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—Mrs. Margaret Leak of De-
Sharor'i Alumni of 809 Massey
Avenue, Durham, receives a
plaque from (right) Mrs. Mar
garet Harris for "Outstanding
"Service" to the DeShazor Alum
ni. Mrs. Harris is chairman of
of the Social Committee of the
De Shazor Alumni.
House Okays
New Pensions
WASHINGTON - On
a voice vote and without dissent,
the House has voted to increase
the pensions given former
presidents to 160,000 a year and
to double pensions paid to
widows of ex-presidents.
The bill would immediately
affect only two living ex
presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson
and Harry S Truman, and one
widow, Mrs. Mamie
Eisenhower.
Under the bill, the former
presidents would get 160,000 h
year instead of the current
$25,000 and Mrs. Eisenhower,
who now receives SIO,OOO, would
get $20,000. Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy Onaasis waived any
widow's pension after the
assassination of her husband
John F. Kennedy.
A clause in the bill would
have made Mrs. Onassis in
eligible at any rate, since it
provides that a widow or
widower who remarries before
age 10 could not get the
peaaiaß.
The pension increases were
attached to a Senate-passed bin
that had merely provided that
if a Civil Service retiree became
a widower and then remarried,
his new wie would be entitled
to K per cent of Ms pension
after his death.
DON'T BE z
LEAD ASTRAY
NEW YORK (ED) We're all
aware of the air pollution prob
lem, some of us more than
others. But no matter how close
or removed from smog we are,
some basic facts are necessary
before an effective battle can be
waged. The current move to
ward unleaded gasoline for cars
is the kind of misleading and ir
relevant course of action that
makes a solution to air pollution
seem impossible.
First of all, there is no evi
dence that lead in the atmo
sphere, from automobiles or any
other source, poses a health
hazard. Spokesmen for the U.S.
■Surgeon General, the American
Medical Association, the U.S.
Public Health Service, and the
World Health Organization have
all said that lead in the atmo
sphere is not now nor foreseen
to be a threat to health. A tre
mendous amount of time and
funds are being spent on a lead
free alternative to the regular
blends which costs all of us more
money. Meanwhile, the Depart
ment of the Interior's Bureau
of Mines in a May 1970 report
concludes: "The photochemical
reactivity of automobile emis
sions was found to be increased
at much as 25% when fuel was
chanced from typical U.S. lead
ed to prototype unleaded gaso
line of comparable octane qual
ity." This means the reaction
that causes the Los Angeles-type
eye-irritating smog would like
ly increase.
Aside from the billions of
dollars that motorists will have
to pay for the lead removal
•witch and a reduction in gas
mileage, there is also strong
evidence that engine valve dam
age is caused without lead. All
of this means more gasoline
burned, which of course means
more exhaust emissions. Import
antly, systems have been dem
onstrated that will control auto
exhausts with leaded gasoline.
Even the lead producers are
developing exhaust methods and
lead traps in the interest of
cleaner air. They contend that
the "get the lead out" drive is a
•tall and it oould backfire.
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White Woman Turned Black
Tells of Agonies in 'Soul Sister'
Grace Halsell, * former
White House staff writer, read
John Howard Griffith's "Black
Like Me" and wanted very
much to enter the "black
world" and discover for herself
what it was to be black in a
"white man's world." She
planned and worked for six
months to achieve a .state
whereby she would be ac
cepted In the black communi
ties of Harlem and Mississippi.
Medication and sun treatments
had drastically changed her ap
pearance. Black contact lenses
transformed her blue eyes.
Months of itrenous exercise in
her posh Washington health
club had built up her physical
stamina and she was ready to
become the first white woman
to know what it is like to be
Mack. Grace Halsell quietly
dropped out of white America
and began the extraordinary
journal, "Soul Sister, of her
agonizing and nightmarish six
month ordeal. "Soul Sister will
be published as a 95-cent
Fawcett Crest paperback.
In Harlem, Grace Halsell ex
perienced the imprisoning
quality of being an innocent
victim of the white man -•
exploited on every level by
white profiteers, hustlers, ab
sentee landlords, and the in
penetrable System. Miss Halsell
has traveled widely and has
seen many slums far more
squalid than Harlem. Yet none,
she believes, are more psycho
logically imprisoning to the
human spirit than the New
York ghetto.
Then she went to the
South, places like JaCMon and
Clarksdale, where the black 1
person's struggle was no longer
with the invisible Establish
ment but was a constant man
to-man conflict with racists,
Klansmen, "good Christians"
who still allowed only second
class citisenship to the Negro.
Working as a domestic, Miss
Halsell found this an even
more devastating experience
than Harlem. Here she was
considered not a human being
but rather an object manupu
iated at the whims of "white
folks."
When asked by one inter
viewer what her biggest sur
prise was as a black woman,
she answered:
"The fact that white people
did not actually seem to see
me. They looked past me,
around me or through me. I
didn't exist."
"Soul Sister" has soW over
50,000 copies in hardcover,
has been serialized in several
European and Japanese publi
cations, and was a selection of
the Ebony Book Club.
PAINT A PORTRAIT-PRETTY FACE
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Robert LaCourte, Dorothy Gray makeup artist, emulates the
paleness of 16th Century with Secret of the Sea Foundation. The
ancient wimple and cwwl are simulated with gold netting and an
old hat band. The look for that perfect evening you have planned.
NEW YORK (ED) —Today's
reigning beauties are turning
into two-faced women Vene
tian charmers by day, and
queenly figures from the age of
elegance by night. The 16th
Century beauty has become a
20th Century romantic, accord
ing to Robert LaCourte, Doro
thy Gray makeup artist.
By day, a new kind of nat
uralness is stressed—all smooth
rounds and soft young allure.
And, by night, the word is
f lamour and pearlized mystery
or today's fashion conscious
woman.
The inspiration is the Vene
tian beauty as seen in so many
portraits of the Renaissance-
Botticelli captured her over and
over. Key to their pampered
look is an even, all-one-color
glow-natural, yet softly pale.
To smooth the sheen of today's
sun-exposed skin, sleek on
Secret of the Sea Foundation
in one of the neutral shades.
The moisturizing formula is
all-important for the slight,
all-over shine. Switch to a
foundation that's one shade
lighter than your natural skin
tones to emulate the pale beau
ties of the Renaissance.
By night, the beauty of the
moment sheds her Venetian
charms for mysteriously height
ened allure. The theme is
worldly elegance, and the day
time roundness of Venetian in
nocence takes on planes and
angles. Cheekbones are shaped
with Secret of the Sea Pearl
Highlighter, with pearly eve--
ning shadows on the eyes to
add sparkle to the outspoken
romanticism of the moment.
Shadowing and shaping are the
tricks to learn for nighttime
glamour.
The beauty look of the Sev
enties may have dipped back
into historv-but it's still an in
dividual look. What's perfect
for one woman, may have to be
modified for another. Do-it
yourself? The tricks really
aren't hard to copy at home
but, they must be learned and
they do take practice and pa
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Daytime beauties are soft and
pale, with a new kind of natu
ralness. Everything: is rounded!
The slight sheen and pale com
plexion are achieved by the Sev
enties woman with the uae of
a moisturizer and a foundation
one shade lighter than her nat
: ural color.