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A group ot community
persons have formed an
organization called "The
Committee to.^ Save the
People's Free Ambulance
Service."
The organization was formed
on October 16, 1974.
According to the organization's
news release, the
organization is composed
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entirely ot community people.
The committee says that it
supports the continued operation
and maintenance of the
People\s Free Ambulance
Services.
"We support the People's
Free Ambulance Service
because it is a program that is
meeting community needs and
is providing a valuable and
vital service to the commu
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nity," says the organization.
The committee could not
limit its concern to the survival
of the People's Free Ambulance
Service. "We saw the
'necessity to structure an
organization that could and
would continually concern
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itself with the many needs that
exist in the black communities.
^"We define our role in the
community as a supportive
role that is concerned with
meeting the basic needs of the
people.
"Although we are not a
political organization and do
not adhere to any particular
political philosophy, our
understanding is that the
nature of our social and
economic needs are politically
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aeiermincu.
"For this reason, it is our
feeling that in order for
community leadership to serve
and represent the community,
it must be responsible to, and
accountable to, the people of
the community/' Howard
Willy, chairperson of the
Committee to Save the
People's Free Ambulance
Service, said.
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olving nation," declared the <
lev. Leon H. Sullivan founder |
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ion Center (OIC). The Rev.
-ullivan spoke recently- in
taleigh during an OIC
tusiness and industry lunchton
at the Royal Villa Hotel,
viore than 500 people
epresenting business and
ndnstry attended.
. The purpose of OIC is to
rain the poor and the
iisadvantages for productive
and healthy work and to take
:hem off the welfare list. The
Rev. Sullivan listed the aims
}f OIC as to provide skill
training to the underemployed;
to provide motivational
and attitudinal service to the
individual and community; to
provide job placement service
to industry; and to bring the
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C1Y1UC
Sunrise
Tower
Host Class
The Winston-Salem. Dept.
of Rec. in conjunction with
Forsyth Technical Institute,
sponsored a 33-hour crocheting
class at Sunrise Tower on
East 9th Street.
The instructor was Mrs.
Rickie Wil?on. Thirteen of the
participates were awarded
certificates on Tuesday Dec.
17 in a graduation exercise.
Mrs. Alfred Sudler, Patterson
Avenue YWCA Recreation
Director, was guest speaker.
Mrc T nuicp InnpQ rpppivpH
special recognition for completing
a full length crocheted
bed spread.
Mrs. Loise Davis, recreation
coordinator at Sunrise Tower,
was Mistress of Ceremonies.
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nation together through a
:reative human resources
program that will mean a
better life...
Today in North Carolina
there arc 01C centers 4n -the
following places: RaleighWake,
Rocky Mount, Wilson,
Roper and Charlotte. In the
rewarding venture of productive
work, OIC has established
centers in over one hundred
cities in the U.S. and ten
abroad.
Post Offi<
Christma!
Postmaster Charles R.
Isgett has urged immediate
mailing of all domestic
Christmas cards and parcels.
"Although most of the
suggested mailing dates for
domestic holiday mail have
passed," he said, "all cards,
gifts and other holiday mail
deposited in accordance with
our local standards will be
delivered by Christmas Eve.
"In view of the excellent
cooperation received from
early mailers so far this year,
we are confident that holuja^
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In 1964, after leading
boycotts to industry to hire
blacks in Philadelphia, Rev.
Sultivan found that there were
not enough qualified blacks to
hire. So?he set?up his
Opportunities Industrialization
Center in an abandoned
police station in North
Philadelphia's black ghetto.
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ee Urges
s Mailing
mail deposited immediately
will be delivered in time for
Christmast-''' Isgett said.
Earlier this year, the Postal
. Service urged the public to
mail as early as possible and
announced a series of
recommended mailing dates
to ensure delivery in time for
Christmas.
The last of the suggested
mailing dates was Sunday,
December IS, for' mailing
domestic greeting cards withSee
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