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HOLD GROCER. 41. ON GIRL'S RAPE CHARGE SUPREME COURT -JUDGE SWORN IN - N V Governor Avw» Harritiiao congratulate* Si- -urns -JH.:- .W A ~i. ■ following latter’* *v> caring-in »* Judge of >'• ' >«ipre«i»e < -.'vrt m j*> w York Inst ««k. Occasion marked first lime in hist r; • a Negro appoint iv-eiil t*> Stair s judsc -i ’ >i- ' 1 £>*■»* (Nr*\v<«pff*»v FhOtoU Girl, 10, Says White Grocer Attacked Her A’ pressr-me ''AViinvyclc; -■ : w»' reported t,c The CA.ROLINIA N ’hs’ Be nr ip Norton 41 white operator of * country supply *t< re m the Ba* leaf Corner -ntty, •nos srio in jail u-naive to pro duce 3 Sft.WO bond >r. the alleged aUempt-vl tape r-f a IC-year-v»US ra'e g -i Ttt-edav rr 'r; r „ The Wake County Sheriffs De partment is: :->;:d to tie waiting nrt h report f- rr a Raleigh physi cian regarding whether tn. child had hern sexuni’v molested be fore formal cha.;".<« are pressed against the grocer. I'oung Osrlioe Hayes told *heelf'* deputies that Norton tUempied to rape her at hi* eiore early Tnes-dav She satfl that went horn* -rind re OSDS S ENDS | n<t The RALEIGH SCENE Have you noticed how grim and »«n« most people look the;' days? They do not appear to be exactly , •nad. but u, isn’t often .you observe a happy, cheerful-looking {ace. Maybe, the tension and pressure of the times and the war and tear ; of just trying to exist amid so much confusion are having their effect and people are feeling that after all, there really isn't ton much for them to *miie about. A brawl in the ''-oaring'' 400 block of S. Bloodworth Street last week resulted in a G.I. having to have, a dozen stitches in his face >o sew up the cut* caused by a pop bottle breaking m hi* mug. Seems as though one young lady resented what .she considered some joke being made about her by another young ladv. resented it to the extent of heaving ;> bot tle at the other lady and he G.I. intervened with his head. Hr sav ed bis lady friend from getting the blow intended for her but his heroism wa< a bit costly to him self. Can’t something be done to bring sn end to these secret meet- • >ng« where vital, public issues are discussed Are the participants s fraid of the people they are sup nosed to be representing’ Two meeting* of deep significance to all the people were held in .Ra leigh last week, but reporters and the public were barred from each It does not make one parhea! or difference what excuse these po ple offer for holding their meet ings in secret, the fact remains' that the peoples business is the peoples business and the sooner ail concerned fully realize that all important fact, the better off ail of us will be. Both of the meet ings referred to had to do with the issue of desegregation in the public .schools. One dealt, with the local schools and was held by the Raleigh School Board of Trustees. This board has one Negro mem ber, Attorney F J. Carnage. The other meeting was supposed to be (CONTINUED ON PAGE II > Virginia Told To End Jim Crow In State Parks NORFOLK. Va.—The State of, Virginia cannot deny Negroes the, use of Seashore State Park, Fed-i erni Judge Walter F. Hoffman/' ruled last Thursday, issuing a per-■ manent injunction to that effect. \ The injunction also provided i that if the park is leased to a j private operator, as contemplated by the. State, such lease must noti discriminate against any racial croup. The judgment. of this court,”' said Judge Hoffman in a '3-page opinion, "is not rendered without' the full realization of the impact! ported ih •• incident to ■■ r r mother. Mr*. Nalhlotn Me n bemon. v.ho allegedly called .the law. H ‘ Be-t.'-i W-. k r r> ■ :d that Norton >!--ffost.i\ ce tiied that he rapid n . ; •"• ri. b:i* ’iaimed that her family had "run up a large grocery bib" and wt -• living to avoid pa.vtr.i in use of the. at.tacK Shei ff Robcl mri Deputies Benton. ’■■■•■ Tu: ■ > '■ Walter Pearce ».r •■«•••’. go led Wtoplaipt SRANOSON OF LATE N. 0. LEADER GETS WHITE HOUSE POST Washington e f- ink Morrow, grandson of Hie late in- John S. Morrow, prominent North Carolina educator and Prc«byr* - rian ministei. was named Satur . day to a top job in Pr« sident Biser.how. •'.s executive office lie began work on Monday as administrative officer for the Special Projects Grout' it an annual sa!ar> of between and Sl3,ooft. f irst of his race to hold such high of • fice, the new appointee works out of headquarters across i the street from the White House in the old State De partment building. Since Sept 14. <957S- Morn v ; l:a.s been an adviser ou busin--;: i affairs tn Secretary of Cotr.mcrct Week. He served on Pro-idem : Eisenhower’s campaign tram tr. 1952 and has held posts with the Columbia Broadcasting System and the national office of the N AACP. In his new post. he will h ponsible for the coordination of internal management, affairs in the Special Projects Group. This group includes the Council on. Foreign Economic Policy, headed by Joseph M Dodpe; the offices of Harold E. Sta risen and Nelson. A, Rock fellow, special assistant to the President on dkianhaintuii j and foreign policy, and the office j of Maj, Gen John S Bragdon. j special consultant, on public ’ works planning. t ——- - ; | Morgan Coed Shot In Class Room i BALTIMORE -Police i ; week j were continuing their invrstma- , Hon of the shooting of Miss Juanita Watson. 23-year-old Mor gan College coed as she sat in a classroom with some 60 other i students. A bullet, fired apparently from i .22 caliber rifle, hit her in the oack and fractured a rib One theory is that she was wounded! by a stray bullet fired by some one taking target practice Her j condition was reported "good” or : Wednesday. , of this decision on the State park j | system in Virginia. The future < ! course rests in the hands of the | I elected and appointed represents,-! i tives of the commonwealth. I At Richmond. Attorney Gen-! i era! J. Lindsay Almond. Jr., said! j that he expected the opinion to 1 ' enjoin the State from denying j i Negroes the use of the park under State operation. He indicated, however, that he regarded ar highly debatable whether the Staie could be enjoined from leas ing the omperty to a private op- • CONTINUED ON PAGIi 11) THE 10 C \ ‘ { * ~ —? 10c / ~" -- —c-jn—J \ VOLUME 14 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 16, 19. SS NUMBER 4? Citizens Press For Integration Now ★ -A -* it k "k ~k ir ir ★ ★★ ’k ★ Ik- * jr ★ ★ k -k k jr 4 ■¥-, 4 -4 ¥ Tired Os Having Babies Wn m:, w i-- , ,s- r-- G ■ ' iSffls & S 0 hE Wmlm WeMm' i%sk n; of : sh ’§s N ••• '■ v- ffIHK tar *&*&£&*&>*, H i i ( S . • .. - * . ; . v -v i -r’ jgßfo ‘twi - s JLV - • W&r ' , 'N ■ •' ' V . wk ; V ■ ' . ' V y:,r SP’ : . v - ' '>•: .'*V -* v ' M.T. Local Groups On Schools Thc fi v\ : : •• ’'.tcm c d; <i z ner* nt\S lor»i Cuaptur tho j S:\J\CV v. mv mr- 10 tiic R;? f Ci«h School H<yr,r \r. ., v • ok. -n an- ' SIVI r *0 -hr- B-« n. nt of h€s?.Uncy rir. U<\<- h>umsfivu^; pu hoc. ? r * r 's policy,; rclativf Jo Hc-uLrrp.'MifMj TLriat rriurP of pricey, to : sav Thu Joas: -u the -light of trie I. S’ pr< Cou r • nn piemen tat ion of i Tvlay 30, doer no; sho vv "Good ' Faith 1 , and i, c ;rjj4pj-.-.-j ;;-)?£■ , n . I ‘statement r*f pf-io-y ofiV;., nothing j ■ more fhsr* promise in the j to carry out the courts decision j can be ;ar-i eus put off for; nn indofin l l e pcr : ; ■>d, Ou r inter-. p«.:i tf»tion Oa the ludicy of lap local (CONTINUED ON I’AGI Ji) Nationals Pack Too Much Wallop By ALEXANDER BARNES COUNTY .- T \mV M. Mil- , waufccr Wis. -The 22nd annual Ail-Star r 'trie ; -u-ted off with ' two sour notes for the fans of this town, made famous by Schlitz ‘ and ri.iuvenated by The coming of big league baseball, the fact' that Beer magnate Miller ana famed sports write; Arch Ward who made the plans for the stai studded game, could not he pres- : er.t and the fact that the .Amer ican leav lers got off to a four 1 nothin.- lead in the fir:;! inning. ! All ti,e power of the national ( league hair- seemed io have been 1 hushed by the slants of little Billy 1 Pierce, who served only one hit. ' to Red Schoendist in three in ning. The National fans seemed ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12i t Wha t s Happen ing On The Desegregation Front COLUMBIA, S. C. COLUMBIA —■ Three federal : judges—-Judges John J. Parker j of Charlotte, N C„ Armislead M. Dobie of Charlottesville Va., and George Bell Timmerman of South Carolina's Eastern District—will meet here Friday to hear suggest- 1 i $ j%|jy ? „ r, IWjjjflKffltßWßiffiEroßßroiWff/IWBnTrTflTlffiffn : ' :: '--' SBHHH MkfiMiitZlHKvtWmaWZßMHtlßWmmßmnraßtSmmßQSßmir*' 3arlflMß^ wtmQK3N&}' <* *? •rfi.ft!fif^PfiP^:J ! „M .. .. LETS .GET STARTED This group of Durham citizens arc shown as they appeared before the Durham Scho«? Hoard on lit OBERLIN UHUBCH HONORS COUPLE—I’hv pastor and ffifm hers of the Oberlin Baptist Church last Sunday honored Attorney General Says Youth Are Not Qualified 'Sprrial To Th, CAROLINIAN) Las' week, afier hoidinjr a i strategy meeting with til? stsft : aid gdv sors here on what steps the suite would take in answering (tie sun brought by the NAACP nn behalf of 3 Durham Negro boys . who w ere denied admission to the • University of North Carolina, this : stanew atorney general W B. • Rodman, indicated that the state i would seek tn prove in its defense ; ilia* the youth were no; scbo'as-' erf means of removing public, : school racial barriers tn South Carolina. To be heard will be- Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP and Rob ert Pies of Charleston and S. E,, Rogers of Summerton, represent-: inc Clarendon County officials. and parents. Monday night. J. tl Wheeler is reading an appraisal of the sit uation. as It affects the. Durham i Rev. and Mrs. John F. Haywood of Raleigh nn the occasion o! their 50th wedding anniversary Dft lei right are Rev ,m) Mr?. tic-ally qualified to meet !>-r w trance requiremens of ihe Uni versity. Mr Rodman is quoted as say. ing that the boys were not quali fied to enter the school This contrasts strongly with the statement issued by the Broad of Trustees of the uni versity which mad" a public statement in which it said the boys were being denied a«s (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) The same three judges, in. 1952, ruled that separation of t lie races in the public schools is legal as Song as facilities for both races are “equal ” Officials of the Sum merton district, which includes three Negro schools with enroll ment of 2.559 and one white school with 299 pupils, have City Schools, which wm signed by more than I.W citizens The group told the Bon r d that it i Haywood. Dr Grads Davis and Deacon .11 Strrdwirk.—STAl KOTO BV ( It V • K .!ON„y (See stors this page) I State News —IN— i Brief . j j CALII-'OBMANS HERE Mr and M - Elbert Ricks and Mr. and Mr- Thornes CopeUnd, well-known toi-ruei Rale gh re?i dentr. nov. .. ’iog >n Lor::; Beach, Calilorma, \ -re visit on; itcre last week The Join i.itids \ ;-i-- -! Mr Copeland’s t iron:? Rev and Mrs T F. Cop- and of 817 E Dav;e HONTINUED ON PAGE 11) ..threatened to close the schools 5! rather than to permit the races ?: to atte id school together. 5 j AMARILLO. TEX. AMARILLO. Tex. Afif.-t Ne groes he; *- had denounced the (D 'TIM ED ON I’.AtiE 11» needed to get started toward | making the edict of school inte gration work Durham Body Urges City To Integrate t' ' "T/JC v^ii• V*** A-} [ DURHAM About SO of this I city’s .nit'?! prominent Negro**-. ! Monday r.ipbt : c kcd the City-' | Board of Eduction to '’take itn ! mediate step? to roorgasitse" Dwr- • ■ inert's schools ''on a non-diserim • inalory basis.’* Board < hafrmari Spurgeon Boyer, after hearing the lenr- Sli? rrr.'in'M jiatv'l. 'it's quite, a problem We :m> not - polling it or to avoid is w> are cautiousH »i { earnestly nuktng a stud’ ~ nf the problem J H Wheeler. Dus ham hanker representing some seven groups in ? Durham it; the integraf-ior pe* j | tftion, read the following state-1 I • ment to the Board; We appreciate the opportunity i of appear*.ns; before you with ref : ence ;o the decision handed down' by the United States Supreme lCourt on May 17 1554 and the • d< '•'*» of the court dated May 31, lUiiS tn five cases grouped uodc: the heading of '‘Brown vs 'The B-urd of Education " All of the?"" cases consider the question of * CONTINUED ON PAGE 11'! ! CATE CITY MAH ! ASKS 550.000 | OF CONSTABLE GREENSBORO --- L R. Bus-; sell, local Democratic leader, last; i week filed a $50,000 malicious; prosecution suit against W. A. Manley, former constable of More- j head Township. The suit marked the climax of a three-year wrangle during which i Russell was twice prosecuted by i Manley or. criminal charges, each 1 1 of which subsequently dismissed, j Russell is basing his claim for ; | da marcs on two criminal charges (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Dr. Jackson ; To Be Tried j CHICAGO - (Special) Dr. 1 Joseph H Jackson National Bap- ; rist Convention of America presi dent ,md i tor of Chicago’s his- i 1 torn- Olive* Bapi ?t Church, roust i stand trial for contempt of court, j according in info- nation received • from Attorney William R Ming of I ; Chicago | Jackson, no w in England for the Baptist World Alliance, was j ordered July 1, by Superior Court i Judge Frank M Pad den, to show S cause on Sept. 14 why he and as ; sock defendants should not be , - : punished for violation of an in-, I junction issued January 5 by Pad- , I den restraining the pastor from, . j barring 400 members and officers'! ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) 1 Ask Presbyterians To Drop ;Bars In Schools, Churches A recommendation that North Carolina Presbyterians consider i dropping all racial barriers in | churches and church-supported j schools will be made during the , meetings of Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina meeting at Ba- I rium Springs July 12-14. | The recommendation will come I from a special committee on "res olutions concerning segregation fron - : certain church sessions,” ap pointed at the 1964 synod meet ing m Charlotte The racial segregation issue goes back to the 1953 session of The lucky car last week war j the one bearing ihe. Sag num- ' her ¥ X-57141. If the owner o! that car took it to Dunn's tX" service, corner Cabarrus and Hiondwbrth Streets, here in Raleigh, lie received a tree grease job. This will happen every meek. Watch for your tag number. I) H follows the asterisk, you wifi get the grease job. The num ber will be taken from any ear hearing a N. C. lirens. The numbers this s\ t-. k are X-93146; 'U-3K73; D-U324; X. 51*59: X-5717 and R-53149. Womon, 25. Emis Life At Raleigh Ms STAFF WRITER Ft •-?, rv;-;p >-v<--re held here Tuevlay at a local ‘ ur.ergl home for Mi - Elaine Mr.]>an 23-year nid unmarried i-.regnant. mot ho? ' ' ts -nroner still - 4;2i..- -••t'vati.ng ":>e cause of the mm young mother'- J. •**/ !)• I f - ' - generally accf'pDsd *hr*T shf MISS MrICAN committor! sucidc by shooting herself with a 22 calibre rifle The bu!>t. penetrated her body end lodged itself in the- wall of Ific ronrn o? • 3-rooc* block duple where Miss McLean and three of bei children resided. >CONTIM ED ON PAGE 11. JjjjC AX’ WEIRDER Mrs. Rosa ( Rotidie. 45. of 21 Hatti Alley, railed local police to her home here Sunday afternoon *n d ‘gave herself up” after Miss Gil lian Wright was hit over the bead with an ax Miss Hvlfttl, a next door neighbor to the. Wofl tlie woman. Is in serious eoudi tion at Saint Agnes Hospiteal. suffering from a possible brain concussion. CHIT RC FT SERVICES HONOR PAIR WED FOR 50 YEARS Services »t the Oberlin Baptist Church here last Sunday morr,- .iig were in honor of Rev. an* Mrs. John F. Haywood who have iui;i recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. With the honored pair seated on the rostrum, the pastor. Dr. ■hunng example of lives dedica- Grady D. Davis, cited them as * (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) i church’s general assembly. That j body named a. committee to make a study and report back in 1854. The report urged that institutions of higher learning open their doors to all races; that synods ! "earnestly” consider a similar ! move; that the various conferences adopt a like policy; that, local churches admit persons to mem bership and fellowship in the lo cal churches without reference to rexe. The synod received the report last summer named a committee to study it and report back.
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