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Earl Graves Has Role In RFK Campaign

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33-Year-Old Staff Assistant..Resembles TV Star, Bill Cosby

111l'NEW YORK?That's not Bill

Cosby traveling with SenatorRobert F. Kennedy as he criss-crosses the nation in his facefor the Presidency. It's EarlGraves, a 33-Vear-old staff as-

sistant who looks enough likethe TV star and comedian todouble for him.

enlist Black persons at all lev-els of the campaign in every

one of the 50 states. In addi-tion, he travels with SenatorKennedy and advises him onthe concerns and aspirations ofthe Black community.

In the hectic days following

Senator Kennedy's announce-ment that he would run forPresident, Graves was with himmuch of the time. And when

Dt- Martin Luther King was

felled by an assassin's bullet inMemphis, Tennessee, it' wasGraves who informed SenatorKennedy moments before hewas scheduled to address a

rally in a Black neighborhoodin Indianapolis. Senator Ken-nedy broke the tragic news ofthe shooting to the crowd of2,000.

"People are always taking mefor Cosby and asking me forautographs," Graves sgys. "Weknow each other back-ing the Senator, too."

Graves, who has a couple ofinches and a few pounds on

Cosby, has been on Kennedy's

staff for two years, serving as

the Senator's regional politicalcoordinator and liaison man for

-Long Island, Westchester andBrooklyn. He also served as

Senator Kennedy's specialist on

problems of health, housing

and narcotics abuse.When Senator Kennedy an-

nounced for the Presidency, hehanded the hard-driving, can-

do Graves a major role in hisnational campaign the task ofmobilizing of the Black com-munity. To accomplish this*Graves has been working to

But first, Senator Kennedy

instructed Graves to contactMrs. King and offer, in his be-half, whatever help she need-ed. Later, both Senator Kennedy

and Graves spoke with Mrs.King in Atlanta, and SenatorKennedy supplied the charteredplane to bring Dr. King's body

home to Atlanta.

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BUST OF BLOOD BANK DIS-COVERER UNVEILED (NewYork) Bronx Borough Presi-dent Herman Badillo unveils a

bust of Dr. Charles R. Drew atthe high school named for Dr.Drew. The bust, pays tribute toDr. Drew, an "Ingenious Ameri-can" who during his lifetime

never won acclaim due him. Hediscovered the blood bankwhich has helped save many

lives. Viewing the ceremonyare (left to right) Alton Klein,principal of the school, theCharles Richard Drew HighSchool in the Bronx; CarterPerry, executive director of the

Morrrisania Community Corpo-ration; and Vincent A. Cun-ningham, representing the OldTaylor Company.

The Old Taylor "Ingenious

Americans" series, now in itsthird year, has now honored inits advertising 13 great Negroscientists overlooked by history.

N CAROLINA SECRETARIES'GROUP HONORS SPEAKER?Dr. Elmore M. Kennedy Jr.,consultant for the GeneralElectric Space Technology Cen-ter in Philadelphia, Pa., re-

ceives gift from Mrs. DorothyG. Jones (rigHt) following Dr.Kennedy's address to Profes-sional Secretaries' Associationmeeting at A&T State Univer-

sity last week. Lopping on it'Mrs. Jeanne Mill, Sedalia,president of the association.Mrs. Jones was co-chairman ofthe prgoram.

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ROBERSONAirman Charles J. Roberson,

brother ot Miss Lula M. Rober-son of Rt. 1, Pantego, has com-pleted basic training at Lack-land AFB, Tex. He is now as-signed as a food service spe-cialist with a unit of the AirTraining Command at Lackland.Airman Roberson is a 1967graduate of Beaufort CountyHigh School.

Sergeant Larry W. Champion,son of Otha H. Champion of3643 Roxboro Road Durham,has helped his organization atKelly AFB, Tex., earn the U.S.Air- Force Outstanding UnitAward.

The sergeant, an intelligencespecialist, will wear the dis-tinctive service ribbon as a

permanent decoration to markhis affiliation with the AirForce Special CommunicationsCenter, a facility of the U.S.Air Force Security Service.

Sergeant Champion attendedhigh school in Durham andcompleted requirements for hisdiploma after entering the AirForce.

His wife is the former Kath-leen Fellman.

Airman Robert Caldwell, sonof Mrs. Bessie Marshall of 606Reservoir St., Durham, Wiscompleted basic training atAmarillo AFB, Tex. He is re-

maining at the Air Force Tech-nical Training Center for spe-cialized schooling as an ad-

ministrative specialist.

Airman Caldwell is a 1967graduate of Hillside High

School.His father, Harold Caldwell,

resides on Fay Street, Durham.

With Our Area Men

WHEELER

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Airman George D. Wheeler,'son of Mrs. George E. Wheelerof 3701 Garrett Road, Durham,has completed basic training atLackland AFB, Tex. He hasbeen assigned to the Air ForceTechnical Training Center atChanute AFB, 111., for special-

ibed schooling as an aircraftmaintenance specialist. AirmanWheeler, a 1966 graduate ofNorthern High School, attendedWilmington (fI.C.) College.

Staff Sergeant Harvey Har-per, son of Mr. and Mrs. DockHarper who resides on Triple

Drive, Durham, has been givenspecial recognition at OxnardAFB, Calif., for his militaryimprovement suggestion.

Sergeant Harper has designeda time-saving tool for use inhydraulic, pump repair. Hi ssuggestion was part of the con-tinuous Air Force-wide cost re-duction campaign.

The -sergeant, an aircraftpneudraulic repairman at Ox-nard, is a member of the Aero-space Defense Command.

Sergeant Harper previously

served at Tan Son Nhut AB,

Vietnam.A 1960 graduate of Hillside

High School, he has studied atVentura (Calif.) College.

His wife, Delores, is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-ter Carr of #l2 Scout Drive,Durham.

A sense of humor keenenough to »how a man his ownabsurdities will keep him fromthe commissions of all sins, ornearly all, save those that areworth committing.

?S. Butler

in the Service

JARRELLAirman First Class Jimmie L.

Jarrell, grandson of Mrs. Beu-lah Jeffries, 833 Rugby Street,

Greensboro, has arrived forduty at Tachikawa AB, Japan.

Airman Jarrell, a securitypoliceman, is assigned to a

of the Pacific Air Forces.He previously served at

Pleiku AB, Vietnam.The airman is a 1964 gradu-

ate of Dudley High School.

Dr. Jack PriceIs Speaker atWomen's Meet

At the April 25 meeting ofthe Women's InternationalLeague, held in the Faculty

Lounge of the North CarolinaCollege Library, Dr. Jack Price,Sociologist of Duke Universitywas the speaker. Taking as histheme the projected ModelCities program for Durham.

Dr. Price outlined the pro-gress, or the lack of it, in racerelations in the

~ area, and

stressed the need for co-opera-tion between the races if thecity is to reach any working

solution for its problems. Hesaw as a good thing, the workof such organizations as theOEO in involving people at thegrass roots.

Only as the poor and disad-vantaged have a voice in theiraffairs can lasting solutions bemade. Dr. Price aaw the youngpeople as the hope of the fu-

JACK AND JILL CELEBRATION IS

SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, MAY 5The Durham Chapter of

Jack and Jill of America, In-corporated is observing its an-nual celebration of Jack andJill Day on Sunday, May 5,1968, at 4:00 p.m., in the Dur-ham Business College Auditori-um, 3128 Fayetteville Street,

Durham. Jack and Jill Day isbeing celebrated through thepresentation of a Fine ArtsFestival which will be used asa means of presenting to thepublic the various talents ofboth the adult members andchildren of the Durham Chap-

ter of Jack of AmericaHie Fine Afcte Festival pro-

gram will be comprised Oofdance selection!, jdnipvatic

'< reading and instr imental mu-sical selections. A l Art Exhi-bit, made up of paintings,drawings, ceramics, photo-graphy, various hobbies, sculp-ture and collections from va-rious parts of the United Statesand other countries will be on

display also in the DurhamBusiness College Auditorium.

There is no admissioncharge to the Fine Arts Festivaland the Durham Community isinvited to come out and enjoyan afternoon of entertainment.

The object of this non-pro-fit organization is to create a

medium of contact for child-ren, which will stimulategrowth and development, andto provide for them a construc-tive-educational, cultural, civic,recreational and social pro-gram. This Fine Arts Festivalis but one means that theDurham Chapter of Jack andJill of America, Incorporatedhas taken to bring before theDurham community one aspectof its program.

Shan tribesmen of Burma of-ten tattoo themselves from neckto knee with intricate designs.The tattooing began as a charmto ward off sickness and injury.Now the designs are a symbolof manhood.

Parenthood Organization NamesFirst Woman Vice President

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NEW VICE PRESIDENT?Mrs. Naomi T. Gray, Field Direc-tor of Planned Parenthood Fed-eration of America, who has justbeen elected the first woman vice-president of this 52-year-old vol-untary national birth controlorganization. Mrs. Gray directsthe department the acti-vities of Planned Parenthood's154 Affiliates in major cities in

37 states and the District of Col-umbia. The Federation, foundedby Margaret Sanger in 1916, isheaded by Alan F, Guttmacher,M.D., president.

NEW YOntC Planned Par-

enthood-Wond Population, thenational U. S. voluntary birthcontrol organization foundedby women to help women bearonly wanted children, has just

named a woman vice-presidentfor the first time in its 52-year -

history

Mrs. Naomi Thomas Gray,,whose selection for the post hasjust been announced by PPWPpresident Alan F. Guttmacher,M.D., has been Field Directorof the organization since 1961,and for nearly a decade beforethat served as a field consul-tant. As Field Director, shesupervises a staff of consultants in seven regional officesaround the country and coordi-nates the organizational effortsand program undertakings of184 PPWP Affiliates and Com-

mittees in 37 states and theDistrict of Columbia.

Mrs. Gray is a graduate ofHampton Institute in Virginiaand holds a Master's Degreefrom the Indiana UniversitySchool of Social Work. She isa member of the Alpha Kappa

Alpha Sorority, the NationalAssociation of Social Workers,the National Conference on So-cial Welfare, the Academy ofCertified Social Workers, theNational Urban League's Com-mittee on Family and Individ-ual Services, and the NationalAssociation for the Advance-ment of Colored People.

Planned Parenthood, foundedby birth control pioneer Marga-ret Sanger, has had many dis-tinguished women volunteerleaders, but has never beforehad a woman serve in such a

high professional capacity as

vice president a fulltime ex-?

ecutive position.

ture. They mutt be given allthe education and training they

can uae, while the older work-ers secure a living wage. Poli-tical and economic change maybe enough to solve the nation'sdilemma, Dr. Price thought.Repressive action can only leadto more violence.

Did you work your waythrough school? Millions of

youngsters are trying the samething today. Help them help

themselves. Give them a job

this summer. Call your local

state employment service to-day.

Boys' Clubs to Holfl Annual Meet May 12-16NEW YORK?The Boys' Clubs

of America will hold their 62ndannual convention May 12-16in Chicago, it was announcedthis week by A. L. Cole, presi-dent of the national youth-guidance organization.

More than 1,000 youth work-ers from more than 760 Boys'Clubs across the nation willgather at the Palmer Houseto take part in some 50 forums,

workshops and training courseswith nationally known educa-tors, civic and business leaders.

Bob Richards will g've theconvention keynote address.Other convention speakers willinclude John Cardinal Cody,Archbishop of Chicago; Whit-ney M. Young, Jr., executivedirector of the National UrbanLeague; Milton Rector, execu-tive director of the NationalCouncil on Crima and Delin-

quency; Win. I. Nichols, editor

and publisher of This WeekMagazine and Gerald Christen-son, executive director of thePresident's Council on YouthOpporunity.

W. Clement Stone, presidentof the Combined Insurance Co.o£ America and the ChicagoBoys Clubs, and General RobertE. ( Wood, whose leadershipshaped Sears-Roebuck, are theconvention chairmen. Both are

members of the national boardof directors of Boys' Clubs ofAmerica, and long active in theBoys' Clube movement.

Club workers and increase the

effectiveness of the organiza-

tion's drive for ''Juvenile De-

General Bapt. StateConvention To Hold

1 -Day Session May 7- The General Baptist State

Convention of North Carolina,

Inc. will hold its Annual One

Day Session Tuesday, May 7

at the First Baptist Church,

Lumberton, Dr. E. B. Turner,

Pastor. The Session will openat 10:00 a.m.

Dr. J. W. White is President

of the General Baptist Conven-

tion; Dr. O. L. Sherrill is the

Executive Secretary.

Sessions will deal with sub-jects such as inner city prob-lems, prevention of delinquen-cy, physical fitness and many

other concerns of youth today.They are designed to sharpenthe skills of professional Boys'

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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON?-(Tappahannock) Ernest A.Gaines, right, is the secondmember of the local Negro

community to win elective of-fice in Tappahannock, Virginia,

county seat of Essex County.

His father, the late A. S. Gaines,was the first, winning electionto the Tappahannock TownCouncil about 40 years ago and

serving until his death in 1934as a Councilman, the same postthat the son now holds. Gaines,a successful service stationdealer for Humble Oil and Re-fining Company, is also chair-man of the board of directorsof the Essex Recreation Corpo-

ration, organized by Tappahan-nock's Negro community lastyear to build a recreation com-

plex and pool near the centerof town. Shown in the photowith Gaines, inspecting blue-prints at the project site, is J.H. Carey, a fellow member ofthe Essex Recreation Corpora-

tion board of directors andprincipal of Essex County HighSchool in Tappahannock. Thepool and its associated facilitieswill open in June.

Arthur Clement Elected First Sgt. at N. C. StateRALEIGH - Arthur John

Clement, son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. A. Clement, 206 Pekoe

Street, Durham, has been elect-

ed first sergeant of Company

L-4 of the Pershing Rifles, na-tional honorary military so-ciety at North Carolina State

University.

Regiment of this society wasfounded at NCSU on February

27, 1953 and was the first

such company in the State of

North Carolina. The drill tearr

of Company L-4 now partici-

pates in drill meets, color-guards and parades throughoutthe southeastern United States.

that he had the qualities re

quired by the society.

As an officer, Clement will

be actively involved in the ad-

ministration of Company L-4

and will involve himself in the

varied activities of the organi-

zation.

The Pershing Rifles society

was founded at the University

of Nebraska in 1894. The so-ciety was named after General

John J. Pershing, commanderof the AEF during the First

World War.Company L of the Fourth

Clement, who is a sopho-

more in NCSU's famed School

of Design, was graduated from

Dearfleld Academy in Massa-

chusetts in 1966. After enrol-

ling at NCSU, Clement pledgedthe Pershing Rifles and became

a brother after he had shown

She's Again A GreekATHENS -The Greek

military government announcedit has reinstated the citizenshipof Amalia Fleming, 57. widow ofthe discoverer of penicillin, Al-exander Fleming. She had be-come a British citizen by mar-riage and applied months ago tobecome a Greek citizen again.

Che Carols ?3ims(pi« Wra UnwrciEO^DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

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