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LITERARY AWARDS— Mrs. Mattie T. Lakin
of the Livingstone College English faculty,
centei*, congratulates Richard Walser with •
handshake following the North Carolina State
University English professor's talk to stu
dents on folklore. The occasion was the Eng
lish Department's awarding of cash prizes to
students for literary achievements. Others
Bobby Seale And Mrs. Huggins
Released On mis
Last Rites Held
For Charles A.
Alston Monday
Funeral services were held
Monday at 3 p.m. in the B. N.
Duke Auditorium at North
Carolina Central University
for Charles Alonzo Alston,
66, of 916 Elmira Ave. who
died Friday at Lincoln Hospi
tal.
Alston was born in Cha
tham County, the son of the
late Leanna and Frank B. Als
ton.
In 1923 he entered what is
now North Carolina Central
University as a high school
student. His early association
with NCCU's founder, the late
Dr. James E. Shepard, in
fluenced him to do further
study at North Carolina Cen
tral University. He graduated,
receiving a Bachelor of
Science degree in 1931. He al
so did further study at Colum
bia University in New York.
He served as a public
St. Mark Churdi T
Of Dm ham Business College Sun.
City officials, educators,
and people from all walks of
life will join the pastor, offi
cers and members of St. Mark
Church, 4 p.m. Sunday May
30, to honor Mrs. Lucinda
McCauley Hirris, founder and
president of Durham Business
College.
Mrs. Harris, a native of
Durham and a life long mem
ber of St. Mark Church, has
been a unique part of the
church, community and busi
ness world of Durham. Her
founding of the business
school represents a gigantic
accomplishment. Upon leav
ing North Carolina College she
decided to enter the buslne«
world. It was there that she
saw the need of such a school,
in Durham, to train girls and
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pictured, from left, are: Miss Dorothy Bow
den of Mt. Gilead, a second prize winner in
the poetry division; Robert Jeter, freshman
of Gastonia, a staff member of The Bear's
Tale; James Roseboro, freshman of States
ville; and Miss Barbara Erby, junior of Lin
colnton.
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school teacher and coach at
John A. Chaloner High School
in Roanoke Rapids. He also
served as assistant superinten
dent at the Colored Orpha
nage in Oxford.
On June 17, 1936, he mar
ried Geraldine S. Ellis.
He returned to Durham
and NCCU in 1941, in many
capacities until his retirement
in the spring of 1969.
Since his retirement he had
received several awards and
certificates from NCCU.
He was a member of the
Moore Bible class of White
(See ALSTON 8A)
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NCCU To Award Over
Dr. Martin D. Jenkins, di
rector of the Office of Urban
Affairs of the American Coun
cil on Education, will speak
at 10 a.m. Sunday as North
Carolina Central University re
cognizes mote than 650 de
gree recipients during annual
commencement exercises.
The exercises will be held
for the first time on the uni
versity's O'Kelly Field, a foot
ball field. In the event of
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -
Superior Court Judge, Harold
M. Mulvey concluded that
massive publicity concerning
the case would make impos
sible another impartial jury se
lection, therefore, he dis
missed charges against Black
Panther Chairman Bobby G.
Seale and Ericka Huggins. At
the same time, he denied a
state request for permission
ruling was handed down.
Judge Mulvey's dismissal
ruling was handed down the
day after he declared a mis
trial in the case against the
two Panthers when the 7-5,
white-black jury reported they
were deadlocked.
"The state has put its best
foot forward in presenting its
case against these defendents.
They have failed to convince a
jury of their guilt." said Judge
Mulvey. "With the massive
publicity attendent upon the
trial just completed, I find it
impossible to believe that an
unbiased jury could be select
ed without superhuman ef
forts which this court, the
state, and these defendents
should not be called up'on
either to make or to endure."
(See PANTHERS 8A)
boys to man jobs, in the
various businesses of the city.
She began the college in
her home. It was soon found
that she needed larger quar
ters. She moved to larger
quarters, but the new location
was found to be too small
and she continued to plan for
larger and more adequate faci
lities. She finally decided to
purchase the building that
housed the bowling alley, lo
cated in the southeast section
of the city. Her moving to this
spacious area was heralded as
the outstanding business move
of the era.
The enrollment continued
to grow and it was soon found
that there was a need for more
space. She then acquired trail-
(See HONORS 8A)
rain, the exercises will return
to J. L. McDoutfald Gymna
sium.
Honorary degrees will be
awarded to John H. Wheeler,
president of Durham's Me
chanics and Farmers Bank,
and to Gerald A. Lamb, a
former Connecticut State
Treasurer who is now vice
president of Connecticut
Bank and Trust Co.
The commencement
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VOLUME 50 No. 22 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1971
HOUSING AUTHORITY FAILS TO
GIVE REASON FOR FIRING TILLMAN
Over 200 Pack
Oldham Tower
For Hearing
Almost two hundred peo
ple packed the auditorium of
Oldham Towers Tues., May
25, for a public hearing on the
dismissal of Charles Tillman,
by the Durham Housing Au
thority.
The hearing was called to
order by Carl Harris, Director
of the Board. He read a letter
received from Tillman on May
7 stating he had been dismis
sed without notice or reason.
Tillman was charged with laxi
ty in attitude and perform
ance of duties by DHA. His
letter asked for a chance to
clear his name.
Carvie S. Oldham, Execu
tive Director of the Housing
Authority for the City of Dur
ham answered to charges of
unfair dismissal to Tillman's
attorney, C. C. Malone. Old
ham stated Tillman's dismissal
(See TILLMAN page 8A)
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Durham Bank
Officer Finishes
Course at UNC
CHAPEL HILL - Jesse B.
Anglin, Jr., Comptroller for
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
was among 29 graduates re
ceiving certificates on May 21
for completion of an intensive
five-week management Devel
opment Program offered by
the University of North Caro
lina.
The Young Executives' In
stitute which is under the
sponsorship of the Univer
sity's Graduate School of
Business, is designed to serve
the needs of executives in a
wide range of business en
deavors. It is especially attrac
tive to personnel which has
already acquired a specialized
academic background in a
given field of business.
James P. Grant. President
(See BANKER 8A)
speaker was for 22 yean pre
sident of Morgan State College
in Baltimore, Md., where he
directed the development of
a program in urban aflalis
that gained national recogni
tion.
He became the first direc
tor of the ACE's urban af
fairs program in 1970, with
responsibilities including crea
tion of an awareness on the
nation's campuses of the pro-
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USDA SCIENTIST VISITS SOVIET UNION—Dr. Saul T. Wil
son, a U.S. Department of Agriculture chief staff veterina
rian, is whown with his wife on the eve of their departure
Itr the Soviet Union under a U.S.-Soviet cultural and sci
entlfic exchange program. Dr. Wilson is representing USDA
in consulting with Soviet veterinary officials on their pro
grams for control tnd eradication of livestock and poultry
diseases. Mrs. Wilson, a native of Indianapolis, is a gradu
ate of the Indianapolis General Hospital School of Nursing.
N.C.Central Univ. Law School To
Coordinate Internship Program
Congressman Nick Galifia
nakis has announced that the
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration of U. S. Dept.
of Justice, under the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safety
Street Act of 1968 has made
a grant of $26,620 to the
N. C. Internship Office
(NCIO) together with match
ing funds for a total of
$37,518.
The Law School of North
Carolina Central University
will serve as academic coordi
nator of this program which
will place law students from
Durham Native Receives Degree
From University of Michigan
Mrs. Sandra Wray McAfee,
formerly of Durham, received
the Master of Education degree
Atom the University of Michi
gan at the 177 th commence
ment recently. This Is the sec-
ond time Mrs. McAfee has
earned such honors.
A graduate of NOCU with a
major In mathematics, shq en
tered the University of Mich
igan and earned a Master of
Science degree. She returned to
blems of urban areas and as
sistance In development of
programs aimed at solving
those problems.
Jenkins holds bachelor's
degrees from Howard Unlver
sity and Indiana State Uni
versity, and earned the M. S.
and Ph.D. degrees from North
western University. He has
taught at Howard University
and North Carolina A&T Uni
versity, served as a dean at
Duke University, North Caro
lina Central University, Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
Wake Forest University Law
Schools for a summer intern
ship in the offices of various
North Carolina county solici
tors and public defenders.
Three Seminars will also be
conducted by the law school
of NCCU as a part of the pro
gram. The first Seminar will
be held on June 7, 1971 at
the NCCU Law School.
The objectives of the pro
gram are to provide imme
diate manpower assistance,
NOCU and taught mathematics.
Now under* a Ford Fellowship
Mrs. McAfee is completing re
quirements towards a Ph.D. de
gree in Higher Education and
teaching mathematics at the
University.
The daughter of Mrs. Lyda
F. Wray and the late Frank
D. Wray, she is married to Dr.
Leo C. McAfee, Jr. professor
of electrical engineering at the
University of Michigan.
Cheyney State College, and
has been a senior specialist
in higher education at the
U. S. Office of Education.
Commencement weekend
activities will begin at 9:30
a.m. Saturday, when the uni
versity's ahimni association
meets In the auditorium of
the James Taylor Education
Building. The commencement
rehearsal will begin at 10 ajn.
Saturday. 1
Completes Internship at NCCU
Mrs. Vernita Walker Slated to
Receive M.Ed. Degree from Duke
Mrs. Vernita M. Walker, a
native of Louisville, Kentucky
and a 1969 magna cum laude
graduate of Kentucky State
College, has completed a one
year internship in the Career
Counseling and Placement of
fice at North Carolina Central
University, and is scheduled to
receive a Masters of Education
degree from Duke University
during the iine 7 commence
ment exercises.
The one-year Internship at
NCCU completed phase two
of a special two-year training
program designed to prepare
individuals for careen in Ca
reer Counseling and Place
ment Offices in developing
colleges and universities, and/
or to work in the area of ca
reer counseling and placement
with minority students.
Mrs. Walker spent the first
academic year as a full-time
student in the Duke Universi
ty Graduate School complet
ing all of her formal course
work In counseling and guid
ance, and participated in some
counseling activities in the
Duke University Placement
through the work of the law
students, to solicitors and
public defenders in North
Carolina; to provide a benefi
cial practical learning exper
ience for law students in
terested in the field of public
prosecution and defense; and
to provide a trained nucleus
of North Carolina law grad
uates from which sollciton
and defenders might recruit
their assistants.
Positions will be. available
for 12 law students between
2nd and 3rd year for the sum
mer employment. The Intem-
ships will provide on-the-job
training for the students in
those positions that will pro
vide maximum exposure and
utilization of their abilities.
The law students will assume
these positions the first week
in June with solicitors and
public defenders throughout
the state.
RUSSELL NOMINATED
President Nixon announced
recently he would nominate
Donald S. Russell of Spartan
burg, S.C., for United States
circuit judge on the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Russell, now a federal dis
trict judge for South Carolina,
would Succeed Simon E.
Sobeloff who has retired.
At noon, members of
the graduating class are invited
to an outing on the back
lawn of the Taylor Education
Building. The Presidents Re
ception, for graduate*, alumni
and Mends of the university,
will be held at 7:30 pan.
Saturday in the Alfonso Elder
Student Unk>n.
A special Graduates'
Breakfast will be served at
7:16 ajn. Sunday
PRICE 20 CENTS
MM. WALKS* .
Office. During the interven-
ing summer of 1970, Mrs.
Walker participated in a man
agement training program at
Sears Roebuck and Company
to provide her with some ex
posure to the work-a-day
world which would be appro
priate experience in industry
or business that would serve as
a desirable background for
career counselors and place
ment officers. Prior to that
time, she had worked during
(See DEGREE page 8A)
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Hoggard High Taps
Dr. J. W. Barnes
As Finals Speaker
WILMINGTON - The
John T. Hoggard Senior High
School announced this week
that Rev. Dr. J. W. Barnes,
the pastor of Shiloh Baptist
Church and a member of the
teaching staff of the school
wiy bring the Baccalaureate
message for the 1971 graduat
ing class. This is the first
time in the history of the
school that a black minister
has delivered the finals mes
sage at a Wilmington institute.
Hoggard High School has
an enrollment of mora than
two thousand students, one
hundred and twelve profes
sional staff members, with
(See BARNES 8A)
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