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Settlement In ’77 Concert Dispute DETROIT-- Rev. Jim Holley’s three year lawsuit against Natalie Cole has ended in an out of court settlement which he says has vindicated himself and his church. Little Rock Baptist. In an agreement reached with Ms. Cole's attorneys, the church was awarded an “undisclosed” amount of money as restitution for financial losses it suffered when the singer allegedly broke her contract with it by failing to perform in concert at the University of Detroit on May 5, 1977. “We’re really happy about the fact that the court has vindicated us,” Won’t Cross PATCO Line Rosa Ref uses... Again The refusal of Rosa Parks, the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” to cross the PATCO picket lines in order to catch an airplane, brought disappointment last week to hundreds of admirers in Tuscon, Ariz. who had gathered for a three-day observance held there in editor of The Crisis, the NAACP official publication. Wilkins was named executive secretary in 1955. Later, the title was changed to executive director. In March 1938, after a federal anti-lynching bill was defeated by a 47-day Southern filibuster, Wilkins managed to find a silver lining. He asserted that the federal government’s system had been “laid bare” and the lynchers “put on the spot” as unsupportive of democracy and freedom. "We lose, but we win,” Wilkins declared. Eventually, Wilkins and those who struggled with him really did win as state after state, influenced by the NAACP campaign, enacted anti-lynching laws. Through the years, Wilkins traveled widely for the NAACP and wrote numerous articles and speeches. He also served as chairman Os the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a national coalition of rights, labor and religious groups. His efforts are credited with helping to tear down bastions of segregation in housing, the armed forces, voting booths and jobs. For example, in 1943, when eight Black Philadelphia transit workers were promoted and disgruntled whites went on strike, Wilkins went to the city. The strike ended after six days, and the Blacks kept their promotions. While he was better known as the man behind negotiations, Wilkins also could be found on the front lines, marching on Washington in 1963 and on Selma in 1965. Like other demonstrators, he was occasionally arrested. T he first time was in 1932, ■when Wilkins and the NAACP picketed Constitution Hall in Washington because organizers of a conference there refused to include lynching in their discussion of crime problems. Wilkins, a frugal man of immaculate dress and conservative grooming, was - like other legendary rights leaders -a valued adviser to presidents. He helped Harry S. Truman end segregation in the Armed Forces. And, well known to White House switchboard operators and secretaries, he could pick up his telephone and talk with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson’s heart was on the right side of the civil right side of civil rights struggle. Once Wilkins called the Texan the best president in history “from the standpoint of poor white Americans and erf non-white minorities.” Johnson, in a gesture of mutual admiration, awarded Wilkins the nation's highest civilian award, the Freedom Medal, as one of hi* final official Rev. Holly said adding, “We wish Ms. Cole well.” The concert had been designed to raise funds to help quell the increase in gang violence which was taking place in the city at that time. The church had reached a “truce” with gang leaders and had planned to sponsor gang members on a trip to Washington. According to Rev. Holley, under the terms of the contract he had with Ms. Cole, partial payment was made at the time the contract was signed and the remaining balance was to be paid prior to her pe rformance the night of the her honor. This marks the second time that a celebration sponsored by the State Conference of NAACP branches was marred by the inability of Mrs. Parks to attend. Early this year, Febrauary, a tribute was cancelled because of Mrs. Continued From Page 1 Roy Wilkins acts. Richard M. Nixon was another matter. Referring to the Nixon administration’s announcement that it intended to allow some schools to slip past a deadline on desegregation, Wilkins said, “It’s almost enough to make you vomit. Three years late, Wilkins still was lambasting Nixon on education. This time, it was Nixon’s anti busing stand that prompted Wilkins to say that the president was “with the enemies of little Black children.” While Nixon was poking thorns in Wilkin’s right side, some Black activisits were driving nails into his left. Many in the rights movement claimed Wilkins was too moderate, too slow and too accommodating with whites. But it was to Wilkins that whites often turned for explantations erf Black rage that led to urban riots during the 19605. He appeared on NBC-TV s Meet The Press in July 1967, soon after the Newark, N.J., disturbances, and was asked by an interviewer how the riots could have been prevented. Wilkin’s answer: “Jobs and better housing and better schools and better treatment” by police. On that same program he rejected “Black power” because “the essence of it is separatism,” which he disdained until the end. LEGAL NOTICE Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company has made applica tion to the Georgia Public Service Commission for authority to adjust the schedules of its rates and charges for intrastate service. A copy of the application is on file with the Georgia Public Service Commission in which are set out the revision in rates which the Company has re quested authority to establish. A com plete copy of the proposed revisions is available for your inspection in the office of your local manager of the telephone company This matter has been desig nated Docket No. 3286-U and assigned for public hearing before the Commission pursuant to Georgia Code Ann. Sections 93-307 and 93-307.1, such hearing to begin at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 28, 1981, in the Commission’s Hearing Room, 177 State Office Building, 244 Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, and to con tinue from day to day thereafter as announced by the Commission, dur ing which hearings anyone inter ested in these matters will be given an opportunity to express their views pursuant to Ga. Laws 1981, pp. 121 128 (Ga. Code Ann. Section 93-502 a). In accordance with Ga. Laws 1981, pp. 121, 128 (Ga. Code Ann Section 93-502 a(c)| persons wish ing to intervene must file a petition to intervene with the Commission within 30 days of the first publication of notice in the proceedings. This Notice is published at the direction of the Georgia Public Service Commission. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY By: S.E. Jennette, Jr. Vice President Detroit Pastor Wins Natalie Cole Suit concert. However, Rev. Holley said, Ms. Cole’s stage manager demanded full payment two hours before she was scheduled to perform and before he had seen her. He said when he refused to make payment before he saw Ms. Cole, the stage manager pulled the generator, cutting power to the stage equipment and canceling the performance. This also prevented the performance of Walter Jackson, who had also been contracted to appear. The lawsuit, which was settled in U.S. District Court by Judge Avery Parks’ illness. She had committed herself to attend the September observation if her health permitted. When the date for the celebration was reset for the past weekend, Mrs. Parks notified the committee, headed by Mrs. The expression “Black power” generally meant political, social and economic strength gained through unity of Blacks. But often it also was defined as a violent path toward change, embraced by Blacks who wanted to separate themselves from whites. Speaking to, the latter definition, Wilkins called it “Black Jim Crow.” However, at the same time that Wilkins scored those Black activists he called “the wild ones,” he understood well why they raged. At the NAACP convention in Minneapolis in July 1971, Wilkins said that Blacks were tired of waiting so many years for change. “My heart is with them 100 percent,” he said. “I just can’t join them.” Brake job for / disc or drum systems 2-wheel jfL 9 9 Reg. $74.99-$ 79.99 4-wfteel. 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She also felt that a long train trip, which would Six years later, on the day before the organization’s 68th national convention in his native St. Louis, Wilkins, 75, and on the verge of retiring, left future leaders with this succinct advice: “Be alert.” EASY! The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is a... CLASSIFIED AD CALL 722-4555 Augusta News -Reuiew called a shyster.” The church’s attorney, Douglas Elliard, was quite please with the settlement. "I felt that it was very fair,” he said. Rev. Holley said he is very satisfied with the agreement and is glad the episode has ended. “It (the settlement) basically covered what the judge felt were our expenses and what J udge Cohn felt that the church was due under the circumstances,” he said. The money, he added, is not important; what’s important is that the truth finally be known. “It’s important that have been more than three days each way, would be too much of strain. 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