A Voteless People.. .Is A Hopeless People
Pull the Lever
SATURDAY, MAY 15
For The Person of Your Choice
VOLUME 50 No. 20
Some of the Candidates Who Will Figure in Saturday's General Election for Mayor and City Council Seats
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Durhamites To Elect Mayor Saturday
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MOTHfcK OF THft Y6AR AT COMMUNITY—
—AnnuaI Woman's Day and Mother's Day "
was observed Sunday, May 9 at Community
Baptist Church. Mrs. Mary Speight was voted
"Mother of the Year" based on qualities in
home, church, and community.
Shown above, are left to right: Mrs. T. R.
Retired Mutual President Faces
James Hawkins
Kittrell President
Horton Is Elected
To RELCV Board
President Larnie Horton of
Kittrell College, Kittrell, has
been elected to the Board of
Directors of the Regional Edu
cation Laboratory for the
Carolinas and Virginia
(RELCV).
Horton was elected to a
three-year term on the 27-
member board at the recent
RELCIV annual meeting in
Durham. The board is the*
chief governing body of the
laboratory.
In addition, Board Chair
man T. Edward Temple of
Richmond has appointed Hor
(See KTITRELL page 7A)
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"FIRST LADY" AT AAT HONOMD Hon
ored by a Greensboro, newspaper as one of
the city's five "Mothers of the Year" was
Mrs. Lewis C. Dowdy, left, wife of the presi-
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Murchison, Mrs. J." A. uarreu, presiding of
ficer for services Sunday and Mrs. J. Neal
Hughley, 11:00 a.m. speaker and Mrs. Mary
Speight receiving gift.
Dr. A. D. Moseley was the 3:00 p.m. speak
er. The theme for the day was "Peace A Uni
versal Cry."
The result of voters going
to the polls in Saturday's mu
nicipal elections for mayor
and three ward seats, and three
at-large seats on the Durham
City Council is expected to be
a close race.
Asa T. Spaulding who
finished 26 votes in front of
James R. Hawkins in the May
1 primary will be out to claim
the Mayor's seat.
Spaulding finished with
4,057 votes, Hawkins with
4,031, and Lloyd Jacobs with
250 in the primary.
There will be six candidates
seeking election to three coun
cil ward seats-Wards Two,
Four, and Six-and three at
large seats.
Rubin W. Johnson of 411
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dent of AAT State University. She serves tea
to AAT co-eds Yvonne Brown, Richmond, Va.
and Sherrell Clinton, Hampton, Va. (right).
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E. Hammond St. will be sparr
ing A. Carroll Pledger of 2351
Glendale Ave. for Ward Two.
A former justice of the
peace, Johnson is now a mo
tor route carrier for the Dur
ham Sun in the Butner area.
Pledger, a member of the
Durham City Board of Educa
tion and president of the City
wide PTA Council, is an auto
mobile insurance company
manager.
Rev. Billy E. Griffin of
2715 Augusta Drive will go
against J. Leslie Atkins Jr. of
1218 Vickers St. for Ward
Four.
Griffin, a Little Rock, Ark.
native, has lived in North Caro
lina eight years. He has held
(See MAYOR page 7A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1971
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DR. LEON H. SULLIVAN IS NAMED
TO RECEIVE '7l SPINGARN MEDAL
Mrs. M. Adams
Re-elected LP
Nurses Head
Mrs. Mary C. Adams of
Durham, a licensed Practical
Nurse was re-elected President
of the North Carolina Licensed
Practical Nurses Association at
their 24th Annual Convention
held at the Hilton Inn, Win.
ston Salem, North Carolina.
Mrs. Adams served a two
year term as president, a four
year term as first vice presi
dent as well as a Director be
fore being re-elected as Presi
dent.
On a local level in the
Durham area she has served as
President and secretary. She
has also served on various com
mittees at both state and local
More Than 60 Blacks Elected
To City Council-Seats in N. C.
' John Edwards, Director of
the N. C. Voter Education
Project, announced today that
there has been a 400 per cent
increase in the number of
elected Black officials since
1968. In the recent municipal
election nearly 60 Black can
didates out of 75 seeking pub
lic office were elected in North
Carolina. The winners included
about 37 incumbents resulting
in a net increase of 20 Black
office holders since 1969.
Elections are yet to be held in
Durhamrfe Earns Degree From
U. of Mich.; Accepts D. C. Post
Miss Linda N. Gunn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William S. Gunn, was awarded
the M. A. in Social Work at
the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor Commencement
ceremonies on May 1, 1971.
Miss Gunn, a graduate of
Hillside High School, pursued
and earned her B. A. degree
from North Carolina Central
University. She was the reci
pient of a grant and stipend
from the (NIMH) National
Institute of Mental Health.
Her experiences have Included
Add work with the Plymouth
State Home and Training
Center of Mentally Retarded,
State of Michigan, Division of
Mental Retardation and with
the Inner City Schools of De
troit, Michigan.
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MRS. ADAMS
levels.
Mrs. Adams has attended
all state conventions since
1953, also National Federa
tion Cenventions, Seminars
and Workshops. She is a mem
ber of the North Carolina
League for Nursing, North
Carolina Council of Women's
(See NURSES page 7A)
Durham, Asheville, Lumberton
and a few other cities.
The North Carolina Voter
Education Project has deter
mined that there was an in
crease in Black voter registra
tion. However, it is difficult to
tell the number of percentage
of increase since most cities'
registration books are separate
from the county books and no
central records are kept, such
as for county and state elec
tions.
(See SEATS page 7A)
Miss Gunn has accepted a
position with the Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare, Washington, D. C.
GUNN
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Coveted Award
To be Given to
Pa. Clergyman
NEW YORK - The Rev.
Dr. Leon H. Sullivan, spiritual
leader, social activist and busi
ness pioneer, has been named
to receive the 66th Spingam
Medal, Roy Wilkins, executive
director of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, announced
here today, May 11.
The coveted medal will be
presented to the Philadelphia
clergyman by Andrew Brim
mer, a Governor of the Federal
Reserve Board, at the 62nd
NAACP Annual Convention in
Minneapolis, July 6. Pastor of
the Zion Baptist Church in
Philadelphia, Dr. Sullivan, in
cooperation with other clergy
men, organized a selective
buying drive in 1962. The
campaign leveled racial barriers
in 24 of the city's major
firms. To train ghetto workers
Two Durham Girls Recipients Of
RJ. Reynolds Scholastic Awards
Two Durham residents are
among the 15 recipients of the
R. J. Reynolds Scholarship
awards to attend Winston-
Salem State University be
ginning the fall of 1971. They
are Patricia A. Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Keaston
Smith of 1305 Sedgefield
Street and Valeria A. Wynne
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer A. Wynne of 201
West Weaver Street.
Miss Smith is a senior at
Durham High School where
she is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society and the
French Honor Society. She
plans to major in mathematics.
Miss Wynne is a senior at
Hillside High School. She is
a member of the National
Honor Society, president of
the Math Club, and vice presi
dent of the Spanish Club. In
1970 she served as a represen
tative to Tar Heel Girls State.
Miss Wynne plans to major in
biology.
Recipients of the R. J.
Reynolds scholarship awards
are selected on the basis of
their outstanding academic
achievement. The awards
finance four year* of college
and provide stipends for uni
versity fees and charges. The
scholarships are awarded
through the university's Scho
(See GIRLS page 7A)
Words of WiidoM
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Most prejudices eon b« overcome wWi time, pro
vided you approach another man's intolerance
with tolerance. —f. F, Wills
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DR. SULLIVAN
for the new job opportunities
he founded the Opportunities
Industrialization Center. Last
January he became the first
black director of General
Motors, the world's largest in
dustrial corporation.
Dr. Sullivan is cited for
"The inspiration and resource
fulness with which he trans
muted the social gospel into
economic progress for his peo
ple - his role in preparing
his constituents to take advan
tage of the opportunities won
(See MEDAL page 7A)
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NOMINATED TO FILL NAVY POST—PentafOß, Waakfrgh*
D. C—Secretary of the Navy John EL Chaffee (aeetadX fal Mi
office with James E. Johnson, who hat been nnmtwaiai to fiQ
the port of Aaistant Secretary of th« Nary lor Minpowt uj
Reserve Attain. Mr. Johnaon haa been aervtnf u Cmalmkmm
and Vice Chairman of the V. S. Civil Service CMiMoB ri«H
February 84, 1969.
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Six Students
Named to Top
NCCU Offices
Six North Carolina Central
University student!, including
one sophomore, four juniors,
and one senior, have been
certified as winners of last
week's campus-wide election.
Harvey White, a senior poll
> tical science major from Tar
bo ro, will head the university's
Student Government Associa
tion as president. His vice
president will be Waverly M.
Faison, a junior history major
from Clinton.
White won a majority of
765 vot«, running in a field
of four candidates, His three
opponents punered a total of
514 votes. Faison, who had
four opponents, won with
469 votes to his nearest
opponent's 328.
Queen Marabie, a junior
(See STUDENTS pace 7A)