The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, September 1978

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eng Grapevine, September 1978

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eng Grapevine Magazine

Date

eng 1978-09

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Congresswoman
Yvonne B. Burke
California's Attorney
General Candidate

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Most everyone agree that Black people have made progress
over the past ten years. Much of this progress has been reported
by.the Grapevine Magazine. For example, an article In this edition
reports that the National Roster of Black Elected officials states
that since 1969 Blacks have made tremendous progress In
polltlcs. In 1969, there were only 400 elected officials, today there
are over 4,000.
The Grapevine Magazine has also featured many articles on
Black people who have become very successful and wealthy In
sports, entertainment, business, etc. Many who once llved In
delapldated homes and apartments now llve In fine fashionable
homes with swimming pools. They drive Cadlllacs, Mercedes
Benzs, Rolls Royce, and take vacations In Hawaii, Africa, Europe,
and the Carrfbbeans. Many are now skiing, playing tennis and
golf; sports once played only by the well-to-do whites.
Most Black people feel proud to see Black people progressing
polltlcally, flnanclally, academically, and socially. But It wlll
mean more to them to know that those who have escaped poverty
and the ghettos wlll not forget those who have not. Blacks who
have escaped must not forget the high unemployment rate, the
cotton fields, the fac~rles, the canneries, etc. where they once
worked. They must not forget those Black people who are sick and
old who cannot llve without help from the welfare departments.
Successful Black people must not forget that Black people In
the United States 88 a whole are stlll In a depressed state. We are
stlll being discriminated against and being mistreated.
We sincerely hope that those Blacks who have made It do not
Just sit back and talk about those who have not, but extend a hand
to those who are not 88 fortunate.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MISS

BLACK

AMERICA

You probably have
the Btli.

Miss Kimber, a dedicated
Christian young lady, performed a
gymnastic rountine as her talent
-to the Strauss classic "The Blue
Danube". Whlle in high school she
received the honor of "Most
Outstanding Gymnast" at Hoover
High. She also served as student
body president her senior year and
was listed in "Who's Who Among
High School Students."

1. Change in bowel or
bladder habits.

I, Asore that does not
heal
3. Unusual bleeding or

Ronald V. Dellums
Member of Congress
Oakland

discharge.
Dear Editor:

4. Thickening or lump

Singer Kellie Patterson, Miss
lndiana-1972, was the special
guest star and one of the six
judges. She recently recorded the
hit song "If It Don't Fit, Don't
Force It."

in breast or elsewhere.

I have had the privilege of
reading the Grapevine . The
structure is most attractive and is
very informative.

8, Indlgest.Jon or dlffi
culty in swa.llowmg.
6, 0bvious change m
wart or

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mole.

Mrs. Brenneca W i ley of
Fresno, director of the Beauty
Pageant said the contestants
received over $2,000 in cash ,
awards and prizes.

7. Nagging cough or
hoarseness.

Dear Editor :

8.

I am glad to see you expand
the "Grapevine" statewide. I have
read each issue since you began
in 1969. It is so much more
educational
than
most
publications. The amount of black
news and black history is
tremendous. I enjoy reading each
issue.

A fear of cancer that
can prevent you from

detect.mg cancer at an
early stage. A stage
when it is tughly curable. Everyone's afraid
of cancer. but don't let
it sea.re you to death.

I

FRESNO COUNTY

Melba Jackson, 18, a freshman at
Fresno City College was second
runner up, and Miss Yolanda
Greenwood, 21, a Junior at Fresno
State University was third runner
up.

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Dear Editor:
I found
the Grapevine
Magazine's first statewide edition
to be very thoughtfully put
together; it is certainly a positive
benefit to have information of and
about Black people featured in
such succinct and readable form.
Congratulations and best wishes
for future success.

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MISS TERRI KIMBER, an 18
year old 5'4" freshman pre-law
student at Fresno State University, was recently crowned Miss
Black America, Fresno County.

Miss Kimber, daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Lesly Kimber of Fresno,

will go on to compete in the state
pageant in July. The location of
the pageant will be announced at a
later date.

Miss Jackie Smith, 18, a
Fresno High School Senior and
Homeco mi ng Queen at her
school, was first runner up; Miss

Sy Betty Johnson

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BLACK OWNS MC

DONALD'S

RESTAURANT

Magazine article about McDonald's plans to attract more
minority owners caught his eye,
so he applied to the fast-food
franchises.
Three years and $225,000 later,
Mayo and his wife, Maxine, had a
restaurant in Pleasant Hill. It
annually serves up 1.5 million
hamburgers and generates sales
of $350,000. Of that sum, McDonald's take is 11.5 percent.
Of the 38 Northern California
owners, several are owned by
minorities. Nationally, McDonald
says 101 of its 1100 owneroperators are m,norities. Mayo,
however, is the first practicing
physician to head one of the 80
associations in the U.S. and he is
also one of the first black owners
to head such an association in a
major metropolitan market.
As an assistant clinical
professor in the department of
dermatology at the University of
California in San Francisco, the
41-year-old doctor puts in 16 to 20
hours a week at the Pleasant Hill
restaurant.
His wife puts in 40 to 50 hours
a week and actually runs the dayto-day operations.
"If I didn't have my wife," Mayo
admitted, "I'd be a failure."

Dr. Arthur W. W-.dyo, a San
Francisco dermatologist and
owner of a McDonald's restaurant
in Pleasant Hill is the newly
elected president of the Northern
California McDonald's operators
association. The association is
primarily concerned with advertising and community service
and is composed of 38 owneroperators who run the 88 McDonald's restaurants from Salinas
to Ukiah.
Mayo said that a 1971

Ancient Proverb
"The man who has health has hope,
and the man who has hope has everything."
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BLACK NAMED SHERIFF FOR

EUGENE A. BROWN, a former
police and one-time University of
San Francisco basketball star, has
been named sheriff of San
Francisco. He is the first black to
hold the post and was appointed
by Mayor George Moscone, filling
a two-month vacancy.
Brown, 42, Is a former community relatlons officers with the
U.S. Department of Justice and
had been the Small Business
Administration's compllance and
civil rights director for eight
western states.
The appointment was lauded

SAN FRANCISCO

by the police chief, the district
attorney, civic leaders, and even
unsuccessful candidates for the
job. Brown promised not to
disappoint them.
"If our jails are revolving-door
warehouses, they should be made
as humane as possible, as much
as the budget allows, with better
medical care and educatlonal
courses," Brown said.
He said he will build on the
progressive policies of his
predecessor, Richard Hongisto,
who resigned to become police
chief of Cleveland.
At USF in the 1950s he was a
basketball whiz, an All-American
Guard on its championship team
that won 60 consecutive games.
His team was co-captained by
such greats as K.C. Jones and 8 111
Russell, Jones and Brown were
named to the USF Hall of Fame.
Brown's salary as an officlal of
the
Small
Business
Administration $30,000 a year. As
sheriff he will receive $36,000,
which could reach $38,000 th is
year.

WESTSIDE AlJTO SATES
HOME OF No DOWN PAYMENT OCA
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REVIS,

OWNER

ALAMEDA COLLEGE DEAN NEW MERRITT PRESIDENT

from San Francisco State and Is
working toward a doctorate at the
University of California at
Berkeley.
Before becoming dean of
student services at Alameda
Greene was a coordinator of
student activities at Laney
College. He also was an Instructor
at Contra Costa College, a
rehabllltation therapist for the
State of California, and a coordinator of programs at a Richmond Neighborhood House.
He Is a member of the Council
on Black American Affairs of the
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the
California Personnel Guidance
Association, and the N.A.A.C.P.
JOHN B. GREENE, 37, dean of
student service at Alameda
College, was named president of
Merritt College In Oakland,
California.
Greene, an administrator with
the Peralta College District for 1O
years, will take over Immediately,
replacing Donald H. Godbold,
who was recently appointed vice
chancellor.
Greene was among 114 persons who applied for the job. A
graduate of Fresno State College,
Greene holds a master's degree

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"John stood up against 114
other candidates for the job and
emerged successfully," Constance Ormond, president of the
district's board of trustees, said In
announcing the appointment.
"It is a significant challenge to
move to the top of one of the
finest two-year colleges In the
United States," Greene said.
Merritt
College
has
a
reputation for excellence, he said,
adding that he Intends "to perpetuate that excellence."

BARBARA JORDAN WILL NOT
SEEK REELECTION

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

BARBARA JORDAN, 41, who
five years ago became the first
black woman to be elected to the
House of Representative from
Texas since Reconstru-::tlon, and
who gained national prominence
for her part in the Nixon impeachment hearings in 1974, said
she would not seek reelection, but
declined to discuss her future
plans.

JAMES

TO

BROWN

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WEAL THY

PICKER

ENTERTAINER

JAMES BROWN has earned 44
gold records and has sold over 80
million records over h Is 21-year
recording career. Brown, who was
i:,oor as a youth In h Is native
Augusta , Ga., is now one of the
world's wealthiest Black en·
tertainers. The former cotton·
picker owns three radio stations, a
production company, theatrical
agency ,
real
estate,
and
management booking agency . He
also spent time helping other
black people who are In business.

JACK NOLDEN has been hired
as a news reporter for KMJ-TV
Channel 24 Fresno, California. He
left a television station In Lansing,
Michigan to accept the position In
Fresno .
Nolden worked his way
through college at Callfornla State
North r-ldge In Los Angeles. He
graduated In 1976 with a B.A.
degree i n journalism.

REV. E.L. SANDERSON, 40,

has been appointed unanimously
by the Wasco City Council to a
four-year term on the Wasco
Planning and Zoning Commission. He is pastor of the
Rising Star Baptist Church In
Wasco and recently earned a PhD
in psychology. He succeeds
Howard Tucker, who served two
terms on the comm ission , and
was not eligible to be reappointed .

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BLACK WOMAN HEAD OF
CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES

BLACK RACE CAR DRIVER

MRS. DORIS ALEXIS, 56, was
named by Governor Jerry Brown
as director of the 7,000 employee
Department of Motor Vehicles.
She is the first black woman he
has appointed to head a department.
Mrs. Alexis, a Republican,
rose from the ranks as a $1 .33
temporary employee 23 year ago.
She has been a deputy director
since 1975 and succeeds Herman
Sillas who was appointed by
President Carter to be a U.S.
Attorney.

WILLY T. RIBBS, 23, of San
Jose, California Is the first black
racing car driver to win a championship. This last season, he
entered 11 races and won six
victories, placed second four
times and third once.

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Rlbbs completed his first year
of racing In Europe because he felt
racers could not progress In
SPORTS
America the way they do In
JACKIE WHITE, 15, of San
Europe. His tour In the European
circuit while competing In the Joaquin Memorial High School In
Formula Ford division has earned Fresno, Csllfornla Is one of the
Rlbbs the most Outstanding most talented female basketball
Driver of the Year, Dunlap Star of player In the state. The 5 ft. 8
sensation
has
tomorrow, Road Racer of the year, sophomore
seven
and the most Outstanding averaged 25 points,
rebounds, four assists and three
Overseas Driver awards.
blocked shots per game. She has
Rlbbs made his American lead her team to their second
debut April 1, at the Long Beach straight volley championship and
Grand Prix when he drove In the a birth In the elite Tournament of
Champions In Oakland.
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NEW BERKELEY POLICE CHIEF
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was recently selected as the urban
pol ice
chief
of
Berkeley,
California. He had spent his entire
28-year career on the Oakland
police force.
Sylvester has been known as
the "Jackie Robinson of the
Oakland Police Department"
because of his advancement
through the ranks to positions
never before held by blacks.
He was the first black to be a
seJgeant , a lieutenant, a captain
and deputy chief in Oakland. And
now he will be the first black to
hold the chief's job in Berkeley.
Syl vester and hi s wife,
Doro t hy , I Ive in Oakland 's
fashionable Montclair district.

Humanitarian awards in honor
of the birthday of Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. were presented at
Glide Memorial Church to four
well-known Bay Area people.
The fifth annual King awards
were presented at the big church
in the Tenderloin to Assemblyman
Willie Brown, Buchanan YMCA
director Yori Wada, and international Peace activist Kay
Cole. A posthumous award, to the
late Betty Dederich, was accepted
by her husband Charles Dederich,
founder of Synanon.
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CONGRESSWOMAN
YVONNE BRAITHWAITE BURKE
CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE
.

YVONNE
BRAITHWAITE
BURKE, California's first black

congresswoman, is a 45-year-old
attorney who now hopes to
become the first black and first
woman to be attorney general of
California. In fact, she said, there
has never been a woman attorney
general in any state.
In her formal announcement of
candidacy, Burke states, "People
want little more than a safe place
to live, employment and the right
to walk to a corner market without
fearing for their safety. I envision
an attorney general's office which
will work aggressively and
tirelessly to protect the citizens of
California in every way it is legally
empowered to."
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Burke said she saw crime first
hand in her ten years as an Inner
city attorney. She also was a
hearing officer fort he Los Angeles
Police Commission, served on the
Assembly Criminal
Justice
Committee when she was a state
assemblywoman and serves on
the House of Representatives
Committee which finances the
Department of Justice, FBI and
federal anti-crime programs.
During her more than five years
in the House, Burke has Introduced more than 20 bllls and
major
amendments.
She
represents California's 28th
Congressional District.
Burke's term in Congress ends
this year. By declaring her candidacy for sta!e attorney general,
she becomes ineligible to run for
another term .
Mrs. Burke, a native of '.os
Angeles, received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of
California at Los Angeles In
Political Science, and her law
degree from the University of
Southern California School of
Law. She was admitted to 'he
California Bar in 1956. She is a
member of the Board of Trustees
serving the University of Southern
California and a member of the
UCLA Foundation.
Her husband, William A.
Burke, is a Los Angeles
businessman . Mrs. Burke has a 4year-old daughter,
Autumn
Roxanne, and a stepdaughter,
Christine Burke.

Congr
Yvonn
Califor
Genera

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NEW SIGMA SWEETHEART
MISS JEAN GILBREATH was
chosen as the 1978 Sweetheart of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in
Fresno, California. She was
selected from a field of ten
contestants at the annual
Sweetheart Bal I at the Fresno
Hilton Hotel.
Miss Gilbreath, 19, is a
sophomore Crim inoiogy major at
Fresno State University. She is a
member on the girls college
basketball team .
The cand idates were judged on
their personality, attitude, and
participation in Sigma's fraternity
activities.

OF

THE

MONTH

Vlma Canson

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jim Reason

QUOTE

JIM REASON, a three-year
varsity standout at Roosevelt High
School, has been named North
Yosemite League Player of the
Year for the second straight
season in a vote of NYL coaches.
He lead his team to a 14-0 NYL
mark and No. 1 spot in the valley
rankings.
Reason, who shared Player of
the Year honors last season with
teammate Quentin Brown , has
been the key force in leading
Roosevelt to three straight NYL
titles. The 6-foot 8½ senior center
has played every game in the
Riders' 31-game NYL w inning
streak.
Th is season , Reason finished
second in NYL scoring w it h a 20.1
average and pulled do wn 10
rebounds per game.

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The NAACP, declaring tnat whites have b&iiefltted for years
from "special admissions" pollcles, recently denounced a federal
court order requiring the University of Callfomla to enroll a woman
who charged she had been denied admission because she Is
white.
"Special admissions for sons and daughters of alumnl,
especlally rich alumni, football players, baton twirlers, and
basketball players are as common with Institutions of higher
leamlng In this country as good old American apple pie," Vlma
Canson, director of the West Coast region of the NAACP, said In a
written statement.
''The furor starts when blacks and other minorities seek to
fulfill their desire for pr.>tes ior.al training."

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JUDGE GOODWIN RUNS FOR
GOVERNOR ON A TICKET WITH
THE LORD .
Berkeley
Mayor
Warren
Widener announced a $4 million
program that, he said, woul,d
guarantee jobs to all the city s
disadvantaged youths of high
school age, at minimum wage for
a period of 18 months, provided
they agree to continue their
educations. The system would
provide monitoring of attendance
and performance at school.

JOSEPHINE LONG, a social
worker with the Fresno County

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Welfare Department, is Gov.
Brown's newest appointee to the
Fresno District Fair board of
directors.
Her appointment was announced as she was installed at
the board's monthly meeting. She
succeeds Lawrence E. Wayte,
whose term expired this year.
Mrs. Long is the first black
ever to serve on the fair board. She
came to Fresno, California in 1945
with her husband, John, who died
in 1968.
Her husband was the first
black officer with the Fresno
Police Department and Mrs. Long
worked 16 years as a switchboard
operator with the department
before taking her position with the
welfare department in 1964.
She was named one of the top
10 business women of the year in
1970 by the American Business
Women's Association.

From behind a pulpit and in
front of a large painting of Jesus
Christ on the wall, Municipal
Judge Hugh Wesley Goodwin of
Fresno, Callfornla announced he
Is a candidate for governor.
The Lord made him do it, he
said.
"Christ has again honored
me," the unconventional jurist
told some 50 supporters gathered
in the Fresno Rescue Mission.
"He has chosen me to be His
candidate for governor In the
November elections."
With a Bible at his side,
Goodwin read his declaration of
candidacy from a four-page
statement
and
received a
prolonged standing ovation when
he finished. "By doing this," he
said of the Lord, "He Is offering to
the people of this state something
that hasn't been offered to the
people of any other state In the
nation-a chance to choose as
governor someone who will
openly look to Him and put Him in
charge of our governmental affairs."
A registered Democrat, the 56year-old son of a Baptist minister
said he is not seeking the
nomination of any party.
"For too long people have
placed their faith in political
parties," he said. They have failed,
he said, because they suffer from
the same affliction that plagues
the rest of society.

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Judge Hugh Goodwin

"They have attempted to go
along without God," he said.
Goodwin, who has had some
problems of his own with the state
over his church-or-jail sentencing
practices, said his name probably
will not be on the ballot, that he
will run as a writeln candidate.
Appointed to the bench by
Gov. Brown in January 1976, he
will be on the primary ballot as a
candidate for re-election to the
judgeship. So far, one candidate,
Fresno attorney Carl Evans, has
announced he will run against
him .
"I don't think the people can
avoid taking my candidacy
seriously," he said. "The only
question they have to decide is are
they going to vote with God or
without God."

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MARSHEILA DE VAN has reigned Miss Black Galaxy U.S.A. for the
past year. The 5'8" Seaside, Callfomla beauty wlll crown the new 1978
San Joaquin Valley, Miss Black Galaxy on May 20, 1978, at the Travel
Lodge In Fresno, Callfomla. The purpose of MIH Black Galaxy la to
help restore pride and dignity within the young Black Women. Miu De
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CALIFORNIA'S HIGHEST
Nine Gallfornlas were listed In
Ebony Magazine's survey of the
highest paid Black public officials
in the United States whose
salaries were $50,000 and above.
Heading the nine Gallfornlans
on the 11st was Justice Wiley
Manuel, the first Black Member of
the Gallfornla Supreme Court. He
earns $62,935 per year. Dr. James
B. Taylor, deputy superintendent
for operation of the Los Angeles
Unified School District, earns
$59,748.
Associate J ustlce
Bernard Jefferson of the California
Court of Appeals earns $59,200.
U.S. Representatives of California
Yvonne B.
Burke, Ronald

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The federal government ,
search ing for ways to improve
education and diminish school
violence, is getting behind the
Rev. Jesse Jackson's program
that involves parents and community leaders in helping to
motivate students.
Jackson's " PUSH for Excellence Inc." received two grants
totaling $45,000, and HEW
Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr.
said he expects more federal
support to follow.
He said Jackson's program has
motivated students in cities where
it has been tried since it was
started in Washington In 1975. He
said it "seeks to mobilize commun lty leaders and parents and,
through them, to generate and
reinforce in students a desire for
attaining basic skills and a respect
for school, teachers, family and
self. "
The program now is operating
in 11 Los Angeles high schools,
nine in Chicago and one in Kansas
City with backing from the Los
Angeles Board of Education, Ford
Foundation and Chicago Community Trust.
The 36-year-old Jackson, once
an aide to the late Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. , uses h Is
preaching skills to warn teenagers against drugs, alcohol ,
premature pregnancy and sex, and
televised sex and violence.
Students who lack the
discipline to turn off television
cannot hope to succeed in such

Dr. Jamn Taylor

BLACK OFFICIALS

Dellums, Augustus Hawkins, each
earn $57,500. Or. Josie Bain
associate superintendent of Los
Angeles Unified School District
earns $56,589 and Or. James G.
Bond, President of California
State University-Sacrame nto,
earns $54,900.
Or. James G. Houghton , the
$84,000 a year executive director
of the Chicago based Cook
County Hospital Governing
Commission Is among the
nation's highest-paid pub lic
officials Irrespective of race, and
Is probably the top paid Black
public official.

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REV. JESSE JACKSON

demanding professions as law or
medicine, where blacks are now a
small minority , Jackson told a
news conference.
Jackson's approach includes
asking students to pledge to do
two hours of homework a night
with no distractions, and asking
parents to make sure they do It.
Teachers are asked to assign
enough work and notify parents by
phone when a student misses two
days of school.

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MUSICAL CONTEST

O.J. SIMPSON COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER FOOTBALL YEAR

EARL R. MEYERS, JR. won
first place in the annual musical
contest of the Musicolorama in
Los Angeles, recently•
The Musicolorama is an annual
th e
event
sponsored
by
A'Capriccio Music Guild of Los
Angeles whose purpose is to
enhance the cultural and intellectual level of music lovers,
and to promote the spiritual and
financial growth in the church,
school and community.
Meyers sung the aria "Ombre
di mia prosapla" from La
Gioconda. He was also the winner
of the Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and the San Francisco
Opera Auditions for the San
Joaquin Valley last year.

O.J. SIMPSON finally Is
coming back to his hometown in
San Francisco to play football.
The San Francisco 49ers
agreed to take over the final year
of Simpson's three-year contract
at a salary of $733,000 annually in
exchange for five future draft
choices.
Simpson, 30, grew up in San
Francisco's Impoverished Hunters
Point, played his early football at
Galileo High School and City
College of San Francisco, and
then went on to become one of the
greatest running backs in the
history of football.

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U.S. STATE OFFICIAL

JOAN BRANN, 47, was
recently sworn in as director of the
U.S. Department of State's San
Francisco Reception Center by
U.S. District Judge Cecil Poole.
Brann, who gave up her job as
program development analyst with
the San Francisco Housing

Authority, beat out such tormidable competitors as Mrs. John
W. Abbott, Mrs. Melvin Belli, Mrs.
Ronald Pelosi, Mrs . Donald
Pritzker and Mrs. Richard Swig, to
say nothing of her immediate
predecessor, Bernice Behrens
who served under Presidents
Nixon and Ford.
Brann has also been active in
the NAACP and a variety of other
civil rights causes and won
widespread support from black
community leaders because of
that work.
Directorship of the San
Francisco center (which at top
scale carries a $30,000-a-year
salary) is unique because It is the
only one of five in the country that
remains appointive.

RILES WILL SEEK THIRD TERM
IN EDUCATION POST

. State school chief Wilson
Aries, the first black elected to
state~ide office in California, said
he wril seek a third and final term
as chief overseer of the education
of 4.4 million children.
. " For me to walk away at this
time would not be true to the trust
people have put in me and I
w~ul~n't be true to myself," Riles
sard rn an interview.
But the 60-year-old state
superintendent of public lntruction added that if re-elected
he pl~ns to make his third term his
last rn the nonpartisan office.

Youth

MISS JACQUELINE SMITH
has proven her ability as a leader.
She was elected the first Black
Sophomore class president of
Fresno High School in Fresno,
California in 1975. She has also
lead the school spirit for three
consecutive
years
as
a
cheerleader.
Recently Miss Smith was
crowned
the
first
Black
Homecoming Queen. She Is a
Sartior and plans to attend Fresno
State University as a Criminology
Major.
Miss Smith is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Smith Sr. of
Fresno. She is a member of
Fellowship Baptist Church.
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PEOPLE

_T~e Fresno Employment and
Trarn.'ng Commission (FETC) has
8 PP?~nted Charles Francis to the
positron of deputy director. He is
a Fresno State graduate his
community activities inciudes
m~mbership in the West Fresno
Wrse Men Club, the Black Political
Council and he is present
treasurer and former president of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

CHARLES FRANCIS

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CALIFORNIA REPRESENTIVE
RON DELLUMS HONORED

REP.
RON DELLUMS was
honored recently for his outstanding service as a member of
the House of Representatives for
the city of Berkeley, California.
Many well known community
leaders Including Oakland 's flrS t
Black Mayor Lionel Wilson , turned
out for the banquet.
Honorable Andrew Young ,
U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations was the guest speaker for
the testimonial.
REP. RONALD DELLUMS

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BLACKS IN POLITICS

Senator Brooke

Mayor Bradley

Since 1969 there has been a
steady rise in the number of black
elected officials In the U.S. Even
so, blacks, who comprise 11
percent of the population, account
for less than 1 percent of the
approximately 525,000 elected
officials in the nation.
For every 100,000 blacks In
this country, there are 19 elected
black officials. For every 100,000
non-blacks, there are 282 nonblack officials .
Generally
the
regional
distribution of elected blacks
reflects the distribution of black
population
throughout
the
country.
Of all black elected officials,
60 percent are found In the South,
which has 53 percent of the

DERMER'S

national black population.
According to the 1977 edition
of "National Roster of Black
Elected Officials," 4311 black
officials oc.;upled elective office
In July 1977, up from 3979 In 1976.
Mississippi had the most black
elected officials with 295; Illinois
ranked
second
with
281;
Louisiana third with 276;
Michigan and the District of
Columbia fourth with 251.
Currently there are 16 black
Representatives and one Senator,
Ed Brooke (R., Mass.), In the U.S.
Congress.
Los Angeles Is the largest city
Ir , the country with a black mayor,
Tom Bradley. He Is one of 162
black mayors. [ Parade]

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Peninsula Unified School District and a member of Association of
Callfomla School Administrators Board of Directors, has been appointed Associate Superintendent for Elementary Education Programs
for the California State Department of Education.

Aili iii
Gertrude Gipson, entertainment editor of the Los Angeles Sentinel ,
was named Ida B. Wells Media Woman of the Year at the 12th annual
convention of the National Association of Media Women, held at the
Los Angeles Hilton Hotel.

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George Wllllam Hunter, a deputy district attorney In the San
Francisco district attorney's office, has been approved by the U.S.
Senate to a four-year team as the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of California.

A "three-way learning cor,tract" between parents, teachers
and students has been proposed
by Oakland, Cal If. school
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what the the three groups are
expected to contribute to the
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Ms. Love says the contract Is
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It requires the home and school
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TOP GIRL ATHLETE

KATHY HAYNES of Madera
High School in Madera, California
is a supurb athlete. In fact, many
observers call her the finest allround female prep athlete in the
Central California. The figures
bear them out.
Now a 17-year-old senior,
Haynes is in her third varsity
season as a starter for the Coyote
volleyball squad. As one of the
more dominating forces in the
valley, she led the Coyotes to a
valley championship last season
and has paced Madera to a 14-0
NYL record to gain a berth In the
valley playoffs.
This will also mark Haynes'
third season as a starter on the
Coyotes' varsity basketball team.
Last season she was a marvel,
scoring a blistering 25 points per
game and grabbing 14 rebounds
per contest en route to capturing
NYL Player-of-the-year honors.
Haynes, a great leaper at 5foot-9, doesn't do all of her
jumping on the volleyball or
basketball courts. She has been to
the state track meet twice and
finished in the top 11 in the long
jump each time.

EDUCATION

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replacing Carl Young who recently
resigned. The Vietnam veteran
attended schools In the school
district before graduating from
Washington Union High School In
Easton. He also attended Fresno
City College, Pacific College and
Fresno State University.
Mr. Stovall Is employed as a
Neighborhood Self-Help Improvement Program supervisor for
the City of Fresno. He Is a
Minister at the Witness of Jesus
Christ Church In West Fresno and
also serves as President and
director over the choir and Vice
President of the Young People In
the Central Valley Region for the
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Region for the Pentecostal
Assemblies of the World (PAW).
He and his wife, lletha are the
parents of three children Tammy
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In addition to weight lifting
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Glaude states, "I plan to attend
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Baptist minister under a special
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Young, 27, the former All-Pro
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with a lot of gifts and now its time
for me to say a few words on
behalf of the person who gave
them to me."
Young said that while growing
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time. Now it's time for me to
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is a church officer, he said ..
Young is a product of Ed ison
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MAXINE WELDON - GOD IS PART OF HER LIFE

After being welcomed Into
Maxine Weldon 's fash ionable ,
Brentwood apartment where she
lives with her son , Kendall , one
can immediately feel the love and
warmth which sincerely flows
unceasingly.
Maxine's cllmb to success
began with a child's daydreams,
which are generally ubiquitous to
disadvantaged children . But to
her, these daydreams became
determination to the point of
fixation and later reality. Although
she was born in Holdenville,
Oklahoma, to a deeply religious
muslc teacher (who later became a
minister) and his wife, Maxine
grew up in Bakersfield discovering
how "wealthy" she was with
musical talents and Important to
life.
Her God-fearing parents, to
whom she attributes her success,
insisted that she attend church
regularly; whether the attendance
meant being seated comfortably
inside a chapel or uncomfortably
seated under a tent In sometimes
sweltering weather.
After attempting to put Into
practice the sermons she had
heard and completing nurses'
training, Maxine realized that a
change had to be made in her life.
"I sang on the radio with my sister
and formed a local singing group ,
but It wasn't until I had moved to
Hawaii and worked as a nurse that
I decided to develop my musical
talents. "

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" My career almost ended engagement at the Etc., and
before it began during my first recorded four albums. Her name
engagement in Honolulu with a became linked with famous stars
fire which destroyed everything such as Kris Kristofferson who
except one little room where the wrote in liver notes for her album ,
ice machine and my gowns were "Some Slngln' " .. .I remember
kept. But I never had the time for wishing that Leon Russell, James
any negative thoughts, because I Taylor and Bob Dylon were there
was soon on my way to Tokyo, to hear how she interpreted their
where I learned to sing in song, .. It's a creative experience.
Japanese and Korean , and later I One every song writer should get
had engagements in the Philip- to enjoy before he dies."
pean s, Hong Kong, Formosa,
Her appearances on major TV
Malaya, and Okinowa."
shows included the Tonight
In Korea, Maxine fell in love Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas
and married a handsome Korean. and Bill Cosby Special. She
"When an old Aries falls in love " opened for the O'Jays in
Maxine says, "Honey, that's it! Philadelphia, played Mr. Kelly's in
We wanted to begin a new life, so Chicago, The Omni Auditorium in
we moved back to the States. This Atlanta and the Los Angeles
was the beginn ing of the school of Music Center with Peter Nero and
hard-knocks ; not in my career, Johnny Mathis. She has also been
but learni ng about myself as a heard and seen in commercials
woman."
including one for the Bell
After the birth of her son and Telephone Co. and a famous
working as a nurse again, M~xine alcoholic beverage.
?onciuded that "entertaining was
Despite the confusion among
in my blood ." Although she had
critics and others her decision to
many fans in San Francisco, she go into Country-Western has
knew she had to move to Los caused, Maxine affirms, "I enjoy
Angeles if she wanted to expand Country music more than blues,
and grow to become known as a jazz and any other style of music,
"Superstar."
and I have no Intentions of
"The Ye Little Club in Los changing . I have gone through the
Angeles was my first break but
pains and sufferings of show
things began to happen after was business-now I want to enjoy It."
booked in the Etc., a place where
Her love for God, and respect
everybody who was anybody
for her fellowman , determination
passed through those doors."
and persistance has led to a
Maxine rece i ved two record
nomination for ''Who's Who In
contracts during her five-year
Black America, 1977-78."

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ONE SOLITARY LIFE
He was bom In an obsure
vlllage. He worked In a carpenter ·
shop untll He was thirty. He then
became an Itinerant preacher. He
never held an office. He never had
a family or owned a house. He
didn't go to college. He had no
credentials but hlmself. He was
only thirty-three when the public ,
turned against him. His friends ;
ran away. He was turned ·over to
his enemies and went through the
mockery of a trial. He was nailed ft,.., ,
to a cross between two thieves.
Whlle he was dying, his >f
executioners gambled for his ;,,; . '
clothing, the only property he had
on earth. He was lald In a ,,
borrowed grave. Nineteen cen- it,
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today he Is the central figure of 1
the human race. All the armies
that ever marched, all the navies
that ever salled, all the
parliaments that ever sat, and all
the kings that ever reigned have
not affected the llfe of man on this
earth as much as that ONE
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