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The Augusta News-Review - June 14, 1973. s By Mark T. Southerland National Black News Service Racist is the word Bill Russell, former Boston Celtics superstar and television sports commentator, jused to describe Boston and its sports writers last week. Russell, who recently signed a lucrative five-year contract to become the new coach and general manager of the Seattle Supersonics, said last week that it was “a very traumatic experience working in Boston, and there are some scars left.” In 1959, the Celtics’ top draft choice was a black man, thus, bringing the total of blacks on the team to four. According to Russell the local sports writers mentioned this fact on the front sports page and noted “the city of Boston wasn’t ready for that many blacks on the team.” However, Russell said he expects better things in Seattle because “this is a city that accepts a guy for what he is.” ***** Moses Denson, the 6-foot-1, 220-pound star of the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes, is finally coming to Washington. The 28-year-old running back announced last week that he has signed a multiyear, $50,000-a-year, no-cut If you thought DAWN, April 1973 was an adventure into some serious reading... I • TRAVEL and VACATION TIPS I • SOUL FOOD-that will really turn I on the summer cook-outers. I • EDITORIAL MATTER-that will I stimulate your mind. Go ahead judge us by Our Cover...you'll love it and we know you'll enjoy what's inside. Dawin SSSMI Americans” fl JUNE ' n I 1973 3 jIW) /W Reserve your copy ... now! CX. OTHER GREAT... DAWN Magazines • DECEMBERI Page 8 New Jim Brown Film Jim Brown, the former Cleveland football star has been signed to star in Penelope Production’s “Slams, ” an action drama which follows the ' exploits of a prisoner and his fight against the penal system. Brown’s film credits include | “The Dirty Dozen”, “Rio Conchos”, “The Mercenaries”, “Ice Station Zebra”, “Riot”, “Dark of the Sun”, “The Split”, “tick...tick...tick...”, “100 Rifles”, “El Condor”, “The Grasshopper”, “Slaughter”, “Slaughter 2”, “Black Gun”, and “I Escaped From Devil Island”. “Slams”, produced by Gene Corman, marks the directorial debut of Jonathan Kaplan The screenplay was written by Richard L. Adams. contract with the Redskins. Denson, who has been playing in Canada for the past three years and was an all-star choice his rookie year, was selected on the eighth round of NFL draft in 1972, but the ‘Skins were unable to sign him at that time because of an NFL rule which prevents a player from transferring from Canada once the Canadian team begins training camp. ***** World heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman will defend his title for the first time against Joe (King) Roman of Puerto Rico Sept. 1 in Tokyo. According to World Boxing Council ratings, Roman is ranked the No. 10 heavyweight challenger. ***** Saying that he was taking “the first step to straighten out Army Jazz *>*•**%». / ‘ -—WK . ♦ 1 ■* X •£.< k W z » ■ ■ y -a ; . £ I M «i V ' . 'Ar f * *j M < ..V hl ** J I. < J * ' Piano man SFC Herbert Lee and PFC Jim Perry (formerly with the Tom Jones Band) on tenor saxophone (a) mistake” he made with George Foreman last January, former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier announced recently he had signed for a 12-round match against European champion Joe Bugner. The 29-year-old Frazier, who will meet Bugner July 2 in London’s 18,000-seat Earl’s Court Exhibition Hall, will receive 40 per cent of the gate against a SIOO,OOO guarantee, compared to Bugner’s 20 per cent. While Frazier has K.O’ed 25 of his 29 opponents, the 23-year-old Briton has had 50 fights 44 wins, five losses, and one draw. ***** Washington’s Lee Elder shot a 75-70-145 last week in Philadelphia to qualify for the 73 rd U.S. Open golf tournament which begins June 14 in Oakmont, Pa. There are, no doubt, those who believe that an Army band plays nothing but marches and patriotic music. In the “old days” this was true. Army bands were originally formed for the purpose of fanning the fires of patriotism as they played in parades, rallies and other military events. But times change; and customs change along with it. This holds true for the Army as well as the civilian aspects of today’s way of life. “People are inclined to have a post-World War II concept of an Army band,” said Chief Warrant Officer Robert Conn, bandmaster of the 434th U.S. Army Band at Ft. Gordon. “In addition to playing marches and other military-oriented pieces, we play many types of music - whatever the occasion calls for. The band plays rock, jazz, polkas, pop and folk music -a variety designed to appeal to all musical tastes.” Conn went on to say that the Ft. Gordon band has several openings for young musicians: “We especially need woodwinds, trumpets, piano and drums.” Anyone interested in joining the band at Ft. Gordon -- permanent party military personnel including members of the Women’s Army Corps, and civilian high school graduates, phone 791-2813 to make an appointment for audition by the bandmaster. “We are open for phone calls every day from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,” he said. “All that is required is that the applicant pass a preliminary audition, for which we will furnish the music and the instrument. Those who pass will be given eight weeks of on-the-job-training (OJT) with the band. They are then given a second audition to determine their ability to play with the band. Incidentally, I’ve never known of one to fail once he got on OJT,” Conn added. Wac musicians are most We trade YOUR way I ► I to fit YOUR budget W fill with thrifty (flexible) GMAC-terms W UlVl you can live with. 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The advent of Wacs playing in Army bands came about earlier this month when the Army changed its ruling prohibiting them from joining Army bands. The only exception to htis rule is the 14th Army Band at Ft. McClellan, Ala., which is composed entirely of Wacs. In addition to furnishing post support anywhere we can be of service we also play at other official engagements, both on and off post,” Conn said. On post events include the Red Cross Lounge and Service Club No. 2. Recent performances off post have been at the Langley-Bath-Clearwater and North Augusta High Schools in S.C., and T.W. Josey and Lucy Laney High Schools in Augusta. Here the band caters to the young crowd by playing pop and rock music. The band is accompanied by an Army Recruiter at high school appearances. .Also, last Sunday, thousands of CSRA residents heard the band play at the Augusta Arts Festival at Oglethorpe Park. Community Action Agency Salaries Are Generally Low A survey of Georgia’s Community Action Agencies reveals that there’s notheing high about salaries of their employees. “Despite opinion to the contrary,” Jim Redmond, President of the Georgia Community Action Association, says “salaries of our employees are generally low, and at best modest.” Replies to questionnaires from 14 --or two-thirds -of Georgia’s 21 agencies reveal that the average annual salary paid executive directors is $13,499. Economic Opportunity Atlanta is not included in this average, Redmond said. “It is one of the Nation’s largest agencies, and is not comparable to the average community action agency.” Redmond said that it is important to distinguish between employees of the Office of Economic Opportunity, who are federal employees under civil service, and community action agency employees who work for private non-profit corporations, and are without any job security. The highest salary paid to executive directors is $15,825, and the lowest is $11,520. Only 32 employees out of a total of 602 make more than SIO,OOO. “Agencies reporting have an Soul & Blues Awards Chuck Mann, president of Cinema West Productions announces the following as nominees for he Second Annual Soul & Blues Awards Show to be presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 17th. Performers set so far are James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Al Green, Johnny Hartman, Joe Simon, Candi Staton, Sarah Vaughn and Jimmy Witherspoon. Reese’s Barber Shop 1259-12th St. We Specialize In The Oo Latest Hair Styling. Phone 722-9132 average administrative cost of 8 percent, out of a total funding of $ 1 5,000,000,” he continued. The most revealing result of the survey, he said, is that more than 60 percent of community aciton employees make less than $5,000, while another 25 percent make between $5,000 and SB,OOO. Redmond is Executive Director of Ninth District Opportunity, Inc., the Community Action Agency for Northeast Georgia. BLACK WOMEN Cont’d from page 7 the group. She said the black woman’s job was “making it possible for our girls, boys, and men to move into their rightful position in society--but especially black men because a black woman is all a black man has.” Unlike many feminists meetings, there were no delegates calling men male chauvinist pigs. Interestingly, a cocktail party was listed in the program with the theme, “Black Men, We Love You Madly.” Another gal, Tommia B. Holland, director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission,said it this way: “I’m from Richmond, Ind. where most black men had to do three to five jobs to take care of the families. It was easier for black women to get jobs. It’s just made me oriented to pushing to get the black man philosophically, psychologically and economically the head of the family.” Another woman, a lawyer from the District of Columbia, explained her position this way. “Whatever negative elements are thrust upon us, it is first because we’re black and second because we’re women.” Roscoe Dellums, the wife of U.S. Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., charged white feminists of “trying to define (our) political posture and taking an elistist position in saying to black women, ‘Where are you? It’s rather intimidating.” And Joan Wilson, a friend of Mrs. Dellums who is white, said, “I’m very disparaging of the lack of dialogue” between the black and white women’s movements. “As white feminists, we don’t realize the fear black women have of being co-opted.” Although there wasn’t complete agreement that race should taken precedence over sex, the group of women seemed pretty convinced that this was in the best interests of the black community. 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