The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, July-August 1979

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LETTER FROM
THE PUBLISHER
Dear New Reader,
The Grapevine Magazine was founded in 1969 to serve Central California with the goal of offering a black media that would accentuate the
positive aspects of black people. Over these past 10 years we feel that we
have successfully filled part of the void created by some non-black media
who have only accentuated the negative aspects of black people.
Based on this positive approach and the past support of the black community, we have expanded our operations to the Southern California area.
In this and future editions; we will be addressing the areas of business,
economics, politics, education, etc ... as they relate to black people. With
your support and concern it is felt that the Grapevine Magazine in
Southern California will continue to be an aggressive and enlightening
voice for black people. Therefore, we encourage our readers to communicate with us as individuals or groups so that we may work together to
continue to indentify and publish positive and progressive information
concerning black people.

~
Frank J
son
Publisher & Editor

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Volume II, Number 1 July-August 1979
Teen Queen ................. 6
Dining Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New College President . . . . . . . . 8
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
State News .................. 12
NAACP .................... 13
Business ................... . 14
Quotes ..................... 1.S
Lou Gossett. ................ 16
Book Review ................ 20
Caterer ....•................ 21
Religion .................... 22
Influential Black Americans ... 23
Todd Bridges ................ 31
Beauty ..................... 33
Black History ............... 34

Youth ...................... 36
Verbum Dei. ................ 38
Vacation Time .............. 40
National .................... 41
Health ..................... 42
Sports ...................... 43
Remembering ............... 4.S
True and False Test .......... 46
Little Richard ............... 47
Hilly Hicks ................. 49
Black Consumer ............. .SI
Poetry ..................... .S3
Hollywood ................. .S6
Music ...................... .S8
Model of the Month .......... .S9
Disco Awards ............... 62

Editor and Publisher
Frank J. Johnson
Photographers
Advertising
Earl Bradley
Anthony Kelley
Cal Hamilton
Secretary-Accountant
Fashion Editor
Troy Johnson
Sharon L. Bridges
Betty J. Johnson
Contributing Photographers
MIISlc Writer-Critic
Willie Dooley
Distributor
Stacy Kasee Richmond
Frank Johnson II
Ronnie Kaufman
Public Relations
Ray Johnson

Published bi-monthly by Grapevine Mqazine, Inc. Southern California office at 3600
Wibhlre Blvd., Suite 1510, Los Angeles, California 90010. Central California office at 1012
S. Trinity, Fresno, California 93706. © Cop)'riaht 1979 by Grapevine Magazine, Inc.
Reproduction of any artwork, editorial material or copy prepared by the publisher and appearina in this publication is strictly prohibited without the written consent of the publisher.

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Part-owner Katie Seard and waitress.

food
THE BULL "N" CLAW

TEEN QUEEN 1979 -Monique
Burton is all smiles after bemg
crowned Miss Sugar Ray Foundation Teen Queen 1979 at the Bilt-

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more Hotel. From left are entertainer Kelle Patterson, and the
famous former boxer Sugar Ray
Robinson who heads one of the
most pre~tigious youth organizations in the nation.

Los Angeles' new Black owned
restaurant, The Bull "N" Claw, is
a most welcome addition to West
Los Angeles' lifestyle.
This elegant restaurant serves a
wide entree of breakfasts, lunches,
and dinners.
The restaurant features the finest
in steaks and fresh seafood. The
dinner entree includes: Sauteed
Chicken $5.10, Chicken Cordon
Blue $7.15, Filet Mignon, center
cut $11.00, New York Steak $10.50,
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Ali Jus
$JI.OO, Broiled Lamb Chops $7.95,
Veal Scallopine Marsala $7 .95,
Oysters Deep Fried $7 .00, Sau teed
l<ing Crab $11.00, Australian Lobster tail $12.85, and Steak and
Lobster $13.00. Appetizers include

Alaskan King Crab $5.50, Escargot
$3.95, and raw shelled Oysters
$4.15. A La Carte includes Chef's
salad $3.50, Crab Louie $7 .50 and
Shrimp Louie $5.95.
The lunch entree includes hot
sandwiches: Baldwin Hills (grilled
Mozzarella Cheese) $3.50, Chef's
Special N .Y. Steak $5.50, and
French Dip, rare roast beef served
on a toasted french roll with a special au jus, with cole slaw, french
fries and garnish $3.95.
The breakfast entree includes
Eggs and baked ham $2.95, Eggs
and pork chops $3.80, special eggs
and teriyaki steak $3.50, pancakes
and syrup $2.25, grilled french
toast $2.25, omelette specialties
from $2.25 to $3.50.
This plush restaurant with its
quiet, romantic surroundings seats
approximately 68 people. It offers
dining by chandelier with excellent
service under the guidance of Richard Kelly, manager. Owners are
Katie Seard, Willis Draffen, and
Harry Williams.
The Grapevine recommends to
its readers to dine at this fine
restaurant.
(Bull 'N' Claw Restaurant, 3741
Stocker St. Suite 100, Los Angeles,
CA 90008, (213) 295-4419, Restaurant Hours, 6:00am-3:00pm Breakfast & Lunch, 5:00pm-12am
- Dinner, Sunday Brunch 11 :OOam4:00pm, Private Parties, Limousine
Services available, Banquets. All
major credit cards are accepted,
adequate free parking in rear for
customers.)
7

'PeOJ!le
SAN DIEGO CITY
LOS A NGELES STATE
GETS NEW PRESIDENT
JAMES ROSSER , vice chancellor
of the New Jersey Department of
Education, was appointed president
of California State University at
Los Angeles.
Rosser will be the first black president of the 24,000-student Cal
State Los Angeles, primarily a commuter campus with a large minority
enrollment.

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TREASURER
E. WINSTON, has been
treasurer of the city of San Diego,
California, since 1976. In this office she plans and maintains financial control for receiving preliminary accounting and depositing of
funds from licenses, fees, claims,
liens, and other sources. She also
administers the city's business license ordinances, studies the securities market, and makes appropriate
investments of surplus city funds.
In addition, it is her responsibility
to issue and maintain improvement
bonds, administer the city's deferred compensation plan, and supervise collection efforts for claims held
by the city. She serves in ex-officio
capacity on the City Funds ComEUNICE

mission and the Retirement Board
of Administration. Apart from these
functions, it is her duty to prepare
and maintain the treasury department's annual budget.
She is married to Arnold Winston
who is a bank manager of California First Bank at Ocean Beach, a
suburb of San Diego. Their daughter, Angela Paulette, is a highschool teenager.

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DR. WEEKES HONORED
Crenshaw Hills branch of the
American Cancer Society sponsored
a tribute luncheon to Dr. Leroy
Weekes, for his 27 years of distinguished medical service, at the
Airport Park Hotel recently.
Mrs. Alfred James, president of
the Crenshaw Hills branch states
that Dr. Weekes has given distinguished and dedicated volunteer
service in the medical profession.
He is chairman of the board at
Charles R. Drew Post-graduate
Medical School, president and
chairman of Ross Medical Center,
chairman of the board of the Bank
of Finance.

WILLIE DAVIS
NAMED DIRECTOR

He also is a life member of the
NAACP, served three terms as
president of the Los Angeles Urban
league and is a clinical professor of
obstetrics and gynecology.

Willie D. Davis has been elected
a director of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.
Davis is president of Willie Davis
Distributing Co. in Los Angeles and
of radio stations KACE, Los Angeles, and WAWA, Milwaukee.
He is a director of Joseph Schlitz
Brewing Co.
Davis played for the Cleveland
Browns and Green Bay Packers
during a 12-year career in the National Football League.
Fireman's Fund is a subsidiary
of American Express Co.

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State
YVONNE BURKE GETS
LA SUPERVISOR POST

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Gov. Brown has named former
Democratic Rep. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke to the County Board
of Supervisors, making her the first
woman and the first black ever to
serve in the powerful and highlypaid position.
"It's an honor and it's a challenge," Mrs. Burke, who joined the
governor at a news conference,
said. "I hope I do a good enough
job to merit the confidence.''
Promising to run for election to
the post next year, she said she
would resign her seat on the University of California Board of Regents but would continue her work
on organizing committee for the
1984 summer Olympics.
Brown said he selected Mrs.
Burke over several other candidates because he was impressed
with her "diversity of background,
the quality of her public service
and her stature in the city, the
state and in the nation."
Mrs. Burke had been considered
the front runner to be selected, although there was some question
about whether her liberal views and
race would hamper her if she ran
for election in the district, which
stretches along the coastline from
Long Beach to Malibu.

MUHAMMAD ALI FAMILY
HOST NAACP BENEFIT
BROOKHURST, INC.

20951 Brookhurst Ave .
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
(714) 968 -4456

Mr. and Mrs. Muhammad Ali
and children hosted the before party
for about 100 guests, for the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The
event kicked off the silver anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to end segregation in the
public schools (Brown vs. Board
ofEducation).

The gourmet buffet affair was
held in the beautiful garden of the
Ali's million dollar, seven-bedroom,
whitestone mansion, located in Fremont Place, an older secluded area
of Los Angeles.

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r---Busi11ess------TIDNK BEFORE
CO-SIGNING LOANS
ARE You WILLING to co-sign a
loan for a friend or a relative? It's
easy enough. Just sign your name
on the dotted line. But should you?
You may think all you are doing
is backing up a person who means
a lot to you. If you do, you are
wrong. Three out of four co-signers
of finance company loans are asked
to pay, according to the Federal
Trade Commission.
Consequently, your signature
means a lot more than just a vote
of confidence. Co-signing is a serious business.
The lender can hold you, as a cosigner, personally responsible for
the debt if the borrower cannot pay
back the loan. This can include late
charges and fees if your friend or
relative is slow in making the payment. And court costs and attorney's fees can be included should
the lender decide to sue to collect.
If you do not pay, the lender
then can choose to sue you rather
than the borrower. And if the lender wins the case, your wages and
property can be taken.
If you think it is unlikely that
you will have to pay, a survey submitted by the National Consumer
Finance Association to the FTC
shows that 74.6 percent of those
who co-sign finance company loans

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are asked to pay them.
All this should not surprise you
since when you are asked to cosign, you are being asked to take a
risk a professional lender will not
take. If the borrower were a safe
risk, the lender would not require
a co-signer.
However, there may be times
when you want to co-sign, say, to
help a son or a daughter with a first
loan or a friend who is in trouble
on a loan and facing repossession
or a court action.
If you do, be sure you can afford
to pay the loan; try to get the lender to agree that you will be held responsible for the principal balance
on the loan and not for late charges,
court costs and attorneys fees; do
not pledge your property to secure
the loan; ask the lender to agree,
in writing if possible, to notify you
if the borrow misses a payment,
and make sure you get copies of all
important papers signed by the
borrower in event of a later dispute
between the borrower and the
lender.
Most importantly, do not allow
yourself to be pressured into cosigning. Take your time. Think
about it. And make your own decision for your own peace of mind.
(Fresno Bee)

141.---------------------

BENJAMIN HOOKS, NAACP
director says, "We can use the restrooms now, but we don't have
enough plumbers; we can vote, but
we don't have a black governor. We
want every high school boy to have
a diploma in one hand and a voter
registration card in the other.''

'Quotes'

MAYNARD JACKSON, Mayor
of Atlanta says, "Politics is the
civil right movement of the 1970s.
Politics is the last non-violent
hurrah."
RAYARD RUSTIN, president of
the A. Philip Randolph Institute
says, "If American blacks have
learned anything from years of
struggle, it is that democracy is in
their self-interest. Where it is strong,
they will prosper; where it falters,
they will be victimized."
JULIAN BOND, Georgia State
Senator states, "The biggest failure
of school integration has been in
the urban centers of the North.
Since Richard Nixon changed the
courageous Warren Court that gave
us the Brown decision to the cautious Burger Court that gave us
Bakke, the federal government has
made a hasty and undignified withdrawal from its role as protector of
the poor and equal educational
rights."

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Benjamin Hooks
Julian Bond

LOU GOSSETT, JR.
STARS IN NEW
TELEVISION SERIES
Louis Gossett, Jr., who won an
Emmy for his portrayal of Fiddler
in "Roots", the ABC Television
Network novel for television, which
set viewing records, will star in the
new ABC television series, "The
Lazarus Syndrome", premiering
this fall. Gossett is featured as a
brilliant heart surgeon in this realistic dramtaic series.
"The Lazarus Syndrome", a
one-hour dramatic series set in a
privately owned hospital, features
Gossett as chief of staff Dr.
MacArthur St. Clair and Ronald
Hunter as Joe Hamill, who runs the
hospital, in a medical show which
deals less with the technical, day-today machinations of hospital
operation than it does with the
human frailties and concerns of the
doctors, administrators and staff,
centering in on doctor-doctor and
doctor-patient relations as perhaps
never before explored on television.
Gossett started his acting career
in a lightening jump from the
basketball court to the Broadway
stage. He admits he had absolutely
no interest in acting, whatsoever, as
a very young man. He was sidelined
during a promising basketball
career by an injury when a public
school teacher suggested that he
audition, along with 500 other
boys, for the lead in the Broadway
production of "Take A Giant
Step", the Lynn Austin-Thomas
Noyes production written by Louis

Peterson. Lou's only previous acting experience was the lead in a
high school play, "You Can't Take
It With You".
After Broadway, Gossett entered
New York University as a pre-med
student specializing in pharmacy,
but his acting success catapulted
him into other roles, including
another Broadway production,
"The Desk Set", with Shirley
Booth, which ran for a year and a
half. There were also appearances
in top contemporary television
shows such as "The Goodyear
Theatre", "Kraft Theatre",
"Philco Theatre", "The Big
Story", "You Are There" and
"Omnibus".
Five years and 50 TV appearances later he finally graduated
from NYT with a degree in drama
and was able to subsidize his dad, a
porter, and mother, a domestic
who sometimes worked in three
homes a day to help Lou through
his initial days in college.
Other Broadway credits include
"A Raisin in the Sun", "Golden 17

Boy" and "My Sweet Charlie".
Major films include "The Skin
Game" with James Garner,
"Travels With My Aunt", "The
Laughing Policman" with Bruce

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Dern, "White Dawn", "The
Deep" and "The Choirboys".
Gossett comes to his starring role
following a critically acclaimed performance in a movie-for-TV, "This
Man Stand Alone", based on the
life of the first Black sheriff
Mississippi.
Gossett is divorced and lives in
the Hancock Park area of Los
Angeles with his five-year-old son.

Bo61c Review
ALI'S CHEF
AUTHORS COOKBOOK
Mrs. Lena Shabazz, Muhammad
Ali's training camp cook, and onetime cook of Elijah Muhammad,
has written a cook book titled
"Cooking For The Champ." Mrs.
Shabazz has been cooking for Ali
for 15 years, after they met in a
Harlem Muslim restaurant. She had
cooked in all of New York's Muslim
restaurants before going to work
for Ali full-time. She often travels
around the world with the champ
cooking his meals as they go.
"Cooking For The Champ" recipes include many tasty meals Mrs.

Shabazz prepared for Ali, Muslim
recipes that she has served to Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and
other famous people, and the recipe
for the well-guarded famous bean
pie, Muslims make with navy beans.
Mrs. Shabazz has been a Muslim
for the past 30 years. She has been
touring the country promoting her
book at autograph parties held in
major department stores and galleries.
The book is illustrated in color
and is well put together. It is published by Toni Jones and Doris
McMillon, both black free lance
writers out of New York. Paperback
edition costs $8.95.

Rick .lolmso11, left and Compton Councilman Maxcy Filer congratulate Mrs.
Shabazz at a recent autograph party.

BLACKMAN
KING OF THE CATERERS
MIL TON WILLIAMS is not well
known in the Los Angeles' black
community, yet he is without a
doubt the King of the 400 plus
caterers in Southern California,
and the most popular caterer to
the world's famous and wealthy
people.
Williams is known to cater the
most fashionable, expensive and
fabulous parties in America. He
uses nothing but the highest quality
of food which is sometimes flown
in from other countries. Charges
for his services are unknown, but
a friend estimated the cost of his
services and food to range from
$1,000 to $15,000 plus liquor, flowers, and any other extras.
Williams, 48, who lives in Hollywood, employs a staff of 22, some
of whom have been with him from
the start of 25 years ago. He has
catered world-publicized extravaganzas including Jerry Brown's

Presidential campaign $500-perplate dinner.
Since his birth in a charity ward
of a Los Angeles County hospital,
Williams has come a long way. With
the help of his widowed mother, a
$1.20 per-day cook, Williams began
to learn to cook at a very early
age. He always, as long as he can
remember, wanted to be a caterer.
He took classes in commercial baking at a trade school and in 1943
started to work for Beverly Hills
Millionaires Leo and Sybil Hartfield, who launched his career.
Several years ago, Williams started the Milton Williams Foundation,
which sends approximately 150 kids
to summer camp in the Sierra, provides full tuition college scholar
ships for ghetto kids, and tutoring
for high-school students who want
to attend college. Most of Williams
clients contribute to his worthy
foundation.

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BIBLE BITS & PIECES
Bible Bits & Pieces is an on-going series of articles geared to stimulate
further reading and knowledge of the Holy Bible. Its purpose is to assist
in clarifying (via the Bible) certain myths and misunderstandings about
biblical events, people, places, etc .... However, readers can and should
research through the Bible verses where these answers can be found . By
utilizing this method, you will be able to receive more complete answers
and develop your personal interpretation. Some of the Bible answers to
these test questions may surprise you and we welcome your comments
and thoughts.
1. (According to the Bible) God named the first two people in
the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve.
T F
2. (According to the Bible) In the Garden of Eden, there
were actually two (2) trees that Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from.
T F
3. (According to the Bible) Adam and Eve ate an apple from
the forbidden tree.
T F
4. (According to the Bible) God told Noah to take only two
of every kind of animal into the ark before the great flood
came.
T F
5. (According to the Bible) The Pharoah of Egypt's daughter
found the baby Moses floating in the Nile River, but it was
Moses' mother who nursed and raised him as a child.
T F
6. (According to the Bible) Because Moses couldn't speak
well, God actually had another person to be spokesman for
Moses to the Hebrews & Pharoahs to turn the Nile into
blood and to turn his rod into a snake.
T F
7. (According to the Bible) In the Bible, God never referred
to His name as Jehovah.
T F
8. (According to the Bible) Joseph thought about leaving
Mary (Jesus' Mother) after he learned that she was pregnant. T F
9. (According to the Bible) Jesus' first miracle was to make
wine at a wedding.
T F
10. (According to the Bible) Jesus was the only one to walk on
water.
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Influential
Black People
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Black Americans
Black Americans who live in
Southern California have a vast
amount of local,state and national
influence in fields such as busi-

Muhammad Ali
World Champion, WBA
Heavyweight Boxing

ness, politics, education public
~ervice, medicine, law and' publishmg.
~!ack people featured in this
edition were recommended to the
Grapevine staff by the community
at large and selected by the editors
on the basis of each individual's
ab~Ii~ to communicate the feelings
thmkmgs, and desires of a large
segment of Southern California's
black co~~unity to those people
whose pohc1es and practices significantly affect the black community.
The Grapevine staff recognize~
that there are many more influential black people who live in
Southern California. Therefore,
the staff will feature others in
future editions of the Grapevine~

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Marguerite Archie
Board Member L.A.
Community College

Maya Angelou
Author
Poet and Lecturer

Patrick Beauchamp
President, Beauchamp
Distributing Co.

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Father Lewis Bohler
Pastor
Advent Church

Robert Bowdoin
President, Family
Savings & Loan

Bill Cherry
Western Region
Director, P .U.S.H.

Jim Cleaver
Executive Editor, L.A.
Sentinel Newspaper

Earl 'Skip' Cooper II
President, L.A . Black
Businessmen Assn .

Comer Cottrell
Owner
Pro-Line Corp.

Dave Cunningham
Councilmember
Los Angeles

Peter Dauterine
President,Founder
Savings & Loan

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

Bishop H.H. Brookins
Pastor
AME Church

Yvonne Burke
Board Member, Univ .of
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CA Regents

Lionel Cade
Mayor
Compton

Vern o n Claiborne
President
Bank of F inance

Wi llie Davis, Pres.
Willie Davis
Distributing-KACE

Julian Dixon
U.S. Representative
Los Angeles

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Lancelot Drummond
President, Drummond
Distributing Co .

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Mervyn Dymally
Former Lieutenant Gov.
State of Calif.

Bill Elkins
Special Assi tant,
Mayor of Los Angele

Nathaniel Holden
Former State Senator,
Los Angeles

Ivan Houston,
President Golden State
Mutual Life Ins.

Claude Hudson
Retired
Community Leader

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Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

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Robert Farrell
Councilmember
Los Angeles

Berry Gordy, Jr.
Chairman
Motown Industries

Atty. Geraldine Green
President
Hollywood AA P

ElbertT. Hudson
President
Broadway Savings

Atty. Paul Hudson
President
Los Angeles NAACP

Teresa P. Hughes
California Assembly
Member, Los Angeles

Alex Haley
Author
"Roots" and "Search"

Augustus Hawkins
U.S. Representative
Los Angeles

Rev. Edward V. Hill
Pastor, Mt. Zion
Missionary B

LeRoy Jeffries
Consultant, LeRoy
Jeffries & Associates

Dr. T. Kilgore
Pastor, Second
Baptist Church

Rev. James Lawson
United Methodist Church

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Atty. Al Le Blanc
President, Lanston
Bar Association

Gilbert Lindsay
Councilmembcr
Los Angeles

Rita Walters
Board Member, L.A.
Board of Education

Chester Washington
Publisher
Wave Newspaper

Ruth Washington
Publisher, L.A. Sentinel
Newspaper

Maxine Waters
California Assembly
member, Los Angeles

Ted Watkins
Director, Watts Labor
Committee

Diane Watson
California Assembly
member, Los Angeles

Dr. Leroy Weekes
Board Chairman,
Charles R. Drew
Medical School

Atty. Sam Williams
Commissioner, L.A.
Police Department

Southern California's
Influential
Black Americans

John Mack
President
L.A. Urban League

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Gwen Moore
California Assembly
Member, Los Angeles

Go

Willie Stennis
President
Golden Bird, Inc.

Curtis Tucker
California Assembly
member, Inglewood

A.S. 'Doc' Young
Writer, L.A. Sentinel
Newspaper

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TODD A ND HIS REAL FAMILY -

l -R Todd, sister Verda, Father and

mother, James Sr. and Betty, and
brother James, Jr.

TODD BRIDGES ACTING PRO AT THIRTEEN
The Grapevine Magazine salutes
Todd Bridges, one of the stars on
the television comedy "Different
Strokes." He has been working in
television longer than any other
Black youth, and has excelled in
both comedy and drama.
Todd, an intelligent thirteen-yearold, has been acting more than half
his life. He began his career doing
commercials at age 6.
He has appeared in both TV comedy and drama roles including
" Little House On The Prairie, "
"Love Boat," "Police Story," and
had a starring regular role on ''Fish .''
All of Todd's family are in show

business. His father, James Bridges,
a Hollywood agent, recently opened his own talent agency. His mother , Betty, sister, Verda, 17 and
brother, James, Jr. 18 are all in acting. His entire family appeared in
a J ell-0 television commercial.
Todd enjoys fishing with his
friends at Marina Del Rey. His other
hobbies include football snake
hun ting, and biking.
'
_Tod~, an eighth-grader, resides
with his parents in the Baldwin
Hills secti?n of Los Angeles. He
was born in San Francisco before
his family moved to Hollywood in
1974.
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Black Histoiy ·
EARLY BLACK INVENTORS
Few people, both Black and white, know such widely used articles as
the horseshoe, bottle cap, golf tee, lawn mower, refrigerators, clothes
dryer, automatic stop sign, folding chair, pencil sharpener, fountain pen,
ironing board and the mop were invented and patented by Black people.
The list of inventions by Black people goes on and on. Unfortunately,
most of these little known inventors received no money or only a token
amount for what their inventions were actually worth. Because of the
lack of financial support from the white banking institutions most Black
inventors were forced to allow whites to demonstrate their products for
them.
However, because of the great number of energetic young scholars
now searching into the annals of the past much is becoming known about
the great history of the Black people. Since the omission of Black
Americans from our history books was brought to attention of the public
only recently it is anticipated that within a few years books will be jampacked with documented Black glory.
In the meantime, the next time you ride on an elevator, open your
refrigerator door, or ·mow your lawn do it with a great sense of pride.

INVENTOR

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Blackburn, A.B.
Blackburn, A.B.
Boone, Sarah
Brooks, C.B.
Brown, O.E.
Burr, J.A.
Carrington, T.A.
Cralle, A.L.
Darticus, C.J.
Darticus, C.J.
Downing, P .B.
Flemming, R.F., Jr.
Goode, Sarah E.
Grant, G.F.

INVENTION

Railway Signal
Spring Seat for Chairs
Ironing Board
Street Sweepers
Horseshoe
Lawn Mower
Range
lee Cream Mold
Machine for Embossing Photo
Hose Leak Stop
Electric Switch for Railroad
Guitar
Folding Bed
Golf Tee

DATE

Jan. 10, 1888
Apr. 3, 1888
Apr. 26, 1892
Mar. 17, 1896
Aug. 23, 1892
May 9, 1899
July 25, 1876
Feb. 2, 1897
Apr. 16, 1895
July 18, 1899
June 17, 1890
Mar. 3, 1886
July 14, 1885
Dec. 12, 1899

Jackson, B.F.
Johnson, I.R.
Johnson, W.
Jones&Long
Lavalette, W.A.
Love, J.L.
Marshall, T. J.
Miles, A.
Nichols & Latimer
Phelps, W.H.
Purdy & Sadgwar
Purvis, W.B.
Ray, L.P.
Robinson, E.R.
Smith, J.W.
Standard, J.
Stewart, T.W.
Taylor, B.H.
Woods, C.T.

Matrix Drying Apparatus
Bicycle Frame
Egg Beater
Caps for Bottles
Printing Press
Pencil Sharpener
Fire Extinguisher
Elevator
Electric Lamp
Apparatus for Washing
Vehicles
Folding Chair
Fountain Pen
Dust Pan
Electric Railway Trolley
Lawn Sprinkler
Refrigerator
Mop
Rotary Engine
Telephone Transmitter

May 10, 1898
Oct. 10, 1899
Feb.5, 1884
Sept. 13, 1898
Sept. 17, 1878
Nov. 23, 1897
May 26, 1872
Oct. 11, 1887
Sept. 13, 1881
Mar. 23, 1879
June 11, 1889
Jan. 7, 1890
Aug. 3, 1897
Sept. 19, 1893
May4, 1897
July 14, 1891
June 13, 1893
Apr. 23, 1878
Dec. 2, 1884

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ARE BLACK YOUTH
WASTING TIME
PLAYING SPORTS?
Black sociologists, administrators, and professional athletes in
increasing number are advising the
black youth to think twice before
they set their goals on trying to
become professional athletes. Enclosed are some quotes by several
black individuals on the subject.
Dr. Harry Edwards, a sociology
professor at the University of California at Berkeley states, "You can
work out the odds with a pencil
and paper. Less than 900 black athletes are earning a living in sportsand not more than 1,500 overall including coaches and trainers. By
comparison there are perhaps 3 million black youths between (the ages
of 13 and 22) who dream of a career
as an athlete. The odds are 20,000
to 1 or worse. Statistically, you
have a better chance of getting hit
by a meteorite in the next 10 years
than getting work as an athlete.
They try to be an O.J. or a Reggie
J. or a Dr. J. and wind up a No J
- no job at all."
Arthur Ashe, a black international tennis champion, states, "I
strongly believe the black culture
expends too much time, energy ~d
effort raising, praising and teasing
our black children as to the dubious
glories
of professional sport."
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Ashe also stated, "While we are
60 percent of the National Basketball Association, we are less than 4
percent of the doctors and lawyers.
While we are about 35 percent of
major league baseball, we are less
than 2 percent of the engineers.
While we are about 40 percent of
the National Football League, we
are less than 11 percent of construction workers such as carpenters and
bricklayers.''
Henry P. Organ, a black Stanford University Ph.D., has gone so
far as to advocate that blacks get
out of major league sports entirely
and stay out.
"The soundest option for the
black community appears to be a
massive exodus from varsity and
professional athletics. This should
be done for several generations.
Organized sports have been a trap
for black youth, from which few
recover. The black community is
more in need of teachers, not
coaches; more in need of health scientists than center fielders, more
in need of economists than pivot
men."
Dr. Edward believes a concerted
effort on three levels will help the
Black athlete. He states first, "Individually, I think every youngster
with some athletic talent should give
it a shot. But he should do it in·
telligently, and this is what I mean
by that: If by your senior year you're
not a high school All-Americanand if after one season of college
sports you're not an All-American
of some kind, second team, third
team or honorable mention-you
should forget a professional sports
career. You're never going to make

it no matter how hard you try.
The great athletes all show class
early."
Secondly, Colleges and Universities, presidents and chancellors
should personally insist that every
student on an athletic scholarship
is making "normal progress" to a
degree every year.
As his third recommendation,
Edwards calls on the black com-

munity "to press the legitimacy of
academics over athletics.'' Every
time it honors or encourages a
black athlete, this community is reinforcing the wrong role model, he
says, recommending that it put
more effort into creating and establishing more realistic models.

37

the lack of good facilities, there'
a spirit there that you won't fi nd
anywhere else.''
Since 1969, Verbum Dei has won
six CIF basketball titles, losi ng
VERBUM DEi TOPS IN
SPORTS AND ACADEMICS three other years in the semifinal
and last year in the final. Their
won-lost record since 1969 is 285VERBUM DEi, is a small Catholic high school located in Watts, 29. The school administrative office
on a 15 acre site, previously occu- is literally packed with basketball
pied by a steel plant. It is where trophies. Despite their excellent recapproximately 275 students learn ord, the school has no gym and the
team must practice in a multipureducational and spiritual values.
The school is unique because the pose room and play their games
walls of the school are not defaced, either at Compton Community Coland despite its age, the classroom lege or Downey High School. The
furniture and equipment are in good basketball team is coached by Ely
repair. The students (all boys) have Hawthorne.
Father Fisher Robinson, principal
good manners and eager to learn,
and the school basketball program of Verbum Dei, states that educational philosophy is as much an
is nationally known.
Verbum Dei's academic program example as curriculum. A strong
is regarded as first-rate by both visible example is the composition
High School and College educators. of the 17 faculty members of white,
Over 85 percent of all its students Black, and Mexican American ethattend College. Because of its aca- nic backgrounds. Father Robinson
demic rigors and strict discipline in states that two of the faculty memthe school, many parents want their bers grew up in the neighborhood.
Well known athletic alumni of
children to attend the school despite
the tuition. The school has also be- Verdum Dei are all-American
come known as the little UCLA of David Greenwood and Roy Hamilthe community. Brad Pye, sports ton (UCLA), Raymond Lewis,
editor of the Sentinel states, "It (L.A. State) Lewis Brown, (Unihas been one of the most productive versity of Nevada, Las Vegas) Ricky
things that Watts can point to . Hawthorn, (University of CaliforWhen you think of high school nia-Berkeley), Maurice William
basketball, you think of Verbum and Leonel Marquetti, (USC).
Father Robinson is also proud of
Dei. There are people who don't
have any idea where it is but they've other Verbum Dei graduates who
heard of it. You've got to take that have succeeded in other endeavor ,
college-preparatory course at Ver- most notable, Emile Wilson, a
bum Dei. At other places, you can Rhodes Scholar who is currently
take whistling and lunch. I think studying at Oxford after ear~ing
they're head and shoulders above academic honors at Seattle Univer38 the average public school. Despite sity.

left to Right (Kneeling)
Darryl Jones, Maurice Clark, Demont
Gibson, Clarence Richardson
(Standing)
Coach Eli Hawthorne, Kim Lewis
Father Fisher J. Robinson, Principal

Kenneth Austin, Cliff Pruitt, Carmel
Stevens, Kenneth Fields, RobertLewis,
Eddie Gordon, Asst. Coaches Ken
Curry, Alvin Wills, and Rickie Haw
thorne.
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2. Sea World- San Diego
3. San Diego Zoo - San Diego
4. Queen Mary - Long Beach
5. Universal Studios Tour - Universal City
6. Knott's Berry Farm - Buena Park
7. Magic Mountain- Valencia
8. San Diego Wild Animal Park - Escondido
9. Burbank Studios Tour - Burbank
10. Marineland - Palos Verdes
11. Movieland Wax Museum - Buena Park
12. Fleet Space Center - San Diego
13. Movie World - Buena Park
14. Lion Country Safari - Irvine
15. Museum of Science and Industry- Los Angeles
16. Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles
17. NB C Studio Tour - Burbank
18. California Alligator Farm - Buena Park

YOU TELL ON YOURSELF
You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak.
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime.
You tell what you are by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which your burdens bear.
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph.
You tell what you are by the way you walk,
By the things of which you delight to talk.

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By the manner in which you bear defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you eat.
By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf,
In these ways and more, you tell on yourself.

Natio11al
URVEY OF PROMINENT
BLACK AMERICANS
The nation 's leading blacks feel
discrimination abounds in America;
cite education and unemployment
as top national priorities, and are
proud to be black. Here are highlights from the just-released survey
of men and women listed in "Who's
Who Among Black Americans."
• 69 percent feel that a majority of
whites harbor racist feelings.
• Two-thirds say the only way
minoritie can get adequate news
coverage is by mounting some form
of demonstration.
• 59 percent feel less discrimination
from the white community as they
have become more success ful.
• 90 percent indicate that blacks
do not have the same opportunity
as whites to advance in major corporations and white owned businesses.
• 85 percent say it is difficult for
blacks to start their own businesses
because of discrimination in raising
capital.
• 79 percent feel that discrimination
in hiring and promotion is a major
cause o f the depressed economy
in the black community.
• 85 percent would elect to have
their tax dollars go to education.
• 91 percent believe that segregated
ctcc cc education is inherently unequal.

• 66 percent say that school busing
programs to achieve racial balance
should be mandatory.
• 57 percent feel that opponents
to school busing support. a racist
position.
• 80 percent cite the family as the
basis for educational problems.
• 68 percent say that teachers do
not discipline enough.
• 55 percent are concerned about
inflation.
• 53 percent think health care insurance ought to be on the national agenda.
• 66 percent rate President Carter's
p_erformance in office as only sats1factory or unsatisfactory.
• 75 percent give Andrew Young
good to excellent marks for job
performance.
• A 42 percent name Jesse Jackson as th e most effective leader in
the black community today.
• 80 percent support the Panama
Canal Treaty.
• 78 percent, 84 percent and 85
percent respectively want black
majority rule in Rhodesia, Nambia
and South Africa.
• 74 percent support aid to the
world 's poorest nations.
• 4 percent would allocate tax dollars to foreign aid.
• 89 percent feel a great sense of
black pride .
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WILT IN BASKETBALL

HALL OF FAME

Health

WILT CHAMBERLAIN was recent-

ly inducted into the Basketball Hall

of Fame.

RICHARD PRYOR
CONTRIBUTES $100,000
RICHARD PRYOR, superstar entertainer, recently gave a cash
contribution of $100,000 to the
Charles R. Drew Medical School
in Los Angeles. Pryor's grant for
research is the largest single gift of
its kind ever made to a minority
medical school for basic research
by a black individual.

During Chamberlain's 14-year
career on teams in Philadelphia,
San Francisco, and Los Angeles,
he scored 31,419 points, the most
ever scored in the National Basketball Association. He averaged 50.4
points a game in the 1961-62 season and scored l 00 points in one
game.
The 42-year-old former superstar
said, "Being elected means more to
me than just being a great player.
It's the honor of being identified
with all the greats of the gamepeople I've admired all my life.''
Presently, Chamberlain promotes
rock concerts, appears in TV commercials, and is a coach and player
in the International Volleyball Association.

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EARVIN (Magic) JOHNSON, 6 foot
8guard, who led Michigan State to
the NCAA basketball championship
last season announced that he will
forsake his remaining two years of
college eligibility to turn pro.
Johnson, 19, is signed with the
Los Angeles Lakers for approximately $600,000 annually for four
Years.

Remembering
BLACK HISTORY
Black Cowboys

Sill
Pickett

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Now they are forgotten, but once
cowboys of the Black race rode all
the trails driving millions of cattle
before them. Some died in stampedes, some froze to death and
some drowned. Some were too slow
with guns, some too fast; but most
of them lived through the long
drives to Abilene, to Dodge City,
and beyond.
Many of the Black cowboys drove
on to the deepest areas of the Northern range, the Dakotas, Wyoming
and Montana. They numbered thousands; among them were many of
the best riders, ropers and wranglers. Some were villians, some
were heroes.
They rode with white, Mexicans
and Indians. They ate the same
food and slept on the same ground
while the great plains were tamed
and fenced.
There had always been Blacks in
the West. They had, indeed, been
scattered throughout the Western
Hemisphere since their first importation as slaves at the beginning of
the Sixteen th Century.
Because American History was
Written to perpetuate the glory of
thewhite man, the accomplishments
of the Black man were left in obSCurity. The feats of the Black cowboys were no exception .
Wherever Texas cattle went, Black

cowboys pushed them . Like most
other cowboys who rode the trails
North, the Blacks were transients;
they rode with a herd to South
Dakota or Eastern Montana, collected their pay, had a few drinks
and headed back South. They did
the same work and shared the same
pleasures as all other cowboys.
Men like Nat Love became known
as "Dead Wood Dick", for his outstanding skill of roping in a contest
in Deadwood, South Dakota.
You may be surprised to hear that
a Black man, Bill Pickett, was the
originator of bulldogging.
Jockey Oliver Lewis rode a horse
called, Aristides, to win the first
Kentucky Derby.
Jim Beckworth was one of the
most famou s mountain men which
ranged wide areas of the Rocky
Mountains.
Black cowboys played an integral
part in the building of the American West.

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Booker T. Washington founded Howard University.
The first Black newspaper in the western world was the
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The present executive director of the NAACP is Ben Hooks. T
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was April 4,
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1968.
Andrew Young is the U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations.
T
On December 2, 1859, John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame
was hanged.
T
Crispus Attucks was the first man killed in the Revolutionary War.
T
Athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, on behalf of
black people, protested the 1968 Olympic games.
T
The Ku Klux Klan made Alex Haley an honorary member. T
Kunta Kinte was the character played by LeVar Burton in
Roots.
T
Tom Bradley is the Mayor of Compton, California.
T
The first Black college graduate in U .S. was John B.
Russwurm of Bowdoin College, in 1826.
T
The Bakke Decision was helpful to Affirmative Action
programs.
T
Henry 0. Flipper was the first black graduate of West
Point.
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Benjamin Banker invented the traffic light.
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RICHA RD PENNIMAN was born
on Christmas Day in 1935 in Macon, Georgia. He was such a small
child that his 13 other brothers and
sisters began calling him "Little
Richard."
After singing and playing the
piano in church at a very young
age and suffering the usual hard:
ships of a black youth, Little Richard recorded his first record titled,
"Tutti Frutti" in 1955 for Specialty
Records, and the rest is history.
Afterwards, he recorded many hit
records and appeared in several
movies. His songs were recorded by
Bill Haley, Pat Boone and Elvis
Presley. He sold more than 30 million records in two years alone. He
was imitated by white performers,
including the Beatles, and was cherished by English audiences.
Today, Little Richard's life has
been changed. He is an evangelist.
No more face make-up, polished
nails, lavish, effeminite clothing
nor pompadour. Now, Little Richard packs churches singing the praises of God and his conversion.
After the shocking death of his
younger brother and several of his
close friends in Los Angeles a few
years ago, Little Richard got out of
show business and went back to the
Seventh-day Adventist church where
he had been a member. Now, he
travels around the country talking
and singing about the second coming of Christ.
At one time Little Richard commanded $10,000 per hour for his
performances. Today he doesn't

charge for his church appearances.
His fee is only the offering that is
collected. He states, "Some people
think I'm crazy, some people think
I've lost my mind. I did. I lost the
old me and God gave me a new
one.''
Periodically Little Richard makes
television appearances and he has
a religious recording titled, "God's
Beautiful City" on World Records
label. He lives and works out of
Nashville and maintains a home in
Los Angeles.

47

IS HOLLYWOOD
OVERLOOKING
HILLY HICKS?

48

Hilly Hicks has been acting in
films and on television more than
any other black actor in Hollywood
for the past 10 years. He has had
small and major parts in approximately 10 movies, including "Halls
of Anger," "Go Tell The Spartans,"
"Gray Lady," "New Centurions,"
and television movies "Friendly
Fire," and "FBI vs Klu Klux Klan."
He has appeared in over fifty television series including, "Roots," "Bill
Cosby Show," "Ironside," "Medical Center," "Marcus Welby,"
" Room 222," "Cannon", "Barnaby Jones," and "Space Force."
He has worked side by side with
many famous actors including Bill
Cosby, Lloyd, Jeff, and Beau
Bridges, Raymond Burr, William
Conrad, ed Beatty, Robert Young,
Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston,
Calvin Lockhart and Sidney Portier.
Yet no major story has ever been
written about him in any magazines
or newspapers.
While being overlooked by the
media, he is frequently recognized
by people when walking down the
street, while dining in restaurants
and while attending church services. Being overlooked is not new
to Hicks. On one occasion he was
overlooked while making a film.
His part in the film called for one
week on location, but due to an
oversight by the director he was on
location for 12 weeks.
Hicks, a mannerable religious
young man in his late twenties, is

an old pro around Hollywood. He
started his acting career in 1%9 in
the TV series "Lassie" after graduating from Jefferson High School
in Los Angeles, CA. In between
his acting, Hicks earned a B.A. degree in English Literature at Occidental College, in Los Angeles.
Interesting is the fact that Hicks
is a minister, a mixing of professions that is seldom seen around
Hollywood. He began ministering
when he was 7 years old and currently speaks at churches throughout the state when his time permits.
Born into a Christian family, Hilly
has never let Hollywood and the
lights make him lose perspective of
what the real life is about. His father, Rev. Joel H. Hicks, is the minister of the New Shiloh Baptist
Church in Los Angeles. Hicks speaks
highly of the way his mother and
father raised both his older brother
and him in the church.
Hicks believes that sooner or later one of the pilots he is making
for television will be a hit. His latest television appearance was on
the pilot "Buffalo Soldiers." He
will also appear in a pilot film which
will soon be released on ABC-TV
titled "Turnover Smith" with William Conrad.
Script writing, amateur photography, tennis, basketball, and
managering a little league baseball
team keeps Hicks' schedule quite
full .
Hick s, his wife, Rosemary, and
their three children live in Pasadena, California.

49

LEVARBURTO
RECEIVES TOP REVE

Black

LEVA R BURTON, at the age of 19,
became a star in two nights, three
years ago, for his role in_the television series, "Roots." This was the
FACTS ABOUT BLACKS
first professional role for the USC
Middle income Black families
drama student.
.
have a high index of consumption
Burton now 22, gave dramatic
£or consumer products and they
performa~ce in t~<_> television mo\spend a large percentage of their
ies "One in a Million: The LeFlore
income on entertainment, travel and
St~ry," a CBS drama based on a
recreation. Middle income Blacks
true story of a young hoodlum who
spend
more money on food, clothemerged from prison to become a
ing,
soft
drinks, alcoholic beverages
professio~al baseball glayer for, \he
a nd medical and personal care.
Detroit Tigers, and Battered a
T hey took three to four more doNBC drama in which he appears a
mestic airline trips in the past year
a husband who beats his wi fe. Buras compared to the U.S. total. In
ton has also appeared in ~wo oth~r
the past three years, a larger permovies and has won acclaim for ht
centage of middle income Blacks
appearance on the PBS s~ries,}he
visited Bermuda, the Bahamas,
American Short Story, titled AlPuerto Rico, Jamaica and other
most A Man.''
.
.
Caribbean
countries than did the
Burton recently starred m hi
most difficult role for television. He t otal U.S. population . Middle inc o me Blacks also attended the movportrayed a deaf mut7 who was
ies more frequently than other pop1
convicted for murder m _t~e film
ulation groups. The monthly ex"Dummy" made for telev1s10n.
Denditures of Black men on toiletries
Burton has also signed a deal to
and cosmetics costing $10 or more
star in the series "Mark II" for ~B
at $20,000 per episode, if the pilot Was the highest in the nation.
Target Group Index Studies show
is picked up. Not bad for an _actor
with only three-years of experience. t h e following spending patterns of
rni ddle income Black families in
1978:

Consumer

HALEY RECEIVES HONORS
It has been two years since Alex
Haley' s book "Roots" _h~s been
published. Since then this 1s what
has happened to the 57 years old
author:
Haley has been ~on~m~ by 400
different nations, 1Dst1tut1ons and
organizations. He ha~ been on
every major talk shows m the country and has become a multimillionair~. He has become one of hi story's most celebrated authors, and
receives over 500 letters a week. He
is paid a minimum of $5,000 plus
expenses for an hour-long speech.
Streets, parks, and children have
been named after him . Haley has
won hundreds of awards, including
a Pulitzer, and he has been w_elcomed throughout the world with
open arms.
Television's "Roots" has been
translated into 19 languages and
was watched by 160 million peopl~.
"Roots 2" was watched by 110 ~ lion people, making them the f1r_st
and second most-watched shows ID
50 American television history•

•

70.5% have a life insurance pol-

icy compared to 66.5% of the U.S .

t otal.

•

790/o have a health insurance pol-

icy compared to 77.7% of the U.S.

t otal.
• :23 .8% spent over $60 weekly for
&r aceries compared to 210/o of the
lJ - S. total.
• go_ 707o buy bacon compared to

85.6% of the U.S . total.
• 84. 7% buy pork sausage compared to 68 .2% of the U.S. tot~l.
• 29.2% of men bought shoes ID
the past year compared to 26.5% of
the U.S. total.
• 830/o drink regular colas and other
carbonated drinks compared to
76.4% of the U.S. total.
• 11.2% bought a new car in past
year compared to 11.4% of the U.S.
total.
• 46.3% smoke cigarettes compared to 38.2% of the U.S. total.
• Stayed at hotel in past year:
34.3% as compared to the total
U.S. 27 . 1%.
• 2.5% visited the Bahamas compared to 1.50/o of the U .S. total.
• 29 .1 0/o drink malt liquor compared to 7.2% of the U.S. total.
• 32.7% drink gin compared to
19% of the U.S. total.
• 32% drink Scotch whiskey compared to 16.8% of the _U.S . total.
• 63% go to the movies as compared to 54.3% of the U.S . total.
• 66.2% own television sets as
compared to 67.4% of the U.S.
total.
• 69% buy records and tapes com
pared to 45 % of the U.S. total.
• 16.7% buy jazz records and tapes
compared to 7.3% of the U.S. total.
• 50. 7% buy soul records and tapes
compared to 7.3% of the U.S. total.
• 8.10/o spend $ IO or more monthly
for records, compared to 2.8% of
the U.S. total.
• 22.5% play tennis as compared
to 19.7% of the U.S. total.
Courtesy oJLeRoy W. Jef fries and A ssociates
3540 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 816
Los Angeles, California 900/0

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Poetly
God Is Like ...

HOT-WATER CORN BREAD
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups boiling water

2 teaspoons honey or sugar
½ cup onions (optional)
1 teaspoon salt

Mix cornmeal, salt, sugar, and onions in a bowl. Add boiling
water and mix well. Spoon into frying pan with 3 to 4 tablespoons
of oil. Cook until brown. Serves 4 to 6.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP
1 cup black-eyed peas
3 quarts water
½ cup carrots, diced
½ cup celery, chopped
Salt to taste

I large onion, chopped
¼ cup oil or margarine

2 cups potatoes, diced
I teaspoon Lawry's seasoning salt

Wash peas and discard any that float. Add peas to 3 quarts of
boiling water and cook for 45 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cook until tender. Serves 6 to 8.

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(Message Magazind.l.

God is like Bayer Aspirin
He works wonders
God is like Ford
He's got a better deal
God is like Dial Soap
He gives round-the-clock
protection
God is like Coke
He's the real thing
God is like Pan American
He makes the going great
God is like Scope
He makes you feel fresh
God is like Dr. Pepper
He's so misunderstood
God is like Alka-Seltzer
Try Him, you'll like Him
God is like Hallmark Cards
He cared enough to send the
very best
-Unknown

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Welfare Myths
IF HE CAME TO YOUR HOUSE
When you saw Him coming, would you meet Him at
the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to your heavenly
Visitor?
Or would you have to change your clothes before
you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines and put the Bible where
they'd been?
Would you hide your worldly music and put some
hymnbooks out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in or would you
rush about?
And I wonder-if the Saviour spent a day or two
with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you
always do?
Would you go right on saying the things you
always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day
to day?
Would you take Jesus with you everywhere you'd
planned to go?
Or would you maybe change your plans for just
a day or so?
Would you be glad to have Him meet your very
closest friends?
Or would you hope they stay away until His visit ends?
Would you be glad to have Him stay forever on
and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief when He at last
was gone?
It might be interesting to know the things that you
would do,
If Jesus came in person to spend some time with you .
Lois Blanchard Eades

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Forget the stereotype of the man/
woman who gets up at noon and
drives downtown in a luxury automobile to pick up his/her welfare
check. That image of a person on
welfare driving a Cadillac is being
relegated to the status of the teenage myth that taking aspirin with
Coca-Cola leads to sexual indescretion. A recent study of persons
on public assistance made by the
Indiana Department of Public Welfare shows those on welfare are
mostly single parents with a limited
education and lacking skills for the
workplace. If they have a car, and
many don't, it is a high-mileage,
moderately priced vehicle that breaks
down a lot. We realize these findings don't give much comfort to
arch-conservative politicians who
like to bleat about parasites living
off a bloated welfare budget, but
the facts speak for themselves. The
occupant of the white Cadillac with
red upholstery rumbling down the
freeway is more likely to be an
elected official than one of the needy.

'PeOJ?le
Black Baseball Star To
Construct Luxury Resort

Baseball star Dave Winfield has
reached an agreement with San
Diego Trust & Savings Bank to purchase the 916-acre Cloverdale
Ranch near Escondido for $4.8
million as a site for his Superstar
Village sports resort.
The San Diego Padres' outfielder
says he hopes to open the proposed
$40 million playground by late 1980.
Winfield said he was alone in
buying the land, adding, "I can
pay for it." Asking price for the
property had been $6.5 million.
The Escondido area ranch, a
YOUNG NEWSMAKER
mile north of the San Diego Wild
Little Autumn Moultrie who Animal Park, was chosen over six
serves as anchorperson for the Ele- other county sites under consider' mentary News show on KTTV was ation because, Winfield said, the
Presented a special youth News- bank was willing to negotiate the
maker award by the Los Angeles price and its proximity to the popChapter of the National Association ular tourist attraction.
of Media Women, Inc. The award
Winfield and his associates first
was presented to Autumn at its looked over the ranch as a site for
14th Anniversary Newsmakers Lun- the sports complex. Superstar Vilcheon at the Ambassador Hotel, lage is projected to include a 300recently. The theme of the 1979 cele- room hotel, golf course, sports and
bration " Communicating Through health clinics and condominiums,
ihe Child" was a salute to Inter- many to be owned by sports celenational Year of The Child.
brities.
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dual, was born in Oakland, California. She attended the University
of California at Berkeley where she
acquired a B.A. in Dramatic Art
and Music Literature. Phyllis came
to Hollywood in 1973 and met
screenwriter and director, Robert J.
Hyatt who immediately began to
direct her career.
Since then, she has performed
with Rufus, Olivia Newton John,
Ike & Tina Turner, Ray Charles,
Cat Stevens, Donald Byrd, Chi
Coltrane, and most recently with
Helen Reddy. She has done studio
sessions with The Impressions, Ambrosia, Connie Stevens, Teresa
Graves, Andrae Crouch, Willie
Bobo, Burton Cummings, Sammy
Davis, Jr., Redd Foxx and Leo
Sayers giving her a reputation as a
top studio vocalist and percussionist. Phyllis has toured the U.S. with
Boz Scaggs and Babys. After working on Olivia Newton-John's "Totally Hot" album, she also toured
the world with her. It was on this
PHYLLIS ST. JAMES is a dynamic tour that Phyllis finished writing
multi-talented songstress who was her album.
Once back in Hollywood, Phyllis
recently seen doing her own thing
at the Cantina West, a new L.A. signed a production contract with
Silverspoon Music Productions and
nightspot.
If you haven't seen Phyllis and recorded her first album in collaher beautiful friends on stage yet, boration with producer, arranger
you've missed a touch of class, a Gene Page. It will only be a short
taste of honey and a totally dyna- time now until Phyllis St. James is
established as a star in her own
mite show.
Phyllis, a deeply religious indivi- right.
Watch out for Phyllis on Gene
Page's latest album featured on the
tunes "With You In The Night"
and "Hold On To That Grove."
The St. James inferno is hot so
watch out for this risi ng star and
her show the next time in L.A.

1Io11VJ&1ooif

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59

Comb-Out, Conditioner,
& Oil Sheen
Whether you have a chemically treated
curl or beautiful natural curl, Worlds
of Curls is made especially for you.
Worlds Of Curls, conceived by a native California
hair care specialist who understands black hair
care, is a special formulation of conditioners and
oils that combat sun damage and hair breakage
while promoting healthy hair. Worlds Of Curls
softens hair making it manageable, while leaving
hair with a healthy, natural sheen.

World's Of Curls Locations:
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF .
1. Worlds of Hair Salon
1632 No. La Brea Ave.
Hollywood , Calif . 90028
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
1. V.I.P. Record Locations

2. Magnificent Brothers
4267 Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, Cal if . 90008
3. Ali-Ja's
8051 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, Cal if. 90048
4. La Pastiele
5474 Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif. 90019
COMPTON, CALIF.
1. Chris Beauty Supply
1802 W. Rosecrans
Compton, Calif.
2. Chris
11248 Crenshaw
Inglewood, Calif.

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FRESNO, CALIF .
1. T 8, M Beauty Supply
1484 Fresno St.
Fresno, Calif.
2 . J 8, C House of Records
860 E. California
Fresno. Calif.

3. Mr. Fro Barber Shop
1200 M81'ced St.
Fresno, Calif.

4, P & R Liquor
1205 Fresno St.
Fresno, Calif .
MADERA
1. Washington Market
802 Washington St.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
1. Majestic Key Barber Salon
2306 Florin Rd.
Sacramento, Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF .
1. La Crosby Beauty Supply Co .
1877 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, Calif .
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF .
1. Black Image Beauty Center
308 Chester
Bakersfield, Calif .
2. Mae Etta's Beauty Salon
200 E. California Ave.
Bakersfield , Calif.
3. Pace Setter & Golden Barber
1915 California Ave.
Bakersfield, Calif.

DISCO A WARDS WINNERS
Donna Summer and Teddy Pendergrass were named best female
and male disco artists while Sammy

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Davis Jr. was given a special "lifestyle" honor at the 1979 Disco Music Awards recently.
More than 700 persons attended
the nationally televised show at the
Palladium and the form of dress
ranged from disco glitter to 1930'sstyle attire.

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