Saturday, May 30, 1970
Section B—6 Paxes
VOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
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s6o,ooo GIFT—E. T. DiCorcia, i
right, manager of Employee ;
Relations for Humble Oil and |
Refining Company, presents a !
check for -$60,000 to Whitney
M. Young, Jr., executive diree- j
tor of the National Urban
Esso Awards $60,000 Gift to Natl Urban League
HOUSTON Humble Oil
X: Refining Company represen
tatives F. DiCorcia, manager of
Imployee Relations, and
James E, Queen, national co
ordinator of Community Re
lations, recently presented a
cH»ck for $60,000 to Whitney
M. Young, Jr., executive direc
tor of the National Urban Lea
gue, to be used in furthering
Hobaif Taylor, Mrs. Gertrude i
Martin Put on Red Cross Board
WASHINGTON, D. C., -
May 1970—A prominent Wash
ington attorney and civic lead
er, and a former Washingtonian
who was one of the founders
of Federal City College have
been elected members-at-large
of the American Red Cross
Board of Governors.
Election of Hobart Taylor,
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Jr., partner in tne Washington
law firm of Dawson, Quinn,
Riddell' Taylor and Davis, and
Mrs. Gertrude S. Martin of
Chicago, formerly of Washing
ton, was announced by E.
Roland Harriman, American
Red Cross chairman, at the
opening session of the 45th
national Red Cross Convention
in Chicago on May 18.
Taylor served as assis
tant prosecuting attorney of
Wayne County, Michigan, in
1949-50 and was corporation
counsel of Wayne County from
1951 to 1961. He was special
assistant to the Vice President
of the United States in 1962
and executive vice chairman of
the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportu
nity in 1962-65.
A native of Texarkana,
Texas, he is vice president of
the United Fund of the Dis
trict of Columbia, member of
the Advisory Board of the So
ciety of Catholic Medical Mis
sionaries, board member of the
D. C. Mental Health Associa
tion, the National Merit Scho
larship Corporation, the Uni
versity of Michigan Develop
ment Corporation, and of the
University of Michigan Law
School.
He holds the degree of Doc
tor of Jurisprudence from the
Michigan Law School as well
! League. Also present at the
| ceremony was James E. Queen,
! left, national coordinator of
I Community Relations for Hum
ble. The check, presented dur-
I ing the league's 60th anniver
j the organization's programs.
| The league this year is cele
brating its 60th anniversary.
The contribution was made
in behalf of Standard Oil Com
pany (New Jersey) and its
major U. S. affiliates.
The gift represents con
tinued support of the league
since 1946 with contributions
totaling more than $360,000.
as an-A. B. from Prairie View
State College, Prairie View,
Texas, and an A. M. from
Howard University here.
Mrs. Martin has been active
on a number of boards of wel
fare, civic and educational or
ganizations. She was a member
of the first Washington Board
of Higher Education, under
MRS. MARTIN
whose direction the Federal
City College was established
here.
She also has been on the
Boards of the Community
Fund of Chicago, the Chicago
C : iild Care Society and George
town Day School in Washing
ton. She is a life member of the
National Council of Negro Wo
men and the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People. She served as
editor of the Afro-American
Woman's Journal, former offi
cial organ of the National
Council of Negro Women.
In Washington, from which
she recently moved from Chi
cago, Mrs. Martin was one of
the two founder-directors of
Will mart Services, Inc., a train
ing and placement agency for
household workers, the first
to receive funding from the U.
S. Labor Department.
She has B. A. and M. A. de
grees from Ohio State Univer
sity, where she was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa honorary scho
larship society.
Her husband, Louis E.
Martin, is vice president of
Sengstacke Publications in
Chicago.
Tax Evasions
TOKYO Japanese
taxpayers evaded more than S2O
million in taxes during fiscal
1969, the government tax admin-,
istration agency announced.
Che Carc^aCtin^g
sary year, is to be used in fur
thering the organization's pro
grams. It represents continu
ous support for the league since
1946 with contributions total
ing more than $360,000.
Programs of the league are
concerned with improving em
ployment, education training
opportunities and maintaining
positive intergroup relations.
Founded in 1910, the lea
gue conducts programs in 95
cities with a professional staff
of more than 1,600 persons.
The VSC concert choir and
symphonic band will furnish
music for the commencement.
RNA WILL HOLD
3RD NATIONAL
MEET IN PHILA.
PHILADELPHIA - The Re
public of New Africa will hold
its Third National Convention
on June 5, 6, and 7, 1970 in
the Friends Meeting Hall, lo
cated at 4th and Arch Sts.;
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
All citizens and friends of
the Republic of New Africa
sincerely interested in the es
tablishment of an Independent
Black Nation in North Ameri
ca, for self and posterity;
and /or sincerely interested in
pulling together all Third
World Nationalists, and Black
People, in a Political Move
ment aimed at the acquisition
of Self-determination, Land,
Sovereignty, and Power, and
have something to contribute
to these ends, are cordially
invited and urged to participate
in the Official National Con
vention of the Republic of
New Africa, to be held at:
The Friends Meeting House
4th and Arch Sts., Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania.
Registration will begin at
9:00 a.m., June 5, 1970 at the
"Friends Meeting House, 4th &
Arch Sts. Phila., Pa.
Ford Reveals
Grants For
Indian Youth
NEW YORK - Grants to
assist American Indian youth
in developing decision-making
skills for functioning both in
their own culture and outside
the reservation were an
nounced today by the Ford
Foundation. They were:
-- $250,000 to the Navajo
Community College, Many
Farms, Ariz., to establish an
American Indian Leadership
Training and Development
program in which teams of pro
fessionals and student interns
will work with tribal leaders
to solve problems in the fields
of health, education, housing,
and economic development.
(Details on page 2.)
- $54,450 grant to Okla
homans for Indian Opportuni
ty to assist the seventy-five
youth councils in developing
programs of Indian studies and
volunteer training. (Details on
pages 2 & 3)
Other new grants an
nounced today include con-
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Mrs. King, Dr. Thurman Finals
Speakers for 3 Georgia Schools
ATLANTA - Mrs. Coretta
Scott King will be the princi
pal speaker at Morehouse Col
lege's Commencement Exer
cises at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
June 2, in S. H. Archer Hall.
Mrs. King is the widow of slain
civil rights leader, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., an alumnus
and trustee of Morehouse Col
lege.
Born in Alabama and edu
cated in the public schools of
that state, Mrs. King marticu
lated at Antioch College in
Yellow Springs, Ohio. After
graduating from Antioch, she
entered the New England Con
servatory in Boston as a fellow
ship holder preparing for a con
cert career in music. While
there she met and married
Dr. King, who was studying
for the Ph.D. at Boston Uni
versity. After they completed
their courses of study, the cou
pie moved to Montgomery,
Alabama, where Dr. King ac
cepted the pastorate of the
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church,
and Mrs. King abandoned her
hopes for a concert career in
order to devote her time to
being a wife, mother, and help
mate for her husband. She was
an active supporter of Dr.
King's non-violent campaign
for civil rights and since his
NCCU Professor of English to
Serve as Peabody Guest Teacher
NEW YORK - Dr. Sylvia
Lyons Render, the first black
to receive the Ph. D. degree at
George Peabody College for
Teachers, will return to Pea
body this summer as a guest
professor in the English De
partment.
Now professor of English at
North Carolina Central Univer
sity, Dr. Render will offer two
courses in Afro-American li
terature-- "Afro-American Au
thors" at the graduate level and
"The Black Experience in Li
terature" at the undergraduate
level.
She is a recognized authori-
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fred T. Colbert of Oklahoma
City receives 1970 Humble Oil'
Okla. Sr. Wins Humble Achievement Scholarship
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.- !
Wir.fred T. Colbert, a graduat
ing senior from Casady School
in Oklahoma City, is the 1970
winner of the Humble Oil &
Refining Company National
Achievement Scholarship.
With the aid of the scholar
ship, Colbert intends to enter
N. C. Central U. Students Get
Fellowships for Graduate Study
North Carolina Central Uni
versity students will probably
receive a record number of
scholarships and fellowships
for graduate study next fall,
tinued support of the Metro
politan Applied Research
Center's fellowship-internship
program and of special summer
institutes for black college stu
dents preparing for advanced
coursework. (Details on pages
3 & 4).
death has continued his work.
She is co-chairman of the Mar
tin Luther King Memorial
Center in Atlanta, which has
established two programs in
memory of Dr. King - the
Institute of the Black World
and the Library-Documenta
tion Project - and is planning
six additional projects. Mrs.
King was selected as one of
the ten outstanding women of
the world in 1969.
Morehouse will join Atlanta
University and Spellman Col
lege for a Baccalaureate Ser
vice on Sunday, May 31. The
service will be held at 3:00
p.m. on the Trevor-Arnett
Library Quadrangle. The liac
calaureate sermon will be de
livered by Dr. Howard Thur
man, Dean Emeritus of Boston
University's Marsh Chapel and
a Morehouse alumnua. Dr.
Thurman is a noted speaker
and author who was named by
"Life" Magazine as one of the
noted speaker and author who
was named by "Life" Maga
zine as one of the twelve
outstanding preachers in the
United States. He will be
honored by his Alma Mater on
Commencement day when a
new dormitory will be dedi
cated in his honor.
ty on Charles W. Chesnutt, hav
ing done extensive post-doc
toral research and writing on
the late nineteenth-century au
thor under an award from the
American Philosophical Socie
ty and as a 1967-68 Fellow in
the Cooperative Program in the
Humanities at Duke University.
Her biography of Chesnutt in
the 1969 edition of Encyclo
pedia Britannica received spe
cial thention in the editor's an
nual report, Encyclopedia Bri
tannica in 1969. She prepared
the introduction for the Arno
Press-New-York-Times edition
of Chesnutt's .
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| and Refining Co. Achievement
j Scholarship from D. G. Garrott,
Yale University, New Haven,
Conn., this fall to begin en
gineering studies.
Colbert competed with
35,000 other students from
4,500 schools nationwide be
fore being lamed one of the
340 winners in the national
program, which is conducted
if preliminary indications by
faculty chairmen are accurate.
Chairmen of most depart
ments offering undergraduate
majors report that seniors in
their department are still await
ing reports on scholarship ap
plications, while eight seniors
have already received notice
that they have been awarded
fellowships or scholarships.
T he most ambitious pro
gram will be undertaken by
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SENIOR MUSIC RECITAL— Raleigh; Adren Murphy pian-
Seated at the organ is Mary E. Ist of Raleigh: and Dr. Alpert
Machen, senior from Elizabeth- W. Grauer, head. Music Depart
ton, Tenn. Standing, left to
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GET DUKE 30-YEAR AWARDS !
—These nine Duke Medical
Center employes were given j
30-year service recognition at j
j a dinner this week. From left
12 Duke Employes Get 30-Year Service Awards
Twelve employes of Duke
University Medical Center have
been honored for 30 years'
service.
Central Division exploration
manager for Humble.
by the National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation and sup
ported by business firms and
foundations.
A committee of high school
and college counselors selected
the winners on the basis of out
standing achievement and
capability.
Thoyd Melton of Rich Square,
N. C. Melton, a biology major,
will undertake a program that
leads to the medical M. D. de
gree and the academic Ph. D.
degree at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, Md. He has
received a full scholarship for
his graduate work from Johns
Hopkins.
Miss Barbara Williams, of
Oak City, N. C., in Martin
County, will also work toward
her Ph. D. degree in biology.
She will study under a full
scholarship at Temple Univer
sity, Philadelphia, Pa.
Andre Leon Talley of Dur
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Local, State and National
News of Interest to AH
| are Leo B. Daniels, Lester But-1
ler, Harvey W. Woods, Vira
Barefoot, James P. Hendrix
j Samuel H. Wilson, Jesse W.
| Ferrell, John B. Cahoon, Jr., I
Each employe received a
certificate and pin to com
memorate the occasion from
Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms, direc
tor of Duke Hospital, during
an awards dinner at the Angus
Barn.
Dr. William G. Anlyan,
vice-president for health af
fairs, presented a welcoming
talk followed by remarks from
Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Univer
sity chancellor pro tem and
himself a member of the Duke
30-Year Club.
The recently formed Duke
Report Shows Minorities Moving
Upward in Federal Positions
WASHINGTON - Negroes,
Spanish-surnamed Americans,
American Indians, and Oriental
Americans are moving upward
in Federal jobs, the Civil Ser
vice Commission reported to
day. They now hold more of
the better paying jobs than
they held in any previous
period covered by a minority
survey.
Preliminary results of a
minority employment survey
conducted last November 30
show that while total Federal
employment declined by over
20,000 positions between the
1967 and 1969 surveys, the
number of minority employees
in Federal jobs increased from
496,672 in 1967 to 500,536
in November 1969 - from
18.9 percent to 19.2 percent
of the work force. The overall
increase of minority employ
ment reflects an increase of
over 4,500 Spanish-surnamed
Americans while employment
of the other minority groups
remains essentially the same.
However, Negro employment
increased in all major pay plans
except Wage System jobs.
In grades GS-5 through 15,
the numbers of minority em
ployees increased at a rate
three to five times the rate for
non-minorities, due In part to
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ment.-The student? are warm
ing up for in the
College Chapel, which was held
May 11.
| and W. Kenneth Cuyler. Absent
when the picture was taken
were John E. Dees, Philip
Handler, and Talmage L. Peele.
Hospital Chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Esther Bran
don, provided entertainment
for the dinner.
In addition to the twelve
honorees, more than 40 other
past 30-year award winners
participated in the ceremonies.
Honored were Vira Bare
foot, Lester C. Butler, John B
Cahoon, Jr., W. Kenneth Cuy
ler, Leo B. Daniels, John E.
Dees, Jesse VV. Ferrell, Philip
Handler, James P. Hendrix,
Talmage L. Peele, Samuel H.
Wilson, and Harvey W. Woods
the extension of recruiting
efforts to additional sources of
minority candidates and in part
to the promotion of minority
employees already on the rolls.
In grades GS-5 through 8
minority employees increased
by 16.8 percent, in grades 9
through 11 by 27.1 percent, in
grades 12 and 13 by 36.4 per
cent, and in grades 14 and 15
by 48.4 percent.
At the executive level of
the career service, grades GS
-16 through 18, there was net
decline of 173 positions; how
ever, minority group employ
ment increased by 10, from
87 to 97. In the lowest grades
of the classified service.
Drum Rally Held
At Church of God
A drum rally was held at the
Church of God of Prophesy,
220 S. Ho I man Street, Sunday,
May 24, at 8:00 p.m. The
program, sponsored by Mrs.
Clara Boulware, netted a total
of $105.00.
Tony Harris was crowned
King and Pamela Grace was
crowned queen. Runners-up
were Shirley Grimsley and An
thony Martin.
Rev. J. T. Moore is the pas
tor.