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NAPFE Charges IJ. S. Post Office With Gross Discrimination ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ * Cleveland To Host Shriners At Convention / • JK PKm fmK.jMA BMH 7 WEST POINT GRADS— (West Point, N. Y.) —Major General Donald V. Bennett (left), Su perintendent of the U.S. Mili- I tary Academy, talks with Cadet j Captain and Brigade Command er Jack B. Wood of Johnstown, Pa., Cadet Lieutenant James D. ] Fowler. Jr., of Ft. Leavenworth. Kans., and Cadet Sergeant Bob by G. Whaley of Cleveland, Ohio during June Week activi- j ties at West Point. Cadet Fow- I PRES. AUBREY SMITH Says Only One Negro Holds Policymaking Post In P. 0. WASHINGTON. D. C.—Ash by G. Smith, President of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, this week charged the United States Post Office with gross -discrimina tion and called for immediate action to provide equal em ployment opportunity for all postal employees. Smith called the U.S. Postal Service "one of the most politcally oriented operations in the Federal gov ernment", and said Negroes do not play a significant role in the "politics" of the system. Stating that only one Negro in the Post Office today holds a policymaking position, the NAPFE officials said the post al agency is guilty of making well-publicized appointments to create a false illusion of equal opporunity. "The Department is playing a game of percentages," Smith said, "and has created an Eqcal Employment Opportunity Unit which is entirely inadequate See POSTAL 2A Advocates of Non-Violence Challenge KKK In Atlanta MISS REUBEN, WHITE AND MRS. HARRIS First Negro Students tp Enroll At Duke U. Receive Degrees By CLETIS PRIDE Wilhelmina ("Mimi") Reu ben, Mary Mitchell Harris and Nathaniel ("Buddy") White will make up a very small minority among the some 1400 students who graduated Mon- ler, son of Colonel and Mrs. J. D. Fowler, is the first second generation Negro cadet to be graduated from the Academy. His father was gradauted in 1941. Cadet Whaley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cole B. Whaley, Sr., will be the first cadet in his class to be married following graduation. His fiancee is Miss Gaynell J. Belcher of 882 East Livingston St., Columbus, Ohio. Pa. Youth First ot Race to Win Coveted Morris Award ' w ■ mm* .jF ' ME BANE day morning at Duke. Univer sity. In many ways, they are no different than theif classmates. They have worked ijust as hard to earn the degrees. And their See OUAttS 2A The members of the Class of 1967, to be graduated Wednes day, will receive Bachelor of Science degrees and be com missioned in the U. S. Armed Forces. Cadet Fowler will be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Artillery Branch of the Army, while Ca det Whaley will become a Sec ond Lieutenant in the Infantry Branch. (U.S. Army Photo) BRADDOCK, Pa. Recipi ent of the coveted William T. Morris Memorial Award of $5,- 000 for 1967 is Warren Mebane, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. War den Mebane of 633 Corey Ave., Braddock, Pa., and nephew of Miss Geneva Mebane of 512 Dunbar Street, Durham, N. C. The award, which is in the form of a scholarship, is given each year to a Braddock High School Senior by the American Chain and Cable Company. Warren is the first Negro to receive the award which is given annually for high schol arship achievement. Young Mebane plans to at tend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y. He is See MEBANE 2A Citizens Brave Possible Violence To Inform Nation ATLANTA, Ga. Outnum bered 5 to i, an integrated group of more than 50 concern ed citizens here braved pos sible violence to demonstare to the nation that they did not feel the Ku Klux Klan spoke for the majority of Atlantans. At a rally held at City Hall of 250 members of the United Klans of America, from four southern states and Indiana and Ohjp, the demonstrators held a silent vigil for peace in Vietnam. Grand dragons from the two midwest states and from Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia spoke in favor of the war. The demonstrators represent ed a number of organizations, including the Atlanta Work shop in Non-Violence, Episco pal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Atlantans for Peace, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. the Student Non-Violent Coordinat ins Committee, student groups, the Atlanta Committee to End the War in Vietnam, clergy and laymen from several denomi nations, and neighborhood groups. Harcourtt Klinefelaer, leader of the protest, said that the Klan support of the war wag See ADVOCATES 2A Che Cartjila Ctmrg VOLUME 44 No. 22 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 19«7 PRICE: 20c Asa T. Spaulding Awarded LLD Degree At UNC Finals NCM President Cited for Ins. Achievement CHAPEL HlLL—Five honor ary degrees were awarded Monday night by the Univer sity of North Carolina in Chap el Hill to Archie K. Davis, of Winston-Salem, board chair man of Wachovia Bank; Asa T. Spaulding, President of N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Durham; President Gordon Rlackwell of Furman Univer sity; Oscar R. Ewing of Chapel Hill, former Federal Security Agency Administrator; and Jo sef Albers of New York City. : artist. Albers received the Doc tor of Fine Arts Degree, the others the degree of Doctor of Laws. The awards were presented in Commencement finals of the University conducted in Kenan Stadium. Davis is former President .of the American Bankers Associa §itipn. He was cited jfor his trusteeship of the University and leader of the Research Tri angle Foundation in which he has "ably demonstrated hfs fiuitful commitment to public service." Spaulding was cited for "achievement in his profession JL. jHv -fiTS y | • S^Sj^^Bp * Jfl SECTION OF THE 343 PUPILS of the 1967 Graduating Class of Hillside High School, seated Times To Award First And Second Contest Prizes Jun. 12 Awarding of the first and sec ond prizes won in the Carolina Times 1967 Subscription Con test which closed Monday, May 15, will take place Monday eve ning, June 12 at the Lyon Park Elementary School Playground during the double-header base ball game to be played between the Elite Giants and the First Calvary Baptist Church teams. The second game will be played by two girl teams, the Colts 45 and the Micks. The games are scheduled to get underway Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. sharp. Actual awarding of the two top prizes, consisting of a brand new 1967 Mustang See CONTEST 2A -Ah lif4 SPAULDING nf insurance and banking" and for leadership in education, re ligious activities and civic en terprises. "Serving his country beyond our shores, he repre •sented the United States at the inauguration of the President of Nigeria; and he was an of ficial delegate at the UNESCO Conference at New Delhi, it was stated Spaulding's citation reads as follows. Asa Timothy Spaulding. born in WhiteviMc. N. C.; B.S. BE gree Magna Cum Laude, New York University; MA. degree. University of Mi.chigan; Presi dent since 1956 of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Widely recognized foi See HONORARY 2A in the auditorium during the Inspirational services held here Sunday afternoon. The NCM Retirement Club Prexy Back from Nassau C. M. Palmer, president of (he North Cartllina Mntuaf*S\«-- tirement Club and Mrs. Lyda Mer rlc k, recently returned from Nassau where they at tended the President's Conven tion of the North Carolina Mu tual 1966 winners. They re port a wonderful tour of the city of Miami prior to board ing the Palatial Steamer Adri ana for a delightful all night cruise down the sea to Nassau which is the largest of the Bahama Islands. Upon reach- Union Baptist Minister is HHS Keynoter The 19fi7 Commencement program of Hillside High School was concluded heri; Tuesday evening. June 6 The Senior Inspirational Service | was held in the Hillside High : School auditorium at 5:00 p.m. the previous Sunday at which time Dr. Grady Davis, pastor of Union Baptist Church, de- I'vered the message, i Featured at the Tuesday e„ve- r rvng program, at which time 1 :H"i pupils were jvaduated, j '.'."■ re the addresses of Alfred! Mack Roberts, Valedictorian and -E lilh Cla\U- Salutatorian. ~ Speaking from the subject "No Room at The Bottom." Dr. r l;ivis admonished the gradu-! 1 'tos Sunday afternoon to con-: tinue their efforts of academic i preparation in order to equip | themselves for a place at the i -U»P I , [ Music for the occasion was j furnished by the Hillside Con-1 [ j cert Choir under the direction j t I of Ernest Massenburg. , j The program was presided , | over by Cynthia La Verne I I Ricks, chairman of the project | ' committee. Commencement program fol lowed " Toesday evening at which time addresses were de I inK Nassau, they were greeted -pV>> •* ' imnvbvT of Native- tteep sea divers who delighted them with diving for money coins I thrown overboard and they res j cuing them before the money would reach the bottom. After breakfast, a number of taxi drivers awaited the group for a sight seeing tour of the City of Nassau where they had a pleasant glimpse of the many fine hotels, municipal build ings—a visit to the old prison dungeons built by old slave DR. DAVIS Sen. Johnson To Address NAPFE Meet The 19th annual convention I (if tVit? Tfatienat „4Hi an c e of F'ostal and Federal Employees will convene at the Jack Tar Hotel, Durham, June 12-14. Delegates attending the con vention will be representing 19 branches in four states: North Carolina. South Carolina, Geor See JOHNSON 2A livered by the Valedictorian Alfred Mack Roberts, and Salu tatorian, Edith Belinda Clay. labor—a visit to the Palatial :na«s;ui of the r eeently elect ed colored premier then to Nassau Park where they were treated to a wonderful demon stration by a squad of Flamin gos militarily trained by a Jamaican who would give them simple commands in marching and they would quickly respond and execute such commands. It was a beautiful sight to see th e aquatic birds of long straight legs and crooked necks See NASSAU 2A fM/" - WASHINGTON Shriver Will Address 74th Masonic Meet CLEVELAND More than 20,000 persons will converse on Cleveland" Augu-t 20 for the week-lone 74'h annual con vention of the P'in" Hall Shriners. sf-eond larses: -jroup wi'hin U.S. mas'on Rosco"? C. Washington. Im perial Potentate of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of No hies of the' Mvstic Mferine. an nouced recentlv that hn and n'her Shrine officials already have bon ir rievelajid work in'* out convention 'letails He appeared on W.IMO, a Cleveland radio station, as guest of the "Xo'in With N'or j nia" show, and set forth for Cleveland listeners the pro "ram from the August Convert 7 , 'inn At a Cleveland pr'*s con fprencc. Potentate Washington also exnlained that Prince Hall Shiinedom is a benevolent and "haritahle organization, making i'a variety of medical and educa tional financial grants inrlud ! ; ng substantial aid to the I-egal Research Foundation of the VAACP One of its most ambi • ioiis present plans is to raise funds to enlarge its program of scholarships for young men j and women. Washington told the Cleve j land press that the shrine be lieves firmly in civil rights for a ll_but also believes that all social problems must be pressed constantly and system atically to satisfactory solutions through court procedures Paul L. Wording. Sr . illus trious potentate of F,l Hasa Temple. No. 28. the host tem ple for the Cleveland conven tion. has issued a warm invi tat ion. Washington said to shrine nobles, their families and their friends. Man Held Here For Slaying of Wife on Tues. As the result of the slaying of his wife. Helen, here during the early hours of Tuesday morning, Emory Lowell Rol lins, 33, was jailed here the same afternoon for investiga tion of the crime which took place at the couple's four-room apartment, located at F-3 Mu tual Drive Mis. Rollins' lifeless body was discovered by police lying in bed with a sheet and blan ket over her and a shotgun wound in the left cheekbone. An empty 16 gauge automatic shotgun and an empty 16 gauge shotgun shell were found under the covering of the bed which consisted of a sheet and blanket Rollins, who is employed as a chemist at the Veterans Ad ministration Hospital is report ed to have phoned the police that "his wife had been acci dently shot." In answer to the call when police arrived at the home they found Rollins seated be side the front door where his wife's body was discovered. Dr. D. R. Perry, c'ounty Cor oner, stated that Mrs. Rollins died of a single shotgun wound about 1:00 a.m. The couple were the parents of three small children all of whom have been placed in the care of their grandparents who arrived here from Wilson Wednesday. " ( ~ Funeral for Mrs. Rollins will be held in Wilson Sunday, June 11.