400 Delegates Expected To Be At Annual Insurance Meet
Former Eagle Basketball Star To Be Honored Here July 24
46 Companies to Represent
49th Insurance Session in Miami
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SCT. SMITH
Sgt. Chas. Smith
Killed in Action
In Vietnam
Staff Sgt. Charles E. Smith,
26-year-old Durham paratroop
er on his second tour of duty
in Vietnam, was killed in ac
tion, the Defense Department
announced last week.
Sergeant Smith's wife, Mrs.
Clora M. Smith of 1005 S. Plum
St., said she was notified of
her husband's death on Thurs
day, July 10.
He was a veteran of eight
years in the Army. He had
been in Vietnam since March
on his second tour when he
was killed. He earlier bad a
year's duty there.
Sergeant Smith was a native
of Durham, and graduated from
Hillside High School la IMI.
He is survived by Ml wfft)
one daughter, Cloria, 10; one
son, Charles E. Jr., 3; his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D.
Smith of 2504 Janet St; two
brothers, Joseph Jr. of Wash
ington and William A. Smith
of Durham; and two sisters,
Mrs. Shirley Vales of Chicago
and Coralene Smith of the
home.
The return of the body and
funeral arrangements wen in
complete at press time.
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STOCKTON
Dormant Labor
Pool Cited By
Negro Leader
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -
Business cannot afford to wait
any longer in rising to the chal
lenge of tapping the largely
untapped Negro talent pool
which exists. Employment is
the key to the problem of
poverty and intergroup rela
tions.
Clifford Stockton, 26, a
Memphis Chamber of Com
merce staff executive, present
ed a paper on "black attitude
toward the business communi
ty" today at a meeting of the
Chattanooga Downtown Mer
chants Association.
One of six Negro staff mem
bers of the Memphis Chamber,
Stockton is the associate man
ager of the Human Resources
Division - created to expand
business involvement in the
urban employment crisis and
to promote Memphis as a cen
(See LABOR page 8A)
MIAMI, Fla. More than
400 delegates representing 46
black owned and operated life
insurance companies doing bus
iness in 28 states will gather at
Miami Beach's Hilton Plaza
Hotel between July 21-24 for
the 49th annual convention of
the National Insurance Co. of
Detroit.
As in the past, concern with
the upgrading of skills, ex
pansion Df markets and prob
lems of management will be
approached through panel dis
cussions and speeches by com
pany officials. However, the
principal theme of the conven
tion, "The Sale is the Payoff,"
will emphasize the role of the
agent and the agency depart
ment. Variations on the theme
will receive in-depth treatment
in work sessions with presenta
tions illustrating the import
ance of the consummated sale
and the interdependence of in
surance operations.
Scheduled to give major ad
dresses are James Farmer, as
sistant secretary of the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare; Broward Williams,
Florida Insurance Commission
er Dr. Kenneth Black, chair
man of the Department of In
surance, Georgia State College,
and Jack H. Quaritius, presi
dent of Peninsular Life Insur
ance Co.
Official greetings will be ex
tended by the Mayor of Miami
Beach, Jay Dermer, and local
community leaders.
Herbert C. Graebner, execu
tive vice president-treasurer,
(See INSURANCE 8A)
D. S. Navy's Top Negro Officer
Praises U.S. Troops in Vietnam
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sit
ting placidly back at his desk
in Washington, the assistant to
the Chief of Naval Personnel
for Human Relations and as
sistant to the Chief of Chap
lains for Plans said American
troops in Vietnam are of a dif
ferent breed from those serv
ing stateside.
Captain Thomas D. Parham,
Jr., Chaplain Corps (CHO, the
Navy's top ranking Negro offi
cer, made the statement on re
turn from a 25-day visit to the
Western Pacific area.
As a representative for the
Chief of Chaplains, Parham
visited several countries in the
Pacific, including Japan, Korea,
Guam, Taiwan, the Republic of
the Philippines and the Repub
lic of South Vietnam
for Freedom's Cause
Speaking of his visit to Viet
nam, Parham said he found
that the men serving there
have a true sense of their
mission, dedication, direction
and purpose that is not com
mon in other places he has
visited.
"I found that the men
throughout the Republic of
Vietnam and particularly those
in the hospitals where the doc
tors, nurses and corpsmen were
working—that even with their
schedule—they mtm mmtrama
12 hours a day, 7 days a week
2 Film Makers
With SCEF Are
Arrested in Miss
LAUREL, Miss. - Two film
makers associated with the
Southern Conference Educa
tional Fund (SCEF) were ar
rested here recently in what
they claim was an attempt to
stop their work.
David' Ilolden, 25, and
Mark Berger, 26, are making a
film about the organizing work
of SCEF's deep south project.
Grass Roots Organizing Work
(GROW)., They are also work
ing on a' documentary about
(See ARRESTED page 8A)
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VOLUME 48 No. 29
Durham ToHostNati
Association July
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WOMEN IN ACTION For The
Prevention of Violence and Its
Causes conclude and evaluate
the efforts of the organization's
first year, during a recent
workshop. Workshop group
leaders from left to right are:
ment or personal remarks about
the time they serve (on duty)
to accomplish their mission,"
he said.
According to Chaplain Par
ham, the servicemen's overall
attitude in Vietnam is that they
are convinced that their jobs
are helpful and necessary in
the pursuit for freedom.
Religion Upheld In Vietnam
The chaplain also stated that
percentage-wise, more service
men attend religious services
in Vietnam than servicemen
serving stateside.
Citing an incident during his
visit to the Navy headquarters
in Saigon, Chaplain Parham
said, "One Sunday, while I was
there it seemed that everybody
(See NAVY page 8A)
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COPS "MISS EMPIRE STATE" state," Friday night (July 11)
TITLE (New York, N. Y.) — at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Miss Linda Bryan, 19, is being here. She captured the coveted
crowned by Broadway star honor with a brilliant person-
Miss Emily Yancy after being ality and a modern dance per
selected as "Miss Empire fonnance. She is flanked at
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1969
Mrs. C. T. Wilson, Chairman,
Civic Improvement Committee;
Dr. Rose Butler Browne, Chair
man, Program Committee; A.
T. Crockett, Managing Editor,
Durham Morning Herald; Mrs.
Southern Black Political Leaders
Announce Dixie
NEW YORK - Julian Bond,
Georgia State Representative,
and a group of Southern politi
cal leaders announced the in
formation of the Southern E
lection Fund. Based in the
North, this Fund is channeling
money and technical assistance
to Black candidates through
out the South to give equal re
presentation to Black citizens.
Bond said: "The impor
tance of the Southern Elec
tions Fund is thq£ it will put
vitality needed funds and ex
pertise into Southern Black
political campaigns and will
help complete the Second Re
construction of the South."
A. T. Spa ui ding, President,
Women In Action for the Pre
vention of Violence and Its
Causes and Mrs. L. B. Frailer,
Chairman, Education Commit
tee.
Another Trustee of the
Fund, Congressman John Con
yers (D-Michigan) said: "Un
less we make inroads in the
"cotton political curtain" in
the South we will not be able I
to change the face of our Na
tion and give equal represen
tation to all of our Southern
citizens. Registration is not e
nough, it is election to office
that makes the difference.'
Dr. John Cashin, a Fund
Trustee and Chairman of the
National Democratic Party of
Alabama said, "We elected
with the help of the Southern
Elections Fund, 17 Black of
(See LKADCRS page 8A)
left by Desiree Lawson, first Africa, as guest of the Nige
place runnerup, and at right rian government and Nigeria
by Lisa Sannders, third place. Airways. Hiss Yancy, who waa
Bliss Bryan will be feted on "Miss Empire State" in 1981,
a V. L P. tour of Nigeria in stars in "Hello Dolly.*
PRICE: 20 Cents
More-than 350 black law
yers and their wives are ex
pected to attend the National
Bar Association convention at
the Hotel Durham, July 29-
August 2.
Charles M. Waugh of Muske
gon Heights, Michigan, presi
dent of the association^will
welcome the lawyers.
Topics to be discussed at
the convention include: "Law
and Urban Problems," "The
Black Advocate," "Campus Un
rest," "The Lawyer's Duty to
Our Military Personnel," "The
Negro Lawyer as a Member of
the Judiciary," "Tax Planning
for Black Business," and "Es
tate Planning."
Leading lawyers and busi
ness, education and govern
ment leaders are expected to
participate including Howard
Lee, newly elected Negro may
or of Chapel Hill; Henry Frye
of Greensboro, a member of
the North Carolina General As
«mbly; Robert Morgan, North
Carolina Attorney General,
(See BAR page 8A)
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SAM JONES IN ACTION
Sam Jones Day to Be Observed
At North Carolina Central Univ.
Sam Jones, an all time bas
ketball great, will return to his
native Durham next week
twelve years late.
The North Carolina College
alumnus says, "When I tried
out for the Boston Celtics in
1957, I didn't think I could
make it. I was ready to return
to North Carolina to teach
■chool."
Instead he not only made
the Celtics squad, but went on
to an immortal with the peren
nial World Champions. Jones
led the Celtics in scoring three
seasons, played in five All Star
Games, and is the only Celtic
ever to score over 2,000 points
in a season (Jones chalked up
2,070 in 1964-64.
Special committee at North
Carolina College has arranged
next week's activities for
Jones' visit. The now-retired
ace will give shooting exhibi
tions at various gyms on Wed
nesday, July 23.
An honorary banquet will
be held Thursday, July 24 at
8 p.m. in the N. C. C. cafeteria.
Proceeds will go to James'
Asa Spaulding Invited to Attend
Launching of Apollo 11 in Fla.
Asa T. Spaulding, Durham,
North Carolina County Com
missioner, was invited last week
by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration to attend the
laurching of Apollo 11, Wed
nesday, July 16, at the John F.
Kennedy Space Center, Flor
ida, the first manned lunar
landing mission.
Neil A. Armstrong, space
craft commander; Michael Col
lins, command moduel pilot;
and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar
module pilot, three veteran as
tronauts. Comprised the crew.
Spaulding has just recently
returned from participating in
five days of "Global Strategy
Discussions" at the Naval War
College In Newport, Rhode Is
land, and has since received a
certificate from the President
of the College "in recognition
of his contribution to National
Security through his effective
participation."
On June 21, he received
the American Legion Depart
ment of North Carolina 50th
Hiss Empire State Beauty
Pageant at Waldorf Astoria
Miss Empire State 1969,
Linda Bryan chosen from a
bevy of exciting and talented
black beauties - finalists in
the nth Anniversary Miss Em
pire State Beauty. Pageant -
was crowned tonight before
was crowned tonight before
an admiring audience in the
Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel.
The competition Is the old
est and the largest in Its catego
ry conducted to show case
black girls. And, this yew, the
finale presented more than six
ty contestants who harf > "niade
lt n over more than 200 original
entrants.
favorite local charity. Tickets
may be purchased at the col
lege Alumni Office.
The Durham native will be
coaching basketball next year
at Federal City College in
Washington, D. C., a school
which wasnt in existence when
Jones left North Carolina Col
lege in 1957. He left an indeli
ble impression on his coach,
Floyd Brown, who says:
"Sam is the greatest bas
ketball player ever to come
out of the state of North Caro
lina. He was great as a collegi
ate and as a pro. He was a
complete basketball player."
Jones scored 1,770 points
for the NCC Eagles in 100
games for a career average of
17.7. HJa team won the CIAA
visitation championship twice,
and Jones was najftriP to the
all-conference first team two
times.
Jones' four years with the
Eagles were interrupted by a
hitch in the Army, after which
he played his final season, in
1956-57. When he went to the
(See JOHEJ page 3A)
SPAULDING
Anniversary "Award in Winston
Salem, in recognition of his
"Service to God and Country,"
and on June 2, he was the
first Negro to receive an honor
ary LLD degree from Duke
University.'
Grand prise for the excited
winner is a VIP trip to Africa
sponsored by the Nigeria Air
ways and hosted by the Niger
ian government. For the new
queen and for runners-up, ce
lebrity trips to the West Coast,
glamorous gifts and cash bene
fits were contributed by the
Tom Houston Peanut Compa
ny and Escapades Travel Sea
vice, principal sponsor*.
In a "helping hand" gesture,
contestants In this year's Miss
Empire State contest have ear
marked more than $6,000 la
scholarships to be granted to
deserving and underprivileged
girls.