Rinstoo->Sal«n 311V /CHigh Point Ibcomsville THE TRIBUNAL AID cui^l(L6.o-4^ cuid RandaLfik Qau.^tie^i VOLUME II, I®. 12 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974 15 CENTS PER CXPY $5.00 PER YEAR Full Employment Topic Of Urban League Conference t and ** HIGH POINT - The Oak Hollow Yacht Club held its August Regatta on Sunday, August 4, 1974. Three races were held with 20 boats competing in three sailing classes. In Funboats there were three different winners: Jim Bleech in a Sunflower Ralph Logan in a Whistler Richard Cox in a Sea Devil. In Boardboats, Glover Bedford won twice in his Scorpian, and Tom Lauer won one race in a Sunfish. Robert Phillips sailing a Day Sailer won two races in the Handicap Class, and Neil Benson won one race in a Wildflower. Current leaders for the season are as follows: Jim Bleech in Funboats with 288 points Tom Lauer in Board Boats with 393 Bo Morgan in Handicap Boats with 482 Robert Phillips in the Day Sailors with 207. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, in his keynote speech before the league’s 64th Annual Conference in San Francisco. Jordan called for black leadership to “maintain a continuing relationship that could take the form of regular meetings to deal with specific issues and specific strategies in a comprehensive and detailed way.” stressed federal job creation in the public sector in such jobs as day care, transportation, health, education, safety and environmental protection to put people to work in meaningful jobs at decent salaries and to create “a good society based on human services and equal opportunities for all.” Speaking also on revenue municipal governments (state full-time jobs, women, and governements excluded) spent those who have given up approximately 44 per cent of looking for jobs and no longer their revenue sharing funds on register at state employment public safety. Also speaking at offices. Blacks’ resulting the conference was economic problems, she Congresswoman Yvonne continued, are revealed, by the Braithwaite Burke, (D-Calif.) fact that 30 per cent of all who identified employment as black Americans, and 40 per the major problem and major cent of all black children, have key to a better life for less to live on than the $12,500 minorities in 1974, which the Bureau of Labor sharing, Jordan called it ‘ ‘a new Congresswoman Burke charged statistics estimates is necessary ripoff that takes federal monies that the U.S. accepts higher “for a family to live a normal He stated that black citizens that should be used to fight poverty and gives them to localities for use in cosmetic projects of dubious necessity.” His observation was directly in line with a report issued by the Washington Bureau of the National Urban League analyzing the deficiencies of the Administration revenue sharing program. Entitled, “Revenue Sharing A Second Look” the report points out that the local government fiscal crises, which general revenue sharing was supposed to overcome, have not tace “issues” of tremendous complexity that can’t be dealt with by a blast of rhetoric or a march on the county courthouse. If black folk are not to be left at the starting gate of the changed society that is emerging around us,” he continued, “black leadership, including black elected officials, should conduct strategy sessions to coordinate actions and to make hard decisions about how best to use the resources we have.’ ’ Jordan also noted that levels of unemployment to existence.” counter inflation than other To be meaningful to industrialized nations could minorities, she said, a national afford “without a revolution,” full employment policy will and said the nation’s major provide “not just any challenge was “to work ouFa ^ dignity and system of government spending decent earnings.” She called in peacetime which does not costly, more available depend on defense spending transportation to the for full employment.’ ’ suburbs, where the jobs are, She said also that minorities and for the enforcement of especially are suffering frojn affirmative action programs up the nation’s lack of to and including management, commitment to fujl She further called for a new employment, and from emphasis on public service inaction due to official employment, new job been statistics misrepresenting the classifications by government many of the problems facing alleviated or even adequately full extend of unemployment planners and increased federal blacks “transcends race” and addressed. The report states Not counted in official data funding to train displaced urged white citizens to end that a major reason for the she said, are the “Chronically their silence and to join with failure of revenue sharing to unenployed,” many of them human rights agencies in calling meet the challenge of local GREENSBORO - Registration procedures and bus schedules for system-wide registration day Wednesday, Aug. 21, have been announced by the Greensboro Public Schools. Transfer pupils and those new to Greensboro who have not yet registered may do so at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the school to which they are assigned. Assignments are available through the system’s administrative office. Beginning kindergarteners and first graders who have not previously registered should do so at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Parents are responsible for their own transportation prior to Aug. 21. for economic and social changes. He suggested that minority groups are being played off against each other and called tor “active coalitions that draw upon the power of our unified efforts.” Sounding the theme of the Conference, ‘‘Pull Enployment as a National goal,” Jordan called it the “Single most crucial issue facing our society today.'" He declared that ‘ ‘success in th( report shows that a full 23 per battle to achieve guaranteed cent of the expenditutes minorities including part-time workers unable to find workers, such as that currently proposed in amendments to the Econotric Development Act. Transporatation Institute Expands Its Staff fiscal needs was the cutoffs of federal categorical funds by presidential impoundment or by lowered appropriations. Instead of providing new funds for local governments, revenue sharing money was used to GREENSBORO Nr replace other dwindling federal p ■ ’ ’ ’ able to expand its staff this with the increasing need for lies. The increase in the funds with a net loss resulting e past tour years, fall, allowing more exten- transportation by the coun- demand, on the part of the to the local governments. the Transportation Institute research in the try's rural residents for In a breakdown of general of North Carolina A&T transportation field. health social service ZZl There will be an opening recreation and employ: through June 30, 1973, the come a regional center for for a Research Assistant ment, more research hL research and education in students, for more trans portation courses has Continuexi on Page 2 the Rural Public and will be done in this jobs as a basic human right for ($655) million was allocated to '^^‘'^portation. As a result Transportation System Fea- field. On Aug. 21, buses will begin picking up elementary all who are capable of work public safety. The report continued support sibility Project. Until, There will also be an pupils one hour later than the regular schedule, at decide whether the further stated that this,figure from local, state and recently, transportation for opening for a Reseirdi 0.10 t> ^ ■ ,. nation’s economy can survive becomes even more critical federal agencies, the Tran- • . ^ ® Returns From approximately 8:10 a.m. Buses will start picking up rising juniors and seniors f(pr Page and all previously unregistered students at Dudley, Grimsley, and Smith High Schools at 9:30 a.m. Rising sophomores at Page will be picked up beginning at 1 p.m. Dismissal times on Wednesday are 10:10 a.m. for elementary students; 11:30 a.m. for junior students and all students not previously registered at Dudley, Grimsley and Smith; and 3:30 p.m. for rising Page sophomores. Those students from all four high schools who have previously registered need not report until the first full day of classes Thursday, Aug. 22. Buses will operate Aug. 22 on their regular schedules, which will be published in local newspapers Sunday, Aug. 18, and are available at all school offices. Elementary and secondary school offices are open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Guidance counselors at junior and senior high schools are also on hand to assist students in the selection of courses prior to system-wide registration day. While only a birth certificate is required to register a first-grader, parents of incoming first-graders are reminded that innoculation records must be complete at the opening of school in order that the child may be enrolled. First graders and kindergarteners who have already registered do not report until Aug. 22. RALEIGH - A program to provide management and planning assistance to minority elected local officials in North Carolina was announced today by Governor Jim Holshouser. The state will backup a $50,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development with $25,000 in services for the program. A position will be established within the State Division of Community Assistance with the special assignment of providing management and plannii.J assistance to the «iine communities with minority elected officials. Assistance will be centered oh five major are i»: Assessing needs; increasing citizen participation in developing goals and policies for the communities: training in management techniques: improving use of existing information systems and developing better communications between the communities, federal and state agencies and the Southern Conference of Black Mayors. The Match Institution, a management consultant firm from Washington. D.C. will assist in the project. Two workshops will be held later this year. The nine communities, are Cofield. Bolton. Princeville. Greenevers. Mesic, Chapel Hill. Raleigh. the post-industrial age.” Jordan when realized that sportation Institute will be virtuallv iynored. Howevc rural areas has been Associate with teaching WmWm and research responsibili- Freshmen « Arrive Europe FAYETTEVILLE - Fresh men and new students for the 1974-75 academic year at Fayetteville State Uni versity arrive Sunday, August 18. Upperclassmen and transfer students return Wednesday, August 21. rr Miss Congeniality? If a campus wide vote would no doubt win hands down. A were taken of the most charming personality, Fayetteville State coed Patricia plans on beautiful Patricia Lindsey of Fayetteville majoring in Early Childhood Education. [F.S.U. Photo by Gilbert H. Foust] Opens Veterinary Clinic In High Point For years, Dr. Calvert B. friends are here and that was in private practice in cause of the many genuine Jeffers, Jr., and his wife the South offers many Massachusetts. opportunities for those of have wanted to come back opportunities for Blacks. Dr. Jeffers is presently talent and training. In the '•Home" to North Carolina. Dr. Jeffers, a U.S. Army practicing veterinary medi- South, as opposed to the Dr. Jeffers is a native of veteran, received his Doc- cine at the East Gate North, opportunities for Winston-Salem, and Mrs. tor of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Clinic, (formerly Blacks are much more open Jeffers, the former Patricia from Tuskegee Institute in Peace Veterinary Hospital,) ... in areas of employment, Wall, a native of' Albe- 1972. He holds Bachelors' 200 Greensboro Road, High politics, as well as others, marie. This personable Degrees in Agricultural Point. My talents as well as couple have three children Science and Biology from Dr. Jeffers, in summing training, affords me the which they feel can best be Tuskegee. His internship up his assessment of Blacks opportunity to work with University of and the South, said, the masses of people here Jetfers return to home is Illinois, College of Veteri- “Blacks can, and will, in the South. In the North, primarily based on their nary Medicine, Champaign become viable assets to the the same is not true.” feeling that their real 111. For the past year, he southern community be- Phyllis Mcbane, a recent graduate of N.C. Central University, Durham, North Carolina, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Recrea tion has just returned from studying Recreation and Leisure Services in Great Britain. Her studies took her to the University of Aston, Oueene Margaret College, and Glasgow School of Art. The tour included all phases of parks, social services and the arts. The tour was sponsored According to FSU Dean by California State Univer- of Students, John C. Jones, sity, San Jose, Department all new students and of Recreation and Leisure freshmen, after arriving on Studies, under the direction campus will be officially of Dr. Nellie D. Arnold, greeted by the Chancellor Miss Mebane is the of Fayetteville State Uni- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. versity. Dr. Charles “A” Lyons, Jr. and will receive further orientation and instructions. In addition, Tommie Mitchell, FSU Student Government President, and Ophelia Blyther, “Miss FSU” for 1974-75, and other university officials Continued on Page 3 C. A. Mebane of 1407 Wendell Avenue, High Point We must give our children a sense of pride in being blaclt. The glorY of our past and tn6 dignity of our present must lead the way to the power of our future. '^OOBOOOOOOCXi What’s New? Deor Debbie on page 3. Horoscope on page 6. ftpoooooooooofl ADAM CLAYTON POWELL

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