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to at. 114 131 NOTE THE CINCINNATI November 15, 1980 METRO and Area News D-3 NEWS Ex Contends IBM Fired Blacks For Joining Union BY ALLEN HOWARD Enquirer Reporter A former employee of the Cincinnati branch office of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has accused the firm of firing black employees who try to get co-workers to join a black labor group. Marceline Donaldson, a marketing representative in the General Systems Division of IBM, made the charges in complaints filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In her complaint, Mrs.

Donaldson claimed that she was fired because she tried to get black workers to join a group known as the Black Workers Association (BWA). SHE SAID BWA was a national group made up of current and former black employees of IBM and was created to "advance the career and development opportunities of blacks at IBM." She said she was trying to organize a chapter of BWA in Cincinnati, but none of the blacks here would join the group because they feared losing their jobs. She said the national president of BWA had a hearing before NLRB in Armonk, N.Y., Thursday over charges he filed after he was fired for soliciting union membership. Mrs. Donaldson also said she protested attempts to get her to violate a company marketing policy and was later fired when she was accused of violating the policy.

NLRB has investigated Mrs. Donaldson's charges and found enough evidence to issue a complaint and set a hearing. The case will be heard in June, 1981. The NLRB complaint alleged that IBM officials conducted a campaign of intimidation and harassment against Mrs. Donaldson after she solicited co-workers to BWA and after she protested a marketing policy of the company its attempts to get her to violate the policy last January.

She was fired May 5. SHE EXPLAINED that the policy prohibited marketing representatives from selling equipment when a customer failed to renew the lease on the equipment. If a machine is leased, the marketing repesentative who arranged the lease and the marketing manager get a commission. But if the lease is not renewed after three years and the machine comes back to the office, the commissions are returned to the company. A customer may buy the machine at half price and resell it, but marketing representatives are not allowed to sell the machine, Mrs.

Donaldson said. She said she protested to Frank Cary, chairman of the board of direetors of IBM, after her marketing manager told her she could not allow any machines to come back into the office. "She was trying to force me to violate the brokering policy. I refused and protested to (Cary). After I protested, they later accused me of selling a machine, and they used that as one of the reasons for firing me.

"It is a trumped up charge," she said. "They don't have any evidence that I sold a machine." 0. Enquirer photo BY GREG SMESTAD Ohio, brought his mini modified tractor -a screaming V-8 on a pint-sized chassis -to the truck HUNDREDS OF HORSES: Jim Tennant, Perrysville, and tractor pull at Riverfront Coliseum Friday to try for a chunk of 18,000 in prize money. Competition continues today. courts Tony Dunaway Gets Second Dribble Elmer Dunaway's son, Tony, practiced Friday night with other teenagers trying out for the Anderson High School basketball team after a temporary restraining order was granted earlier in the day.

The 16-year-old junior had been suspended from participating in the school's basketball program Monday after a a a a a a a coach said he saw him smoking a a cigarette. Anderson High Athletic Director Joseph Miller, who issued the suspension, has refused to identify the coach who saw the younger Dunaway smoking. Dunaway, president of the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police, says that his son denies smoking cigarettes. "All I ask is that Tony be given a fair shake," said Dunaway Friday. Dunaway has said he believes Tony is being picked on "because he is Elmer Dunaway's son." Three years ago, Dunaway was accused of becoming abusive during an Anderson basketball game.

allegedly complained "vigorously" that another son, Kirby, was not put into the game when five starters were benched. Dunaway denied verbally abusing coach Richard Sander and principal Christopher Stefan. Dunaway's attorney, John Rockel, says that Anderson officials did not follow proper procedures in suspending Tony because they failed to hold a hearing with witnesses. Moreover, he said that only a principal or superintendent has the right to suspend student. William J.

Ennis, attorney for the Forest Hills Board of Education, said the board is willing to set a hearing on the matter. Rockel added that, at the time of the suspension, Tony was not a studen and, therefore, did not have to abide by the school's training rules. Student-athletes must be chosen to play on a. team and sign a contract stating that they will not smoke, drink or use drugs during the season. None of the Anderson basketball players signed the contract this year because the varsity team has not been selected.

In issuing the restraining order, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Peter Outcalt said keeping Dunaway from practicing with the team until the issue is settled "could conceivably cost this young man thousands of dollars later on." Tony, who is 6-foot-4, was described as scholarship material by attorney Rockel. Last year he played on the reserve team that won the Hamilton County league championship. Dunaway will return to court on Dec. 1 to seek a permanent injunction. Hamilton Man Sentenced In Killing Of Girl HAMILTON, Ohio- -John V.

Anders, 19, 681 Mark was sentenced Friday to prison terms totaling 22 to life in the June 25 stabbing years death of a 9-year-old West Virginia girl. Sentence was imposed by Butler County Common Pleas Judge William R. Stitsinger, who called the stabbing one of the "most horrible" crimes he has encountered on the bench. "The court has little or no compassion for this defendant," Stit- Newport Churches May Begin To Picket Adult Movie House The controversy over Newport's Cinema adult movie house could. enter a new phase soon.

City commissioners have voted 3- 2 not to try to close the theater. The majority cited the dangers of getting into court with legal forces for adult-oriented films. The Rev. Anthony Deye, pastor of Corpus Christi Church, spoke against Cinema X. He said the $25,000 in taxes cited by Commissioner John Peluso was "peanuts" compared to what the churches pay the city.

Commissioner Tony Warndorf criticized Deye's stand. He said Deye could rebut his statements at the next regular meeting. Deye said Friday he is "wrestling with the idea of pickets." He said he will approach other ministers Tuesday to see if they want to picket Cinema X. "I OBJECT to the constant references to $25,000," he said. "It creates the impression Cinema is an asset.

"It is not. You look up and down Monmouth Street and see adult entertainment, strip joins and signs of Our young people have to pass this every day on their way to the high school." Deye agreed the city can't risk paying heavy damages if sued for closing the theater. "We know we're We may have to take other poor. means," he Peluso reminded Newport restdents they paid $48,000 for a previous obscenity fight in federal court. This Is Last Offer, Hamilton School Officials Say HAMILTON -Superintendent Robert Quisenberry indicated Friday the board of education has gone as far as it can in its efforts to head off a strike of Hamilton teachers.

Quisenberry said Friday he anticipates no further meetings of the board prior to the 6 p.m. Sunday deadline set by the Hamilton Classroom Teachers Association (HCTA) for the board to accept the recommendations of an impasse panel's report. SHE SAID when she came to Cincinnati from the IBM office in Madison, she was given a territory that had a large number of leases due for renewal in 1980. "I also objected to the brokering policy because, if the leases had not been renewed, I would have had to pay back about $20,000 fn commissions that I did not get," she said. She said she did not think the policy was fair because if a marketing representative arranged a lease, drew the commission and then left the company, the person who took over the territory had to pay back the money if the lease was not renewed, even though that person never received the Company officials would not comment on the charges.

Andy Lietz, branch manager, said any comments would have to come from the corporate headquarters. An IBM spokesman at the Atlanta, General Systems Division said the company had a policy of not commenting on matters under litigation. He did not want to be identi- VERNER. JAY Verne R. Jay, Writer-Producer For Radio, TV Verne R.

Jay, 79, a writer and producer with WLW and WLWT, died Thursday in the Glen Manor Nursing Home. Together with his wife Helen, Mr. Jay wrote scores of episodes of "The "Grand Central Station" "Jury Trials," popular radio shows of the '30s and '40s. For several years Mr. Jay and his wife, Helen, lived in New York, writing for radio and then for television They moved to Cincinnati in 1948 when Verne was hired by WLW radio.

In his early years, he presented the religious dramas he created in churches across the country. In the '20s he became assistant director of tithe Church and Drama League of America and in Boston he won a national play contest. a For many years he was a writer with a local advertising agency and had recently written several dramas for TV. He was active with the Cincinati Chapter of the National Association of the Physically Handicapped. Both he and his wife have worked to get the handicapped mainstreamed.

15 In addition to his wife, Mr. Jay is survived by a daughter, Linda Brandt of California. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 6 at Grace United Method01 ist Church, 2221 Slane Norwood.

Memorials may be made to the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Association of the Physically Handicapped. Louis Charles McGowan, 79, a former resident of Price Hill, died Friday in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Mr. McGowan was a salesman for many years for Cincinnati's Miami Rubber Co, from which he retired in 1966. He was a member of Lioba Society of St.

Mary's Hospital, was a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of the Ancient Order of Heibernians, and former president of the Boone League Club. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Burns of Rolling Meadows; two brothers, Charles and Morris McGowan of Cincinnati; and a sister, Mary Carol Heile of Cincinnati. Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Sunday at the Harry Meyer and Geiser Funeral Home, 4989 Glenway Price Hill.

Mass of Christian Burial, 9 a.m. Monday at St. Teresa Church in Price Hill. William G. Lehmann, 62, Kenwood, died Thursday at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital.

He owned the Bay States Supply Co. He was a veteran of World War II and received the Bronze Star. A 50- member of the Boy Scouts, he year received the Silver Beaver award and was a merit badge examiner. He was a member of the American Forhisestry Association, and the Philatetic American Association, charter member of the American Rifleman Association. He is survived by his wife, Peggy; a daughter, Mrs.

Carol Baker; sons Tom and Larry; and one grandchild. Visitation, 2 p.m. Sunday at Thomas Memorial Funeral Home, 7500 Montgomery Kenwood, until time of the Kilwinning Lodge No. 356 service, with funeral services following. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Frank J. Dorger, 53, a custom home builder in the Anderson Township area, died Thursday at General Hospital. Mr. Dorger, a Mount Washington resident, was an active member of the Home Builders Association of Cincinnati and past director of that He was a veteran of World group. War II.

He leaves his wife, Mary Dean Dorger; three sons, Robert, John, and David; two daughters, Katherine and Julie; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Trautmann, San Antonio, and Mrs. Jane Gilligan of Cincinnati; three brothers, Clarence, Thomas, and Charles, all of Cincinnati. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Gilligan Funeral Home, 2926 Woodburn Walnut Hills.

Mass Christian Burial at St. Francis DeSales Church, Madison Rd. and Woodburn Walnut Hills, Monat 10:30 a.m. Memorials to the day St. John Fisher Church Building Fund or the American Heart Asassociation.

1 singer said in reply to Anders' plea for mercy. Defense attorney Mark Wall had asked the court to consider the defendant's youth and the fact that he had consumed a large quantity of ale and had taken several pills prior to the stabbing and had no memory of the incident. Anders was found guilty by a jury Oct. 22 of murder and attempted murder in the slaying of Joyce Louise Goode and the wounding of her sister-in-law, Rose Goode, 21. Quisenberry also said the board "can in no way" meet the arbitrator's recommendations.

"That would leave us with a $1,750,000 deficit by the end of 1981," the superintendent contended. Board President Thomas Manring said that in his opinion the board will not make another offer. "There's no way we can go any higher," he declared. "Even the is higher than we can afford to Board Vice President Roma Hess city Man Is Charged With Holding Up Store 4 Samuel Jackson, 27, will be arraigned in Hamilton County Municipal Court today on charges of robbing the same King-Kwik store in Bond Hill four times, including two nights in succession. He was charged Friday with four counts of aggravated robbery.

Police Officer William Davis and Specialist Jim Day arrested Jackson Thursday night while the suspect was walking his dog near his home, 1935 Avonlea Avondale. Davis said Jackson held up' the King-Kwik market, 5111 Rhode Island on Sept. 26, Oct. 15, Oct. 16 and Nov.

8. The officer said in each of the robberies Jackson held a handgun wrapped in a towel. On three occasions, the officer said, Jackson was masked, but in one holdup the mask amounted to only a towel draped over his head. In the Nov. 8 robbery, Davis said Jackson was dressed like a woman.

Revenue Bill Will Aid City Cincinnati Mayor J. Kenneth Blackwell said Friday that the three-year extension of federal revenue sharing approved by the House Thursday will stave off major city budget cuts if the Senate follows suit. "The continuation of revenue sharing has delayed for at least a year any dramatic cutback in services or a tax increase," the mayor said. Blackwell returned from a National League of Cities conference last week pessimistic about the program's chances of reauthorization. But the House voted overwhelmingly, 345-23, for a three-year extension of the portion that goes to local government, in part because the program returns money with no strings attached.

Cincinnati gets more than $10 million annually in revenue sharing money, and officials had said termination of the program would bring severe budget cuts and possible layoffs. Blackwell credited a rally of nearly 400 local government officials on the steps of Capitol Hill with influencing the lame -duck Congress. The reauthorization bill did not include revenue sharing money for state governments, however. The fate of that $2.3 billion program will be up to the new Congress that convenes in January. -DAVE KRIEGER Two Orange Tigers Born At The Zoo rive The girl was visiting at the mobile home of her brother, Errie Goode, and sister-in-law.

Mrs. Goode testified that she was awakened in the early morning hours by an intruder, who kissed her on the shoulder, laughed and said, "I killed her." Mrs. Goode sustained stab wounds on her back, shoulder and behind her ear as she struggled with the intruder. Her husband, who was awakened by the melee, then struggled with the intruder, who fled from the trailer. said she also believes the board has made the last offer it can make.

HCTA members Thursday night rejected a proposed increase offered by the board and notified the board by telegram of the 6 p.m. Sunday deadline for acceptance by the board of the arbitrator's recommendations. The recommendations called for an increase, adjustments in salary index and fringe benefits. The offered by the board would include fringes. Two Bengal tigers were born at the Cincinnati Zoo Friday morning.

Both are orange tigers with white recessive genes, a zoo spokeswoman said. This means, she said, if they're bred with white tigers, there is a chance the offspring will be white. The tiger cubs have an orange mother, Kimatha, and a white father, Bhim. Sex of the cubs, could not be determined Friday because Kimatha wouldn't let anyone near the cubs. It was her first litter.

There are 44 known white Bengal tigers in the world, according to the spokeswoman. The teachers at the Thursday night session also voted to impose professional sanctions against the district. HCTA President Michael Shaver said the association is ready to negotiate on "any offer the board is willing to give us." The teachers are scheduled to meet at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Champion Union Hall to vote on any offers which may be forthcoming. Quisenberry declared Friday, that the board has given raises averaging each of the last seven years and that most teachers also receive an additional increment under the salary schedule.

means," he said, "that most of our teachers have received an average increase each of the last seven years." In a release issued on behalf of the board of education Friday, Assistant Superintendent Al Bruno said part of the approximate $1 million carryover at the end of the current year will be needed pay the increase offered through 1981 and for increased costs of supplies, equipment and utilities. -JOHN R. CLARK.