NC' Cleric Heads 'Bi-Racial^Body
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VOL. 19, NO. 13
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Duriiiji Home Fire
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#f« Rapes A ndßobberies:
Diaper Bandit' Jailed
Women Say
Man Wore
Diaper Mask
ATLANTA Police quizzed an
18-year-old “baby diaper bandit"
this week In connection with a se
ries of rapes involving both color
ed and while women.
Detectives said the mail, who
aas net identified pending com
pletion of the investigation, ad
mitted 18 night-time burglaries
in Atlanta. They quoted the man
*s saying he cut holes in a diaper
-o fashion a mask.
During three of the burgla
ries. the man raped oj at
tempted to rape several wom
en, police said. However, he
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Tar Heel Is
Re-Elected
Cy Omegas
NEW YORK. NY. Dr. I.
Gregory Newton, School of Politi
cal Science. North Carolina Col
lege, Durham, North Carolina was
re-elect i to head the Omega Psl
Phi Fraternity, by unanimous
vote, at the New Yorker hotel,
Tuesday afternoon
Ellis F. Corbett, public relations
director.'A&T College, Greensboro
North Carolina, was re-elected
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ATTACK VICTIM IDENTIFIES SUSPEECT—Leaving the 11 1th Precinct in Queens. N.
Y, late Dec. 23 rd are Miss Laura Haines, 20, and her uncle, William R. Gherardi, of Oyster Bay
r L I. Miss Haines, a Radcliffe College coed in Cambridge, Mass., and daughter of west coast
novelist William Wister Haines, had just identified a Negro suspect as the cab driver who beat,
robbed and attempted to rape her at La Gnardia Field late Dec. 21 st. Police said the suspect had
admitted the attack, and had agreed to show them where he hud bidder, the luggage, purse and
other items he had taken from Miss Haines. ( UP! PHOTO).
/Vv rth Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY JANUARY 2, 1960
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TURNED 106 ON CHRISTMAS DAY Seated in her
home near Arvonia, Va.. Christmas Day Mrs Lucy Scruggs cele
brates both Christmas and her )Obth birthday She lives in a small .
one-room cabin in the central pair of Virginia Mrs. Scruggs, the
daughter of slaves, was born in Roanoke, Va. Her advice after
106 years is, "have faith in the l.ord. ' Despite her age she boasts
excellent vision arid still does much of her house work. (UP!
TELEPHOTO).
Ask General Assembly To
Join Protest March Fri.
PETERSBURG, Va. Negro,
leaders called on the General As-j
sembiM Tuesday to join them Jan <
! in a mass pilgrimage of protest
against the school closures in
Prince Edward County.
The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker of
Petersburg asked House Speak
er E. Blackburn Moore for an au
dience before a joint session of
the stats senate and house of de
I legates.
"The unanimous sentiment
of our pilgrimage committee,
in light of the Prince Edward
crisis, is to seek immediate re
lief before your deliberative
bodies for the 1,700 Negro cl»il
dren who are presently with
out school facilities and an
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12c IN N. C.; ELSEWHERE 15c
Daddy Come
Get Os’, Yell
Five Kids .
SLANT. Va—Five children, 3
to <2 years old, burned to death
in a mountain farm cabin early
Wednesday as their father listened
helplessly to their cries for help
Fleetwood Gibson, 50- year
old trnnant farmer, suffered
a broken leg in a vain attempt
to reach the children. He was
driven back by walls of Name
that levelled the five-room
cabin In this remote South
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Form Rights Body
Li Deep South
WASHDNOTON -- The Civil,
Righto Commission Monday an
nounced the formation of a six
member state advisory committee
for Mississippi
The committee, which includes
two Negroes, held its organization
al meeting m Jackson, Miss. Mon
day.
It was the 49th state advisory
committee formed by tire commis
sion. A committee spokesman said
a committee will be formed in
South Carolina “very soon.”
Woman, 70, Perishes After
Being Struck By Automobile
ENFIELD An elderly woman,
being led across a city street, by
her granddaughter, was struck and
killed Monday, as she stepped
from behind! one car info the-path
of another.
Mrs. Ellen Opus, 70. of En
field, was killed instantly
when hit hy a car driven by
Rirhurd Dickens, & Whitakers
man.
Halifax County Coroner Ru-
27 Deaths Recorded In State
During 4-Day Yule Holidays
Eight persons dic'd Sunday in a ,
rash of traffic accidents that sky-j
rocketed Nor'h Carolina's three i
day Christmas weekend death toil i
to 27
The number of fatalities for the !
three-day period was greater than j
the number killed during last '
year's four-day Christmas holiday
when 26 person* died on highways
In the state.
The North Carolina State Mo- i
tor Club had forecast 19 persons
would die in traffic accidents dur-|
mg the weekend The prediction I
had come tine by shortly after I
midnight Saturday when the 19th j
traffic death was reported.
Twelve other persons met vio
lent deaths during the three day
period Fire chvmed the lives of
160 Pastors
Choose New
President
GREENSBORO (Special) In
a move which marie history in
the South, the 160 ■ member
Greensboro Ministerial Fellowship
recently installed Rev, C'. W- An
derson, Negro pastor of massive
United institutional Baptist
Church. Greensboro as its presi
dent, The Fellowship comprised
more than 130 white ministers of
a!! denominations and about 30
Negroes
Or. Anderson was bom In An
derson, South Carolina and holds
OR. C. ANDERSON
beads Alliance
Bachelors degrees front Johnson
C. Smith Unnersity and Gammon 1
Theological Seminary, in 1953
Shaw University conferred upon
him the degree of Doctor of Du •
Init.y.
Prior to coming lo United
institutional Baptist Chore!)
here, Dr Anderson pa-stored
Mi. Pleasant Baptist Church,
Belmont; First Bapt I* <
Church. Baiias, N. C. and the
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Due to continued Increase
i« production, single copy
price of The CAROLINIAN
will he 15c—effective January
3ih.
Subscription price will re
main 14.50 annually.
Some members oi fine commit
tee are:
Dr. James Lucius Alton, a Nr
rto pharmacist, and businessman
in Columbus and a native of Mag
nolia.
Admiral Robert Briscoe TJSN
(Reth plantation owner from Lib
erty and former NATO Comman
der for Southeastern Europe, He
was born in Centerville; and
Dr. A. Benjamin Britton, a Ne
gro physician In Jackson and bom
in Clarke County.
fus Britton ruled the death
an mssviodable accident
Policeman H. F. Kerr said the
woman was crossing the street,
part of tJ S. 301, stout 30 feet
from a pedestratn crossing.
The child had wasted with her
grandmother for one car to pass
and then began crossing the
street. The victim was almost to
tally blind.
I three persons; seven were shot to
! death; one was stabbed and one
i was killed in a fall.
Two persons were fatally in
jured w hen their car overturn
ed IS miles southwest Os WiL
kesboro on N. C 18 Sunday
and roiled Into an open field
Edward Lambert, 27, and
James Edward Cook, 22. both
of North Wifkesboro, died la
j ter in a hospital- Highway Pa
trolman P. L. Sipes said the'
ear, traveling at an excessive
rate of speed, failed to make »
j curve, skidded 300 feet, over
♦mined and rolled into the
field.
Owen Bethel Indian. 18, of Rt.
2, Lawsonville. was killed when he
lost control of his car 2.5 miles
ROUGH At TION AT DIXIE CLASSIC—Utah's Allen Holmes (lower right) and unidenti
fied Minnesota player take a dive and are caught flat on then hark during semi-finals of Di\ie
Classics 12/2*4. In background are Minnesota's Ray Cronk and. Utah's Gary Chestang. Rill Mc-
Gill of Utah, another colored star paced Utah's victory over Minnesota Tuesday night. (Uhl
TELEPHOTO ),
McGill And Holmes Star In
Dixie Classic Series Play
At least two colored basketball
players are seeing quite a bit of
action during the Dixie Ctasic, be
ing played a! the Coliseum on the
campus of North Carolina Slate
College this week. They are Bill
McGiil and Allen Holmes, both of
the University of Utah.
Utah was defeated in the
first game it played Monday
nighl by ihr- Duke University
Blur Brails. @3-52, McGill saw
quite * bit of action i« that
encounter.
Fifth-ranked Utah built tip a 11
point lead Tuesday night and then
had to battle for a 75-73 victory
over Minnesota in She consolation
bracket of the Dixie Classic Bas
ketball Tournament
The Redskins mol Holy Cross for
!he consolation championship on
\Vednesday afternoon.
Paced by Bill (The Hill) Mc-
Gill and All c n Holmes, the
Redskins pulled away slowly
in the first half, leading 43-34
at halftime. They built the
margin in 14 points. 60-16, af
ter seven minutes of the sec
ond bn If. but then Minnesota
came to life.
Wilh Ron Johnson leading the
way. Ihe Gophers chopped away
at t.ir* margin and cut it to four,
61-57. with eight minutes Est. A
foul shot by Gary Chcstang and a
basket by McGill got it back to
State News
Brief
CARVER DAV IN N. C,
RALElGH—Governoi Luther H.
Hodges ha s proclaimed Tuesday,
January 5 as George Washington
Carver Day in North Carolina,
this observance will honor the
great scientist and humanitarian
who taught for many years at Tus
kegee Institute in Alabama. On the
anniversary of Dr Carver's death,
the death is observed on a nation-
ATTEND DURHAM CHRISTMAS
DINNER
DURHAM The Winston Mu
tual Insurance agents and repre
sentatives of the Raleigh District
shared a gala Christmas dinner in
Durham on the night of December
23rd,
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11 east nf Lu-Wsonvllle and overturn
: | od on a. rural paved road Sunday
A young couple died early Sun
day when its car went out. of con
trol on z rural road paved road 31
miles north of Franklin and
plunged into the Nantahala Riv
er
Donald Leroy .Tones, 18. Rt.
1. Tryon died when his car went
out of control early Sunday, side
swiping three other cars and
crashing into another automobile
on N. C, 9 about nine miles south
of Mill Springs.
A car ran off a rural paved
road three miles north of
Laurel Hill Sunday end slam
; mod into a tree killinp, Luw-
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seven points. 64 57, but. the Gop
hers kept battling
Holmes folded out with b 56 left
and Johnson hit two fn: hrow
to make it 68-63 and Ray Cronk
iiit a bucket to make the margin
Interracial Conference
Held At St. Augustine's
BV MARCUS H ROLL WARE
Setting the keynote for a three
day conference of Episcopal clergy
and laymen. Rev, C. Kilmer Myers
of New York in an address at St.
Augustine's College, Raleigh, said,
“To me, the racial question calls
for an awakened personal loyalty
to the Lord Jesus Christ.”
These words represented the
theme of Reverend Myers’ speech
at. Holy Communion services in
the St Augustine's College chapel
on Tuesday at 7 a. in. Rev. Myers
did not arrive in time to make his
address as scheduled for Monday
evening.
"The so-called race question
is more than a social and eco
nomic question. Me are so
caught up in the social, the le
gal, Ibr socially customary. Hie
angrr. and the frustration of
race, that we don't know the
depth dimension of the prob
lem. It is only in Christ that
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Man Claims He Was
Beaten And Robbed
WINSTON-SALEM - A Shelby
man on his way home from Wash
ington for Christmas was beaten
and robbed and his car was stolen
in Forsyth County Thursday at
ternoon.
Deputies said Junior James Mo
Neely had been drinking at the
time of the incident. Authorities
at a local hospital said McNeely
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R. E. Quinn Furniture Company
Taylor Radio & TV Service
Modern Finance Company
Hunt General Tire Company
Acme Realty Company
Standard Cinder Block Company
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Market Barber Shop
Open Air Market—New Bern Aie
W, T. Grant Company
Song Meadow Farms
Pilot Petroleum Company
Glis Russos Hatters & Cleaners
one, 66-65, with 3:49 left
A basket by Joe Marion and
fool shots by McGill and Cites
tang moved the lead back to
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DR JAMES A. BOYS It
host president
• was bleeding from three head Inc
('rations and a gash on hts ear
1 when he was left, at, the emergen
; cy room by a motorist.
Me Neely told depth lea he
was driving along V. S High
way 29 between Greensboro
and Wins*, on -Salem when he
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■toy's American Grill
Rainbow csb Company
Consolidated Credit Corporation
Dunslon's Texaco Station
Capital Grocery
Ta tit Studio
She Shoe Mart
i. C, Penney Company
Hellig-lievtne oi Raleigh, Inc
Rileish Industrial Loans
•lives Grocery
Charles Department Store
Union Finance Company
Honeyf'tti Super Market
Raleigh. Furniture Company
Mac’s i's.so Servicenter
Wood's 5 & IP Cent Store
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Ridgeway Opticians
Carolina Builders, Inc
Caveness Insurance Company
7-UP Bottling Company
Billon Motet Finance Company
Watson's Seafood ft Poultry Co
Bankers Fire Insurance Company
Warner Memorials
The Pepst-Cola Bottling Company
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United Restaurant Equipment Co,
Watson’s Restaurant
Public Service Company of N. C
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Ambassador Theatre
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Raleigh Paint ft Wallpaper Co.
Gem Watch Shop
Raleigh Savings & Loan Association
Speedy Wash
Odom Cut Rate Clothing
ASP Food Store*, 4nc.