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Attorney Convicted Again In Vote Dispute if ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Durham Balks At Ban On Park Seating Jim Crow MISS SOSETTA McCBIGHT NCC PROFESSORS WITH VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD RJ. NIXON — Two North Siirolina College professors, Dr. Marjorie Lae Browne and Dr. Helen' G. Edmonds, are lown here with U. S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon at a recent reunion of foreign eorrespondents in Washington. Guests w«re newsmen who covered the 'Vice President’s African safari in 1957. At Mr. Nixon’s left is Dr. Browne, professor and chairman of NCC’s mathematics de partment, and on the Vi?e President’s left isDr. Edmonds, professor of history. Mrs. Nixon is fhown back tb camera chatting with Phaon Goldman, director of Africa House. Partj^as giyen a4 home of Miss Ethel Payne of the CHICAGO DEFENDER newspapers^ Dr. Edmonds seconded nomination of President Eisenhower at the San Francisco Na tional RepuhUcan Convention in 1956. Dr. Browne recently received $8,800 National Sci ence I jundation «aculty Fellowship to spend one year in postdoctoral study at the Univ- ^lyity of California at Los Angele*. • Beauticians With MRS. CALLIE DA YE clinging to the lead by a nar row margin and MRS. EULA STEELE back in second place by only a few points over MRS.. CALLIE ASHFORD, the CAROLINA TIMES Beauticians Popularity Contest develop- ^ into a nip and tuck affair this week. The contest will positively close at twelve o’clock MON DAY, APRIL 14. All votes not in the office by that time or l}earing a post office mark of noon or before will positively not be counted. The contest nlanager urges all contestants to be sure and get all their votes in, both regular and bonus, by twelve o’clo^ noon Monday. One thing is certain, if the rumor is true that there is a dark horse in the running who will take over the FREE PLANE ROUND TRIP prize with hotel expenses paid to the Beautician’s Convention in Miami, Florida, he or she will be made known in the next week’s issue of the CAROLINA TIMES when the final and actual standing of all the con testants will be published, This week the leading contestants concentrated on BONUS VOTES, and it is believed that next week’s reports will show that the winner will be the one who has not only piished regular votes but BONUS VOTES as well. This week’s relative standing is as follows: Mrs. Callie Daye 23,750.000 Mrs. Eula Steele ^ 22,615,000 Mrs. C. D. Asiiford I 22,475,000 Mrs. Rosetta Harris 20,475,000 -17,750,000 .16,615,000 .11,240,000 11,240,000 Miss Daisy Carmon . . Mrs. Beatrice Moss Mrs. Willie E. Watkins Mrs. Odell Leake Mrs. Ethelene Prayloe 6^175^000 Mrs. Classic Brown- 5,930,000 Mrs. Irene Jackson 4,510,000 Mrs. Victoria Moore ± 4,375,000 Mrs. Josephine Daye 3,190,000 Mrs. lola Goss 2,750,000 Mrs. Syminer E. Daye 2,730,000 Mrs. Alice Payne 1,680,000 Mrs. Thehna Hill 1,565,000 (Please turn to page Eight) Walker Appeals Sentence Coming From Seaboard Precinct Incident JACKSON A young Negro attorney, wag' ing a two yMr running battle with elections officials in North ampton county, was convicted here again last week on the se cond half of a two part charge against him for one incident at an elections precinct here two years ago. Attorney James R. Walker last Wednesday h « a r d Superior Court Judge Chester R. Morris mete out a four month road sen tence, to be suspended on the grounds that he pay a $30 fine, court costs and stand the court’s scrutiny for good behavior for a period of two years. His attorney, Samuel Mitchell of th^ Raleigh Taylor - Mitchell law firm, served notice of appeal Unmediately after the sentenc- (Please turn to page Eight) I yTHETRUTM UMBRiBep?'!] VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 15 DURHAM, N. C , SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1958 PRICE: TEN CENTS Eight Dixie States Cannot Be Trusted Council Park Operator Okay On OJd Way The Durham City Ceuncll re fused Tuesday night to legally banish segregation fron^ the city owned baseball park. It did so by refusing a request to insert in its contract witi» park operators a clause requir- mg no segregation in seating oil park patrons. Instead, it voted 12-1 to re new the contract with Durham Sports Enterprises after hearing an official of the organization promise that the park would be operated “as it has been for theij^^ and May 31, 1965, in past 13 years. ’ jjjg school desegregation cases,” The request that Council take action to officially call an end to segregation at the city owned, facility, leased to the Durham Sports Enterprises for the Dur ham Bulls baseball games each year, Came from N. B. White, one of a group of Negroes turn ed away last year when they sought grandstand seats at one of the Bulls' season opening games. ) (Negroes have traditionally been restricted tb bleacher seats in the right field sector of tlie park at Bulls games )'T White pomted out to the Council that the park was op erated on a segregated basis last year and held that the "city (Please turn to page Eight) WASHINGTON, D. C. The officials of eight southern states cannot be trusted to ad minister any type of federal as sistance to educatin without an-i ti-segregation safeguards, a n NAACP official told a Congress ional subcommittee here. Clarence Mitchell, wector of the Association’s VuHphlngton bureau, testified b^ore the House subcommittee pn special education on April 2. He'enum erated the eight stat^ with un trustworthy officials as Alaba ma, Arkansas, Florid!', C^rgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Vij^inla. '' B*4(iiwkll|Alltoe-lwnki Executive Secretary Roy Wil kins to Marion B. Folsom, Se cretary of Health, EViucatlon and Welfare, in which Wilkins warn ed that ‘‘any government {dan fpr assistance to the states in tiie form of grants Ittr scholarsldpa, teacher training,' and other me^ods of reducing the waste of talent should'lioT suTisidize a system which has stifled talent among the children and youth of 4,000,000 American families, except for a handful of hatdy, persistent and fortunately pric ed individuals.” , “We ask that no state be given any funds unless its appropriaet officials pledge that they will be spent in conf(\rmity with the requirements of the U. S. Su preme Court decisions of May Honor Society Taps Six Pupils Six Hillside high school stu dent were tapped for admittance into the National Honor Society earlier this week in official in stallation services held in the Hillside auditorium. The annual spring installation program, sponsored by the Hill side Chapter of the National Honor Society, was witnessed by the general school student body, faculty, parents, and many civic (Please turn to page Eight) he asserted. Mitchell cautioned subcom mittee members that “at some point, the Congress must decide to call a halt to the wanton pro gram of using federal money to promote the extensive pattern of tax-supported defiance in some areas of the country.” The NAACP’s legislative spec ialist noted that a Chicago news paper last month estimated that southern states have spen more than two million dollars in at tempts to defy the Supreme Court decisions banning segre-' gated public schools. He noted also that in Mississ ippi the state legiiUature haa^aji ldn’~ to let jk private organization, the Whit* Citizens Council, fight de segregation with tax money. New J.C. Smith Man Admits To Beating Notlier Of 2 Two Nights A 29 year old mother of two was found in t>ed last Saturday night in Durham dead from a series of severe beatings suffer ed at the hand of a Durham man. Police are holding Charles Lee Addison, who admitted beating the woman on last Thursday and Friday night, for the,slaying. An autopsy perfomied on the badly beaten body of Miss Ro setta McCright revved that slie died of wounds suffered from the beating. Detective Captain W. E. Gates said. Dr. R. A. Horton, county eor- oner, tiad ordered the examin ation after her body was discov ered bearing several bruises on the face and head and a deep bole in the back of h«r head. The beating apparently took place at the 511 Matthews Street residence where Miss McCright and Addison lived. D. M. King who lives at the next address, told the TIMES he heard sounds of the beating on Thursday and Friday night, but was restrained from investigating by his wife. Reports say tliat Addison beat the woman after an argument the two had over the borrowing of eggs from a neighbor by cme of her childran. Miss Della Lewis and Howard Pritohard, Shaw University stu dents, were awarded Woodrow Wilson fellowships, it was an nounced this week by the schol. Also in Durham, it was revealed that two North Carolina College students, Carrie Fair and Jnliua Chamben, had alse received the Wilson fellowahlpa (see pietnre, page sevoi). MIm rair, a aeniar chemistry major, is from Little(mi, Pritch ard, who is majoring in Biolog; is from 6reenvilie. Noted Tarheel Woman To Address State Meeting Of Hampton Ahimni UNCF Campaign Dr. Rufus E. Perry, newly in augurated president of Johnson C. Smith University, has been named speaker for the annual “kick off” dinner of the local United Negro College Fund Drive. The diiujer meet is scheduled for Thursday|’*1ALpril 17, at 6:30 at the Algonquin Tennis Club House. All members of the In ter-Alumni Council are expect ed. The Reverend J. W. Smith, pastor of the Covenant Presby terian Church, is drive chair man. He said in a statement last week that “this year’s drive is destined to be the greatest con ducted locally because the needs I of our college are at their great- est.” Assisting Smith is JaStyfea^ drive ^chairman, H. M. Holmes,ttl9Ral alumni organization are principal of Hillside High School! who is president of the local Durham' Inter-alumni Council, sponsors of the UNCF drive lo cally. (Please turn to page Eight) One of the state’s outstanding women will deliver the keynote address to the 18th annual state meeting of the Hampton Insti tute alumni association in Dur ham next Saturday. She is Mrs. Rose D. Aggrey, outstanding educator and for several years a prominent fig ure in national women’s club movement. Announcement of her appear ance was made this week along with the releasing of plans for the meeting by a local commit tee handling affairs for the con vention. Delegates from throughout the North Carolina region of the na- expected to take part in the one day proceedings, spokesman for the host Durham chapter said. Headquarters for all sessions of the meeting will be the Har riet Tubman YWCA. North Carolina Mutual President Reports Firm Will Reach Over 60 Million By Nth Birthday In October North Carolina Mutual’s as sets will reach a total of $60 million by the time it reachea its 60th anniversary first, presi dent W. J. Kennedy predicted in a statement this week. “On October 20, 1958, the company will observe the six tieth anniversary of its origin, at wtuch time it is estimated that a total admitted assets will reach the sixty million goal and total life insurance in force will be in excess of one quarter bil-i Ion dollars,” Kennedy opined. He went on to recount pro gress made during the past year’s operations and declared that the company’s personnel had pledged unstinting efforts to “make 1958 the best year for the company in its entire'‘his tory.” PROGRESS IN 1957 His statement said: “The report for 1957 reveals that progress was .made by the Company in all phases of its op erations. Of primary interest to policyholders is the fact that during 1957, $4,982,270.43 was paid to policyholders and/or their t>eneficiaries, bringing the total since organization to $62,-' 870,5133.51. Contrary to the old concept that life insurance was associated largely with the death of the insured, $4,061,824.20 of to live policyholders in disabil ity benefits, matured endow ments, cash surrender values and dividends. “During the last 162,725 new policies were issued bringing the total number of policies in force at the end of the year to. 796,465 and Total Insurance in Force of $245,714,972.00. The Admitted Assets of the Company as of December 31, 1957 of $57,i 507,290.62 show an increase ol^ $3,506,257.79 over the previous year. The increase of $10,098.82 r W. J. KENNEDY, JB. in the combined Weekly Prem- ' ium Debit during 1957 was the lum Hospital Policy issued dur- larg^ since 1957 and $4,573.9a ing the last half of 1957 iwoved the amount paid under*•policyI in excess of the increase for the to be the Company’s most popu- contracts during 1957 was paid!year 1956. The Weekly Prem.. (Please turn to page Eight) Accoirding to local convention, planners,, the meeting will be divided into two parts, with in ternal busine& af&irs of the or- ganization occupying the con vention’s attention during the morning session and Mrs. Ag- grey’s address and the presenta tion of a public service award as features of the afternoon ses sion. “Preparing Our Youth for Ad justment in a Competitive World,” is the convention theme. Its keynote will be delivered at the 3:30 p. m. session by Mrs. Aggrey. (Please turn to page Eight) HARLES ASAiSON VOTE REPOKT WASHINGTtJN, D. C. Leaden'in the effort to wipe out voting restrictions maintain ed against Negroes in southern states will report on their re spective states at a one-day con ference to be held here at tiie Asbury Methodist Church Sun day, April 27. Keynote qieaker for the con-> ference will be Aubrey W. Wil liams, long-time advocate of hu man rights smd editor of the Soathera Farm a m d Hoaae, Montgomery, Ala. Heading the list of those scheduled to report is Charles G. Gomillion, AKulty member at Tuskagee Institute and presi dent of the Tuskegee Civic As sociatioa. Mr. Gomillion utiU give hi^tlights oi tlie develop ment tliat focused national at tention tliere earlier tliis year. Among thoae reporting will be Mrs. Wilson Whitman, N. C% writer and editor who live in Southern Pines, N. C.; Mrs. An drew W. Slmkins, S. C., long time secretary of tte S. C. State Coofermce of NAACP es; and W. HUe, Va., ma atton^ who live in Newport News. To declaim Visa For Worthy WASHITJGTOW, D. C. The opening rotmd in a new legal ciuillenge of the State De partment’s power to deny pass* ports to American citizens was scheduled to l>e fired tomorro^^ (Tues.) in the Federal District Court , in Washington, D. C. An attorney appointed by the American Civil Liberties Unioa was set to file a complaint ask ing that Secretary of State Dul les be required to grant a pass port to newsman William Woc« thy, Jr. llie complaint, to i>e submit ted by William M. KunsUer of New York City, cliarged that a* an American citizen and a ie|^ resentative of the press WortfeQ^ has “a constitutional right to ft passport." Wortlty, a foreign correspaof* dent for The BaltiaMre Atn-Af m*riemn and special oarrespon.^ dent in Communist Chiaa Mot n* New Tark Paat and C*S News, was refused his pasqnd by Dulles on liardt 24 becaoMV he would not abide by the emment’s travel restrietiaos his activities abroad “prejudicial to tba duct of foreign lelatlo* United States.’* Worthy, wIm Tinted ist China and Saafury and 1957 deqiMs.tte pwrtaaet ban \ couaMea, h«« jwitfifc i of hto pM*«^ tor omr a
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