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(Jim Rouse Photo)SCLC Returns To Atlanta for40th Convention, July 27-30ATLANTA, Ga "ter forming as a result of the Mont-gomery bus boycott and a need toaddress issues of inequality, dig-nity, full citizenship and the rightto vote, the Southern ChristianLeadership Conference returns toAtlanta for its 40th annual conven-tion.Headquarters for the convention,which will take place July 27-30,will be the Grand Hyatt RegencyHotel in Atlanta.The fledgling SCLC was the firstblack group to ever host a majorevent at the Hyatt in 1957, whenfounding President Martin LutherKing, Jr. and his leadership de-cided to hold its first convention atthe brand-new hotel after manage-ment finally agreed to place sev-eral African-Americans in profes-sional positions.Activists from throughout thenation will converge on Atlanta forthe convention, including hundredsof SCLC youth, who will hold their-Forty years ai-National Baptists VoteNASHVILLE, Tenn. "Theleader of the nation Ts largestblack denomination will hang onto his job despite questions abouthis marital fidelity and lavishspending.At an emergency meeting Thurs-day, the 200-member board of theNational Baptist Convention USAsaid it voted unanimously to keepthe Rev. Henry J. Lyons as presi-dent of the 8 million-member de-nomination.In a statement issued after theown convention, which will featurea orite of passage, � a forum on rapmusic and a step show, concur-rently at the American Best West-ern Hotel on Spring Street.Highlights of this year Ts conven-iion "the first to be held in Atlantain nine years "include major trib-utes to retiring SCLC NationalPresident Joseph E. Lowery, andMs. Evelyn G. Lowery, founder andnational convener of the SCLC/W.O.M.E.LN.The tribute for Dr. Lowery, anSCLC cofounder and only the thirdpresident of the organization, willtake place Sunday, July 27, at 8p.m. in the Hyatt Grand Ballroom.A literal oWho Ts Who, � includingNAACP President Kweisi Mfume,Rainbow Coalition President JesseJackson, National Council of NegroWomen President Dorothy Height,National Urban League PresidentHugh Price, Labor Secretary AlexisHerman, U.S. Rep. Maxine Watersand others, are scheduled to attendclosed meeting, the board said it omoved and accepted the explana-tion of President Henry J. Lyons onissues... raised in the media. �The Rev. Charles Williams, aspokesman for the convention, saidLyons spoke for about an hour andanswered questions from members.He and other board memberswould not provide details on whatLyons said.Lyons, whose term runs until1999, left through a back door anddid not comment.CONCERNED CITIZENS "These brothers are concerned about thegrowth and progress of the Black community. Shown are Rev.George Hawkin, Tabernacle Center of Deliverance; Bishop RandyRoyal, Philippi church of Christ; Rev. A.C. Batchelor, Philippi Mis-sionary Baptist church in Simpson, N.C. They are shown outside ofthe studios of WOOW Radio Station and the M � Voice Newspaper.(Jim Rouse Photo)the banquet eventA reception will follow at 10:30p.m.The SCLC/W.0.M.E.N. Ts lun-cheon Tuesday, July 29, at noon atthe Hyatt will honor Ms. Lowery,who conceived the organization 1n1979 and has provided leadershipever since.On Monday, July 28, at 10 a.m.,Lower will make his final presiden-tial address after 20 years as presi-dent of the SCLC.A human rights luncheon isscheduled for Monday at noon.At 2:30 p.m., a forum titled oTheIliusion of Inclusion � will deal withtopics such as tracking, miseduca-tion, standardized testing and ef-forts to close predominantly blackcolleges. oReforming Welfare Reform: ANational Hearing � will follow at 4p.m.That night at 8, there will be atown hall meeting titled, oWhere(See SCLC TO ATLANTA, P. 2)Dr. Franklin Uses Developing BetterFuture with Opportunity For AllThe man selected by Presi-dent Clinton to lead a national dia-logue on race told legislators Tues-day that the country needs to focuson developing a better future thatgives economic opportunity to all. oWhile we cannot ignore thepast, we should not be consumedby it, � Duke University historianJohn Hope Franklin told a jointsession of the General Assembly. oWe need to try to understandour preseit and plan for a betterfuture based on what we learn. �lranklin said he was oflattered,honored and alarmed � by the presi-dential appointment. o| was alarmed by the magnitudeof the task, � he said. oIt is enoughto give anyone reason to pause andto shudder. �The effort will focus on educationand economic development as avay to build racial harmony, hesaid, adding that making everyschool first quality would eliminatewhite flight and aid in blending theraces. oThe attention will be on educa-tion and not integration, � he said. oIt is not enough to be the mostpowerful nation in the world andyet have large numbers of peoplewho are unemployed and homeless. oIt is not enough for us to moveat 2 snail's pace to wipe out thevestiges of racial and ethnic con-flict. � he said.The booming economy can alsohelp open up opportunities, headdedDR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLINfavorable time toal act. if it is be-ensuring equal eco- oTt is the mostcleen up our racismirched, bynomic opportunity for all. � Fran-klin said. oSurely this is a landwith su{ficient resources, and suffi-cient genius... to extend its bountyto all. �Developing a national dialogueon race, Franklin said, is a littlelike being a parent. oYou ve never done it before, soyou try this and you try that to seewhat works, � he said. oPerhaps wecan develop some strategies thatcan be applied elsewhere. We'll tryanything to see if it works. �A broad spectrum of society mayneed to be convinced the dialogueon race relations is worthwhile, hesaid oIf people don't want to be en-gaged, there's not much we can do,except show them it Ts worth it tothem, � he said. oIt Ts worthwhile forblack people and white people, richpeople and poor people. It Ts some-thing we need to do. �He spoke also of his fascinationwith history and defended the tar-nished oliberal � label oBefore the word hberal Tquired the scorn and contempt thatit never deserved, North Carolinaprided itself on being a liberal(See FRANKLIN, P. 2)ac-Drug Courts Catch On Around CountryBy the time Tanya was 29, hercrack habit had reached $500 aday.Tanya, who asked that her fullname not be used, had iost custodyof her children. But that didn Tt stopher. She had been arrested 11times for prostitution and loiteringThat didn Tt stop her.In fact, jail got her ready formore drug use. oWhen I was smoking cocaine, I'dbe up for three days or more. Jailwould give you time to sleep it off, �Tanya said. oThat Ts generally whatdrug addicts do, � she said. oBy thetime you get out, you're ready tostart using again. �Repeat offenders like Tanya area common sight in U.S. Courts,where the majority of people ontrial were under the influence ofTo Keep Rev. LyonsLyons, 55, of St. Petersburg, Fla.,has come under increasing scrutinysince the July 9 arrest of DeborahLyons, his wife of 25 years. Shewas charged with trying to set fireto a $700,000 Florida home Lyonsbought with Bernice Edwards, 40,the Baptist Convention's public re-lations director. On loan papers,Lyons listed himself as unmarriedThe St. Petersburg Times re-ported Thursday that Lyons andEdwards were negotiating to buy a$925,000 mansion on five acres ofprime real estate near Charlotte.They had placed a deposit on thehome and signed a contract, butthe deal fell through when Ms. Ly-ons was arrested, the paper said.Holding hands with his wife at anews conference last week, Lyonsdenied any wrongdoing andclaimed he was the victim of a rac-ist media.Most of those at the meeting de-clined to comment, but some spokebriefly to reporters who were keptoutside the hotel ballroom wherethe gathering was held. oAll positive. All positive. I Tm to-tally satisfied, � said the Rev. LewisRandolph of Flint, Mich.Mac Hines of Florence, S.C., de-clared: oWe support our presidentwholeheartedly. �Not all were so emphatic. Askedwhether Lyons should remainpresident, one board member whodeclined to give his name said, oThe jury is still out on that. TThe matter could be brought upat the next board meeting, on Sept.lin Denver, he said.The Rev. Robert Hardmond ofFaith Chapel Baptist Church inBrooklyn, N.Y., said he did not be-lieve the meeting answered all thequestions about Lyons. oAll the water will have to besqueezed out of the allegations �first.The Rev. James Thomas, pastorof Jefferson Street Missionary Bap-tist Church in Nashville, 1s not amember of the convention buttalked to board members aftertheir meeting.He said members are consideringrestructuring their board, whichLyons expanded after he waselected president. oIf | were in that kind of trouble,I'd step down, � Thomas said.Lyons was on a church-relatedtrip to Africa when his wife wascharged with arson. She told depu-ties she tore apart pillows, threwaround her husband's suits and setsmall fires at the home after find-ing a deed in his briefcase showinghe owned it with Edwards, whowas with him on the trip.She initially said Edwards washer husband's mistress. But thenext day she said that the fires,(See VOTE, P. 2)drugs at the time of their arrest,statistics show. They return tocourt and to more jail time becauseof their drug abuse, a fact obviousco many judges.Out of frustration, a few judgescreated a solution that is beginningto catch on around the country.They set up intensive programsknown as drug courts, which dowhat most courts can Tt "provideregular supervision and almost im-mediate punishment, as well aspositive reinforcement for stayingclean and soberDrug courts involve a yearlongprogram that requires offenders toappear in court almost every week.The judge receives a progress re-Aasay 4c,i CRAINMANICE RDS ye! é* datlbkee. fj:aoport drawn up by drug counselors,probation officers and others. Thejudge also gets the results of uri-nalysis tests that are done twiceweekly or more.Failing a drug test or missing acourt-ordered meeting results inimmediate punishment. This com-bination of immediate sanctionsand intense supervision distin-guishes drug courts from the tradi-tional system.Drug courts are proliferating. In1994 there were approximately 12such programs in the country. Thisyear, 318 are functioning or in theplanning stage, according to theNational Association of Drug Court(See DRUG COURTS, P. 2)Kaus RURELE 5;WO ati Ot,UML vse anDID YOU KNOW "In 1966 a Black man named Roscoe C. Norfleetwas the only Black man to sit on the Redevelopment Board thatclosed Evans Street to its present mall status. But look ot herecome the hammers. (Jim Rouse Photo) "

owe VOICE "JULY 2 = JULY 31, 1997SCLC TO ATLANTAContinued from page 1Do We Go From Here? �On Tuesday, the day will beginwith a Labor Solidarity Breakfastat 8 a.m. A 10 a.m. session featur-ing national AFL-CIO PresidentGeorge Sweeney of labor, FranklinRaines, director of the Office ofManagement and Budget, repre-senting the government and attor-ney Percy Sutton from the businesscommunity will lead a forum titled, oTeaching Our Dollars SomeSense. �The SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Ts YouthOratorical Contest will take placeat 2:30 p.m. on the 29th, followedby a youth forum.on oMaking theYouth Connection. �The:cultural showcase, oGenera-tion to Generation, � will cap off theday with an 8 p.m. curtain call.The cast will perform a historicalinterpretation of the 40-yearlifespan of the SCLC.On Wednesday, July 30, the cul-minating day of the convention,kicks off with an 8 a.m. prayerbreakfast. A healthcare forumdealing with issues critical to Afri-can-Americans will take place at10:30 a.m., followed by the closingsession.DR. FRANKLINContinued from page 1state, easily the most liberal statein the South and one of the mostliberal in the entire country, � hesaid.DRUG COURTSContinued from page 1Professionals, based in Alexandria,Va.New York has started setting updrug treatment courts withn theFamily Court system because mostchild abuse cases involve defen-dants who are addicted to drugs oralcohol.Tanya is a successful graduate ofthe Drug Treatment Court in Roch-ester, N.Y. She is on the dean Ts listat the local community college, shehas custody of her children onceagain, and she and her new hus-band have just had a drug-freebaby "saving an_ estimated$250,000 in medical and social ser-vices required by each drug-ad-dicted baby.By almost every standard, drugcourts are successful, according tothe drug court professionals T group.The recidivism rate for the roughly28,000 people who have graduatedis less than 4 percent, or fewerthan 1,200. Among an equal num-ber of regular court offenders, therecidivism rate would be more than13,000. oThe differences are so great thatsome people are concerned thatthey're cooking the numbers, � saidpsychiatrist Michael Smith, whofor 22 years has run the drug treat-ment program at Lincoln Hospital |in New York City Ts South Bronx.Smith has also been a consultantto drug courts since the first onewas started in 1989 in Miami.Success rates around the countryhave been uniformly high. Of thosewho participate in drug courts, be-tween 70 and 90 percent completethe program.In contrast, Smith said, oIhaven Tt heard of a residentialtreatment program that claimed agraduation rate greater than 30percent. �Serving time in jail is even lesseffective in stopping drug abuse.According to the U.S. General Ac-counting Office, fewer than 20 per-cent of all prisoners receive drugtreatment. In fact, said Smith, oJail introduces you to a lot of deal-ers, and there Ts evidence it encour-ages you to use the day you getout. �Many court officers say criminalcourts are overcrowded, operateslowly and communicate poorlywith probation officers and drugtreatment centers. oOur legal sys-tem has been way outdated, � saidNadine Spinell, administrator ofthe Rochester Drug TreatmentCourt.Conventionally drug abusersmay violate probation, a frequentsentence for the petty offenses theycommit, only to have monthselapse before they appear in courtagain. oAfter the precipitatingevent you can be talking a year, �Spinell said.Not in Rochester, though.VOTEContinued from page 1which caused $30,000 in damage,were accidental and that her hus-band and Edwards have only a pro-fessional relationship.¢ Home Improvements¢ Cash for any purposeFinancialResGood News About America Ts Young Adults(NAPS) "Here Ts good newsabout the youth of America "vourson, daughter, or the boy or girlnext door: contrary to popularstereotypes, teenagers and youngadults are focused on their futures.The majority are defining theircareer goals before high schqolgraduation, according to a recentsurvey,A recent study by MassachusettsMutual Life Insurance Co. indicat-~ ed that young people are extremelyfocused, motivated and ambitious.These findings have significantimplications for both business andsociety in general when it comes todealing with young people as work-ers, competitors, customers, andcitizens.According to the survey, onaverage, young Americans believethey must select a career path byage 17 to succeed. 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We Tdlike to suggest a means of taking theour elders to yet anotheroften closed to oyoungwisdom oflevel.f weifare reform,uvenile delin-nestic uproar, whyfolks who have livedlong lives, and found ways andCONLNWNG Spiraling Jquences ! iol3)x rag 1ite many of these illsvy 0y} ly 3)Onal Ves.this newspaper columnistshas even written a book titled Glean-Ings of the Wifers that advances thevalue in the vast wealth of knowl-edge throigs! rience that seniorintroduce dom to younger gen-is, Would it notpresen ther way of viewingif egin tofican-Americanhoy mks - in life in the midst T sepregation. � ToSee that disadvantagerspiration as wellcork itech � along with aelning of determinationWwe kKeop food on theid for manyparents ofinstilled a wallfford for your chil-hings which yourparent ; " were not able tovalue whichid, which webelieve is key to continued African-American progress. That key, we be-lieve, can open a whole new world ofperception for young minds, if intro-duced as a complimentary compo-nent of classroom instruction.It is past time that we as a peoplecontinue to segregate knowledge. Allknowledge that we have at our dis-posal, whether it be academic, tech-nical, or through experience, needsto be directly accessible to ourpresent generation of young people.These living encyclopedias of his-tory can bring to life for our youngpeople, through their personal expe-riences, what it took to oovercome. �What it took to network. in anAmerican mainstream that then wasnot conducive to allowing a blackman or woman to even dream the oAmerican Dream, � for having todeal with the oAmerican Reality � ofseverely limited opportunity in thedays of yesteryear.But in those years African-Ameri-can businessmen found ways andmeans to survive, African-Americanfarmers found ways to get a crop toharvest, African-American educatorsfound ways to impart knowledge to ageneration that was not privy to oequal opportunity. �To not tap this wealth of innova-tion that is our senior citizens, our Telders, is a moral crime that will sen-tence a generation of young people.Each of us in academia, in busi-ness, or in agriculture knows thoseseniors who can make a differencethrough sharing the owealth ofknowledge. �It is our responsibility to supplythe ogeneration bridge � between ourseniors and our young people, to al-low that ofree interchange ofthought � that would be the key toopen the door to a whole new way oflife, a completely different way ofthinking, a renewed thirst for knowl-edge, that would translate intoprogress for our younger generation.Mis Work Cut OutCave a Sucredicamentnal dialogue onreve rtuS41 crhers of the N.C.(rene) hranklin de-when he learned{ had chosenh nitiative.atter d, and alarmed. �} eason to be.Other com n race, like theKern ii, had presentedvoluminot t= that were received aan discussedbriefly iid then filedand forgThirty vears after the Watts riotsthat spurred that report, that devas-tated a t even been rebuilt.It is a telling testimonial of thereport IMportancetrea dhato those incharge of Ameriean society.Its ommous Warnings about otwoAmericas, one black, one white, � des-perately unequal, haunt us today andare regulerly conjured up bydoomsayvers looking for editorialcopyMeanwhile, its suggestions havebeen all but ignored.His commission, by contrast, is toget people talking about race; moreto the point, how the races can livetogether and get past their differ-ences.It will presumably present a re-port to Congress, but that isn Tt itsmain task, or its most important one.Dr. Franklin, who has spent thepast 40 years steeped in history, isdaunted,He knows what he Ts up against.He showed it with his pragmaticassessment of his first task: to con-vince the American people that theyought to start talking to each other. oIf people don Tt want to be en-gaged, there Ts not much we can do,except show them it Ts worth it tothem, � he said.Surely it could not have been loston him that the invitation to comeand speak to the N.C. Legislaturehad come, not from the overall bodyitself, but from two black represen-tatives.While there were no outward pro-tests of his coming, there was noshow of abundant deferénce and ju-bilation either, certainly not the kindone usually sees reserved for presi-dential appointees, a hometown boymade good.And the complaints when Clintonannounced the new commission com-ing from conservative corners couldnot have escaped him, as well.Their response was simple, pre-dictable, and depressing: We don Ttneed it.Black and white Americans al-ready talk enough, they said. Thereisn Tt a race problem in America, ex-cept the one that is conjured T up byultraliberal media and governmentoperatives bent on keeping theirjobs.Yes, Dr. Franklin has his work cutout for him. He has to convince halfof America that more odialogue � willhelp to deal with the problem of race.The other half, he has to convincethat it is even necessary,And he has to start with all toomany members of his own govern-ment,He has reason to be alarmed.ui AY \\\arTo The Editor:Over the past weeks, our offices have been flooded withmail on various provisions that will affect the state budget.Few issues have drawn more comment, and more criti-cism, than a provision in the House budget that will autho-rize a hefty retirement bonus for state workers who retireearly.Let me explain how it works, and then offer my opinion.The House budget would award any state employee whois under the age of 62 with 30 years of experience who re-tires between now and the end of this year extra retirementmoney until the age of 62.Here Ts an example: A 50-year-old employee who retirestoday from his $50,000 job would be awarded $37,500 everyyear for 12 years, up from $25,000. That Ts $153,000 morethan he would get if he retired like everyone else.But what began as a plan to clear the state payrolls ofsome highly paid senior workers could turn into an unprec-edented early retirement plan that won't really save money.One of the first and primary concerns is that it would ridour schools of qualified, experienced teachers at the verytime we're trying to keep those good teachers in the class-room.Just this year we learned that more than 30 percent ofour state Ts teachers are leaving the profession in their firstthree years. To address this exodus the General Assemblyhas signed into law the Excellent Schools Act, which aims tokeep our best teachers and recruit even more.But a retirement incentive that ushers them out the doorsends exactly the opposite message. Under this early retire-ment provision, we have the potential to lose 3,011 teachersand instructors, 363 principals and 37 superintendents.I couldn Tt blame the educators for leaving; a sweetheartretirement deal would be hard to pass up.But a wholesale clean-out of any school district, and espe-cially the small ones, could be devastating. And if teachersseized this opportunity mid-year, replacing them would benext to impossible.On a broader point, why are we paying young workers to oretire � when all other factors point in the opposite direc-tion?More than half of the state Ts 7,838 workers who are eli-gible for the incentives this year are 55 years old or older.Americans are living longer and working for more yearsthan ever. A person who is 50 years old should not be givenan incentive to quit working, I believe, and rely on statetaxpayers to bail them out earlier for a long retirement, oreven a second career. That is not the kind of message |believe we should be sending to our state employees or to ourcitizens in general.I shudder to think of what all the other state workerswho aren Tt eligible for the retirement bonus must be think-ing. If they miss the narrow window of chance this year, theywill be eligible only for the state Ts regular retirement. Whatdo we tell them next year, and the following year, when theyask us why we don Tt give them the same kind of deal? Or tothe ones who already have retired, and missed a chance?Bill proponents say spending $566 million over the longhaul would save us money in the end. Unfortunately, itdoesn Tt add up.We'll spend that much only to save $420 million in sala-ries, our fiscal analysts say. To save money, we would haveto leave every one of those thousands of positions empty forat least 1.3 years or eliminate positions, and no one hasproposed to do that as part of this retirement reward system.History will tell you that leaving a school without a su-perintendent or a department without a legal advisor is im-possible. And common sense will tell you that when theseworkers choose to leave with their expected state retirementbenefits, we will achieve savings anyway.While we support our state workers, the Senate cannotsupport this proposal. We should show our appreciation tostate workers by awarding them just retirement when theyleave and just compensation while still on the job.I know state employees who are lobbying hard for thisprovision, and I can hardly blame them, I would, too, if Iwere them.But North Carolina has never undertaken an oearly-out �reward system. that excludes most workers and robs us ofexperience, and I hope we never will.Sen, Marc BasnightPresident Pro TemporeNorth Carolina SenateRaleigh .BilacixSloowernent =iBy Dr. Lenora FulaniWHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO POLITICALCORRUPTION? THE AMERICAN PEOPLEFor the last several weeks, the U.S. Senate has beenconducting hearings into the financing of the 1996presidential campaigns. While these hearings are beingused by both parties to try to gain an advantage over oneanother, they nonetheless grow out of the very intensepublic concern with political corruption and with theinfluence of big money in politics.Many of the political commentators and journalistscovering the hearings have already stated that nothing isgoing to be done; that nothing will be done about politicalcorruption, about the extent to which democracy has beensubverted; that nothing can be done about the fact that somany people in the country are alienated from anddistrustful of government. They say that nothing will bedone. But, I disagree. I think they Tre wrong. Becausesomething is being done. It Ts the grassroots movement forpolitical reform. That movement is called the ReformParty. We Tre what Ts being done.There are Americans across the country "richand poor, business people and civil servants,people from the black community... who wantto come together and find a real solution.We have some very serious problems in America. Thereare serious issues of poverty and joblessness and aneducational system in deep, deep trouble. We have racialantagonisms and profound misunderstandings betweendifferent communities. These problems are not new. Andthey must, of course, be addressed. But the problem thatstands out among them "the problem that will have to beaddressed before any genuine and lasting solutions can befound "is the problem of why it is that these most basicproblems haven't been solved. That is our issue "that Ts theReform Party Ts issue. We have got to turn our attention tothe fact that we have a political system, a system ofgovernance and policy making that doesn Tt sufficientlywork to solve problems.No small part of this problems "the problem of notbeing able to solve our problems "is due to the excessiveloyalty that most politicians have to their parties ratherthan to the people. It is this kind of partisanship "puttingparty interests above the interests of the people of thiscountry "that must be addressed.There are Americans across the country "rich and poor,business people and civil servants, people from the blackcommunity, the Latino community, the Asian community,the white community, the gay community "who want tocome together and find real solution. These Americans arefinding that the two major parties have not served us aswell as they should in this regard, because they place such apremium on loyalty to the party rather than loyalty to thepeople. And so we have created a new political mechanism,a new party that will not play one constituency off againstanother, but will instead find ways to bring people in to theprocess through term limits, campaign finance reform,opening up the ballot and promoting inclusion andparticipation at every level of the political process!Only in its infancy, the Reform Party is already madeup of diverse people. At the same time, though, we are notso diverse as we might think. For we are all Americans. Ourloyalty is to our communities and to our country and to oneanother. And with that, we can solve any problem.Lenora B, Fulani is currently a leading activist inthe Reform Party and chairs the Committee for aUnified Independent Party. 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One (1) unbound copy of the Proposalform is furnished in the Specifications which must be executed and submitted.Each Proposal must be accompanied by cash, cashiers check, or a certified check, drawn on abank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company or a Bid Bond asprescribed by North Carolina G.S. 143129, payable to the City of Greenville, in an amount atleast equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the Bid, as a guarantee that a Contract willbe entered into and that a satisfactory Performance Bond will be executed. Contractors arenotified that legislative acts relating to licensing of contractors will be observed in receiving Bidsand awarding contracts.Plans and Specifications describing the work may be obtained from the Public Works Depart-ment at 1500 Beatty Street or by written request addressed to P.O. 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