II u fv' :rc fliitlDpk <Y-> o* Kee, jv<: *dS ? Read The Future Outlook! VOL. 28, NO. 11 GREEl y*V -?rH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS TAXPAYERS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN FOR A RIDE Br Blcardo Raffles The politicians once again, with the aid of a few big wheels are trying to ram down the unsuspecting throats of the majority of the taxpayers a decision made by them, that the city of G eensboro, Wins ton-Salem and High Point are in need of a Triad Stadium Complex; this Triad to be used as facilities of use for Bigtime Football, Baseball, Stock Car Racing, and other usages. They have painted a rosy picture of how wonderful it would be to have Triad in our area and pronpine the other sections of North Carolina, including their old Nemesis: Charlotte. A fact finding group was brought in somewhere out of the Midwest and paid a stipend and pnvp nut their findings that the Tri-City Area could and was able to support a Triad Com plex. Isn't that wonderful! Yet just the last month or so, our illustrious manager of the Greensboro Coliseum stated that the coliseum was losing money on many of the shows and productions coming to Greensboro. In meanwhile crowds were diminishing and growing smaller at some of the gravy train events like hockey and wrestling and Just the other day, when a two-day tournament of crowd pleasers like N. C. State, Wake Forest, Maryland and Virginia Univer sity playing basketball at the coliseum could only draw a csn"c'tv crowd of three thous and. then we talk about en larging the collaeum to hold larger crowds How many times a year do you think you can have a capacity crowd at the coliseum? How much money can people spend for sports events, day after day? Now they talk about bringing in a new Triad Stadium. Where is the money coming from? As always, a bond referendum will be held to finance the SEVEN TEEN MILLION needed to build this Triad? So now comes the buttering up process and the taxpayers sold propaganda type of campaign of their needs and public pride to showoff to their neighbors of Charlotte and Raleigh. Why this area is loaded down with sport complexes and another addition to the ones we have is downright criminal! Made more criminal by the fact that while we are piddling around with these pipe dreams of glamor and grandeur and material gain, we could put the seventeen million bucks for projects that would really pay dividends in a longer and hap pier life for each individual In North Carolina. Seventeen mll 4km. wouldn't go far, but It would :be ? start Air golfeitian, Wftter "polltntoB, cure "ot cancer ? those three as a start could save thousands of lives and al leviate the suffering of many throughout our state. All the money that we have been pour ing down the drain for the material waste of men's and women's lives, could be better put to use for the ftiture of the bodies and health longevity of our citizens. A word to the wise is sufficient. . . Vote NO. . . ON BOND ISSUE FOR TRIAD STADIUM COMPLEX. H'NISTERS' WIVES CLUB H?lD POST CHRISTMAS PARTY A Pott Christmas Party vu held by the M In liters' Wives Club of Greensboro on the eve ning of December 31, at the Southeast Branch YWCA. Mrs. C. C. Scott la president of the (roup. The decorations were in keep ing with the holiday season, and the open fire contributed to the gala occasion. Entertainment consisted o f games directed by Mesdames Tarpley, Phelpa, and Brower. At the conclusion of the self service buffet style holiday re past, guest ministers brought greetings, and Mrs. Phelps re sponded. One of the highlights of the evening was the exchange of Christmas gifts, when Secret Sisters' names were revealed. Mrs. M. L. ..Johnson was in charge of this feature, with other members of the club giv ing assistance. Members of the club enjoying the party were: Mesdames C. C. Scott, president; F. A. Har gett, J. E. Brower, W. D. B rower, G. H. Caldwell, Bernice Dunn, C. T. Faulk, J. L. Fou sh??, M. L. Johnson, B. H. Lu cas, C. M. McCollum, G. M. Phelps, J. W. Shuford, T. C. Tarpley. Ministers and other guests were: Dr. C. C. Scott, Revs. M. L. Johnson, W. J. Turner, F. A. Hargett, C. M. McCollum, G. M. Phelps; Mesdames Nancy Jackson, Mable Barnes, W. J. Turner, Nancy Goldston, and Miss Ethel Brower. Mrs. Bernice Dunn was in charge of the lovely decorations for the party, as well as for the dining room. Mrs. J. E. Brower was in charge of the refresh ments, assisted by Mesdames M. L. Johnson, C. A_ Barrett, C. T. Faulk, and O. M. Phelps. 5S1EF M&S 6RECM IHHT veterans Administration News New legislation and expanded service to the largest veteran population in history high lighted 1968 developments in the field of veteran affairs. In a year-end report on the programs operated by the Vet erans Administration, the prin cipal events of 1968 were sum marized as follows: ? The growth of America's living veteran population from 26,067,000 to 26,644,000 during the year, including an increase from 1,848,000 to 2,749,000 in the number of Viet-Nam era veterans (those in service after Aug. 4, 1964) returned to civil ian life. ? Payment of $4.5 billion in compensation and pension bene fits to 4.6 million veterans and survivors. ? Restructuring of the $2 billion a year pension program for nonservice-connected totally disabled veterans and widows who meet the income limita tions. ? Guaranteeing the seven millionth G.I. home loan, bring ing to nearly $72 billion the total vahw at these guaranteed loans since 1M4. During this period, VA has also made more than 293,000 direct loans with a face value of about $2.8 billion. ? Retention in force of more than four million VA-admin istered government life insur ance policies by World War I, World War n and Korean Con flict veterans. In addition, ap proximately S.7 million G.I.'s held more than $36 billion worth of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance policies super vised by VA. ? Entrance or continuance In Post-Korean G.I. filll education and training of nearly 800,000 veterans and servicemen who received $575 million in educa t i o n a 1 assistance allowances from VA. Additionally, 17,000 disabled veterans underwent vocational rehabilitation train ing. Approximately 42,000 sons and daughters of veterans who died or who are permanently and totally disabled as the re sult of service received VA ed ucational benefits under the War Orphans act. ? Treatment in VA hospitals of more than 762,000 veterans ? 12,000 more than in 1967 ? plus 6,564,000 out-patient visits (up I 300,000 over the previous year) to VA hospitals, clinics and fee basis physicians. ? Closer and more effective cooperation between VA medi cine and the nation's medical community through sharing of highly specialized medical re sources, continuation of ?%. ? search efforts, and training of a larger part of the country's pool of health manpower. ? Battlefield briefing by VA representatives of 344,000 American servicemen in Viet ( Continued on Pag* 9) Teacher Preparedness For Integration Subject of Conference At A&T State University More than 400 college and high school administrators, fu ture teachers, and professional education workers are expected to attend a conference on "Teacher Education and School Integration" at A&T State Uni versity January 18. The conference will be held in conjunction with the univer sity's annual student teacher conference and will be hosted by 10 colleges of the state. The TESI conferences were started two years ago by the Student National Education As sociation with funds supplied by the U. S. Office of Educa tion. Purpose of the conferences, which have been held through out the Southeastern part of the nation, is to bolster the preparation of college students preparing to teach in integrated situations. "The basic question at these conferences is to discuss what can be done for the experiences of the student teachers," said Mrs. Phoebe Emmons, director of student programs for the North Carolina Education Asso elation. The student teacher session will be held in the Memorial Student Union at 8:15 a. m. and the TESI conference will follow at 10 a. m. Keynote speaker at the con ference will be Dr. Robert Owens, president of Knoxville College. His address will be followed by a panel discussion on "Education and Integration." Panelists will include Dr. W. J. House, administrative assis tant of the Greensboro Public Schools; Anthony Houston, principal of Madison Junior High School; Mrs. Jacqueline Williams, teacher at Dudley High School and a college stu dent each from A&T and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Other colleges participating in the conference are Winston Salem State, Wake Forest, Eton, Livingstone, Bennett College, Guilford, Appalachian Stat* University, and Salem College. Mrs. Anne C. Grave* is coor dinator of the conference and - Dr. S. O. Jones is ill charge of the student teacher program. Pre-Season Pep Talk T? Walker Pays Off For Soring i & T Team A pre-season pep talk by A&T Coach Cal Irvin to 6-7 Vernon Walker is paying hand some dividends for the Aggies. Irvin told Walker the only way the Aggies could win in basketball this season was (or Walker to pull down 24 re bounds per game. The beefy Junior from High Point, N. C., has been averaging just about that number of grabs and A&T is 5-0 after five starts. The Aggies' latest wins have been 101-80 over Livingstone, 66-63 over Morgan State, and 92-68 over Bluefield State. It was against Livingstone last Monday night that Walker contributed his season high of 27 rebounds. He also chipped in 19 points as the speedy Aggies almost ran the Bears off the court. "There is no doubt that Wal ker has become our key man," said Irvin. "He wants to re bound and he has become a team leader." Another player who has emerged as a team leader Is versatile Daryle Cherry. For the third straight game, Cher ry, who is also a football star, led the Aggies in scoring this time with 29 points. He com pletely pulverized Livingstone's defenses with his 25-foot jump I (Continued on Pi|i ?) Detroit Scope Magazine Examines The Sex Factor Ii Racism "Although it is a large factor in white and black relation ships, people seem hesitant to talk about the sex factor in racism. There are few books on the subject and no studies of attitude. Sex and racism is a gut issue. The white man has perpetuated sexual myths about blacks to help keep the blacks in chains." So says Ellen Karasik in an article in the January 14 issue of Detroit Scope magazine. According to Miss Karasik, "The fear, reservations and curiosity about blacks in con nection with sex seem to be deeply ingrained in racial prej udice and the irrationality be hind it. The sex factor may well be the greatest barrier to racial harmony, our most powerful subconscious excuse for racism. "For hundreds of years the white man has expressed his fear of black sexuality by beat ing, castrating and lynching black men for as much as look ing at a white woman ? even though the white man created the myths in the first place. "The white man said the black man was Just an animal, good for nothing but manual labor and procreation. The (Continued on Page S)

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