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Hooks Warns Of Potential For Summer Rioting Special To The Post Benjamin L. Hooks, in telegrams to the Mayors and police officials of more than forty major cities has warned of urban riots this summer unless they “im mediately establish effect ive grievance-response mechanisms.” The Executive Director of the nation's largest civil rights organization said, “Unlike Miami, other cities still have time to avert racial violence and to re medy the longstanding grievances about various functions of municipal Mrs. Everette Herndon ...formerly Miss Deborah Fisher Miss Deborah E. Fisher Weds Everette Herndon The marriage between Miss Deborah Elaine Fish er and John Everette Hern don took place at Memorial United Presbyterian Church Saturday, June 7. Rev. Edward E. Newberry performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Fisher of 1627 Patton Ave. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Herndon of Lincolnton. Mrs. Blance Oliver served as organist and Wil liam McCombs as soloist. Mrs. Wrah Stroud directed the wedding. Hostess for the occasion was Mrs. Dorothy Fisher Cranes, sister of the bride. Karen Bogle was maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Linda Bogle, Evonne Stewart, Aileen Todd, Fa yon Fisher Earl of Char lotte, Evette Stewart I Raines of Raleigh, De- ( horah Johnson of Winston- j Salem, Sharon Byrams of Waxhaw and Valeria Shute Harvey of Columbia, Mary- : land. Tarnisha Graves and . Denise Johnson were flo wer girls. The best man was Jim Brown. The ushers were Arthur Wilson III, Re ginald Thompson, James Brown, Jerly Todd, Robert Foster, James Herndon, Jim Brown. Ennis Graves and Willie Peters. Will Stove served as Ring Bear er. Attire of the bride was a gown of Dacron Organza, rhe bodice made of Chan tilly lace, featured-an em pire waistline with sequins and tiny satin bods. The Queen Ann neckline and bishop sleeves that gather ed at the waist with a deep cuff of lace complimented the bridal gown. The bride carried a bouquet of white miniature carnations with baby’s breath. The bride is a graduate of he University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is i member of Delta Sigma rheta Sorority, Inc. The groom is also a graduate of the University >f North Carolina and ma ored in psychology governments.” Hooks called on the Mayors to, "Immediately establish a grievance body that would be independent, adequately staffed and funded, have comprehen sive authority to investi gate grievances against public agencies and au thorities, and to have such powers to hold hearings, subpoena and litigate — and establish local Neigh borhood Action Task Forc es, consisting of key city officials and community residents.” Hooks also called on po lice officials in those same cities to "immediately is sue policy guidelines in structing police in the pro per use of their firearms and how to sensitively dis charge their duties as ser vants of the people — and to establish police-civilian deadly force or otherwise abusing their authority.” Hooks, making his re commendations public in a news conference at the NAACP National Head quarters, said he had also sent letters to U.S. At torney General Benjamin Civiletti and President Carter. He noted he had asked Civiletti “to investigate a chain of complaints and grievances about police abuse and discriminatory law enforcement and to utilize the offices of the Department of Justice Community Relations Ser vice to provide sensitivity training to police forces in these tinder-box urban areas. To President Carter, Hooks said he had urged the establishment of a Na tional Advisory Commis sion with the "specific re sponsibility of monitoring and charting the responses of the courts, the national government, local and municipal entities and the private sector in imple menting the recommenda tions of the Kemer Com mission.” Hooks said the residents of Miami were faced with “rising unemployment of ficial insensitivity, police brutality and finally turned to what was felt by them as their only outlet for their frustration.” "Therefore,” he said, "the time has passed for more studies and there is no time left for delay or alibis. Fluorescent Tube A flouorescent tube that darkens may not neces sarily need to be replaced. Reversing the tube, some times, will brighten it at the dark end. — " 1 I FRIENDSHIP DAY CARE CENTER GRADUATION h'ictured is uie isso graduating class of the 24 pre-schoolers at Friendship Day Care Center. Shown from left to right in the front row are the following children: Onitra Roberson (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Roberson); Patrick Carlton (son of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Carlton Jr); Rashad Stewart (son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Stewart); Jeffrey Tillman (son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson J. Tillman Sr.); Angela Jackson (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ranee Jackson); Ondre Wise (son of Ms. Devin Wise); Zaneta Erwin (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hazel E. Erwin); and Joe Howard (son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howard). The middle row consits of Terry Kemp (son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Kemp); Kimberly Gaither (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Gaither); Kevin Melton (son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Melton); Bryant Peoples (son of Mr. and Mrs. r- -- George Peoples Jr); Frank Murphy (son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy); and Jerald Jackson (son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Jackson). In the back row there is Roger Stowe (son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stowe); DaMan Ginton (son of Mr and Mrs. Freddie S. Ginton); James Melton (son of Mr. and Mrs James Melton); Marcus Rivens (son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus M Rivens Jr.); Marlena Pickens (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pickens); Dawn Hamilton (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hamilton); and Deon Johnson (son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Johnson). Graduates who were not available for pictures are Kelvin Summers (son of Mr and Mrs. Kelvin Summers); Alica Byers (son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Byers); and Marvin Scott (son of Mr. and Mrs Frederick Scott). - --1 QIC To Mobilize Communities To Fight Joblessness MIAMI BEACH. Fla - Nationally known leaders representing the religious community; White House and U S. Congress; local, state and federal govern ment; business, and minor ity interest grpups are scheduled to focus on the problem of unemployment and its potentially explo sive impact on society during the 16th annual con vocation of OICs of Ame rica. Inc.. June 8-11 Theme of the convoca tion. which will be spon sored by the nationwide network of 150 Opportuni ties Industrialization Cen ters for training the dis advantaged, is "Mobilizing the Communities' Re sources Against Unemploy ment." SomeJJ.000 persons “When many months ago we selected Miami Beach as the site for this meet ing," said Rev. Leon H. Sullivan. OICs’ founder chairman, "little could we have dreamed that it Would follow on the heels of the violent social upheaval which has stricken the Miami area. We have said for so long that America cannot afford to continue ignoring the twin specter of joblessness and despair. Now, tragically, this grim prediction has come true.” The black minister, who is pastor of the 5.000-mem ber Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia, said he hoped the convocation will contri bute to the resolution of Miami's problems ana forestall similar potential social disruptions in other U S. cities. "Through constructive dialogue and cooperative action, we want to replace the destructive burn baby burn' philosophy with the positive build brother build' philosophy." he said. Program participants will include Benjamin Hooks. N'AACP executive director; Rev. Joseph Lowery, Southern Chris tian Leadership Confer ence president; Florida Gov. Robert Graham: Se cretary oi Labor Ray Mar shall; Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbit, and State Legisla tor Clarence Mitchell, III iD-Md). James L,. Lee, pieaiuem of Gulf Oil Corporation, is chairman of an industry banquet which will be held Wednesday evening. June 11. during w hich Richard J Ferris, chairman of United Airlines, will be keynote speaker. ■Ha T FOR THOSE WHO COMMAND PERFORMANCE. BUT REQUIRE ECONOMY. We know your type. You thirst for a car that delivers power both smoothly and quickly. A car that can create excitement with its road-hugging abilities and eye grabbing good looks. * But what happens to all that when you’re forced to start thinking economically? Nothing. Because the 1980 Chevy Camaro, with its new V6 engine and effective aerodynamics, proves that a successful marriage between good fuel economy and real road excitement Is possible. I jm ESTIMATED MPC. 26 HIGHWAY ESTIMATE. Remember: Compare the "esti mated MPC'to that of other cars, you may get different mileage depending on how fast you drive, weather condi tions and trip length. Actual highway mileage will probably be less than the highway estimate. Camaro is equipped with CM-built engines produced by vari- j ous divisions. See your dealer for details, < And to further enhance Camaro s : appeal, power steering, steel-belted radial tires, specially tuned suspension with a front stabilizer bar are all provided as standard equipment. The 1980 Chevy Camaro. Reading this ad may lead you to believe you II be getting great performance from an economy car. But a test drive will prove that you’re really getting great economy from a performance car. CHEVY CAMARO _______ mfgmttffrmrn
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