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Stanford L Wairen Publio library FayetteirHle St '-i Bi - Racial Unit’s Appointees ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ NAACP CARD FOR CHRISTMAS NEWYOBK Several persons gave NA ACP membership as Christ mas gifts this year, Miss Lu cille Black, the Asraciation’s membership secretary, re ported here last week. One New York woman is giving eifht NAACP mem berships and another is pre senting four. Still another sent a contribution to the Association in the name of a friend as her Christmas gift. BENNETT CHOtR ON RADIO DECEMBER 29 GREENSBOBO The Bennett College Choir, directed by Mrs. Mary J. Crawford, will be heard over the American Broad casting Company radio net work at 10:35 (EST) Sun day, December 29. This is the final program of the year sponsored by the United Negro College Fund in cooperation with the ABC network. t Air Force Hero’s Wije Receives Medal ★ ★ ★ ★ ^^ ^ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SUCDE 1RY FUS piriii 11 WiiWI VOUJME 33—NUMBER 52 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1957 PRICE; TEN CENTS Durham Group Gets Endorsement Unofficial endorsement for aiqK>lntees to the newly created HuQtan Relations Committee cuae this week from the Dur-4 .ham Committee on Negro an-ihfonnal condueted ‘ amonai Ifl Rape Held Without Bond WmSTON-SALEM Charles Moore, 27, who gave his address as 1416 West Street tn High Point, was arrested and keld in City Jail without piivi- Jege of bond Friiay, Pecemb^ 13th from an alleged 'attempted criminal assault of a 25-year-old white housewife. •me young woman, Mn. De Porter, wife of Wake forest Collet’s assistant tMSketball coach, told detectives Moore tried to force his atttotlon oa her first at Craft Drive off Polo Road and again behind Ernie Shore Field at 32nd Street, be tween Indiana Avenue and North Cherry Street about 4 » ftM. Friday. • were pretetrM|, Moore kt the time of ar- rest, pending the outcome of Mrs. De Porter’s condition, thougiv he readily admitted to the attemji>ted rape. Moore, a car washer at Caudle’s Bsso Sta tion TnHiAna Avenue and Cherry Street, said be deliver^ ' Mrs. De Porter’s car to her hom» after it had been serviced, and ghg '(iras to drive him back to ther station. However, the young wo man said Uoore remained at the wlieel whA she got in and dtove to the laclnded area Where h4 tried to force her into subiBls- slon. Moore reportedly tereat- ened Mrs. De Porter with ( knife when she resisted his ad vances and was nicked on hei! neck and kg whUe struggling wi& him. Somehow, during'the ‘ scramble, Mrs. De Porter fell out of tb« car, Moore said, and managnH to get hack Into the ^ car and lock the doors before ’ he rauld reach her again. Moora ,' and Mrs. De Porter literally ttSKT the saBM> ttttry as to what hap- ptuted. He was arrested shorty [ * mttn the alleged attempted crl- assault, at Brown’s Ser- I ^ irlee ftation, locatcd at Pailt A^iitue and Main Street where tae^waa a former qnployee. Bto ^ h^.eaHad police to give himadt tMeettveSergaant i. M. hmatd : ft-warrant Saturday. Dec. ‘ifinging Moore wtth r^Mfe' members of the committee show ed them to be in favor of the Minor's choices for berths on the recently established body. Mayor Evans annouiKied last •mMlKf ^ appetotwwt-^ag ! nine mwaafe^ . >miit amtmr tlK wRetions were three Negroe|, R. N. Harris, first Negro city councilman; Asa T. Spaulding, business eMcutive; and Dr. Alfonso !Sld», president 4 North Carolina College. The other six members of the committee are chairman Rev. TlWrttff •Carr, pastor of Watte - Street Baptik Church, Mrs. Mary Trent Semans, formei; mrauber of the city council; Dr. James T. Cleland, dean of the Duke university chapel; Carl Council, publisher of the Herald! Sun papers; John Wilson, busi ness executive; and attorney James R. Patton. '3 am writing the Mayer a letter today (Tuesday, Dec. 23) (di behalf of the Durham Com-^ (Please turn to. page Eif^t) BfRS. BAt Beaotif Cuiiure Leader, Dies tnSWABK, N. J. Mrs. Aigine Bay, a leader in the fleM of bea^ culture in New Jeriey for SO years, died in Belli brael hamiital here last Friday nH^ She had been hos-> since August. A larffe drowd ffthered at Mt Calvary Baptiit dturdi lor fune ral iMw wliiob were coaducted on Monday, Dec. M, at two.pjn. H#''^p«ator, the Rev. J. Wendell delivered tiie eulogy. Be aadi«ea49 the3ev. X C. Ndtoon, pallor of CUnton >Ietro> peUtea AMB. Ziiih-dMHCh. Mrs. Bay's hrte Mtm-.fom ao out- (PlcMe tuzn to-M* Durham Grocer Worried Over Family Problems William H. McLaughlin, well known Durham grocer, slashed his wriats in a suicide attempt then apparently lost his nerve and summoned help from his neighbors who rushed him to a hospital. The quiet-spoken Durham man was transferred Tuesday from JUincoln hospital where he stayed overnight Sunday re" covering from self-inflicted woimda to Veterans Administra. tion hospital at Salisbury. Thelncident occured late Sun day afternoon at the McLaughlin residence at 1929 Cecil Street. Investigating police place the time of the attempted suicide at smewhsiBt between six ani (Please to page Eight) POSTHUMOUS AWARD—Brig. Gen. Stephen B. Mack presents the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters to Mrs. Geneva B. Williams at a full dress parade and review held last Saturday by the 363d Tactical Beconnhissance Wing, Shaw AFB, South CarolinacThe honors were for her late hus band, Captain Edward Williams.—(Official USAF Photo.) Three Arrested Jn Narcotics Raid AfWinston-Saletn Out On Bond WINSTON-SALEM Three of the five alleged peddlers arrested here last posted bond and have been re leased. Albert Bloimt of Greens boro was out on $10,000 bond 'almost before the story broke in the papers Friday, Decamber 18. Last week, U, S. CotatoMon- Charles E. Aden reduced thei bonds at the five held in >thls ci^ from f10,000 to $2,500. Fol- loi^g thl^ Willie Kipps, 27, of 727 East Siscond Street, Myrtle Cox, 48, of 827 North Woodland Avenue and Pete Hixon, 47 of ^804 Gholson Street, were re.> leased in lieu of respective bonds. WMUell Wright, 5fi, of 1002 East Fifteenth Street and Benny Little, alias Theodore (Please turn to page Eight) Ciaflin Teacher Gets Air Medal For Korean Ace SHAW APB, S. C. (TAC) Mrs. Geneva B. Williams re ceived the Air Medal with sev en Oaw Leaf Clusters awarded postpnously to her late hus band, Capt. Edward J. Wil liams, during a review of the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Shaw AFB, last Satur day. The citatkm accompanying the award read In part: . For mertltorious achievement while participating In aerial flight in Korea as a member of the Far East Air Forces. “Despite the hazards of mar ginal weather conditions, aerial interception, and Intense anti>- aircraft artillery fire, his ex ceptional airmanship In com bat operations agairst the en emy contributed immeasur ably t) the successful. execu tion of the United Nations’ Mission. "The technical skill, personal (Please turn to page Eight) OPERATION HELPING HAND—Lt. Cloves Easter presents clothing and household goods to members of the Willife Brotun family .The clothing was gathered by personnel of the 20th TRS at Shaw after the Brown home waa destroyed by fire.—(Official USAF Photo.) Show Airmen Play Santa For 'Burned Out’ Family Congress Urged SHAW AFB, S. C. (TAC) On Thursday, December 8, fire of undetermined origin swept through the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown. The frame house Just off Route 76, near Shaw AFB, South CsroUaa was easaplete and clothing. All that remal ed of their personal belongings were the clothes on their backs. Through the kindness of friends and neighbors, the Browns and their seven chil dren were moved to another Vint ^helr lost clothing and other essentials could not be restored. Soon their pli^it came to the attention of Lieutenants Cloves Eaiter and J5on Holman, pilots of the 20th Tactical Reconnais sance Squadron at Shaw. The two officers took stock of the men within their organi zation, and decided that this family’s problems could be at least partially solved by the 20th Squadron. Easter and Holman then de scribed the Browns’ situation to squadron members and ask ed them to donate anything which might be useful. Within a short time the squadron had collected many Items of clothing Including 20 pairs of shoes — dishes, pots and pans, sheets, pillow cases, blankets, and even toys lor the children. After everything had been collected, Lieutenant and Mrs. Easter packed the items and presented them to the Browns, along with sincere good wishes from the 20th Squadron’s of ficers, airmen, and their fami lies. WATCH ON THE i>OTOMAC Psychoceramics, St. Nikita Musing At Year’s End • • • WASHINGTON ME|(BT CHRISTMAS, YOU-ALLr-rlMs if the holi day season gnd 'tis the time to be jolly and I do feel pret iy good and I hope you’re the same. It’s true this hasn’t exactly been old St. Nidc’ryear, uh- low you’re thinkintf of old St. Nweita, sponsor of Sputnik aiul other intercontinental go6dwiU symbola. StiU tltare the tilings to bethaidchil for. We ought, for example, to be dam- gtad that Dick NUeon, is “maturii^^ even though ha^s now a .foutWol 44. I^ptBrded devciloftnent, we a|r>^h«lteCr, t^an niMlevde»*eel*t all. Then MMe's the-eNt4>Wii»- tny Boffa- He’s doae mwe for the American labor movement than he realizes, and that’s no kidding. Some of the boys liave grown old and t»i and comfortable and a little bit tn- clined to look the othtt way when thehr coUeaguei went in for shake-downs. The old labor movement is, as Etvte Presley mr*, '■11 “shook-up” and we -predict that by 1M8 you ^n’t be hearing much about the Hoffa’a, but a lot moM about rising wages, catching 4^ the coat*ef living, age pensiona and labor leedmT are „ be ooiicenK^tD^; for the fatae.^JaiiilH'^^ .■- r ; V. 'rl We don’t lilu to clutter up a holiday column with lots ol heavy thinking and ponderous thoughts. But we pass on this bit of wisdom which came to us from a Broadway cluiracter we used to Imow named Wil liam Wormaer, sometimes Icnown as "Willy the Worm,” Saya WiUy; "People toho insist on Uving xBifhin their hicomss ore jtCiit imessinp up prospcritv." *«• SIGN OF THE TOCBS— The National Cunmittef tor an Elective Congrtti i( • p»Uti$al oid-tfaer nama^^ Mawiee Roaanbl ootM pit^l SPIVACK live. Recently he was address ing a group Washington cor respondents, who wanted to Icnow what Uie Committee doe( wtth Its money. "We’re ttiinking of establish ing a ehair Of Psychoceramics at some universtty,”^ Rosen blatt said. “yiThat's vaychoceramics?” he IMS isked. . **rhafs the study of crack pots,” he -tun '^th a straiitht Bt». Joyeph Clark, yoymg. am Penni^lvania Damomt, recently re^wriked' -tnm * tour ^ IbvsipC On# he said, ^ Contteew^. to>page IWlI) DR. ROBERTS Shaw Teacher Gets Ph.D. At EdiniNirgh RALEIGH The Reverend J. Deotis Roberts, associate profesaw of Philosophy and Religion and director ol Religious Activi ties at Shaw University, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Pliilosophy in Christian Philosophy from the faculty ol Divinity of the Uni versity of Edinburgh. The title of ills doctoral dis- lertation is; “Itie Rational Theo logy of Beniamin Whlchcote: Father of the Cambridge Platon- ists.” Dr. Roberts began his work to ward the Ph.D. degree in 19S9 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The University of Edinburgh granted hhn a leave of absence to study for one term at the University of Cambridge. Hla quest for original manu scripts carried him to the British Museum in London for a peridd. While studying he spolce to num erous youth fellowsliips, ed in various and served, as the Radnor Church in montlis. As an ui Dr. Robarti University A. B. del in 1#4T.. ed Shaw the- B. IK tiMlb wir tlsU of « aadVloifi He gree from' iJtaary Founda^ir. (Please " M NEW YORK Alabama’s vote on December 17 to liquidate Macon County be cause of Its large Negro popula tion warrants artt' gress "to tPeduceithe nun-H." ' representatives--frrm a:>-' the NAACP declared here day in a-eomman* an Ah> bama balloting. Secretary Roy Wilkins labeled the Alabama vote "as» open con fession to the nation that Ala bama will go to any length in, or der to prevent Negro citizens from enjoying their constitution^ ai rights to vote” and said th»i while the manipuletlon of dis trict lines “is well-known 1j> American politics, for the tiiit time in our history an end re county has been liquidated.” ’Thd Alabama amendment'm,- thorlzas. the legislature to Macon County-and it|.^g4^ gro population amoRl neighbor ing counttes. The ai supporters, led l>y State l^eiyitovr^ Sam Engaihardt, Jf., sponiMt^ott!^ the measure and executive taryef the Alabama Aaiociation of (3ttizens Councils, seek to re- trict tiie voting power of Negroea in Macon County. The countir is ' predominantly Negro. Result of Civil Rights Law The amendment’s supporters said it was necessary specifically to prevent Negroes from gaining (Please turn to page Eight) A St. Joseph Choirs To Be H^rd la Christnyjis, Ths
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