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Nearly every religion evolved stori<
and culture in the human why the ea
experience has some sort every winter
of celebration at this time came back ne
of year. It is as if man every spring.
_ knows instinctively that The seasoj
this is a time for rejoicing, religious ce]
Anthropologists have man's "seco
long explanations for the and a time
myth of rebirth, explain- because the ]
ing how primitive man is behind us
Ban Pr<
The Board of Aldermen has proposed
its decision on beer sales at the city!s__
?matter does come to a voteTtheclecisionwill
be a favorable one.
Many golfers are indignant that the
city should consider a ban on beer at
public golf courses. The result may be a
J L l _ 1 - r * .t
cunsiuerauie ioss 01 revenue ior tne
~ city, if the golfers take their business to
private clubs or to municped courses in
Greensboro or High Point.
"Golfers are gentlemen!" protested?
one Reynolds Park player. "They know
that having beer on the golf course is a
privilege, and they won't abuse it!"
True
To a young man making his way in
the world, a character in Hamlet
advised: "... This above all, to thine
own self be true. . . " Larry Little is
one- young man - who seems to befolio
wing-that advice 7
Before his election to the North Ward
aldermanic seat, Little was very much a
"grass roots" leader, a critic of the
?status?quo?and?the?black "bour ?
geoisie." People wondered if his elections
to political office would transform
him into a briefcase-carrying member
of the establishment. Apparently it
?~ hasn't--- not if the president's visit is?
any indication.
Wait Uhapel was full of dignitaries
awaiting Carter's arrival last Friday
morning. Most of the city's black
officials, and Little's fellow aldermen,
were seated in places of honor, representing
the city.
Larry Little was conspicuously absent.
While his fellow community leaders
were mingling with visiting dignitaries,
Larry Little was outside in the cold,
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African Correspondent \
Saturday March 25, 1978 (
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\f Easter
?s to explain year.
nth "died" It is probably easier to
, and then be "thankful" on Easter
w and green than it is on Thanksgiving.
In November we manufacn
is both a ture our excitement by_
lebration of preparing a special feast,
nd chance" but at Easter, the exciteof
rejoicing ment is already provided.
harsh winter .
for another See Bottom Page
ohibition
Opponents to the beer sales contend
that beer cans still litter the golf course,
and intoxicated duffers will infest the
park. This~does~~not seem "to" be a
problem at Tanglewood, which sells
beer, nor at private clubs. Why should
the city assume that just because a
golfer does not belong to an expensive
country club, that he is a potential
drunk? Golfers on city courses should"
be treated with the same respect and
privileges as those who golf elsewhere
- otherwise the city might lose^some
very unsatisfied customers to other ~
courses, which treat golfers like
gentlemen and not like children.
To Self
with a group of Wilmington Ten
protesters. They carried signs criticizing
the president's human relations
policies, and asking him to pardon the
- W ilmington -Tern
Larry Little was where he has always
been* with the people.
Now we are not suggesting that the
city's other black officials should have
been iiuLlhfire protesting Tb^h p^r
formance was very correct, and a credit
to the city. We are saying that it is nice
to see a politician who still identifies
with the group he represents, even
after he has 1 'made it." Larry Little has ^
been known as the champion of the
underdog, and it is a refreshing
political note to see that he is still with
them.
The other leaders accomplish their
goals in their own ways, which are
different from Larry's ways. We are
merely noting that Larry Little is not I
trying to be like anybody else. He is still -
"true to self."
It is a good sign to those he
represents that they still have a friend
at City Hall.
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LUSTRATION,
SS, IS THE
' EMERGES
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Jobc
By Hep. Shirley tost of sending their children
Chisholm to college almost overIn
the past 10 years, the whelming
:ost of higher education has It. other ..ords, the middle
accelerated at an alarming class is realizing for the first
*ate According to the College what has been a fact of
Entrance Examination life for many poor and
Board, the average annual n nioii'y groups families for
:ost ol a public university generations: Higher
education increased more education may become the
han 40 percent in the pas! exclusive privilege of the
ive years, from Si 7H2 -to wealthy unless the federal
>2,^06. and state governments, can
The cost of attending a provide financial assistance
jrivate university went un for CQo.ta.
aotc" '?iian ^'pmteiif' fiurn 1 "hrrfw wb CumnTW ftfuji?.
M'<> Ha** families find the higher education for those
s
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THE SOCIO ECONOI*
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Dealing With Inn
President Carter had an rebuild some houses or to
educational experience pepper the area with
recently, and hopefully it playgrounds. The South
will spur him to revise his Bronx didn't become what it
Administration's priorities is because of the state of its
and begin a head-on assault housing or the lack of play
on the problems of the inner- areas,
cities.
The President went to the . ..
South Bronx, one of the most J^e ?^er ur^fn slT?' ^
blighted urben neigh- .?r?
borhoodt in the country, but , ^5?
_-nv Th^ there don t have decent jobs
typical of m ny. The section decent wages. As one
U . .ymbol ofurban neglect man called to the
of poverty, end of the wasted ^ and hl8 party:
?
The President walked
through the slum streets. He With jobs, people will be
walked across desolate man- able to afford to upgrade
made urban deserts that their housing. They'll be
looked as if they'd been buying in stores and that will
pounded by B-52s He saw revive the area's economy,
burnt-out buildings standing creating even more jobs,
amid the rubble. And most Their taxes will enable the
important, he talked to some city to provide more services,
oi the people there giving thus halting the further
them new hope that the deterioration of the neighPresident
cares about their borhood With higher tenant
plight. incomes, it would be possible
According to news reports, for housing to be sharply
he was appalled by what he improved instead of having
saw. He talked about landlords w^lk away from
rehabilitating the South their buildings.
Bronx's decrepit housing
stock and of turning its open
areas into recreational Th?n there are other steps
facilities. that need to be taken ?
measures to stop banks
But that's just part of the from redlining slum areas,
problem. It's not enough to better city services like
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A Warning Or
Tuition Tax Cre
families who cannot afford ur"Sj !fie lanui^dly
the cost of their children's spiraling cost of higher
college education. That education. Furthermore, I
program, called Basic ' oppose y as an inappropriate1
Educational Opportunity federal attention
Grants, lias been tremen- away Irom the neediest
dously successful in in- segments of our society and
creasing access to higher inwards those who are by any
education measure we can devise,
Now. we find that the better able to survive and
middle class is pressuring for prospei w ithout this kind of
their own form of higher federal support,
education financial aid ? on^> are middle and
they have insitufed a unner income families Dy
campaign for a fax credit definition more financially
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is an ilf-adviserf way lo ad-^*,,''',^?^L^
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AlC LADDER
rdan
er-City Problems
garbage collection and police tempt to educate the nation t<
protection and improved the needs of the cities. Simpl>
education. by making that one visit, the
President did more to make
Areas like the South Bronx nation conscious of the
don't just happen, they are Phght of urban America than
. anything? since Lyndon
made And the manner ot Johnson made hjs im.
their making constitute a passioned plea for social
national shame. Dis- jjV r
crimination, neglect and
artificially high joblessness
all contribute to the making Now he can follow up on
of urban blight. t^t beginning by using the
leadership capabilities of his
The President must realize ^'8h office to continue to
that the federal policies of press upon the American
preceeding administrations people the reality of the needs
helped create urban those locked in our urban
wastelands like the South ghettos.
Bronx, and has to make the
connection between what he
saw and the need for revising Along with symbolic
his Administrations's gestures designed to shape
priorities - public opinion, there musi u*
solid programmatic
After walking through the '"!tiatiV.e\. fr0"\ h'5
rubble of the South Bronx he Administration, with a a
should now realize that full nat,onal fu 1 emp.lo)'menl
employment has to take program ai me top ot tne list
precedence over balanced
budgets, and that providing
the human right to a job is as There are many hot issues
crucial as trying to extend *ncl pressing problems the
other rights to countries that President faces, but his visit
don't observe them. to the South Bronx should
impress him with the fact
that America's number one
The President's visit will problem and his number one
have meaning if it becomes priority ought to be urban
the first shot in a broad at unemployment.
I
dit
family income has been
keeping up with rising school
costs According to the CBO,
median family income rose
72.9 per cent between 1976
and 1975, compared to an
increased in college costs . .
during that period of only 65
per cent.
The tuition t?* credit
proposal would shift to the
taxpayers at large a major
expense for higher education^
assistance of the middle and
unru>** claSSCS.
ssaggtegcaaa 'fu.tim.Hffl1 ?
MpBBBWr Ul lilt'11 mgWffWff
pressures middle class
families experience due to
the oust of higtier education.
national cooperative effort
- among colleges and
universities,- governmental
entities and financial institutions
to improve the
effective operation of federal
student loan programs.
As- part of the Education
Amendments of 1976,
Congress enacted many
improvements in the
Guaranteed Student Loan
Program, improvements that
were lobbied for heavily by
the governmental and private _
agencies that deal with
student loans.
In addition, the Depart
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare ha,s announced a
policy of Vigorous enforcement
against student V
loan defaulter. Therefore, the
time is clearly right for a
national effort to improve
and expand these programs.
t We^must-develop?ptfpf??
government, bankers and
higher education so thai more
private loans are-made
available and families can
defer payment of education
expenses until the student is
graduated and is earning
sufficient income io repay.HEW
has stated that it will
propose a massive infusion of
new?funds?into the Basic
" Educational Opportunity
Grants (BEOG) program so
that more middle income
families will be able to
particiapte in that program.
While I understand the
rationale for such an approach,
I cannot endorse any
proposal that will shift the
focus of the BEOG program
from the very needy students
it was designed to assist.
The federal government's
grant program should remain
targeted _on -those who,
without such assistance,
cannot even hope to enroll in
any institutional higher - education
Higher Pay Offered
"What lies in store for my =
son after high school graduation?"
If you're one of many
parents asking that question,
there's good news. You can
hfcjead your son toward a job
that will teach him a skill that
will pay well while he learns.
A ONE-MONTH VACATION
is just one of the benefits
of a job open to your son.
When a young man enlists
in the Marine Corps, his starting
base pay is $4,7 70, which
has just been raised from
$4,493. And, with the dollar
value of all the other benefits
he gets, the total comes to
about $7,768. That includes
clothing, medical and dental
care, clothing allowance,
housing and food ? and 30
days paid vacation each year!
That's pretty good for someone
just out of high school.
The Ma nne Corps, of
course, offers more ?a chance
to learn a valuable job skill. If
a young man qualifies, he is
guaranteed special training
in one of the Option
Programs ?to get info a field
that's right for him. For more
information on what the
Marine Corps offers the potential
recruit, call, toll free,
800-423-2600 (in California
800-252-0241).
?
Spirit
Of Easter
Just take a look around at
the first spring flowers,
and feel the warmth of
spring sunshine, ? no
special celebrations or
dinners are needed. The
whole world is adorned for
the occasion.
For those who will take
the time to appreciate the
wonders of nature, the
stone will indeed be "rolled
away" for another
year, and the earth becomes
an Eden, as brief as
the original, but still a
paradise.