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Student Demonstrations Conthfue In Durham ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ J|L J|L J|L ^ . ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ tOOO THREA1EN WALK-OUT M ALA. €tlQ^0 yThtTlBjTwUiffliiiBett'f VOLUME 36—No. 10 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1960 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED PRICE: 15 CENTS “Supreme Court Ruling Crap” Eastland Hits Tribunal During Senate Debate CHAMPS — TH«ra»* _ Norfolk, \a.,'^*£S o) .Hi* J|ourn«l «imI OuM* n*iw«- |i«p«{ and donor of tho trophy proMnt* the award to th* Wii)- »ton>S«*m Toachort CoHog* the eham|Si*n»hip or tM%_,.45tl annual CIAA Tournamoitt Wld last wookaitd in Greeniboro. At tie Johnioh, team captain, ac- ground if Dr. T. Hi NondertiMi, Richmond, president of > t h le CIAA. (See page* eight aAd nine for related pictures and tteriet) NAACP To Oppose Lake's Bid For Governor; "Grave Threat," Says Alexander of Candidate WASHINGTON, D. C.—Missis- slppi'c Senator Jamet O. Ea^t- lajnd described as "crap" a Unit ed white supremacy leader said ion upholding the 1957 Civil Right, laws. Eastiand's remarks on the high court's ruling came during current Senate debate over new civil rights legislation. "If that's a decision of the United States Supreme Court, it's not worth printing, the avow white supremacy leader said in reply to a request from Sen. Everett Dirkson (R.-lll.) that the decision be printed in the Con gressional Record. "I don't want this record clut tered with such crap," the Mis- sifiiDian. snapped."We gotja fectfrif, *^t' a lot of crap in the record. That'!' what most of them are, crai4 trip," he said in referring tik Supreme Court decisions. See "CRAP", page 0 MRS. TUCK 144 STUDENTS ARRESTED Fill Nashville Jails TUCK DURHAM COED GREETS FORM. EK UNESCO DIRECTOR—Caro lyn Rober>s of Durham, North Carolina College coed is shown hore looking over UNESCO charier with the organliation's first director. Dr. Luther Evans, left. Looking on is Dr. Benja min F. Srtiith, NCC librarliifi, is> at right. Or. Evans, former Li brarian of Congress, spoke at White Rock Church, Sunday, N. C.' College Monday, and lunched afier the speech at N. C. Mvtual Life Insurance Co. NCC photo by Jordan. Dyrham's Community Baptist l^arks 18th Year with Month-Long Meet Coiuimmily Bnpti.it Church will celebralc^ its 18th year with a month long serips of spccial pro- gniniN Hi the church, it was an nounced this week by the Rev. E. % Thompson^ pastor of the church, Thompson listed several promi nent Oiirhnmites who will deliver main addresses at each of the ser vices during the series. j The special services will be held on successive Sundays in March, ’iach of which has been given a ■special designation. '‘Man's Day” '^i\l be observed on Ihc !irsl Sun day. “Women’s. Kducatioit and Youth Day,” in that order, will be ob.servcd on the remaining Sun day! W. J. Kennedy, Jr., retired president and chairman of the board ol directors of North Caro lina Mutual' Life Insurance Com pany will be. the first speaker, at the opet^ng .service la Uie .scries Sunday. Long distinj/uished in civic and church activities, Kennedy will ^peak at the regular 11 o’clock See CHURCH, page Q Kelly Alexander, president of the North Carolina NAACP, served notice this week that the NAACP will oppose the candidacy of L Beverly Lake tor governor. Lake, an avowed segregationist, announced his candidacy tor the governor’s race on Tuesday. Alexander described his an nouncement as a' “far greater threat to equality for the Negro than all other candidates from both- parlies combined.’ A Raleigh attorney had previously withdrawn from the race because of a lack of funds, . 'but following the current wave' of sit-down - strikes stsged by Negro college students, his backers convinced him to change his mind. "His po.sitior on race advance ment is conuiion knowledge, and (loe.s not conlriljiite toward con structive race relations,” Alexan der said. Lake appeared on the NBC-TV - ' Sec NAACP, page 0 Business School Head Is Organizing Alumni Mrs, L. M. Harris, President of Durham Cusu css College, visited in the Wa.shin^ton D. C, ajea last weekend laying groundwork' 'for the organizatiotr of an alumni chapter .in the capital area. Coordinators were appointed by the president and groundwork laid for the organi/.ation of a chapter in the capital' city. Mrs. Harris commented that the response and interest for organizing a chapter were beyond expectations. The chapter is expected to start func- tioninij in April. Plans are in the making for President Harris to visit other areas in tite interest of organizing Durham Business College Alumni Chapters. Aside from chapters in Durham, Raleigh, cha_pters are be ing organized in New York. Rich mond, Charlotte and Danville, Vir ginia. A national meeting is planned See ALUMNI, page 6; NEW QUEEN—Miss Eva Coor, of Goldsboro, holds scepter after her crowning as Queen of the 1960 Class of the DeShaxor's Beauty College. Along with the title as Queen of ttw class which she won. Miss Coor will recolve one wCok of advanced training at the Bothune Cookman Cel logo during April. Miss Coor was crowned at the "Fashion Por traits" show sponsored by the school rtctntly Man Held in IMurder of |is Spouse shooting hi^ wife, hiUing Her ovir the head witli a poker then stab bing her seiteral times was held for investigation of murder late Wednesday. He is William Connie Tuck of South Mangum Street. Tuck was arrested by Detectives Clyde Cox and Frank McCrea The officers picked him up at his homft addi»ei,s late Wednesday. Cox said the man told ,him that he and his wife argued Tuesday after slie accused him of. go ing with another Wom^n. The ar gument continued before dinner Wednesday, Cox related. They said further that Tuck told.him that he first shol^ her with a .32 calibre pistol while she stood in front of him. When she didn't fall. Tuck told the policeman he hit her over the head with a poker until she did. Then he stabbed her in the back several times with a knife. ‘Cox stated. • His victim, Mrs. Elizabeth Tuck, died before she could be taken to the hospital. Funeral arrangements for her, being handled by Amey funeral See MURDER, page 6 GOP Makes Bid; Names Austin, Barnes to Posts Republican Party activity in North Carolina seems to be mount ing. In the Durham area, the dis trict meeting was held at Graham Friday and L. E. Aijstin, Publish er of the Carolina Times, was elected to the executive commit tee and Alexander Barnes was elected an alternate delegate to the National Convention, which will be> held in Chicago. Barnes election ineans that It will be the first time that a Ne gro has been a member of,the state delegation for several years. Austin replaces Rev. E, T. Browne on the executive- commit tee. He promises to be active. This means that he will be in on the policy making of the party. ^ite a few local party mem bers attended the state convention, held in Memorial Auditorium Sat> lirday. The platform carried a re newal avowal to guarantee every citizen those rights granted bin by the constitution of th«k United I See 60P, pag« 6 Ala. Students Would Leave Over Expulsion More than 1,000 students at Ala bama State Teachers Colleges threatend to resign en masse in reply to Governor John Patter son’s order which expelled nine of the students who look part in a sit-down protest and a subsequent demonstration at the slate capi- tol. The students made this threat after hearing thr Rev. Raloh Aber nathy describe the Governor’s act ion as “the greatest blunder in the history of Alabama educa tion.” I The Governor personally ord ered the State Board of Educa tion to expell the students "to prevent bloodshed." Meanwhile, in other action on the student protest front, 12 Ne gro students at Winston-Salem Tcochers College who were con victed of trespass in the lunch- counter sit-down rin that city will appeal the conviction in a test case, it was revealed thus week. In Nashville, Tenn., 58 Negro students refused to post bond after having been arrested for disorderly conduct in a lunch counter sit-down and joined 77 of their demonstrators in iail. Noirth Backs Students In Dixie Sit-Downs NEW YORK—Picketing of Wool- wocth stores in support of the stuitent lunch counter protest con- tiniibd to spread in the North this we^end. Thousands of individuals piciMtcd more- than 26 l«e«tion»| of Qie chain store in the o^th. istoti cha^c(nan )|:harles 'brd rl^poH^d; th(ilj '190; mehi- iind supporter^ ypickeied 10 Metfoifelitan lioston. “Itesponse ranged from good to more than 90 per cent” according to Crawford. Boston CORE plans to extend its picketing to addit ional stores {his week. yAore and Moro fffeictive" In New York City there were See AID, page 6 Picket Stores; Negotiators Get Statement Ready North Carolina CoBege ttnetentt continued on two troats Una week their demonstrations againat tegn- gation at eating establisluBeala. The students oMniated a picket of three downtown stores wMeh were the original tragets of rtt- down strikes here three weeks ago, and spread the sit down pro test to a Howard Johnson restau rant. In the meantime, two white per sons and one Negro stud^t* were fined in Recorder's Court ia vi«>- lence which grew out ol the pro tests. It is believed that an official from the committee which has at tempted to negotiate the students’ grievances with local store* w«a about ready to issue a stalcinent on that part of the issue. D. G. Sampson, who was named chairman of a North Carotiaa CM- I lege committee picked to negoti ate with the Durham Human Rd»- tions Council, said late thi* week that the -combined committee had authorized the Rev. Warren CafT," chairman of the-’Hunao Retations Council to issue a statemeat. Rev. Carr, however, cmUd not -4 he reached at press tiaae^ Students began. pkWinfc tn visit Dutham thia' week-end to par-' front of Woorworth, Krear- aad ticipate in Coed Weekend activi- ( Waglreen Driig Store on Saturdar. ties at North Carolina C«rflege. | This was the first actisa Uk«t She will be joined by Mrs. Lucy! by students in Durham siace tbeir Lameck, the celebrated young Tan- j initial demonstrations staged here ganyikan union leader, Mrs. M.'on Feb. 8. Protest leaders had said Elizabeth Carnegie, distinguished j following the ‘‘sit-down” that tke^ nursing educator and journalist of: would, seek to negotiate the issw New York, and the noted Atlanta with store managers. MRS. KING Mrs. Martin King To Tak Part in NCC toed Event University social work professor. Hiss Ffankr^^Ttdams; ” The four ladies will be consul tants at the keynote session at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Duke Audi torium. According to—Miss-“^-ynthia McDonald, president of the co sponsoring Wonien's Assembly, the weekend's theme this year is, "The North Carolina College Woman Redefines her Role in Building Worthwhile Social Pat terns and Strong Family Life." However, indications t^at tke negotialiohs' wTncH wwe taken i#* did not please the students ewe last week when i^acy Streeter, ft* C. CoUege junior and one of the protest leaders, asid the stndenta did not expect moch to wme et the negotitations and eaplaiaed ; that they would chart tbeir own I course of action in the protest. I A statement i.ssued oo Salurtlar, I the first day of picketing, said tke i students had resorted to denMD- strating again because stoce See KING, page 6 See PICKET, page 8 tor. Akow* tho award frtm Sasilotts of dfii ler «l HwaMWl^ WOMAN OF THE YEAR—Mr*- •. It. Jena* of Gresnikero^ re- caivtd His Zet* Phi Beta Worn* a« «f Year 1H0 A«ar4 far tuMaMliny Mrvk* to Mm youth of North Carolina. Mrs, Jones, ^esontly senrinf m PrWv (i|Ml Popular Grove Sakalel, la retirint after 34 yeara o( *grk M an •wtatamlkii tiiiri
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