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TENNESSEE STATE IS NAIA CHAMPION
TIGERS “WANTED TO WIN**
McLendon Crew
Writes History
KANSAS CITY
“The boys wanted to win this
one,” Tennessee State coach
Johnny B. McLendon joyously
exclaimed alter his speedy Ti
gers had just walked off with
all of the marbles in the Na'
tional Association of IncercoUe-
giate AthleUcs (NAIA) basket
ball tournament..
Moments before McLendon
spoke, the Tigers had just blast
^ ed seventh-seed^ Southeastern
Oklahoma’s Savages, 92-73, in
the finals of the NAIA tourna
ment as 8,000 stunned fans
watched.
Coach McLendon’s jet-footed
cagers thus became the first all
Negro college team to win the
NAIA crown.
And the victory, unspeakably
sweet for Tennessee and Mc
Lendon, savored just a little of
poetic justice, for it was Mc-
Iiendon who pioneered the
movonent which resulted six
years ago in admittance of Ne
gro teams to 'the NAIA and its
tournament, and he had worked
hard in the past years to keep
the Negro district (20) alive.
The spirited Tigevs had to
blast their way through two
weeks qf gruelling play before
they got a chance to get to the
big money, but when they did,
they di^’t hesitate to cash in,
on the opportunity.
Three Tennessee playera
were selected to the NAIA all
tournament team, two the
second and one to the first team.
Alternating between a fast
break and deliDerate control
tactics during the tournament,
“Mr. Basketball’s,” hardwood
artists knocked off in succession
the first, third and fifth ranked
NAIA teams to get a shot at the
national trophy.
Having been turned away al
most at the gates of the cham
pionship in the past five yeWrs,
the Tigers were virtually un
stoppable this year.
The long trail to the national
title had carried them from
Winston-Salem, N. C., where
they had conquered two of the
ClAA’s best tb win district 29
play-offs. The Tigers moved in
to Kansas City early last week
and mowed down in succession
Adrian (Mich.), 87-69, Western
Illinois, 90-88, Portland Univer"
sity, 87-80, Pacific Lutheran,
71-70, and in the finals, South
eastern Oklahoma 92-73.
Tennesse got off to a cold
first half start against South
eastern OU^oma’s Savages.
They trailed for the first seven
minutes before captain Ron
Hamilton knotted the count at
6-6. Tennessee traded baskets
with Oklahomans throughout
the remainder of the first half
and held a three point 40-37,
halftime lead.
In the final stanza, the Tiger^
opened full throttle, scoring
eight points before Jim Spivey,
the tournament’s most valuable,
and his Sooner teammates oould
find the range.
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JOHNNY McLENDON
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Would Re-Jimcro VA
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Mate To Stand
Trial In Love
Triangle Death
Taylor Enters In
Word Race
his candidacy tor the - Du
City Council from the 3rd ward.
The post is being vacated by
R. N. Harris, Durham business
man and first Negro to serve on
- the Durham City Council.
After Harris’ announcement
that he would not seek the post
-^. 6. Stewart, exeeuUye saer«-
tary of the Durham Committee
on Negro Affairs, with the en
dorsement of the committee,
placed his name in nomination,
Stewart and Taylor will be
rivals lor the 3rd Ward’s nomi-
nation and election.
Taylor is a native of Wilson
NCC.
He received the B.S. and M.A.
degrees at Ohio State where he
also did pre-Aoctoral work in
psychology.
Hie NCC professor is a for
mer president of the State
Teachers Association and dur
ing World War II was in con
trol of a divisional OPA Office
in Durham.
He is also the executive sec^
retary of the James K. Shepard
Memorial Foundation.
In addition to his various
educational posts Taylor has
been an oft quoted spokesman
on international affairs from
lecture platforms and from
newspaper colinnns throughout
the country.
Funeral Held
ForYaibrough
_ STANTONBURG
Bev. a! C. Yarborou^, pro
mlnent mlnistef' of the United
Holiness C3»u:ch died while
preaching at the evening ser'
vice of his church. Faith Taber
nacle, here Sunday, Blarch 17
■t 9:00 pjon. Death was attri
buted to a heart attack.
At gthe time of his death the
well-known minister, who was
■Iso m teacher In the Ugon Hi^
Sdiool of Raleigh, had Just con
cluded his sermon and had Join'
•d In the singing of ‘It Was
Settled Long Ago.”
Bev. Tacborough was ■ gra'
duate of Shaw University
be received an A. B. degree. He
is nfrvived by his wile. Mrs.
XUa TwborciUgb.
The ftia;^ uvUl be held at
1:00 o*clo& Friday, March 22
at the Bttd* Training Institute
at CkddtUliro, N. C. Iba Bev,
JtaMa Tocbes will ddhrar tiM
JAMES T. TAYLOB
BISHOP MOVE
MARSHALL, TEXAS
President M. K. Curry, Jun
ior, called a meeting of mem
bers of the faculty and staff of
Bishop College last week. The
purpose of the meeting was to
annoimce officially the action
of the Board of Trustees In an
nouncing its decision to move
Bishop College to Dallas.
He also briefed faculty and
staff members on the program
to be followed after the move
to Dallas.
(continued on page 8)
JAMES SATTEBWHITE
... rehoimder . . .
Cicero Miller
Is Eulogized
In Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE
Cicero Miller, longtime resi
dent of Fayetteville \riiere he
was JKreli known as a church
man and civic leader, was
at
with the pastdir, the Rev. Clin
ton R. Coleman officiating. The
end came early Monday morn
ing, March 18 at his home at
441 Ramsey Street.
In his eulogy the Reverend
Coleman referred to "his faith
fulness, and willingness to serve
the church and the community
in any capacity he cqyld. His
work was never a tasKrhe al
ways found pleasure in it.”
Active pall bearers included
Clyde Brown, Samuel Thag-
gard, Thomas Sawyer, Levi
Evans, Josh Wright, and John
Geralds. Those serving as
nonorary pall bearers were
Berkley Merrick, Frank McKay,
Joseph Drake, Alfred Inman«
Volney Claggett, Charles Mon
roe, W. K. Smith, Walter Mc-
Laurin, and Samuel McNeill.
The flower bearers were Mrs.
N. C. Gill, Mrs. PalUe Coving
ton,! Mrs. D. M. Murphy, Mrs.
W. K. Smith, Miss Theresa
Pajrne, Mrs. T. Moore and Mrs.
Eldria H^ljes.
Miller was an active church
man and community worker,
being connected for many years
with the Miller and Wright
Roofing establishment. He'was
president of the senior choir; a
member of the Board of Stew
arts; District Supervisor of the
State Ushers Union; a member
of the Demonstration Club and
(continued on page 8)
19-Year-Old
Detroiter To
Be Extradited
A tiny Detroit woman who
has admitted to lurid past o£
wild sexual experiences \(Mch
included six months during
which she assumed the role of a
lesbian will soon be returned
to North Carolina to face trial
for murder in the love-triangle,
gang-style killing of her soldier
husband.
A Harnett County Grand
jury Tuesday returned a true
indictment against Mrs. Dorothy
Long Jackson, wife of slain
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MISS LOIS BELL, vt^ho fits any dress well, will show
in Dnrham on Thursday, March 28th for the Phi Delta
Kappa Sorority-sponsored Fashion Show. The show will
he held at Hillside High School Auditorium. If all th*
show’s models look like Lois, the women might find
themselves outnumbered by fashion-conscious (7) males
at the show.
VOfaUME 33 — NUMBER 12
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 23,1957
PRICE: FEN CENTS
SENATOR DISABPOINTS
Scott’s Civil Rights View
Draws Quick Criticism
Dr. Frank Snowden, (top)
dean of the liberal arts col
lege at Howard University
and Dr. Arthur Gray, presi
dent of Talladega College,
will be two of the prindpab
in the Inauguration of Dr.
Frank Veal as 15th presi
dent of AUm University on
ttarch 30.
THREE HOLD OVT-
lar Heels Join In
Move On Hospitals
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Nine North Cteollna con
gressmen joined with 47 other
southerners in the House in an
attempt to derintegrate Vete
rans Hospitals.
The attempt to turn bacl^ the
clock in VA hospitals to segre
gation came in form of a peti
tion to Veterans Administrator
H. V. Higbley, asking that state
regulations requiring segrega
tion of races be enforced in VA
hosjrttals.
The petition bore the name of
M southern congressmen. North
Carolinians signing the petWon
were Repa. Hugh Q. Alexander,
Graham A. Barden, Herbert C.
Bonner, L. H. Fountain, A Paul
Kitchen, Alton Lennen, Ralph
J. Scott, George A Shutoxl and
Basil A. WUtenet.
Only three North CaioUnlana
failed to sign. They were Bepe.
Harold Cooley, Carl T. Durham
and Republican Charles Raper
Jonas.
I have not received a single
complaint from anybody in my
district, nor have I received a(
complaint from anyone in'the
state,” Cooley said iif comment
ing on the petition.
He said the petition was pre
sented to him in the form of a
letter written by a Louisiana
Congressman.
*1 don't ask people to sign
my letters, and I don’t sign
other people’s letten,” he said.
Jonas said he imderstood the
letter was provoked by soma
situation that arose in Louisiana
about which he was unfamiliar,
"I don’t think much of tign-
Ing round robin letters' any'
way,” he said.
Hap- Duiliam declined to
comment.
A portion of the petition pre
sented by the southerners to VA
d^uctor Highley read:
"V^ra
HAMPTON
The North Carolina Con
ference of the National Hamp
ton Alumni Association will
hold its regional meeting at
Bricks, N. C. on AprU 6-7, ac
cording to Mrs. Fannie T. New-
some, ‘21, of Rich Square, con-
ferenee pre«ia»kt
Representatives from chap
ters in Durham, Raleigh,
Greensboro, Burlingtonr—Gra.>
ham, Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Wilmington, Rich Square, New
Bern, Elizabeth City, Hender
son, Coastal Plains, Clinton,
Statesville, and other North
Carolina cities are scheduled to
attend.
Principal speakers at the two-
day meet will be Dr. William H.
Martin, Hampton Institute Dean
ol Faculty, and Major Walter
R. Brown, treasurer ol the
NHAA.
Also expected to address the
alumni are Dr. Alonso G. Mo
ron, ‘27, Hi pessident, and Mr.
Doswell E. Brooks, ‘21, NHAA
president.
!rans Administration hos
pitals were authorized by Con
gress for the puriMse of taking
care of the sick and wounded i joined St. Stephen’s
veterans who need hospital
treatment. Nowhere in the law
authorizing these institutions do
we find any reference to these
agencies to put over racial or
social reforms.
“In the interest then of re
storing the efficiency and mo
rale of these hospitals, we are
calling upon you to authorize
immediately application of state
and local laws to these institu
tions. We want these races se
gregated and the hosidtal run
with the benefit of local laws
covering segragatira.”
Last RHes For
Prominent Han
Of Wilmington
WILMINGTON
Funeral services for L. D.
Middleton, 83, prominent citi
zen of Wilmington, were held
at St. Stephen’s AMC Church
here, Hiursday, March 21 a^
3:30 P.M. The Rev. I. J. Miller,
pastor, officiated.
Mrs. filiddleton died at the
James Walker Memorial Ho^
pital, Sunday, March 17, five
days after l>eing taken there.
Prior to that time be was con-t
fined to his bed at home for
aix)ut one month.
He was bom in Kensnsville
and moved to Wilmington in
1910. Soon after coming here he
and re
mained a member up to the
time of his death. He served his
church in many offices, incltid-
ing that of Stewart, treasurer,
class leader, group leader and
usher. He was also a District
Supervisor of the Interdenomi
national Ushers Aaaodation and
for several years prior, had been
a membmr of its board of direc
tors.
Protests to Senator Kerr
Scott’s contention that civil
rights legislation now before
Cengreai ^^d^prive Ne-
msSn.T'
this week.
Scott expressed this view In
a speech in Roxboro Monday.
By mid-week, the TIMES had
received a number of. letters
and telephone calls from per
sons in the Roxboro area ex
pressing disappointment over
the Senator’s view of civil
rights proposals.
Ill Durham, North Carolina
College students drafted a five
page letter, systematically at
tacking Senator Scott’s argu
ments against civil rights as
presented in his Roxboro specch
Monday.
Speaking before a predomi
nantly Negro audience . whicli
had filled the Roxboro court
house Monday to witnetis cere
monies honoring the county for
its selection as the “County of | rights proposals would deprive
the Year” in rural progress, I individuals of constitutional
ScotV said that if civil rights! rights.
blUs now before Congreu wer»| The letter said, im part:
Is Ottr fMIng
'MMor at ttesa frbo iBvar Civl2
W^is biUs..that Senator Scoti’v
asguments were wrong i.i
ilieory and fact.
The crux of the arg'ime l.ii '
out by Senator Scott is dtii I ■
because in contempt cas : hicr
is no constitutional riglit i >'i
by Jury. It is a long standing tm' ■«
of law that when a person vio
lates a valid court order—whe
ther it involi^s the payiinent Of
. oft ««Mala ,aipcart» woulA _
nountMffbetS Ivutsfof emMHlifr
tional rightV.
Current civil rights bills,
enacted, “would bypatM the
right of all of us—Negroes and
whites alike—to a trial by Jury,
deny individuals the right to
face and cross examine accuscrs
and circumvent the right to In
dictment by grand Jury
These bills...would under-
mine the very foundation on
which our Individual liberties
are built. Regardless of tho in
tentions of the authors, the pre
sent civil rights bill would do
the opposite of what they arc
intended to do,” he said.
Members of North Carolina
College's Pan Hellenic Council
and law school in their letter
this week took issue with the
Senators view’s that the civil
alimony, a labor relation decree
or anti-trust ordsr, he lays him
self open to conviction of con
tempt of court and punishment
without Jury trial.
“...In Atlanta, a Judge fined
and placed in- ^ail a NAACP
leader in that community for
contempt of court without a
Jury trial...a few months ago in
(continued on page 6)
Veteran’s Eyes May
Bring Friend Sight
The eyes of a World War II
and Korean War veteran who
died recently In Delaware might
someday enable his close friend
and neighbor in life to see.
Amos H. Miller, former na-
AMOS MILLER
Surviving are one daughter.
Mrs. Eloise Quick of Wilming
ton and one son. Rev. W. A.
Middleton of Ridiinond, Va.
SENTENCED
Sidney James, Durham
drug store operator, was
given a four months active
sentence and • year’s sns-
pended term * on charges
pvwlng oat of molesting
Us e•tn^lged wife.
Sentence was passed in
he Snpeirior Court Wednes-
day.
live of Durham, died recently
in Ciaymont, Dei. Before his
death, he requested that his
eyes be given lo the Rev. Utis
Herring, a close friend, and
racket-busting newspaperman
Victor Keisel.
However, physicians report
that Reisel’s injury is of such a
nature that a corneal transplant
will not aid the return of hik
sight. Keisel was blinded when
ihug.s threw acid in h^s face on
New Yorit sidewalk last year.
It is expected thtfh that both
Miller's eyes would go to the
Rev. Herring, if he needed
them.
The Rev. Herring, himself a
.'401 th Carolinian and a native
of Fayetteville, is losing his
sight by degrees. During Mil
ler's life, the two were close
iiiends and t^eighbors in Clay-
mont. The Rev. Herring is pas
tor of Union Baptist church in
Claymont.
It was not made clear whe
ther such an operation would be
100 percent effective on the
Rev. Herring. The minister pas
tors the Union Baptist church
in Claymont.
Miller, who lived with hi*
family in Durham until he was
called to the Army in World
War 11, was funeralized at the
St. Paul CME church of Ches
ter. Pa., of which he was
member.
A resident of 119 Hickman
road in Claymont. he had lived
in Delaware for the past 16
years. For 15 oj those years he
worked for a Claymont fuel
I dealer.
He is survived immediately
by his.'wife, Mrs. Edna Miller, a
son and daughter; five brotiiers,
Harold, Daniel, Theodore, Ro
gers and Newton; and four sis
ters, Mrs. Virginia Wllliaros,
Mrs. Sarah Hale, Mrs. Lou M.
Pretty and Mr*. Dorothy Mc
Leod,
Seven Qualify
ror Degrees
At Fayetteville
FAYBTTEVILLE
Seven seniors, all North Caro
linian*, completed all require
ments for the Bachelor’s de
gree in Elementary Education
at the Fayetteville State Teach
ers College at the conclusion of
the past winter session. ‘The
degrees will bf formally con
ferred at commencement in
Jtme.
Iliree of them took work
leading to teaching at the pri>
ary level and four are prepar
ed to teach the grammar
grades. Some of them have al
ready secured /teaching po
sitions and are at work.
The list of winter quarter
graduates is ■* follows: Hattie
Dublin, SmithfieM{ Paul Hun
ter, Morganton; Mildred New
ton, Watha; Beatrice Smith,
Wilmington; Ethelyn H. Wal
lace, Fayetteville; David ¥ni-
liams, Jr., Smitlifield; and
1 Cunice Wooten of darktan.