Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1968-10-05 J. A. Beauchamp U.S. BATTLESHIP EN ROUTE TO SOUTHEAST ASIA — Recently recommissioned, the U.S.S. New Jersey, the only United States active battleship, passes the monument to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor while en route to Southeast Asia. The U.S. flag files over the memorial to the crew of the Arizona, sunk by Japanese aircraft Dec. 7, 1941. NAACP Pushes Registration Drive Throughout Nation To Close Gap Reports being received in the National Office of that the National Asso, for the Advancement of Colored People reveal widespread response to Executive Director Hoy Wilkins' call for an intensified voter registration campaign designed to attain the maximum Negro rote in this crucial election. Throughout the country NAACP units are engaged in an accelerated drive to dose the 12 per cent gap between white and non-white voter registration. In Natick, Mass., the South Middlesex Branch seeks additional registrations, but is more concerned because some registered voters fad to use their ballots. It is using the slogan, "A vote NOT cast is a vote AGAINST you." When asked what was so different about the Newark campaign, Miss Sally G. Carroll, local president, said. "It is tort of a blitzing action to reach into untouched or difficult areas and haul out the individuals who might have been overlooked by other methods." In there weeks, the Baltimore Branch registered 5,100 new voters. Cincinnati registered 2,702. from Orleans, Executive Secretary. Arthur J. Chapital, Sr., reports that 120,000 Negroes above thee age of 21 live in Orleans Parish, and that half of these are not registered. The local registered. The local registration campaign is seeking to diminish this figure. There is also concern becauhe local registration authorities reportedly have duped more than 1,000 applicants into registering as members of the States Rights Party. An effort it under way to get these reregistered in either of the two major parties. In St. Louis, the branch's political action committee headed by Dewey Creighton, is concentrating its efforts in Negro wards with low registration in the hope of bringing them up to par. A statewide campaign has been launched in Ohio with special emphasis on the major cities A similar NAACP - sponsored campaign was conducted throughout California where registration concluded on Sept. 12. In Virginia, the state NAACP has set a goal of 100,000 new voters. The national NAACP registration campaign will continue, Mr. Wilkins said "until all registration books are dosed and beyond then to Election Day when black people will be transported to the polls." 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ONLY 99c GET HEAD-TO-TOE PROTECTION with the Supremes Retain Humility Despite Great Success As the lights dimmed the applause deafened and it took 240 seconds by the clock before Diana Ross could be heard. While the niagara of appreciative noise thundered down, she, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong — The Supremes, the most successful feminine singing group in history — smiled a bit, vamped the see al thousand people in Rorest Hill Stadium and patiently waited for the chance to live up to their prestige. Whoile the crowd quieted, Diana Ross started singing the lead and the other two girls joined in to turn on their Motown sound, a mixture of Negro blues and a handclapping beat. Within seconds the audience was as still as the three Supremes had been a moment before. By the time they belted into "Where Did Our Love Go" — their first big hit, the first of eight recordials of theirs that sold more than a million coppies — they were in Supreme command. The own an impressive list of show business credentials, including five consecutive recordings that topped the pop music polls — an achievement unmateched by any other American group — and, following a tour of Europe, became the first feminine singing group ever to become the best sellers in Britain, where much of today's pop music had its beginnings. Following their Forest Hills concert, and while readying for their appearance on the Bing Crosby RCA Special that will be shown on NBC-TV on Oct. 2, 10-11 p. m., The Supreme attempted to peer Into the future and discussed their easier-to-see past. "We want to continue in show business, at least for a few years, but eventually we'd all like to marry and settle down," says Diana Ross, spokesgirl for the group. At this point, none is seriously involved in a romance, she adds. Success has meant much to the three girls. Diana and Mary Wilson grew up together in a section of Detroit called the Brewster Projects. "People with a lot of money do not live there," says Diana. Cindy Birdsong grew up in Camden, N. J., in a similar-type of neighborhood. Diana speaks for them all. "My family never had aid when I was a kid. My father hustled, working two jobs at once, fixing things as a mechanic and working in an office. He always had time to see that we had a fantastic Christmas — one time with bikes. "We were six kids, three girls and three boys. I was a real tomboy. I climbed trees to rob apples. I just wanted to have fun. "Then my mother took sick — she had TB — and was sent to Holland, Michigan to get well. I had to go to the South where my grandfather — Rev. William Moton — was minister of the Bessemer (Ala.) Baptist Church. I sang in his choir and maybe that's when I realized I loved to sing. "After my mother got better I came back to Detroit and Mary and I started singing together. With Florence Ballard — we called ourselves the Primettes then — and we'd hitch-hike to record hops and sing for free. "I was doing something at lasts when I started singing." she says. After they graduated from high school the Supremes started singing background music for Motown Records, eventually cut nine records of their own before scoring with a hit. "We were on a bus tour in the South with Dick Clark. When we'd sing 'Where Did Our Love Go?' people acted like they had heard it on the radio. By the time we got back to Detroit it was number one." "It's nice to be number-one," she said. Tan Topics by NEWKIRK "PUT MORE WATER IN THE SOUP —!" LWR Appeal Seeks Children Clothes Lutheran World Relief will again focus special emphasis on blankets and gar ments for children during its Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal, an annual drive which has been scheduled for November 24 through December 1. Both the dates for the appeal and its particular needs were announced here late in September by the Rev. Ove R. Nielsen, an assistant executive secretary in the overseas material aid agency. "To help needy people in other countries we are seeking gifts of good clothing." the staff executive commented, "but we are placing very special stress on the need for blankets and children's clothing." Noting that only limited amounts of adult clothing is needed and that such garments are most useful when converted into blankets, he pointed out that "many congregatons are already making blankets but we need many, many more." Letters to parish pastors announcing the appeal and a brochure on the extent of need overseas cite several suggestions for making blankets from clothing. Lutheran World Relief serves the American Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Church in America, and the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod in Christian social service and community development programs overseas. Together, the three church bodies encompass some 17,500 congregations throughout the United States. Approximately 6,000 are associated with the LC-MS which cooperates in LWR appeals through its Board of World Relief. Ten depots, located in various geographical areas of the country are used for the collection and processing of clothing receipts. Goldberg Aids In Labor Trouble In New York Strike Threats Former United Nations ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, who moved into New York's tangled labor crisis at the request of Mayor John V. Lindsay, won delays Monday night in thretened" strikes or work showdowns by firemen, policemen and garbagemen. They had been set to commence at midnight and Tuesday morning but the three unions involved agreed to go along with Goldberg who asked them to postpone their action and give him a chance to help settle their labor disputes with the city. John J. Delury, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, said although his men were "hot" about working past the midnight deadline, they would do so and the 10,000 rank and file members would vote on further postponement Tuesday morning. The sanitation workers had said they would strike at midnight if there was no contract. The Uninformed Fire tighten Association, which represents 10,500 firemen below the rank of lieutenant, submitted Goldberg's request to its executive board, which agreed to the delay. John Cassese, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Associattion PBA, which represents 22,000 policemen said his union would defer its planned "job actions" for a week or two "as long as we are sitting down and talking with labor people." The only catch remaining was rang and file approval for further delay by the sanitation workers. They were to vote at their places of work and the results to beannounced at a 10 A. M. news conference. Lindsay called for Goldberg's help in averting the strikes and "job actions" threatened by the three unions to add muscle to their demands for more money, the primary issues in all three disputes. TV FROM APOLLO— This is the television camera that equips the three astronauts on the Apollo 7 for beaming their daily 10-minute space show to Earth. All three networks scheduled it, for when the spaceship passes over area between Corpus Christi, Tex, and Cape Kennedy. Easter Seals Program Shines In Rehabilitation Services Easter Seals rehabilitation servies last year placed 747 handicapped adults in remunerative employment, after specialized training or re-training, it was announced by Summer G. Whittier, executive director aof the National Easter" Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The announcement was made to mark the opening of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week (Oct. 6-12) and to point up the Society's cooperation with the President's Committee on Employ ment of the Handicapped of whose board Mr. Whittier is a member. Another 6, 442 handicapped adults and young adults received services such as employment in sheltered workshops, vocational training, evaluation and couseling in centers operated by the Easter Seal Society. Commenting on the Easter Seal record, Mr. Whittier said. The facilities and programs of the Easter Seal record, Mr. Whittier said: The Lacies reilitating crippled children for adequate education and ultimate employment and to treat and train handicapped adults so they may earn a rewarding place in the world both as human beings and as valued employees. "The 7,189 persons receiving volcational services in our centers are of course only part of the great number of Americans who need rehabilitation care in order to be able to work for living. However, with all agencies, government and voluntary, working together we can solve this major problem." "Despite our accomplishment and the fact that local public employment offices placed thousands of handicapped workers in jobs every year, the number of unempployed handicapped persons is far too large. Seeing that they are properly rehabilitated and placed in jobs is a matter of good practical economics. As soon as they are earniny their dependency on either public or private agencies - or their families - ceases and they became contributors to the Nation's well-being." The Easter Seal Society, which comprises a net work of more than 1,000 state and local societies, annually provides professional treatment and training for nearly a quarter of a million handicapped children and adults. Grooming Hint for Men of Color The trend of Negro men's hair styling is toward the "natural" look. This couches the problem of brittle, dry, mousy hair that's lifeless looking. As these men prepare to enter business, it becomes increasingly necessary to add luster and manageability to make hair look neat, alive and well-groomed. This must be done without the greasy look or sticky feeling. A really fine aid to found in Murray's Hair Dressing Pomade. A little dab in the morning keeps hair neat all day. It's found at drug and cosmetic counters everywhere. 4 Arrested On Charge Of Plotting To Bomb 2 Department Stores Police arrested four persons in a West Side apartment Thursday on charges of plotting to firebomb two downtown deparemment stores Saturday while demonstrators staged a scheduled march protesting Chicago police action during the Demoratic National Convention. Polie said the four arrested, who called themselves the "Heavenly BLUC Light," planned to bomb the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. and Goldblatt Bros, department stores, only a few blocks away from Saturday's planned demonstration. Police intelligence unit detectives who made the arrests, said the plot was designed to create havoc during the march and distract police to march duty. Police said the group planned to hurled the bombs at police can in the area. Those arrested were identified toy police as Alan Feldman, 21; Miss Cynthia J. Stanford, 16; James Mason, 21, and Miss Chistine Kilcovne, 20 all of Chicago. Police said they found chemical solutions, glass bottles, cotton, rags railroad flares, Mater gloves and rubber bottle stoppers in the apartment where he four were arrested. CENTENNIAL SCRAPBOOK 1868 61-D Among phenomena of the 1868 national political campaign was "National Christian Association," formed in Illincis to oppose secret orders such at Masonry, and "atheism, spiritualism, free love." The latter referred to polygamy practised among some Mormon adherents. "Spiritualism" was a religion based on belief in capability of communication with disembodied souls who remain earthbound and subject to call. "Spiritualism" had an origin two decadas earlier at the Hydesvilie, N. Y., home of a farmer, John D. Fox, his wife, and two daughters, Margaret and Kate. The girls, 15 and 12, told of being disturbed in sleep repeatedly by rapping noises. They professed to have detected that the raps were signals from a spectral being disposed to answer questions. Circulation of the story brought hordes of the curious to the home, and made news. An agent took the sisters to large dues for paid demonstrations. Soon there were scores of "mediums" in practice. Scientific investigators reported evidence of fraud, but spiritualism attracted many well-known, articulate believers, including Horace Greely and Prof. Robert Hare. Seances were held at the White House by the Lincolns. Dr. O. W. Holmes, St. warned that "Spiritualiam is quietly undermining the traditional ideas of the future state," before zealots formed the "National Christian Association." —CLARK KINNAIRD Distributed by King Features Syndicate [] "Apparatus for detecting of trickery on the part of the Medium," on stration in the book, Modern American Spirism, by Harding a written in and issued as New York, 1. Meharry Medical College Gets Three Fellowships In Medicine Three Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowships in Medicine totaling $6,000 have been awarded to Meharry Medical College students, Joseph P. Thornton, James O. Lowry and Robert E. Burnette by the Associated Physicians of Chicago's Cook County Hospital, Dr. Ralph J. Cazort, dean of the School of Medicine, announced recently. Lowry and Burnette will each receive $1,500 tuition fellowships. The balance ot Thornton's $3,000 fellowship will cover his living expenses while be is enrolled at Meharry. Tuition for the academic year will be paid from the fellowships on a quarterly basis. The purpose of the scholarship is to identify and encourage disadvantaged young people with high motivation and potential ability for medicine, according to the Board of Directors of the Associated Physicians of Cook County Hospital. Preference is shown to applicants of the high school and beginning college level for fellowships in merdicine with prime consideration given those who wants to become physicians and to those from the Chicago Metropolitan area. Although prime consideration has been given those from the Chicago area, candidates from other areas, upon majority vote recommendation, have been presented to the association for endorsement. The applicant must present bona fide evidence of enrollment in an accredited institution, whether at the preparatory collegiate or professional school level. Joseph Peter Thornton, the son of Mrs. Rosie Thornton, 7138 S. St. Lawrence, is a sophomore medical student from Chicago. Thornton received his, Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Illinois in 1957. Robert E. Burnette, a freshman, the son ot Mrs., H. J. Burnette, 212 So. 12th. Avenue, Maywood, Ill., was graduated from the University of Illinois, chaining his Bachelor of Science degree in biology. James O. Lowry,, a Hampton Institute graduate, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Lowry of 1063 S. Alleghany Avenue, Covington, Va. In 1965 he received his undergraduate degree in chemistry. B'nai B'rith Sends Mercy Plane To Biafra Needy A B'nai B'rith Foundation relief plane carrying 30 tons of drugs, condensed food, and clothing to Biafra left Sunday (September 29, 7:00 p. m., Building 160, Seaboard World Airlines Cargo Terminal, 150th Street Entrance) from Kennedy Airport. The humanitarian mission, according to Eugene L. Sugarman, treasurer of the Jewish service organization, is "symbolic ot the meaning of the Jewish high holy days" which began the week of Sept, 23. with Rosh Hashanah — the day Jews pray for peace and happiness for themselves and all the world, and ended Wednesday (Oct. 2) Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement. The cartons and cases of merchandise, worth $250,000 and gathered by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith at an airport warehouse, were contributed by tot American Pharmaceutical Company, Eli Lilly, Bristol, Griffiths Laboratory, Pfizer, Upjohn, Sterling, Block Drug Co., Parks Davis Hoeschst Chemicals, Johnson and Johnson, Rexall, Ipco Surgical Supplies, Atlas Chemicals, the Waldbaum food chain, Rokeach food and Russ Togs. The charter flight, coordinated by Frederick Gash, an officer of ADL, will fly to Sao Tome, the Portuguese island off the coast ot Biafra which has become the center of an international relief movement. The cost of the flight — $40,000 — will be paid for by the B'nai B'rith Foundation. Able Nathan, the Israeli freedom pilot, will accompany the shipment and oversee its transference to Cathelic and Protestant run air shuttles to Biafar to use in hospitals of the Catholic and Protestant medical missions. Ten Classes Are Being Offered Al Olin Vocational Ten cases an being offered at the Night School which opens at the F. W. Olin Vocational High School at 7:30 Wednesday night, Oct. 2. W. L. Grier, principal of the Night School, in making the announcement, said classes will be offered in auto mechanics, blue print reading, bricklaying, business education, radio and television, cosmetology carpentry sewing, tailoring and welding. The school is located at 1054 Avenue F. Enjoy. WINNING TEAM— During Vice Preside Hubert H. Humphrey's fast moving campaign for President, the radiant Muriel Humphrey it a major asset. A veteran campaigner herself, Mrs. Humphrey joint her husband in attending hundreds of rallies, party dinners, student forums and other political and independent gatherings. The Vice President has traveled approximately 41,561 miles to 50 cities in 34 states during the first three months of his campaign for the Presidency and will expand, on these travels in future weeks. ARCHER ADVANCES George Archer's $20,000 earnings in partnering Bubby Nichols to the two-man PGA team title in Oklahoma City last weekend moved him into fifth place in money winnings this year with $127,131. Billy Casper continued to lead with $174,296.