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of 600 penon left the annual
MCP Dinner rallied by spe -
to the theme of "Vote to
e Our Goals Reality _,'
A highlight of the evening
the announcement by busi­
oman and civil right
der . e Ann Reynold t t
,purc . a $1,000
membership for herself
d a 500 life membe
for her niece, Cberyl E. Dixon
in Chicago.
�ntice Sydnor, �CP
om of th Life em-
ber . p committee receiv d the
membership from rs. Rey­
nold th cro d responded
. th tanding ov tion.
rs. Reynold and
her husban, the late Rev.
Henry G. Reynold who re­
acti ted the egon branch
in 1944. Originally chartered
in 1919 only 10 years after
the founding of the MCP,
egon branch lanquisb d
until the Reynolds tion . in
I
Saturday' banquet,
egon ght "First Lady"
Edna arren served .C.
S 1 unched the e ening
ith the remark, e are
itizenry to join us in
fight for freedom. . . .
You will be reminded t t
there is strength in united
peop e working for the d-
ancement of all peop "
Th program shall start with
th Invoc tion offered by the
ev. Roland Howard, Sr., p tor
of Qu en E h r ptist Church,
folio ed by Ste en Pre ey,
E cutive Director of us e­
gon County Urb League, sing­
ing the Lord's Prayer, ccom­
pani d by orman e­
some, music consultant from
Ht. Elementary
Gu were th n entertained
. th a tyle 0, under the
dir ction of rs. Lynn Curry.
State President Carl Breeding
present.
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CLOSE AT 8 pm.
ESSWOM
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By D' a y
e have the right peopl ,
right principle , right platform
which are bout compassion and
value. Ju as ure David
Goliath, shaH e the
Democrats trimmph 0 er Presi­
dent Ronald Reagan", vo ed
Dr. Charle G. Ad m, chair­
man of Detroit' Operation
PUSH, before Benton Harbor
udience •
Dr. Adams addre d group
of bout 120 people at th
'-Get Out th Vote" Rally
at Progre iv Bapti t Church,
Pipestone Church Streest,
on Saturday.
"We are here to energize
you for a humanitarian strug­
gle, a struggle for world peace,
a ruggle with higher taxe,
decency and comp on,
ruggle to keep water fit for
consumption, a struggle to get
million of people forced bac
into decent employment
positions, a struggle for ces-
tion of strife in civil right .
This . a tremendou truggl
which prim s and mesmerizes
u by an actor delivered by
indifferences, ' Adam added.
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T u, 3rd
i t ne
d 0
ob I
Blac Anglican Bishop D
mond Tutu, anti-apartheid lea­
der of the South African Council
of Church , received th 19 4
obel Pe ce Prize I t week.
Bishop Tutu . th third
Black resistance Ie der to in
the coveted prize, after Albert
Lutuli, former pre ident of th
African ational Congre , ho
won th obel Peace Priz in
1960, and hose group
ince been forced under round
in South Africa; and Dr. artin
Luther King, Jr., ho on th
prize in 1964. Tutu t the
General Theological Seminary in
ew Yor when the prize was
announced.
The 53-year-old apartheid for
ha urf ced South Africa's
leading spoke person for the
moral position against a politi-
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By ichael Beck
Benton Harbor Are Schoo
are now one step clo r td havin
a superintendant. The hool
bo rd voted in a pecial meetin
Tuesday night, Oct. 30 to
offer the po ition to Dr. H rry
Stephen. Dr. Stephen . cur­
rently rving interim per­
intendant folIo ing the re . gn -
tion of Dr. James win.
Th fir t motion put before th
bo rd a from Vice-President
mie Yarbrough to offer th
po t to Dr. Shirl E. Gilbert.
That motion a defeated 3 to4,
with Pre ident La renee Croc­
kett, nd Tru tee Larry iel n,
Jam Dudl y and Rev. alter
Bro n di nting.
The cond motion m de by
iel n, w to of er th .
to Dr. Stephen. It p d 4
vote to 3 ith Vi e-Pre . dent
Yarbrough, Trea urer Jane
Strand and Trustee Lynn Haye
dis nting. Pre ident Croc ett
then appointed himself iel n
and Str nd to the negotiation
committe to ork out a con­
tr ct with Dr. Stephens.
After th meeting, Vice-Presi­
dent Y rbrough told reporters
th t ill, e t ted pre­
pport ' hoever is
uperintendant. y
are ith the children
and the hools.' She . d she
upported Gilbert becau of hi
'clear an ers and idea for th
chool ", which he stated during
the interviews.
During the citizen comm nt ,
Dave 0 r, a hool di trict
resident, asked the bo rd to con­
sider 3 years a contract
:crgth for chool superinten-
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