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The Winston-Salem Chapter of
the A. Phillip Randolph Institute
will conduct a voter registration
day Saturday, Sept. 21 in front of
McMillan's Minute Market in the
.letway Shopping Center.
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Winston-Salem chapter, said the
non-partisan organization will
pass out voter registration information
and will be registering
people to vote. 4kWe will be
educating people on voting
procedure and will be going into
areas where people need to be
registered and making personal
rontact with them/' he said in a
recent interview.
I- orsyth County has Inore than
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Miss Linda I). Thomas, a-senior
music major at A&T State
University, is the winner of a
_ $2,000 scholarship in a national
talent search sponsored by the
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order
of Nobles of Mystic Shrink of
i North and South America.
Miss Thomas, a Wilson, N.C.
native, was c ited for her performance
during the 27th annual
talent search and scholarship
? finals in the ballroom of the
' Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia.
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miss i nomas "was declared
~Tuimcr-up in the national contest,
after winning a local contest in
t Ireensboro-, N.<>. last January,
# the state session in Fayetteville,
N.C. last April and the regional
contest in Charleston, i>.C. l^st
.Iune, She was one of 15 finalists
in the national talent hunt, which
included contestants from
Colorado to Germany.
Miss Thomas sang "Un Bel
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'Madame Butterfly," during the
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is one of 13 black female bus drive
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78,000 Democrats^ 29,000
Republicans, 3,000 Independents,
and 601 with no party affiliation.
Klynt said the intent . of the
organization is to inrrpasp th?
number of voters through
registration and educate those
who do. "If we can do that," he .
said, "we think we'll have a
better turn-out at the polls and a
better informed electorate."
There are more than 70
members in the Winston-Salem
vhapter working with the project
and, Klvnt sairl thov <>? ?
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the precinct people to
' work with them in the project.
'The precinct people can help by
providing us with a list of nondent
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Philadephia^ Contest. The contestants
were judged for -pose,
grace and appearance in a swim
suit and gown competition.
Winner of thq overall competition
was Miss Karen. Sue
Kloyd, a* student at Julliard ?
School of Music.
Miss Thomas represented the
iireensboro Khalif TemDle No.
144 and the region in the national
talent hunt. She has been a soloist
for the A&T concert choir for
several years and has appeared
in several operas at the
University. She has studied with
Mrs. Huth Stokes of Rocky Mount
and- 4 *-, Howard Fearsall and
Mrs. .!. IMnnix of A&T.
After graduating. from A&T,
Miss Thomas said she hopes to pursue
a doctorate in music
performance from either Indiana
I niversity or the University of
Florida.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Shelley of Wilson,
N.C.
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registered voters and they can
spread information throughout
the precincts."
Flynt said that beforehand
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precincts as best they could
without a base of operations or
any central point from which to
work. "The A. Phillip Randolph
Institute is here to provide a base
of operations, a place to hold
strategy meetings, a place to
compile and distribute information
and a place to unify
ffforts throughout the com--^
munity." ..
Thn natinnol Al/I -T'Tfl i**n?
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instrumental in bringing the
chapter here, Flynt commented.
"Winston-Salem being a large
industrial city and-with the
, number of people who're involved
in labor unions, it yvas felt
that an A. Phillip Randolph,
chapter was needed here." The?
institute is the politicalsof the
National AFIrCIO and COPH
(Committee on Political 1
I Education).
"We are?also interested^ irv^
social,, economic and political
justice/' Klynt concluded.
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Minister
A Raleigh church has _ announced
the appointment of a
black minister for their churclT"
Bishop Robert M. Blackburn of
the Raleigh area, of the United
Methodist Church, announced the
appointn>ent of the Rev., Preston
C. Jones, as minister to
< okesbury United Methodist
Church in Raleigh. The Rev.
Preston is black and Cokesbury
United is an all-white church.
Cokesbury United is located in
a changing community. The
church is said to be facing a
decline in membership,
''okesbury United is presently
considering the appointment of a
white minister as an associate
minister.
The Rev. Jones is a graduate of
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?md holds a Masters of Divinity
degree from Duke Divinity
School in Durham.
The Rev. Jones was interdenominational
Chaplain at
the University of North Carolina
;it Chapel Hill. He pastoied
previously at Khyne Memorial
United Church in Red Springs.
The Rev. Jones is presently
rhairman of the^North Carolina
Conference Commission on
Keligion and Race. He is a
member of the Leadership
I evelopment Task Force of the
i 'onference.
The North Carolina Conference 1
is dedicated to brin*nnu rtiffpront 1
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r aces together. The .Conference rrow
has a white minister, 1
assigned to a black c ongregation, i
an Indian assigned to a white \
rongregation and a black
assigned to a white congregation.
The Rev. Jones led his first <
service of worship at Cokesbury
i>n September 15. i
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Winston-Safem State.
University announced the
l>eginning of their 1974-75 I ,yceum
series. A concert performance by
pianist Robert Jordan marks the
beginning of the series.
Robert Jordan is a graduate of
both the Kastman and Julilard
Sc hools. Jordan had performed
extensively in this country and
overseas. t? or six years, he was in
residency in I Europe. During this
European residency? Jordan
appeared as a recitalist in major
c ities. He w^s solist with the
Bavarian ^adio Orchestra in
Munich, and for the Prague
Symphony in Czechoslovakia.
In the United States, Mr.
Jordan has given numerous
recitals throughout the country
as well as appearances with such
Ali vs. For
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Foreman who is 6 feet 3 inches
tall and weighs 217 pounds, cut
his face during training. Our
African correspondent said that ?
nany people in Kinshasa, Zaire
ire disappointed that the fight
vill npt go on as scheduled.
Both Mohammad Ali and
George Foreman are still in
Africa. Ali is said to be still
continuing his training in Kinnity
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eminent conductors as Lucas
l oss and Benjam Steinberg. In ,
lamiary. 1071 Mr. Jordan made
his New York orchestral debut as
soloist with the Symphony of the
New World at Philharmonic Hall*
Lincoln i enter to glowing acclaim.
Mr. .Jordan's convert here will
offer an evening of Schubert;
Schumann, ;Liszt and a ; few
contemporary composers.
Concert time is 8:15 p.m. at
Ilanes Auditorium - Salem Fine
Arts t enter on Tuesday, September
24th.
The public is invited ho attend a
Master < Workshop to be conducted
by Mr. Jordan on Tuesday
afternoon at 1 p.m. on WinstonSalem
State University's campus
in the Fine Arts Building - Room
111.
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Muhammad Ali vs. (Jeorge
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scheduled to take place in Kin
shasa, Zaire, on September 24.
has been postponed The Afriran
fight is to be rescheduled for
another date to be announced.
soon. George Foreman is said tc
have sustained a cut on his face
The cut might be reopened if the
fight is to go on as scheduled.
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