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Page 4 - The Chronicle Saturday Novei -WfNSTQN-SAfcEM 722-8624 Or ' Ernest I Editor & Pi Isaac Carree, II > General Manager Melvin Circulation Winston-Salem, N.C. Sa Pick A ( *1 rniTriiTfrii11 mini h hi iihhi mrimtnraiitinitirjwiu i, iwiiiai?mim?>ii i iiinnnj ? One of the problems in the aftermath i of an election is the iact thai all tftosfi ; people who fought so bitterly against each other are now expected to forget ?t ? on ^he sam? team*.*"" It is necessary for this conciliation to take place;, otherwise the 'conflicts would prevent anyone from accomplishing anything in city government. We urge all the newly-elected offi-N cials to try to cooperate with each other in the interests of progress, and we - think that they will make a3 sincere effort to do so. The newly-elected Board of Aldermen holds great promise for an improvement in city government. They are for the most part young, newcomers to office, in touch with the people, and idealistic. There is great diversity on The Death Of Truth, it would seem, is as hard to 1 find in South Africa as King Solomon's ? Mine. ,? 1 The police testimony in the "inquest H on the death of "Stephen Biko seems singularly lacking in that commodity; i but despite the clumsy attempt at cover-up, _ it would not take King J Solomon to discern what really happen- i * ed. 1 On September 13, Stephen Biko,-a?< died from head injuries, which police say were a result of a struggle initiated ,< by Biko. j The five policemen involved claim that. Rikn Kit Ki?a K^ari aorairtot tV\a ?mll . ? W - . -w ? ** -? A4V?J?V* t^uiiiov VliV W GUI I during the course of the struggle. Squad leader Maj. Harold Snyman even re-enacted the fall in the witness box. Then he admitted that he did not see it happen. None of the five saw it happen. The officers' testimony is contradicJ tory, and has been altered several times ?under cross-examination. This is sur prising in view of the fact that they were illegally permitted to confer outside the courtroom, which should have given them time to concoct one lie k J| V J| nfeer IS, lS7f " ~~ 723-9863 I. Pitt oblisher a Diana Roberts i Advertising Manager [ Eaton. 3 Manager c ' ' 7 ^ 9 turday November 2 9, 197/ t L r i lAiru j Ml III 4 i Mill iMilMWumaij) the board, but that is surely a healthy c sign that iti&hy fllTOrehrpolMS'Of VteW and interests will be represented. 8 Already the cynics are considering t coinbiimtxttus -as if the 8 c u giiiiit p"vD^r^i''gaiiie. Three blacks on "the board versus two Repu- t blicans: hmmra, three of a kind beats a pair. Five white board members versus t three blacks: a flush beats three of a r kind. Consider Jon DeVries, a young liberal, who may not be alligned with the older white Democrats: One-eyed jacks are wild, and could make four of a kind, or a flush, or a full house. We leave the speculations to the city hall quarterbacks, and ask that the Board members keep open minds and 4'poker faces" and decide the issues on their merits and not on block-voting for its own sake. Stephen Biko :hat they all could tell. Stephen Biko was murdered; everyn the -case is-^whether the -racist government of South Africa will admit ,t. It is deplorable that a government should be allowed to literally get away with murder, and certainly the United Nations needs to bring more pressure 3n South?Africa than a?mere?arms embargo, 4 In South Africa there is a punishment :alled "Banning," reserved for the nrAi/Qmrnanf 'o r\r\ vi iiiiiviii o puiintai uiicinico. x lie: offender is confined to his own home for a period of five years. He is not allowed to write anything, even a diary, or speak to reporters. He may be with only one person at a time. His house and phone are bugged. He is watched. It happened to Donald Woods, editor of the Easr London Daily Dispatch, because he crusaded for an investigation of the death of his friend Stephen Biko. _ Banning^, Complete?isolation?for? one's fellow man, while under constant surveillance, as if one were contaigious. That is what should be done to South Africa by the rest of the world. PRIVILEGE g ti li b98?^-t 1 !^1 ""^ - "" p ^ v i * i 0 I Si C I e | S L ii V \ tvOfAseBTOTrawracuavzsrves&Xizv-ae^-<c?rswaefiS3J53^r??i'vrv~,: rr . j .,c Alice In Winattfnland t~ ?J v? ?w-?a' > ^ s-y-Vl'rn* "-.-J-1. -v 7. -T?TVt . ; A New Tea Pai The banquet table in- 44Which one?" asked * ide the big house re- \lice. ninded Alice of the Mad 4'That's for you to tf latter s Tea Party, except judge," snapped the hat the table settings knight, vere much grander, and 44How do you decide here were many more who gets to sit down?" eats-119, to be exact. She asked Alice. n lidn't recognize any of the * >eople at the table, but "You have to be invit- ^ everal of her old friends said the knight. he chessmen were stand- "When he leaves, he will ag in\a corner. let ^one of us take his "HuHo!" said Alice, plic&r" f M oining them. "What are ( . tim "I could have had, the, .|j hes8 game is over?" watlf I wanted, said a * *,*Wt?.iti ytTiytyryBCs familiar from the ^ eat at this tea part," w^dow. Back in the ^ iiqqaH o imicUi iry o chess game. thev'd have uuuvu V* fV'1- U1 U VUU" w * piratorial whisper. ^ven {t to me for helpings "But tha.?S^Hui ply.* ? akeii," Alice observed. si 4 'One of them is going 4 Which side was o get up," whispered a thftt? asked Alice. w ed king. "Why, whichever side 44 4 ~~ / ;iyy;^V;'.vl-I. ;? ; ;' X*. X*X^H*X ! *' . ! ' *?rjBf^v!v':|:V:V:.:|::^^ ^ IP^ aaa^coa ur ?\<vn Black media ikjc. COMMISSION To Be Equal by Ver\ An underc We're known as a nation that worships the^ other standi ross national product. The bigger the better, is interested ir ur hallmark. Somehow people really believe that countries, it fie GNP is a true measure of improvement in our culture-bour ves. The sho< Well, t'ie GNP keeps going up and up, but it is seen as a na ery arguable whether the quality of our lives is as an acader riproving. In fact, the GNP includes a lot that is in our own ositively bad. _ enormous C The GNP is the sum total of the value of goods . nd services produced. So it includes the dollar wor m SU( alue of bombs and guns along with hospitals and expectancy, :hools. It's a total flop as a useful measurement ? . 08 f c ii u Sweden, th f well-being. ' European c Experts at the Overseas Development Council lower per ca ought to provide just such a measure. By a whole has ombining statistics for infant mortality, life with most xpectancy, and literacy, they came up with variation am omething they call the PQL1 - P hystcal Quality of As migfi ife Index. .- difference b It is a very rougft measurement since it doesn't White Amer iclude housing quality, work opportunities or g^ig 0f 10 4 k i ??? ?? B rty - __. * ron," replied the voice. ie 5,0^ why I ^ j ^ jf^^ "Can't you tell?I' asked ==f= leKeTKInSuY6uhwr^~~~J* ^ ~ ) know where to look." "Oh " said AKra ? ? Open Letter to the ____^ won, Cuvu.-^^Tntuo n ?u_ ? lould I be looking?" Community 4.1? i-t i ii ?- ? f uucr me vaDie ? ? hispered the knight ' ' . On behalf of Winston-,. Under the table." Salem State University, I wish to convey our deep mm? appreciation to you?the citizens of WinstonN Salem-for your active I \ support during our recent I Homecoming Reunion. ^ Your interest and partI icipation . in ^ our \ Homecoming activities \ this year are gratifying \ expressions of community w \ pride and unity. Jp** I We seek to preserve "I and to enhance this fine I tradition of community inF volvement with the WSSU , / family. ^ F Sincerely, j L Douglas Covington illftr Media mlllm Beviem; MHMHHRHB''-:-': (For thoughtful younger iiiiSii^^ adults) ~ ~ INVADING OUR TURF A review of Mixed Families: Adopting Across Racial ."::'::: ' Lines. by Joyce Ladner. mSm&im Anchor/Doubleda'y, Garden Chy, N.Y., 290 pages? With the unveiling, by .? . i?- ? HEW- Secretary- Joseph. Call- - ; ~ ?- - fano, of federal plans to sub ; ;/ sidize adoptions, especially of the hard to adopt, Joyce Ladner's definitive study ' takes on a note of urgency. Ms. Ladner, a brilliant black sociologist with an especially sensitive and creative mind, has provided the reading public with the most important look to date about REPORT what she calls "mixed fami. Should white Americans adopt black children?and ^ now profit by doing so?, when black family "adoption education" might still be a reasonable alternative? Are most white families really mime or 10 socialize Diack young ? A' Whatever your may be regarding adoption, here the best source book on the subject nrkti larrlrin mf- cvcr written- This book beJ**r-lM4*n jBJ longs on the shelf every black household with sub~ rjr-*0** stantial books on deeply sensitive subjects. leveloped country . lrds. But s-nce the ODC is primarily 89, well below a country like Poland, which has a i improving life in the world's poorer 93 score, and not far above impoverished Sri decided not to use elements that are Lanka, which as an 83 Index rating, id. The Index score is not determined by income, :ker is that the PQLI, which might be either. Washington, D.C., which has an average rrow development economist's tool or income of over $7,000 actually has a lower life rtic exercise, reveals major weaknesses expectancy rate than Sri Lanka, where the averace osociety. The United States, wthits income is only $130 per year. JNP, might be expected to lead the Part this due to high infant mortality rates in the District, affecting both whites ad blacks. :h basic areas as infant mortality, life Nationally, black infant mortality rates are double and literacy. those for whites. i*t. The United States lags behind What the PQLI shows us when we compare e Netherlands, and several other America's vast wealth with the quality of life, is ountries, including some that have is ^Cy areas America resembles an ipita incomes. And while the nation as underdeveloped country, a fairly high PQLI rating compared The fact that the Index is so limited ? countries, there is considerable measuring only three core items that are ong the states. absolutely basic to well-being - makes this result i it be expected, there's also a big even more troubling. As a nation we have been so ctween whites ad blacks in the Index. concerned with out-producing and out-buying leans have an Index score of 96 (on a everyone else that we've neglected the 0) while black Americans only score rudimentary elements of a decent life. <5
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