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An award ant recognition cer emony as well as the dedica tory speech will be at Mount Zion Baptist Church, a new church building about two blocks from the new Insurance building. Dr. King V. Cheek, Jr., presi dent of Shaw University it Ra leigh, will deliver the dedict torial speech. Dr. Cheek will speak at 1 p.m. Saturday. Several representatives from the city and state govnern ments, including Mayor M. C. Benton, Jr. are slated to take part in the Saturday's activi ties. Hie ribbon cutting cere mony is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in front of the building. The awards and recognition ceremony, at which present employees as well as former workers will be honored, will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Mrs. Lee Ella Cheek, of Greensboro, mother of the speaker, will be among the for (See WINSTON page OA) principals taking part in the dedication of Winston Mutual'* new home office building (low er picture) Saturday and Sun day. The inset, top photo shows H f ■ l MRS. L. K. HASKINS REV. A. L. THOMPSON l- HASKINS Lyon Park Comm Honors Bronze Mayor Nov. 2 The Lyon Park Community Club honored its Bronze mayor in a special program Sunday, November 23, at the First Calvery Baptist Church. L E Haskins, president of the Club and the community's Bronze Mayor was cited for the club's many achievements during his tenure of office. It was noted that each year since his induction in 1955, Haskins has spearheaded a ma jor campaign in carrying out Dr. King V. Cheek, president of Shaw University who will be the principal speaker at the dedicatory ceremonies. the club's basic objectives of improving the general environ ment so that the children of the Lyon Park community would have healthier and safer surroundings in which to work, play and grow. A spokesman for the club said: "During his (Haskins) presidency, he has been in spired and has worked diligent ly with his co-workers to see the dream of a better communi ty materialize. He has put Wllkins Hails Haynsworth Rejection Cbt CarSjlflCirof g VOLUME 48 No. 4ft DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1969 Negfo Women's For tJ nity In Fight Meet Reveals Fresh Spirit of Active Purpose WASHINGTON— in a SPIRIT of new unity of purpose and action, the National Council of Negro Women used its 34th an nual convention as the launch ing ing pad for a new thrust— full mobilization of four mil lion black women to work as agents for change in black com munities throughout the coun try. The call for "unity and pow er and action" through an in tensified black women's move ment was sounded by Miss Dor orthy Height, the indefatigable president of the National Coun cil of Negro Women (NCNW). In heeding this call to action, the 400 delegates attending the NCNW convention passed a series of important resolutions, calling for: • NCNW affiliates and local sections to form watchdog committees on the state and local level t? see that federal funds and programs sre prop •fly administered; ~' • Immediate of buildings Trade unions which' discriminate against bite* and, other minority workers; • expansion of thi Cnuncil's Involvement with HUD's Turn key m. home-ownership hous ing program; • support of the November 15th March to end the war in Vietnam; • sections of NCNW to con tact school boards to insure the updating of curricula, and to provide competent guidance counseling so that every minor ity child will receive maximum educational opportunltiea; • all NCNW sections to in tensify their efforts in Con (See COUNCIL page tA) forth special effort, time and money to expand our program and thus to help us reach our goal. He has solicited money from friends and interested cttlsena. Ha has promoted uni ty in the community by special projects through which there has come a greater aware- Mas of the community's needs and more ftpoperatton on the part of many/' In X 966 the dub building (See MAYOR page 0A) ipr a ILSCTID SR. VICI PRISI OINTS Joseph W. Goodloe Jleft), president of North Caro ina Mutual Life Insurance 3 Elevated to Sr. VP Posts at N. C, Mutual Joseph W. Goodloe, president and chief executive officer of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, announced the Board of Directors' eleva tion of three vice presidents to senior vice presidencies. They are: W. A. Clement, CLU, Agen cy Vice President; W. J. Ken ndy, HI, Finsncial Vice Presi dent and Maceo A. Sloan, CLU, Vice President-Home Office Operations. In making the announcement, Goodloe recalled that, "Four years ago the Board of Direc tors approved a long-range plan of organizational restructuring. In 1969, when we moved Into our present building, the first stage or re-organizati6n was ef fected. At that time our, vari ous work units were grouped Into seven organizational com ponents qr departments. •With the progress effected during the interim we are now (See ELEVATED page 9A) Citizens' Help Asked to Cut 3 V- Kate of Crime In an effort to "build win dows" in the North Carolina prisons to help the people of North Carolina we what is going on in the prisons and to become aware of the needs that mast be met if the rate and OMt is to be cut, the Department of Corrections have proposed a Citizens' Volunteer Program. The Citizen's 'Volunteer program will be a joint effort by priaop officials and interest ed citizens to help inmates afely re-enter the community ready, willing, and able to live productive, meaningful, law abiding Uvea. Pointing out that with 10,000 inmates, many of which are willing to rehabili tate, the prisons are not equip ped of staffed to handle the problem alone. Corrections (See CRIME page 9A) Company, is congratulat ing three new vice presi- | dents W. A. Clement, CLU; W. j J. Kennedy, 111, \ and Maceo A. Durha m Business & Pro fessional Chain Crowns Qi The Durham Business and Professional Chain, thi? local subsidiary of the Nationnl Busi ness League held its annual event winding up this year's fund raising drive with a spe cial program at the Yoirr Own Thing Theater Friday night, November 21. The Chain is main sponsor of the Project Outreach pro gram, a concentrated effort to mobilize critical resources with - in both the affluent and the disadvantaged' communities to break down the varied and complex economic barriers faced by members of the minority. It encourages and stimulates the growth and ex pansion of businesses located within ghetto communities, thereby making these businesses gainful employers of ghetto residents and the owners re sponsible community leaders. Copping the title this year was Miss Angela Cobb, an up perclassman secretarial science major at Durham Business Col lege. Miss Cobb, a native of Greensboro raised a total of $193.18 to garner first place honors. She thus becomes Miss DB&PC for 1970. Second and third place run ners were Beatrice Wiley with a total of $167, and Margaret Fuller Claims Chap J forest Unnecessary; hlo Riot "I was arrested for telling my people to do just what the officers had said do. We were arrested for nothing," was the way Howard Fuller, direc tor of Malcom X Liberation University, described his arrest in Chapel Hill Tuesday after noon. Fuller, and two otiier Dur ham men, Anthony Martin Belcher, 19, and Thomas Jef ferson Grayson, 18, were ar rested by Chapei Hill police at the site of a food workers strike and charged with en gaging in a riot, dieorderiy con duct, and failure to disperse after an alleged flareup in front of Lenoir Hall on the Campus of UNC. PRICE: 20 Centa I Sloan, CLU, on their ele lation | to senior vice presidencies at a ■ j recent board meeting. j IT^ Dolphin Thompson prvMnts Bouquet of Rosos to Angola Cobb Robinson with $154.16, respect- , iv ely. A talent show , featuring many groups of loca I talent was also j a part of the two hour pro-1 "The whole thing is sense less," Fuller stated, "there was no riot. No windows were broken, no damage of any kind occurred. We were just standing there singing." Chapel Hill Police Capt. C E. Durham slid the trouble occurred after about 35 stu dents from the Durham school joined picket lines at the main campus dining hail. Those involved claimed the whole thing was planned. Ac cording to the students who walked with the workers, they were stopped at a roadblock between Durham and Chapel HilL allegedly for a rountine license check. "Hut after being waved Vote Indicates Rise in Liberal Policy in Nation , NEW YORK The Senate'* ' 55 to 45 rejection of the nomi ! nation of Judge Clement F„ | Haynsworth for th« United ' State Supreme Court is "further I indication of the growth of li i beral policy in the country and of the increasing power of the Negro vote." Roy Wilkins, exe cutive director of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, said • here this week, following the Senate vote. Mr Wilkins made ft clear that the Association was not opposed to Judge Haynsworth because of his southern back ground We opposed him be cause of his civil rights views. There arc several able southern I judges with good civil rights ! records who would be a credit j to the Supreme Court." The N'AACP leader recalled ! the successful 1930 N'AACP i fight led by the late Walter I White against the confirmation of President Hoover's Supreme Court nominee. Judge John J i Parker of North Carolina, i "Then, as now. organised labor played an important role in the ■ rejection of the appointment They worked hard an'' so did : we." he said r On July 19. Mr Wilkins Lni tiated the effort to avert the ( Judge Haynsworth nomination i Prompted by a report tha- I President N'ixon was consider- I ing Judge Haynsworth for thr I vacancy created by the forceri resigntion of Justice Abe For tas, Mr. Wilkins told the Presi , dent that th e appointment • 'would spell disaster to the A ntire racial equality program (See WILKINS page fA) gram. Aj ">pearing during the entertainn lent session were: The Imitai in S Temptations, the Exotics, Br enda & The Dynam (See C. HAIN page BA) through, we pu over an * stopped They (th. * police) only stopped car. s wit h Mack people in them. But wht the y aw us watching th ey tin >m , gin stopping in i iccasa olul car with white occup. ants»" i I,ie witness stated. The situation at th> ? campu s was described as peace ful until one of the men on th« > picket line was arrested for refusing to let a truck pass. "The cops rubbed the guy's across a wire fence, ca using his glaases to fall ott," f uiler continued, "and then one cop smashed the glasses with his foot" I* was shortly aAar thk, •wording to Pu|«r, tl*| th«y (See FULLER page Mj
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