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★ ★ ★ ★ , ★ Beauticians Enter Contest 2-2913 Ig Our New Telephone Number We’re Sorry For The VOLUME 3e-^No. 34 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1960 R*turn Pait«s« OuarantMd ■pRicEris cPH Inconvenience WILMIN6T0N RULES s '' \J. iJ 'ja WILMINGTON — TestimoBy of two lawyer-colleaguGs was appar ently the key factors in clearing a district attorney here Monday who admitted to slapping a Negro twice in the courthouse. Judge H. Winfield, Smith, after hearing evidence in the case Mon- jay' against Solicitor Jotu) Walker, issued a ver^ct of “not guilty.” Qut^ lie r^rimanded him and warned him not to let a similar incident happen again. Walter had been charged wMli assault and battery'by David Rob inson, whom he admitted slapping in an incident in a conference ro«n ifl of ttie Recorder’s bcnch at the courtitpuse on Friday, JDAljkW*..-., • tf\ jjjp lh*.kyerdict, Jbe 7i^ge said teitinieny ^ tjie cau indicated that Walker apfic;ared to be in danger of attack. i This line of testimony pro duced by attorneys H. E. Rogers and W. J. Cannady, both tenior members of the court het« who testified in Walkei’’s behali "BIG. BELL"—Nfw Btrn't Wal ter Ballamy (V 'II") tow»r* over hit coach Fred McCraken at h* reotlvet Dell All America award •t the end of latt ttaton. The Tarheel hardwood itar it now in Rem* wh«f^ he and ether mem bers of the il.S. Olympic batket- baliers are preparing for Garnet. Clipx to Bellamy Story To Be Written in Summer Olympics NEW BERN—From rags to Rome could be the title of the Walter Bellamy story. A recent letter from Bellamy to his grandmother which contain ed the terse matter of fact state ment, “We are scheduled to leave America for Rome August 18” sums up an episode which- marks the climax of the Bellamy story. The ttatemant meant that Bel lamy, a menvber of the United StalM Olympic tquad, would be leaving for the eternal city to represent hit country in the 1960 tummer Olympic Gamet. ADVERTISERS OF THE WEEK The firmt listed below at** your friendt and they appreciate your trade; j Blltmore Hetel A Grill Colonial Stores Durham Buildert Supply Ce. On* Hour Martlnizing Kenan OH Co. Hunt Linoleum 4 Tile Co. Mutual Sivingt A Loan Att'n McGh.->e Coal Co. Midat Muffler Co. Mechanict ft Farmert Bank New Method L»undry North Carolina Mutual Life Int. Company Rigtbee Tire Sale* Southern Fid*llty Mutual In*. C* Speighft Auto Sarvic* Union Electric Co. Union Intiiranee A Realty Co. Kroger Co, Alexander Meter C*. Pepsl-Cola Rotcoe-Griffin Discount Heut* > The story had its beginning when young Walter was a gangling youth on the streets of New Bern here in the early fifties. He be came attracted to sports because of his size (he’s now all of lix feet, 11 inches) at J. T. Barber and starred on the school's foot ball and basketball teams. He was watched ^ scouts from the major colleges in his last years as a super-star at Barber and when graduation came in 1057, he was offered a scholarship to In diana, of the Big Ten conference. At Indiana, h* iMcam* th* star of th* Hootiwrt' batkeHMlI t*am and *am*d a plac* on th* Look ' Atl-Am*rican basketball t*am for la*t y**r. From that point, he went on to earn a place on the Olympic team and rest of the story is well known. Its climax will be written sometime late this month in the newly built Olymph; stadium in Rome when he takes the court with other U.S. basketball stars Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Jer ry West and Darrell Imhoff. Though thit it th* ttory that th* public can g«t, th*r* it ttill aneth*r ttory that only clot* friends of Walt*r knew. This is the story of how his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, wielded the strong influence on Continued on page ^-B Over Dozen Sign Up For Big Prizes A total of IS beauticians had been nominated at press time Wednesday and nominations were being received in every mail and at the office of the Carolina Times from customers or friends of beau ticians botii in and outside of Dur ham. With practically 4 more weeks to go b^ore the actual voting be gins on September 0, the manage ment of the Carolina Times ex pressed the betief that the num ber of contestants may reach well over .150, provided the nomina tions keep up with the pace set the last week. With thr** grand priz*t at t'ak*, including a fr** alrplan* ronnd trip ip Hawaii at th* firtt priz*; a fr** alrplan* round trip to Haiti at th* t*cond prize, a free airplan* round trip to B*r> muda at third priz* and 15 per cent committlon paid to all non priz* winn*rt th* contatt it *xp*c i*d to d*v*lop into r*d hot tizzler b*for* it *ndt on Octob*r 31. '/■ Any licensed l>eautician in North Carolina. is eligible for the con test which will be run for a period of six weeks beginning September 19 and ending October 31 as al- See BEAUTICIANS, page 6-A Victim Convicted on Charges Of Obstructing and htimidating Judge found Robinson guilty' of obstructing justice and of intim idating a witness. He fined the man $25 and costs on the first charge, but later both fine and See SLAPPING, page 6-A NIXON HANDCLASP—MetM S. Beltoif of Charoltte thaket R*- publican Party Candidat* Rich* ard Nixon't hand in this photv graph. This teen* wat duplicat*d in Grc*ntb«ro Wcdnetday night wfc«n t(i* COP stamianl bMMr addressed an audienM at ItM coliseum *f tli* Gal* City. Leader Tells Greensboro Crowd He'll Speak for C-R in Dixie WaptjBt anff Jft 6: «r^m ftbbihibni toldi'si^si ly the same story of the i; which occured last Friday. They said when Roliinson in sisted on being present at ja con ference between Walker and his 13 year old nephew Bernard Rob inson, Walker slapped him ; twice, knocking his glasses to the floor and breaking the aose-piecie. Walker did not intimate *in his testimony that he thought {Robin son was about to attack him. POINTED HIS ARM [ • But Rogers and Cannad|y said when Robinson raised his arm to point at his nephew Bernaird and warn him not to say anything, they belieWd the Solicitor thoujght he was about to be attacked. Both said they Witnessed the anteroom drama from thei court room itself. Rogers was standing in the courtroom beside tihe wit ness stand, approslmately '19 feet from the door of the ant^eroom. Cannady was statading on the other side of the court] room, more than 30 feet away. Between him and the anteroom dojor were Ihe Judge's bench, the ' witness stand and a window in wnich was placed an electric fan. f Both said they saw tlw action, and overheard the conservation. COULDNT HEAR! Under cross examination, Attor. ney Lisbon C. Berry, of jDurham, one of the attorneys for tkie pros- secution, questioned Roger's about the incident in a low vjtiice, ap proximating a loud whisper. His questions had to be repeat ed by Walker’s defense |attorney Goldberg, who was stopp*ed after Berry objected to the priocedure. The courtroom audiertce sus pected Berry intended to' drama tize his belief that Rogers was too far away from the sicene to report competently on what took place. After clearing the Solicitor, the V— # B. Payton Appointed To Times Staff The appointment of Miss Mildred Bright Payton as chief of spcciai^ events for women for the Times was a nnounced this week by L. E. Austin, publisher. Miss Payton who has combined a many-sided career is currently home economist for Franklin and Chatham Counties and a student at the North Carolina College Law school. Austin said her activities for the TIMES will be centered in the Alamanee-Chatham County area. Miss Payton is a native of Ruth erford County and a graduate of See PAYTON, page 2 A MISS PAYTON GilEENSBORO -- Richard M. Nixon, Republic£(n candidate for the presideno(^. told a gathering of some 40 newsmen Wednesday- night he would not change his position on civil rights for poli tical expediency. “My position in the South is the same as it is in the North, East and West.” he told a tele vised press conference. “Everybody is aware of sfy strong c«(rtjctions in :this matterJ” In t^ liit,fer in the eve ning, he Ibid the coliseum crowd estimated ^ 14,000 of t®fe need for extending human right^o all seg- monts of the population. Among the crowd which fHled the coliseum was an estimated 500 N^roes who took part in the un segregated rally. Most of the prominent North Carolina Republicans shared . the' platform with the GOP standard l>earer, including ' gubernatorial candidate Robert Gavtn. Rep. Charles Jonas, and William E. Cobb, chaivman of the state Repub lican executive committee. Mrs. Willis Smith, wife of the late Democratic U.S. Senator, was -Mnong the sc^es of gueits on the platfon^ Nixon’s trip %o NqMi C^olina marked one of tSe fw times in re cent history that a Republican presidential candidiate has made a direct stab for votes in the South, traditionally the heart of the Democratic party’s strength. | TO KCSIVE .CMU' L«VtJOy AWa«i>7-W.. 5; G«»- r*l WilUam P. R*j*r« wMI h* tranofMl on Auyact H A* EIkt NatioMal Coii**nli*n In CM- c^o whan k* i* preswiNd th* Lovejoy Awarrf, f«r Ms contri- butian in th* fi*M «f Chril ^ Riahts. —{ANPiMtal Miss love Gives Simmi^ Pool to Chapel M CHAPEL HILL—Miss C. S. Love has been identified as the donor of a $38,000 swimming pool now being crected at the Negro com munity center here. Miss Love, sitter of Burling ton Mills Corporation president J. Spencer Love, donated 2,000 shar*s of Burlington Mill ttock, valucwl at approximat*ly $40,- 000, for facility. * Announcement of the gift was made here Monday. But the iden tity of the donor was not revealed until Tuesday because Miss Love expressed a wish to remain anon ymous. In a joint statement which iden- tii'iad Mi» Love as the donor, of ficials of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Swimming Pool .^sociation, point ed out that her identity as the %onor was no longer a secret. TMe statement was issued by Adolphus Clark, president of the pool corporation. Miss Lucille Caldwell, director of the Commu nity Center, and the Rev. W. R. FoUshee, community leader. The statement said, in part: "For many y«ars, progress- minded Chapel Hill has dreamed of a swimming pool for th* community center. On Monday Mist Cornelia Love generously provided the funds to make this dream a reality. “She and her family have long associated with the community life and citizens of Chapel Hill, and this interest has culminated in her magnificent gift. Old and young alike will enjoy for years to come this center of recreation where character as well as sonad bodies can be deevloped.” Miss Love has been active, Red Cross and community Krvkic groups for several years. Workmen had nearly complete^ diggiitg out ths floor of the pool at mid week. Work on the tmw facility is expected to be ,coib> pleted in time for next seasot, When finished, th* peel will be S3 and on* half f«*t lang^ W' f**t wide at th* d**t» Mid and SO f**t will* at th* thaltow MdL The swimming pool corporatiM will undertake the project of rM- ing funds to erect a bath hooak and installing lighting facilitie*. Officials estimate $4,000 will b* needed Istr these itms. DIGGING FOR POOL FLOOR— Thit teen* wat tak*n earfy this we*k at wwkn«Mi pr*par*l th* | pmI at th* Chap*l Hill CMnmw- foundatien 'tor th* twimmint j iitty C*nt«r. Th* f*cility it **• PM:tMl ik tm Buy From The CAROLINA Advertisers ■ ■ ■ Value Your
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