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Saturday, March 22,1969 Eight Pages Second Section VOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY With North Carolinians in the Service A k rftfjjx! % * MORTON Airman James E. Morton, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Morton Sr. of 908 Post Ave., Durham, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Cha nute AFB, 111., for training in aircraft maintenance. Airman Morton is a 1968 graduate of Southern High School. GERNANDT Airman Daniel A. Gernandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Gernandt, 2301 Barrymore Ave., Durham, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been as signed to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for training in aircraft mainte nance. Airman Gernandt is a 1968 graduate of Northern High School. A monthly average of 121,- 317 volunteers worked at VA hospitals during 1968. Loral Gives "Disadvantaged" Group Chance for Career Jobs BRONX, N. Y.—A group of 17 New York City residents, once considered unemployable or underemployed, has com pleted the initial phase of their recruitment into the world of electronics at Loral Electronic Systems, a division of Loral Corporation. The group finished a week's orientation to business life and now are receiving on-the-job training for positions as drafts men; associate technicians in electronic test equipment main tenance and research labora tory; accounting and produc tion control clerks, expediter; printer and clerk-typist, ac cording to Raymond J. Uhrich, division president. "These trainees have re sponded enthusiastically to their new business environ ment and our program is pro gressing satisfactorily at this H ■ WKSAY HLACK ■ : i.s lifcwnn/L. ijrm ■ H Br •;' ( * >l " I I '' r ■ Theodore Carter, director of development at Bennett College, and Doris Scott of Richmond Va., president of the Student Senate at the Greensboro, N.C. college, pack one of the more than 20 cases of foodstuff sent to aid the needy in Beaufort and Jasper Counites in South Carolina by Bennett students. fl I CHAVIS Airman Phillip A. Chavis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Chavis of 218 Normandy St., Durham, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assign ed to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for training as a medical services specialist. Airman Chavis is a 1968 graduate of Hillside High School. cox Airman James E. Cox, son of Mrs. Ida M. Cox, 1003 Mer rick Street, Durham, has re ceived his first U.S. Air Force duty assignment after complet ing basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. The airman has been assigned to a unit of the Aero space Defense Command at Key West Naval Station, Fla., for training and duty in the me chanical/electrical field. Air man Cox is a graduate of Hill side High School. stage, Uhrich said. The division is one of the first industrial firms in the Bronx area to receive a federal government MA-4 contract to hire and train disadvfiitaged persons. Eventually, Uhrich said, 30 persons will be includ ed in the company's two-year program, part of a massive joint government/industry ef fort to provide career jobs for half million such individuals by 1971. The division designs and manufacures electronic systems for counter-measures, recon naissance and surveillance, na vigation computers, displays and avionic support systems. Veterans in college Under the GI Bill, top 660,000 during this fiscal year., the Veterans Administration.' esti mates. Che Cliitf a Bennie L. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Camp bell of 904 Red Oak Ave., Dur ham, has been promoted to master sergeant in the U. S. Air Force. Sergeant Campbell is a ma terial supervisor at Andrews AFB, Md. He is assigned to the 89th Military Airlift Wing, the special Air Force unit which provides air transportation for the President of the United States and other top govern ment officials. The sergeant has served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Hillside High School. His wife is the former Lula M. Mcßae. • • • Marine Private First Class Clyde Caple, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Caple Sr. of 3009 Brant St., Durham, is serving with the First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, Third Ma rine Division in Vietnam. The primary mission of the battalion is to seek out and destroy the enemy. The infan trymen conduct day and night patrols, set up ambushes and conduct both large and small scale combat operations in hos tile territory. • • • Marine Private First Class Lemmuel O. Johnson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemmuel O. Johnson of 1128 E. Geer St., Durham, is serving with the First Armored Amphibian Co. .First Marine Division in Viet nam. • • • Willie J. Brockington, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brocking ton of 48 Dayton, Durham, has been graduated from U. S. Air Force technical school at Sheppard AFB, Tex. He was trained as an air craft engine mechanic and has been assigned to a unit of the Military Airlift Command at Mactan Isle, Philippines. The airman is a graduate of Hillside High School. $250,000 Hotel Bill Rolled Up For "If It's Tuesday" Film NEW YORK—The hotel bill for the cast and crew of "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgi um" totaled one quarter of a million dollars. This was rolled up when the comedy was filmed on location in Europe on the very sites depicted. The picture will be presented at the Radio City Music Hall follow ing the Easter attraction, "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" stars Suzanne Pleshette and lan McShane and is the story of the adventures and misadventures of a group of typical American tourists on an 18-day bus trip through 9 European countries. It is a David L. Wolper Presentation, released by United Artists, an entertainment service of Trans america Corporation. Co-star ring are Mildred Natwick, Mur ray Hamilton, Michael Con stantine, Norman Fell and San dy Baron. Stan Margulies pro duced for executive producer Wolper. Mel Stuart directed in Color by DeLuxe. It was writ ten by David Shaw. DURHAM,TNORTH CAROLINA U ■■■ 9PM i n is A WINS DANFORTH FELLOW SHIP— Lovely Miss Sandrs A. Carlton, senior English mjajor at A&T State University, ithii week became the first A&T student to win a prestigious "Most Refreshing" Smile Will Receive Trip to Hollywood for 2 ATLANTA, Ga. Spring is a happy time of the year for teen-agers throughout the nation, especially the smiling young ladies who will enter the seventh annual Jantzen, Inc., M Inc., "Smile Girl" Hawaiian Holiday contest. The girl with the "Ajlost Refreshing" smile will win some fabulous prizes including a route truckload of Coca- Cola (or cadi equivalent), an all-expense paid trip for two to Hollywood, and a SSOO col lege scholarship, all courtesy of Coca-Cola USA, A Division of The Coca-Cola Company. Finals for the promotion will be held at the beautiful Kauai Surf Hotel on the exotic is land of Kauai, Hawaii, July 6-10, 1969. Finalists making the trip! to Hawaii will be selected from local contests held at over 250 top department stores in 39 major markets throughout the United States during April jnd May, In addition to several valu able prizes donated by co sponsors, local winners will re ceive a giant-size portable pic nic cooler for C »ca-Cola from participating Coca-Cola Bott lers. Coca-Cola USA will assist Coca-Cola Bottlers in their merchandising and promotion al activities with publicity re Mass Mission'y Meeting Slated For Sunday j The Durham County Mission ary Union, auxiliary to :the Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Convention of NQrth Carolina, will hold a Mass Meet ing at the St. John Baptist Church, Sunday, March 23 at 3:00 p.m. The theme is "Christ ians in a Troubled World." Mrs. Erie S. Norris, Spepial Worker will preside. ■ The speaker, Rev. G. IG. Ewi ng, pastor, Henderson Grove Baptist Church, will| be introduced by Mrs. Annie) L. Filmore, president, Durham County Missionary Union. Mu sic will be furnished by Sev eral choirs from this area.! Special platform guests include: Miss Hortense Merritt, State Junior Missionary presi dent; Mrs. Eva M. Pratt, Junior State Supervisor; Miss Diane Johnson, president, Durham County Missionary Junior Union and Miss Minnie C. Lyon, former Missionary to Africa. The public is invited to this meeting. Danforth Foundation Fellow ship for graduate study. Miss Carlton, a native of Warsaw, N. C., won the award in com petition with 1,900 college sen iors. leases and pictures plus an at tractive poster highlighting the prizes. Added consumer expo sure will appear in a full-color, four-page spread in Mademoi selle Magazine for April fol lowed by full-page, four-color ads featuring Debbie Cox, the reigning girl with the "Most Refreshing Smile," in the May issues of Seventeen and Ame rican Girl Magazines. Jantzen, Inc., will distribute a large two color poster promoting the contest. Groups of "Smile Girl" re presentatives will visit partici pating department stores dur ing the promotion and appear on local radio and television stations. i^^M MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR "MINORITY ENTERPRISE" IN BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Mayor George G. Seibels, Jr. (left) and businessman-philan thropist Dr. A. G. Gaston dis cuss opening of Gaston's new Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association Building to be held in downtown Birmingham. Citizens Federal, with assets of $9.8 million, is a totally Ne gro-owner and managed associ ation formed in ISS7 to pro- '69 Edition of Benefits For Vets Available The 1969 edition of "Fede ral Benefits for Veterans and Dependents" is now available for 30 cents from the Superin tendent of Documents in Wash ington, D. C., the Veterans Administration announced to day. Also called "VA Fact Sheet is IS-1," the 70-page booklet describes the major Federal benefits enacted by Congress for America's 27 million living veterans, from the Spanish- American War to Viet-Nam, and for certain dependents and survivors. Stressed in the publication are the new and expanded benefits passed by Congress last year. They include: . Increased compensation payments to veterans with ser vice-connected disabilities. . A restructured veterans' and survivors' pension program. . Liberalized education and training programs for Post Korean veterans. . First-time-in-history educa tional assistance for widows of those veterans who died as the result of military service and for wives of permanently and totally service-disabled veterans. . Part-time vocational reha bilitation training for service disabled veterans. A higher ceiling on the maximum amount of a VA loan guaranty on G. I. homes ( raised from $7,500 to $12,500). To assist veterans in contact ing the VA for information and help, the booklet lists the address and phone number of 216 VA regional offices, hospi tals and other installations in the U. S., Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone and the Philippine Islands. The VA said that while sin gle copies sell for 30 cents from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402, discount rates are available for quantity pur chases. vide home mortages to "less affluent citizens of Birming ham"—black and white. Dr. Gaston, owner of six other businesses in Birming ham with total assets estimated at S2O million, said this week, "Our new building is a sym bol of Negro achievement . . . We hope it will serve as an ex ample to other Negroes of what is possible. And because we do serve our white fellow citi- Local, State and National News of Sports World m "Sr* Ui3 wf K '+ c«B ■ >«♦* ».■ ■ >A , ,'♦* I I '»> . Tel ■ '•% ♦« ■ 4 *'*> V/m ■toroj ♦/ MODEL —Miss Marine Green of New York City, a North Caro lina College coed, models clothes furnished by Ruth Gor- Many Important Discussions Set For National Insurance Meeting CHICAGO Although the agent is an insurance company's link with the public, the man behind the agent, the agency officer, bears the responsibility for success or failure of field operations. How best to approach these responsibilities will be the sub ject of the 30th Annual Agen cy Officers' Mid-Year Confe ence of the National Insur ance Association in Augusta, Ga., March 26-28, according to J. A. Batts, agency director of Afro-American Life Insur ance Company and vice presi dent of the association. The program committee, headed by C. O. Hollis, CLU, first vice president and agency director of Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company, has scheduled panelists from Zens also, we think we have created a medium of unity." Gaston is one of five nomi nees world-wide for the Ser toma International Service to Mankind Award, to be given next month in Toronto. He has recently published an autobio graphy, Oreen Power, all pro ceeds of which will support his Boy's Club which serves thous ands of underprivileged boys in Birmingham. Price: 20e don's in North Carolina Col lege's Coed Weekend Fas hi oa Show, held Saturday, March 15. several of the association's 46 member companies to probe every facet of field manage ment from planning and pur pose to the report of the field visit. Greetings to the conference will be extended by George A. Sancken, Mayor of Augusta, J. M. Hinton, Sr., board chair man, and W. S. Homsby, Jr., president, of Pilgrim Health and Life, the host company. Scheduled to deliver main addresses are James L Bentley, Georgia Insurance Commission er, Lester L Bates, Mayor of Columbia, S. C. and board chairman of New South Life,| Insurance Company, and War dell C. Croft, president of the association and president of Wright Mutual Insurance Com pany in Detroit. A report of the activities of a federally-funded develop ment project will be given by Charles A Davis, executive director, and John F. Morning and Chris H. Howard, associate directors on the last day to the conference. All sessions will be held at the Augusta Town House Motel. A biological battery produces electric 3l currents by bacteria in a sea water solution. N. C. Has Low Error-Rate in Filing Tax GREENSBORO An actual count of all errors made by taxpayers in preparing their federal tax returns for the week ended March 7, reveals that North Carolina taxpayers had the lowest error-rate of all seven states within the South east Region, according to J. E. Wall, District Director. "During that week," Wall said, "71.258 tax returns, filed by North Carolinians, were processed through the Service Center in Chamblee, Georgia. Only 852 errors in computing the surtax were made in all those returns, which is a high ly pleasing record." Wall listed the other errors as follows: Erroneous or missing Soda) Security numbers 720, Kissing signatures 684, Missing forms and schedules 556, Errors in arithmetic 1473. Wrong tax table 3280. Wall urged each taxpayer to check and double check his tax return for accuracy before mailing it to the Service Cen ter at Chamblee. He cautioned taxpayers to be especially care ful that the right tax table or schedule is used, since most errors thus far are in this category.
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