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Dr. Frank
Bryant
3; BY ELMYRA WILLIS
Just like his father, Dr. Bryant attended elementary
Frank Bryant is making his scho°* “* East Texas and
mark in Sag Antonio. Bom his fami|y moved to San An*
to the late professor Frank
Bryant, Sr and Mrs Go,die
Bryant, the senior Bryant was
principal of a high school that
had been named in his honor-
Bryant High School in Pine-
land, Texas. Mrs. Bryant was View A & M University in
a teacher there. >952 and his medical degree
I • A • • A • *A« • Aa fA( •
tonio when he was 13. A
1948 graduate of Phillis
Wheatley High School,
Bryant, received his bachelor
of science degree from Prairie
from'the University of Texas
Medical School in Galveston,
Tx. in 1956.
He did one year internship
at the Robert B. Green Hos-
pital before his three year
duty in the military.
“Everyone has a right to
medical treatment in the need
area,” says Bryant. He had
always had a strong desire to
help. Bryant feels a closeness
to the entire East side com-
munity and has always had a
personal committment to give
them the best medical care
possible.
During his career, Bryant
has always found the time to
work at various clinics around
the city, designed primarily ing contributions in the fieldj
for the indigent in addition of medicine and his contrib-(
to Jus private practice. utions to „Iacks in Tex|*
He has received numerous |n ,979 Bryant received the!
awards and honors for his C. J. Sutton Award for out-
work in the areas, the most standing service to the com-1
recent being a certificate of munity ,n 1980 EUa Austin
merit by the Legislative Black ;j
Caucas in February of this
year.
He was cited for outstand- (Continued on Page 13)
SAN JcJTTONIO REGISTER
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VOL 51 NO. 3
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1981
ITS YOUR NEWSPAPER
Friends aid man In committing suicide
Deadline for
City taxes
VEP say blacks are
under represented
Atlanta, Ga.. The Voter Edu-
cation Project, Inc. (VEP) has
released the remits of a sur-
vey of black school board
members in 10 southern
states.
The survey, done by VlP'i
Research Department, show-
ed that although black school
board members make up the
second largest number of
black elected officials in the
South, blacks are underrrprr
rented (in proportion to the
black student population) on
73 percent of the school
boards.
VEP Research Associate.
Ridrmd Hadis, commented,
“Of those responding to the
surrey a majority saw them
rehes as instrumental in fight
ing racism in their school dis-
trict.” Hr continued. “The
respondents expressed con-
cern over the discriminatory
treatment of black teachers
and students which mani-
fests itself in Mack teachers
not being promoted accord-
ing to merit and the higher
rale of suspensions and ex-
pul Sons of black students as
compared to white.”
Fifty eight percent of the
respondents to the survey
said (hat the effort to dese-
gregate schools in their com-
munity had caused major pro-
Menu. There problems in-
clude the establbhment bv
whites of private academies,
"white flight” to segregated
school districts, and an in-
creased rate of expuldons
of black students.
A small number of those
surveyed said resegregation
was occurring within dese-
gregated schools. This is
accomplished by such
as classifying many black
students as ”educab!y men-
tally retarded” or “learning
disabled” and placing them
in predominantly black spe-
cial education classes.
On issues other than those
related to race, il appears
that most black school board
members are ideologically
compatible with their while
counterparts, with 63% vot-
ing generally with the majori-
ty. While 90% felt that vo-
ting took place along racial
tinea, 66.7% saw this as a
rare occurrence.
The majority of those re-
werr males reflecting the
propondcrance of black
males over black females
sitting on school boards,
also they were 46 years
old and older, had a his-
tory of active involvement
in education of civic affairs,
were well educated, and had
annual incomes of SI5,000
or above
Commenting on the
Research Department study.
Sherrill Marcus. VEP’s exe-
cutive director said, “This
survey reveals the vital
service tendered by black
officials on school boards.
Their committment to quali-
ty education for all and theii
representation of the black
student population is impor-
tant if desegregated schooli
are to function at theii
peak level ”
The Voter Education Pro-
ject is a nonprofit, nonparti-
san. tax-exempt organization
working to increase minority
political participation in the
11 southci
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Easter Sunday found these two lads having an enjoyable time.
Rodney Smith (I) his friend Charles took time from eating •
, all thoae eggs to pose for Register’s roving photographer after
church at Grady Chapel God in Christ where Bishop M.G.
Grady is the pastor.
April in San Antonio brings
Fiesta Week and many of us
will spend our extra money
on the Week’s activities and
carnivals. But this year April
also brings the deadline for
payment of City property
taxes.
Two weeks from April 30
deadline for payment of City
of San Antonio property
taxes, only 51 per cent of
the total expected $27.6
million property tax roll has
been received and tabulated.
The City's anticipated $27.6
million property tax roll In-
cludes some 255,851
accounts. Almost half are
paid through mortgage Anna
Pay men 1 of City taxes must
be made before the dose of
business at 4 30pm Thursday,
April 30 to avoid penalty.
As an aid to taxpayers, 94
tax collection sub-stations
have been established in
San Antonio
There include the City Trea-
sury Office, 506 Delorosa St;
three neighborhood City Ser-
vice Centers; Handy Andy
and HEB Food Stores;
branches of San Antonio
Savings Association and Tex-
as State Bank.
The City Treasury Office is.
open Monday thru Friday
from 7:45am to 4:30 pm
Hours of collection at sub-
stations mav vary, depend-
ing upon the regular office
houn of the facility involved
Property Tax payments
made by mail to the City
Treasury Office, P.O. Box
9066, 78285 must be post-
marked not later than
April 30.
Property tax statements
were mailed in December to
each property owner on re-
cord in San Antonio or to a
mortgage company in in-
stances where property taxes
are paid from escrow ac-
counts.
Questions about City of
San Antonio property tax
statements should be directed
to the Treasury Office st
229-8680.
Unless otherwise requested
at the time of payment, the
taxpayer’s cancelled check
will serve as the payment re-
ceipt
Dr. Howard
Thurman
succumbs
Dr. Howard Thurman, former
Chaplain at Morehouse Col-
lege, died on Thunday, April
10, 1981. Memorial Services
were held April 16 in the
Unitarian Church in San
Francisco, Calif. The family
requested that in lieu of flow-
ers, contributions be made to
the Howard Thurman Educa-
(See THURMAN, Page 3)
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jaduon is pictured receiving an award from Rev. S. Clifton Byrd. Di-
rector General of the Freedom Supper held at the La Villita Assembly Hall. Looking on weic
(I) State Rep. Lou Nelle Sutton, Jackson, Byrd and Mr. and Mrs. James (Jackie) Myart. Staff
Photo. ^
Jewish migration Agency resettles
' refugees from fffifopra Trt TTS
Former grid star
couldn’t cope with life
NEW LONDON, CONN.-Like in the movie “They Shoot
Horses, Don’t They,” two best friends of a former high school
football star, admitted they helped their best friend commit
suicide after the grid star had lost his desire to live after be-
coming a paraplegic in a freak accident.
Brian W. Taylor, 25, of North Stonington, and William R.
King, 26, of Ledyard, helped cut eight inches off the barrel
of the shotgun so Kenneth , . ...
B. Wright, 24, of Ledyaid h“ be“ wa,ct,ln* lh' c**
could point the gun in his Sev'ral and
stomach and still pull the
trigger, said C. Robert Satti. nnsis counselors nave said
The victim s mother said she ,h‘,t 'VJn*ht m"* been
did not want Taylor and King <*,rsu*^d .‘W""5' h“
to go to prison llfc ,f *“ k*1 r«*lv«i coun-
PhyUis Wright told Satti that *°.1.hdP him liv' with
the two wen close friends of ™
her son and visited her house Leeenson, executive
frequently, and
director of Concern for
uumto.W&fe- ^ .....
HIAS. the refugee and migra-
tion agency of th organized
Jewish community in the
United States, received its
first contingent of 10 refu-
gees from Ethiopia earlier this
month. Although none of
the Ethiopian refugees .ire
Jewuh, they will be resettled
through HIAS by Jewish
family service agencies and
other Jewish federation agen-
cies across the country.
Thv Ethiopian refugees form
part of a large nonsectarian
program of resettlement that
HIAS has undertaken over
the past many years at the
request ot the United States
Government. As part of the
same program and out of the
Jewish community’s concern
for the refugee situation
worldwide, HIAS has reset-
' tied approximately 15,000
refugees from Indochina,
3000 Cubans, and smaller
numbers of Chilean. Kurdish,
and Afghan refugees. The
funds for resettlement of
these groups are provided prE
marily bv the United States
Government.
The recently arrived
refugees all came from refu-
gee camps in Djibouti, where
some of them had been for
almost five years. The* shor-
test period of time that any
of the refugees had been in
camo was two years. The
refugees all had stories of
widespread hunger and a gen-
eral situation of desperation
in the refugee camps. All of
them had been forced to flee
Ethiopia on foot, many of
them walking for several
weeks to reach comparative
safety in Djibouti.
The United States will be
receiving 3000 to 4000 re-
fugees from Ethiopia and
other parts of Africa this
year. Resettlement is being
handled by several voluntary
agencies, including HIAS.
who are members of the
American Council of Volun-
tary Agencies for Foreign
Service.
Those refugees to be resettled
by HIAS represent the Jewish
community's fair share of this
obligation according to Leo-
nard Seidenman, executive
vice president of HIAS’ Ways
of helping the growing num-
ber of refugees in Africa are
being discussed on an inter
national basis. Some of the
possible solutions under
consideration involve resettle-
ment in neighboring African
countries and facilitating
voluntary repatriation of re-
fugees to their homelands.
HIAS is a beneficiary of the
United Jewish Appeal, the
UJA-Federation of Greater
New York, and Jewish Feder-
ations across the country.
never would have been pros-
ecuted. The two pleaded a8a,nst prolonging lilt
guilty only after they felt d*rou8h artificial means, said
the state had enough evidence f1**. “^“lg suicides may
to convict them if the cases ^ just'E,ed *n ®°me cases
were tried by jury. They hope ^ut on^ a*ter c*ose study*
to receive lenient sentences
in return for the pleas.
Satti said he would not re-
commend that the pair serve
any specific sentence when
they return to court on May
18. The fcwyers are expec-
ted to aik the judge to sus-
pend their sentences. The
maximum sentence for se-
cond-degree manslaughter is
10 years.
After her son’s death last
fall, Mrs. Wright said her son
couldn’t cope He was mi
athlete.”
The group recently featured
a story cm Wright’s death in
its newsletter which circu-
lates to 125,000.
Jettie Sullivan
joins Register
Maynard’s city.
A model for San Antonio
The black mayor of At-
lanta, Ga., Maynard Jack
son, delivered ' stunning
•speech to a crow of some
600 San Antor ins last
Thursday night Jackson was
the keynote speaker for the
Texas Emancipation Day
Commission First Annual
Economic Freedom Supper.
The Commission was formed
in April 1980 by the Rev.
S. Clifton Byrd. The primary
goal of the organization is
to promote and expand the
spirit of June 19 and to ad-
dress freedom for all people.
RUFFLED FEATHERS
Last year Mayor Jackson
was a keynote speaker for the
newly created United San
Antonio (USA). The USA
program, modeled after a
similar organization called
United Atlanta, is designed
to bring die government,
public, and private sectors
together to work for inno-
By JAMES MYART
vative economic development
within San Antonio. The pro-
gram concentrates on making
this city an attractive loca-
tion for new industry while
providing incentive to expand ,
for existing businesses. The
desired result is the creation
of many new jobs and a bet-
ter quality of life for all.
The model. United Atlanta,
has been a smashing success.
It has rendered that city
national and global acclaim
ar the leading Sunbelt city
and a center of international
trade. You may recall that
Jackson’s USA speech
angered may San Antonio
businessmen, as well as
ruffled the feathers of the
local press. The Atlanta
mayor was highly critical of
President Reagan's proposed
budget cuts and policies. He
felt the budget cuts would
further injure the economica-
lly exploited people Of this
country-the youth, the aged,
the ethnic groups. Mack and
brown, and the milUons of
working class people, a ma-
jority of whom are white.
CLEARING THE AIR
Needless to say, there was
considerable concern about
town over Jackson having
been invited back to San
Antonio to speak on the very
same subject, economic de-
velopment But his success
in building a vibrant urban
center bursting with econo-
mic activity cm not and
should not go unrecog-
nized, and his expertise
untapped, even in San An-
tonio. Jackson began his
economic freedom speech
by clearing the air from his
last visit. He rather boldly
stated, ‘‘I would have said
the same thing had Mr.
Reagan been a Democrat,
or...I was not attacking the
political party, but the
policy. Mr. Reagan may be
(See MYART, Page 3)
The staff of the San Anton-
io Register would like to in-
troduce our feature writer for
“Happiness Is” and “Social
Satti said Wright had once Promotions.Sire is Mrs. Jettie
told Taylor, “he would ra- ^um former staff
tiler be deal Din live In memtibef of SNAP newspaper
die condition in which he
was living.” Wri|ht was
paralyzed in 1978 during an
informal wrestling match
with a friend.
After leaving Wright in the
woods on Sept. 27, Satti
said, Taylor and King
claimed to have become
concerned about their
friends well-being.
Sat tie said that at 6 p.m.
that day, King called the
state police barracks and ar-
ranged a meeting with a
trooper and Taylor in Led- where her weekly columns
yard. featured her brainchild.
After the meeting, the three “Love is”...and the Social
went to the wooded track Calendar. She is a graduate
off Route 214 where they of Phillis Wheatley High
found Wright’s body. An School, St. Philip’s Junior
autopsy showed he died College and Southwest
of a gunshot wound to the Texas State University where
abdomen. she received her BAAS degree
‘ m "v,
police that Wright had said She is presently employed
he wanted to do tome shoot- as a Certified Public Housing
JETTIE SULUVAN
ing or hunting.
Wright’s suicide has cap-
tured the attention of sev-
eral groups that advocate a
person's right to take his
life, and in some case, the
right of a person to assist
in the suicide of a friend
or relative. At least one
I flrttxoriflon f fl|«« — —-
jn out r»i uim com-
pmy, which has filmed
Manager at Lincoln/Menchaca
Entity, San Antonio Housing-
Authority. Prior to this
March 81 appointment her
most recent professional
achievements included pas-
sing the required tests and
Candidate Review qualifica-
tions for two manager certifi-
cations. One from the Nat-
ional Center for Housing
Managers (CHM) Certified
a documentary on suicide. (See SULUVAN, Page 3)
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