CttANiKO DhOKS Dorothy DuMn m ahi leaves tape
M tart recently Mi Lm Angeles after tantaf her hnsband, Jehi
litaAltanihirMn «hjai her husband “wanted te be part ej
■toMtopc tm aaeh. (TFI FHOTO)!"*
Statesville Group
Accepts Overtures
fITATBVIUX ft was an
aaiSMi bars this weak that eiti
sulte made to Aba. Mamie Conner
Ipi. K Owan, manager of Conso
lidated Credit Corporation, reeent
apology of
«M t Ih^Nikidle. 1
sostor, apa aaid la km vlaNa*
agg&jy.gsg.
Stops By-Law
Change To
Admittance
CHARLOTTE The itaff of the
Charlotte Memorial Hospital com
posed of more than 290 doctor*,
am of thorn a Negro, turned down >
a proposed bylaw change that j
would have permitted the hospital
SO accept physicians'not belonging
to the SUe Medical Society or UX
American Medical Association.
The announcement of this deci
sion was made after a meeting
Wednesday night, due to rumors
that the staff would eliminate the
membership requirements.
itcwaimn am was n
NOTICE
Christmas Greeting laaae),
•Aei and idhwsl Monday,
instead es Wednesday.
The neat odMea of The
CAKOUMIAN wtH he an reg
eegfWpamAmle wit please ah-
WtThr pear sUaatmiel la
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ACCEPTS mOM FOR UNCP WilSmm Trent, Jr., mecutire director at the Unit i Ra
#• CO Fund, aonpd SSOIOO check—a 0t to the Fund and He thirty-two member coEsgx
team the Beeo Education Foundation. Preoenting H w Robert O. Ooodykcsnte, rice preetdent Hi
charge at the Eeetern Eeeo Region at Rumble Oil and Ratin';:* Company. Other management to*
preeentatiree at Humble Oil at the preeentabon were Wendell P. Ahton a d Jo, w S. Avery m hit
and eeeood bom lett reepecthrety. Bath ere ecthre in the ed'i:- :al~rei - t pregram at Httmbh
end He Eeetera Bern Region. Standard OH Company (H. /.)„ Humble’% yz.snt firm, eetabbehed
the Been Education Foundation Hi 1955 to coordinate ite own corporate gifts to education and
tmeeattedaoeeatic atfiUetee. Rumble, Jereey Standard § largest affiliate, u a contributor to the
C. Harris, along with Mr? Connoi
and definitely stated that It wa;
fCONTtNiirn on ea>~r n
Hi., .- .. iLLE P,.i.. _i« ,LH
—These are persons who fig*
■red In the protest es Insalts
made to Mrs. Mamie Conner,
by a credit firm manager, es
Statesvflto. recently. Mrs. Cea
ner to shewn tap left, with
Itr Wilson Lee ea the right,
fhibr. i. C. Harris is an the
Gov. Barnett Faces
Criminal Libel Charge
MKW ORLEANS, La--Governor guarded by Metal marshalls I
toea Barnett who Mopped James I ciM criminal libel by th
feredith twice from entering the . llt
niverrity of Mississippi. when he “••** PA ctrw<t *
tea armed with court order* and I (coenanm* an eeoa n
MOTHER AMP DAUGHTER DIE IN AUTO ACCIDENT
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TRANSFERS 200
His Greatest Christinas Gift
Gov. Saves Faust
From Gas Chair
Faust Is
Unmoved
I By Action
I i Warden K. ft. Hailey told The
CAROUNIAN that whan he poti
fied Melvin Vhuat, gt-yaaeoM
L once-condemned to death, of Aprs
rldße, that Oovernor MMIN In
[ commuted his eMMae*
no sign df Joy or aidniat < MS ,
The chief executive extenda* ft*
act of mercy Thursday and steed
him from the gas chamber, la
which he was scheduled ta dip
within a ...week. He was fchafgtd
[ with the Murder of a Charlotte po>
! ’iceman and sentenced to doafh by
i MeckTenborg Connty EupeHor
I Court Judge, July, 1900.
Faust had been on “Death How"
! since that time. His ease was ap
| pealed to the State Supreme Court
I and it refused to alter the sentence
given him in Charlotte.
The warden also mid that ha had
given no trouble since being at
Central Prison. Faust was removed
from the condemned section of the
prison where he left two non
[ whites and one white who are a
waiting the result of appeals town
death sentences.
He began serving a life sen ten re
and went thru the necessary pro
cessing Saturday. Ha will be given
his duties when the processing Is
over. He will be eligible tor pa
role after serving 10 year* of the
new sentence. He can also ho freed
at the discretion of the governor
at anytime.
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PTCji 1, wit' in ir
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DEATH AT THE WHEEL ley reeds slalmed lives of two women Mrs. Flora Elisabeth MeLeertn
and bar mother, Mrs. Bertha D. Armstrong- Another passenger, Mrs. I.ulit T trims* (ovln-rton, wse sari
eeety lajarod and bar condition reported erttleal. The women were from Fayetteville. The driver of
the ear la assn wedged behind the wheel where It took ever an hoar to remove the body.
iVegro headers A sh Far
Marshall Plan Far Air tea
WASHINGTON An hUtorie
meeting between the President of
the United Btatea and Mx of the
moat Influential Negro leader* in
U. S. occurred at the White Houaa
la at week, when they naked the
President for a “Marshall Plan"
tor Africa.
It ie to aeon to evaluate the ton
pact Hi iMportum of (hi nut*
log, but a point at major signlfl*
cianee la that this was the first
time in the history of the U. S.
that an American President ha*
discussed foreign policy with an
all Negro group.
Not to bo overlooked also is that
thia mooting signaled a new ap
proach and gave international dl-
ODDS-ENDS
R JAMBS A. SMBPABO
“Os Mb ElngAem there shag
bo ueaud."
W BABTN raCSTVE HEN
KINO”
The above Sue. token from the
tint rone of Isaac Watts’ Immor
tal ”Jdg to the World.” ha* proven
to bo one of Christendoms favor
ite Christmas carols
Wbr aotdon your eyes torjj
of the sordid, the badT'the end
ban gnsMfea and fears we have
STATE » BRIEF
EMANCIPATION gPEAKBB
WILSON L. E. Austin. Our* I
am Pabtlsbsr. will deliver the ad-1
drew for the "Iff Tear* of Proa
dam." at the Ptost Baptist Church.
January ÜBpa. Thejirogram I
brawn and I
civil rights and all
piOp||g
Meeting with the President were
James Parmer, national director.
New Twist In
Shoplifting
five teen-age girls were placed
on probation for etx months by
Juvenil* Court Judge Mason thorn
as. for shoplifting offenses. One of
be girls testified that she had sto
len two dreams and a slip and sold
the Hams ts a Mrs. William* tor
9LM.
The woman. Mrs. Hattie Willi
ams. M of 210 E. Cabarrus St was
convietsd Friday of contributing
to the delenqueney of minors and
encouraging two young girls to
shoplift Items for her.
Mrs. Williams maintained that
aha never told the girl* to steal, but
that she frequently gave them
money to go to the store for her.
they bad taken Item* for them
selves. hut that they had neve- sto
ten anything for Mrs. Williams
Judge Thomas delayed sentenc
ing the woman until he has recelv
ad a further report on her from the
court officials. “The community ean
not and will not put up with this
kind of behavior- the Judge mid
moot FACE TBIAL
Os gOPf DEATH
I A Wake Juvenile Court convict
led Mrs Annie Bell Mitchell on a
I orcr* I to"*Write T Superior Court to
IMe trial of Involuntary mao-
Congress of Racial Equality (CO-
Mias Dorothy L Height, National
Council of Negro Woman; Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr.. President
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference; A. Phillip Randolph,
International president. Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters, pre
sident, Negro American Labor
Council, and vice president, AFL-
Cao* Roy Wilkins, executive secre
fcoNTiNt'rn on* smi n
KENNEDY MEETS WTH LKAPKKg ProMdsnt Ksnuidy Am as he nafirief Mfh Jy*
mtos a* the white Itresr Das IT. The Prwfdsuf was argad la giro Negraw a grantor Kb Ml MM
MMw-African poMetes Left to rigbtiPr. MasMu LuttmrKlug. fwMdM, teeth we CkjtmahUpi
•tote Caufereuee: Ray WSkhm. sissuHsi sssrsiary, NAACPi Prssidsnl Ksuuady. Mtos Danfhv JMgBB.
proafdairt. NatfesatCsuueß as Nagro Warns; and A. PMR» KWlfMph, iKflsat, Brsthsrhaad
tog Car Partem, (get alary thto gags). (UP* PROTO), t «T »
Fayetteville Family
Victims Os Collisioii
IIHUDUON Two Fayette
ville women, Mra. flora Elisabeth
McLaurin, M oat her mother, Mrs.
Berthe Dntd AHgptronp, 48. ware
hilled instantly, Finlay afternoon,
and Mra Lula Thomas Covington
was seriously injured whan a ear,
hi which they wore riding, skidded
an an icy bridge and went hoad-on
into a truck.
Investigating officers unW
that Mrs. Armstrong was dirvtng
the 1880 Falcon and loot control of
it when it hit an icy-spot on a
bridge, on the by-pass of U. S. 1,
and. waa no able to steer it away
from the oncoming truck.
It was reported that the ear
rrossad the center of the road and
U. S. Judge Issues
Sweeping Decision
DURHAM - whan the local city
-chools reopen aftag ho Christmas
olidays there la a possibility that
100 more non-white student will
be tranfOrod to schools hem which
they have been boned, due to a
'weeping decision by Federal Judge
Friwln M. Stanley, Friday.
The federal Jurist ordered the
~’ty Board of education to not on
<v transfer children upon whom
it works a handicap to travel to the
.'o-called Negro schools, but he
gave the Board until May 1 to sub
mit a court-imp need policy of al
lowing nil pupils in tho city to
freely chooee any school they wish
to attend during tha IMS-84 school
year.
Judge Edwin M. Stanley laid
such a “freedom of choice” arrange
ment would then remain in affect
until the City School Board should
submit a plan tor achieving the
desegregation of schools here.
Alio in the court session hero
Friday, Stanlay defined an ordar
to the Caiwejll County Board of ed
ucation, providing that “every
school child presently enrolled in
(that) system" be notified he has
“complete freedom" in ehooeing the
school he derirea to attend starting
this school year.
The Caswell County arrangement
la to remain in.effect until the!
bdlrd submits an acceptable platty
Gantt Again Denied
Admission To Clemson
V. S. MKrtet Judge C. C. Wyche.
diamtasted the complaint of Har
vey Oantt, tt-year-old Charlestoni
an, on the grounds that he. Oentt.
failed to prove that ha was dis
criminated against.
In an order signed at Spartan
burg, and filed in U. S. District
Court there, the Judge said that
Osntt did not prove his case st the
hearing In Anderson three wreks
ago, and that hs “has not been da
rn led admission to Clem ton Col
lege because es his race." Accord
ing to tho Court. Oantt, who has
hern a student at lowa State Col
’ege, at Ames, failed to comply
with rules and regulations at Clem
■f>n when he made application to
the school.
Attorneys for Oantt. mid that
Judge Wyrhe's ruling will be ap
pealed to the 4th Circuit Court of
Appeals. Attorneys Perry and Jen
kins of Columbia who argued for
Oantt, along with NAACP attor
neys. said they had not yet receiv
ed a copy of the Judge's ruling, but
they pointed to the wording of a
Tcvious decision made by the 4th
Circuit of Appeals in ths Oantt
'‘as*.
Tt appears that In denying the
motion sought by Oantt asking to
be admitted to Clemaon Immedi
ately. the Appellate Court ordered
that ths cess he tried quickly be
fore Judge Wyche so that any ap
pes) from his decision could. In
lum. receive quick sctlon. The rul
ing nn Oentt'* qualification must i
struck the truck. The impnc If gbM
to have been so groot thatVhd W»
men wen Said to have been pteswd
in the oar and it was abteit MS '
hour before Mrs. Armstrong mMj
be removed.
Mrs. McLaurin and Mrs. Codfn#>A
ington were removed A fckn
minutes. Mrs. McLaurin WM Bead *
upon removal and Mrs. Covkfttori
was removed to a local boteital '
where her condition waa rapjrtad
as serious; ' • S ' *
The truck was Mid to havjf been
owned by Cortia, but themim-tank
trailer was the property aCTFtne
State Creamery of RaleigK' The
truck was damaged extensively
while the car wa* demoUahad-
tor desegregating it* system, Judge
Stanley said.
Robert 1L Blackwell attorney for
the Caswell County board, told
attar the hearing Friday tbe board
does not plan to submit any jam
before Judge Stanley's order talas
effect two weeks from now,..
The two orders wenuHUUlMd In
Federal Court here Friday. They
are to be drafted by attorneys tor
the plaintiffs and submitteed to
defendant attorneys next madam
day. Doc. M. If no ohj settop to
raised by the defendants before
Jan. 1, the orders go Int# affect
Jan. t. the Judge said.
The action Friday gitpjg|| of
court suits instituted as Ijm at
fix years ago. The CaswOßTPooa.
ty case was filed to DefNMQpr of
IMf by 41 Negro chitrdqr. and
their parents against IllSi imwlT’s
Board of Bdnsatlon. OnQaßpp Os
the children are still In scWefrl, and
nly these seven were impellent
the case. ~
Earlier this year. Judea dbenler
had ruled in favor of the
seven children, but 'ffpirill th*
other five. The suit tar d*e seven
was appealed to the Dsnxffi CIS*
curt Court Os Appeals ' ”r " n '
The Dwtaem suit wpf a epnaort
detton of two
S£S3£ ST"** * *’
Mwt term of the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeal! la expected 1
begin January 7.
White'Booze’
Paralizes
Young Woman
CMARLOTTt A XT year old
woman said Friday that aha took
one 78 cent drink of whit* whtakey
I art week and tha next thing ahe
knew aha waa paralyied.
Tha woman whoae name was
withheld, waa relaaaed from Oood
Samaritan Hoapltal where ahe re*
celved emergency treatment for
drinking the poiaonoua liquor.
“I couldn't move my toga" aba
recalled. **My arms just folded up.
and I couldn't open my hands. I
could talk a while and then It
aeemad I couldn't talk at all.”
“I waa really bad. The first thing
I thought about waa dying.” she
said. A hospital offlrlale Mid the
woman “did almost die. ft was tha
emergency treatment that saved
her life.” She was released from
the hospital and Mid that aha waa
reeling much better.