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FRIEND OF SLAIN CIVIL
RIGHTS WORKER—(Meridian,
Miss.) Polly Heidleberg
screams, "Oh Lord help us all,"
as she is assisted from the
Federal Building here after
Negro City Commissioner
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Re-elected In Daytonaßeach
HUGER POLLS
OVERWHELMING
VOTE VICTORY
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla
Daytona Beach voters returnee.
James E. Huger as City Com
missioner in Zone 6 with ai
overwhelming vote margin oi
1,859 defeating former City
Commissioner Glenn Smith with
ease.
Huger received 4,261 votes
and Smith got 2,402. When Hu
ger defeated four other new
combers in 1965, he became
the first Negro to be olected as
City Commissioner in Daytonr
Beach history.
The Daytona Beach New
Journal had this to say: "Com
missioner James Huger also
has served the city well.
The first of his race to serv
on the Commission, Huger' r
election two years ago war
viewed by many as an experi
ment of sorts. If it was an e'
periment it was a thundering
success.
Huger has emerged as r
crystallizer of the Commission,
a man who has demonstrated
the ability to solidify thought,
examine a problem, and sug
gest a solution. His experience
as Bethune-Cookman College
business administrator has
been invaluable to his fellov
Commissioners.
Glenn Smith, Huger's oppon
ent Tuesday, seeks to return
to the Commission after an ab
sence of two years. Smith's
main issue seems to be thai
has grappled with the prob
lems of city government in
vears past and that he should
be returned to grapple once
more.
Smith served well during his
time on the Commission and
was most active in the city's
See DAYTONA 3A
Ruffin Gives
A&T Students
The "Word"
By KENT R. AUTOR
GREENSBORO— Ben Ruffin,
Director of Durham's United
Organizations for Community
Development called for Black
Brotherhood and Black Union
in an address at A&T State
University last Sunday. "Wheth
er we're educated or illiterate,
whether we live on a boule
vard or in an alley, we are
all going to suffer together",
he said, "we're all in tire same
boat and we are all going to
have the same suffering from
the same (the white) man."
Middle class and lower class,
upper class and no class are
going to have to join together
as Negroes and to confront the
problems common to all Ne
groes. "All of us have suffer
ed at the hands of the white
man", the popular Durham Ne
gro leader stated, "but it does
See RUFFIN 3A
hearing testimony in the con-1
spiracy trial of 18 men in con- |
nection with the slaying of |
three civil rights workers in j
1964. Man helping her is un- |
Lieutenant Governor Is NCC
Annual Founder's Day Speaker
Lkeutenant-Governior Robert
W. Scott will be the -speaker
for North Carolina College's
20th annual Founder's Day pro ;
gram, at 11 a.m., Friday, No
vember 3, in the college's B.
N. Duke Auditorium.
Scott, frequently mentioned
as a possible candidate for gov
ernor of North Carolina, will
be the pri*Mp*l ipeaker in a
program which also includes
dedication of four college
buildings.
The son of the late W. Kerr
SCOTT
Local Police Lieutenant Charges
Austin With Slander in Suit
Lt Jack H. Pendergrass of the
Durham Police Department has filed
a $50,000 slander suit against Caro
lina Times Publisher, Louis E. Austin.
The suit was filed in Superior Court
here Friday, October 21st
The suit states that Austin made
slanderous statements in public to
the effect that Pendergrass had beat
en a white woman who had been rid
ing in an automobile with a Negro
man. Austin's statement made at a
meeting at which more than 15 per
sons attended, including police offi
cials, the city manager, and members
of the City Council, were quoted in a
local newspaper at length.
Pendergrass alleges that Austin's
No. Carolina College Gets Half
Million In Grants for 1967-68
Grants and programs funded j
by outside agencies at North 1
Carolina College total $589,-
003.85 for the summer of 1967 ,
and the 1967-68 school year ;
a report by President Albert!
N. Whiting reveals.
The college received $235,-1
219 for 1967 summer programs j
and has been awarded $354,-!
284.35 for the 1967-68 aca-;
demic year.
Summer projects include the
Institute for Teachers of Dis
advantaged Youth, supported at
$76,021 by the U. S. Office of
Education, and the Summer In-
identified Miss Heidleberg was
a "close friend" of one of the
three murdered men, Meridian
Negro James E. Chaney.
(UPI Telephoto)
Scott, Governor of North Car
olina and United States Sen
ator, the liteutenant-governor's
first political responsibility
was as precinct chairman. He
later was a county vice-chair
man of the Democratic party
and a member of the State So
licitorial District Executive
Committee of the Democratic
party.
Founder's Day at NCC is cel
ebrated in memory of the late
Dr. James E, Shepard, founder
of the college and its presi
dent from 1910 to 1947.
Dr. Albert N. Whiting, NCC
president, will participate in
the "Truth anT Service Cere
mony," which commemorates
Dr. Shepard in the form of s
re-dedication of the college's
faculty, administration, alum
ni, and students to the college's
ideals of truth and service. Al
so participating will be Henry
M. Michaux, Jr., Durham at
torney and president of the
school's national alumni asso
ciation; and Douglas Gills,
president of NCC's student
government association.
The four buildings to be dedi
cated are the biology building,
in memory of the late Dr
See SPEAKER 3A
statements at that meeting were false
and without foundation. He seeks
$25,000 actual damages for "mental
anguish, embarrassment, humiliation,
and personal inconvenience," and
$25,000 punitive damages. The suit
charges that Austin's statement were
not only slanderous per se, but were
uttered in the presence of representa
tives of the press "having reason to
know that his statements would be
published in the newspaper and that
the general public would gain know
ledge of the statements made." (The
Carolina Times has not, until now,
published any news concerning the
charges made by Austin.)
I stitute for Educational Media
; Specialists, given $61,938, alsc
by the Office of Education.
| National Science Foundation
\ summer grants were for the
! Institute for Secondary School
1 Teachers of Mathematics and
j Science, $75,950, and the In
j stitute for Talented Secondary
I Science Students, $16,660.
Other summer subsidies were
| a grant in public health nur
sing, $2,450 by the N .C. State
Board of Health, and $2,200 for
research from the DuPont
Foundation.
Che Carojiipi Cwnes
VOLUME 44 No. 41 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1967 PRICE: 20c
DURHAM
Churches To Stage Protest
March On City Hall, Oct. 29
Ministers Back
Opposition to
Bacon Project
Over 25 Negro churches of
Durham, including their pas
tors and members, will stage
a protest march to the City
Hall here Sunday, October 29,
at 12:30 p.m. The march is be
ing sponsored by the Durham
Ministerial Alliance and is ex
pected to have an overflow
crowd as participants.
The Protest March is in sup
port of the opposition of the
'Negro citizens of Durham to
the Bacon Street Housing Pro
ject. It also has the backing of
the Durham Committee on
Negro Affairs, the United Or
ganization for Community Im
provement, the Durham branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, the Durham Business
and Professional Chain ano'
other organized civic and re
ligious groups.
Every member of the church
es of Durham is being urged
to participate in the march. In
short, the sponsors consider
the effore one of "do or die",
with the hope of impressing
the Durham City officials of
the solid opposition of Negro
citizens to the Bacon Street
Housing Project and other
problems affecting the race.
Those members who, because
of age or other infirmities, find
See MARCH 3A
MRS. NESBY
Mrs. C. Nesby
Women's Day
Speaker Sun.
The twelfth Annual Wom
an's Day Observance of More
head Avenue Baptist Church
will be held Sunday and also
the sixteenth celebration of
the occupancy of the present
Sanctuary. The women of the
church will be in charge of the
two main services of the day.
The speaker for the eleven
o'clock services will be Mrs.
Clara Nesby of Winston-Sal
em, North Carolina. She Is
Recording Secretary of the
Woman's Baptist State Con
vention and a teacher in
Statesville City Schools. She
is a graduate of Shaw Univer
sity and has studied extensive
ly at several other schools in
the field of Education and Re
ligious Education.
The speaker for the 3:00
P.M. service will be represent
ing the Young Adult Dept.
She is Mrs. Delores Watson
Estes, Special Nursing Consul
tant at UNC, Chapel Hill. She
is connected with the Chil
dren's Evaluation Clinical Serv-
See WOMEN 3A
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ROBERT C. WEAVER ASA T. SPAULDING
Secy. R. Weaver Speaker At
NCM Founders Day Program
HUD OFFICIAL
IS PRESENTED
A MEDALLION
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company observed its Annual
Founders' Day here October 20 with
a program honoring its late past
president, C. C. Spaulding, who a
long with the late John Merrick and
the late Dr. Aaron Moore, co-found
ers, made outstanding contributions
toward the development and growth
of the company.
The program, presided over by
N. H. Bennett, Jr., vice-president and
actuary, featured a tribute to Mr.
Spaulding by A. E. Spears, Sr., re
tired director of the company, and
solos by Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding, wife
of the president of N. C. Mutual and
John W. McClinton, the company's
assistant controller. The occasion was
outlined by Mrs. Marion Henry, pre
mium data clerk and prayer was
offered by the Reverend Philip R.
Cousin, minister, St Joseph's AME
Church.
A highlight of the program was
the presentation of the newly initiat
ed MERRICK-MOORE-SPAULDING
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT A
WARD to The Honorable Robert C.
Weaver, secretary of Housing and
Urban Development The award Is
given in memory of the Founders
and early builders of North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company, and
in recognition of their significant
contributions to the American way
of life.
See PROGRAM 3A
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Sinatra (left) and fellow actor
Sugar Ray Robinson talk to the
press after a hard day's film
Gardner Taylor is Slated For
Christian Life Conference Nov. 2
A Christian Life Conference
on "The Church's Ministry to
the Disadvantaged Family" will
be held Thursday, November 2,
at 7:00 p.m. at the First Bap
tist Church of Durham. It i?
sponsored by East Cedar
Grove, New Hope, County Line
and Yates Baptist Associations.
The Associations sponsored z
conference last November, at
the University Baptist Church
Chapel Hill.
Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, Pas
tor, Concord Baptist Church.
Brooklyn, New York, a Mem
bership of more than 12,000.
will give the Theme Address at
7:20 P.M. and Rev. Warren T
Carr, Pastor, Wake Forest Bap
tist Church, Winston-Salem
and formerly Pastor, Watts St
Baptist Church here, will give
the Summary Address at 9:25
p.m. Forty Group Leaders will
team up in twos to lead twenty
Discussion Groups, centered
around four subjects: (1) The
Church's Ministry to Families
receiving Welfare Assistance,
(2) The Church's Ministry to
Broken Families, (3) The
Church's Ministry to families
in the Ghetto, (4) The Church's
ing at Manhattan police station,
where they are making a movie
called "The Detective." Sina
tra plays the detective and Su
DR. TAYLOR
Ministry to families in Finan
cial need. e> .
The Leaders will come from
the Churches of the four As
sociations. Some of the mem
bers of the Planning Commit
tee are: Rev. U. R. Booker,
Moderator, East Cedar Grove;
Rev. A. D. Moseley, Moderator,
New Hope Baptist; Rev. Juilus
Corpening, Temple Baptist;
Rev. Henry Turlington, Univer-
See TAYLOR 3A
gar Ray, better known for his
boxing talents, a policeman.
(UPI Photo)
Convicition of
Whites First
In Deep South
NEW YORK - The conviction of
seven of the 18 white men tried for
the 1964 lynching of three young
civil rights workers near Philadelphia,
Miss., "is a history-making develop
ment in the administration of Justice
in that state," John A. MorseU, as
sistant executive director of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said here
today, Oct 20, immediately after the
verdict was returned.
The defendants were accused of
killing, in cold blood, James Chaney,
21, of Meridian, Miss., and Andrew
Goodman, 20, and Michael H.
Schwerner, 24, both of New York
City on June 21, 1964. All three were
engaged in civfl rights activity in the
state.
Eight of the accused were acquit
ted and a mistrial was declared in the
cases of the other three. Among the
convicted was Neshoba County De
puty Sheriff Cecil R. Price. The civil
rights workers had been arrested and
held until the mob had been notified.
They were released, to be captured
on the highway by a gang of killers.
Dr. Morsell further said that the
verdict demonstrated that the Depart
ment of Justice can secure convic
tions in civil rights cases and should
now proceed to prosecute pending
cases in which the state has failed to
act Such murders should be a Fed
eral crime as "provided in a civil
rights bill now pending before the
Congress."
The full text of Dr. Morsell'i
statement follows:
The conviction of seven of the
18 men tried for conspiracy in con
nection with the 1964 lynching of
See CONVICTED 3A
Stewart Urges
Special Panels
On Ghettos
Municipal governments across
the nation should establish special
committees on ghetto problems and
structure them to include "respon
sible Negro leadership and represen
tatives of the poor," according to
Durham City Councilman John S.
Stewart
Stewart says new commissions
or committees must be set up and
existing committees must be reor
ganized to include representatives of
the poor and of Negro leadership,
in order for the governments to
establish better lines of communica
tion into the heart of city ghettos.
His comments are included In an
article appearing in the October i»-
sue of "Nation's Cities," official ma
gazine of the National League of
Cities.
The article, titled "New Voices
from City Hall," gives the com
ments of Negro aldermen, council
men and commissioners from five
cities throughout the country on
questions related to the summer
doting.
Concerning his general reaction
to the riots, Stewart said: "Person-
See STEWART 3A
Last Rites For
Mrs. Georgia P.
Joyner Oct. 21
Graveside rites for Mrs. Geor
gia Pearson Joyner, the daugh
ter of the late Rev. and Mrs.
George W. Pearson of Greens
boro were held here, Saturday,
October 21. He Rev. Philip R
Cousin, pastor of St, Joseph's
A.M.E. Church, officiated.
Mrs. Joyner succumber Octo
ber 19 at the home of her bro
ther, Attorney C. O. Pearson,
Cooke Road, following a leng
thy illness.
Mrs. Joyner was born in
Durham where she spent the
most of her life, following the
death of her parents in early
childhood. She attended the
Durham City schools and later
Wilberforce University. After
her graduation, she taught at
Hillside High School of this
city.
Following Mrs. Joyner's mar
riage to the late Alexander
Joyner of Wilson she moved
with her husband to New York
City where she worked aa a
kindergarten teacher at the
Church of the Master. She re-
See JOYNIR 3A