Beginning in Ihis Issue Another
INTEREST-PACKED STORY
By the Author of "Over Edoni I Lost My Shoe"
GEORGE B. RUSS
"Love Me, Love My Wife"
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BLACKS IN BUSINESS— White House Presi- cils office of the Interracial Council For
dential aide Robert Brown .center, receives Business Giving his approval
th first copy of "Blacks In Business" from is Berkeley Burrell, President of the National
the man who wrote it, Edward H. Jones, left, Business League, who described the book as
Executive Director of the New York Coun* "a must" reading for black entrepeneurs
United Black P
For By Mayor
Local Teacher
Named North
Carolina's Best
By JAMES VAUGHAN
James Marshall Rogers, Jr.,
a U. S. History and Black
studies teacher at Durham High
School became the second
black teacher to be selected as
North Carolina's candidate for
national public school teacher
of the year. Rogers was cited
as having "gone beyond the
confines of his classroom" to
work with students at the
ROOMS
Operation Santa Clous Kicked
Off By Mental Health Assodatio
By JOHN MYERS
Operation Santa Claus was
kicked off Friday, Nov. 12, in
Durham by the mailing of 350
letters to ministers and civic
clubs in the Durham area. The
Durham County Mental Health
Association announced its
plans to collect Christmas gifts
for the 180 mental patients on
the Durham unit of John Um
stead Hospital.
Mrs. Patricia Osborne and
Quinton Parker, members of
the operation explained the
reasons for the campaign:
"The Durham County Mental
Health Association has spon
sored Operation Santa Claus
since 1967. We missed last
Christmas and the Durham
unit at John Umstead Hospital
had a poor holiday. Staff mem
bers had to divide cartons of
dgarettes to insure that every
one would receive a gift. We
dont want this to happen this
year.
"There are 118 long-term
(See SANTA page 2A)
Mayor Howard Lee disspell
ed rumors that he was an
announced candidate for the
2nd Congressional district in
the upcoming '72 elections.
Without elaborating on his in
tension, Lee merely stated
that: "I am not a candidate at
this time."
The Mayor was speaking to
Lawyers and law students at
North Carolina Central Univer
sity during a November 3
workshop session on the North
Carolina Black Caucus.
Black unity and involve
ment was stressed at the ses
Wilmington Relives History As
Scoff Orders Tro
By JAMES VAUGHAN
VFor several months ten
sions between whites and Ne
groes have been mounting in
Wilmington. Whites «claim to
be arming themselves against
the Negroes, and the Negroes
claim to be arming themselves
in defense against the whites."
The statement above is an
account of events leading up to
a riot in Wilmington, which
left many black and white resi
dents dead or injured. The in
cident, however, occured, not
last week, or last month or
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posit first gifts for Operation Santa Clans
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By JAMES VAUGHAN
sion as Mayor Lee stated: "I
have been discouraged and
frustrated after traveling
through the state and seeing
blacks suffering from hunger.
Hunger resulting from a lack of
leadership and services deliver
ed."
He said that law students
and established lawyers must
began to practice "grassroots
politics." He explained that a
black politician's prime con-
cern is votes.
"But," he continued, "We
have a potential of 700,000
not even last year. But rather,
in 1898, 73 years ago.
Facts thereby suggest that
Wilmington may be reliving
a page of history as Governor
Scott recently ordered more
state troopers into the area
to enforce a dust to dawn
park curfew following several
months of racial strife.
While underlying motives,
the seeds of irrevocable con
flict may well be the same, a
surface examination reveals
two different causes of unrest:
The riot of 1898, reportedly,
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1971
The Future Of Downtown
Durham Is A ired A t Meet
N. C. Central Graduate is First
Black Superior Court Judge
Sammie Chess, Jr., North
Carolina Central University
School of Law Graduate and a
practicing attorney in High
Point, North Carolina, has be
come the first black appointed
Superior Court Judge in North
Carolina. He is licensed to
practice law in North Carolina;
North Carolina Superior Court;
U. S. Middle District Court of
North Carolina; Court of Ap
peals for 4th District and
United State Supreme Court.
black voters over 18 years of
age in the state, with only
300,000 registered."
Mayor Lee is head of the
North Carolina Black Caucus.
According to him, the Caucus
was formed for the purpose of
"watchdog" duties in Raleigh.
"We noticed recently that
quite a few laws have been
passed having a direct bearing
on the lives of black people
but we haven't been able to
get information on a lot of
them."
The Black Caucus hopes to
(See UNITED page 2A)
was a result of political in
volvement of the then Negro
Fusion party which threaten
ed to dominate a majority
black city of Wilmington. The
riot was a result of white
reactions to black political
power. The current strife has
been attributed to the issue of
busing of school children to
achieve racial balance in New
Hanover County and Wilming
ton.
A closer look at both situa
tions revjals, however, that
there are striking similarities
between the two incidents. Ac
cording to accounts by Dr.
Helen G. Edmonds in the
book, "The Negro and Fusion
Politics in North Carolina, "
the earlier riot was perpetrated
by a group of whites called the
"secret nine."
(See WILMINGTON 2A)
Plans for Durham Civic Center
Discussed at City Council Meet
By JOHN MYERS
At 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov.
11, plans for a new civic con
vention center in Durham were
discussed in a meeting of the
Durham City Council.
Victor S. Bryant, Jr., Presi
dent of the Durham Chamber
of Commerce, listed proposals
by the Chamber for the plan
ning of such a center:
The facility should be de
signed to service conventions
and civic attractions and meet
ings, and should not attempt
to include a coliseum or arena
for major sporting events.
Bryant pointed out that
cost and the fact that there
were already several sports fa
cilities in the area were the
predominant reasons for this
Governor Scott made the j
announcement along with two
others who will also serve on
the state's courts. They were 1
John Webb of Wilson and
William Z. Wood of Winston-
Salem.
Chess, at 37, becomes the
top ranked black in the judicial
system of North Carolina. A
staunch fighter for racial
equality, he has played an im
portant part in the litigation
of civil rights cases. The high
esteem held for Judge Chess,
by associates and friends alike,
have been shown by the many
congratulatory and other
praises showered upon him
since the announcement of the
appointment.
Superior Court Judges, in
North Carolina, are the initial
trial judges in felony and major
civil actions. Special Superior
Court judges have the power of
other Superior Court judges,
but are assigned as needed
across North Carolina. The
governor of the State is autho
rized to appoint eight (8) spe
cial judges, who may be re
appointed every four (4) years.
Regular Superior Court judges
are elected statewide, but must
run for specific superior court
districts and must be residents
of their districts.
Two higher levels exist in
the state judiciary system, the
(See JUDGE page 2A)
Instructor Gets
Distinguished
Service Award
Miss Thelma L. Denson,
local teacher, was awarded the
Distinguished Service Award
recently in Washington, D. C.
at the 35th Annual Convention
of the National Council of
Negro Women, Inc. This
award, a gold pin and silver
medallion, was made at the cli
max of Miss Denson's fourth
year as Director of Region IIL
of the National Council for
services she rendered the or
ganization to help complete
the Mary McLeod Bethune
Memorial. Region HI includes
the states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Flori
da, and Tennessee.
The convention theme em
phasized unity, commit-
(See SERVICE page 2A)
recommendation.
The entire block from Fos
ter to Riggsbee Streets and
from Seminary to Morgan
Streets should be purchased
for the site of the Civic Con
vention center in order to ac
commodate necessary parking,
outdoor exhibits, and future
expansion.
Careful ' consideration
should be given to the feasibi
lity of converting the present
Civic Center into a first class
auditorium with adequate stage
and storage facilities. The City
Recreation Department office
now in the Civic Ctmer should
be re-located when more ap
propriate space can be made
available.
Major emphasis should be
(See CENTER page 2A)
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--CHARMING QUEEN—Miss DeEdra Fozard, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Turner Fozard of 109 East Weaver Street. This petite
young Miss was chosen Hillside High School'r Homecoming
Queen during the school's recent Homecoming celebration.
Miss Fozard is an honorable senior.
Rehnquist Branded as Racist
And Segregationist by NAACP
WASHINGTON - Branding
William H. Rehnquist as a ra
cist and a "selfpropelled segre
gationist," Clarence Mitchell,
director of the Washington
Bureau of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, urged the
Senate Judiciary Committee to
investigate further the charges
against President Nixon's no
minee for the Supreme Court
of the United States.
In testimony before the
committee here, Nov. 9, Mit
chell documented the charges
against Rehnquist citing the
Arizonian's public opposition
to enactment of civil rights
legislation in Phcenix in 1964,
to desegregation of the schools
of that city in 1967, to equal
voting rights for Negroes and
Mexican Americans in 1964,
and his denunciation of per
Miss Mary Lee M
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LOVE ML, LOVE MY WIFE Ity (iw.rge B. Ru*f
RAMBLING With Mrs Virginia Alston
WRITERS FORUM By George B. Row
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. Syminer Daye
PREGNANCY PLANNING & HEALTH By G. Riggsbee
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L. Kearney
sons participating in a demon
stration for civil rights at the
Arizona State Capitol in 1964.
Joining Mitchell in testify
ing against the Rehnquist no
mination was Joseph L. Rauh,
Jr., speaking in behalf of
Americans for Democratic Ac
tion. Both are also spokesmen
for the Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights. The ADA
leader questioned the nomi
nee REHNQUIST 2A)
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Action Receives
Overwhelming
Endorsement
Action by the Chamber of
Commerce to alunch a major
new revalidation program for
downtown Durham, received
an enthusiastic endorsement
from a blue-ribbon group of
the city's business and indus
trial leaders Thursday night at
a meeting at Hartman's Steak
House.
After hearing an analysis of
Durham's problems and oppor
tunities from Phil Hammer,
president of Hammer, Green,
Siler Associates of Washington,
one of the nation's leading
economic consulting firms, the
committee unanimously re
commended that a special
steering committee made up of
members of the overall com
mittee be named by Chamber
of Commerce president Victor
S. Bryant, Jr. This steering
committee will be charged with
reporting back to the com
mittee of the whole, with a
plan of action that will include
recommendations for an orga
nizational structure, financing
of the program, and a time
table for getting various stages
of the program implemented.
Hammer's company, which
specializes in the revitalization
(See DOWNTOWN 2A;
Durham Native
Admitted to Bar
In N. C. and Ga.
Thomas Gatewood Samp
son, son of Atty. and Mrs.
Daniel G. Sampson has been
admitted to practice before the
bars of North Carolina and
Georgia, He was admitted to
the North Carolina Bar on Sep
tember 20, 1971 and to the
Georgia Bar on November 12,
1971.
The new attorney is a 1964
graduate of Hillside High
School and was graduated from
Morehouse College Atlanta,
(See ADMITTED SA)
PRINCETON, N. J. - Miss
Mary Lee Mills, a "people
oriented" Nurse Consultant
with the Community Health
Service, who is working among (
the migrants of America after
completing 16 years of service
in underdeveloped countries,
was named today as one of the
six winners of the SIO,OOO
Rockefeller Public Service
Awards for 1971.
Conceived and finances by
John D. Rockefeller 3rd, and
administered as a national trust
by Princeton University's
Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Af
fairs, the awards are the high
est privately sustained honors
for the nation's career civil
servants and hav« been given
annually since 1960 for "dis
tinguished service to the Gov
ernment of the United State*
and the American people" In
five broad fields of government
activity.
Miss Mills, 59-year-old na
tive of Wallace, and • red-
See MILLS page 2AJ