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2d Rape In Three Weeks Hits City
Lawyers from Georfla, Vir
ginia and North and South Caro
lina, membors of the Southeas
tern Lawyers Assoc^tion, are
pictured here as they met in one
of tlieir yearly meetinfs in Dur
ham last Saturday. Seen In the
photograph are: front row, left
to right, D. G. Sampson, LeMar-
qutB DeJarmon, Richard Ball,
W. A. Marsh, Matthew Perry,
Floyd MeKissick, A. E. Turner,
Herman Taylor, Major High,
Samuel Mitchell and J.
Wheeler. Second row, same
order are P. A. Escoffery, Irwin
Suggs, W. W. Bennett, W. T.
Smith, Lincoln Jenkins, Arthur
Lane, Frank Cain. On the last
row, left to right, are William
Warner, Harry Wood, Frank
Moore, C. C. Spaulding:, Jr., M.
H. Thompson, Lisboa 0. Berry,
Jr., W. G. Pearson, U, W.
Brower, Harvey Beech, Romal-
lus Murphy, J. J. SansoM,
George Green and Richar/l
Powell.
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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 46 DURHAM, N. cirSATURDAi^NOV. 15, 1958^
Chance For New Jobs To Be Aired
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FUND DRIVE FOR SUIT ON
Canvass City
For Project.
The Finance Committee of a
joint NAACP Committee on Ne
gro Affairs, headed by Revs. R.
Ij SpeaKs" and Harold 'Rowland,'
has iannounced plans for a "Tag
Day” campaign, December 1
through 14.
The purpose of this drive is
to raise much needed*'funds for
projects now under way by the
two groups. I
One of the major undertaldngs
is the school suit which is slated
fur a hearing in January.
According to the announce
ment, plans call for a house to
house canvas of the city for the
purpose of getting every adult
r9sident to contribute $1.00 for
a tag carrying the following in
scription: “I HAVE CON
TRIBUTED $1.00 FOR CITI
ZENSHIP—HAVE YOU?
This drive is to culminate on
Decemljer 14 with a mass meet
ing at a time and place to be an
nounced at a later date.
At this meeting, the captains
spearheading the drive through
out the city districts will make
reports.
The sections of the city and
names of.'persons asked to can
vass these districts are as fol
lows:
Hayti—Mrs. Raye Moore, Mrs.
Odessa Alexander, Mrs. Jose
phine Strayhorjie.
West Durham—Burch Coley,
Mrs. Helen Jones; Bragtown—
Mrs. Winston Llewellyn, Mr.
See SUIT, page^ 8
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Principals in the Omega PsI
Phi fraternity’s observance of
Achievement week are shown
here Sunday at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. J. W. Goodloe. Left to
right A. T. Spaulding, former
UNESCO delegate; Jerome H.
Dudley, president or the NCC
Student Government Associa
tion; Arthur Edwards, master of
ceremonies at Duke Auditorium,
scene of Spa|ilding’s speech; and
the Rev. Harold Roland, pastor
of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.
Rev. Roiand preached annual
sermon and Spaulding spoke on
year’s theme; “Moral and Spiri
tual Values: America's Greatest
■^Need.”
Western N. C.
AMEs In Meet
CHAPEL HILL
Durham’s Rev. Melvin S.
Swann will be one of several
AME clergymen to take part in
the Western North Carolina
annual conference of the AME
church slated to start here
Thursday morning at St. Paul’s
AME Church.
The conference ends on Sun
day.
The Rev. Swann, pastor of St.
See AME, page 8
Southeastern Lawyers Are Told
They Must Help Defend High Court
Lawyers from Virginia, Geor
gia, North and South Carolina,
meeting in a one-day conference
in Durham last Saturday were
told that they must defend the
United States judiciary from
unwarranted attacks by irre
sponsible critics.
Dr. Albert L. Turner, dean of
the North Carolina College law
school who delivered the key ad
dress before an annual meeting
of the Southeastern Lawyers Asi
sociation, said it is the duty of
lawyers to come to the defense
of the courts of this country.
Turner spoke at a banquet
Saturday night which climaxed
the one day session.
Noting the recent censure of
the United States Supreme Court
by an organisation of State Su
preme Court justices, the NCC
law dean said lawyers rtiust
reiliie that the Supreme Court
See LAWYERS, page' 8
Mayor's Proclamation Due For
Equal Opportunity Observance
Widening opportunities in em
ployment for Negroes will be
qxplained to city and county
public school students in the first
Durham observai^ce of “Equal
Opportunity Day” next Wednes
day by a unit of the Durhim
Committed on Negro Affairs.
A team of speakers from the
DCNA’s Economic Committee,
headed by Attorney Floyd B.
McKissiok and N. B. White, will
visit the schools during the day
to point out. to students expand
ing opportoihities in new fields
of employment.
The program of informing
school pupils of new job chances
will also be carried out through
the use of films, posters and
circulars, White and McKissick
revealed.
In addition to this feature of
the observance. Mayor E. J.
Evans is expected to 'issue a pro
clamation officially designating
Wednesday, Nov. 19 as "Equal
Qpportunity Day.”
In a -joint statement from
White and McKissick on the
purpose of the observance, they
See JOBS, page 8
REV. DUHART
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NCC Students 'Hang* Newton
Victim Of Latest Assault, Girl
Protest Shift
OfA&TGame
To City Park
Some 85 North Carolina Col
lege students hanged NCC Ath
letic Director I. G. Newton in
effigy in front of the college’s
cafeteria about 11 p.m. Wednes
day night in protest of the shift
of t^ football game here
Thanksgiving Day between NCC
and A and T of Greensboro from
the Eagles’ O’Kelly Field to Dur
ham Athletic Park.
CIAA Statistician L. T. Wal
ker, NCC track coach, has term
ed the game a “likely champion
ship affair”. NCC currently leads
the 18 college CIAA with a re
cord 5-0-0. A and T is runner-up
with 4-0-0.
Dr. Newton, professor of
political science and athletic di
rector, reportedly had been ap
proached by A and T officials to
move the game to Greensboro
where Memorial Stadium could
accommodate the large crowd
expected to witness the event.
Formerly, the game was a
joint promotion between the two
colleges. Two year's ago, how-
See PROTEST, page 8
Of 11, Can't Identify Attacker
' Phoippa Schuyler, pianist,
^11 be la Raleigh at Memorial
auAitorium on November 20 for
a concept to be sponsored for
the United Negro College Fund
by the Raleigh Kabals Temple,
17.7 Shriners.The contest will be
staged eight O’clMk.
A chii^ protege. Miss Schuyler
Cained Ipternationai fame as'an
award vfinning musician at' the
age of fMr years. At six, she had
appeared in Carnegie Hall. Since
then sh4 has toured Europe and
Latin .Acnerica.
Her appearance in Raleigh
will be her first in this area in
several years.
MRS. GODETTE
Last Rites Held
For Woman
Hit By Auto
Funeral services for a 66 year
old woman who died when she
was struck by an automobile en-
route to her home from church
were Scheduled to be held Thurs
day.
The Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
on South Roxboro street, the
church which Mrs. Hestoria I*.
Godette had left just minutes be
fore meeting her death, was to
be the scene of the final rites
for her.
The Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor
of the church, was scheduled to
officiate. He was to be assisted
by the Rev. James A. Brown, I
pastor of Ebenezer Baptist in
Durham. I
Mrs. Godette, a resident of 807
Ridgeway street, was struck by|
an automobile Sunday evening
at the intersection of Enterprise
ai)d South Roxboro street.
^6^ inirs! «ODlTTE, page s '
The second rape case in three
weeks involving all teen-agers
struck Durham this week.
Police reported Monday that
anil year old girl was assaulted
Sunday evening by a boy ap
proximately 15 years old.
About three weeks ago, police
received another complaint from
the mother of a 14 year old girl
wiio said her daughter had been
assaulted by two 16 year old
boys.
At mid-week, there had been
no disclosures of arrests in either
of the cases.
The girls were unable to iden
tify their assailants in both cases.
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Austin To Speak
At Asheville
ASHEVILLE
Achievement Week speaker
for the Upsilon Omicron Chapter
of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
of Ash^ille will be L. E. Austin,
publisher of the Carolina Times,
it was Unnounced here this week
by Walter R. Howze, an official
of the Upsilon chapter.
The program will be held on
Sunday, November 16, at '3‘00
P.M. at the Hopkins AME Zion
Church on College Street. The
Rev. George L. Smith is pastor.
Man Held In
Shooting Of
HisCousifr
A 37 year-old man who was
shot by his cousin, age 52 years,
is resting comfortably at Duke
Hospital, while his assailant is in
custody of the Durham Police.
Hospitalized as the result of a
chest wound inflicted with a pis
tol is Robert Lee Bailey, of 1512
North Alston Avenue. Held by
police is his 52 year old cousin
Owen Bailey, of 612 Elizabeth
Street.
Police, said the wounded man
told them his cousin, 52 year-old
Owen Bailey shot him for no
reason at all.
Bailey said that he went to
his cousin’s home on Elizabeth
Street and knocked on the door
on Monday morning, Owen
Bailey the cousin opened the
door and fired. He reported that
he did not know why he was
shot.
Mrs. Eliza Bailey, wife of the
injured man told Police officers
investigating the case, that her
See SHOOTING, page 8
MRS. BELAFONTE
Belafonte At
Winston-Salem
WrNSTOW-SALEM—
Mrs. Margurite Belafonte, in
ternationally known fashion
model, will appear in person in
Winston-Salem at 8:00 p.m. Fri-*
day, November 21 at the Whita
ker' Gymnasium on the campus
of Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege.
She will be guest model in
Fashionetta, sponsored by the
Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority. Local
models will share the spotlight
with Mrs. Belafonte in the style
revue.
Theme of the Fashionetta will
t)e “Around the World in Ninety
Minutes”, based on a script
written by Mrs. Eva M. Rice, a
soror.
A special feature of the pro
gram will be the crowning of
Miss Fashionetta. Candidates are
Miss Carolyn Glymph, Misa
Marie Hill, Miss Gwendolyn
Jones and Miss Willie G. Mc-
Cluney.
See BELAFONTE, page 8
police reported.
The latest assault came on
Sunday evening around elgbt
o’clock.
The mother of the assault vic
tim said her daughter was at
tacked near the intersectioa off
St. Joseph and Macklin streets
behind an empty house.
Detectives reported that th*
girl told them the youth who at
tacked her was about 15 years
old, but stated she could not
identify him. She was treated at
Lincoln hospital following tbe
incident and released.
In October, pother teen-«ce
girl was reportedly raped by two
teen-age boys. This incident oc-
cured on October 22 behind a
508 FayettevUle street addres*.
Involved in this case was a 14
year old girl and two 16 year old
youths.
Fire Station's
Formal Opening
Is Scheduled
The recently activated fire
station at Fayetteville and Pekoe
streets was slated to l>e opened
formally in a program at the
station on Thursday night at
seven o’clock.
City manager R. W. Flack,
fire department chief C. L. Cox
and other city officials were to
take part in the ceremony.
The new station went in|6 ope
ration on November 1 with a
crew of ten recruits and two
veterans.
Since that time, the crcw,
working in two five man shifty
has answered lour *11 Ha >
The formaf op>ening ceremonj^
Thursday was to led by tbe
Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor of St.
Mark AME Zim church.
During the program, m 21 inch
televisk>n set, contributed
tiut>ugh public donationa solicit
ed by a unit of the Durham Com
mittee on Negro Affoira, was to
be presented to the station.
Wes Covingtons
Stop In Durham
Wes CovinstoB and his turily
spent a day in Durham tkte week
enroute to Bradeatam, Flarida
where they wil spend the whUer.
Wes is a member et the Mil
waukee Braves basehaU teaai.
The CovingtiMs arrired ia th«
city Monday at mideight ajbd
left late Tuesday nichl They
stayed at the hMne af Mr. aad
Mrs. Charles Evaas Drew
street. The Evaas are jarfi 1 mt
Wes' wife, Marian.
DR. MAGGS AT NCC MON.
Dr. Douglas B. Maggs, Pro
fessor of Law, Duke University,
Durhaih, will be the Fonm
speaker at North Carolina Col
lege on November 17, at 10:30
a.m. in B. N. Duke Auditoriiun.
Organization Formed To Carry Literacy Vote Test And
Attorney Walker's Case To The U. S. Supreme Court
By Alexander Moseley
WELDON
Citizens ^rom northeastern
North Carolina have formed a
committee to carry the case of'
Mrs. Louise Lassiter through
the Federal Courts and tq up
hold the right for one of her
Attorneys to represent her.
James R. Walker, Jr., 34-year
old civil rights lawyer here,
has been jailed, fined, and
otherwise harrassed since he
entered the Lassiter case over
two years ago. Mrs. Lassiter
seeks the right to register and
vote without having to take
the ■ North Carolina literacy
test, which she says is in viola
tion of the U. S. Constitution.
The Walker-Lassiter Defense
Fund was organized at meet
ings In Weldon, attended by
headers from Halifax, North
hampton, Bertie, Gates, War
ren, Edgecomb and Hertford
Counties. Th'e Negro popula
tion of this area runs as high
as 68 percent.
Mrs. Lassiter, who has three
children, first tried to register
in Seaboard Precinct of North
ampton County in May 1966.
The registrar, Mrs. Helen H.
Taylor, refused to register
Mrs. Lassiter and at least 25
other Negroes because she said
they failed to pass the literacy
test.
Mrs. Lassiter asked the U.S.
District Court to stop election
officials from requiring the
literacy test. She charged that
it is used in a discriminatory
manner against Negroes to de
prive them of the right to
vote.
Mrs. Lassiter completed one
year of high school and reads
and writes very well.
Before her case could be
heard, the North Carolina
General Assembly amended
the registration law. It also set
up a system of appeals from
adverse rulings of registrars.
A three-judge Federal Court
held the original law invalid
but told Mrs. L.assiter to
exhaust all appeal remedies in
the state courts before seeking
a ruling on the amend law.
She tried to register again in
June 1957, but was turned
down when she flatly refused
to take the literacy test. Mrs.
Lassiter then carried her ap
peal through the North Caro
lina Supreme Court, which
upheld the registrar.
Walker and two Attorneys in
Raleigh, Samuel Mitchell and
.Herman Taylor, have appeal^
this ruling to the U. S. Su
preme Court.
Walker has been jailed' twice
and fined three times since he
Sm WALKER, paga 8
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