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riOHT SKCURITY —(Washing-1 tol Police u she feft the House. House. Mrs .Powell is flan*
on)— Mrs. Adam Clayton Pow-1 Rayburn Office Building after] by her attorneys, Renald
ell, estranged wife of the New
York Congressman, was af
forded tight security by Capi
Budget Cuts Stir Segments
On N. C. College Campus
Faculty And
Students Hope
For Law School
"The Law School at North
Carolina College," the state
ment continued, "has ren
dered, is rendering, and can
continue to render invaluable
service to the citizens of
North Carolina. Any effort
toward closing the school
should be carefully consi
dered—and especially at a
time of rising student enroll
ment in the Law School and
indeed in law schools through
out the state and nation.
"Since 1939, the State has
made a sizeable investment
in the North Carolina College
Law School, presumably with
the idea oT developing a (iffit
class facility. This -SCTißot's
enrollment was 22 students
in 1964-65, 38 in 1965-66,
and 53- in 1966-67. Already
the school has received 63
applicationa and 247 inquiries
for 1967-68;.'
"The largest number of Negro
lawyers in the st at e are •grad
uates of the NCC Law School
and are: making: outstanding
contributions to the profession
business, and industry in the
state." The statement con
cluded.
William Jones, chairman of
the interim committee, £aid
the institution'sboard of trus
tees will meet shortly to re
view the"budget as well as the
law school situation and out
line a course of action.
About the recommended bud -
get cuts in general, Jones
said, "The college is extreme
ly disappointed about the re
commended overall budget re
quest curtailments-and espe
cially those affecting capital
improvements. We shall recom-
See BUDGET page 2A
HHS Class
Of 1927 Plans
40th Reunion
The class of 1927 of Hillside
High School is in the midst of
elaborate plans for its 40th re
union. Tentative plans are for
the reunion to be held in Dur
ham. Thursday. Friday, and Sat
urday, October 12,13,14, 1967,
Mr.ny activities are planned
far- those participating. They
include: THURSDAY; Open
House, at which time class
mates will be given the oppor
tunity to renew acquaintances.
FRIDAY: The group will attend
assembly at Hillside and take
guided tours of Durham, Chapel
Hill, and the Research Triangle.
At night they will attend a
football game between Hillside
and B.T. Washington of Rocky
Mount. Following the game an
invitational dance is planned
at which time those from out of
the city will have an oppor
tunity to see and talk with their
many friends of Durham.
SATURDAY: Free time for vi
siting and open house brunches.
Saturday night the banquet for
classmates, their wives and
husbands will be held.
SUNDAY: The group will attend
■ a church to be selected.
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testifying before the selec
committee investigating Pow
ell's fitness to serve in the
Dr. Marshall Shepard Passes
in Philadelphia on Tuesday
Last Rites For
Noted Minister Set
For February 24
PHILADELPHIA—PreIiminary
funeral arrangements for Dr.
Marshall Shepard, Pastor of Mt.
Olivet Tabernacle Baptist
Church and City Councilman,
will be held at the church he
pastored in Philadelphia at 42nd
and Wallace Streets for over 40
years, Saturday, February 25
at 2:00 p.m.
The final rites will be con
ducted at the First Baptist
Church of Oxford, North Caro
lina, Sunday, February 26, at
3:00 p.m. The Rev. fei-cy High
t'aetor of the titifc&flburch wilt
dtlfvb* tiM eulogy.
The noted minister was bom
and reared in Oxford, the son of
the late Rev. Robert SheparA ,
ope of the early superintendents
of the Central Orphanage of that
pity- sind Mrs. Pattie G.ShepardJ
Rev. Shepard j s reported to
have .entered the hospital seve
ral weeks ago for a series of
tests where he finally under •
| went a two-hour operation for
brain tumor.
An early bulletin released
from the hospital following the
operation Thursday, February
9, stated that doctors "are
pleased with the operation."
ACL Union Urges U.S. Court
Abolish Intermarriage Ban
1 WASHINGTON—The Ameri
can Civil Liberties U.iion last
Friday urged the United States
Supreme Court to strike down
"the last remnants of legali?-
(d slavery in our country' 1 by
leclaring unconstitutional the
tan on interracial marriage in
/irginia and sixteen other WASHINGTON, D.C.—Presi
states. "Legalized racial pre- dent Lyndon B. Johnson askei
udice. . . should not exist in the U.S. Congress to enact t
i free society,'' the 'Union "new charter" which would
itated. "give every child the chance
An ACLU brief filed with the to fulfill his promise."
ligh court argued that the anti- We look toward the day whei
niscegenation laws violate every child, no m-atter what hi
he Fourteenth Amendment's color or his family's mJans,
•qual protection clause. They gets the medical care he need
ilso violate due process of law starts schoal on an equal foot
ly "arbitrarily pnd capricious- jing with his classmates, seeks
y" infringing on the consti- as much education as he can
utionally protected right of jabsorb-in short, goes as far as
narriage. The civil liberties his talents will take him," the
jroup stressed that "the ela-President said.
•orate legal Structure of se- I "Although the progress in
negation has been virtually lids area has been great," the
(bliterated with the exception JPi esident pointed out, "Too
>f the miscegenation laws." jmany boys and girls Mill te-
The ACLU challenge is on main untouched by ou* great
>ehalf of Richard Loving, a and prosperous society.
11-year-old white construct- In a 12-point recomnended
on worker andhis part-Indian, .program, the President asked
tart-Negro wife, Mildred. Five She Congress to:
veeks after their Washington, Preserve the hope and oppot
).C. marriage, the Lovings tunity of Head Start by a
»«re arrested on July 11, 1958 "Follow-Through" prograr
n Caroline Qounty, Virginia in the early grades;
where they were living. They Strengthen Head Start by
were charged with attempting extending it's reach to young
o evade the Virginia ban on er children;
nterracial marriages.One-yew Begin a pilot lunch program
>rison terms were suspended to reach pre-school child
or the Lovings on condition ren who now lack proper
hat they both leave Virginia nourishment;
'at once and do not return Create child and parent
ogether or at the same time... fceiiters in «reas ol acute
or a period of 25 years." The poverty to provide modern
:ouple lived lh Washington for comprehensive family and
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PR. SHEPARP
The bullentin added, however,
that Rev. Shepard "has a touch
of pneumonia but is responding
to treatment well."
Rev. Shepard, 67, succumbed
at the University of Pennsyl
vania Hospital, Tuesday, Febru
ary 21, at 4:00 p.m.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Owens Shepard; two
sons, Rev. Marshall "L. Shep-
Olivet and Rev. Samuel Shep
ard; one sister, Mrs. Beulah
Shepard of Oxford.
am Memorial Cemetery in Ox
ford.
LBJ Asks Congress Enact "New
Charter" for Nation's Youth
Che Car§Sa Cinteg
VOLUME 44 No. 8 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1967
U. S. Spells Out Equal Job
Requirements For Banks
Letter Banning
Discrimination.
Sent to 14,000
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Assis
tant Treasury Secretary Robert
A. Wallace, announced today
he has sent letters to 14,000
banks providing detailed in
informa'ionon requirements for
compliance with the Treasury
Department's new Equal Em
ployment regulations affecting
all banks holding deposits 4rf j
federal funds.
These regulations prohibit
discrimination in hiring, pro
moting, training and other per
sonnel activities on the part of
banks accepting a Federal de
posit.
Some 12,000 of the nation's
14,000 banks are affected.
The acceptance of Federal
deposits now means that banks
will be required to:
1. Establish positive equal
employment policies and
programs.
2. Include in all solicitations
for employees through em
ployment agencies or ad
vertisements a statement
that all qualified appli
cants will re: eive consi
deration without regard to
race, creed, color or nat
io ional origin .
3. Post in conspicuous pla
ces a standard poster en
titled DISCRIMINATION
IS PROHIBITED, which
has been furnished to all
banks by the Treasury
Complaints that banks are
not observing Equal Employ
ment policies will be reviewed
by the Treasury and efforts to
resolve such complaints by
.conciliation will be made. Any
bank found to be practicing
discrimination and refusing to
end such practices will lose
valuable Federal deposits.
While all banks with Federal
deposits are affected, some
2,000 with 5 0 or more employ-
See BANKS page 2A
The Neighborhood Youth
Corps, the Job Corps and an
expanded Manpower Devel
opment and Training Pro
gram, bringing skills to al
most one million young A
m sricans who only a 'ew
years ago would have been
condemned to the ranks of
the unemployed; and
The "Medicaid" program,
extending better medical
service to millions of poor
children.
In addition to his 12—point
program, the President recom
mended legislation to pro
vide funds for the construct
ion of summsr camp facilities
for at least 100,000 children
in 1968.
The President said he is also
directing all federal agencies
to strengthen its programs to
provide summsr employment,
education, ' recreation and
health services to the nation's
youth.
He also' Called on the help
of communities "to help make
summers happy and productive'
for American youth.
"It should not take an Act ol
Congress to turn on a fire hy
drant sprinkler, to keep
ming pool op?n a little longer
or provide lights and supervis
ion for a summer playground,"
the President said.
"We make this commitment tc
our youth, not merely at .the
See YOUtH iA
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BANKER HONORED J. H.
Wheeler, president of the Me
chanics and Farmers Bank of
Durham, Raleigh and Charlotte,
was awarded the degree of Doc
tor of Humane Letters at the
centennial celebration of More
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HONORED IN GA.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Among the
five persons to receive hono
rary degrees from Morehouse
College at its Centennial Con
vocation on February 18 was
John Hervey Wheeler of Dur
ham, president of the Mechan
ics and Farmers Bank. Others
receiving honorary degrees
were James McNaughton Hes
ter, president of New York
University, who gave the Cen
tennial Convocation address;
James Wesley Silver, professor
of history for many years at the
University of Mississippi, na
tionally known historian, and
author of "The Closed So
ciety;" Lorimer Douglas Mil
ton, presdient of Atlanta's Citi
zens Trust Company and chair
man of the Board of Trustees
of Howard University; and
Francis Stephenson Hutchins,
president of Berea College.
Mr. Wheeler, a summa cum
laude graaduate of Morehouse,
has been a member of the Col
lege's board of Trustees for
more than thirty years, and
is secretary of the Board. A
native of Kittrell, he has long
been identified with civic, busi
ness, and church affairs in the
See WHEELER 2A
Sec'y Weaver
Calls HUD Bias
Charge Unfair
WASHINGTON Secrets:
Robert C. Weaver of the U. S
Department of Housing and
Uiban Development this week
called charger agains' the De
partment by Ihe National Com
mittee Against Discriminati
in Housing "both inaccurate
and unfair."
The Committee at a news
conference held in Washington
recently accused tb? UA
partment of Housing and T r
ban Development of failure
do all within its power to
cure compliance with laws
quiriny non discriminatior
housing. «
'Equal opportunity in
ing involves both an adequ
supply of shelter at rents
people can afford and fre>
cess to that shelter," Seci
See WIAVIR 2A
house College in Atlanta on
Feb. 18. A summa cum laude
graduate of Morehouse, Wheel
er at the left is shown being
awarded the degree on behalf
of the college by Dr. Benjamin Board
E. Mays, president of More-
Dr. William J. Holloway to
Address Hamptonians Sunday
Members of the Durham Chap
ter of the Alumni Association
of Hampton Institute will cele
brate the 99th anniversary of
the founding of their Alma Mater
here, Friday, March 3.
The anniversary program will
be held at the Mt. Vernon Bap
tist Church Social Hall. Speaker
for the occasion will be Dr. Wm.
J. Holloway, Specialist in the
Equal Educational Program of
the U.S. Office of Education,
Washington, D.C.
Dr . Holloway is a native of
Smithfield, Virginia where he
received his early education.
He later graduated from Hunt
ington High School in Newport] He has serve(J gs an e , emen .
News, Virginia with honors. He (ary schoo , a junior .
received the B.S degree, with • ... . , ■ • ,
. c IT „ . . senior high school principal,
honors, from Hampton Institute A . c . . .
„ . , K ~ . superintendent of a state schoi
the M.A. degree from the Uni
versity of Illinois. See HAMPTON 2A
EXCHANOI STUDENTS AT
(T. AUG.—Four students from
Smith College in Northampton
Mass. are shown on the cam
pus of St. Augustine's Collet
with St. Augustine's student
PRICE: 20 Cents
house. Wheeler has been a
member of the Board of Trus
tees for more than thirty years
He is also secretary of - the
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Smith College; Norman Hit
chell, Susie Bernat. Smith; Ar
thur* Winston, Lynn ROM,
Smith; Valjean Myers. Seated:
Francie Alien, Smith; Phyllis
Charpe, and Fannie Wimbrely.
Negro Leaders
Praise Speech
Of President
WASHINGTON, DC., (Spe
cial)— President Lyndon B.
Johnson's new civil rights
message which went to Con
gress Wednesday won the full
support of national Negro
leaders who praised the Pre
sident for calling for stronger
measures by the Congress
stronger than the 1966 bill—
against racial discrimination
in housing, employment and in
the administration of justice.
Defying the bigots and the
cynics, President Johnson
,tt>ld Congress: "The bullets
of the battlefront do not dis
criminate-but the landlords
at home do . The pack of the
Negro soldier is as heavy as
the white soldier's—but the
burden his family at home
bears is far heavier. In war,
the Negro American has given
this nation his best—but this
nation has not given him equal
justice."
President Johnson continued
"It is time the Negro be given
! equal justice. In America, the
rights of citizenship are con
ferred by birth—not by death in
battle. It is our duty—as well
as our privilege—to stand be
j fore the world as a nation de
dicated to equal justice."
The President specifically
called for a law that would
assure fair housing across the
board, including apartments
and housing developments.
This law would take effect in
stages with full coverage of
all housing everywhere by Jan
uary 1, 1969.
The President asked action
lon legislation that would in-
Iclude fines and imprisonment
(for those who interfere with
i citizens seeking to exercise
their rights, granting full pro
jection for civil rights work
jers.
| President Johnson called for
I a ban on racial discrimination
i in jury selection, Federal and
State and asked for new
"teeth" for the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
issio/), granting it the right
issue cease-and-desist"
ders.
I The President's message
also asked for a five year ex
tension of the life of the U.S..
Civil Rights Commission and
for a 90 per cent increase in
the budget of the Community
Relations Service, providing
$2.7 million for 90 additional
taff members and six more
igional offices.
Witnesses Hold
Circuit Confab
In State Capital
Never anything like it before!
:st assembly yet! A great
liritual blessing!" These were
>me of the expressions of ap
reciations and joy heard from
le hundreds of delegates who
ttended the circuit convention
f Jehovah's Witnesses held
i Raleigh, at the J.W. Ligion
igh School last week-end.
There were 406 in attendance
opening session Friday even
g, and for Saturday evening
ssion 523 were present. Also
Saturday, 6 new witnesses
were baptized.
Both Saturday and Sun day
/nings were devoted to the
use-to-house preaching of
's Kingdom. The witnesses
jre offering copies of the
tfatchtower and Awake maga
zines, and also obtaining sub
scriptions. The witnesses be
lieve the Watchtower to be
earth's most authoratative chris
in journal. It has a circulat
on of 4,850,000 copies of each
ssue published in 71 languages.
M. Stokes, presiding minister
the South Unit Congregation
re in Durham, stated that the
■max of the convention was
e free showing of the all color
'ie "God Cannot Lie."
The film was presented and
-rated by C.G. Thompson,
strict supervisor, and it re
ted the world—wide scope
Jie ministerial activities of
hovah's Witnesses who now
ate in 199 lands including
.unist dominated terri
fies.
Mr. Thompson emphasized the
riptual fact that God's King •
is the sure hope for die-
,ses of mankind. That under
e Kingdom's righteous rule,
\* earth, now strife torn, will
clothed in paradisiac grand-
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