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Legal
Advisor
Job Is
Changed
The job of Public Safety
Legal Advisor left vacant by
the resignation of Larry Jones
in November, has been
redefined and recruiting for
the post is being done through
. the city personnel office.
The new job title, Public
Safety Attorney, requires that
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uic applicant oe a memoer ot
the North Carolina Bar. This
requirement will give whoever
holds that position the right to
practice law.
Jones, as Public Safety
Legal Advisor, was not
required to be a member of
the bar, since his position was
an advisory one. He had been
strongly criticized, when he
took the position in 1974 by
See Legal, Page 5
Little To R
Board Of s
In a televised interview last
Saturday, on WXIl's Report
to the People, Larry Little, a
black political activist made
clear his intention to run for a
seat on the city Board of
Aldermen.
Little said he was still
disatisfied with the election
- results of his unsuccessful bid
for a seat on the Board of
Alderman during the 1974
democratic primary. He had
charged that there has been
some votino irregularities- Hp
lost to incumbent Richard W.
Davis of the North Ward by
eight votes.
He said, "The gains that
were made when blacks took
to the streets to bring about
changes hav almost come to a
halt in many instances." He
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More than 200 people, interested
officers, crowded into chambe
grievance procedures.
Police Offic
Complaint 1
by Rndy Anderson
Staff Writer
Better than 200 city
employees and interested
citizens, most* of them
policemen or firemen crowded
the alderman hearing chamOC/lou
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adoption of a formal procedure
for handling citizens comun
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warned people not to get
caught up in "the look-howfar-we've-comism"
syndrome
and to continue to look at how
far there is yet to go.
The one-time Black Panther
party leader said the political
activism of young blacks and
whites in the 60's had been
responsible for the changes
that do exist today. He said
that the 70's would see
increased political posts for
blacks in policy making
positions. He also said the
80's would see blacks
becoming more involved in
economics, and getting into
the main stream of the cash
flow. "These areas", he said,
"have systematically been
denied to blacks,"
See Little, Page 7
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I
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Procedures
plaints against them. i
The Board of Alderman's {
public safety committee, at |
the request of the city ,
employees voted to hold off
taking any action on the
proposal for two weeks to give
the employees time to
recommend any changes. The
See Police, Page 2
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Raleigh, N.C. [CCNS]
Paul Keller, retiring Execu
tive Director of the Johnston
and Lee County Community
Action Agency, and Mrs.
Gloria Bryant, a former
employee, are both awaiting
the results of an investigation
by the Equal Employment
Opportunities Commission
(EEOC). But each hopes for a
different outcome. The investigation
stems from events
leading up to and including
Mrs. Bryant's dismissal last
December as Director of
Community Development for
the Agency, a post the young
Black woman had held for
seven years.
Specifically, Mrs. Bryant
charges Keller and the
Agency with having fired her,
14 in retaliation for my attempts
to get a salary adjustment,
which violates 704(a) of Title
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1964." Section 704(a) of Title
VII makes it illegal to
discriminate against any
person because he or she has
made a charge, testified, or
participated in any manner in
in investigation under Title
VII." I am seeking reinstatement
with full back pay,
damages and attorney's
fees ' said Mrs. Bryant,
:ontacted at her home in
Raleigh.
See EEOC, Page 14
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Teacher
Cleared In
Slapping
Incident
Mrs. Judith C. Kurtz,
. suspended from teaching and
charged with assaulting two of
her third grade students, was
cleared on both counts
Tuesday.
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juuge james a. Marrill, of
the Forsyth District Court,
after hearing - evidence
presented by both sides,
dismissed the charges. Mrs.
Kurtz had been charged with
assaulting 8-year-old Terri
Rhodes, whom she admitted
slapping jn the face. She had
also been charged with
assaulting 8-year-old Arlando
J. , Davidson, whom she
reportedly slapped in the face
and hit on the head with sr
book. Both incidents happened
on Nov. 22nd at
Hall-Woodward.
A standing room only
crowd, comprised of many
See Teacher, Page 6
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