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New Attack On School Desegregation Is Now Underway
TNI GBNIRAL CHAIRMAN
■nd seven other outstanding
Committee chairmen of Kappa
Alpha Psl Fraternity met re
cently in a planning session for
the Kappa Alpha Psi Middle
Eastern Province Meeting at
Hie home of George B. Smith.
Hie chairman are front row,
Allen Named Deputy Director
Project Outreach
Ellis Allen was confirmed
as Deputy Director of Project
Outreach for the Durham of
fice at the National conference
held the past weekend, March
21-23, at Capahosic, Virginia,
according to Ed Stewart, the
local Director.
The conference signaled the
kick-off of Project Outreach
II which will operate in ten
cities throughout the United
States through funds granted
the National Business League
by the Economic Development
Administration.
"Project Outreach, which
got its start last year on funds
granted by the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity and EDA,
goes into its second year with
some changes in operational
procedures but with the same
basic objectives. These object
ives are to mobilize critical re
Ruby Hurley Keyn
HAACP Fund Ral
Durham Hotel
Slated as Scene
Of Gathering
Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Atlanta,
Georgia, director of the South
east Region, will be the key
note speaker for the Durham
Branch, NAACP "Freedom
Fund Dinner which will be
held March 31 at the Durham
Hotel, formerly the Jack Tar
at 8 p.m.
Plans for the affair are just
about complete according to
an announcement made this
week by the Durham Branch
Office. More than 500 persons
from throughout state and
other areas are expected to
attend the banquet.
A few tickets remain for the
affair and anyone desirous of
getting tickets should get in
contact with Mrs. Ruby Hurley
or Daniel Smith.
Hie 1969 membership drive
will get underway on April 1.
It is being held to bring the
local branch in line with the
national drive which begins on
the same date. Durham's quota
for 1969 is 1,000. The mem
bership committee, co-chaired
by Mrs. Mabel Powell and J. &
Fhttyaw, has set its sights on a
much larger number and
expects to announce elaborate
plans toon.
Mental Health Meet
OXFORD The Granville
County Mental Health
Association will hear proposals
(or a mental health clinic at its
annual meeting at 8 p.m.
Thursday at Oxford United
Methodist Church. Dr. N. P.
Zarxar, superintendent of John
Umstead Hospitsl st Butner,
will spesk.
left to right: DeWitt Sullivan,
chairman, Budget and Finance
Committee; Joseph Parker,
Chairman, Silhouette Commit
tee; Lewis Owens, Chairman,
Banquet Committee and Ed
ward Johnson, Undergraduate
Keeper of Records.
Second row: Bobby L. Law
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ALLIN
sources within both the affuent
and the disadvantaged com
munities, to break down the
varied and complex economic
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ARBOR DAY OBSIRVBD
Saturday, March 22 was ob
served as Arbor Day by the
Year Round Garden Club of
Durham at which time a tree
was planted at the K. N. Har
ris Elementary School In mem
ory of the honoree, the late R.
First Lt. Andrew Malloy Gets 3 Purple Hearts and Bronze Star
First Lt. Andrew D. Malloy
of Durham, son of Mm. Lid*
Malloy of Durham and EUaha
Malloy of Now Jersey; and,
grandson of Mn. and Mia.
Landon Dicketson, Sr. alao of
Durham; has received three
Purple Haarta and the Bronae
Star Medal for heroism In con
nection with mflltary opera-
rence, Chairman, Publicity and
Registration Committee; George
B. Smith, General Chairman of
Arrangements; Raymond L. Mc-
Allister, Chairman, Advertising
and Brochure Committee and
William Baity, Polemarch, Al
pha Kappa Chapter, Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity.
barriers faced by members of
the minority; and, to encour
age and stimulate the growth
and explosion of businesses
located within low income
communities, thereby making
these businesses gainful em
ployers of low-income resi
dents and (he owners responsi
ble community leaders," said
Stewart
The other nine cities that
will operate a Project Out
reach II office are Atlanta;
Seattle; Cleveland; Columbus,
Ohio; Richmond; Norfolk;
Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis;
and Chicago.
Ellis Allen, a graduate of
North Carolina College worked
at the North Carolina Fund as
Property Officer for the past
two and a half years prior to
joining Project Outreach. Be
(See ALLEN page 10A)
N. Harris, for whom the school
was named and who was Dur
ham's first Negro member of
the City Council.
Mrs. Alma Bennett served as
chairman of the activities and
presented the tree to the
school on behalf of the mem
W
ttona against a hostile force
while serving in Viet Nam.
First Lieutenant Malloy dis
tingiiMied himaelf by heroic
actions on September 14,1968.
Whße traveling In a conroy,
Lieutenant Malloy'a vehicle hit
a mine, painfully wounding
him. Discarding hia own
wounds, Lfeutaaant Malloy
Che Carolina Cunfs
VOLUME 46 No. 13
Nixon Reveals Plan To Name
Fletcher Assist. Sec'y Labor
Appointment
Announced by
Chief Executive
WASHINGTON - President
Nixon has announced his in
tention to nominate Art Flet
cher of Washington State as
Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Wage and Labor Standards.
Fletcher, 44, is currently
serving on the staff of Washing
ton Governor Daniel J. Evans
as his special assistant for co
ordinating relations between
jocai communities and the
State Government.
A candidate for lieutenant
governor in Washington last
fall, Fletcher has been active
in education, urban affairs, and
efforts to expand job oppor
tunities for the disadvantaged.
Fletcher, a former profes
sional football player, was an
employee relations specialist
with the Hanford Contractors
at the Hanford Atomic Energy
Facility, Richland, Wash., in
1967-68.
In 1965-66, he directed the
manpower development pro
ject in Washington's Tri-Cities
area after working the previous
five years as a teachers and
special project director in the
Berkeley, Calif., school system.
Fletcher was a management
control coordinator for Aero
jet General, Sacramento, Calif.,
in 1959-60, and was assistant
director of public relations for
the Kansas Highway Commis
sion in Topeka from 1954 to
1957.
In 1967-68, he served as an
elected city Councilman in Pas
co, Washington.
bers of the club. Following the
program Principal Spencer
Wynne of the school held open
house at which time refresh
ments were served.
Pictured from left to right
are Mesdames Marie Speigner,
Annie Strickland, Edna Mason,
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mounted another vehicle and
pulled the damaged truck off
the road allowing the convoy
to proceed. Hta valorous ac
tions contributed Immeasur
ably to the SUCCMS of the mis
sion and the defeat of the ene
my force. Lieutenant Malloy's
personal bnvery, aotreastve
nees, and devotion to dnty are
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1969 PRICE: 20 Cents
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NCC CONFERENCE ON CAM
PUS DISCIPLINE AND LAW—
LeMarquis Dejarmon, center,
professor of law at North Car
lina College, led a discussion
of the legal aspects of campus
NAACP Stressing
Drive For Lower
Voting Age
NEW YORK-Urging sup
port of the National Youth
Mobilization Conference in
Washington, April 21-22,
NAACP Executive Director
Roy Wilkins this week cited
the Association's long history
of working for an enlarged
electorate.
"Throughout its 60-year
history, the NAACP has con
sistently worked for expansion
of the vote," he said.
"Young people, 18 years of
(See VOTE page 10A)
Plassie Harris widow of the
honoree; Alice Collins, Ada
Leach, Wilma Milum, Pearl
Oordice, Mary Thomas, Flossie
Torrain, Gertrude Long, Lena
Gates, Alma Bennett, Fannie
McLean and Madge Hargraves.
(Photo by Purefoy)
in keeping with the highest
traditions of the military ser
vice and reflect great credit
upon himself, his unit, the
26th infantry Division, and
the United States Army.
lieutenant Malloy is a 1965 *
graduate of Hißstde High
School and attended North
Carolina College at Durham.
disciplinary procedure at North
Carolina College last week
(March 19). Participants were
deans and other student per
sonnel workers from the pre
dominantly Negro colleges of
Dr. Render to Deliver Women's
Day Address at Mt. Vernon Sun.
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
will hold the 21st Women's
Day observance of the pastor
ate of Rev. E. T. Browne,
Sunday, March 31 at 11:00
a.m.
The speaker for the occa
sion will be Dr. Sylvia Lyons
Render, professor of English
at N. C. College at Durham.
Dr. Render is widely known in
her field and recently served
as a consultant on Negro liter
ature on both the Denver and
Boulder campuses of the Uni
versity of Colorado during its
observance of Black Awareness
Week, Feb. 9 - 15. She holds
the B. S. degree from Tennes
see A & I State University and
the PhD from George Peabody
College for teachers.
Music for the occasion will
be furnished by the Celestrial
Choir of Mt. Vernon with Mrs.
Connie Browne as soloist and
Mrs. Hazel W. Smith as direc
tor. Mrs. Lizzie Crews, co-chair
man for Women's Day will pre
American Tobacco
Equal employment
Twelve years ago The Ame
rican Tobacco Company and
its employees developed a plan
to provide equal employment
opportunity and merit advance
ment without regard to race,
color, creed, sex, age or nation
al origin. Employee statistics
reflect the results of this pro
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LT. A. D. MALLOY
North Carolina. Shown are W.
C. Parker, assistant dean of
students at North Carolina A.
and T. University and J. C.
Jones, dean of students at Fay
etteville State College.
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RENDER
side at the morning service.
The evening service will be pre
sided over by Dr. Rose Butler
Browne, chairman of the
Women's Day program. Mrs.
W. S. Crews will sponsor a
program of religious drama.
gram as follows:
Manufacturing Since 1963
the Company's four cigarette
centers (Louisville, Kentucky;
Richmond, Virginia; Durham
and Reldsville) have hired
2,866 new employees and of
this number 1,766, or more
than half are Negroes.
More than 2,660 minority
group members are employed
in manufacturing and leaf ope
rations and there have been
over 1,260 promotions solely
within this group during the
last six years. Negroes are em
ployed as supervisors and in
office and clerical posittons In
the Company's factories.
Sales Force A substantial
number of the Company's na
tionwide Sales Force are Ne
groes. These include eight exe
cutives - a national Field Saks
Manager and seven District
New York Headquarters
Since 1966 the numbsr of
Neposs at the New York Of
fice has increased from 26 to
Opponents of
Integration on
Move Again
WASHINGTON - The op
ponents of integrated schools
are on the more again. Hun
dreds of letters ire pourinf
into the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare calling
for drastic weakening of the
school desegregation program.
Southern men)bars of Cougreal
Southern school officials and
political leaders see the change
of Administration as their sig
nal for a new attack on en
forcement. They, too, are ap
plying pressures on HEW.
The two news clippings we
enclose with this MEMO, from
the New York Times and the
Washington Post, are typical of
the stories that have been ap
pearing in the preas. Unfor
tunately they give pretty ac
curate accounts of the situa
tion. This memorandum's chief
purpose is to sound an alarm of
our own and urge our groups
to move to offset the Southern
strategy.
The Secretary Is For Enforce
ment.
Some of the press accounts
(See ATTACK page 10A)
Sanctuary of
New Edifice
To Seat 1,000
The membership of the
White Rock Baptist Church,
founded in 1866 will break
gournd for its new church
building Sunday, March 30, at
4:30 p.m. at 3400 Fayetteville
Street, Durham. Pastor of the
church is the Rev. Lorenzo A.
Lynch.
J. S. Stewart, a trustee of
the congregation, a Durham
City Councilman and President
of Mutual Savings and Loan
Association will give the princi
pal address; Invocation will be
given by R. G. Trice, Sr., Chair
man fo the Board of Deacons.
The Responsive Scripture will
be led by B. F. Page, a member
of the Board of Trustees; wel
by Miss Amelia Thorpe, Direc
tress of the Baptist Training
Union; the Litany of Thanks
giving and Praise will be led by
J. M. Schooler, Chairman of
the Planning Committee of the
Building Program; The Prayer
of Dedication will be by Mrs,
Pallie G. Williams of the L. B.
Farrington District; and the
Contractor will be presented
by C. C. Spaulding, Jr., Busi
ness Manager and Treasurer.
Other participants include
Mesdames Madge Hargraves,
M. K. Clay, Dorothy T.
Washington, Lyda R. Betta,
Hattie McClamb, G. W. Logan,
Sr., Louis Jones, and Raymond
See CHURCH page 10A)
66, an increase of 1119k The
total number of minority
group employees has increased
from 46 to 113, an increase of
146%. In part, this increase hat
resulted from special programs
to train minority group mem
bers for office employment
Research and Development,
General Engineering ln this
phase of openttona 264 tegu
lar employees have been hired
since January 1, 1963, of
whom 46 are minority group
members.
Golden Belt - This subsi
diary, which manufactures tac
tile nroducts and printed labels
baa hired a total of 1,614 regu
lar employees since 1963, of
whom 600 were of a minority
group.
Other - Minority group
members hat* also been hired
In the Company's smoking and
twist tobacco plants, hi Hi
cigar plute end In Ma ssasoasl
leaf operations.