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Durham Discovers ‘ New
Hearly 1,500
fake Pari in
Bias Protest
The NAACP and CORE
aounced this week that it is
^eeltlng to open uagogiations
With the management of Ho-
Wvrd Johnson” restaurant in
Jwrham.
A spokesman for the t*KO or-
■Mizations released I'nis week
®e contents of a letter sent
• the restaurant manager ask-
for a conference to discuss
fbe issue.
' Th^ letter pointed out that
"th® demonstrations of the
S^t weeks . . . vividly display
gross discontent" of Dur-
|iwn citizens over the segre-
fated policy of the restaurant.
(■ The letter suggested a con-
«»rence between NiAACP and
COK£ representatives and the
Rstuaraat maHBj{ement, stat
ic that the two organizations
'‘•re ready and willing to co-
m^rate ... in order to end se-
l^gation at Howard Johnson,
'.the offer for’negogiation fol-
wwed a massive demonstration
kttnday in front of the restu-
irant on the Chapel Hill boule-
Mfd in which more than 1,500
l^sons gathered in front of the
Ating facility.
..'The demonstration was de-
|i^ibed by some veteran Durham
i^rvers as “one of the greatest
Wplays of racial unity" shown
^ the city. ,
The difiboiuteation began at a
;Bdid ^t St.
were jM«ttar«d speakers.
.'TTbey were Sfly Wilkins, ex-
Jje&tJve a^t;retary of the
tbKACP, James I'armer, nation-
if director of CORE, and the
9£v. B. ,^lton Cox, of High
typit.' w. C..Held .secretary ior
dORK. - * ■ I ,
f^;A(i.ctowd estimated at 1,000.
the church for the
^ily. Near the end of the meet--
m. Rev. Cox suggested that
rally be continued in the
Iprm of a demoniS'ation at
Inward Johnsota restaurant
More than 200 private auto-
iiiA>iles .and four buses trans-
^rted the estimated 1,500 peo
■ to the restuarant where
^t^her brief remarks were
by Wilkins, Farmer and
Cox.
The crowd represented a
cross section of nearly every
aecment of Durham’s Negro
community. Included in the
group were North Carolina
Mutual executives L. B. Frasier,
W. L. Clement and Maceo
Sloan, city Councihnan John S.
j^ewart and attorneys, clerks,
%ixl drivers, factory workg^
teachers, housewives and stu
dents.
A team of sheriff’s deputies
■wwe on hand for the demon
stration, and ordered the first]
members of the group to arrive
to leave. They did not attempt
to make any arrests.
The demonstration was order
ly and lasted only about 20
minutes.
CORE director Fanner said in
a news conference on Monday
Unity’
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VOLUME 38 — No. 33
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1962
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PRATT
KING
TWO DEAD IN VIOLENCE
men obMnrMs Mid
Hatchet, Shotgun
Used In Killings
A fight between two Durham
men at a “bawdy house” re
sulted in the shot-gun death of
one and the arrest of the other
on charges of murder.
O'Neal Reams, of 402 Macon
St., was being held without
bond ire the Durham jail thli
week on charges growing out of
the shot-gun slaying early Sun
day of Douglas Pratt, 2fl, oi
802 Elizabeth St.
According to police, the
shooting occured early Sunday
outside the residence of Miss
Doshia McNeill, 53 year old
woman of 1401 Faye St.
Pratt was struck in the
See SHOTGUN, 5-A
’The second violent killing In
two days in the “Albright”
section of Durham took place
iate Monday when a 39 year old
man was chopped to death with
a hatchet.
Cleveland King, 39, of 229
South Miami Boulevard, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Lincoln hospital shortly before
midnight Monday.
Hospital authorities reported
that he died from four severe
wounds on the head.
Sheriff's deputies said the
wounds were..made by a-tiatchet.
Lafayette Turrentine 32, of
22A and one hal f A|iami
See HATCHBT, S-A
Durliam Bus-Train Accident
Victims are "Out of Danger
MARCHERS APPROACH —
Shown hare is tha ranguard
of mors than 1,000 parsons
who dsmonstratad in front of
Howard Johnson's raslaurant
in Durham Sunday aft«r>
noon. The damon^rat)>iv
which drew mora lhan 200
privata automobilas and four
butas, attractad participants
from arary sagmant of Dur
ham's Nagro communitias, in
cluding business axactUiTai,
factory workars, housawivas,
darks, students, lawyers, tea*
chars and mtnistars.
See UNITY, 2-A
Anotlier Rally
Planned Sunday
Xnottiar freedom rally has
baan planned for Sunday after-
noon by the NAACP and CPRE,
According to a spokaaman for
the two groups this w«4(>
The rally, to be arranged
Slmltaf to the one of last Sun-
. day In which mora ttian 1,000
parsons crowded St. Joseph's
A. M. E. Church and later want
ip Howard Johnson's xetau*
rant, is scheduled for SI.
Mark at four o'clock.
i>r. W. O. Anderson, leader of
Mta Albany, Ga. movement is
scheduled to ba the featured
speaker.
In Vote Denial
Mississippians
Seek to Unseat
Congressman
CLARKSDAXiE, Miss. — Ne
groes ^denied the right to vote
in the £ft.'oond Coogreasional
District are trying a new way
to win representation in the
Congress of the United States.
They are signing petitions
stating that if they had been
permitted to vote in the June
primary election they would
have cast ballots for the Rev.
Merrill W. Lindsey.
Lindsey a Negro, got 1,478
votes in the Democratic Con
gressional pfimary while t>ro
white opponents obtained a
total of 66,443. Jamie Whitten
won with 42,876 votes.
Integration leaders seek ov«r
85,000 names db their petition,
which will be more than the
difference between Lindsey’s
vote and that of his two op
ponents.
The petitions wiU then be pre
sented to the Speaker of the
U..S. House with a request that
Whitten’s election be declared,
null and void and Lindsey be
seated as- the winner.
See UNSEAT, 2 A
State's Ushers to Gather Next
Weel( In Chapel Hill Convention
The Thirty-Eighth Annual Ses- devoUons. Regiatration of de-
sion of the Interdenominational
Ushers Association of North
Carolina will be held August
23-26 at the St. Joseph C. M.E.
Church in Chapel Hill.
The convention will open on
Thursday morning twelve noon
iwith Clifton Stone of Orange
County District leading the
Coast Guard
Academy Takes
Md. Schoolboy
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Merle James Smith, Jr., 18
year old son of an Amry Lt.
Colonel was this week appoint
ed to the United States Coast
Guard Academy.
Smith graduated from Aber
deen High school as the 11th
randcing member of hia class.
Son of Lt. Colonel and Mrs.
Merle Smith, of Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds, Md., Smith won
varsity letters in football and
track iu hi|^ scLuoL
legates will being at 12:20 p.
m. State President, L. E. Austin,
will preside.
C. R. Craig, State Chairman,
will condudt the Supervisor’s
Meeting at 3 p. m. ’The meet
ing of the Board of Directors
will be held at 4 p. m. with A
D. Clark, Chairman, presiding.
Rev. W. R. Foushee, Host
Pastor, will Join in welcoming
the group during the Thursday
evening session. Other repre
sentatives frorp the Chapel Hill
area to welcome the delegates
are Hubert Robinson, Mrs.
Susie Weaver, Henry Atwater,
Rev. J. C. Burnett, Rev. J. R.
Manley and Mrs. Roxie Small.
L. E. Austin, State President,
Xvill give the response.
Vice president, J. D. Rooks
will preside at the Friday
morning session. Report on the
budget and Usher’s Home will
be submitted.
Mrs. Viola Brodie will dis
cuss “Aims of Arts and Crafts”
at the Friday afternoon session.
Mrs. G. F. Wilds, president,
will be in charge. ExhibiU' and
a review of fashions in dress,
crafts, and music will be pre
sented.
See USHERS, 2-A '
Kln^, 3 Others Are
Given Suspended
Terms In Albany
ALBANY, Ga. — Dr, Mar
tin Luthar Xing, Jr. and thra«
othar laadars in tha AJi>any
•agragation struggle waro
Oivra suspandad saniencas
this waak on charges grow
ing out of protaft damonstra-
tions.
Thay wara given 60 day
Mntancas, but tha santancas
wara auspandad.
In tha maantima, King end
Dr. W. O. Andarten, praii-
dant of tha Albany Moramani,
'•▼aalad that thay had >ant a
talagram to Mayor Asa Kallay,
Jr., saaking to epan nagogia-
tions batwaan city officials
and tfaa laadars of tha mava-
mant.
Eye Disorder
PHILADELPHIA — The
Rev. MarshadI Shepard report-
underwent ~an—Dperatlsit
for an eye; disorder at the Uni
versity ot Pennsylvania hos
pital here last week.
Althouigh no olficial announce
ment was available from mem
bers of his family or hospital
authorities, an informad source
said the exploratory operation
designed to remove tissue for
study by specialists was per
formed sometime last week.
Rev. Shepard, a meml>er of
the City Council and pastor of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, is
said to have submitted to the
operation after the advice of
his attending physician, Dr,
Harold Scheie.
Delegates
Miss Thomasinc Kuffin and
Mrs. Viola Nichols were sched
uled to leave this wetk for
Indianapolis, Ind. for the annual
convention of the I'an Uamma
Delta sorority.
The convention was to open
on August 14 and close un Aug-
gust 18.
Miss Ruffin and 14*'*- Nichols
are representing the (Durham)
Lambda chaptar of the sorodt;.
Shriners Back
JFK's Plan For
Medical Care
MINNEAPOLIS — Two of
the nation’s largest Negro fta-
ternal organisations have en-
dorsad President Kennedy’s
gram for Medical Care to the
Aged Und«- Social Security.
At their annual conventions
held laat week here, delegates
to the Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Orders of Nobles and Daughters
of the Mystic Shrine and the
Order of Eastern Stars unani
mously approved resolutions
calling upon Congress to speed
ily enact legislation hecrfth bene
fits to be adminiatered through
the Social Security System.
Both reaolistlona noted that
retired Negro workers will
stand to gain the most benefits
with assurance of adequate
medical care and freedom from
the fear o inaectirity of old
age.
Imperial Potentate Booker T.
Alexander of Detroit and Grand
Worthy Mairon, Mrs. Lavonla
Brow of Chicago voiced the
sentimenta of the bodies when
they praised the Kennely spon-
•ored legislation as a “giant
step fbrward in the hunuinl-
See MEDICARE, 2-A
A 90 year old man, the most
•arfoualy of five persons hurt
when a Southern Railway
treigbi amasbed th« «Mkr
as.'sts
at Duke hospital
mominf.
^j>ltal aut|ior^4« mid M-
Tineh, SO. who sustiinsd
s fnctured skull In tha wrtiik
had bean removed from the
critical list and his condition
JKBL reported ■■ “talr” _ ,.
Finch was one of five pass-
eng^s on the Duke Powai* Co.
operated city bqa when a fast
moving, 168 car freight struck
in the rear, on Friday morning
The bua had t>een stalled on
the tracks by traffic in front
oi it waiting to enter Pettigrew
street.
The four passengers, all of
whom were injured, were Viola
Upchurch, of 106 U.ntstead St.;
Walter Lawrence, 21, of MS
and a half Burlington avenue;
Austin Washington, 20 of 312
Dunstan St.; and Melvin Nel
son, of 108 Duncan St.
Mrs. Upchurch was listed in
“good” condition at Duke hos
pital Wednesday where she was
taken following the accident
with a hip injury.
The others were treated at
Duke hospital and released.
According to witnesses the bus
was forced stop with Ita rear
end on the last tracka by two
See VICTtMS, 9-A
Call Girls In
Chapel Hill
Get Jail Terms
CHAPEL HILL — An inter
racial vice ring which featured
Negro “call girls" for Univer-
■ity ^ of North Carolina male
students was broken here this
week with conviction of three
Negroes.
Convicted in Recorder’s Court
here on ohargas of prostitution
and for procuring and aiding
and at>etting in prostitution
were Miss LucWe Rice, 30, and
har sister, Miss Ella Mae Rice,
SI; and Robert Quick, 25.
A fourth defendant in the
caae, Walter Dukea, 27 pleaded
guilty to charges of procuring,
and aiding and abetting in pro-
■titutlon and was given a 12
months suspended sentence.
The Rice sisters were sen
tenced to four months each and
Quick received six months.
Attorney M. C. Burt, Jr., of
Hillsboro a counsel for the de-
I fendants, served notice of ap-
I peals in the convictions of Rice
sisters and Quick.
The four were arMsted after
an undercover Inveatlgation con
ducted by special Chapel Hill
police and agents of the State
Bureau of Investigation.
sup Bge4to testified during
the trial thia week that they
mads contact with Dukes
through • telephone number he
had left available in several
places around town.
’The agents arranged for
Dukas and Quick to bring the
women to a house on the night
of July 31. They testified that
they discussed with the women
and Dukes and Quick prices
and how long the women could
■tay. ....
Defense tastliwny attempted
to (how that the women thought
tiMqr wara gnii% to a party vaA
nbik'
wsak thM tbs girls w«nt bsiak
pfoeursd lor University rf
North Ca/olina male atudents.
’ilie source also reported that
a number ot parties Involving
the girls bad iaken place at a
fraternity bouse on the UNC
Brown Due Back
Sunday From
Holy Land Trip
Rev. James A. Brown, pastor
of Durham'a Ebenaser Baptlat
Church, reportsd in his first
communique since leaving Dur
ham for tha Holy Land two
waeics age that he had steed at
the spot where the apoatlas
Paler and Paul were buried.
Rev. Brown Is due to arrive
at Raleigh-Durham airport Sun
day at 2:30 p. m.
Tha Durham minister is in
the near east on a three week
tour of southern Europe and be
Holy Land. The trip was Us
prisa toi placing first in ttia
Carolina Times Mfaiiatev Popu
larity Contest.
The partial text ef hla letter
is aa follows)
"1 aan in AHiens, Oreece. I
left Roma yesterday by BEA
(British European Airways) Jet
plane. Tha people in Rome were
Set' BROWN. 5-A
Five Arrested
in Two Deaths
By Penning
L0UI8BI»0 — Three men
and two women were arrested
in two counties here laat week
ih connection with the poison
ing deaths of two men.
The victims were husbands
of the women.
Jailed in asperate arrests by
state police in Warren and
Franklin counties last week are
Mrs. P. Perry, 35, of Warren-
ton; John Henry Harris, 26, of
Warrenton; Mra. Maggie Alaton,
M, of Rt. 2 Franklinton; Len-
wood Alaton, 33, of Rt. 2
Franklinton; and William Al
ston, Jr., 34 of Zebulon.
All five have been charged
in connection with the July
poison death of Vance Perry.
In addition, the Alston
woman ia charged with th*
1061 murder of her husband,
Kinchen Williams.
Police first became suspicious
when an autopsy performed on
Perry’s body after his death in
N. C. Memorial hoapital on
July la revealed a large
quantity of arsenic in his
stomach.
Mrs. Parry and Hairis, her
boyfriend; were charged with
doing away with Harris, and
Mrs. Alston wss charged with
helping. Pcdice said Mrs. Perry
and Harris hired her to aaaiat
in the poisoning.
William Austin, of Zebulon.
and Lenwood Alston, of Frandc-
linton, ars charged as ac-
camDllces In the Oct. 8, 1961
death ol Kinchen Williams, late
husband of Mrs. Maggie Alston.
In tha Perry caae, police said
the Alston woman waa offered
$140 to obtain poison to kill
Perry. She Mid she secured a
type used In exterminating rod
ents from a rural store in
Franklin county and reportedly
told Harris and Mrs. ^rry to
I See POISONING, S-A