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From all of us with WALTER SMITH
and on behalf of the company's
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Merry Christtnas
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BUSING NOT THE ISSUE
Political attacks on school busing are smothering the real issues of
school integration under a blanket of misleading oratory on both
sides. The basic questions remain: how to put an end to discriminatory
policies which condemn minority children to attend inferior schools and
how to enlist public education more effectively in the creation of an
integrated society.
The annual haggling in Congress over an infinite variety of antibusing amendments to education bills serves only one purpose: to exploit and thus to deepen racial division. Some current proposals would
force the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to outlaw all
busing except when ordered by the courts. Such a policy virtually challenges the courts, as the only remaining anti-segregation force, to issue
more rather than fewer busing orders.
School integration may well be doomed unless it can be disentangled
from the busing controversy that currently so dominates the issues as
to block any rational response. The foes of integration have shrewdly
managed to make busing the synonymn for integration. They have
maneuvered civil rights. spokesmen into a position that forces the latter
to defend busing in a way that wrongly makes it the be-all and end-all
of integration.
Amid such political confusion, reason is ignored and facts are forgotten. The truth is that, with few exceptions, the courts have ordered
extensive busing only where communities refused to take other available measures to end deliberately imposed and maintained policies of
segregation.
Increasingly, too, the pressure by black parents for integration
through busing has declined , partly as a result of a rebirth of ethnic
pride among all minorities . It is mainly in situations where black parents despair of their children's chances ever to be able to partake in
first-rate schooling except outside their neglected ghetto schools that the
demand for massive busing persists - and rightly so.
It ouaht to be generally recognized by this time that neither integration nor education can be furthered by busing children from a superior
into an inferior educational or social environment. To do so would be
wrong even if the consequence were not so obviously the exodus from
the public schools of children who are to be forced to trade better for
worse.
The strategies of integration thus must focus sharply on the elimina•
tion of inferior schools. The proper process is one not of leveling down
but of raising up . To accomplish this requires a variety of tactics, in•
eluding rezoning of districts, phasing out of some schools, and the ere•
ation of "magnet schools" whose special educational offerings or general excellence attract pupils from many neighborhoods .
It would, however, be hypocrisy to igncre the fact that these solutions
will depend in varying degree on the availability of transportation.
The school bus was an American institution long before it became a
symbol for and against integration. Efforts to stop only those buses
which help to integrate the schools must be called by their right name
- a segregationist ploy to sabotage integration. New York Times
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MAGAZINE
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Vol. 7,

November - December, 1975
FRANK J. JOHNSON

Table of Contents

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Family Tradition · - - - - - - - Santa Claus · · · · · · · · · · - - - - - - New President ············-- _ _ _ _ _
Bus Driver Instructor ··--·-----·-Muhammad Ali · · - - - - - - - Sigma Sweetheart Candidates _ _ _
Model of the Month ............................
Top Young Man···--___
People··-----____
Picture of the Month ···--······-··--People ... .................................................
Former Fresnan ·······-·······-·-······--·-Youth World ·-··-··----·······-Big Brothers -····--···--------Karate Awards · · - - - · · - - - - · - Poem · · · · · · · · - · - - - - - - - - - Christmas Prayer ..................................
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Jesse Cooley Ill Carries On Family Tradition

FOWLER FESTIVAL FUN
Nicki and Michelle hold the balloons they got at the Fowler Fall Festival
held recently. The weekend event featured food and game booths,
entertainment, and a queen coronation.
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INTERNS Jesse E. Cooley, Ill (left) and Al Maroney, both recent
graduates of the California School of Mortuary Science in San Francisco,
have passed the state board and are serving their internships with the
Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service in Fresno. Jesse Ill is carrying on the
family tradition - for three generations now - of service to Californians with business establishments in Fresno, Stockton, and Bakersfield.
Cooley is a graduate of Fresno High School and attended Alcorn University in Mississippi. He is the son of Jennie and Jesse E. Cooley, Jr.
Maroney, a graduate of Hoover High Schooi, attended Fresno City College and is currently enrolled at Fresno State University. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rozzi Dolphus. Both young men were recipients of the
J. E. Cooley Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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College Instructor Elected President of
Teachers' Group

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Rachel Fuller, Sid Nickolas and Sidney Dawn Nickolas (I to r) meets
Santa Claus at the Annual Children's Christmas Party at the Fresno Convention Center Theater. The party was sponsored by the Fresno Bee,
KMJ and KMJ-TV along with the Fresno City Parks and Recreation
Department.

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William Day, a chemistry instructor at Fresno City College, has
been elected president of the Cal ifornia Association
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with Yvonne Maddox (R), and Jean Taylor (C), two of the women drivers that he has trained . Williams was honored by the Grapevine as
Driver of the Year in 1973 .

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MUHAMMAD ALI
In a recent Playboy Magazine interview, World Heavyweight
Champion Muhammad Ali tells how he would like to be remembered.
"I'd like to be remembered: as a Black man who won the
heavyweight title and who was humorous and who treated everyone right. As a man who never looked down on those who looked
up to him and who helped as many of his people as he could financially and also their fight for freedom, justice and equality.
As a man who wouldn't hurt his people's dignity by doing anything that would embarrass them. As a man who tried to unite
his people through the faith of Islam that he found when he listened to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. And if all that's asking
too much, then I guess I'd settle for being remembered only as a
great boxing champion who became a preacher and a champion
of his people.
"And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was."

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The Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity of Fresno will present
their 19th Annual Christmas Dance
at Fresno's Hilton Hotel on December 25, 1975. Highlighting the
evening will be the crowning of
the 1975-76 Sweetheart.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of the Gamma Xi Chapter extend an invitation to the public to
join them for an enjoyable and
funfilled Christmas night.
During the past month the
Sweetheart candidates have participated in a variety of social activities. They included
picnics,
dances, bowling and skating parties, and trips to Magic Mountain
and to the snow.
Maureen Wright, the 1974-75
Sweetheart, will crown the 197576 Sweetheart at the dance.

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Cecilia Cooper, 20, FCC, Sagittarius

Pam Criswell, 19, FSU, Sagittarius

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Annie Banks, 18, FSU, Aries
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Carolyn Goston, 18, FCC, Cancer
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Shirley M. Green, 19, FSU, Pisces
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Phi Beta Sigma Sweetheart Candidates

Nancy Smith, 19, FCC, Virgo

Patricia M. Neal, 18, FCC, Scorpio

Linda F. Crum, 18, FCC, Sagittarius

Barbara Grayson, 19, FCC, Aquarius

Cynth ia Hightower, 20, FSU, Virgo Garzetta L. Billingslea, 18, FCC, Virgo
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Patricia Walker, 18, FCC, Sagittarius
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Lanare Leader Is 'Top Young Man'

Eddie Nolen, director of the Lanare
Community
Development
project of the Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission,
has been designated as one of
the "Outstanding Young Men of
America" for 1975.
Nolen, 25, was nominated for
the award by Rep. B. F. Sisk last
May " . . . in recognition of outstanding leadership and service to
the community."
The nomination was reviewed
by a board of advisors in Washington, D.C. Nolen was recently
notified of its approval.
"The best way to help people
help th e msel ves is to help them

financially first," Nolen said.
Nolen has organized many EOC
funded services for Lanare and the
rural communities of Laton, Caruthers, Riverdale, Burrough and
Raisin City since 1971.
The
Economic
Development
Farm Cooperative, one of the major programs, provides jobs to
low-income residents in the communities.
Nolen said the year-round coop farming currently involves 12
families farming 40 acres. He said
it will soon be expanded to include an additional 12 families.
And, for the first time since the
project began, the families are
earning a profit from their work,
Nolen said.
In addition, Nolen has organized youth recreation programs, a
summer community-run Head Start
senior citizens meals and recreation programs and a community
action group which deals with
problems of housing and schools.
The programs have the "full involvement and trust of the people, "
Nolen said. "It's rewarding to see
that you've helped people."
Nolen's biography and record of
accomplishments will be presented
in the 1975 volume of Outstanding Young Men of America to be
released in December.

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The two couples spent three days listening to live entertainment and
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PICTURE OF THE MONTH

time in making Fresno City College
a better place in which to eat.
Mrs. White, food service coordinator for the State Center Community College District since February, initiated the refurbishment
of the college's staff dining room
and student cafeteria in an effort,
as she puts it, "to provide the
kind of quality food, service, and
atmosphere that most students
and staff deserve. "
According to the 25-year-old
Mrs. Wjiite, the staff dining area
has been refurnished with new
tables and padded chairs. New
draperies will be hung shortly and
student art work will soon adorn
the walls.
Mrs. White is the youngest as
well as the first black female administrator in the State Center
District.

Eileen White

Eileen White hasn't wasted any

1Ilerry Chrlstmas
Nina Howell, 5, enjoys a tour around KLIP radio station with Woody
Miller, the station program director. Nino is the daughter of Elasio
Wilson of Fresno.

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FORMER FRESNAN
tion and evaluation of all personnel in the various instructional divisions , the library, and the instructional media resource services.
He w ill also coordinate the college·s summer session and Saturday program.
Since 1973, Odell has held the
position of Coordinator of Special
Servic.es and Veteran 's Affa irs at
the College.
Odell obtained his bachelor's
degree in History and Education
at St. Mary"s College in 1958_ He
then attended Fresno State Un iversity to receive his teaching credential.
In 1968 Odell was named Dea n
of Students at St. Ma ry·s Coll e ge.
Wh ile Dean the re, he was awarded th e distinguished Ma lco lm X
Award for outstanding lead ers hip
in education. In 1972 Od e ll left
th a t pos iti on in ord e r to obtain his
mas ters degree in Educational
Psychology at Cal ifornia State Univers iry ::i t Heyward.
O d ell was recently awarded the
O utston ding Educator of Am erica
for 1975. This award w as presented to him for his contri butions to
the a dvancement of higher education and service to the community.
Mr. Johnson is married and resides in Oakland with his wife and
two children.

Odell Johnson,

Odell Johnson , Jr. has been
named to the ne w position of As ·
sista nt Dean of In struction at the
Co lleg e of Al ameda. The anno unce ment was ma de rece ntly by
the Pera lta District's Board of Trustees.
Mr. Jo hn so n will be in charge
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Ken Marsha;!, a Cl ovis
High
School senior, was e lected California State reporter for the Distributive Education Clubs of A merica at their state conference in
Santa Cruz.
Ken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Marshall of Clovis, will coordinate
the communications between the
70 high school chapters in California's DECA.
DECA, which is one of five national vocational youth organ izations, strives to develop futu re
leaders in marketing a nd distribution.

Gregory Melancon, a junior at
Edison High School, has been
elected pres ident of Region 9 of
the California Association of Student Councils.
Region 9 represents about 55
high schools from Fresno, Ma dera ,
Mariposa, Merced and Tuolumne
Counties.
The association wo rks to benefit students
throughout California throu g h involvement with various educational groups, including
Students for
Legislative Action,
Senate Youth Program and th e
Western As sociation of Schools
and Colleges.
Melancon is student body commissioner of activities at Edison,
secretary of the California Scholarship Federation chapter, a member of the Fresno City Youth Com mission and chairman of Edison's
Student Activities Committee.
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Local Fraternity
Donates Cash,
Companionship
to Big Brothers

Doug Clemmons
Big Brother Staff Member

As part of thei r program to increase their current level of community involvement Alpha Phi Al pha Fraternity is adding Big Brother/Big Siste r to their Community
Service program.
The fraternity recently donated
$250 to Big Brothers/Big Sister to
I aid in th e operation of the program. In addition Alpha Phi Al pha plans a social function for
Black Little Brothers and their Big
Brothers.
Paul Fuller is one of three fraternity members who is a volunteer Big Brother. Fulle r, the fraternity treasurer, has been a Big
Brother for approximately six
months. Although married and
father of two children himself
Fuller has chosen to become per'.
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expressed that this type of personal involvement is very challenging
but is equally rewarding.
Currently, according to
Doug
Clemmons of Big Brothers staff, a
substantial portion of the Big Brother /Big Sister caseload
comes
from West Fresno or other communities with similar economic
status. However, he informed,
there are very few Big Brothers
from these areas.
Because of this chronic shortage
of Black Big Brothers, the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity plans to become more involved with the local Big Brother/Big Sister
program.
Interested community persons
are invited to participate also. For
111ore information contact Douglas
Clemmons at 488-5247 or
2685737.
November-December, 1975

AWARD CELEBRATION Central California Martial Arts Association
Karate Tournaments. David Davis (far left) received the top award for
the Black Belt Fighter of the Year and also the Martial Artist of the
Year Award. Rex Shropshire, age 9, received the top award in his
division for the top Fighter of the Year. Eric Wade Coleman, age 17,
took first place in Long Beach International Karate Championship. This
tournam ent is one of the biggest karate meets in the world. Eric won
8 straight fights in order to have received this valuable award. Eric
attends Edison High School. David Jimenez (far right) received the top
award for kata competition in the black belt division. Some of the students not in the picture were: Frankie Abina, Sonia Abina, and Terry
Coleman who all received outstanding awards. The awards were presented at Tang's Restaurant in Fresno.

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Brother Minister Albert leads Fresno Temple

BLACK MUSLIM LEADER
Brother Minister Albert, is leader
of Fresno's Muhamm ad's Temple
No. 39 of th e Nation of lslam(Black Muslims) . He was assigned
to Fresno five months ago to help
local members "grow in mentality. "
Brother Albert is a native of
Fl orida who came to Ri versi de,
Calif., in 195B and was converted
to Muslimism there. He worked in
the Riverside temple for 11 years
and then trained as assistant minister in Los Ange les under the
western regional leader, Abjul Ka-

rim Hasan.
He was sent to Fresno by Hasan,
but has not yet moved his family
here. His wife is a registered nurse
and he has four children. His salary, as are those of all the Muslim ministers, is paid out of the
Chicago headquarters.
Brother Albert sees his mission
in Fresno as helping the Nation
of Islam grow, not only in num bers but in understanding and
knowledge " so that we're
ready for the harvest. It's harvest
time now."

"I do not want a great political party which nearly lost its soul
in Vietnam to sell its soul on the issue of busing . Busing is one
way to pay the bill for the ancient regime of racism . There may
be other ways, but none of them will be painless or priceless . We
cannot hide from it, or lie about it, or postpone it or pretend that
we do not hear or see."
-Senator George McGovern

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BUSING NOT THE ISSUE
Political attacks on school busing are smothering the real issues of
school integration under a blanket of misleading oratory on both
sides. The basic questions remain: how to put an end to discriminatory
policies which condemn minority children to attend inferior schools and
how to enlist public education more effectively in the creation of an
integrated society.
The annual haggling in Congress over an infinite variety of antibusing amendments to education bills serves only one purpose: to exploit and thus to deepen racial division. Some current proposals would
force the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to outlaw all
busing except when ordered by the courts. Such a policy virtually challenges the courts, as the only remaining anti-segregation force, to issue
more rather than fewer busing orders.
School integration may well be doomed unless it can be disentangled
from the busing controversy that currently so dominates the issues as
to block any rational response. The foes of integration have shrewdly
managed to make busing the synonymn for integration. They have
maneuvered civil rights. spokesmen into a position that forces the latter
to defend busing in a way that wrongly makes it the be-all and end-all
of integration.
Amid such political confusion, reason is ignored and facts are forgotten. The truth is that, with few exceptions, the courts have ordered
extensive busing only where communities refused to take other available measures to end deliberately imposed and maintained policies of
segregation.
Increasingly, too, the pressure by black parents for integration
through busing has declined , partly as a result of a rebirth of ethnic
pride among all minorities . It is mainly in situations where black parents despair of their children's chances ever to be able to partake in
first-rate schooling except outside their neglected ghetto schools that the
demand for massive busing persists - and rightly so.
It ouaht to be generally recognized by this time that neither integration nor education can be furthered by busing children from a superior
into an inferior educational or social environment. To do so would be
wrong even if the consequence were not so obviously the exodus from
the public schools of children who are to be forced to trade better for
worse.
The strategies of integration thus must focus sharply on the elimina•
tion of inferior schools. The proper process is one not of leveling down
but of raising up . To accomplish this requires a variety of tactics, in•
eluding rezoning of districts, phasing out of some schools, and the ere•
ation of "magnet schools" whose special educational offerings or general excellence attract pupils from many neighborhoods .
It would, however, be hypocrisy to igncre the fact that these solutions
will depend in varying degree on the availability of transportation.
The school bus was an American institution long before it became a
symbol for and against integration. Efforts to stop only those buses
which help to integrate the schools must be called by their right name
- a segregationist ploy to sabotage integration. New York Times
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Former Fresnan ·······-·······-·-······--·-Youth World ·-··-··----·······-Big Brothers -····--···--------Karate Awards · · - - - · · - - - - · - Poem · · · · · · · · - · - - - - - - - - - Christmas Prayer ..................................
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Nicki and Michelle hold the balloons they got at the Fowler Fall Festival
held recently. The weekend event featured food and game booths,
entertainment, and a queen coronation.
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INTERNS Jesse E. Cooley, Ill (left) and Al Maroney, both recent
graduates of the California School of Mortuary Science in San Francisco,
have passed the state board and are serving their internships with the
Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service in Fresno. Jesse Ill is carrying on the
family tradition - for three generations now - of service to Californians with business establishments in Fresno, Stockton, and Bakersfield.
Cooley is a graduate of Fresno High School and attended Alcorn University in Mississippi. He is the son of Jennie and Jesse E. Cooley, Jr.
Maroney, a graduate of Hoover High Schooi, attended Fresno City College and is currently enrolled at Fresno State University. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rozzi Dolphus. Both young men were recipients of the
J. E. Cooley Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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In a recent Playboy Magazine interview, World Heavyweight
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"I'd like to be remembered: as a Black man who won the
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up to him and who helped as many of his people as he could financially and also their fight for freedom, justice and equality.
As a man who wouldn't hurt his people's dignity by doing anything that would embarrass them. As a man who tried to unite
his people through the faith of Islam that he found when he listened to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. And if all that's asking
too much, then I guess I'd settle for being remembered only as a
great boxing champion who became a preacher and a champion
of his people.
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The Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma
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their 19th Annual Christmas Dance
at Fresno's Hilton Hotel on December 25, 1975. Highlighting the
evening will be the crowning of
the 1975-76 Sweetheart.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of the Gamma Xi Chapter extend an invitation to the public to
join them for an enjoyable and
funfilled Christmas night.
During the past month the
Sweetheart candidates have participated in a variety of social activities. They included
picnics,
dances, bowling and skating parties, and trips to Magic Mountain
and to the snow.
Maureen Wright, the 1974-75
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Pam Criswell, 19, FSU, Sagittarius

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Patricia M. Neal, 18, FCC, Scorpio

Linda F. Crum, 18, FCC, Sagittarius

Barbara Grayson, 19, FCC, Aquarius

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Lanare Leader Is 'Top Young Man'

Eddie Nolen, director of the Lanare
Community
Development
project of the Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission,
has been designated as one of
the "Outstanding Young Men of
America" for 1975.
Nolen, 25, was nominated for
the award by Rep. B. F. Sisk last
May " . . . in recognition of outstanding leadership and service to
the community."
The nomination was reviewed
by a board of advisors in Washington, D.C. Nolen was recently
notified of its approval.
"The best way to help people
help th e msel ves is to help them

financially first," Nolen said.
Nolen has organized many EOC
funded services for Lanare and the
rural communities of Laton, Caruthers, Riverdale, Burrough and
Raisin City since 1971.
The
Economic
Development
Farm Cooperative, one of the major programs, provides jobs to
low-income residents in the communities.
Nolen said the year-round coop farming currently involves 12
families farming 40 acres. He said
it will soon be expanded to include an additional 12 families.
And, for the first time since the
project began, the families are
earning a profit from their work,
Nolen said.
In addition, Nolen has organized youth recreation programs, a
summer community-run Head Start
senior citizens meals and recreation programs and a community
action group which deals with
problems of housing and schools.
The programs have the "full involvement and trust of the people, "
Nolen said. "It's rewarding to see
that you've helped people."
Nolen's biography and record of
accomplishments will be presented
in the 1975 volume of Outstanding Young Men of America to be
released in December.

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time in making Fresno City College
a better place in which to eat.
Mrs. White, food service coordinator for the State Center Community College District since February, initiated the refurbishment
of the college's staff dining room
and student cafeteria in an effort,
as she puts it, "to provide the
kind of quality food, service, and
atmosphere that most students
and staff deserve. "
According to the 25-year-old
Mrs. Wjiite, the staff dining area
has been refurnished with new
tables and padded chairs. New
draperies will be hung shortly and
student art work will soon adorn
the walls.
Mrs. White is the youngest as
well as the first black female administrator in the State Center
District.

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1Ilerry Chrlstmas
Nina Howell, 5, enjoys a tour around KLIP radio station with Woody
Miller, the station program director. Nino is the daughter of Elasio
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tion and evaluation of all personnel in the various instructional divisions , the library, and the instructional media resource services.
He w ill also coordinate the college·s summer session and Saturday program.
Since 1973, Odell has held the
position of Coordinator of Special
Servic.es and Veteran 's Affa irs at
the College.
Odell obtained his bachelor's
degree in History and Education
at St. Mary"s College in 1958_ He
then attended Fresno State Un iversity to receive his teaching credential.
In 1968 Odell was named Dea n
of Students at St. Ma ry·s Coll e ge.
Wh ile Dean the re, he was awarded th e distinguished Ma lco lm X
Award for outstanding lead ers hip
in education. In 1972 Od e ll left
th a t pos iti on in ord e r to obtain his
mas ters degree in Educational
Psychology at Cal ifornia State Univers iry ::i t Heyward.
O d ell was recently awarded the
O utston ding Educator of Am erica
for 1975. This award w as presented to him for his contri butions to
the a dvancement of higher education and service to the community.
Mr. Johnson is married and resides in Oakland with his wife and
two children.

Odell Johnson,

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Ken Marsha;!, a Cl ovis
High
School senior, was e lected California State reporter for the Distributive Education Clubs of A merica at their state conference in
Santa Cruz.
Ken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Marshall of Clovis, will coordinate
the communications between the
70 high school chapters in California's DECA.
DECA, which is one of five national vocational youth organ izations, strives to develop futu re
leaders in marketing a nd distribution.

Gregory Melancon, a junior at
Edison High School, has been
elected pres ident of Region 9 of
the California Association of Student Councils.
Region 9 represents about 55
high schools from Fresno, Ma dera ,
Mariposa, Merced and Tuolumne
Counties.
The association wo rks to benefit students
throughout California throu g h involvement with various educational groups, including
Students for
Legislative Action,
Senate Youth Program and th e
Western As sociation of Schools
and Colleges.
Melancon is student body commissioner of activities at Edison,
secretary of the California Scholarship Federation chapter, a member of the Fresno City Youth Com mission and chairman of Edison's
Student Activities Committee.
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Local Fraternity
Donates Cash,
Companionship
to Big Brothers

Doug Clemmons
Big Brother Staff Member

As part of thei r program to increase their current level of community involvement Alpha Phi Al pha Fraternity is adding Big Brother/Big Siste r to their Community
Service program.
The fraternity recently donated
$250 to Big Brothers/Big Sister to
I aid in th e operation of the program. In addition Alpha Phi Al pha plans a social function for
Black Little Brothers and their Big
Brothers.
Paul Fuller is one of three fraternity members who is a volunteer Big Brother. Fulle r, the fraternity treasurer, has been a Big
Brother for approximately six
months. Although married and
father of two children himself
Fuller has chosen to become per'.
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expressed that this type of personal involvement is very challenging
but is equally rewarding.
Currently, according to
Doug
Clemmons of Big Brothers staff, a
substantial portion of the Big Brother /Big Sister caseload
comes
from West Fresno or other communities with similar economic
status. However, he informed,
there are very few Big Brothers
from these areas.
Because of this chronic shortage
of Black Big Brothers, the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity plans to become more involved with the local Big Brother/Big Sister
program.
Interested community persons
are invited to participate also. For
111ore information contact Douglas
Clemmons at 488-5247 or
2685737.
November-December, 1975

AWARD CELEBRATION Central California Martial Arts Association
Karate Tournaments. David Davis (far left) received the top award for
the Black Belt Fighter of the Year and also the Martial Artist of the
Year Award. Rex Shropshire, age 9, received the top award in his
division for the top Fighter of the Year. Eric Wade Coleman, age 17,
took first place in Long Beach International Karate Championship. This
tournam ent is one of the biggest karate meets in the world. Eric won
8 straight fights in order to have received this valuable award. Eric
attends Edison High School. David Jimenez (far right) received the top
award for kata competition in the black belt division. Some of the students not in the picture were: Frankie Abina, Sonia Abina, and Terry
Coleman who all received outstanding awards. The awards were presented at Tang's Restaurant in Fresno.

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BLACK MUSLIM LEADER
Brother Minister Albert, is leader
of Fresno's Muhamm ad's Temple
No. 39 of th e Nation of lslam(Black Muslims) . He was assigned
to Fresno five months ago to help
local members "grow in mentality. "
Brother Albert is a native of
Fl orida who came to Ri versi de,
Calif., in 195B and was converted
to Muslimism there. He worked in
the Riverside temple for 11 years
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western regional leader, Abjul Ka-

rim Hasan.
He was sent to Fresno by Hasan,
but has not yet moved his family
here. His wife is a registered nurse
and he has four children. His salary, as are those of all the Muslim ministers, is paid out of the
Chicago headquarters.
Brother Albert sees his mission
in Fresno as helping the Nation
of Islam grow, not only in num bers but in understanding and
knowledge " so that we're
ready for the harvest. It's harvest
time now."

"I do not want a great political party which nearly lost its soul
in Vietnam to sell its soul on the issue of busing . Busing is one
way to pay the bill for the ancient regime of racism . There may
be other ways, but none of them will be painless or priceless . We
cannot hide from it, or lie about it, or postpone it or pretend that
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