ARIZONA TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1963,
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VOL. 6, NO. 8
EDWARD BANKS, publsher— editor
ELOISE BANKS, assistant editor
BOBBY HEARD, staff photographer
ESTABLISHED JULY 10, 1958
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NORTHERN SCENE
Last week the shadows of jeering people
were seen in the sunlit streets of a beautiful
suburb of Philadelphia, the so called City of
Brotherly Love. Shouts and curses greeted
a Negro couple in Folcroft, Pa., when they
moved into their new home in an all white
neighborhood.
Under the protection of state police this
scene could have occurred in the deep south .
Remove the northern boundaries and the
enraged mob could have easily found like
nesses with their counterparts in Louisiana,
Georgia, Mississippi or any other state
below the Mas on-Dixon line.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baker had purchased
a home that had been on the Federal Housing
Administration list because its original own
ers had defaulted.
Horace Baker, a Negro, is a chemist, who
wishes only to live with his wife in a com
fortable house. They were called racial
names. They were pelted with eggs and they
were stoned. All of this because one family
wants to find happiness in a home that is
located in a area where peopled faces are
of a different hue.
People of all races can't turn their backs
on the conflicts arising in their own back
yards and condemn the south. People in the
north and south must calmly and cooly find
ways to solve problems of injustice and dis
crimination rising from a person's race,
creed or color.
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Sights and Sounds
Eloise Banks
HORROR-SCOPE
Don t become startled dear
readers I haven’t discarded my
book or pen to become an as
tronomer. 1 have merely tried to
follow the course of a week In
my life with the aid of horo
scopes. Horoscopes have played
Important part in many great
persons lives. Some people today
will not make a move without
consulting their horoscope. Wars
have been launched. Fortunes
have been won. Lives have been
spared on the movement or posi
tion of certain stars.
My curiosity swept away my
usual reason and I bought a horo
scope magazine last week. The
publication is a bargain for forty
cents you get 132 pages. There
are few advertisements in It and
most pages contain a great
amount of reading material.
This edition is called "New
Frontiers of Astrology." Other
articles are" Our Decaying Small
Towns" Skin Trouble, Your
Health in 1964, and Dr. Jonas
Salk.
Being a novice I began reading
the first article hoping to get a
basic understanding of what might
follow. The first few paragraphs
were confusing. The reader is
told that astrology is not a static
science and astrology students
are still searching for the truth.
The writer attempts to show the
relationship of the earth’s sur
face with a corresponding area
of the zodiacal universe. For the
uninitiated the zodiacal universe
is a chart using heavenly bodies
plotted with signs and symbols.
There are names given to cer
tain parts of the calendar year
which we all know including
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,
Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sag
ittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and
Pisces. Most of us have enough
trouble reading a road map.
There are animals or figures
depicting these signs which were
derived from ancient Babylon,
Greece and Rome. Astrologers
believe the fate of humans de
pends upon the calculations drawn
from the positions of the planets,
stars, sun, moon and the ability
of the forecasters and their cycle
charts.
I was equally baffled after com
pleting the article when the life
of Rudolph Valentino was ex
plained by such phrases as "An
old lady got him a part (Saturn
in the house of friends)."
Poor Valentino was no longer
the dashing Latin type lover with
those soulful and penetrating
orbs. Here he was a mere figure
who progressed Neptune and Plu
to completed their conjunctions
with natal Pluto. Alas, Jupiter
was transiting when he became
successful.
I turned to September’s horo
scope for those born July 24-
Aug. 23 under the sign of Leo
the Lion.
The brief synopsis of my char
acter was funny if not ridicu
lous. The first line stumped me.
I don’t know anything about the
emphasis in my second house
since we only own one. This sec
ond house is ruling financial
prowess and ambition, matters
linked with earnings, buying and
selling and possessions. I de
duced this to mean since it was
the end of the month I was mak
ing bills, signing checks and fig
uring income taxes. The only
buying and selling transacted
came in two trips to the super
market and a shoe store.
The next part could apply to
anyone born under any sign. Who
doesn’t keep documents in a safe
place? Who isn’t trying to in
crease his income? However,
I am not finding things with
hidden value and I am not seeking
financial advice. Os course once
last summer I found a folded ten
dollar bill in a fall suit I was
placing in a storage bag. That
might solve the hidden value bit.
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THE GREAT MARCH IN WASHINGTON
The night before the civil rights march on Washington was quiet.
Government employees who had to travel to and from the city took
the next day off. Many started leaving the city before dusk. By
midnight the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel was practically empty
and some life was at the Statler-Hilton where many Negro digni
taries were staying.
Early on Aug. 28 I awakened and telephoned my wife, Eloise,
and told her to be certain to watch the early morning television
coverage. The day was clear and bright and via the television set
you could see a trickle of people arriving at die train and bus
stations.
For a while reporters were a bit skeptical that the marchers
would meet in their full numbers but within three or four hours
the town was packed with men, women, teenagers and children.
As I rode in a taxi to the Capitol Building I could see hundreds
of busses coming to the meeting places carrying passengers of
all colors. You could tell that more persons had been caught in
the spirit of the demonstration. There were signs from Texas,
Mississippi, Illinois, California, New York, Massachusetts and
many groups and organizations. Placards stressing rights for all
and now were In profusion.
About noon when the crowds were getting warmed up with songs
the march started almost reverently. The people filled the route
and no one was able to just stand and watch. I walked on the side
of a couple from North Carolina for nearly two blocks. My asthma
and the high humidity made me realize that I wasn't going to make
the full course.
Afterwards I attended a hearing on the Central Arizona Project
in a Senate Committee room. It was very interesting. Arizona
was ably represented by Senators Hayden and Goldwater. Reps.
Rhodes, Udall and Senner were there, too.
In the afternoon the marchers had finished and everyone seemed
to be resting. Before dusk the busses were lined up like a huge
caravan and the people began to leave.
It was remarkable the way 200,000 people had come to a city
and had their march without incident and then quickly and quietly
returned to their respective homes. This will be a great day in
the history of all Americans, not just Negroes.
THE SCHOOLS' CHALLENGE
Within two weeks thousands of Arizonans
from Kindergarten to the university will en
roll in classes and start on the pursuit of an
education. The American way has produced
the most widespread concepts of mass educa
tion if not the most thorough.
In Arizona where few classes are halted be
cause of inclement weather-the school terms
are spent free from forced shutdowns.
Education comes to the young when they
are very eager and most of them stay inter
ested while the years slip past into high
school. However many youths lose their de-*
sire for learning when they enter secondary
schools —this is the greatest challenge facing
American educators.
All of the improvements of curriculum or
buildings mean nothing unless we have inter
ested students who want to learn.
Parents, teachers, administrators and
friends can help make our schools better by
taking greater efforts in providing not only
vocal assistance but more time and finan
cial backing.
I am to avoid mixing finances
with personal affairs, falling for
get rich quick schemes, and hav
ing uncertainty about decisions.
My daily activity guide for the
first of September urged me to
cater to the wishes of my mate
and stay away from water. I
welcomed Ed home from his trip
on the first, catered to him as
usual and washed dishes and
clothes for several hours.
My Labor Day was supposed
to be a happy one and I was cau
tioned to drive at sunset. On that
day set aside to honor labor I
USDA studies show horse flies
prefer red cattle to white.
Arizona cotton income totaled
$156 million last year.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
labored. Washing, ironing, cook
ing and cleaning kept me occu
pied. I didn’t have a chance to
drive before sunrise or even
after sunrise.
Today the third I was slated
to have a social evening. If
you can call getting copy ready
for this week’s edition a social
affair then you are a better man
than the fellow who wrote the
horoscope. -Tomorrow is bright
er because the tide is with me.
What a horrible horoscope.
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