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SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1972
San Antonio Register
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By ROY L. SWIFT
QUESTION: I am 27 years
old and I have a wife and two
small children. It takes all 1
earn to support my family. As
my Immediate need Is so great
and my retirement is so far in
the future, may I stop contrib-
uting to the program for a few
years even though my work is
covered under social security?
ANSWER: Regardless of your
age or your current family
needs, you must continue to
contribute to the program while
you work under covered em-
ployment. While It Is true that
your retirement will be quite
a few years off, the fact that
you are currently working on a
Job that is covered under social
security means that you are
building valuable protection so
benefits could be paid to you
and your family in the event
you become disabled, or to
your family If you should die
before >'u reach retirement
age.
QUESTION: I was employed
part-time as a service station
attendant last year. Shouldn't
my earnings have been report-
ed to social security?
ANSWER: Yes. Your work
was covered employment and
should have been reported re-
gardless of the amount of earn-
ed Income or 4he fact that you
were on a part-time status.
If you believe these earnings
were not reported, get In touch
with the social security rep-
resentative so that the matter
may be Investigated.
Bemie Casey,
He is now completing a third,
which will Include some verses
written while he was on location
In Camden, Arkansas.
Six annual one-man shows of
Bernie Casey's paintings have
been held at the prestigious
Ankrum gallery In Los Angeles.
His not-quite abstract oils of
landscapes are in good demand,
and some have commanded
prices in the four figures. One
was recently auctioned off at a
fund-raising telethon for Los
Angeles’ public television sta-
tion Channel 28. Bernie also
served as an auctioneer him-
self for three nights, this for
the third consecutive year.
Casey was born thirty-two
years ago In Wyco, West Vir-
ginia, son of a coa' miner. His
muscled body looks as if he
himself could mine coal with-
out using a pick.
“I can’t remember," the ac-
tor-poet-painter claims,“at any
time beint enthused over any-
one but myself."
Unconventional though he Is
and always has been, Casey
won a scholarship at Bowling
Green State university In Ohio,
where he was graduated with a
bachelor of arts degree. He
excelled In sports, and barely
missed making the U.S. Olym-
pic team as a hurdler. After
graduation he became a teach-
ing fellow at Bowling Green,
and was awarded his master of
fine arts degree In 1966.
Besides studying actlngatthe
Jniversity of California exten-
sion school In San Francisco,
Jernie Casey was a student at
he highly regarded Jeff Corey
icting classes In Hollywood In
.967. He has been in steadyde-
nand as a thespian, and has had
mportant roles In many tele-
ision segments.
Casey’s performance In the
acclaimed television and thea-
tre feature “Brian’s Song’ Is
one of many of which he has
reason to be proud. His other
motion picture credits before
“Boxcar Bertha" Include “Guns
of the Magnificent Seven" and
MGM's “tick...tick...tick."
Actor - painter - poet - hur -
dler-professor-auctloneer -In -
dividualist Bernie Casey shows
audiences something new in
“Boxcar Bertha." Whether he
will enjoy the same popularity
as Sidney Poltier and Harry
Belafonte is problematical, but
he will certainly be noticed.
Hal Jackson Is a multi-tal-
ented individual whose early
history is akin to the saga of
Horatio Alger.
Orphaned at the tender age
of six, and working as much as
10 and 14 hours a day by age
12, he depended on the help and
kindness of near strangers.
Nonetheless, he worked his way
through high school and college
and went on to become one of
the country’s most popular
radio and television personali-
ties as well as a legendary,
respected figure In the com-
munications industry.
Hal, who was a five letter
man in high school and college
athletics parlayed his Interest
In sports to start his career as
sports editor of the Afro Amer-
ican newspaper. During this
time, he organized and owned
the Washington R«*<>rs profes-
sional basketball team which
later became the 1944 world’s
professional champions repre-
senting the nation’s capltol.
He began his career in broad-
casting by doing the play-by-
play home games for the Amer-
ican Negro baseball league from
Griffith’s stadium In Washing-
ton, D.C., thus becoming the
first black sportscaster and
full-time broadcaster In the
country.
While In the nation’s capltol,
Hal Jackson achieved much dis-
tinction as a popular broad-
casting personality, winning
many awards for his commun-
ity activities as well, .three
from Presidents of the United
States!
When his play-by-play stint
ended after eight years, with-
out even a vitamin pill, the
Indefatigable broadcaster com-
menced a nightly Washington
based show, also maintaining
a dally six-hour sport show
and round-up on WSID In Bal-
timore and a two-hour daily
show on WANN In Annapolis—
a staggering combination of 15
hours at broadcasting daily!
Hal, remembering those days
said with a chuckle, “I lived In
constant fear I’d forget which
city and what station I was on
and make a mistake on the air!"
Hal became the first black
man on television In Washing-
ton, D.C. when he hosted the
first TV variety show broad-
cast from the Howard theatre
and It was there he introduced
for the first time a young sing-
er-dancer ...his name was
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Hal Jackson’s fame soon
spread and he left Washington
to take offers In New York
City, his present home and base
of operations. Continuing the
charisma and magnetism re-
sponsible for his success, Hal
hit the city like a whirlwind,
with shows simultaneously on
radio stations ABC, WMCA and
WNJR, an almost unparallelled
broadcasting feat! Two of the
stations had never had a black
announcer and Hal again found
himself In the role of a black
pioneer. In his spare time, he
hosted a kiddle show on WPIX
TV with moppets that Included
Leslie Uggams. “The show was
done without a script," said
Hal, “and that experience help-
ed me perfect the art of “ad-
lib" which has served me well
on many occasions when an act
didn’t show up and everyone
looked to me to stretch the
show."
Though they are too numer-
ous to mention but a credit to
talent and respect In the In-
dustry, Hal
“firsts" as
has many, many
black broadcast-
er..as the guest of master of
ceremonies on NBC-TV’s
“Frontiers of Faith" In 1956,
he pioneered as the first black
host on network television. He
was the first on network radio
when he hosted a nightly six-
-hour music show from New
York’s famed Blrdland. He was
master of ceremonies for the
first jazz concerts Into Car-
negie Hall for two seasons, and
brought the first rock ‘n’ roll
show to those austere sur -
roundings.
Hal’s present activities In-
clude serving as a partlcl -
patlng master of ceremony for
the cerebral palsy and sickle
cell anemia telethons and work-
ing with Teleprompter Cable
television’s coverage of the
home games of the New York
Heia buakeibaii ieu.ui. He is
partlcipat'ng In the newly form-
ed Inner-City Broadcasting
corporation formed to buy radio
station WLIB In Harlem and Is
president of one of few black-
owned television production
companies, Hal Jackson Pro-
ductions which this year again
presents the second annual Miss
Black Teenage America tele-
vision special on July 28 from
the Felt Forum of Madison
Square Garden. Hal will host
assisted by Miss Black Teen-
age America 1971, June Kelly.
When asked what was his ad-
vice to youngsters entering the
communications field today, Hal
said, “I owe where I am today
to a good education, to the many
people who’ve lent a helping
hand, and lots of luck. But I
think my most Important ad-
vice Is believe In yourself...
think that you can and you will,
and that belief will help you
overcome all obstacles."
Denver-
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systematically deprived of
equal educational opportunities.
In September 1969, the school
board was forced to proceed
with integration plans of the
former school board In part.
This plan involved busing and
boarder changes. Justice Bren-
nen of the Colorado Supreme
court, was greatly responsible
for these plans being carried
out.
In February of 1970, it was
reaffirmed by District Judge
Doyle that deliberate segrega-
tion had taken place In the North
Eastern section of Denver.
However, there was a great
deal of controversy about de-
facto segregation In downtown
Denver where 70 per cent of
the students were Black or
Spanish and school facilities
for the most part were anti-
quated. Inasmuch as “de facto"
segregation Is not Illegal, the
Tenth Circuit court did not find
violations In the downtown Den-
ver section.
LDF charges that Denver
school authorities have deli-
berately perpetuated a segre-
gated school system through
their choice of school build-
ing site, gerrymandering of at-
tendance zones, and use of op-
tional attendance zones.
New Kind of
Movie "Hero"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif --
Black Bemie Casey Is one of
the most interesting new actors
In Hollywood, as his role In
American International’s “Box-
car Bertha’ will reveal.
"Anything I’ve gotten," says
the six-foot-four star, “I got
through the drive that I myself
have. Anything I’ve achieved
has been due to my own per-
sonal Intensity.”
Casey Is one of the five
stars In “Boxcar Bertha," which
Is about a woman outlaw who
terrorized residents of Arkan-
sas and surrounding states dur-
ing the 1930’s. Barbara Hershey
Seagul (she has just changed
her last name to Seagul) Is
Boxcar Bertha, and the other
stars are David Carradlne,
Barry Primus and John Car-
rsdlne.
Casey goes to bat and scores
a hit in this big league starring
part as the one man who is al-
ways there when Boxcar Bertha
needs him. In real life he Is a
bachelor who occupies his time
between acting assignments by
writing poetry or painting. He
elects not to participate very
Oden in tn* usual iluli
functions.
Poetry books wrlttpn by
Caney and already published
are entitled "Look at the Peo-
ple" and *Mv Point of View."
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