MAKES HISTORY IN MICH
I GAN—Dr, William R Strass- j
ner, president of .«haw TJmver- i
-itv. has the distinction of be
in- the first Negro to deliver n
commencement address at River
K'-u* High School, Detroit,
Michigan The exercises were j
he’d on June 13. with ninety- (
in - members graduating- Fitly j
per cent of this number were
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A mitted *
in Confab i
LAKE JUNALU3K.A Metho-j
dv : of the Western North Caro- j
lir.a Conference voted Monday to!
approve a proposed amendment, j
kt oil would permit Negro ch,ur-1
cm-: to join white conferences, ;
: f vote on the amendment,
which is being voted on by all
Me;hodist conferences, was 42-12
in favor of adoption If the na
tion-wide movement is approved,
it is expected to affect confer-,
ernes in northern and western •
sections of the country.
On the national level, the
church is divided into <5 juris
dirNot!*, one Negro and five
whita The. jurisdictions are
further divided into confer
ences.
The amendment would also pro
vide for Negro conferences to
transfer to white jurisdiction?
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13 Truck |
Victims
j
Are Buried
F AYZTTSVTLL'E Th irteen ur -
claimed victims of the nation's;
worst truck wreck ver- buried in
a single grave here saturd3v with
ser-lc*? sponsored by the Negro
Ministerial Alliance.
pni|*. (%f |be Negro mierant
workers kilted i ”*he crash
June 6 v ere. still no’ Identi
fied. Among the group of
mourners were Mte parent?
and sister of Thomas Junior
Mackey, driver of the truck
carrying some 4] workers to
bean picking jobs near here
During the services a choir of
50 tang "Abide with Me" and j
“What a Friend We Have ip Je-
Stic. Fix ministers took part in ;
ll;-. bill a 1 ;.,pi ViCt whlOii included
scripture readings, prayers and
benediction.
When the services were com-;
neirod a city bulldozer pushed t
dirt over the 13 plain wooden col- j
fins in the grave
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KEEPS 11 CROW |
DTJFHAM— The Durham City j
Council, informed by it-, attorney j
that segregation of public t'acili- !
tics is no longer legal, made no |
move Monday night to end lt,s
ee; legated recreation facilities. j
3he council did. however,
fp »nt permission tor a Negro
tennis tournament to be held
on the Forest Hill Court, pre
viousiy restricted to whites.
Attempts have been made by !
Kt-'roes recently to gain admit- j
lance to city-owned recreational ]
facilities, including tennis courts,
swimming pool and a theater.
C tv Recreation Director C. J? !
Wood had asked Hie City Council j
for T- slat-mrnt of policy regard-;
ini' th/- operation of city facilities
In th' hvht of tbr action.
V.yhout rvcb a policy, he ’V,d
he will c.cntinus to opera’? under
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inN.C. 20 PAGES "BXZZ \ iii» ew her«
VOLUME 16 RALEIGH, N. C, WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 196/ * NUMBER 38
Happy Khmer New Year.
CRASH VICTIM'S LAID TO
REST—Thirteen of 'the 30 vir
time of a 3-truck collision near
Fayetteville June 6 were buried
in a single grave last Saturday
at a cemetery near Hi? city,
Masons And Eastern Stars
In Annual Service Sunda y
St. John’s Day an annual ob
servance of local Masons and
Eastern Star members, will be
held at the. Martin Street Bap
tist Church this year. The sc:
vices will begin at i p m.
Lodges cooperating in spon
soring <he program are Widow
Son, No 4. Mentor. No 55.
F & A. M, and Worthy Ruth
Chapter, No Eastern Star,
The Rev, Federick D Terry. as
sistant pastor of the Oberbn Bap \
list Church will be the featured '
speaker He is a member of Wi
dow Sop Lodge
The chairman of *be f.t
Johns Dav Committee. Ber
nard Williams, told Tim CAR
OLLVIAN ip week tbit over
300 persons are expected to
fill the main auditorium of
I ODDS-ENDS
lit ROBERT G. SHEPARD
AN APPEAL: Now that there
is no immediate need to fear that
you might be the victim of re
vengeful reprisal should name be
| revealed as a member of the
I NAACP. every Negro in Raleigh is
respectfully urged to join this
worthwhile organization, Those
j who have b“en members »nd their
j memberships have expired are
! risked to please renew their mein*
i bership.
For new or renewal member
ship the cost is only $2.00 and it
| can be done by calling Mr Carl
Devane at. Shaw University or ?vlr,
j Clifton Sills on Gatling St. Either
j of there two will gladly call upon
, you to receive your membership
! fre Your prompt action In this
j important matter will aid groat
! iv furtborms the worthy work of
the NAACP
PROTECTION’ A young Negro
man was standing on an uptown
Raleigh sU’itt, coiner. minding hit.
own business the other day. when
» ear of young white vermin
drove by and one of the occu
pant.- spat, fairly and fully into 1
the !->:r,ro?. fao Quickly recover- ;
ing hie composure he jotted down
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tt nI v (hr driver of th* death
truck. Tom Marker. was among
the identified persons in the
caskets seen in photo. His re
in fires were among hundreds
of tending the mass funeral.
ihn church for (be servief
Masons and Eestrrn Star
members from out of the city
have indicated that they will
attend.
I The fourth Sunday in June has
! boon sot aside as St. John’s Day
i here sos many years and nil Ma
| sons will be attired in full drees.
The Rev Paul It Johnson,
pasfo** of Mi? host church will
d* beer the welcome address".
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LABOR PROBLEMS- niS'CtmSED -- Vice president Richard Nix
'"p fm • mid limes Mitchell. (right!, Libor Secretary, shake, hands
" *h Re Martin L King. leader of the Montgomery, Ala bus strike,
during the Utter's v»H in Washington, Tune t -Hth King <uui Nixon
PATTON SAYS HIGH
! COURT RULE WON'T
AFFECT N.C. LAW
George Patton, Attorney Gen
eral of North Carolina, said Mon
| day that be did no* think a U. S.
; Supreme Court decision which, in
I effect. struck down Louisiana’s
j pupil assignment. law would have
I any effect on the school angrega-
I lion situation in this state.
The decision in the Louisl
-1 ana rase "is not. going to af
fect’’ North Carolina’s pupil
assignment law. one way or
another. Patton said, when
•sked for comment on the
high court decision.
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| Flim-Flam
Artist Sets
iSix Years
DURHAM - Jim Smith 73. :
;jlia* Bill Smith, 64 who 1; a:.-o
known as the "Healing Preacher."
and who ha* allegedly spent' more
j than half of his life behind bars,
i slim-slammed himself out of six
more years of freedom Monday in
Superior Court.
Smith ple/ided guilty to
three charges of larceny by
trick and Judge Clawson Mi]
liams gavp him two years on
the roads for each count. The
terms arc to run consecutively.
I On May 30. appearing in Re
! corder’s Court Smith declared
I ' that his name was Jim and that
,; he was 75-years-old Police re
cords dealing extensively with his
: past show that his name was Bill;
: Smith and that ViLs age was 64.
Three victims of Smith’s
larceny by trick claimed that
b* swindled them out of mon
ey bv claiming hat the was s
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Charlotte Clerk Loses $1,600
j To Fast Talking ‘Acquaintance’
CHARLOTTE— An e«-convict
who talked a grocery clerk out. of
$1,600 waived preliminary hear
j mg Tuesday on a grand larceny |
charge and was bound over to
; Mecklenburg County Superior
Court. i
wet far two hoar* and Itin* late)
South Boor 4o look into fair ereiplo:
TELEPHOTO),
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| Joe Brooks
Refuses Old j
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Job In City |
BY CHARLES R JONES
Joe Brooks. 334 E. Da’ i r Street,
who was the subject »f quite a
bit of controversy last week after j
being ''fired’’ by a. garbage truck
driver, refused to take his job
back, although it was offered to
him. and is now working in Dur
ham This information was oh* j
j talned from the office of the
' Sanitary Department- Wednesday
j Brooks’ case c-ame to light after
he was discharged for missing
five days in three weeks from his
lob because of the illness of his
wife and babies.
Public Works Director. War
ren J. Mann, who investigated
(He "flrinß ", offered the man
hit job hack on a full-time
basis with a ‘temporary si at ns
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I rial r riday ror i wo Wh.te Men
Caught In Act With Local Girl
A 15-year-eld Raleigh girl who.
has been in gn_d out of trouble
for several years, w’as reportedly
! turned over to juvenile authori- :
j ties Sunday nigh? after being I
j found naked m a parked car h.iv
; ing sexual relations with two
; white men
Trial of the men. Dalh c wp
i ham Jordan, 21, of 2804 Bed
; ford Avenue and George Phillip .
’ Blake, 20, 851 Tyron Street , hg.
Louis Samuels. 30, was held in j
the city jail in lieu of $2,500 bond. !
Samuels was arrested at
Roohingham, Monday, about y
hours after he, fled with the
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HEY. SHAKE A I.EG’—Earl Wade. 3. waits for help after he
jrol his iec stuck in drain pipe which he was experimentally probing
with his foot in Detroit. Mich., June Bth. He had to squat in this un
comfortable position for over an hour before firemen were able to ex
tricate him, they had to n.r : > bottle ol mineral oil to crease the lads
Icr sufficiently for them to puli it out. (HNITED PRESS TELE*
PHOTO),
Wife Stabbed To Death
in Bed With tier Uncle
LUMBELTON Johnny Per
kins. 36 local man, who has. a
criminal record "a mile lons-"
including murder .has been ar
rested here and charged with the
knife slaying of his wife.
Perkins is charged with
! stabbing his wife. Margaret
i bean set for Friday in the local
: Dam-" : r Relations Court
OffU'ifiiT. of th* court ha’'*
Bonus Money Program
Nears Close Os Month
The fourth week of The CARO- i
LIN JAN -ponsored Bonus Money;
j Program began Thursday morning \
jof this week and will end Wed- j
j nesday. June 26. at midnight,
! This is the fourth month of
| bonus money participation and.
j the pocketbooka of many Raleigh
j families have been swelled bv a
! wards earned for spending money
with CAROLINIAN advertisers
The contest, which began Thurs-!
day, May 30. will end at mid-'
night, June 2fi
Ir* order to win Bonne Mon
ey participants mus* n?*ror>>?e
C.4ROLINIAN advert! sers,
who are listed on the front ;
page of each edition Request
purchase slips or receipts.
save them and turn them in
at the end of the Bonus Mon -
ey period, whirl* w-d! he an
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This Week's Advertisers
The merchants listed below ” are CAROLINIAN Bonus
Money Stores.
PAGE i
Tip Top Food Store*
PAGE '•
National Art Shop
S II A'on ns
tlnioc Bus Terminal
Johnson-Lambe Company
PAGE S
Hudson-Be Ik Company
Famous Bakery
Raleigh mineral Horn*
Mr. Joseph Winters
PAGE ft
Twin Inn f)\! Scr'tc*
Mr. Elvis Rand
Ralelsh Teatood Company
Acme Realty Company
Hunt General Tire Company
Tire Sales A Service
Civella Beauty College
The Hood System Industrial Bank
PAGE 7
Hetty Gay
A Si P Super Markets
Mr. Elvis Band
it E. Quinn Furniture Centjwß'
PAGE a
Woodworth S<. Tourist Hum*.
Hratei Well Company
Caveneds Insurance Agertry
Btinn’y Esao Service
Carolina Builders Corp
Watson’s hoatood & poultry i o inr
Uinstead Transfer Co, A food Store
Dillon Motor Finance Company
Ridgeway s Opticians
Fepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Raleigh
Mechanic* & Farmers Bank
Warner Memorial*
Deluxe Hotel
page 0
Auto Strokm Jut.
City Motor Company
Vender* Motor Cmnpaa;
Kee 'Perkins, *" death as she
lay in bed about 10.5!) p.m.
Saturday Mrs Perkin* «M
pronounced dead on arrival
at Robeson Memorial Hos
pital.
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not msrlft: up fhsir minds
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Brisf
BARBER SUES 3 COPS
RALEIGH —Jams-3 Ham* l.'vtol
barber, filed a. suit Friday morn
ing sgainst three three policemen
seeking $30,000 damages and al
leged that, the officers were in
sulting and abusing when he went
to the. pohee station to complain
that two whits men had molested
his wife Herns brought the ac
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\ Gem Witch Shop
! John Askew Painter A tleeerator
i Community C-ril!
Lewis Radio & TV Clinic
Thompson A Evans, tnr
Carolina Power A tight Company
I AtnhisMdor Theatre
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Compute
: Edward's Shoe Store
i N r Products
j Capital Camera Shop
PAGE 16
Kramer's .Jewelers
Wes’. Booker A Son Dry Cleaner*
Carolina Typewriter Company
o. K. Clothing Co
Southern rut nature Company
PAGE 17
Scott’s Tourist Home
Terrell's Grocery
Farmers Supply Store
Triantic Station
Victor's Auto Parts
Vcale's Shell Service.
Tom Ashworth's Tire Service
Varina Wholesale Builders Supply
Western Auto Associates Stors
Stephens supply Company
Hudgon-Beik Company
Twin City Radio A- Appliance Co,
| Steve’s Flare
| Tuhstall’s Store
I Beasley s Flore
J Victor’s Place
| Jones’ C afe
| FAGS IS
Woodllef
Rolloweir* Cash. Food gtotd
Keith'* Super Market
GAGE Ml
liimbreU't tno.
! Electrical Who<**ate». Inc.
I Sure Fit s«tf Covet Cents*
i Srcurit* Market