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VOLUME 48 No. 33 DURHAM, N. C-, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969
Diggs Blasts South African
Snub Congressional
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REVEALS NAME—Miami May
or Stephen P. Clark, far left,
reveals the name of the new
linker-expressway park dedi
cated July 30—the M. Athalie
Rsoge Park. The 4.5-acre t*act,
Pres. Slade Outlines Objectives
Of Woman's Baptist Convention
85th Assembly Now
In Session At Mount
Vernon, St. Mark
Highlighting the eighty-fifth
assembly of the Woman's Bap
tist Home and Foreign Mis
sionary Convention of North
Carolina now in session here,
was the annual message by the
organization's president, Mrs.
Vera M. Slade. In her first an
nual message Mrs. Slade stated
the purpose of the members
attending was to give an ac
counting and evaluation of
stewardship since the last meet
ing and decide and plan
courses of action for the ensu
ing year. She emphasized the
Expressed appreciation of the
Convention to various execu
tives whose devotion to their
jobs made the past year's ef
forts, successful. The President
commended the body for a
magnificent job in supporting
the primary objectives of the
Convention. The objectives,
which remain the same from
year to year, are: State and
Foreign Missions, Shaw Uni
versity, Central Orphanage, and
a new objective-The Assembly
Site.
Mrs. Slade stated that the
books closed "with all object
ives met." Stating that the
financial effort this year was
the highest resulting in a ban
ner year in the history of the
Convention, totalling $94,142.
84. The records show $8,852.
61 for Foreign Mission this
year as being the highest
amount allocated in any prior
year. (Financial reports and
the results of various commit
tee efforts will be presented at
the closing session on Friday
morning.)
In citing the achievements
of Shaw University under the
presidency of Dr. James Cheek,
Mrs. Slade said: "He came to
Shaw when it was having a
(See BAPTIST page 2A)
yihPrhUTH UNBBIg-Ep' jf
- which includes basketball and
, tennis court, swings, slides and
r climbing bas, is one of the na
tion's first such playgrounds.
) With Mayor Clark are, from
, left to right, City Commission
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Warren County NAACP Opposes
Setting Up Hew School District
The Warren County Chapter
of NAACP has officially adopt
ed the following resolution:
Be it resolved that we op
posed the establishment of the
two new school districts; War
renton City Schools and The
Littleton-Gaston School Un it.
We opposed it through repre
sentation at the General Assem
bly, stating then, very clearly
it was created for racist pur
poses for white students to
avoid attending integrated
county schools with black stu
dents. Also, we have filed a
law suit against these new dis
tricts through our attorneys in
Federal Courts.
Be it resolved that the
NAACP believes in quality edu
cation too. But we believe in
having quality education for
all Warren County citizens,
(See SCHOOLS page 2A)
ers Irwin G. Christie, M. Atha
lie Range, David T. Kennedy
and City Manager M .L. Reese.
Both Mrs. Range and Mr. Reese
were instrumental in obtaining
the land for the part.
PRES. SLADE
Dr. Robert E. Dawson Named
Pres. of Meharrv Nat'l Alumni
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dr.
Robert Edward Dawson has
been elected president of the
National Meharry Medical Col
lege Alumni Association.
Dawson said: "I fervently
hope that I can reflect the con
fidence shown in me by the as
sociation." The National Alum
ni Association will continue to
increase its support of the in
stitution. We salute the college
for its master effort in pulling
itself up by its boot straps de
spite odds. The goals for the
coming year are for a success
(See DR. DAWSON 2A)
PRICE: 20 Cents
Makes Speech
On Floor of
House of Repr.
In a speech on the floor of
the U. S. House of Representa
tives today, (August 7) Con
gressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
(D-Michigan) said:
"Mr. Speaker: on August 5,
1969, at a cabinet meeting pre
sided over by the Prime Minis
ter, the Government of South
Africa finally and unalterably
affirmed its intention to bar
from South Africa an official
delegation of the House Fore
ign Affairs Subcommittee on
Africa unless its members
would agree to submit to se
vere restrictions upon their ba
sic freedoms.
"After the meeting, the South
African government restated to
the State Department its earl
ier position that I and any
other member of the subcom
mittee would be admitted to
South Africa only on the con
dition that we do nothing, by
word or deed, which might
constitute interference in South
African affairs, and that *e
abtain absolutely from address
ing any public meeting.
"At the same time, the cab
inet decided to grant uncon
ditional visas to Congressmen
Burke of Florida and Wolff of
New York, also members of
the delegation. This difference
in treatment has been explained
to our embassy as resulting
from the fact that neither Mr.
Burke nor Mr. Wolff is a mem
ber of the Subcommittee on
Africa, and thus there is no
presumption that their individ
ual visits would constitute In
terference in the republic's
domestic affairs.
"Of course both Messrs.
Burke and Wolff are members
of the full foreign affairs com
mute, and the South African
differentiation on these grounds
would seem to be trivial at
best, and clearly made with a
full awarness that it would in
no way affect the Republic's
ability to deter the entire dele
gation from visiting South
Africa.
"In addition, the singling out
of members of the subcommit
tee for special treatment is an
entirely unprecedented tactic,
for only last year Mr. O'Hara,
my predecessor in the sub
committee chair, included
South Africa in a study mis
sion. He was received by the
South African government, and
(See CONGRESSMEN 9A)
DR. DAWSON
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IN PURSUIT OF A CEMETERY
—Mrs. Margaret Faye Terry
and her 11-month-old son just
lost husband and father in Viet
8 Black Congressmen Oppose
Loan Guarantee
SEND TELEGRAM
TO SECRETARY
CLIFF. M. HARDIN
The following telegram was
sent to the Secretary of Agri
culture, Clifford M. Hardin, by
the Black Congressmen urging
suspension of loan guarantee of
private golf club in Mississippi:
"Honorable Clifford M. Hardin
Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
Pursuant to our conference
yesterday with the Director of
your Farm Home Administra
tion we are pleased to learn that
you concur in our recommen
dation to suspend final appro
val of $265,000 loan guarantee
re Natchez, Mississippi, Trace
Club, pending review of serious
questions which have been
raised with racial and other
implications. Review should in
clude: (1) The legislative his
tory of the governing act to
determine if Congress Intended
to authorize loan guarantees in
voling so-called private recrea
tional enterprises such as this
golf club, etc.
(2) The application of the
no n-discriminatory provisions
of title VI of the Civil Rights
Act as it applies to said loan
guarantee.
(3) The effectiveness of your
department's regulations de
signed to implement the afore
mentioned provisions. Such
regulations should afford the
most careful scrutiny of club
membership requirements to
avoid the many subterfuges
generally experienced to ex
clude applicants based on race,
creed, or color.
Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
13th Dist. of Michigan
Adam C. Powell
18th Dist. of New York
Robert N. C. Nix
2nd Dist. of Pennsylvania
Augustus F .Hawkins
21st Dist. of California
John Conyers, Jr.
Ist Dist. of Michigan
William Clay
Ist Dist. of Missouri
Shirley Chisholm
12th Dist. of New York
Louis Stokes
21st Dist. of Ohip"
Arrest 9 Soldiers
At Fort Bragg
FT. BRAGG, N.C.
Nine soldiers were arrested In
a fieht here Sundav that in
volved more than 200 persons,
the Army said today.
Authorities said the brawl
stemmed from a fieht be
tween two soldiers over an
unidentified woman at the E 4
Enlisted Mon's Club. When
MPs arrived, the brawl broke
out.
AUTHORITIES said four of
those arnested were later re
leased and Ft. Brae* officials
are continuing to investigate
th«> incident.
nam action. The remains of
Pvt. Bill Henry Terry were
denied burial in Elmwood Cem
etery in his hometown of Bir
Rev. S. R. Lomax to Preach at W.
Durham Baptist 77 Anniversary
On Sunday, August 17, at
the 11:00 a.m. worship hour
the 77th Anniversary of the
West Durham Baptist Church
will be observed.
The speaker for the occasion
is the Rev. Samuel Roscoe Lo
max of Concord. He is at pres
ent serving as Presiding Elder
of the Rockingham District of
the African Metrodist Episco
pal Zion Church which is in the
West Central North Carolina
Conference.
This is the last time the con
gregation of West Durham
Baptist will observe an anni
versary at the present site as
the church is having to move
because of the Urban Renewal
Project. Its new location will
be at the corner of Nixon St.
and Athens Avenue.
Rev. F. D. Terry is the min-
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NAACP KICK-OFF— These are
the principals who took part in
Branch NAACP, in celebration
of the 50th anniversary of the
Branch. Left to right are Arthur
Flecher, Asst. Secretary of
Labor, U. S. Department of
Stanback Sworn in as Assist. Prosecutor 18th JD
A. Leon Stanback, Jr. was sistant solicitor of Guilford Su-
sworn in as assistant prosecu
tor of the 18th Judicial District
(Guilford County) by District
Court Judge Elrita Alexander
August 6.
Stanback was presented by
Chief Prosecutor Douglas Al
bright.
Prior to his appointment,
Stanback was law partner of
State Representative, Henry
Frye, the only Negro legislator
In North Carolina .and Walter
Johnson, Jr., who is now an as-
mingham, Ala. NAACP Legal
Defense Fund attorneys have
filed action.
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REV. LOMAX
ister of the church.
Mrs. Maurine Jones is chair
man of the anniversary com
mittee and Mrs. Cora McFad
den is chairman.
Labor; Ed Sexton, Jr., former Af r o-American Republicans.
member of the Kansas State Washington ,D .C.; Dr. Howard
Senate and currently assistant Fitts, Jr., chairman, Healtr Edu
to Rogers. C. B. Morton, chair- cation, North Carolina Central
man of the National Republi- University, who served as mas
can Executive Committee: T. L. ter of ceremonies and Alexan-
Dodson, national chairman, der Barnes, Branch President.
National Council of Concerned
perior Court.
Stanback was born Novem
ber 12, 1942 and is married to
the former Grace Sinkler of
Shelby. They live at 1217 Eton
Drive, Greensboro.
After graduating from Cen
tral High School, Hillsborough,
he received his bachelor's de
gree in Chemistry from North
Carolina Central University in
1965. He received his law de
i gree from the same university
Gl Father Had
Premonition of
Coming Fate
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The
16 year-old widow of a 20 year
old black soldier, killed during
a search and destroy mission in
Vietnam, has been told that
she may not bury his remains
in an all-white Alabama ceme
tery.
The NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Inc.
CLDF), through cooperating
attorney Oscar W Adams, Jr.,
this week asked for a prelimi
nary and permanent injunction
here in U. S District Court.
Pvt Bill Henry Terry volun
teered to serve in the U. S.
Army in September of 1968:
six months later he was shipped
to Vietnam.
He was dead four months
after arrival overseas and less
than a year after volunteering.
ANTICIPATED DEATH
Pvt. Terry, father of an 11
month-old son, had a premoni
tion that he would be killed
and asked his wife. Margaret,
and his mother Mrs. Jlmmie
I/ee, to see that he be burled
in Birmingham's Elmwood
Cemetery.
His body was returned to his
native Birmingham under the
customary military escort.
"The military." the LDF said
in its complaint, "learning of
the deceased's wish to be
buried in Elmwood Cemetery,
escorted the body there In the
company of the plaintiff moth
er and plaintiff wife."
The grieving women asked
to nurchase a grave site.
Thev were turned away.
"Having no alternative and
having already made arrange
ments for the funeral," the
LDF told the court, the women
"arranged tn have Bill Henry
Terrv. Jr.. buried at a Negro
cemetery on July 19. 1969 "
LDF Attorney Adams said
that the deceased's
be exhumed "if this court de
clares that Elmwood Cemetery
wrongfully abridged plaintiffs'
rights."
ECS Director
Acescis Ner Post
ET.IZABETH CITY. V C.
Dr. Ernest A. Finney, director
of summer school and student
teaching at Elizabeth Citv
State University, has accepted
appointment as a counselor
in resource development.
in 1968.
Stanback is the sixth assis
tant prosecutor of the Guilford
County District Court. "Hie
1969 General Assembly created
the court's seventh judgeship,
and that made authorization of
an additional prosecutor neces
sary. ,
Kenneth M. Carrington of
Greensboro became the court's
seventh judge last week, hav
ing been- appointed by Gov.
Robert Scott.