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Miss Hattie White Takes Lead In Times Contest
Hrs. Dickerson
Takes Second
rasltion In Race
. Miss Hattie White of Durham
took the lead by a narrow mar-
fin In the lirst week of the Car-
blllia Tim^ SuWcription * Con
test which o^nM officially
Monday, September 24.
Although at press time re-
^rts from many contestants
■out' of tile city had not been re
vived in time to be tabulated,
liisi White appeared to be hold
s' to her lead up until Wednes-
•iay noon.
Close Ijehind was Mrs. Maudie
V. Dickerson of Margarettesville
Who appears ready to run Miss.
Smite a hot race.
third place for this week
if MSss Ruby Devine, another
fMhusiastic contestant. It is be-
(teved that Miss Devine is using
ftrvgtegy and the big question
j^;*'what is she up to?’
The contest is expected to gain
^omentum this week as the
gptlve paptioipants' gird for an
SI out effort to win one of the
i'ee top prizes which include
^ Jbrand new 1963 Ford Falcon
i|l. the first, pr-ize, a brand new
eplor television as the second
^i%e and $300 in cash as the
i^.ird prize. All non-prize win-
will receive a commission
ot\20 pe^ cent.
. '.The standing of contestants as
it>pears In the Carolina Times
^ this week is no indication of
^Hat it .will be at the close of
rabulation for the first period
^aturrfay at 8:00 p. m. There are
Mvei-al lo;al contestants who are
M^own to be working hard as
lirell ag several out of the city.
Rumors have it that they In-
a surprise,by the
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MOREHOUSE GRAD “PASSED” FOR WHITE
“Ole Miss” Integrated
VOLUME 38 — No. 39
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1962
RETUltN REQUESTED
PRICE t IS CenU
i ^yi(|iiif-^i^ti>^ i)i coB-
(^ntg this wepk ia aS follows:
M.is« Hattie White
Durham,
140,000
18,boo
15.000
15.000
15,000
frs. Maudie V. Dickerson
j^argarettesvilie ---- IM.OOO
lH^tss ftuby Deyine
»• Uurfi^m r 1—- - * 80,000
liris. Jipiry Stricklin
^^instob
Marian Crutchfield
lirjpurham
Marvin German
f'*6reenville --v,
fs. Callie Daye
Durham
I8r. Clifton Stone
Chapel Hill --r,-- 15,000
Mrs. Mbry Lee
Burlington , 15,000
Miss Yvonne Ellis
Greensboro 15,000
Mrs. Roxie Small
Pittsboro -7-.--- .15-00®
T. R. Duncan
Durham
Mrs. Viola Brodie
See CONTEST, 5 A
Uston Wins Crown
ileturn Bout is
Seen for Miami
In February
CHICAGO — Charles (Sonny)
Liston, boxing’s bad boy, became
boxing’s heavyweight champion
of the world, hert" Tuesday night
in the third fastest dethroning Jn
the history of the division.
Liston knocked out formf
champion Floyd Patterson in l'//o
minutes and six seconds of the
first round, stunning capacity
erowd at Comiskcy Parli which
saw the battle.
Patterson went down from a
series of hard lefts; the final
one landing flush against the
side of his jaw.
He stiuggled to get to his feet
'gimost made it at the count ol
Bine, then stumbled again to th
canvas and was counted out by
teferee Frank Silkora.
ft was the third siiortest tittle
fight in history and quickest
See BOUT, 6-A
Student Pickets Greet Gov^
Sanford in Statesville, N. C.
Tarheel Chief
Handles Race
Issue Adroitly
NOG MAJORETTES — Morth
Carolina Coll*a«'s high'ttapp-
pat* In duxins ih«
■ch»et t
1962-63
dfUi JoAnn park, WIntion*
Balfmt R*sia« BuAd, OoMt-
— ‘“isbesk
STATTESVILLE — Governor
Terry Sanford handled in adroit
fashion here Tuesday a challenge
on the issue of segregation pre
sented him by students during
ine stop of his current-state-
wide public school tour.
When the Governor arrived
at Unity high for a brief ad
dress here Tuesday morning, he
was met by a group of Negro
student pickets from Morning-
side carrying signs reading "We
, Want Freedom.’
The picketing group coilsitted
of newly 20 itudenta.
TOM WILSON
Bond Issue, With Urban Renewal
Proposal, Faces Vote Test Oct. 5
The City Council of Durham
has called a public referendum
for Octot>er 6 to determine
whether or not the City shall
issue bonds to finance major
capital needs now facing the
City government.
The following eight proposals
will be voted on:
$2,250,000 — to construct a
42” water supply line Detween
Lake Michie and the filter
plant, and to add necessary
pumps.
$1,000,000 — to enlarge and
replace sewer outfalls serving
the Third Fork and Northside
Treatment Plants-. ■
■ $2,750,000 — to acquire the
right of way foi* the instruction
of. the East West Exprea»vi>ay
bctweep >Al«ton Ave.
$600,000 — to construct
street improvements under peti
tion.
$2,000,000 — to carry out the
See BONDS, 6-A
H^jg^eeU-'
JFK APPOINTS
NEGRO TO TRADE
COMMISSION
WASHIN1GTON, D. C. — Pre
sident Kennedy this week named
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. of
Philadclpliia as a member ol
the Federal Trade Cpmmissipn.
He is the first Nfegro appointed
to a regulatory commi^ion of
the fcleral government.
The Commissioner’s salary .is
$20,000 annually.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey
in 1928 . Higgenbotham is a
graduate of Antioch College and
the Yale Law School.. He is a
former assistant district attorney
of Philadelphia and is a. partner
in the .law firm of Norris, Green,
Harris and Higgenbotham.
He is marrijed and the iather
of twp children.
Ghanaian Bank
Official Slates
Visit to Durham
Amoako-Atta, Ueputy .Cover-
hoi: of Bank of Ghana,, was
scheduled to pay a twp-day visit
to Durham this week-end.
'The African official vyas.,to be
bf N6rfh‘Carolina Mutual
^MjpanyV^hte^l.
tiohs.
Amoaka-Atta spent six months
in this country during 1959 and
I960, during which, he made in
tensive studies of banking.
In Durham this week-enfi, he
was to have been the personal
guest of North Carolina Mutual
President A. T. Spaulding.
The African finance expert is i
in this country as a participant
Jn the foreign leader exchange
i^l^gram of the U. S. State De-
p^rtme^nt. ]
H^g trip thi* week-end wag ar- j
ranged by Robert L. Kirkpat-1
ricl»,'» program officer of tlft
tiovernmenlal Affairs institute.
He is being accompanied on
the -trip by Klaus Wust, of the
State Department’s Culural Ex
change office.
Amoako^Att* will' also visit
New York, Harriabitrg, Pa. KAox
See VISITS, 6-A
Bf Lindsay A. Mnritt
Tommy Lee Wilson, flashy
haitbacK with the Cleveland
ijrowns, professional foott>all
club and potent threat for the
.National Football league cham
pionship, returned' to Durham
Sunday night Oo visit his mother
and family, at E-1 Atlantic
Street.
The Durham lad, former back
field star with the Hillside High
School Hornet gridders, had
played Sunday evening In the
Cleveland Brown vs. Washing
ton Redskins game, which was
televised nationally, prior to
boarding a plane lor home.
Wilson played with the Hor
nets, then coached by Nielson B.
Higgins and assisted by Carl L.
Easterling, from 1949 to 1951.
The speedy back also starred
with the baseball team.
Ilf 1952, Tom entered the
Air Force and joined special ser
vices at Ft. Bragg where he
plajM with the Pope Air Force
Base squad. During ibis he
Wilson transferred to Shaw
j Air F6rce Base in Sumter, S.
C. in 1953 and won All-Service
honors there for two straight
1 years, 1954-1955.
I Upon his release from the
service in 1956, the Durham lad
I was drafted by the Los Angeles
Rsms, and reported to a pro
fessional football camp for ^e
first lime under the coaching
duties of Sid Gilmer.
Wilson’s determination land
ed him a berth the first season
and in six years with the Rams
compiled the following Im
pressive record: Twenty-six
touchdowns, led league with
longest kick-off return of 103
yards in 1956; again in 1957 with
a 90 yard kickoff return; scorcd
twelve TD’s on ground >n IBM;
and broke the Rams record for
rushing yardage in one game by
racking up 223 yards.
See WILSON, 6 A
T%e demon»tr»loit f
and stood along the waU In the
auditorium.
During his speech, th« Oovel--
nor said, "I’ve told these stu-
dei^ over there to come In too,
f S«e^WK»T$,-&A
Gov. Sanford to
Visit Schools In
Durham Friday |
RALEIGH — Governor San
ford will spend four days this
week visiting public schools in
his continuing series of educa
tion rallies. i
On Friday morning, Septem-1
ber 28, at 8:30 a. m., the gover-1
nor will speak at Merrick-Moore
High School. E. C. Brooks, III. >
will introduce Governor San
ford. I
Senator Claude Currie will,
present the governor at Hillside
High School. His visit there is
scheduled for Friday mM’ning,
September 28, at 9:30 a. m.
At 10:00 a. m. Mayor E. J.
Evans will introduce the gover
nor at Durham High School.
^iJiEW YORK — Mississippi)
^Governor Ross Barnett's die-hard
determination to keep the Uni
versity of Mississippi pure white
niay be all for nothing, accord
ing to a story disclosed here this
week.
Harry S. Murphy, Jr., 35 a
(light-^l^nned ■N'Ogro, said this
week that the school was inte
grated as early as 1945.
Murphy revealed that he was !*tate
Unwittiflglyi admitted as a' Navy | James
VI*!* Itudent aiid attended the
‘University of Miisissippi during
the school term of 1945-^6.
‘“‘Right know, they are fight-
•ing A battle they don't knbw
they- lost years Jigo," ha said
.this ,week, . ■ .
Murphy said hiji race was
never questioned when he enter
ed the' University and lived on
tlie Oxford campus. Navy re
cords listed him as Caucalian,
,h« said, and thes^ were present
ed to pie. Miss officiuie when he
registered with the y-12 unit.
Murphy said he lived on the
cantpiis in Navy dormitories and
ate '' occHsionaliy in thti local
restaurants. . - ,
., He explained- that he kept
quiet al>qut his true racial id^ntl
ty because he wanted to com
plete the Navy'y i2 program.
After the WKr, he returned to
Atlanta and graduated tot More
house College in 1091.
^The New York Times check
ed Murphy’s story with Uxiiwr-
slty of MissiM^pl «fMciato and
dttcloaed that the
coshU staowad that l^rphy b«*
[iHaUng builnatt.
Goy. Barnett Throws Personal
Weight Behind Defiance of U. S.
OXFORD, Miss. — Mis.slsgippi'd For the third time in leu
Lt. Governor and a cordon of ■ than a wa«k Mississippi, under
policemen prevented *he personal leadership of
Meredith from entering: Governor Ross -Barnett, defied
the University of Mississippi I federal cotirt brders calling for
campus .JVedneiday morning and Meredith's admittfioR to the
brought a little neurer. to a show- state University here,
down the gravest constiiutional Gov. Baroett had );>ersonaUy
crisis since the Civil War. turned Meredith down twice be-
— ' - - fore this week, onoe at the re
gistrar's office at the Univer
sity and a second tin^e on Tues
day at the State tiducation of
fice in JacMon.
' Oh his third'try here Wednes
day at the Ole llis* campus,
Meredith, heavily escorted by
federal marshalls e^d attorneys
from the Justice Department,
was turned tiWrny by Lt. Cover-
hor Paul JohAstoa and the Miss,
highway patroL .
The rebuffs aet the stage for
a hea(}-on clash between the
federal goverment and the stats
of Mississippi.
Reports On ‘ the possible use
of federal troops to enforce the
fprteral court orHers were widely
circulated h^re lollowit^g Mere
dith’s rebuft' Wednesday.
In the meantinw. Gov. Barnett
ai^earejl'to be gaining support
In JatAcsen and here In Oxford
tor hta MtaA.
IIH.L
Convention of N. C. Heslm^nl
Owners Asked to Desegregate
■ ★ . ★
Another Rally
Planned for City
ByCORE,NAACP
T*r Heel restauranteurs were
challenged this week to open
their facilities On an unsegre- i
gated basis to Negroes. j
The challenge came in the I
forin of a wire jtrom the Dur
ham chapter of, the NAACP and |
the Cotr^resB of Racial Equality ,
It was addressed to the an
nual state-wide convention of
tJie North Carolina Association
of Quality Restaurants, now in
session at the Jack Tar hotel in
Durhani.
There was no response late
Wednesday at press time.
The short, two paragraph
message called attention to the
.convention theme, "Kecq) Pace
with Progress," and questioned
the practice of segregation as
rongruent with such a policy.
"We have read that your as
sociation is attempting to "Keep
Pacf* with Progress.” A dlscrlm-
ii^ildr^ polity ol denying Ne-
Croos the right to be served
See INTIORATI, S-A
Another In a icriuH of raiiieg
has been scheduled by the Dur
ham NAACP and CORE Sunday
afternoon four o'clock at White
Rock Baptist Church.
Information from the two or
ganizations this week revealed
that John A. MorHoli, assistant
to NAACP Secretary Roy Wil
kins will deliver tlie principal
speech at tlie meeting wilt also
hear progress reports on a cur
rent drive in Durham to futher
break down racial discrimina
tion in employment and reports
See RALLY, 0-A
REVM30N — Tom Wilson,
(nen|M) halfback for the
Clewfcitd Brewns, precipiM*
led SM imp'rompllu reutilo*
members H na class at
HIIMde Mffii Mbeel wkeii ke
relurned to Durham f*r a vistt
to U family liyi* we#l(. SImwb
alwre wMh WIIsmi are bis
former toawmatos at HUlsMe
William Bewl;ng, James Ro
land, - Wilson, James Woq^^le
ai4 WaUe* Wilton.
-^hefo bf Purefoy
erewd fcilgMr to
he had turned flit W«*ro aw*y
In a "clear coOTcienct.’
A. Oroifd ot fnon then 2,000
Meivdltli kriif the Ole
Miss cemptii' wirM he arrivM
hffr* Wemteiaiy )ihif cui's^ and
cursed and kicked at the automo
biles used by the federal mar
shals.
In the meantime strong talk of
bloodshed was heard in the
state eapitdl Tuesday night In a
special night s«i#ioB called by
Barnett.
State Senator K. Collins
drew loud app)4U*e when, speak-
inc in the State tienate, he de
clared that Meredith would not
See MIfllSSim, S-A
iTo
Intensify School
Desegregation
JACKiSON, Mils. — The more
frantic MiisiMlppi offlclals be
have in theif-^forts to keep a
Negro out of the .state -univer
sity, the more ^determined color
ed citizens bMO|ne in t^eir de
mand for a meaningful breaic-
through U( the ^Mate’s ' ancient
Jim Croiw pattern, Mkdger Svers
NAAPP field secrttary for Miss-
issinpH, slid hm this week.
Negroes Mirougboot the state,
he reported, h»ve calmly follaw-
ed developments In the consti
tutional' crisis preelplUted by
Gov. Ross R. barrtett’s ruction
of a federal court order to en
roll Jamei H- Meredith as a
student In the University of
Miiisissippi at Oxlordl
“They are, more determined
now than ever," S^rs said, “to
demand their full cortititutlonal
rights. More deeegregation suits
at aU levels ekpected.
We ean looUtM^ Mii acceleration
in the tempo it tk* civil rights
struggle. 'Bte pfmto anticipate
that the felw»l; gcwwwieot
will n«t aHof* SM#«ea to
get away wUh ^ijMn ditfiance of
federal auOMMdty."
The MeiMMit 'Mae eUrtad In
January tk« air
Set.
Vote The Bond Issue Oct. 6 and Support Progress in D