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Diana Ross Introduces Jackson-Five To Group LOS ANGELES, Calii.-Slnffer jDlana Ross has discovered what she considers the most talented entertainment act of this de cade. Last Monday night, with the pomp and pageantry, accorded most Hollywood debuts, Miss Ross Introduced her proteges at ?. gala press party held at the Daisy, one of Beverly Hills' most exclusive discotheques. More than 350 guests repres enting the movie and music industries and national press were personally invited to the affair by Miss Ross. Miss Ross introduced her tal ented "bonanaza,” amid thund erous applause. Her stars are the Jackson-Five, five broth ers from Gary, Indiana, whose ages range from 8 to 16. Into the spotlight strolled eight-year-old Michael Jack son, the .spectacularly talented lead singer of the Jackson- Five. Dressed stylishly mod, Mi chael charmed his audience both on and off stage. Asked whether or not he was Miss Ross’ protege, Michael flippantly replied: •'After singing for four years and not becoming a star, 1 thought I would never be dis covered. . .that is, until Miss Ross came along to save rnv career.” There was more to Michael s humorous report than most peo ple knew. He has been the principle lead singer of the group since his fourth birth day and constantly reminds his older brother (Toriano, 14)with whom he shares the lead chores, that he might one day take over the entire job. Just to make sure that the public gets a chance to fully view her proteges, Miss Ross insisted that promoters of her show at the Los Angeles Forum, Saturday, August 16, bill the Jackson-Five with her and the Supremes. / She also will give the Jack son-Five their national tele vision debut when she hosts the Hollywood Palace Show, Sat urday, October, 18. Judging from rave press re These homes were modernized with electric heat. What About Operating Costs? Jamas Aiigood, Cary Mr. Aiigood heats and cools his 2500 square foot, two-year-old home with an eco nomical heat pump. His average monthly electric bill (every thing included) $33,27. views given her proteges, Miss Ross’ ear for appraising sing ing talent is as finely tuned as the golden voice that propelled her to the pinnacle of enter tainment success. The Jackson- Five, com posed of brothers, Michael, 8; Marlon, 9: Jermaine, 13; Toria no, 14; and Sigmund (Jackie), 16, have a repertoire that ranges from Ray Charles to Liberace, Low Enforcement Grants Available At Elizabeth City ELIZABETH CITY - Dr. Er nest A. Finney, director of the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) at Elizabeth City State University, an nouces that grants are avail able for law enforcement per sonnel interested in par Mpat ing in the program. Dependant, upon qualification and need, the maximum grant will be S3OO per semester of 3600 per year. This amount will cover tuition and fees. According to Dr 1 . Finney, ap plicatns to the LEEP project at ECSU must he high school graduates, with preference given to persons who are al ready engaged in law enforce ment on the city, county, state, or federal levels. ‘‘Anapplicant can enroll as a full-time or part-time student, taking the course or courses of his choos ing, but related to the pro gram,” Dr. Finney stated. “They must, however, agree to remain in law enforcement at least two years after com pletion of the study or studies supported bj the grant,” tie continued Registration for the first se mester at ECSU is scheduled for September 2. All members of law enforcement agencies and other interested persons are asked to contact Dr. Fin ney, immediately, for further information on the federally -funded law enforcement edu cation program at ECSU. Judge for yourself. These testimonials of customers who switched to electric heat show the actual operating costs tor their homes. We’ve got hundreds more we'd like to show you. Something else we'll do for you study your home and estimate the cost of heating it electrically. We’!! even help you get installation bids from contractors, so you'll have the full story. Call a local CP&L office. No obligation, of course. Oar@iitta Pmmr & Light Compmmy EIGHT AMERICAN'S DIED HERE - South Vietnam; An American soldier sifts through debris of the burned ou' Huey helicopter in which eight Americans, including Associated Press photographer Oliver Noonan, were killed when it was shot down August 19 by Communist antiair craft fire. IJ. S. infantrymen finally won their six-day battle against hundreds of North Vietnamese and reached the crash site August 25. (UPI). Dr. Bundle Credits His Grandmother For Success NEW YORK ■■ United Nations Under Secretary-General Dr. Ralph J. Bunche has written a rare personal memoir in which he credits Ids late grand mother with the ‘‘obsession” that resulted in his deciding to go to college. In hts memoir, written for the September Reader’s Digest as one of the magazine’s “My Most Unforgettable Character” series, the Nobel Prize-winner also reveals that a great-uncle, his grandmother’s twin brother, was so Caucasian in appear ance that he “passed over” into the white community. He did so, says Dr, Bunche, not because he thought white people were better, but to escape the hardships of white prejudice against Negroes. The United Nations Under Secretary-General writes that when he was enrolled In school in Los Angeles, he was given m L. C, Groom, Zebulon Mr. Groom heats his 1260 square foot, nine-year-old home with efficient radiant base board electric units. His average monthly electric bill (every thing included) SIB.BB. the commercial courses that all Negro children then received --“to help them get jobs after high school.” His grandmother, whom he calls “Nana” went to the school and demanded that he be allowed to take col lege -preparatory courses In stead. “Thus 1 got acquainted for the first time with algebra and geo metry, natural science, history, and French,” he writes. Gradu ated head of his class and valedictorian of the Jefferson High School, he was nonethe less “blackballed” from the city-wide student honor society “because of my race,” he says. Ironically, some 30 years later he was admitted to membership in the society. Dr. Bunche writes that his grandmother’s “obsession” with college made it the chief topic of conversation during the summer after his graduation Bill Smith, Raleigh Mr. Smith heats his 1500 square foot, twenty-five-year-old home with snug-fitting electric baseboard units. His average monthly electric bill (every thing included) $25.31. from high school, when he was working as a carpet layer dur ing the day, and chasing around wildly at night. “Nana was not to be resisted,” he writes, “and I finally appeared on the UCLA campus and enrolled. “Halfway through my fresh man year, I began to realize that I could hold my own and that Nana’s stubborn dream might come true,” lie writes. Dr. Bunche disavows any claim to being “A symbol of what a Negro can accomplish.” “I am no such symbol,” he de clares, “for in this regard I can lay claim to nothing more th.an the good fortune of having had Nana for a grandmother. The point that must be made is that no young man or woman should need my luck in order to have a chance in society.” he declares. Drive Sofaly EMBERS CHARCOAL 20179 ■* (k'W 111 Quantity' Rights Reserved IgwyaJ Prices Good Thru Aug. 30th fnji>rs ' AM jAB TdaiOo. 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