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Government Worker Gives $10,000 To Ktttrell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ^ IS PHILIP CASE CRUMBLING? Theater Protest Draws Adult Leaders’ Support VOLUME No. 37-^No. 6 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1961 R«tum Poitav* GuarantMd PRICE: IS CENTS GIVES $10,000—Mr>. Camp of Waahincton, O. C. Rfiasantt hn fihouMiHi doMar ch»ck t* Presi 4tnt CMMin of Kittrall Collage Bishop Reid and Mr. look on. State ft: KITTRBLL—KittreH Junior Col- v ' - • ' •i^’ coileees and universities By Senate Unit KITTRBLL—KittreH Junior Col lege received a |ijft of $}0,00p ibis week from a Waihihgton, D. government worker. A check for $|0,6qO.W8S handed, over to school ^fticial;^ by Mrs, Dulcye Finch Camp during a spe* cial vespers service at. the cam' TasHCTB Sunday. . ~r Mrs. Camp Mid tba was "im- pramd" wit)* tha work of. tha A. M. ■•■supporicd iunior eel- laga. The donation will go for the school’s endorsement fund. KittreH officials said Mrs. Camp’s gift was th« targesi from ah, m dividual ^ince the philanthropy ot the late B. -N. Duke, who gave the school two buildings and $100,- 000 during the 1920'! ^'1 was impresMMt what Kittrall Junior Coli*fl* is doinfl for yeuHi In tha «rM whfara most neadMl/*^ Mrs. Ca«Mp stated in maklnv fha donation. “Great ideas can-rarely be de veloped in an atmosphere of con straint and oppressidn. KittreH, as a private chuTch college, affords freedom in developing the habit of independent’ thinking,” she went on. “1 hope my,gift Will encodragc the chairman. Bishop Reid, who has always been so unselfiaJi in his struggles for Christian educa tion of our youth,” she said fur ther. The Rt. Rev. Wank Madison See OIPT, 8-A Rockefeller Ad(ed I Give Cavers Kefuge NEW YORK-^tte NAACP has appealed to NeVf .York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to prevent ex tradition of a minister wanted i|i South Caroliha on a traffic-fa- tality charge. ' - ^ The clergyman, who ■ had been active with the NAACP in the, ^utheast for yenf^M^ Cavers, 61, formerly tf Charlotte, North Carolina. ■ In a wire to thf Governor, /eb„ I, NAACP Execij^tv0 Secretary poy Wilkins said: . "I Mrrivatly and - ^Mpactfully urfl* fiiat you regatlva as 0«^i>ner prayant tha •xtradiflon t* Sautii Care- See IIIPU9I, 8-A Southerners Badger Nominee WASHINGTON,. D. C.^Robert opposing Weaver^ nomination. S. Weaver was approved by the %nate inking Committee Wed nesday for the post of head of the Hblising and Home Finance Agen cy after two days of badgering by southern members of the commit' tee. ■ The vote was 11-4 with three southerners and one Republican GETS PH.D.—Horace 6. DawsM, Jr., assistant profassor of Ens* llsh and diractor of tha North Carolina Collage News Bureau, wa* awarded the l^tor of Phi losophy dafliiee in Mass Commu nications at tha winter convoca tion at Iowa University Satur day. Sea paflw ^-B for details.. VoHng againii!; the former NAACP board chairman^ were Senate Banking Committee chairman Willis Rob«rtson (D.> Va.), Sen. John J. Sparkman (D- Ata.), William Btakely (D-Tex.) and Wallace BenneH (R-Utah). Clearance by the committee opens the way for full Senate vote on his confirmation. However, Senate action is not expected un til after the holiday for Lincoln’s birthday. Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) is ex pected to bring the nomination to the floor for a vote. Weaver, 53 year old Harvard University graduate, thus be- conifs the first Negro to be cleared 'for a post as high in government. He wasj picked for the position by Presidi^nt Kennedy, and it was Kennedy’s dramatic action Tuesday in support of his nomi nation which opened the way for the Senate Cooimlttee’s approval. . Senate Banking Committe* chairman Willi* Rstoertaon (D- Va.) announced he would not prooeed with tha hearing until he ha^ iteelved a letter from Presld^t Kennedy on an FBI report on Weav»r'* loyalty. The loyalty issiie- had been raised In the (Ammittee by Sen William Blakey. Blakey queMioned Weaver at length, on his affilia tions with organizations the Texas See WEAVBH, 6-A 202 Colleges In Oxford Hospital J\nn^s Appointment of Administrator OXFORD—William L. Miller, a native of Bluefield, West Vlrginiaj has been appointed Mministrator of Shaw Memorial hospital here. ■ Announcement of Miller’rf ap pointment was made by the hospi tal this week. Miller assumed his duties on Jan. 1. The new hospital head is a na tive of Bluefield, West Virginia, where he graduated "from Blue field State College. H« came to Shaw Memorial horn Conunuaity Hospital of Martinst villa, Va., where he held > similar post between 1858 and 1960. Miller’s first job as hospitah ad ministrator was at Providen^fe hovital, of Bluefield, where 'Tie was appointed administrator in 1946. He has also seen public school service,. having worked in the school' system of Martinsville, .Virginia. He was active in religious life while a-fcri}«lt «t tfartiosvUle, where he was ^jpurinan of the dekon board, and puperintendent of the Pilgrim "fiipt Sunday S«« HOiPITAW e-A totafT)f 202 colleges and universities in 17 southern states which were form erly air white have now desegre gated, according to a report issued this week tiy the Southern Region al Council here. Included in the list was tite University of Georgia,, at Athens, * Se«^ JMTEGAATED, ^A KINSfro^^^ Superior Court Judge may iu^C'^l firut wrecked the state’s case of first degree murder against Durham business man 'Kinston Philip in a ruling here Wednesday. Judge Rudolph Mlntz granted PhlKi^ a $25,000 bond after rul ing there was insufficient evl- de«me for holdlnt^ him without bn^l on the charge. Hie ruling came during hear ing Keld on a writ of habeas cor pus prepared by Philip’s attor ney*. ' AKhmigh the Judge granted the bcmd, Philip was still in jail-late Wednesday night. Dgputy Sheriff Elijah Tyndall tolt^ the TIMES that Philip had not 'Posted bond. ^^lip was arrested at his of fice at Durham Surgical Supply Coi, jit 412 S. Mangum St., on Dm. 38 in connection wiHi tine dfeth of Mrs. Ruth Graham Til- iary, 47 year old eighth grade tatcher at Adkln high school. . Mrs. Tillery’s almost nude body was found in the yard of an aban doned rural school building early "Dec. 27. Her head bore deep wounds, be lieved made b/ a piece of con crete or stone. But a subsequent autopsy revealed that the blows Were not heavy enough to have caused death. Legal, experts hftre expressed tha opinion that Judge Mintz's tfranting of tha bend on grounds of insufficient •videnee may b« •nough to laarmit Philip's at- iM'^eys to frMii' Mn 9f the GETS EAGLE—Mrs. JanM* W. ™ ,; ^lawR affIjcM E^le acaM pin It was suggested that jiis at torneys might now press for quashing of the indictment against him. Prospects for success of such manuever appeared . brighter See PHILIP, 6-A LEAVES FOR AFRICA Speculation Rises Over NCC Prof's Departure The* whereabouts of a young North Carolina College professor was a subject of much speculation in Durhapi tis week. Usually reliable reports said that Dr. AH>ert Berrian, chair man of Hie Romance Language Departmant at NCC, left the country Iasi week on an asslgn- iment for the United States Gov-, ernment in tlie Congo. Though there had been no of ficial confirmation at mid-week, it is reported that the language professor departed for Leopold ville, the Congo last week where he will set up an English language center for the United', States State Department. North Carolina College offi cials had no comment on Ber rien's dcp|rtui*e this week, ex- oeut to admit that the young linguist had not been seen on See BERRIAN, 6-A Catholics Attack Smear of NAACP With “Red” Label WASHINGTON — Speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Inter racial Council of Washington two Catholics active in interracial work said that attacks on the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People as communist-dominated are “a vici ous and unmitigated slander.” George K. Hunton, secretary of the New York Interracial Council theref is not a “scintilla of evi dence” to connect the organiza tion with Reds or Fellow travel ed. Furthermore;, he said that he S«e SMiAR, 2-A BERRIAN Greenville, S. C. Ready For NAACP Meeting By J. B. HARREN GREENVILLE, S. C.—This Pal metto State textile city is work ing hard to see to it that the 9th Annual NAACP Southeastern Re gional Conference meeting here February 16-19 is a success ahd an inspiration to freedom-seeking race citizens. Some five hundred adult and youth NAACP officers and mem bers are expected to take part in the four days of seminars, panels and mass meetings to be held at the Springfield Baptist Church, 602 East McBee Street. Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Atlanta, Ga., Southeast Regional Secretary, is director of conference. She will be ably assisted by the Rev. ^ Leon Lowry, president, Florida NAACP Conference; and Atty. D. L. Hollowell, chief counsel in the University of Georgia integration case. Also Clarence Mitchell, Wash- and a member of tlje board oflington, D. C. NAACP Bureau Di directors of the NAACP, said that jrector who will review the voting ceremony at. While Rock Bap tist Church, Sunday nipht at which tha Hillside ))enth grader received th« rank, highest in the Boy Scowt order. At left, H. W. Glllis, Division Executive reads citation accompanying 'a#afi^ '%h1le Srowtfs fiiifier ieoks on in backgrouM- Also stated in the backgrMnd is Miss Sandra Wray, a participant on tha program. A snowstorm which brought traffic in the East to a standstill last week-end prevented NAACP Labor Secretary Herbert Hill from making a scheduled appearance iB Durham Sunday at an NAACP youth program. But it failed to stop the yaane- sters from turning tke meeUnC into a rally which saw several of the community’s leading eider citizens pledge support l« the youngsters in their current anti- segregation drive. Several community l-eader» spoke during the rally at St. Mark A,M E, Zion church Sunday after noon. pledging support- of .Uie community for the students’ ctir- rcnt movie theater protest. Among them was J. H.-Wlieel- er. chairman of the Durham Cbo»- mittee on Negro Affairs. “An long as your activities are peaceful and sincere,” the people of the community will support you, Wheeler said. William J. Walker, also a mem- l)€r of the committee declared: “Don’t be afraid you will, be placed in iail. If you are put in jail, you will not be left there.” Walicer posted liond amounting to several hundred dollars for stu dents arrested during last spring’s lunch counter demonstratioas. Wbeelef and Walker w«re just two- of, several elder leaders who pledged support of the student ihovement. Others who spolBe were n; B. Whit#. X)t. CP branch president, L O. Fuad- erburg and the Re*(rends B. I*. Speaks and J. A. Bro^. DELEGATES BRAVE ICE, SNOW TO ATTEND PTA WORK- AT SMITH UNIVERSITY CHARLOTTE — Thirty-seven leaders and PTA workers braved the snow, sle^t and ice to attend the 1961 sectional PTA workshop held at J. C. Smith University, Saturday. Delegates re-evaluated and re constructed goals, explored meth ods and ways of achieving appro priate solutions to many issues, problems as well as opportuni ties as we focused attention on the provocative and timely con ference thpme: “From Responsi bility to Action Through Quality Parents-Teachers Associations.” STRIVE TO RISE ABOVE MEDIOCRITY, MRS. MASON TELLS SHAW STUDENTS RALEIGH—The only future that America has lies in its youth, said Mrs. Vivian Mason, Public Rela tions Consultant, American Chris tian Palestine Committee as she spoke to Shaw ■ University stu dents and faculty. Monday, Febru ary 6, at the cha^l assembly. She urged the students to take advantage of their great heritage and to strive above mediocrity. ONE-DAY .BUS BOYCOTT STAGED m SUMTER ' SUMTER, S. C.—Negro citizens staged a one-day bus boycott here this week marking the anniver sary of the first southern sit-in. Dr. B. T. Williams, local NAA CP leader, who led the protest, indicated that the boycott might be continued at a future date against the Jim Crow buses. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO STRIKE VIRGINIA ANTI INTEGRATION LAW WASHINGTON, D. C.—The N AACP the U. S. Supreme Court this week to challenge a Virginia state law that could break the back of the school in- See summary, 6-A NAACP In Drive Supporting N. Carolina Units NEW YORK—The NAACP call ed on its more than 1, unib IB 45 states to initiate sympathy “protests and • demonstratians, adapted to t^al conditions” sup porting the newly-Iaunehed North Ncrth Carolina drive against “seg regation in theatres and discrimi nation in employment.” The directhie, issued by MA ACP Executive Ray came on the annfversery ef Mm .first southern sitnn. * NAACP Youth Councils in Nfflrllt Carolina, are fighting excluaiM and segregated seating -in thtttres and widespread job discrinia*- tion. They are employing various tac tics including theatre staad-ins and picketing. These pr*iccts eve ygider |bmI> ership of Kelly M. Aiesander, NAACP state canfarailta peeai 4?nt. and Flayd B. NkKlstiek. adviser of the ITiirtiain See SUPPOKTi. record of congressmen and fore cast the trend . «f things to come on the civil rights fronts. Lowuy is one of several NA\ Sec READY, S-A I VOICE Of ii4«IRicA PANEL— Pictured her* are some of the participants In the# panel dia- ] eussion pHtmiitad recently fer Overseas breedcaat on tha Voice ef Americ*. Shewn here era (teft to right) FredwUt producer of Mie pufrawi Jas. Bryaart, a aenier at Marth C«r» lina Cetaga; JanaHii, YawHy. editor ef tfia Dally Tarheel, the Unhwrstiy ef Nerth Cerelina
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