietetic
Association,
investigation which he
expects to be October
24.
Allen said on October
, 14 that the five were go
ing to turn themselves in
the next day. But on Oc
tober 15, two of the
students were missing
and did not return until
October 21. Allen could
not be reached for com
ment on their possible
arrest, and Danford said
he was not sure they
would be arrested.
Danford added that
two of the five are
Juveniles and, ' It -pro
secuted, will be handled
through juvenile court,
which issues
"complaints, not war
rants." George Frazier, presi
dent of the Durham
Chapter of the NAACP,,
said he had a meeting
with prosecutor Dan Ed
wards, Jr., late last
week. At that meeting,
he said, Edwards in
dicated that he would try
the students on a misde
meanor charge if he pro
secutes. The state statute on
crossburning cites the of
fense as a felony.
Frazier said he doesn't
think Edwards will pro
secute the offense as a .
misdemeanor and said
he plans to meet with
him again for further
discussion.
Durham Market
Analysis Is
Released
Mrs. Betsy H. Stafford,
Area Manager of the
Greensboro Area Office
of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development, has
released an Analysis cf
the Durham Housing
Market.
The Analysis presents
an estimate of the de
mand for new, unsub
sidized sales and rental
housing in the Durham
area during the next two
years. Additionally, the
study outlines the major
economic, demographic,
and housing factors cur
rently influencing the
Durham Housing Market.
Among the major conclu
sions in the study is that
the demand for new un
subsidized housing will
average about 2,030
units annually during the
next two years. Included
in this total are 1,200
new single family sales
units, 740 rental units,
thirty mobile homes, and
fifty multi-family sales
units. Population of the
Durham Housing Market
Area (defined as Durham
County) is estimated to
be 147,950 as of April 1.
1980. Bv Aoril 1. 1982.
the County's population
r iif expected to increase to
approximately 150,800
persons.
Mrs. Stafford indicated
that free copies of the
analysis may be obtained
by writing the director,
Economic and Market
Analysis Division, U.S.
Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
415 North Edgeworth
Street, Greensboro,
27401.
Earl G. Graves,
publisher of Black Enter
prise, announced the
magazine's endorsement
of Jimmy Carter for
President in its!
November issue. This
marks the first time in
the ten-year history of
the magazine that it has
endorsed any candidate
for elected office.
In a letter to the Presi
dent, Graves called
President Carter "the
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800 Black
Churches
Support Carter
Rev. Amos Brown,
chair of the Black Caucus
of the American Baptist
Convention, has an
nounced that 800 black
churches of the Conven
tion have endorsed
President Carter's re
election. Rev. Amos is
also pastor of the historic
Third Baptist Church of
San Francisco, Califor
nia. Rev. Brown says the
churches have launched
an all-out effort to get
church members to the
polls and turn out the
largest possible vote for
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Beware On Halloween
Dancer mav lurk in tne shadows along
with Halloween ' ghosts and goblins
unless safety precautions are usea in
Halloween merry-making.
To assure a safe celebration on Oc
tober 31, the North Carolina Insurance
News Service urges parents to give
special attention to costumes and
treats.
"A safe costume doesn't have to be
expensive," said Emerson Sharpe,
regional Insurance Company manager.
Sharpe advised that costumes be a
light; visible color. If you have a witch or
Darth Vader in your midst, put reflec
tive tape on all sides of the costume, he
said. And you can eliminate nasty spills
by making sure the costume isn't too!
long or baggy. M
"Use make-up instead of a mask,
suggested Sharpe. "It can create an
equally spooky illusion and makes see
ing much easier."
' Chairman Sharpe said most parents
realize the importance of safety pro
cedures for trickror-treaters, but he of
fered these reminders:
On trick-pr-treat night, make sure
that an adult or older teenager accom
panies children on their rounds. Stay in
your own neighborhood, and knock only
on doors where there s a welcoming
light.
Children should be instructed not to
eat any treats until they are carefully ex
amined at home. Unwrapped or home
wrapped items such as popcorn should
be discarded unless they come from a
dose friend. Fruits should be washed
well and cut into small pieces.
You can make Halloween even easier
and just as much fun for the kids by at
tending school or recreation depot
ment activities, says Sharpe. Considera
tion could also be given to- a stay-at-home
Halloween, complete with bobb
ing for apples and a haunted room.
However you decide to celebrate "All
Hallow's Eva" with your youngsters, thj
N.C. . Insurance News Service says
"kee"p it safeC , ,