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“OPERATION GRACE AND GLAMOR”- New York; American Airlines stewardess Teresa Watson (L) puts a mirror to new-found beauty of two teenagers during session of American’s “Operation Grace and Glamor” which is aimed at teaching of basics of grooming to girls 15-20 from dis advantaged areas in 36 cities. Bringing poise and confidence they use in passengers in skies to earth, teams of stewardesses instruct the girls in the art of makeup and charm. (UPI). Miss Hansberry, Bahl win - A iep§ri NEW YORK-Some portions of the late Lorraine Hansberry’s unpublished journal, written mostly during the last two years of her life, appear ex clusively in the November is sue of Esquire, on new stands today. Miss Hansberry’s journal THE SMILE THAT KILLS! „ JUm Jh \ ■ ff|X *oo*2?* \ 1 tla^j i' tyDl 'W“^g|j|fP ; ' BROCK PETERS KEVIN MCCARTHY fiBSfTOSSS ’> ***** -^ntsv sS —**•***>«** Starts FRIDAY Gilbevs Vodka |jj§s^jj X>4tJp|KT 3 »/5 FIFTH iHHIiHSHSpSiWB veax* co mxm, e«sr. mi* loo* ssuu*. w. « a. mnsr. t.Y9« <s«su ©, ms. #v fciri. wsr. moo, co. p boo4m.it er «. a, &, will be published in book form late this month by Prentice- Hail. Its’ title, taken from the current play in New York bas ed on Miss Hansberry’s life and work, win be To Be Young, Gifted and Black. Esquire also publishes, for the first time, a remembrance of Miss Hansbery by James Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin's recol lections of his friend and rrten | tor '“Sweet Lorraine*’ will serve as the introduction to her book. Baldwin recalls Miss Hans beryy’s defense of his play, Giovanni’s Room, performed in the Actors' Studio Work shop; “I was enormously grate ful to her, she seemed to speak for me; and afterwards she talked to me with a gentle ness and generosity never to be forgotten.” The excerpts in Esquire from Miss Hansberry’s journal re veal her courage, wit, creativ ity, and, in the last, her battle with constant pain. They reflect her good moods; * 'The work goes superbly! Yes! Sidney Brustoin! His character for the first time —beckons feeling from us! I am pleased i . . . only death or infirmity can I stop me now. The writing urge I is on. . .” I And her bad moods; "And 19- | 55? I will be 35 then—grayer— but alive? I have set no goals in my life and accomplished none. . .*’ Lorraine Hansberry on Race: “Let’s face it. The great Race Question has lost stature. The white man has Ibeen reduced to showing that he may be defined f as someone who links that the names Lumumba and Kas&vu bu are funny—and Fanfani and Pompidou are not! And on her illness: “Frankly .hings look rather poor. Ana he truth is that 1 am so tired 3f hurting at this point 1 wouldn’t Igfnind somthing rather drastic. I %’eel as if 1 am being sucked lliway.. .” Mr. Baldwin perhaps best y siiin s up, in Esquire, Miss “Hansberry’s Impact as an art- ist, a black artist, and as a woman: 4 'That marvelous laugh. That rnaryelous face, I loved her, she was my sister and my comrade. . . A small, shy, determined person, with that strength dictated by absolutely impersonal ambition: she was not trying to ‘make it’—she was trying tc keep the faith.” VICE MAYOR OF ATLANTA -Atlanta; The city of Atlanta elected its first Negro Vice Mayor in its 122-year history October 8- youthful attorney Maynard Jackson, who called for "action programs” and en forcement of anti-discrimina tion on laws and fall- housing codes. Jackson, 31, defeated veteran Alderman Milton Far ris October* 7 in the Georgia Capital’s first biracial election for mayor and vice mayor. (U» PI), €§ii§# And Sdimkrs T&SkProkkms GREENSBORO-A group of over 100 Negro high school and college students met. last week end on the campus of A&T State University of discuss the educational problems faced by Negroes in North Carolina. The group called itself Black Stu dents United for Liberation (BS UL). Vincent McCullough, a re sident of Raleigh and president of the A&T State University’s student government is the group’s chairman. The central theme of the con ference revolved around an In dependent assertion of civil rights by Negroes. The state wide representatives stated that, they were attempting to assess ways to “make a better Black community.*' One item brought to the ESUL delegates was the “Charrette” program off Shaw University. The- educational facilities “eharrette* is a Shaw designed program which seeks to treat conditions in the Southside ur ban renewal area of Raleigh. Use program a favorable en dorsement. Members of the BSUL also stated that “Blackscan no ledg er look to whites as protectors find providers.” They said that this feswtescy toward depends eace by Negroes could be c£f set by increased employment of Negroes ia the areas of “ap plied science and technology." Other profetmr $ tackled by toe conference ©altered on the or g&rdxaiian of black high schools, . curriculum changes in these schools, the new "law and or der” legislation of the load ®«3 factors! governments and faeraassd commanicstioniK be tween caatp; mss md toe local communities. Later this month, iim, Sto dassts Orgssaiaed far Black Unity win bold Ms wato-wfae mwttag In Durham. Leon S. White Joins Staff Os CAROLINIAN Leon S. White-recentiy join ed the staff of The CARO LINIAN. A 1963 graduate of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. White served as the elect ed editor of The CAMPUS DI GEST, the weekly undergradu ate newspaper at Tuskegee. He functioned as Associate editor of The DIGEST during his junior year, Has worked as sfp&iKsfS summer publi cation director for Tuskegee In stltute Com munity Edusa- ” i munity Educa- 1 tion Program “ 3 (TICEP) In which he pu- ' HnE blished both a newspaper and magazine. He also worked with The BIRMINGHAM TIMES, a weekly newspaper, published in Birmingham, Ala. SCIC Pays The Gov’t SIO,OOO WASHINGTON, D.C.-Assist ant U. S. Aity. Gen. William D. Ruckelshaus announced Monday that the federal government will accept the SIO,OOO offer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as settle ment far the organization’s bill of $71,795. Ruckelshaus said the bill to SCLC resuitef from the damaged caused by the organi zation's erection of “Resurrec tion City” during the summer of 1368. The U. S„ Department of In terior made the estimate of the damages caused by the setting up of a they city in West Poto mac Park during the Poor Peo ple’s Campaign in Washington, D. C. SCLC,.which sponsored the anti-poverty protest, offer ed to settle for a $5,000 cash deposit and $5,500 the govern ment received from the sale of lumber left behind by the organization. S 54th BIRTHDAY GRANDFATHER idquarters For Heaters, Duo-Therm & Preway Oil, i, Coal and Wood Heaters —All Sizes in Stock. Appli es By Philco, Norge & Magic Chef. Also Large Seiec- "■■■■■” " 132 E. Martin St. EASY TERMS ON ANY PURCHASE AT KIMBRELL’S A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Mr. White was elected to "Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities ar.d Colleges" during his senior year. He was aiso a winner of Tuskegee Institute’s President Essay Award. The 23-year-old newsman lists reading, essay writing, tennis, and basketball as prime interests. His wife is a mem ber of the Urban Sciences De partment of Shaw University. Women Voters To Present Bid Series The Raleigh-Wake League of Women Voters will present a series of units next week to inform its membership on the Urban Renewal project Lo pre paration for the bond election November 4th. The presentation will contain both the local history or Ur ban Renewal and the present issues involved in the South side project, such as how the project, will be financed, what the plans are for the area once renewal takes place, and are these plans finalized. The study will also discuss what the city will gain, what Shaw University will gain and what, as the study emphasizes are the effects on the people who will be relocated. There will be five units be ginning October 14th. Personals ATTEND CONVOCATION Members of Providence Ho ly Church who attended week’s convocation at the United Holy Church In Goldsboro are Mrs. Josephine Jones, Rev. Mrs, Louella Fowler, Mrs. Mamie E„ Crowder and Rev. Mrs. Celia Hayes. HIPPIES PICKET IN FAVOR OF COPS - Atlanta: A group of Atlanta hippies have done an unusual about-face and are now calling for better working conditions and high pay for police officers. The group marched on police headquarters October 6. Some carried signs reading “long hairs and boys in blue unite. Fight our political injustice.” Just nine days ago hippies and police clashed in Atlanta Piedmont Park, with a bout 20-youths charged with inciting to riot. (UPI). PTA is Right for the Time At fh<* PTA approaches its seventy-third Membership En rollment in October, the nation wide organization focuses on the problems of today . . prob lems that trouble and divide the American people. Action-oriented PTA’s across the country continue to channel their energies into united, effec tive programs in their schools and communities They will contima to share in a giant ef fort to fight any inadequacy, in equity, or failure of society which limits the opportunities of children. Turning concern into positive THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER li, 18m action is traditional in PTA, and it is reflected in the efforts of local PTA’s across the nation. • More than 80 members of a PTA council in New York state have given hundreds of hours of their time in special tutoring sessions. The volun teers have worked to help bring the reading level of underprivi leged children up to that of their classmates. * In Minnesota, a junior high school PTA sponsored a series of programs to educate parents about drug abuse. Films, law enforcement officials, counsel- ors and even drug addicts were featured in the unit’s series. * Members of an Oregon unit became alarmed by the in- . creasinglv serious misbehavior of high school hoys When nei ther the principal nor the juve nile court could solve the prob- . lcm. PTA members formed an action committee to investigate, tile situation As a result of ; their efforts, the community ' was informed and immediately ’ provided tor improved and ex ■ panded juvenile court services. 11
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