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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 3,1980
IT’S YOUR NEWSPAPER
SHOTGUN BLAST FATAL
‘World's fastest hums"
lesse Owens loses
fjjllt With cancer, (jjjg i. Jenkins receives
WCSt s Career annual
Service award
Rites held for P^ormance pormer gan Antonio
Mrs. Juanita incentive
1mm Of, one of the nation's greatest track itart, whose exploits
mi tea Mda4cr paths” amd (or him the title “World s fastest ho-
■mo", has ran ho final race. The 66-year-old super star died Monday
at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tncaon, a victim of WASHINGTON, D.C. - leak L.
Ina| cancer. He had learned, less than three month* ago, that be had Jenkiro deputy aencrml counsel
foSowiag a series of tests for what had been for the ^ Employment
. I —and setting new records aa he portnnlty CommWon (EEOC),
**<*£< "■*»—iy. ~ SSU*
tor outpetknt treatment, net , National Clvd Service Leggne’s
, (NCSL) Annuel Career Service
9 Award, ona of the highest honors
, for Federal workers.
EEOC Chair
on Febru-
ary II. On March 21, he was
Sown la Tncaon where he was
to the University
Health Science Center, where
he died. At his bedeidr when
the end came at 4 40 Monday
*inoting, ware hia wife, Rath,
and other members of bh fam
•r-
Owens' road to stardom in the
adtittk world started hi 1924 at
Fairmont Junior High School
hi Oavelanti, where he Ant toah
lumped track «Mn from Clave-
Commendation.
Ms. Jenkins is a 15-year veteran
of the Federal government, where
tha ha* worked at the Internal
Revenue Service an a tax law
■pedalist, and for the Justice
Department, whan ah* urged
case* In all 11 Federal Courts
of Appeal.
G. Blocker
Monday afternoon obsequies
were conducted in St Joseph's
Catholic Church (downtown)
for well known San Antonian
Mrs. Juanita G. Mocker.
Mrs. Blocker died Friday morn-
ing. March 28, in a local hospi-
tal.
A native San Antonian, she
plan
Norton, in nominating Me. Jen-
kins far the NCSL Award, des-
cribed the raripient as a model
hr othan in government es-
ia the High
ISA meters and 73 yawl
s&j&jtut___
of five
during tim 1936 Otympfca that pgss centers and hr
m the High the hranae hhate was to hme |h tion of lawyers with
throughout her career, Ms. Jen-
kins has received several awards
during her tenure in government
Among them are the Justice
Department’s Meritorious Str-
ike Award In 1972 and the
EEOCs Outstanding Performance
Award In 1978.
When the EEOC received en-
forcement power In 1971, tire
CnmmknloB looked for a highly
teHsd attorney with amnaga-
Ms. Jeakina the acnMrvd drills to fll tha newly
•ooh spacW not* of Ml created position of associate gen-
Intel ret and calm efficiency that
have earned ... har the genuine
not only of officials.
the 3§>yaed
the 220. m wel
He
wuys" at Ohhs
dty which he
the fail of 1933,
his “wianing
Itwnw dates asdsl
Survey shows
Nation’s cities face
"fiscal trouble”
WASHINGTON - A survey of 100 of the nation's larger cittas
draws that more than three out of four are facing or wM soon face
Bnatichd prohtenm, the Ui. Conference of Mayors has said.
Tha dOtaa wM have an ms harder time, accosdteg to the survey,
jf «h made in either the state share of the local share of tha
“Tha nation’s dim ary stiB ins fiscal trouble,” said John Gun
thor, executive director of the Conference. “This is no time for
hagfy bedgtl cuts which would
foeee them to sharply raha prop-
erty ttxer or curtail baric ser
.j___eo
The mrvey, made earlier this
month covered 43 of the na-
tion’s 30 largest cities end S3
Other dtias chosen at nsdsn;
Of thorn 100 cities, 42 said
they were having budget pro-
blems this year. Mom of this
cities sakl they had already
rahad taxes, reduced services,
laid off employees or made
ether budget adjustments
Another 17 dtias said their
budgets were stable now, hut
would face serious problem-.
during the next fiscal year. Only
21 cities reported their budgets
to he healthy or adequate.
Cutting out the state share of
the federal general revenue shar-
ing program would have some
immediate impact on about half
of the dtias in the survey. Sev-
eral others said they feared the
low of state revenue sharing
hinds would oeuse buget chan-
ges by state legislatures which
could be harmvbi to cities in
the future, j.....3, y ::::
The states now
choma to direct the work of the
tr.m.fhow Mym
gnkw in whieh k wm a de-
Icndmnt
In 1973, when appointed to her
muet significant “Shteteg Homp. tors In 22 dktrict offices. During present position m deputy gaurraJ
Here be proved to Nasi Hitter thh same period Ms. Jenkins counsel, aha assumed man^eriaJ
and the world that he. • block worked doaaly with agency offl- reapoaateShy far the work of
youth, wm the greatest trgck a* pm paring far ismmpteg srvcral hundred EEOC attorneys
jurisdiction over two additional throughout the country. Her com
statues, the Equal Pay Act and nitment and achievements wart
Age Discrimination in Employ- offlckdly rammended la 1978
meat Ad. which wm tranferred with the presentation of EEOCs
to EEOC from the Labor Dqpart- Outstanding Performance Award
an lift President Carter's y# lenVini m it
■MOT ■ lemmas ran • RH JCTHUflf ItvCIVCG WU /I.D
civfl rights reorganization. degree In government from In-
For her service during dih
period, the Commission previons- /
|y voted Ms. Jcnkim a Special (See SERVICE, Page 5)
MRS. JUANITA
breaking (See OWENS. Page 5)
EEOC win* injunction in
sexual harassment case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
UJ. Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission won a tem-
porary reatrainiag order (TRO)
against a Los Angelas glass com-
poay barring dhchasge of a
wcapttanim who m hocused
her horn, tha preaidant of the
> of unwelcome sexual
In a complaint Med
terete, or atari S2J billion a
year. The rant go directly to
local governments, t»»g ci-
ties.
Tha president of Golden State
Gina Company wm ordered to
continue paying the recaption-
tit’s salary, without having to
expose har sarin to tha work
Some of the state tends also environment, until a court boor
are paamd directly to local gov- teg scheduled for April 21. The
eminent*. The rest are used to motioe wm (Bed by EEOC
support statewide programs, before U S. District Judge Mat-
many of them important to d- coins M. Lucas of the Central
ties, including schools and soctel District Court. Las Angriea.
services. The woman had Med a sex
Both President Carter and the ual harassment charge with the
House Budget Committee have EEOC accusing the president of
proposed eiimtoating the state to* company of lewd conduct
diare of revenue sharing, which
would mean * lorn of SI.? Mb
lion during fiscal year 1981.
Both President Carter and the
Hoorn Budget Committee have
proposed efiminatteg the state
share of revenue sharing, which
would maan a km of $1.7 bil-
lion during fiscal year 1981.
All of the cities in the survey
agreed that cuts in the local
share of the revenue sharing
program would hurt their bud-
gets. Moat said such cuts would
(Set SURVEY. Par S)
and suggestive contacts and
aamment. When the wm dis-
charged. she filed a complaint
with EEOC charging retalia-
tion for having Med the fin
tion for having Ate the Ant
complaint. EEOC lawyers then
sought a TRO. In granting the
TRO. Judge Lucas said Mat If
the factual aBegations are true,
it would indicate that the
employer’s conduct was
| An EEOC investigation of the
woman's allegations of sexual
harassment was being conducted
when die was discharged on Feb-
ruary 24, 1980, without warn-
ing. Several witnesses corrobor-
ated Me woman’s alegatioos and
one former employee mid she
too had left die company be-
come of sexual advances by
the same employer.
EEOC attorneys did not ate
for the traditional relief of
reteatatemeat, arguing that it
would he inappropriate to rein-
state the woman in each a
working duration, Instead they
asked that her salary he con-
tinued pending the hearing.
The court approved the in-
junctive relief for the woman
under a provision of Title VII
of the Qvi Rights Act which re-
quires that the Commtision es-
tablish that a person has suffered
Irreparable harm and that there
h a need for immediate relief.
Commission lawyers argued
that few women are wiling to
come forward with accusations
of Mxuri harassment against
toek employer because of fear
of retaliation. If the Commti-
akxt cannot assure such persons
of protection under TWe VII*
they said, then such women
would be espectely reluctant
to utilize the law in protection
of thek rights.
The judge found that the Com-
mission had established a prim*
facie case that the wotuio's
discharge wm discriminatory.
Title VII prohibits an employer
from retaliating against a worker
for filing • charge or bringing
(See WINS, Par S)
wm the daughter of Mrs. Eleanor
Grumbles Colins and Alvin Jo-
seph Collins, both of whom pre-
ceded their daughter in death as
did her husband, the late Robert
B. Blocker.
The decedent wm a life-long
member of St Peter Clever and
St Joseph parishes. She atten-
ded St. Peter Claver High School
from which die graduated with
honors. She received both her
BA and MA degrees from St.
Mary’s University.
A veteran employee at Kelly
Ak Force Base, she logged a 37-
year-service record in the AF
Logistics Command, during
which time she received many
awards for outstanding achieve-
ments.
Mrs. Mocker is survived by a
host of relatives in San Antonio
and other cities.
Interment was made in San
Fernando Cemetery with ar-
rangements by Sutton and Sut-
ton Mortuary, inc.
April Cancer
Control Month
in Texas
Governor William P. Clements
has proclaimed April Cancer
Control Month in Texas.
Governor Clements met at the
capitol with Dr. Jim C. Terrell,
Jr. of StephenviHe, state Pre-
sident of the Texas Dhrtiion,
Hoping to reduce and retain
justified personnel, Bexar Coun-
ty Hospital District’s Board of
Managers Tuesday voted to
launch and incentive pay plan
for hospital employees, begin-
ning Sept. 1.
Dubbed “P.IJ*." - Performance
Incentive Plan - the new mea-
sure will recognize and reward
the employees whore job per-
formance has been high during
specified evaluation periods.
The Hospital District has not
had a merit pay plan for em-
ployees for the past two years,
a situation which administrators
feel has led to difficulties in
retaining and recruiting quali-
fied employees to work at
Bexar County Hospital and the
Robert B. Green Hospital.
The P.1JP. pay increase will
be available in addition to any
coat of living adjustment or in-
crease aa a result of promotion.
Under the new incentive pay
plan, the first to benefit wU be
been on the j ub for five yaws
or longer. The group wflf re-
ceive a one-time longevity bonus
of three percent, effective Sept.
1, the start-up date of the plan.
All other employees, excluding
temporary personnel, will be-
come eligible for incentive raises
upon reaching specified anniver-
sary dates. Under the guidelines,
\ personnel meeting qualification
criteria wffl be eligible for a two
percent hike at their six-month
and one-year anniversary dates
with toe Hospital District.
Three percent hires will be
possible at anniversary dates of
two, three, four, five, seven,
nine, eleven, thirteen, fifteen,
seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one,
twenty-three and twenty-five
years.
The one-time longevity bonus
will cost the District $240,000,
while incentive raises for the
remainder of the year, beginning
Sept. 1, wll amount to
$100,000. Funda for the hikes
wfll come from savings in bud-
geted employe* positions which
have been unfilled.
The annual coat of the incen-
woman shot to
death; mate charged
Funeral services were held here, Saturday afternoon, for Mrs.
Octavia Sharon Ferguson, a former San Antonian, who was toot to
death during an argument with her husband in EMson AFB,
Alaska. Elder C.W. Stewart officiated at the obsequies conducted
in Evangelist Temple Church of God in Christ; interment foflowed
in Eastview Cemetery.
At xister of the murdered woman told Register that Mrs. Ferguson
had been gunned down by her
husband, Marcellus Ferguson,
33, aa the couple quarreled at
thek base quarters on March 19.
With a gaping wound in her
chest from the shotgun blast,
Mrs. Ferguson died in the
base hospital.
Ferguson, according to the
informant, has been charged
with murder in his wife's death.
Mrs. Ferguson was the mother
of two small children-a two-
months-old boy, and a girl,
7. Both of the children are
now with Fezguson’s parents in
A native San Antonian, Mrs.
Ferguson attended the local
public schools. She is the
daughter of Mis. Victoria
Stafford, who makes her home
at 242 Oklahoma street.
In addition to her mother.
brothers.
Funeral
OCTAVIA S. FERC
under the direction of Sutton
other survivors include a step- *"d Sutton Mortuary, lire., with
father, two sisters and three interment in Eastview Cemetery.
Lowery sees ray
of hope in
court reversal
research grants are
in effect at 11 Texas institu-
tions. In accepting the Procla-
mation Dr. Terrell announced
that the chairman of the Divi-
sion Crusade Committee, Mrs.
James (Juandetie) Lacy of Mid-
land, had recently made a
$ 27, $00 contribution toward
one of those research projects: ^
a new anti-tumor substance
known as interferon. Mr.
and Mn. Lacy have also
announced a special statewide
campaign to rake an additional
$ 2 mil ion far research on the
promising drug. According to
Dr. Terrell the National Society
cancer research scientist from
research scientist from
ATLANTA- Reverend Joseph
E. Lowery president of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC), applauded
the March 18 reversal of the rape
conviction of Tommy Lee Hines,
a retarded black man whose
.....conviction of the assault of a
currently white woman sparked weeks of
protest in North Alabama.
Lowery said the reversal by the
Alabama Court of Criminal Ap-
peals is, “a ray of hope for the
poor ad blacks in Alabama’s
criminal justice system”. Lowery
emphasized that the reversal
shows the importance of ex-
posing oppression as SCLC has
done.
SCLC first march in support
of Hkies on May 26, 1978 in
Decatur. Alabama. That march
erupted into bloodshed when
the Ku Klux Kian tried to
block the parade route of
the marchers. Lowery and his
wife, Evelyn narrowly escaped
H v‘V'M
'
death when the nonviolent pro-
test turned into a violent melee.
Four blacks were shot in toe
head - (fortunately none died)
and two (Clansmen were shot
when the KICK opened fire on
the marchers. A year later on
June 9, 1979, more than 3,000
black and white demonatretore,
led by Reverend Lowery,
. marched through tha streets of
Decatur to protest toe all-while
jury’s conviction of Hints.
The Alabama Appeals Court
said Hines fated to receive a
fair trial in Cullman County
in its ruling on March IS. The
court sent his cats back to
Cullman for retrial,
however, says “Decatur
Alabama officiate tfiould drop
aU charges against Hkn aud so!
subject him to the torture of
another trial since tea court
has i
able'
miss lb le as evidence in tire case.
cancer
the University of Texas at
Austin.
In an Executive statement the
Governor urged aR Texans to
heed the lifesaving messages of
the American Cancer Society
and to provide generous support
for its 1980 Crusade.
Dr. Walter is one of 40
American Cancer Society
researchers doing work in Texas
rf.«ai i-hi- it rfolng work In Texas.
Over S 4.4 mfllion of ACS
million toward Interferon re-
search, some of which h being
carried out at M.D Anderson
Hospital in Houston.
Funds given to the American
Cancer Society are used to sup-
port its three-part program of
Research, Service to cancer pa-
tients and Education. 29,536
patients were given assistance
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