FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972
DEATHS AN
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MRS. CARRIE E. CRAIG
Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Craig,
wife of Clifton Craig, of lllfl
Ardmore Dr., died Wednesday,
July 5, 1972 at the L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, July 8, 1972 at 3:3G
P.M. from the Bethel A.M.E.
Church with the Pastor, Rev.
L. S. Penn, officiating. Burial
followed in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
She is survived by her husband,
Mr. Clifton R. Craig of
the home, nieces, nephews, relatives,
and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MR. JAMES W. THOMPSON
Mr. James W. Thompson died
Thursday, July 6, 1972 at Lee
County Hospital in Sanford, N.
C.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, July 9, 1972 at the
A.M.E. Zion Church in Gulf,
N. C. Burial followed in the
church cemetery. The body was
at Knotts Funeral Home.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Robenia French of
the home, Mrs. Myrtle Haizlip
of Greensboro, and one son,
jonn t\. inompson 01 Greensboro.
Courtesy of Hargett Funeral
Home.
MRS. LAURA W. PARKER
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Hayes, Mrs. Laura Parker Stanback
both of Greensboro, and
Mrs. Charlotte Franks of Washington,
D. C., two sons, Mr.
Elijah Parker of Washington,
D. C. and Mr. Stewart Parker
? of Greensboro, seven grand children,
12 great-grand children,
one great-great grand child, and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
L. A. WISE
Staff Photographer
881 Ben bow Road
271-4013
THE FUTURE QUTI
DEIIMEDAIf tllC Mississippi Teachers As|
UIiLIv/\l3 sociation, were party plaintiffs
in the suit which successfully
j r/iscriminatory Use of National | restored the teachers, aU of
i Teachers Exam Is Struck Down whom werc blacks' to ^ P?"
j By Fifth Circuit Court sitxons in Columbus.
I j Washington, D. C. ? A fed- The U.S. Court of Appeals for
eral appeals court has ruled the Fifth Circuit, in New Orj
invalid the Columbus, Miss., leans, on June 30 affirmed a
! school district's requirement of district court ruling that held
j a 1,000 score on the National that Columbus Municipal School
Teacher Examination (NTE) as District's use of the NTE "was
a standard for hiring and dis- unlawful under the equal promissing
teachers. tection clause of the Fourteenth
The National Education As- Amendment because it created
sociation and its state affiliate, a racial classification and it was
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I not shown to have a manifest district as a basis for dismissing
i j relation to job performance." teachers. Litigation in both cases
' Use of the cutoff score had the . nas been supported by the
effect, the court said, of elimi- ; NEA's DuShane Emergency
nating relatively more black Fund.
than white teachers and appli- The appeals court in the June
. cants. Discriminatory practices 30 decision reiterated the lower
were shown by the hiring of 43 rourVs finding that the NTE
new white teachers and only ..measures oniy a fraction of
one black teacher. Nine other [he characteristics required for
black applicants had NTE scores effective classroom performance,
i of more than 1'000' It does not measure manual
Last month the same appeals skills, teaching aptitude, atticourt
struck down use of the tudes, personal characteristics or
Graduate Record Examination classroom teaching performby
the Starkville (Miss.) school ance."
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