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ew York, .Y. - The
late t CBS/ ew York Times
poll ha found Rev. Je se
J ac n third most popular
among the potential Demo­
cratic party pre idential con­
tender . ccording to the
survey former .S. nator
Gary Hart was the leading
-Dem crat winning the
approval of 33% of those
polled; ew York Governor
arlo Cuomo placed cond
with 17% and J ck n placed
third in a field of eight
ossible contender with 9%.
There were no Blac amon
th po ible contender of the
Republican presidential nomi-
nation.
JA ESFA E ILL
Yellow Spring. Ohio
67-ye -old Jame Farmer
wa hospitalized recently
after ufferin a minor heart
tt ck. F rrner was the
founder of the Congre of
Racial Equality and helped
develop the non-violent pro­
te t ctic of the civil rights
movement in the 1960'.
Farmer uffered the heart
tt c after delivering
ch in Yello Springs
Ohio honorin ain civil
right leader Dr. artin
Luther King, Jr.
.Y. - A
Time m azine poll h
found that ove helming
m . ority of Americans gree
ith the following tement:
"R cia} prejudice i ill very
common in the U.S." Ho -
ever, a majority of hites
. d they did no feel that
Blac s ere singled out for
di rimination." "
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
Boys Choir of Harl
Highland Park
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Ame ican pu
Arizona
A sociation ended their planned
four-day 46th annual midwinter
orkshop prote in Gov. Evan
echam's (R-Ariz) position.
Chistophe H Bennett, presi­
dent of the Black publishers
ciati n and The Seattle
Medium newspaper called
echam's action "cowardly and
repugnant" likening his ance
to the system of apartheid in
South Africa. Bennett . d
immediate retaillation would in­
clude an economic boycott of
the state until King's holiday
i rein ated.
''The Black community has
too few role models and heroes
to politically remove one, parti­
cularly one of the stature of
Dr. King," Bennett in an
afternoon pre conference at
the etro Holiday Inn. "The
significance of Dr. King' move­
ment was that one day we will
be judged by the content of
our character and not by the
color of our in."
By c y: NNPA
Nationd Correspondent
PHOE IX, AZ - Troubl
brewed under the Arizona sun
and the _ soft midwinter wind
another vi ·tiog convention
cancel d their week' activities
in prote of the state's
re inding of the ational Holi­
day in honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
The Democratic tional
Committee rved plans for their
financial meeting in Tucson to
sho solidarity. And in Phoe­
nix, after consultations ith the
Rev. Je L. J IOn and
other national and local Bl ck
civic and corporate le der the
ational e spaper Publishers
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By Rhod cKinn y: � A
National Correspondent
ASHI GTO - At the
tail end of Oliver Tambo's
four day visit to the nation'
Capital the titular head of the
outlawed African ational Con­
gre said he hoped to add re
the American people' concern
about the C's a ciation
with the Soviet Union their
u of violent tactics to end
South frica' apartheid sy ern
and to urge U.S. cretary of
st te George P. Shultz to end
all diplomatic tie ith Pretoria.
that everyone
is not in agreement about
this meeting, but it i a meet­
ing fir and foremo ," said
Tambo speaking of his talk with
Shultz and the importance of
the first meeting be�een any
U.S. cretary of ate and
leaders of the C. "If two
people disagree that i a reason
is
ers
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to meet to di cu tho dif-
ference . '
Many con rvative p litician
were pprehensive about the
50 minute Tambo- hultz urn­
mit, stating that the Blac
natlonali leader would n t
denounce terrori t type activitie
and the organization s com­
munis backed. They ere
mo t concerned about a practice
called "nee lacing" wher a
tir aked in a line would
be placed around the nee of
Blac u ected informer for
the South frican police and
lit.
To a group of journalist
at the ational Pr Club
Tambo argued "Tho who
refu to meet with the C
are refusin to help find a
lution to apartheid. .. e
need the United State on our
side". e will remove any ob-
tacle the U.S. can com to
our ide."
Tambo wa in' ent that
the C' way" would bring
about the death of apartheid.
And "he a1 said he did not
agree with all C metho
but he would not condemn
their practice and tho in the
C who have communist lean­
ing would not be expelled.
"It i a part of our' hi tory,"
he said. "The general expecta­
tion is where there is com­
munism there is a dominance
"of communism. That" not
the ca with the A C."
Tambo' meet in with
Shultz a to include con­
versation about future negotia­
tions between Blac leaders in
South frica and the white
government and ho the Re an
dministration could help in
that proces
But Tambo called Jlj otia­
tions "unacceptable" if Bla
South African le der were not
moving freely among their peo­
ple.
"For negotiation to take
place" he id, "the ders
ho are impri ned must b
there among the peopl parti­
cipating in this process and
organizat . on must be unbanned
having freedom of mo ment."
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NNPA' convention cancella-
tion occured in the wake of
Gov. Mecham's tatement at the
Arizona Bre fa Club.
He said, "I told the pre
the other day that there wa
no di rimin tion in Arizona
and if there was I would wipe
it out."
"I told Rev. J son," id
echam "that I'm concerned
about you hurting Black. . .
bee use if you continue to
push peop e who have willingly
said that they want equal
right for all people, there comes
a time when the majority y
we're not going to take it
anymore. If the majority rise
up ... I fear for what happen
to Blac "
any banquest, workshop
and activitie had been planned
for the convention, but the
perishable food supplie wer
donated by A and their
corporate sponsors to St. ary"s
Food Bank .