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ION Althea Gibson noted
race tennis player of New York,
is shown here during' the tinai
same of She two-day Women s
Annual Pennsylvania and East
ern Mates f'ersnis tournament
School Official Says
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! State News
Brief
J __ i
MYSTERIOUS !>t \TH
GASTONIA- How and why the
body of Mrs Othelia Orlce pot to
t.ho back yard of a Highland sec-:
don home here Tuesday is caus
ing local police much concern. The'
body was* discovered by a woman
about 5:30 A. M. w:'b the head:
propped against the back steps.
Speculation has it. that she was
slain elsewhere and brought- to
the place where the body was
found.
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WAKE AND JOHNSTON PLAN
CATTLE SHOW
The third annual Junior Calf
Show representing the Fbur-H
Clubs and the NFA Calf Clubs of
Wake and Johnston counties will:
be held at St. Augustine’s College. S
Thursday, August 4., on the Ath- j
letic Field. The show is sponsored |
by the Agricultural Workers of !
Wake and Johnston Counties and
financed by the Raleigh Mer
chants Bureau of which G. Wes
ley William? vs F -ecutive Secre
tary, according to W. C. Daven
port., Wake County Agent, Agri-1
cultural workers expecting to su-1
pervise entries in the show are ;
L. R Johnson, M, E. Reddick, and.
, E G. Swann of Johnston Coun
ty: T. J. Culler, J, T. Locke. L. R.j
Burton, G. L. Laws, C. L. Boone
and W. C. Davenport of Wake;
County, The public is invited to ;
attend,
JET WRITER VISITS HERE
Major Robinson of New York's
frt. office visited the offices of
the CAROLINIAN Monday dur
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NAACP SCHEDULES
MSS MEET HERE |
Officials of the local chaptei
NAACP have set 8 o'clock Friday
evening, July 20, as the date for
an emergency mas: meeting for
Us members and the public at
large.
This meeting has been arrang
ed for the express purpose of
‘'briefing'’ the public on the
statue:: of desegregation and in
tegration as it affects the public
schools in the Raleigh comma*
f nit.y,
T* was thought that because
j of the many conflicting stories
fc recently in circulation regard
ing these vital issues, (hr
public would appreciate some
first hand, unbiased knowl
edge of the facts surrounding
these issues from those in a
position to give this type of
information.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
held last I ridav ad Saturdav in
Philadelphia. Louise Brough *>t
Beverly Hills, Caliiurnia, <>i
fra ted Mis* Gibsen. '-von i- io<
iop-raukiog .Vfjtro i<’nii! ..
in the country. Ip<‘i >|i r . on
sports pegej.
CHAPEL KILL Carl Smith,
chairman of the local .school
board, raid Monday that "a ft-w"
Negro students may be admitted
to white schools here this Li:.
Applications will have* to
in writing, he said and will
be handcled "individually on
their own merits." He id
however, that the a ppm-.mi
must not be hacked by (be
NAACP as a test e.is«
Smith said that only "a few
students could be handled this
fall because more than that would
"upset the working arrangement:-
of the schools as far as class! ooru.s
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RALEIGH BOARD
BETS PETITIONS
Special to The L AROI.INI AN
Although the Raleigh Fehml
Board of Trustees has not made
a public announcement <v. the
fact, petitions signed by parent,
i of Negro children seeking itdmit
i tance of their children to school.:
; now designated as white, have
been filed with that board.
The CAROLINIAN in an ev
clusive story, broke the news
last week that this action
would be taken, li follows
closely upon the heels of a
statement issued by the Ra
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“MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN"
Captain Robert Scale)' of the
Jayeee Little League Team left,
is shown shaking hands w» t U
Elvis Morgan, pilot of the ( ; >pi
tal City Little League, shortly
before the beginning of a base
ball game Tuesday which saw
The Carolinian
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VOLUME J t RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY <O. s NUMBi-.R t-l
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De fending Budely:
Citizens Prexy Nixes
Wake School Stand
V'-ioOwitii? the release of the!
i aland taker, by the Wake County;
Jschool 'oeaxti regarding- its future;
: Kchoi,'! iiolicy :n the wake of the
I Lh S. Supreme Courts' ban on sets- i
vegaiiov) in the public .choola. tPt- *
Rtiv. o. A. Fisher, president of the.
: RaJtiigh Citizens Association,!
. speakiri': for that body, has cal - I
ed the board?' ttatemeur. “wholly
unmitislnctorv and madequittc."
week (hat it did no?- plan any
geneva) change this year although!
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! Wake’s New Policy
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IF. \ r f*'v fjssigrr ment of h child to nnf of thf schools in
County shall he considered and adjudged individually on one
| 1 Needs and welfare of the child
■ 'V- i v bi:st interests of all other chndren
.J. Ava lability of facilities, including transportation
h.-:; t - !:u •htics, including htaith
Ap;:tud< of thf child and curriculum adjustment ol th
6. Residence of the child
Ail -:.lur factors considered pertinent, rdf van t and
■ material affecting either the child or the school
ft win be th< policy of the school board to follow as nearly
L -,,U'i i asMgnnicnt wishes of earn chile! u hen j
m tin uni ament ■>t the hoard such assignment doe s not vioiatf j
p:u\< ip;,~ ;.et i>ut m guide pupil placement.
What’s Happening
On. Desegregation ront
MINISTER LEADS
JIM CROW FORCES
BURLINGTON With the
Rev. N. N, Perkins presiding, a- I
bout 100 persons favoring the
i continuation of segregation in the
public .schools met at El on Col
) lege high .school auditorium Sun
day,
No effort was made to organize
Ms- J
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the Capital City team win by a
score of 25-3 over the .layerex.
Morgan led the winners with
three hits. The race team will go '
to Georgia for regional play if (
they defeat two other team -
here this week MAH O! U
BY CHAS- It. JONES. J
lit said e would consider the .p
--; piicrdi?; si an? pupil to attend j
dire kool ot his choice if suchj
ippli.-M! ;o:is were submitted to it
, ’.vi-hin ten days after the schools!
opened in September ol this year.!
lii.r .staknnent further provided <
: for the elimination of race as a|
I designation of the couutys' public 1
j schools but said that no child;
: would he allowed to attend any;
1 .school if tv;, board felt that, such!
attendance w« iild d; turb ttie otn-i
(CO.VTI.Nt "HD ON PAGE lis !
■
although about 52 persons ex
presses! a desire to do so. The j
minister, who has been outspoken I
: '- n his views opposing racial in- j
tegration. read excerpts from I
various writings concerning the
; segregation issue.
Texas Rules
Jim Crow Illegal
; EL PASO, Texas Texas laws
: and constiltuional provisions rr-j
I quiring segregation of student: in I
| public institutions were declared :
I unconstitutional by Federal Judge
Seven Well-Known Raleigh
I Residents Arrested In Raid
Special to the CAROLINIAN
j Four Raleigh police officers
! arrested seven well-known resi-■!
; dents last Sunday and charged
i them with gambling The group ■
! was surprised while playing cards 1
at a house in the 500 block of E
| Cabarrus St,
Scheduled In face ganiblirjir
Man Shot, Dies Before
Warrant Can Be Served. j
BULLETIN’
GREENSBORO Albert
Lewis, 27, was arrested at his
( umberland Street home I a t e
Tuesday and charged with the
slaving of Eugene Allen who
died of a pistol shof wound late
Sunday. Officers had to break
down the door of the Lewis
home to make the arrest.
KSST&C’* I
GREENSBORO Eugene Allen
of Route H Reidsville, who was
shot, about- midnight Saturday, i
died late Sunday night in L. Rich- j
ardson Memorial Hospital here!
and police are seeking his assail
ant.. j
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| DURHAM A 12-man jury
; deliberated less than an hour and
1 then acquitted Mr*. Mary Jane
! Speight o.t a murder chars-, here
j Thursday,
! Mrs. Speight alias Mary Jane
tab
’ bing Joe Henry Winchester to
death with a butcher knife on
August 14. 1954. She entered a
self-defer.se plea, raytag that she
to afraid that the man. a con
victed killer, was going ip attack
; her with a knife.
.She ..aid that she told Win
chcster that site was "ftoing
to drop him,'' after the two
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Sue To Open
Parks In S. C.
j CHARLESTON, S. C. A re
j quest for a permanent, injunction
|to keep officials of Edir-to State
i Park from maintaining a racially
| segregated park was made in a
| complaint filed in U. S District
1 Court here Saturday.
John W. Wrighter. one of the
1 attorneys for the plaintiffs, said
CONTINUED ON PAG* 11)
R E. Thomas, in a ruling handed
j down here on July 18.
The ruling, in compliance will'
■ the Supreme Cour. decisions of
j May 17. 1954 and May 31, 1955.
; was made in an .NAACP case in
involving Miss Thelma White who
a year ago had been denied ad
mission to Texas Western College
i solely because of her race. Last
year she attended New Mexico A
; and M College. Following Judge
j Thomas ruling ordering her ad
mission, Miss White said she
j would transfer to Texas Western.
She was represented bv NAACP
iOONTM’EI) ON .PACE 11)
chargee before City Court
Judge Albert Doub Thursday
of this week are Mrs. I ela
Stallings, of 305 S. State St.;
Edward Massenhurg and wife,
Anne Bell Masson burg. both
of 208 S. Pettigrew St.; John
Massenhurg, 802 Cannigter St.;
ICONTNTKD ON PACE Ili
Alien war- wounded during
* dispute over a girl which J
look place outside of Mar- j
it,on’s Rendezvous in north
ern Guilford County. He was 1
shot once in the left arm and. i
side and again in the abdo- i
men Me underwent surgery
but failed to rally.
Oddly enough, Allen had been;
named in a warrant sworn out!
Sunday by Robert Wade of this
city, charging assault with a dead - j
Jy weapon. Wade stated that Al-!
len hit him with the barrel of ai
.22 caliber pistol Saturday night. I
police said
The warrant was never served
life
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If
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SAMUEL (PETER) TANNER
. . , held on murder charge
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RECENT LAW GRADUATES
PREP FOR BAR EX AMIN A
i'lON Pictured here are the I
four North Carolina College Law
School graduates ot l’J.iii who j
MAh !Ef?S
§M w \ Ift f Ik! e
Ui fill L SLA I Ihu
ii.v ME >. LIU IAN s. WATSON
Special to The ( UIOLINTAN
i SMITHFIELI.) Ernest Smith
48-rear-oid parolee was the nb
,i« e.t of a dav-lonr search aftr>
ilia wife Mr; Connie Htriene
Smith, war found fatally shot
around 3'30 run Wednesday.
Smith, a resident of the Grey
f own suction o' SmiUifieki. .sur
rendered to law enforcement of
ficers here Wednesday night at
j 9:46 and wa jailed without priv-
S ileue of bond on a charge of fir .ft
j degree murder. He vra> paroled a
(COMM El) ON PAGE 11)
are shown preparing for thrit
bar examination* late* this
summer. Ited left to right are
La r l Winded. Goldsboro and
j TV- .rick- e.si Inst week tvas
1 ffii one he;*; nc the tag num
j her W-Y/iVi. if r ,v n fi- of
'hat it too.U it to Banns ►. a
| -erviu* toniff Uabamia f.ua
j limottv... to h>■ r r m
■ S.iltitsh, he received * lire
j «'.■■■-». job.
j '• n>.- *. .It rwnfi. n i>y*r.v 'M eek
i Watch for- . -,o< Ug number. it
j ;t M’d. ws the .*• lift ■ (>ll win I
I get tie- mease jot. !>.»» nrnt- j
| h»->- wil* be taken from any ear '
) hearing a v. C. hce.nxc.
j The niirrsbei-- this week ..re; j
j A jittP'l- t, Kiltb.:; ti. J
1 55149; f>.l3St; ?'i<3 X-*3ll-3.
f?.v CII.ARLI I? JONES
A gocf Wrokeri j title mother
, J1 i 'i . 1 - Orar. f-|
Lsia, dry meriera; waiting to com
; fort, her only child, unaware that
he In-’ deed ben uni e cui air. *
fl.'W f-i. : ;f V.
true- Thinc-h Hinton. 23-
year-i ; d v/urrn of the Korean
conflict., ’a,;-, t.iin yealy stabbed to
a:-:-:et by Sumwe! - ; r- 7 1• Tanner
, i uont -■ . Xe.i Room on
Kivkej ;> i ;. Tn.-.n: r received a
: be: y hearing in City Court
' irnday and tvs - bound over to
VVTke, S,n;>, : a:;;- C-0 t e;\ a SfCOltd
Tannry, t-f. bo J.- , . * 1 y s.
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| o.n The RALEIGH SCENE j
Mr;- kb n A! ton. Executive
it-. :-, .-.tv ..: tht N. f,’ Bapit.-t We
ed from Neu York to attend the
Baptist World Alliance now under
way in London England- was
Joined in New York by a fellow
North Carolinian. Dr. Marshall L
Shepard of Philadelphia. Pa., who
■> also a delegate to this mam
, Baptist Conclave. Dr Shep
-1 oj * ,>> ford, is a na
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Youth Faces Five
Burglary Counts
R-t >XBORO - - -Local police .-ay
' • 1 James Pendergraph. 18 has
i ri.ti-hsed to entenng four homes
in Person County two 'of them
'.ere during the per ‘ three months.
iI'ONXM I'D ON PAGE 11)
Raymond Bland, Asheville,
landing are John Own Plum
mer. Jr-, Raleigh; and Wade
Wane Perry, Durham
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