Seek Answers
To Aid Local Blacks
AiirAViAu you THINK A JUMIOK CITIIIMS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAR TO THi JATCH'S
DuESTIDN* THISTIMf? PlIASI GIVI VIEW. WHETHER IN THE
WkWilVfi. ArURMATIVE OR NEGATIVE.
RY CHARLES F. BLALOCK. SR.
^ InformatKMt Officfr-Shaw L’nlvert
'yes. There is o definite need for something thot the younger
block men and women con lend their efforts. The need for on
orgonizotion similar in kind to the Roleigh-Woke Citizens
Associotion exists within oil of the block communities thot
moke up Roleigh and surrounding area. The established
organizations do not have the moke*up for dealing with the
every doy problems of the communities. Their is o wotch-dog
type operations thot must be guided by the overall concern
for blocks.
A youth-oriented group of young men and women could be
orgonized to supplement the established organizations, such
os Woke Opportunities, OIC, ond R-WCA. Where the
framework of these groups connot be directed to hondle such
things os transportotion on daily bosis for elderly citizens,
ond tutorial services for slower-learning students, such on
orgonizotion could provide the additional services to make
these things a regular port of the community services.
Dealing with the rising problems of youths in today's black
communities is onother woy in which such an organization
could be utilized. Going into each ot their respective
communities, the members could seek out ond try to solve
some of the root-problems (hot ore cousing our younger
blacks to go ostroy. As most of the youths todoy ore
confronted with the aspects of not finding o job if, and when,
they complete school, there is a great concern os to whot
^ they wilt do when school is over. The time to deal with this
question is now...and this is onother oreo in which the
^answer could come fi‘om younger men ond women, who
“ themselves ore not to for owoy from this some
situotion...Qnd who hove hod to deal with solution for
themselves.
CHARLES F. BLAL(K K. SR.
If such on orgonizotion is
formed, and is community-
youth-oriented, I feel thot it
will go 0 long woy in dealing
with some of the everydoy
problems that ore feeing our
communities today.
NC Patrol
Staatarl Pt,; 06., rews.'a. er
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tor' Few Blacks On Boards
AMEZ Ends Session
After 7 days of discussion,
the delegates to the 96th annual
session of the Central North
Carolina Conference. AME
Zion Church, which met in
Raleigh. Nov. 8-14, at the
closing session, held In the
auditorium of Ligon Junior
High School, resolved that none
of the tenants sent forward by
the founding fathers would be
permitted to perish from this
earth or would be permitted to
go unattended, as they got a
new look at "black Methodist
heritage and the Bicentennial"
year.
*rhc motivation came from
« n address delivered by Miss
ladie Simpson of Charlotte,
the first woman elected a
general officer in the deno-
-^.mation and placed in charge
of the finance dept. She
adoressea the annual fellow-
Inmate
Labor
Studied
The Legislative Committee
studying the "Use td Inmate
l./abor in Department of Cor
rection Construction" approv
ed a recommendation to the
General Assembly to increase
the cost of room and board
charged inmates on work
release, up to the actual cost of
the inmate's incarceration.
ITie committee also recom
mended "use of inmate labor in
construction of small or simple
projects" and recommended
l^ing authority from the
oapartment of Corrections "of
accomplishing mator c<hi-
^^ction projects through the
use of inmate labor."
Work release inmates are
now charged from $3.45 up to
$5.00 per day. Inmate income
varies, but most make the
minimum wage of $2.30 per
hour. Co-chairperson of the
committee. Sen. Glenn Jerni-
gan, said that the cost of
maintaining an inmate was
more than $4,000 annually and
that the burden on taxpayers
should be lessened by the
inmate paying more of "his
keep if he can afford to." After
citing a salary of $25,000 per
year made by one work release
(See LABOR. P. 2)
ship dinner at St. Augustine's
College Student Union building
Saturday night. Sticking with
the theme, she said black
Methodistism had shown the
wav for black oeoDle and
certainly those who profess it
would be traitors to the cause
of right and justice to permit it
to deteriorate in any way.
The motivation continued
% (See AMEZ. P. 2i
CONSOLES MURDER SUSPECT ~ Savannah, Ga. ~
Twenty-tbree-year-old Lester Young Is consoled by an
nnldenilfied woman daring bis arrest in connection with the
■booting deathof his 25-year-old-brother, Joseph Young. Jr. 'The
■hooting took place at mid-day in the downtown home of the pair.
(UPl).
Training, Placement
Is Program’s Intent
"We are mandated to help to "find out what the applicant
blacks and minorities," is the wants."
way Nate Sanders described H the applicant is not a high
Recruitment and Training
Program. Inc. (RTP. Inc.).
Drawing upon supporting
resotirces from a number of
public and private sources,
R-T-P was organized in 1963
school graduate or does not
have a high school equivalent,
chances are the staff will
recommend returning to
school. "Pickings are going to
be slim if the applicant is not a
when the founder of the high school is not a hi^h school
organization noticed a lack of graduate, Sanders said.
Newspaper
Offers
Apology
The CAROLINIAN apolo
gizes for a front page picture
error In last week's edition in
which pictures of Dr. Eliza-
•th Koontz and FCC Com-
issioner Benjamin Hooks
ere interchanged in some
copies before the error
detected. Upon detection,
however, the presses were
slopped and the correction
made, resulting In the
correct placement in many
of last week's editions.
blacks in the building and
dlMtruction industries. San
ders said these industries had
"people who had the highest
paying jobs and they kept it in
the family."
Sanders noted that the
industry required a series of
tests for persons wanting to
enter building and construction
trades. "But minorities have
not done well on standardized
tests." he said. As a result,
part of the original R-T-P
emphasis was on training,
though this has now been
dropped.
With most of the emphasis
now concentrated on recruit
ment and placement, the
program has reached out into
other industries and trades -
wherever there is a "lack of
blacks." Sanders said.
The minority-oriented pro
gram makes no charges for
services to clients and encour
ages persons who are unem
ployed or underemployed to
lake advantage of services
offered through the program.
After applications are filled
out, applicants are interview^
t>y staff members who attempt
R-T-P has knowledge of job
openings from a wide variety
of sources, both locally and out
of the area, Sanders said. But
he also noted that the program
staffers arc careful about
sending out applients. "We do
our own in-house screening. We
don’t just send out run-of-the-
mills.^’
(See TRAINING. P. 2)
The highway patrol has
announced a new program to
recruit blacks and other
minorities to positions within
the patrol The program,
according to ('apt. Dan Emory,
consists of sending top person
nel of (he patrol to sneak to
groups of older blacks across
the state about employment
opportunities in the patrol
Let them sell (his program to
their younger people who are
qualified to fill (he positions.
Ia‘I them do the selling. 1.^1
them do our work for them
lotder blacks 1 in essence."
Emory said
The patrol captain said (hat a
discrimination suit pending
against the patrol in no way
influenced the new effort to
bring in minorities. Emory-
said (hat he did not know how
many blacks were hired in the
t.i:h) budgeted positions in the
patrol, but did state that there
are no women. Sources con
tacted put (he number of
blacks in the patrol of 20 out of
about 1.500 employees.
Emory boasts of relative
success from (he recruitment
effort which has been under
way since Augu.st. Reading
from a preliminary report, he
.said that in a 15-day period
between Sept. 15 and Sept. 30,
the patrol speakers addressed
28 groups and 1.714 persons.
From these speaking engage
ments. 9 applications were
requested and 10 applicants
were referred to interviewers.
The 10 referred included 5 for
trooper positions; 3 for tele-
communicator positions, and 2
secretaries. Ei ory staled.
Minority ap, lirants are
sought for manv ferent jobs
in (he patrol. luding tele-
communicators mechanics,
secretaries, anu investigators,
among other positions. How
ever. Emorv insists that only
applicants with "good re-
(See PATROL P 2)
School
Studies
Elderly
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D C A
study of the relocation effects
of black elderly persons will be
carried out by Temple Univer
sity in Philadelphia under a
$25.uuu grant from the Andrus
Foundation of the National
Retired Teachers Association
and the American Association
of Retired Persons. In addition,
a university award of $5,940
will be contributed to the study.
The 9-month study, believ^
to be the first to zero in on the
relocation effects of the black
elderly, will focus on the
"transplatation shock" experi
enced by the black aged as they
are moved from an established
(See ELDERLY. P. 2)
Wake Tech
Fits Same
Category
Seventeen of the Boards of
Trustees of North Carolina's
Community Colleges and
Technical Institutes of the
The Carolinian
VOL. ;uj NO. :>•
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
HAl.t: 1 (JH. N.C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1976
Clinton Prison Unit Styled
SINGLE COPY 20c
“RAT HOLE”
Roachesy
Rats Seen
In Dorms
SI'Et I.M.TOTIIE
( AKOLINIAN
CLINTON A list of
grievances, said to have been
drawn up by inmates of N.C.
Prison Unit No. 0385. located in
Columbus County, who work in
the prison laundry, near
Clinton, came to light here
Monday when quite a few of the
inmates staged a work stop
page which was described by
('apt. VV A. Mahoney as a
"Peaceful Action.”
The grievances deplored
prison conditions, to include
rats and vermins, broken toilet
supplies, improper medical
aiteniion. over-crowding and
intolerable guards, the exter
mination of the laundry where
Ihecloihes arc washed, and the
failure to exterminate the
buildings where they live. The
term "Hat Hole" has been used
to describt' the unit.
The grievances described
what was termed by the
inmates as inhuman treatment
and dehumanizing conditions
iha) shattercKl the hopes of
those aifecti'd, to the extent
that they resolved to use all the
forces at their command to get
relief
The grievances were classi
fied as "environmental condi
tions and harassment" on the
part ot prison officials and
guar(F The grievances are
alle(>d have been with
iSee RAT HOLE. P. 2»
★ ★ ★ ★
Shaw Observes 111 Yrs
AWARD PRESENTED — VeiUM Maloiic. chalrnaa of the Ralelgh-Wahe Board of Edacatioo,
receives the Heory Martia Tapper HamaoitarUB Service Award from Mrs. Barbara A. Mann,
alumni affairs coordinator for Shaw University during recent ceremonies.
Full Week Of Homecoming Fun,
Helps Make School Celebration
ty (
Its UUh year in Raleigh with
the homecoming activities on
Nov. 8-14. The week was
highlighted by many eventa,
from the presentation of Dick
Gregory on campus on Mondy
night, to the Hall of Fame
Awards dinner, honoring Army
and Navy Armstrong on
Saturday night.
Many eventa were aandwich-
ed in between, with (he
coronation of Miss Shaw, Miss
Dottie Harrison, being one of
those events. The others were
the alumni banquet...the
homecoming game...and the
homecoming concert in Ral
eigh Memorial Auditorium.
Coretta Kinl^ Speaks
For RJ^htSy Labor
Coretta Scott King, widow of
slain civil rights advocate Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., macte
her case before the AFL-CiO
Southern School for a coalition
of civil rights and labor
organizations to wage a na
tional campaign for jobs and
health care, similar to (he
voting rights and public ac-
Thf''s;u‘ih'‘”rric7i; »'
The appeal was made during
a panel discussion including
Norman Hill, executive (direc
tor of the A. Phillip Randolph
Institute: and Glosser Current,
Thanksgiving
Causes Early
Deadline
Because next Thursdav is
Thanksgiving. The CARO-
1,1NL\.\ will go to press
Tuesday. All correspondents
and readers are being asked
to please get (heir news
items to (he office as early as
possible Monday, and no
later than noun Monday.
The management thanks
you for your cooperation and
wishes for you a happy and
thanks-filled Thanksgiv ing
season.
(•RANTED — Johannesburg,
S. .\frica — The South African
North Carolina Department of government has granted a visa
Community Colleges have no i*> visit (he country to black
black merhbers, according to a ( ongressmaii Charles Diggs
recent study by S. Cameron, a ‘ D-Mich.i. shown in 1975 photo,
member of the American (tftcr H had turned down
Inslilulo of Plaonors > -ral iou, , i,. .ppli... ''“7""'
The study, an informal >mns. tlflt fi™"!!'™,'”.';
statistical analysis, also found
that another 25 had blacks
under-represented.
The study said (hat appoint
ments to the Boards of
Trustees of North Carolina's
Community College Boards are
made by the governor, local
county commissioners in the
county where (he college is
located, and by the county
boards of education.
Governor-elect James Hunt
(.See NO BLACKS. P. 21
Woman Wns
Money For
Appreciation
.Mrs Nora C. Hamilton, of
3(M4-B Woods Place, was the
only winner of last week’s
Appreciation Money. She re
ceived a check for $i0 for
reporting to The CAROLINIAN
before noon Monday that she
had discovered her name
among the advertisements on
the Appreciation Money Page.
Her name was listed in tne
Home Appliance Service Co.
advertisement.
Two other names were also
listed among the advertise
ments on the Appreciation
The
orations of the NAACP.
Southern Labor School is a
bi-annual workshop of inten
sive training for the top leaders
in, the AFL-CIO.
Poised and articulate. Ms.
King, questioned by a reporter
whether the civil rights move
ment was a viable entity in the
I970's. said civil rights had to
be re-defined to include rights
for all pi>ople "My husband's
movement always was a
human rights movement and it
involved blacks, that were poor
and deprived, blacks general
ly, and whites that were poor
and deprived," and other
ethnic groups including the
C^icano population. The Chi-
canos make up the major part
of the membership of the
United Farm Workers (UFW),
whose president. Cesar Cha
vez, was Ms. King said, a
disciple of her husband, Martin
King. Jr.
Although making the case for
a coalition of labor and civil
rights groups to support the
Humphrey-Hawkins Fair Em
ployment act. Ms. King, the
(director of the Martin L. King
Center for Social Change in
Atlanta, said that with the bill's
passage, it would take three to
four years to "reduce the
unemployment rate, particu
larly in those areas where it is
so high now, among those
people who are left out."
Just as there were the lighter
sides of the homecoming week,
(he heart of the situation was
the celebration of 111 years of
existence, and honoring the
man that had the foresight and
dream to make it ail possible.
Henry Martin Tupper, m
18^, decided to prepare a
place for freedmen to learn to
read the Bible. "He never knew
what he had wrou^t" was the
quotation s^en by Dr. Rich
ard L. Fields, acting president
of Shaw University, at the
graveside ceremonies on Fri-'
day morning.
llie convocation day serv
ices were highlighted by an
address by Dr. Joy J. Johnson,
president of the N.C. General
Baptist State Convention and a
member of the N.C. House of
Representatives. Dr. Johnson
challenged the audience of
friends, alumni, students, fac
ulty and staff to prepare for (be
"critical days ahead of all
black institutions of higher
learning. Shaw University be
ing no exception."
Saturday culminated the
week's activities with a paraiie
through downtown Raleigh, (he
football game with Winston-
Salem State University and the
second annual Hall of Fame
awards dinner at Raleigh's
Hilton inn.
The university’s Family Day
worship services on the cam
pus. with Rev. Ronald Swain,
University Minister, delivering
the message, concluded "The
Week That Was: Homecoming
1976 ••
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TWO .MEN .\KHE.STEI) FOR
ASSAULT
Marvin Peacock. Jr.. 53. of
814 S East St., was the victim
of an alleged assault which
rcpiirtedly occurred at 409
Smiihfield St. around 8:30a.m,
Saturday. Peacock was report
edly shot with a gun in the right
shoulder He was allegedly
treated at a local facility and
released, Marvin Peacock. Jr.
and Dallas Griffin, of the same
add^e^s. were arrested and
charged with assault with a
PROTEST MARCH — St. Matthews, S.C. — About 400 blacks protesting actions oi wntte school
administrators marched through cold and damp streets here Friday to publicize their boycott of
tbe Calhoun County School System. Here they march in ft ont of St. Matthews High School. (UPl i
Money Page, but they were not Hn-rriu .. ’
winniTj. .Mrs Ella Greens "''“P""
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2) .Sir CHIME HEAT. P ;t
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
N.tTCR.tl. IIKAl.Tli FOODS
"Natural Foods Mean.s Nutritious Foods -
And That's Our Spi>cialily"
, itl-YEAR-OLD CELEBRITY — KMCked to too tMawalk and robbed of a coaple of doUara worth
of groceiiet to BreaklyB, N.Y. Nov. 16. Ha^ Erwta. ItS-yean-oM. has become somewhat of a
celebrity what with totorvlews and TV totk abew apfearaaccs (she did Iwe early Friday). Heie,
1 she lilea to retw* to oermalcy. worfctog osi a qoUt before toktog as aftoraoea aap Friday to her
I Brooklyn apartaeat. (UPl)