New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00063
1963
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tt • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Jan. U, IMS
been Introduced In the State Sen
ate by Senator Ivan Warner of
the Bronx.
n
It is not necessary for a poten
tial voter to be able to read
Engliah in order to acquaint him
self fully with the issues. This
is botag dene with radio, tele
vision and the foreign language
press, he stated.
*T therefore see co reason for
continuing this out-dated restric
tion on voting", the assembly-
man ended. Jones, who began
his first term Jan. 9, has been
appointed to the Committees on
Penal Institutions, Religious and
Charitable Societies, Pensions and
Cities.
A bill similar to his own has
Youth Held On
Rape Charges
A 16 - year - old youth who
allegedly raped eight girls be
tween the ages of 10 and 14 with
in the past month in Brooklyn's
city-owned Albany Housing Pro
ject was arraigned Tuesday In
Juvenile Court.
neceaaary barrier to thousand*
t< Spanish-speaking people who
have not yet become fluent In i
Gngllah.” The tests also block
thousands of white and Negro
working people from active par
ticipation In government,” Jones
added.
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ELEGANCE AT WEBSTER
HALL — The Guardsmen’s for
mal was a tableau of alluring
faahoos. At top, from left, Mrs.
Ruby Holbrook wears satin
brocade print aheath with bus
tle' and panel train; Mrs. Ro
bert Brown effects black vel
vet with sequined bodice and
Mrs. Irene (Sis' Dabney is at
tired in green peau-de-soie
sheath. Lower right — Guards
men officers conferring are,
from left, Bert Wallace, pres ,
Stephen Miller, treas., Clar
ence Sherman, 6gt.-at-Arms;
and secretaries, Dr. George
Lopez and Dr. Joseph Thom
as. Center — Mrs Gertrude
Romain of Brooklyn’s social
set was stunning in ensemble
of white gown of pure silk
with matching coat trimmed
with white fox fur. At right—
*Mrs. Iris Martin, left, and
daughter, Mrs. Gwen Davis,
chat with Roy Lucas during a
quiet moment.
Dr. Houston To Speak At
NAACP Opens
5 Day Week
The Brooklyn NAACP appears
headed for a new lease on life/
according to indications from tue 0
first annual meeting of the branch u
executive board held January 17, hi
1963, at the 1722 Fulton St. office. «
The board proposed to re-open re
the branch office on a five-day at
week basis, from 3 to 10 p.m. It bi
bad been closed some 12 months w
ago except for few hours Tuesday sc
evenings.
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Warren Bunn, month - long pre- w
sideut of the branch, said Mon- bl
day, the new office schedule was d<
expected to go into operation In ti(
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mid - February.
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Board Meeting
At the board meeting, Mr. Bunn $1
appointed chairmen for the war- s<
ious committees and received
their confirmation from the exec
utive board. The latter also laid s
, the basis for a long range prog- r
t ram covering legal, labor, educe- „
tion and bousing problems.
Discussing the program, Bum t
* told the Amsterdam News that 0
* the legal redress committee bad 1
been broadened and now had j
more attorneys. A bousing com- i
mlttee would work closely with 3
t
state and city agencies.
The education committee should a
pool its efforts with other groups t
for a concerted attack on educa- n
I tion ills in the borough. And In i
. labor, Bunn said, the NAACP i
I would Intensify the fight against i
discrimination by employers and
I unions alike.
(
1 The branch secretary, Mrs. Lu- i
be set up to cover all civil rights <
Icille Rose, sakl committees would t
I problems brought to the branch, i
Education, housing and publicity i
chairmen would be appointed at (
I the next meeting, Mrs. Rose stat- ,
ed In giving names far the follow- t
,
I ing appointments made Jan. 17:
Political action: GeorgeFlearv;
I legal redress, Egbert Craig and
1 William Thompson; membership,
H Lucille Rose; Freedom Fund, Al- j
ma Bailey; community coordi- 1
■ nators, Austin Henry, Louise Gio- ,
1 ver; Julius Hernandez; R. Risley ]
I Dent; C. V. Harris; Bernice Fish- -
er; Dr. Vernal Cave.
Church Work
Church work committee chair
men are Rev. Benjamin J. Low
ry; and Eddie Mae Tatem; fin
ance committee, Oliver James.1
Warren Bunn and Risley Dent;i
labor committee, Thomas Faunt-|
leroy, Joe Lewis, Charles Crier;
veterans, Earl Graves; cultural,!
Constantine Hall; public relations.
Lewis Douglas; branch resolution
committee, C. V. Harris and ,
s Queenie Tillinghurst.
Form the right habit. Read
The Amsterdam Newt every
week. Out every Tharaday.
75th Anniversary Fete
The Rev. W. Eugene Houston,
pastor of the Randall Memorial 1
Presbyterian Church and Modera- '
tor of the Presbyterian Synod of ‘
Naw York State, will be guest i
speaker, Sunday, Jan. 27, at the i
75th anniversary service of the ‘
Far Rockaway P r e s b y t erian
Church, Rev. Richard Vaughn, f
<
minister.
Dr. Houston, the only Negro £
minister to hold this Presbyterian ,
office in the United States, will j
preach at the 11 a.m. service, t
the outgrowth of a prayer meet- ]
ing held Dec. 23. 1«W, in the l
home of Mas. Mary B: Wells on |
White St. now Beach 21st St. |
The prayer meeting group hired
Temperance Hall on Mott Ave,
in the Christmas of 1887 and held
their first preaching service and
Sunday school there on Jan. 15,
1888. On Jan. 30, 1888 the group)
was formally organized as the
First Presbyterian Church of Far
.
Rockaway.
75th Anniversary
Among those Joining in the 75th
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Ernest McClain, who had been
free pending disposition of an-1
other rape charge against him
dating from June, 1962, was pick
ed up in front of his home at
1191 Park Place, in the Albany
Project. He was charged with
rape, sodomy, felonious assault
and Impairing the morals of
minors.
According to the police, Mc
Clain's technique was to follow
a potential victim Into one of the
project buildings and then, at the
pofht of a penknife, force her to
go with him to a roof, stairwell
recess or basement.
In addition to the June rape
charge, the youth also has a
third degree assault charge pend
ing against him. He had been
released in the custody of his
parents.
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TIME
Sunday, January 27th, 1963 at 3:30 P.M
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present, but they took a cold
hard look at racism and made
definite plans to eliminate it in
due time.
"The 650 delegates voted un
animous endorsement of plans
to 'develop an inter-religious
structure to work on problems
of race relations in their com
munities,” he said, "just recent
ly the faiths banded together to
reject the racist pronouncements
of the Governor of Alabama. To
me this means good progress.”
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