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Vol. 7, No. 34
Josephine Jackson Miss Georgia
National Teenager Pageant finalist
Miss Josephine Jackson,
daughter of Mr. Joseph T.
Jackson and Mrs. Margaret G.
Jackson of Augusta, has been
selected to be a finalist in the
1978 Miss Georgia National
Teen-ager Pageant to be held at
Wesleyan College, May 5,6,
and 7.
The Miss Georgia National
Teen-age Pageant is the official
finals to the Miss National
Teen-ager Pageant to be held in
Atlanta in August. Deborah
Warner of Decatur, 1977 Miss
George National Teen-ager will
crown the new queen.
Congressman Hawkins and
Army Secretary Alexander
address Black Press Confab
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM and how it can be solved will be discussed at
the NNPA Mid-Winter Workshop, January 11-14 in Miami, bv these two top
government officials.
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Congressman Augustus F.
Hawkins, co-sponsor of the
Humphrey-Hawkins
Full-Employment and
Balanced-Growth Bill, and
Army Secretary Clifford L.
Alexander Jr., will be among
the top speakers who will
address the Mid-Winter
Workshop of the National
Newspaper Publishers
Association (NNPA) in Miami,
January 11-14.
Announcement of their
Workshop appearances at the
Omni International Hotel to
discuss the “Unemployment
Dilemma and What the Black
Press Can Do About It” was
made this week by Dr. Carlton
B. Goodlett, president of the
NNPA and editor-publisher of
the San Francisco Sun
Reporter/Metro Reporter.
Congressman Hawkins of
Fired employe attacks
former co-workers
A former St. Joseph
Hospital employe attacked
three staff members last week
after going to work only to
find that he had been
terminated.
Police said Marvin Jones of
1508 Dade St. returned to his
job after a suspension, learned
of his termination and attacked
Jeffrey L. Syran along with
two other men and threatened
to kill all of them.
Syran said on Dec. 7 he and
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There will be contestants
from all over Georgia
competing for the title of Miss
Georgia National Teen-ager.
The winner of the Miss
Georgia National Teen-ager
Pageant will receive a 52,000
tuition scholarship to Wesleyan
College. A full scholarship to
the Barbizon School of
Modeling, an all-expense paid
trip to compete in the Miss
National Teen-ager Pageant in
Atlanta, and a total of 516,000
in cash scholarships will be
awarded at the National
Pageant. Contestants will be
Los Angeles, who has been
pushing his full-employment
bill for a number of years,
received limited support from a
President for the first time a
few weeks ago when Carter
endorsed it in principle.
Secretary Alexander, the
first Black to head up the
Army, has major
responsibilities in the
employment area through the
recruitment and training of
military personnel.
Another highlight of the
Workshop will be the
presentation of NNPA
Distinguished Humanitarian
Award to Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey as the closing event
of the program.
Other Workshop speakers
will include: Assistant
Secretary of Labor Ernest G.
Green, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Jones had fougnt at a school
gym. It resulted in a head
injury for Syran although he
refused at that time to press
charges, or even identify his
attacker.
The hospital incident
required Syran to have the
wound previously inflicted by
Jones re-stitched.
When police arrived Jones
ran but was apprehended. He
was arrested and charged with
aggravated assault.
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judged on scholastic
achievement-leadership,
poise-personality and beauty.
There is no swim suit or
talent competition. Each
contestant will recite a 100
word “essay” on the subject,
“What’s Right About
America.”
Miss Jackson, 17, is being
sponsored by her father
(Joseph T. Jackson) and an
anonymous donor. Her hobbies
include swimming, baking, art,
playing the piano, bowling, and
meeting new people.
Chairman Eleanor Holmes
Norton, Republican National
Committee Chairman William
Brook, Newsweek Vice
President and Circulation
Director E. Daniel Capell,
Co-Directors of the
Southeastern Black Press
Institute 1 Sonja Stone and
Bernadine Moses, President of
the Joint Center for Political
Studies Eddie N. Williams, and
Dr. Goodlett.
While the plenary sessions
will deal with the problem of
unemployment, the regular
Workshop sessions will focus
on publishers’ management
problems, editing for
circulation building, promoting
and building circulation, and
increasing advertising sales.
News-Review
Editor-publisher Mallory K.
Millender will introduce the
head table at the Jan. 12
luncheon.
Shot by spouse,
wife says
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A 29-year-old Augusta
woman was shot once in the
chest Sunday by her husband.
He called the shooting
accidental. She disagreed.
Police said they found Mrs.
Betty Johnson lying on the bed
in their homg at 2547 Allen St.
Before being hospitalized, she
told officers the shooting was
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crowned
Debra Moorehead was
crowned “Miss Christmas
Belle” at Augusta College
Friday night.
Chosen by student vote, she
was one of nine nominees.
“Miss Christmas Belle” and
‘Miss Homecoming” are the
highest honors to which a
queen can aspire at Augusta
College.
A senior sociology major,
Debra has been on the dean’s
list for five quarters. She is
chairperson for the Alpha
Kappa Alpha interest group,
treasurer of the Black Student
Union and a ment of the
state-wide Student Advisory
Council.
She plans to attend the
University of Pittsburg and
obtain a master’s degree in
social work.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Jones of
Pittsburg, Pa.
Former Black Journal host gets
national commercial TV show
PURCHASE. N.Y. - TONY
BROWN’S JOURNAL, a new
nationally syndicated program
on commercial television,
devoted to public affairs
matters, will begin in February,
1978, according to an
announcement by John
Sculiey, president of Pepsi Cola
Company, sponsor of the
program.
Tony Brown, formerly
executive producer of BLACK
JOURNAL on public
television, will host the series
of 13 half-hour programs
which will focus on the impact
of Black personalities and
issues and how they affect race
relations and the course of
American life.
TONY BROWN'S
JOURNAL will be made
available free of cost in
syndication to commercial TV
stations across the country by
Show Biz, Inc. of Nashville,
Tennessee and is produced by
Tony Brown Productions, Inc.
of New York City .
In announcing the series, Mr.
Sculiey said. “Pepsi-Cola
Company feels it is important
to have a program such as
TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL
on national commercial
television. It will not only be
significant and progressive in
its documentary style, but will
fill a need on commercial
television. We think all
Americans will benefit from
this unique and highly
informative program.”
Mr. Brown said, “Pepsi-Cola
December 15. 1977
Baby’s skull fractured, jaw
broken by mom’s boyfriend
A three-month-old infant
was critically injured last week
because his mother’s
boyfriend, “couldn't stand to
hear a baby cry.”
Police said Cleveland M.
Reeves, 32, of 647 Fury Ferry
Road, had been drinking before
attacking the child and just
“went crazy.”
The child received a
fractured skull, broken jaw,
cuts and bruises to his chin,
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NATIONAL T.V. - Tony Brown, right, executive
producer of Tony Brown’s Journal, and John Sculley,
center, president and chief executive officer of
Pepsi-Cola Company, respond to questions raised by
famed author, actor, and film director, Ossie Davis, at
recent New York news conference announcing
Company has once again
demonstrated corporate
leadership by taking this
historic step. Their sponsorship
will make it possible to reach a
much larger audience on
commercial television.”
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nose and face. He was admitted
to University Hospital,
authorities said.
Police said Ms. Barbara
Smith of 2134 A St., the
child’s mother, was already a
patient in the hospital
following a fight with Reeves
due to his abusive behavior
toward the child. She had
earlier declined to press charges
against either offense.
The infant was left in the
Continuing, he said, “I think
we have developed a unique
journalistic approach. In
investigating American life, we
will seek the opinions of Black
and white authorities and
utilize opinion polls."
care of Reeves and a teen-age
baby-sitter. Reeves admitted to
authorities that he beat the
child whenever he cried
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50 YEARS OF SERVICE - Stovall Walker, president
of W alker Ford Motors presents Mr. Alex Bland with a
gold watch for 50 years of continous service.
Mr. Bland is a trustee and usher of the Young
Providence Baptist Church in North Augusta S.C.
syndication of Tony Brown’s Journal on national
commercial television. The “Journal” will Be a series of
13 half-hour programs, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola
Company, and hosted by Brown, focusing on the imapct
of Black personalities and issues and how they affect
race relations and the course of American life.
The “Tony Brown’s Journal
Opinion Polls” will ask
influential Black thought
leaders around the country
their views on such issues as
busing, the Bakke case. Blacks
because he, “couldn’t stand to
hear a baby cry.”
He was arrested and charged
with cruelty to children.
and the women’s movement,
President Carter’s performance,
how a potential race war in
southern Africa would affect
race relations in the United
States, and many others;
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