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VOLUME 1, NO. 36
IVW^ESDAY, J/ilvlUARY 30, 1374
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PRESS AND THE USS MILLER
By J02 Douglas Peterson,
USN
The commissioning of
the destroyer escort USS
Miller (DE-1091) in Nor
folk, Virginia, on June 30,
1973, was the occasion for
some significant “firsts”.
It was the first Navy ship to
be named for a Black
enlisted man since World
War II- Petty Officer
Second Class Doris Miller;
it was the first time a
significant number of the
nation’s leading Black
media were on hand for a
ship commissioning; and,
for many of the media
representatives, it was
their first real opportunity
to discuss, face-to-face,
with Black Navy men and
women their personal
opinions concerning equal
opportunity, prejudice,
fairness of military justice,
and racism in today’s Navy.
The naming of Miller for
a Black was the direct
result of the Navy’s desire
to recognize the contribu
tions of its minority
members. The commission
ing provided an opportunity
to open, in a positive view,
additional lines of commu
nications with the minority
and majority media on the
basic issues currently
confronting the Navy and
our society.
The mechanics of the
event were similar to those
associated with most media
visits. The innovations that
made this event different,
and contributed to increas
ed communication with the
Black media was the
involvement of Office of
Information Branch Office
(NAVINFO) personnel from
the same locality as the
media representatives.
Representatives of the
minority press received
invitational travel orders to
fly on Navy aircraft to
Norfolk for the commission
ing; arrangements were
coordinated by the NAVIN-
FOS. With nearly 100
acceptances from the
Washington, Chicago, At
lanta, Dallas and Houston
areas, the program began
to evolve. Flights on
Reserve aircraft departed
Dallas, Chicago and Wash
ington for Norfolk on
Rev. B.Elton Cox
Pastor In Virginia
Friday, permitting the
correspondents from Black
weeklies to meet their
Thursday deadlines before
leaving. Overnight billeting
was arranged on Atlantic
Fleet units to broaden the
representatives’ exposure
to Navy men during their
brief visit to the base. A
social event was hosted on
Friday evening by Assis
tant Secretary of the Navy
James E. Johnson. Ranking
military attendees included
Commander-in-Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet; Commander
Cruiser-Destroyer Force,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Williams (the for
mer Millie Lewellyn) celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary Decanber
1973 dining with a couple of close '
friends, family and relatives at the
Top of the Mart Restaurant in High Point
The occasion was sponsored by their
children, Mrs. Jacquelyn Jones, Jolm C.
Jr., Ivlrs. Mary Scipic, Mrs. Muriel
Alston and Stanford Williams.
(Photo by John W. Taylor)
The Rev. Ben Elton Cox
Sr., newly elected pastor of
Fellowship United Church of
Christ, Chesapeake, was
installed pastor Sunday
when Dr. Hugo A. Owens,
■vice mayor of Chesapeake,
was the guest speaker. He
was honored at a banquet on
Friday, Jan, 18, at W.E.
Waters Junior High School,
' Portsmouth.
The Rev. Mr. Cox suc
ceeds Dr. James R. Johnson
■ Jr., founder of Fellowship
Church, who,began the new
■edifice before his death two
years ago.
Grant
Awarded WSSU
NAACP
Officers
NEW YORK-At its regular
meeting on January 14, the
NAACP Board of Directors
re -elected the following
members for full-two-year
terms: Mai Goode, Dr. Harry
Greene, Dr. Buell Gallagher,
James Blake, George
Flemmings and Nathan K.
Christopher.
The following members were
approved by the Committee 0(i
National Officers and
unaninaously re-elected for a
regular one-year term: Bishop
Stephen G. Spottswood,
chairman; Kivie Kaplan,
president. Dr. Gallagher, vice
chairman, Jesse Turner,
treasurer. Dr. Greene, assistant
treasurer, Alfred Baker Lewis,
enieritus.
Executives Director Roy
Wilkins and Assistant
Executive Director John A.
Morsel! were also re-elected.
Governor Names Two Blacks To
Recreation, Emplopenf Posfs
Governor James E.
Holshouser, Jr. has named
two Black, North Carolina
men to posts In State
Government.
Dr. Larnie G. Horton,
Special Assitant to the
Governor, announced that J.
Harold Davis has been
appointed to the
Employment Security
Commission, and John J.
Hawkins, has been appointed
to the North Carolina
Department of Local Affairs
Committee on Recreation.
Davis, a Field Piping
Engineering Inspector for
Brown and Root
Construction Company, is
Ctiairinah ot che Brun/swick
County Young Republican
Committee, member of the
Board of Aldermen, Town
of Southport, and involveH
in numerous civic and social
activities. He is a graduate
of Brunswick County High
School and has attended
Durham Technical Institute,
Cape Fear Technical Institute
and Brunswick Industrial
Educational School.
Dr. Horton explained that
the North Carolina
Department of Local Affairs
Committee on Recreation, to
which Hawkins, was
appointed, is under the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resouces.
Mr, Hawkins holds a B.S.
degree from Howard
“These appointments are
part of an increasing number
of Blacks who are bemg
picked to hold important
positions in the Holshouser
Administration,” Dr. Horton
said.
Atlantic; Chief of Informa
tion; flag officers represen
ting the commandants of
the fifth. Eight and Ninth
Naval Districts and com
manding officers of the host
ships. Additionally, repre
sentatives were also on
hand from the Navy Human
Resources Development
Center and Minority Affairs
Offices of the major
commands in Norfolk, area
public affairs office, the
Office of the Assistant
Chief of Naval Personnel
for Human Goals and the
Office of Information.
The media enjoyed the
opportunity to discuss
informally a wide range of
subjects with those in
attendance. The discus
sions, in many cases,
served as background for
the copy written about the
commissioning ceremony.
On Saturday, host ships
provided breakfast and a
short orientaton tour for
their guests prior to the
arrival of transportation to
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
in Portsmouth where USS
Miller was berthed.
Continued on Page 2
Morale Getting Lift
JERUSALBM — ''W«
shall overcome," a phran auo-
ciated with tbe U.C. civil rUfhti
moiJiiijeBt. was adoptsd by th*
Israeli Advartiaiiif Anodatioa
on Sunday ai It* ilogas for a
campaign to boost th« moral*
of Israella defreiMd by fh*
October war.
Men And UJo-*iten 9n
Albert Campbell, left, Managing Editor
of tHE TOIBUNAL AID presents a check
to the first subscription contest win
ner, Mr. Kelly R. Hoover, of Thonasville.
'WINSTON-SALEM-Win-
ston-Salem State Univer
sity, one of 20 Black
colleges participating in the
Consortium on Research
Training (CORT), has
received a grant of $5,000
for the support of faculty
research. The purpose of
the consortium is to
increase research compe
tencies in both faculty and
students on predominantly
Black campuses.
Awards for the current
academic year have been
made to five faculty
members; Ron D. Sylvia,
department of social
science, for research inves
tigation into the personnel
problems faced by the
Division of Water and
Power of the City of
Fayetteville; Dr. Faustina
L. Holman, department of
music, for a study of the
development and evalua
tion of a competency based
music methods course for
propective elementary
classroom teachers.
Dr. Frank E. Rogers,
social science department
for a project that will
analyze Sino-American For
eign policy as it relates to
the Vietnam war; Dr. S.E.
Youssef, department of
education and psychologyj^
for research on a compara
tive study of two types of
procedures used in prepa
ring elementary school
teachers; and Dr. Howard
A. Barnes, department of
social science, for research
dealing with the life of
Horace Bushnell and mass
theory.
SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST UNDERWAY
Congratulations To
Our First Winner
KELLY R. HOOVER
Thomasville 25 Subscriptions
GLOVER
SAN AN rONIO- Airman
Douglas L. Glover, son of
Mrs. Besty R. Cherry of
1008 Wilkerson St.,
Greensboro, has completed
Air Force basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex.
The airman is remaining
at the Air Training
Command base for specia
lized training in the
security police field.
Airman Glover is a 1973
graduate of Grimsley Se
nior High School.
SAN ANTONIO-Airman
Rudolph McKinnon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan D.
McKinnon of 2205 Briar
Lea Road, Greensboro, has
been assigned to Lowry
AFB, Colo., after comple
ting Air Force basic
training.
During his six weeks at
the Air Training Com
mand’s Lackland AFB,
Tex., he studied the Air
Force mission, organization
and customs and received
special instruction in hu
man relations.
The airman has been
assigned to the Technical
Training Center at Lowry
for specialized training as a
food service specialist..
Airman McKinnon is a
1973 graduate of Dudley
High School.
ting Air Force basic
training.
During his six weeks at
the Air Training Com
mand’s Lackland AFB,
Tex., he studied the Air
Force mission, organization
and customs and received
special instruction in hu
man relations.
The airman has been
assigned to the Technical
Training Center at Shep
pard for specialized train
ing as a medical services
specialist.
Airman Johnson is a
1972 graduate of Eastern
High School, Washington,
D.C.
JOHNSON
SAN ANTONIO-Airman
Ronald E. Johnson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon N.
Johnson, 4505 Bedford
Drive, Greensboro, has
been assigned to Sheppard
AFB, Tex., after comple-
Mrs. King Remembers
Mrs. Corretta Seott King, widow of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King, holds a program featuring a picture of Dr.
King on its cover. Mrs. King and members of her family
along with a throng of guests placed a wreath at the crypt of
the slain civil rights leader in Atlanta, marking the an
niversary of his 45th birthday. Activities in Atlanta coin
cided with similar programs held throughout the country.
"We must give our children a sense of pride in being black. The glory of our past
and the dignity of our present must lead the way to the powew of our future."
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL