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Show Page 8 BEST BUY IN TOWN In place City 5 * DINNER wild contrast to the 50c a dinner held at the Central Community Center last Wednesday was a $100 a plate dinner held at the Hotel Utah. The expensive dinner at the hotel was held in honor of Vice President Spiro Agnew who calls himself ‘the working man’s candidate. and to solicit funds for use in the election campaign of Laurence Burton to the U.S. Senate. The 50c dinner was held to proclaim the fact that the people who run the country might to able to afford $100 dinners, but people who must work for a living can’t. To that end, posters which read “Listen Spiro, working people can’t afford $100 a plate dinners’ were displayed in the center's gymnasium where the meal was served. Overflow crowds were on hand for both projects, the 50c center drawing some 1500 to 1600 persons, while more than 90 extra seats had to be added to the mezzanine of the Hotel Utah to ae CO M.0' Gd ate. the 100=dotlar-a-platers.* appearance differed of the somewhat The two in groups that the Community Center crowd reflected the vibrance of the occassion. as Opposed to the rather uniform appearnace of the hotel At the Agnew hotel appeared host. gathering, to be the Mr. only spokesman of the working man. He concerned’ himself: with pornography, censorhsip and the loss of respect for the congress of the U.S. On the other hand, speakers at the Community Center centered their environmental advantages buyings and remarks around-° pollution, the of cooperative food better organization of working people, minorities and students. C.E. Berger, state president of. the AFL-CIO addressed the 50c dinner guests saying he agreed with what the people were doing and felt that the group was going through the same kinds of things labor went through in its growth years.. NAACP INVOLVED IN PROBLEMS The Salt Lake branch of the engaged in with studying the a WALL ruling after PANELING Ms Mr. J. Title | & Retail RACES t Oeaee * Fy Da On 1956 Do-It-Yourself & SAVE - on July stated. lt announced Utah students. - Wholesale U vs Since 1, 1972, LUMBER OVER stand that and ALL BUILDING MATERIALS 500 KINDS OF WALL PANELING © CEILING TILE — ARMSTRONG. e PLYWOOD e COLORED NAILS e PRE-FINISHED MOULDINGS Third regarding discrimination in off-campus housing for black U. of has been sie UTAH’S CUT-RATE WOOD SUPER MARKET programs, was . = 0 District Judge Marcellus K. Snow issued a preliminary injunction against Salt Lake City which allows use of sound trucks in connection with a voter-registration drive. This decision came after the NAACP filed a lawsuit after city commissioners denied the organization a permit. An investigation will begin drive is continuing with good support from the membership. The as Chairman, conducted the registration, racial problems at local Committee, recently to lose their Title | money, Dr. N. Craig Kennington, State Board of Education coordinator for Title | schools, housing discrimination and other community problems, it was announced at the branch meeting October 5. A Life Membership Education and by the U. S. Office of Education. School districts not complying with NAACP, under the direction of Mr. James Dooley, President, has been actively involved in voter B. Stewart program Black Opinion Survey to determine the problems and desires of black parents with regard to the educational system. Utah School districts reveiving federal aid for disadvanteged children will have to prove they are spending as much for students in poor neighborhoods. as they are in more affluent areas, according to a ruling handed down e FULLER PAINTS e STORM DOORS — FENCING ¢ ROOFING MATERIALS — FLOOR TILES PEN WEEKDAYS 9-7 © SUNDAY 9-5 Walker Bankard GUARDIAN CHECK SERVICE DIAL — 266-9551 or 266-6122 1555 SALT W. 3500 LAKE FIRST SECURITY BANKAMERICARD §&. CITY ES Glmelrleel> _ THE INTERBANK CARD vA = |
