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If you are tired of waiting for your ship to come
in, why not try wading out to it. — Anonymous
VOLUME 49 No. 45
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Urban League To Honor Black Mayors
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Dr. Helen Edmonds Speaks To UN
Bodies On Racism,
Durham's Dr. Helen G. Ed
monds, appointed in Septem
ber as an alternate representa
tive to the United Nations, has
in her first speeches to UN
bodies warned the world that
its picture of the nited States
as a nation torn by dissent is
misleading.
"Sporadic outbursts of ra
cial violence" and "self-ap
pointed racial minority spokes
men in exile" have diverted
attention from real achieve
ment in the defeat of racism,
Dr. Edmonds said.
"Beneath these activities
which claim the eyes and ears
of those who judge only by
what is sensation, we call to
their attention racial minority
achievement during the past
COCU Responds
More Time To Study Union Plan
Grandson of Mrs. Charity Rivera
Named to NCR Commission Staff
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YOKELY
DR. EDMONDS AT THE UN
decade, at which time even
the implications of discrimina
tion left the statutory laws
of the land," Dr. Edmonds
said in an October 27 speech
before a UN committee con
sidering the problems of racism
and racial discrimination.
Dr. Edmonds cited statistics
showing that minority employ
ment in white collar occupa
tions increased 109 per cent
during the decade of the 60s,
building trade employment of
minority groups increased 70
per cent, and the median edu
cational status of non-whites
rose from 10.8 years of school
to 12.2 years, while the
medial for whites rose from
12.3 to 12.6.
"We lay no claims to per-
Clarence W. Yokely, above,
is employed with the Winston*
Salem, North Carolina Rede
velopment Commission Relo
cation Staff. He has been as
signed as a Family Services
Officer. The Relocation Of
fled will send him to the Re
tional Office of Housing and
Urban Development In Atlan
ta, Georgia for a brief training
period relating to his duties.
Yolely is a transfer student
from Morehouse College in At
lanta, who graduated this year
from Guilford College In
(Sec YOKELY page 8A)
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fection in our society," Dr.
Edmonds said. "Indeed, im
perfections in a free and open
society cannot be veiled ...it
may be very easy for outside
observers to overlook the pro
gress made because human na
ture, unfortunately, is highly
susceptible to the sensational.
Dr. Edmonds is on leave
from her post as Dean of the
Graduate School at North
Carolina Central.
In addition to her back
ground in education, Dr. Ed
monds has been active in the
U. S. Department of State's
Cultural Exchange Program,
was a i personal representative
of President Eisenhower at the
dedication of the Liberian
(See DR. EDMONDS 8A)
PRINCETON, N. J. - The
nine-denomination Consulta
tion on Church Union
(COCU), responding to appeals
for more time to study a pos
sible plan of union offered last
March, has extended until
June 1, 1972, the period for
study, criticism and suggested
changes.
The extension followed
conferences around the nation
in which regional leaders of the
nine churches repeatedly ex
pressed the feeling that the stu
dy period was too short.
Responses to the plan ori
ginally were due at the end of
1971.
Dr. Paul A. Crow, Jr.,
general secretary of COCU,
add the executive committee
(See CHURCHES page 8A)
DURHAM* N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1970
Plan Carver Week Festivities
Plans for the 1971 National George Washington Carver
Week celebration were begun recently when members
of the Carver Week Committee met in Pittsburg (left).
In the right photo, Dr. Alma Illery, President and
Founder of the National George Washington Carver
Commemorative Day Association, confers with Donald
C. Clay of U. S. Steel Corp., 1971 Carver Week Chair
man. The twenty-seventh Annual Memorial to the famed
black scientist will be held throughout the nation dur
ing the week of January 3 to January 9, 1971. Members
of the planning committee (left) include leaders of
business, the news media, education, civic groups and
church groups. Also in the photo at right is Roy E. Koh
ler, Manager of Community Relations for Gulf Oil Corp.
ancfr a former winner of the George Washington Carver
Award. Gulf will host a reception for persons attending
the annual Carver Day luncheon in Pittsburgh on Tues
day, January 5, 1971. Funds raised in connection with
the celebration will go toward the support of Camp
Achievement, an interracial summer camp for children.
Whites Votes Aid Black Candidates
Leaders to Receive Awards at
Equal Opportunity Day Dinner
The National Urban League
will give awards to eight Black
Mayors representing over 50
Black Mayon in the conntry,
at its annual Equal Opportuni
ty Day dinner being held this
year in the New York Hilton's
Grand Ballroom on ? Novem
ber 19th.
In a non-partisan, non-poli
tical spirit of Black and white
coalition and unity, the 1970
Awards recognize the import
tance of Black political leader
ship as an American strategy
for the 70's, moving America's
minorities towards their right
ful goal of equal opportunity
for all.
Predominantly from larger
urban areas in the United
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Mary E. Porferfied Chosen First
Black NCS Homecoming Queen
Mary Evelyn Porterfield,
the first member of her race to
be chosen Homecoming Queen
at North Carolina State Uni
versity, was crowned at Carter
Stadium before a sellout crowd
of students, faculty, alumni
and friends.
Miss Porterfield received her
title of "Miss Wolfpact" dur
ing halftlme ceremonies at the
NCSU-University of Virginia
gime.
The vivacious 19-yearold
NCSU sophomore, a native of
Columbia, S. C., was selected
Homecoming Queen by popu
lar student votf, from among
10 finalists in the contest spon
sored by Blue Key, the stu-
States, the Mayros symbolical
ly receiving the Awards are:
Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark,
New Jersey; Richard G. Hat
cher of Gary, Indiana; Carl B.
Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio;
James H. McGee of Dayton,
Ohio; Walter E. Washington of
*n*jaUpgton, D. C.; Howard N.
Lee of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina; A. Price Woodard,
Jr., of Wichita, Kansas; and
Charles Evers of Fayette, Mis
sissippi, a national figure,
though not Mayor of a large
urban area.
Mayor, John V. Lindsay will
officially welcome the Mayors
on behalf of the people of
New York. Convening for the
(See MAYORS page 8A)
dent leadership fraternity.
Miss Porterfield is vice pre
sident of NCSITs coeducation
al Lee Residence Hall, a mem
ber of the University Players
and staff writer for the campus
newspaper.
The graceful and outgoing
speech communications major
is partial to tennis and dancing,
and is an avid football fan.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Epp6 of Co
lumbia. Her sponsor was Gold
Residence Hall, and her escort
was Michael Brown of Fayette
ville, an NCSU sophomore
architectural major.
Margaret Mann of Raleigh,
(See QUEEN page 8A)
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PASSES IN CHICAGO Rep.
William L. Dawson, 84, D-111.,
only Negro congressman from
Indiana, died of pneumonia
Monday in the Veterans Ad
ministration Research Hospital
in Chicago. He did not seek
relection last week. He had
served as vice chairman of the
Democratic National Commit
tee, and' was the first Negro
to hold such a position in
either major political party.
J. Maynard Jones
Recognized By U.S.
D.A. For Service
J. Maynard Jones, Soil
Conservationist with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service, was
recognized for high-qnaJKy
performance for fiscal year
1970 at the Soil Conserva
tion Service annual Awards
Ceremony in Raleigh, October
30, 1970. These awards are
presented to employees when
their performance substantially
exceeds the normal require
ments of their job description.
Mr. Jones is a native of
Durham County. He attended
(See JONES page 8A)
Ford Foundation $2.1
Minority Scholarship
NEW YORK - The Ford
Foundation announced today
a $2.1 million scholarship
program for approximately
1,000 minority-group students,
graduates of junior and com
munity colleges who wish to
complete the baccalaureate de
gree.
Eligible students will be
black Americans, Mexican-
Americans, Puerto Rleans, and
American Indiana. They will
be nominated by their own
two-year institutions, and they
may attend any senior college
or university to which they
can gain admission.
This national effort repre
sents an expansion of a Ford
Foundation pilot program con
ducted earlier in Michigan and
See FORD page 8A)
The Golden One is Coining
YOUR WAY IN 1971
For The Important Date
WATCH THESE COLUMNS
Members of House of Repres.
Increased from Nine to Twelve
NEW YORK - Negro candi
dates in the North, West and
South fared well in the 1970
elections, a survey by the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple reveals.
The number of black mem
bers of the House of Represen
tatives was increased from
nine to twelve with the elec
tion of three Negroes from
predominantly white districts
which previously have been re
presented in Congress by
white persons. Seven of the
nine present black House mem
bers were re-elected. The re
maining two were replaced by
other Negroes.
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JONES (left) receives award from USDA official
William A. Bunch Joins Central
Carolina as Management Assoc.
William Alphus Bunch of
410 Pilot Street has joined
Central Carolina Bank as a
management associate, the
bank announced today.
Bunch is a native of Wake
County, who received his high
school diploma from Berry O'
Kelly in Method, and earned
a degree in business at living
stone College in 1969.
Following graduation from
college. Bunch waa employed
with G«Mtal Foods Corpora
tion as a alas representative.
(See BUNCH page 8A)
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Th* "Qst spectacular and
signiflflMi triumph was the
election of Wilson C. Riles as
Califofilifl'l State Superinten
dent of Public Infraction. He
defeated ft formidable foe, the
vociferOUl and controversial
incumMtt, Dr. Max Rafferty.
Mr. RflM, in his new position,
assume! ako a seat as a regent
of the University of California
elected to a statewide job.
Although the position is re
garded as non-partisan, Dr.
Rafferty had the support of
Governor Ronald Reagen who
was overwhelmingly re-elected.
The three Congressmen
elect who defeated white
(See VOTES page 8A
BUNCH