The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 24

uciooer 14. 1979 Section A T1IK SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN Rights Commission Changes Norman While Quantities OIIlQEllil AMFM Stereo Receiver With 8-Tr. PJayerRecorder Plays AM; FM and FM -Stereo m. broadcast plus Mr. tapes, fU IIIIV Wfoolco We want to be'yvur favorite store is tapes directly mm mK ww tclvVer.

external record WW Mm 1 or live with micro- WW' TWm TL tC Mod 5466-90 mm BEAT THE HUSH a WX IMJA. -V1, -n--- I .1 AT All I US. II 1m- vm.KH Decker UO Ladies' Fashion PANTS Thcy ain 't what thvx could be, -They ain 't what they should be. ain't what thcx norma be, thank God, ain't what they once wa. By Nancy Mathls NORMAN That old slave nur-lery rhyme could be the theme for the Norman Human Rights Commis- klon, Now entering its ninth year as the mate's oldest human rights enforcement committee, members are taking a look at where they have been and were they are Roing.

When the City Council passed an ordinance in 1968 preventing diserim- inatlon in employment, public accommodations and housing because if race, religion or national origin and created the commission to entree the ordinance, a lengthy court Ibatile ensued. .1 Local residents affirmed the ordi-JiarMje In a referendum vote, making of the few cities in the 'country where people' voted on the said Richard Kenderdlne, who Jecently turned the helm over to a fnew chairwoman, Helen DeBo) "Norman was a very traditional Southern town," Kenderdlne said, "yxplaining reasons for the opposition. "Until the early 1960s, Norman as'JJknown as a "sundown town" jvhere blacks dared not be seen in public after dark, he said. And even in the late 1960s, blacks -JiaiJ' trouble buying homes in Nor-irian'i he said. a lot of work to convince people this is what we needed," said Barbara Henderson, who served as t4h'e'8dmmission's first chairwoman.

"Once it became known the com- jnission possessed certain powers, it was -and still is a deterrent," she said. "No one reallywants the law." The commission's power stems from its ability to call a public hearing or file a municipal charge, which could lead to a S35 fine, when a complaint is received. v. Out of 40 formal complaints and 165 informal complaints, only one required a public hearing and most of the others were resolved by commissioners acting an intermediary between the two parties, officials said. The commission also has the option to forward a complaint to the slate Human Rights Commission or the federal government for an Investigation, j- Changing as the windp of discrimination shift, the commission is now, focusing its powers to" protect manjfinterna'tional students, partlc-'' ularly those from the'MWdle EasfA attending the University b( Oklaho-'; ma, Ms.

DeBolt said. "They have been left out a good, deal of the time," she said; Kender-dine said tH'e problem was emerging during his tenure, when he 'noted some apartment complexes would refuse to rent to-foreign students. "Some will flat come out and tell you they won't," he said. Ms. DeBolt said the commission is starting to work with various international student organization on campus to pinpoint problems.

Five discrimination complaints were received during the commission's first year. Ms. Henderson said, and an equal amount have been lodged since July 1. The fight for equal rights continues, and there are no losers, Kenderdlne said. "In the battles for human rights there are no defeats." WORKMATEi Make your selection Irom the many new Fall shades ol belted or elastic waisted Polyester pants.

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And it was frustrating. $1' Tfiorhas was in town Sundor he aegis of a lo-cal church. He is a self-5proc)aimed born-again Christian and former drug -addict. He credits jhis religion with saving )is career and life. His -program is not overjSowerlngly religious." He mixes his old Jhitsr'Tm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Rain-jdrops Keep Falling on piy Head" with his poS't-conversion mix "Mighty Clouds of and "Home Where Belong." 2 The concert had all jihe overtones of a youth-revival crusade, especially giv-fen secularly uninterest-jlngr- albeit talented, "backup acts.

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