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A TRIBUNAL AID EDITORIAL
NOW NO SCHOOL-- WHAT NEXT
By now most North Carolinians are
aware of the attempt by A&T State
University to have a veterinarian school
located on its campus. Also, by now, most
North Carolinians are aware of the
decision of the Board of Governors not to
locate the school of veterinary medicine
at A&T but rather to locate it at North
Carolina State University at Raleigh.
There has been much concern in the
community about the decision of the
Board of Governors as to the “why” and
the “how” they came to their conclusion.
Again, this same subject has cropped up
but this time from a different
“responsible” party.
Very recently. Sen. Ralph Scott of
Alamance County, the co-chairman of the
General Assembly Joint Appropriations
Committee, suggested in public news
articles that A&T should be closed and its
engineering and agriculture departments
shifted to North Carolina State in Raleigh
and the other departments to UNC-G.
This kind of irresponsible statement by a
legislator can only be considered as
damaging to the total system of the
educational process as well as to the
anticipated goodwill and the mutually
beneficial relationships of the races.
Further, it is this kind of thinking that
curtails the advancement of a community
or a state in regards to minorities,
especially Blacks. In my opinion, such a
ludicrous suggestion would appear to
have only been made by one who is
racially motivated - a racist.
To even consider Sen. Scott's
suggestion would be contrary to what the
state has agreed to do in its desegration
plan for higher education in the state. I
make reference to a letter dated
November 10, 1973, from HEW, to Gov.
James E. Holshouser, Jr. to remind the
state that:
“The North Carolina plan and its
implementation may not place a greater
burden on black as compared to white
students, faculty and staff in any aspect
of the desegregation process. Such
burdens include the denial to students of
course offerings, access to facilities,
financial aid, or other benefits, and the
denial to faculty and staff of equal
salaries, benefits and seniority rights.
The closing or downgrading of any of the
predominantly blacii institutions in
connection with desegregation would
create a presumption that a greater
burden is being placed upon the black
students and faculty in the state."
Therefore, to suggest closing A&T or
any other black college would be in
violation of the state's agreement with
HEW.
Again, it is the intention of THE
TRIBUNAL AID to make all persons
aware of the kinds of games that have
been played on the Black community and
which are still being attempted.
A number of Black leaders throughout
the state of North Carolina have reacted
to the statement made by Sen. Scott and
all hold similar positions to that of THE
TRIBUNAL AID in regard to this present
situation.
Pay your own political dues by voting.
When persons of Sen. Scott's character
are placed in responsible positions, rest
assured their efforts will be to reduce.
delay, curtail, or completely eliminate
any progress that Blacks might possibly
make.
Hopefully, our voting readers in
Alamance county will take another look at
who has been elected (Sen. Scott) and
consider at the next election whether or
not this kind of person needs to be in the
North Carolina Senate. Certainly there
are many things that can be done, i.e.,
letters can be written and statements can
be made - and should be. This
geographical area is supposed to be
“advanced" as related to Black progress.
When you look at other areas and then
look back at ours, can you believe it!
Any reaction to^ this and other
circumstances is welcomed by THE
TRIBUNAL AID newspaper.
**Tell It tike It Is”
Last
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Capsule
by Alfred Hinson
THE TBIBUNALAIP
Serving Davidson, Firsytli, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham and Rowan Counties
VOLUME II, NO. 46
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1975
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Railroad Claims Agent Is Challenging Job
SALISBURY - Frederick
Reynolds is on call 24 hours
a day. He works for
Southern Railway in Salis
bury, North Carolina as a
claim agent and whenever
there is an accident in his
territory involving Souther,
he must get to the scene as
quickly as possible. His job
is a demanding and
important one that very
often involves crisis situa
tions when he must talk to
the injured, and, in some
cases, the next of kin.
NATIONAL
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon said that a
recovery from the nation’s recession is likely to begin
later this year. A positive economic growth should be
realized in the fourth quarter, Simon stated. Simons'
predictions were based on such indicators as a decline
in interest rates, more money in the housing market
and, an observable decline in consumer prices.
4: % 4:
Taxpayers can expect to receive their rebate checks
by the second week of May according to Internal
Revenue Service sources. The first of an estimated 78
million will be mailed on May 9. Those individuals who
filed their tax forms first will receive their rebates firs!.
Individuals are eligible for rebates up to $200. Those
who paid no taxes for 1974 will receive no rebate.
STATE
University of North Carolina President William C.
Friday has decided to make a test case out of HEW's
request to suspend its decision to build a veterinary
school at North Carolina State University. The decision
to establish the school at North Carolina State
University as opposed to A&T State University was
made last fall by the UNC Board of Governors.
If the veterinary school is to be established at North
Carolina State University, a program of similar stature
and attractiveness must be awarded to North Carolina
A&T, according to William H. Thomas, director Office
for Civil Rights.
* * *
Gov. George Wallace, Governor of Alabama is
expected to be the leading speaker against abolishing
the North Carolina presidential preferential primary
when the Senate committee holds its public hearing this
week. Wallace won the 1972 primary by defeating
former N.C. Gov. Terry Sanford.
Fifteen persons have been invited to debate the
issue, according to Senate State Government
Committee Chairman Sen. McNeill Smith, D-Guilford.
Among those invited to make presentations are former
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter and North Carolina
Governor James Holshouser.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. George Breece,
D-Cumberland. As of last Wednesday, Breece did not
know who would speak in favor of his bill. It is believed,
however, that Breece was influenced by Terry Sanford
to introduce the bill to abolish the presidential
preferential primary.
* * *
The North Carolina Senate on last Friday gave
approval to a bill to raise the interest rate charged by
small loan companies to 36 per cent a year on loans of
$300 pr less. The new law raises the current interest
rate from 2 Vi percent a month (30 per cent a year) to 3
per cent a month (36 percent a year).
Senator McNeill Smith, D-Guilford, fought strongly
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Fred never thought he
would still be working for He then had
Southern when he “dropp- freight orders
ed in” to take a test at
Southern’s Richmond, Vir
ginia office in 1971. He had
graduated from Virginia and Washington
Union University with
bachelor’s degree, in busi
in the army.
When Fred came tow ork
for Southern, his first job
was working as a yard
clerk. His duties included
classifying trains according
to cities as they came into
the “yard” (depot) in
Richmond. He actually
“directed traffic” in the
yard and checked train cars
and numbers. He kept
records of trains and called
information in to the
computer center in Atlanta.
He was promoted to chief
clerk after eight months.
to handle
from cus
tomers and supervise the
yard crew.
After tests in Richmond
and two
weeks training in South
ern’s Atlanta claims office.
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claim agent in November.
1973. Commenting in a
light veinon the seriousness
of his work, Fred says he
has acquired “only a few
gray hairs so far and no
ulcers yet.”
He said he finds that
whenever he investigates
an accident, the first
assumption by parties
involved is ususally that the
railroad is at fault. “This is
sometimes true, but nol as
foten as most people
allege,” he stated matter-
of-factly. His job is to try to
find out exactly whal
happened by investigating
both sides and then to
Continued on Page 2
ness education in 1967. He Fred was transferred to
Goal Almost Instant Success
married soon after gradua
tion and spent three years
Salisbury, North Carolina,
and assumed his duties as
King's Dream Kept Alive
by Gaye Payne,
Chapel Hill Correspondent
RALEIGH - Keeping the
dream alive-fhe dream of
the late Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. - was the theme
of the memorial service
held Sunday, April 6, at
Carolina Biblical Gardens
in Raleigh.
The service, commemo
rating the death of Dr.
King, seven years ago, was
highlighted by Dr. Chris
tine King Farris, sister of
the slain civil rights leader.
Dr. Farris, a professor at
Spelman and Morehouse
colleges in Atlanta, Ga..
prefaced her speech by
saying, “Today, I've come
to talk about life, not
death."
Along these lines. Dr.
Farris told an audience of
about five hundred persons
the important thing is to
keep alive the dream of her
brother. Dr. King, Jr.
Dr. King, an apostle of
militant non-violence lived
with the dream for
“America, in general, and
Blacks and minorities, in
particular, that all are
created equal," advised
Dr. Farris.
“Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., preached love,
compassion and brother
hood. He gave hope and
strength to millions of
oppressed people," she
said to the predominatelv
Continued on Page 3
by Sandra Hill,
Tribunal Aid Correspon
dent
REIDSVILLE - Barely a
month after a young
Reidsville man circulated
the idea of getting his
fellow citizens involved in
the “cause for justice,"
specifically the case of
Joann Little, the Reidsville
Joann Little Defense Fund
committee headed by
Ernest Bernard Austin, has
nearly reached its goal.
That goal was to raise
$1000 to help cover the
defense expenses of Ms..
Little who has been
charged with murder in the
ice-pick stabbing of a
Beaufort County jailer.
Ms. Little and her
attorneys contend that the
stabbing was in self-de
fense, and that Ms. Little
killed Clarence Alligood
while trying to fiend off a
sexual attack. The case has
gained nation-wide atten
tion, and the support of
various civil rights organi
zations.
Austin said he became
interested in the case and
in “doing something for
Ms. Little" after talking
with her attorneys Jerry
Paul and Karen Galloway in
Durham. From there he
moved to educate and
motivate the Reidsville
public.
At a meeting of all
interested citizens, Austin,
who originally fathered the
idea of establishing a
Reidsville Joann Little
Defense Fund, was elected
to chair the committee.
Other officers elected were
co-chairman, Larry Wilson;
New Program For Sickle Cell
RALEIGH - A treatment
program for patients with
sickle cell anemia and
related genetic disorders
(sickle cell anemia, sickle C
hemoglobin, sickle thalas
semia and sickle D
hemoglobin), was announ
ced by T.B. Haynes,
program manager for the
Division of Health Services.
Haynes said in addition
to funds appropriated by
the 1974 General Assembly
for treatment of the sickle
cell syndrome, financial aid
is also available from
medicaid and medicare and
the Crippled Children's
Program. He noted that
treatment can be secured
from any private physician,
hospital or major health
center in North Carolina.
The public health official
Pointer Club Holds Third Meeting
The POINTERS Club of
New York is sponsoring its
Third Annual Dinner-
Dance, Friday, April 25,
from 8:30 p.m. until 2:00
A.M. The dinner will be
held at the Astoria Manor’s
“Empire Room” in Asto
ria, L.I. , N.Y.
This year’s guests of
honor will be Dr. Samuel E.
Burford and Dr. Aaron O.
Wells.
The club is made up of
graduates from the former
William Penn High School
and friends of the “Point
ers” who enjoy getting
together once a year.
Members are scattered
throughout the United
States.
Officers are: Thomas V.
Continued on Page 7
M iss Gilmore To Serve As Page
General Assembly. junior at Reidsville Senior
This is one of the highest School. She is a
honors for young adults of
the state. As a page she will
run errands for the
legislators, attend General
Assembly meetings, and
perform other duties she
may be asked to do by a
legislator.
The first black in
Rockingham County to be
appointed page, Phyllis is a
REIDSVILLE - Miss
Phyllis Evonne Gilmore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Gilmore of 1203
Lawsonville Ave. has been
appointed by the Honorable
David Blackwell (D-Rock-
ingham) to serve as a page
in the 1975 session of the
Craven, President; Mamie
C. Tate, Vice President;
Alberta Ford, Recording
Secretary; Lucille P. New-
lin. Financial Secretary;
Blondell Bell, Treasure;
Lawrence N. Boyd, Corre
sponding Secretary; and
Garnett Stowe, Business
Manager.
member of Grooms Baptist
Church where she is
president of the young
adult choir and the junior
usher board. She is also a
member and treasurer of
the Abawala Sorority.
Phyllis holds a part-time
job as a cashier in the
dietary department at
Annie Penn Hospital.
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secretary; Cathy Robinson;
assistant secretary, Yvonne
Miller; and treasurer,
Treva Johnson.
An active program com
mittee under the direction
of Thomas Gorrell, Leroy
Singleton, Mrs. Catherine
Cogdell, and Mrs. Bernard
Austin was cited as a major
factor in the success of the
fund raising. The group has
sponsored a spaghetti
dinner, a calandar tea,
record hops, and stew
sales. “Free Joann Little”
buttons are also being sold
by the group.
Plans for a benefit dance
featuring a guest band and
for a Sunday rally featuring
Ms. Yvonne Davis, trea
surer of the Joann Little
Defense Fund, Inc. of
Durham, are being made.
The Sunday rally will
climax the group’s efforts
for Ms. Little, Austin said.
However noting that the
Joann Little case is not just
a one of a kind, unusual
occurrence, the group has
set a greater goal to move
toward after they have done
Continued on Page 3
To Speak At WSSU
WINSTON-SALEM - A-
lan Donnahoe, president of
Media General, Inc., will
speak to the annual
meeting of the Winston-
Salem and Forsyth County
YWCA April 24.
Donnahoe will sneak on
“The Role of a Free Press
in a Free Society” and will
discuss the philosophy of
newspaper operations in
Winston-Salem and else
where. Media General,
headquartered in Rich-
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