The Register, 1976-10-22

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VOLUME XLVIII NUMBER 16 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO OCTOBER 22, 1976
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Temporarily Steps Down
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Janet Harbison has the homecoming spirit.      Staff Photo by Fred Duckett
JudgeRulesInFavor Of NAACP
Oxford, Miss.(AP)-The
NAACP is hailing as " a great
victory" a judge's ruling that
blocks 12 white Port Gibson
merchants from collecting $1.2
i million in damages and reduces a
state-imposed appeal bond.
"It keeps the NAACP in
business and allows them to take
the appeal without bankrupting
the organization," attorney
Frank Parker said after the
decision Wednesday.
Nathaniel Jones, legal counsel
for the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, said the appeal may take
up to three years. Parker also
estimated the appeal would cost
the NAACP about $500,000.
U.S. District Judge Orma
Smith's injunction prohibits
collection of the judgment
during the appeal and stays the
requirement for an appeal bond
amounting to 125 per cent of the
judgment, or $1.56 million. He
payable to the federal court.
Smith said he issued the order
to prevent "immediate and
irreparable harm" to the NAACP
while it appeals to the Mississippi
Supreme Court and, if necessary,
to the U.S. Supreme Court.
V* The NAACP had claimed the
award and the appeal bond
would bankrupt theorganization
that it would be able to post the
$100,000 bond.
In his ruling, Smith also
overturned the state court's ban
on further boycotting or
picketing by the NAACP, saying
such a prohibition would
"seriously impair their (NAACP)
rights to free speech and
association. This is in and of
itself  an   irreparable injury."
He Umited the prohibition
"only to physical violence,
damage to any real or personal
property or obstructing the
interests"     of    any    place    of
The merchants were awarded
the damage judgment by
Chancery Judge George Hayes in
August o.i grounds that they
were innocent victims of a
boycott by Blacks in the late
1960's.
The boycott was designed to
force them to use their influence
to change local government in
Port Gibson, a town of about
3,000 persons in a predominately
Black area along the Mississippi
River. Haynes said the protest
was a secondary boycott
prohibited by Mississippi law.
By Craig R. Turner
John   S.  Stewart temporarily
stepped down from his position
as   chairman   of   the Board of
Trustees   in   a  trustee,   meeting
here Wednesday.
Stewart, who was convicted of
four charges brought against him
in a savings rnd loan scandal,
announced lis resignation
shortly after he was re-elected
chairman of the board.
Stewart said in a prepared
statement that, because of the
actions taken against him by
federal authorities, it would be in
the interest of the university for
him to step down until his case
is   resolved.
Vice-chairman Dr. Otis
Tillman assumed the chair's role
and expressed confidence in and
support for Stewart.
Stewart also said that he
would not be open to public
comments about legal action
against him on the advice of his
lawyer.
The board also voted to keep
Stewart on the Board of Trustees
even though he stepped down
from his post. There were no
dissenting votes.
In other business in that
meeting, the trustees voted to go
ahead with plans to make the
Driver Education program a
department as well as Media
Education. Recommendations
for the titles of Professor
Emeritus were approved also.
The recipients of that title
were Arm and Richardson in
engineering,    Mrs. Clara   Evans,
home economics; and Dr. Donald
Edwards, physics.
The board also heard reports
from the officers of fiscal affairs,
student affairs, development and
university relations, and
academic affairs.
Dr. Jesse Marshall, head of
student affairs, cited several
recruitment and placement
programs as great tools for the
advancment of A&T seniors.
Matthew King, head of fiscal
affairs, stated that the university
had functioned in some deficits
but was in good shape thus far in
this fiscal year.
Dr. Albert Smith, the newly
appointed head of development
and university relations, stated
that he was very happy in
return . , to A&T which is his
alma mater.
He said that A&T had the
framework to build on. He
pointed out that his department
was perhaps one of the most
important ones on campus.
Smith pointed to the area of the
Foundation and Industry Cluster
as an area of improvement.
"We need to expand on the
industry cluster to draw in more
support outside the university.
We also need to look into the
area of donations."
"As of now University
Foundation donations and grants
come in the area of restrictive
donations. They can only be
used for a specific purpose. We
need to maintain that but also go
all out in trying to improve on
getting some unrestrictive ones as
(See Board, Page 3)
substituted   a   $100,000   bond,      business.
Advisory Board Members
To Attend  Conference
By Maxine McNeill
Sunday, October 24, the
members of the Student
Advisory Board will journey to
Hampton and William and Mary
College to attend a region five
conference. They will be
accompanied by their advisor,
Mrs. Margaret Faust.
The purpose of this
conference is to compare and
contrast the advisory boards of
the other colleges and
universities that have boards and
are also in region five with' A&T,
said Mrs. Faust. Some of these
other schools are NCCU, Virginia
(See Students, Page 3)
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