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Winston-Salem Chronicle VoL IV. No. 24 Saturday February 11, 1978 “More than 25,000 weekly readers’’ 12 Pages ★ 20 Cents ★ lawyers Brief, Protest Critisize Hunt Decision by Sharyn Bratcher Staff Writer Public reaction to Gov ernor Jim Hunt’s refusal to pardon the Wilmington Ten has mounted since his January' 23rd announce ment on state-wide televi sion. The D.C. Wilmington 10 Coalition staged a pro test demonstration Satur day at the White House to press for federal action from the president and the Justice Department to act in the Wilmington 10 case. The North Carohna As sociation of Black Lawyers recently issued a briefing paper criticizing the gov ernor’s decision, which was to shorten the defen dants’ sentences for burn ing an unoccupied build ing, but not for conspiring to shoot at police and firemen. The N.C. Association of Black Lawyers, which has about 200 members from ‘Watch Atkins Bailey Warns Yvette McCullough Staff Reporter “The black community needs to keep a close eye on Atkins High School,” Beaufort Bailey, a mem ber of the Winston-Salem School Board, told a smeill group at LaTerre XXI, last Wednesday. Bailey spoke on behalf of the Patterson Avenue YMCA’s Community Fo rum. The Community Fo rum focuses on issues that affect the black commu nity and meets the first and third Wednesday of each month. Bailey’s main concern is his talk was the fate of Atkins High School. A 10 year redevelopment pro gram is in the future for this area .and redevelop ment may result in many of the houses being tom down. If this happens Beaufort Bailey Bailey said, children may be shuffled to other schools. Bailey said that if enough people raise e- nough sand they may get something done. A sug gestion from a young lady in the audience was the possibility of making at- kins a historical museum for blacks. The eventual decision See Atkins, Page 2 every area of the state, met in Fayetteville over the weekend of January 28 to consider the governor’s ruling. They called the terms of the commutations ‘‘illogi cal”, since the governor stated that in his opinion conspiring to shoot at fireman was a more seri ous offense than burning a unoccupied building, but that offense only carries a maximum penalty of five years, while the minimum term of Hunt’s commuta tions is thirteen years. The “Paper” accused the governor of using “cras.s political logic” to reach his decision, noting that the last defendant eligible for parole, Ben Chavis, will become eligi ble eight to ten months before Hunt would be up for re-election. If any of the Ten are still behind bars, the governor can blame the parole board, saying that he did his part. The lawyers charge that Hunt used inflammatory language in his speech, and that he carefully omit ted facts with the inten tion of misleading the public. For example, they point out, he summarized the prosecution’s evi dence, but did not present “evidence which became available only after the original trial” nor the “evidence presented by the defendants at the re trial hearing.” The Brief questions Hunts leadership, asking: “Was this presentation See Hunt, Page 5 SBPI Co-Director Dismissed-May Take Legal Action by Sharyn Bratcher Staff Writer Bemadine Moses, former director of the Southeastern Black Press Institute, is comtemplating taking legal action against co-director Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone, for unprofessional conduct, including neglecting her duties at the Press Institute, misappropriating funds, and “illegally, arbitrarily and capriciously dismis.sing the full-time director {Ms. Moses) without due process, discussion, or explanation.” Dr. Witherspoon, a solution. a N.C. State researcher, works on State Studies Algal Blooms Neal Says $23 Million Anti-Smoking Campaign by Karen Lauterbach Special to the Chronicle In 1972 a dense algal bloom covered several miles of the Chowan River killing thousands of fish and causing the North Carolina fishing industry to lose hundreds of thou- sa.’r'wds of doUais. Since then, scientists at North Carolina State Uni versity have been working to clean up the river and to learn more about the cause of algal blooms. One of the NCSU scien tists working on the pro ject is Dr. Augustus With erspoon, associate profes sor of botany at State. Witherspoon received his bachelor of science degree from Claflin College, Repeated attempts to contact Dr. Stone, who is also director of Afro- American studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, have failed. Requests left with her secretary to return our calls have been ignored. The Southeastern Black Press Institute was found ed in 1977 with a two-year grant of $250,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation, which will expire Decem ber 31, 1979. The Insti tute, co-founded by Bem adine Moses and Dr. Sonja Stone, is located in chapel Hill, and employs two journalism research associates, one business research associate, and ‘Waste Of Taxpayer’s Money WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Neal, D-N.C., says he thinks HEW Secretary Joseph Califano’s propos ed anti-smoking campaign “exceeds the proper role of government” in matt ers affecting personal freedom. "in America, we cherish the privilege of making up our own minds about what is good, or not good, for our personal lives,” Neal said. "Even if we make bad choices, within the boundaries of the law, we insist upon the right to do so.’’ Califano has announced that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will launch a new anti-smoking campaign which will cost about $23 miUion. Neal said he views most of the propos als as a waste of the taxpayers’ money. “Although it’s being called an information and education program, its substance appears to be a repetition of the 14-year- old surgeon general’s findings,’’ Neal said. ‘"That warning has been printed on every package of cigarettes, and in all cigarette advertising, for those 14 years. Everybody knows about it by now.” Neal said he is not taking the position that smoking is healthy, ’' but .seeking to require government to spend money for productive pro grams in a way that does not infringe personal freedom. "We have what Cali- fano would call ‘conclu sive evidence” that a great many things we indulge personally are harmful to our health and safety,” Neal said. "I t would make as much sense to after all of them, or any other one of them, as against cigarette alone. "For instance, abusive use of alcohol is far and away the country's bigg est drug problem. I don’t Orangeburg, S.C., and his masters and Ph.D, de grees from N.C. State. Based on an analysis of the river's biological, chemical and geological characteristics, NCSU scientists are now deve- two secretaries, loping a mathematical The project officially mode! of the Chowan Ri- began on July 1, 1977. ver system. The field re- The Southeastern Black search has been complet- Press Institute held its ed and the study is now in first Annual Regional its final phases. - Conference on October With the model, scien- 29-30 at the Governor’s tists will be able to deter- Inn in the Research Tri mine when conditions are angle Park, During the right for an algal bloom to month of November, the occur, Witherspoon ex- staff, under the direction plains. of Bemadine Moses, Environmental stresses planned for the imple- that could lead to an algal mentation of the objec- bloom include; a drought, tives of the Institute, decrease in flow of the On December 5, 1977 river, location of a new all work at the Institute industry-a source of pol- ceased, and the deadlines lution-on the river and for all ongoing projects increased use of fertilizers ere suspended. In a letter by farmers in the region dated December 5, 1977, drained by the Chowan Dr. Stone informed Ms. River. Moses that her contract Once scientists have a with the university which model that enables them expired December 31, to predict algal blooms, 1977, would not be re- they may be able to pre- newed. vent destructive blooms- "In view of this decis- at least the ones caused by ion,” the letter stated, “I manmade environmental will understand if you stresses-in the future, choose to leave the project says Witherspoon. before December 31st. For example, the devas- Because of the anticipated changeover, your signat- See State, Page 6 ure is no longer valid for See Waste, Page 2 See SBPI, Page 2 Roots Of Conflict-Part IV The New Jews Survival This is the last part of a four-part series dealing with the conflict in the Middle East. people without a ; hence, the term: By Sharyn Bratcher Staff Writer At the close of World War II, many of the European Jews who survived Hitler’s persecut ions were living in Displaced Persons’ Camps, because they had lost their homes and all their belongings and had nowhere to go. In 1949, after the Jews took over the entire country of Palentine, the Palestinian Arabs experienced the same alienation. Of the 900,000 Arabs who once lived in the part of Palestine now held by Isreal, less than 20% remain. The United Nations partitioned Palestine into a Jewish section and an Arab section in November 1947, but 14 Months later the Jews had gained one third more land than they were allocated. Israel now occupies all of the ‘partitioned’ territory, plus the Gaza Strip once occupied by Egypt, and Transjordan in the eastern part of Palestine. The Arabs who fled Palestine when the war broke out are in a kind of limbo, country, as the Jews once were; “the new Jews." They live in displaced persons camps — in tents - along the borders between Israel and the Arab countries, on a U.N. food allotment of 2 lid per day. They have lived there for 30 years, not allowed to return to Israel, refused admittance to neighboring Arab countries because of their own economic problems. And they are bitter. These Palestinians once owned land, business es, homes — forcibly taken over by the Israelis, and for which they have received no compensat ion. In 1948, the Israeli’s took over 10,000 shops and businesses, and 30,000 acreas of citrus groves that supplied at least 25% of the new nation’s foreign currency earnings. Of the first 370 Jewish settlements established after 1948, 350 were on property formerly owned by Arabs. The Arabs were evicted from their land, paid nothing, and left with nothing and no place to go. Boundaries set by the partition resolution of the Unilsd Nations General Assembly, 1947 Boundaries since Arab-Israeli war, 1948-1949 UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC ( EGYPT ) JORDAN They are still waiting. “I was six years old when the Israelis stormed my village, Acre," recalls one Palenuman. now living in North Carolina. "They used napalm. They began shelling the village in the middle of See New. Page 2 WSSU Educator Dies In Greensboro Dr. Joseph N. Patter son, professor of educa tion and philosophy at Winston-Salem State Uni versity, and pastor of Wentz United'Church of Christ, died Saturday in Greensboro of an appa rent heart attack. He was 60 years old. Dr. Patterson, long re cognized for his scholarly excellence, espoused the motto, “Those who dare to teach must never cease to learn.” He joined the WSSU faculty in 1950, then Winston-Salem Teachers College, as an instructor in English and humanities. In 1969 he became professor of edu cation and philosophy. During his twenty- seven (27) years of service at the University, Dr. Patterson emphasized and encouraged the cultural as well as the intellectual development of students by enhancing and bring ing to focus the signifi cance and aesthetic ap preciation of literature and the arts. His presen tation of Othello, Black Man in Venice was often Dr. Joseph N. Patterson repeated by popular re quest. His recent reper tory included Antigone, Medea, and Everyman. In remembering Dr. Patterson, Reverend Hen ry S. Lewis, Jr., former University Chaplain, spoke of “Dr. Pat’s” great influence on stu dents. “He was always a source of motivation. While he enjoyed working with the academically ta lented student, 'he always had time and patience with those not so talented. He had an intangible qua lity that made students See Educator, Page 2 Emphasis Oj Freedom Black History Month Yvette McCullough Staff Reporter ;| Dr. Kenneth Williams, former president of J || Winston-Seilem State University, spoke to a small || II group last Wednesday at East Winston Branch :| Library on the “Emphasis of Freedom” in our 1 H country. j| 11 February is Afro-American Month and as part p I of its celebration, the East Winston Library is i| || sponsoring Afro American History programs each ;i| II Wednesday evening from 7-9. $ The library hopes the programs will enlighten i I the public on the Afro American Heritage, plus | I inform the public that East Winston Library has || I Afro American materials. § I Dr. Williams said that, “Few things are as ij I valuable as freedom but ft*eedom is one asset that || I has been denied to many black people.” Dr. ;| I Williams went on to discuss the history of freedom || I or the lack of freedom, from indentured servants j I up to the civil rights movement. I The definition of freedom used by Dr. Williams || j was “Absolute control of your person, mind, body || i and spirit.”. I ‘‘During the last 35 years there has been a i| I partial desire by the people of the world to extend ^ more freedom to all people or at least more than | I they had received before,” Dr. Williams said. He i| I sited equal accommodations and job opportunities | i as areas in which people have progressed. p Dr. Williams also said that he would like to see |i I freedom extended to all men, women and children 1 I but feels that it will take a while before that J I happens. i|. I “Racism is so thoroughly planted in the United p i States by virtue of practices customs and beliefs i See Black. Page 2
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