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PARTICIPTS-CL. to R.) Dr. Marvin Barrett, Director of Evening College and
Coordinator of the "Executive Wizard's Seminar" at Durham College, Rep. H. M. Mfchaux,
Jr., in. t. General Assembly, and M n w.vi,i0 i. ...
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Dr. kmes 11 Brewer, ftlofed
Hsforon, Succumbs Suddenly
Dr. James H. Brewer, 56, 114 Masondale
Avenue, Durham died suddenly Saturday morning,
March 9, 1974. He was born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, September 18, 1917, son of the late
Bertha and Henry Brewer.
After attending the public schools of Pittsburg,
he attended Virginia State College, 1936-40, where,
along with his twin brother John, he was an
all-conference football player. Here he received the B.
A. degree in History. From the University of
Pittsburg he received the M.A. degree in History in
1941 and the Ph.D. degree in History in 1948.
Dr. Brewer taught
at
Fayetteville State College,
1946-49, Virginia State
College, 1949-63, North
Carolina Central; University,
1963-73, the school year of
1972-73 he was Visiting
Professor of Afro-American
history at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
and he joined this this
faculty- beginning tbs fall
semester, "1973, During W
tenure at Virginia State and
North . Carolina Central
University, he taught
numerous undergraduate and
graduate students who are
now among the top scholars
across the nation. His work
at the latter institution
included service as chairman
of the Athletic Committee
and announcer at football
games. He also served as
Visiting Professor of History
at Duke University and the
State University of New
York at Oneonta. During the
academic year 1965-66 he
served as a
Scholar-in-Resldence at the
Smithsonian Instiute,
Washington, D.C.
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DURHAM, N. I. SATURDAY, MARCH 16. 1974 PRICE: TWENTY-CENTS-
From A Dream To Reality
Soul City Gets Assistance
Hillside Senior
institutes, across the nation,
on Afro-American history.
(See BREWER Page 3A)
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Young 6lh Grade Pea
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Journalists Attend Convention
Awarded IBM
Scholarship :
A Hillside High School
senior, Lynne A. Marvin, has
been named winner of a
National Achievement
Scholarship awarded annually
to outstanding black , high
school students throughout
the country. She v is ,; the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer C. Marvin of 804
Springdale Dr. j
The scholarship program
is funded by contributions
from more than a hundred
corporations, business ' and
industrial firms. The winners,
announced Match 13, come
from 36 states, Washington
D. C, and foreign countries
where U.S. students are
enrolled.
Miss Marvin is the
recipient of a scholarship
The Thomas J. - Watson
Memorial Achievement
Scholarship sponsored by the
IBM Corporation.. It will.be
renewed each year she is in
college.
, To win her award, Miss
Marria.had to .compete fy?it$$
nearly tOfibb students in
(See SENIOR, Page U)
Phyllis Webb, Peverly
Kincy, Ralph Vaughan,
Jerrold Harris, Kirk Yancey
and George Kit heart, Fifth
and Sixth Grade Pupils at
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NEW YORK-Layhmond Robinson, former coorespondent
for the New York Times and ABC-News correspondent is
now chairman of the NY Governor's Committee on Minority
Groups and Women in the News Media. He had this to say
about sex and race discrimination in the "liberal" news
rooms. The news media in New York State newspapers,
magazines, television and radio stations are lagging behind
those 'citadels of conservatism,' the banks and the insurance
companies in hiring and upgrading minority group
members."
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REVERSES ITSELF
The House Select Committee on Committees reversed
itself and dedicated that Howard University should remain
under the jurisdiction of the House Education and Labor
Committee. When it proposed that the university should be
under control of the District Committe, Howard alumni and
students complained, contending it is a national, not a local
institution.
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ON GREYHOUND BOARD
John H. Johnson, president of Johnson Publishing
Company, Chicago, has been elected to the board of
directors of The Greyhound Corporation.
MRS. LUCILLE ROSE REAPPOINTED
NYC Mayor Abe Beame reappointed Mrs. Lucille Rose as
commissioner of the Department of Employment. The job
pays $36,925 a year.
ASSEMBLY MAN SHINES SHOES
Queens Assemblyman Guy Brewer paid off a bet last
week by shining the shoes of another assemblyman. He had
said he would shine the shoes of any Republican who voted
against a bill requiring banks to pay Interest on mortgage
escrow accounts. Although 15 Republicans voted against the
measure, only one showed up for the shine.
CHANGE OF VENUE ANGERS BLACKS
Dr. Elvin Mackey, Jr., black Washington psychiatrist in
support of Watergate defendent Dwight L. Chapin's motion
for a change of venue because of the "large black
anti-Nixon population in Washington" has Infuriated several
black psychiatrists because of his implication that blacks are
. Incapable of giving fair judgement while serving jury duty.
URGES FOLLOWERS NOT TO HATE
Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad, who in the past has
preached hatred for "white devils" and separatism from
white society, last week urged his followers not to hate
white people but to take every opportunity their former
slave owners offer to expand their multimlllion dollar!
Muslim movement.
W.G. Pearson Elementary
School will be among the
5,000 editors and their
advisors attending the 50th
annual convention of the
Columbia Scholastic Press
Association on the Columbia
University campus in New
York City March 14,15,16.
This is the nation's largest
national journalism
convention.
Mrs. Bernardine S. Bailey,
the advisor, will accompany
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MAYORS GATHER-WASHINGTON: The National League
of Cities and the U. S. Conference of Mayors began a
two-day congressional city conference at the Washington
Hilton Hotel. Shown at the start of the conference are
Mayor Roy B. Martin Jr., of Norfolk, Ya. pres. of the U.
S. Conference of Mayors (left) and Mayor Tom Bradley, of
Loi.Angples, pres. of fthe National League of Cities.
Administration Policies Threaten
School Lunch, Humphrey Claims
$5 Million In
Bonds Issued
To New Town
SOUL CITY The issuance
of $5 million in HUD
guaranteed bonds to the new
town development of Soul
City, was announced today
by Floyd B. McKissick and
Alberto F. Trevino. The
HUD guaranteed funds will
be used to convert raw land
into improved land under
Title VII of the Housing
and Urban Development
Program.
Also in attendance was
Alex Armendaris, Director of
the Office of Minority
Business Enterprise, U.S.
Department of Commerce,
which agency has assisted
with the financial closing of
the Soul City Project. Floyd
B. McKissick Enterprises,
Inc., acquired the initial
tract of land consisting of
1,810 acres in 1969 and
immediately filed application
with the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban
Development.
The Soul City Company,
a limited partnership and the
(See SOUL CITY Page 3A)
By TXJ. JERVAY JOURNAL
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Taking only 25 minutes
to deliberate the rate of
Lawrence R. Little on trail
for the bombing of the
Wilmington Journal on the
night of May 28, 1973, an
all white jury (consisting of
eight women and four men)
returned a "guility" verdict
Saturday afternoon in an
unusual Saturday session of
local court.
Court appointed Attorney
John Newton asked for an
individual polling of the jury
and each answered "guilty."
Superior Court Judge
Bradford TUlery, after having
the 18-year-old defendant
stand, told him that he was
sentenced to prison for the
balance of your natural
life."
Before the sentence, Little
made no statement to the
judge, as he had not during
the entire trial. Not only
did he not take the stand,
but he had no defense
witnesses to appear for him.
Newton noted an appeal
of the decision.
Because of the large
amount of evidence
presented by the state under
the personal ' leadership of
District Attorney W. Allen
Cobb and because of the
thoroughness and fairness of
the charge to the jury by
Judge Tlllery and the quick
return to the jury, then
seemed to be a general idea
of what the verdict might
be. Blacks in the courtroom
made no outbursts but a
white man identified as
Alonzo Harris, father of
John T. Harris, 31, one of
10 other defendants charged
in various, bombing Incidents,
is reported to have stood up
and made come sort of
(See BOMBER Page 3A)
Senator huDret H.
Humphrey today charged
that the Nixon
Administration "is embarked
on a course that would lead
to the eventual
dismantlement of the school
lunch program as we know
it.
"The average American,
whose children now benefit
by the millions from the
good, nourishing meals
placed before them, would
be cut off from further
participation. It would be
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MAYOR LIGHTNER.
Atlanta Men
Are Keynoters
The two North Carolina
Central University alumni
who are mayors of Southern
capitals will be the principal
speakers for the school's two
major end-of-year assemblies.
Clarence E. Llghtner of
Raleigh will speak at the
annual Awards Day
ceremonies Friday, April 5,1
and Maynard H. Jackson,
Jr., of Atlanta will speak at
the university's
Commencement on Sunday,
May 19.
Llghtner, Raleigh's first
elected mayor, holds an I
undergraduate degree from
North Carolina Central
University, where he was a
star athlete. Jackson, who
won his post in a run-off
election against the
Incumbent, Sam Massell,
holds a degree from the
North Carolina Central
University of Law.
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squeezed and narrowed in
scope to become a welfare
program."
Humphrey was speaking
to members of the American
School Food Service
Association meeting at the
Rosslyn Ramada Inn.
Pledging to reverse this
trend, the Minnesota Senator
said he is introducing
legislation to establish a
universal school lunch
program.
"We have abundant
statistics that show that
poor nutrition in America
has no respect for different
income groups," he said,
but is widespread even
among children or iamiiies
who could be considered
well off.
"And that is precisely
why the establishment of a
universal ' child nutrition
program is of such vital
importance."
Humphrey asserted that
Administration policies had
resulted in:
a .loss of a half million
participants from the school
lunch program,
unnecessary delay in
(See POLICIES Page 3A)
STUDENT SHOT AND HLLED-CLEVELAND: Grady
Robinson, 13, a Wilson Junior High School student, was
shot and killed outside a classmate's home, according to
homicide detectives. Robinson, of 4805 Woodland Ave. was
shot outside the home of Jerome Reed, 2563 E. 49th St.
Policy On 'Boycotts 'Iff
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JACKSON, Miss. -The $3.5 million damage suit
against the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People that began nine
months ago is expected to drag on some more,
having already broken all duration records.
At the beginning of the year, lawyers for the
businessmen, who sued the NAACP for damages
allegedly suffered during a three-year boycott,
completed their presentation. The NAACP then
began presenting its defense.
On Monday, March
testified. He was only one
of more than 100 witnessea
who have so far been called
to the stand.
Mr. Current, the director
of branches and field
administration, told the
court about the Association's
direct action programs.
4, Gloster B. Current
which, he emphasized, were
implemented In strict
conformity with the law and
NAACP guidelines.
The guidelines, he
demonstrated, were
succinctly presented, in an
NAACP Civil Right!
Handbook prepared for
distribution to the nearly
1,700 branches. .The directive
on boycott! states in full
that:
"The National Office dots
not support Branches and
Youth Councils of the
NAACP in boycotts, against
local atom EXCEPT when
such boycotts have been
defined careffuly and cleared
In writing, in advance, with
National otftetra and
especially with the General
Counsel of the NAACP.
"Before making anj
threats tad pledging say
campaign, NAACP local
(See HEARING Page. 3 A)