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Widow's Statement Frees
Man In Husband's Death
Jealousy
Said Cause
Os Slaying
GASTONIA A S3-ye#r-old we*
mb, Mn. Mary Lou Smith of Bee*
■nor City, ha* admitted the shot
gun killing of bar husband and lo
ta! polio* officers freed a falsely
accused meat cutter whom she had
Implicated as also being involved
In the incident
Mrs. Smith ■allegedly admitted
fee shotgun slaying of her husband
■f SO yearn Nelson, also O, as he
eat asleep in the living room of
their home before a television set
an June IS.
Cary First
To Integrate
In County
TMmgntlnn earns to Wake
Oatr tti echoed system tier the
first time Monday as six Negro
gbto were a mitred to the pro*
vtonriy all-white Gary Senior
High School from Bony O’Kelly
High School. Method. This action
was taken by the Wake County
Board e< Education at tta regular
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is gtanf to haee their graded
dry* tha dptnton
has* goad gradaa in order to
maintain tMr average in a white
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Paata and Mis. Mm Q. Adams
of WIDOW Springs were primarily
responsible tot the motions to ap
prove the six requests for traaa-
These raesaigned to Cary
Seboel are: Misses France*
lasts* White, 17, 11th grade;
LaeUle Evens, IS, 11th grade;
Phyllis Base Mclver, 14, ninth
grade; Esther Lee Mayo, 14.
ISth grade; Brenda Lae MB,
IS, 11th grade; and Gwendo
lyn Ince Matthew, Id. 11th
eiee*r to th* former
all-white school than t* th*
aB-Negra Barry OT«Uj High
SfluuJ
nra elementary grade students
were transferred from the Carver
School, Wendell to Shepard High
School. Zebulon.
The Raleigh School Board nam
ed tan Negro students to five of the
city’s previously all-white schools
Tuesday. There were only ten re
quests.
rtve of these reassigned will at
tend Snloe High School, where SS
were assigned last year. Two ware
reassigned to Broughton High and
tame will attend Franc** Lacy El
ementary School.
The motion was made by Attor
ney Fred J. Carnage, the board’s
only Negro member.
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Alton B. Bell. 40. of Bsasamar Ci
ty, who works in a supermarket
here, received handaheket from
friends in Superior Court as toe
state dropped charges against him.
Jealousy b said to have bean
the motiv* far the slaying as
Mrs. Smith Is raperted te have
Ml Rural Felice Chief Ed
Groves that she overheard bar
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VOL. 21, NO, 86 RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1963 PRICE 15e
Bi-Racial Meet
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ATTORNEY GENERAL AT CIVIL RIGHTS HEARING Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Is
the lead-off witness at the first Congressional hearings on President Kennedy’s strong civil rights bill,
now before Congress. He is shown opening his notebook as he begins testimony before the House Judi
ciary Committee last week. The Attorney General urged Cengreee to enact civil rights laws that would
deal with racial problems in the courts and “not lathe street* amid potential violence.” (UPI PHOTO).
Labor Secretary Wirtz Heard
As Civil Rights Hearing Starts
WASHINGTON, D. C. “The Is
sue,’* said Secretary of Labor W.
Willard Wirt* testifying on the
President’s CivQ Rights Act of 10-
98, “is whether freedom is to have
th* seme meaning for ail of us, or
only tar nine of us out of every
The flasrataar to imllmiay
tost week before toe 8u bowm
en to* Judiciary, reminded that
he appeared net only to hie
rale aa Secretory of Leber, bet
ale* to hi* role as vtoa-chalr
ma of the President’s Commit
tee an Equal Employment Op-
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foetid eat that h* had boon dat-
She reportedly Bred eight toots
into her husband’s heed.
Earlier Mrs. Smith testified that
Beil had killed bar husband and
persuaded her to tell police that
two maaked Negroes were respon
stole for the slaying.
She said that her reason tor
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
part unity. Ha otflol ittfifftn to
the President's reference in his
"Employment opportunities ...
play a major role la determining
whether eMI righto. . . are mean
ingful Thera Is little value In a
Negro's obtaining the right to be
admitted to hotels and restaurants
If be has no cash In his pocket and
no Job.”
Ur. Wirt* described In detail the
plight of the Negro worker, stating
that the disparity between non
white and white unemployment la
getting worse insteed of better. He
gave three major reasons for this
plight shortage of jobs In tbs
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Briefs
om CHANGED WITH ASSAULT
RALEIGH Mias Myrtle Wal
ton. E-10 Washington Terrace, was
arrested last weekend and charged
with assault and battery after toe
attached Thedehne Lilly, SI with
a knife, allegedly subbing him in
the beck with a knife twioe.
Patrolman said Was Walton call
ed the police station and wild
d» bad juM stabbed a man. Hm
claimed Lilly tare off Mr Meuee
and struck bar aeeeral times baSwe
rite set bold of a knife and sUtatod
him
SOT.IikUD R CAR
ELIZABETH CITY A four
year-old boy frees Maw York City
blaming the death an Bell was tost
toe two had worked tagafasr sev
eral years ago in a supermarket and
toe thought her story would be
accepted.
Defense attorneys claim that Mis.
Smith was temporarily out at her
mind at toe time of the slaying.
She is expected to stand trial dur
ing toe next term of the Gaston
County Superior Court
economy, lesser qualifications a
mong Negro workers, Job discrimi
nation and cited some gains
which have been effected. He gave
particular emphasis to gains under
th* President's Executive Order
No. 1003* which in March 1901
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N. C. Teacher Named Veep
Os Nat’l Classroom Body
DETROIT. Mich Mrs. Elisa
beth Koonts. a special education
teacher tram Salisbury. N. C., was
elected vice-president of the pow
erful classroom teachers depart
ment of the National Education
Association.
Approximately SO per cent of
the members of the national or
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NEW COCNCILMEN TAKE OFFICE— Shown above Monday
taking the oaths of office ta the Raleigh City CounelL Frees left to
right they era: Travis Tomlinson. Billy Worth. Chertee Gaddy,
275 Negroes,
25 Whites
Hear Reports
BY CHAELEb'b. JHNM
Raleigh's First Bap** Church,
corner Wilmington and Morgan
Straelf. was th* scam **f a
mass moating last Thunder night,
attended by same 370 Negroes and
HI «'MI» « vg* soot sored by M*
Cec».nsthta femufctet *. to# S-
Macl, raOtaitoy
NMioni wnioi ven piWMa
ever by Rev. Dr. Grady D. Da- .
vis, proeidwit of tteJUlelgb Cl
tlsene Asaeciattien, agk dean of
the School at RellgtosT at Shaw
University.
The Student Movement was dis
cussed by Charles Earle, a student
at Shaw University.
He cited th* hardaMpe Involved
with th* demonstrations, which
were sometimes, conducted during
rainy weather, since the beginning
of the movement, early in May.
Earle said that 08 students were
arrested to th* first effort which,
he said, accomplished very little.
“We marched to veto and
sun, night and day, to get what
w* wanted. Ws fool that wq
have aceempltsed something.
We casmet stop here, but must
continue. No lob should eoms
before our freedom," be said.
Speaking on th* role of to* law
yer in th* legal redrew depart
ment of the Coordinating Commit
tee was Attorney Samuel S. Mitch
ell. He termed the demonstrations
as to* people's movement, initiated
and carried out by the students and
also referred to it es a revolution.
“Four eases out of 300 arrests." be
said, “were bound over tram City
Court to Superior Court tar trial
on July 13 for trespassing at to*
SAW Cafeteria on Fayetteville St
“We were ready to pnssnt eur
eases to* following day”, the attor
ney said. “And w* will also be rea
dy on July IS." the trial date,
•peaking far th* Labor Connate
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ganlmtlnn are members of the
classroom teacher* group and la
the most powerful group hi the
NBA.
Mrs. Keen— a Rears, was
the only oppeeed to
the election. She la the find
Negro to ever bald Om peeftten
as aattonal visa pririfrnt
Mrs. Thelma P. Daria, a
first grade teach— from Grif
fin, Gs., was elected ans U—t.
She wfll taka adflaa to Jaly eg
next year.
The question of etvfl righto was
and has bean one of the moat Im
portant that faces the 10,000 par
eons hi attondanes at the con
vention.
Other subjects that have drawn
comment were federal aid to edu
cation and state's teachers situa
tion. which embieef the
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Forsyth Bar Association Lowers Race Bars
WINSTON-6 ALEM The Bar
Association of Porayth County <
voted almost unanimously last 1
Thurdaay to admit Negro lawyers '
to full membership If they are
"otherwise qualified.”
The policy change was over
New Mayor
Cites Need
For Goodwill
Winter* h
Named Chmn*
P. W. Comma
Raleigh’s n*w May** Maas W.
(Jim) Raid, sworn to Monday
morning said in hia Hr* ap**ch
that “oontiausd undaratandtag is
•ssanttaT to n srttlmbmf at Ra
leigh’s racial problem.
J&FSJTJLSrs
leigh reattar and tab Aral No*
gr* te aver held taepeatttm at
City CennaUman to this etty.
to haad the FehUe Marks Cam
anaeaodtog *n%tog
Ceaaeltman John Oaff*y. Sarv
tog with Wtotose wMJba new
tired ynfsmir apl WlUtam
Worth, realtor.
William L. McLqprin, Raleigh
parking lot owner, wg| named may
or pro tamper* a Mtttlnn which
to* new mayor hut himself for
the past lour year*
Vice-president of Branch Rank
ing and Trust CarngmUn, Raid
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l iKn* natrthtataa ft
lEnloa. who held
for the past six year* Enlaa did
not seek reflection this tom, *
The new mayor declared Monday
“The door has been opened which
will land to equal recognition of
all eur people and the part they pan
play in making this a bettor tato."
Arses in which Raid suggested
that action toould begin include:
an accelerated street program, In
cluding the extension *f Wade Ave
nue west from Dixie Trail; flood
control on Crabtree Creek; nrhan
renewal programs and library Br
itain improvements:
Hostetler and Temltoean to a
special eemsatttoa to filumtns
th* average par Hast east *f
water and aewer cenatrnetton.
William H. Carper, OHy Manager,
informed the new Ceonafl than is
“a pretty good chance” of Widen
ing Peace Street et the Bsebaard
Railway bridge below (bo present
estimate of *070,000. Be said otty
engineers are now at work a* the
problem.
Th* City Council gave final ap
proval at its first misting also to
the tax rate, which witt remain tog
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Governor's
Council In
Conference
prapnrod stotaoMßl to M
"Oood Neighbor Onmwfl* aomp.
nor Tarry S. Sanford ra atotad
his stand cn fan* to bring about
equal opportunity for Nagrssa to
tbs employment pgtoara of tbs
■tote Wednesday morning.
The chief executive stated toed
he mae still of th* opinion that it
Is both constitutionally and mor
aßy wrong to deny any person, on
racial ground* the right to em
ployment and it was hia hope
that to* ettlsans of tbs state
would adopt such a program out
of toetr regard tar right and Jos
David i. Vsltorans m 4 jjm
Waprae* A
gram was dated to ton Man
prisidsl ever hr Mm Hrlar
hta* State^ Wjdtara^Pyart-
* W- * fc< *
(txnrrintian osr ra— a
■natfarlng of disapproval m a
voice vote. The tow “no” rat—
were scattered and muffled.
Earl Heatctler, John W. Winter* Mayer gr* tom William Mulaarla
and Mayer James W. Reid.
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MAYOR TAKES COFFEE
BREAK Mayor James W.
(Jim) Retd, swum into office
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Hires Bound Over In
Slaying Os Mechanic
LEXINOTON Three young Ne
groes erase bound peer to th* Aug
ust term at Devltoon Superior
Court to the murder at on* whit*
man and th* wounding of another
during a ram riot hat* on June 8.
OrigtaaHp charged with being ac
caseorleu after the fact of murder,
they are William Chaster Johnson,
1* Roosevelt Smith, 31, and Joseph
Peel* about 1* *ll of Lexington.
Olenn Link, SB-year-old white
mechanic was shot to death with a
33 caliber pistol Wounded in th*
melee was Art Richardson, a pho
tographer tar to* High Point En
terprise, who was toot in the back.
All at to* eoouaed had bean held
to lieu of 031.000 bend aa accewe
Couple Faces
Prostitution
Charges Here
A 30-year-old tom white wo
man. Mias Bala McLamb, and « 80-
yeer-old Negro bellhop. Unwood
Camfagtan, were arrested here Sat
urdey nighty connected
at toeTartT Central
Betel on n sharp* at engaging
to miatttntlia and Carrington
f 111 L WUntagton it, ws*
sharped with atdtop and abet-
Mta > Mel!!smb"wW held fa Uw
at tSttO bead and Carrington was
etted to aty Court for a hearing.
Det. SgtiL L M. Smith and J L
Stoudwunir* said a Wart Virginia
man mid them he had to agree to
fcummuio am faob s>
Demonstrations Still
H was toe early to got a check
on Am rmrtlnn to Roy Wilkins
qpanch, made In Chicago, at tha
c|»— »«wg asaslen at the annual meet
ing of toe NAACP. in which he
feraaew mere and bigger demon
rtrattanx by larger crew da than
*var baton* hi an effort to bring
abant flrstrlew eitiaonahip. A casu
al look Wednesday get to* follow
ing results.
k toMAi—MW a^wßutea
"Do you
favor the admission of otherwise
qualified applicants for member
ship In the association, regard-
after being choeen mayor by tha
other six councilman. Ha ao«-
oeeds William G. Bate* who tad
aaamhar uunßulL >,.*
Hat. Under the murder charge, they
■re now denied bond unleea the
court rule* otherwlae.
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AWARDED HERO’S MEDAL
—Shown above la nine-year -eld
Robert Lee Owen*, Enid, Okla
homa. who died la the toy wat
er* of Government Springe Lake
last Jan nary. He wae poethnm
eoaly awarded a Carnegie Hero
Fund Conunlaaton Bronaa Modal,
Owen* drowned In fonr loot of
'water while aavtng the life of
hto beet Mend by bolding hi*
head above water. The awtan
mlng pool hae ainaa been nam
ed the Robert Lee Owen* Me
morial PoeL The award provide*
«7M In death benefit* a toe far
Robert'* mother, Mm Geneva
A. Owen*. (UFI PHOTO).
The City Council of Dunn was
scheduled to name a special sta
men bi-recial committee to, work
out racial problems in that city.
Th* group, proposed by city lead
ers and agreed to by Negro lead
ers. will be cetnpoeed of four white
and two Negro members.
Naming of the committee comes
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less of race, creed or color?”
Only two brief speeches were
made, one by William P. Wamble,
former legislator, who spoke hum
bly for the proposal; and the oth
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