Bronze Reporter [Volume: 9, Issue: 51]

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_ TOWN TAVERN VINDICATED IN ITs REFUSAL
TO SERVE NEGROES

Asked for a statement after the trial; Local NAACP President, Richard Traylor said, ~This ~verdict is an indication

of problems Negroes in this community are faced with in |
developing a more aggressive program of seeking equal |*
accommodation. Our organization is not limited to any one +
means of solving problems of this nature. The Courts do |

not represent the last aveniie to. be taken in this matter.~

Louis LaFever expressed shock that he would. be
brought to trial on the civil rights violation. He said, ~We
Mave served both Negroes and whites arid we have denied
service to both Negroes and whites for reasons other than
= for which I was charged. =

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SCOTT RESIGNS PROSECUTOR~S POST.
The enforced resignation of Assistant Prosecutor Elisha Scott leaves the Genesee County Prosecutor~s Office

without a Negro assistant for the first time in~ over ten~

years. The situation came about when the newly. appointed
Prosecuting Attorney Robert Leonard, in an unprecedented
move, requested the resignation of all assistants -appointed
by his predecessor, Walter Kuta (who is now circuit judge)
Mr. Leonard then proceeded to reappoint certain. ones of
the old staff. Mr. Scott will return to private practice.

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NEW FEATURE FOR BRONZE REPORTER

The services of Beatrice Baxter, social worker, writer
and humorist have been engaged to answer letters sent
in by readers. If you have a problem dealing with any. phase
of life ~ children~s problems, affairs of the heart, trouble
with neighbors, good manners, grooming ~ Send your letters to Beatrice Baxter, 1301 Lapeer.
FREEDOM FUND SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN SONGFEST
HERE SATURDAY

Metropolitan Baptist Church wil be the scene. of a
song fest to he given Saturday; June 29 at 7:30 p.m. to aid
Southern Freedom Fighters. All proceeds from the affair
will go the the Southern strife areas. Representatives from
the Flint Quartette Union as- well as the Famous Rock ~of
Dag Soaring ng aS peony For tickets ontact

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MASS dpi SERVICE JULY, 13 FOR
MEDGAR/ EVERS
The City of Flint has: given its approval for a eset

Service honoring the memory of Medgar Evers, Mississippi } Te

integration hero who was killed by an assassin, June 12.
The Memorial Service will take place on Saturday,. July 13
at 6 p.m. on the front lawn of City Hall. All interested
citizens are invited to be present and participate.. -* 2 = *
METROPOLITAN SENIOR CHOIR. PRESENTS
YOUNG ARTISTS IN RECITAL

The Senior Choir of Metropolitan Baptist Church will -

present a group of young artists in a_recital on Sunday,
June 30 at 5 p.m. at the church. Those participating will be
Melvina Ford; Archie Ammons, Ida Massey, Laura Thompson, James Jones, Harrison McGhee and Alphonso O~Connor. Mrs. Vivian Wheeland and Robert Simmes will be
acompanists: The program is coordinated.by James Jones.
Mrs. Elizabeth Horton is president of the choir. Rev. S. D.
Edwards is minister.
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LEROY FYKES NORTHERN HIGH HONOR STUDENT

Leroy Fykes, who graduated from Flint. Northern
High School this June has already completed his freshman
year in college. This unusual young man attended UCLA

--Jast year on a scholarship from the Northern High Alumni
Association.~ But for a technicality of one credit in history,
he would have been valedictorian of his class at Northern.

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TWO SQUARE DANCE CLUBS ATTEND
NATIONAL CONVENTION

About 21 dancers from the ~Whirls and Twirls~ and
the ~Gay Squares~ motored to St. Paul, Minn., last week
to join 17,000 daners at the National Convention of Square
Dancers..

Aniong those from Flint were: Mr. and Mrs. John
Wynn, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Garrett, Mr. Lafayette Kendall,
Mr. and Mrs. LaRoice Turner, Mrs. Sadie Williams, Mrs.
Donna Wright, ~Mr. Harry Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Truss, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Buckner, Miss Gail Buckner,

Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Roberts, Miss Patty McBride, Mrs. Cal--

vin Black, Mrs. Mamie Cleveland, and Mrs: Delores Sim
More Lhan BR

A Muncipal Court Jury brought in ~a vesitict nt ~Not 1
Guilty~ Tuesday in the trial of Louis LaFever, operator of |.
the bar, who was accused of refusing to. serve Negroes, Fa

FuNT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY. JUNE 29, 1968

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100 _Marchers a he:

Every. seat in Convention Arena \ was. filled ed the crowd ot
Benefits will come to ev- not fair empoymelnt conery citizen in the~ state of cerns is in an advanced
~Michigan because it is now. stage: Negotiations: have:
apparent that the subtle: pre- been attempted for two years.~
- judice so frequently encoun- or more. In some ~

i re~ ation: Recast failed. ~Action has:

eiries will ~occupy posi- ~ing at the dhoss roots in the Negroes who. are ~in a mitions in the commercial and ~ Negro. eommunity as the re- nority among Negroes~ (a
political~ areas of life in our sult of~ Sung@py's demonstra- very, very small minority,

| tio es. indeed) have.an age it to
picket. ines he Hvaro cos fu;. - their freedom and~ ~ervestllatici~ of some na- same. An alfog
rigan have. ie ~been Wate officials will no iong- justice, and~ who will. sell tional and local organizations vation~ must be Teckoned
ft behind. The political er be able -to pretend that them out and. ee for ieeraces in Deteott that are with. ~
and economic-unity develop-. their staff appointments of. discrimination. ~

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~Housing ~
Survey

Touches
Dilemma

~ Information gathered during
and since the march. of Sunday,
~June 23 by a survey of Sunday
National Homemakers Guild,
Guild., indicates that. ~although
housing is one of the: fields in |
which there is. great concern
open-occupancy doesnot appear,
te a sizeable portion of those.
questioned, to be a practical solution.

One reticndent put it this way,
~T have been offercd an oppoutnity to purchase a GI home _
in Warren, Michigan and whereas I feel that it would altogether:
benefit my children to live. their
formative years ina new house.
it seems ufwise to subject them
io ~a continual atmosphere of
hate even though I have been
assured that the state police|.
would take steps to guarantee the
safety of the family. ~~

~I have no objection to Negro
neighbors. I do not believe that
the value of ~ py property is diminished if--I tive pong my