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Business
Expo Plans
Revealed
JCHMOXD, Va.-The “Black
Is Beautiful Business Expo, ”
f r the Richmond. Va. 4-
re*a, March 26. 27, 28, 1971
’-ill open with a Seminar and
itscussiof wr. Black £r.tre
rrene-.rship. Moderator for the
ev<-rst will the Will iarr. Robert -
son, .Special Assistant to The
Governor the first black man
“1 hold such a position in the
ostory of Virginia, Several out
standing national figures will
make sip a panel to discuss the
» ;Her.s. and possible solu
•.ons. lacing black and minority
: -isir.es srr.en.
Among the panelists will be
1 I" orr.as Regan, Regional Btrec
ro: of the SBA, and Pat Pat
ters «, Editor of Blsifk Enter
s'rise. T v is is the second Black
li Beautiful Business Expo, the
purpose being to highlight and
phese-t to the general public
orc c> nceros. In Virginia
<»*■« expo PLA.VS. P T)
Need More
And Larger
Banks In US'
DETROIT, Mich. - Although
asset- >f Black banks have
in -eased 334 percent in the
last ten ears, to a total of
*3*2 million or four times as
fast as the -receding decade,
- is is not enough, according to
Cr. Edward D. Irens, Executive
Eire-tor ft - .ۥ National Bank
ers Association.
; r. Irons’ remarks are eon
. - _-.ee i -m'.mprehensive study
* - * Black Bavsdng--Problems
: Prospects'*, scheduled for
deliver;, before the American
Peer: rr.:r Association in Be
•r. it oft Monday. Dec. 2*.
Dr. Irons said that of the 26
F lack-controlled banks, 16lave
beer, organized since 1963. then
- f.- first of the new!} organized
.. ks opened for business.
If this number of Black
b arks does not sound impres
sr-e in relation to the more
: ar. «3,®>. bonks that were in
operation’ on Jure 30, 1970, it
isn't,” Dr. Irons said. “When
viewed w:t • the perspective of
: story of Black banks, how
ever, the advent of ibis increas
ed camber of Black banks sug
gests a microscopic revolu
tion. I'’ 1 '’
Additonal Black banks are
reeded, Dr. Irons pointed out,
not because the} are Black,
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/Tjcg SUIT -Fayetteville State O
’ nlv»rs*ty** Gladys graft* model
a mini - walking salt for
she campus phoeogrept-er. A
native of Kinston, Miss Smith
is a freshman and makes most
of he: clee es. She states that
is if e any wav to keey up wtth
the latest fashions and, at the
same time, save money.
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Economic Group President Says *** l " "
'We Will Coll All Os The Shots’
£>X>rs-s> sf-xf-rbnh XhJS-sJ-tJ- -Cc-U-JX-Cs Ac.v.v.--
tabbed At Holiday Inn
Hold Seven On Dope, Morals Raps
Cites New
Economic
Approach
NEW YORK, N. Y.-“ We're
going to call the shots,” vows
the head of a Black economic
development group in Detroit.
Larry Doss, president of the
Inner City Business Imprcv
ment Forum (ICBIF) describes
to NET'S Black Journal a new
approach to Black-self-deter
mination. Ke says: “We’re
going to plan our own proj
ects. we’re going to implement
them, and we're going to evalu
ate them, and we might call
upon somebody to assist us in
doing any of these things, but
we’re going to be the leader
ship, and we’re going localise
shots,*'
Black Journal, NET’S month
ly program produced for, by
and about Blacks, w ill be seen
Monday, Jan. 25, at 9 p.m.
(In New York City, it will be
seer, on WNET/Channel IS at
9 p.m.) Black Journal’s ex
ecutive producer, Tony Brown,
says of ICBIF: "Born out of
the ashes of rebel!ior. a‘sloo,-
000 misunderstanding’ is con
sidered by many to have creat
ed the most relevant economic
development project for Blacks
in the country.’’
ICBIF, a non-profit, Black
controlled economic develop
ment group, aids and develops
medium and large-size manu
facturing businesses. Since its
inception following the Detroit
civil disorders of July, 1367,
the organization has aided 100
Black - owned companies w it v
total assets of $5 million. Its
goal Is S! billion ir. assets for
the businesses they create, plus
100 000 new obs in the next
10 years.
ICBIF - is committed to divid
ing profits within the communi
ty. Its policy is to aid only
those Black businesses which
"broadly assist and strength -
(Sec ECONOMICS P 2>
E. Fears
To Head
Va.YSS
W ashington, d. c.-a 36
year-old Black educator and
coach, soon will become the firs?
Negro ever tc he appointed a
Director of Selective Service
ir. one of the 50 States. He is
Ernest D. Fears, Jr., of Chesa
peake, Virginia who will be
come ?*-e Virginia State Direc
tor on Jan. I, 1971. Mr. Fears’
appointment is being made- at
GS-I 5 level, paying hints22,6Bs
a year.
Fears' appointment was an
nounced jointly by the offices
of Virginia Governor Lin wood
Holt or. and Selective Service Di
rector Dr. Curtis Vi. Tarr. Un
der Selective Service law. State
Directors are nominated fc*.
Governors and appointed by the
Director of Selective Service,
acting for the President.
State Directors of Selective
Service in it ally were authorized
in 1940, a? the passage o! the
trßAtis ms?, p z>
Fayette, Miss.
Given Grant
Os SIOO,OOO
NEW YORK CITY-The Town
of Fayette, Miss., received a
grant of $100,090 from the
Medgar Evers Fund to help
build a multi-purpose com
munity center, it was announc
ed Monday by Mrs. Myrlie Ev
ers, widow of the slain civil
rights leader and Vice-presi
dent of the F and.
The $300,900 gran? will cover
most of the Town’s local snare
to the construction costs of the
cew center. On Dec. 16, the U.
S, Department of Housing and
Urban Development annotmeed
a three-for-one matching grant
of $317,909 to finance the cen
ter.
The new center will include
facilities for a community
health center, which the Medgtur
Evers Fund earlier this yew
aesarwf the town that it wenk*
bisild from public donations,
The Fund was founded in
Sep*.., 1969, as a living memorial
to the late Medgar Evers, for
mer NAACP Field Secretary
(In arm uecs. r. z>
Oil
North Carolina s Leading Weekly
VOL. 30. NO. 9
Raleigh Man Charges
<SAJ<X<2 Xhrhiyyy rhiyrhjy
Slate Gets First Race
Draft Board Head
Huggins
Accuses
Officer
(Editor’s Note; Harr; Lee
Huggins, 43, *9O Jamaica Dr.,
gave The CAROLIXIAN his ver
sion of having been shot twice
by black Patrolman Floyd Lee
Rountree on Christmas night,
following a citation, to the
magistrate’s office after a car
accident in the 600 black of
Manly Street). The incident al
legedly occurred around p.m.)
Mr. Huggins’ story follows:
I had another man driv
ing my 1950 Chevrolet.
We were near the cor
ner of Manly and Fov,le.
One car was parked on
the left on the other side
of the church, almost at
the corner. Two cars
passed my car and an
other car.
My car’s tire caught the curve
zna knocked ire tstieel out of mv
<*ee HUGGINS. JP 2)
Awareness
Is Seen As
Great Need
NF.v. YORK Ir this day of
surging Black consciousness,
Black parents a greater
responsibUit: then ever before
to help their children learr.
to Jive happily to a society that
is still basically racist, ac
cording to two prominent Black
psychiatrists.
No Black-pride program, in
<See AWARENESS. P. *}
STRANGE CKRKTbfAS "GREETING” AFTER $1 YEARS Army Sergeant Ear!
Carder, shows bis daughter a strange Christmas "greeting.” It seems that Sgt. Garden who has
been on active duty since 1939, received his draft notice from a local board ln Philadelphia,
Tec. 24. He joined ih® army before selective service came into tow. Officials of local board
140 could not b* reached for comment. (UPD,
RALEIGH. N. C . SATURDAY, JANUARY 2. 1971
harry lee huggins
Detectives
Raid Inn.
Arrest 7
An annonymous tips
ter called “the law”
around noon on Tuesday
of this week and, as a
result, seven persons
were “hauled off” to
Wake County Jail, where
they face charges of il
legal possession of
heroin and occupying a
hotel room for immoral
purposes. The Holiday
Inn on Hillsborough St.
w as the scene of the ac
tion.
According to an official of
tie City-County Identification
Bureau, the only one of the sever,
wit* a prior local police record
(»*e PETECTsmes, e. *>
Officials
Present A
Statement
'Editor’s Note: Following is
a message sen? to Major H. T.
Bailey Tuesday, Dec. 29, re
garding his findings Monday
night in ? e Harry l ee Huggins
Cise. T - message was sent by
Cam • M. stell).
”As a result of the
complaint from Mr.
Huggins and the investi
gation conducted by
S e r ge a n t Lassiter,
Lieutenant Meekins.and
myself, I felt that it
would tecoms neces
sary to have Mr. Hug
gins and Officer Roun
tree meet in my office
to discuss this matter
in the presence of
Lieutenant Meekins,
Sergeant Lassiter, and
(Set OFFICIALS. P. Z>
Buy Home
For Kin
Os Victim
JACKSON, Miss. - The fam
ily of James Eari Green, who
was kilted by pc/ ice gunfire dur
ing the Jackson State College
crisis last June, Las been given
a nev home by The Medgar
Evers Fund, it vas announced
Thursday, December 31, hv Fund
President Charles Evers, Ma
(l« BUY HOMES, P. 2)
SINGLE COPY 15c
elliott b. palmer
E. Palmer
NixeslS
Proposal
BY E. B. PALMER
Associate Executive Secretary
North Carolina Ass ciation of
Educators
"The Nixon Administration
recently announced the binding
of a program to retrain Mack
teachers and administrators
who have been displaced V; ?t e
process of school desegregation
and who want to remain in t- e
ItS tr E. PA EM Ot, P 2}
' .1 : . ... ■■■.'
CRIME
BEAT
~- . . ' y: . •
• -tram ftalfi'eh’-. Official 1
Pole. Files
Editor's Note: This column or
feature is produced in the pub
lic interest with an alrr towards
eliminating its contents. Num
erous individuals have request
ed that they he given the con
sideration of overlooking t: eir
listing on the police blotter.
This we would like to h . How
ever, it is. not our position to
be judge or jury, V • merely
publish the facts as v.-e find
them, reported ! ♦* e arresting
officers. To keei out of The
Crime Beat Columns, mere
ly means not being registered
by a police officer in report
ing his findings while ' . duty.
Do simply keep off the •‘Blot
ter’' and you won’t be tr. The
Crime Beat.
WOMAN “PICKED UP"
Miss Sadie Page Brown, 29,
1742 Fountain Drive (Southgate
Apartments), told Officer B. \V.
Hamilton at 7 p.rn. last Sun
day, that she was picked up
by three colored males in
about the 200 block of Peyton
Street. She said one of the men
started getting fresh with her
and she said she would not co
operate with him, so he became
angry and struck her several
times in the face. Miss Brown
said she then jumped out of the
car, in about the 400 block of
Peyton and received additional
Injuries in so doing. The woman
was treated at Wake Memorial
Hospital tor a bruised left eye
and a laceration of the left
heel. She stated that she would
recognise her assailants if she
saw them again.
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HUGGINS, FRIENDS PICKET MUNICIPAL BUILDING-Ln top
picture, Harry Lee Hioggins. 43, 700 Jamaica Drive, who says
he vas shot twice in the back on Christmas night by black
nolle office Floyd Lee Rountree, stands tall with his two
Ge: nan Shepherd dogs in front of the Raleigh Municipal
Rn«tH‘-><r Wednesday of this week to protest what he and
lb picketing friends call ‘police brutality.’ In bottom photo,
one of Huggins’ friends carries a sign which reads, "Stop
Davis’s Gestapo Tactics.’’ Some twelve pickets joined in.
( photos by Paul r. jervay, jr.)
Dr. Cobb Is Cited As
Principal In Medicine
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Dr.
V.. Mont igue Cobb, cited as the
‘principal historian of the Ke
rr o ir medicine,’’ is the cover
stor; subject in the Dec. 28
is*- ie of Modern Medicine, a
iending national medical jour
nal.
Dr. Cob!, selected by the
’ournal editors as their “Con
terr.porar; '* for the current is
sue. is distinguished professor
of anatom; and former head of
the Department of Anatomy at
Howard University College of
Medicine. According to the
Modern Medicine article, “he
has developed his capacities to
an impressive extent as ana
tomist, physician anthropolog
ist, educator, medical writer
editor-: istorian and civil ac
tlv-ist.”
born in Washington, D. C.,
i: 14, Dr. Cobh received an
a. B. degree at Amherst Col
lege in 1925, v is M, D. dgree
at Howard University in 1929,
and a Pi . D.degree at Case
v. estern Reserve University in
1932. During his career he has
h- ‘showered with honors,’’
say- Mfidern Medicine--an Sc.
D. d-gree from Amherst, LL,D,
degree from Morgan state Col
i*: e. r t i/icates of merit and
appreciation from two U. S,
Presidents, and many awards
Lorn Howard University, its
! 1 In The Sweepstakes
I SPO T LIGHT THIS WELK :
| For The Best to Fine, Economical Furniture
(See Numbers, P. 10)
Sweepstakes Growing
Well, the Christmas holi
days are now a thtng of the
past and we now look forward
to the New Year's holiday week
end. Maybe someone’s luck will
change with the new year and
v. & will have more Sweepstakes
winners.
The luck:.’ numbers this week
are as follows: Number 08787,
first prize, is worth §25 in
alumni, the National Medical
Association (NMA), its women’s
auxiliary, and the government
and medical societies of the
District of Columbia.
Also indicating the esteem in
which he is held, Dr. Cobb is
past president. (1964-’65) of the
NMA, and has been president
of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists and
the Anthropological Society of
Washington, vice president and
section chairman of the Ameri
can Association for the Ad
vancement of Science (aAAS),
and editor of the JOURNAL OF
the Kama since 1949.
Dr. Cobb, who began his long
teaching career at Howard in
1928 as an instructor, has serv
ed seven years on the board of
directors and four years on the
professional education commit
tee of the American Heart As
sociation. He also was chair
man of the national health com
mittee of the NAACP, and a
member of the postdoctoral fel
lowship committee of the Na
tional Academy of Sciences-Na
tional Research Council.
Other professional societies
of which Dr. Cobb is a member
include the American Associa
tion of Anatomists, American
Anthropological Association,
American Society of Mamma
(Seff DR. COBB. P. 2)
merchandise at Arlans De
partment Store, 1920 North
Boulevard; 08652, second, will
bring its bearer a total of
sls in trade at Smith Studio,
14 E, Hargett Street. Number
08906, third award, is worth
$lO in merchandise at Cara
leigh Funrniture, 1600 S, Saun
ders Street,
<S*« SWEEPSTAKES, f. *)