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HOSPITAL FUND COMMIT*
TEE — Mapping their plans for
the New Mount Morris Park
Hospital Fund Drive are these
members of the campaign com
mittee who met at Fund Head
quarters in the Uptown YWCA
last week.
Seated, from left: Dr. Samuel
Gadsby. treasurer; Marianne
Scott, executive secretary;
singer A1 Hibbler, co-chairman
of the drive; Ralph W. Parsons,
chairman of the board; Dr. Mu
riel Petioni, secretary of the
fund committee. Standing, left:
Selvin Michaels, secretary of
the board; Gloria Burns. Bea-
trice Copeland, Carlton Bert
rand, chairman of finance com
mittee; Mann Rosenberg, Sally
Ford, Sara Bethel. (McAdams
Photo).
Rocky To Present
Strong Rights Bid
Report ZIP
-Code Off
And Zipping
ZIP Code zipped off to an ex- 1
cellent start last week, with Amer
icans by the many thousands us- *
ing the new five - digit coding ’
system for addressing their mail, j
Regional postal officials gave s
that report to Postmaster Gener- ,
al J. Edward Day on the first
day the new system went into ef
fect for the entire country.
ZIP Code (ZIP stands for Zon
ing Improvement Plan) is the lat
est development in the Poet Of
fice Department’s plans to speed
out-of-town mail deliveries. It’s
an extension of the old postal
sones, except that it consists of
five numbere instead of one or
two, and it applies to every pos
tal district in the nation.
A New York regional official
reported that 30 of the biggest
mailers there were changing iheir
letterheads and envelopes to in
clude ZIP Code on their return
address, and were awaiting tech
nical advice on conv*»ting their
automatic data processing equip
ment to pre-sort their mail.
They include Continental Can,
■ Commercial Investment Trust,
Robert Hall, Macy’s and the Cel-
anese Corp, of America.
Son Pawns
Mom's Goods
To Buy Dope
Gary Taylor, 19, of 2815 Eighth
Ave., charged with rofctoery, is
being held ' without bail for a
hearing in Criminal Court July
18. The youth reportedly stole
and pawned property owned by
his mother, Mrs. Frieda Taylor,
and sister. Jacqueline,police said.
Gary reportedly admitted to
police that he stole and pawned
the properties to support his >25-
a-day dope habit. Police said Det.
Herbert Matthews of the W 153rd
detectives arrested Gary after he
reportedly admitted stealing and
pawning a typewriter, clock radio
and wrist watch.
AFL-CIO
Meet Eyes
Job Picture
BUFFALO - The state AFL-
CIO opened a conference Wed
nesday to analyze the dismal un
employment picture and explore
possibilities for Job expansion
and training under the Area Re
development Administration and
the Federal Manpower Training
Program.
The conference of state del
egates of the labor federation was
opened at the Statler - Hilton Ho
tel under James L. Kane, presi
dent of this city’s AFL - CIO
Council.
Kane said the state has many
areas of substantial unemploy
ment, 22 listed In May, with half
of them affected by long - term
Joblessness He cited New York
City as one of the critical areas
of unemployment
WHO’S LAUGHING? — The
smiling winners of the “Enter
Laughing" laughing contest,
Sheila Hawkins, 467 Columbia
Street and Joan Matorba, 231
Washington Avteoe, both of
Brooklyn, have added reason
to laugh. Their ability to laugh
won them each a >25 gift cer
tificate donated by Monroe Ar
nold of the “Enter Laughing"
cast. The laughing contest was
part of the intermission festiv
ities held during the special
PAL matinee of “Enter Laugh
ing” at Henry Miller’s Theatre
July 1 to usher in the PAL
summer recreation program.
Over 650 boys and girls attend
ed the special matinee, giving
many their first opportunity
to see a Broadway show.
Special Cops
Get Allowance
For Uniforms
Special police officers who for
merly paid for their own uni-
f—toms will now receive an al
lowance to take care of that ex-
’ pense under a new program that
id- became effective July 1.
Gov. Rockefeller recommend-
ev' the allowance in his executive
budget approved by the Legis-
laturc.
w Eligible for the allowance are
eorrectiot officers, institution
safety officers and motor vehi-
fle cle license examiners who have
he served In a title for at least
to six months.
sh- The yearly allowance for uni
forms was set at >180.
THE TIME
IS NOW! (T
to inquire about the
NEW DEAL at VIC TANNY'S
Vic Tanny's Health Club
2115 White Plaint Rd., Bronx
Now offers Special Low Summer Rates
for Men and Women under new fran
chised ownership. . .
• Modern Gym • Sun* and Steam Rooms •
PERSONAL SUPERVISION — FIGURE ANALYSIS .
FwlafonMtHMiC.il
TA 4-8670
Civil Service
Workers
Resolve
Following is a resume of a re
solution sent to the Mayor and
other members of the Board of
Estimate which was adopted un
animously by Delegates to the
Civil Service Forum of the State
of New York at their recent an
nual convention held in Glens
Falls, New York:
"WHEREAS, the New York
City Civil Service Forum brought
to the attention of the Mayor and
all members of the New York:
City Board of Estimate the need
to improve the present Health In
surance Plan to provide for a
choice of Health Insurance Plans,
and
WHEREAS, the Health Insur
ance Board made a report to the
Board of Estimate recommend
ing a choice of Health Insurance
Plans more than one year ago,
and
_____ . Other Uses
WHEREAS, large sums of mon
ies over and above the regular
budget appropriations have been
found for other uses, and since
these sums of money are greatly
in excess of the amount needed
to implement the recommended
choice of Health Plans, and
WHEREAS, more than 50 per
cent of the employees of New
York City are now discriminated
against and denied a choice of
Health Plans to meet their needs,
and
Campaign Promise
WHEREAS, in the last cam
paign for the office of Mayor of
the City of New York, the present
incumbent promised the request
ed improvement as part of his
campaign platform, be it there
fore
RESOLVED, that the Civil Ser-
vice Forum of the State of New
York assembled in convention
hereby petitions the Mayor and
the Board of Estimate of the City
of New York to reinstate on its
agenda the recommendation of
the Health Insurance Bbard and
to redeem the promise made by
the Mayor during his campaign
to provide employees with the de
served and needed choice of
!Health Plans.”
Savings Hit
Record High
Union Dime Savings Bank.
New York, reports total deposits
of >531.118.154 as of July 1. 1963.
which compares with deposits of
I $489:832.631 as of the same date
last year. The number of de
positors rose to 167.007 on July
1, 1963 against 158,127 on July
1, 1982.
Mortgage loans reached a total
of $452,487,488 this July, whereas
a year ago they stood at >407,.
520.901.
Total assets increased to >581,-
128,274, compared with >537,643,-
1278 last July 1.
City Job
Openings
Announced
Examinations to fill vacancies
in various City departments have
been .■uinounced by the City Ci
vil Service Commission
Some of the Job openings are:
Assistant accountant, grade IS,
which pays an annual salary
ranging from 5,450 to >6.890. Fil
ing period for applications in
July 2 through Sept. 24. Tests
will be held Dec. 27.
X-ray technician, grade 9, with
a salary range of >4,250 to and
including >5.330. in the Hospitals
Department Applications are be
ing received at present and until
further notice.
Lab Aide
Laboratory aide, grade 8. >4,000
to >6.080 a year, in various City
departments- Applications are
now being received and until
June 30, 1904 to fill approximate
ly 50 vacancies.
Social investigator trainee po
sitions are available on a one-
year basis. At the end of that
period of service qualified trai
nee receives regular appointment
as social investigator, grade 14,
with a salary range of >5.750
to >7,190 a year.
Applications are now being re
ceived and will be continued to
June 30, 1964. There are numer
ous vacancies in the Welfare
Dept.
Other Vacancies
Other vacancies include soci
al case worker, recreation lead
er, ■ assistant actuary, assistant
statistician, stenographer and pu
blic health nurse.
Application blanks, and further
details regarding these positions,
may be obtained from the De
partment of Personnel, 96 Duane
St, New York 7. N.Y.
League Meet
L.A. To
Be A First
With “Equality of Opportunity
—America's Unfinished Business’’
as its theme, and with an ex
pected attendance of upwards of
1,000 delegates and guests, the
1963 National Conference of the
Urban League will open July 28
in Los Angeles.
It will be the first time in its
53-year history that the Urban
League has held its annual nation
wide meeting on the Pacific
Coast. Representatives of the
League’s 65 affiliates in strategic
industrial areas across the coun
try will be among those attend
ing the five-day conclave.
In commenting on the 1963 Con
ference. Henry Steeger, National
Urban League president, pointed
out that this years’ event takes
on extra-ordinary significance in
the light of current developments
throughout the field of civil rights
Brooke to Speak
All sessions will be conducted
in the Statler Hilton Hotel.
The keynote speech will be
given by the Atty. General Ed
ward W. Brooke of Massachu
setts. at the opening general
session, July 28,. Whitney
M. Young, Jr., of New York,
National Urban League execu
tive director, will deliver the
Annual Banquet address on Wed
nesday night, July 31. This event
is traditionally the high point of
the yearly Conference.
Other principal speakers at the
public meetings include Hobson
R. Reynolds of Philadelphia.
NUL Trustee and Elks Exalted
Grand Ruler, and President Wai
ter P. Reuther of the United
Auto Workers.
Rights Chief,
Marshall, Off
To Africa
WASHINGTON. D C. — Beri I
Bernhard, staff director of the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
and Judge Thurgood Marshall of
the U.S. Court of Appeals win
travel through three African
countries during the mouth of
July, discussing the role of the
law m protecting human rights.
The two Americans will visit
Kenya July 18-13, Tanganyika
July 14-21, and Uganda July 22
26 They plan to engage in an ex
change of viewpoints with stu
dents, lawyers and government
officials on human rights prob
lems in America and in the Afri
can countries they visit.
Dies Over
Dollar Spat
Alfred Alonzo Waddy, 53, was
stabbed to death Friday night
over a dollar during a card
game in front of 318 W. 145th
St. Waddy, staggered Into the
drtfg‘store at 308 W. 145th St„
collapsed and died.
Evan Herbert. 58. of 2193 Sev
enth Ave., charged with knifing
Waddy over his failure to pay
a >1 gambling debt, is being
held without bail for action by
the Grand Jury.
Day Center In
Summer Program
A busy summer program is
now in progress at the Eart Har
lem Day Center for older people.
Activities include dancing,
painting, outdoor crafts, discus
sions and cook - outs in the Cen
ter’s garden. Bus outings to Rye
Beach, Bear Mountain, Mohan-
sick State Park, Belmont Lake
and Hyde Park are also sched
uled for members of the Center
during the coming weeks.
Join Mission Society Staff
Dr. .Anne Fried has joined the church - community services in
staff of the 151 - year/- old New Brooklyn's Bedford - Stuyvesant
York City Mission Society as as- area; the Rev. Mitchell L. Curry,
sistant director in charge of
mm a newly - crenUd Po-iJEJTaVMuLTLw
AT JONES BEACH - Police
heave Joyce Bordenave, 15,
from road entrance of Jones
Beach during Fourth of July
demonstrations by the Con
gress of Racial Equality.
CORE demonstrated against
alleged discrimination by the
Long Island State Park Com
mission. (UPI Photo).
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