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We've got we've got the most. Okay. We've got two and a half OC. It doesn't seem to be time as because I was staff me to get out. I'm learning about television now. She does this. You be standing still? I was walking. One minute. It's been here two years. Jay Parker, the president of the Lincoln Institute, says that the Reagan administration has done more for blacks than any other administration in this century, with the exception of John F Kennedy. Hi, I'm Jackie. And I'm Dan Henson. Jay Parker is our guest today on City Land. PARKER He has a $200,000 black for Reagan campaign to show black Americans that the conservative agenda is closer to black aspirations than the liberal programs of the past 18 years. Dr. Andrew Billingsley and Morgan State University. The tension mounts. I'm Teen Mom two and I'll have a full report. My name is Tim Watts. And today on the entertainment page, it's Evelyn Champagne KING the S.O.S. Band. And the music industry says goodbye to Mr. Excitement. Jay Parker of the Blacks for Reagan Campaign will be here with some rather provocative opinions on affirmative action, school busing and welfare. He also indicts the so-called black leadership. The discussion promises to be exciting, to say the least. And it's up next on Cityline. Good afternoon. Welcome to City Line. To find out some of the opinions of black people in our city of Ronald Reagan, we simply took our cameras to Mondawmin Mall this past week and we asked people this question Would you vote for the reelection of President Reagan in 1984? No, I won't. Because he's a racist. No, I wouldn't. I don't really think he's doing a good job. Well, at this time, I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=29.38,228.73"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm. It's an. It's up for grabs. I don't know what I'll vote for. I will not vote for you. I will vote for. No, I will not, because I don't think he should be in office. It's not a very good president. He's not helped the American people. He's done more harm than good. There's very little good he's done. I don't think so. I don't think he's done the country any good, and I don't think he'll do any good if, you know, if he goes back in the office. I feel he doesn't even know how to be a president. He's an actor. And if we need actors, we can go to Hollywood for that. I feel that his policies are not geared towards black and they always geared towards people who have money. Oh, definitely not. I would have to endorse a candidate. Jesse Jackson, Reverend Jesse Jackson. He just hasn't done anything productive know. Give me any reason to vote for them. That's one reason why I. We are coming out of the tape. I guess, first of all, I should introduce our special guest today, Jay Parker. Mr. Parker is publisher of the Lincoln Review. President of the Lincoln Institute for Research and Development. And also Chairman for Black of Blacks for Reagan. Mr. Parker, first of all, welcome to Baltimore. Welcome to City Land. Thank you so much. Good to be here. You've watched the tape and you've watched the attitudes of people, as a matter of fact, at Mondawmin Mall here in Baltimore. I'm also cognizant of the fact that the president is coming off of a very successful week of politicking, State of the Union address. Recent polls indicating that his favourability ratings, the 60% CBS poll, indicating that he'd beat Mondale, Washington Post poll indicating that he'd beat Mondale.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=229.35,332.14"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Very successful political week for the president. But you're chairman of Blacks for Reagan. Why do you think blacks will vote for President Reagan? Well, I think we're starting out then with a base of about 10%. And our mission is to try and improve that to maybe 15 or 20%. We really have nowhere to go but up. The last six presidents elections have given about 90% of the black vote to the Democratic Party. And our mission is to demonstrate to the black community that they've been taken for granted by the Democrats. Whenever you give anybody 90% of your your opportunity and your your effort, you've got to be taken for granted. Democratic National Committee doesn't have to spend money to try and court the vote. And, of course, you run the risk of the Republican Party saying, well, it's just isn't worth it. But we don't believe that. We believe that the Republican Party can capture the majority of the black vote, the gain that it had before Franklin Roosevelt's days. Okay. But but but again, I think the perception that people have of President Reagan, that black people have a President Reagan is that he's basically anti-black. And you respond to that? Well, it's really the same perception they've had of Republican presidents for the last six elections. And that's the unfortunate part about the whole thing. I think it's not specifically Ronald Reagan. It's really the Republican Party. And Ronald Reagan to some degree, has, along with the Democrats, have helped to exacerbate their problem because the Democrats keep simply saying that Ronald Reagan, as opposed to blacks, is opposed to this interest and that interest. The fact of the matter is Ronald Reagan is in favor of all Americans. Okay. Why do you think they're saying it? I mean, why do you think blacks are saying that Ronald Reagan as opposed to the blacks? Well, I think people are parroting a line that they hear other people say, and unfortunately, they have a tendency to say what they think is is the prevailing commentary, prevailing wisdom.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=333.34,437.38"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it's that's what we have to turn around. Okay. We're going to we want to do a couple of special things that day. First of all, as usual, you can join in our conversation at home. We're live. You can join our conversation at home by calling 4113, 13. If you got a pencil, you might want to take down a couple of other phone numbers. Also, we want to do a phone survey doing the show today which will announce the results at the end of the show. We have set up special 900 numbers. The call will cost you $0.50, but we think it's worth it to get the survey done. Would you? The question is, would you vote for Ronald Reagan? The number to call if you answer is yes is one 970 202660. The number to call if your answer is no is one 900 7202666. Let me just repeat it again. If your answer is yes, the number is one 970 20266. So if your answer is no, it's one 970 202666 to call will cost you $0.50. We're going to come back. We're going to take a break and we're going to come back with more discussion with Jay Parker, chairman of Blacks for Real. We're back on City Line. And just before that break, Dan had told you about our special survey. We'd like to know what you, our viewers, think. And the question is, would you vote for Reagan in 1984? It's a special 900 number. If you vote yes, then dial one 900 7202660. I'll repeat that. One 907 202660. If your vote is yes, the call will cost you $0.50. If you decide that you will not vote for Reagan, therefore your answer is no. Then you should dial one 900 7202666.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=438.07,621.91"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's one 900 7202666. Both calls will cost. We've got a mouthful of phone this week. And remember, you can also join in our discussion at 4113 13, as usual. Exactly. I think most of you know that because you're already calling. Thank you for doing that. Now, Jay Parker, who is the who is heading a campaign called Blacks for Reagan. You seem to feel that the Reagan administration has been the best thing for black people in some 18 years, perhaps the best administration in terms of blacks other than the John F Kennedy administration. The people in our man on the Street interviews don't seem to feel that. Why do you say that? Well, I think we have to remind them that what John Kennedy did was to improve the economy. He instituted the tax cut, which was very favorable for the country as a whole, across the board. It generated business in the economy. Business and industry picked up. Likewise, Ronald Reagan has done the same thing. And it's even though many of the economists and the political pundits said it was impossible to do. The fact of the matter is the economy has turned around. We've gone from 20 plus percent interest rates to down 11%, prime interest rates from 17% inflation rate all the way down to less than 4%, 3.9 as of December of last year. We've brought on stream more than 2 million new jobs. Mr. Parker. But at the same time, black unemployment has soared. I mean, black unemployment exceeded 20% for the first two quarters of 1983. Is the real problem for blacks unemployment while black unemployment has come down a bit as well? Well, it came down in the third and fourth quarter, but but it still didn't come down below 20%.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=625.69,719.56"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes, but we think that the economy, as it continues to warm up, will bring about more jobs for everybody in our society. The fact of the matter is, had we stayed with the high inflation rates and the interest rates, people would not be building homes. We wouldn't have people buying homes. You say people building homes. The fact is that black, the black poverty level has in fact exceeded 35% at this point. Those are those people who are black, who are below the government standard for the poverty level are now above 35%. Blacks are buying these homes. Well, but they are people building homes. In other words, people are working simply because of that. You look at an area like Benton Harbor, Michigan, for instance, where you have the Whirlpool Corporation. Michigan had the highest unemployment rate in the country. And just a little tell me about the Michigan just just a little area, just to give you an example. A low area like Benton Harbor, Michigan, where you have a corporation like the Whirlpool company, they build appliances and you don't sell appliances unless the economy is warming up. Now, when you're building new homes, you automatically get new appliances in homes. So therefore, people are making these appliances. So people are working not just one shift, but two shifts, but three shifts. Now people are working two or three shifts now in some automobile factories now. And prior to Reagan coming in, you had a lot of factories closed down. Okay. Let's take a question from someone in our audience. Yes. First of all, I'd just like to say good afternoon to all of you. My name is Andre Brown, member of Youth for Election Awareness. But as we all know, Mr. Reagan just gave his State of the Union address earlier this week when also earlier this week, the National Urban League just gave their State of the Union a statement concerning the State of the Union.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=720.31,815.56"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As far as black individuals are concerned, this country, and according to their research, nearly 50% of the Afro-American population, this country live below the poverty level and also unemployed. I would like to know from you, Mr. Parker, how can a man of your obvious intelligence and education possibly endorse such an individual who associates arrogance and disdain towards the Afro-American population in this country? Well, you can use some difficult words when you say arrogance in this state. The fact of the matter is, the only way you're going to reduce the number of people below the poverty level is to improve the economy. Now, every Democratic candidate admits to that. So the fact of the matter is we're moving in the right direction because of the millions of jobs that have come on stream just since December of 1983. So we're moving in 1982 running. We're moving in the right direction. That's the only way you going to solve it. Now, if if you want to argue for a federal jobs programs, it just isn't going to happen. People like Gus Hawkins and some of the other congressional members will tell you that this just isn't going to get through the House of Representatives, not going to get through the US Senate. Mr. Parker, let me. Just ask you, I mean, the the major point that I hear you making this morning is that the improvement in the economy will bring about a better life for all. Yes. And even those blacks who are unemployed and those blacks are below the poverty level, the benefits will trickle down to them. That sounds somewhat familiar. Well, let me just ask you. I mean, the president is going to is going to announce his 19th fiscal year 85 budget this this coming week in that budget.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=815.83,907.91"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All of the projections that I've seen so far indicate that at the very minimum, we will have a $200 billion, $200 billion budget deficit. How do you how do you continue to have a stable or decreasing inflation rate, a stable and an increasing economy increasing or decreasing unemployment at the same time that you're projecting a $200 billion budget deficit? I know this has confound a lot of professionals. It sure does somebody. But the fact of the matter fact of the matter, it's working and the interest rate is down. What's working in the short run? How about the long term? Well, we're confident that the this situation is going to continue. The economy is not going to heat up. To the extent we're going to have high inflation rate again, I mean, there's no indication at all. You talk to people at the Wharton School, people at UCLA and MIT, you hear no no indication that this is there's a chance going to heat up. Your best barometer is Wall Street. But the fact these factors go to the fact that in the Lincoln Review that it said that if you don't decrease government spending and don't decrease the government budget deficits, that in fact you're going to have increased inflation. That's almost a direct quote from your publication. Personally, you know, I'm in favor of balanced budget. I'm in favor of reduced interest rates, reduce inflation rate. The interest rates ought to be down because a $200 billion level, the interest rates are at 11. They should be down to six and a half percent at this point commensurate with the inflation rate. There's no question about that. But the fact all I'm doing is comparing it to when Ronald Reagan came into office. I've been arguing long and hard for the interest rates to come down, and I blame that on Paul Volcker, as a matter of fact, at this point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=908.66,1009.73"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. Let's take a call from someone at home. Hi. Would you like to talk with Mr. Parker? Hello. My name is. This is Harrison. Little Harrison. I was calling about a comment. Go ahead, please. I was going to comment that I've seen about two weeks ago on Good Morning America, and it had an issue with the White Sox that I was in New York City where the police officers, they wanted to give me some one of them had got a promotion. They wanted to give a black the same promotion, the White House. They did not agree that blacks should be promoted when they were promoted to Reagan, signed the slip of paper endorsing that the blacks should not be promoted just like I put a black to stay there. A week ago they were promoting the White House about each and every month. There was not one. If they were black And there was a big issue for you, Mr. Parks, to get up and endorse somebody who trying to keep up as far back as we were, we tried, you know, I pulled out and there's no this. You could see that we're trying to improve ourself at public equals. I really do, because this man don't want nothing for the blacks. We want everything for white or for himself. Mr. Parks, respond. Affirmative action, Mr. Park. Well, affirmative action is you know, it's really one of those issues that is not serve the best interests of black people. You look at an outfit like the IBM Corporation. It wasn't until 1981 that they had the first black vice president, Edwards. At what level are we talking about affirmative action? In other words, you can go to a five Fortune 500 corporation, bully those individuals into hiring people over and above somebody else, because discrimination will come back to that point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1010.27,1101.71"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In other words, you're not for affirmative action or quotas or reverse course. We'll get into a further discussion of that. We'd like to take a break. But before we do, we want to remind you of our special telephone survey. We'd like to have you vote. Would you vote for Mr. Reagan? For President Reagan? If you say yes, dial one 900 7202660. Is a 50 cent charge. That number is 19007202660. Would you vote for Mr. Reagan? If your answer is no, then you would dial one 900 72026661 900 7202666. If your answer is no. And again a 50 cent charge. We'll take a break and come back and hopefully continue with the discussion on affirmative action. And. Now, here's this week's community calendar. Hi, I'm Harriet McCullough. Come out and join Web charities as we kick off Black History Month at a black cultural celebration taking place February 2nd through fifth at the Winchester Armory 2620 Winchester Street. Arts, crafts, fashions, jewelry and much, much more. Through the Smithsonian's exhibit, Black Women Achievements Against the Odds. Funded in part by the Maryland Humanities Council with funds from the Endowment for the Humanities. For further information, call 9451905. See you there. Hello. Underneath states with Youth for Election awareness. Youth for Election Awareness is a group of young Baltimore City residents joined together to promote the rational analysis of political issues and to promote greater participation of voting age to use in the electoral process. If you are interested in becoming a part of such an organization, please contact us. The number to call is 5237163. We need your support in the upcoming May primary. And you you need to be aware. If your group or organization would like to announce an event, please write us in care of City Line.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1102.01,1383.17"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"WJC TV Television Hill, Baltimore, Maryland 212, one, one. Or call us for further information at 46600013. Between the hours of nine and five. We're back on city land. The topic is Blacks for Reagan. Our guest is Jay Parker, who is chairman of an organization called Blacks for Reagan. And we've got a question from the audience. Yes, sir. Mr. Parker, as we enter Black History Month, I think many people in our country are focusing on the gains of black Americans in recent American history. The United States Civil Rights Commission has long been an institution that has herald the rights of the common man, women and workers in America under the Reagan administration. Drastic changes to that commission has been made. They just recently met in Hunt Valley. We in Baltimore are wondering how a gentleman of your persuasion could back an administration that plays partizan politics with the commission That to this point has been nonpartisan, apolitical, and has looked out for the good of the common man? That's a very good question, because within the context of Black History Week coming upon us and our involvement, we have to look back at the real history of the black community. That is, we were once slaves. And my, my, my whole reason for for being independent, for being an individual is is because I don't want to be on anybody's plantation anymore. I don't want to be dependent upon anybody or any entity. And I think we've been down that road and it's high time that we make sure we take measures not to allow that to happen again. The Civil Rights Commission as an organization is nothing more than a group of individuals who conduct studies. They issue reports. They have no enforcement power. I'm not interested in that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1383.83,1514.33"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm not interested in rhetoric or discussion of interest rested in protecting my rights as an individual, individual American. Now, if you're going to enforce the law, the United States government, that is the Justice Department or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should enforce the law by going after a defense contractor, for instance, who is found to intentionally discriminate against someone as set forth in the civil rights law of 1964, Title seven, as amended. But, Mr. Parker, isn't that whole point is of intent difficult to prove? You didn't actually say what their intent was it discriminated? Well, the whole point is, if you can prove it. And what I want to do is really enforce the law so that you, in fact, take away a defense contract from one of these major defense contractors rather than saying, well, look, all I want you to do is to hire a couple of people the next three or four years. I'm not interested in it. The only way you can penalize somebody who is violating the law is to punish them. You've got cost benefit in every human action when these individuals, these rascals, violate the law, they want to pay for it. And that's the only way you get to the bottom of this sort of thing. And otherwise, we'd be next 20 years, we'd be sitting here talking about the same thing, and the black community would be in the same situation they find themselves in now. Okay. We're going to we're going to have to take a break now. But I just do want one more time to remind you about our phones, all of our special phone survey. Would you vote for Reagan in 1984? If your answer is yes. One 907 to 2660. If the answer is no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1514.63,1594.73"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"One 907 oh 2666 We'll take a break and come right back. Along with Jay Parker of Blacks for Reagan. And we've got some calls from home and we'd like to go to one immediately. How your live on City Line. Oh, good evening. Good afternoon. Well, your guest has just echoed my feelings completely. I'm a professional black man who supported President Reagan in 1980. I will again support him in 1984. Why? Reasons. My reason is because I think that he makes life more self-reliant. At least his programs do. And as far as affirmative action is concerned, I believe that persons of color should be selected for employment based on qualifications, regardless of race or any other considerations. Reagan. Okay. Mr. Park. That's an encouraging call. And I think he put his finger on what we're talking about. The question of employment. See, I want to get blacks away from the whole notion philosophically of having to work for somebody. I think the real spirit and essence of this country is entrepreneurial shit and where you go out and you work for yourself is like Mrs. Proctor, that President Reagan mentioned in his State of the Union message, the advertising executive out in Chicago. I think that is what we ought to be pursuing so that we're doing the hiring and the firing. We turn this thing around instead of being only the higher than the fire. If you work for somebody, this should be a means to an end. Okay, let's take another call. Hi. Do you like to talk with Mr. Parker? Yes, go ahead. Well, Mr. Parker, I'm your guest. You've already answered one of my questions as to what your feelings. But another one of my question is how do you justify breaking up the Civil Rights Commission, as the gentleman just asked recently, and expecting the outside world, the outside businesses to respect blacks? We've come so far and that we have made ourselves profitable and and I guess eager.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1595.09,1815.85"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What I would want to say, I want to say we made ourselves available to the to the white public as educated brilliance. Okay? We've had that ability. But what you're saying to me is they're breaking up the Civil Rights Commission and they're breaking up the EEOC. Who are we going to have when we do meet that brick wall? Okay, let's let Mr. Parker respond. Qualifications. Okay. What's going to be there? Okay. Thank you so much for the call. Okay. I think that simply the Civil Rights Commission has a commission on civil rights has outlived its usefulness because it's this is 1984. We should be beyond this business of rhetoric and studies. And, you know, blacks have been studied to death. And we don't need anybody to tell us who we are and what our state of condition is. I know the overwhelming majority of the 100 black businesses in Black Enterprise magazine, the leading ones, are nowhere near approaching the five Fortune 500 businesses in this country. So we have a long way to go. And the Civil Rights Commission has no enforcement power. Mr. Parker, how do you respond to blacks and and other people who are without who feel that they're really under attack by the Reagan administration? And again, with the new appointment of Ed Meese as the attorney general? Many people are looking at that with such trepidation because they say that he will just simply live out the the the ideas of the president and go after blacks rather than protecting the rights of blacks and women and other minorities. Well, I know Ed Meese personally. I know he's going to enforce the law without any question. And I would just hope that he would enforce the law to the extent that you really penalize individuals who violate the law.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1817.02,1916.29"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I don't care if it's jaywalking or if it's holding up a bank or stealing my television set out of my house or whatever. The fact of the matter is, you've got to make it not cost effective for people to violate the law. And that's the only thing that they understand. We have professional second story people because it's cost effective. And I think we have to turn this thing around. Even though you did not respond to the fact that blacks and other minorities have been hurt more by the Reagan administration than any other group in which we spent in terms of unemployment, in terms of the cuts in social programs. The unemployment, of course, began six, seven years ago when the economy went into a recession, tailspin. And we're going to have to have you back. PARKER with blacks for Reagan, and he is the president of the Lincoln Institute in Washington, D.C.. You know, we've been telling you about our phone survey, and we'd like to be able to give you a preliminary count at this point to tell you how the vote has gone. The question was, would you vote for Reagan? 205 people voted yes. Special 900 line 772 said no, they would not vote for Reagan. So those are the preliminary results. But the survey is still going on. Exactly. And we'll give you the final results, by the way, at the end of our show. And we're going to have Mr. Parker back to respond to the results of that at that time. Exactly. But we're not saying goodbye to you at this point. We're going to take a break and come back. And two months here. We'll be up next with the news newscast. Good afternoon. Topping today's news, cap megastar Michael Jackson remains in good condition today after being released from a Los Angeles hospital yesterday.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=1916.68,2144.75"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jackson suffered severe scalp burns Friday while filming a TV commercial for Pepsi Cola. The 25 year old top selling phenomena has a palm sized second and third degree burn on the top of his head. However, his face was not burned. The accident occurred as Jackson was coming down the steps toward the front of the stage, passing canisters that pop and let off smoke. Police say sparks from fireworks fell in the singer's hair locally. What's the matter with Morgan State University is the question many are now dealing with. There are those that say it's the administration. There are those that say it's Dr. Andrew Billingsley. This morning, I spoke to members of Morgan's local alumni chapter, and they say they've been concerned with the administration of Dr. Billingsley for a number of years now. The thing that concerns me most is that there are a lot of problems at the school that we ought to be dealing with. For instance, the high rate of attrition that exists at the school. We ought to be moving toward a more technical programs, as was the things that we're teaching at the school. And now we're spending a tremendous amount of time debating whether the president should or should not be there. And while this is happening, many essentials are not being taken care of. The response of Dr. Billingsley and his accountants to the audit did not do much to allay your concerns with the university. Well, Mr. Monteiro, what you have to understand is that this is a third audit, and many of these items that are on this audit were there the last two audits and they have not been corrected. And I think it is the responsibility of the management of the university that if there is a negative report, Dr.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2145.5,2250.95"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Billingsley has the responsibility to see that those things are corrected. Are you in support of the Black Caucus call for the resignation of Dr. Billingsley? Very much so. I think that the Black Caucus stand that Dr. Billingsley needs to lead. I think they should have taken this stance two or three years ago. And I'm very supportive and I hope that they follow through on trying to make this happen because it is in the best, best interests of the university. Muslim, you are what you define as the lack of efficient management in top level positions at Morgan State University translate itself into an efficient, lower level management in terms of security. Yes, basically because of the underfunding and the cuts that we've received in the budget because of mismanagement, then there are a lot of things that have been cut like security. We had to cut back on security, on housekeeping, and it's a bad reflection on the university in that it allows for a lot of vandalism, a lot of theft, you know, things that can't be replaced because we aren't we are underfunded. And that comes from the top all the way down. This is not the first time we should identify you as being president and vice president of the local alumni chapter, The M.J., now a chapter long alumni association and that organization. This is not the first time that you have called for the resignation or have expressed displeasure with the administration of Dr. Billingsley. We feel our role as a chapter is to support the university, but there are times when the direction of the university runs counter to the needs of the school, and the members of the marginalized chapter feel that the situation that exists now is one of those times.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2251.19,2359.67"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We feel that the credibility of the degrees, we feel that the existence of the school itself is at stake, and that we must take a leadership role in trying to work with the other organizations on campus to correct this problem immediately. Well, let's talk briefly about the Board of Regents and their responsibility in terms of the leadership role in assuring the overall integrity and administration of Morgan State University. What's your opinion on them and why is it that they have let the situation go on for years in the face of several organizations and the faculty voting no confidence in Dr. Billingsley a year or so ago, but still retaining him? Apparently they have a great amount of confidence in his ability to run the institution. Well, I don't understand why the board has kept the president on, because not only did the faculty, but the staff, the students, the alumni all voted no confidence. And because of the reports, we weren't the only ones. A vote of no confidence. But it seems that the board, who is the only one that is able to fire the president, doesn't have the right sort of kinship with Morgan. I mean, basically, it's not a question of the man as the. Question of the university is the most important thing. You know, you can't say, well, President Billingsley, we want to support him and forget the university. The university is the most important thing of all. If I if I might add, on the board of Regents, they have a responsibility for the overall governing of the university. And I think they've seriously failed in that responsibility. I do believe that it's all about politics. If this man continues to run, Morgan, then we won't have a university as we know it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2360.84,2470.25"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And what we need to be looking at is to getting away from arguing or debating with Dr. Billingsley and getting to dealing with some real issues that we have at the university so we can go ahead. And if the Board of Regents are unwilling to take their responsibility and terminate this relationship that we have, then I think it's up to the governor to step in. The Black Caucus has already spoken, the alumni has spoken, the students the union has spoken, the faculty has spoken. And they are they all feel that we need a change at the university. Dr. Billingsley was invited to respond on this morning's program, but he refused to join us. The Black Caucus has given Morgan's Board of Regents one week to respond to their request of asking for Dr. Billingsley resignation. Former activist Angela Davis tops our list of News Corp. newsmakers today. Davis has been picked by the American Communist Party to run on a ticket with perennial presidential contender Gus Hall. That's the same duo that ran for president and vice president in 1980, winning less than 1/10 of 1% of the vote due to death in the family. Davis was in Birmingham, Alabama, when the official announcement of a vice presidential bid was made last week in New York. And finally, Sheila Lambert and industrious young senior at Southern High School, is City Line's student of the Week. Sheila, who has maintained an 87 average this school year, is the vice president of Southern Student Government Association. Sheila has excellent leadership abilities and plans to attend college and major in business administration and go to law school. City Line would like to say good luck to Sheila Lambert, a scholastic achiever and her future endeavors. That is today's newscast.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2471.06,2582.18"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm Tim on tear. Tim, what is up next with the entertainment page? Have a good day. You know, we're doing our special phone survey. And the question is, would you vote for President Reagan in 1984? And we've got the special 900 numbers. We want to get as many calls in as we possibly can before the end of the show so that we can announce the results. If your answer is yes to the question, would you vote for Reagan? Call one 900 7202660. The phone call will cost you $0.50. Yes, the yes is one 970 20266. So if you want to vote no, the number is one 972 oh 2666 2666 four No, Tim Watts has some good entertainment for us today on the entertainment page, Evelyn King and the S.O.S. Band. Let's take a look. Today, it's another city Line double music video mix with Evelyn Champagne, King and the S.O.S. Band. Evelyn Story is the classic overnight success. She was heard singing by a man who turned out to be a record producer. She was 14 years old and was working as a maintenance person. He told her to give him a call and she did. Less than two years later, a tune called Shame went to number one. Her record company recently asked her to drop the champagne from her name, and she did, but then decided to keep on using it. The S.O.S. Band began as a pure studio group. That's a group put together just to record one or two tunes. They hit real big with a song called Take Your Time and Do It Right a few years ago. After that success, they decided to stick together and become a full time recording band. So with a few personnel changes since then, this group, who is made up of mostly people from Atlanta, has come a long way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2583.02,2790.74"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Here are our music videos, Action from Evelyn King and tell me if you still care from the S.O.S. Band. And this sounds so sweet. So I'll snicker out of the living. A woman might say she's nice, but I need a man who needs something. Citizens must do sometimes. Don't you know? Oh, so. You won't find. Ways to mine you only. That suits me just fine. You call me, tell me things you like to do. But never through. Now. I'm going. So you can almost see. You can keep up the. Into another. Don't put yourself. I feel it in the cover. Maybe see what you to do. To all the. She speaks. Tell me. What she meant was. It's just too much to. You're driving me crazy. I can't help, but. I'm so fascinated. You make me come alive. Now, baby, come in the kitchen and sit down. It's up to. You know what I wanna do? I'll talk down. You watching all the bells? It's up to you. About. Action. Action! Action! Action! Have you started your work for me? If so, we're used to continuing to. Q What do they see? So let's go see the. Look, we've got good news and. Oh, did you? My number. You forget. Care. This. That's the S.O.S. Band. And before that, Evelyn Champagne, King and Entertainment news. There's a bit of sad news. Missed their excitement. Jackie Wilson died at the age of 49 last week. Jackie was one of the original members of the popular singing group The Drifters before he started his solo career. It was September 29th, 1975, that he had a major heart attack while he was performing Lonely Teardrops. The attack left him in what the doctors called a semi-conscious state until his death recently.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=2791.58,3470.18"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jackie was from Detroit. That's this week's entertainment page. My name is Tim Walz. I'll see you next Sunday. Okay, we're back and just about out of time. But all throughout the show, we were having our special telephone pulled and we wanted you to call a special number to vote whether or not you would or would not vote for President Reagan in 1984. The tally is in. Yes, with people who voted yes, there were 346 who voted yes and no. 1185. That's the tally. We've got Jay Parker still with us. Mr. Parker, you've seen the results of the survey. What do you think? Well, it's a little more than 10%, but it shows you we're going to go after that 1000 1100 people out there. You're going to try to convert him and educate your people while we're still shooting for 15, 20% in the black community. And so if you get 15 to 20%, the nick packs investment in $200,000 in black for Reagan will be just about well, it's going to be Republican National Committee, President Reagan. Bush committed a whole lot of different efforts out there working hard to try and improve that. Okay. But Parker, thank you. Thank you very much for being with us. I really very much enjoyed the discussion very much. Enjoyed it. All righty. Let's tell you about next week's show quickly. We will have a teen viewpoint. And we're going to have high school students from throughout the city, live in our studios to talk about some issues of concern to them, from crime to premarital sex and drugs and alcohol. Just and even about the parents. Right. And it gives them an opportunity to air what they feel on current issues. Yeah, Very interesting show. You know, you can write us the city line by simply sitting down and dashing off a note to us and tell us what you think or what you think we ought to be doing in the future by simply writing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668#t=3471.02,3578.22"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/103607/file/203668/transcript/47226/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"City Line Television. Baltimore Television. Hill. Baltimore. Maryland. Two one, two, one, one. That's with this week's edition of City of Bay and Henson. I'm Jackie Hall. 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