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CAMILLA WILLIAMS
Camilla Williams to Appear at
University of North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL - Camilla
Williams, one of the great
voices of our time, will appear
here at the University of North
Carolina on Tuesday, July
28, at 8 p.m. in air-condi
tioned Hill Hall on campus.
Since her spectacular debut
with the New York City
Center Opera in the title role
of "Madame Butterfly," the
lovely soprano's glorious voice
and artistry has won her a re
putation of truly international
dimensions. She has earned the
title of America's envoy in the
recital field, making no less
than 12 tours of Europe in six
years.
Born and raised in Danville,
Virginia, Miss Williams is an
honor graduate of Virginia
State College where she pre-
Conviction of Seven
S. C. Called Legal Assassination
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DR. SWIFT
Popular Medic
Accepts New
Md. Assignment
BETHESDA, Md. - Leßoy
Russell Swift, M.D., has been
appointed to the new posi
tion of special assistant to
Dr. Denneth M. Endicott,
Bureau Director of Health
Professions Education and
Manpower Training, Dr.
Endicott has announced.
"Dr. Swift will provide the
Bureau with a centralized
overview of the problems in
volved In the encouragement,
recruitment, placement, train
ing and utilization of disad
vantaged person, "Dr. Endi
cott said. "He will serve
as the bureau Director's
(See MEDIC page 8A)
pared for a teaching career,
and New York University.
The New York Newspaper
Guild presented her the "Page
One Award." The honor was
bestowed on her for "bringing
democracy to opera" in that
she was the first Negro woman
to sing grand opera with a
professional American com
pany, thereby "opening the
door" for her now distin
guished colleagues, Leontyne
Price, Mattiwilda Dobbs, and
ironically enough, her early
benefactress, Marian Anderson.
A special honor came Miss
Williams' way when she was
invited to represent the opera
tic world of the NAACP's
closed circuit television spec
tacular in May 1964.
(See CAMILLA page 8A)
Typical of the Kind of Justice Meted
Out To African People in Racist Areas
(MILTON COLERA)
BAMBERG, S. C. - The
conviction this week of seven
brothers in Bamberg, South
Carolina is another act of legal
assassination, is typical of
the kind of hypocritical justice
that has been meted out to
African people throughout our
history in this racist country
and elsewhere.
Brothers James Epps, James
Bryant, Alvin X, Oliver X,
Otu, Michael Moore, and All
were convicted of starting a
riot that never took place. If
one were to believe South
Carolina's state prosecutors,
Williamson and Brandon, one
would have to accept that it
was a non-violent riot, prob
ably the first of its kind.
Judge Julius Ness refused to
recognize that their acts were,
at worst, trespassing and as
sault, not rioting. Indeed, his
court room behavior was so
reminiscent of Julius Hoff
mann's glaring Chicago buf
foonery that one could easily
expect gags and handcuffs If
the brothers had opened their
mouths.
This entire mockery of jus
tice «u In Itself an act of
terrolsm against Black people.
It was designed to pick several
scapegoats and at the nme
time punish some African
warriors who had been spear
heading the student struggle
for African liberation on the
campus of Voorhees college
and' throughout the state of
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VOLUME 19 No. 30
Nurse Wins Sol
For Heroism
First Negro
Women to Earn
Such Honor
WASHINGTON, D.C., -
First Lieutenant Diane M.
Lindsay, Army Nurse Corps
has been awarded Soldier's
Medal for heroism in Vietnam.
The 25-year-old nurse is the
second nurse to earn the honor
during the present conflict and
the first Negro nurse in his
tory to receive the medal.
While on duty with the
95th Evacuation Hospital,
Lieutenant Lindsay happened
on a beserk soldier who had
pulled the pin on a grenade,
and after throwing it, was
preparing to do the same with
a second grenade. Lieu-
Vmant Lindsay and a male
officer physically restrained
the confused soldier and per
suaded him to give up the
second grenade, and thus pre
vented numerous casualties.
Lieutenant Lindsay gradu
ated from Hempstead High
School, Hempstead, New
York. She received a B. S.
degree in nursing from Hamp
ton Institute, Hampton, Va.,
where she was entered in the
Army Student Nurse Program.
Following completion of the
Army Medical Department's
Officer Basic Course at the
(See NURSE page 8A)
South Carolina.
The brothers' demands,
which white prosecutors ad
mitted were legal and justified,
were nothing spectacular.
Voorhees has close to 900
Black students, It has a curri
culum which says little, if any
thing, about what those stu
dents need to move the Black
community towards indepen
dence.
(See CONVICTED 8A)
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SUMRMARKIT ON TMI WAY
—Nathan T. Garrett addresses
the crowd at the recent ground
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1970
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55TH SPINGARN MEDAL
WlNNEß—Bayard Rustin pre
pares to place the 65th Spin
gam Medal about the neck of
Jacob Lawrence, the first artist
ever to be given the coveted
NAACP award. Presentation
took place at the national
Otis Thorpe Elected Official
Masonic Rep. from N. Carolina
The Bradford Hotel in
Boston, Massachusetts was
the site of the Twelfth Annual
General Grand Conference of
York Rite Bodies of the
United States.
Otis M. Thorpe Jr. was
elected the official representa
tive from the Jurisdiction of
North Carolina. This was the
Eighth Joint Session of Gen
eral Conference of Grand
Chapters Holy Arch Masons,
Prince Hall Affiliation, U. S. A.
Thorpe announced that the
highlights of the Boston Con
vention were: Combined
Street Parade, Laying of the
Wreath at grave site, Prince
Hall Parade of States (heroines
of Jericho), The Annual Ban
quet and Dance and the
Sightseeing Tour (by Hot
Jurisdiction)
Thorpe also announced that
The Golden Star Chapter Num
breaking for the UDI super-1
market. The supermarket, atl
602 North Mangum Street, will!
NAACP convention in Cincin
nati. Mr. Lawrence was cited
for his eminence among Ameri
ca and his "swerving
commitment, not only to his
art, but to his black brother
with in the context of hope for
a single society."
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ber 65 of Apex will" host the
Twenty Fourth Annual Con
vocation of North Carolina
on Saturday, July 25. Thorpe
is to preside. The Convocation
will be held at the Masonic
(See THORPE page 8A)
| serve the general public and
I will offer discounts to low-in-
I come shareholders.
PRICE: 20 Cents
Free Breakfast
For Walltown
Children Begins
A free breakfast program
in the Walltown area has fed
110 children during its first
week of operation. The pro
gram is continuing through
August 31, ' •
The program is being run
by the Black Improvement
Corp of Walltown. Mrs. Hattie
Farrar of 1501 West Club
Boulevard is acting president
of the Corp.
Mrs. Farrar said that the
program is open to low income
children between the ages of 3
and 12, with the emphasis on
serving children from Wall
town.
"We're pleased with the way
things have gone since we be
gan serving breakfast on July
6," said Mrs. Farrar. "We feel
that we we providing some
thing on a useful community
project."
Breakfast is served by neigh
borhood volunteers from 8
until 9 each morning, Monday
(See BREAKFAST 8A)
Construction of
In 1969, But No F
Slated to House
School's Speech
And Arts Depts.
North Carolina Central Uni
versity President Albert N.
Whiting Monday asked the
state's Advisory Budget Com
mission to give "special and
urgent consideration" to the
construction of a $1,850,000
Communications Building at
the university.
Construction of the building
was authorized by the 1969
General Assembly, but the
building was not included in
the 1969-71 capital improve
ments budget.
Instead, Dr. Whiting told
the visiting Commission, the
General Assembly appropriated
$200,000 for planning, told
the university to seek
$650,000 from federal sources,
and ordered that the remaining ,
$1,000,000 come from ac
cumulations in the state's
Capital Improvements Reserve
Fund.
Dr. Whiting aid he has now
been informed by the state's
Office of Property Control that
no money has accumulated in
that fund.
The university president
aid that because the building
has been authorized, the uni
versity has not included it in
the 1971-73 Capital Improve
ment Budget Requests. He
aid, "There is a critical need
for this building, and since it
has not yet materialized it is
of first priority in our thinking
and planning."
The building, which has
(See BUILDING page 8A)
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PROMOTED Lynnc Thomp
son has been promoted to me
dia specialist in the Marketing
Services Department of Coca-
Cola USA. The announcement
was made recently by A. E.
Pickahrdt, vice president and
director of Marketing Services.
Her new duties include handl
ing special publication requests
LIFE Magazine Rates Nixon
Over Former Pres. LBJ, JFK
NEW YORK - "Life
magazine says this week that
PrcHdent NL»n has done a
better overall job in naming
blacks to Administration posi
tions than did Presidents John
son and Kennedy.
Nixon has picked one black
for an important policy -
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CAPTAIN KEITH
Air Force Captain and Family
Visit Parents Enroute to Arizona
I Captain and Mrs. John W.
Keith, Jr. and children, John
W. 111., and Kevin, are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Keith, Sr. of Baptist
Road and Mr. and Mrs. Bea
mon W. Meadows of Scout
Drive.
Captain Keith, who has
been in the United State* Air
Force for 14Vi years, has
lived in West Germany for
three years. While there, he
and media merchandising. Miss
Thompson, a native of Atlanta,
attended Tennessee A&I State
University and Atlanta School
of Business. She joined th«
Company in 1963 and served as
secretary to the Art Director
before being promoted to he
present position.
making job and two others
for influential spots, the maga
zine says in its July 24 issue.
"Their presence - plus the
fact that Nixon has appointed
twice as many blacks to office
as any other President - does
give him an overall edge over
(See LIFE page 8A)
worked as a Master Radar Con
troller. He spent two years on
the East German Border and
one year at HQI7AF Rom
stein, Germany in air defet»e,
contingency and war plans.
Mrs. Keith was programs
chairman, officers wives dub
in Fulda, Germany. She also
attended German Language
School there, taught wts and
crafts (cake decorating, etc.)
and played tournament bridge.
(See KEITH page 8A)