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j by Annette Zitver Green
March 13, Sternberger
Auditorium - On his first stop
in a day filled with
appearances throughout Pied
mont North Carolina, Presi
dent Gerald Ford held a news
conference here. The noon
conference was primarily for
(he benefit of state and local
press although national cor
respondents and news came
ras were present.
The impact of Ford's
Guilford appearance was
highlighted by the fact that it
provided the press with their
first opportunity to receive a
Presidential statement on the
issue of his former campaign
chairman, Howard "Bo"
Calloway. The decision to
indefinitely suspend Calloway
from his duties as head of the
President Ford Committee
had been announced only
hours prior to the conference.
Calloway is being charged
with exerting improper in
fluence in his former position
as Secretary of the Army with
regard to the development of a
ski resort of which he is part
owner. Upon being questioned
Dartmouth Choir
"Singing Amb"
The famous Singing Am
bassadors of Dartmouth Col
lege will be presented in
Iconcert at 8:15 p.m. Thursday,
March 18, in Sternberger
Auditorium at Guilford Col
lege.
Guilford College is hosting
the event in conjunction with
the Dartmouth Club of
Durham, N.C.
As a bonus. The Guilford
College Choir will join the
Singing Ambassadors for two
selections and perform ano
ther alone. The entire
program is expected to last
one hour and 45 minutes.
Guilford students must pick
up free tickets at the activities
desk. There will be an
admissions charge of $2 per
person for all except Guilford
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College students, with the
money being used to help
defray expenses of the 80
students during their spring
tour.
A reception will be held in
the Boren Lounge of Founders
Hall following the concert so
that (he audience can meet
and talk with the singers and
their directors -- Ed Lowe of
Guilford and Paul R. Zeller,
now completing his 25th year
at Dartmouth.
The Singing Ambassadors
will perform at Guilford
College after appearances in
Manchester, N.H., New York
City and Baltimore. From
Greensboro they will have
engagements as far south as
Miami and as far north as
Boston.
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about the allegations, Ford
insisted that it was "inappro
priate" to discuss them and
that the investigation is being
handled by the "proper
authorities." He said that he
"will not pass judgement"
until all the facts are known
but that he has "full faith**in
Calloway whom he feels is a
"man of integrity."
The President's Guilford
conference also followed by
one day the decision to
preserve the New River as
part of the National Wild and
Scenic River System and not
allow the construction of a
dam which would flood parts
of Virginia and North
Carolina. When asked if this
announcement was purposely
scheduled to directly proceed
his visit to this area for
personal, political reasons.
Ford replied that, although he
favors the action, it was not
taken by him. Interior
Secretary Thomas Kleppe
reached the decision "totally
on his own," Ford said.
Ford lauded North Caro
lina's Jim Holshouser, his
Southeastern campaign copr
dinator, as a "superb
governor." He indicated that
Holshouser would be consi
dered for a high office in his
"new administration" and
even mentioned the possibility
of offering him the Vice
Presidential candidacy.
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In the re-running of the
Senate elections held on
Thursday, March 4th, the
team of Janney-Pollock and
Williams were elected as the
new officers, president, vice
president/treasurer and se
cretary respectively, of the
community Senate. Congra
tulations!
Journey
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Journey Into Blackness IV,
offering the community "an
extravaganza of activities,"
will be staged March 20-25 by
the Brothers and Sisters in
Blackness (BAS1B) of Guilford
College.
Events will include talks by
Dick Gregory and other guest
speakers, a dance, films,
fashion show, soul food
dinner, sickle cell anemia
seminar, exhibit of black art,
slide presentation on Ghana,
dramatic performance and a
gospel service featuring seve
ral choruses.
Aimed at exposing the
surrounding community to
multi-faceted interests and
talents of black students,
Journey IV is designed to
promote a sense of black
awareness in all participants,
according to Barrett Nnoka,
coordinator for the annual
BASIB event.
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