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VOLUME 49 No. 44
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GOODWILL AMBASSADRESS—
—GaiI Fisher, Emmy award win
ning star of the CBS-TV show
—"Mannix"—has been named
Goodwill Ambassadress for the
1971 National Easter -Seal
St. Joseph's A.HH. .
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IMPRESSIVE CORONATION—
—An African motif highlighted
the annual coronation of Miss
Pearl Brown (center) of Hart-
Campaign. March 1-April 11.
Miss Fisher will play a lead
ing volunteer role to raise
funds for Easter Seal services
that annnualy aid 1 250,000 han
didcapped children and adults.
By BERNARD AUSTIN
St. Joseph's will observe the
101 st Anniversary and Home
coming, Sunday, November
8, 1970 at the 11:00 a.m.
worship service. Dr. J. D.
Davis, presiding. Elder of the
Western District, of the
Western North Carolina An
nual Conference will be the
guest speaker. William A.
Marsh Jr., presiding, William
Turner, prayer, and music will
be furnished by the Senior
Choir.
Boyd's history of Durham
says, "the first Negro congre-
ford, Conn., as Miss A. & T.
I State University last Wednes
; day at the University. Attend
ants were (left to right) Sandra
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FEDERAL AGENCIES FIND THAT 22,400
WORKERS ON GOV'T JOBS UNDERPAID
Findings Are
Contained In
Wage Report
WASHINGTON - Approxi
mately 22,400 employees were
found due $2.8 million in wage
underpayments on Govern
ment contract work during
Fiscal Year 1970, investiga
tions made by the Federal
Wage and Hour Division and
other Government enforce
ment agencies have disclosed.
The findings are contained
in a wage and Hour report on
Government enforcement ac
tivity under the Davis-Bacon
and Related Acts and the Con
tract Work Hours Safety
Standards Act, which deal pri
marily with wages and hours
on construction contracts.
In issuing the report, Wage
and Hour Administrator
Robert D. Mo ran pointed out
that while the Division's 960
Compliance Officers conduct
ed 1>5% of all Government in
vestigations under these laws,
they accounted for $2 million
or 71% oI tthe total tack
wages found due nearly
14,000 or 62% of the total
number of laborers and me
chanics found underpaid.
Mo ran said the Wage and
Hour findings represent an in
crease of 152% in the number
of employees found die back
(See FEDERAL page 2A)
gation in point of time is St.
Joseph's African Methodist
Episcopal Church. It was
founded in 1869 and its first
pastor was Edian Markham. On
August 20, 1869, the church
was organized with only six
members. The land on which
the church now stands was
given by Rev. Markham."
It counts among its pastors
some of the most outstanding
ministers of the connection,
and is considered the leading
A.M.E. Church in North Caro
lina.
Rev. Philip R. Cousin is
now minister.
Slade. .Henderson; Katrina Bon- 1
aparte, Winston-Salem; Sandra 1
Hall, Washington, D. C.; and I
Agnes Dunston New Bern.
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970
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His Eminence Bishop S. McDowell Shelton and His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, the
Emperior of Ethiopia.
Bishop McDowell Shelton Makes
Annual Far East E
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -
The world's largest Apostolic
Faith Church, The Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ, bids
its Apostle and General Over
seer, His Eminence, Bishop S.
McDowell Shelton, Godspeed
as he broadens the horizon of
the Church and makes his an
nual evangelistic tour to Eu
rope, the Middle East and
Africa.
Bishop S. McDowell Shel
Gail Fisher Is Named 70 Goodwill
Ambassadress For
Sees the Black
Economic Trend
As Declining
NEW YORK, N. Y., -
Whitney M. Young, Jr., Execu
tive Director of the National
Urban League, said today that
the current economic outlook
for Blacks was "more des
perate than at any time, since
the Depression, and absolute
ly tragic in its consequence
for millions of Black Ameri
cans.
Mr Young's pessimism was
based largely on the results of
the latest Quarterly Economic
Report on National Economic
Trends, issued by the League's
Research Department in Wash;
ington.
"Black unemployment is at
its highest in six years, and
higher than has ever been re
corded for whites since the
(Sec TREND page 2A)
ton was received in Brussels by
His Excellency, Mr. John S. D.
Eisenhower (former President
Eisenhower's son) who is now
U. S. Ambassador in Belgium.
The Bishop also had important
talks with leaders in European
Communities whose head of
fices are in Brussels, and he
had the opportunity to speak
to listeners of Radiodiffusion
Beige.
From Brussels, Bishop S.
CHICAGO Gail Fisher,
Emmy award winning star of
the CBS-TV show - "Mannix"
- has been named Goodwill
Ambassadress for the 1971
National Easter Seal Cam
paign.
The announcement was
made by Summer G. Whittier,
executive director of the Na
tional Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults,
at its Chicago headquarters.
Miss Fisher has taped TV
and radio spots and will make
personal appearances during
the 1971 appeal which opens
March 1 and continues through
April 11, Easter Sunday.
She will be guest speaker
at a luncheon for young
Easter Seal volunteers on No
vember 7, final day of the Na
tional Society's annual conven
tion, to be held at the Palmer
House, Chicago.
As Goodwill Ambassadress,
Mis* Fisher will play a leading
volunteer role in enlisting fi
nancial support for Easter Seal
rehabilitation and other serv
ices that annually aid some
quarter of a million crippled
(See FISHER page 2A)
McDowell Shelton flew to
Rome where he met His Ex
cellency, Mr. Graham A. Mar
tin, U. S. Ambassador in
Italy. The bishop visited the
building of the Vatican Broad
casting Service conducted by
Mgr. Pere Stefanizzi, Manager
of this service. His Eminence,
Bishop S. McDowell Shelton
was invited by Mgr. Giaomo
Martin to be present to the
(See SHELTON page 2A)
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GRANT TO AID BLACK MED
STUDENTS Dr. James M.
Whittico of St. Louis (second
from left) happily acc«pts a
grant of $5,000 from Sterling
Drug Inc. to the scholarship
fund established to help black
The Golden One is Coining
YOUR WAY I* 11971
For The Importa nt Date
WATCH THESE CO. LUMNS
Officers Request Promotions of
Rank Without Regard to i face
The progress report on the
grievances of Durham's black
policemen received sharp criti
cism when read before the city
council here Monday night by
City Manager L Harding
Hughes Jr.
The report, read before a
crown of some 400 citizens
including most of Durham's
25 black officers, consisted
partly of a statistical compari
son of the rank of blacks on
the Durham force and in other
North Carolina cities.
Hughes report was first
questioned by Councilman
John S. Stewart, who told the
council, "What other cities in
North Carolina have done is
nor germane; it doesn't allevi
ate the situation at hand.
Referring to the city mana
ger's progress report, Sgt.
James W. Price, a spokesman
A&T Awarded
Funds Operate
Research Lab
GREENSBORO - A&T
State University has been se
lected by the U. S. Labor De
partment as one of 12 regional
manpower research and train
ing centers.
Dr. Howard Robinson, di
rector of the A&T center, an
nounced Tuesday that the Uni
versity has received a federal
grant of $262,000 to operate
the center for four years.
Robinson said A&T will en
gage in a number of long
range research problems con
cerned with manpower and the
urban labor market. The
center will also seek solutions
to manpower problems and as
sist in local businessmen in
terested in offering manpower
training to secure federal
grants.
One project being initiated
at A&T is a comprehensive
study of 150 companies in the
state to evaluate the changes
in the employment of minori
(See RESEARCH page 2A)
medical students become phy
sicians. The check was present
ed to Dr. Whittico at the Na
tional Medical Association's
75th annual meeting in Atlanta
by Mrs. Inez Kaiser of Ines
Kaiser and Associates, Kansas
Pi *ICE 20 CENTS
for the black offica *»
I "I dlon't know where B° l
: his statistics, but we have some
! of oiir own."
Pt ice requested a com
mittee to go over the re, oort
He said over one half « it
"is untrue, and we can'l 1°
along with it."
Durham's 25 black poll •*"
men first presented a list •
grievances to the coucil com
mittee-of-the-whole two week s
ago.
(See OFFICERS 2A)
Dr. C. Edwards
Named to Head
Gen. Bap. of NC
Dr. C. R. Edwards, Pastor
of the First Baptist Church.
Fayettevi.Ue, was elected Pre
sident of the General Baptist
State Convention of N. C. at
its 103 rd annual session held
in Winston Salem this week.
He has served as Pastor of
the First i Baptist Church for
17 years. He is vice president
of t..e local Ministerial Fellow
ship and me mberof the Fa.yet
teville City Board of Educa
tion.
Along wit h his new position
in the Bapt.'st denomination,
he served as First Vice presi
dent of the L ott Carey Baptist
Foreign Missions Convention
and Trustee of Shaw Universi
ty.
DR. EDWARDS
City, Missouri. Representing
the Drug Co. are Jas Alberts of
the Glenbrook Laboratories di
vision and J. V. Wentaell of
the company's Winthrop Lab>>
ratories division.