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Ilree Durtiam Counters open Chietly Inside This Week # I960 FOO’TOALL PROSPECTS Pag* 3-» ' # STEINBECK i^RAISES RACE'S moral STRENGTH p«a« 2-A 9 SIT-IN ANALYZED P«9« 1-B VOLUME 36—No. 32 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. AUGUST 4, IfiW Rafurti Postage Ouarantaad raiCE: IS CENTS DURHAM SETS POUCY ScKool Board Keeps ‘59 Segregation Level Daily Press Omits Coverage Of Meeting R. N. Harris, Durham tdiool board member, issued a special itatement to the TIMES this week caUins attention to the fact that the school board has a^pted its assignment policy for tiM year and set time limits for reauests for changes in assignments. Harris made this unusunl move because, as he explai^»d, there was no public notice of the action in the daily pr^ exctpt for tht mandatory legal notice carried tbt Durhatit Morning Herald at the Jlpttom of its elassififd paff TuMday. Harris’ statement appear* In full in the third column. The school board voted to csn- ^tinue its present assignntent pol Icy which would iieftp segregation •t its present level. Harris opposed resolution. TnC HorSlu 9 IlllUfC Tw rPpOXT t&e schosl Sard's action In its news column for Tuesdaj* was con sidered by Harris to be "at the least irryular." Althou^i the handling and re See DAILY, page 6-A Don't Miss HARRIS Liberian Official Blames B^lgiiim For Congo Woes A Liberian government official iaid in Durham last week that Africap “political opinion” attri buted Belgium’s problems in the Congo to the Belgian Government’s failure to educate the native citi zens. McKinlty A. DsShleM af Won- revla, Postmactsr Osiwral, said In an Intsrvlew with ntwsM^n, "There Is a censHlerakro body of opinion in Africa that thit Bslglans brought the Cemgo See UIBBRIAN, page 6-A ADVERTISERS OF THE WEEK In Beating Of Alabama Man itfiwh beet; arreirfled ftn tie igiftA- day nigh'fhfhipping of a young Ne- grof.servtee station worlcer. Shelby Cty. aieriff C. P. Walk er reported Wednesday that,Thom as Kelly, 34, and Emmett bever- ette, 42, WM'e being hel^ for Grand Jury indictment in the kid- snapping and bea^ng of 20 year old Henry Lewis Jones. Levers^te was picked up by Shel by fficers at his home Tuesday night. Kelly turned himself in to authorities shortly after midnight. It was not clear it mere arrests would be made. Jones told police six men participated in the Sat urday night affair in which he ^as taken from his hcJnie, carried into another county tied to a tree and whipped With knotted ropes and belts. Sheriff Walker reported that his evidence definitely “fingej^” two of the suspects.'Apparently they were Leverette' and Kelly. War rants for both were issued shortly before they were in custody. White residents of this'area ap-i pesr nr.ystified as to the motive See ARRESTKD, page 6-A Board Member Hits Secrecy Veil Cloaking Unit's Actioii MEMORANDUM TO CAROLINA TIMES August .i, 1960 , Inasmuch as time is basic in the matter of. requests for re assignment witliiii the IJurhkm School i3istrict and inasmtich as there has hc^n no news of the matter following the Doafd’s meeting on Momlay night, I believe you .sho»ild inform yoUr readers that an assignment polky for l‘)60-61 whs ak>pted- Monday night and notices of the policy. rt>cjuil-e«l by law, ap- ;>eared in the Legal Notices yf |VVediJesday’s M&rning Herald) page 7-B. ^ Til essence, this policy is similar ip the 1959-60 policy excep|i; that the current policy jicovidieji'' jor rpteftrioti #even^ grade (junior high classification) students at WalHhiwjj, Crestij Street and Spnuldiwg Schools. Other a.ss^t)ttifcntA^ilf^ to ' same schi^ attended in 19^:0^’-~or * frOii^ wMiii titey have gracmated.” Tarents who desire reassignment t»f their c^ildrcen shouldi apply for “forms prescribed by the lioard of Edutffrtiun'’ ifld Ixfi certsiin that they are properly cwfnpieted is to each child and retunied to fhe Board of Ertticatioti before .'^ngiist 30th (tf within 10 days of 2nd publication of assi^lilent whiih \vm !i?l»ear in the Durham Morning Herald on Ai^li.st 10th.' « TARHEELS ON ■ BERMUDA HOLIDAY ^ HOW YOU CAN HELP " YOUR BEAUTICIAN WIN $$$ g WHAT THE FRENCH V THINK OF NC ART VTEACTIER Next We«k IQ the TIMES! AFTER 8IX MONTHS — Alma I green lunch counter in Durham Turner (foreground) and Nathan I Menday after a six n»«ithi pr»- White receive service at W*l> I test of the iim orew pelicyJ X INGMEMBET i'.- Bishop William Y. Bell Apatnfe City For lunch Counter Ac^ R9(WI TO SPARE Nathan iyiM* hu j’Mm tpwi •S_ln . A breaks color bar at Walgreen Junch ^eunttr i«. Bttrhim. Jast_ Monday, August Photo* firms llsfetf Mow are your friends and thay amMWcMa yetir tra4o! BIHmere Hotel A «rtfl Colianlel Stores ^ Durham Builders Supply (C*. One Hour Martinlslng Kenan Oil Co. Hunt Linoleum * TIM C*. ^ Mutual Stvlngs & Loan Ais*# McChrte Coal Co. MMas Myffler Co. Mechanics A Farmers BmIi New Method. Laundry Norfti Carolina Mutual .klf« im. Company Rlgsbee Tire Sale* . Southern Fidelity Mutual IM. 6e. Speight's Auto Servhw Union Electric Co. Union Insurance A Realty C*. Kroger Co. /Alexander Moter Co. Papsl-Cela j A*F Sloret y-'V'J* New Probation Officer Starts Duties In Durham Vicinity By OILBS R. WRiaNT btiriiam’s first Negro probation officer started work here on July >8. He is Frank Bright, former High Point detoctive, Bright's ap pointment made him probation officer for the 12th soUcitorial district. "My duties will be different fr^ that of the parole officers," Bright saM. "Mostly I will be working with fifst offenclers— young fellows \ who- have gene wrong once. "We concentrate on rehabilitat ing them, getting them off on the right track again.” Bright has quite a bit of terri tory to cover. He will be respon sible for probationers in Durham, Orange, Person and Alamance Counties. i When he arrived at the new job, he had mere than SO cam facing him. HH normal case load Is TOO. and at the rate things are going now,' he expects See (PROBATION, page 6-A The 88th,annutA session of the North Carolina Coiiferenee, Ctele- tian Methodist Rpiseopil Church, opened Wednesday meraing 11 o’clock in the Bussell Meihoyial Church, 613 South Alston Av*. The Rev. C. R. WIilte is boSt pastor. The Rpvs. J. C. Clark »l»d J A. Davi? are the Priding Eld ers of the Winston-Sahm anf Dwf- hsm Districts, respectively. Presiding over the sessions is the Senior *Bisfi# of the Chi#eh, Right iSeverend #lllHni Y. Bell, of South Bostoifr, tirfinia. The Rev. S. E. Harris, Ghaylotte, delivered a very AallengiAf com munion message Airing the Open ing session, and Kveral hundred pastors, delegatM and meiiibers representing the 97 stat^ eMrges as well as scoTM of ou*. of town visitors partieipitM in the com munion servke. BisKep BeH M erfdrinlni Itie Conference, iMMri tliaf eur ftftii* ers and fereldfMrs feuflM MMy of our batlj^ tfieir KMifs, and that CAiiwt rle^ MI stand as • nstt«i iM4ss wi so *s a unifMl fimlly of pA»p(*> sharing togetiler a* i fellesMMp of llke-mlnd'ed itid llkd spirits." "It we are to Uk)|c and see the glory of the Lord tllen we must see it together M people of this nation. Opr onelie«4, our integri^ and our like mindedaete defied our togetherne^.” “The action of fhe yaitety stores was cited as i spletdld ex ample of resolving dodal coi^ict, See BISHOP, p«ge 6-A PROTEST “HA«VEST” RECESS Northampton County Students Boycott Split Semester Session REV. JONES AMEZ Minister Buried in Rites At Durham Funeral services for the Rev. James Alton Jones were held Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2 at the St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Ci^urch. The Rt Rev. Rev. R. L. Jones, presiding Bishop of the A. M. E. Zion district, delivered the eulogy. He was assisted by Reverends L. R. Williams, R. V. Horton, G. T. 'Hiarrington, S. P. Cook, E. H. Beebe, J. Z. Siler, J. A. Brown, T. J. Young, G., F. Madkins, J. W. Hatch and C. V. Flack. Rev. Jones died a this home Ht 2207 Chatauqua street on Sat., July 30. He wao C2. The deceased was a native of (Chatham County, son of the iat# Ur. and Mrs. John Robert Jones.' He was bom on Dec. 18, 1897. Rev. Jones had been in the min- See^JONiS, page 6-A JACKSONi.i'jfofthampton Super tcndent E. D. Jackson admitted thi's week that approximate^' 20 percent of the County’s Negro students boycotted schools this week in protest against the coun ty’s traditional split semester for for Negro ^0ii'.ols, Schools in this County reopened Monday as thev have for the past several years. The early opening is designed to permit the students to work durin? the harvest season. Only five percent of ;.n eic- pectcd 200 students showed up Monday at Old Gasten. Attend ance at other schools were re ported higher and increasing each day. Schools are closed from the middle of September until around November ,1. During the harvest season, Negro students are em ployed to help white farmecs get See NORTHAMPTON, page 6-A Raleigh Hay Be NextTowit To Integrate Three dayv at iattgntkm 3 Duriiam tamdi eoaatm peacefDlIy thic we^ aa a riz i old fight for the dumfe here Monday. In ttie M«M*is* cwn«lete4 Mi*t be tHe neat cHy ia wMck kmtk eowflter IwHaBretlen wM tafc* plac«. Observers believe the City’s efaange-afver may take piaei on Monday. Counters at Walgreea. aad foaM quietly began serving a baadfli atf picked Negre ya«lba- wbo toeft part in the six month prated MiK day aftemooo. At the cieaa ef bMrtMW If the titree stares VMMa4#, bicidents Itad kaea lapavtaA Reaction ‘to the ckaaga ia Dw- ham was calm. Tbe leporte «l fiw change were played dowm bf Ac daily press, reportedly ^ tka i»- quest of the Hvnaa Rifrtiwit Committee, and only a few It*' 9Toes ofter than the studesta tnak advantage pf the food serriec dHr- ing the we^ None of the thrge itam in volved hM more than ttiM mr tma students at one tim rtqwot; ing service. The cuinmasiity *a ■ take the change is rtrfdk'Tbaaa - was IHMe ekeervafele reatftM by 'whttae^'Ona sfwaa* 4aM a ewstemer left hia Mm at IIM luncH ceitwtar wrhea ,ltia sat dawn to W *ar«t4. N4|M|pifa aweare*'pleeeed rertralwedL .^rfeUqfiiii^. Uie ckwe ef tte fidt day di integrated serriet at Op counters litnday, a rietarf bratioti stmlenti liap*^ headed tht taak m gious overtMles. Aboat 4a atada*ta ani the a»- easion te .atber al ^ A. M. E. Onucb »ha* ttejr sdoi spirituala and went tMtt .to piael a wreath m tbie gmn at Dm^aa Thoo^aoB. a fnrihsr *eeber of the organixation who waa kiOed -ia- a»-aMt» aeedeet laal ^ Tht^ .was no ^oes|>^Jfi^ln st^ ’taadagera «r HM*an RalaHeirt Oi^nlri* chairman Nefeaw ttrtwhi'ldg* explained that changj aeer had * been worked awt in aaaaHnaa with hi* Biwup and Bidad that integratlen af tfcd eoanlirs hdd gone alanf vary wM and wlUt- out fanfare.'* “I hope it coBtinsat ttiat wit* he added. Both daily nawapagWa eoafinad their editariab comnaewts to aA* See BALBIGH. page S^A Ike Asked to Intervene In Congo Against Kat^ Province ATLANTIC aTY, N. J. — Presi dent Eisenhower was urged this week to “use the influence of his office” to help the troubled neiw Congo nation survive its crisis. Final Rites For Ernest Thompson Ernest D. Thompson was buried following funeral s«irvices Friday, July 29 at the Unipn Baptist Church of Durham. The Rev. A. S. Croom, pastor officiated. He was assisted by the Rever ends J. H. Peppers, F. Yelverton and X*. W. Reid. Thompson died at a Durham hospital on July 25, He was 48. The deceased was a native of Durham. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cljarles Thomp son He made hjs home on ro«te 70 east Thompson was married on March 18, 1938 to the former Miss Da Scott, of Apex, who surwves him. He was a member of many civic, fraternal and religious organiaa- tions. He was active in Union Bap- BRNIST D. THOMPSON on'the Itustee Board and as'•an official in the Boy Scout units. See THOMPSON, page »^A The plea ca«c fims the CM* neetional Comieil of the A. IL It ZioB Church, neettnx here in W ananal leaaiQii at Price Hcmorid Church. A wire eewt hy the Charcfc iVvWn nW PrVwW fW Mi* ffwmn9 m kehsM ■# Hm Lmmmm •r« ricli Kalmee prfiw— INMI frw til# Signed by the RL Rev. W. JL Walla, ol Otktgo, sentar bisbof the d^Qominatioa, the muiMI said, la part: “1. . Jmplmv yon tod ttt ii> ministratteB to oppoga tht ditr onion o( that ffraat eoantry tty Oip establidraieRt of a aepafat* md independeat Katanja. » « a ef African anaasley will hi h|^ pier In eitr hsianed Ib wi^ part yeur Invalaiill laiiinh^ ta carry tha laltawM «l Hd' VnHed SMaa !■ MM> «» UntladCaai Hen America . . . •y aak «ha aHMnaaiNBl «• werW te rts^ hr 0$ See CQIMa «iti Buy From The CAROLINA TIMES Advertisers... They Value Your f
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