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WORDS OP WISDOM
let men decide firmly what they will not do, and
they will be free to do vigorously what they
ought to do. ? - -Mencu
It is cosHy wisdom that is bought by experience.
Learning teacheth more in one year than experi
ence in 20. Roger Ascham
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VOLUME 51 -NO. 12
DURHAM, N.C SATURDAY MARCH 30, 1974
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SPECIAL GUEST-Roy WQkins, second from right, national executive director of the NAACP,
was a special guest at a reception held in Hollywood to honor the men responsible for the
Seventh Annual Image Awards presented in January at the Hollywood Palladium by the
Beverly Hills Hollywood Branch of the NAACP, the most successful show in the branch's
history. Presented with awards of appreciation were, from left, journalist Bill Lane, president
of the branch, Billy H. Hunt, chief executive of the Association of Motion Picture and
Television Producers and honorary chairman of the Image Awards, and Bob Jones, publicity
manager of Motown Record Corporation, chairman of the awards show.
BlackUnd Union Alliance Urged
By Bayard Rustin, C-ft leader
Bayard Rustin, a black civil rights leader,
said Saturday that American blacks can best achieve
scfciai "and ecoriomi? ' gains' ' Mf" forming ;'a cbalition 1
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wim memDers oi me: nation s unions.
He described a coalition of blacks and union
members as "the only dependable alliance to bring
about social change."
Rustin was interviewed at the Governor's Inn in
the Research Triangle Park during the first North
Carolina convention of the A. Philip Randolph
Institute.
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Of NCCU Honors New Members
Phi Alpha Delta Law
Fraternity, Raymond Watklns
Chapter, located at North
Carolina Central University
Law School, held its honors
banquet recently at the
Holiday Inn, West, to honor
and present its three
inducted Honorary Brothers
and fourteen newly inducted
brothers. Speaker for the
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Rustin is executive
director of . the Institute,
which devotee .much vof c Its
efforts to registering black
voters and electing
candidates who support
liberal, civil rights and labor
causes.
The institute has nine
chapters in North Carolina,
including one in Durham.
Rustin said blacks no longer
have the definable and
exclusive agenda for social
change that they had in the
1960s.
The major problem for
blacks in the decade, Rustin
said, was the institutional
segregation that prevented
them from voting, from
frequenting public
accomodations and from
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M. C. PIRG-Dulie U. Releases
Grocery Price Survey Results
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"SURE CAN USE TIES!" Mrs. Willi Jones says to her,
husband, Frank, as they compare their Kodak Wage Dvidend
checks. The Jones, who work at Eastman Kodak Company's
Apparatus Division in Rochester, N.Y., are among 74,000
Kodak employees throughout the U.S. who received a total
wage dividend amounting to $124.4 million March 22.
Frank Jones is a member of the security department and
Willa Jones is in the Industrail Relations Department at the
Kodak Apparatus Division.
The Duke University
affiliate of the North
Carolina Public Interest
Research Group releases
today the results of a
follow-up-survey of grocery
prices in Durham chain
supermarkets. Completed
exactly one year after an
identical study conducted in
February, 1973, the market
basket survey documents a
25 annual inflation rate of
food costs in Durham,
according to Bill Yeager, NC
PIRG project coordinator.
The study shows food prices
increases in Durham to be
greater than the 22.1
national average for calendar
.1973 reported by the Labor
Dept.
The survey, conducted
between February 28 and
March 4, covered four
Durham supermarkets,
representing four different
chains. The new study shows
that the average
"Marketbasket" price at the
stores was $50.02, compared
with a price jump of 24.8.
This price reflects the
purchase of name brand'
goods when possible.
Consumers trying to save
money by buying store,
brands when possible would
find a market basket price
of $45.20 compared to.
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Chapel Hill Mayor Lee Among
Five Slated To Attend Meet
ATLANTA Five Black
mayors will be featured
speakers at the Fifth Annual
Conference of - The Martin;
Luther King, Jr. Center for.
Social Change in New York
on April 5-6, 1974 at the
Statler Hilton Hotel.
Mayors Richard Hatcher
of Gary, Kenneth Gibson of
Newark, and Howard Lee of
Chapel Hill, .and newly
elected Mayors Maynard
Jackson of Atlanta and
Coleman Young of Detroit
will deliver position papers
on the Conference themes
"Frontier Issues tot
American Cities in the
70's."
Other speakers will
include Mrs. Coretta Scott
King, President of The King
Center, Reverend Calvin S.
Morris, Executive Director of
The King Center, Andrew
Young, first Bl a c k
Congressman from Georgia in
a Century, John Lewis,
Executive Director of the
Voter Education Project of
Atlanta. Also appearing on
the program will be Mrs.
Eleanor Holmes Norton,
Chairman of the New York
City Commission on Human
Rights and general chairman
of the Conference.
J&l.!4Btendng . -.plans . fpjf,
the Conference, Mrs. King
emphasized that it "will
bring together representatives
of the civil rights coalition
of the '60's for discussion
of strategies to meet
problems of the '70's
especially in the major urgan
K. E. Jamison
fs Named
CCB Officer
JAMISON
Kenneth E. Jamison of
Durham has been named an
assistant treasurer of Central
Carolina Bank, and its vault
manager, CCB President W.
L Burns, Jr. said this week.
Jamison is a Durham
native and a graduate of
Hillside High School. He is
married to the former
Juanita Bland of Asheville,
and has three children.
A member of St. Paul
Baptist Church, Jamison has
taught in the Sunday
School, and has served as a
scoutmaster. He is a member
and treasurer of the Peoples
Athletic Concern Committee.
Jamison has completed one
of the courses given by the
Durham Chapter of the
American Institute of
Banking.
Originally employed in
1960 by CCB as a porter,
Jamison was later promoted
to vault teller. He rose to
senior vault teller, and upon
the retirement of J. H. Pate
in February, he assumed his
present duties.
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centers of the nation."
The Conference will open
with the annual business
meeting of The Center's
Board of Trustees at 9:30
(tm. on Friday, April 5,
With a press conference with
Mrs. King and other officials
of The Center scheduled for
12:30. At the luncheon
scheduled for 1:00 p.m.,
Mrs. King will deliver the
President's Annual Address.
' ''Watergate and the
Politics of 1974" is the
subject of a panel discussion
scheduled for 3:30 at the
Columbia University Law
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AWARDS CEREMQNY-Mrs. Viola M. McAlpine receives congratulations from Vice President
Gerald R. Ford as he presents her the Labor Department's distinguished career service award.
Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan (center) looks on approvingly. The awards ceremony
marked the Labor Department's 6 1st. anniversary. Mrs. McAlpine received the award for her
high level of performance as an assistant card punch supervisor with the Labor Department's
Bureau of Labor Statistics. A native of North Carolina, raised in the District of Columbia,
she is also the mother of six children ranging from 8 to 20 yean of age.
NCNB Pledges $10,000 To
Founding Fund Of NCCU
North Carolina National Bank has pledged
$10,000 to- the Founding Fund of the North
Carolina Central University Foundation. The pledge
was announced Monday by Mr; Sam R. Sloan, vice
president and city executive of NCNB, here;
The North Carolina Central University
Foundation is a non-profit corporation established
t eceive gifts for the benefits of Durham's North
'Carolina Central University, The Founding Fund,
for which a total of $500,000 is being sought, will
finance the activities of the new foundation.
In addition to the Founding Fund campaign,
directed primarily at North Carolina corporations
and foundations, the NCCU Foundation is currently
engaged in an annual giving
campaign, whose targets
include alumni and parents
of the university's students.
Mr. Sloan said of the gift
will illustrate our
appreciation of the
contributions North Carolina
Central has made to this
city and this state.
"Alumni of this
predominantly black
university have been elected
mayors of two Southern
capital cities, Raleigh and
Atlanta. Other Alumni serve
in state legislatures, on city
and county governing bodies,
and in many other key
posts throughout the nation.
"Graduates of North
Carolina Central have
attained distinction in the
fields of law, finance,
industry, and in many other
areas The university's
innovative programs among
them those in Early
Childhood Education, Public
Administration, Criminal
Justice, and a new program
Young People Are Urged To
Start Looking for Summer Jobs
WASHINGTON Young
people Interested in summer
work should start looking
now. This is one of the tips
for young people in a new
U.S. Department of Labor
publication.
It's called "Do You Want
a Summer Job: Tips on
How to Find One" and is
being distributed free by the
state employment services.
Decide what you have to
offer a prospective employer
the pamphlet advises young
summer jobseekers. Take
stock of your experience
and education.
Then find out what jobs
are open. A good place to
do this is the local office of
your state employment
service.
When talking with a
prospective employer, tell
what you have to offer,
young people are told.
The publication give some
summer job ideas. Some
require experience, others
don't., .
They include:' baby sitter,
restaurant helper, caddie,
camp counselor, gift
wrapper, hospital worker, ice
cream vendor, lifeguard,
playground attendant, tennis
court attendant, ticket taker,
usher, window washer, yard
worker.
In addition to state
employment service offices,
copies are available from the
U.S. Department of Labor,
Manpower Administration,
Room 10007, 601 D. Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
.20213.
in Health Administration
prove that the university is
dedicated to progress and to
public service.
Godfrey I llerndon Honored A?
ftetirefiieni Dinner, Holiday Inn
! Godfrey M. Herndon, who
served the needs of people
for .37 years at the Durham
County Department of Social
Services and under many
directors, was honored by
bis associates Co-workers and
Board members at a
retirement dinner held
recently at the Holiday Inn
West.
Herndon was presented a
Citation Plaque by Social
Services Board Members and
a large lamp for reading by
his co-workers. Corsages were
presented to his wife and
daughter. This marked Mrs.
Herndon's first appearance
after a severe auto injury
last November.
Recalling the span of
years in his career, Herndon
has seen the Durham County
Department of Social
Services grow from a staff
of 9 to more than 200
persons. The methods of
providing services have
changed, but interests are
still aimed at helping people
N. C. State Black Students To
Present 4ih Pan African Festival
The Public is cordially
invited to attend the Fourth
Annual Pan African Festival
of North Carolina State
University, April 1-6, op the
NCSU campus. This endeavor
is being sponsored- by the
Black Students' Board
representing the Black
Students of North Carolina
State University. This annual
event Is an educational,
political and cultural
endeavor aimed at bringing
the students and public of
the Triangle Area together.
J A week of events interesting
to all persons has been
planned.
All lectures are free.
Monday, April 1: Arts
and Crafts Display in
Gallery: NASH ORIGINALS,
7:00 p.m.-OPENING OF
THE FESTIVAL, B a 1 1 r oom
18:00 p.m.. LECTOR E:t
Imamu Amirl Cheroi Jones.
Tuesday, April 2: Arts
and Crafts Display in.
Gallery, 8:00 p.m. ' NASH
ORIGINALS ELEO
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in need. However, he reports
there seems to be a trend
to sophistication as against
simplicity. His first caseload
was all black until Civil
Rights legislation was
enacted. During the time
Casework classes were held
at night by early
Superintendent W. E.
Stanley.
Durham County
Department of Social
Services has the unique
distinction of providing
services to the first Old Age
Assistance Case in North
Carolina and that Number 1
is filed in the library of
Social Services department.
Sites housing the
Department of Socail
Services have included at
first, a room on third floor
courthouse, over a drug
store on Main Street, an old
abandoned hotel on Parrish
Street, the old Lockmore
Hotel, Old Quinn building
across from Courthouse now
torn down to its present
and modern facility opened
on September 30, 1967.
Even now some areas
providing services are located
at other spots closeby. y
Herndoip was promoted to
Supervisor in 1967. He says
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HERNDON
Housing CtiEinna
Will Oenafit
Rural F
Huadreds or Tax Heel
rural families will bow be
eligible for Farmers Home
Administration housing bans
as a result of a recent
change In eligibility
requirements according to
North Carolina Stat
Director James T. Johnson.
The change raises the
maximum adjusted family
Income from $9,600 to
$11,500 in North Carolina.
Adjusted tneome It
determined by figuring tb
annual gross Income of tha
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