New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-01075

I • NV. AMSTERDAM NEWS, S»fc, Dm.J4, 1963 Rev. B. C. Robeson Is Laid To Rest Aged May Bid Now For Apts, Applications are now being re-1 Applications Information Section, ceived for apartments in the 'Se* Tork Housing Auth- ,‘fir.t New York City Housing I**’®roa<,ray’ Ne* Y,°a2 ’ 7, N.Y. After January 1„ 1964 'L Authority development des.gned rhe address fee: 5 Park I exclusively for senior citizens, place. New Y.qrk «7, N.Y. I Authority Chairman William------------- r------------ < ' '* 4-‘ t" • • ! I Reid announced today. The de­ velopment is Gaylord White House io Manhattan. Initial oc­ cupancy is expected in Febru­ ary, 1964 SANFORD .. rh wHfc •••<» * M*17 JeWeU . . k Jm ' . SAVE $11 [ Gaylord White House, a vest- pocket development T single building), contains 248 apart­ ments and is located on the northwest corner of Second Av­ enue and East 104th Street. 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FOROHAH *0. 2232 THIRD AVE. 115 MAI* ST. Wr. N. 021 AMAOWaV, V ins Finn avl, s*i 3A2 FULTON ST., Sklti 32 tAAHAM AVE., Bkl 11-42 STEINWAV ST. 1*0-03 JAMACA AVE. ROBESON RITES — Mrs. Ben­ nie Ryan. Mrs. Vivian Reyn­ olds and Mrs. Marun Uggins (1 to r, first picture) sit at fu­ neral rites at Mother AME Zi­ on Church, W. 137th St. near Seventh Ave., for their father, the Rev. Benjamin C- Robeson In second picture, funeral chauf­ feurs carry bier of the minister . to hearse, following rites Fri­ day noon In third picture. Paul ! Robeson Jr., son of famed Paul Robeson and nephew of the i deceased minister, board fu­ neral car. The minister's re- i mains were interred at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens. (Gil­ bert Photos'. Member Fatally Stricken As 4,700 Attend Rites Of Mother Zion Pastor The Citizens Committee for a New York City men have been $1.50 Hourly Minimum W a g e selected for technical training Hundreds of Negroes Joined i “His monument long since has Law has renewed its efforts to with other New Yorkers last been built. It was a monument raise the state’s prevailing $1.25- week to pay tribute to the late * ’ Herbert H- Lehman, former U.S. Senator aud four-times Governor ! of New York, who died last ed and acts too numerous to and puerto Rican. of legislation he sponsored and an-hour minimum by 25 cents to, encouraged for the benefit of the imporve the income of impov- Ju'10 ° ViUoch-Gordil. underprivileged and the oppress- erj'shed groups, mainly Negro Airman ^an. son of Mrs. Mary Mercer of 245 Fort Wash- * mention against special privilege, a. Phillip Randolph, vice pres- in8ton Ave., will receive air po- training at a schobl persecution, narrow-mindedness i(jent of the AFL-CIO, led a liceman finitely valuable member of the auu »«“'»“«*»“>• group of committee members t‘ere- Airmani Villoch-Gordil will and sectionalism.* NAACP family throughout the Among prominent Negroes at-who met with Gov. Rockefeller, *»0. t°~ Amarillo AFB, Texas for courses here. They are Airman Nathaniel Logan and Airman "He was a treasured and isl­ Thursday at the age of 85. -* J Bv MALCOLM NASH wawwwww* The Rev. Benjamin C. Robe- known and highly esteemed nun- ZLj'.LY' board of directors’* NAACP ex- were Mr. Wilkins, Federal Cir- to air the matter. Others includ- secretarv’ Rov Wilkins cuH Judge Thurgood Marshall, ed William Michaelson, of Dist. their respects to the widely years of his service on our tending the solemn rites Sunday at his W 55th St. office Monday trainin< in aircraft maintenance son was buried last Friday after- i -ter. noon at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Her remains were shipped Sun- Queens. Deputy Borough President Earl 65; NAACP labor secretary Her- Brown, Mrs. Constance Motley, bert Hill; Norman Hill of CORE; I da,y Portsmouth, Va for bur- “He, was a tower of secure of the XAACp Legal • Defense I. D. Robbins of the City Club The body of the 71-year-old pas- ;al after ntes at the James L. strength in the ever building ed- Fund; justice-Elect James L. and the Reverends Richard A tor of Mother AME Zion Church 1 erkl“s funeral home at Hath St. dice of American demon acy. He Watson councilman J. Raymond Hildebrand and Milton- Galami- was committed to eternal rest by neaf Seventh Ave. the Rev. C. C. Williams, elder of Th* «ev Jose.^ D. Maxwell the Hudson AME Zion District. one <* tw<> associate ministers at gentle warmth lent solace in the League; and many others was a beloved comrade in the joneSt Whitney Young, executive son. fight for racia justice and lus directOr of the National Urban Randolph said that while declared the • i A, jUnera C2 . ic The church- automatically assum- hard times in the same measure ed leadership of the 7,000-mem- that his courageous spirit en- . . z_________________ « . TwiXgber church upon the death of the hanced our Joy’hi the Mass Meet i ed the remains on its inaing Rey Robeson, pending appoint cXtcn-01 he hi y ment later 013 pastor by Bishop Dud,ey Remarks Planned For LOWS Manhattan Borough President Edward R. Dudley declared: More than 4,700 persons attend- " dlls Governor was ’’’sympathetic and friendly” to the committee's pro­ posals, he did not say whether he would include in his forth­ coming address to the state an appeal to raise the hourly min­ imum wage and made no other commitments nor resolutions. GO ,o ,». "WEST Headquarters for Da-lt-YourseH Materials- Free Advice and Ideas to Purchasers of: Plywood, Pegbaard, Wall Tile, Glue, Windows, Doors, Cornice Material, Bed Boards, Formica, Mouldings, Nails, Ceiling Tile. rtt LUMBER CUT TO SIZE WEST LUMBER CO. 126 STREET A MORNINGSIDE AVE. Free Delivery M0 2-4220-1 N. Y. C Reasonable Prices Illustrated Plaid Stamp gift! Northern Electric Blanket double bed* single control model ...6s/« books. ions Legislature will be held Jan. 121 by the Bergen County ' Commit­ tee for the March on Washington. ed rites at the church, 140 W 137th St., last Thursday night. 4 Negroes IN Clergymen The Right Rev. William J |«* 11^ alls, rank AME Zion prelate of 111 However, his son, Paul Jr.,'their celebrations on Dec. 12. Jtheii Walls, the northeast Atlantic states, pre­ sided at the rites which drew more than 100 clergymen of sev­ eral denominations and churches from the city and elsewhere - The dead minister’s brother, famed singer Paul Robeson, re­ peatedly was unable to leave his home in East Germany to come here stood in for him and followed his uncle’s bier to Its final cemeter- ial home. Member Stricken Before the rites began last Thursday evening, while crowds were gathering in tbe church and viewing the remains of the min­ ister who had served at Mother AME Zion Church for the last 27 years, tragedy occurred. WASHINGTON — Four Ne­ groes are included in the official U. S. Delegations named by President Johnson to the inde­ pendence celebrations of two African nations, who begin Interior Secretary Stewart Udall heads the delegation to the Kenya celebration, which also includes magazine publisher John H. Johnson and Philadel­ phia City Court Judge Juanita Kidd Stout. Also in the delega­ tion are labor leader Walter Reuther, New York investment lawyer Milton Gordon. Rockefeller told the committee TEANECK - A mass meeting needed more information, to urge support of equality, fair facts and statistical data before housing and fair employment leg- cou^d reach a decision at a islation in the Bergen County later, unspecified meeting. The demonstration is being geared to coincide with the open- - W w I V “tk" xj lature, a Committee spokesman J ing of the New Jersey Legis- TO ' \1/ said following a meeting held recently at the Teaneck home \ of chairman Isaac G. McNatt 1 cz>^3£l Over 500 letters will be sent to Bergen £ounty residents dur- lO^ ing the coming week. They will be asked to back the Commit­ tee’s campaign pushing for ac­ tion on local civil rights legis­ lation. They also will be a’.erted for possible participation in a nation-wide demonstration if a filibuster should develop on civil rights measure now before Con­ gress. died pf a heart attack, before an Georgia State ambulance could arrive. Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont cads the delegation to Zanzi- Mrs. Lillian Rakestraw, 68, of har, which includes Dr. John The Committee last week sent 211 W. 145th St., a longtime mem-; Hoppe Franklin, professor of his- ber of the church, collapsed anditnry at Brooklyn College, and PROMOTED — Michael L. a telegram to President Lyndon B Johnson commending him for his forthright civil rights stand Telegrams were also sent to Bergen County members of the New Jersey State Legislature urging their support of the bi­ partisan housing bill expected to be introduced early m the next session of the legislature. Leroy Bailey of New York has been promoted to airman second class in the U.S. Air Force. He is a motion picture sound spec­ ialist in the 1365th Photograph- Who will be Navy’s first Negro ic Squadron, Orlando AFB, Fla. The airman's father Oscar A. Bailey resides at 225 W. 146th St. She reportedly was accompa­ nied by her husband, Linwood, also a member. 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