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—TOE CABOLSiK HUBS SATURDAY, NOV 27, 1971
Brief Black Issues
By JAMES VAUGHAN
NAACP Seeks Change in „
Sickle CeUBIUi
WASHINGTON - Clarence
Mitchell, dkector, NAACP last
week called for the elimina
tion from two bills before the
Concreas of references tending
to identify sickle cell disuses
«s one specifically affecthurl
Black people. He testified be
fore the District of Columbia
Subcommittee on iPublic
Health, Education, welfare and
Safety. He asked for deletion
of the words "primarily among
the black population of the
United States" because "li
mited research in this area does
not appear to establish a suf
ficient body of scientific evi
dence on which to base a find
ing by Congress." He said that
respected members of the
medical profession expressed
the opinion that eeog-aphic
rather than racial factors ac
counted for the incidence of
the disease.
***
Judges Discriminate Against
Minorities and Poor
PHILADELPHIA - A re
cently release reDort called for
the abolition of the discre
tionary powers of judges and
parole officers, which are used
"to justify secret procedures
and unreviewable decisions"
that discriminate against mi
norities and the poor. The re
port was released by the
American Friends Service
Committee following a vear
and a half of deliberation
from a panel of 16 criminolo
gists, lawyers, educators, and
ex-convicts.
***
Federal Government Gets Low
Mark From Civil Riehts
Commission
WASHINGTON - The U. S.
Commission on Civil Rights
credited several kev Federal
agencies with making notable
progress but stated that the
overall nerformance of the
Federal Government continues
to ?et low marks bv falling to
develoD and communicate to
the Dublic a sense of uraencv
over the need to end discrimi
nation Rev Theodore M. Hes
burgh Chairman of the Com
mission stated in the recent
report: "We are asking nothins
more than that Federal offi
cials fulfill the obligation which
our constitution has imDo«ed
u~on them - that of faith
fully executing the law."
***
Refusal to Rent to Blacks
Reap Suit
LOS ANGELES - Attor
ney General John Mitchell said
103 housing discrimination
cases have been filed by the
Justice Department, the latest
being against the owners of
apartment complexes near
Norton Air Force Base, in San
Bernardina, Cal., f6r refusing to
rent to Blacks and with mis
representing that apartments
are not available. The suits
asked for court orders enjoin
ing them to correct the effects
of the alleged past discrimina
tory practices.
***
US Navy Guards Against
Housing Discrimination
WASHINGTON - All mem
bers of racial minority groups
are being urged by Admiral
E. R. Zuwalt, Jr., the Chief
of Naval Operations, to report
off-base housing discrimina
tion. The current effort is an
attempt to halt the pre-judging
of prospective tenants to en
sure equal treatment of all U.
S. Navymen and women
through a sustained action pro
gram for ail ships, squadrons
and sfiore-based installations.
***
Minority Employment Im
proves in Five Companies
Reviews conducted by the
Defense Department's Con
tracts Compliance Office show
that in these five companies -
Burlington Industries, Dan
River Mills, J. P. Stevens,
Fielder est Mills and Spring
Milk - empUyment of mino
rity males increased 25.7 per
cent; minority females em
ployment rose to 118 percent;
and a total of 48.3 percent.
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Blfcck LnOfed Fund
Development of «
Bitock Kuiid baa baeu in
Uik loriuaUt* sugftt for lb*
past four year*. Supported by
the Interreligious Foundation
For Community Organization,
New York, N. Y., one of the
first efforts to create such a
power base la the Lot Angeles
Brotherhood Crusade, Inc.
Early this year the Crusade ran
a fund raising dllvethAt incor
porated the services' of over
400 volunteers. Door-to-door
can tearing, payroll deductions,
a fund raising banquet-tribute
to Muhammad Ali successfully
started the Crusade down the
road to self-sifficiency. Since
then, other community move
ments and organizations
throughout the country have
pledged help.
***
Detroit Blacks Angered
Over Ordinance
A flurry of activity among
black real estate operators in
Detroit was stirred as a large
group of homeowners in two
predominantely white areas of
Detroit recently proposed a
ban on direct solicitations by
real estate brokers in the
Northwest and Northeast sec
tions of the city. The blacks
opposed the proposed changes
stating that changes would dis
criminate against black
brokers. City Council has
taken under advisement the
request for a hearing.
***
Black Woman Lease First
Service Station
A black woman of Atlanta,
G*., Mrs. Felicia B. Hill began
a working career as a 35-cent
an-hour Georgia field hand.
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Recently she became the first
black woman to lease a service
station from the American Oil
Company in Atlanta to add to
an already profitable business
enterprise of two grocery
stores. Her philosophy is that
no one owes her a living, just
an opportunity to as far as her
ability and energy will take
her.
We Are Pleased .
I to announce that Marvin
I (Rock) Merritt, who has
Wp*,, now i° ined the Sales Staff
of Harris-Conners Chevro
let invites all his friends
Harris-Conners
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ASHLEY'S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOMECOMING QUEEN IS BLACK
GASTONIA - Miss Earline
Gary, granddaughter of Mrs.
Mary Fonder, of 404 North
Redding Streer, was reigning
Homecoming Queen this week
of Ashley Junior High School.
Miss Gary a ninth grader and
the first black sir! to be so
honored by the school, was
selected Homecoming Queen
out of a court of 26 con
testants. This selection was
made by the vanity football
By Popular Demand
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Some of the considerations
in selecting her were: participa
tion in school and class activi
ties. poise, popularity and per
sonality. She was crowned by
last year's queen, Cindy Smith,
a sophomore of Hunter Huss
High School, Gastonia.
Mist Gary was honored dur
ing the halftime ceremonies of
Ashley's game with Crest High
School of Boiling Springs, of
Cleveland County.
Sponsored by Ben Hopper,
she was escorted by Lemorris
Sanders.
First runnerup was
HoUowmy; second runner up
was Faye Jackson; third
runnerup was Abbie Alexander
and fourth runner up was
Nancy Tiffey.