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HiST. & ThA WNDU Hires * SEND, Seven Blacks WNDU Television and Ra- dio, the Notre Dame Sta- tions in South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana, are among those broadcasting operations which have taken positive steps toward fulfilling their responsibilities in the realm of minority group employ- ment. The stations have in- stituted their own on-the- job training programs on a trial basis and are achieving notably successful results. In outlining the background of the programs, Wm Thomas Hamilton, Vice President and General Man- ager, referred to a memor- andum from News Director Harry Kevorkian. Basing his conclusions on the results of WNDU-TV's workshop in April 1968 for local media ("Reporting the Urban Cri- sis: The Role of the Press, Yesterday, Today and To- morrow" ), Kevorkian ad- vised that local news media were not trusted by the black community and that the Negro was suspicious of a conspiracy to present only that news desired by the "white establishment." Satisfied that mere adher- ence to non-discriminatory hiring practices was insuf- ficient response to the prob- lem, WNDU set out upon a more positive program. Working in close coopera- tion with the Urban League, the stations made a con- certed effort to recruit po- tentially-qualified Negroes to fill vacancies in the staff. In the space of a few months, seven Negroes were hired: two in secretarial positions, one in television production, one in television sales, two in news and the seventh in radio programming. While most of the new em- ployees were being trained in the usual fashion, the News Department had a special program leading to a specific goal: an Urban Affairs team, composed of a reporter and a news cameraman, whose responsibilities would be to become thoroughly knowled- geable with the city's urban core areas. Freed from the day-to-day routine of dead- lines and regular assign- ments, this team was formed to produce documentary pro- grams and brief reports for regularly - scheduled news- casts. The first young man to join the news staff began a thirteen-week on-the-job training program in photog- raphy and reporting. At the conclusion of his training program, he was made a per- manent member of the staff, and a second Negro was hired to take the training course. The station is now begin- ning to display the first bene- fits of this new plan. At the end of December, the Urban Affairs team, work- ing under the supervision of producer Jim Floody, as- sisted in the production of a five-part color examination of South Bend's Hansel Nei- ghborhood Center, a com- prehensive social services center operating in the city's (Continued on Page 2) VcL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SOUTH 122 WEST WAYNE STREET SOUTH BENDt IND. 46601 BEND ONITBD STATES KtFORMER Vol. 2, No. 14 South Bend, Indiana 46625 15C January 26, 1969 YOUTH, POLICE BEGIN TALKS ,r , \\ f. i|Sr JLmr Part of the group attending the meeting on police community relations at the Hansel Center. Left to right: Councilman William Grounds, Human Relations Director Winston Vaz; Second from right, David Andrews; Far right, Jerry Szweda, both of the patrolmen's organization, ground. Photo by Milton Herring. Some black youth are pictured in the fore- UNDERWAY PROGRAM Public Hearing Feb. 3rd More on Page 7 Director Charles F. Lennon; FoUowing their appoint- ment by Mayor Allen on Jan- uary 15th as director and assistant director of South Bend's Federally sponsored Model Neighborhood Pro- gram, Charles F. Lennon and Ralph W. (Moon) Mul- lins got things off to a good start by holding two press conferences, opening an of- fice in the neighborhood at the Hansel Center, and meeting with leaders of the West Washington Associa- tion and the Hansel Center. At 7:00 P.M., Monday, February 3rd at the Hansel Center, 1045 West Washing- ton Street the first public hearing will be held to ac- quaint residents with the aims of the Model Neigh- borhood Program. The neighborhood to be aided by the program is bounded by Olive Street on the west, William on the East, Lin- colnway on the north, and the Penn Central tracks on the South. Assistant Director Ralph W. (Moon) Mullins. Family Lounge Opens on Chapin C and M Red Carpet Lounge opened this month at 317 South Chapin Street. It is owned by Charles and Morris Green of'South Bend. Mr. Stanley Plump is bartender and Mrs. V iv- ian Patterson Moore is bar- maid. The lounge is open 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. every day except Sunday. Mr. Charles Green hopes that couples in the neigh- borhood, both black and white, will consider the C and M Lounge one of their places of entertain- ment. Left to right: Mr. Morris Green, Mr. Stanley Plump, and Mr. Charles Green. Photo by Milton Herring A committee of the West Washington Association pre- pared a leaflet to inform residents of the program, and with the help of United Community Services and the Hansel Center, 5,000 copies were printed for distribution. Mrs. William Dillon, 234-4372, was the person listed in the leaflet to call about further inform- ation. She is a member of the WWA committee. The Model Neighborhood Program calls for a one- year planning period to be followed by a five-year per- iod of implementation. The budget for the planning per- iod is $167,000, an amount which includes $134,000 in federal funds and $3 ,000 in local contributed services. Objectives are to improve the environment of the neigh- borhood, including the so- cial, educational, health, employment, cultural, rec- reational and housing as- pects. A citizens advisory board is in the process of being organized. The board may have as many as 24 members, half of whom must be from the neighborhood area and half from other organizations in the city. Names of persons to be on the board are being submit- ted to Mayor Lloyd M.AUen, who wiU make the appoint- ments. The board will act in ad- visory capacity to the mayor who has full responsibility for carrying out the object- ives of the program. Lennon, 30, is a 1961 grad- uate of the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a master of arts degree in guidance and counseling from Notre Dame and has done doctorate work at the University. For five seasons he served as Notre Dame's (Continued on Page 2) Wednesday evening, Jan- uary 15th, leaders of the newly formed patrolmen's organization and leaders of Afro-American youth on the west side met for the first time to discuss their dif- ferences. The meeting was called by Mr. Winston Vaz, execu- tive director of the South Bend Human Relations and Fair Employment Practices Commission because Afro- Americans have expressed suspicion of the intentions of the new police organiza- tion. Mr. V az, himself, has received provocative mail on police-community rela- tions. About forty people at- tended the meeting which in- cluded business and civic leaders in addition to the youth and members of the patrolmen's organization. It was held in an upper room of the Hansel Center. Behind the meeting were a long list of grievances. Black youth have been mis- treated by some policemen for many years in South Bend. This mistreatment has included indiscriminate ar- rest; personal injury to blacks resulting from the improper use by police of firearms, clube 2nd harrassment; and beatings while in jail. Some black youth for their part, have been guilty of breaking the law, resisting arrest andassaultingpolice- men. The patrolmen's organ- ization was formed in part because two policemen had been attacked by youth on the west side. The patrolmen called for more freedom to use dogs in crowd control, less interference during ar- rest, and more prosecution of offenders by the courts. According to the youth, these are the very things which have led to injustices against black youths in the past. Dogs, too often, attack in- discriminately and terrorize a crowd. Intervention by Mr. Vaz during times of arrest has prevented mistreatment of the youth, and many black youths are constantly being arrested while the County Prosecutor and the Courts refuse to prosecute because of bad arrests. As happens in most is- sues of dispute, both sides seemed to have part of the truth. Civic leaders at the meet- ing called for better under- standing. They said the po- lice should be more dis- criminate in applying the law and not put all black youth in the same category, and the black youth should be more cooperative in help- ing the police enforce the law. David Andrews and Jerry Szweda spoke for the pat- rolemen. Silas West, Mel- vin Easton, A1 Williams of the Hansel Center, and Cas- sel Lawson of the Urban League spoke for the con- cerns of the youth. More meetings of this type are planned.
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Title | The Reformer, January 26, 1969 |
Volume, Issue Number | Vol. 2, No. 14 |
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South Bend (Ind.)--Newspapers African Americans--Indiana--South Bend |
Original Date | 1969-01-26 |
Time Period | 1960s (1960-1969) |
Digital Date | 2015-03-26 |
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Genre | Newspapers |
Language | en |
Identifier | NEWS-REF-19690126 |
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Physical Repository | St. Joseph County Public Library |
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Transcription | HiST. & ThA WNDU Hires * SEND, Seven Blacks WNDU Television and Ra- dio, the Notre Dame Sta- tions in South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana, are among those broadcasting operations which have taken positive steps toward fulfilling their responsibilities in the realm of minority group employ- ment. The stations have in- stituted their own on-the- job training programs on a trial basis and are achieving notably successful results. In outlining the background of the programs, Wm Thomas Hamilton, Vice President and General Man- ager, referred to a memor- andum from News Director Harry Kevorkian. Basing his conclusions on the results of WNDU-TV's workshop in April 1968 for local media ("Reporting the Urban Cri- sis: The Role of the Press, Yesterday, Today and To- morrow" ), Kevorkian ad- vised that local news media were not trusted by the black community and that the Negro was suspicious of a conspiracy to present only that news desired by the "white establishment." Satisfied that mere adher- ence to non-discriminatory hiring practices was insuf- ficient response to the prob- lem, WNDU set out upon a more positive program. Working in close coopera- tion with the Urban League, the stations made a con- certed effort to recruit po- tentially-qualified Negroes to fill vacancies in the staff. In the space of a few months, seven Negroes were hired: two in secretarial positions, one in television production, one in television sales, two in news and the seventh in radio programming. While most of the new em- ployees were being trained in the usual fashion, the News Department had a special program leading to a specific goal: an Urban Affairs team, composed of a reporter and a news cameraman, whose responsibilities would be to become thoroughly knowled- geable with the city's urban core areas. Freed from the day-to-day routine of dead- lines and regular assign- ments, this team was formed to produce documentary pro- grams and brief reports for regularly - scheduled news- casts. The first young man to join the news staff began a thirteen-week on-the-job training program in photog- raphy and reporting. At the conclusion of his training program, he was made a per- manent member of the staff, and a second Negro was hired to take the training course. The station is now begin- ning to display the first bene- fits of this new plan. At the end of December, the Urban Affairs team, work- ing under the supervision of producer Jim Floody, as- sisted in the production of a five-part color examination of South Bend's Hansel Nei- ghborhood Center, a com- prehensive social services center operating in the city's (Continued on Page 2) VcL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SOUTH 122 WEST WAYNE STREET SOUTH BENDt IND. 46601 BEND ONITBD STATES KtFORMER Vol. 2, No. 14 South Bend, Indiana 46625 15C January 26, 1969 YOUTH, POLICE BEGIN TALKS ,r , \\ f. i|Sr JLmr Part of the group attending the meeting on police community relations at the Hansel Center. Left to right: Councilman William Grounds, Human Relations Director Winston Vaz; Second from right, David Andrews; Far right, Jerry Szweda, both of the patrolmen's organization, ground. Photo by Milton Herring. Some black youth are pictured in the fore- UNDERWAY PROGRAM Public Hearing Feb. 3rd More on Page 7 Director Charles F. Lennon; FoUowing their appoint- ment by Mayor Allen on Jan- uary 15th as director and assistant director of South Bend's Federally sponsored Model Neighborhood Pro- gram, Charles F. Lennon and Ralph W. (Moon) Mul- lins got things off to a good start by holding two press conferences, opening an of- fice in the neighborhood at the Hansel Center, and meeting with leaders of the West Washington Associa- tion and the Hansel Center. At 7:00 P.M., Monday, February 3rd at the Hansel Center, 1045 West Washing- ton Street the first public hearing will be held to ac- quaint residents with the aims of the Model Neigh- borhood Program. The neighborhood to be aided by the program is bounded by Olive Street on the west, William on the East, Lin- colnway on the north, and the Penn Central tracks on the South. Assistant Director Ralph W. (Moon) Mullins. Family Lounge Opens on Chapin C and M Red Carpet Lounge opened this month at 317 South Chapin Street. It is owned by Charles and Morris Green of'South Bend. Mr. Stanley Plump is bartender and Mrs. V iv- ian Patterson Moore is bar- maid. The lounge is open 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. every day except Sunday. Mr. Charles Green hopes that couples in the neigh- borhood, both black and white, will consider the C and M Lounge one of their places of entertain- ment. Left to right: Mr. Morris Green, Mr. Stanley Plump, and Mr. Charles Green. Photo by Milton Herring A committee of the West Washington Association pre- pared a leaflet to inform residents of the program, and with the help of United Community Services and the Hansel Center, 5,000 copies were printed for distribution. Mrs. William Dillon, 234-4372, was the person listed in the leaflet to call about further inform- ation. She is a member of the WWA committee. The Model Neighborhood Program calls for a one- year planning period to be followed by a five-year per- iod of implementation. The budget for the planning per- iod is $167,000, an amount which includes $134,000 in federal funds and $3 ,000 in local contributed services. Objectives are to improve the environment of the neigh- borhood, including the so- cial, educational, health, employment, cultural, rec- reational and housing as- pects. A citizens advisory board is in the process of being organized. The board may have as many as 24 members, half of whom must be from the neighborhood area and half from other organizations in the city. Names of persons to be on the board are being submit- ted to Mayor Lloyd M.AUen, who wiU make the appoint- ments. The board will act in ad- visory capacity to the mayor who has full responsibility for carrying out the object- ives of the program. Lennon, 30, is a 1961 grad- uate of the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a master of arts degree in guidance and counseling from Notre Dame and has done doctorate work at the University. For five seasons he served as Notre Dame's (Continued on Page 2) Wednesday evening, Jan- uary 15th, leaders of the newly formed patrolmen's organization and leaders of Afro-American youth on the west side met for the first time to discuss their dif- ferences. The meeting was called by Mr. Winston Vaz, execu- tive director of the South Bend Human Relations and Fair Employment Practices Commission because Afro- Americans have expressed suspicion of the intentions of the new police organiza- tion. Mr. V az, himself, has received provocative mail on police-community rela- tions. About forty people at- tended the meeting which in- cluded business and civic leaders in addition to the youth and members of the patrolmen's organization. It was held in an upper room of the Hansel Center. Behind the meeting were a long list of grievances. Black youth have been mis- treated by some policemen for many years in South Bend. This mistreatment has included indiscriminate ar- rest; personal injury to blacks resulting from the improper use by police of firearms, clube 2nd harrassment; and beatings while in jail. Some black youth for their part, have been guilty of breaking the law, resisting arrest andassaultingpolice- men. The patrolmen's organ- ization was formed in part because two policemen had been attacked by youth on the west side. The patrolmen called for more freedom to use dogs in crowd control, less interference during ar- rest, and more prosecution of offenders by the courts. According to the youth, these are the very things which have led to injustices against black youths in the past. Dogs, too often, attack in- discriminately and terrorize a crowd. Intervention by Mr. Vaz during times of arrest has prevented mistreatment of the youth, and many black youths are constantly being arrested while the County Prosecutor and the Courts refuse to prosecute because of bad arrests. As happens in most is- sues of dispute, both sides seemed to have part of the truth. Civic leaders at the meet- ing called for better under- standing. They said the po- lice should be more dis- criminate in applying the law and not put all black youth in the same category, and the black youth should be more cooperative in help- ing the police enforce the law. David Andrews and Jerry Szweda spoke for the pat- rolemen. Silas West, Mel- vin Easton, A1 Williams of the Hansel Center, and Cas- sel Lawson of the Urban League spoke for the con- cerns of the youth. More meetings of this type are planned. |
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