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James Brown
Former presidents
cost citizens $26 million
WASHINGTON—Taxpayers are
paying more than $26 million a
year to support the retirement ac
tivities of three former presidents
and the libraries of seven former
White House occupants, it was
reported Sunday.
U.S. News and World Report
said some of the “exotic, although
quite legal, expenses” its reporters
discovered while searching official
records included $4.99 to wash one
of Gerald Ford’s cars, SSOO to
open one of Richard Nixon’s filing
cabinets after the key was lost, and
$12,000 to buy an Oriental-style
1 rug for Jimmy. Carter’s office.
! Ford’s telephone bill last year
1 was $34,549, while Nixon’s was
r $31,000, the report said. Carter’s
1 telephone bill was $24,800, the
' U.S. News study said.
*' Each of the nation’s three living
'* former presidents receives an an
nual $70,000 pension.
j Ford gets a total of about
® SIOO,OOO with credit for his
* congressional and military service.
Mclntyre gets award
■ Mayor Edward M. Mclntyre
, received the second R.A. “Papa”
4 Dent Memorial Award, April 22,
in Atlanta at the annual meeting of
.GABEO.
i The R.A. “Papa” Dent
! Memorial Award honoring the
• Outstanding Public Servant of the
; Year is given annually for
achievement, leadership,
.dedication, service to the com
zmunity and state, and service
■beyond the call of duty.
j The award is for unselfishness,
strong, cultural conviction, and
Success in the influencing of public
.policy.
s The nominee need not be a
jmember of the Georgia
of Black Elected Of
ficials, but must be an elected or
fippomted official of a political
Subdivision of the State of
Carter gets $150,000 a
year—which will drop to $96,000
in July as the 30-month transition
period ends —for staff salaries for
six full-time workers, two interns
and six volunteers in his Atlanta
office.
The magazine found that Carter
spent $292,800 for office expenses
last year, $105,349 for furniture.
Gerald Ford’s office budget this
year is $249,000, including $55,698
to rent office space next to his
home near the 13th fairway of
Thunderbird Country Club in
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Nixon spent $236,902 for office
expenses last year, including
$4,703 for printing costs, $3,230
for office supplies and $2,826 for
newspapers and periodicals, and
$62,651 in annual rent for his of
fice in a lower Manhattan federal
building.
The presidential com
memorative libraries, which now
number seven, cost another sl4
million a year, the magazine said.
Georgia.
The award is under the sponsor
ship of the Georgia Association of
Black Elected Officials, Inc., and
is known as the Distinguished Ser
vice Award. It was first conferred
in Augusta in 1982.
The first recipient was for 1981
and awarded to former Atlanta
Mayor Maynard H. Jackson.
There is a permanent plaque that
will bear the first 18 recipients and
will be displayed in the Capitol
beneath the portrait of “Papa”
Dent that is to be hung in the
Capitol.
The award is named in memory
of the late Richard A. Dent, a
distinguished state representative
from Augusta who dedicated his
life to the betterment of his com
munity and state.
Gladys Knight and
Pips going strong
after 27 years
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James Brown
tops on all-time
R&B list
Entertainer James Brown last
week received the Billboard Life
Achievement Award for having the
largest number of number one
records of any rhythym and blues
singer ever.
Brown was presented the award
on a nationally televised salute to
rhythym and blues artists.
The library costs range from
$806,000 this year for the Herbert
Hoover Library in West Branch,
lowa, to $2,073,800 for the Lyn
don Johnson Library in Austin,
Texas.
Williams named permanent dean
Dr. Roger Williams was ap
pointed dean of Academic Affairs
Saturday at the semi-annual
meeting of the Paine College
Board of Trustees.
Williams was recommended for
the post by Paine President
William H. Harris, following
a national search for to fill the
post—a search which began in Sep
tember of 1982.
In announcing Williams’ ap
pointment, Harris said he was “ex
tremely pleased with the results of
the search procedure, and
delighted with Dr. Williams’ ac
ceptance.” Harris added that he is
very enthusiastic about the
academic growth in store for Paine
College in the next few years, and
Williams’ contributions to that
growth.
Williams has served as acting
academic dean at Paine College,
Ray Charles needs just nine
words to explain his life and his
music, both of which are complex,
controversial and captivating.
“If you don’t feel it, don’t fool
with it,” he said last week after he
and his orchestra performed for
buyers and sellers attending the
Atlanta Apparel Mart’s fall
clothing show.
Ray Charles is criticized for
performing in South Africa
Protestors picket
Ray Charles for
South Africr **"*"
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April 30,1983
We urge all of our
readers to go to the polls
and vote for the bond
issues to renovate Bell
Auditorium, provide ad
ditional funds for the
school system, and to keep
Supreme Court Justice
Hardy Gregory on the
Bench.
While it is being argued
that the arts are enjoyed
by only a few, that is no
reason that a suitable place
for the arts should not be
available in a city that puts
such emphasis on growth
and attracting industry.
When industry con
siders locating in a com
munity, it looks at the
quality of life in that
community and what it
has to offer to them and
their employees. While the
people who make these
decisions may be few in
number, they are the ones
who bring the jobs to this
community or take them
elsewhere.
More importantly, the
arts are available to
everyone. It could be
argued that, percentage
wise, few people go to high
school football games, but
that is no reason for them
not to be available and
housed in suitable arenas
Dr. Roger Williams
since July 1, 1981. He joined the
college staff as an instructor in
1976; he then served as assistant
To Charles, it’s all that simple,
no matter whether the subject is his
status as the soul of the blues, his
use of heroin, his blindness or sim
ply his music. He doesn’t hide
behind rambling explanations, or
otherwise sidestep issues.
His songs and statements are
usually punctuated by smiles.
When people don’t get things
Vote yes!
Editorial
for those who do enjoy
them.
We also urge that funds
needed to expand
educational opportunities
be granted. All of us op
pose waste; however, the
tax cap on education is one
of the most foolish ideas that
we’ve come across. In a
state that is virtually on
the bottom when in comes
to the amount of money
spent to educate our
children, we come up with
a tax cap which further
limits their learning.
Some things are worth
paying for. Certainly, we
should be willing to give
our children the best
possible education,
whatever the cost.
Finally, we urge that
you remember to vote to
keep Hardy Gregory on
the Supreme Court.
Historically, we are not
often in a position where
we have a candidate that
we really want to vote for.
More often we find our
selves voting against
someone. Hardy Gregory
is a candidate that we can
vote for and feel confident
that we’ve voted for a per
son we can trust. His
record is evidence of that
trust.
academic dean from 1977 to 1980,
and again in 1981.
He holds a B.A. in French from
Morehouse College, an M.A. in
French from Atlanta University,
and a Ph.D in language education
from the University of Georgia.
He is also a former Fulbright travel
grantee.
A 39-year-old native of Lincoln
ton, Ga., Williams said that he sees
as his first major goal the smooth
implementation of Paine’s return
to the semester system, starting in
August.
“That’s the largest immediate
project,” Williams said. “But
looking down the pike, the Dean’s
Office will be working to assure
that all Paine students are enrolled
into the proper developmental
courses at the proper times, and
see Williams, page 2
right, though, Charles displays
flashes of testiness. That happened
during his show when he stopped
the music to admonish the
Raelets—five women whose
voices, looks and choreographed
moves make them a show in them
selves—and again during the press
conference that followed when he
was asked about anti-aparatheid
3 ex-presidents
cost taxpayers
C7a million a year
Less than 75 percent Advertising
Ruth B. Crawford
Mrs. Crawford
is honored
Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford, volun
teer director of the Shiloh Com
prehensive Community Center,
received the 1983 Humanitarian of
the Year Award in ceremonies last
Thursday night at the Pinnacle
Club.
Mrs. Crawford was honored by
the University Health Care Foun
dation, Inc. for her dedication to
serving the needs of her neigh
borhood. In 1977, she organized
volunteers to rehabilitate and staff
the Shiloh Center on Fifteenth
Street which now provides services
to youth and senior citizens.
Mrs. Crawford is the fourth per
son to receive the Humanitarian of
the Year award, which is presented
annually to a person who serves
the community through volunteer
efforts.
Shiloh is located on a 7-acre site
which housed the Shiloh Orphan
Home since 1908. The building
was abandoned in 1970 and began
to deteriorate.
A retired school teacher, Mrs.
Crawford saw the opportunity to
use the center to combat the effects
of rising crime, juvenile delinquen
cy, and the problems of the
elderly.
She organized concerned citizens
to obtain the permission of the
directors of the old orphanage to
use the property. She used volunteer
labor to rehabilitate the building
and to obtain community resour
ces for the project.
The center now has Meal on
Wheels and Feed-a-Kid program, a
sewing class, activities for the han
dicapped, girl and boy scout
groups, and a health education
program.
A graduate of Paine College and
Indiana University, Mrs. Crawford
was one of the organizers of the
Augusta Chapter of the National
Association of University Women,
and is past president of the
Augusta Chapter of the Paine
College Alumni Association and
the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is also a member of the CSRA
Senior Citizens Council, and the
Girl Scouts of America. She is a
member of the Williams Memorial
C.M.E. Church.
pickets at his concerts.
The Raelets were no problem:
They got their act together im
mediately. But there’s nothing
Charles can do to stop people from
protesting his performances in
South Africa, and his frustration
was obvious.
“The people doing the picketing
see Ray Charles, page 7
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