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INTERS PLACES FOURTH N PRHURT First Negro Chosen To Be Astronaut EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Call! Captain Edward J. Dwight Jr. ie tha first Negro to be selected (or possible participation in future U. S. manned vace flights. The diminutive U. S. Air Force jet pi lot <s’4” and 130 pounds) is the smallest man to be chosen for train ing- at the Aerospace Research Pi lot Program at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Dwißtt, who has spent ten of his M years da tha Air Force, is de lighted to be part of the space pro gram at last. He feels that his small stature assy be an advantage in the long ran. Dwight cosnee tram Kansas City, Kansas, is married and the tether o< Owe children. He ie very conacieus mt Ms rssponsfcUfly se the first re i H ■ ■ ri *■ '* 4 "J ,*■ -■*»■ * r /* v f -V . ’ V, ■ 1 I 1 | I i PIRST NEQOO CHOSEN shd mat ftis desk artMflwarda Air Foret Bate, California, is Captain Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the smallest man fS* 4” and 130 pound*) to bo ohoeen foe astronaut training ad the Aerospace Research Pilot Center at Edward*. (V/7 PHOTO). 7 •••••' ,• w ' NCC Grad Offers For Carboro Post < CARBORO The fir»t Negro to seek office in Carboro filed Friday for eleciton to the Carboro Board of Commissioner*, she is Mrs. Lee Vickers. Mr*. Vickers is the mother of Btanley Vickers who was involv ed in an integration suit against the Chapel Hill School Board in 1900. She is a graduate of the high school in Chapel Hill and attended North Carolina College in Durham. She is past president of the Daughters of Elks, a member of the First Bap- Mst Church, where she is a choir member, and is a volunteer work er at Memorial Hospital. In declaring for office Mrs. Vick ers said: "I live in Carboro and I am interested in the growth of the State New I —IN— Briefs _ — ! “DEBT ADJUSTERS” GREENSBORO Nearly 300 complaints and inquiries about two 'debt adjusters'’ were received by the Belter Business Bureau of ' Greensboro during the past two months, the bureau reported Sun. SCHOOL ENTERED Lucille Hunter School on Tarboro Road was broken into Sun night. Nothing was mi&sed. Also being investigated Monday was a break-in at Evans' Billiard Parlor at Ml E. Davie St. Cigarettes valued at 110 were taken along with $4 from the cash register. BROADNAX SENTENCED Jesse Lee Broadnax. 23 of 909 E. Hargett Street was given a two to-three year suspended sentence and was placed on probation for five year?. He had pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor of larceny of leas than S2OO in court Friday. MISTRIAL FOR BRYANT A mistrial was declared in the cue of William Henry Bryant, 39, of 909 Fayetteville St who had pleaded innocent to charge* of il legal possession of liquor for the purpose of sale. The mistrial was declared after the Jury failed to presentstive of his race to be a can aidate for apace flight "l want to be able to be an honor and inspi ration to my people." He claims he wants to be en ast ronaut for two reasons, to prove to himself end to others that a Ne gro can measure up to the high standards of an astronaut like any one else and, simply, to satisfy his deep interest in space. He actually begins astronaut training this summer. Ha will take classroom instruction, space simu lator flight training and proficien cy flights in specially-equipped, high performance Jets that soar to tha edge of space. The school is a kind of post-graduate course which (CONTINUED OH PASS S) city. I am willing to put forth my effort to help solve the many prob lems we have here.” In addition to her son Stanley, Mrs. Vickers who lives at 301 Carr Street. Where she was born 49 years ago, she has three other children, one of whom, Mrs. Gloria Warren, is a teacher of physical education in Baltimore. Md. Her husband. Mr. Vickers is house manager of Sigma Nu Fraternity. Mrs. Vickers, for two years, was a cross wslk police woman for the Chaple Hill Police Department Whereabout Os Accused Rapist Not Made Public The whereabout of Bylveator denes that he had ever been there. Bryant, who la said to have been Bryant, of Loulaburg. Rt. I. was rt«v Uß from° tha object of an extensive hunt from 3:30 s. m. until the after- PSL?J‘gXr s hSSrrl W -s toea^* y '- A c * u to “*• taking of the girt from the home “S2r thMt*. m JTI or »»«• parents, Rt. 3. FrankUnton. vraled that the man was In Ra ysi» mother ot the child Is said ** g to™” aroused by a notes whleh ■*** to tcporhA to have gone to ‘nve*lgate_ltjs further ra not there and there vu no erl- rcocrvuruo on rcot t> • jjj CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS BUY FROM THEM page s CiHnlil into ■•wee's Cash Stars 1 R QiSn Parattarc O uwa Watck Shop Caytor SiOl * MacSWcal Ce. !■■■ Jana Dram Shop paoe s PAL’B S AAP SWm . M*Uer A OaasMar WaarOmetU TtreCa WaUaoal BWnt Service. Inc. BeercaUro Tin Capttal Caca-Cele ■outas Co. PAGE ts *> PAGE S Carcnrr_none«f«. me. none seta*—mug’sf? 1 11* 1 . . ■rcluaki a Para Mrs •safe "" '!{'* Pitre's earn Brrvtea mu*a wrirr swsaia Mu W. Wtoters and Co Opdrtaaa toe. Pipvtoens Ptoanc* Co » cmmatn ruiaimi . [ . Sjjto SwT* Ltsto Ce. riSTf ** Co T T T T ▼ ▼ Congressman Diggs Attacks P. O. Policy In Mississippi ■ The Carolinian! ™ n i ■ nni lamiii — HBiMßßMrtfoMMEiiriTinwriiiiforTiifTririiiiiMtiriiTTiTiTfii'if fifriMiiTfiiiiiiimM i North Caroltna*s Leading Weekly VOL. 31, NO, 36 RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 37, 1963 PRICE 15c Bringing Mrs. Mallory Back Would Aid KKK Would Be Blow To Liberals NEW YORK lf Gov. James of Ohio does not halt the eutmdition of Mrs. Mae Mallory to. Monro*, ho will b* dealing a blow not only to the hopes of Negroes and civil-rights advocates in Ohio and otoewhere in the North, but he will atop be dealing a blow to ele ments «f the white community h> Monroe ttoelf which ere desirous of ending Ku Klux influence to that **Thto mu the warning as the Commute* to Aid the Monroe De fendants to a atetenwnt issued her* Monroe Journal to white newspap er) as evidence that extradition of the Negro mother would please on ly toe moot extreme racists in the North Caroline city where she was indicted almost two years age <to a trumped-up kidnap Charge. Commenting on the latest court stay of the extraditicn proceedings against Mrs. Mallory, the Monroe newspaper columnist proposes that if the white couple in the case were willing to drop charges, “I am sure Hie great majority of Union County citizens would be happy to forget the entire affair.’” "Certainly 999 out of every 1,000 residents of the community,” he continues, “would much rather hear no more about her (Mrs Mallory)." If Gov. Rhodes extradites Mrs. Mallory, there is no possibility that Union County's citizens will be able to forget the whole affair. The southeastern headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan Is In the county and the Klan has long been a power in county and Monroe politics. Freedom Riders, who took refuge in Monroe's police station during the rioung by a moto of 5.000 white supremacists in August, 1901, (the fCONTPSOTP OH PAGE » I I ■ to | l • 15% JBBL'Va r Mr m £ -1 V > jjfly ■ % \ wM: .||f I MEN’S DAY SPEAKER At* torney Henry E. Frye, recently appointed Assistant Atterney sf the Middle District as North Carolina hy United SUtes At* torney • General Robert Ken nedy. will be the Men’* Day speaker at the Martin Street Baptist Church, Sunday, April 29. The public la cordially In vited to share In this serv ice which will begin at 11:90 A. M, Dr. r. H. Johnson Is paster. Kills SelfT Injurys 4 In Mishap According to Information said to have been given State Trooper Bob East James Albert Otlllam. 33. 151 S Poole Road, mixed his de sire to buy a car. a drink or two and a crave for high speed Into a concoction, about 4:30 p. m Tues day that resulted In his death and Injury to four others. Ollliam. well-known In Raleigh circles and an orderly at Rex Hospital, Is said to have presented himself to Auto Bales dt Service, 227 8. Person St., where he ex preaged a desire to buy an auto mobile. A representative of the com pany Is said to have armed him with the death weapon—to wit, a 1910 model ear. CM 111 am left the Person Street firm, on what was supposed to be a "tryout around the block”. Somewhere down the line be la said to have picked up his moth er. Mrs. Roes Reid. 40, of Wen dell. Rt 3: Thomas Retd. 34; Oeorge Curtis, 94, Zebulon. Rt. 1; and Alberta Haley, 39. Wendell, Rt I. The time and place of this <t osrrPftTxn ox page n I ODDS ENDS BY JAMES A. SHEPARD •study to Mow toon self ap- m » NOT QCAUPISD A special news item, commenting en Gov. Sanford’s "Good Neighbor” program aimed at promoting jobs for Negroes said the program "has run into at least one unexpected snag." "It seems.” according to this news item, "the problems has been not so much one of finding Jobs for Negroes as of finding qualified Ne groes to fill them.” It seems to us that among other things, we are being told that the white man Is rather surprised that after all too hue and cry we have been making about the lock of eco nomic opportunities, be is now finding that wo an not prepared | ( aemniisM page si Ml Denied In Past 5 Years WASHINGTON Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D-Michlgan) has opened up a broad attack upon ton administration of Federal pro grams in Mississippi which discri minate against Negroes. On April 19. In telegrams to the Federal Av | iaUsn Agency and the Interstate | Commerce Commission, he attacked D discriminatory facilities at airports Band bus and train terminals. In • H letter to Postmaster General Day. I he ashed for a full-scale lnveetiga* I tioa sd a discriminatory employ bagHw**™ *» th ? wg** •ess i fcgjfcEyt*: ?>»« topgfrjgfgy. letters' / * Poet Office Department Washington, 25, D. C. “Dear Mr. Postmaster; "On e recent trip to Clarksdale, Mississippi. I encountered com plaints of what is obviously a ra cial discriminatory employment pattern in the local Post Office. "It is alleged that no Negroes are employed Inside of the Poet Office, except in the capacity of Janitor. I am told that there was a policy established some time ago which decreed that Negroes would be hired for outside work only, such as postmen. I am further informed, however, that even this policy was ultimately discarded and that no Negro postmen have been hired in that community in the last 5 years. “A 1902 report of the Post Office Department indicates that out of 3.619 of its employees in Mississippi only 134 were Negroes and only 3 of them were above a Grade 4 '54,110) pay level. Since the popu lation of that state is almost 50 per cent Negro, this is prime facie evi dence of discrimination. “I am also informed that In the Meridian. Mississippi Post Office, 1 out of 109 employees is a Negro (coNTnrotD on page rt W EATH K H The flvc-Cay weather forecast tor to tortrteb area baclnntas raardcay, April ZS. and rontlnutoc threasfe kleaday, AprU IS. Is aa KDd 'or ecd weather thrrash Monday with tempera tarot a vara i tos a saw dasrooa ha low aormaL Pitta or no ratofan Indteaue RECOGNITION FOR A GOOD JOB (AN EDITORIAL) The fourth place poeition garnered by Councilman John W. j Winters in the April 23 primary here is indeed an accomplishment i worthy of recognition. In a field of seventeen this junior councilman uaed little more | than his record to offer in campaigning for continued service to i the government and citizens of Raleigh. Apparently this record; speaks well for his tenure in office. He must have acquitted him- < self well for the total city vote to acknowledge his accomplish- { ments by such a complimentary vote. His determination to in- 1 elude a prospectus beyond the closed door of Race representation has equipped him In the more far reaching Instruments of govern ment and human understanding of the people of Raleigh. Thu U as It should be. Councilman Winters may well look back over his two years and remember the beginning challen ges pointed out to him and be comforted in the fact that he not only tried, but he made hU best good enough to be recognised by a Mteiiguku* Body Apologises To Group The Raleigh MlnUterial Associa tion, composed of minister* of both races, sent a stern letter of apology to members of s Wilmington dele gstioa tost wss ssid to have been embarrassed and humiliated when they (topped to eat at a local SAW i § V f I i gg ■ ?’ . , •> • * iii K I / 233 YEARS These two ov er-eentnrlans celebrated 232 years of life In Doctor’s Con valescent Center, East St. Leals, HI., hurt week. Mrs. Ada Nunn, 119, was born In Birmingham, Ala., a slave. Will SmKh. IIS, waa born In Texas. Charlotte Racial Bars Fall - CHARLOTTE Dr. Reginald Hawkins, militant raea leader, la said to have called est "planned demonstrations,” in connection with the North Caroline International Trade Fair, whan b* was assured <c<wrnNppp~aw paoe s> ’ city of 100.000 people with the i majority vote cast, giving him a > splendid agreement with his be havior and decisions. I The CAROLINIAN commends I Mr. Winters for his achievements: and would cal) to the attention of > the public the great good we can . do for the cause of our city and . ourselves when we have the op i portunlty. | Restaurant, while In the city to I make an appeal for the “City by | j the Sea,” recently The letter was signed by Bruce { ' Pale, secretary of the local organi- I ration. j I The misile not only apologized I JOHN W. WINTERS Light Vote Cast Hero Tuesday Councilman John W. Winters got over the first hump Tuesday, in his quest for s second term on the City Council, when he ran fourth, in a field of 10 hopefuls. Winters is one of the four incum bents who filed for re-election. Jim Reid led the voting with 5.080 voles. Bill McTvnirin came in sec ond. with 8,685. Travis Tomlinson ran third with his 5,013 while Win ters polled 4,317. The voting was light, in view of the (Set that only 8,100 votes were cast out of 30,005 eligible voters in the eity. The four Incumbent* will go into the general election. May 7. with Earl Hoststlsr, William Worth, Harry Phillips, Joe Chambers, Al bert Root, Jr., who ran on a con (CONTtNujp ON PAOB S) ==- 1 World News Photos 1*,.. - I 1m Mr Mmm LEADS MARCH Martin Luther King (./onground) leads a march in direct violation of a court order in Birmingham. King, Rav. Abernathy (at hia aide) and 51 othan were jailed. The white man between them waa identified aa Robert B. Fulton, a professor at Miles Collage. (UP! PHOTO). P'f’ OBfljl CRABBED BY SEAT OF PANTS A police officer grabs Rav. Martin Luther King, southern integration leader, by the seat of his trousers in jailing him lor hading an anti-segngation march in Birmingham (UPI PHOTO). HEARING THINGS Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, taking a call from Secretary of Labor. W. Willard Wirts, looking Kka the picture of informality in Beach-Front home in Puerto Rico. In this photo from the current issue ot LOOK MAGAZINE, Powell inserts e finger in his ear to reduce the noise ot the pounding of 1 the surl outside his door. (UPI PHOTO). that ftuch an inault would be given visitor* to the state* capital city, but held out hope that the time would come when Raleigh would not only accord all citizen* a wel come. but would fee to It that par non* of all race* and group* would Negro Seeks Henderson’s High Office BY JOHN W. FLEMING . ; . HENDERSON Sherman,-4. Parham was the last man to fttss hi a five-man field, for the otflflß of mayor, subject to jhe May I-pri mary. He is believed to be tha first Negro ever to file for the of fice. Mr. Parham, a democrat, deswrtb «d to this reported his 3-point plat form: ~7~. (1) An intensified search for in dustries to be located in the Head er son area. He (eels that industries will offer permanent jobs that are vitally necessary to raise the eco nomic level of all the people of Henderson, to eliminate petty crimes that are spawned in an at mosphere of unemployment, to de velop a morally clean community, and to elevate all people who are being pushed down because of a lack of job opportunities. (3) A continuation of the present mayor-board of aldermen form of government. The candidate believes that the coat involved in training personnel to mske the switch to the city management form of govern ment will be much too high for th# benefits to be derived fives .such a change. <3» Appointment of a Committee on Recreation to promote a year round recreational program. Aa the candidate explained, young people and older ones of all ethnic groups must have something to till tbs void crated tv an ever Inc resting leisure time. The overall purpose for this 3- point program, as stated by Mr. Parham, is: "... to develop with in the youth of the community the ability, and to provide them with the economic background necessa ry to run the Hnderson of tomar fcontinued from FACE 1) (CONTINUED ON PAGE Q meet eat greet and fratemla* ea the same level. It wae reliably reported that the letter waa written at the inaiatene* of the white member* of the valid* (CONTINUES OH PAG* «• im
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