The Chronicle Call the Tonight, Lows in the 40'S

The Chronicle Call the Tonight, Lows in the 40'S

TIP US OFF If you know of any news WEATHER around campus, please Sunny skies with tem­ pass the information on to perature in the mid to up­ per 60's. Partly cloudy The Chronicle Call the tonight, lows in the 40's. news editor at 684-2663 Probability of rain is 20 Sunday through Thurs­ per cent all day. day between 3 and 5. The Chronicle Duke University Volume 73, Number 33 Tuesday, October 18,1977 Durham, North Carolina Kreps heads forum on corporate giving By Barry Bryant of the Arts: and Sanford. Between 75 and 85 corporate chief executives are ex­ Charity examined pected here tomorrow to attend a conference on corporate Sanford said that the purpose of the conference is to ex­ e social responsibility, according to President Terry San­ amine the support of the private non-profit sector by the ford. private profit-making sector in America. Juanita Kreps, U.S. secretary of commerce, will deliver "Corporations have a great stake in preserving a major policy statement, Earl Cox, Kreps' director of freedom in society," Sanford said. "The non­ broadcasting, said. governmental sectors have a common cause- Cox said Kreps will call on corporations to commit a independence from governmental domination." UPI photo greater portion of their resources to the "public interest" The diversity resulting from the combination of the Other participants in the conference include Vernon private and public sectors is one of the most important Juanita Kreps, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, will Jordan, executive director of the National Urban League; forces contribution to the constant improvement of socie­ address the corporate chief executives during a John D. Rockefeller IH; VS. Rep. Al Ullman (Dem, Ore.), ty, according to Sanford. conference on corporate social responsibility. chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; Sanford said that corporations will be encouraged to Nancy Hanks, chairwoman of the National Endowment give up to five per cent of their income to chairty. Five per cent is the maximum amount that may be deducted from income tax under present law. ZANU representative to speak For most corporations, this means that about half their contribution will be a reduction in profit, the other half a reduction in income tax. Corporations now give an average of slightly more on Rhodesian liberation war than one per cent of their profits to charitable contribu­ tions, according to William Green, director of duke Public Information By Mark Kirby Students restricted Tirivali Kangai, a representative of Rhodesia's largest In a prepared statement, Sanford said participation by liberation organization, will speak tonight at 7 in York students will be limited. Chapel of the Divinity School on the 12-year-old struggle "(The conference) was not staged as a University for freedom in Zimbabwe, the African name for Rhodesia. forum to which all could be invited. We have some 100 Kangai, Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) students in attendance. Other students who feei they Deputy Representative to the United Nations, the Unit­ would benefit, especially those who are engaged in ed States and the Caribbean, is delivering a series of studies related to the subject, may apply to the Universi­ talks in this area. ty Advancement Office on Campus Drive for an ob­ He is expected to examine the current British- servers badge. Admission is by badge only," according to American proposals for settling the conflict and to relate Sanford. the status of the liberation war. The have yet to win ap­ The conference will begin with breakfast in the Paul proval of either of Rhodesian white minority government M Gross Memorial Chemical Laboratory. Governor or the opposition Patriotic Front, of which the ZANU is a James B. Hunt will welcome the participants. member. Five events "The struggle in Zimbabwe," according to Kangai, "is a UPI photo The rest of the conference will be in the Law School national democratic struggle of the Zimbabwean people Pictured above is one result of the current con­ Moot Courtroom. The schedule and topics are as follows: from control of their land and natural resources and to flict in Rhodesia. Tirivali Kangai will be on cam­ 9:30-12:30 John D. Rockefellor m, The Private Non­ eventually form a people's government" pus tonight to speak on issues regarding profit Sector; John Harper, The State of Corporate Social Rhodesia is rulled by some 250,000 whites who ex­ (Continued on page 7) ercise effective colonial control over the six million black Rhodesia. African inhabitants of the country. The white govern­ ment is led by Prime Minister Ian Smith. Volunteers needed: Kangai's local visit is sponsored by the African Liberation Day Coalition, which is composed of various groups in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Greensboro area. One of the Durham-based member groups, the Com­ Durham association seeks aid mittee for Medical Aid to Southern Africa, has issued an By Manny Capsalis will be given to local hospitals for their patient appeal to the public for medical supplies, medical tex­ The Mental Health Association of Durham funds to be divided among patients without tbooks and money to be presented to Kangai when he vis­ County is extending a particular invitation to the families. its Durham. Duke community in its search for volunteers to fill Other service programs include winter lectures, The committee is a group is health workers, students, a wide variety of jobs. a legislative committee studying mental health and professional doctors in the area who are concerned According to Carol Blaydon, the jobs range from about the acute medical problems in south Africa. laws and a social club which provides a place for af­ work with patients to clerical work, serving the as­ Carol Collins, a member of the Chicago committee for ter-care patients to get together in a friendly at­ African Liberation visited two Rhodesian refugee camps sociation's goal of "promoting mental health." mosphere. in Mozambique in February of 1977. Financed primarily by the United Fund, the Blaydon further noted that very flexible hours She reported that medical facilities consist of "only a group's main goal is to educate the Durham com­ and job offerings are available. The associations few huts and a handful of drugs". According to Collins, il­ munity about mental health. hours are 9-1, Monday through Thursday. Any stu­ lness is rampant due to the primitive conditions in the "The Association's purpose is to eliminate the dents wishing to volunteer may contact the Mental camps. stigma of mental illness....to promote mental Health Association of Durham County at 688-4363. The Committee has placed a box in Flowers Lounge to health," Blaydon said. The Association hopes to collect clothes for Zimbabwean refugees. acheive its goal through service programs. Kangai's visit is part of a series of activities planned These service programs are the main area where by the Zimbabwe Liberation Day Coalition leading up to volunteer work is needed, Blaydon said. The most Ruby Tuesday Zimbabwe Liberation Day, November 12. Local de­ notable include "Operation Santa Claus," in which monstrations throughout the United States, including some in Greensboro and Durham, are planned for Nov. the associatin will be going around to local 12. merchants in search of merchandise or money See our puUout The demonstrations will mark the date on which, in donations. 1965, the United Nations adopted a resolution calling The merchandise will be divided up into separate on parapyschology the Rhodesian government illegal and urging all nations Christmas packages which will be given to to refuse to recognize it children in local hospitals. The money donations Page Two The Chronicle Tuesday, October 18,1977 SPECTRUM SPECTRUM POLICY: 8 p.m. in 201 Union. TRANSCENDEN­ The HUNGER TASK FORCE of TRANSFERS: There will I THE DUKE ORCHID SOCIETY will TAL MEDITATION PROGRAM— meet this Thursday at 8 pjn. in 113 Bio- Gatherings and other announcements may be DUPM will meet in the Div. School at 7 pjn. in 219 Soc-Sci. Any a Regaining Full Potential. Thur*. Oct 30. Lounge st 5:00 p.m. or ideas are welcome Get psyched far Sci. Utilization of our GREENHOUSE placed in SPECTRUM, provided that the following 7:30 pjn. 201 Union. Pi 2, All invited. another great Halloween party! See you rules are followed. All items to be run in SPECTRUM The DUKE UNION MAJOR ATTRAC- If you can't an FREEWATER votes on its Thurs. Spr­ TIONS Committee will have its regular must be typed on a 45-space line and limited to 30 contact Jeff i 684-0383 or Steve at ing series at 6:30 in Old Chem. All are meeting at 6:30 pjn. in 139 Soc-Sci. All words. Do NOT type items in all capital letters. Items interested people are welcome to attend. 684-7677. must be submitted before 3 p.m. the day before they GENERAL Information meeting, Oak Ridge As­ are rim, and should be run only the day before and SOCIOLOGY MAJORS UNION sociated Universities. S run. in 101 ITALIAN I—Those interested in join­ the day of the event GENERAL items are run subject MEETING in commons mom at 5. Light Flowers. Opportunities for student ing Italian club, meet at 101 Union Rldg. to space limitations. Failure to comply with the above supper Seniors. S pjn. Wed. 19th. No previous knowledge Interviews for open student positions participation in federal laboratories and of language necessary. If you cannot at­ will result in the item being eliminated without notice. Wed. night COMMUNION in Duke on the Publications Board will be held research facilities. Call X2677 for IB- tend csllJack .-1823« Lyn .-0784.

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