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ARRESTS SPARK MISSISSIPPI Jickson Mass Neet Calls For More Action JACKSON, Miss.—The NAACP’s “Operation Mississippi" rolled in to high gear here this week as a capacity cttwd, attending a protest niaiis meetiog in the Masonic Tem pi* heard a call for “more and varied jobs for Negroes." The speaker was Medgar Evers, NAACP field secretary for Missis- ■ippi. Th« gathering (April 20tft) ^as in protest of the arrest of tour NAACP coUege students for ■taging the state’s first ride-in demonstration against segregation 6n public buses, April 19th. Evers called for employment of Negroes by local factories such as •ViSkers and Goneral Electric, don’t have a single Negro jAtet^oyee. ^ also called fot employment of Itegroes in all Misfeissippi plants lii g government contracts, by obeying President Ken- s executive order on employ ment. >;^!n addition, Evers asked that •Negrdes be hired on Jackson’s po hce force; that Negroes be hired fcy- ,t'h e local internal revenue 1>ureau; and that Negro officA ^rkers be hired in the local VA hUpltal. S^ers told the cheering crowd See MISS., 2-A OVIMY' i. B. Overby, lite^ Jo ‘ . .Ijjiist rlies for Jacob Burton Over- oj^' of isos Dupree Street will be ISeld' at White Bock Baptist Church Vrfday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, pastor will Wfidate. tiiterment will be in Bfechwood Cemetery. , Mr. Overby sUCcumbcd Tuesday, April 25 at at. )l:2S p.m., at Aie Veterans Hospiliil here, following an illness oi' several weeks. ' He was born in Wilmington but Moved to Durham with his par ents at the age of seven months. His. parents'wer4 the late Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Overby. He attend ed the public schools of the city, National Training School and .Hampton Institute. He was a vete ran of World War I and a mem ber of White Kock Baptist Church, i See (pVERBY, 2-A !>: JOIN PICKETS—The Rev. R. L.. Speaks and the Rev. W. M. Full er, two prominent Durham min- istari, are shown walfelne picket waek. WHITE LABOR AROUSED ^ 4duUs Join Mm* In frqiit of A. and P. (ivra* in' Durham, Minister* |olnad lha 4Ims for Hta first time last A , delegation from the Durham Inlcrdenominational MinisteriaPj Alliance joined students on picket pOtCOtT LIST a^ th* stores remaWrt* on the Boycott lUt ihl* Wifiaft, acceding to. the Durham Yoy*** NAACP ehaptors: ' “ • AND >. POOD STtimS • vyiNN-OI)|IR POOD $TORES ■ - ■ . lines in front of five DurhaK stores last week. It marked the first time that Durham ministers have taken a direct .part in the demonstrations. A spokesman for the gtojip told the students who spearheaded the demonstrations: “We- hope that,ouff efforts will h*lp convinc't^hose ;whol8tilL'4oubt. - wm fiiftlS that -tWs nits th«A|upport of 1# all.* le. mini|iers grouf;^ number ing «n|tfoxii|iately 12, took up positioiisVin ^ont of the A. aad P. food rtvket (m last Friday and Saturc^y. \ John £d«^^, a spokesnua for the students who started the move ment, said his group has reoi^ved increased- suppert frewi -«d«Jte-4n- recent weeks. He pointed out that sevtf il Other adults joined the picket lines last week-end, in addition to the min- See PICKETS, 2-A Hampton President To Be Installed This Week-End HAMPTON, Va. —A two day pro gram of activities will be held on the Hampton Institute campus April 28-29 culminating in the inauguration Saturday, of Dr. 'Je rome H. Holland as the ninth pres- iident of the college. Six leaders in education, govern ment and the United Nations will be guest speakers at a conference Friday, April 28 where they will examine the topic, “New Front iers for America’s Private Col leges.” TO SIT-IN MOVEMEN Mayor’s Race Poses Tough ProbleiVi For Negro Voters ' VtlLUIflE 37—No. 17 Riotwra Potfaga Guaranteed DURHAM, N, C4 SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1961 APflh I»IPTT^ Y141RS — Kay In a prpfi^m itiaricins fhe4Mf(*|»Mforal {Hifliv«rs^ry of ’Diw4i4Hn'«, R*^. % C. Graham Miss Llncolri Hospital To Be “Miss Lincoln Hospital"/^ul bo crowiied in formal ceretnbhies at the'hospital nurses home S|atirday afternoon. , \- The coronation wil^ climax sev eral weeks of campaigning bV, two nursing students for tlie title'. | Vieing for the hMjori> are Miaa , Mary Bass, Apex Junior, anei i»li** Jeannie Woodward, first year stu- ‘ dent from Sharpsburg. Dr. Charles D. Watts, assistant chief of surgery at Lincoln, wiU place the croWn on the winner's head in ceremonies at six p. m. Saturday on the lawn of the A. B. Duke nurses home on unwood avenue. The winner of the title will be announced Friday afternoon prior to the coronation. Following the outdoor ceremony, the traditional "Miss Lincoln Ball” See CROWNIlilG, 6-A WOODWARD are hero at ttte churchy following t^ tpeaial service lasl> Sunday, kfrft to Hght are 4. H. Whiaeler, Wanile MiCauley, over. NEW YORK—A group Of Negiro citizens went on record this r««ic in opposition to attemptl. to seat Cuba’s premier Fidel-Castro. A statement issued this Week by a group called the "Fair Play for Culw Cbmmittee“ pledged to “do all wp f oiMil)|y cai] Je_^ndi|t success” of arm^d ii)tervention in Cuba. • ■ 1 ■. Signed by Richard T. Git}S)D and Mrs. Berta Green, the -itate^ ment was taken from a message advertised in the April 22 issue of the Afro American condemning attempts to oust the present Cuban regime. The advertisement bore. the names of Gibson and Mrs. G^een along with 25 other Negroes. Among the signers (rf the adver tisement were William Worthy, Afro foreign correspondent who defied a State Department ban on travel to Communist China, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Dr. Lonnie Cross, Atlanta University professor; Dan- .... See CUBA, 2-A ^ all chairman of the special pro gram, N. H. Bennett, the Rev. and Mrs. T. C.,.. Gi4%am, Rev. , ThoniM Ktlg^, of New York, main speaker for the program, the Rev. J. N. Hughley and J. S. Stewart. Cuba BASS .WOMM^N iiiwMAKBR IN (MR- HAH^^-rMry, Verda F. Welcome, , (aecmd fr^ right) nuamber of ♦he Manilwid laglslatwra, is pk* tured here with offlcialt of St. Joseph A. M. E. Church prior to her address befera a women's day eiNHenea Itm Durham church last Sunday. At extreme right Is Mils S. I. Bailey, chair, man of the women's d«y itr*., gram. St. Jasapk's jiaaler. Mi* Rev. Melvin C. Swann and Mrs. Swann are shewn left of Mrc Wele^m*. Convention Of Top ^iesmen Opens in Durliam The Ninth Annual George W. Cox Sales Convention sponsored by North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Company is being held in Durham beginning Wednesday eve^ ning. It will last until Friday noon. Forty-eight top sales producers qualified as winners of the all- expense-paid trip to the Conven tion The largest single delegation of 18 representatives comes from At lanta Georgia headed by C. W. Leathers, the District Manager. Others come from the tSates of Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Mary land, North Carolina, and the Dis trict of Colulnbia. A full schedule of entertainment has been planned for the group including the annual asles banquet, Thursday evening; President's bre^ast with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Spaulding serving as hosts; tours; and other social afftirs. L. E. Austin, publisher ef l!hi See COUVENTION, ^A (IpecM to r?ia Carolina Times) Attorney Frank H. Reeves, spe cial assistant to Presid«it John F^ Kennedy, will deliver thfe LSw oild addt^a ai-JO;30Lia-Uie B-Jt.. l4tk«, A'Uitetorlum 'at North -earo- Hna College Monday morning. >, Beeves, who seconded the'nomi- mitidn of, Kennedy in Los Angeie? last sumni^, was 'formerly an as sistant to Thurgood Marshall, NA In Durtiam ACP special counsel and to Walter White, former execntive secretary of the NAACP. , He was isilso a trial ettomey for .theJPreadeJit’s c^mittee on Fair Employment Practice from 1M3 to 1»45. During the past two years, he has been particularly identified as a counsel in the sch'i)l deseg- See AIDE. 2-A Two Avowed . Lib^als In Durham Race Durham Negro voters this week appeared to be facing a tough de cision in the upcomiRK race for Mayor. The reason for thia dilemma lies in the fact that two candidates making the race are both avow(>d liberals. Both have enjoyed sup port of Negro voters in the past. E. J. Evans, incumbent, announced his intention to run for office again several weeka ago. Last week, J. Leslie Atkins, real ntate man, entered the race shortly be fore the deadline. An unofficial sampling ot opin ion thiS week by the TIMES show ed that the average Negm voter finds it hard to choosc between the two. Negroes have supported Ihrana for Mayor for the past five elect ions. The Negro vote was crediting with saving his political career several times in the past few elec tions. On the other hand, Atkin*'^as long enjoiyed the confidence ai Ne gro voters. Be is generally credit ed with helping Negroes obtain a larger voice in the County Demo- See DECISION. 2-A Capel Leads Field in |^ioyth'R#es Southern ptNES—Mfm i. CapcI, first Negro iiiswliar of i*e city council boro, lod Ik* ticket in the primary election for municipal offlcors hoea Mo» day. It marked the first ffcna tliat a Nagr^ had led the voting for city candidatas. A well know rasidewt of ttiw area, Caiwl is rounding out his first ^erm on tha Council. Ho is a division manager for a maMa 'arts manufacturing finn. I? from North Carolina Mwtwars Atlanta office as Mm gro««p or- rWad in Durham late this \|f>sok t« taka part,in tha firm'a an nual Gaarga W. Co* Saha aa»* T(M> SALI^EN—W. A Clomi- ant, axtr«fn* right) agency di- reehtr, and Macao Sloan (Wft), asseetat* agency dlr^ter, wel- cam* • group (op talotman
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