Saturday, August 16,1969
Six Pages - SaMmi SeetiM
YOUR PICTURE-NEWS WEEKLY
Doings of Our N. C. Men in the Service
George Rowland Walls son of
Mrs. Marie Holman Walls of
921 Louise Circle, Fayetteville,
has enlisted in the United
States Navy and was transferr
ed to the U.S. Naval Training
Center at Orlando, Florida for
Recruit Training according to
Petty Officer Smith, local Navy
Recruiter for this area. Prior
to his enlistment in the Navy,
George graduated from' Hillside
High School.
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Marine Lance Corporal Don
ald B. Lyon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar R Lyon of 1711
Forest Road. Durham, partici
pated in Operation Pipestone
Canyon in the Dodge City area
of Danang in Vietnam.
The Operation was conduct
ed by the First Marine Divi
sion to find the enemy forces
and destroy their capability to
strike against the Danang area.
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U. S. Air Force First Lieu
tenant George C. Hubbard, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Hubbard,
512 East End Ave., Durham,
has received his second through
sixth awards of the Air Medal
for air action in Southeast
Asia.
Lieutenant Hubbard, an elec
tronic warfare officer, was
decorated for his outstanding
airmanship and courage on sue
cessmul and important mis
sions completed under razar
dous conditions.
The lieutenant, who was as
signed at Takhli Royal Thai
AFB, Thailand, during his com
bat tour, was presented the
medals at Shaw AFB, S. C.,
where he is now serving in a
unit of the Tactical Air Com
mand.
A graduate of Merrick-Moore
High School, he earned his B.S.
degree in 1966 from the Agri
cultural and Technical College,
Greensboro, and was commis
sioned thetfe through the Aft"
Force Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps program.
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Marine Lance Corporal Don
ald B. Lyon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar R. Lyon of 1711
Forest Road, Durham, partici
pated in Operation Pipestone
Canyon in the Dodge City area
of Danang in Vietnam.
Why is it that men who won't
turn a hand for less than S2O
an hour will jump at the chance
to make a free speech at some
luncheon club?
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BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PARK
While cars hurry along toward
downtown Miami, children en
joy the new M. Athalie Range
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BLACKLEY
Airman First Class Douglas
J. Blackley, son of Mrs. D. T.
Blackley of 1007 Park Ave.,
Durham, has been named Out
standing Airman of the Quarter
at Wheeler AFB, Hawaii.
Airman Blackley, a communi
cations systems repairman, was
selected for his exemplary con
duct and duty performance. He
is assigned to a unit of the Air
Force Communications Service.
The airman, a 1962 graduate
of Durham High School, re
ceived his A.S. degree in 1966
NTA to Discuss Moon Landing by
Black Men at Annual D.C. Meet
WASHINGTON - "Moon
landings by black men from
black nations by 1990 are posi
ble. And, the NTA 41st an
nual convention, 27-30 August
in this city, will be the first
count toward blast-off," an
nounced Raymond M. Jones,
executive secretary of the Na
tional Technical Association, at
the national headquarters,
3310 Georgia Avenue, N. W.
~ "Washington, D. C. Jones is also
of civil engineering. The NTA
is a large, professional organi
zation of black architects, en
gineers, scientists, Planners,
builders, and technicians with
active chapters throughout the
U. S. Its convention will be
devoted to exploring how tech
nically trained, black Ameri
cans can further the develop
ment of black nations. Res
ponse from invited black
countries has been enthusiastic.
Guyana, Trinidad and Tabago,
Park in this bird's-«ye view of
one of the nation's first such
playground for Miami—before
more than 1,000 persons July
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AVERY
Airman Jerry S. Avery, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Avery, Rt. 1, Pisgah Forest, N.
C., has completed basic train
ing at Lackland AFB, Tex. He
has been assigned to Sheppard
AFB, Tex., for training in the
aircraft equipment maintenance
field. Airman Avery is a 1969
graduate of Brevard (N.C.) Sr.
High School.
from Wingate College and also
attended the University of N.
Carolina.
Cameroon®. Ghana, Ivory
Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,
Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania
and Uganda will participate.
Other black nations anticipate
go-ahead instructions from
their governments. "Resource
wise, black nations possess the
richest areas of the world,"
Jones amplified. "Science and
technology are the only ingre
dients presently in short supply.
Black Americans, while having
to meaningful sovereignty, pos
sess the technological know
how of the West. Mesh these
two (resources and technology)
in an environment for evolu
tion, and we can blast off by
1990."
"We will, of course, go di
rectly to nuclear powered roc
ket engines. We won't waste
valuable development time on
crude liquid oxygen systems
of the type the U. S. present
ly employs," Dr. Donald Cot-
 30. It is named for Commission
er Mrs. Range, who played a
key role in obtaining the space
for a playground.
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Vet's Questions and Answers
The GI roll call passed the
27,000,000 mark today. (Aug.
6).
In announcing the new total
of enrolleet, the Veterans Ad
ministration said that Viet
Nam veterans discharged to
August 4 raised the ledger
count to the highest peak in
history.
In reviewing the veteran
population, W. R. Phillips,
Manager of the Winston-Salem
VA Regional Office, noted
that the average age of all 27
million veterans has increased
to 44.3 years.
Broken down by wars, the
average age of veterans on the
active rolls are:
Spanish-American War (6,
000 veterans 90.3 years; World
War I (1,647,000 74.7 years;
World War II (14,592,000
veterans) 49.7 years; Korean
Conflict (5,847,000 veterans
40 years; and Viet Nam era
(3,169,000 veterans) 26.2
years.
Also on the VA rolls are
3,134,000 who served in the
Armed Forces between the
Korean Conflict and Viet Nam.
Their average age is 30.7 years.
The totals above tops 27
million since some veterans
9erved in more than one period.
While most of the nation's
veterans population have taken
advantage of some rights dur
ing the 25-year history of the
GI Bill, Phillips pointed out,
major participation was four
million in education and ano
ther 7.5 million for on-the-job
training.
Millions, including many of
those who received education
and training benefits, also have
received other benefits such as
loan guarantees for purchases
of homes, businesses and farms
and compensation or pensions.
Phillips also pointed out
that Viet Nam veterans who
did not complete high school
have an opportunity veterans
of other wars did not, in that
the VA will pay them a month
ly subsistance while they earn
their high school diploma. This
does not reduce their entitle
ment for other educational or
training benefits.
Complete information on
ton, a research chemist with
theories involving surface phe
nomena published in the Jour
nal of Physical Chemistry, ex
plained at the press conference.
"Raw nuclear fuel is in Guyana
and the Congo (Leopoville).
Cement producing capacity for
building vapor diffusion instal
lations for enrichment and ato
mic piles for breeding is in
Senegal and the Ivory Coast.
Ferrous, lead, and other metals
will come from Liberia (iron),
Ghana (aluminun), etc. Bachup
chemical industry can readily
be developed around the petro
leum fields and refineries in
Nigeria and in Trinidad and
Tobago."
"Actually, putting black
men on to the moon by
1990 will be an opportunity
to demonstrate to the world
how blacks can use their tech
nology for other than war,"
Hiomas N. Cornish, Washing
ton Chapter Secretary and Re
search Chemist, added. "For
instance, building roads to con
nect the raw materials with
the power centers will be an
important initial step. Defolia
ting chemicals can be used to
cut paths through thick bush
for railroad beds. Or, perhaps
we will purchase napalm
bombs from the U. S. and hire
black American pilots who are
now engaged In killing brown
people in Vietnam to burn
roadways through the bush
during the rainy seasons. "U
this possible?" a reporter ques
tioned. "We black Americans
have already well demonstrated
our creative ability with Are
on a number of occasions In
this country in the past,"
Cornish answered with a wry
smile.
GI Bill benefits is available at
any VA office, locations of
which are in the white pages of
telephone directories.
Q ln the but minute rush
of final exams, packing and
leaving college for the summer
I lost the certification of at
tendance card which I received
from the Veterans Administra
tion. How can I get a replace
ment? I know that I must re
turn this card in order to re
ceive my final educational as
sistance check from the VA.
A - Write, call or visit the VA
regional office where your
veteran records are on file to
request another certification
of attendance card. You are
correct that the card must be
returned in order to be paid
your final allowance check.
Q - Ten years ago I obtained
* VA guaranteed home loan
under the Korean G. I. Bill.
The guaranty limit was then
$7,500. I now want to get a
loan to enlarge and improve
my home. Will the VA guaran
ty up to $5,000 of this loan,
which is the difference bet
ween the former limit of $7,
500 and the new $12,500 li
mit?
A Under a law that went
into effect May 7, 1968, the
maximum guaranty was in
creased from $7,500 to sl2,
500. Therefore, a veteran who
previously used $7,500 entitle
ment balance of $5,000, pro
vided that his eligibility for a
G. I. loan has not expired.
Q My. wife died recently,
She was the designated bene
ficiary on my National Service
Life Insurance policy. Must I
now designate in writing my
children as the new beneficiari
es, or will the Veterans Ad
ministration automatically pay
the proceeds of my policy to
them?
A lf the named beneficiary
dies before the insured, the
only provision for automatic
payment is to the insured's
estate. To avoid this the in
sured should make a new bene
ficiary designation, naming the
children, the share he wishes
each to receive, and specifying
what is to be done with the
share of any child who might
die before the insured. VA
Form 29-366 for naming bene
ficiaries may be obtained from
the Veterans Administration
insurance office where the
veteran sends his premium, or
or from the VA regional office
where the veteran's records
are on file.
Q What is a "disadvantaged
veteran?" President Nixon re
cently used this term in an
nouncing the creation of a
special governmental commit
tee to look into the problems
of disadvantaged veterans.
A For Veterans Administra
tion educational assistance pur
poses, a disadvantaged veteran
is one who has not completed
high school. Under an Oct. 1,
1967, amendment to the pre
sent Post-Korean GI Bill, "edu
cational disadvantaged" vete
rans are entitled to benefits
while going to high school as a
GI Bill student, without losing
any eligibility for further train
ing. Refresher or make-up
courses required for college en
trance may also be train. Pay
ment from the VA for high
school and pre-college training
ranges from $l3O a month for
full-time training to $95 for
three-quarters and S6O for
half-time training for single
veterans - more for veterans
with dependents.
No Blackout Peril
NEW YORK .. The dan
ger of a massive electrical pow
er blackout was ended and the
resulting power rationing can
celled Monday evening when
Consolidated Edison Co. re
stored to service some of its
failed equipment.
Two of three broken down
generator plants were restored
to service in early evening and
the utility said it again wu able
to meet heavy mid-summer de
mands for electricity.
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MRS. LEWIS PRESENTS TROPHY TO MRS. COLLINS
Local Garden Club Recipient of Ribbon, Trophy
RALEIGH—Mrs. Grace Lew
is, convention chairman of the
20th Annual gathering of the
Federation of Garden Clubs of
N. C. which met August 3-5
at the Sheraton-Sir Walter Ho
tel, presents the blue rib
bon and trophy to Mrs. Alice
P. Collins, official delegate of
the Year Round Garden Club,
for the club's year book and
scrap book presentations Look
ing on are Mrs. Plassie W. Har
Owen D. Nichols Named Ass't
To President of Howard Univ.
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Owen D. Nichols, director of
the Office of Technical Infor
mation and Publications of the
National Air Pollution Control
Administration, has been ap
pointed Assistant to the Pre
sident of Howard University,
it was announced today by Dr.
James E. Cheek, president of
the University.
Nichols, who was an under
graduate student with Dr.
Cheek at Shaw University,
graduated with honors from
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that institution as class valedic
torian in 1955 and received the
M. S. degree in physical chemis
try at Howard University in
1958. He did additional grad
uate work in information
sciences at American Univer
sity on a part-time basis from
1963 through 1966.
Beginning his professional
career as a glassblower and
equipment technician at How
ard University in 1957, Nichols
became associate professor of
chemistry at South Carolina
State College in 1958. He re
turned to Washington in 1959
to accept a position as research
chemist with the U. S. Naval
Research Laboratory and re
mained there until 1962 when
he became a physical science
specialist with the Defense Do
cumentation Center in Alexan
dria, Virginia.
Four years later in 1966,
he was appointed technical in
formation specialist for the
Air Pollution Technical Infor
mation Center, National Air
Pollution Control Administra
tion, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. In that
position he served as deputy
to the chief of APTIC and par
ticipated in the overall opera-
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ris, convention hostess, and
Mrs. Emma W. Randolph, co
convention chairman. The
books were compiled by Mrs.
Gazella P. Lipscomb. Not pic
tured but attending the con
vention were Mrs. Lena Gates,
Mrs. Flossie Torain and Mrs.
Roxie Rowland.
The Federation of Garden
Clubs of N.C. convention theme
was "Nourish the Earth and
Reap the Bounty." Mrs. Carl B.
tion of the Information Center.
Last year he became direc
tor of the Office of Technical
Information and Publications,
administering a comprehensive
program to provide technical
communications media services
for the total air pollution com
munity both national and in
ternational. He was responsible
for the activities of a projected
staff of 145 people.
Nichols recently visited
India, Turkey, Poland, Yugos
lavia, Italy, France and Eng
land to investigate technical
capabilities and facilities for
translating and publishing non-
English language journals on
air pollution.
His civic and religious affi
liations include:
A three-year term on the
Advisory Committee on Hospi-
tal Construction for Maryland;
former legislation chairman
and 2nd vice president of the
Prince George's County Coun
cil of PTA's former town
councilman for Seat Pleasant,
Maryland and is currently
serving on the Prince George's
County Housing Authority and
as chairman of the Administra
tive Board of the Douglas
Memorial United Methodist
Church.
Born April 8, 1929 in Ral
eigh, Nichols is married to the
former Delores Tucker of An
napolis, Md. are t,le
parents of two children, Bryan,
11 and Diane, 6.
He has written numerous
publications in the field of
chemistry and air pollution,
and was an honor student in
both high school and college.
Fisher Memorial
To Observe Men's
Day Sun., Aug. 17
Fisher's Memorial United
Holy Church, 420 Piedmont
Avenue, will observe Men's
Day, Sunday, August 17, at 3:00
p.m. The guest speaker for the
occasion will be Rev. Glennard
Williams, pastor of St. James
United Holy Church. He will
be accompanied by his congre
gation.
Deacon Houston Goldston is
in charge of the program. Dr.
A. W. Lawson Is pastor.
The obvious way to succeed
is to work hard and save mon
ey, but a lot of us refuse to
try it except as a last resort.
PRICE: 20e
Keck, state president, presided.
Highlighting the convention
were the courtesy tours of va
rious state buildings and
grounds. The very gracious and
charming first lady, Mrs. Bob
Scott, made the visit to the
Governor's mansion a most im
pressive one.
The twenty-first Annual Con
vention Federation of Garden
Clubs of N .C. will be held in
1970 at Greensboro.
Graveside Rites Are
Held For Johnnie
T. Roberts, Jr.
Funeral services for Johnnie
Tillett Roberts, Jr., 2 9-C Law
son St., who drowned accident
ly at Atlantic Beach, South Car
olina, on Saturday afternoon,
July 2, was held Wednesday at
noon at Glennview Memorial
Park with the Rev. D. F. Brown
and tre Rev. Clyde Long offi
ciating.
The deceased was the son of
the late Johnnie Tillett Roberts
ROeiRTS
Sr. and Mrs. OUie Mack Rob
edts. He was born December
20, 1939, in Durham County.
A graduate of Hillside High
School in 1957, he attended
North Carolina Central Univer
sity for 3V» years. He served
in the United States Army for
two years.
Survivors include his moth
er, Mrs. OUie Mack Roberts:
one brother, Alfred M. Roberts;
two sisters, Mrs. Carolyn R.
Gill and Mrs. Norma R. Lips
comb; and a maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Grace Mack of
Hillsborough.
Nader
Promise
Mine
WASHINGTON The
Interior Department promised
Monday to release a report on
harmful environmental effects
of underground mining, follow
ing a charge by Ralph Nader
that it was being suppressed.
In a letter to Undersecretary
Russell E. Train, Nader, an in
dependent consumer-advocate
and critic of government, re
vealed the existence of the re
port and said it was being kept
secret "so as not to discomfort
or expose the coal industry to
public criticism."
The principal official in
volved in holding back the re
port," Nader said, "is Mr. Mol
lis Dole, for
mineral resources."
Train, in a telephone inter
view, confirmed the existence of
the report but said "there was
no effort to suppress it what
soever. That lust isn't true "