Saturday, October 5, 1968
Section B—6 Pages
TOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
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GENETICS RESEARCH AT
NSCU—Counting the various
mutations which result from
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Installs
New Officers
At a recent meeting of Beta
Theta Lambda Chapter of Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the
following officers were in
stalled by Rev. E. T. Browne,
Pastor, Mount Vernon Baptist
Church:
President, J. R. Butts; Vice
President, Raefael Thompson;
Secretary, Roamless Hudson;
Assistant Secretary, C. B. Nix
on; Financial Secretary, H. R.
Edwards; Treasurer, A. P. Du
mas; Chaplain, Rev. E. T.
Browne; Editor to Sphinx, L.
B. Frasier.
A report was made by Roam
less Hudson on the activities of
the National Conference held
in Detroit, Michigan. A. J. H.
Clement, m, reported on the
acttrittes of the Black Solid
arity Committee.
The American Petroleum In
stitute reports that, "Many of
the nation's oil companies are
playing an active part in Pro
ject Transition—a program that
provides returning military vet
erans with the specialized train
ing neded to find civilian jobs."
With North Carolinians in the Service
JOHNSON
Airman James W. Johnson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Johnson of 623 Waco St., Char
lotte, has completed basic
training at Lackland AFB, Tex.
He has been assigned to the
Air Force Technical Training
Center at Keesler AFB, Miss.,
for specialized schooling as an
air traffic specialist. Airman
Johnson is a 1967 graduate of
Second Ward High School.
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LANE
Airman Johnny Lane, son of
Mrs. Annie L. Broadhurst of
902 B. Poplar St., Goldsboro,
has completed basic training at
Lackland AFB., Tex. He is now
assigned as a supply specialist
with a unit of the Military Air
lift Command at McGuire AFB,
N.J. Airman, Lane, a 1967
graduate of ■ Billard Hltfh
School, attended Wayne Com
munity College.
I crossing the lines of fruit flies
is one of the duties of Mrs.
I Justina Williams, research as
Martin King Scholarship Fund
Receives $10,625 from Donors
ATLANTA, Ga. - Jack
Vaughn, Director of the Peace
Corps, presented Morehouse
College officials with a check
for $10,625 to be applied to
the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Scholarship Fund in
a ceremony at the Atlanta In
stitution on Thursday, Septem
ber 19.
After making the presenta
tion to Morehouse President
Hugh M. Gloster, Vaughn said
the funds were collected in a
spontaneous movement imme
diately following Dr. King's as
sassination last April. Contri
butions came from individual
Peace Corps staff members,
Volunteers In" 59 countries
around the world, returned
Volunteers and staff members
in this country, and friends of
the Peace Corps. Vaughn said
that the gift represented only
"a small initial contribution."
Contributions are still arrivin?
in Peace Corps headquarters in
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L. J. JOHNSON
Airman Lewis J. Johnson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Johnson of 1805 Jester Road,
Durham, has completed basic
training at Lackland AFB, Tex.
He has been assigned to the
Air Force Technical Training
Center at Chanute AFB, 111.,
for specialized schooling as an
aircraft equipment repairman.
Airman Johnson is a 1957 grad
uate of Jordan High School.
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HOOPER
Airman James T. Hooper,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
A. Hooper, Sr. of 118 N. Ninth
St., Wilmington, has complet
ed basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He is now assigned
as an air operations specialist
with a unit of the Military Air
lift Command at McChord AFB,
Washington. Airman Hooper is
a 1967 graduate of Willlston
Senior High School.
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sistant in the genetics depart
ment at N. C. State University.
Washington from remote areas
of the world where Peace
Corps representatives are work
ing.
In a letter accompanying
the check Vaughn wrote Presi
dent Gloster, "I am very
pleased and proud of the spirit
in which the Peace Corps has
responded to the establishment
of this memorial fund. The
letters from Volunteers in the
field have been especially
heartening. Their expressions
of gratitude for having this
small opportunity to partici
pate in a tribute to Dr. King
have been a source of inspira
tion to all of us. .. -
"We of the Peace Corps ae
honored to have shared his
vision for a world in which all
men can live in dignity, equali
ty and peace. In Dr. MaHin
Luther King, Jr., Morehouse
College gave this nation its
finest talent."
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GRANDY
Airman Clemuel D. Grandy
Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Clem
uel D. Grandy of 1005 Crete
St., Durham, has compelted
basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He has been assign
ed to the Air Force Technical
Training Center at Lowry AFB,
Colo., for specialized schooling
as a supply specialist. Airman
Grandy, a 1967 graduate of
Hillside High School, has stud
ied at Shaw University, Ral
eigh.
Airman First Class Edward
J. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack C. Murray of 3012 East
Geer St., Durham, is on duty
at Da Nang AB, Vietnam.
Airman Murray, a vehicle
maintenance technician, is a
member of the Pacific .Air
Forces.
Before his arrival in- Viet
nam, he was assigned to Char
leston AFB, S. C.
The airman is a graduate of
Northern High School.
His wife, Joy, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy War
ner of 556 Aragona Blvd., Tide
water,- Va.
According to the American
Gas Association, Inc., the
world's largest transportation
system is the 800,000-mile net
work pipelines and mains that
carry natural gas from pro
ducing fields to homes, busi
nesses and industries.
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
N. C. Leads in Conducting
Defensive Driving Instructions
RALEIGH - The Driver
Education and Accident Re
cords Division of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles has
just received word that North
Carolina leads all other states
in conducting defensive driving
courses for 1968.
In reaching the number one
spot, the Tar Heel State reach
ed 94 percent of its 1968 goal
during the first seven months
of the year.
C. S. Waters, director of
the division, said the National
Safety Council set North Caro
lina's goal at 25,382 for 1968.
During the first seven months
of the year the division trained
19,105 persons. "We'll certain
ly set a new record by the end
of the year, "Waters said.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles is one of 19 different
agencies conducting defensive
driving courses in North Caro
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MRS. MOS«Y
Funeral Service
Held for Mrs.
Nancy Mosby
Funeral service was held for
Mrs. Nancy E. Mosby, Saturday,
August 31, at 1:30 p.m. at New
Bethel Baptist Church. The
Reverend L. W. Reid, minister.
Mrs. Mosby, daughter of the
late Peter and Emma Bagley,
was born September 8, 1903 in
Fairfield County, South Caro
lina. She departed this life on
August 26, at Immaculate Hos
pital, Jamaica, N. Y.
Mrs. Mosby is survived by her
husband, the Reverend Tally
Mosby; a daughter, Emma Lov
ette; two sons, Milledge and
Talmadge; six grandchildren;
six sisters; five brothers and a
host of relatives and friends.
Yets Failing to
Use Valuable
Ins Opportunity
Thousands of disabled ve
terans-largely young veterans
are failing to take advantage of
a valuable insurance opportu
nity, the Veterans Administra
tion said today.
The VA said it gives disabi
lity ratings to some 7,000 ve
terans each month and each
man is encouraged to apply for
special low-cost RH insurance.
However, said the VA cur
rently only about 16 per cent
submit applications despite
premiums so low that a 25-
year-old veteran, for example,
can start a SIO,OOO insurance
program for only $2.60 a
month.
RH National Service Life
Insurance is available only to
veterans separated from service
after April 24,1951, who have
been rated by the V A as having
a service-connected disability.
After the rating is establish
ed, VA insurance offices in
Philadelphia or St. Paul in
form each veteran that he is
entitled to apply for low cost
RH insurance.
Applications must be sub
mitted within one year from
lina and is the only agency of
fering the course free to the
public. The course consists of
eight hours of intensive train
ing in driving techniques deve
loped to help the motorists
survive In today's traffic.
North Carolina's number
one position is due in part to
the large number of state em
ployees who have participated
in the training course.
Waters, believing that good
driving like charity begins at
home, set out at the beginning
of the year to try to teach de
fensive driving to every mem
ber of the State Employees
family during 1968.
The big push got underway
among State agencies in July.
We're going to just keep on
working until every State Em
ployee has been reached," says
Waters.
By the end of July, more
than 16,000 State employees
had received the full eight hour,
course. A majority of motor
vehicle employees and an esti
mated 10.000 of the approxi
mately 12,000 Highway Com
mission employees boosted
considerably the total number
of State employees.
Other State agencies that
have participated include the
Welfare Department, Health
Department, Administration
Department, Archives and His
tory, Personnel Department,
Board of Paroles and Proba
tion Commission.
Motor Vehicles Commis
sion Ralph Howland and As
sistant Commissioner Joe W.
Garrett are among the grad
uates. Both are completely
sold on its merits as a weapon
in the continuing war on traf
fic death and injury.
During the past two and
one half years the Department
has carried the course to thou
sands of drivers through civic,
church and fraternal groups
and through private industry
Hie course has been con
ducted for members of senior
citizens groups and for groups
of teenagers. If a person drives
a car, he can benefit from the
course regardless of his age,
Waters feels. "It is really a very
practical thing," he says.
The veteran Motor Vehicle
employee admits that he and
his Held force of 59 are "sel
ling defensive driving" with
evangelistic zeal.
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FOCUS ON REPAIR Doby
Howard (left) repairs a Kodak
Instamatic camera as Harold
Mars, general manager of Cam
ura, Inc., watches him finish
the job. Camura, Inc. is a Ne-
the date the disability is estab
lished.
Hie VA emphasized that
veterans who receive disability
ratings may apply for RH in
surance whether or not they
converted their Servicemen's
Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
to a private policy after they
got out of military service.
Even If the veteran con
verted his SGLI policy, the
VA encourages him - If he
can afford to do so- to apply
for the RH Insurance.
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CONTRIBUTES TO KING
SCHOLARSHIP FUND Jack
Vaughn, Director of the Peace
He Wanted to Build Houses;
His Talent: Building Lives
GREENSBORO Charles W.
Fairley always wanted to build
homes for people. He wanted
to be a contractor.
As circumstances would have
it, Fairley never became a con
tratcor. But there is no doubt
that he has helped to build a
better way of life for hundreds
of his fellow citizens.
A 48 year-old graduate of
A&T State University, Fairley
last week resigned his job as
director of project operations
of the Greensboro Redevelop
ment Commission.
He will become the executive
director of the Urban Redevel
opment Commission for the
City of Fayetteville. Fairley
will be the first Negro in the
Southeast and only the second
black man in the nation to head
an urban renewal program.
"I consider this a tremendous
opportunity," said Fairley,
shortly after his new appoint
ment. "I just hope to be able
to improve the quality of life
for someone."
At the outset, Fairley will
supervise a $2 million operation
in Fayetteville. The Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development • has earmarked
that much for projects there.
Fairley is a long-time advo
cate of urban renewal. "Some
critics of urban renewal say
that it only removes Negroes,"
he said. "I say it does remove
Negroes. It removes them from
blight, slums, and substandard
housing. That's what it removes
them from."
He said the bitter critics of
urban renewal are usually those
who have a vested interest in
gro- owned and operated busi
ness in Rochester, N. Y.'s in
ner city that held its grand
opening last week. Doby is one
of five employees. Camura is
sponsored by the Urban
RH and a converted SGLI
policy offer disabled veterans
an opportunity to carry S2O,
000 insurance at standard pre
miums. Many could not qua
lify for other insurance or
could do so only at increased
premiums.
Disabled veterans are urged
to get additional information
from their local VA office as
soon as possible after receiving
a disability rating from the
VA
A legally appointed guard-
News of Sports World
State, National And Local
Corps, presents Dr. Hugh M.
Gloster, President of More
house College, with a contri-
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ANOTHER "FIRST" FOR HIM
—Charles W. Fairley, 48, of
Greensboro, last week became
the first Negro in the South
east and only the second in the
nation to head an urban rede
velopment commission. Fairley
was named executive director
of the Fayetteville, Urban Re
development Commission.
maintaining the status quo.
"These are the slum landlords
and people of this type," he
added.
"Slums cost everybody," said
Fairley. "The people in the
slums pay the price of good
housing, whether they actually
get good housing or not."
Achieving a first is nothing
new to Fairley. He was the first
Negro Boy Scout field execu
tive in Greensboro. He was the
city's first Negro mail carrier
and he was the first Negro pub
lic housing manager in Greens
boro.
League, and was set Up under
the guidance of Rochester Busi
ness Opportunities Corporation,
and will have Kodak as its first
| customer.
ian or other person acting in
a veteran's behalf may apply
if the veteran is incompetent.
Peace Doubtful
LAGOS A Nigerian
official said Sunday the Biafran
decision to "fieht or die" has ef
fectively killed all hope for a ne
gotiated settlement of the
bloody 15-month-old civil war.
"Any peace proposal would be
implicitly unacceptable," he
said. "The only solution is a
military victory. There is no ba
sis for discussion whatsoever."
PRICE: 2t»
[. bution lor the Martin Luther
- I King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
I- Fund.
ANIMATED CHILDREN'S
CLASSIC ON TV
Copyright c ly6K, Kandom House, Inc.
TV producers have found a
sure-fire way to score high
marks among television audi
ences. First, find a children's
book. If it's a classic, better still
Get an outstanding writer-ani
mator team together to bring il
to life. If they've worked to
gether before, great. Add a nar
| rator who's one of the most
versatile talents in show busi
ness and you've just created a
television special with all
family appeal.
Babar the Elephant, whc
has delighted over a million pic
ture book readers will soon be
enchanting television viewers
across the country when NBC
TV airs its half-hour color spe
cial on October 21st at 7:30
P.M. The family program is
being sponsored by Viking
Carpets. Inc.
The same team which cre
ated the Charlie Brown show
(writer-producer Lee Mendel
son and animator Bill Melen
dez) has teamed up with author
Laurent De Brunhoff to bring
this delightful children's classic
to life. The story of how Babar
exchanged forest life for civili
zation, how he returned to be
elephant king, and a trunkful
of other adventures will be nar
rated by two time Emmy and
Oscar winner Peter Ustinov.
Some Disabled
Children Get
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Social Security
One of the least known
Social Security benefits is the
childhood disability benefit,
according to Mrs. Nina H. Mat
thews, Manager of the Durham
Social Security Office.
Hi is is the same cash bene
fit paid for children under age
18 or students between 18 and
22. The major difference is
that to be eligible, a child must
have become disabled prior to
age 18, and continued to be
disabled and unable to engage
in any substantial gainful work.
The child must also be eli
gible on an insured parent's
record. The parent must be
deceased or entitled to retire
ment or disability insurance
benefits. Often the mother car
ing for the disabled child is
also eligible for benefits.
Mrs. Matthews went on to
say that many workers nearing
retirement age have disabled
children but do not know that
this benefit is available. Be
cause of total family social
security benefits payable it is
often possible for a worker to
retire or work part time with
out a reduction in family in
come.
If you have a child with a
severe disability and would like
more Information about child
hood disability benefits, con
tact your Social Security Of
fice at 2022 Guess Road In
Durham.