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The Augusta News-Review October 20,1984
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Paula F. Curtis (L) and Vivian W. Thompson
Scholarship awarded
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.,
recently selected Miss Paula F.
Curtis as the recipient of a SSOO
scholarship.
Mrs. Vivian W. Thompson,
representative for Top Ladies and
advisor of Top Teens of America,
Staple Singers return
after four year absence
The Staple Singers, 30-year
veterans of the gospel, soul and
pop music scenes, have released a
Talking Heads song as their first
record in four years. That song,
“Slipper People, quickly hit the
Black singles charts and won critic
cal acclaim, and it highlights The
Turning Point, the Staples’ new
albuum for Private I/CBS Records
The single, released in both
seven, and twelve-inch versions,
rose from No. 41 to No. 22 in
Billboard’s Dance chart and from •
No. 63 to No. 42 among Black
singles. “It’s nothing but a gospel
song talking ab out church
people,” says Roebuck “Pop”
Staples of the song, which is sung
by Mavis Staples, with help from
Pop as well as Cleo, Yvonne and
Pervis Staples. “The Staple
Singers are always interested in
doing something constructive and
affirmative, and David Byrne
wrote that song about the way
church people sometimes behave.
“People might look at church
folks acting crazy and say, ‘What’s
the matter with them?” He laughs.
“But when the spirit hits you, you
Photographer says he has right
to publish photos
WHITE PLAINS-Attorneys
for photographer Thomas Chiapel
said Wednesday he had a right to
sell sexually explicit photos of
Vanessa Williams to Penthouse
magazine even though publication
of the pictures cost Williams her
Miss America title.
In papers filed in state Supreme
Court in White Plains, Chiapel
said he had a First Amendment
right to sell the pictures and denied
Williams claim that she did not
sign a release form.
“She was a public figure”, said
Jeffrey Diachman, who represents
Chiapel and Penthouse. “She
voluntarily posed for the photos
and she signed the release.”
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made the presentation.
Miss Curtis is the daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Curtis. She
is a 1984 honor graduate of the
A.R. Johnson Health Profession
High School and is presently
enrolled at the University of
Georgia.
do things you might not usually
do, and that’s what the song’s
about slippery people.”
“It took a talent like (Mavis)
Staples to bring out the dark
genius of David Byrne,” enthused
Leo Sacks in Billboard. “Her
breathy, sexy contralto’s inter
pretation of the Talking Heads
tune exudes a nervous, spooky
quality - not unlike Byrne’s own
musical persona.” And Byrne
himself is clearly a fan:“He asked
us to be in a Talking Heads movie,
which is very exciting,” says Pop.
The Turning Point is the first
album in four yhears for the Staple
Singers, who have been singing
professionally since the mid
1950’5. After moving from straight
gospel material to secular,
message-oriented songs, they
scored a string of early 1970’s hits
that included “Respect Yourself”
and the Number One hits “I’ll
Taske You There” and “Let’s Do
It Again,” Mike Piccirillo and
Gary Goetzman produced “Slip
pery People” and “This Is Our
Night,” while Pervis Staples and
Henry Bush handled the bulk of
the album.
Williams has sued Chiapel for
SIO,OOO damage. Williams also
wants a share of the money
Chiapel made on selling the shots
to Penthouse. The magazine
described that money as the
highest it has ever paid for nude
photos.
Williams, who forced to
relinquish her crown in July when
the pictures appeared in the Sep
tember Penthouse, claimed
Chiapel violeted her rights, caused
her embarrassment and loss of
valuable business opportunities.
“It’s no surprise,” said
Williams attorney Helene Freeman
of the Chipael response. “It
basically denies the essentials of
UNCF recieves
federal donations
New York--When the Combined
Federal Campaign begins its an
nual fall drive, federal employees
who want to support higher
education will be designating the
United Negro College Fund as the
recipent of their donations. The
Combined Federal Campaign is
the payroll deduction plan for
federal employees who wish
to make charitable contributions.
The UNCF joined the Com
bined Federal Campaign two yers
ago. During the year of 1984,
federal employees will contribute
$2 million to the College Fund.
“Acontribution to the UNCF,
through CGC, makes it possible
for our colleges to provide high
quality education for thousands of
promising students. We all have a
stake in these youngsters. They are
the ones who still determine oujr
nations future,” said College Fund
President Christopher Edley.
The UNCF helps support 42
private, historically Black colleges
and universities. Each year some
45,000 of America’s brightest
youngsters attend UNCF schools.
This year marks the College
Fund’s 40th anniversary of service
to Black higher education.
Many students who attend
Congresswoman wants
banks to drop costs
A oounced check cost con
sumers an average of $5.07 in
1979. The charge rose to $9.46 by
last year. Bur, according to the
Federal Reserve Board, the actual
expense to the bank of processing
the check dropped from 78 cents in
1974 to 36 cents today because of
thewidspread use of advanced
equipment, Congresswoman Car
diss Collins (D. Ill) said today.
Nearly half of all banks today
have charges for savings accounts
below certain levels, a practice
almost unheard of several years
ago. Only 5 percent of banks offer
free checking accounts and have to
go to places that charge a fee fro
cashing not only paychecks but
also government checks,” the
congresswoman said.
The legislation she introduced
today has two aims. First, to
require federal agencies that
regulate banks, savings and loans
and credit unions to study and to
report to Congress within 6 mon
ths the basic deposit and checking
services that could be offered at no
or little cost to consumers.
The agencies would also have to
report what the banks’ expenses
would be for such a package of
services.
This information would put
Congress in a position to in
telligently legislate on the issue
Photography to
be on exhibit
Photography by Brenda G.
Johnson, H. Michael Clark, Keith
Tolen, and Marva Stewart is on
exhibit in the auditorium of the
Wallace Branch Library.
Hours are Mondays 9-7 p.m.,
Tuesday- Friday 10-5:30 p.m. The
exhibit will continue through Oc
tober 31.
the complaint”.
Williams, 21, of Millwood,
N.Y., was the first Black Miss
America and the first Miss
America to surrender her crown.
Chiapel made his first public
statement on the matter in
November issue of Penthouse
which featured a second batch of
sexually explicit photographs of
Williams posing with another
woman.
“I really didn’t think she would
lose her title,” Chiapel told Pen
thouse publisher Bob Guccione in
an interview.
A third set of Williams photos
sadomasochistic in nature- are to
be published in the January Pen
house.
College Funds schools come from
low-income homes. Nearly one
half of the families of UNCF
students on College Fund cam
puses require and receive financial
aid.
All federal employees, including
members of the military, are
eligible to enroll in the Combined
Federal Campaign. The annual
six-week CFC drive is held in 560
communities and military in
stallations from Labor Day until
Thanksgiving. The CFC is similar
to other charitable payroll deduc
tion plans offered by many cor
porations for their employees.
Alumni of the nation’s
predominatly Black colleges amke
valuable contributions to their
communities and the nation.
Among the more prominent alum
ni of UNCF colleges are Atlanta
Mayor Andrew Young and the
mayors of Washington, D.C.,
Birmingham, and New Orleans;
opera diva Leontyne Price; recor
ding star Lionel Richie; poet Nikki
Giovanni; nevelist Frank Yerby;
and Olympic Gold Medalist Edwin
Moses.
The UNCF is known by its mot
to, “A mind is a terrible thing to
waste.”
should that appear necessary, Mrs.
Collins said.
Second, the bill would require
banks, savings and loans and
credit unions to give written
statements to ptoential customers
of the prices and features of the
services they offer. They would be
required to send written statements
toall depositors at least once a year
telling them of the fees charged for
various ervices.
“This should stimulate com
petition by giving potential
customers the information they
need to do comparative shop
ping,” Mrs. Collins said.
Lem Smith
had a dream.
He wanted to get into sales.
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Masons plan annual banquet
Lebanon Consistory No. 28
Prince Hall Affiliated Sscottish
Rites Masons cordially invites all
to attend their Fourth Annual
Charity Banquet, Oct. 26 at 7:30
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR
ADVERTISEMENT FORBIDS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
FOR
THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA. GEORGIA
Sealed bids for "CHAFFEE AVENUE-uRUID PARK AVENUE STORM SEWER
PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE; PROJECT: CDBG B-84-MC-130003/84-12”
will be received by the Mayor and Clerk of Council of the City of Augusta,
Georgia until 12 O'CLOCK NOON on NOVEMBER 14, 1984, in room 806 of the
City-County Municipal Building.
At that time and place the sealed bids shall be publicly opened and read aloud
for furnishing all materials, labor, machinery, tools, etc., necessary for all
work involved in the construction of Storm Sewers, Sanitary Sewers, Water
mains, Street Paving and Appurtenances thereto along portions of Druid Park
Ave., Emmett St., Fenwick St., Laney-Walker Blvd., Moore Ave., Parnell St.
and Walton Way.
The project shall be preformed all in accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared by James G. Swift & Associates, Consulting
Engineers, 2801 Wilco Avenue, Augusta, Georgia.
Bids must be accomoanied bv a Certified Check or Bid Bond in an
amount of five percent (5 percent) of the total bid price. No bid may
be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after closing time
scheduled for receipt of bids.
Plans and specifications for bidding purposes may be obtained at the office of
James G. Swift & Associates, Consulting Engineers, 2801 Wiico Avenue,
Augusta, Georgia, upon payment of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each
set of documents issues, (non-refundable).
Plans and specifications are open to public inspection at the following
locations:
City Engrs. Dept., 7th floor, City-County Municipal Bldg.
Community Development Dept., 624 Greene St., Augusta, GA
C.S.R.A. Business League, 1208 Laney-Walker Blvd., Augusta, GA
Augusta Builders Exchange, Augusta, GA
F.W. Dodae Div. Plan Room. Auausta. GA
Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clean Air
Act as amended, regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency as
amended, Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as
amended, the Federal Labor Standards Provision and Executive Order 11246
as amended.
The City reserves all rights to reject any or all bids and to vaaive any or all
formalities.
CHARLES A. DeVANEY
Pub: Augusta News-Review 20, 27 Oct., 3 Nov. 1984 Mayor, ProTem
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Tickets will be available at the
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