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RECEIVES LIFE MEMBERSHIP
—Doric Lodge No. 28 Free and
Accepted Masons celebrated its
Second Anniversary and Nine
teenth Annual Banquet on
Monday, December 21 at the
Durham Business College Cafe
RRIC Says Modern
Uprising Is Now Progress
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Sparked in part by increasing
militance among blacks, a
modern-day Indian uprising is
now in progress, challenging
not only white racism, but
the whole spectrum of wes
tern European values on
which the country is founded.
Carla Thomas and Art Linkleffer
Support Houston Drug Program
Carla Thomas, Stax Re
cords' popular recording ar
tist, appeared with television
personality Art Linkletter in
the Houston, Texas Coliseum
Thursday night for S.T.A.R.T.
Inc., a local organization
seeking to build a rehabilita
tion certter for teen-age drug
abusers.
Miss Thomas expressed
deep concern for providing
aid to drug users seeking help.
She revealed that whenever
her schedules provides, she
will actively support programs
to that end.
Pluria Marshall, director of
Houston's operation Bread
basket, hosted Miss Thomas
for a presentation of the Black
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teria.
Fred Hines, Sr., Trustee anu
one of the ten oldest mem-1
bers of the craft was honored
and presented a life member-j
ship. Presentation was made |
by Past Master John T. Tucker!
That is the finding of a
15-page report released today
by the Race Relations Infor
mation Center (RRIC), a pri
vate journalistic research or
ganization.
The report, prepared after
four months of research and
interviews by RRIC staff'
community's efforts to curb
drug addiction.
The T.S.U. Toronadoes of
Houston provided the soul
shaking musical background
for Carta's performance.
Miss Thomas' striking
beauty and talent inspired
many youngsters who sought
to take pictures, request auto
graphs and discuss the drug
problem.
Carla Thomas is currently
commuting from her residence
in Los Angeles to Memphis
whdte she is completing her
soon to be released album.
Miss Thomas will appear
with Bill Cosby December
24th thru December 31st at
Harrah's in Reno.
as Otis M. Thorpe, Jr., looks
on. Rev. Edmund W. Whitley,
pastor of Mt. Olive A.M.E.
Zion Church, was the guest
speaker.
(Photo by Purefoy)
writer Frye Galllard, says,
"The thrust of the Indian
movement is toWard an in
creasingly militant assertion
of traditional Indian valuea in
a modern conflict-laden situa
tion."
A number of Indians,
Galllard found, "believe that
many of the ancient lesaons
of their people are applicable
in 20th Century America, and
some even believe the survival
of the country is dependent
upon non-Indians learning
from the example of Ameri
ca's first inhabitants."
The Indian movement, ac
cording to the report, con
fronts white America with the
contentions that "the Anglo-
Saxon heritage may be sui
cide; that blind reliance on
technology may be deadly;
that the concept of radically
improving on what nature has
provided may be foolish;
and that the arrogant assump
ttbn of a manifest destiny
(See UPRISING page 2)
Republic of New Africa Reveals
Mass Black Migration to Miss.
NEW ORLEANS U. -
The first step in a massive
effort to re-populate the U. S.
South with Black people was
confirmed recently by the Re
public of New Africa. (RNA).
The heart of the program
is a series of New Communi
ties to be built on virgin land
all across Mississippi. In its
projected 1971-197? pilot
stage, the program has a mini
mum price tag of 150 million
dollars and would re-locate
10,000 families now living in
20 different states.
U. S. Traffic Deaths Decrease
NEW YORK - The your
1970 will go down as the one
in which the rising toll of
traffic mayhem in the United
States was finally reversed
with ('derates in deaths, in
juries and economic loss.
This is the forecast'of the
Insurance Information Insti
tute, which says that the
economic losses resulting
Che Car§i|a Claims
VOLUME 50 No. 1
NMA Opens Regional Offices
To Help Ease MD's Shortage
DURHAM FIRM
IS NAMED IN
WAGE-HOUR SUIT
GREENSBORO - We«»
side Pharmacy, Inc. and
Joseph Claxton Harris, Jr.
have been named defendants
in a Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA) suit filed in U. S.
District Court by Secretary
of Labor J. D. Hodgson.
The complaint alleges the
defendants are in violation of
the minimum-wage, over-tirr -
pay and record-keeping pro
visions of the Act. The action
asserts defendants' employees
are covered by the FLSA be
cause they are employed In an
enterprise engaged in com
merce or in the production of
goods for commerce within
the meaning of the Act.
The suit seeks a judgement
enjoining the restraining the
violations alleged, includL._,
the retxalnt of any withhold
ing of payment of minimum
I wages and overtime pay found
by the court to be due em
ployees under the Act, to
gether with interest at 6 per
cent, and costs of the action.
The defendahts are en
gaged in the business of
operating a phaymacy at Dur
ham.
The litigation resulted
from an Investigation con
ducted by the staff of the
Greensboro area office of the
U. S. Labor Department's
Wage and Hour Division at
324 Market Street, Greens
boro, 27402, telephone
275-911, extension 494.
Funds for the New Com
munities would come from re
parations money, to be sought
from both U. S. state and na
tional governments, "but also
and especially from BUok
people ourselves, as donating
members of the Society for
the National Bank of the Re
public of New Africa," the
RNA said.
Brother Imari Abubakari
Obedele, I, President of the
Republic, confirmed that
some land for the first New
(See MIGRATION page 2) '
from highway accidents, in
juries and deaths during 1970
will drop more than a half
billion dollars from the total
for 1969.
Protecting 10-month totals
through the full year, accorc
Ing to the Institute, Indicates
that traffic fatalities for 1970
will total 55,400, a reduction
of 1,000 from 1969. Injuries
DURHAM, N. C.* SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1971
To Recruit and Support Minority
Students for Medical Profession
W omen-In-Action
Receives Grant
Women In Action for the
Prevention of Violence and
Its Causes, Inc., announces,
with deep appreciation, the
receipt of a SSOOO. Grant
from the Mary Duke Biddle
Foundation in support of its
activities.
The grant comes at a most
opportune time. With ade
quate local financial support,
Women In Action could great
ly expand its program and
activities, and with more ef
fectiveness for the "common
good."
Sec'y Fletcher
Lauds Defense
Dept. Program
WASHINGTON - Assist
ant Secretary of . Labor
Arthur A. Fletcher has
praised the action taken re
cently by the Department of
Defense in establishing goals
and timetables for upgrading
and increasing the utilization
of minorities in defense oc
cupations as a major step
forward in helping to solve
the employment problems of
the 1970'5.
Over one million service
men and women will com
plete their military service in
the Armed Forces this year
and return to civilian life, he
pointed out. Almost four
million Vietnam era veterans
have already returned to civi
lian life.
The Assistant Secretary
noted that with such a large
number of veterans returning
to the work force, "there is
a need to streamline the
Government to : meet the
needs of equal employment
opportunity." He cited the
defense Department action as
a significant achievement in
developing uniformity and
management systems.
The chewing gum Industry
buys 60 per cent of this coun
try's mint cM-
will total 4,950,000, a reduc
tion of 60,200, and economic
loss will reach sl6 billion,
down $582 million. The same
projections put the 1970 ac
cident total at 22,132,000,
an Increase of 107,000.
The drop in economic loss
would be the first in the 25
years for which such records
have been kept. Deaths and
The National Medical As
sociation has opened four re
gional offices across the na
tion as part of a program to
help ease the shortage of
doctors whose practices serve
mainly minority groups.
The four offices will pro
vide "a higher level of infor
mation, assistance and support
than has been available to this
time for minority group col
lege students interested in be
coming medical doctors.
Opening of the offices was
announced in Atlanta on
Saturday, December 19, when
Dr. Andrew Thomas, national
director of the Medical As
sociation's "Project 75", and
a group of NMA representa
tives held the Project's first
Faculty Institute to introduce
the program to representatives
of southern colleges.
With offices in Los Ange
(See NMA page 2)
Home Purchased For Family Of
Jackson Victim
The family of James Earl
Green, who was killed by
police gunfire during the Jack
son State College crisis last
June, has been given a new
home by the Medgar Evers
Fund, it was announced to
day by Fund President
Charles Evers, Mayor of
Fayette.
The 17-year-old Green was
killed by a bullet fired' by
State Police while leaving a
local bus on his way home
from work during the dis
orders at Jackson State. He
was more than 100 yards
from the scene of the dis
orders at the time he was
shot.
Green was one of the main
sources of support for hi*
mother and eight brothers and
sisters. Two weeks prior to
James Green's death, the
home in which his family re
sided burned to the ground
accidentally. The home was
insured for only $l5O.
The twin tragedies which
fell upon the Green family
injuries last dropped in 1961.
The Institute estimates the
economic loss from traffic
accidents across the country
during October at $1,491,
055,000 - sll3 million be
low October of 1969. This
decrease reflects a one per
cent drop In traffic deaths,
an 11.9 per cent in Injuries
(See TRAFFIC page 2)
PRICE 20 CENTS
"BOY OF THE
YEAR" ANNUAL
EVENT OPENS
NEW YORK - Opening
of the 26th annual "Boy
the Year" competition of the
Boys' Clubs of America was
announced here today.
More than 880 Boys Club 6
throughout the country will
be eligible to compete in this
community service project,
open to all Club members
between the ages of 12 and
18. Contestants are judged
on the quantity and quality
of service to their home,
church, school, community
and Boys' Club.
Scholarships totaling
$8,500 are annually awarded
to "Boy of the Year" winners
through a Reader's Digest
Foundation grant designed to
further Juvenile Decency by
stimulating interest in higher
education. The national
receives a $4,000 cash scho
larship, while nine SSOO re
(See EVENT page 2)
AT
prompted the Board of Di
rectors of the Medgar Evers
Fund to appropriate funds to
purchase the new home for
the Green family.
In announcing purchase of
the home and transfer of the
deed to the Mother of James,
Mayor Evers said'. "We wanted
both to demonstrate to the
innocent victims of the Jack
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WINS TON-SAL EM STATI GITS
CHECK Colin Stokes (left),
chairman of the board of R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., hands
over a check for $143,274 to
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams, presi
dent of Winston-Salem State
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BISHOP BASIR
Noted Prelate
Dies Following
Long Illness
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
' The funeral rites for Bishop
George W. Baber will be held
at the Metropolitan A.M.E.
Church, Washington, D. C.
Thursday, December 31, at
11:00 a.m. The eulogy wll
be delivered by Bishop Joaeph
;W. Gomez. Bishop Baber
succumbed Sunday, Decemb
j er 27, following a long illness.
Final rites will be held in
L Detroit Michigan, Saturday,
j January 2, at the Ebenezer
i A.M.E. Church, of which
1 Bishop Baber was a member.
Bishop H. Thomas Primm will
j deliver the final eulogy.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Elvira Baber, and three
daughters; Mrs. June Wood
i son, Miss Flora Benjamin and
Mrs. Barbara D. Crawford,
one son, Rev. George W.
Baber, Jr., and one stepson,
Wendell Derrick.
son State College disaster
that Americans of both races
deplore the indiscriminate use
of force against unarmed
black college students and to
do this in a manner consistent
with Medgar's non-violent ap
proach to life. Clearly, the
Green family needed a decent
home more than anything
(See HOME page 2)
University. The check r«pr*»
sents the third phase of • |n.
gram designed to
Winston-Salem State, and fcfr.
creases the total given by ftoj
nolds to the program to Mrs
than a half million do 11 art.