COLLEGES, HOSPITALS SHARE TEN MILLION
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The lucky car last week w»*
the one bearing the tag num
ber *X-51856, K the owaer of
that ear took It to Bonn's Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Bloodworth Streets, here in Ra
leigh, he received a tree, grease
Job.
This will happen every week
Watch for your tag number, M
it follows the asterisk, you wili
get the grease job. The naa»
her will be taken from any car
hearing a N, C. license
The numbers this week are:
*946-147; R-5249; X-46852; X
-2325; R-3872; and R-5714.
Dr. G. Carnes Denounces Hodges
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i?ace Group Urges
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Integration Here
By STAFF WRITER
Raleigh—ln a session Tues
day afternoon the Raleigh Citi
zens Associate . through a spec
ial committee, headed by H C.
High. Sr., implored the Raleigh
School Board to take the people
of the community in its confi
dence and hold free and open
discussions about the issue of in
tegration.
The purpose of the rail mads
by the Negro representative*
was to ascertain what prog
ress, if any, was being made
by the Raleigh School Board
in line with the United State*
Supreme Court’s edict that a
prompt and good start be
made in all sections where
school segregation h»* not
been the custom.
The only answer that the board
Rave was to point to its earlier
statement that nothing would be
done concerning integration dur
ing the school year 1955-56. It
was significant that no promise
was made that anything would be
done next year. The board re
fused to commit Itself to any pro
gram for next year and dismissed
the matter with th£ statement
that plans for. next year would
be made in April of 1956.
Board member Leroy Mar
lin, the apparent .spokesman,
wanted to know how many
member* the eithien* group
was composed of, who they
were, why was integration be
ing asked ff>r and how many
Negroes lit Rsleigh wanted in
tegration? The last question
was answered by the Rev. G.
A. Fisher, president of the
fMcaintioß, who said, “Every
Negro in Raleigh would ask
for integration If they were
free to do so.”
The Rev. Fisher accused the
NAACP Says South
j
Defying Integration
TAMPA. Ma—“ Little progress")
toward desegregation in the heart)
of the South was reported here j
Sunday by the Southeastern Ad- j
Tisory Board of the NAACP.
The 31-member board reported!
that Southern officials charged l
with carrying out the U, S- Su-I
preme Court’s school desegrega-. J
tion ruling "are doing everything i
poeitote *o circumvent and defv j
ft.” In some sections, the board;
said, "there is not only defiance,)
but open and nflammatory ap-;
peals to passions, ignorance and ’
prejudice ..."
It reported little satisfaction in
the picture in Mississippi, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida. Ten
nessee. it found, is the "most
Happening
On Desegregation Front I
Florida Ministers
Form Mixed Body
DAYTONA BEACH. Fla', A
merger of Negro and white clergy
men into a new group to be known
as the United Ministerial Associa
tion was effected here last week.
The new group will hold Its
first mee&ng on January 2.
W * «
N. C. Hears Reports
On Integration
HIGH POINT A one-day
workshop of the North Carolina
Council on Human Relations held
here last. week, heard Dr, Thom
as A. Van Sant, director adult
education for Baltimore, Md.,
public schools report that firm
ness on the part of school and
local government officials have i
combined to make desegregation;
v© rk. in the public schools.
Dr. C. H. Parrish, a consultant
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VOLUME 15 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDINt
j board of merely marking time
.! while following Governor Hodges
. j and the Advisory Committee on
. | Education’s suggestion that the
, | Negroes of North Carolina adopt
,; the so-called voluntary segrega
> j Ugii plan. Rev, Fisher reminded
11 the board that it had no alter
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I Boy, 5, And
i Teen -Ager
Save Life
II GASTONIA Quick thinking i
Jon the port of a fivd-yoar-old boy ;
.land the heroic action of a teen-|
• ager saved the life of a nine- j
j month-old girl from her burning j
home here Monday.
Driving along New Hope Road, i
! j Gene Hood, 19. of Gastonia, was
I flagged by Eddie Wilson, 5, who
| told Hood that his baby sister was j
! inside the flame-enveloped tar- j
J paper dwelling.
The teen-ager crawled in on his I
hands and knees to the crib where j
the child was still sleeping. He \
carried her to safety unharmed. A j
“hert time later, foremen arrived, •
but the house was already a total :
toss. No one knows how the fire :
started. Mother of the children was i
visiting a neighbor.
It took some detective work on j
the part of the fire department to
identify Hood, who, after carrying I
the youngster to safety, had j
i left the scene of the fire.
| hopeful” of the Southeastern j
j states, with integration already i
i begun in one school system,
j The board condemned newspa-1
pers. which, it said, printed;
i "slanted news . . helping to
j build up the climate in which
deeds of violence are committed,’’
j Here k the board’s state- by- \
i state breakdown of its findings:
Mississippi—Most discouraging j
; picture in Southeast. “A complete
| breakdown of law and order" i
; blamed on top officials "and most
!of the Sf)-called responsible
s?ens banded together in a vic
ious conspiracy ”
South Carolina— Offers little
encouragement for Negro leaders.
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for the Southern Regional Coun
cil, moderated two discussion pe
riods. Delegates from Raleigh
Greensboro. High Point, Chapel
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ADVERTISE ;
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SENT TO WRONG IIOSPITA
is shown above leaving the White i
Tuesday after being denied admitt
Gore was sent to the Raleigh ins
official, who reported that he mu
boro. (STAFF PHOTO BY CHAP
integration
is Sought
At Dix Hii! ;
;
By ALEXANDER BARNES j
I RALEIGH—When Jack Brown.)
i white Clerk of Superior Court.'
| Southport, sent John Gore, 41. to
j Dix Hill for alcoholic treatment j
| Tuesday he might have made the!
i wedge that will break wide open)
i an issue that has faced the state!
j for some time.
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Dunn Man Is
i Charged In \
Road Death j
MAXTOR - Morrell Little, Jr.,
of Dunn, Route 1, has been charg
ed here with involuntary man
slaughter by a coroner’s jury in j
the death of James Smith, 70, of j
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!
j Hii) and Charlotte reported cr.'
! problems and progress relating to i
| racial questions in their comma- !
i nities.
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I Letters Threaten
i Boy cotters in S. C.
ORA N G E B U KG, S. C. A
! threatening letter, received by
| Mrs. H. F. Pierce, vice president
; of the Orangeburg branch of the
! NAACP, has been turned over to
; local police.
j Before getting the letter, Mrs.
| Pierce, a widowed housewife, says
I that she received two threatening
| telephone calls as white merchants
j seek to “get back” at Negroes)
who have instituted a boycott a-j
j gainst them because of their stand •
I oii integration in the public,
schools.
. According to police, other Ne
groes have also received such Jet
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» SATURDAY, DECEMBER
l.L—John Gore, 41. of Southport,
State Mental Hospital at Raleigh,
t-snee for treatment of alcoholism,
stitution by a Brunswick County
leant to send the man to Golds
-S. R. JONES.)
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! State News
—IN—
Brief
FOUR ARE INJURED
GREENVILLE Four persons
I were injur ed on N. C. Highway
il, south of Greenville Saturday
| morning when an automobile in
which they were riding went out
jof control and overturned on a
• curve. Highway Patrolman Buh
) ard E. Taylor identified the driver
| of the auto as Carl D. Bush, 33,
j of Route 3. Greenville, who faces
charges of careless and reckles ■
driving, speeding in excess of 63
miles per hour and driving drunk.
The insured were Bush, head in
juries; Willie Cox, 46, cf Route 2,
Winterville, lacerations of the
head; Willie James Chapman, 31,
Route 3, Greenville, chest injuries;
and William Taylor, 43. Route 1, ;
Ayden, injured shoulder.
WOMAN SERIOUSLY BURNED j
GOLDSBORO Mrs Mary
Brice, local woman is report
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GEORGIA EDUCATOR. AT FAYETTEVILLIt—Dr, Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse Col- j t
lege, Atlanta, Georgia (center), chats with Dr. J. W. S«*brook, president, left, .and Dr. C. A. Chick, c
of the Fayetteville State TeacbeiV College faculty, fottosinK tMtts at the college last week. J t
17, 1955 NUMBER 12 j
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NC Head And
iOthars Said
1 Evils It Meet
4
DURHAM - The 50!) Masons and
I an equal number of interested per-
I sons heard Grand Master G. D.
I Carnes blast Governor Hodges and
|, other persons, whom he termed
j! enemies of democracy, at the pub
| lie meeting of the 85th grand com
munication of Free and Accepted
Masons, Prince Hail affiliation,
jurisdiction of North Carolina, in
the auditorium of Hillside High
School here Tuesday night.
Dr. Carnes lost no time in
j making his position clear on
the matter of first-class cilt
; zenship. He denounced any
' i and all persons who would
' • deny any segment of the ju.o
--! j illation the right to liberty and
A P ,,r Sttit of happiness. Up
, was braced the tenets o i the
! NAACP—and had the follow
i ing to say:
, i “The NAACP is one of the most
| constructive organizations of our
times. It is constructive in prin
ciples and in works. We therefore
are going to support it and main
tain it and perpetuate it as our
surest messenger to the Supreme
Court.”
In obvious references to Gov.
j Luther Hodges and the Ku Klux
Klan, Carnes said;
! “I lose respect for a chief ex
i ecutive who will go on the air over
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Man Guilty Os Rape
'lntent Gets New Trial
i
DANVILLE, Va. - • What may:
prove to be a highly important j
case in legal annals was seen in!
the making here this week when I
i the Virginia Supreme Court or- j
i dt red a new trial for a man who;
was sentenced to serve 15 years j
I in the penitentiary.
Alonzo Nixon was convicted on j
j a charge of breaking and enter- j
| ing with the intent to commit, j
i rape but will go on trial next \
week on a simple misdemeanor
j charge. He was accused of enter
j ing a cleaning establishment,
j where he worked, at night, when
; a white woman was working over
j time.
It was reported that he had
) rngjjg suggestions to her over t.tafe'
j teieghorie. Police, who lay in watt
j for Nixon, arrested him as he on
. —.
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Two Ralelgli
Colleges Get
$271,800
j Grants totaling well ov r one;
j million dollars were awarded on j
i Monday to North Carolina col- j
i leges, universities and hospitals !
! by (.he Ford Foundation of De- j
troit.
The gifts were a part of a half- j
j billion dollars- -large»t single ap- j
\ propriation. in the history of phi- I
larithropy— going to 615 regional- j
iy -accredited privately-supported!
institutions in ttoo U. S.
Colleges were granted the mon- :
ey—which does not have to be j
matched—to improve teachers !
'•salaries, while the amounts to j
hospitals were designated to help j
them improve and extend their'
services to the public.
Institutions in North Carolina I
which received grants and the j
amounts received follow.
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M TEXAS Olt
QUEEN AT IOWA U.
IOWA CITY, lowa—Mias Dora;
Lee Martm, 17-year-olrt liberal
arts freshman of Dallas, Texas,!
was chosen ’’Sweatheart of t.he
Campus” at the University of lowa
and reigned over the university’s
i winter formal dance, Saturday
night.
She was the only Negro among i
29 candidates and her selection i
by the male student body mark-1
cd the first time that a represen
tative of her rn.ee has been so
honored.
All of the candidates were pre
sented in a pageant last week in
Memorial Union at which time
Miss Martin sang “The Yellow j
Rose of Texas.”
Wake County V oters
: Approve New Hospital
Wake County V oters
: Approve New Hospital
RALEIGH The voters of Wake . precincts against the bond isi'oe.
4 _, rvll»h(xr onrrnhnri <a iV¥l tKift *».,«i i,. f ,dk n
RALEIGH The voters of Wake
County approved a $5,000,000 bond j
issue Tuesday to finance the;
building -f a 300-bed hospital and
clinics in the county.
(A slim mwcfin of 026 votes
carried the hospital reforen j
dvnt. Also approved was a !
five per cent tax levy to main
tain and operate the new bos- j
pita) system. This issue was
voted through b> * margin of
442 votes.
All Raleigh precincts but one j
carried the vote The dissenting j
precinct was Number 27. located I
in the Southeast section of the j
city.
Voting against the issue also j
were 19 of the 26 precincts located j
j outside Raleigh, Votes of almost j
| two to one were cast by rural j
WANT WHITE KIDS i
!N NEGRO SCHOOLi
! i:
j NASHVILLE. Tenn. <ANP>- J
jln a switch on the pattern of ;
I school integration suits, a white i
couple has filed suit in U. S. Dis- i
trict Court here to force enroll
ment of their son and daughter in
an alt-Negro school.
The action was filed as tun »-
mendment to a current integration > ■
suit now pending before Federal
Judge Elmer O, Davis The white
couple are Robert W Rempfer,
associate mattiemattc* professor at
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*****- •*'*!>! • Lee Marlin, ]7-year-old Houston.
lexas. freshman at the State University of lowa, was crowned “Mttt
| SHI” at the annual University winter formal December SO, Mfm
Martin, who was one of 29 candidates for the title, win reiga »»
tin eon oi Queens” on the lowa campus the rest of the year and
I represent the University in the “MKss Dig 10” beauty contest. “Mias
Si 1 a dramatic arts major, is attending the university on a S4,*tv
general scholarship which she received as an outstanding graduate
from her all-Negro high school in Houston, Her father died whgn
i she was very young and her mother is an invalid. She lives with
i her grandmother, Mrs. Eli freeman, 2212 E. Alabama St.. Houston,
I Miss Martin s,< the first Negro ever to receive this honor.
l precincts agonist the bond issue.
The County Hospital Autho
rity. a seven-member body ap
pointed by the County Board
of Commissioners. Is charged
with the responsibility.^of con
| struct mg and rnawuAi; the
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MINISTERS Id
SWT “FREE”
HOSPITAL PUNS
! -
BY STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH lt was rover, led
during the regular monthly meet
ing of the Raleigh Citizens Associ
ation Tuesday night that the Inter
denominational Ministerial Alli
ance had this week pledged its
support to the 5-point recommen
dation of the Citizens Ass >ciation
for the operation of the new hos
pital authorized by the voters of
this county in a special election
held Tuesday. December 13.
T hesp commendations rail
for an Integrated nurse train
ing program, full use of the
hospital by all qualified physi
cians, a. first-come, first-served
policy of patient admittance
and a completely integrated
staff.
The Rev. O, A. Fisher, president 1
of the association, was instructed
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BULLETIN
NEW YORK D*. Frmtmfek ,
D. Ftdwton, preMctort of Wm> ;
United Negro Coßaep Fund ;
WednesdiMr holies! the Ford !
Fonndfttion grants to private j
accredited college*, inctadtng j
those in the I 'NFC, a* an “Epic i
contribution toward the future '
of American higher education.’* j
“The generous grants received 1
by the fund’s colleges will go far i
toward strengthening them for j
increasing service to all quail • 1
fled American youth, and will
be a stimulus to others to gi
greater support to these 3! ini- !
portant institutions which are |
an integral part of (his nation’s 1
network of first-class indepen- 1
denk colleges and nnlymißcs,” i
the noted educator said.
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9 Escape Death As Three
Autos Plunge Off Bridge
BURLINGTON—Death took a
holiday near here Saturday riigtot
when three automobiles were
plunged into the Haw River as
one span of a single lane bridge
over the river collapsed after it
was struck by one of the cars.
Nine persons were injured, at
least two of them seriously, ifc
the bizarre accident which it is
believed was precipitated when
two cars sideswiped near the
bridge which is about one and
one-half miles north of here on
Highway (i 2,
Arrest Man
I As Hit-Run
I Car Driver
\
| HENDERSON—Miss Lula .Tones,
30, was kilb'd when struck by an
| • % nubile near bore early Sun
(vuiv morning.
Marion Dickerson, an employee
of the Henderson plant of Mount
Hope Finishing Company. has
been charged with manslaughter
and hit-and-run driving in toe
! death.
A car said to belong to Dicker
son, was found about 4-,'to a. m
| Sunday with blood stains on the
left fender and bumper. Dicker
'son was found asleep in the Mount
Hope plant shortly after the car
discovery was made.
| Miss Joneas was struck about
[ 1 a. m. at Penn Inn, some two
I i miles west of Hendersonon U. S
15-A Officers said that her body
was carried 210 feet from the
■ point of impact. One leg wat torn
from her body.
ODDS-EIRS
BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD
RALEIGH lt jwat happened.
No one was to blame when a truck
loaded with some sp rctviy-<issd
mental patients from the Golds
boro Hospital broke down resist
ing in the serious injury of sever
al of them.
No one was responsible for
this mishap, says a special
committee of the State Hos
pital Board of Control. It was
just one of those th*og*
rotten wood gave *w«y kPI
down to the vnint 4ha
trnoks ocottpwn% *lf I»
eomanMto* wSport tm&Mk •
seveiajl or aM of the trpefc’*
passchgars had bc«yv MHn4 m
«m would Nvr« %b*», sw*jpm»
> *ih> for their djpMt,
Wall, &*<*• is Nt« wkw«4 ft I*
j very unlikely that JOjr' "ii|itrcl|h>
! minded. cleW-thV'rMkai'g peraqo k
| thia state, or m any rtaka tenm
have thought suck s report pjpji
! bin. IS. 311 st tori A eonceivabl* KW
it could l)« said that no on* w#*»
j responsible for khat mishap. Th*
| hospital audko rites* allowed sev*n
; ty-odd human beingt, .persons with
! mental defaienoi«e that mads rt
1 impossible for them to either sent*
danger or protect themselves from
j danger, to be packed like sardine*
j in a can, on a make-shift convey
ance that no one cared enough
: about to inspect for defects. Th«
| hospital allowed this type of thing
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.f Most ndongkr Injiwed weacr
j JAMES 5-fOO‘R*, 48. of Lftfertr.
! Route 2;
1 MRS. MARY MOORR, 38, him
wife:
ALICE MOORE. 7. ti.ek dfcwwh
ter.
Moore, following an ewaorisia-
Upn tit Al®*ttb?ice CVmnjy Htepf
tal, was rushed to Memorial PRk
pital at Chape! Hill in critical
condition.
Mrs. Moore, Alice and two ©Hu
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