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VOL. 32, NO. 32
A&T GETS STATE,
FOR DRIVER'S El
A $40,000 gvant received Friday
by A&T State University
will be used to develop a bachelor's
degree curriculum in driver
and safety education, and to
develop off-campus centers for
training driver education teachers.
The funds were awarded by
the Governor's Highway Safety
Program in conjunction with the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Dr. Isaac Barnett, who directs
the driver and safety ednontinn
program at A&T, said the new
project will have a significant
impact to driver education in
the Piedmont area.
"The needs are there," said
Barnett. "One of our greatest
unresolved domestic problems is
one of safety on our highways.
Misuse ot the automobile drains
our national resources more than
any other problem."
Barnett attributes much of
these problems to the lack of
trained driver and safety education
teachers in the state.
He said the state is becoming
aware of this fact and beginning
in 1974, all teachers of the
Irvin Ends Caree
Names Reynolds
Cal Irvin, who gained his
401st basketball coaching win
last March, stepped down Monday
as North Carolina A&T's
head coach and immediately
named his assistant, Warren
Reynolds, to replace him.
In making the announcement,
Irvin said he decided to relinquish
his coaching duties to devote
full time to his position as
A&T's athletic director.
"I feel that it is not feasible
to occupy a dual role in our
growing and demanding situation,"
said Irvin, "and I would
also like to accept a new challenge
as a full time athletic director."
Reynolds, 34, is a native of
Dothan, Ala., and had served as
Irvin's only assistant the past
two years. Irvin, who was also
born in Alabama, had coached
the Aggies for 18 seasons, and
was one of the winningest
coaches in the nation.
He had nothing but praise for
the 6-5 Reynolds, a former successful
high school coach.
"I feel that after working with
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FEDERAL GRANT
). PROJECT
! subject will be required to obtain
30 semester hours of driver
education for certification, in;
stead of the two semester hours
presently required.
Barnett said he is particularly
interested in studying the feasibility
of establishing selected
off-campus centers to provide
, in-service training in safety and
driver education for in the 15
j counties of the Piedmont area.
He pointed out that more than
| 18 teachers are already enrolled
in the master's degree program
at A&T, the only one in the
I state. More than 25 teachers arc
pursuing a master's degree during
the summer session.
Barnett said the university also
hopes to develop some means
| of evaluating the effectiveness
I of the expanded offerings in
driver and safety education.
Other career possibilities for
persons trained in safety edu
cation, he said, can be found
with the U. S. Department of
Transportation, state and municipal
governments and in implementing
the new Occupational
Hazzards Act.
f Willi 401 Wins;
As Aggie Coach
Coach Reynolds and observing (
him, that he is capable of continuing
our winning tradation,"
said Irvin. "He is an excellent j
offensive coach and puts enough '
emphasis on defense to do a
good job. He should also do a
creditable job recrui'ing."
"I'm just grateful for this
wonderful opportunity," said
Reynolds, who starred in football,
basketball and baseball at
Tuskegee Institute.
"Coach Irvin and I have sim- I
ilar philosophies," added Reynolds.
"He's a winner and that's
the reason I wanted to be as- .
sociated with him from the be- |
ginning."
Asked about his own coaching
philosophy, Reynolds said:
"I have sort of a military
style, that is, rigid, hard and
with plenty of drills. I also believe
in practices long enough to
get the job done."
Reynolds said he will use a
controlled fast break and a pressure
defense with modifications.
He served as head basketball
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Sister Peggie Scott was
7th during the 27th Annual S
Chapter of the Jasmine Ch;
Eastern Star, held at the H
Greensboro.
She became queen by r
money over eight other contc
2419 Charlotte St. in the city i
Scott.
DEATHS AND
MRS. ILA W. HARRIS ,
Mrs. Jla W. Harris, age 68, j
former resident of Greensboro, j
died Friday, July 7, 1972 at her
residence in Inglewood, N. J.
Funeral services were he'd |
Monday, July 10, 1972 at 4:00'
P.M. from the Ebenezer Baptist1
Church. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Green of Ingle- ,
wood, N. J.; three sisters, Mrs. |
Maggie Hunter, Mrs. Clara
Goins, Mrs. Bernice Burge all
of Greensboro; two brothers,
Mr. Stephen Watkins and Mr. i
Beverly Watkins, both of
Greensboro; one grand child, j
and one great-grand child, u1
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Future Outlook!
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CROWNED
crowned queen Friday, Jul)
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jpter No. 19, Order Of The
oliday Inn Four Seasons ol
aising the largest amount ol
istants. Mrs. Scott resides al
and is the wife of Mr. Samuel
I FUNERALS
host of other relatives ant
friends.
Hargett Funeral Service ii
charge of all arrangements.
MRS. LAURA W. PARKER
Mrs. Laura Wooten Parker
age 82 of 403 Stewart St., diet
Thursday, July 6, 1972 at th<
L. Richardson Memorial Hospital
after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were helc
Monday, July 10, 1972 at 3:0(
p.m. from the Mt. Zion Unitei
Church of God. Burial followe<
in Maplewood Cemetery.
She is survived by threi
daughters, Mrs. Annie Parke;
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
''eterans Administration
DISABLED VETERANS
TO RECEIVE INCREASE
Nearly 2.2 million veterans
with military service connected
disabilities' will receive checks
with 10 percent cost of living
increases in September, the
Veterans Administration reported
recently.
President Nixon signed Public
Law 92-328 granting compensation
increases June 30.
The increases won't go into effect
until August 1. Allowances
for dependents of veterans rated
at least 50 percent disabled are
included in the increases, the
first since those provided under
Public Law 9-376 two years ago.
"I am pleased that these benefits
will soon be helping over
iwo million of our most de|
serving men and women," Mr.
Nixon declared after signing
the measure.
VA officials stressed that the
increases will be paid automatically,
and that eligible veterans
need not contact the
agency to receive them.
With the 10 percent increase,
a 00 percent disabled veteran's
compensation would go from
$135 to $149 a month, and a
100 percent disabled veteran
would receive $495 monthly instead
of $450.
Before the 10 percent increase,
: some veterans adjudged to have
j suffered certain specific severe
disabilities cbuld draw as high
! as $1,120 a month. They would
receive $1,232 monthly under
! the increased rates. However,
compensation in this category
. is decided on an individual
| basis.
Public Law 92-328 also pro!
vides a $150 a year clothing allowance
for veterans who wear
' j prosthetic devices because of
1 [ service connected disabilities, if
) I these devices tend to wear or
! tear their clothing. Wheelchair
1 patients are included. Additional
details on that benefit will
? be announced later, officials
| said.
Still another provision of the
new law makes peacetime veterans
eligible for compensation
at the same rate as wartime
^ veterans, instead of the 80 per
cent of wartime rate which has
been in effect for 40 years. This
equalization provision will not
' go into effect until July 1, 1973.
' Compensation is paid to vet'
erans whose injuries or diseases
' were incurred in line of duty
(or aggravated by it), and who
: were discharged or separated
r under other than dishonorable
conditions.