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*!”■■** k \ if » SECTION B Senator Sam Ervin Says WASHINGTON—The Sen ate Permanent Investiga tions Subcommittee has un covered some shocking charges about the grant of federal funds totalling £927,341 made on June 2, 1967 by the Office of Eco nomic Opportunity to a Chicago civic organization for an education pro{ am for members of two street gangs, the Blackstone Rangers and the East Side Disciples. The grant was made as an experimental program to enable about 800 mem bers of two street gangs to acquire basic educational skills in reading, writing and arithmetic, to enable them to obtain lawful em ployment. The amazing story which has been revealed to the subcommittee indicates that the purpose of the program and the ends it attained may have been a waste of tax money. The hearing is still underway, but wit nesses, including a former warlord of the Blackstone Rangers, have said that the money actually went to wa r d perpetuating the gang structure and his gang considered the program “easy money” to be raked tff the government. A mother of eight youth ful members of the Black stone Rangers said that one Specialize iii home loans and savings* 414% ■ Current Rate of Dividend Edenton Savings & Loan Assn. I A Safe Place To Save Since 1905 322 S. Broad St. Edenton. N. C. Rootworms? Low-cost Niran K)-G , stops goober-grabbers v * 'ficlSp ■- Stop Dm with Niran 10*G Niran I<M3, the first low-cost pea nut protector, delivers the beet ' i rootwormlnsuranoe your peanuts can get Todays cost? 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Some of the shocking charges made by witnesses before the subcommittee are in essence these: that small school boys attend ing a nearby public school were threatened with vio lence by gang members and forced to leave school and attend the OEO train ing program, that recruited gang trainees were given $45 to SSB per week and were forced to give kick backs to the gang heir archy which ranged up wards to as much -as $25 per week, that instructors in the training program possessed little or no edu cation and were attempt ing to teach other gang members mathematics and basic education courses, that same gang members in a supervisory capacity re ceived as much as SSOO per Residue? Absolutely none. Niran 10-G controls rootwortna, then breaks down Into harmless com pounds and disappears so It’s sale to use your peanut hay tor silage. Niran 10-G minimizes diowing, too, Decause it s pro ceesed to remove fine dust Niran 10-G Is carefully formu lated for Vtrglnia-Carolina toil month from the OEO pro gram, and that the stu dents did little or nothing except obtain “easy money" for their attendance 25 hours per week at classes. If the quality of instruc tion was poor, according to the witnesses, the atmo sphere surrounding the training program was re volting. Witnesses said that gang shootings occur red regularly in the area and some even occurred in the so-called classrooms One witness indicated that at least one gang member get his “head blown half off” at an instructional center. The Blackstone Rangers warlord stated that his gang and its asso ciates engaged in extor tion, murder, prostitution •and dope peddling protec tion during the same period that the OEO program was providing the members with salaries. The evidence adduced at the hearing as to job place ment indicates that the program had very limited results. Os the 499 gang members who entered the education program, only 83 were placed in jobs, and of these, only 39 were still employed as of June 20. The project has been un der OEO study for some time, but if the revelations have any substance at all, it is certain that the na tion will want some con crete. explanations about the expenditure of nearly a million dollars of tax funds for activities of this nature. BIBLE VERSE “I am he that liveth, and was dead; behold I am alive for evermore . . . and have the keys of hell and death.” 1. Who made the above statement? 2. To whom was he speaking? 3. Where was the auth or at the time? 4. Where may this statement be found? Answers To Bible Verse 1. Jesus Christ. 2. To John the Apostle in a vision. 3. John was a prisoner on the Isle of Patmos. 4. Revelations 1:18. 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Her senior activities in cluded being editor of the school yearbook, pianist for the Glee Club, special editor for the school paper, member of the Beta Club, senior class treasurer and sang with the Silhouettes. Wanda was also named as one of„ the 1968 out standing seniors by her class. She represented Chowan High School in the Albemarle Junior Miss Pageant at Hertford this year and was one of the advanced typing contest winners from Chowan County and placed fifth in district competition. She received the FHA Ruritan Cup, Typewriting Medal and Yearbook Editor Med al during Chowan’s gradua tion exercises. Wanda is organist and pianist for Hobbsville Bap tist Church, president of Hobbsville YWA’s and Youth Choir director. Next fall she will enter East Carolina University, to study for a degree in nursing. “Financial Corporation” Formed JACKSONVILLE The board of directors of First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina has approv ed a plan of reorganization “under the holding com pany concept” and a capi tal expansion program in volving issuance and ex change of new common stock. M. F. Allen, Jr., presi dent of the SBO-mi!lion banking system which has 24 branches from Boone to Wilmington, explained that the reorganization '‘is be ing undertaken to achieve increased flexibility in the burgeoning range of finan cial services our bank feels obligated to perform in the cities and towns we serve.” Name of the new hold ing company will be Finan cial Corporation. 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