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For the hemelees the OTf.tUn Is survival and across the country sad la Raleigh, the ■umber is growing. It is estimated that some three ! minion people are living on put beaches, doorways, alleys and vacant buildings. The majority of 1 these homeless are Uadi and bet ween the ages of 10 and 40. These people have virtually nothing as far as material posses sions. Some are ignorant or men tally in. Seme received a had break from Ufe and from Insen sitive human beings who add the final straw to break the camel’s back. Reports carry a reminder that homeless males presently out aummsr females, but caution that me latter group Is Increasing at an alarming rate, approximately 30 percent annuaUy. Raleigh does not compare with cltiM such as New York, Chicago and Houston with their large homeless populations. Many of these people have been left in the streets to survive as a result of declining job rates and the Reagan administration. One young man who asked that his name not be used said he has seen the homeless in many cities as well as Raleigh. “I’ve noticed that these people do not hesitate to ask strangers for help. To me they seem like outcasts from family and friends. Some choose not to seek help from family or friends, feeling that they may be a burden to them.” In New York City, families con stitute approximately 60 percent of the homeless population and rhildren oeeupy the fastest growing group at 11,060. The "hidden population,” as it is sometimes called. Is not quite •o hidden" In these Inrge metropolitan cities, hot In cities such ns Wlastoa-galem and Raleigh If one does not look close ly. he will think It does net exist. When one lives In North Rnlelgh and works In North Raleigh, they may miss this dilemma. People who are homeless are not only the Ignorant or mentally ill, they are people In the street who have the mentality to make an Impact on society. They are those who could take either my job or yours. One of the major causes for the honteless crisis has been a decline In low-income housing. Over one million units of single room occupancy housing—repre senting 47 percent of the nation’s total—were torn down between 1870 and 1880. It Is reported that some 2.5 million people lose their homes every year through evlc HOMELESSNESS SROWS-Tlw homeless and lobless in the city Md across the country continue to increase. JVC'* Semi-Weekly RALEIGH, N.C. DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST The Carolinian SWQLEC0PY 25* IN RALEIGH ELSEWHEREJSOc VOL. 47, NO. 15 JANUARY 25.1968 Polls Say Jackson Out Little Or I No Chance Of Winning NEW YORK, N.Y.—The two front runners for the Democratic presiden tial nomination have a common pro blem, in the view of some of the na tion’s top pollsters: Gary Hart and Jease Jackson have virtually no chance of winning in the general elec tion. Republicans Alexander Haig and Pa* Robertson, both with leas support than the two Democrats, also s e enieri “iinnlekAlnhle” ftw iho nnlkt^is: They are viewed Javorabfer by such large segments O' the doctorate that it appears too few votes would be left for them to win in the White House, the public "f*"1” experts said. “It’s dangerous to say. Expecta tions are frequently surprisingly altered on election night,” said l.A. Lewis, the Los Angeles Times’ polling chief. “But this is a projection, that none of these guys is going to be elected.” His assessment was shared to vary ing degrees by a half-dozen polling experts interviewed by the Associated Press. Ail gave Jackson, Haig and Robertson mSeor no chance; one bald out some hope for ILart. Such virtual epitaphs are in furiating for candidates and their backers, largely because they are so difficult to rebut. Jackson has said suggestions he cannot win are based on “race consciousness.” Hart recently said, “I don’t want to talk about polls. Polls are boring.” VEWED UNFAVORABLY?—Pol experts give her presidential candidates little or no chance of winning the general election. They say the two front-ranners for the Democratic nomination, fiery Mart and Jesse Jackson, have vhtnaky no chance. RepuMcans Alexander Haig and Fat Robertson, both with less support than the two Democrats, an also rated “unelectaWe.” Construction To Begin For New Public Housing The Raleigh Housing Authority recently approved construction of a piddle housing community in North Raleigh, the first federally funded public housing construction in the ci ty in two years. Terrace Park Townhouses—20 duplexes and two triplexes—will be built on about 10 acres on Fox Road, a mostly unpaved road off Spring Forest fftad near Mini City. The authority will also build four duplexes on Ellington Street in Southeast Raleigh. The Ellington housing will fulfill a commitment made in I960 to replace rental proper W“ total rtfy at CNy Hal nazaJM. 1lw**if«taHaWgata»M ty demolished in that area with com munity development block grants, said Rodney A. Lorbacher, the authority’s director of development. Construction of. the two com munities will cost $3.3 million, in cluding land acquisition, construction and utilities. The money will come from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the federal agency that oversees public housing. Construction will start by Feb. 22 and is scheduled for completion by Jan. 1, 1969. Raleigh has managed to build new units periodically despite a near-halt in federal funding for low-income housing. The new housing was approved in 1968. The location of Terrace Park Townhouses drew protests from some residents of nearby WlU-O-Dean sub division Who said it would undermine their quality of life. Others criticised the site as being too isolated. But the remoteness is disappearing as construction moves in. A new elementary school is scheduled to open on Fox Rood in 1M6. The area is not on a city bus route, however, and only residents wttltears or car pool (See HOUSING, P. |) Community Colleges Urged To Establish Monitorina Policies exter Tbe State Board of Community Col legeadirected its colleges to establish policies monitoring minimum class sise and limiting the number of times a student can repeat a course. TM directive, issued at the board’s meetjag recently, responds to a legislative mandate to set system wide "standards for class sise and repetition in curriculum and lion programs. The board local colleges better position ed to, decide individual class size, statiig that a statewide policy could hamper effective instruction. Tty board will review the need for systemwide standarcbnext January, givity the colleges alur to imple “WSiting a year will allow usjjg| more .fully examine and review tlty| issue jnstead of making a snap judg^ meat and perhaps implementing that have undesirable conse said Edward H. Wilson, it executive vice presi 1967 session of the General Assembly mandated the board either adapt s systemwide policy or explain why it could not. The mandate follow ed a 1986 state audit that found administrators and instructors at sovpral institutions had defrauded the sy^mlwpnddiuBeorollments auditor's report' race_ tightening state-level control ot the 58-member system. Variations in class size are a func tion of many factors, including school location, subject matter and program enrollment, Sanford C. Shugart, department vice president for pro grams, told the board.Because of the number and complexity of those fac tors, "simple class size standards are likely to encourage poor manage ment as often as they encourage good management,” he said. "By adopting this recommenda tion, we are saying to local boards and institutions that we really expect this to happen," said Robert W. Scott, president of the community college system. “Because if the problem is not corrected, a systemwide policy may come down." “From an overall perspective, monitoring class size and course repetition is a very important management decision at the local level and we feel it’s best made at that level;” Wilson added. In other matters, the board real firmett&s, dedication to increase the lacks and other red and taught in . college system. “It’s time for this board and this state to recommit to the goal of equal access and equal opportunity for “ Leigh H. Hammond, departme preside^ for research and tioo, said in presenting the board a report on his division’s duties. The report asks the board to pursue more aggressive ways to balance tharacial equation at the department and throughout the systertfr.j System officials have employed a number of plans to reach desegre gation goals federaUy mandated for the system in 1978.^ U.S. Depart ment of Education report published last year found the system had achieved uneven success in meeting those objectives. Board member Edward J. High of (See COMMUNITY, P. 2) , itfh School Students Compete For Honors schools in Wake, Franklin coun to select their Uon stu be named Business Education Stu ties! best dent, Outstan dent. This is a project of the Research Triangle Chapter of the Ad ministrative Management Society. “The purpose of this program is to recognize high school students who ♦tavfc excelled in papering ' IWwsinesfc” said Jack Beaman, pfesidRrttdf the cha er and a vice president of Dm item Life Insurance Co. All tl business education students will be honored by the AMS at its an nual Education Night on March 15 in Raleigh. One among them will be. named the outstanding student and will receive a $200 savings bond. Two other students will receive ISO bonds for achieving honorable mention. “Each senior student selected must have taken at least three business courses,” said L.E. Forrest, chair man of the Education Committee and a retired executive. “Judging will be on scholarship, leadership qualities, service activities, and total prepara tion for a business career.” The Administrative Management Society is a professional manage ment association with some 12,000 members nationally, and more than 60 in the Research Triangle Chapter. Its purpose is to promote the ex change of technical knowledge, management information, and the development of individual careers. (See SCHOOLS, P. 2) Ms. Garrett Athens Drive High School teacher Alice J. GaiTett of Raleigh has been appointed to the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees. Garrett, an 18-year veteran teacher, was named to the post Fri day at a meeting of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to fill a vacancy created by the resigna tion of Josephine Clement of Durham. Clement resigned due to health reasons. Garrett’s appointment ex tends through November 1989. She is the second public school teacher to be named to the 15-member board. A native of Rose Hill, Garrett teaches social studies in grades ll and 12 at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh. She has been at Athens Drive for five years and with the school system for a total of 11 years. Greater Efficiency To Greet Lenoir Voters At The Polls Voting machines may be in the near future for Lenoir County voters after an overcrowded commis sioners’ room of precinct workers, counters, registrars and other inter ested people appeared before the Lenoir County Commissioners Tues day to make the request. * After Robert “Bobby" WaUer, Democratic member of the Lenoir County Board of elections, made a presentation concerning the need for the machines, Commissioner George Graham moved that the commis sioners go on record supporting the conoept of voting machines. He also moved that the commissioners render a decision in 30 to 60 days. Permission was also granted to ac quire one of the voting machines be ing considered at no cost to the county to use in one of the precincts March s as a test, a step required by law before machines can be purchased. Waller said without the machines, the March • election will cost the county 915,000. The May S primary will cost approximately 930.000 and if a runoff primary is needed May 30, it will oost 990,000. "That’s 935,000 and we’re not to the general election,” he said. Currently, 80 counties have voting machines, 40 of those counties smaller than Lenoir County. “We like to see our county grow. We have more people registered and more people voting,” Waller said. He said the machines can be lease purchased. “The cost of the machines is 1378,000. Sixty machines are need ed.” Waller pointed out that the board of elections had made the voting machine requeet in May 1087. “You saw them. You saw them in opera tion, You looked at the Shouptronic (See LENOIR VOTERS. P. 2) Trying To improve Things __'. Polk Says More Blacks Appointed BY MARC LED Jamas K. PtKKctor of minortt some of bit goals and the governor's ac complishments M they relate to to hope to accomplish, as it relates to the minority community, is fatting out to them some of the ac complishments of this administration as it relates to minority affairs. I want to talk to them about the gover nor's appointment of minorities to jobs in state government. Jobs on boards and in agencies, Jobs on both the so-called lower level and in ex ecutive positions." j. - “And, I want to talk to them about the other kind of things that to governor and this administration has done in a beneficial and helpful way (or the black and minotrtty com munities. This governor and Ms administration has workad with neighborhoods and communities to try and improve things such as streets, roads, and parks." He added, ' ‘The governor has work ed to make sure mat minority com munities get those kind of amenities, if you will, to make a better living situation.” Polk said, "One of the advantages of knowing the governor for a long time la that I know he does not toot his things because be believes them to be right.” Polk pointed out that Gov. Martin participated in a hunger march in Charlotte that was part of the March on Washington in 1963. ‘iX&en we_ arrived at the stop** Parit Center, there was one other white elected official there. In all fairaees, if they were mere, I didn’t see them. And I knew all of them at that ttaao. If that march was not sym belie in where vou stood. there" was no need to have the march." Polk ateo pointed with pride at the way various agenda* within the state government were working on ad dressing the issues of poverty. He said the Department of Natural Resources is working with the Job Training Partnership Act and that the Department of Human Resources was addressing* lot of problems with Aid to Families with Dependent Children. He also pointed out that the Gover nor’s Council of Minority Executives has an initiative signed by die gover nor on self-sufficiency which puts em phasis on finding Jobs and training for people on welfare. Polk, who has been in office since Nov. 2,1987, said, “I will be looking at situations, assessing situations, and making recommendations. But without careful study, it is premature to do it now" (See JAMES POLK. P. 2) JAMES K. POLK
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