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DURHAM* N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1970

Plan Carver Week FestivitiesPlans for the 1971 National George Washington CarverWeek celebration were begun recently when membersof the Carver Week Committee met in Pittsburg (left).In the right photo, Dr. Alma Illery, President andFounder of the National George Washington CarverCommemorative Day Association, confers with DonaldC. Clay of U. S. Steel Corp., 1971 Carver Week Chair-man. The twenty-seventh Annual Memorial to the famedblack scientist will be held throughout the nation dur-ing the week of January 3 to January 9, 1971. Membersof the planning committee (left) include leaders ofbusiness, the news media, education, civic groups andchurch groups. Also in the photo at right is Roy E. Koh-ler, Manager of Community Relations for Gulf Oil Corp.ancfr a former winner of the George Washington CarverAward. Gulf will host a reception for persons attendingthe annual Carver Day luncheon in Pittsburgh on Tues-day, January 5, 1971. Funds raised in connection withthe celebration will go toward the support of CampAchievement, an interracial summer camp for children.

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Members of House of Repres.Increased from Nine to Twelve

The National Urban Leaguewill give awards to eight BlackMayors representing over 50Black Mayon in the conntry,at its annual Equal Opportuni-

ty Day dinner being held thisyear in the New York Hilton'sGrand Ballroom on ? Novem-ber 19th.

States, the Mayros symbolical-

ly receiving the Awards are:

Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark,New Jersey; Richard G. Hat-cher of Gary, Indiana; Carl B.Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio;James H. McGee of Dayton,Ohio; Walter E. Washington of*n*jaUpgton, D. C.; Howard N.Lee of Chapel Hill, NorthCarolina; A. Price Woodard,Jr., of Wichita, Kansas; andCharles Evers of Fayette, Mis-sissippi, a national figure,though not Mayor of a largeurban area.

NEW YORK-Negro candi-dates in the North, West andSouth fared well in the 1970elections, a survey by the

National Association for theAdvancement of Colored Peo-ple reveals.

Th* "Qst spectacular andsigniflflMi triumph was the

election of Wilson C. Riles asCalifofilifl'l State Superinten-dent of Public Infraction. Hedefeated ft formidable foe, thevociferOUl and controversialincumMtt, Dr. Max Rafferty.Mr. RflM, in his new position,assume! ako a seat as a regentof the University of Californiaelected to a statewide job.Although the position is re-

garded as non-partisan, Dr.Rafferty had the support ofGovernor Ronald Reagen who

was overwhelmingly re-elected.

The three Congressmen-elect who defeated white

The number of black mem-

bers of the House of Represen-tatives was increased fromnine to twelve with the elec-tion of three Negroes frompredominantly white districtswhich previously have been re-

presented in Congress bywhite persons. Seven of thenine present black House mem-

bers were re-elected. The re-

maining two were replaced byother Negroes.

In a non-partisan, non-poli-tical spirit of Black and whitecoalition and unity, the 1970Awards recognize the import-tance of Black political leader-ship as an American strategyfor the 70's, moving America'sminorities towards their right-ful goal of equal opportunityfor all.

PASSES IN CHICAGO Rep.

William L. Dawson, 84, D-111.,only Negro congressman from

Indiana, died of pneumoniaMonday in the Veterans Ad-ministration Research Hospitalin Chicago. He did not seekrelection last week. He hadserved as vice chairman of theDemocratic National Commit-tee, and' was the first Negroto hold such a position ineither major political party.

DR. EDMONDS AT THE UN

Dr. Helen Edmonds Speaks To UNBodies On Racism,

Mayor, John V. Lindsay willofficially welcome the Mayorson behalf of the people ofNew York. Convening for the

(See MAYORS page 8A)

Predominantly from largerurban areas in the United

(See VOTES page 8A

Durham's Dr. Helen G. Ed-monds, appointed in Septem-ber as an alternate representa-tive to the United Nations, hasin her first speeches to UNbodies warned the world thatits picture of the nited Statesas a nation torn by dissent ismisleading.

"Sporadic outbursts of ra-cial violence" and "self-ap-pointed racial minority spokes-men in exile" have divertedattention from real achieve-ment in the defeat of racism,Dr. Edmonds said.

"Beneath these activitieswhich claim the eyes and earsof those who judge only bywhat is sensation, we call totheir attention racial minorityachievement during the past

decade, at which time eventhe implications of discrimina-tion left the statutory lawsof the land," Dr. Edmondssaid in an October 27 speechbefore a UN committee con-sidering the problems of racismand racial discrimination.

fection in our society," Dr.Edmonds said. "Indeed, im-perfections in a free and opensociety cannot be veiled ...itmay be very easy for outsideobservers to overlook the pro-gress made because human na-

ture, unfortunately, is highlysusceptible to the sensational.Dr. Edmonds cited statistics

showing that minority employ-ment in white collar occupa-tions increased 109 per centduring the decade of the 60s,building trade employment ofminority groups increased 70per cent, and the median edu-cational status of non-whites

rose from 10.8 years of schoolto 12.2 years, while themedial for whites rose from12.3 to 12.6.

Dr. Edmonds is on leave

from her post as Dean of theGraduate School at NorthCarolina Central.

In addition to her back-ground in education, Dr. Ed-monds has been active in theU. S. Department of State'sCultural Exchange Program,was a i personal representative

of President Eisenhower at thededication of the Liberian

(See DR. EDMONDS 8A)"We lay no claims to per-

COCU RespondsMore Time To Study Union PlanGrandson of Mrs. Charity RiveraNamed to NCR Commission Staff

PRINCETON, N. J. - Thenine-denomination Consulta-tion on Church Union(COCU), responding to appealsfor more time to study a pos-sible plan of union offered last

March, has extended untilJune 1, 1972, the period forstudy, criticism and suggestedchanges.

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Clarence W. Yokely, above,is employed with the Winston*Salem, North Carolina Rede-velopment Commission Relo-cation Staff. He has been as-signed as a Family ServicesOfficer. The Relocation Of-fled will send him to the Re-tional Office of Housing andUrban Development In Atlan-ta, Georgia for a brief trainingperiod relating to his duties.

Yolely is a transfer studentfrom Morehouse College in At-lanta, who graduated this yearfrom Guilford College In

(Sec YOKELY page 8A)

The extension followedconferences around the nationin which regional leaders of thenine churches repeatedly ex-pressed the feeling that the stu-dy period was too short.

Responses to the plan ori-ginally were due at the end of1971.

Dr. Paul A. Crow, Jr.,general secretary of COCU,add the executive committee

(See CHURCHES page 8A)YOKELY

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MISS PORTERFIED

Mary E. Porferfied Chosen FirstBlack NCS Homecoming Queen

Mary Evelyn Porterfield,the first member of her race to

be chosen Homecoming Queenat North Carolina State Uni-versity, was crowned at CarterStadium before a sellout crowdof students, faculty, alumniand friends.

Miss Porterfield received hertitle of "Miss Wolfpact" dur-ing halftlme ceremonies at theNCSU-University of Virginiagime.

dent leadership fraternity.Miss Porterfield is vice pre-

sident of NCSITs coeducation-al Lee Residence Hall, a mem-ber of the University Playersand staff writer for the campusnewspaper.

The graceful and outgoing

speech communications majoris partial to tennis and dancing,and is an avid football fan.

She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Clarence Epp6 of Co-lumbia. Her sponsor was GoldResidence Hall, and her escortwas Michael Brown of Fayette-ville, an NCSU sophomorearchitectural major.

Margaret Mann of Raleigh,(See QUEEN page 8A)

The vivacious 19-yearoldNCSU sophomore, a native ofColumbia, S. C., was selectedHomecoming Queen by popu-lar student votf, from among10 finalists in the contest spon-sored by Blue Key, the stu-

J. Maynard JonesRecognized By U.S.D.A. For Service

J. Maynard Jones, SoilConservationist with the U. S.Department of Agriculture,Soil Conservation Service, was

recognized for high-qnaJKyperformance for fiscal year

1970 at the Soil Conserva-tion Service annual AwardsCeremony in Raleigh, October30, 1970. These awards are

presented to employees whentheir performance substantially

exceeds the normal require-

ments of their job description.

Mr. Jones is a native ofDurham County. He attended

(See JONES page 8A)

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JONES (left) receives award from USDA official

Ford Foundation $2.1Minority Scholarship

NEW YORK - The FordFoundation announced todaya $2.1 million scholarship

program for approximately1,000 minority-group students,graduates of junior and com-munity colleges who wish to

complete the baccalaureate de-gree.

William A. Bunch Joins CentralCarolina as Management Assoc.

William Alphus Bunch of410 Pilot Street has joined

Central Carolina Bank as a

management associate, thebank announced today.

Bunch is a native of WakeCounty, who received his highschool diploma from Berry O'Kelly in Method, and earneda degree in business at living-

stone College in 1969.Following graduation from

college. Bunch waa employedwith G«Mtal Foods Corpora-

tion as a alas representative.

(See BUNCH page 8A) BUNCH

Eligible students will beblack Americans, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Rleans, andAmerican Indiana. They willbe nominated by their own

two-year institutions, and they

may attend any senior college

or university to which they

can gain admission.This national effort repre-

sents an expansion of a FordFoundation pilot program con-ducted earlier in Michigan and

See FORD page 8A)