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EASTERN AIRLINES PILOT LESLIE MORRIS
Eastern Airlines Pilot Stresses
Regular "Operational" Checkup
BY
John Henry Jones
Whether it's the big DC-8
jet he flies, his scuba diving
equipment, or his health, East
ern Airlines co-pilot Leslie
Morris says a regular "Opera
tional" checkup is important.
Morris, a wiry 33-year-old,
was in "The Winners," a film
produced by the American
Cancer Society urging annual
health checkups.
"A checkup can discover a
potential danger spot before
you're crusing at 30,000 feet,"
said Morris. "My life is really
in the hands of the mechanics
and the passengers' lives
depend on the pilots being in
top shape." A non-smoker,
Morris has three physical
examinations yearly - two by
the Federal Aviation Adminis
tration and one by Eastern's
Former N. C. Arts
Directs Beethoven Symphonies
Young Pittsburgh
Man Is Cited For
His Performance
FLORENCE; Italy - On the
evening of June 18th in the
enormous hall of the Palazzo
Vecchio in Florence, Italy, the
two prize winners of the 1870
AIDEM competition for Or
chestral conducting stood be
fore a large audience and con
ducted Beethoven Symphonies.
Both young men were from tht
United States. One is of parti
cular interest to North Carotins
since one of his greatest oppor
tunities came through partici
pation in 1968 and 1969 in the
North Carolina School of the
Arts Summer Session in Siena,
Italy. He is Alfred Clinton
Morris, 24 year old black con-
(See CONDUCTS page 2A)
AME Sunday School Convention
To Meet At Emmanue 9-/0
Emmanuel A.M.E. Church,
710 Kent Street, pastored by
the Reverend J. R. Crutchfield.
will be host to the Eastern Dis
trict Sunday School Conven
tion of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church of the West
ern North Carolina Conference
Thursday and Friday, July 9-
10.
The opening session begins
Thursday at 10 o'clock with
devotions by Reverends D. H.
Ford, A. M. Hall, and Clyde
Long. Reverend T. H. Brown,
pastor of the Sanford Circuit,
will preach the opening ser
mon. The enrollment, organiza
(See CONVENTION 2A)
physicians."
An air traffic controller for
six years before his pilot days,
Morris said, "Believe me I
know how crucial to air safety
being in top shape can be. If a
nam's nerves are tingling and
he's not aware he can slip
up. After all, the human body
is a more delicate and sophisti
cated machine than a Jet air
plane."
One of the nation's 25 or 30
black commercial pilots (of a
total of about 25,000), First
Officer Morris finished aero
nautical engineering at Pratt
Institute under the Air Force
Aviation Cadet Program. He
then served as a pilot in the
New York State Air National
Guard, before his controller's
stint from 1959 to 1965, the
year he went with Eastern.
Morris is also a recent scuba
Roanoke Rapids Girl Winner
Carrie Austin Memorial Prize
ROANOKE RAPIDS - The
Carrie Austin Memorial Prize,
for the little girl in the third
grade of the John Armstrong
Chaloner School of Roanoke
Rapids who possesses the most
lady-like ways has been won
this year by Tawana P. Reaves,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jefferson Reaves.
The Prize is awarded an
nually by Miss Maude Austin,
third grade teacher in the
John Armstrong Chaloner
School and daughter of the
honoree.
Mrs. Austin who lived at
(See GIRL page 2A)
Local Citizen Praises Lincoln
Hospital Services Given Mother
Mrs. Ruth I. Campbell of
200 Red Oak Ave., who's
mother, Mrs. Charity Fowler,
recently succumed at Lincoln
Hospital following an illness of
several months, expressed high
praise this week for the fine
service rendered her mother
during her stay in the institu
tion.
Mrs. Campbell's statement
made to The Carolina Times
diving enthusiast. "Imagine be
ing five fathoms deep and your
airline springs a leak because
you didn't check it out before
going down. I figure a person
should look after his body the
same way." He flies the Aca
pulco (Mexico) run.
A member of the Negro Air
men's International Associa
tion, Morris appeared in "The
Winners" subtitled "Checkup
for Life," with Roger Ward,
twice winner of the Indianapo
lis Speedway 500, and Jack
Mollenkopf, then head football
coach of Purdue University.
Each man stressed the ne
cessity of regular checkups in
their respective fields, where
human or mechanical working
order is crucial. And each
knew the'importance of regular
health checkups as a weapon
against cancer.
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TAWANA
is as follows:
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF
MIND
Since time is so precious I
cannot get to every orderly,
nurse, and doctor on the staff
of Lincoln Hospital. However,
I would like to express my
sincere thanks to all of them
for their patience, time,
thoughtfulness, and considera
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VOLUME 1?) No. 27
First Voter Registration Grant
Is Presented By John Lewis
Non-Partisan
Campaigns to
Be Conducted
ATLANTA, Ga. - The first
1970 grants for voter registra
tion in the South were present
ed in person to four drive lead
ers June 25 by John Lewis,
Executive Director of the
Voter Education Project, Inc.
The drive leaders came to
Atlanta from counties in Geor
gia, Tennessee, and South
Carolina, to receive VEP funds
to be used to conduct non
partisan voter registration cam
paigns in their counties.
Present in Lewis' office to
receive the funds were Houston
Stallworth of Peach County,
Georgia; the Rev. Eugene
Baldwin of Stewart County,
Georgia; James W. Caldwell of
Maury County, Tennessee; and
Frank Gilbert of Florence
County, South Carolina.
The Voter Education Pro
ject has been unabU to make
grants for voter registration
since the end of last year be
cause of the Tax Reform Law
of 1969. The new law authoriz
ed voter registration drives sup
ported by foundation funds,
but placed certain conditions
on such drives. In order to
(See GRANT page 2A)
Ford Announces
$820,000 Grant For
Political Study
NEW YORK - The Ford
Foundation today announced
a grant for a major new insti
tution to prepare blacks and
other minority group members
for positions in public affairs
and government. The Joint
Center for Political Studies, to
be established at Howard Uni
versity under an $820,000
grant, will be co-sponsored by
the university and by the
Metropolitan Applied Research
Center (MARC), which is
headed by Dr. Kenneth B.
Clark.
Related grants announced
by the Foundation today were:
- for graduate fellowships
in urban public administration
for minority group students,
$200,000, to Georgia State
University. (Details on page 3)
- for graduates and under
graduate programs in urban
affairs, $565,000, to Morgan
State College, a predominant
ly Negro college in Baltimore.
(Details on page 3)*
"Government at all levels
will need more highly trained
men and women in the years
to come," said McGeorge
Bundy, Foundation president.
"Our society must look to
every source of talent in re
cruiting dedicated and compe
tent public officials and
government employees. Foi
example, in the last five years
the number of black elected
officials throughout the coun
try has increased from some
300 to more than 1,200. Our
colleges and universities have
an important role in assuring
that these officials and others,
white and nonwhite, are pre
pared for the task of govern
ing and administration in a
time of unprecedented com
plexity and challenge."
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1970
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THE FIRST 1970 GRANTS for
voter registration in the South
were made June 25 by John
Lewis (left), Executive Director
of the Voter Education Project,
Inc., in his office in Atlanta.
Receiving the grants are (left
to right) James W. Caldwell of
Desegregation P
Board To Change
City-wide bussing of pupils
to achieve racial integration was
one of the main features of the
Durham City School Board's
second desegregation plan an
nounced here this week.
Acting under pressure from
federal courts, the Durham
Board this week paired four
city elementary schools and re
vises boundaries for junior
and senior high schools.
The plan has been filed with
U. S. Middle District Judge Ed
win M. Stanley. Present pres
sure on the board makes it
mandatory that city school of
ficials report to the Middle
District Court no later than
October 15 "the racial com
position of the students and
faculty at each school."
Schools to be paired, ac
cording to this week's school
board announcement, are
Lakewood School with Fay
etteville Street School and R.
N. Harris School to be paired
with Y. E. Smith School.
Abandonment of Crest
Street School and Edgemont
School as "economically un
feasible" to operate under pre
sent conditions was announced
as part of the overall pro
gram.
Patrons of Crest Street and
citizens throughout the black
community have expressed
alarm over the prospect of
losing the Crest Street School.
Reports at midweek were that
UOCI and other local organi
zations planned a city-wide
program to "Save Crest Street
School."
No reaction to the abandon
ment of Edgemont School was
noted at midweek.
Under the second plan sub
mitted to the Court by City
officials after one public hear
ing, bussing becomes an im
portant feature in the realloca
tion of student and teacher
personnel.
First and second grade pu
(See SCHOOLS page 2A)
Maury County, Tennessee; the
Rev. Eugene Baldwin of Stew
art County, Georgia; and 1 Hous
ton Stallworth of Peach Coun
ty, Georgia. Arriving a few
minutes later to receive the
fourth grant was Frank Gilbert
of Florence, South Carolina.
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Union Baptist Church Honors W. P. Edwards
The Union Baptist Church
honored W. P. Edwards, Sr.,
its Superintendent of Sunday
School, for the past thirty
years and a member of its
Trustee Board for many years
on Sunday, June 21.
Words of praise about the
honoree were given by many
members of the church during
an open testimonial session.
Special words of praise were
given by many officers who
Spingarn Medal to be Awarded to An Artist
NEW YORK - For the first |
time in its history, the i
Spingard Medal - will be j
awarded to an artist. Jacob (
Lawrence, noted painter and !
art teacher, will receive the
coveted award at the 61st
annual convention of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
in Cincinnati, June 30, NAACP
PRICE: 20 Cents
The Voter Education Project
has had to reorganize as a cor
poration separate from its for
mer parent organization, the
Southern Regional Council,
Inc., in order to comply with
the Tax Reform Law of 1969.
EDWARDS
have had close working rela
tionships with Edwards during
the past thirty years.
Mrs. Charlotte Roberts, his
first Sunday School teacher,
spoke on how Edwards en
couraged her to continue as a
teacher of the Sunday School
on many occasions when she
desired to resign. Mrs. Annie
Dunigan, an active member of
Union Baptist Church for
many years, stated that on
Executive Director Roy Wil
kins announced here this week.
Mr. Lawrence, the 55th
recipient of the medal, will be
recognized for "the signal suc
cess with which he has turned
his artistic gifts and values to
the portrayal of Negro life and
history on the American
Scene." The citation also pay
tribute "to the compelling
Presidents Both
Organizations
Give Statements
CHICAGO, 111. - The Na
tional Congress of Colored
Parents and Teachers (NCCPT)
became a part of the multi
million-member National PTA
tonight in special ceremonies
at the 45th annual convention
of the NCCPT b«»ing held June
21-23 at the American Hotel
in Atlanta, Ga.
Unification of the two or
ganizations was declared in a
joint statement issued by Mrs.
E. R. Gay, president of the
NCCPT, and Mrs. Leon S.
Price, president of the N'ationa
PTA.
"N'CCPT and the National
PYA are fully agreed that the
purposes of NCCPT as a sepa
rate organization have been
fulfilled and that the time has
come for all PTA's to join into
one unified organization
which will continue as the Na
tional PTA," the presidents
announced.
Mrs. Gay and Mrs. Price
expressed their conviction that
the unification will produce an
even stronger and more vital
PTA movement throughout
this country.
Ceremonies followed a re
port highlighting major events
in the forty-four year history
of the NCCPT. After signing a
declaration of unification,
Mrs. Gay and Mrs. Price passed
out pens used in the ceremony
to officials and past national
presidents of the two organiza
tions.
Even though functioning as
individual organizations over
individual organizations over
the years, the NCCPT and the
National PTA have cooperated
continuously since 1926. It
was then that the two organi
zations began efforts to assist
and strengthen PTA's formed
in schools for black children.
Since that time, the organi
(See MERGE page ZAJ
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many occasions Edwards de
sired to resign as Superinten
dent of the Sunday School,
but she reminded him that
the church and the Lord
needed his service. He contin
ued to serve.
Jake Sowell, chairman of
the Board of Deacons, stated
that during the many years
Edwards has served as Superin
tendent and trustee, whenever
(See EDWARDS page 2A)
power of his work, which has
opened to the world beyond
these shores a window on the
Negro's condition in the
United States."
Special mention is made of
Mr. Lawrence'* "unserving
commitment, not only to hto
art, but to his black brother
within the contest of hop*
(See MEDAL page 3A)