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I' V. I- February, Is '-v . Black History Month VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 6 r .-V 0 lII, lA 1111 AA'VyMIAAA.W I ill COUNCIL RESCINDS UTILITY INCREASE INTERVENTION DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, FEBURARY 7, 1981 Words Of Wisdom S He Mljr fe a inftMdtiMi who ha a ddcmJaatioa. Vmtrwm The greater the difficaUy, ta greafCr ibe glory. Cktrn TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 3 n 'its " : - - . ByTrellieL.Jeffer The Durham City Council voted 8-5 at its regular meeting Monday night, February 2, to res cind the policy of having its city attorney intervene on behalf of citizens in rate increases of public utilities. Several pleas were made by citizens to the council before the vote in. an at tempt to get the council to keep the policy. Those speaking to the council for the policy, stated that it . was the only way for the council to get the informa tion it needed to protect the citizens it represents. City Attorney Thornton said before the vote that he thought it was a good policy and offered to answer questions about the policy. None were ask ed. Councilman Hunt told the council that when the resolution was voted on in J977, its purpose was to give the- city attorney a chance to review the mat ter of utility .increases, to collect information and then come before the council to get the direction that he was then to take. "It puis us ahead if it is necessary (to intervene)", said the councilman. Only four other members apparently agreed with Hunt: Fox, Vick, Keller and Brown all of whom voted against the decision to rescind the policy. As it now stands, the council will decide when and if the city attorney will, intervene in future utility increases. On other matters, the council voted unanimous ly to give the seat .vacated by Rev. William Smith to Mrs. Judy Harward. Mrs. Harward becomes the third woman on the coun cil. She is a former chair man of the Durham Recreation . Advisory r Committee, former cam paign manager of Coun- cilmman Pledger's last campaign for the cityt council, and a former ' member of Mayor Harry Rodenhizer' s campaign " committee. Mrs. Harward was sworn in immediately h ' after the vote giving her; the seat and she cast he vote with the majority t. rescind the utility in tervention policy. Mayor Rodenhizer alsd read a resolution against crime at Monday night's' meeting and declared the week of February 15 as Crime Prevention Week. IV V lUvJihh f 4 T7t3 arm i mII iii I ;$m& , ilk MS. DURHAM BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL CHAIN NAACP Wins Settlement In Elgin Air Force Base Bias Case Walter Johnson To Be -7 t it'- l -.: Y'y-'WO ft -M , .U'mm Ms. Diane Jonrs Miller is flanked by first runner-up, Ms. Joyce McCain Thorpe (I) and Ms. B. Kave Fields following coronation Sunday af Studio D. Sworn In Friday Greensboro lawyer Walter Johnson will be sworn in as the first black .chairman of the state Parole Commission on Friday, Feburary 6, at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will be held in the house Chambers of the Capitol. Johnson, 40, will suc ceed James:. Woodard, who has been appointed Secretary; of Correction. . . Johnson ' is chairman- of the : N.C, ."Inmate service as chairman of the Inmate Grievance Com mission, his outstanding,, tenure as chairman of the" " Inmate Grievance Com mission, his outstanding tenure as chairman of the Greensboro Board of Education, and his stan ding as one of North Carolina's finest trial lawyers uniquely qualify him for this post.',' , , , Sine 1968, Johnson has ' occn a partner m me law- for this chairmanship ;M'Of ;the Greensboro boardr i Q rk; .i?.f"f -Education and , from I am delighted to Ap; 974-78, Kt.m!TuQf Wa,ter Johnson will serve the JSSS? ' r,lber t0,this remainder' of Woodard's C v, Gy?,rnor Jum term, which ends June 30, Hunt said. "His superb 1981. Black Enterprise Reports Engineering, Science -Top Technological Fields A Federal judge in Pen sacola, Florida approved an agreement awarding over $2 million in back wages to black civilian workers at Elgin Air Force base, ending a controver sial discrimination case in itiated by the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People and called "unprecedented" due to the national implications the settlement holds for the federal employment sector. NAACP General Counsel Thomas Atkins sald VThiS UfiDrecedented action is significant f c th( uiuuwing. .reasons. Not million back pay award, behalf of the Ft. Walton the far-reaching settle- NAACP branch, the Pro ment requires the United , gressive Community Im States Air Force base at . provement Organization Elgin to hire art additional (PICO) and eighteen other 100 black workers fori meir civilian taoor lorce and promote 25 current! employees. Mr. Atkins pointed out that another provision in the setlement ' includes a training pro gram designed to identify, ; low-level employees who demonstrate the potential for moving into middle V management positions'. He added that 10 of the high level job vacancies over the next 7t10 years. concerned parties. This action followed an in vestigation by the Presi dent of the Floria state conference, Charles Cherry andv former Field Director James Petiford, who accused military of ficials at Elgin Air Force base of perpetuating in stitutional racism. William Wells, a na- I6wta -roiftloi''; jtfoSrato. , " l pursuit 'of-this caUimWi'ii jest most comprehen- Director Benjamin L. greater than any job dtattagww- of New YorkEngineer ing and science will be the fields of the future job market, reports BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine in its Feburary annual Jobs Issue. Black participation in these fields is miniscule at a' time when there is renewed interest in engineering and science throughout the United States, because of high technological competition from foreign countries, high production costs, the energy crisis, and en vironmental concerns. High salaries are due to the acute shortace technically trained man power and great public de mand for such expcrtis as the U.S. enters new high technology age during the eighties. According to recent statistics, blacks are seven times less likely to become engineers than whites. Department of Labor figures show an average of 37,000 engineering open ings available from attri e lion alone this year. Com puter programing is ex pected to grow 29.6 per cent while computer analysts will see a rise of 37.4 percent. BLACK ENTERPRISE reports that blacks are still less than five percent of the country's engineers. In 1970 blacks represented two percent of the new engineers; in 1979 they made up six percent. By 1972, nonwhites made up five percent of alt the com puter specialists and and by 1979 they comprised eight percent. The shortage also oc curs in virtually all health fields. Although blacks with M.D. degrees rose from 0.2 percent to 2.4. percent of the total number of M.D.'s in 1978, black representation in medical schools is still below 6.6 percent. Nonwhites make up twenty percent of the population but receive less than two percent of the Ph.D.'s in science and engineering. Aside from discrimination, other reasons are proffered to explain why there are so few blacks it these fields. Lucious Walker, Dean of Howard University's School of Engineering, believes "there is a mysti que associated with technical and abstract sub jects. Some of us (blacks) feel we can't do math or science or, succeed in quantitative fields." One black engineering studeni points to the low visibility of black engineers while another emphasizes the in adequate high school cur riculum of black students disqualifying ihem from entering quantitative areas. BLACK ENTERPRISE focuses oh, the programs that have been established to increase the number of minority engineers and health specialists such as the Minority Engineering Education Effort (ME3) and "Dual Degree" pro grams. "There remain some vestiges of discrimination, but for the most part, engineers have overcome these problems," com ments Dean walker. A black female engineer (Continued On Page .6) largest most comprehen sive agreement ever, ob tained from the federal government, but the wide range of jobs affected by this settlement is un paralleled. Goals and timetables have been established to ensure that minorities are represented in some 240 job catagories. More impor tantly, we've been able to obtain one, largest sums of money ever awarded to victims of public discrimination." In addition to the $2 tional office NAACP staff . T5ie servd tytty .Mohc said.-The. e Hooks also endorsed the settlement, saying it demonstrates v the Assocaiation's commit ment "to resolve a com plex discrimination com plaint by agreement. A case such as this would or- them to take part in the process of eliminating discriminatory promotion and hiring practices." The selection of members to serve on the committee will be deter mined by the aggreived parties under the set tlementthe original-class-action suit plaintiffs. The committee then will select the 100 people to fill the newly created civilian labor positions, and also recommend the 25 employees who will receive promotions. Additionally,, Atkins dinanly fight its way through the courts, take several years and cost hun dreds of thousands of dollars to litigate." . The case, popularly known as Turner vs. Mark, grew out of class action suit filed in 1976 on discrimination case we v have encountered in the country, either with public Or private employers." "- The terms of the settle ment, agreed upon after years of intense and com plex negotiations, also Called for a Plaintiffs Monitoring Committee. this is important proviso, peing retained in the set tlement according to Mr. cAtkins, "will provide a powerful vehicle for those most , affected by discrimination, allowing 'i those workers who can? v establich past discrimfna-1? tion; which either depressi C ed their promotion or prevented their employ ment in positions for ' which they were qualified." The NAACP has spent well over $100,000 on the case, according to Atkins, and "this settlement will enable Us to recover all legal expenses and fees in curred over the last six years." rat Tr.' f " f Ml .. "I. 1 I t- X- 31 . Mir" Mayor Issues Black History Proclamations MAGICIAN ROBERT SMITH Photos by Kelvjn A. Bell NCCU Prof To Speak At Stanford Warren Durham Mayor Harry Rodenhizer has issued two proclamations relatjve to the 1981 observance of Black History Month. One proclaims February, 1981 as Black History Month in Durham and urges "all citizens to give support and recogni tion to this very special month. It also notes that "Durham's cultural heritage is rich in Black History." The other proclaims Sunday, February 8, 1981 as Richard Allen Day. Richard Allen was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which represents the first black institution to own proper ty in the United States. Allen was a former slave who purchased "his own freedom. The AME Church was also one of the original founders and charter members of the NAACP and the National Council of Churches. "With it's philosophy of Self-Help, elucidated by its founder and first r BishopsRichard Allen," the proclamation reads, "believing that Black Peo ple itould help themselves byfifting themselves up by their own bootstraps, in spired many Black People to enter the world and business, and as a result, have many successful black businesses in Durham todav." BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION Sfc bTa f -mitt 4mmmti.i m V J ByTrellie L.Jeffers Dr. Percy E. Murray, chairman of the History and Social Studies Depart ment at North Carolina Central University, will speak in the auditorium of the Stanford L. Warren Public Library, 1201 Fayetteville Street, Wednesday night, February 18, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Murray's subject, "Black Perspectives on the Media", will include the roles pf blacks in films aring earlier periods, the f tempt made by some acks to give a positive iage to blacks in films, d a look at the way in lich blacks are depicted some of the popular evision shows and other dia today. Dr. Murray holds both B.A. and M.A. :rees from NCCU and Ph.D. degree from mi University. Ox i, Ohio. Before joining' NCCU faculty in 1977, rved on the faculties Winston-Salem State .ersity. Fayetteville : University and ni University, is professional berships include the ciation for the Study fro-American Life Huitory. the N.C. :ry and Historical ty4. the Organization nerican History and Southern Historical y. He is also a er of Silver Square : No. 791, Prince 3rand Lodge, F&A is of North na. Murray has publish eral articles in the Ohio Historical Society Bulletin as well as several book reviews in other scholarly journals. He is presently revising his manuscript entitled, "Harry Clay Smith. Afro American journalist and Legislator" and he is editing' another manuscript entitled "My Rise and My Persecution: The Autobiograph of Thoas Wallace. Fleming." v The public is invited to attend the lecture. j rw". to I f- r ' " )tl h: h Darryl Dwayne Undsey, . 19, second year student at NCCU and slated to be the starting quarterback for the football team, died Saturday, January 31 at Duke Medical Center with meningitis. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 7 in Washington, D. C.
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