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suppoRTAWEniCflRl EDUCATION WEEK i " ' NOVEMBER 16-22, 1980 ) '(USPS 091-380) Words of Wisdom The most underdeveloped territory in tkc world lies ander yonr bat. Don 'I worry about the job yon don't like. So meone else will have it soon. VOLUME 58 -NUMBER 46 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1980 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS Tenants Tell of s. Burns: Holes in the Walls And Roof Allow Rats, Roaches, Rain to Inter f.ly Home Umaf e and Unhealthy Conditions By Barbara Taylor Mrs. Katie Burns oc cupies a four-bedroom apartment, along with her seven children, in McDougald Terrace. Mrs. Burns says, "My roof leaks; there are holes in the walls .''and roof which allow rats, roaches, rain, and the cold into my home. Birds fly down the chimney where the heating pipe once belonged. The kitchen cabinet, which is coming loose from the wall, is a danger to me and my kids." "If that isn't bad enough," she con tinues, "since 1975, my rent has gone from $79 to S218 a month." She says that figure doesn't include the $50-$60 excess utility bill the Housing Authority attaches to her rent. Mrs. Burns explains that she has complained to the Authority about her maintenance since 1975. Mrs. Burns' sentiments were echoed during the meeting on last Wednes day night by tenants from public housing complexes throughout the city. An estimated 75 to ; 100 tenants attended the mass meeting in the McDouglad Terrace Recreation 1 to provide space heaters to families withouf heat. A good many rejected the heaters. One woman told this reporter, "they don't work. As- soon as they come on, they shut off." Few Gardens residents expressed fear that the newly installed wall heating units will not pro perly heat the apartments this winter. One resident expressed concern that the thermostats were set too low at 74 and that they were too close to the heating units. He said, "As soon as the ther mostat registers the temperature around the heating unit, it'll shut off. The rest of the apartment will remain cold." The tenants also called to the attention of the Housing Authority that those par ticular wall heating units posed a danger to the elderly and the young. Mrs. Norma Burton, Tenant Steering Commit tee member, urged Taborn to move the thermostats further away from the heating units to allow more effective heat distribution throughout the entire apartment. Taborn promised to look imo the problem but told terns expicssed among the tenants about how far removed the Housing Authority is from the real needs of the people serves. Taborn attempted to ex plain the purchase of the cars by saying that money which is earmarked in the initial package presented to the commissioners has to be spent for those specific areas. Ms. Pat Rogers reminded ' the director that although the Authority has to follow federal guidelines, policy is made on the local level. The tenants questioned the Authority's purchase of the cars in light of the maintenance problems discussed in the meeting, which were not new pro blems. The mood of the crowd was expressed by an elderly woman tenant who remarked that "They the 1 Housing Authority) don't care about people living in public housing. All they want is the r-e-n-t." Tenants contend that one gives up a lot to live in federal housing. One of the small freedoms the tenants had was the use of the recreation centers. Each tenant council presi dent was provided , a key, 3 .V' For Distinguished Service Miss Cynthia D. Perry, Area Director of UNCF. presents to Dr. C.E. Boulware the United Negro College Fund Distinguished Service Citation as Dr. CD. Watts, chairman of the Cor porate Committee, looks on. NEW YORK -As many as 75-80 per cent of. all registered black voters eligibles. This represents the highest percentage of blacks registered in our source where heat does not exist." Tenants Question Authority's Priorities Many tenants expressed disapproval over the way the Authority spent some of this year's budget, especially the purchase of a new fleet of cars. When asked about the purchase, Taborn invited to tenants to attend the yearly com missioners' meeting in which the budget is presented and discussed. There were serious con visors. Several weeks ago, the Authority took the keys back.' Taborn said the reason was because of break-ins at the centers. The tenants wanted to know if he Taborn thought, the council presidents were responsi ble for the break-ins and expressed confusion over why he removed the keys. "The recreation centers belong to the tenants," one women commented, "they arerthe only places the kids have to go to play except in the streets. We Continual On Page 3 Expresses Concern Over Treatment of Haitians Sent to Puerto Rico NEW YORK Amnes ty international has called on i lie United Slates Government to make clear the ( real nieni and siaius lo be given Haitians seeking asylum in the U.S. who are expected lo be sent to a miliiary camp in Puerto Rico. The internal ional human rights organization said it had sent Attorney Genera) .Benjamin Civilet ti questions on October 17 in response to reports that recently arrived Haitians were to be transferred to Fort Allen, Puerto Rico, but had not yet received any reply. It made public its questions last Thurs day, November 9, because of reports that the transfer is imminent. Amnesty International said it had received persis tent reports thai some Haitians who were previously refused entry and sent back to Haiti were harassed and im prisoned on their return there. The organization also expressed its concern over reports that eleven Haitians were shot dead last week as they tried to leave for the U.S. from Cap Haitien. Amnesty International noted that the people who may be sent to Fort Allen may have a 'legitimate claim to political asylum and, under international and U.S. law, should not be treated as prisoners. In the October 17 message to Civiletti, Amnesty International Secretary General Thomas Hammarberg requesied information on the following points: Whai freedom of movement will the people transferred to Fori Allen have, how will their status vancemenl of Colored People. NAACP executive director Benjamin L. Hooks, speaking the mor ning after the elections noted, "No oiher single interest group, including the elderly and women, demonstrated, the great strides that blacks showed in realizing their full voting potential. These gains are especially impor tant, since most political observers had expected a continuation of the downward Trend that had been evidenced over the past fifteen years." "Even before the elec tion, "Hooks noted "NAACP data revealed a keen interest in the presidential race among be determined, and what Wdack voters. After check- is the projected period of j,1g the almost 200 bran- took part in the November history, and is even belter fdiiig to projection figures released by the National Association for the Ad- precincts on the West Coast. NAACP officials there reported the black, turnout was. 10-15 per cent C pilfer tflm Tnhnrh ditiVercc Housing Authority, and . cern is to get a stable heat served as recreation super- fdiiig to projecifoii figures among the 133 million average, ana lis mncft as three staff members sat , before the emotional crowd and tried to answer questions regarding lack of heat, excess utility bills, rent, leaking roofs, and the removal of keys from the tenant council presidents. Taborn and his staff at tempted, unsuccessfully, to assure the tenants from Few Gardens who had been heating their apart ments by ovens, that heat would be available to them by Friday, November 7. The Authority had attempted as lime ihey will spend in the camp? What access will they have lo lawyers and com munity groups who can in form them of their rights Continued On Page 2 tug ches involved in voter registration, we discovered that we had managed to raise the number of blacks registered to almost 11.5 million, or 67 of black white eligibles." Joe Madison, national director of ihe NAACP Voier Education Depart ment, noted also that black voters maintained their tradition of suppor ling ihe Democratic Parly. "Preliminary results show that in spite of Catholics, blue collar workers, ethnics and women going heavily for Ronald Reagan, President Carter received a solid eighty per cent of the black vote. Those same figures show ed Ronald Reagan and John Anderson splitting the remaining dif ference." "More importantly," Madison maintained, "these preliminary results illustrate the political maturity developing within the black com munity. That maturity and motivation must be continued in future elec tions." Hooks pointed out a serious departure from the record black turnout statistics, when he talked about results from key twelve per cent lower than the turnout in 1976. The executive director said, "This was clearly the result of the news an nouncements of Carter's defeat, and a few minutes later the President himself conceding." According to an ' NAACP official in Los Angeles, many communi ty canvassers reported their turnout had been ' almost fifty per cent, with three hours left to vote, when the news was broad cast. "Thereafter, the tur nout was light. Canvassers who were contacting blacks, were met with a response that the race was over and their vote was not necessary Vs -, ftftTheTxceptrcW the West Coast, blacks not only turned out in record numbers, but showed up at the polls much earlier in the day than in previous years," Madison said. "Our findings show that in many cities, such as Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami and Raleigh, almost fifty per cent of the registered black voters had cast their ballots before 3 p.m. Helping to swell this figure was the unu:ually large increase in the black youth vote on college cam (ContinuedOn Page 10) Schools f.lake Plans For Education Week The week of November 16-22, has been set aside as American Education Week. This observance serves to increase public understanding and ap preciation of ihe shcools, to encourage parents to visit their children's schools, lo secure civic and community suppoi: for measures to improve schools, and to help students gain an apprecia tion of what the schools are doing for them. This nationwide event is spon sored by the National Education Association, the American Legion, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and theUnitedJjttes Depart ment of EtSti&ttion. The tnbineoftliis year's celebration is "Education ifi the 80s Preparation for the Future." All Durham County and Durham City Schools will be celebrating this event with special pro grams. The Durham Cit Association of Educators and the Durham County Association of Classroom Teachers are sponsoring displays and performances at Northgate and South Snuare Shonninn Malls OTUUiiug-' nun- mi Thursday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m., the two groups are sponsoring a Parent Seminar at Rogers Herr Junior High School. The seminar will begin with a general session at which time Ms. Jo Ann Norris, 1979 North Carolina Teacher of the year, will speak on "Together We Teach Your Children." There will be two rounds of small group ses sions. The following topics will be discussed during both sessions: Continued On Page 2J NCCU Must Fill Leadership Vacuum, Cobb Says North Carolina Central University must act to fill a "seeming vacuum" in national leadership, Dr. Charles E. Cobb told the university's students at Friday's observance of Founder's Day. Dr. Cobb, who is ex ecutive director of the Commission for Racial Justice, said ihai 'abuse of power by government and industry" results daily in "the suffering of poor people." instructor Charges Community College With Racial Discrimination I nc ptesideni ol mc Noiih Carolina Com muniiy College system has been asked io invcsiigaie racial discrimination, prac tices ai Wilson Cvuniy Technical Instiiuie. Clyde Pulley of Coldsboro, former can didate for Li. Governor and a criminal justice in structor at Wilson Tech charges that Dr. Ernest B. Parry, president of the college and iwo of his senior -faculty members have engaged in discriminatory and abusive practices against him for the past six mon ths. "It all began last May when ii was necessary for me lo counsel one of my while students who had reportedly made racial slurs in the student lounge," Pulley said, "Bui the situation got out of hand when David McLawhom, my depart ment head and t he college president demanded that the matter be dropped." When several black students angrily complain ed io Pulley about the racial slurs, he said he took the manor to McLawhom and asked him if iie would talk witii the student. "Wc were not even cer tain the student iiad made racial slurs," Pulley declared, "the only tiling I suggested we do was lo lalk with i he student and remind her thai t lie use of raical slurs was noi con doned on our campus." According to Pulley. Dr. Parry said ihe siudeni had the right to free speech under iheConiini. lion and lo engage in private conversation. Pulley insisted thai speech is no longer private when used in i tie presence of those it offends, especially raical slurs at a tax-supported public in stitution. "Harassment, hostility, and abusive tactics have been heaped upon me for the past six mom lis," Pulley claims "by selec tively demanding me to i urn in written medical ap pointmeni slips lo evaluating ine more fre quently man required of other instructors. " A recent letter from president Parry directs Pulley's iwo immediate superiors to step up their frequency of individual contact and visits to measure his progress in at titude and behavior. "They have already threatened me about los ing my job," Pulley went on "and ii is evident ihey were pressuring me to resign or planning lo desecrate my records so ihey can justifv firing me." According to Pulley his former supervisor deliberately wrote false in formal ion into his records f which Dr. Parry refused to comment on or review. "I have seen the same old game plan in action Women's League to Monitor Breakthrough's Election The League of Women Voters pleased to have the opportunity lo serve Operation Breakthrough and Durham County in the role of monitor to the election of eleven members lo the Operation Breakthrough Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Operation Breakthrough is currently made up of 33 members. One-third of these members are public of ficials or their designee; one-third of these members are represen tatives from private organizations or com munity groups; and one t hird of these members are represent aiives of the poor from target areas in the county where poverty is concern rated. These representatives need not be poor to qualify. There were 51 can didal es from l lie various target areas. This large number of candidates in dicates a Strong belief in the importance of Opera tion Breakthrough io our community. It has been our job to work willi Operation Breakthrough in the plan ning and implementing of this election. We ap preciate the cooperation," of the Operation Breakthrough staff. League of Women Voters, Iota Lambda Sorority, . Duke University students, NCCU Politcial Science Club, RSVP, Women-ln-Aciiou, Volunteer Ser vices Bureau, Phi Delta Kappa National Sorority, Guys & Dolls and in terested community , residents. and been a victim of it before." Pulley proclaim ed. "They tell me my behavior and performance are marginally acceptable, but my education, train ing, records, and reputa tion all speak for i hem selves." Pulley says throughout iiis career he has been selected to provide orien tation and instruction to U.S. congressmen, generals, prison wardens, judges, and district at torneys, but is now being told he is not competent to leach junior college students. During his political campaign and while discussing the restitution program with the state Department of Correction during the past three years Pulley has appeared on more than fifty television and radio programs. He recently produced two videocasseite tapes on the criminal justice system in North Carolina. He asked, "Who would deny (hat this abuse has its genesis in leadership cor rupted, creating a crisis for the 1980s un precedented in the na tion's history?" Cobb said in his prepared address thai Tuesday's elect km reflected a nation "torn as to whom we would elect as President io the 'Ship of State' through the raging storms of national and in ternational life." He said the conflicts of the elec tion demonstrated "an absence of leadership with integrity." . "Into this breech, into this seeming vacuum. North Carolina Central University must step and make its presence felt, and all other institutions thai touch and impact the lives of black people and their future, always keeping, in mind that as a people we need a particular kind of icaucrsnip, vooo saia. Dr. Cobb, who graduated from NCCU in 1940, listed three characteristics he describ ed as essential for leader ship in the end of the twentieth century. He said the characteristics were possessed in full by Dr. James E. Shepard, the founder of NCCU who was commemorated in Friday's exercises. ' "Those who tead us in to the 1980s and thereafter must be leaders with In-
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