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Dlacfi Unonploynon? Raio To Riso Continuos WASHINGTON - The 238.000 between July and September, he explained, black unemployment rate amonir tnMM. k aa nnn SSf wSttnU6Lt0 il" to n D time n,Sh of 1.527,600. ' 1.7 r?, Sl laio, Blacks did, However, experience leading t National Urban League an increase in employment, official to note that "although according to Dr. Hffl. as an mere appears to be some signs of additional 385.000 blacks pumuic upturn in me economy, there is still no recovery in sight to the black community.! ' In releasing the Urban League's 'Quarterly Economic Report on the Black Worker," Dr. Robert B. Hill, director of me League 's Research Department, said today that Diack unemployment rose to a record high of 3,075,000 between July and September, according to the NUL Hidden Unemployment Index. This brought the unofficial jobless rate for blacks to 26 per cent, while white unemployment dropped from 12.2 million to 11.8 million. (The "Hidden Unemployment Index" was developed by the Urban LeaJ,fulv8 Research Department based partly on a formula developed by the Joint Economic Committee of congress. It takes into account workers who have become discouraged and stopped looking for work, and part-time workers who want full-time jobs.Official employment rates ignore these classifications). Because of increased industrial production, Dr, Hill said, thousands of formerly laid off workers were rehired, while many discouraged workers sought to reenter the labor market. Consequently, he added, the number of employed workers rose during the third quarter as an additional 1.6 million persons entered the civilian labor force and the number of unemployed workers decreased, causing the official jobless rate to drop from 8.7 per cent to 8.3 per cent. ' But, as might be expected," the Urban League official said, "black unemployment patterns lagged behind those of the rest of the nation.' While the official unemployment decreased by entered the labor force, bringing the total number of blacks with Jobs to 9.3 million. Since this increase in employment. Dr. Hill said, the official black jobless rate remained virtually unchanged at 14.1 per cent, while the white jobless rate continued, a "steady descent" from 8 per cent to 7.6 per cent, The Urban League official said that although these official unemployment figures "are at their highest since the great Depression' of the 1930's, they still understate the actual extent of joblessness in the nation.' He chastised the Labor Department's definition of unemployment because he said it fails to take into account the discouraged worker who has dropped out of the labor market and part-time workers who want full-time employment. According to the Urban rW'-' rirMWMW IMI ,i;.!.:.v,.;,1.,,.1,.:;.; .Hl . I l , , I) l HI '" W'WWlj f fTW- yji tW - - t .' , M kJ7 C ,w ' Voorlicos ;scnfs Concert fAT.. PECtM8E 13. 1g7S. THE CABOtfNA Tlt - f and America wta the female sextet plana songs from Fottnd. England's contribution w&l b appropriate portions of The Health THE DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR , Denmark, S. C. - The 82-voice Voorhees College Choir will present "CHRISTMAS TOUR IN SONGS' f Sunday, December 14 in Masiachuaetta Hall. A colorful nroceational opens the traditional concert followed by a musttcal visit to Germany, Russia, Poland, England with America with song selections. The male composed of 20 chambers; w wui sing seiecuou uw' A candlelight processional concludes the program according to John W. Hunter, Director. Mrs. Paulette Green accompanies the choir. There is no admission charge. A fat child is likely to become a fat adult, according to 7 k. .jlbo 85 percent of aU fat cfaudren hnve to right lat ail their lives, and about one third of all people over the age of 18 are overweight Moreover, the children of fat parents, mgre likely to be fat themselves. If ' both patents are obese, their ensemble:'' cnudren nave an ou percent (. lull ice ui neiiiK hhi wo; France, and a return to representative EST, Ifcjold and Mplria uoally help- fight cold unless youre ailertlc to as pirin. Pot millions rho are. doctors sucsest Co-Trleaol cold foraraU as ft fi; ef fective alternative. Ia tablet form or children's liquid It ' combines non-aspirin pain reliever with a decongestant and an antihistamine for re lief of colds' distress. Cose Wort-Myope Uk THE MORE close work yon do the greater the chance of developing myopia (near sightedness), says the American Optometric Asso ciation. Have your eyes checked more frequently If you do much close work on a dally basis. L e a g u Unemployment "Hidden Index" which both groups, the total unofficial unemployed dropped from 15.3 million to 14.9 million during the third quarter, resulting in a decline in the unofficial total jobless rate from 15.6 per cent to 15 per cent one of the highest since World War II. Dr. Hill noted that more than three million blacks - one of every four black workers - are unemployed today. Additionally, he said that although black male heads of households appear to be "slowly reentering" the work force, joblessness among black female . . . . T , . heads or nousenoias "conunuw to climb." As a result, he explained, about three million black children are in families in which the head of the households is either unemployed or not in the labor force. The Urban League official called for "a national commitment" to end what he called "an American tragedy." LEFT TO RIGHT: Glenn Stames, recipient; Klay K. Box. Board of Directors of Lions Club. Durham Lions Club Troatod To Musical Program By Durham High School BLACK POLITICAL DYNAMICS Eddie N. Williams, President Joint Center for Political Studies If you allow other people to do your figuring for you, pretty soon they will own you lock, stock, and barrel. There's an old addage which states this proposition with greater punch and wit: figures don't lie, but liars can figure. As we approach the 1976 Presidential election year, we are being bombarded with faulty figures. Contenders are trying to redefine us statistically by what they say that blacks will not figure prominently in the 1976 election. How else can one explain their retreat from Constitutional and congressional mandates and their refusal to deal with those public policy issues that embody the long-held but yet unfulfilled hopes and aspirations of the nation's largest racial minority? We know that the candidates ought to be addressing the fact that the national economic crisis has a devastating and an ever-increasing disproportionate impact on blacks. Unemployment among our youth rose to an astronomical 43 percent over the past year. Adult joblessness amoung blacks is nearly 15 percent, and there is no relief in sight. We hear no recitation of these figures. Here are a few less known facts wich emerge when you do your own figuring. (1) For millions of black Americans the rate of home ownership has not Increased more than one percent over the last five years. (2) No-growth policies in the suburbs and redlining in the cities make it difficult if not impossible for even moderate income blacks to obtain mortgages. (3) If you're poor, you're told you don't deserve a mortgage subsidy. (4) Unprecedented unemployment and systematic denial of equal opportunity in housing have, a rippling effect which may be seen in child care, education, health care, welfare, food and energy costs. Add this to a tight money market and you have the classic definition of a trick bag.,. It is time we did some figuring on our own. While our economic -.power is relatively small, our political potential is relatively large sand growing. Black 'elected officials now , 3,500 .( represent ,a lettle less than one percent of all elected public pfflcials, but many oi them ate strategically located. Black yoter registration and turn-out rates, admittedly disappointing on occasion, are nevertheless deceptive and not reflective of the real black nnlitlnal notentlaL What Isjoir. real Is that: The (black votlngg! population Is at least l(fc,percent of the nation's total. Strategically located in the crucjal Industrial states with large blpcksLof electoral votes, it Is concemtrated in major urban centers which tend to Influence the way many states go. Blacks have the voting Ktontial Id 120 Congressional rtricts 27 of aU 435-for Influencing the outcome of elections, whether the ateS) are white or black. They nave similar "potential in 250 municipalities (25,000 or more population) where they comprise 10 percent or more of the total population. More than 100 of these cities have NO black elected officials at present. These figures suggest that we have enough political potential to force Presidential and other candidates to address themselves to our needs and our concerns. But so long as others are at The Durham Lions Club was treated Wednesday, Dec. 3, to a Christmas musical program presented by Glenn Starnes, director of vocal music at Durham High School, and his Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. Starnes was honored at the weekly luncheon meeting for presenting the club's Christmas program for 25 years. A plaque liberty to quantify our problems and define our issues, from their perspective only, we will be short-changed. We must forceour concerns, our issues, our assessments onto the national agenda. We must persuade politicians and others that we are not political weaklings and that we, too, can figure; that we can not only count our votes, but can apply then fan such a way as to calculate the political life span of those who seek and hold public office. (NNPA) of appreciation was presented to Starnes in the name of the club by Klay K. Box, a member of the club's board of directors and a member of the Durham City Schools administrative staff. The Madrigals and the Concert Choir, top-rated groups Modern medicine has provided near-miracles in extending people's lives, but the blessings are not entirely unmixed. Average life expectancy has increased from 47 years in 1900 to 71.9 today, "according l!o the December Reader's Digest. That's the good news. The bad: we may be living longer, but we're not necessarily enjoying the extra time. Thirty-eight percent of our i over-65s suffer some kind of cfaronic condition that limits their activities. Of these, fully half have serious problems, and five percent are homebound. And about a third of all elderly Americans are also plagued by poverty. in the state, san Christmas songs an another. traditional a parody of When the Christmas show was completed and Starnes was told that he had more time if he desired it. he asked his singers what additional numbers they would like to perform and they responded resoundingly with "The Hallelujah Chorus. OLD CHARTER It's the best you can do. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 PROOF 1975 OLD CHARTER GIST CO . LOUISVILLE. KY IMPORTED BY INVER HOUSE DISTILLERS LTD PHILA h Liver House really Soft as a Kiss: ? .GoL Sijx Kiss. Compare, Go ahead. Sip some Inver House Scotch. Very pleasant. Then kiss someone. Even nicer. And compare. Inver House Scotch passes the test every time. Because ifs distilled, blended and &ed frntly in Airdrie, Scotland until it is Soft as a Kiss. So find a friend and try it. Mouse . ; Vv wwttwy iv' ,1) inSeetloMl f (f fr iS&L tvhh your Christmas gift of a Love Chest. Jjk. '1" If ft f Tht lovr cl,est 11 5 'e most Prsonal- thtrishtd piece of furniture she'll 17 b if 'liVflnL lX ever ownM gift steeped in centuries of romance and legend, a tradition thai Ilk TJr I iSS grows in its charm every year. This Christmas we have an impressive assortment m J v'" , ? f beautiful styles, all finished in fine cabinetwoods and lined with fragrant J Mr K,- tfS&Jf ' red cedar. Can you think ofa more imaginative way to say "I love you?" I JjA Suve 25 On All fY J iHmW Lane Love Chests fek rlSI rl 5 Lane w lH ' 4114 dark oak 2499 oak ' 'IIP l p5 J. W jrafj 2729 maple or pint 2746 antique whitt and gold 2743 pi or buck j II .FURNITURE MART". ffKa mi i m inmiin.MM niiiimi m mrnwim mi i m i n run i . y i. 1111111111 1 1 1 ' ' n 1 "
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