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A&T Gradual# Co-Pilot of lll-F&d Jet Bom Rites Held In Wilson For Crash Victim GREENSBORO — One of the five who died in the fiery crarfj of Air Force B-92 Strato-fortress Jet bomber near Denton, was a graduate of A. and T. College. Captain William Woody Farmer, Jr., 29, a 19S4 graduate of A. and T., was co-pilot of the aircraft which, reportedly exploded in mid air. The plane, on a flight from Maine to Florida was said to be seeking a rendevoua with a refuel ling Air Force tanker. Farmer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William W, Farmer, Sr., of , S02 Carroll Street, WiUon, had been commissioned as second lieu tenant under the College’s U. S. Air Force ROTC program. An outstanding student here, he was president of the Senior Class, president of the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society, presi dent of the Pan Hellenic Council, basileus of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Chapter and held mem berships in the ROTC Officers Club, Georgraphic Society, Arnold Air Society, , Scott Hall Senate, Y^CA and the NAACP. While in the Service, he ad vanced from lieutenant to captain cy in less than five years. Funeral services were held for Se* CO-PILOT, page 6-A WHilMSR Oartiamite Has Post on Fair Practice Body The appointment of Durham banker John H. Wheeler to Presi dent Kennedy’s Committee on Equal Opp«rtunity in Employment was announced this week. He was named along with 14 other pronrinent citizens to the federal committee. The committee was set up last month by an executive order to make certain that Government agencies and firmi operating un- 1 der Government contracts provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, creed or color.' Appointments o f committee members was made on the recom mendation of Vice President Lyn don B. Johnson, who will serve as chairman. Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg is vice chairman of the Committee. Besides Wheeler, names of the other committe members are Abra ham A. Ribicoff, secretary of Health, Education’ and Welfare; Fred Lazarys, Jr., chairman of the Board of the Federated Depart. See WHEELER, page 6-A . ★ It IT ★ ★★★ ★ IT WW NO CHANGE IN BOYCOTT UST Kennedy Picks J.IJ. Wheeler SEE c6limn one Greensboro's Debutantes Saturday night, 29 Grtcns- boro girls will make their form al bows as young ladles in Greensboro society. See page 3-A for pictures of the debs. Oh page 4M is the local sponsoring organjiatJen, Zeta Phi Beta So rority. VOLUME 37_No. 14 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1961 t Return Potrave Guaranteed PRICE: IS CENTS Golf Race Bar Broken Sifford To Play In Tournament At Greensboro GREENSBORIO-:-Tbe application of Charlie Gifford, the top Ntgro golf professioAal, to participate in the Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament to be held here on April 19-lB, has been accepted. When he tftei».^ott here nexJ Thui«d«y sBotatng ISodto |>ec(nv ibe first W hit JNfefl' ever tOt pa»" 'ticipate. in a P^esslonal bott ^ sMiatlon coi'sponsftnd tohrnamisht, he^e or Miywhe^ iif the i^utb. hnmediateiy ilpon receipt af Siffwd’s appilcption on Tu^ay, April 4, it was at>|tfoved both by the dreeoaboro Junior . Chamber ot Commerce, sponsor of the tour nament and the Sedgefield Coun try the ^eet^ ehib. The de nial of either wbiil^ haVe tiarred his participaUon. ^ W. W. Sharpe, Jr., chairman of the host committee,,[ told report ers, “The board of directors passed See GOLF, page 6-A Justice Dept: Asked to Protect Miss. Citizens Jackson, Miss.—Negro citizens attending an NAACP mass meet ing here March 30 learned that the U. S. Justice Department is in vestigating violence used against them by police. Clarehce Mitchell, director of the Association’s Washington Bu reau, told the meeting that the Jtutice Department has been urgfed “to Indicate to Congress whether any additional legislation” is needed to protect Negro Missis- sippians. The Sr«w out of tfce mass dubbing and polic* dog attack upon an orderly crowd 0UHI4* Mie courthouse witor* nino NAACP colltgo stwdonts - See JUSTKI, i>age 6-A Dr. Samuel Westerfield, Atlanta Dean, Named to Key Treasury Post WASHINGTON, D. C.—Treasury Secretary Douglass Dillon last Thursday announced that Dr. Sam uel Z. Westerfield, Jr., Dean of the School of Business Adminis tration at Atlanta University, will Join the Treasury staff on June 1 as Associate Director of the Debt Analysis Staff in the Ofllce of the Secretary. Until he takes over the new post at the closc of the current academic year, Dr. Westerfield Will act as a consultant to the Secretary on domestic and inter national monetary affairs. In; announcing the appintment, Dillon said; “The Treasury is fortunate in obtaining the services of Dr. West, erfield. As one of the Nation’s leading economists. Dr. Wester- field will be extremely helpful in the formulation of both domestic and international financial pol- i^.” Dr. Westerfield has been Dean of the School of Business Adminis tration and Professor of Econo mics at Atlanta University, At lanta, Georgia, since 1952. He re- See WESTIRFIELD, 6-A ' Five Stores Remain Targets Of Sanctions The list of stores being boycott ed by Negroes in Durham remained unchanged this week as the move ment entered its third week. A. and P. and Winn-Dixie Food Stores, Robbins, Walgreen’s and Royal Ice Cream Co., were listed this week by the Durham youth and NAACP Councils as the stores which are being boycotted. The movement protests racial discrimination in employment and customer policies. It is being spon sored by the Youth and College NAACP chapters. A spokesman for the Youth Councils revealed that conferences have been held with representa tives of A. and P. Food stores with the aim of ending the boy cott against that establishment. However, there was no repwt of negotiations with any of th* other stores llbted. Since the movement began two weeks, ago, 16 Negroes have been hired as sales clerks in 12 down town stores. The original list included some 17 Bteres. But all have since up graded Negro employees or satia- fled organizers of the boycott that their employment and customer policies do not discriminate by race. The boycott against the stores is being conducted through the use of pickets'and leaflets. Pickets are set up in front of the target (tores in the afternoons and on week-ends. A leaflet issued each wedc by the «ouk(^ lists storea iur koyctfttwi n is dtetnbut^ throughout the conununity. The Youth Council spokesman also emphasized the fact that np- proval of all of the stores which See BOYCOTT, page 6-A WlLCOMG—TIm first group of Ift^grlc'Ciltural leaden from the iiW..nAt^s of Nigeria OT«na arrlVcd at A> T. Col- bife last w«^ ta btgin a 14-we«k sAprt .cfurit under a contract ^Bf^eemont between the Colltge and the International Coopera tion Administration, Washing^on, P^ C. On hand i» welcome them at the Greensboro-High Point Airport *wert city and college officials. In the group from left to right are: W. F. K. Christian, Ghana>; Umaru Ndabeko, Nitte- rla; Waldo C. Falkener, City Mun^ihnMix QlfniyUi OJaniran, Western Nigeria; Mayor George H. Ro^ and Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, president Of A. and T. Hampton President to Lead Group of Regional Leaders at State wide Alumni Meet in Durham Dr. Jerome H. Holland, Presi dent of Hampton Institute,' will head a group of regional and na tional dignitaries attending the National Hampton Alumni Execu tive Committee Meeting and the North Carolina Hamtpon Alumni Regional Conference which will convene in Durham on April 8-9. Dr. Holland will address a joint session of the two groups on Sun day, April 9, at three o’clock p.m. in the historic White Rock Baptist Church. Other visiting dignitaries planning to attend include: Profes sor Robert Wynn, A. and T. Col lege in Greensboro, Regional Vice President; Dr. William L. Watson, LINNON Cancel Contract With Ga. Firm, NAACP Urges NEW YORK — 'Rc-examination and possible' cancellation of a bil lion-dollar contract awarded Mar. 13 t^the Lockheed Aircraft Cor- porimon at its Marietta, Ga., plant, was urged this week upon' Vice President Lyndon B, Johnson by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Vice President is also chair man of ttie President’s Committee on E>iual Employment Opportu nity, set up by Executive Order of President Kennedy Milrch 6. The NAACP charged In lt« letter to Vice President Johnson that the Marlett.i plant "Is oper ated on a rigid racially sogro* gated basis" and tiMt practices Sec CANCEL, nage 6-A Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va., National Alumni President; Oliver G. Taylor, Jr., National Di rector of Alumni Affairs, Hamp ton Institute, Va.; Attorney W. Hale Thompson, Hampton, Vir ginia; Miss Bertha Sawyer, Nation al Vice President, New York, N. Y.; and Major Walter R. Brown, Hampton Institute, Virginia. John Lennon of Durham, Presi- See HAMPTON, 6-A ;#f f>IRl! SCMiC —A Pmvw Com pany IhteeuMN It ehewn cwtting p«wer linei bi freiH t}io honM of Mrs. Lorene FreelaiMi, at 1210 PeyettevAle St., In Owriiem lact Saturdey. Mix Ptvetami'a heme wiM ravaged br flamto which atarted In a atnal) stenehewae in back and spread rapKlly wHh the aid of hl0h winds te th» upper story of the framo dwolllng. Two fir* companies spant ewer three hours battling '.he flan««s before bringing titeni under cm>- trel. There were no serieus !»• juries reported from Ike fir*. Mrs. Freeland was a* liome the tbne, but several studeNta who live ai the howe* «Mre away. The dwelling is believed to' be • total less. 8 More Louisville Restaurants riitesrrate LOUISVILLE. Ky.—Eight more Louisville restaurants have be gun serving Negroes announced Miss Beverly Neal, chairman of Louisville CORE. At the same time, restaurants in two major downtown depart ment stores and three movie thea tres also dropped their color bars. These changes came just six weeks' Zion Chwh of that city, and 280 arrpsts after a major push Music for thp occasion will be begun by Louisville CORE. i furnished by the Dtnpham Ushers Operators of 21 other eating 1/nion Choir, under the direction places have agreed to discuss in-' of Prof. E- 1'- Artis, tegration of their restaurants. | Mrs. Etherlene Alston, of Dur- Ten operators will' meet with May-1 ham, will be heard in a solo. Speaks To Deliver Sermon Larg^t Gathering of Ushers Are Expeded for Sundays Meeting . CTobe/ Elizab^ City .pniljtbert^ delegjal^k and visitors'^along with other membcri of the to ft MvVear A^on the In-1 Executive Board of that organisa- terdenominatioaal UsM^ Associa-| tion. tibn of flerth Carolina is expected Sunday, April 9, wiwn the 37th annual ia|iet6ig convenes at the Ushers ‘ho|fne located ne^r here on Hi|^way. No. 1. • . FtepanCtiMn for t^ meeting have Uyi post two, or ;thm itee^ aniit aceon|ing to /t ^tement reltesi^ this week b]f officiahi 6f ,the organization, everything is about ready for tlie one-^- aession whi^^ .wtll open af 12- »’ikick noon Sunday. Slated to deliver tltjc annual ser mon this , year is the Rev. R L. Spieaks, prominent Durham minis ter and-paatd* of-the. St. Mark A. Emphasis will be made this year on the S60,000 financial drive recently launched by the As sociation to secure funds to retire the indebtedness on the UsherS property which will eventually be deeyloped ipto a home f«r See USHERS^ page &A UHr or Hoblitzell’s committee and 11 with the steering committee of leaders of CORE,NAACP and the Nonpartisan Registration Commit tee. Others expected to appear on the program will be Dr. J. R. Lar kins, consultant from the State Board of Public Welfare, Raleigh; Mrs. E. M. Spellman, president (of the N. C. Federation of Negro In Orange, Moore Counties Candidates Line Up For Races Candidates for public office in various cities and counties through out the state began lining up for spring elections, scheduled to be held in various sections of the state. In Southern Hnes, Felton J. Capel, prominent businessman and veteran- of one term on the city council, filed last week as a can didate to return to the council in the May 2 elections. CAPEL CALDWELL In Chapel Hill, Hilliard Cald well, a newcomer to politics, has announced his candidacy for a seat on the Board of Aldermen. In Wilmington, Doctors Wheeler and Rosemond, filed last week for the city council elections. Capel, who became Southern Pines’ fifst Negro meml>er of the City Council in 1958, was en dorsed by the Negro community for a second term at a recent mass meeting of Negro citizens. His was the only name offered for he poet by he West Southern Pines Civic Club, the premier poli tical action group among Neeroen of the city in a mass meeting re cently. He Kceived the unanimous of the body to nua again for -Ceiineil. : Regiotul manager for a national products firm, Capel bas been very active in civic affain at Southern Pines. CaUwell. 14, wbo^is making hi* See CANOIBATIS, pnge 2-A CANOIOATl—Riiiavalt er, sa, ba* f«r • Mai CewiiwlMlenart in Mb hm spring ahatteii' Wera a pmmimmt Iwtali ley I— trecter wbe ha* iMMa • •f Hlllaker* br IIm yearv
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