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William Bradford, center, of Salem, New Hampshire,
becomes the first white student to earn a commission
through the Air Force ROTC program at A&T State
University. With him are Lt. Col. Thurmon Deloney,
professor of aerospace studies at A&T; and Mrs.
Bradford. [Dick Moore Photo]
I COMING ACTIVITIES
HIGH POINT - A basic
canoeing course will be
given free of charge under
the direction of the
American National Red
Cross and High Point Parks
and Recreation Depart
ment. This course will run*
from May 25 through May
29 including Sunday, and
will take place at the old
City Lake. Instruction will
be given from 5:30 to 8:30
p.m.
Those interested should
contact the Parks and
Recreation Department to
register.
A preequisite for the
Reynolds
Makes Grant
To Grads
Winston-Salem, N. C.
—Cooperating in an effort
to get more black and
other minority young
people into the business
world; R. J. ReynolJs In
dustries, Inc. recently con
tributed $8,000 to the Con-
s 0 r t i u in for Graduate
Study in Management, an
MB.\ fellowship program
for minority students.
It support comes mainly
from industry and founda
tions.
Tax Troubles
Georgia State Senator
Leroy Johnson, one of the
leading black political
figures in the South for the
past decade, has been, in
dicted by a federal grand
jury in Atlanta on four
counts of evading federal
income taxes. He faces a
fifth charge of covering up
with a false affadavit.
Sr. of 4125 Carver Road.
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SAN ANTONIO - Air- Winston-Salem, has been
man Fate Martin Jr., son of assigned to Sheppard AFB,
Mr. and Mrs. Fate Martin Tex., after completing 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 in the medical service
field.
Airman Martin is a 1971
graduate of Carver Junior-
Senior High School.
VOLlP-ffi 1, NO. 52
IVEDNESDAY , MY 22, 1974
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695 Wa/f On ^Death Row'
DEATH PENALTY STILL FAR
FROM DEAD IN AMERICA
U.S. News & World Report
Despite a Supreme Court
ruling against it, the death
penalty is far from dead in
this country.
It was 20 months ago that
the High Court outlawed
capital punishment - as
generally applied. That
ruling spared the lives of
631 people then under
sentence of death. And yet,
today-
*At least 64 other
Americans sit in “death
row” in 12 States,
condemned to execution
since that historic Court
decision of June 29, 1972.
*Twenty-one States have
enacted new death-penalty
laws, designed to meet
objections raised by the
Court.
*At least four States have
capital-punishment laws
that were , on the books
before the Court ruling and
which they consider still
valid.
*Several States are
considering measures to
restore the death penalty.
*President Nixon pro
posed, in his recent
state-of-the-union mes
sage, a federal law for
“restoration of the death
penalty under the Federal
Criminal Code for several
especially heinous specific
crimes which result in the
death of innocent victims,’’
including such crimes as
hijacking, kidnaping or
bombing.
*Several bills-including
constitution all amend
ments - are pending in
Congress to make death
mandatory for specific
types of crimes covered by
federal law.
All this is stirring a hot
new dispute over the
legality - and morality - of
execution as a form of
punishment.
Court’s decision. The
dispute is largely about the
meaning of the Supreme
Court’s ruling.
In that split decision, 5 of
the 9 Justices agreed that,
in the three cases before
the Court, a death penalty
constituted “cruel and
unusual punishment” in
violation of the U.S.
Constitution.
But only two Justices
agreed that execution is
unconstitutional under any
circumstances. And four
Justices - all Nixon
appointees - voted to
uphold the State death-
penalty laws involved.
in all, there were nine
different opinions written -
one by each Justice. And
Summer Jobs
Offered Youth
course is that each
individual be able to swim
for five minutes fully
clothed, and he must be
able to demonstrate the
ability to use a U.S. Coast
Guard-approved floatation.
r
HIGH POINT - The High
Point Chamber of Com
merce, the North Carolina
Employment Security Com
mission, and the City of
High Point’s Community
Development Division are
jointly sponsoring an effort
aimed at providing summer
job opportunities for the
disadvantaged youth of
High Point.
The jobs, which will
range from filing and
clerical work with the City’s
Finance Department to
supervising.children at the
City’s playgrounds with the
Parks and Recreation
Department, will pay $2 an
hour.
Also available for this
five-day, forty-hour work
week are clerical jobs
within the City Police
Department and jobs in
stream cleaning and load
ing trash with divisions of
the Public Works Depart
ment. The duration of the
program will be an
eight-week period from
June 17 to August 9, 1974.
Youth ages 14 through 21
who are interested in
summer employment under
this program should apply
in person at the Employ
ment Security Commission
office, 121 South Hamilton
St., between 8:00 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
War veterans
hold 7th
King parade
NEW YORK - Hun
dreds of war veterans and
youthful marchers braved
brisk May weather to par
ticipate in the seventh an
nual Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. memorial parade.
The parade, sponsored
by the 369th Veterans As
sociation, was originally
set to honor those who died
while serving their country
but was made a tribute to
Dr, King following his as
sassination.
“We changed the name
to honor Dr. King in recog
nition of his nonviolent ef
forts to bring about a na
tion where all people could
live in harmony,” said Wil
liam K. DeFessett, nation
al president of the associa
tion.
The association is named
for a largely black World
War II regiment.
A lone Spanish-American
war veteran as well as
those from the Koreaia
War, joined the parade.
No Vietnam era vets
were reported among thosa
marching.
State Plans Aid
For Migrants
Barbara S. Carter
To Present Flute
Recital On Sunday
HIGH POINT - Miss
Barbara S. Carter, daugh
ter of Mrs. Rosa B. Carter
of 603 Ellwood Dr. will
present a flute recital at
Memorial United Metho
dist Church on Sunday
afternoon May 26 at 6 p.m.
Miss Carter received the
Bachelor of Music Educa
tion at East Carolina
University and is presently
working on the Master of
Arts Degree with Concen
tration in performance at
the University of Iowa.
Her program will include
selections by Telemann,
Beethoven, Dahl, Varese
and a collection of
spirituals.
Miss Sheryl Dye of High
Point will accompany Miss
Carter.
The recital is being
sponsored by the Methodist
Women, Group # 4, of
Memorial United Metho
dist Church on the building
fund.
RALEIGH -- North Caro
lina will become the first
state in the nation to
provide inpatient hospital
care for all migrant workers
who need it, July 1, 1974, it
was announced yesterday
by Amin Khalil, head of the
Migrant Health Program
for the Division of Health
Services.
A total of $120,000 for
hospital care and expanded
outpatient services was
appropriated by the 1974
General Assembly. Khalil
said most of the migrants
concentrate in 10 North
Carolina counties during
peak season. He pointed
out. however, that the
added service will be
available to migrants
Khalil explained that
migrant outpatient services
have been paid for in the
past by federal funds and
that no money was
available for hospital care.
Sampson, Wilson, John-,
ston and Henderson coun
ties supplemented federal
funds for outpatient care.
He revealed that these
counties employ the most
migrants.
Khalil expects $122,500
of federal funds to continue
migrant outpatient services
in the state in 1974 and
$120,000 for the four local
projects.
there were almost that
many differing views of
why, and under what
consitions, execution may
be justified.
Ever since then, law
makers have been trying to
devise laws the Court might
approve. Two States re
stored the death penalty in
1972, and 19 acted in 1973.
Among States now consi
dering the question are
New York and Pennsylva
nia.
Here are the 21 States
which have enacted new
capital-punishment laws:
Arizona, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Flori
da, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Louisiana, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, Ohio. Okla
homa, Rhode Island, Ten
nessee, Texas, Utah and
Wyoming.
One objection raised by
several members of the
Supreme Court was that the
death penalty was imposed
“arbitrarily” or “capri
ciously”, with some people
condemned for crimes
similar to those for which
others merely went to
prison.
Justice William 0. Dou
glas said the death penalty
was “selectively applied”
against the “poor and
despised.”
It was pointed out that of
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Dr Williams To Speak
Cheryl Jones Of
Winston-Salem
Is Honored
The High Point Alumni
Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority has awarded
Cheryl Jones a scholarship
on the basis of her excellent
academic achievement.
Cheryl graduated from
Bishop McGuinness High
School with honors and is
completing her freshman
year at Talladega College,
Talladega, Ala. She had the
honor of being queen of her
freshman class. Cheryl is
the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. James M. Jones Jr. of
Winston-Salem.
Dr. Kenneth R. Wil
liams, Chancellor of Win-
ston-Salem State Univer
sity, will be the speaker for
the Memorial Day Services
at the First Baptist Church,
701 East Washington Drive
on Sunday, May 26 at 11
a.m.
Dr. Williams, a native of
norfolk, Virginia, holds the
A.B. Degree from More
house College and the
M.A., S.T.B., and Ph.D.
Degrees from Boston Uni
versity.
Dr. Williams’ Civic and
Professional affiliations in
clude Member of Board of
Piedmont University Cen
ter, Board Member, Amer
ican Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education;
Citizens Coalition, Urban
Academic Affairs Consort
ium, Winston-Salem Chap
ter Rotary Club, Forsyth
County American Red
Cross Board; Member,
Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce; Member of the
Board, Tanglewood Park
and Board of Fellows,
Gallaudet College.
The public is invited to
attend.
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BRONCO HOiVIECOMING QUEEN for 1974 is lovely Candis “Candy” Douglas of
Fayetteville State University. A junior from Fayetteville, and a sociology major, Candy
was selected in a campus election recently and will be crowned Homecoming
November 2, 1974 when FSU hosts Elizabeth City State University. fPSU Photo by
John B. Henderson.]
”We must give our children a sense of pride in being
and the dignity of our present must lead the way to
black. The glory of our past
the power of our future/'
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL