Says Sansom
J- J. Sansom, candidate for *
Wake County Commissioner nost
in the primary elections Saturday,
expressed confidence fids week
that his chances of comini out oa
top are as food, if not better tean
his four other opponents.
Running on the Democratic tic
ket from the sec
ond district. San- !| jHHPfe '
som, the only Ne- |gjl|™ %
&-0 seeking a ma- |® \
jor post in the e- ?
lection, said that ft
if the public® }
votes on the me- 111
rite of each can- |§ri|
dictate, he would ■' . £;mH|
b e more than BaBB Jf ms§
adequately ouali ■
tied to represent
(tie people of SANSOM
Wake County.
He said he would not depend en
tirely on the vote of arty particular
people, but of. the entire populus
World In Pictures |
HONORED BY PREXY President Kennedy pirn an A
AA lifesaving medal to Wayne Brown of New York City in a re
cant ceremony at the White House. Fire other youngstrs received
similar honors (UPI TELEPHOTO)
BOY FOUND AFTER MISSING 9 HOURS—Three-year
old Joel Fradkm of Levittown, Long Island, N. Y., is hugged by
his father Marty shortly after the child was safely brought to
Nassau County police last week. The child was located by a po
liceman some nine hours after he and hie nurse Mildred McNealy
(right) were reported missing. Police are questioning the maid to
determine if she should he charted with a crime. (UPI PHOTO).
IN THE NEWS Phtlip Banka, 57, a New Orleans blues
shows what’s left after his “Freedom Ride North" trip
from New Orleans. He holds two pennies and a nickel. His ante,
Helen, and two-year-old grandchild, Sandra Ann look on sadly.
At right, Colombian president-elect Dr. Guillermo Leon Valencia
dances with Delta Zapata Olivella, famous Colombian artist, dur
ing a reception given in his honor in Bogota, Columbia recently.
(UPI TELEPHOTOS ).
STATE * BRIEF |
hound ora
■rURHAM A Durham Negro
charged with murder in the rifle
alaying iait Sunday of hit next-door
Howard U.
Professor
Succumbs
WASHINGTON. D. C. E.
Franklin Frazier, world renowned
soctologtot and author, and a
member of the Howard University
faculty aince 19M. died auddenly
Thursday. May 17 at Washington.
D C He was 07.
Dr. TTaztor died at George Wash
ington University Hoapitnl shortly
after being stricken at his home
as abode Island Avenue, norlfe-
of Wake County.
Sanaom has visited several areas
in the county, has appeared on te
levision and befort the League of
Women voters in an effort to gat
support Hr said ha has mat with
fairly good success.
Asked why he decided to seek
I office, Sansom said:
“I am motivated to seek public
service because of my baste inter
est in the development of the full
| potential of all resources of Wake
I County. Also because at my inter
est in good government and ts im
portance to all the people of Wake
County."
He said because of the feet that
the Commissioners are responsible
tar the handling of more than eight
million dollars, his background
should make him much mane qua
lified for the position.
Sansom will tie seeking office i
gainst tour other candidates from
the second district
neighbor was bound over to Su
perior Court this week.
The defendant Warren Lipscomb,
22, was ordered held without bond
privileges. He is charged in the
slaying of S4-year-old Eddie Davis.
ALL WHITE roar PICKED
GASTONIA An all-white Jury
was seated this week for the mur
der trial of Dr. Harry Riddle,
charged in the stabbing death of
a Negro man during a bouse call
Riddle is feeing trial on charges
of stabbing to death Leonard Pat
ton. at Patton's home with a 10-
inch hunting knife.
COLLAPSES AT WOBK
SALISBURY A 2-year-old em
ployee of an toe and fuel company
here collapeed while working out
doors Monday and died an hour la
ter.
Claude Archie Spencer was tak
en unconscious to Rowan Memorial
Hospital bare. gduma arid
Students Say “We Want Strassner Out”
[The Carolimas |
North Carolina ’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 21. NO. 29 RALXIOH, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1962 PRICE 15c
H t. Els Bed ESe
Large Negro Vote
In Wake Sought
Near 7,000
Registered
In City, C’nty
While Alabama and Mississippi
Negroes are engaging in an ever
lasting battle to win their right to
cast the ballot Raleigh and Wake
County Negroes have apparently
taken the "who needa it" attitude.
this tact became more apparent
this week after the Wake County
Board of Elections released figures
indicatinfvfut as of the 1900 gen
eral eledtijfc, approximately IJMO
Negroes‘•Be been dropped from
the booMw* failure to vote once
tat * six-yam period.
Tfcu fifumi also showed, as a
rrftmwad 0(117 *******
C2«tv&3».Sl»
decide the election df «oma affleem.
With « bloc vote otfmcnMMi
MOO. pmcCO^of
vote could be very much a decid
ing factor in a close contest
The figures again showed that of
nearly 50,000 Negroes residing in
Wake County, to date only 6,938 sre
eligible to vote in the primary e
-1 action this Saturday.
Wake Election
Lacks Luster
' Local pollttcfrn* will lay down
their eoonridn hate and reftwta
from such other antics as baby
kissing and hand shaking and get
down to the serious business of
sweating it out this week as elect
ion day closes In on Saturday.
Little can be arid for the cam
paign efforts this year as there
were no major debates, no “hot
Issues”, except in the instance of
the office of sheriff and not much
of the old-time polluting has been
seen.
Candidates today probably seal
things aren’t necessary anymore,
because It’s hard to fool the in
telligent voter. But, these antics,
though they may not prove whoa
the beet candidate, certainly win
let the public know Who’s running
for office. It adds lustre and spirit
to the occasion.
The lack of good, hard cam
paigning for this election has
made titteens ask time and time
again, “I wonder who’s nrnntng
this year for office T”
Moot that’ll been dona to lot the
public know them's an aleotion
coming this week have been pro
viding sites such as placards la
windows, a little radio, newspaper
and televirion advertising and a
few nmeehas hate and there.
In this election (If the Negro
public ta not yet aware of it>
thaw are three Magmas making
office.
J. J. Sanaom. local banker, win
be the first Negrc to seek the of
fice of county commissioner. And
James A. Shepard end H. C. High.
Sr., will seek to renew thetr com
missions as justices of the peace.
A list of the candidates seeking
office is as follows:
Other candidate* flUn| for the prl
meirti include '
Republican John W. Ihodtek and
Democrat John L Jordan Cor Plata
Senate. Democrat! Thomas D Bunn.
John S. Locgtna. A. A. McMillan ar.d
W. Brantlr wotnbi- and RepubMeana P
fiord Bookon. Mrs. C S. Johnson and
(cowTnnwp am caw n
ODDS-ENDS
BY ROBERT O. SHEPARD
“Oar ustmsMb Is lo ftaa- R is profaaMty true that there has
oat been sufficient applications by
Negro parents lo have their child- ,
* . . ■ * rr ret! enter schools attended by nly
white children. However, that in
IT** l ” ”**- 00 wise proves that Negro parerdt :
M r-f f
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HANGED IN EFFIGY This was the scene at Shaw Uni
versity Saturday as students rebelled against the administration
and hanged the schools president. Dr. William R. Strassner in
effigy. Demonstrations were still continuing tNs week.
Shaw Univ. Students
List Their Grievances
BY BILL SLATER
"Billie must go”.
This was the strong conviction
of some 800 Shaw University stu
dents this week as they rebelled a
gainst the school’s Chief administra
tor. Dr. William R. Strassqer.
Hie slogan has became s greet
ing word on Shaw’s campus since
nearly MW students staged a dem
onstration and “banged” the presi
dent in effigy last Saturday.
Students staged a spontaneous
unlay just after the morning meal,
and hanged a dummy from a tree
la front of the school's historic
Gresnloaf Audutorlum.
Dr. Strassner Passes
Affair To Trustees
BY JAMES A. SHEPARD
During an hour long interview
with Dr. 11l sosnsi there was a
distinct impression, that although
the head of this historic Institution
to disturbed by the weekend sc
lions of students, be to not conced
ing that the list of “grievance.:
circulated by these students has i
any validity.
Dr. Etreaencr mid that during ;
bis Saturday morning campus di»- ,
Circulars denoting the grievances
were passed and the students
marched around Dr. Straaaner’s
house on campus chanting the slo
gan
They say they will accept no al
ternative. “Strassner must leave
now. We will accept nothing leas’’,
was the comment of one student.
In circulars distributed around
the campus of this school of some
600 students, grievance* were listed
as follows:
1. The severe rift between stu
dents and the administration.
fcowimuae om paob »
cuasion with the revolting stu
dents, it was indicated that their
resentment seemed to be centered
around the termination of athletic
scholarships <grants In aid).
The president Hid that as far as
he known*. no student had ever 8
I been deprived or cut off from these
funds through an arbitrary setions
|of the university. Admitting that
i there have been instances of grant
' 'n-aid terminations, Dr. Streamer
oointed out that these cut offs were
j the result of the failure of those
j particular students to fullflll their
i part of the agreement they had
made with the university.
Several of these grant-in-aid sti
pends are given with the under
standing that the recipient would
i perform certain assigned tasks. Di.
j'Strascner mid that wbea students
receiving such aid refused to hon
-1 or their contracts, the University.
: acting on advice of its physical ed
! ucation director. iad no choice oth
j er than the withholding of this aid.
ICOVTtSVtS OS PAM n
Battle Loses
First Tune
In 15-Years
BY J. B. HARBIN
WASHINGTON, N. C. - The
North Carolina Association of Im
proved Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks of the World closed out
here Thursday after dissolution of
what had been a three-way fight
for the presidency with the riection
of Sherwood Thomas Enloo, presp
eroua mortician of Shelby as presi
dent for one year, after Grand Ex
alted Ruler Hobeon R. Reynolds of
Philadelphia effected a compromise
arrangement which was agreed to
(WWttiM ON PAQI ») '
Burlington Youths Found Dead v
In An Abandoned? Refrigerator
STATESVILLE - An frbondentd
refrigerator, a silent weapon which
has taken the lives of many a small
child, struck again this week SI
three young children suffocated to
death after being locked in while
playing.
Sammy Jerome Waddell, 8, and
his 18-month-old brother, Randy,
both of Statesville, suffocated Tues
day afternoon in a refrigerator
which had been placed In their
back yard about a month before.
Mrs Theodore Waddell, mother
of the children, told The CARO
LINIAN she was Inside houseclean
ing while her four pre-school chil
dren played In the yard
She said the older children ware
told to keep an eye on the younger
kid. When she Inquired about the
youngsters, she said the older kids
mid they were playing In the yard.
Mrs. Waddell Mid she later mtsa
ed tite two younger children and
sought out to find them. She Mid
she asked neighbors snd called by
phone throughout the neighborhood
seeking them.
“X don’t know what It was that
made me lok In the old refrigera
tor, but after I could n’t find them
anywhere else, I went directly
there," she told The CAROLINIAN,
"When I opened the box, they
were just lying there. They didn’t '
answer me when I called. They
couldn't have been. In the box more
Durham Candidates
Speakers At League
DURHAM Ram candidates
who are soaking office, In coming
elections appeared on a program
sponsored by the League of Wom
en Voters and the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce. Tuesday night.
In the Central Civic Center,
Dr. C. El wood Boulware, Nortn
Carolina College profrsaor, who to
seeking a place on the Board of
County Commissioners, subject to
Saturday's primary told the audi
ence that the time had come when
men and women of character and
Integrity should take a more ac
tive pert on the policy level of the
government
Burlington
Bondsman To
U- S. Court
GRAHAM Mack B Thompson,
local bondsman, who has been bat
tling in courts, since last spring
when he wss found guilty In Ala- |
mince General Court on charges
of selling liquor in s Mebane Night
Club, seems to be on his wsy to the
United States Supreme Court to
have it determined he should serve
s six-months sentence.
(coranio ow ram d
BIG. EMBRACE Mrs. Gerhardsen, wup o/ ur
Prime Minister Einsr Gerhardsen. embraces two Youngsters, Wil
Ham Turner, 7. and Stephine Noble (rear), 7, alter they present
sd her a corsage, recently, during a tour of PS 144 .on Lenox Ave.
lin New York Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardsen visited the school whicl
was named In 1960 lor Hens Christian Anderson, the Danish poe .
and prose writer (UPI PHOTO)
tMte i-half an houg/because I saw
tlBh". jibe added, i
medetl County Rescue Squad snd
vqptnteer fire squad worked on
the children for about an hour but
could not revive them, it was re
ported.
In Reidsvllle, an 8-yes r-old boy
suffered a similar fate after being
loacked In an abandoned refrigera
tor for about three house with his
sister, who survived the ordeal.
North Carolina Housing
Among Worst In Nation
The Adviaory Committee of the
U. S. CommlMion on Civil Rights
released a report on equal protec
tion of the laws In housing In
North Carolina, this week.
The document revealed that
North Carolina ranked 44th In the
nation In dwelling units in good
condition. It also showed that Ne
groes occupied 20.8 of the available
houses. It proved that North Caro
lina waa far out of line with most
of the states, even In the south. Flo
rida, Texas, Virginia. Louisiana.
Georgia and Tennessee were shown
to be ahead of North Carolina
Nonwhites occupy 100,875 houses.
The professor said that one of
the planks was that there would
be a brooder employment policy
adopted so that all of the titlsens
would have an opportunity to
gain employment according to a
bility and qualification.
Alexander Barnes. veteran
newspaperman, who faces no op
position In the primary and hopes
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
—CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
Bin FROM THEM
PACE l
Horten • fish
Saitoh 1 rain) * Wallpaper Co.
Woods I a Ik Stores
TSmui Srd A WhMo PooS Store
Hudson Belk
Tiro Salrt a Service
dark's inr of Oalclfk
PACE « V . _
Listener t funeral Herat
Auto Insurance Co.
I American Credit Co. Hu. I
; fabric Shop
Raleiak furniture Cu.
Seven Vs BotOlrr* Cn.
O. a. Tucker Bros., tar.
Ur Walter Chevrolet Cu
PACE t
Charles Department Stare
Ante Discount Cu.
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I Colonial Stores
Baletsk Seafood Co
I Acrao Bealty Co.
Robert Spencer Broadnax snd
his sister. Thelma Louise, six. were
rushed to a hospital after being
i emoved from the refrigerator
The father said both were breath
ing when he removed them frem
‘ (he box, but later his son began to
turn purple He called an ambu
lance and attendants used a resua
citator on both children. The little
'■III was reported improving.
85,263 of these are deteriorating,
while 64 311 are dilapidated This
means that nonwhites occupy 2'J.V
percent but only 11.8 percent of the
douses are in sound condition
Greenville headed the Hat of town*,
or cities, having the worst housed
with 91.7 set down as delapidateo;
Hhenderson. 86.1; Elizabeth City,
85.4; Goldsboro, 84 4: Salisbury. 83 ■
2: New Bern, 82.1; Wilson. 81.9: and
Winaton Salem, 80.3 were the worst
in the state. Kannapolis had the
brightest picture with 31.3 Char
lotte. the largest, had a 78.3 average
of delapidatod houses. Greensboro
had a 62 4. Durham's picture was
not bright with a 79 2. Raleigh had
an even 71 per cent.
Some of the conclusion* were:
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W EATHEH
The (tv*-gay weather forecast
(or the Xalelfh area beflnntns
Thursday, May 24. and conttnvlng
throuch Monday. May M, Is ae fol-
Trmperaturei will averas* 1 to
( decrees shove normal, wtth
warm weather ronttn«tn«. The
high and low temperatures 0 and
dl. Widely srattered, mostly after
noon and evening thunder show
era throughout the ported, will
averase one quarter inch nr lose
of rain.
IB E Quinn furniture Co
I Midas Muffler Shop
I PACE »
| ASP food Stares
I firestone Stores
! American Credit Co Ho )
Standard Conrrets Products Co.
Cera Watch Shop
PACE II
Carolina Power A Usht Co.
PACE II
Town A Country furniture Co.
Coodman'a Ladles Shop
C S. Tucker Bros.. Inc.
H. T Grant
; Amkassador Theatre
PACE It _ .
Mechanics A Farmers Hank
Dunns Eaaa Serslce
S M. Younc Hardware Stare
l instead Transfer A Grocery
I'.hodet Estrrmlnatlns Co.
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