NATIONAL Tuskegee Airmen Chapter Named for Former Tinker, FA A Employee ? OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? A new chapter of the Tuskegee Air men Inc. named itself after Maj. Tharles B. Hall, a World War II fighter pilot who was the first black man awarded the Distinguished Fly ing Cross. The new chapter of the orga nization dedicated to the motivation and inspiration of young people was . inaugurated Friday bearing the name of Hall, who died in 1 97 1 . His widow, Delois, was hon ored at the inaugural activities at Tinker Air Force Base. She called the organization an important part . of black history. * "My husband always said ; you have to provide a frame of ref : erence to achieve anything There is no better way to do that than for our young people to know their his tory," she said. . . People need to know that we have earned the right to be citi zens of this country'- We worked, fought and died for this country.' ' Hall, a former employee at Tinker and the Federal Aviation Administration, was a member of the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first black fighter pilots. The squadron trained at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama during the war. Hall, who moved to Okla homa in 1949 and went to work at Tinker, was the first black man awarded the Distinguished Flying shoot down an enemy plane. The training program at Tuskegee Airfield was often referred to as the 'Tuskegee Experi ment" or "Noble Experiment" and started as a civilian pilot training program for blacks in 1939. Two years later, the Army Air Corps activated the 99th Fighter Squadron. That same year. Hall left school at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, 111., and was accepted as an aviation cadet at Tuskegee. He flew 108 combat missions before being sent back to the United States to sell war bonds. After the bond tour, Hall went back to Tuskegee to train fighter pilots. Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks , left , is greeted by singer Odetta on Wednesday evening , Dec. 1, in New York. The reception, sponsored by the College of New Rochelle, honored Parks on her 80th birthday. Housing Authority Supervisor Suspended for Noose Threat MOBILE, Ala.