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2 SHOT It) DEATH AS NUN KILLS FOR REVOKE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ . GREENSBORO POLICE CREDIT WOMAN WITH 50 OPERATIONS IN »60 Abortjon Pro Charged With Murder 4- GM^NSBORO—A woman who poliqlf claim admitted to perform tng BO to 00 abortions here in the paM year, was bound over to Su- Court on a charge of mur der Tuesday.' $he it Misf Virginia Wood, 37. Siss Wood is charged specifi / with the death of JoAnn SliBOions, yoUng ^reensboro resi- Miss Simmons died on Feb. 19. JRar alleged companion in the incident Friix 'Love, 39, was also bo|iod over as an accessory in Mias Simmons’' death to the Su- 'l^rior Court, ..lliese actions took place during 'i jprellminary hearing here Tues- il^gt. C. A. Roberts told court tKat Pr. W. A.^^ Blount "llliid Mirs Simmons died as the re- of a “massive abdominal in- ^tion cadsod by incomplete crim- abortion.’’ f Be also reposed that Miss Wood '•dlniUed to p4rforming 50 to 60 abortions dyri^g last year at an •wfwriige feet ranging between $20 ,to' 43S. and that the top fee of received from the Sim fip^^ woman. '•vf ‘ 'V‘- ' IrauHcians Set fo Charlotte • CHARLQtTE — The beauttful ffoid modem Radio Center of Char- 'loMrwiH b*i.Jteadquater8 for more tiM I’.OOO'bsanticians next weeic. ■; Njgrth Gah>Hna Association annual conven t(on itt diB^l6he, Sudday, April 23 tiu^ough Wednesday, April 26. ‘ Mrs. Vivian Bisssey of WinstoH- Si^elti la state president. She will prMde over a program that will iQChide moFoing business sessions, iiltemoan professional demonstra- tiiQna,'« public meeting, a "dance, I imn'ilaet and> a hair style revue. ■ '-Actirities -wtti -|>egin at 8 p.m. SU|Wj« y with a* public meeting at the'- 44ia)>el of Johnson C. Smith ^lrfersity.'- Mrs. Minnie Miller BjHDWn home economist from 'OrteAtboro, will be guest speaker. '^tfi(is|ness will begin Monday iMmirtg at the Radio Center. Mrs. Od’trude Love, chaplain, will pre side over the opening devotion at 9.'aim. The ReV; R. L. Brown, pas- tbr' Qf Hanes Miemortal C. M. E. Church in Winston-Salem, will bring the inspirational message. Mr*. Massey will deliver her preaidentiaf address > at 11 a.m. Kelly Alexander, local business man and state president of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, will address the convention banquet. The Beauticians Ball will follow. On Tuesday, Miss Perita Bates, professional model from St. Louia, wiU appear in a big faf>'iion show. Models will displiy original hair See BiAUTICIANS, 2-A VOLUME 37—No. 16 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1961 Ratom Pottaf* GuarantMd k PRICE: 15 CENTS COUSINS . . . SAot in Ch«M KHim Im Negotiation FaOs, Boycott Continues Picketing of five Durham stort* continued this week as the Dur ham .Youth and College NAACP chspt«rs carried Its boycott Into i?s fourth week. Spokesmen for the boycotting group said negotiations witii the management of Robbins, one of the stores on the list, broke down this week wh»n the store declined io hire Negroes as clerks. The NAACP Youth spokesman said the store management said It feared a loss of business if Negroes were hired in a capacity In which they came Into direct contact with white customers. The management was quo'ied 1 with being willing; however, te hire Negroes In any ether ca|>a- cities. Besides Robbins, stores being boycottied are the A. and P. and Winn-Dixie Stores, Walgr*en's, and. Royal Ice Cream Co. NiW- NiyhCP Board Ckalnnaii Blaho|> #niif»h»n OfiA Spi^tmroed 0 the AMI Zion Church (right) Is coniiratvlai'ad by NAACP PrMtdeiA A^thtfr B. Spfngarii iis Roy WilMns tfeft), »XMiitiwe ratary, looks'on. Blsh^' Spbtts* Wo^ sueceeds Dr. lUbert- C: Waivcr'who fa now Administra tor'.Af tl^e'Pt4eral Housing and Xom*‘ pinance Agency. NEWS BRIEFS Kennedy GREENSBORO - Charlie Sifford took home $1,300 as his share of fourth plac« money in Greater Greensboro polf Open tournament Sunday. Sifford tied for fourth place with Stan Leonard. They finished tile 72 hole tournament with 235 strokes. Bifford’s entry in the Greens boro event marked the first time that a Negro golfer has been in cited to play in a southern PGA tournament. NCC STUDENT HIRED BY ^ KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION * WASHINGTON —President Ken; nedy’s new administration is liv ing up to a part of its pledge to give all citirens an equal oppor tunity to share in the Isenefits of the government. ^ ' Last week, the Treasury, de^ partment announced the hiring of Charles Dorsey, 39 year-old Navy Department employfee, R q b e 11 Vowels, ^35 year old Howard pro fessor, and Jesse Johnson, 41 year old Howard professor. This week, the Labor Depart ment announced the hirings of Samuel Gibson, North Carolina College graduate student, and Al bert Pickney, of S. Ci State Col lege. They will start at salaries ranging from $4 to $5 thousand. IN DURHAM THIS WEEK Mrs. Verda Welcome, brilliant Maryland legislator, will be the key speaker for St. Joseph’s Wom en’s Day program Sunday at 11 o’clock. The Rev. Thomas Kilgore, of ^tew .York, will deliver the ,tnaih a(ldress for a service Sunday ■in celebration of the SOth pastoral anniversary of the Rev. T., C. Gra ham, pastor of West Durham Bap tist Church. '■ 'A.' T. SfMutlding, expansionist minded president of North Caro lina Mutual, was .appointed to the National Committee of the Volun tary Home Mortgage Credit Pro gram by Housing Administrator Dr. Robert Weaver. Tyrone Alston won five events in the midget class in a special physical fitness test at J6hn Avery Boys Club last week. Mrs. Barlie Gfrandy, manager of a Durham l>eauty salon, was to ft^here she was scheduled to attend leave Portland, Ore. this week ti>e 16th International Convention of United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association. The convention opens in Portland on ^pril 20 and shifts to Seattle, Washington on April 23. The ' Durhain Business College choir will render the final in a series of spring concerts at White Rock Baptist Church on ■ Sunday evening at 7:30. ‘ ^ TV OUlZ SHOW WIN Nilt$->-Shown above, center, are tft* six nfitamber* of a tp«clBl MWIalM Hl0h Sehool team tbat rftontly wen top honors in com- .in • currtnt newt events quit over fklwYislen sta tion WPMY-TV, Greensboro, aa they receive congratulations from Principal ti. M. Holmes. The studenta are, bottom row from l«ft JMnn«tt*> Walker, Ina Pletcher, Wanile McAuley. Top row, saine- order, Leoti Creed, Doris Johnston, and Shirley Traylor, J. H. Gattis, English Instructeir •f rira thidmta, la aawi at right. Held in Contempt In Va. Sit-in Trial . LYNCHBURG, Va.—Eleven Ne groes were fined $100 and given 90 day jail sentences on charges growing out of a sit-iij demonstra tion at a drug store lunch counter here last week. The defendants were appealing 60 day Jail sentences given, earjier on thfe charges in Municipal Court. Judge S. DuVal Martin delayed sentencing on the 11 until they could perfect an appeal before the Virginia State Supreme Court. In a related action. Attorney Leonard W. h6u, Jr., defense counsel for the 11, was held in con tempt of the court twice by pre- See CONTEMPT, 2-A Raleigh Primary; I Faces May Test RALEIGH—John Winters, real estate 7 matr,-came iir eightfc^tn a field of .29 candidates in the pri mary elections for city council here Monday. t 1^ Winters polled 3,95fe votes to as sure himself of a place in the gen eral election scheduled for May 2. Fourteen candidates will be seeking seven vacancies on the city council in the May 2 election. Monday’s elections marked Win ters’ first crack at local politics. He received heavy support from the predominantly Negro pre cincts—No. 20, Lucille Hunter, No. 25, Wake Office Building, and No. 26, Ligon Higb School. But he also ran well in other precincts throughout the city. In fact, the trend which was estal)- lished for him throughout the city would have assured him of a spot !n the May 2 election without the overwhelming margin he picked up in the three large Negro pre cincts. The top seven vote-getters in the city council race Monday and the number of votes they polled are as follows; Jim Keid, 6,630; Mayor W. G. Enloe, 5,840; Paul Hoover, 5,593;, John Coffey, 5,407; William Mc- Laurin, 4,722; Travis Tomlinson, 4,548; and Robert Sessoms, 4,384, All but Coffejn, McLaurin and Tomlinson are incumbents. MUAMII MENE — Detectiv* Frai^ McCra* ^lni« to the ap- proxtmate i^t on the bed where Willie Boon wa* shot to deeth Satur;iiay at 610 Matthew street. His assailant James Webb held a shotgun to his head and squeezed ihe trigger. Looking on Miss Geraldine Black, who was in the house at the time of the T^ VieFor State Title Mrs. Henry Ch(^ as Durham's Candidate for "Notiier of Year" Mrs. Marian Southerland Henry, of 626 PWce Avenue, has been se lected as the Durham NAACP chapter's “Mother of the Year.” Announcement' of her selection was made by Mrs. Olivia Coles, chairman of the Durham unit’s “Mother of the Year” program. Mrs. Henry will compete with similar nominees from chapters throughout the state for th^ title of North Carolina NAACP Mother of the Year in a special MotWij-’s Day program in Raleigh in May. tliill^ood Marshall, chief of the Hisrh Court Rules Cafe Must Serve WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Supreme Court strengthened an al ready defined principle against segregiition in public-owned facili ties in a ruling here Monday. The court accomplished this by reversing an opinion of the Dela ware Supreme Court. The Delaware Court had previ ously ruled that the Eagle Coffee Shop, Ihc. had acted in a purely See RULES, 2-A NAACP legal staff, is scheduled to address the program in Memo rial Auditorium on May 8. In announcing Mrs. Hemp’s se lection, Mrs. Coles said that the choice was based on participation of the candidates in community affairs. Mrs. Henry has led an active career in community work. She is past president of the Junior Moth ers Club and holds meml>erslMps in the Durham Committee on Ne gro Affairs, the NAACP, the Susie Norfleet Bible Class of White Rock Baptist Church, and the White Rock choir. She is a native of Durham, mem ber of a family of five. Her par ents were the late Laura McDade and James E. Southerland. Mrs. Henry is married to James R. Henry, Sr., who is employed at the Veterans hospital. They have two children, Jacqueline, a student at Whitted Junior high, and James R., Jr., a music student at Howard University. She has worked at North Caro lina Mutual for the past 23 years. She is currently employed on the home office clerical staff. NOMINEE'S FAMILY — Mrs. Henry, selected aa the Durham candidate for the "NAACP Meteor of th« Year" , it pictured hare at home on Pric* aweau* with mMniMra •( h«r fMilly, Iwr daughter Jac^tielliM, 13 year oW WhItNkd Junior High (!udent, •ml h*r huakaiMl, J. It Henry. incident. Note arrow peintiwg to bloody spot where Boeae ed after he was shot. (Photo by Burthey). Third Matt Hurt In Shooting Spree in Durhant^ Twa men were shot to death' and a third wounded as a Durham man went on a shooting spree, Saturday afternoon. Killed wore Willie H. Beeaa. 35, and Ralph Coucim. 27, hoHl of AM Matthew street. Prummer Mitctidl, 63. of 206 Cobb street, was injured by a stray bullet. He was released frooi Lin coln hospital late this week. Police arrested and charged with double murder in the shoot ings James Atkins Webb, 90, of 608 Matthew street. According to DHteHwm Frank McCrae, who investigeM, WeM» admitted thooliiia Mie tw* mM in an act of re^nge. Webb reporteiHy toid police that the two men had attacked him at his honoe shortly tiefore the shoot ings. Cousins was chased aroiiad a house before he was shot to death with a .22 calibre rifle. The bollet pierced his skull juat above th« eye, detectives said. B««o waa killed aa ho lay in bed at 610 MoMiaw strMt. Part of his face was ripped away by a Mast from a .12 gtiiga a«il». Keltic ShotfMH. Detectives believe Webb [pressed the barrel ot the weapoa to Booae's face before poUiaig the trigger. A woman and an iaiant in bed with Booxe at the time of th« shooting were uoharaKd. McCrae said the shootings ae- curred wrouad 3 p.as.. Sativday. He said Wehh toU him ha waa standiiHf ia the hall otitaide Ma duplex apartmeaf when Booae CoH^itt nme iato tha house. He said ha thaefl* they t about to take hte ww»y, reported. Amrding to MiCraa. Walft’ whea kit h(bi ^ j If*
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