Man Stabbed To Death At Fish Fry
‘Was Talking
About Mom,’
Slayer Says
FAYETTEVILLE—Sun Junior
Leggett, 18-year-old local resi
dent. was stabbed to death here
Sunday when a fish fry and pok
er game he was attending erupt
ed into violence, where his alleg
ed assailant ended up in a hos
pital before being taken to Jail.
Harold C. McKinnon, also of
Fayetteville, was placed in jail on
a murder charge In Leggett's
daih. He was not allowed bond.
"Talking About My Mather"
McKinnon signed' a state
ment admitting that he stab
bed Leggett in the chest after
the latter began cursing him
and "Was talking about my
mother** during the poker
game, held in the home of
MUe Betty Williams.
The accused man declared that
Leggett first drew a knife from
his pocket and started toward
him. then reached over and slash
ed him across the cheek.
At that time. McKinnon and
Leggett are beleived to have scuf
fled for the weapon, with Mc-
Kinnon emerging the victor.
McKinnon was treated at the
Cape Fear Hospital before being
placed in jail.
A hearing in the Fayetteville
Recorder's Court for the defen
dant is scheduled for next week.
Boy, 16,
Cries At
Decision
i BY- ’Olson. Jr., W
yaa Jo student here,
we] —., oonuday morning as
ho was sentenced to spend the re
mainder of his life behind prison
bars far raping a white woman.
An all-white Jsip fanpsaad the
sentence in the rage of Mm Tom
my JMmqnrison. tt a local homo*
the week-long trial that ho was
innocent His parents and other
relatives alee wept
Wilson wag charged by Mrs. Ed
mondson with jumping into her
car, forcing her to drive to an iso
lated area and then raping her.
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Says Jails
Are Full In
BY HILLIARD CALDWELL
CHAPEL HILL Thirty-four
Negroes and whites were arrested
Friday in Chapel Hill's first moss
esvil disobedience campaign, pro-
Mating segregation.
The protest was in the form of
a ait-in at the Chapel Hill Mer
chants Association headquarters
on West Franklin St The move
ment was directed by the Com
mittee for Open Business. The sit
in began shortly after 3 pun. Fri
day in the basement of the Fuat
Baptist Church on Roberson St.
Following a briefing the group p *o
cceded by an indirect route to the
site of the sit-in. Reporters, news
paper photographers and television
cameramen. Chapel Hill policemen
and Sheriff* deputies, who had
been notified beforehand, already
had gathered in the area. State
Highway patrolmen also were is
position at five intersections to con
trol traffic.
Twenty-seven Negroes and
whites filed into die Merchants As
sociation office and sat in the pass
ageway, locking arms and singing
freedom songs Joe Augustine, di
rector of the Merchants Office a ik
ed the group to leave Before be
could get ,an answer, the group
started singing their freedom songs
again.
While thoee in the Merchants As
sociation office were being carried
(CONTWt’KD UN SAGA g>
“Can’t Guarantee Cain At March:” Roy Wilkins
WASHINGTON Roy Wilkin*,
executive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, said here Monday
hi; obviously cannot guarantee that
there will be no violence in the
mammoth eivj rights demonstra
tion planned for Wednesday. Aug
ust 38.
rents hearing. “We are taking
every precnatten to as* that
there Is no vietewee.”
The NAACP is one of the o. ga-
Bixations sponsoring the march,
which is expected to attract 100.00 G
Negro demonstrates* to the na
tion's capital city.
The purpose of the demonstra
tion was endorsed by President
Kennedy to his news conference
PA TRON ‘THROWN OUT OF CAFE HERE
The Carolinian
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VOL. 21, NO. 39 RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1963 • . PRICE ISc
YDC ChangesMeei Site
To Avoid Racial Bias
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.. uuuiiui i ..uM n. c. iu- ruiice shove Negro, demon
ttrators from the entrance of u segregated theatre iu Thomaavill
bet Wednesday during the second consecutive lag of unti-segregu
tlon demonstrations there. Sixty-eight pickets, including M Juvenile*
were arrested and charged with violating a municipal fir* srdlnune
prohibiting Hip- blocking of entrances to public facilities. A crowd o
about SO whites and Negroes gathered later and exchanged a bar
rage of rocks briefly. (UPI PHOTO).
Organize $lO Million Drive
Against Poverty hi N. C.
A fund, designed to break the
“cycle of poverty" in North Caro
lina was announced here last
Thursday by Governor Terry
Sanford. Three other Tar Heels
also made similar announce
ments. The fund to expected to
eventually reach $lO million dol
lars.
The program, Interracial in
scope, to called The North Caro
lina Fund. Incorporators will be
Sanford. Charles H. Babcock of
Winston-Salem; John H. Wheel
er, Durham: and C. H. McKnight
of Charlotte.
The agency will be financed
mainly through the Ford Foun
dation. It will aid at least 30 ru
ral and urban communities in
“developing their own compre
hensive programs for making im
provements. using schools, wel
fare. public welfare and other
bodies.
Sanford Mated that the agen
cy's approach will be directed
more toward the industrial rather
own agricultural education.
The board of directors for the
agency include: Dr. Samuel Dun
last weak. He said arrangements
have been made to make it "respon
sible and peaceful.**
Governors George C. Wallace of
Alabama, and Boas R. Barnett of
Mississippi have suggested that
Communist influences might ha at
Work behind the “disturbances”
and urged the Senate committee to
investigate tills angle
"The resolute determination and
action at our Negro citizens upon
the civil rights issue constitute ex
emplary American conduct.” mid
Wilkins.
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Wilkins eendadad by toUtog the
can. Salisbury; Hollis Edens. Mia.
H. Prank Forsyth and James
Orsy. all of Winston-Salem: Dal
las Herring of Rose Hill; Har
grove Bowles, Jr, Greensboro;
Oerald Cowan. Asheville; C. A
MeKnlght, Charlotte; Wallace
Murchison, Wilmington; Mrs. B.
C. Parker, Albemarle: Thomas
J. Pearsall, Rocky Blount; and
John H. Wheeler. Durham.
Dr. Duncan and Wheeler
are Negroes. The termer to
praaMent es Livingston* Cel
toge and brads^th*
Offices of the fund win be in
Durham. The governor reported
that funds are expected to come
from the federal government. In
dividuals, other organisations
and local governments of areas
served by the fund win be asked
to raise or make contributions.
"First efforts wffl be to empha
sise better-, methods of teaching,
as wen ae Introducing vocational
education into those high aeiiooto
which do not have it.
Blare to expected to be heard
from the fund next week.
committee that “Humiliation stalks
the Negro from the time he leaves
home to the morning until be re
turns at night and the player* to
this drama at -frsutration and to
dignity arc no longer to a mood to
wait patiently and inactively lot
their full righto”
APL-CfO Preaidant George Ken
ny said be will take personal chargr
at s drive designed to wipe ant all
forms at racial discrimination • to
schools, unions, public accommo
dations. housing, voting, eanptoy
ment and general services.
Attending the mam demonstra
tion win be persons from all walks
of life, including toe clergy, bual
Carolina
Hotel Will
Accept All
Because of a misunderstanding
here between the Hotel Sir Walter
and state and local Young Demo
cratic Club leaders concerning
room accommodations for Negro
YDC delegates, the State, Southern
Conference YDC Rally headquart
ers were changed last weekend to
the Carolina Hotel, which has vow
ad to accommodate YDC delegates
of all races. The rally will ha bald
Ssdugday. July 37.
r Vunroung Democrats ware urg
ed for attend the Rally and "help
» a Democratic Party vieHKfy In
Charging that “the JPlfe
Party has been captuttd by the
far right .and the friettd* of the
John dKrtah Society." Wake County
YMFMhAnt GeorguM. Stephens,
than agar bitertftr people to
mm he Mr Diumtsula to fergeS
Metr dtffsrenaea und get en
with the Jeb es pswvidlng the
nation’s puHtleal leadership '
The Web* County YDC is Serv
ving as host dub for the Jopif rally
which is expected to be attend
ed fay some 300 delegates from
North Carolina and the Southern
Conference of the Young Demo
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Sen. Ervin
Leads Dixie
Opposition
WASHINGTON, D. C. Senator
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D-N. C.) led
the Southern Opposition to the
President's Civil Rights Bill by
talking almost continuously for two
days. Ervin was particularly talk
ative about the public accommoda
tions proposal.
A member of the Senate Judici
ary Committee and chairn.an of 1U
constitutional rights subcommittee
Ervin occupied the witness stand
for parts of two days as the Ju
diciary group opened its hearings.
Ervin was one at the most tho
rough questioners of Attorney Gen
eral Robert F. Kennedy when he
(Kennedy) begin testifying Thurs
day following a two-day delay.
A former Mete Supreme
Cent jmSles fas North Carolina
Enrto termed the admtolstra
Hen package -uns—toutlonal.
He asid jH was “ae drastic and
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Advises Halt
CHAFEL HILL (ANP)—One
es the nation’s respected edi
tors and anthers has called for
a halt in rtvll rights picketing,
marching and sit-in demon
strations last week.
Harry Golden, speaking to
«t high school students at
tending the North Carolina
Press Institute, advised that
Negroes devote greater atten
tion to voters registration.
"The re*U weapon for the
Negro in his fight for equal
rights to the vote. I would like
to see all the energy now ex
pended on marching protests
be spent Instead on register
ing to vote,*' Golden said.
Urges Gov.
To Act In.
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persons reeking to end rsriht JtT
crimination hens. , f i
The Rev. A H, Bryaart, In a
totter sUrnwd to North \ Ca
rolina Oevemor Terry Sanford,
said shots were fired at the
First Baptist Church Mere and.
in hto opinion, “death wao a
verted only by the Hand of
Frovtdsnoe.” Ho said the shots
wore fired by persons opposing
integration. ■
He further stated in his letter.
“From the accounts of what nas
been going on in this racially-torn
community, it muat be apparent
that local law enforcement officials
are either unable or unwilljng to
cope with the lawleaa onslaught.
The situation in this town may
spread like a forest tire througrout
the State.’”
He raid it was his understand
ing that the demonstrations by Ne
groes in Thomasvllle would not be
relaxed, even in the face of danger.
In concluding hia letter to San
ford. Rev. Bryant, who pastors the
William Grove Baptist Church,
Rock Quarry Road here, said:
"All cltisem of the State, of
goodwill are concerned about
tho situation in Thomasvllle and
about similar impending situs
tlon* ever toe State. Direct and
Immediate action now may
prove to be the stitch In time
that savea nine’.”
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Victims Os
Jim Crow
HAVELOCK Cpl. R. 8. Stew-
Art, spokesman for over 300 Negro
Marines stationed at nearby
Cherry Point, urged militant an
ti-segregation leaders here Sun
day to- assist him in attacking
racial barrier* in this town. He
Indicated that some 300 Leather
necks would be willing to support
mass demonstrations In the East
ern North Carolina oommunlty.
Havelock to located directly
outside the Cherry Point Marine
Air Station, headquarters of the
Second Marine Air Wing.
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. president of the United federation of
Teachers, walk* with picket* In front of Board of Education head
quarters, 110 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y. last week. The .demon
strators, members of the Harlem Parents Association, denoaimed the
city’s neighborhood policy as a means of “prepetuatlng segregation
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Arms locked, police crowd of friends and relatives of 42
integration Ist* arrested by poUeo last week In Brooklyn, N. Y.. when
they tried to Mock construction workers at entrance to the Down
slalo Medical Center. It was the lartest in the wave of Negro dem
onstrations against alleged discrimination <by the eity In employment
policies. „
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Mrs. Olsrls Richardson, esnter, head of the Cambridge Non-Vio
lent Action Committee, and General George Oetston. left center. sf
the Marylaad National Guard, hold their arms in the air to halt a
Negro demonstration auureh fat Cambridge, Md~ late weak. The group
later dispersed after Gelston Informed them of the Guard’s baa on
demonstrations under malted martial tew. (ALL ABOVE ABE UPI
PHOTOS).
Accepted By Hostess,
Rejected By Employee
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Miss Catherine Rusher, a 21 -year-old college coed, told tins
reporter of sn unusual incident which allegedly took place at the
Velvet Cloak Inn-Motel Tltursday night The establishment is
located on Hillsboro Street, Raleigh.
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MISS CATHERINE RIf'HER
... left holding fork
In the company of four
young men. two Negroes and
two whites, the young lady
mid she was accepted cor
dially by a person whom she
believed to be the hostess,
directed to a table, given a
menu and ordered one of the
most expensive meals on the
list old-fashioned tarkey
dinner.
After finishing her salad, she
said, and while wholeheartedly
enjoying Ifee turkey dinner, an
unidentified male employee of
the Inn. whom she believed to Be
the manager, approached the ta
ble with a mobile esu* and began
taking the food away.
"When be finished removing
dishes. I was left holding tho
fork In mid-air, said Mbs
Rasher with a smile.
Then the man said, “I’m sor
ry but you’ll have to leav*. We do
not serve Negroes hero. Don't
come back."
As .the young St Augustine’s
Junior started to pay for the matt,
the man. described by • her aa
well-dressed, allegedly retorted:
"Never mind about the cheek.
[ we’ll take care of it Just get out
of here."
The cafeteria was crowded with
! the usual evening meal diners,
she said, and most of them seem
ed astonished by the man’s brua-
I que manner.
I "As I was leaving, the doorman
softly said to me. “I am sorry
Miss."
She was accompanied to the
Inn by four students. They wen:
Fred Luts. Salisbury, a Junior at
State College; William Farits. Bl
myra, N. Y., State College sopho
more; John Thaya, Raleigh, State
College Junior; and her brother.
Durell Rusher. Needham Brough
ton High School student The
young men were refused entry
because of their improper drees,
but Miss Rusher was admitted gs
a patron. ’ -
Bliss Rasher, who lives gt
3113 Bedford Avenue, in the
Obertfn section of the dty,
said she went to the restau
rant because H was in her
neighborhood. She said tho
hoettos told her, "Why son
you can com* in. Yon an
draaaed Jut fine."
A check with the management
Wednesday of this week revealed
that Negrise an not served than.
A further it*** shouted that the
manager l#a npmait
“T think fhagapto—oa Os the
WIK UtiW'Wil have been •-
wara of Oh* ooUdtos* ffhe estab
lishment. nSB MM* mother “I
was very sntoasrassod.”
fcotonwtJgbw rtfitrt
Neighbor
Kicks Door;
Shot Here
Richard Hopkine, M, of 753 Quar
ry Street was booked st tbs Wake
County Jail early Sunday morning
on a charge of assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill, re
sulting In serious bodily injury.
The charge grew out of a shoot
|r j involving another man and
Hopkins' shotgun. The incident
took place on the defendant’s front
porch. He is being held in lieu of
11,100 bond.
Patrolman T. T. Street, Jr,
eald that Hopkine admitted
eheetlng William Perry. 35. if
736-B Quarry Street after Perry
woke him up kicking an toe
doer.
Perry was listed in “fair" condi
tion at Wake Memorial Hospital aa
late as Tuesday night of this week.
Hopkins is scheduled to receive
a preliminary hearing in City
Court here on Thursday, August 1.
It was not known whether either
person had been drinking, but r.o
other motive then the kicking of
the door was advanced by Hopklna
I State News
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Briefs
SAY GIRL TRIED SUICIDE
WILSON Miss Doris Jean
Moore. 18, was reported in "serious”
condition at a local hospital afte
she allegedly attempted suicide by
allowing an automobile to run over
her;
Mias Moere wee struck by an
■utemeMle driven by Clayton
Wayne Clerk es WUeen at 11:36
p. m. Sunday at Stintensburg
and Elvis Streets, here. Police
Chief A. A. Prtvette. repeated.
Investigating officers said aha
suffered a possible skull fracture
end injuries to her spin*.
The girl was quoted by two wit
nesses as saying, *Tm tired of liv
ing and want to dU." Following
this statement, she to raid to nave
run into the street and lay down
in a parallel! position with toe
street.
ttoamwPMs os* pass a