News From Urban league By James D. Williams Five hundred and fifty-nine black and Spanish-speaking men and women have passed Civil Service examinations for the •law enforcement field, our of 842 who were recruited, coun selled and tutored for the exam by the Rational Urban League's Law Enforcement Minority Pro ject. The exams in three cities, Newark, N.J.; Cleveland, 0., and Dallas, Tex.,were for such positions as police, correction, probation and parole officer, sheriff's department and police cadet trainee. The accomplishment, made h the first three months of the project, is generally attributed to refined recruiting and tasting techniques, and could increase the number of minority em ployees in, for example, Cleve land's police force from 7% to 12% if all who passed the exams are appointed. The number of minorities in Dahas' police force may increase from 2% to 5%, and Neward's from 20% to 23%, if all who passed the exams in their cities are hired. The Law Enforcement Mi nority Manpower Project is under the direction of Jack Highsmith at League national headquarters in New York. Working always through local Police Departments, local pro ject staff beat the streets for recruits under the banner"You Can Be Your Local Police," often accompanied by minority police officers themselves, who are members of local minority -' \JLII ROASTER-FRESH FLAVORBJ ®CMtI €OFFEE f (Your Choice of Grinds 1 We Reserve The i 11, To Limit Quantities ,V 2 m K I None Sold To Dealers B CAN I Bp LIMIT ONE 2-LB. CAN AT THIS V ST PRICE WITH $5.00 OR MORE MAID SLICED OR HALVES^^^ jT PEACHES % LIMIT 5 CANS AT THIS PRICE WITH fe Bag U. S. No. I^MB|^ OTATOESW. ATHAN APPLES ORANGES r s^j°° Whole 14 To 17 Lbs. Avg. Vj Jfemoked Ha ins*. police fraternal organizations. Potential Civil Service exam takers are then counselled in dividually and in small groups given aptitude tests and trial exams to identify their weak nesses in Math or English. Applicants are then strength ened in these areas over a period determined by individual need, and given confidence in hand ling actual examination situa tions. . -> ;in:-n ,1* The aptitude and pt+wn* ! testing is a crucial aspect of the j Program, according to High smith, "because too many stan dards tests are designed to exclude, rather than to in elude people." The Law Enforcement Man power Project was funded laii . March - and became optative last June - by contract from the U.S. Department of Jus tice, Law Enforcement Assist ance Administration. It will run until next June. Highsmith came to the Lea gue after 21 years in law en forcement, and worked up from patrolman to his present po sition as Chief of the Release, on Recognizance Division, New York City Probation Depart- • ment, from which he is now on leave. Profs Like Canada TORONTO (AP) - The per centage of foreigners hired by Canadian universities has dou bled In the last decade, report ed the Committee for an Inde pendent Canada. It said 75 per cent of the faculty hired in 1971-72 was foreign. lk l Ik W j ?■ #^HM ■V m |I J: Sfl 1 J J I \ ■"-—l— ftf |f\ ■-; -■■ ■ />r :JPy~4 IWTOfcRAPHS FLYERS-Pre sident Charles Hurst of Chi ( cago'sMalcolm X College auto- Along Range Plan Boy Scouts On January 1, 1969, the manpower of the Boy Scouts of America, in each of its 510 local councils, launched Boy- Power '76, a new long-range plan that will carry through 1976 - the 200 th anniversary of our nation. During these eight years of intensive effort we will move forward under the basic truth that "America's manpower begins with BOYPO WER." The puroose of BOYPOWER "76: "To deeply involve a re presentative one-third of all American boys in Scouting" and "to help the families and institutions of the nation pre pares a new generation with the graphed flyers announcing his address at North Carolina Cen tral University as NCCU stu- skill and confidence to master the changing demands of Ameri ca's future and prepare to give leadership to it." The plan calls for deeper penetration into poverty areas, doubling our present rate of prowth in bovs served (the greatest percentage growth is projected in Exploring), an im proved quality porgram, and better service to units. America needs, and Scout ing has proved that it can de liver, the old-fashioned patrio tism which built our heritage and which is now so maligned by so many. America needs, and Scout ing has proved that it can de liver, attitudes that perclude joining in riot, arson, and mur der as solutions to internal porblems. America needs, and Scout has proved it can deliver, young men motivated to self reliance, the striving toward skills and schooling to help ones self and others, rather Youth Revival Starts Oct. 30th At Trueway Beginning Mondiy night, October 30, 1972 at 7:30 P.M. there will be a city-wide Youth Revival at the True Way Holy Church, 1410 Gillette Avenue. Music each evening will be rendered by guest youth choirs from various churches within the city. Guest speaker for the Re vival will be Evangelist Peterkin of the Bright Hope Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Free bus transportation will be provided for those wishing to attend. For further information, contact Bishop W. A. Jones, the pastor, at 477-1227. Reports of « monster in Loch Neat, a lake in northern Scot-1 land, date as far back as the i 13th century. Exhibit AMkC Central Student Union By Alumni DURHAM.N.C. - Two North Carolina Central University graduates, both working toward their Master of Fine Arts degeee at UNC-Chapel Hill, are cur rently exhibiting their work at the Alfonso Elder Student Union. The paintings by Claude Fer guson and sculptures by George Mitchell will be on display through Sunday, October 29. Ferguson is from Lenoir, N.C. His paintings are primarily in acrylics and are basically abstract. Mitchell, from Durham, works with "found objects" and metal sculpture. He also classifies his work as essentially abstract. Mitchell's work was first exhibited at N. C. Central when he was a sophomore at the university. He has appeared on television shows in Greenville, N.C.,and he worked for three years with the Durham Child ren's Museum, helping to pre pare the museum's exhibit of prehistoric animals. . Both Mitchell and Ferguson' have had their work shown on WRDU-TV, Durham, Ferguson has worked as an artist with * the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Both artists are holders of full scholarships for graduate-* study in art at UNC-Chapel ; Hill, N. C. dents thronged to hear him speak on "Education Revolu tion."' than accepting total dependency on the community. This is the greatness of our calling and of the opportunity that lies ahead for us. SPECIFIC GOALS In order to adequately focus attention on needs, and to as sist in measuring progress, this new Long-Range Plan involves national, regional, locan council and district goals in the follow ing areas: -total boy members -total units -unit leaders having com pleted training •units qualifying as "National Standard," on the basis of percent of boys reregistering, percent of boys participat ing in an outdoor program, and percent of boys advan cing. -money to do the job JUMBO PAK FRESH MIXED TTnHM r JMr buyer PARTMIvJI 3 BREAST QTRS- WITH BACKS 3 NECKS • 3 WINGS C6LONIAL STOKES | ■F 3 GIBLET PAKS Kb l i g # jXflp LEAN M Picnics I ■ SILVER I COFFEE | Mayonnaise I I LB cpAN I KRAFT i MOTHER S H I la^39|JP Florida CEJ|| Prices tt, 1972—Quantity Rights Res^rveti Work Of Stock Mw (to (tod few* Ob October 12, 1972, Soeed & Ward, NeW York, pubftsbed Sitter Mary Rogers Thibo beaux'* A BLACK NUN LOOKS AT BLACK POWER. MHtant and committed, yet never harsh or trident in her reflections, Stater Mary Rogers gives voice to a segment of the Black community and of the Catholic Church that until now has received little attention. She is the first black nun to explore, from the inside, what THE WINOSOR GUARDSMAN fl Taste Canada's . smoothest whisky y rxti 1 t jjr W^MHI \OjM wnram>©n>» 9 Ji^/rrr/tr HfrfjX CANAIMAR ■LLUS - jJkc - fcA^M ■IB I I it means to be a black woman and a religious in America hi the 19705. In her Preface, Sister Mary Roger notes: "In the past six years we have seen a new Stater on the scene. At the same tine we have seen a 'new Black people.' When you be long to both finally emerging groups as I do, you learn much. 1 have learned that 'Black Po wer' is the most doubted feared and least understood term in the United States today. The author, who is a Mat her of the SlsUa of the Biased SvnrMrt, m onfcr founded to work with Blocka and UM American fadhn, has taught school in the ghettos of Chicago and Nov York. Her topics - which ait Bumfcaatad by 36 black-and-white photo graphs of daily Wo hi Hartaa by Catharine Hug has, include: God and Black Power, Black Womanhood, Nuns and Black Power, and Path and Black Power.

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