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Saturday» August 24, 1968 Section B—o Pages TOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY More Work Among Low-Income People Accelerated in Guilford GREENSBORO - The Go ve mm en t'l emphasis upon more work among low-Income rural people, administered by the anti-poverty program, has been answered In Guilford with accelerated projects through out the county. The entire county has been divided into four areas under the major service centers of the Economic Opportunity Coun cil of Guilford County: Wind sor, Wamersville and Haywood Street in Greensboro and East side in High Point. Each center is responsible for a particular section of the county. The High Point Center will serve the Jamestown and Deep River Township area; Wamers ville- Jamestown to Guilford College and the Mt. Tabor community; Haywood Street -Glenwood and Pomona and Windsor-the eastern section of the county, including Sedalia, Brown Summit and Holt's Chapel Road community. The more advanced projects are already operating from the Windsor Service Center under Coordinator Amiss T. Bart let t. Tutorial projects directed by Mrs. Jean White have operated for five weeks at both Windsor Center and Sedalia. Windsor had an enrollment of 190 children. A rural satellite tu torial program at Sedalia en rolled 130. The Sedalia pro ject was organized through the assistance of William Lanier, former principal of Sedalia School. Bartlett, said, "The project at Sedalia has bet many of the EEOC Grant Program to Help Eliminate Job Discrimination WASHINGTON, D. C.—Chair man Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., of the U. S. Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission last week announced that 41 state and local agencies will participate in the Commission's grant program which provides funds for specific affirmative action toward eliminating job discrimination. Alexander said: "EEOC's con tracts with the state and local agencies are earmarked for ,a concentrated effort to examine the practices of companies with few or no black or Spanish Surnamed Americans in their workforce and to eliminate em ployment discrimination on a systematic affirmative basis. This requires utilizing to the greatest extent possible the compliance provisions of Fed eral, state and local statutes. Emphasis will be placed on using the law to change dis criminatory practices and in stitute new procedures which will endure after the EEOC funds are expended." State and local agencies will work with EEOC and its 12 Regional Offices to identify major low utilizers of minori ties through the use of official Negroes Seek Spot On Policy Board— Steel Union Picketed CHICAGO Negro steelworkers, picketing outside and politicking inside, pressed today for black representation on the policy-making board of the AFL-ClO's biggest union. I. W. Abel, president of the United Steelworkers of America union, had hoped that its con vention this week would be marked by union solidarity, Abel was intent on political ac tivity for the presidential bid of Vice President Hubert H. Hum phrey. Humphrey appeared at Mon day's opening, and was cheered for the partisan barbs he threw at the Republican opposition. His endorsement by the I.J-tnil lion-member union is expected later in the week. The protesting Negroes, claiming Abel has ignored their grievances, sought to involve Humphrey in their power pitch -but the vice president avoided s confrontation by sending an aide to hear their complaints. Htt answer was that this was strictly union business. Today's scheduled speakers an George Meany, president of needs of this community and has given us a good background as to how to conduct and ser vice the needs of all the rural communities." Other rural projects operat ing out of Windsor Center in clude programs at Holt's Chap el Road community, Brown Summit and Popular Grove. Two hundred children an involved in the rural recreation al project in the Holt's Chapel Road community, using the facilities of the Central Baptist Church. Adult claaaes in sewing, cooking and social services thru community leaden will be add ed. An anti-poverty rural pro gram is also in progress in the Brown Summit community. Bartlett said, "Here we have very good leadership and active community participation. Pro jected plans are underway for an adult project and health and welfare services. We are In debted to Principal Elwood Jones of Brown Summit School and Mrs. Pauline Mc- Cain, a member of the Commu nity Council. Other rural work operated out of the Windsor center in cludes a project between Brown Summit and White Oak sections of the county in the Popular Grove section. This location has strong community participation, according to Bartlett. Bartlett said, "Thto commu nity project under the Wader ship of Rev. Moore, pvtor of the White Oak Baptist Church, built their own recreation area reporting forms and relevant data available in their respect ive areas. The reporting forms are required annually of em ployers with 100 or more em ployes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. EEOC administers Title VII which bans employment discrimina tion based on race, color, re ligion, sex or national origin. The 1968 contracts specify that in those states with legal authority to initiate a charge, investigation to identify dis crimination and conciliation procedures will follow. If con ciliation fails, enforcemnt pro cedings by the state or local agency will follow. In areas without legal enforcement pow ers, the agencies will conduct compliance reviews and seek institutional changes through technical assistance efforts with emphasis on changing dis criminatory recruiting and hir ing practices. In either case, a written finding on whether discrimina tion exists will be made and if appropriate a draft agree ment proposing certain changes will be submitted to the em ployer by the state or local agency receiving a grant. the AFL-CIO, and Bayard Rus tin, a civil rights leader. Meany is expected to avoid the picket line by entering the convention ball from the rear. A Black Power caucus Mon day night decided to set up a picket line-of at least 30 per sons—outside the International Amphitheatre where the con vention is being held. It also agreed to sponsor constitutional amendments requiring Negroes be appointed or elected to the offices of second vice preside* and district director-at-large. The 33 white members of the executive board, including Aljel, all are elected. Abel says "there is no discrimination in our un ion," that every member caa run for any office, regardless of race, color or creed. Thomas Johnson of Fairfield, Ala., chairman of the Negro committee, said Negroes com prise about 35 per cent of the steelworkers' membership. AbeJ put the Agere nearer IB par cent. Che Cittis r W r i I lr l Br nl W " ' i; v|l '• tI- fj jfp W' if 4' '£ i' 1 f■ II YW lift I MPf r tlv •111 ; il |j -tf :?' ;i |!~? f fif r l iJ [li lit i I »•- . ! 3 BBy i IM SUMMBR MADS (Daytona Beach, Florida) The 1968 summer graduating class at Bethune-Oookman College is shown after receiving their Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor Of Science Degrees. The class was led by Cum Laude gradu ates, Rodney Purcell Savory, HI, of Washington, D. C. with a 3.25 average, and Essie White of Tampa with a 3.16 average. from community donations. TTiey then built their own ball park, put up lights and a need ed fence, and are working to procure a building for a satel lite center." Future plans include a satel lite project in the Mt. Zlon section of the ;■ Use of tin in the bronze alloy of the Lincoln penny was dis continued in 1962. Now the cent is 95 per cent copper, 5 per cent zinc. Alumni Giving At A&T University Rises 800 Percent GREENSBORO GIfU to A &T State University by its Alumni Association have in creased more than eight times during the last five years. This information was includ ed in the year-end report re leased this week by the Uni versity Office of Alumni Af fairs. The report showed that alumni gave in the Annual Fund a total of $58,802.32, ap proximately $51,500 more than the $7,332.74 they gave the University in 1964. The 1968 contribution was a record gift, marking the cli max of a steady rise in alum ni giving since its beginning at A&T back in 1956. The main spring behind the A&T Alumni Giving Program is soft-spoken David W. More -1 head, a Greensboro native and executive secretary of the Hays-Taylor YMCA, and who services as national fund rais ing chairman for the alumni group. When Morehead was appoint ed to head the campaign in 1965, things began to happen. Total alumni giving jumped 62.9 per cent from a little over $13,000 in 1964 to $22,120.98 the following year. The pro gram has been moving fast ever since. In 1967 A&T alumni gave $38,302.31 for a 73.1 per cent increase. There was a $20,500 increase in 1968 over 1967. Morehead, who has had years of fund raising experience with the local"Y," and in which each year his own campaign haa exceeded its goal, gives all of the credit to a corpa of volun teer worker! in the alumni group who live in every sec tion of the country—from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from T«xas to Wisconsin. He also gives lots of credit to the Alfred P. Sloan Founda tion, which through the Coope rative College Development Program, of which A&T U a member, in IMS offered a matching gift of up to $33,000 on a dollar-for-dollar basis on contributions by alumni. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Dr. Stewartß. llamed To CCCAdvisory Dr. Stewart B. Fulbright, dean of the undergraduate school at North Carolina Col lege, Durham, is one of three new members now serving on the Commodity Credit Corpo ration's five-man advisory board. He is the second Negro to serve on the CCC. Lortmer D. Milton of Atlanta, Ga., was first appointed in 1661. Dr. Fulbright took his oath of office in a recent ceremony at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The other new members are Robert D. Living ston, vice president and mana ger of the Wells Fargo Bank, Sacramento, Calif., and G. C. With Our Men in the Service I s "v BURCH Airman Clarence J. Burch, son of Mrs. Ellen Burch of 309 Elizabeth St., Durham, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Keesler AFB, Miss., for special ized schooling as an admini strative specialist. -»A irm a n Burch is a 1968 graduate of Hillside High School. » • • Booker T. Bethea, brother of Mrs. Adell B. Anderson of 2540 Atlantic St., Durham, has been promoted to technical sergeant in the U. S. Air Force. Sergeant Bethea, a communi cations technician, is a mem ber of the Air Force Communi cations Service at Naha AB, Okinawa. The sergeant, a graduate of Hillside High School, attended the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina. He is a veteran of the Korean War. His wife ia the former Lu cille Price. • • • Airman First Class Hal J. Royster Jr., son of Mr. and Mra. Hal J. Royster Sr. of Rt. 8, Durham, is on duty at Da Nang AB, Vietnam. Airman Royster, an air freight specialist. Is a member of the Pacific Air Force*. Before his arrival in Viet nam, he wag assigned to Tra vis AFB, Calif. The airman is a graduate of Hillside High School. His wife, Gail, is the daugh- Cortright of Rolling Fork, Miss. Mr. Cortright is chairman of the cotton board in Mississippi. The three men, all presidential appointees, replaced advisory board members who resigned. Continuing members are Leroy K. Smith, chairman, of Fort Collins, Colo., and J. P. White, Jr., of Roswell, N. M. The advisory board is com posed of members from pri vate life who reflect broad agricultural and business ex perience. The Board meets four times yearly to survey general policies of the CCC. The major activities of the CCC include price support and production PITCH Seaman Apprentice Peter A. Petch, USCG, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Petch of Route 7, Durham, was gradu ated from basic training at the Coast S;i Guard Recruit Training Center, Cape May, N. J. Under the guidance of ex perienced Coast Guard petty officers, he successfully com pletd a rigid eight-week train ing program designed to trans form him from a civilian into a trained Coast Guardsman. • • • Norman W. Sercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Sercy of 217 Breedlove Ave., Durham, has been promoted to sergeant in the U. S. Air Force. Sergeant Sercy is a person nel specialist at Goose AB, Can ada. He is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Com mand. The sergeant is a 1966 grad uate of Southern High School. • • • Airman Robert Caldwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mar shall, 606 Reservoir St., Dur ham, has been graduated from a U.S. Air Force technical school at Amarillo AFB, Tex. He was trained as an ad ministrative specialist and has been assigned to a unit of the U. S. Air Forces in Europe at Ram stein AB, Germany. The airman Is a '67 graduate of Hillside High School. ter of Mrs. Zlllie Parker of 806 Holloway St., Durham. stabilization programs. Dr. Fulbright, who joined the North Carolina College Faculty in 1947, holds an A.B. degree from Lincoln University (Mo.), an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from tthe Ohio State University. He pursued post-doctoral studies on a Danforth fellowship in 1762 at the University of Penn sylvania. . As a captain in World War n, he was a pilot with the 477 th Bombardment Group. Now on inactive duty with the Air Force Reserve, he is married and father of two children—a daughter, Gina, 13, and a son, Edward, 6. Mrs. Fulbright, who holds the B.S. from Lincoln University and the M.S.L.S. from North Carolina College, is a librarian at Burton School, Durham. Vets Questions And Answers EDITOR'S NOTE: Below are authoritative answers by the Veterans Administration to some of the many current ques tions from former servicemen and their families. Further in formation on veterans benefits may be obtained at any VA office. Q. —My sister is married to a World War I veteran who draws 100 per cent service connected disability compensa tion. As his health is extreme ly bad and he is in his 70's, I am concerned about her fin nacial welfare in the event of his death. Will she be entitled to any benefits as the widow of a disabled veteran? A.— Possibly. If a veteran dies as a result of a service connected disability, his widow is eligible for death compen sation. This amounts to $l2O monthly, plus 12 per cent of the monthly basic pay now be ing received by a serviceman whose rank and years of serv ice are the same as those of the deceased veteran. If the veteran's death is not the result of a service-connect ed disability, the widow may be eligible for a pension from the Veterans Administration. De tailed information may be ob tained from the VA Regional Office where her husband's vetran records are kept. Q. I am a war veteran but have never asked for any bene fits from the Veterans Adminis tration. Can I get a free medi cal examination? A. Medical examinations are made by VA only in con nection with an application for some sort of benefit, such as hospitalization, or to determ ine If a condition i* service connected. The VA is not per mitted to give a veteran a trtt examination for some private purpose of his own. News of Sports World State, National And Local Elks Announce Expanded Grants To Contestants Honoring King MEMPHIS, Tenn. George I W. Lee, Grand Commissioner of Education of the Negro Elks i in collaboration with Hobson j R. Reynolds, the Grand Exalt j ed Ruler, annouces an expand- j ed scholarship program honor ing the late Dr. Martin Luther Rihg, Jr. "The scholarship grants," Mr. Lee stated, "will be in creased from SI,OOO to as high as $1,500. All seven partici pants in the National Oratori cal! Contest memorializing Dr. King will receive from $1,200 to $1,500 scholarships. Some 25 or more additional scholar ships of SI,OOO each will be granted to the winners of each qualifying state contest. This expanded scholarship program will put more than 125 students on the Elks Scholarship Roll for 1969. The annual Oratori cal Contest climaxing this pro gram Monday night, August 26, at the New York Hilton Hotel will feature seven young Americans who will contest for WSRC Director Attends Meeting In Miami, Florida MIAMI, Florida Ervin L. Hester, Program Director of Radio Station WSRC attended the five-day (Aug. 14-18) 14th annual National Ass'n of Tele sadors Hotel in Miami. In addition to attending busi ness sessions, the delegates heard welcoming speeches by Miami Mayor Stephen P. Clark, and City Commissioner Mrs. M. Athalie Range, plus addresses by Andrew Carter, president of radio station KPRS, Kansas City, Mo.; Rev. Jesse Jackson, of the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence; Commissioner Nicholas j JohnsbrtT of the Federal Com munications Commission and Congressman John J. Conyers, I Jr. of Detroit. Many receptions were sponsored by the nation's rec ord manufacturers and many recording artists, including co medians Bill Cosby and God frey Cambridge, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls and Patty Drew entertained. Other dignitaries attending the convention included actor Sidney Poitier, Mrs. Coretta King, wife of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, and State Representative Julian Bond of Georgia. Ship Firm, Tenneco To Merge NEWPORT NEWS, Va. A special meeting o.' stockholders of Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Monday ap proved a merger by which the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Temwco Corporation. Directors met after the stockholders meeting and decid ed to omit payment of a third quarter dividend. As previously reported to stockholders, cost estimates have been raised for completioni Problem For Apollo Flights Deleted—— U.S. Gets In Moon Race CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. The space agency has deleted a problem-plagued section from the Apollo spacecraft which is scheduled to be launched in De cember in the first manned flight of the Saturn S superrock et. The action reflects an appar ent high-level decision to beat Soviet cosmonauts around the moon. Air Force Maj. Gen. Samuel Q. —May I use my G. I. loan to buy a house strictly for in vestment purposes? A.—No. The lsw says that to obtain a G. I. home loan s veterans must certify that he intends to occupy the proper ty personally as his home. If the G. I. loan is for improve ments, he must certify that he is the owner and occupant of the home. PRICE: Stt the best young speaker in the land." The Alumnus of the Year Award will go to Mrs. Vel R. Phillips. Alderman of the Sixth Ward from the City of Mil waukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Phil lips is. the first Negro elected in the Dnited States to serve on the Democratic National Committee. She was one of the 10 American women invited to Germany to tour that country on a goodwill information trip. Mrs. Phillips is now deeply and consistently involved in the struggle for the enactment of a strong fair housing ordinance in Milwaukee; and is a partici pant in the NAACP Youth Council's marathon marches. The principal speaker for the Martin Luther King Memorial Occasion will be Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, former Executive As sistant and life long friend of the late Dr. King. Dr. Walker now serves as Special Assistant to the Governor of New York. YA Helping Children of Deceased Yets WINSTON-SALEM—The Vet erans Administration wi'l pay up to $l3O a month to help educate each son and daughter of a deceased veteran who died in service or of a service con nected disability, or one who has been totally and perma nently disabled as a result of honorable service. These payments are usually provided for daugh ters between the ages of 18 and 26, W. R. Phillips, Manager of the VA Regional Office in Winston-Salem said. The pro gram is intended for education beyond the secondary school level, he said, but there are some exceptions. Marriage does not bar this benefit. An eligible person may re ceive up to 36 months of schol ing—or the equivalent of 36 months if enrolled part time. Monthly payments are lowered if the enrollment is for less than full time, and no payment is authorized for less than half time. Eligible people of legal age may file their own applications for this program with a Vete rans Administration Office, Phillips said. For minor chil dren, the parent or guardian must file, he added. Special restorative training may be provided to young men or women unable to pursue an education because of some physical or mental disability. It consists of training such as speech and voice correction, lipreading Braille reading and writing and the like. In some instances, handi capped children may begin a special vocational or restora tive course as early as age 14. More than 125,000 students have been helped in the pro gram since 1956 when it was established. C. Phillips, Apollo program di rector for the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration, said Monday the flight will not include a manned earth-orbital test of a lunar module, the spacecraft section that will leave the nose of an Apollo -om nmnd ship in lunar orbit and take two astronauts to the moon's surface. Instead, he said, the S6S-foot tall Saturn 5 is now scheduled to hur 1 into space only a three-man Apollo command ship piloted by Air Force Col. Frank Borman and Maj. William A. Anders and Navy Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. "The basic mission plan is tor operations in low earth orbit," Phillips said in a news confer ence. "While preparing for that bask mission, we are studying possible alternatives," he said. Preceding that first Saturn 5 launch will be a three-man Apollo earth-orbital flight by Navy Capt Walter M. Schirra Jr
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