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Dungee Clings Grimly to First Place in Ministers Contest
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ANTI-SEGREGATION PROTESTS SWEEP SOUTH
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Unformed Baby Found
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VOLUME 40 — No. 15
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1963
RSfURN REQUESTED
PRICE* 15 Centf
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Slj^LSIDE BAND ON CON-1 iown W^vihinBtoQ-i CentlitutiOn
fitUTiON AVE. — Hillsi4« Avenu* kturing clly'* Mnttml
school'* Band m«reh«t | Charty Bloisom patad* h»l^ in
Ih* nation's capital last Salur- Th* trip to Washington for th«,
day. This seen* shows tl^e band paiad* was the second for the
as it noars the rereiwinji stand, group in the past two years.
Action Pressed
in Miss., Ala.,
Powell Losies $200,000 Suit
As Contest Concludes 2nd Period
' fhc darlthorse rumors that have
becrf circulated about the Carolina
1^l1^^cs Ministers A'acatlon Popular-
jjji gaipihH mnmpntum this
wecic when the Reverend J. C. Har
ris^ of Statesville, who held 7th
place in lest weeic's standing, ad
vanced to fourth place this weelc.
W^lth the second period ending
Monday (April 18) at noon when
the vote pornts lor eacn on
year subscription decreases by
2,900 points, the contest manager
was preparing for a grand push.
, The n«xt t'.vo weeics are expect
ed to be hectic, contestants, their
worltcrs and friends are expected
to pour it on in an* all-out attempt
to waiit off with the big graati
prize, which is a free round trij)
to the Holy Land with stop offs
other points of biblical interest.
Sec^d prir.e is ii fri* aifplape
round trip to Bermuda and third*
a freft airpl^nt rtund trip to NtW
Yoric.
Deipite Rev. Harris’ spectaeuUr
?ain this week, the R;v; John Dun
gee, of Ileirdersiin, la.st weeii’s
leader, clung grimly to firM place
in the face ,of. close compelitiojii
Durham, and the Rev. J. K Jones 1 ",;^",7;;;;;,'‘thrverdici'
from the Rev. A. D. Moseley, of ■
of Danville. j x xt i-l j
Mo.selcy and Jones have bpen StUjdcnt Nabbed
giving a chase for first place for Stealing' Library
NEW YORK — Mrs. Esther,
Jkmes,>66, who, sued Rep. Clayton
IPoweifl for $1,000,000 was winn“i
in the case when on Thursday a
New Yorlc Supreme Court jury
decided that Rep. Powell libelled
her over television and ordered
him to pay $2tl.S00.
Rep. Powell referred to Mrs.
James on a television program as
a “bag woman” graft collector for
the police department.
Thfiee Sdeking
City Offices
In Tarheelia
The body of a newborn baby
boy was discovered in a sewer
in the 1300 block of Sputh St.,
late Wednesday.
County health officers decid
ed late Wednesday to remove
the fetus Thursday after a ques
tion of procedure arose over the
proper manner in handling the
case.
A city sanitation crew sent
Teachers Vote
To Increase
Memliers Dues
RALEIGH — Proposals to
hike membership dues and in
crease pay of executive were two
of the most important peices of
legislation to be approved by
the annual convention of the
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation here; ^
The state teachers concluded
their annual gathering at Ra
leigh Memorial auditorium here
last Saturday.
The group voted to increase of Kinston became the first Ne
membership dues for each tea- j Sro to be elected- to a campus wide
Cher from $8 per year to $10.! office t**® University of North
There are approximately 12.000 Carolina.
members of the PTCTA. j Parker, a junior majoring in in
A proposal to increase pay of | terna’ional relations, was elected
the NCTA’s executive officers, in an eight man race for foui
also M^eived a favorable reac-1 position of the delegation to the
tion from the convention body. National Student Aisofiatian, Par-
to the scene to investigate com
plaints of bad ordors and water
flowing out of a manhole found
the baby around 3:30 Wednes
day afternbon.
Clyde Crabtree, superinten
dent of the city water and sew
er department said he believed
someone had thrown the baby
near the sewer manhole.
Detective Lt. Ed Atkins order
ed the body covered until fa
ther investigation could be
made.
The body was not removed
Wednesday because County Cor-
orner Dr. D. R. Perry was
awaiting instructions from
County health director Dr. O. L.
Ader. He said he could not con
tact Dr. Ader Wednesday.
Coroner Perry defined the
discovery as a “three months
old male fetus.”
BOYCOTT LIST
; REMAINS STATIC
The list of stores under boy
cott by the NAACP and COKE
I in Durham remained uncharged
I again this week.
Spokesmen lilted the follow
ing stores which are on the boy
cott list:
segregation
swept throughout the South this
week wftti hundreds of young
N«groes denMMistratlng against
all. forms of racial segregation
in several souihem cities.
Hundreds of them were jail
ed as a results of the demon
strations.
The hottests spots again this
week were Gretenwaod. Mis*.
Birmingham, Afa., where police
continued to use police dogs and
make mass arrests.
The Rev. KiirtiB I>uther King
Sears. Robbins. Walgreens,* Bmniagham ac
Bererly Shop, Royal Ciothinfl ^
gation in downtown Jiinch coun-
Actien against these stores is opposed by hia arch
being taken by the two groups the race struggles im that
for their failure to react afliea Police Commissioner Eu-
ments with th© two groups on Connors, who has order-
hiring of Negroes. All the stores ^ ^ arrests.
are picketed each day.'
Kinston Youth First Negro Elected
To Major Office at Univ. of N. C.
CHAPEL HILL—Kellis Parker
Hegro ApimuiM tcLBostnaster's
Job in Los Angeles, California
LOS ANGELES. Calif. — Los' the third largest Post Office in
more
..Jar
j Angeles will have r. new Post
master Monday. April 15, when 40
year old Leslie N. Shaw is sworn
Negroes will be | in by United States Senator Clair
_cilt offices in ^ En^e' to assume charge of flie 10,;
the World.
Shaw was appointed'acting Post
master of the city of Los Angeles
by Postmaster general J. Edward
Da» lait ♦iponth^ |ivili Seji^icei p^
in compensatory damages for loss
of incoine and damage to reputa
tion; and $200,000 in punitive
damages for •A’ant on maliciou:>
;>hd reckless defamation.
A spokeman for Powell said that
the past two weeks.
Rev. T. H. Murphy,, ,of ^nder-
son, rounded out the top f)ve.
Relative standings of all conr-
Icstants for this weclt is as fol
io a's:
at Rome, Athens, Jerusalem am '
Rev. John Dungee, Henderson 3.670.500
Rev. A. D. Moseley. Durham 3,655,500
Rev, J. M. Jones, Danville 3,499.500
Rev. J. C. Harris. Statesville 2.876,000
ftcv. T. 11. Murphy. Henderson •■ 2.448,500
Rev. W. T. Bigelow. Durham 2,323.000
Kcv. Kcrmit Degraffenrcidt. Pittsboro j;......?.. 1.829.500
Rev. A. W. Lawson, Durham 1,817,000
Rev. J. R. Manley, Chapel Hill '. 1,416.500
Rev. I. W. Choale.s, Durham 1,278,000
Rev. Walter Yarborough, Kranklinton 1,112,500
Jlev. U. L. Speaks, Durham i 098,000
Rev-. Z. D. Harris, Durham . 872,000
Rev. E. L. Kirliy, Kcidsvill*> ...; .. 714,000
Bishop M. T. Mitchell, lialliniore, Md
Jlev. J. M. Thompson, Ka.st Orange, N. J 552,000 i rolina
R?v. Harold Cobb, Burlingaon ' 396,500 j gjg^g
,Rev. K. O. I'. Godwin, Win'.ston-Salem 348,5001
Rev. J. H. Mangum, Kranklinton ..j.. 257,000j
Rev. James Wert*, Charlotte ..' 2S6.5C0 !
Jlev. L, T. Daye, Mebane 206.500'
Jlev. W. L. Jones, Greenville 191,000
Rrv. Clyde Johnson, Weldon 112,000:
Books From UNC
CHAPEL lin^L—Garrett Weav-
cr, 19, North Carolina College stu
dent of Chapel Hill, was arrested
Saturday for larceny of books
from the UNC library. He"^
released under $100 bond.
See nabbed. 6-A
North
spring.
Carolina elections this
The Rev. J. W. Morrison, pro
minent Graham minLster, is seek
ing a seat on that city’s council.
In Thomasville, Roger t. Phillips
has filed as a candidate for coiin'
cilman at-large. John W. Winters,
ir'fumbent. will be trying for his
.second term on the Raleigh city
council.
In announcing his candidacy in
Graham, the Rov. Morrison said:
"If elccted. I wish through my
service . . •. to contribute to*the
continued industrial and educa
tional development of our rapidly
was growing city. I shall endeavor at
all times to represent the best
' See SEEKING, 6-A
000 employee oepration whicFi is '*'iU bcitifr
Durhamite Breaks Precedent in
North Caolina X-Ray Society
Mrs. Margaret K. Goodwin,
ehicf x-ray technologist at Lincoln
hospital of Durham, broke a pre-
cedent last week l>y being elccted
to a state office in the North C;
Socicty of X-ray telyrfii-
- Mrs. Gondwlr’.s election to the
po.st of secretary-treasurer came
at the
ly become acting- Postma.ster at
ceremonies in the County Board
of Supervi.sdrs' Hearing Room in
the Hall Administration.
He will be sworn in by Senator
Engle a the ceremony attended
by civic leaders and representa
tives of Federal, State, County and
City government who have been
invited to be present. Raymond
R. Holmquist, Regional Director
See POSTMASTER. 6-A
ker*eame in a close second to In
man Allen', outgcing president ol
the student body and son of At
lanta's Mayor Ivan Alien;.
Last summer Parker was one of
tour U. S. delegates to the United
Nations Collegiate Conference in
.A.thens. Greece.
PARKER
ing toward his permanent
poiiiffti^nt bj^"t*residttit''Kertiredy
and confirmation by the United
States Senate.
He will become acting Post
master after a full day of activi
ties Monday marking his in.stalla-
tion. At 9 a.m. he will hold a
press conference with Senator
Engle. At 10 a.m. he will officialjs received a life sentence in Wavne
GETS LIFE
In Greenwood, police lait
week continued to round up Ne
groes wt«o staged mass marcli-
es daily to the r^istrar's of
fice in a' registrati»B-v«te cam
paign.
Greenwo^ officials said they
would pernut Negroes to go to
the registration office singly or
in' small group* but net in.
mairches. - >
The Greenwood .actioo was
by the pesence ol
Dick Gregmry,. conriediu of na
tional fame„’ who joined the
young Neixoes. in. the registra
tion march**. However, police
refrained (ronf«arresting him,
although 1^ 1^' joui^ed up
^A^^i^stri e, S. C., last week,
approximate! 2i.H Negroes
staged a stai.irua at ' the .regia-
tmr’s offie*
-The
of the bfflcc 9 isnL^uttil
4:30 p m. Howt ^er, ewily got
inside of the o/fiee and nine
t**se;;ifert arrtpted.
say
^ t*we;«|fer
^lifitiies^. say
Se4 ihlOTiSi;
W. G.
Enloe appears t6 have found a
iutway to retain his post as ntiayor
GOLDSBORO - A Negro youth
Superior Court Tuesday after be- j
ing found guilty of first degree
burglary with intent to commit
rape on a 16-year old white girl.
Sentenced was Leroy Battle. 18, ■
d Route 1, Mount Olive. Judge >
Chester Morris passed the sen
tence after a jury had recom-i
mended life imprisonment. |
Battle was charged with enter
ing the f ome of Harvey darwick
See SENTENCED, 6-A
TUEZZVANT ANDERSON IjUKIED
' CHARLOTTE — Trcw.vnt An l -
son, veteran Negro journalist, was
buried here Saturday moring.
■ Aiidorsor;, wFiose career as a
rtcw^iwiperman Npanncn three di
was a member of the staff
of the Pittsburgh Courier for sev
eral years. He was a.ssociated ‘jvith
the Courier at his death.
He died late last week in Macon
tia., and was returned hero for
tuneral servicds Friday.
AMVETS’ EASTER EGG HUNT MONDAY
Durham Post 510 AMVETS will
oponsor two Easter Egg rolls on
Monday, one at' ten a.m. at Hill
side Park and a second at Burton
scto6ol.
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NEWSPAPER SERVICE
JONES ECLH>1S OWN RICORD
BOSTON — Sam Jones, former
Vorth Carolina College basketball
?rcat, eclipsed his own profession
il- record by sc)ring 47 points for
I he Boston Celtics ia the finals
of the eastern division pUy-offA
with the Cincinnati Royals.
Society in Washington, D. C. last
week.
She won the election in a two-
way race for the office.
“''ft«41jarkcd the first time that a
IS be.(?n elected, to office
in the'ortganization. Negroes have
held ‘ifenbcrship in tne Socicty
only in me past few years. Mrs.
annual convention of the Goodwfn was first, becoming a |
member in 1952. Seven other Ne- j
groes have since been accepted. |
Mrs. Gooc/.vin succeeded Mrs. I
Cosette Hartsell, of Concord, as'
scretary-treasurer. Mrs. Hartsell
was elccted president of the So
ciety.
The Society is an organization
of x-ray technicians throughout
the stale. Jt was formed to pro
mote research and exchange in
formation on radiological tech
niques.
It is affiliated with the Ameri
can Society of x-ray technicians,
and membership in the group com
prises operating technicians in
most of the major medical facili
ties in the state. i
Graduation from an x-ray course
approved by the American Medi
cal Afsoriation is the principal
MRS, GOODWIN requirement for membership.
J
front), IS year old junior,
e|eel«d presidenl. She ia
Crits,
back
▼ice-president On
row, left to right.
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NEW HILLSIDE STUDENT OF- ter,
FICERS — Newly elected offi-j wn
cers of Hillside high school are the daughter of Mrs. Irene Gwendolyn Brown, eectelary:
pictured here following the stu-j Jackson of 1927 Cecil St. Left and Garald McClain. pailiaaM»
dant-wlde' elecUons held at iha, of her is Chrislophai Fiskar,^ tuian.
achooL Coavlaaea Jackion (etn-1 tretstiiar, anil righl is Simuelj *
of the city here this week after
leaders of demonstrations against
segregation at a movie house
ttie mayor owns and the naayor
have reached an agreement OQ
the manner of conduct of the ’
demonstrations.
Enloe threatened to resign as
mayor of the city in order to
take legal action to protect bis
interests in the Ambassador
theater.
The theater has been the tar
get of a week-long demonstra
tion by student's ia Raleigh.
Sunday night nearly 300
in front of the theater box
fice waiting in vain to pu
I a ticket.
I Ealoe said the action by
I students had blocked entrances
[ to the theater and prev«ntiiM(
I (white) customers from gettiag
: in.
He threatened te take legkl
: action against t!w demonstra
tors and feh he wpuld have to
resign as mayor to do so.
In fact, reports said he had al
ready prepared a statemeoi ol
resignation to h^nd to the Coun
cil on Tuesday.
However, shortly before Um
Council meeting Tuesday, he re
ceived assurances that the de
monstrations wouU not bfc>ck
the entrancM to the Bovie
house, located hi downtown Ba-
leigh on Fayetteville St.
In announcing htg deciti*^
not to step down, Itokie report
ed that the arrangewkent twr the
demonstrations wcfe “ettUrely
satisfactory.** and that
I since hb ol^ect^)** t,0 tb^m
! hai been removed, he eoiv
templated no DEttoa agaiaat
them.
H o w e V et. deweestfetioBi
against segrei^lkei gt the tbe*
•ter coHttao^ «|j^,i«eek.
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