11-Year Old Eddie Hcitley Is Soap Box Derby Winner Sun.
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VOLUME 48 No. 30
Black Republicans
At Pres. Nixon's
Driver Wins
Time Decision
In Sun.'s Race
Eddie Hatley, the 1969 Dur
ham Soap Box Derby winner,
will be off to Akron, Ohio,
for the national finals in mid-
August.
Hatley, a wiry up-coming
fifth-grader drove his red and
white champion car through
a field of 23 competitors to
cinch the Class B title of the
Derby. All boys in Class B
division are of the age 11 anJ
12 years.
After waiting through the
Class A (13-15 yrs) heats,
Hatley came through to defeat
Terry " McFarland in a time
decision. Determining a winn
er by the fastest time posted
by a driver Is not t common
practice although all offteiil
time posted by a driver is not a
common practice although all,
official times are recorded. A
White Rock To
Charles C.SoaiJuly
Late President
N. C. Mutual To
Be Honored Sunday
The Sixteenth Annual Char
les Clinton Spaulding Scholar
ship Day will be observed at
the White Rock Baptist Church
on Sunday. July 27 at the
regular worship service.
Charles Clinton Spaulding
became the third President of
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company on April
29, 1923 and served in that
capacity until his death on
August 1, 1952. He served as
President of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank and The Mutual
Savings and Loan Association.
He was an ardent and
devoted member of the White
Rock Baptist Church and ser
ved as Chairman of the Trustee
Board and a Deacon.
In 1953, the church estab
lished a Memorial Scholarship
Fund, and Trustee N. A. Cheek
was named Chairman of a com
mittee to administer the Fund.
Scholarships have been award
ed to students to attend Shaw
University.
Reverend Lorenzo Lynch is
Pastor of White Rock Baptist
Church.
Hippies Challenge
N.C. Vagrancy Law
CHARLOTTE A
X roup of hippies who aren't
too hep on North Carolina's
vagrancy law have filed a fed
eral suit to test its constitu
tionality.
THE GROUP won a court
injunction against the Char
lotte Police Department six
months ago which prohibits
lawmen from searching their
homes without warrants.
The hippies' petition claims
the vagrancy law was used by
police to harass and intimi
date them.
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY ft 1969
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decision to do so was reached
upon determining that there
were probably surface irregular
ities in one of the lanes of the
race-way.
Hatley's winning racer was
sponsored by Mechanics and
Farmers Bank here. The Dur
ham race held Sunday, July 20,
marked the fifth annual event
here aiiiee it was discontinued
prior to 1964. It 1b sponsored
jointly by Chevrolet, Herald
Sun Papers, and the Durham
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Durham Native Accepts Business
Manager Post at Texas College
Milton R. Grant, Jr., native
of Durham, has accepted the
position as Business Manager
at Paul Quinn College in Waco,
Texas.
Grant is the son of Mrs.
Mary C. Grant and the late
Milton Grant, Sr. of 2111 Con
cord Street.
He received his education
in the Durham City Schools
and graduated from North
Carolina College in 1967 now
North Carolina Central Univer
sity.
He acquired his business ex
perience from the Carolina
Times, Weavers Cleaners, Union
Insurance and Realty Company
in Durham. Most recently he
was employed as an adminis
trative assistant at Wachovia
Services, Inc. in Winston-Salem.
Grant is married to the
Over 73,000 Job Opportunities
Offered In Jobs Training Drive
WASHINGTON - More
than 73,000 job opportunities
for the disadvantaged have
been provided under the Job
Opportunities in the Business
Sector (JOBS) program, Secre
tary of Labor George P. Shultz
ha* announced. Nearly 1,000
contracts have been signed bet
ween private employers and
the Department of Labor un
der this program.
The JOBS program is a
joint effort of the Department
of Labor and the National Al
liance of Businessmen (NAB)
NAACP Receives
Grant For Voter
Education Project
NEW YORK-A Ffeld Foun
dation grant of $49,289 to the
NAACP Special Contribution
Fund for voter education and
registration projects in four
non-soutjiern cities was an
nounced here this week by
NAACP Executive Director
Roy Wilkins.
Oakland, Calif., and St.
Louis have been chosen for
pilot projects covering a 12-
week period this summer and
fall. Two other cities will be
selected later. Each of the
cities has a sizeable Negro pop
ulation with a large number
of unregistered poetntial voters.
Terms of the gnutt require
that "all work [be] done on a
strictly nonpartisan basis, and
that it serve the interest of no
candidate for office."
The Field Foundation grant
assists the NAACP to continue
the country's only privately-op
erated, continuous campaign
in voter education anddregis
tration. In 1968, under leader
ship of John M. Brooks and W.
C. PAtton.
MP
GRANT
former Miss Doris L. Wall of
Durham. They are parents of
one daughter, Melissa Juliet
Grant.
(See NATIVB page 2A)
to hire and train 238,000 dis
advantaged jobless persons in
125 of the Nation's largest
metropolitan areas by June,
1970. The goal is 614,000 by
June, 1971.
Nearly 235,000 basic job
pledges have been announced
to date by the NAB, covering
both Independent and Federal
ly-assisted programs, and al
raoat 178,000 disadvantaged
jobless persons have been hired
Of this number, more than
102,000 have remained on the
job.
PRICE: 20 Cmtm
Mass Rally to
Be Held at Mf.
Vernon Sunday
In keeping with the an
nounced new policy of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, reported to the recent na
tional convention, by its Exe
cutive Secretary, Roy Wilkins,
the Durham Branch of the
NAACP will hold a mass rally
at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church,
Sunday, July 27, at 3:30 p.m.,
at which time it hopes to im
plement the more vigorous
policy. The theme of the meet
ing is, "A look at President
Nixon's Program and How it
Affects Black America."
Arthur Fletcher, Assistant
Secretary of Labor, one of the
top Negroes in the Nixon Ad
ministration will be the princi
pal speaker. He is expected to
give the true image of Nixon,
as it relates to the Negro com
munity. He will touch on the
guidelines of school desegrega
tion and tell how Nixon plans
to speed same.
The labor executive will
also tell of a new approach to
the appointment of Negroes to
many jobs that are available in
North Carolina. There is also
labor unions. The minimum
wage law, which covers every
thing from administrators to
garbage collectors will be dis
cussed.
The facts about the grant to
FCD will be gone into fully as
the NAACP had a representa
tive in Washington for two
days, who explored the entire
matter, in all of its ramifica
tions. The part local Negro
leaders, local Republicans, in
cluding the lone Republican
County Commissioner, Daryl
Kennedy, David Stith and
others will be brought out.
The meeting will be chaired
by Dr. Howard Fitts of North
Carolina Central University.
Others who will appear will be
Ed Sexton, special assistant to
the Republican National Chair
man, C. B. Morton, the only
black Republican mayor,
Robert Biackwell, Highland
Park, Mich., and Attorney T.L.
Dodaon, Washington, D. C.
Persons who are interested in
the implementation, planned
by the local Branch, are asked
(See REPUBLICANS 2A)
Since the first signed JOBS
contract was announced in
May, 1968, an additional 990
contracts have been signed
with private employers offer
ing employment and training
for 73,104 hard-core jobless or
underemployed persons with a
total Federal Investment of
more than $213 million.
Of all contracts signed in
the JOBS program, 85 were
consortiums - groups of em
ployers acting as single legal
entities. These 85 consortium
(See JOB page 2A)
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CINTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Members of St. Joseph's AME
Church Centennial Celebration
committee as they formulate
plans for the forthcoming 100 th
Prospect For *960
Grant To FCD Sai
Fuller To Take
Two-Months Leave
Of Absence
Howard Fuller, whose
connection with the Foundation
for Community Development,
has drawn much criticism of a
$960,000 federal grant to the
organization for a pilot pro
gram of black capitalism, has
been given "an indefinite leave
of absence," the FCD revealed
today.
The announcement was made
at a press conference at FCD
headquarters from which re
porters of The Durham Sun and
The Durham Morning Herald
were barred. Nathan Garrett,
FCD director, said the
organization objected to the
way in which the newspapers
have been writing and playing
the news about the organiza
tion.
Fuller, with a reputation as a
"black militant" here and else
where in the state, has been
serving as director of training
for the FCD. Garrett said
Fuller now will concentrate on
developing "Malcolm X Libera
tion University" in Durham and
that James S. Lee, will serve as
acting director of training
during his absence.
James Holshouser, North
Carolina Republican chairman,
recently asked the Nixon
administration to hold up the
OEO grant, on account of
Fuller's connection with the
group. The OEO sent an investi
gator here to look into the
(See PULLIR pace SA)
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THE PRINCIPALS are shown
chatting following the Men's
Day program at Union Baptist
Church here Sunday. They are
from left to right: Pratt Ed
The Delivery of a Day Pregnant With History
By Asa T. Spaulding
It was 9:32 a.m., July 16,
at the John F. Kennedy Space
Center, Florida that I saw time
God and man meet and within
an instant, deliver a Child of
History. And within another
moment, this infant was on its
journey to the moon.
Conceived in the mind of
man; nourished by all Ameri
anniversary. Standing from left
to right are: S. D. Cuthberson,
J. Elwood Carter, J. J. Hender
son, Rev. Philip R. Cousin,
Mrs. W. Lewis, and C. B. Nix
Dr. Ronald Foreman, Jr. Slated
For Lectures at Univ. of lowa
IOWA CITY, lOWA—Prof.
Ronald C. Foreman, Jr., of the
Speech and English Depart
ment, Illinois State University,
Normal, will lecture on "Afro-
American Music" August 5-7,
at the University of lows, lowa
City.
The institute, for college
and university teachers, is spon
sored by the Ford Foundation
and the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
Dr. Foreman is one of
several guest lectures invited
to appear during the six-week
Institute. Program activities are
intended to develop an inter
disciplinary approach to the
history and culture of black
Americans.
A graduate of Hillside High
School, Dr, Foeeman formerly
taught at North Carolina Col
lege. This summer, he is visit
ing Professor of English at Ten-
wards, co-chairman of the pro
gram committee; Mayor How
ard Lee of the city of Chapel
Hill and guest speaker; Rev.
cans while in gestation, • the
affluent and the deprived and
now, in the fullness of time,
there atood on launching pad
39A a thirty six story Apollo
11, with seven and one-half
million pounds of thrust. It
was created not only out of
"steel and metals dredged
from the heart of America
on. Seated are Mrs. Ruth Bol
den, Mrs. Susie Martin, Mrs.
R. N. Harris, and Mrs. Audrey
K. Edgerton.
(Photo by Purefoy)
M. FORI MAN
nessee State University, Nash
ville.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Foreman, Sr., 2008
Otis Street. His wife, Ann, is
a former teacher in tlie Dur
ham City Schools.
Grady Davis, pastor of Union
Baptist; and W. C. Young, also
co-chairman.
(Photo by Purefoy)
and refined by workers In hun
dreds of towns." but also re
presenting the spirit and
dreams of America.
Prior to the launching, I
stood for an hour, with thou
sands of others, on that his
toric hallowed spot anxiously
listening tfo the count down
with admiration and awe.
(See HISTORY pagt 1A)
Many Noted
Speaker to
Participate
Plans for the 100 th anniver
sary of St. Joseph's AME
Church here are already la
progress, according to report
of Rev. Philip R. Cousin, the
pastor.
Along with Bishop George
W. Barber, «ome of the higheA
officials of the AME Church
as well as other outstanding
personalities, are expected to
participate in the Centennial
Celebration, scheduled for Oct
ober.
Both the adult member com
mittee and the committee com
posed of young people are
busy and eagerty setting in
motion, the many ideas and
suggestions necessary to insure
all of an enjoyable occasion
and to make the commemo
ration a successful one.
Adult members comprising
the committee are Rev. Cousin,
the pastor, S. D. Cuthbertson,
J. E. Martin, Mrs. R. N. Harris,
L. E. Austin, and Mrs. Audrey
K. Edgerton. Advising the com
mittee of young people is Mia
Richalean Tucker, chairman of
the Board of Christain Ed
ucation. James R. Hill, Casirair
Borwn, Harentha Robinson,
and Diana Hill are Members.
St. Joseph's wsa organized
in Durham by Rev. Edian
in Durham by Rev. Edian
Markham, August 20, 1869.
DBC to Host
GOP Meet on
Nixon Here Sat.
Due to the rising resent
ment to the Nixon Adminis
tration, in the black communi
ty, particurariy as it affects
Negroes in the state, Reginald
W. Daiton, chairman, State
Caucus, National Council, Con
cerned Afro American Republi
cans, reported Monday that in
terested party members would
meet at the Durham Business
College, 1:00 pjn., Saturday
July 26. A press conference
is scheduled at the Chicken
Box at 12 Noon.
The theme of the meeting
will be "A Look at President
Nixon's Domestic Program and
How It affects Btock America."
Many of Nixon's aides from
Washington, will be in attend
ance. They are expected to
clarify many of the clouded
issues which Negroes ay at
tend the Administration. Fore
most will be the plight and
uture of the $960,000 grant
to FDC, which was erroneous
ly reported by a local daily
"recently, as haivng been nixed
by Nixon. A representative of
the black group spent two
days in Washington, last week,
and will report his findings
at the meeting.
Black Republicans through
out the state are also alarmed
over the continued inclination
of Nixon to give the plums
to black Democrat*. Edwin W.
Sexton, Jr., former state aenU
or of Kansas, named by Rogers
C. B. Morton, chairman. Re
publican National Committee
as a special assistant, will ad
dress the meeting and to ex
pected to give a clear cut ver
sion of the Negro's partici
pation in the Nixon Adminis
tration. Job opening «ui
be many, will be
and interested persons will fed
told how they might apply
for same.
Thurman L. Dodson, satins
al chairman, NCCAR, along
with many other national lead
ers will be in attenduee and
give the purpoes and afcne of
the organisation. They all at
_ (See NIXOM page 1A)