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Page 5 November 6, 1982 for the beach before the clock struck 12:00. Daytona Beach, also the world’s most famous beach, is a beautiful sight to behold with its sandy - white beachside and the fact that people can actually drive on (and sometimes unfor- tunally into) the beach. Reporters from the Observer staff found out that one of the most frightening things that occur on the beach is that sharks swim close to the edges of the water. However, this does not occur often and can be expected of any ocean front resort. Now, many had never been to Daytona Beach before and for that reason they strolled up and down the beach for sights. Students seemed to enjoy themselves as many played volleyball, threw frisbees, built tourist seeking a little R&R. There are convenient and comfortable hotels along the beach front. The Mayan Inn, for example, offers large and spacious rooms with kitchens and shapely pool for those who prefer pool over ocean swim ming. The beach boardwalk, a con glomeration of rides, pop corn, and ice cream stands add a coney island atmosphere to the sur roundings. For those vacationers who consider restaurants and good food an important part of their vacation there are plenty of seafood restaurants on the beach to chose from. Among them include an Italian and seafood spot which offers a seafood platter, as well as a more than generous portion of Night Life By Sandra Clark sand castles sun-tanned, and threw others reluctant to swim into the water. The weather is warm, balmy and mellow with a stiring sea breeze coming in from the ocean. The setting, a white sandy beach, back dropped against a row of scenic beach front hotels. The place is Daytona Beach, Florida. This is the atmospehre which awaits any weekend vacationer who decides to visit Daytona Beach on the east central coast of Florida. It is a well known tourist spot with plenty to offer any lasanga for those whose pallets prefer Italian crusine. Daytona Beach is never short on nightlife. There are a variety of night clubs to suit everyone's particular taste. The Ocean Decker, a club with calaypso anviance features a live Reggae band for entertainment, exotic drinks and ocean side relaxation. Food, nightlife, reasonable and comfortable lodgings, plen ty of beach and sea air, all the makings of the perfect in gredients for a fall or spring break in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Wolverine Observer SCLC President Joseph Lowery SCLC President Is Arrested In PCB Protest Reverend Joeseph Lowery, acting president of the Southern Christian Leadership Con ference has been arrested twice in Monroe country, N.C. while protesting the dumping of the toxic waste PCB in that county. In a statement to thepress Rev. Lowery called the dumping of PCB, “an assault on the life and dignity of the citizens of Warren county.” The Southern Christain Leadership Conference was in vited to protest the dumping of PCB by the members of S.C.L.C. in Warren county, N.C., and members of the Warren county citizens against P.C.B. Since the beginning of September the citizens of Warren county, with the aid of S.C.L.C. have been protesting the dumping of toxic waste in their community. The dumpsite is near residences and churches and the citizens fear the con tamination of wells and their water supply. Rev. Lowery was arrested tor the first time on Sept. 20th and again on Oct. 4th. Lowery is one of many activist who have been invited by the citizens of Warren county to join in the protest. Other national figures invited to participate in the protest include Rev. Ben Chavis, fromer Wilmington 10 political prisoner and spokesman for the National Black Independent Political Par ty; Lois Gibbs of Love Canal, N.Y. and S.C.L.C. leader Rep, Walter Fauntroy (D - D.C.) Presently an estimated 35,000 tons of soil contaminated with the toxic chemical PCB (Polychorinated biphenyls) , is being dumped in Warren coun ty. In 1978,210 - miles of roadside were contaminated by illegal dumping of PCB. PCB’s were used in electrical transformers as a cooling agent and were banned by the federal government, due to the linkage with cancer, which was found in laboratory animals several years ago. Six sites in North Carolina were investigated by the state and the Environmental Agency and Warren County was rated fifth. Other sites considered by the state in other counties, were withdrawn after protest by citizens. Hundreds of thousands of acres of more suitable land were available to the state, but Warren County was chosen because of certain ac comodating factors: The County was rural, poor and largely black populated. Members of the Con gressional Black Caucus have dispatched a wire to Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina requesting a delay in dumping until a subcommittee on health and environment has an oppor tunity to assess the situation. The members are caucus Chairman Walter Fauntroy, con gresswoman Cardiss Collins (D - 111.) and congressman Mickey Leland (D - Tex) Fauntroy has also served notice to Gov. Hunt that he will chairan investigation of the Warren county landfill. Warren county residents, black and white and their sup porters say that the site of the dumping is only 1.6 miles from a nearby elementary school. The bitter battle between the state of North Carolina and the residents of Warren county has been intensifying each week. On Sept. 28, 393 people had been arrested for trying to block dump trucks from entering the landfill site. This happened after 500 more protestors marched on the site the day before. Fauntroy was one of 114 arrested in that protest. Meanwhile Gov. Hunt has complained about the more than $160,000 spent to station up wards of 70 North Carolina highway patrolman at the site for security. As the civil dis- obediance continued, the state upped the ante. Previously, protestors had been charged with impeding traffic; the charge now is resisting arrest, which carries a bigger fine and more jail time. The increased repression did not deter the protestors, however. Among those arrested Sept. 27 in addition to Fauntroy, were activist Ann Sheppard of the Wilmington 10, Communist Workers Party leader Nelson Johnson, Evelyn Lowery, wife of S.C.L.C. HEAD Joseph Lowery, and Dr. Martha Nathan, presi dent of the Greensboro Justice and window of one of five CWP leaders murdered by Klan and Nazis in Greensboro in 1979. As far back as Sept. 23, more than 200 Warren county residents brought their protest to the state capital, where they were joined by 100 supporters from the Raleigh area. Meanwhile, the landfill, which is 575 feet long, 274 feet wide, and 24 feet deep, is almost half - full continued on page 7