N. C. Teacher Installed As First Negro President Of NEA
A&T and NCC To Ask State For $39 Million
State's 2 Top
Schools.ln Quest
For Equality
By Ellis F. Corbett
The A&T State University
Board of Trustees Friday ap
proved budget requests in ex
cess of sl7 million to be pre
sented to the North Carolina
General Assembly next year.
The proposed budget calls
for an outlay of more than
$7 million per year for opera
tions and $10,365,000 for ca
pital improvements. Among
the proposed new facilities are:
pre-school laboratory, $430,
000; physics and physical
science building, $1,400,000;
Administration annex building,
$920,000; fine arts building,
$840, 0®0; social science build
ing $965,000; green house and
horticulture facilities, $2lO,
000; housing for married stu
dents and faculty, $290,000.
The University is also re
questing $1,830,000 for an
addition to the physical edu
cation, health and recreation
facility. The remainder of the
request is for renovations of
existing buildings, campus im
provements, land purchase and
replacement ■- of instructional
and laboratory equipment.
The action was taken at a
special call meeting of the
Board held at the University
on Friday afternoon.
The trustees also approved
an increase in student fees by
$52 per year needed improve
ments in student services, in-
See SCHOOLS page 2A
Wilbert Leathers Named Staff
Manager Durham District NCM
The promotion of Wilbert
Leathers, agent of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, to a position of
staff manager of the Durham
District of the company, was
announced here this week.
Leathers has been employed
as an agent of N. C. Mutual
since 1962 and has achieved
a remarkable record of high
production of business. Prior
to his promotion as staff man
ager he has won several trips,
offered as prizes by the Dur
ham District office for pro
duction of the greatest amount
of business over a given period.
He is married to the former
Miss Katie Gilmer of Milton.
The couple has two children;
a son, Wilbert, Jr., age six and
Links Open Annual Session
With New Innovations Pledge
OAKLAND, Calif.'- Na
tional President, Vivian Bea
mon, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
opened the Sixteenth General
Assembly of National Links,
Inc., meeting in Oakland-Ber
keley, California, June 25
through July 1, with the chal
lenge that Links develop new
innovations in an era of dyna
mic dimensions. The compel
ling imperatives relating to the
American Negro were the over
riding concern of the Sixteenth
General Assembly.
The keynote address by
Link Julia Smith, President of
the Oakland Bay Area Chapter,
gave the clarion call to action
through a diagnosis of the
words "innovation," "dyna
mic" and "dimensions," and
equating them with "restless
ness," "boldness," "a sense of
reaching out" and "searching
ourselves."
Links were urged into the
area of civil ritfits where the
battle is thickest and no retreat
until it is won. Human rights,
social and racial justice, the
problem! of ghetto life, un
employment among minority
groups, crime prevention as It
relates to youth, were the
HOLLOWAY
NAMED BANK OFFICBR—
Karl R. Bopp, president, Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Philadel
phia, this week announced the
appointment of Hiliary H. Hoi
loway as assistant counsel.
Born in Durham, North Car
olina, Holloway was graduated
from North Carolina College,
with a B.S. degree
in Business Administration. He
received a Master's degree In
Business Education from Tem
ple University and his LL.B.
from Temple University School
of Law.
A member of both the Phila
delphia and Pennsylvania Bar
Associations, Holloway was aa
sociated with the Philadelphia
law firm of Hazell and Bowser
prior to joiping the Bank's offi
cial staff.
Among his many community
activities, Holloway currently
serves as Vice Chairman of the
Ogonti Youth Club and is a
member of the Family Serv
ices Budget Section of the
United Fund of Philadelphia;
he is past chairman of the Ne
dro Avenue Civic Organiza
tion.
Holloway resides with his
wife and two children in Phila
delphia.
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LEATHERS
a daughter, Donna Marie, five.
The family resides at 702
Bacon Street.
facets of a five-day examina
tion. Inspired by the 1968
theme, "Links Inn"
an Era of Dynamic Dimen
sions," the delegates evoked
new ideas and techniques for
making the gtguiization more
meaningful in American life.
National President Beamon
reported the culmination of
Links' past major contribution
of $75,000 to the Educational
and Legal Defense Fund of
the NAACP In these words:
"In view of the tremendous
work which the underpriviledg
ed citizens of America through
the courts of this land, Links
viewed the $75,000 as a "stride
toward freedom."
Highlight of the Assembly's
presentations In terms of
Links' national commitment
was portrayed through the
o pragmatic and factual address
of Whitney M. Young, Execu
tive Director of the National
Urban League, who addressed
the Freedom Luncheon. The
Urban League Director remind
ed middle claas Negroes that
they can no longer be sepa
rated from the psaWema, frus
trations and anxieties of the
disinherited people of America
See LINKS page 8A
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VOLUME 45 No. 27 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1968
LDF Att'y. Awarded CR Fee
By U. S. District Court In Ala.
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CONGRATULATIONS John
H. Wheeler, Durham banker
and M-REIT trustee is congrat
ulated by Morris Mllgram,
Minn. Solon and Durham Banker
Recipients Equal Housing A ward
Sen. Mondale,
J. H. Wheeler
Honored in NY
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Senator
Walter F. Mondale of Minneso
ta and John H. Wheeler, North
Carolina banker, received the
1968 Averell Harriman Equal
Housing Opportunity Awards
made annually by Planned
Communities. The ceremony
was immediately following
Planned Communities stock
holders' meeting held recently
at New York's Community
Church, 40 East 35th street.
TTiomas A. Gaines is chair
man, and Morris Mil gram, Pre
sident of PC which develops
and manages integrated hous-
Funa, and the
presentations. Dr. Richard S.
Gordon, General Manager, New
Enterprise Division Monsanto
Company, was the principal
speaker.
Senator Mondale was chief
senate author of the recently
passed federal fair housing law
and a key figure in its passage.
Wheeler is President, Mechan
ics and Farmers Bank, Durham,
North Carolina, the nation's
largest Nepo controlled bank,
President Southern Regional
Council and Board Member of
the Urban Coalition. He is a
Trustee of M-REIT, The Mu
tual Real Estate Investment
Trust, which purchases apart
ment buildings bur from minori
ty concentration and Integrates
them. PC is the Trust's super
visory management agent.
Past recipients of the award
include: NAACP President
Klvie Kaplan, Jackie Robinson,
Conpeman Donald M. Fraser
of Minneapolis and Chester F.
Carlson, the inventor of xero
graphy.
Pres., Planned Communities,
Inc, upon his receiving PC's
1968 Averell Harriman Equal
Housing Opportunity Award.
SALUTES "THE SUPREMES"
YOUTH EFFORT—In his Capi
tol office, Vice President Hu
bert H. Humphrey commends
Diana Ross (left), Cindy Bird
son and Mary Wilson for their
CR Community Groups Defy
KUAC Attempts See Records
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -Civil
rights and community groups
will defy any attempt by the
Kentucky Un-American Com
mittee (KUAC) to see their re
cords.
The West End Community
Council (WECC) voted unani
mously not to cooperate with
any KUAC investigation pend
ing the outcome of a lawsuit
testing the validity of the com
mittee.
The same stand was taken
by the Black Unity League of
Kentucky (BULK), the South
ern Conference Educational
Fund (SCEF), and the White
Emergency Support . Team
(WEST).
All of these groups were
Dr. Frederick D. Patterson,
(right) President, Phelps-Stokes
Fund who presented the award
looks on.
efforts for disadvantaged
youngsters. "The Supremes,"
famed vocal tiio, h&ve &i.vea
strong support to the Vice
President's program as Chair
man of the President's Council
named as targets for investiga
tion by State's Attornev Ed
win A. Schroering. He did this
after the county grand jury
asked KUAC to investigate an
uprising in Louisville's black
community in the last week
of May.
KUAC will meet in Frank
fort on July 12 to begin an
inquiry into "violence, riots,
civil disorders, and disruptions
of domestic tranquility in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky."
The groups under attack
have banded together in an
orgmization called Kentuck
lans Against KUAC, pronounc
ed Quack by many people
throughout the state.
They charge that KUAC
See COMMUNITY page 8A
PRICE: 20 Cents
SI,OOO Paid to
Lawyer For
Defense Effort
BIRMINGHAM, ALA- -
bama, NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Inc.
(LDF) cooperating attorney
Oscar W. Adams, Jr. of this
city disclosed this week that
he was awarded SI,OOO by a
U. S. District Court in Alabam
a for successfully pleading a
civil case involving three Ne
groes who were refused en
trance to an Alabama summer
resort.
The SI,OOO fee is thought
to be the largest amount ever
awarded for a case based on
the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
LDF attorneys say that the
unusual fee means that more
persons who refuse others ac
cess to public facilities because
of race will be brought to trial
and, when found guilty, will
be strapped with higher legal
fees.
Plaintiffs in the case *v ,fc
Dr. Neil Friedman, and An
nette and Paulette Hughes,
who sued through their father,
McKinley Hughes.
See ATTORNEY page 8A
on Youth Opportunity. They
discussed the program's 3 ex
panded goals—jobs, education
and recreation for underpriv
ileged youth in Inner cities.
Murray Marvin
Named to PR
Society of Amer.
It was disclosed here this
week that Murray J. Marvin,
director, corporate planning
and public relations of N. C.
Mutual Life Insurance has been
elected to active membership
in the Public Relations Society
of America.
Founded in 1948, the PRSA
is a national association com
posed of 6,000 public relation
executives in the United States
See MARVIN page 8A
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MRS. KOONTf
Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz New Head
Million Member Organization
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NAMED DEAN OF WOMEN—
Mrs. Alma F Diggers, who has
bccu a ' counselor at
North Carolina College since
1963, has been named Dean of
Women at the college. She will
replace Dean Louise M. Lath
am, who retired July 1. Mrs.
Blggers has the bachelor's de
gree and the master's degree
from NCC, has taught in the
Durham public school systemj
has been a librarian at the
Stanford Warren Library In
Durham, and worked for a pe
riod for the Employment Secu
rity Commission.
Durham Ministerial Alliance
Making Plans for Union Revival
The Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of Durham
and Vicinity is now making
plans for a Union Revival. The
Alliance has invited all Minis
terial Groups of Durham and
Vicinity to share in the plan
ning and promotion.
The guest Evangelist is the
Rev. C. A. W. Clark, Pastor of
the Goodstreet Baptist Church
of Dallas, Texas. Rev. Clark, is
a nationally known Pastor and
Evangelist who is also a Senior
member of the Board of Direc
tors of the National Baptist
Convention USA Inc. and
World Alliance, Inc.; a contri
buting editor of the National
Baptist Voice and a member of
the Trustee Board of Bishop
College, of which he is a grad
uate.
The St. Mark AMEZ Church
will be the place of the meeting
at South Roxboro Street, Dur
ham. The Rev. L. A. Miller is
Pastor.
There will be ten nights of
CAROLINA TIMES SUSPENDS
AUG. 31 ISSUE FOR VACATION
For the first time in nearly a half century
The Carolina Times will suspend publication for
one issue Saturday, August 31, to allow'its staff
to take a vacation.
Many of our employees of several years ten
ure have worked without a yearly vacation. Our
publisher has been unable to take any time off
for practically forty-five years. This is inhumane.
We thank you our advertisers and subscriber*
for your indulgence.
Samuel L. Briggs, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D. C„ -
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Koontz, the
first Negro to rise to the top
post of the National Educa
tion Association, was installed
as president of the 1.1 million
member organization on July
6, in Dallas, Tex.
She will take over the NEA
reins at the close of the As
sociation's 106 th annual con
vention, succeeding Braulio A
lonso of Tampa, Fla. The con
vention will be held in Dallas
Memorial Auditorium, July 2-
6.
Mrs. Koontz is a special
education teacher from Salis
bury, N. C., and her installa
tion will mark the second time
In four years that the NEA
has had a president from North
Carolina. Miss Lois Edinger, a
professor of education at the
University of North Carolina in
Greensboro, was head of the
Association in 1964-65. She
is now a member of the NEA
Board of Trustees.
She is a life member of the
NEA and some of her many
professional memberships in-
See KOONTZ page 8A
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REV. CLARK
I services commencing on Sept.
I 30 and ending on October 11th.
! Meetings will be held Monday
; through Friday nights begin-
I ning at 7:30 p.m.
Training sessions for coun
sellors and leaders of Cottage
Prayer Meetings and all areas
will be *ield at the Union
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