The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, July-August 1974

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Guest Editorial .................................................. 6
New Affirmative Action Officer ...................... 7
Our Little Miss Finalist .......... .......................... 7
Keeping a Promise-Cora Johnson .................. 8
Female Vice Principal . ..................................... 9
Blacks in America ............................................ 10
Wedding of the Month .................................. 12
TV Public Affairs Director ... ........................... 13
Pondexter Brothers .......................................... 14
Forensics Students Winners ............................ 15
Terrible Deed in Atlanta .................................. 16
First Black Police Lieutenant ................... ....... 17
Friend of Black People ......... ........................... 18
Model of the Month ......... ............................... 21
Living in Sin-Shacking Up ............................ 22
Black Fashions Designer .................................. 24
Former Fresnan-Esunial Burts ........................ 27
Famous Black Women ...................................... 28
Another Point of View .................................... 29
Black Judges .................................................... 30
Recipe of the Month ...................................... 3 1
People .............................................................. 32
Grapevine Cartoon .... ........................................ 34
Sports Tennis ... ......................................... 35
Poem by DePriest Keenan ...... ..........................36

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California Advocate, P. 9
Doug Dill, Cover, Pp. 24, 25
Earl Bradley, Pp. 14, 21
Walt Porter, P. 32
Cal Hamilton, P. 31
Fresno Guide, P. 35

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FCC Affirmative Action Officer

GUEST EDITORIAL

Trustees of the State Cent er
Community College District recently named Lindsay C. Johnson, 34,
of Fresno the district's first affirmative action officer.
Johnson, who attended
Edison
H igh School and Fresno State University curre ntly is a coord inator
with Fre sno's Community Development Program . More than 80 persons applied for the position.
His jo b will be to impl ement
the districts affirmative action policy and hiring plan adopted by t he
tru stee s last July.
Johnson has worked with a
number of affirmative action plans,
including helping
to
write the
State Department of Educatio n·s
pl a n.
John son has worked as a project
director for the Fresno County De partment of Education's vocationa l
promotion and gu idance pro ject,
the Neighborhood Youth Corp s and
Fresno's M o del Cities Program.

Light Watergate Sentences
Are A Mockery Of Justice
US Attorney General Will iam B. Saxbe bespeaks tlie outraged
feelings of many Americans in criticizing the relati vely soft penalties meted out to high officials caught up in the web of Watergate.
These are men who occupied positions of power qnd trust, men
who, in Saxbe' s words, " defaulted on their oaths of office and to
the responsibil ities they owe to the public ."
He is eminently right in saying it is unfair for Watergate convicts to receive short prison sentences, if any at all, wh ile ordinary
thieves serve years behind bars.
Former US Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, for example,
was allowed to plea bargain with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski in connection with charges of trading a $400,000 ITT contribution for favorable antitrust action. Instead of perjury, Kleindienst
pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was given a suspended onemonth sentence plus a $100 fine.
Egil Krogh , Jr., former White House aide who pleaded guilty to
conspiracy against the rights of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, drew
2 to 6 years, all but 6 months suspended .
Herbert W . Kalmbach , former personal attorney to President
Richard Nixon, pleaded guilty to involvement in illegal corporate
campaign contributions and charges of federal job buying and
selling . He got 6 to 18 months plus a $10,000 fine .
In addition, there is the case of former Vice President Spiro Agnew. He plea-bargained his way to a plea of nolo contendere (no
contest) on bribery charges and escaped ja il entirely .
Americans cannot tolerate the mocking of justice which reserves
special privilege for the entrenched and the wealthy. There is one
law. It should apply to all, fairly and equally.
(Reprint-Fresno Bee)

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Our Little M iss International Finalist
Wendi Wright, 9, has advanced
to the fabulous international finals
of the Our Li ttle Miss Con t est to be
held in New Orleans, La. in A u gust. W endi was one of ten finalists selected at the State finals held
in Palm Springs, California to be
sent to the
international
finals.
She also w on a trophy for the best
original dance.
Gene and Darnell W right of
Fresno are W endi 's parents. W endi
entered Our Little Miss official pre liminary in Fresno. She is a stu dent at
Columbia
Elem entary
School.

July-August, 1974

Wendi Wright

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BLACK FEMALE VICE PRINCIPAL

KEEPING A PROMISE
Helping Cora Lee Johnson adjust the folds of her graduation gown is
her daughter, Berniece J. Maxwell . Mrs . Johnson graduated from Fresno
City College after she spent years deferring her dreams as she raised
nine children and helped five of them attain college degrees . Many
years ago, Mrs . Johnson promised her grandmother, a slave who never
learned to read, she would continue her education as far as possible.

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Ann Wicks Johnston is the new
Vice Principal at Franklin Elemen •
tory School in West Fresno . She
graduated from Fresno State Uni •
versity with a B.A . degree and a
Master's deg ree in Guidance and
Counsel ing .
A world traveler and entertainer,
Mrs. Johnston at one time sang
with the Kirk Kirkland Band for a
number of years.
Before going into her present ad·
ministrative position, Mrs. Johnston
hod wide experience in teaching.

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She has taught all grade levels in•
eluding an adult class
in
Five
Points, California.
While her husband was station·
ed in Japan, she taught fourth
grade at Lanham Elementary School
in Tsufi, Japan.
A qu iet but extremely profession.
al individual, Mrs . Johnston has
served in administrative roles such
as Child Development Specialist,
member of the Fresno City Leader•
ship Trainee Program, member of
the Fresno City Schools Ethnic Stu•
dies writing team, and leader of a
team to incorporate ethnic studies
into language, science, music, art
and health. She also lends her tal•
ents to write on the team that in •
tegrated minority history into the
Prime Reading Program .
Be ing a person who enjoys keep •
ing busy working on numerous civ•
ic and social organ izations , Mrs .
Johnston is a member of Second
Bapti st Church, Iota Omicron Ame·
ga chapt er of Alph a Kappa Alpha
Sorority, F.T.A.,
Black Ed ucators,
NEA, and the Astros Swim and
Racquet Club.
Mrs. Johnston·s husband, Rob •
ert, a retired U. S. officer, is pres·
ently a real estate salesman . The
couple recently moved into their
new ranch style home in West
Fresno.

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Grapevine

JOBS

INCOME

More Blacks in Better Jobs

Rising at a Faster Rate Than
White Income

1954 - 1974
Blacks in America
Make
Dramatic Change

Distri.bution of Nonwhite Workers
,n Va rious Ki nds of Jobs
1960

1973

1959

$4,178

$8, 104

52%

Craftsmen, foremen

6.0 % 8.7 %

1972

$7,106 $11,549

62%

Sales workers

1.5%

Clerical workers

7.3% 14.4%

2.2%

Machinery cperators 20.4 % 21.3%
America's Black revolution over
Laborers
13.7% 9.9%
the past 20 years has made many
Household hel p
dramatic cha nges in the areas of
14.2% 6.8 %
jobs, income, e ducation , and poliOther service workers 17.5 % 20.5 %
tics.
Other jobs
12.0 % 3.0 %
These pos itive changes started
coming abo ut whe n the U. S. SuSource: U. S. Dept. of Labor
preme Court outlawed segregation
in 1954, ho wever, many Black peo ple believe tha t if it w ere not for
EDUCATION
the boycotts and s it-in s led by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and othe r
Blacks Are Gaining on Wh ites
Black leaders in the l 950 's and t he
Median Years of
Black rioti ng in the urba n gh ettos
Schooling Among
of the Nort h a nd West in t he
Adults, Age 25-29
l 960 's th e ch anges w o uld not be
1960
1973
as d rama t ic a s the y are tod a y.
12.4
Nonwhites
10.8
Since the I 954 cou rt decision
Black people have take n ad van t- Whites
12.7
12.3
ag e of the many educational opPer Cent with 4 years
po rtun it ies that have opened to
of High School or
them. Bl a c ks ha ve gained on the
More Among Adult
white peo p le in Med ia n yea rs of
Males, Age 25-29
schooling, percentages w ith fo u r
1960
1973
(4) years of high sch ool and per67
%
Nonwhites
39 %
centages who a re colleg e g ra d ua tes amo ng a dults . As a res ul t Whites
82 %
64%
Black people a re gett ing better
Per Cent Who Arc
jobs and higher inco mes. This obColl ege Graduates
servation prom pte d Ba yard Rustin,
Among Adul ts,
executive d irector of the A. Philip
Age 25-29
Randolph In stitu te to state, "Those
J 9 60
Latest
Blacks who 1Jre e d ucated a re mov12.l
%
5.4 %
ing ahead rapid ly. Those not edu- Nonwhites
cated w ith no skills, are moving Whites
19.9 %
11.8%
back.'.,,ard faster than anybody
Source: U. S. Census Bureau; Office or Ed
else."
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Grapevine

1, 142

Judges, magistrates

114

172

47

111

362

767

Members of local
school board s

Nonwh ,tes as
Pe rcentage of
Wh ite White Income

Nonwhites

55 9

Police ch iefs., la wenforcement officials

Median Family Income in 1972 Dollars

Professional, technica l 4.8 % 9.5%
Ad ministrators
2.6 % 3.7%

Other local officials

Source : Joint Center fo r Poli tica l Stud ies

POPULATION
America's 24 Million Blacks
. . . Make Up a Slowly Rising Share
of U. S. Population

Nonwhite median income, as
a percentage of whites·, has shown
little change since the late 1960s. In
terms of dollars, the gap has widened from $3,296 in 1959 to $4 443 in
1972.
'

Black Popu lation
Share of All
N umbe r
U.S. Populatio n

More Blacks
in Middle Class
Sha re of Nonwhite Families Wi th
$10,000 - a-Year Income, in 1972
Dollars

1959

11%

1972

34%

1954

17,772,000

10.9 %

1973

23 ,876,000

-11.3%

About two third s of the increase in
black population came in th e 5-to-24year age bracket.
. .. Are Much Younger
Than U. S. as a Whole
1954

1973

Median age
of blacks

25 .5
years

22.9
years

Median age,
U. S. population

30.4
years

28.4
years

Fewer in Poverty
Share of Blacks
Living in Poverty

1959

56 %

1972

33 %

. . . Are Spreading Out
From the South

Still, blacks have been leaving the
"poverty class" at slower rate than
whites. In 1972, 32 per cent of a ll
people in poverty were blacks, up
from 28 percent in 1959.

Proportion of
Black Population

Source: U. S. Census Bureau

POLITICS
Black Score
Striking Advances
Black Elected
Officeholders

1970

Represe ntatives

Mayors
July-August, 1974

1972

In South

68 %

52%

In Northeast

13%

20%

In North
Central region

15%

20 %

4%

8%

In West
1974

Cities with largest number of
blacks in 1970 incl ude: New York,
1,666,636; Chica go, l, l 02,620; Detroit, 660,428; Philadelphi a , 653,791;
Washington , 537 ,71 2 a nd Los Angeles, 503,606.

U. S. Senators,

State legislators,
executives

1950

17
168

239

40

108

Source : U. S. Census Bureau

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GraJtevine

New Television Public Affairs Director

Janet Huddleston and Anthony Young were married on June 22, at
t~e Our Lady of Mt . Carmel Church in Fresno . The wedding party consisted of _23 ~eople including nine bridemaids and nine groomsmen .
The bride is ~ graduate of Mclane High School and is employed at
th e Valley Medical Center in the Mental Health Department. She is the
daughte~ of Gladys Huddleston of Clovis . The groom attended St. Mary's
College .'" Moraga and L_yles College of Beauty in Fresno . He is currently teaching cosmetology 1n Fresno . His parents are J. Victoria Young of
Fresno and Hubert L. Young of San J
Th
I
.
ose .
.
e cour e went t_o Disneyland, Marine Land , Los Ang eles zoo, and to
Fisherman s Wharf m San Francisco while on their honeymoon .

Lynn Noel is the new
Public
Affai rs Director for McGraw-HillKERO-TV Channel 23, Bakersfield,
California. She was previously tel evision news reporter for an affiliate
station,
McGraw -Hill,
KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado.
She became the first female television reporter in Colorado.
Long active in civic and community organizations, she served
on the following Boards: Head
Start, Girl Scouts, St. Elizabeth's
Tutorial Program, Colorado Human
Relations Council, Colorado Cancer Association,
Metro Denver
Housing, Colorado Visiting Nurse
Association, Colorado Heart As sociation and she is a member of
the Colorado Urban League and
NAACP.
She has received some fourteen
commendations and awards from
various community groups and organizations, including the National
Organization for Women's (NOW)
first annual award for outstanding
achievements. She received a BA
degree from Clossin University and
studied mass communication at
the University of Denver.

Grapevine

July-August, 1974

Mr. and Mrs . Anthony Young

WEDDING OF THE MONTH

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When asked the reason she left
a television market such as Denver for a much smaller market,
Miss Noel said, "The management
challenge was too great to resist.
Six years of working on a ··splitsecond" basis was exciting! To be
at the Governor·s Mansion one
hour and whisked off in a private
plane to a riot at Canyon City Prison was all on one day's work. I
enjoyed every minute of it!" When
time permits, she covers stories for
the KERO-TV News Department.
'"No matter what desk job I am elevated to in the electronic media,
the reporter instinct will always be
an intricate part of my life. I suppose another reason I accepted
this job is because I feel there has
never been a better time to be a
woman, Black and prepared."
As for famous people she has
interviewed, Miss Noel gave a list
that could easily cover ten pages.
They include Mrs. Eunice Kennedy,
Mrs. Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon and
Tricia Nixon, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Senator Hubert Humphrey, and many others, including
Dr. Ruth Lane Holloway, Director
of National Right to Read Program.
Dr. Holloway grew up in Bakersfield .
She has met only a handful of
"single" people in Bakersfield, but
feels that it is probably her fault,
because most weekends are spent
traveling. She can talk knowledgeably about most states, because
she has visited all but three. She
lived in Japan 1 ½ years and her
travels have taken her to Italy,
Spain, The Bahamas, and four
times to Jamaica.
Wh en it comes to relaxing, she
enjoys most sports, but ranks golf
number one . . . and there are
three putters in her apartment .. .
to prove it!
Grapevine

Pondexter Brothers Sign Rich Pro Contracts

,

Alex

Stephanie
Martinez

Alva

Donna

Vital

Bennett

Parker

Stephanie
Johnwell

Monique
Parker

Stephen
Phillips

Rochelle
Barksdale

Forensics Students Rank Top in FSU
Clifton and Roscoe Pondexter, of
Fresno, California, are two of the
happiest and richest broth e rs in
the country. The brothers were two
of the best college basketball players in the nation until they signed
multi-year professional basketball
contracts.
Roscoe, a 21 year old , 6 fo ot 6,
230 pounder, signed with the
ABA' s Virgini a Squires basketbal l
team. He w as a lso drafted by
NBA's Boston Celtics. ''I' m more
secure with Vi rginia, financia l
wi se," said Roscoe. ' 'I'll get a better chance to play and I want to
play." He signed for a reported
S500,000 multi-year contract.
Clifton , a 19 year old, 6 foot 8 ,
235 pounder, sign ed with the NBA
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Chica go Bulb for a reported $800,000 m ulti -year coritroct. He is rated by many to be a pro superstar
in the future.
Both Roscoe, a senior, and Cl ifton , a sophomore, w ere signed out
of Long Beach State as hardship
cases.
The first thing that the young
brothers did after signing their
contracts was to buy their parents,
brother and sister a $ 65,000 , fivebedroom, five -bothroom home. Be sides helµ1ng to g ive his purents a
home, Roscoe bought his mother a
1974 g1ee11 Codillac. ' "That w as
my bigg est thrill--to come home
and say, ' Here, moma, this is
you rs.
July-August, 1974

Speech Festival
by Mattie Meyers

Eig ht Bethune School of Fresno students who participated in the Annual Peach Blossom Festival at Fresno State University ra n ked outstanding in competition with forensics students from .:ill ov t::r the Fresno area,
tota ling 6 superior ratin g s and 2 excellents.
The students are members of the Bethune Forensics Cl ub under the
direction of Mrs. Mattie Meyers a nd Mr~. Va nessa Richardson . They
have performed for other groups bur th is was their firs t competitive engagement. Since they become better public speakers the more they perform, interested organizations who would like them to perform may call
the Bethune School.
The winnings selections w ere Paul Lawrence Dunbar's "Jilted " (Ba rksdale), " In The Morning " (Johnwell}, '' The Party " (Bennett); James Wel don
Johnson 's "The Creati on· (Phillips); A Philo sophical Tri o - "Know ledge "
- "You Are Old" - "T wos· (The Parker Twins and Martinez); and " The
Q.wl and the Pussy Cat" (Vital) .
July-August, 1974

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Grapevine

Terrible
Deed

In
Atlanta

Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr., daughter, wife and mother of ministers, lived a good and useful life, devoted to her family and
church.
It is a mirror of the senseless violent times that such a woman
should be shot down with no apparently rational motive by a
young gunman as she sat at the church orgai, in Atlanta.
"How much more can I take?" Dr. Martin Luther King Sr. cried
out. "How much more can I take?"
People everywhere will understand his anguish over losing a
son and wife to assassins' bullets, just as the Kennedys lost two
stalwart sons who meant so much to the nation .
Universal sympathy goes out to the Rev . Dr. King and his dau9!1ter, Mrs. Christine King Farris. The latter reflected the abiding faith
of a remarkable family in saying, "We were taught by our
mother that hatred and violence must be replaced by love."

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City Clerk Jacqueline L. Ryle, left, congratulates Fresno policeman L.
H. McDaniel, the first black officer in the department to be promoted
to lieutenant. McDaniel and four other officers were promoted recentl y
and sworn into their positions by Mrs . Ryle. At right is Fay ~ -, Ja~es,
a l 0-year veteran, also promoted to lieutenant. On McDaniel s right
are Phillip M. McCraw, Jean H. Coffey and Ronald Downs, all promoted
lo sergeants. Sgt. Coffey last February became the depart~ent's firs t
woman officer in the patrol division and now becomes the first v:o.~ an
sergeant in the department. She will be assigned to the patrol d1v1s1? n
as a field supervisor. McDaniel, who has been in charge of community
relations and the Neighborhood Police Service Center, "."ill be assi_gne~
lo the patrol division . Standing in the doorway behind McDaniel 1s
Police Chief Harold E. Britton.

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July- August, 1974
Grapevine

Earl Warren -

Friend of Black People
The death of Earl Warren, form er chief justice of the U. S. Supreme Court brought an end to a
great supporter of minority and
poor people. Few wh ite people before him have done as much for
Black people of this country.
Under Warren 's leadersh ip , the
Supreme Court struck down sepa rate sch ools for Black children,
broadened the legal rights of
criminal suspects, and forged the
rule of one man-one vote ." The
Warren Court acknowledged and
vindicated the rights of the poo r,
th e wea k, and the igno rant . This
was Wa rren 's belief that the law
and the Constitution must serve
the · lowliest as fully as they serve
the most powerful.
Black people mourn this great
American who stood for
1ustice
and huma n d ignity

Earl Warren
1891 - 1974

Warren's Court Landmark Decisions
,, In May 19~9_, the Congressional Quarterly ca lled the War ren Court
the most act1v1st and controversial one in the nation 's history."
The prestigious publication included in its article the fo llowing landmark decisions by the tribunal :
Brown v. _Board of Education of Topeka (1954), unanimous: ··separate
educational facilities· · for wh ite and black pupils are "inherently unequal " in denial of th e equ a l pro tection guaranteed by the I 4th a mend ment.
Brown v. Board of Education (1955), una nimous· Loca l school offici a ls
must move " with all de libe rate speed " to e nd seg rega tion in pu b lic
schools.
Griffin v. Prince Edward County (Virginia) School Board (1964), 7 -2 .
The closing of schools to ovo id deseg reg a ti o n is an unco nstitutio nal v io lation of equal protectio n g ua ra ntees.
Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960, unanimous: Political redistricting alo ng
racial lines violated the 15th Amendment.
Anderson v. Martin (1964), unanimous, A state req uiremen t tha t t he
race of a candidate be n.:,ted o n a bal lot vio la tes the equa l pro tecti on
guarantees.
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July-August, 1974

Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966), 6-3; Poll taxes in

state elections are unconstitutional.
Burton v Wilmington Parking Authority (1961 ), 6-3 : Dicriminotion by
a person leasing business property frcm state is unconstitutional.
Peterson v. Greenville (1963), unanimous: Private segregation practices under a city ordinance or city executive requiring segregation constitute unconstitutional state action.
Laving v. Virginia (196n, unanimous : State law forbidding interracial
marriage violates equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th
Amendment.
Jones v. Mayer (1968), 7-2: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits
oil racial discrimination, private or public, in the sale or rental of
property.
Elkins v. U.S. (1960), 5-4: Evidence obtained during any illegal search
is not admissible in federal courts.
Robinson v. California (1962), 6-2: States cannot make drug addiction a crime without violating the 8th and 14th Amendments.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), unanimous: States must supply defense
counsel to indigent defendants, even in non -capital cases.
Abington Township School District v. Schempp (1963), 8-l: Stateordered recitation of the Lord 's Prayer and Bible reading in public
schools violates the "establishment of religion ·· clause of the l st Amendment which the 14th Amendment extended to the states.
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), 5-4: An accusatorial investigation by police--without allowing the defendant counsel and advising defendant
of his right to remain silent-is unconstitutional.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 5-4: Police mu:.t odvbe a suspect that any
statement he makes may be used against him, that he has the right to
remain silent and have a lawyer present before police con conduct an
interrogration to obtain a statement admissible in evidence.
In Re Gault (196n, 8- l : Basic constitutional rights under the 5th and
6th Amendments apply to juvenile as well as adult offenders.
Katz v. U.S. (1967), 7- l : Police must obtain a warrant before using
electronic surveillance, even if no physical trespass is involved.
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968), 7-2: The 14th Amendment extended the
right to trial by jury to states in all cases in which federal courts would
grant the right to jury trial.
Gray v. Sanders (1963), 8-l : Political equality means "one-man ,one-

vote."
Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), 6-3 : The " one-man, one-vote" rule applies to Congressional districts. States must realign Congressional districts to have " as nearly as practicable" equal populations.
Reynolds v. Simms (1964), 8- l. The "one-man, one-vote" rule applies

to state legislative d istricts .
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"Living in Sin"

SHACKING UP
IT IS QUITE common anymore for people to live together instead of
getting married. And it seems well on the way to becoming socially
accepted, at least to some degree.
As a matter of fact, the California welfare law recognizes the relationship, charging that a man who moves in with a woman receiving aid
is responsible for her support, according to his income. This despite the
fact statutes do not recognize common law marriage.
The changing view of living together reflects a turnabout in the public conscience, the readjustment that society has done in its thinking the
past few years as old traditions have toppled and once secure mores
are tested and found vulnerable.
As late as a half-dozen years ago, 'living together' was two dirty
words, not to be spoken in front of the children.
Today, however, the same folk who were yesterday embarrassed
discussing the subject in front of their children now find themselves trying to justify why their kids are doing it, although the young by no
means account for all of the growing frequency of unwedded bliss.
OCCASIONALLY ONE hears of a couple that has lived together for
many years, even raised a family. They never married because of some
legal entanglement, a divorce that one never got or maybe just because
they never got around to it.
There have always been such relationships, as all of us know-stable,
permanent and sometimes even ending in marriage.
But generally speaking, there is not the same stabili~y or . permanency
in today 's more or less wholesale living-together relatronshrps. At least
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this is the belief of a man whom I talked to the other day who deals
with hundreds of such cases every month.
"I would be surprised if one found very many platonic relationships,
particularly with the young people who are living together," he said.
Why do a lot of young people choose to live together nowadays
rather than get married?
"They want to get. to bed together," he said.
He maintains that a good many of the relationships are transient affairs. Musical beds, as it were.
PERHAPS THIS is oversimplification, perhaps not. Who can draw any
fine-li ne conclusions, the phenomenon so recently ballooning?
A woman who frequently counsels in the field maintains the relationships frequently are "more natural" for the individuals involved. The
alternative for these people, she believes, might well be unhappy
marraiges or perhaps numerous trip~ to the justice of the peace followed
by return engagements in the divorce court.
Marraiges that end up on the rocks, or exist as long unhappy matrimonial hassles, likely would have been precluded by a live-together,
wait-and-see period.
The inherent danger in this philosophy, of course, is in "shacking up,"
or musical beds, neither of the consenting parties entering the relationship with any thought of moral responsibility.
A MIDDLE-AGED woman, twice down the primrose path to marriage
only to end up in a ragweed patch at the end, said, "I simply cannot go
through with another divorce. But I don't want to spend the rest of my
life alone. So what's my alternative?
She made it clear, however, that she will have to love the man very
much and would hope that a happy relationship would eventually result in marriage.
Theoretically then, if it did not work out, one might suppose that she
would try another and another, there being no limit on the loves one
might enjoy in this life.
AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl, rather than marry her high school sweetheart,
moved in with him because in her young cultural circle that was the
thing to do .
"Wow," she said. "What a mess-for me, my parents, him, his parents and even our friends.
She has moved out, but their love has not dimmed .
"We ' re going to do what we should have done in the first place,
get married," she said .
ALAS, EQUALITY and liberation not withstanding, it is still the woman
who usually gets hurt. I do not know if that is the nature of the species
r becuuse of their role in society over these many centuries .
Cry fo , th~ woman wronged.
PEOPLE: ARGUE many different ways on the subject of living together,
0r "Ii ,in_; in ~,n, · as my mother was want to call it, branding the wom:m of oi.;r vrl lage who did it "fallen woman ."
But whatever the moral or legal interpretation, one important fact
c::mt:rges marriage is no longer the important institution that it once
was
Arid rhut

wrll probably change the course of the world .
(Reprint from "Around Here " by Woody Loughnan-Bee.)

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her Bachelor . of Arts degree in
1972. Having taught a class in creative crocheting at her Alma Ma ter, Ms . Neufeld now devotes one
hundred per cent of her time to
her fashions. She is now busily preparing for the Fall debut of her
new store to be opened in August
in Fresno at 747 E. Olive-Vanity
Too. This will be a dress boutique
filled with her very own lovely creations. She will not only manufacture and design all of the clothes, but will perform all necessary
public relations work needed to get
regional and national recognition
for her work. A good start in that
direction is the appearance of articles written on her design in three
leading magazines and
periodicals: Body Coverings, New Uses for
Old Laces and Soft Jewelry and

PHYLLIS NEUFELD
FASHIONS
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by Gail Oliver

Ms. Phyllis Neufeld, designer of
a new and exciting line of fashions, will have something "new"
for Central California in the coming Fall.
Her creations range from soft
jewelry (jewelry made without
heavy equipment or stones) created from feathers, shells and bones,
to hand crocheted evening gowns
and dresses. In fact, Ms. Neufeld
not only designs the clothing, but
does her own tie-dying for the natural fibers she incorporates in
many of her shirtwaist dresses and
suit ensembles.
There is something for every woman in Ms . Neufeld's line. For the
contemporary woman, catchy crocheted numbers done in gay tropical fabrics of cotton and rayon
blends. Many of the outfits can
easily be adapted from daytime to
nighttime wear. Ms. Neufeld also
has hats, jeyelry and other accessories made to accommodate many
of the styles.
Ms. Neufeld and her husband,
Rudy, reside in Fresno, California,
where all of her line is manufactured. A graduate of California State
University at Fresno, she received
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Body Ornamentation.
A soft-spoken woman, Ms. Neu-

feld is most aggressive as she out-.
lines her plans to (eventually) have
a whole chain of stores throughout the country. A look at her
work, however, and there is no
doubt that the country will be clamoring for more. Many Fresno homes
and office interiors are graced with
excellent fiber sculpture hangings
custom designed by Ms. Neufel d;
among her customers in the Central California area is the Zerox
Corp. in Fresno. The hangings are
three-dimensional and some are
tie-dyed ranging from four feet to
fifteen feet long .
A good chance to preview Ms.
Neufeld's line will be at the September '7 4 Ebony Fashion Fair.
Having had professional modeling
experience, Ms. Neufeld trains her
models as w ell as acting as commentator at her own fashion
shows. She invites women 's clubs
and any other organizations interested in having a fashion show of
"unusua l" designs to contact her
at 266 -5 668.
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Former Fresnan Honored as Urban Fellow
Ezunial Burts, Executive Assistant to Mayor Tom Bradley of Los
Angeles, has received national recognition as Urban Fellow of the
Year for 1974.

Burts, 27, graduated from Edison High , Fresno City College and
Fresno State University. He became
the third person to receive the title
bestowed annually by the U. S.
Mayors · Conference, which this
year held a bicentennial luncheon
in San Diego. He was picked for
the Urban Fellow award from among participants all over th e na tion in a program which recruits
and trains young men and women
through fellowships for careers as
urban adminstrators.
Burts· wife is the former Marion
Jean Holly of Fresno. His parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Burts,
who live at 2563 S. Lotus Street.

Ezunial Burts

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Blacks On The Bench
There are now some 325 black judges sitting in various courts
across the nation. Just 10 years ago there were about 70. Many
critics have viewed with alarm this minority intrusion into what
used to be the majority's world.
But WWRL believes that the results indicate than any changes
have been all to the good. It's true that most black jurists come
from humble origins. Because of this, they understand the problems of both the black and the poor. Many are inclined to be
lenient with a first offender. And no longer is the testimony of a
policeman regarded as something not to be challenged. This approach has rubbed off on many white colleagues. As result, the
judicial atmosphere is not the same as it used to be. Today's disadvantaged defendant has a better chance at justice.
Black judges, on the other hand, hold no brief with violence.
They often are tougher in such cases than their white counterparts.
This indicates to us, as we've said in the past, that the broader
the talent pool the better the end result in any given field. That's
why we keep reminding young blacks that the future does indeed
belong to those who prepare for it.
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• ½ cup chopped green pepper
• ½ cup chopped green onions
• ½ tblsp . soy sauce
• 1 tsp. accent
• 2 cups water
• 2 large pork chops, or an equal amount of lean
pork cut into small cubes
• 2 tblsp. olive oil or cooking oil
Wash rice thoroughly and drain. Brown meat in oil, using Dutch
oven, over medium flame . Add half the chopped pepper and green
onions. Continue cooking until pepper and onions are soft. Add
soy sauce and cook one minute. Stir in rice, and mix thoroughly,
add water and bring quickly to boiling, place lid on pan, reduce
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PEOPLE

Lee Brown, a senior at Easton' s
Washington Union High School,
has been awarded a $1,000
scholarship to the University of
California, Los Angeles, by the UCLA Alumni Association. Lee is the
only winner in the five Central
Valley counties.
Lee is the WUHS student body
president and the president of the
Student Assembly.
He organized
the International Club and the Ecology Club, and was sophomore
class president and Boy's State
representative his junior year.
Lee works on a Neighborhood
Youth Corps assignment as a file
clerk _ in the Fresno County Courthouse. He plans to enter UCLA in
the fall and work toward a career
in medicine.

Alvin H. Dalton,
a senior at
Fresno 's Roosevelt High School, is
one of five high school seniors to
be awarded a $2,000 scholarship
from United California Bank.
Dalton, 4917 E. Huntington, will
receive the scholarship during his
four years in college and will be
goven parttime on-the - job training at the Fresno Main office of
UCB. The program, which began
in 1972, is a $100,000 four-year
combination
scholarship-employ·
ment program for minority students
residing in California.
Dalton plans to major in business administration at Fresno City
College. He has been active in the
Ecology Club, the Neighborhood
Youth Corps, and was co-capta in
of the Pan African Union basketball team.

Mrs. Viola Rucker celebrated her
68th birthday recently. A party in
her honor was given
by her
daughters, Mrs.
Gustors Fraz ier
and Mrs. Deli la Rogers and son,
Albert Rucker all of Fresno , California. Mrs. Rucker's nine gra ndchildren and four great grandchildren also helped her celebrate the
occasion.

Mrs. Ruth Porter has been promoted to supervisor of th e Jo b
Placeme nt Section of th e Fresno
Office Employment Development
Department. She began as a seasonal worker at the EDD Atwater
Office sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Porter and husband, Walt,
of the Fresno Bee Eeditorial Staff,
ha ve four children .
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Veotis Wyott was installed for
his fif th consecutive years as Amer1cu n Legion Post 511 commander
at post headquarters, 732 S. Trin·
• f Ave. Other office rs who were
,nstalled were Harry Jankins, 1st
1
ce commander;
Lester Rigg ins,
2nd vice comma nder; Doris Shep" e-d , adjuta nt; Thoma s Brown, fi ·
nonce officer, Charles Anderson,
Judge advoca te; T. J. Holmes, sergeant ot arms, and Herman Bur.~-· sr,rv1ce off icer
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William R. Winston, 26, a consultant to the Fresno Economic De velopme nt Division, has been selected as a National Urban Fellow,
a program designed to develop
leaders in urban government.
A native of Bakersfield, Winston was graduated from Fresno
State University. He served as executive director of the Fresno Development Co., the enonomic arm
of Model Cities Planned Variations.
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WILLY BROWN (second from right) to Dennis Teasley, Ollie Brown, and
Tim Lowe (L to R) who are members of the West Fresno Tennis Club.
Brown is the founder of ~he club which was started last October. The
club membership has grown to over 45 regular members who receive
instruction. The club is an attempt to acquaint young people between
the ages of eight and twelve to the game of tennis.

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