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JULY4TH-177661976 THE TRIBUNAL AID Vi KDNESDAY, JI NE Ml 1976 SERVICE TO ALL SECTION B OIC National Conyocation To Honor NAACP’s Roy Wilkins Veteran human rights leader Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Annual Convocation of Uie People will receive the Opportunities Indus- prestigous A. Phillip Raiv trialization Centers of ■ dolph Award at the Twelfth America, it was announced today. The award will be formally presented to Mr. Wilkins by OIC Founder and National Board Chairman Dr. Leon H. Sullivan at the OIC Com munity Day Luncheon, Mondav. AuKUst 30, 1976 at Officials From Black Nations Gather For Seminar WASHINGTON — Officials from Africa and other black developing nations have gath ered here for a seminar on employment planning and manpower management con ducted by the U.S. Labor Department's International Manpower Institute. They are: Steadroy C. Benjamin, Labour Depart ment, Antigua; Yerima Kora- Yarou, Directorate of Employ ment, Benin; Godfrey Osei, Mrs. Hagar Ada Ntusoah, Department of Labor, Ghana; and Clarence L. Blue, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Guyana. Training Act (CETA). The on-site visits of CETA projects will afford seminar participants an opportunity for in-depth discussions with prime sponsors of these pro jects as well as with state and local officials involved in training and employment pro grams. Sponsored by the Agency for International Development, this is the 25th in a series of seminars initiated in 1961 to help developing countries im prove their capability ty reduce poverty, strengthen their economy and develop human resources in both urban and rural areas. The 24 participants attending this seminar come from 17 African, Middle ' Eastern, A- sian, Latin American. Europ ean and Caribbean countries. Over the years, more than 600 persons have attended the seminars conducted by the International Manpower Insti tute of the department’s Employment and Training Ad ministration. Republican candidate for Governor Jake Alexander un- Announces Program to Reduce Crime; Wonts Equal Time For Equal Crime The 6-week seminar will veiled his comprehensive pro- include workshops and lectures . , _ covering the following major criminal lusliee elements: Employment Plan- Tuesday al a Charlotte new ning and Promotion, Assessing conference. Labor Force Requir^ement, Warnhig that the public Human Resources Develop- . , . , , . . ... ment and Training, and Man- being bombarded with poli- agement and Utilization of the tician's “simplistic solutions Work Force. jq the extremely comples It will also emphasize the ui„.„ „r ” auv emerging role of women in the pr'^bleni social-economic development ander offered what he feels of developing countries. The is a “working document" to group will also visit employ- ,|,e rate and cost of ment and training projects in Minneapolis and Duluth which cnnic, are funded under the Compre- The full position paper, hensive Employment and a massive document of over SO pages discusses the enlire criminal justice system , crime prevention, police,- courts, corrections. and juvenile justice. In the area of crime pre vention, Alexander proposes a state-wide crime prevention effort such as Operation 1-D, Crimestop telephone lines, security checks of homes and apartments. Also, to prevent criminal tendencies develo- ing in our children, he pro poses law-focused education being taught in the .curri culum of all levels of public The Gate City News schools, “Law enforcement is a local function” stated Alex ander “and 1 want to return it to that level." Alexander said that the Training and Standards Council, the council that mandates minimum training and entrance requirements, should have control of its staff and “keep it from being the political football it has become while responsible to the Attorney General.” Alexander proposes rais ing the minimum salary for (;REKNSBORO-Carolina Action will hold a news conference to announce its statewide, legislative c-anipaign to lower resident ial utility bills in Northcar- olina. The conference will he on Wednesday, June 30, at 11:00 a.m. at the Carolina Action office, 517 Simpson St. (between Fisher and Smith St.) in Greensboro. Carolina Action is pro posing two new concepts for utility rate reform, lifeline rales and fair share rates, which will lower residential utility bills while encourag ing conservation by larger users. ♦ * * Om:ENSBORO- Day camp ing is an experience that all youth enjoy and the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service at A&T State University is planning a week of fun-filled cany)ing experiences for High Point youth this sumtuer. The year’s camp will feature such activities as arts and crafts, outdoor cookery, first-aid, dance and many more exciting acti vities. Lunch and trans portation will also be pro vided. The campsite will be Arm strong Park on Parkway Drive from August 17-20. The 4-H camp is designed for vouth 9-19 years of age. The cost will only be $1.00 a day per camper. For further information, contact Sheilda McDowell, 4-H Agent at 379-7691. The registration deadline is August 1. GREENSBORO Hayes- Taylor Y.M.C.A. is now re gistering for another session of Modern & Creative dance, Dancercise, Tennis and Kar ate classes. Modern & creative classes meets Mon day & Wednesday evenings, 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Dancercise classes meets Tuesday & Thursday even ings 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tennis Monday evenings 7:30 p.m. Karate Monday evenings, 8:00 p.m For '■ call I Taylor YMCA, 1101 K. The veteran military Market Street, Greensboro, officer had served in the N.C. Phone: 272-0197 or Army 11 years and .had been 272-0198. assigned to A&T the past five years. He was scheduled to be reassigned to Fort Bragg in August. A native of Trenton, N.C., Maj. Irving held the bachelor’s and master’s degrees from A&T, and had attended Monmouth College law enforcement officers from S6,500 to $7,500, “I want the Justice Academy to be more respon sive to the training needs of local law enforcement officers," he said, “especially the small departments that can’t spare a man for a week." He said that the academy should emphasize mobile training programs that go to the local areas, “Federal Law Enforce ment Assistance Administra tion (LEAA) money should go primarily for local pro jects,” Alexander said that traditionally North Carolina has spent only the minimum on local projects that the federal government allows, “Law enforcement has been greatly improved in the last 10 years. Unfortunately Continued On Page B-3 1:00 P.M, The Community Day Luncheon is one of the highlights of the OIC Con vocation which will be con vene in Philadelphia, Pen nsylvania from August 29 to September 1, 1976. More than 3,000 delegates and observers from the United States, Africa and Latin America are expected to attend. “The A. Phillip Randolph Award is given annually by OIC to a Black American who has made a significant contribution affecting the masses of minority citizens,” Dr. Sullivan said in an nouncing the selection of Mr, Wilkins. Dr, Sullivan called Mr. Wilkins “most deserving of the honor,” and specifically cited him for his role in the fight for “economic equality.” The OIC Founder also noted that this tribute is one of a series of honors that will be bestowed on the NAACP leader by Americans iii the coming year as he prepares to retire after 22 years at the helm of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Mr. Wilkins, a 1923 graduate of the University of Minnesota and former staff writer on “The Kansas City Call Newspaper” have Ijeen with the NAACP since 1931. Before assuming the directorship in 1955, he served as editor of “The Crisis,” the NAACP’s official publication. Mr, Wilkins also chairs the influential national Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, A, Phillip Randolph, for whom the award is named, founded the “March on Washington” concept which led directly to the end of discrimination in Army and Navy installations in the early 1940s, He was President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the nation’s first recognized Black-controlled labor union, Mr, Randolph, who served as an early mentor of Dr, Sullivan, received the first such award in 1972, Sub sequent recipients have in cluded Rev, Jesse Jackson, Founder and President of Operation PUSH; Charles Evers, Mayor, Fayette, Mississippi; and Dr, Carlton Goddlett, President of the National Newspapers Publishlers Association, The Opportunities Industrialization Centers comprise a comprehensive employment and training movement which serves an interracial cross section of the American unskilled, unemployed and un deremployed in ap proximately 140 OIC local affiliates, OIC programs and interest groups are found in 48 states, the District of Columbia, the U,S, 'Virgin Island, Puerto Rico as well as in 11 African and Latin American nations. The OIC Movement was founded By Dr, Sullivan in Philadelphia 12 years ago. Its motto is “We Help Ourselves,” Cwipkit IlmMij ASTRO CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc. COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL MSUUTiON xrriNO GREENSBORO--Funeral services are being scheduled for Maj. Robert Lee Irving, an assistant professor of military science at A&T State University The 36-year-old career in New Jersey. ‘ Army officer died in a Greensboro hospital June 23, after his automobile was involved in an accident near Benbow Road andLee Street. Maj. Irving was injured around 3 p.m. and died four hours later. He had left his home at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning and was returning from official business at Fort Bragg when the tra gedy offured. He had served in Vietnam, Germany, - Luxenburg, and New Jersey. He was a son of Mrs. Dora Irving and the , late Clinton Irving of Treriton. 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