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Box 7

 Container

Contains 114 Results:

Page 91, 1972 February 01-05

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings describing the Wilmington City Council's approval to pave seven blocks of dirt roads in Black neighborhoods.

Dates: 1972 February 01-05

Page 92, 1971 June 04

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains a newspaper clipping pertaining to the election of the mayor in Wilmington and the desire to change the city charter to permit a direct vote by citizens.

Dates: 1971 June 04

Page 93, 1972 January 27, undated

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the awards ceremony for seven Wilmingtonians (Mayor B.D. Schwartz, William Cullom, Tom Jervay, Bertha Todd, Elaine Fields, Herb McKim, and Angelia Wright) who were recognized for their leadership in mitigating racial violence in the city and Mayor Schwartz's decision to call February "Hire the Vet Month."

Dates: 1972 January 27, undated

Page 94, 1972 January 30, undated

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the cancellation of a hearing scheduled by the Commission for Racial Justice in Wilmington, the reorganization of the Wilmington-New Hanover Human Relations Commission, the dedication of a new sanctuary at Pine Valley Church of God, and a meeting with Governor Bob Scott and transportation Secretary John Volpe regarding a proposal to extend Interstate 40 to Wilmington.

Dates: 1972 January 30, undated

Page 95, 1972 January 18-30

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the adoption of a major thoroughfare plan by Wilmington City Council, the restoration to Greenfield Lake, a meeting regarding waste disposal issues in New Hanover County, and a photograph of B.D. Schwartz signing the "Jaycee Week Proclamation."

Dates: 1972 January 18-30

Page 96, 1972 February 01 - March 23

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to family friends visiting the Schwartz's, the approval of plans to pave dirt roads in Black neighborhoods, charges filed against Ben Chavis and Marvin Patrick for conspiracy to commit murder during the racial unrest in Wilmington in February 1971, a bus dedication at the Community Boys Club, and confusion regarding the appear of B.D. Schwartz at a scheduled meeting with the Wantu Wazuri organization on UNC Wilmington's campus.

Dates: 1972 February 01 - March 23

Page 97, 1972 January 11-14, undated

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains a newspaper clipping photograph of B.D. Schwartz at his desk at the North Carolina Capitol building in Raleigh. There are also fragments of a pamphlet for the Regional Conference of Human Relation Professionals.

Dates: 1972 January 11-14, undated

Page 98, 1972 January 02-12

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to a meeting of the Women in Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes on Racism, the City of Wilmington contributing $1,000 to a sports banquet for Sonny Jurgensen and Roman Gabriel, and a summary of the year given by B.D. Schwartz.

Dates: 1972 January 02-12

Page 99, 1972 May 27

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to B.D. Schwartz's planned resignation as the Mayor of Wilmington, the paving of dirt roads in Black neighborhoods in Wilmington, a law suit disputing City and County election procedures as discriminatory, and a citizen's complaint about her water being cut off.

Dates: 1972 May 27

Page 100, 1972 February 06-13

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings of B.D. Schwartz visiting the HMS Dido, the announcement of "National Salesman's Week," and the cancelation of a hearing by Commission for Racial Justice in Wilmington.

Dates: 1972 February 06-13