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Mrs. Pearl hardy, the first tenant to test North
Carolina's Landlord-Tenant Law in court, points out
the debris left from repairs made on her apartment.
Behind .her is the newly-installed window.
Landlord-Tenant
Law Tested
* . ' . r
By Sharyn Bratcher ^ awarded Mrs. Hardy
Staff Writer a Tent abatement of $80,
the total ot $20 per month
. The first court case for the fQur months before
involving the new Land- the repairs were made and
lord-tenant Law took place since the law took effect in
last month in Winston-Sa- October,
lem. Paul Sinai of Legal Mrs- Hardy called the
Aid and his client Mrs. new landlord-Tenant Law
Pearl Hardy used the law "Beautiful." "It makes
to fight an eviction pro- rne feel much better," she
ceeding brought against declared. It s somebody
Mrs. Hardy. on the Poor people's
District Court Judg? side.
William Freeman orde ed The LandlordMrs.
Hardy's landlord, Tenant Law, passed in
Sam C. Ogburn, to make 1977? requires landlords
repairs to the apartment, See Page 2
Dr. Atkins . . .
On Negro Edu<
by Velma McCloud what the white child
Special to the Chronicle learns when he is taught
Should the Negro be ^ same Proposition."
given an education differ- Ration from
? , . . Hishon HflvcmnH lnHirpfoH
ent rrom tnat given to tne , r ' ~
whites? This was the ?>e answer to Rev. S.G.
question that challenged ?' a* ^a' time
the educators when the handle Rev.
TWENTIETH CENTURY S AtAkl|ns'
NEGRO LITERATURE, . Dr' Atkins seated that
which contained the the question was slmply a
thoughts of 100 of Amer- revival of an old superstiica's
greatest Negro in- l'on concerning the Negro
tellectuals. was written. ^at, man>fested itself in
"The education of a the lnc*uiry as to whether
Negro is the education of a the Negro had a soul. Dr.
human beign. In its es- Atkins said, "God had^
sential characteristics the made one blood all nations
human mind is the same of men for to dwell on the
in every race and in evry face of all the earth,"
age. When a Negro child taken from the declaration
is taught that two and two of St. Paul, It is a strange
are four, he learns just fact that nobody ever pror
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on -Sale
New Law
Land
AIANCE PROGRAM
RT by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Reporter
I
INITIAL INSPCCTION r .
because of a new law in
~ ? North Carolina^-A-landiordI*
"' 'i>
\ his tenants' living quart\
ers fit and safe, including
?J sanitary, and MWMTOil
/ equipment.
i /^ ? The new Landlord-TenI
rntncr%L\MwtDofffct ant Law, which went into
^ (ward or appcals ?) effect October 1, 1977,
u .... . . , - covers all housing that
If owinr if ill do4i net comply <=>
or DCRj?_??nf people pay to live in,
with intptclori riprt. .
cctRTiricAtc or occupancy, if *?<?nf? including apartments,
* houses, trailers, and
< > public housing, whether
the tenant has a written
lease or not.
The law orders the
landlord to see tht tys
Local Citizens Bl
Pupil Assignment
by Yvette McCullough the population changes.
^taff Reporter Under the proposed
?Numerouscitizens voic- plan-three schools, Oak
ed their complaints over Summit, Konnoak and Old
uie proposed pupil assign- Town Elementary would
ment plan for next year at expand to K-6 schools,
the Board of Education Patrick Hairston, presimeeting
Monday night dent of the local NAACP,
but few came up with an said that he believes in
alternate solution. integrating the school syA
very vocal crowd was stem but he objects to the
making their presence closing of some inner city
known through standing schools,
ovations, cheers and ap- "Under the plan all old
plause. A group from schools will be demolished
Rural Hall was out in and most old schools are
numbers in order to gain in the black neighborsupport
for making Rural hood." Hairston said.
Hall Elementary a k-6 "I'm afraid five yearsfrom
school. The motive for now all of our children
suggesting the change (blacks) will he bused out
however >vas questioned to schools and none will be
by two school board mem- bused in,"
bers. Dr. Adams also added
based on the premise that eventually goes to a 3-3
k-6 is better than k-4," plan on the secondary
Dr. Sheppard said. "1 level an addition of two
don't think the argument senior high will be needis*
based on educationalJ ed. He named Carver and
reasoning." Mount Tabor as twc
Ms. Wooten agreed -ryp * *
with Dr. Sheppard, "It Attfl'
seems that k-6 is only a
good idea when it is in
"my" neighborhood. If by Yvette McCuUough
k-6 is educationally sound Staff Reporter
regardless of the community
then why not put a "'ust,, Seasame
K-6 school at Fairview if Street and Zoom can
K-6 is so desirable." teach children their
Dr. Adams told the ABCs' "Starsky and
group that they did not Hutch" "K?Jak" can
represent the group that is teach them ABC s of viopleased
with the plan. lence- This was the con"
" Changes can be made in clusion found b* the Na"
the plan but people will HHfiKi .*/
always be affected by the
plan," Dr. Adams said. ^HS^?T~
Dr. Adams also said . kt...
that the school district
would go K-6 districts as Hi
poses a modified or peculiar
form of education for
any other nationality. ; ;
Dr. Atkins has said in
benefits
form education were realized
according to individual
temperament and I
power. Dr. Atkins was a I
man who, at the time of I
that writing, had undergone
many hardships durinrr
V", i o ?1
uig imo cuucatiuiiOi II dill*
ing, enough to demonstrate
immense insight in his
writings. "I
'would not contend
that environment would
not make the whole group g q
of children more or less
backward, and I do not
dispute the fact that be- -Nothjng under the sun ,s eve,
See Page 5
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M CHRC
^^OOOweeklv readers'*^^^L^?
> Says
lord Must Ma
buildings comply with the happy about the Landlord
local housing code, which Tenant Act, because it
has requirements ranging requires them to make
from major items, like a repairs which could be
. evoonsive. if the property
LUIH'OWM*Ml" Will ?' I liliiw'li ?V IV1 In V ?? ?
:v - a vv r?yyi.jv iciauvciY IS 4JaUl_V !UIh CTOWTT- I riFT"
"nrhitu "Tfyiurng 11 ^in ff " hv n annum rmnnuii iffl
fixing window screens or drive rents up and add to
tightening a losse towel the shortage of low-inrru-k?df
-ffrppUttnces. such come housing.
^^a~sliive or refrigerator, """TtTkaUSe^^II'SHuTu^Trniy"
are provided by the land- evict a tenant without
lord "he must fix them if giving a reason for doing
The law also requires with Legal Aid, cautions
that the tenant keep up his tenants to consult a lawyer^
_ xaspon-sibilitievS. He must before trying TO use This
pay his rent on time, keep new law. to avoid the
his place as clean and safe possibility of eviction,
as he can, and do not do To get a landlord to
any damage to the place, make needed repairs, a
or permit others visiting to tenant must first decide
do so. what needs to be done. He
Most landlords are not mav do this himself or call
Plan E^t
schools what would fit into I wL B JJO .III
the plan.
Professor
Selected III . . . we went into me
ExchtinjJC room to discuss things
with those people. . .
Program
Mrs. Victoria Yates, Ppn/l/pf/in In
Associates Professor of 1 rftUtrtUft A
Spanish at Livingstone
College and wife of Dr.
Walter Yates, Dean of
^Hoou Theological Semi-- j *1 1
nary has been selected to | I I
participate in the fifth
Caribbean-American n Brfltche,
Scholars Exchange Pro- ' Staff Reporter
?J H M l 9 Donald Ray Hunter is a
Strokes Fund March 2-17. soft ken, gentle young
This is a first for Living- r ^
~ ? , . 6 man. Even his towering
stone College and another , . , . . otirr
U rm, * . ,. , height gives not sugphase
of The International .. r
J., . _ i gestion of meanace. Une
^umcuiuniijeveiopmen would not expect him to
Program. Orientation for fae an ex.Marine with a
the participants was con- bad con(Juct discharge for
ducted in Washington, gn assauk conviction,
D-?l- Ffry t6- which is what he is - but
The Exchange Program the story behind these
See Page 11 _
cks Violence On_TV
tional PTA Television about the impact violence
Commission based on bas on children and
numerous public hear- youths. Public Hearings
ings, which were held to were held last year in
see what effects if any, ei8ht major population
television violence has on centers throughout the
children. country.
The National PTA be- Major effects of televilieves
that television vio- sion violence.expressed at
lence is a national pro- the hearings were aggresblem
and are concerned si?n, desensitization, paranoia,
effect of the quaW
lity of life, relationship to
learning problems and
distortion
\ Aggressive behavior
repeatedly stated, is
1 learned by children who
it watch violent or aggresoften
figures. The
most was
or
- by one
the Atlan^
ta he
been shot by his nephew,
who said later that he
thought his "would
' be all right in a few
minutes, the way they are
on T V."
Another frequent concern
of people at the
hearings was progressive
desensitization of children
who regularly view violent
, Aa1. acts on television. It was
r. Atkins , ,
stated that seeing repeated
acts of violence increased
children's tole1
accidental." G E.Lessing
See Page Z
>NICLE
Pages 20 Cents
ke Repairs
a city building inspector to repairs. Then, give the
inspect the property. The landlord time to make the
building inspector will repairs,
look at the -property for If he does not make the
free, and make a note of repairs within a reason
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landlord that repairs are c?urt, and it is possible
needed. Paul Sinai warns t^at some of the tenant s.
that a tonaint^wfljjJd do ren^ rnoney will be rewell
to check with Legal funded
Aid or a privat attorney "This is the most im?before
?contacting ?the porfcant law for blacks
building inspectors, in sinceJiie_l3^4_desegregacase
the landlord resents tion law! said Alderman
his being called, and tries Virginia K. Newell, when
?to lake It * out on the learned of the new
tenant. v law*
After consulting a law- She described cases in
yer, and deciding what her own East Ward,
needs to be fixed, the where tenants have corntenant
should notify the planed with little success
landlord, preferably in t0 8et needed repairs to^
writing, of the needed See Page 2
. . . we were told to plead Some employers V
guilty - or else! don't care if you were
tried fairly or not. .
lurteen
No Justice."
facts is complicated and "Once they spray-painted
tragic. a truck gray, and wrote on
In November 1976, it "kkk is here to stay,'"
Lance-Corporal Donald and the base officials just
Hunter had sixty days left let it sit there like that for
to serve of a three year two weeks."
hitch in the Marine Corps. The black and Chicano
Pendelton, California. about these incidents, but
Also stationed at Camp the brass ignored them.
Pendleton were Ku Klux Finally, the minority enKlan
members who 0 had listed men began to hold
been allowed to join the meetings to discuss ways
Marines, yet still retained to deal with the situation,
their KKK membership. The officials' response
These people. Hunter re- was to ban their meetings,
called, were passing out Finally, on November
racist lierature on the 13, 1976 a group of black
base, posting offensive soldiers decided t go to
signs, and sometimes the quarters of three
staging confrontations known Klansmen to talk,
with minority soldiers. - "We just went there to
"They wore robes with talk." says Hunter. But
a uws un me uacK 10 me tor tear of reprisal, the
cafeteria. and carried
knives." said Hunter. ^ee ^a8e 2
Davis Defends Position On
Humphrey-Hawkins Bill
State Senator Lawrence phrey-Hawkins bill would
Davis defended his posi- generate additional inflation
on the Humphrey- tion by increasing the
Hawkins bill by saying ^federal deficit."
that he opposes the bill Davis continued, "Inbecause
the bill, "Adds flation fueled Humphreyfuel
to the fire of inflation Hawkins bill would hit the
by taking the purchasing hardest those very target
power away from the ave- groups that the bill seeks
rage American. to aid, namely the unemDavis
released his posi- ployed living on a fixed
tion Tuesday on a bill that Income,
is favored by most of his ^le said that it would be
opponents. Davis is one of the best interest of the
eight candidates seeking a citizens to find new jobs in
seat in the U.S. Senate. the private sector rather
The Humphrev-Haw- than temporary Ceta posikins
bill main objective is tionsor other similar posiemployment.
The bill tions funded by the federwould
strive for 3 per cent government,
adillt unemployment and "Full employment is a
4 per cent overall unem- g?al that is reachable and
ployment by 1983, com- we must reach that goal if
pared to the present un- America is once again toemployment
rate of 7.1 have sound economic footper
cent. iug," Davis stated.
"Incomes have not kept Inflation is running raup
with inflation. The Pid at almost 10 percent
average paycheck buys Per year Davis said and
less today than in 1973," that additional inflation
Davis stated. "The Hum- See Page 2
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