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Aldermen Adopt Strong Louisville, Ky. Open-housing Law
SIOO Fine for
Housing Bias is
New Ordinance
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The city's
Board of Aldermen has adopted a
strong open-housing law as a result
of demonstrations in which hun
dreds were arrested last spring.
Another result of the fight for
open housing was the election of a
new board of aldermen on Nov. 7.
Eleven Democrats were elected to
replace Republicans. The only Re
publican returned to the board was
Mrs. Louise Reynolds, a Negro.
The new board voted 9 to 3 for
a law providing SIOO fines for re
fusing to sell or rent a house or an
apartment to a person because of
race, religion, or national origin.
The only exceptions are apart
ment houses with four or fewer
apartments if the owner or a mem
ber of his family lives on the pre
mises. Persons making false claims
of discrimination would have to
pay all costs of any investigation
and litigation.
Mayor Kenneth Schmied, a Re
publican, said he would neither
4gn nor veto the law, so it goes in
to effect automatically. The ma
yor's office was not at stake in the
election, so Republicans were able
to keep control there.
They lost 11 aldermanic seats
because civil-rights groups worked
hard for their defeat The same
thing happened to the Democrats
in 1961 after they refused to pass
a law barring discrimination in pub
* lie accommodations. The Republi
cans passed such a law but refused
to vote open housing in 1967.
The resulting marches and pro
tests resulted in the arrest of hun
dreds of -iemonstrators. More than
half of these were white. Officers
and staff of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC), the
Southern Conference Educational
Fund (SCEF), and the West End
Community Council (WECC), were
jailed for contempt for leading
marches in violation of a court
order.
SCLC has a local affiliate, the
Kentucky Christian Leadership
Conference. SCEF U * Southwide
interracial group working to end
racial discrimination and poverty.
Its headquarters are in Louisville.
Final Rites for Bishop Wright
Held In Philadelphia Dec. 18
PHILADELPHIA-Funeral ser
vices for Bishop Richard R. Wright,
Jr., 89, retired prelate of the A.M.
E. Church were held hare Monday,
December 18, at St. Matthew AME
Church.
Bishop Wright succumbed, De
cember 11, at a Philadelphia hospi
tal where he had been ill for several
weeks.
Bishop Wright was born in
Cuthbert, Ga., the son of the late
Major R. R. Wright, Sr. and the late
Mrs. Lydia Howard Wright.
He attended Haines Institute of
Augusta, Ga. He received the A.B.
degree from Georgia State College
in 1898; his B. D. degree from the
University of Chicago in 1901, his
A.M. from the same university in
1904 and the PhD from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, in 1911.
Bishop Wright also studied at
• the University of Berlin, Germany
in 1903-04 and the University of
4 Leipzig, Germany in 1904.
He was elected to the bishopric
in 1936 and before had served as
president of Wilberforce University
Grants Totaling $68,29 0 Given N. C. College
By N. S. F. For Summer Teachers Program
Dr. Albert N. Whitina president
of North Carolina College, an
nounced recently that two National
Science Foundation pants totaling
$68,290 have been approved for
summer programs at North Caro
lina College.
The two programs are a short
co'Tse in microbiolo«v. $15,070,
and a summer science institute for
secondary teachers of bi«loov and
mathematics. $53,220
The National Science Founda
tion, which awarded the grants
was established in 1950 by an act
of Congress, aa an agency of the
federal government. Yeariv apnro
priatioru an made by Congress to
enable the Foundation to carry
out its responsibilities to streng
then research and education in
•dance, mathematics, and enainee
ring.
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NAACP Raps
Provision of
Welfare Bill
NEW YORK-In support of an
effort to liberalize the welfare pro
visions in the Social Security Bill
approved by a House-Senate con
ference, NAACP Executive Direc
tor Roy WBklns has sent telegrams
to 63 Senators indicating it would
be better to sacrifice the entire bill
rather than approve it with its pre
sent "iniquitous provisions."
The bill as approved by the
conference, Dec. 7, frewes the
number of children in each state
eligible for federally-financed wel
fare funds. It also provides new
procedures to force welfare reci
pients to accept jobs.
The text of Mr. Wilkins' tele
gram, dispatched Dec. 14, follows:
"National Association For Ad
vancement of Colored People be
lieves that failure of the Senate to
rqect the conference report on the
Social Security Bill will be widely
interpreted as punitive action
against Negro Americans and es
pecially Negro children on welfare
rolls. In the paeaent racial climate
the temporary postponement of
increased social security benefits
will be a small price to pay to
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Mourned
in Ohio.
Surviving are his wife, one son,
Richard Wright, 111., Oakland,
Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth
Hayre and Mrs. Alberta McClain,
Philadelphia and Mrs. Grace Kyle,
Los Angeles, Calif.
The microbiology short course
for college teachers, will be direc
ted by Dr. Nell Hirschberg, pro
fessor of biology at NCC. The
course will include
program of study and of
the subject. i
Students In the short course
will be teacheo of the lubiect in
their respective colleges.
Faculty members include Dr.
Hirschberg; Dr. James B. Evans,
North Carolina State University:
Dr. Harry Gooder, School of Medi
cine. University of North Carolina:
Dr. John Schwab, School of Medi
cine, UNC; Dr. Robert Wheat
School of Medicine, Duke Universi
ty; and Dr. G. P. Manire, School of
Medicine, UNC.
The Institute for Secondary
Teachers wil] be attended by ap
proximately 55 junior and senior
Chi tCaitjiia Cimgg
VOLUME 44—No. 51 DURHAM, N DECEMBER 23, 1967 PRICE: 20c
Martin L. King Announces
Reorganization Of S C L C
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PLANNERS—PIanning * Feb
ruary 24 workshop at North
Carolina College on recreation
and physical education for the
mentally retarded were, from
left to right, Mrs. Willia Bry
ant, education department; Dr.
James Younge, acting chair
Otis Redding Fu
City Auditorium
AMBITION AND HARD WORK PAYS
OFF SAYS WOOLWORTH*S MANAGER
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Nine
years ago, Walter Granison spotted
a "Help Wanted" sign in the win
dow of an F. W. Woolworth Co.
store in Wayne, Pa.
He applied for the post of
stockman, was accepted, gave his
previous employer a week's notice
and began a career that recently
brought him to the management
level.
"Ambition and hard work paid
off," says Granison who, still in his
late twenties, has been promoted
to manager of the Woolworth store
at 2524 Lehigh Avenue in Philadel
phia.
He believes his success should
encourage others who would like
to attain the managerial level and
suggests that his story could be
summed up in these few words:
"Hard work and determination
motivated me; knowledge and a
chievement encouraged me."
Granison moved through vari
ous positions in Mid-Atlantic region
stores to become an assistant mana
ger, and his career was interrupted
in 1961 when he was called to serve
in the armed services. He attended
toe Army's Small Arms Repair
Bchool and spent 19 months in
Korea where he reached the rank
if Specialist sth Gass.
high school teachers of science and
mathematics from across the
United States. The six week pro
qxam is designed primarily for tea
chers with less than two years
training the subjects involved.
Dr. Mary Townes, director of
the Institute said preference will
the Institute mid preference will
be given teachers with at leajt a 50
per cent load in science or mathe
matics, three years of teaching ex
perience in science or mathematics,
and no previous training in similar
institute*.
Neither sex nor age will be
considered as limiting factors in
the Qnal (election of participants.
Stipends for the prosram are
$75 per week per participant, plus
sls per week per dependent for
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man, physical education depart
ment; Wesley Brogan, com
munity coordinator of the N.
C. Council on Mental Retarda
tion; Mrs. Lavonia Allison, phy
sical education department,
workshop co-chairman; and Dr.
Bernice Wade, education de-
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GRAN I SON
During his spare time, Granison
studied books on marketing and
merchandising. After returning to
civilian life he resumed work at
Woolworth's and entered the com
pany's management training pro
gram less than three years ago.
"It's an excellent program that
holds a promising future for young
men," he said.
As store manager the young
man has broad responsibilities for
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Ben Ruffin, Director of the
United Organiiation for Com
munity Improvement is shown
Crowning Miss Yvonne Brown,
partment. The workshop is
sponsored by the N. C. Coun
cil on Mental Retardation, the
American Association for
Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation, and NCC.
(NCC Photo)
Thousands Pay
Final Tribute to
Famous Singer
MACON, Ga.-Otls Redding, 26
the King of the "Memphis Sound,"
was buried today (Monday, Decem
ber 18) on the grounds of his 300
acre Big O Ranch near Macon,
Georgia. He was laid to rest within
hearing distance of the bells of his
father's (The Rev. Otis Redding
Sr.) church, where young Otis first
cut his musical eye teeth by singing
in the choir.
Earlier today, from 7 to 11:30
a.m.; his body had laid in state in
the huge City Auditorium in Ma
con, where he had sung so many
time:,. A steady procession of thou
sands of his fans who had come to
Macon from across the nation to
pay their last respects to the King
of the "Memphis Sound" filed by
in dignified mourning befitting a
member of America's musical ro
yalty. At noon, a public funeral
service was held in the City audi
torium, which was attended by
many of the biggest stars in the
world, friends of Otis who had
See REDDING 12A
winner of the fund raising
campaign held here recently by
the organization. Miss Brown
was awarded the title of "Miss
Noted Leader
Preps for Stiff
1968 Program
ATLANTA, Ga.-December 13-
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today
announced a sweeping reorganiza
tion of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
The SCLC President revealed
the creation of a new executive
position, the appointment of two
new key executives, and the expan
sion of SCLC's field and adminis
trative staff.
"We are completely re-struc
turing our Staff and program, "Dr.
King explained. "SCLC and the
modern civil rights movement be
gan more than a decade ago as a
struggle to end legal segregation
in the South. The challenge to us
and our battles ahead now loom
as a more difficult long-term strug
gle for human rights both at home
and abroad."
For ten years the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
has been in the forefront of the
nonviolent action movement for
civil rights. One of the most mili
tant civil rights organizations,
SCLC has led such well-known
campaigns as the Birmingham move
ment which led directly to passage
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
the Selma march, culminating in
enactment of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965. SCLC has led many
other mass protests, helped orga
nize the student sit-in movement,
conducted historic voter-registra
tion campaigns, trained thousands
of adults in the South and initiated
local action and development pro
jects in Northern slums.
In his announcement of SCLC
reorganization, Dr. King today
said: "With the promotion of one
of our ablest leaders, the appoint
ment of two outstanding new exe
cutives, and the forthcoming re
cruitment of other new staff, we
are now preparing for more vigo
rous actions and programs in the
months and years ahead. The civil
rights movement has been, is, and
always will be for and about people
but we are entering a new phase
which requires greater professional
leadership and technical skills."
Dr. King noted that the most
pressing immediate project is to
organize, during the next three
months, a massive poor people's
campaign for jobs and income, to
be led by SCLC next spring in
Washington, D.C. Staff members
have been assigned to 10 cities and
five rural areas to mobilize people
for that effort
Other programs include the na
tionwide organization of Operation
Breadbasket for economic develop
ment, adult education, voter regis-
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UOCI" for raising the highest
amount of money during the
campaign. Looking on is her
escort, Lonnie Wilson.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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MRS. ATWATEA
Mrs. A. Atwater
Times "Woman
Of the Year"
Mrs. Ann Atwater, noted civil
rights worker of Durham has been
named the Carolina Times "Woman
of the Year" for 1967.
Mrs. Atwater was born and
reared in Columbus County, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Randolph George. She at
tended the Fanners Union School
of Whiteville and the Hallsboro Ele
mentary School.
In 1953, Mrs. Atwater moved to
Durham where she has continu
ously and consistently made her
self active in the civil rights strug
gle.
While other women of her age
were engaged in social activities,
involving entertaining, meeting,
eating and greeting, Mrs. Atwater
has spent much of her time on
picket lines, participating in sit-ins,
marches and other demonstrations,
intended to bring about a change
for the betterment of her people.
She Is presently employed by
the United Organization for Com
munity Improvement as supervi
sor of its committee of Neighbor
hood Workers, chairman of UOCI
Housing Committee. She is also a
member of the Board of Directors
of Operation Breakthrough, the
Low Income Housing Development
Corporation and the Housing Com
mittee of the Durham Committee
on Negro Affairs.
In addition to being active in
the civil rights movement, Mrs.
Atwater is an active member of
the Mt. Calvary Christian Church
where she rings in the choir.
She is the mother of two daugh-
Funeral for 105
Yr-Old Citizen
Held in Gorman
Mrs. Alice Sneed, wife of the
late Edward Sneed and believed
to have been Durham's oldest citi
zen, died here Wednesday, Decem
ber 13, at 12:30 a.m.
Mrs. Sneed was born and reared
in Granville County. She moved
to Durham soon after her marriage.
She was the mother of 13 children.
The funeral was held in Gorman
at the Calvary Baptist Church, of
which she was a member, Sunday,
December 17, at 1:30 p.m. The
pastor Rev. D. J. Marrow, presided.
The eulogy was delivered by
Rev. J. E. Thorpe.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Essi» Amey of Durham and
with whom she lived; Mrs. Vireie
S. Thomas, Baltimore, Md.; and
Mrs. Odie S. MoCright, New York,
N. V.; two sons, Marvin Sneed of
Durham and Floyd Sneed of Bal
timore and numerous grandchildren
great grandchildren and great-great
grandchildren.
Am. Tobacco Co
Gives $2,000 to
Lincoln Drive
The Chairman of the Lincoln
Hospital Campaign Fund, Asa T.
Spaulding, reported here Wednes
day that he is still optimistic about
teaching the goal of $103,000.
"Contributions continue to come
in through the mails. The response
has been so encouraging that Lin
coln Hospital is considering esta
blishing A BOOK OF REMEM
BRANCE of the friends of Lin
coln Hospital who have come to
its rescue in this time of crisis. We
would like very much for your
name to be listed in this book. This
will assure you being long and fa
vorably remembered in a worth
while way," he stated.
There has been an offer from
a citizen of Charlotte to give the
last SI,OOO to put the drive over
the top.
At noon Wednesday an amount
of over $30,000 had been collected
with pledges for over SIO,OOO.
Among the checks making up the
$30,000 in cash was one for $2,000
from the American Tobacco Com
pany, Spaulding stated.
The drive was launched at Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church at a kick
off program, December 10 and
although it to scheduled to run for
30 days, the chairman stated he
would like to end the drive by
December 31.
'The very fact that people are
somewhat in a Christmas mood
may be a positive factor. Some
people instead of. sending cards and
giving gifts to friends, have donated
money to the hospital," he said.
"1 think the widespread support
we are getting from both races is an
encouraging sign. It indicates a
healthy condition in the communi
ty, and if we can capitalize on it,
it may go a long way in bringing
greater unity to the community." ,
Second Hundred
COMMERCE CITY, Colo.
Mrs. Frances Early,
who came to Colorado in ' a
covered wagon from Inde
pendence, Kan., in 1870, was
asked Wednesday on her
100 th birthday What she
wanted for Christmas.
"What any young girl
would want," she answered.
"To stay young."
Lincoln Hosp.
Campaign Goal
■\O3,°Oo
100,000
80,000
60P00
40,000
30,000
20,000 -H
--■ 10,000