The White Falcon - 03.02.1971, Blaðsíða 1

Over 160 attend
prayer breakfast
The National Prayer Breakfast
was held in the NCO Club on Tues-
day morning. After the invoca-
tion, introductions were made by
Lt. Cdr. Milton W. Kirkpatrick,
president of the Protestant Men
of the Chapel.
Breakfast was then served to
more than 160 people and Capt.
| Willis L. Sherman sang the Lord's
Prayer. Chaplain William T. Vest
read the scripture and Chaplain
Leo A. Joyce said a prayer.
Messages from President Nixon
and Secretary of Defense Laird
preceeded a short address by Col.
William C. Sullivan, IDF Chief of
Staff.
The Navy hymn and benediction
concluded the breakfast.
PRAYER breakfast — From left, Col. William C. Sullivan, Lt. Cdr.
Milton W. Kirkpatrick and Rear Adra. John K. Beling.
THE WHITE FALCON
Vol. XIV, No. 8
U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland
Feb. 3, 1971
Station library to feature
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Neoro History Week February 7-14
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The week of February 7 through February 14 has been designated as
Negro History Week by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and
History. The observance has been fully endorsed by the Bureau of
v'aval Personnel. ____________________________________________________
In regard to the subject, the
Chief of Naval Personnel has
stated that until recently few
schools or colleges offered cour-
ses in black studies. Consequent-
ly, few Americans have a real un-
derstanding of the meaning of
Negro history and appreciation of
their contribution to our society
and culture.
The station library has a var-
ied selection of books on Negro
history to which 26 paperbacks
contributed by BuPers will be
added. The library will provide
a special display for these new
books and invites everyone to use
them.
USAFI provides two courses on
black history. A college course,
titled "History of the American
Negro," covers the contributions
and history of black Americans
from slavery to freedom.
Also a new high school corres-
pond ance course explores the mil-
itary, political, legal, social,
intellectual and economic activi-
ties of the American Negro in
historical perspective. Both of
these courses can be ordered
through the naval station educa-
tion and training office.
The emphasis on Negro history
is in response to Z-gram 66 which
calls for an end to discrimina-
tion, not only of blacks, but of
all the minority groups. Admiral
Elmo R. Zumwalt says there is no
place for insensitivity and goes
on further to request everyone's
supportin helping to eliminate the
demeaning areas of discrimination
that plagues minority members.
The CNO finished his directive
by saying: "There is no black
Navy, no white Navy, — just one
Navy..."
JOC mails
over 1600
Hanoi letters
Over 1600 signed and sealed
petitions were mailed last week
to the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives, and to the North
Vietnamese delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks. The mailing
culminated a major project of the
Air Force Junior Officer Council
on the base.
The petitions were solicited
during the Christmas holidays in
the exchange, dining halls, Offi-
cer's Club, and through distribu-
tion to various units of the
defense force.
According to the JOC, the pur-
pose of the program is to solidi-
fy public opinion behind the ef-
fort to help the POW's and MIA's.
They feel that if even one wife
learned her husband was alive,
or if just one son received a let-
ter from his father, the campaign
would be a success.
The local effort was just one
of many letter writing programs
conducted around the world.