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It Tf Duke University Library Newspaper Department Durham NC 27706 TNsyear, heartdisease cndstrokst wi3ki3 another 200,000 Americans before age 6& American Hsart r -r Assodatfon WE Rf fighting for vour life A V . " ) Words Of Wisdom I do lot believe fai fate tfest falls om however they act; trat I do believe ki a fate that falls oa them bbIcm they act. O.K. Ckesterloa HeD b trath seea too late. -ADAM V n m. I VOLUME 59 - NUMBER I Tenants -And- DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1881 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS A News Analysis By Barbara Taylor President-Elect ' Ronald Reagan's promise to cut federal spending was recently echoed by the Secretary-Designate of the Department ' of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Samuel Pierce, during his January 13 Senate confirmation hear ing. Pierce's promise to cut HUD's spending by ten per cent could greatly affect (he Durham Hous ing Authority which . is already suffering; from past cutbacks and infla tion. . f. , Within the past few weeks, serious problems affecting ; public housing have been1 voiced by angry and frustrated tenants. Scores of residents have stood up in meetings bet ween the Author(y and tenants told of how their apartments were literally falling " apart; how cold their families were from lack of heat; how they have suffered from inef fective maintenance ser-' vices; how confused and angry they, are over the new maintenance price list; how they are unable to keep up with soaring rent and utility bills; and, how they have had to live with the threat of eviction. Many have witnessed the highly emotional meetings and have heard tenants and the Authority blame each other for pro blems which plague them both. From all indica tions, both groups' seem so caught up in bickering with each other that they have failed to cast criticism at the real culprits in Washington,. D.C. Housing spending has been being cut since 1973. At this point, public hous ing in Durham is feeling the brunt of not having had enough funds for the upkeep of the units. The present administrator has to now come up with means to subsidize what he is not getting from the government by taxing residents of public hous ing through whatever pro grams he can create. James Taborn, director of Durham Housing Authdrity, says he went into the office last year with a clear focus in terms of the problems to be ad dressed and how he was going to address them. During a recent telephone interview, Taborn related to this reporter that he had the occasion to review in-, formation concerning the! state of the Authority dur ing the period when the Authority's board of com missioners and residents -were interviewing him for . the job of administrator. Taborn said he believed that the board and the residents had been quite honest with him and shared enough informa-. tion which allowed him to Housing Mlio formulate a program he hoped would meet the desires of HUD, the board ' of commissioners and the . tenants. Taborn related that his main priority had been to first address the opera tional concerns of the major funding source and his main priority was to address those problems cited by the Department. Many tenants express feelings of having been betrayed and believe that Taborn has left them out of the decision-making process which, they say, affects them. Tenants say they think some kind of structure should be established in order to allow them to provide in put into many of the deci sions they have to live with. In order to meet ever increasing housing demands and to offset Authority. He said he felt that his administration had been able to address all of the concerns, He said all but twelve of the problems cited by HUD had been responded to by the sponsoring agency. Taborn said further that the Department of Hous ing and Urban Develop ment was the Authority's budget cutbacks in hous ing, public housing ad ministrators have to be able to organize tenants, city officials, and commis sioners to ban together to' bring pressure on f -t i' ix A rity Standoff Spaulding Introduces MLK Resolution Beginning This Week! Basketball SAMUKI.R.PIERCK C -abiiH'i ( -lurnvf tttD Seereiury Washington to , make public housing a priority.' However, administrators have to make their posi tion clear to those in the community and organize the community to meet the results of taking such a position. Last year, the Authoring ty, under .the direction of James Kerr, publicly de-? nounced HUD for not giv ing the Authority enough ' money for operating ex penses. Shortly thereafter,. HUD accused the Authority of mismanage ment of funds. Some of the members of J the board and resident have decided to take a ' neutral stand on the con flict between the Authori ty and the Tenant Steering Committee. - U J,3r?1 R D fl ir! I I , B 0 H 11 n M5v JL 31 Jx ItTi 11 Hfl .VtlM 0 .?" By Barbara Taylor Cabletronics Inc., a New York based elec tronics manufacturing company, located in UDI Industrial Park, has been found not to have paid county taxes for several years. County Tax super visor, Karl Allen, told this reporter the company is under investigation by the tax office. ;' ' Tax woes are just a few problems to plague the company in recent weeks. Disgruntled employees, mostly black, complaining of racial discrimination, unhealthy work condi- Black Leadership Caucus To Meet Saturday In Raleigh By Trellie L. Jeffers New officers for the North Carolina Black' Leadership Caucus will be sworn in ' Saturday, January 17," in the Press Room of the Administra tion Building, Jones Street, Raleigh. After the swearing in, the Caucus will then engage in a day of meetings which will in clude meetings with key legislators from vqth the N.C. Senate and House, a tour of the Legislative Building and a business session at St. Augustine's College. New officers elected at the meeting last November in Goldsboro are: Dr. E. Lavonia Allison, Durham, chairman; Floyd B. McKissick, Warren, Coun ty, -vice" chairman; Pat. Gills; j. Vance . County, secretary; and Willie Rid dick, Bertie County, treasurer. The N.C Black Leader ship Caucus was organiz ed in 1976. Since that time it has Concerned itself with negotiating , .and maneuvering in both state politics and in decisions to appoint blacks to key state government positions. It has organized groups in all eleven , Congressional Districts in the state. ' The objectives of the Caucus are to: bring together minority political leaders at all levels; increase minority voter education and' registration; provide a forum for the exploration and analysis of issues and perspectives on minority electoral politics; develop and foster communication among leaders across the state; and train minority political activists in the latest techniques of effec tive community organiza tion and long-range political development. The Caucus is urging people to attend the meeting, according to Dr. Allison, the new chair man. She said that there are a number of issues that will be coming up this year in the General Assembly and that people should come to the meeting in order to discuss them. "We jheed to open com munication and broaden participation; we need to become informed about governmental process and how people can par- ticirtate in this process," said Dr. Allison. She cited reapportionment and redisricting as two of the issues that will be discuss ed in the next General Assembly. The meeting is free and the public is invited to at tions, worker intimida tion,, and unfair labor practices have tried to organize. Possible evasion of county . taxes by Cabletronics may have oc curred for 1978,-1979 and 1980, tax supervisor Allen said. The only tax return filed by the company was in 1980. An employee of " the tax supervisor's, office said that the return was filed only after Allen discovered the company was doing business in the county. Cabletronics has been operating in Durham County since 1977, accor ding to plant manager Stan Bachman; No returns were filed for 1978 and 1979, and Alleft has raised several questions relating to the 1980 return. The 1980 tax return in spected by this reporter listed 2704 Chapel Hill Blvd., as address for the company, and did not list the company's UDI in dustrial site. Listed on the return, the company claimed $1000.00 as the, cost of furniture, fixtures, office equipment, and all other forms of equipment. Raw materials accounted for the 85.7o of the $34,350 total property listed. That figure does not include machinery used in produc tion of harnesses and elec tronic print heads; seen by this reporter at a visit to the plant. v. Listed in the tax return were H terminating machines whose total monthly rent was listed as. $53.00. This reporter found, on a visit to the company, ai least one dozen terminating machines; all appeared to be very sophisticated and expensive. Tax supervisor Karl Allen said his investiga tion could possibly take him into the plant. The in vestigation, he says, jtiay involve state tax returns filed by the company. ; John D. Halik, who is listed . as secretary and treasurer on the company, charter which is filed with the Secretary of State, was contacted by phone at, his New York office. Halik said that he has no knowledge "of Cabletronic's tax situa tion. " Allen, when aske4 by this reporter, said Cabletronics r did .) not receive any special ' tax breaks from Durham County. State Representative Kenneth B. Spaulding (D) introduced a joint House resolution on Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., on the floor of the House of the General Assembly, Wednesday, January 14. The resolution, which pays tribute to the slain civil rights leader, was read and then Spaulding moved, to have the rules suspended for the pur pose of having the bill passed on Thursday, January 15, Dr. King's birthday. If the resolution passes the State House, Rep. Spaulding said he will then make a motion that the Speaker of the House then direct the resolution to be carried by special messenger for immediate action , by the Senate. This procedure would make it possible, if the Senate suspends its rules, for the resolution to be passed by both the Senate and the House by Thursday, Jan. 15. The resolution reads in part: "Whereas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received national recognitioin in 1955 when he worked to end racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama; and : Whereas, throuehout vocated nonviolent ac tion to obtain equal rights for minorities and. counseled his followers to show compassion, fairness, understanding, and even love to those who opposed the civil rights movement; and Whereas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1964, became the youngest man in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize; and Whereas, while preparing to lead a peaceful demonstration in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed on April 4, 1968; and Whereas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lived and died for the prin ciples of equality, humanity, and harmony among the people of America; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: Section 1 . The General Assembly of North Carolina expresses its high regard for the life and services of Dr. Mar tin Luther King, Jr., and honors his memory on his birthday. Section 2. This resolu tion is effective upon its ratification." The first 1981 session ,of the General Assembly met at noon Wednesday In The Black Colleges A Historical Chronology 1891-1980 By John B. "Johnny Mc" McLendon Converse Basketball Specialist Also See Howie Evans Story of John B. McLendon, The Coach Who Invented The Four-Corner Offense Sports Section a- Jan. 20 Filing Deadline For Vacant Council Seat By Trellie L. Jeffers After six days of accep ting applications for a replacement for Coun cilman Bill Smith, who of ficially resigned his seat January 5, to accept a ministerial post in Greensboro, the commit tee appointed by Mayor Harry Rodenhizer to review and select a replacement will halt the process and begin inter viewing candidates after Jan. 20. Mrs. Margaret Rollins, the City Clerk, said Tues day evening that the time period for applicants is short because the commit- stipulate that the vacancy must be filled within sixty days, otherwise a special election must be held to fill the vacancy. Mayor Rodenhizer has indicated that he did not wish to burden the city with the expense of a special elec tion. Many blacks, however, are concerned about equi-, ty on the council especially since Rev. Smith represented a sensitivity different from that of the majority of the council members, and they are cautiously watching to see what kind of replacement will interest this council. Moreovthe: feeling, is for the Speaker of the House when he resumed his official duties on Wednesday. OPIStfturflry " to demonstrate its desire to Governor's School Seminar Set fff wa rtirectea dv tne toSBiii(ihii :;f CH.b6ng isuv-,. he council now has aiio vmc ui ihc ix escorts y niwiv""!"" - . mem tor smitn at me reo. 2 regular council meeting. Mrs. Rollins, also said that in the event the Council rejects the committee's recommendation, the committee will then have time to make another, recommendation before the appointment deadline. Stanford Warren Library: Historic Landmark Page 2 The Youth and Educa , tion Committees of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black Peo ple will sponsor a seminar . on the Governor's School, East and West, Sunday, January 25, at 4 p.m., at St. Joseph's AME ; Church, 2521 Fayetteville Street. The seminar is being held for parents, students, : teachers and other school personnel, and interested persons in order to give the Durham community information on admis , sions criteria and pro cedures and important features of the Governor's School program. ! The Governor's School was established in 1963 by 4 Gov, Terry Sanford, how 4,0 - - president of Duke Univer sity, as a non-traditional approach to education in academics and the perfor ming arts for gifted and talented children. The school's funding was secured through a grant from the Carnegie Foun dation along with gifts from businesses and foun dations in Winston-Salem. The areas of concentra tion are natural science, social science, English, French, art, drama, modern dance, choral music, instrumental music and mathematics. All students who are selected must meet the N.C. state criteria for gifted and -talented students, may help younger pupils to develop greater incen- "It had already been announced that Coun cilman Smith would resign, and those persons who wished to apply for the seat have had plenty of time to make applica tion," Mrs. Rollins said. Regulations for council appointments to vacancies improve its image. The underrepresenta tion of blacks on the coun cil has remained a disturb ing factor to blacks since the 1979 election, and thus the appointment of a black to fill Rev. Smith's seat would be considered a gesture toward fair and equal representation. The members of the committee appointed by Mayor Rodenhizer to search for Rev. Smith's" replacement are Coun cilmen Kim Griffin, Barney West, Stewart Pickett, James Brown and Harward Smith. tives to excel academical ly; and parents of high school students will receive specific informa tion on how they may now process application for the 1981 summer program. The seminar will be con ducted by Dr. Vernon Clark, director of Gover nor's School-East, and professor of biology and physiology at North Carolina Central University- Governor's School-East is operated on the campus of Saint Andrews College in Laurinburg; Gover , nor's School-West is operated on the campus of Salem College in Winston Salem. Both schools offer summer enrichment pro grams. The Youth Committee and the Education Com mittee believe that parents of students of all ages can benefit from such a seminar. 7 1 )frdMMf & f4M,4MMto4&4 ' 1 " " i 1 - ' ' JOIN THE NAACP TODAY ' 7 m i. i i i imw mi i MRS. A.M. ALLEN (left), proprietor of the Green Candle Restaurant, a popular Durham home cooked foods establishment, and firemen (above), view damage resulting from i crease fire Monday which closed down operations.
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