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Columbia tJniv. Begins Plan PhysiciaKis FIRST BLACK TO HOLD* SELECTIVE SERVICE* P*OSITIOM If Words of Wisdom _ - Chf Candito Cjuh£o Avoiding danger is no safer . . . than outright V W ylv WW Vr exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or , t y. nothing. — Helen Keller Is iHC^HRUTH UNBRtDtCD J1 VOLUME 49 No. 51 JS/tk IStk •;* wm X :|MH| j#£ fR M jl» % ■■'■ \'k ilsL ■£ i 1I ■ $| jHlmh Ik Wmlr ■ ft IPHSi r Jtt^L 1 i J I / I H V IH H BLACK POWER united recently in Baltimore at a testimonial for State Sen ator Clarence M. Mitchell, m, (left), who is among leading Plans Are Complete A.M.E. Zion Church Meetings Dr. Barnes to Head Ministers In Wilmington WILMINGTON - The ministers of the Wilmington area elected Dr. J. W. Barnes, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, to head the reorganiz ed Wilmington Interdenomi national Ministerial Alliance in a meeting Thursday even ing. The Rev. Dr. Barnes, be fore coming to Wilmington, was a social studies teacher at (See BARNES page 2) - ■ ■pJHL Jr |.-- / # - i ■f JjP JJC -'BMp f p jM'- " r;^» ! candidates to become city's first Black mayor, next year. In center is the Honorable Carl B. Stokes, first Black Mayor of Cleveland, who was princi In an announcement made by the Public Relations De partment, A.M.E. Zion Church, plans are complete for two national meetings for the denomination. The Na tional Youth Council will meet in Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, 2944 Prospect Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., December 27-29, and the Board of Bishops and the Ministers' Laymen's Associa tion will convene at Mt. Siani A.M.E. Zion Church, 2909 Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, Fla., Jan. €-10. The Rev. 0. D. Carson will host the youth meeting, with Bishop J. D. Cauthen as the host prelate. Rev. Alex ander Jones is the host-pastor for the Tampa meet and Rev. Durham Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Fetes Senior Citizens i pal speaker at affair. Flanking him is Maryland's first Black Congressman-elect, Parren J. Mitchell, the Senator's uncle. William M. Smith is the host prelate. The young meet is expect ed to attract young people from throughout the denomi nation, due to the fact that it will report and discuss the happenings of the quandren nial meet of the General As sembly and Christian Educa tion, held at Livingstone College, Salisbury, August, 1970. The bishops will review the work of the general As sembly and administrative boards and implement the program of the denomination at the Tampa meeting. It will be the first time a national meeting has been held in Tampa. Tampa was selected (See ZION page 2) PERSONS WHO ATTENDED THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (See Story page 9) DURHAM, N. C.> SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1970 PRICE 20 CENTS Special Pre-Med Program Starts In Manhattan NEW YORK - In an ef fort to satisfy the urgent need for more black physi cians in America, Columbia University's School of General Studies has begun a special program to train minority college graduates for entrance into medical schools. Called the "Special Pre- Medical Opportunity Pro gram," the effort is being carried out in cooperation with the Manhattan Central Medical Society, as associa tion of black physicians who are helping to recruit and screen candidates for the pro gram. "In proportion to the total number of physicians in this country, there are fewer blacks entering medical Last Rites Held For James L. Pearson Jr. After Lengthy Illness James Louis Pearson, Jr., a former resident of Durham, died in Washington, D. C., Fri day, December 11, after several years of declining health. Pearson was born in Dur ham, the son of the late James L. and Mary Bailey Pearson. He attended Durham City Schools, North Carolina Cen tral University and Howard University in Washington. During World War II he served in the United States Navy. After the war he was manager of the Lincoln Thea ter in Washington, a position which he held until his retire ment. He is survived by two sis ters, Mrs. C. C. Spauldlng, Jr., schools today than there were 40 years ago," says Floyd M. Shumway, assistant dean of the School of General Studies and director of the program. The total number of doctors in the United States, now 300,000, has approximately doubled over the last 40 years, while the number of black physicians increased from 3,810 in 1932 to only 4,&00 in 1966, Dean Shum way said. The program has recruited 10 minority college graduates this year who are interested in V medical career but who lack the necessary background in mathematics, chemistry, biology and physics for en trance into medical schools. (See PHYSICIANS page 2) of Durham and Mrs. Edward L. Hayes of Washington, and one brother, Attorney W. G. Pearson, II of Durham. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, December 16 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of the Scarborough Funeral Home, the Reverend Philip R. Cousin, pastor of St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church, officiating. Interment was in Beech wood Cemetery. The Rever end Lorenzo Lynch, pastor of White Rock Baptist Church, said a final prayer at the grave side. Pallbearers were Benjamin Page, E. W. Mldgette, F. H. Alston, William A. Marsh, J. I. Bolden, W. Wayne Perry,, Lee Smith, Robert McAdams, and Samuel Mapes Miles. s pP^V- ' V ss, M I |JS ifW Iplf I M 4 «J jH Ik. IS if l^E^B hbh RNA Launches Massive New Housing Drive NEW ORLEANS, La. - The first step in a massive ef fort to end Black unemploy ment and give thousands of Black families new housing and a fresh start toward a good life was confirmed here today by the Republic of New Africa. (RNA). The heart of the program is a series of New Communi ties to be built on virgin land all across Mississippi, a state heretofore known for violence and repression of Blacks. In its projected 1971-1972 pilot stage, the program has a mini mum price tag of 150 million dollars and would re-locate 10,000 families now living in 20 different states. In deve (See DRIVE page 2) 38 -Year - Old Gets Important State Position WASHINGTON, D. C. - A 38 year old Black educator and coach soon will become the first Negro ever to be ap pointed a Director of Selec tive Service in one of the 50 States. He is Ernest D. Fears, Jr., of Chesapeake, Virginia, who will become the Virginia State Director on January 1, 1971. Fears' appointment is being made at GS-15 level, m —MMf' tv IL* A ,J I ' ■ m /HI | i B ■' IS# €w^9Ml Bjral WARM WELCOME Harold Russell (left), Chairman of the President's Committee on Em ployment of the Handicapped l , welcomes Dr. Paul B. Cornely, Chairman of the Department of Community Health Practice, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D. C., REV. L. H. WHELCHEL TO DELIVER EMANCIPATION DAY ADDRESS FRI. WILMINGTON - The Union Baptist Church, Sixth and Ann Street will be the host church for the 1971 Emancipation Proclamation program Friday January 1, 1971 at 11:30 A.M., Rev. A. B. Sutton, pastor. The program will be sponsored by the Wilmington Interdenomi paying him $22,885 a year. Fears' appointment was an nounced jointly today by the offices of Virginia Governor Linwood Holton and Selec tive Service Director Dr. Cur tis W. Tarr. Undo: Selective Service law, State Directors are nominated by Governors and appointed by the Director of Selective Service, acting for the President. I £ ! to the President's Committee'* Executive Committee. Dr. Corn ely has been appointed a new member of the 50-member Ex ecutive Committee which de termines the policies and pro grams of the national hire-the handicapped effort. national Ministerial Alliance and vicinity, Dr. J. W. Barnes, President, Rev. L. G. Williams, Pastor of Holy Trinity Church is the Chairman of the Pro gram Committee. Rev. L. H. WhekheL, Pas tor of the Russell Memorial CME Church of Durham, will (See WHELCHEL page 2) State Directors of Selective Service initially ware autho rized in 1940, at the passage of the World War II draft legislation. Since that time, Negro officers have served as Directors in the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, which also have heed quarters similar to thoae in the 50 States. However, these (See SELECTIVE page 2)
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