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virtue, and habit can make it a pleasure. .;'
Claries E. Seeker
VOLUME 59 r-NUMBER 35
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1831
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The recommended termination of Garcia A. Sampson, assistant director of
the W.D. Hill Recreation Center, sparked a "show of support" Wednesday by
youths and parents.
By Donald Alderman
x RALEIGH The
chairman of the Univer
sity of North Carolina
Board of Governors said
he. will recommend the
continuation of the nurs-.
ing programs at the
predominately black in
stitutions provided that
the state reaccredits the
schools and there is a
"dramatic
improvement" in the
percentage of students
passing the nursing licen
sure exam.
John R. Jordan, Jr.,
board chairman, said
that if the state does not
reaccredit the schools
;and there is no improve
ment, on the nursing ex
am passing rate, "the
Board may be unable to
justify additional fun
ding for the programs.
The nursing programs
at North Carolina Cen
tral University, Winston
Salem State University
and North Carolina
A&T State University,
on probation pending
this year's exam figures, ,
are mandated by the
Board, requiring a 66
passage rate this year ojp
the programs may be
, discontinued.
"The demand for the.
The mandate was
issued in 1977 and a 66
passing rate was slated
for 1981. Dr. Kelley con
tends that the five year
period does not allow for
program reorganization
and graduation of
students under the new
program.
She said the mandate
should have been geared
for students under the
new program and not the
old program.
Since the mandate, ad
ditional funds have been
appropriated for the
black schools'" nursing
programs, Jordan said.
"I don't think the pro
blem is money. There
has been funding for ad
ditional instructors,
equipment and
buildings," he said.
NCCU's health
science building is under
construction now. Dr.
Kelley said the mandate
should be lifted until the
new building is com
pleted ,and five classes
have graduated. She said
the new faculty will give
the program adequate
resources.
NCCU and A&T have
officially requested the
Board to extend the
mandate's time frame.
The Board may render a
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Miss NCCU
Back early to help with registration and to greet
incoming students was Miss Lisa A. Brown, the cur
rent Miss NCCU. Miss Brown, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl F. Barnes, is a senior political science ma
jor from Elm City, N.C
Report Indicates
On Cbuncil-Appoihted Boardis
Second "Gathering" Off
The 1981 "Gathering of the Eagles" schedul
ed for September 4-6, has been canceled. Co
chairmen Floyd Brown and Ike Gatling an
nounced this week that the three-day celebra
tion honoring all athletes who played on teams
at North Carolina Central University from I960
through 1981 was terminated because of lack of
interest.
The first "Gathering of the Eagles" was held
last year and honored athletes and coaches
from the thirttac thrnuoh 1KQ - . A
By Donald Alderman
Of the fourteen public
boards, commissions,
committees and councils
appointed by the City
County or mayor, blacks
and women are , under
represented on six and
five of them, respective
ly, according to an
analysis compiled by the
Durham Human Rela
tions Commission.
The report indicates
that a councilman and
community members
were justified in charging
that council appoint
ments are made in a
racially- and sexually
biased manner.
in light of citizens'
concern which arose in
April, Human Relations
stepped up its efforts to
promote equitable and
proportionate represen
tation of all traditionally
under-represented
groups on public boards.
The commission views its
analysis of the city's
boards make-up as a first
step in performing that
duty; The report is view
ed as a political weapon
by some council
members and feared so
by others.
Since Durham's
population, according to
the latest census figures,
is 47 black and .53
female, blacks and
females are actually
under-represented on a
minimum of ten of the '
fourteen council
appointed boards; ,
However, the commis
sion contends that view
ing equitable and pro
portionate 1 representa
tion by relating a group's ;
population percentage to
board composure is "too
easy and not practical."
Human Relations con
tends, for example, that
blacks make up 4.3 of
the city's electrical con
tractors. -Under those
statistics, it is not prac
tical for blacks to com
pose 47 of the Board
of Electrical Examiners.
In another example
cited by the report, many
boards are limited to
three members. ; Conse
quently, any group's
representation can only
be either 33, 67 or
100 and again using
population figures as a
standard is impractical,
the . commission con
tends. ,
. The Commission
decided that blacks
andor women are clear
ly under-represented on
some boards, equitably
and- proportionately
represented on others,
and still others - are
"reasonably ; fair and
balanced, with room for
improvement."
Admitting that there
are cases of
discriminatory practices,
the Commission said
that low black and
female representation
concerns can be rested if
bias could not be proved.
For example, the zero
female representatipn on
the electrical or plumbers
boards is fair "when one
realizes that there are
few, if any, female elec
tricians or plumbers in
Durham."
The Commission sug
gested to the Council
that the City Clerk make
notification of vacancies
on radio, television and
in the newspapers and
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they (the nursing pro-
grams) .can show, con
siderable improvement,"
Jordan said, "The Board
is committed to quality
nursing"; programs. We'll
look real hard into the
future of those pro
grams." On the. financial loss
the state would suffer by
the programs being clos
ed, Jordan said, "We'll
use a rule of reason.
We're not going through
with it without careful
consideration."
He Said the Board will
consider whether the
mandate time frame was
reasonable before
rendering a decision.
Dr. Johnea Kelley,
NCCU nursing program
chairman, has said the
mandate is not based on
a fair date and the time
frame was arbitrarily
chosen. She said ample
time was not allowed for
new program develop
ment and evaluation.
Questions Answers '
Urban Enterprise Zone Act
Tabron: Housing Authority "House In Order
By Donald Alderman ,n8 programs, according
After . correcting', 10 Jam Tabron, ex
managerial and financial ccutive director of , the
irregularities as recom-1 agf"y- ,
mended by the federal r We feel good around
HUD office, the here We have responded
Durham Housing 'satisfactorily to all fin-,
Authority is now poised d,ns of thc federal
to manage in good review and have received
fashion the city's low clean bill of health,"
and middle income nous- Tabron said. "Our
house is in order. We are
dedicated to administer
ing our programs in. a
competent, professional
manner."
In June, 1979 the
Greensboro HUD office
released combined
management, review and
occupancy audit of the
local housing authority
in which fifty ir- Tabron said the review
regularities were cited, represented "routine,
ranging from managerial period action" usually
to financial problems, taken by HUD to
The HUD findings were evaluate programs it
accompanied with cor- sponsors. He said the
rective steps. HUD
resolved the remaining
thirteen of the fifty fin
dings last week, Tabron
said.
South Africa
authority's review may
have been a lktle over
due. HUD's main con
cern was Rood opera-
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Squatters Banished From Cape Town
AN With political
observers :,i commenting
virtually in unison on
Prime Minister P.W,
Botha's abandonment of
earlier promises for
reform, it has fallen to
the Minister of Coopera
tion and , Development
Pieter Koornhof, who
two years ago spoke of
the "death of
apartheid," to ad
minister a bitter
. reminder that the system
is still very much alive.
On August 49, Koc
nhof ordered the arrest
of about 1500 squatters
Who have been camping
on a piece of land near
Cape Town's Nyanga
African township. The
camp had come into ex
istence after a series of
police raids . in , July
resulted in the arrest of
about 1,000 ) blacks,
mostly women, who
were charged with being
present in an urban area
without official permits.
Many were subsequently
fined, jailed or ordered
to leave Cape Town for
the Transkei Homeland.
In defiance ' of these
f. ders, the women mov
" . their families to the
; outskirts of Nyanga,
, erected shelters' against
the bitterly cold and 'wet
Cape Town weather and
1 refused to leave the area,
: The confrontation,
which resembles that
fought over -the
Crossroads squatter set
tlement in 1978 and
1979, has gained atten
tion throughout South
Africa as well as from a
visiting U.S. . congres
sional delegation. The .
squatters attracted sup
port frdm Cape Town
.lawyers, clergy,
academics and others,
who have assited them
with food and makeshift
.shelters.. .' ' .' '
On August 11, the
, police blocked off the
area, . excluded sym
pathizers 1 and joir
nalists, and began to
- down and set fire tc
before a scheduled ' visit
by a U.S.- congressional
delegation, headed by
the House 'Africa Sub
committee , Chairman
Howard Wolpe.
Representative t Shirley
Chisholm, speaking at
an airport press con
ference on departure,
cried when talking of the
"human, degradation,
and despair" they had
seen,. . -,' -
Just prior to the latest
arrest - of the squatters,
talks between their
South Africa because the
plan involved continued
separation from their
husbands working as
"migrant" laborers in
Cape Town. Their
primary demand is that
they should be able to
live together as families.
In, spite t of i the 'un
favorable publicity from
the arrests, the South
African authorities ap
pear determined to stop
what Koornhof has
termed '.'an organized
campaign to wreck in-
flimsy shelters. This oc$ teiuseuivuv.....'; ffer
curred only a few hours f jobs in other parts of
cpicacmaiivv... , uiu nux .control" (the pass
government officials had iaw ; svstem which
broken . ? reKUates and limits the
.Iters, nresence of Africans in
"white" areas).
By Donald Alderman
With the enactment of taxing and
speeding measures now behind, one
of the Reagan administration's top
economic recovery priorities is
passage of the Urban Jobs and
Enterprise Zone Act of 1981. The
measure, introduced in the U.S.
House and Senate in June of this
year, represents an effort to
stimulate the creation of new
businesses and reduce unemploy
ment in depressed urban areas.
Reduced taxes and regulatory relief
will serve as incentives for the crea
tion of new businesses in areas, of
high unemployment and extreme
poverty, sponsors say. The new
businesses will provide positions for
some of the unemployed. In line
with the administration's taxing and
spending measures, the Enterprise
Zone Act sharply alters-past public
sector policies, delegating more
responsibility and incentive to the
private sector to affect economic
ill-
Q. What is the method of
designation for Enterprise Zones?
Any state or local government can
apply for an area to, be declared an
enterprise zone. The secretary of
HUD after discussing the applica
tion with other cabinet members
may approve applications. To be
eligible for - designation, an area
must have 4,000 people if it is within
a city or region with a population of
at least 50,000, with exceptions such
as densely populated rural areas and
Indian reservations. The number of
residents required for designation
within those exceptions is decreased
. by fifty "per cent. Also, the area's
unemployment figures must be one
and one half times the national
average andor twenty per cent of
the population is living below the
U.S. Census Bureau poverty level or
a need is otherwise established by
showing the area suffers from "per
vasive poverty, unemployment and
general distress." The bill requires
that no more than 23 zones, and no
fewer than ten be designated in any
one year during the first three years
of enactment, and that priority be
given to the poorest areas.
Q. Does the bill require that local
and federal governments be com
mitted to the jobs creation concept?
The bill provides that the local or
" state government (depending - on
which government is seeking the
zone) to reduce taxes, regulations
and remove whatever obstacle may
hinder the creation of new business
(especially small businesses) as well
as jpbs. For instance, the local
government must obtain training
programs commitments from ex
r isting businesses if the unemployed;
within a designate-seeking locale is
mostly unskilled. Most local com
mitments will be a joint effort by the
state and local government since
both parties must consent to the
agreement in writing if the state is
applying on behalf of the city or
region. Hence, the local committee
must include the cooperation of ex
isting business as well as federal pro
grams. On the federal commitment,
the bill provides that the HUD
secretary coordinate all phases of
the program within a designated city
including financial packages and :
employee raining. Enforcement of '
the bill's tax incentives is delegated
to the Internal Revenue Service.
Q. What tax incentives does the
bill provide?
The measure provides tax incen
tives for employers and employees.
Employers may credit their taxes an
amount equal to five per cent of
wages paid to employees in the
enterprise zone, pay no capital gains
tax on equipment purchased for use
in enterprise ; designated business
and investments in low-income
housing in a zoned area and a
qualified business will receive a fifty
per cent deduction in taxes on the
new business income. Employees,
employed by qualified businesses
can take a fifty per cent tax
allowance on income from loans,
mortgages and other finances. An
employee may also take a tax credit
of five per cent off his" or her federal
income tax on income earned while
working within the zone.
' Q. What employers and
employees will be qualified to par
ticipate in the enterprise zone pro
gram? The bill provides that a business,
to qualify for the special tax incen
tives, hire forty per cent of its
workforce from within the zoned
area. A qualified employee must be
CETA-eligible and perform fifty per
'cent of hisher labors within the
jobs and enterprise zone. ;
Q. What regulatory relief does the
measure provide?
The measure itself does not. The
administration is requesting that
qualified businesses be considered
"small entities" under the ternw of
the 1980 Regulatory Flexibility Act.
The law allows small businesses. to
escape many of the regulatory ,
burdens demanded of large
businesses. Hence, if a certain
regulation is hindering the well
being of a newly created ' small
business, then" HUD is to. seek an
alternate regulation or disallow the
enforcement of the present regula-.
tion, allowing increased economic
growth rather than s'jffnj a
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