STUDENTS. TEACHERS FIRED AT S. C. STATE
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GOLDEN VISIT OB A treat for (ha eyes, Edna Goldan, ! fi.
-wcrwes pertly on arrived at Idlewiid airport recently, SbeV
bsr« as Miss Virgin Islands” to vie for the coveted "‘Miss
United States" crown in New York. The winner will get m all*
ex’penses-paid trip to the Caribbean. (Newspress Photo)
Dixie Solons* T rick
r Decays Civil Rights
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wA S HIN GT O N < ANPR
Through, shrewd parliamentary
maneuvering the smooth operat
ing' Southern politicians pulled a
Xirk trick" in the House Rules
Committee last Thursday in an
effort to further delay action on
civil rights legislation.
The committee has previously
voted to hold a two-da.v hearing
on the civil rights measure, after
which a vote would be taken to
determine whether tne bill should
be reported to the House Floor for
action.
The committee had agreed to
devote one full day to hearing
proponents of the measure and
a second day to the opposition.
Sep. Howard Smith of Vir
ginia, chairman of the com
mittee, got off to a. late start
TWO DROWNED
• OVER WEEKEND
RALEIGH Two person* mot
death by drowning over the past
weekend
Clifton Brown, 20. was drowned
Friday in the Northeast Cape
Fear River, about five miles east
of Wallace. The victim, who lived
near Chinquapin, had been swim
ming with friends. The body was
recovered about two hours after
B’own disappeared.
James Wallace, IS. of Route 3,
Laurinburg, was drowned in an
irrigation pond on the Melton
Townsend farm near heue on Sun
day.
A tobacco field worker, Wallace,
and two companions, none of
whom could swim, sought to "cool
off’ in the water of what they
thought wgs a shallow stream.
Wallace stepped In beyond his
depth, and drowned despite efforts
of companions to reach him with
poles.
The water where the body was
recovered was said to be IS feet
deep.
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TO HONEYMOON AFTER 49
YEARS—EIder and Mrs. Charles
W, Alston, 101 Cuba Street, who
PIH have Thursday, July g, on
on Thursday, railing the com
mittee to order at 10:45. and
announcing that 18 witnesses
had requested to be heard. He j
stated that he didn’t know
whether the committee would
ha vp time to hear all of the i
witnesses since it had ruled
to vote before. 6:00 p,m.
The first Witness, Rep E L.
Forrester of Georgia, consumed
the entire morning, ranting a
gainst civil rights. At the con
clusion of his testimony the com-1
mlttee adjourned for lunch.
Don’t’ Have Quorum
Immediately following the lunch
period. Rep. Edward Willis of
Louisiana took the stand. About!
half way through his testimony |
Rep, William Colmer of Missis-!
sippi. a member of the Rules Com -1
mitt.ee, interrupted to ask wheth
er there was a quorum present.
Chairman Smith took a count.
Finding that there were only five
members present, he. adjourned j
the hearings for the lack of a 1
quorum.
With this movement, the chair- j
man and his Mississippi colleague I
walked out of the committee with- j
out further explanation.
It war. learned that nnt>
member of the committee had j
asked the chairman to be ex- j
cused for a half-houv in keep
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Married 49 Y ears Ago Couple To
Leave On Honeymoon Next Week
By CHARLES R. JONES ,
RALEIGH—A 77-year-old m!n- I
ister and his bride of 49 years are j
making final preparations to
leave next Thursday on their first
honeymoon, a two-week jaunt
which will take them into six
states, the District of Columbia
and Canada.
Elder Charles W. Alston of
the Seventh Day Adventist
their first honeymoon, if be El
der la the only living male char
ter member of the Raleigh Sev
enth Day Adventist Church, Mrs.
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N, C, Man Heads Newspaper Association
Raleigh Mm
Is Sentenced
For Shooting
Pistol shootings here, over the
weekend resulted in a baby being
treated at St Agnes Hospital and
Leroy Uiie.v being, sentenced to 12
months on ( he roads of Wake
County
Two-year-old Charles Edward
Taylor was left in the house by
his mother Mrs. Taylor, while he
took a nap Upon returning to the
house located at. 531 Davie St.. Mrs,
Taylor found the child bleeding
from the scalp.
Both shootings caused quite a
stir in the neighborhood, due to
the fact that, the identity of the
person who shot, the child has not
been established. It is still a mys
tery as to how and by whom he
was shot Officer W. F Crocker
who had been called to investigate
another shooting says shat he wao
hailed by the child’s mother and
aided in getting the child to the
hospital
Utley is said to have become
enraged while having a drink
in the kitchen of the home of
Mrs. Lena Dover, 305 S. East
Street, with James Dover and
others. The CAROLINIAN
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1-Month-Old Baby
j Burned To Death
; WALLACE Fire, which des
l troyed a farm home six miles west
| of Wallaceof Wallace last Friday.
! took the life of four-month-old
I Dans Lee Andrews, son of Mrs.
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Church disclosed that he had
planned to take his wife on a
honeymoon Immediately af
ter they were married in
January. 1907, ‘hut kept put
ting it off. Then the children
came,’ he continued, and
we’re just getting around to
taking our trip.’
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Alston was employed by the Sea
board Railway for 1R years (inti*
her retirement recently (STAFF
PHOTO EY CHAS. S. JONES).
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LEROY IJTLEY
. , .shooting suspect
i State News
j Brief
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FACES FEDERAL RAP
SMITHFIELD—ProbabIe cause
was found Thursday against
Judge C. McNeill of Smithfield at
a preliminary hearing befeve U.
S. Commissioner Henry A. Bland
in Raleigh on a charge of inter
cepting a letter and taking *
check from it. McNeill, 24. alleg
edly got hold of the letter ad
dressed to Mrs. Effie M. Penny,
who lives in Smithfield, and at
tempted to cash the $7 draft for
his own use last Tuesday. He was
bound over under a. S3OO bond
for trial in the October 8 term of
Federal Court..
HIS AIM WAS OFF"
RALEIGH—Waymon Cnop
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NEW WAY TO RAISE
MONEY FOR AFRICA
BROOKLYN. N. Y.—-Because of
the interest of the AME Zion
Church in. expanding the Chris
tian religion in Africa, Bishop
W, J. Walls, who presided over
the 135th session of the New York
Conference, which closed here at
First Church, Sunday, introduced
a unique system to aid the Afri
can work.
The prelate has asked all mem
bers of the denomination who »♦.-
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
CONTINUE HUS
STRIKE IN FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE. Fla.--The five
week old strike against the local
bus company will continue, lead
ers of the movement said here on
IT MATTERS NOT HOW
SMALL THE AD, JUST
KEEP YOUR NAME BE
FORE THE PUBLIC.
CALL...
4-5558
FOR YOUR CLASSIFIED!
T. G.jgrvay
New NNPA
President
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PITTSBURG - Tlie 18th Annua)
Convention of the National News
; paper Publishers Association came
I to a close here Saturday afternoon
iat a luncheon in the Pittsburg
; Press Ciuh in the Hotel Sherwyn.
when C. C Deloie. editor of the
! Louisiana Weekly of New Orleans,
outgoing president, handed the
’ gavel to T C Jcway, publisher
! of the WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
I A. day earlier Jervay had been
i elevated from the vice-presidency
I to the. top post in the Association
| which is com-^
■« r
which he said "* '
“the Ncjgro press JERVAY
must encourage registration and
urge Negroes, especially outside
the South to use their ballot to
win support in Congress for much
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High Point Man 1
Heads Mortician# j
KINSTON—The North Carolina
Funeral Directors and Morticians
took a, two-day leave of absence
from their businesses for the 29th.
Annua! Convention of the Colored
Funeral Directors and Morticians
Association which met here June
20 and 21,
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Education Will Survive
Crisis, Says Dr. Elder
DURHAM—“As long as there is only general assembly in Duke
hope that the young of our gen
eration will have a future, educa
tion must go on.”
That was the word given to
some 1.030 summer school stu
dents attending North Carolina
College this term by the school’s
president, Dr. Alfonso Elder.
“Teaching in these times." Dr.
Elder continued. "presents a
challenge to people of integrity,
intelligence, courage and devo
tion.”
Speaking at the summer term's
Monday.
Dan Speek, chairman of the
transportation committee of the
Intercity Civic Association, re
vealed that the boycotters have
at their disposal a 25-passenger
bus, two station wagons and 74
automobiles.
So far, the bus company, which
is losing money daily, has re
fused to meet the demands of the
local citizens which include:
Ending segregated seating, em
ploying colored drivers and in
structing white drivers to treat,
ail passenegrs with courtesy, re
gardless of race or color.
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BALTIMORE NOW HAS
INTEGRATED POOLS
BALTIMORE For the first
time in the history of the Monu
mental City ail city swimming
pools are operating on an inte
grated basis.
When the pools opened on S&t
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MASTER'S IN FRENCH
Miss Helen Virginia McLean,
1954 graduate of North Caro
lina College at Durham, receiv
ed the master's degree in French
at the recent commencement ex
ercises of the University of
Pennsylvania. She is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Norma McLean, 154
Gaines St., Southern Pines. A
sister, Mrs. Mary McLean
Auditorium, Dr. Elder continued:!
“Education has been challenged j
before and It has survived. “Tea- i
chers in the past have been chal-!
lenged and they met their chal- j
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PERSON
ITS Af* HONOR—SksraHsy Baric, ?r,, left etar «*! ife« Broadway hit show. "Mr, Woado*.
faP*' and Warren HtiH, right, ete of the CBS-TV show "Strike it Rich,” recently were guest*
cl the annual Donor luncheon of the Brooklyn chapter. National Feundcslioo for Musculo*
Dystrophy, Inc, Both were honored for their time cmd effort ea behalf of handicapped chi*
tfcstt, and wtte.pmNse&fodi with life eeettfeerehips by Uod Goidsteio, center. exfoitiv? rice*
of HEFWb. (NarwfcpuMM Photojf
Townes, also an alumna of
NCC. teaches biology ai NCC
At NCC, Miss McLean in her
, senior year served as president
of the campus chapter of Delta
: Sigma Theta Sorority, She was
i also a senior counselor, student
j assistant in the News Bureau,
! and active in student govern
i ment affairs, the French Club,
and campus publications.
Seek Mother
Os Two Tots
RALEIGH Local police have j
i been asked to aid m locating Mrs. I
] Josephine Austin, 22. of E Eden-j
I ton Street, who reportedly left a j
| premature three-week-old baby in
! a hospital and another child, one
I
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LUCKY AUTO OWNER
'I he lucky car last week was
the one bearing the tag num
ber -'CK -4295. If the owner of
that car took it to Dunn’s ELso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
IHoodworth Streets in Raleigh
he. received a free grease job.
ThW will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. If
if, follows the, asterisk, yon will
get the grease job, Tb* nure
her will he taken from any car
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week »»*:
XX-2864; wr-'UV.X-T/’.. *R
-28??„ Wit t's and F-5549.
Wliulesale
Firings At
tj. C, Csilsgs
ORANGEBURG. S. C -At least
r< students nt S c Binte College
l»’rc have been .Led “not. to re
turn ’ next fall and a half dozen
faculty members have not, had
their contracts renewed, it was
revealed Futp f.-his week.
Obsrtoer.s i - in these two in
cident.:-: repris J' acamst. students
who too!' mart in 'he anti-segre
gation hut April and a
gainst faculty members who are
thought, i.o have sympathized
with their rause.
.Secretary W C. Bethea of the
board nf tm.-ter-. -,atd that the
student' had been notified after
the end of the school term, so
tbev were not expellee.” He .said
further that three faculty mem
bers did not cs r. renewed contracts
and th t -,-fvera! orhct.s' had said
th.it they did not Want thru : re
newed
NA ICP Probe Pending
Investigation of Urged NAACP
ooi-ivitie:- at. the coliege, said Be
thea. will bet in “soon'’ The lr
quirv has been pending for more
(ban a month since the legisla
ture authorized it.
In New York last week. Rep Ad
orn Clavum Powell D. N.Y.I irttro
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ODDS-ENDS
«v ROBERT G. SHEPARD
The Tot. Haven Nursery, now
located in the Mary Talbert
Home on E. Davie st . is seeking
new quarters because of inade
quate sanitary facilities at tne
Davie Street location. The nur
sery must move in order to con
form to health and sanitary pro
visions of the County and State
boards of health. The nursery
board of directors is hopeful that
a suitable location can be secur
ed by September first in order
that this vital and needed project
may he continued.
Since it began its operation,
many years ago, the Tot Haven
Nursery has provided supervised
care for the small children of
working mothers, thereby reliev
ing these mothers of the dread
ful anxiety of wondering what
was happening to their unprotect
ed children while they were away
from them. The need for the con
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