AFRICAN STUDENTS DENOUNCE SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
Words of Wisdom
When angry, count ten before you speak—if
very angry, a hundred. — Thomas Jefferson
A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never
accomplish great things. — Chinese Proverb
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MRS. DeJARMON
Mrs. L. DeJarmon is Named
Pres. National Barristers Wives
Mrs. LeMarquis DeJarmon,
was elected President of the
National Barristers Wives meet
ing in New York City. She
lias served as National First |
Vice President and is also the
President of the local Durham
Chapter of National Barristers
Wives, Inc.
The National Barristers
Wives, Inc. is a nation-wide
organization, and works closely
with the National Bar Associa- [
J. C Scarborough, 111 Is Re-elected
Lay Member Of Nat'l Morticians
J. C. "Skeepie" Scarbo
rough, 111., assistant manager
of Scarborough and Hargett
Funeral Home, was re-elected
a lay member of the executive
board of the National Funeral
Directors and Morticians As
sociation, Inc. at their 33rd
annual convention in Balti
more, Md. August 2-6.
Scarborough, who was re
elected from the floor as a
voting lay member, is the
youngest member on the board
and also represented the under
40 group as one of the
speakers before the conven
tion.
He is a graduate of Ohio
University and North Carolina
Central University where he
earned a B. S. degree; Eckels
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CONFER IN WASHINGTON —,
Dr. Charles H. Thomas, Jr.,
Equal Employment Opportuni
ties Director, Post Office De
partment 0) and' Mrs. Catherine
East, Department of Labor
Representative (r) confer in
Washington, D. C.
tion. The organization spon
sors the Dorothy Atkinson
Legal Education Scholarship
Program and has awarded six
(6) scholarships to black men
and women who are pursuing
a legal education. Three of the
Scholarships have been award
ed to young women who are
currently pursing their legal
education at North Carolina
Central University School of
(See BARRISTERS, 8A)
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SCARBOROUGH
College of Mortuary Science
and has done work on a mas
Mrs. East highlighted a
week-long seminar for newly
appointed Equal Employment
Opportunities counselors at the
Postal Service Management In
stitute. She is Executive Secre
tary of the Citizens' Advisory
Council on the Status of Wom
€ht Cannula Ci m&
Labor Department
To Use Goals. Timetables To
Get Job Equality
Hawkins Re-elected
Baptist Training
Union Ends 70th
NCCU Sessions
James T. Hawkins of Dur
ham war.
of the Baptist Training Union
at the end of the 70th state
wide session ending here at
North Carolina Central Univer
sity Thursday.
Theodore R. Speight, also
of Durham, was renamed trea-
surer of the Baptist Sunday
School Congress at the 97th
session held at NCCU also.
The two state-wide groups
held final business sessions
Thursday after three days of
panels, workshops, and class
room presentations. "The
Church's Response to the
Challenge of the Seventies"
was the theme of the meetings.
Some 300 delegates attended.
E. M. Butler of Wilmington
ters degree at NCCU.
Scarborough is a member of
a number of organizations,
locally and nationally. He is
a member of the Board of
Directors of Mechanics and
Farmers Bank; member of Ad
visory Board on Ambulance
Service of North Carolina; on
Policy Advisory Board of
Operation Breakthrough, mem
ber, Board of Directors of
Durham Business and Profes
sional Chain and Durham
Chamber of Commerce.
He is also a JLinior Steward
at St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church
and Assistant Explorer Ad
visor.
Scarborough is married to
the former Miss Clara L.
Richardson.
en.
According to Dr. Thomas,
the new task force of counse
lors will join other EEO coun
selors throughout 15 postal
regions in insuring job equal
ity for some 750,000 postal
employees.
DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 15, 1970
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was renamed president of the
Sunday School convention. Al
so elected were: Mrs. J. W.
Martin, Greensboro, Ist vice
president; Bartell Lane
Raleigh, 2nd vice president;
the Rev. J. 0. Rooks, Greens
boro, 3rd vice president; Be
atrice Martin, Raleigh, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Inez
Wicker, Goldston, assistant
(See HAWKLVS 8A)
Dr. Marion Thorpe to Serve
On Nixon's Cabinet Committee
ELIZABETH CITY - Dr.
Marion D. Thorpe, President
of Elizabeth City State Uni
versity has been asked to
serve on President Richard
Nixon's cabinet committee on
public education. As a result
of the appointment, he at
tended the Aug. 5 meeting
of the committee, at the
White House in Washington,
D.C.
Dr. Thorpe, barely in his
third year as president of
ECSu
sional leaders on problems in
higher education, during the
summer. He is Chairman of the
Research and Public Relations
Committee on the National
Association for Equal Oppor
tunity in Higher Education.
Serving as President-Elect of
the North Carolina Association
of Colleges and Universities,
and holding membership on
the Education Commission of
the States, the Commission
on Colleges and Universities
of the Southern Association of
College and Schools, and the
National Consultant Teams
for the Accrediting of Teacher
Education, Dr. Thorpe's ex
periences and connections are
thereby considered to be most
valuable to the purposes of
the committee.
Robt. Reddick
Wins Martin
L. King Award
CHAPEL HILL- Robert L.
Reddick of Kinston has been
named a 1970-71 winner of
a Martin Luther King Jr.
Fellowship by the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation of Princeton, N.J.
Theae fellowships are de
signed to enable promising
black veterans to pursue gradu
ate of professional training for
careers of service to the nation
i (See PRIZE page BA>
Consultations to
Begin Within
Next 2 Weeks
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
The Department of Labor will
use goals and timetables for
achieving equal job opportuni
ty for women in Federal con
tract work, Labor Secretary
J. D. Hodgson said today.
He said the Labor Depart
ment plans a series of consul
tations with private groups to
turn up criteria for revealing
deficiencies in the employment
of women.
The consultations will begin
within the next two weeks.
Information gathered would be
used by the agency to expand
and further define "Its ap
proach toward employing
affirmative action to achieve
See LABOR page 8A)
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Serious Crime In
During Decade of The Sixties
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
During the decade of the six
ties, serious crime in the
United States increased by 148
percent, but the rate of in
crease slowed down substan
tially in 1969, Attorney Gene
ral John N. Mitchell an
nounced today.
In 1969, the number of
serious crimes in the United
States increased by 12 percent
over 1968, as compared to a
17 percent increase in 1968
over 1967.
Violent crimes increased in
1969 by 11 percent as com
pared to a 19 percent in
crease in 1968.
In the Nation's largest cities,
those with more than 250,000
people, serious crime increased
in 1969 by 9 percent as com
pared to an 18 percent in
crease in 1968.
The latest figures were con
tained in the FBPs Uniform
Crime Reports - 1969, re
(See C3UMK pafo 8A)
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DURHAM ZETAS IN D. C.
SPOTLIGHT Sorors Tommie
M. Young (2nd from the left)
and Mary A. Hawkins (Ex
treme right) are seen with the
Immediate-Past Grand Basileus
Cite Hypocrisy Call of Military
Aid to Whites Against Blacks
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
A recent call for Black support
of Israeli occupation of Pales
tine was condemned here last
week by a meeting of students
from throughout the African
world.
The denouncement came in
the form of a resolution
passed during a conference on
"The African Peaseant and the
African Revolution." The
gathering was held on the cam
pus of Howard university and
attracted an estimated 150
delegates from Africa, the West
Indies, Canada and the United
States.
The June 23-25 confab was
(See STUDENTS 8A)
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AUTOGRAPH TIME World
famous Olympic great Jesse I
Owens, center, is shown sign
ing autographs for youngsters
at the Raleigh-Durham Trian-
It's Vacation Time Again!
The Carolina Times will suspend pub
lication for one issue Saturday, August
29 to allow its staff to take a vacation.
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.
Mildred Cater Branham (Cen
ter) and Issie Jenkins, Boule
Marshal. Ida B. King (4th from
the left) was a candidate for
the seat of Grand Basileus that
Kellogg Foundation Invests 1%
Million in Public Negro Colleges
ATLANTA - The W. K.
Kellogg Foundation has com
mitted more than $1,750,000
to strengthening public, pre
dominantly Negro higher edu
cation over the past two years.
Grants ranging from $197,000
to $226,000 have been award
ed to nine individual institu
tions.
The most recent grant for
$205,000 to Mississippi Valley
State College, Itta Bena, Missis
sippi, was announced in July.
gles same with Lynchburg here
Tuesday night. Owens spoke at
a press conference at the Down
i towner Motor Inn on Tueeday.
■ From the expression on the
PRICE: 20 Onto
was w»n by liab«U Herson 38
Baton Rouge. Louisiana at th.?
50th Anniversary- Boule hell
in the Capital City of Washing
ton, August 2-7.
The grant will help develop
the department of business
over a three-year period.
Mississippi Valley State
College is the youngest of the
public Negro colleges, estab
lished in 1950 "in a Delta
cotton patch" according to its
founder and president, Dr. J.
H. White. In 1969-70, the
college had a student enroll
ment of 2,314.
The extent of Kellogg
! (See KELLOGG page 8A»
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his favorite team evidently
must oot be doing too well at
the bet
(Photo by Purofojr)