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At-Large Ballot Stricken
MONTGOMERY Ala. - A federal judge has ordered
Montgomery County to throw out its “at-large” system
of electing county commissions because the method
dilutes the voting power of blacks.
Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. ruled that the county
should elect its commissioners by districts, after finding
the current procedure unconstitutional and racially-
motivated.
The case, Hendrix vs. Joseph, was filed by the
Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of T.J. Hendrix,
a black man who made repeated attempts to get the
county to pave a dirt road on which he and several other
black families lived.
Montgomery County changed to the current procedure
in 1957, 11 days after the U.S. Congress approved a
voting rights bill. Since that change, no black has ever
run for the county commission.
SPLC attorneys predict that whatever districting plan
is developed by the county, there will be at least two
“black” districts, giving blacks representation equal to
their 40 percent of the population.
Black Judge Nominated
WASHINGTON - President Carter has nominated
David S. Nelson of Roxbury, Mass, to be U.S. District
Judge for Massachusetts, making Nelson the first black
named under the Omnibus Judgeship Act of 1978.
Nelson, 46, is one of the first appointees under the act,
which created 35 new judgeships in Courts of Appeals
and 117 in District Courts. He is currently an associate
justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts.
The President said, in making the announcement of
Nelson’s appointment, that the act would allow him to
make more appointments of blacks and women if the
Senate cooperates by using merit selection through
independent commissions.
Nominations of judgeships are traditionally based on
the recommendations of the senators from the state
which the judge would serve.
N.CS.U. Sets Record
RALEIGH - More than 1,000 black students, a record
high, are studying sciences, technologies, humanities
and arts at North Carolina State University this year.
University officials said 1,601 black men and women,
representing every geographic section of this state and
many other states, are enrolled.
Dr. Larry W. Grade, Student Affairs research
coordinator, noted the 1978 enrollment is an 18.5 percent
jump over a year ago, when 895 blacks were enrolled.
The number of black students rose in five of the eight
academic schools at NCSU in 1978, over a year ago.
Black enrollment increased in the School of Engi
neering from 197 in 1977 to 231 in 1978, in the School of
Humanities and Social Studies from 227 to 287, and in
the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences from 76 to
102.
Other increases came in Forest Resources, 12 to 17,
and Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 55 to 75.
NCSU officials pointed out that the jump in the
number of new black freshmen was especially marked.
Some 232 new freshmen enrolled this year, a jump of 45
percent over the 160 new freshmen a year ago.
IT'S THE MOST
State Offers
Internships
RALEIGH - If you are looking for a summer job,
you may just be eligible for one of about 125 state
government internships available next summer.
“Thousands of students have learned more
about state government through the internship
program,” said Frank Eagles of Wilson, chairman
of the N.C. Internship Council which approves
projects and screens and selects students for the
summer internship program. The program is
sponsored by the Department of Administration’s
Youth Involvement Office.
This year, the program will place about 125
students in 13 different state agencies for 10 weeks,
from June 4 to August 10. To be eligible, a student
must be either a North Carolina resident who has
completed two years of study in a college or
university or one year of study in a technical
institute or community collete, or an out-of-state
student having completed the same studies in a
North Carolia educational institution.
In addition to a regular 40-hour work week
earning $3.12 per hour, interns will participate in
seminars to learn more about state government and
how it works. Most of the internships are in
Raleigh, but some are located in Greenville,
Wrightsville Beach, Winston-Salem, Arden, Swan
Quarter and Washington, N.C.
In order to apply, a student must submit the
following; (1) an application for employment with
North Carolina state government (blanks are
available in college placement offices or local
Employment Security Commission offices); (2)
letter stating reasons for wanting to participate; (3)
resume and (4) academic transcript. These
materials must be submitted no later than February
28 to the Youth Involvement Office, Suite 115, 112
West Lane Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27611.
For more information, contact the Youth Involve
ment Office or call 919/733-5966.
North Carolina
School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
presents
NCSA
ORCHESTRA
Nicholas Harsanyi
Conductor
Hyunsoon Whang
Piano
CONCERTO WINNER
perfprming works by
SHOSTAKOVICH • CHOPIN
Friday, February 16 8:15 p.m.
Crawford Hall 200 Waughtown St.
No Admission Charge
COMMUNITY MUSIC PROGRAM
presents a
ALL CHORAL SINGERS
COMMUNITY SING
ALL CHORAL SINGERS ARE INVITED
TO AN INFORMAL SINGING OF:
FAURE' REQUIEM
Donald Armitage, conouctor
music provided/no admission charge
Tuesday, February 20,
8 to 10 p.m.
Crawford Hall
200 Waughtown St.
for additional information call: 788-5818
Many people think of the
U.S. as a country of giant
corporations employing thou
sands of workers and grossing
millions, if not billions, in
sales. They’re wrong. Accord
ing to the Federal govern
ment, 96.7 percent of all
U.S. businesses are small
businesses.
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