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' ? • i.; ? ti ’; i i i n’i ttT rn stfp * rtt!tf; ■ ri i «:» r t » s « f ivi'TvvrWrri •j; ' PROM JOY TURNS I-r-w f ♦ r'^ KJKT WilVEP'.- /',(r WRECK KNLLS 2 IT K ir IT IT ir K X W 14 APPLY FOR DUKE U. SEE COLUMN 1 &— —^^^ Wim^ VOtUME 37—No. 18 ltovm Po*tag« euartntMcl DURHAM, N; C, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1961 Me- OTjPR non^bias order »9 ATLANTIC crrv, N. J.—Major southern textile companies have gone on a “contract sit-dowtff; strike-” against the Defense Dep^- ment and othe^ U. S. Government procurement agei^ies, it was as serted here todajr by an JNAACP official. These companies are currently refusing to bid on Government contracts, an Association spokes man declared, because of President John F. Kenedy's executive order establishing new non-discrimina- tory employment requirements tar all private manufacturing firms operating with Government con tracts. Already several of the largest textile firms have refused to sign contracts and the Quartermaster Corps of the Defense Department, in charge «f defense i proceure- ment, has failed to receive any textile bids ' since the effective See TEXtlUl, page 6-A m§ AT A AND T. fiMI wMfc .rifht; Dtaita WHkMboiWif y . G©lJllAGEOtlS’ sSeek !ef Three ratiobs for 14 NBgroes who pt^lpplled'ior admission to Duke* slty are being processed, ac- 'Ho a story appearing in M Apbil issue of the Duke Chron- {^‘"atui^nta newspaper at the llijtteiSBity. , ith^ «t«ry *ai4 only one of 4ft'. 13 • «|»|>lieitiens had iMen Mt|l!«ilaid. All «f th« othart MlikM of iMt scoMs, «f rec«n^m«nilatlon> and jilliM' r«^lrat information. 0^. the Negro students are IlHMchti idmission to the Graduate of Arts a/id lienees, ac- tiding,to the Chronicle. ^t'-quoted the school’s assistant and admissions officer Dr. Vlaacis Bowman aa saying that «iM of these apj)lieatibn8 has lt(i^ coni]pleted. it is being review. i| rtow to determine if the appli- HM' Wiif b« admitted. ‘, D««ii Blvin Latly, «f tho Uni* Law Sehool, was roport- Hw ChronIcIo M ravoafing liiit'dM Law School It procosi- applications'.from Ne- thirfonts. SeiBltk M the Apr^Law School ^tud^,^testi are b«mg awaited Wifpre processini^ of> these re- vbettf can be compleWd, the pa- ptfi stated. ^FeijHr .Negro students have ap plied !'6>r t^e Divinity’ School^ aC- See DUKE, page. 6-A mov«iAWh'-. Dttrhii* ceived a* jSlrge' of leU*rs o£ sttp^oct 'froirt'the hbrth da the result'of lC' ftilt 4«!ttilh’ latticfe a r^oeto) magazim w of the movetaenf. ' •H-'* ■ ■" ' The article, prepared by^ Miss Katherine Ktnib«id, sifter a visit to Durham last srintsr. apppeared in the April istsue tit the magacifae. John Edwards, One! of the stu dent leaders mentioned in the in the articles, received one letter from San 'D|ego,' Calif., asking .the address of the nearmt NAACP fioe. ' ’ Another received by EdWards from NeW 'Y(ri*k enclosed a oh^k to help the novenkent’s finances. Attorney Floyd Bi MoKitfsicki adult adviior'to the students, was told in a l^er by Mrs. Hobart Rogeht, of Oaklapd, Calif.: “After reading Mias Kincaid’s article In thei New Yorkw about the people of Durham working for desegregation, and how much you had done, 1 felt that 1 should like' to help, a bit.” ' The magazine forwarded ,ex- cei>ts frbm aeverial letlSers-.lt had received from readers of the arti cle: Some Of them are as fblloYTs; From Miss Isabel Johnson of New York; ' ’ . "I have just finished your piece on the Durhaoi young people. In all my years of JJew Yorkfer read ing, 1 have never found a story that moved me so much.** From Mrs. Uoyd Dunning, Conn. “I wo'uld like to take this, op portunity of thanjclng you for your recent stoiy ,on the sit-ins. One^ally cannot be too righteous See MAIL, page 6-A UP P(p HILLSroE HIGH band Awto Swryk* station MilfArm 4rlv*. that It will, donato Iti paimyitHioath CfMon of ,«m> -trilW'Mifl Salur«iayi'%May 6 to ^/iNllhMo hlfh aihoel band Th* Oti^im school Is cvrron*. ly safklng'to outfit IH baMI wlHi 100 now tfnlforms. f PURHAMITE TO STUDY IN PARIS A Durham native who oamod a master's dasreo in English at .North Carolina Coiloga in 1957 hat bton grantod a tcholarihip ' for nino waafct of study In France (June 19 to August 21). Mrs. Maggie J, DeSerry, who also earned Ifor undergraduate degr« at. NCC, was among 80 teachers in tho Untied States telacttd. to participate in the Foreign Language Inttltute of the Unlvorsity. of Oregon. Her grant includM exponiet for air travel to and from Tours, France, whore the Institute will be conducted, as well at othor expentos of room and board for herself and two children while in France. S#^ce3 Held i-' fatal to NCC Grid Prospect Memorial services for George Lee Besler, North Carolina Col lege ftfahman lootball .-prospect who died suddenly Su(iday were held at, .|he Duke auditorium on the campiis Wednesday morning. The Rev. J.^eal Hughiey, Col lege minister, officiated.' College physicians ruled that Besler died of a heart attack around noon Sunday. The 21 year old Petersburg, Va. freshman was playing with other students on the lawn in front of the men’s dormitory Sunday morn- See FRESHMAN, page 6-A FORMER PASTOR ST. MARK PASSES I$urham church circles were grieved when it was learned that the Rev. W. F. Witherspoon, vete ran pastor of the A. M. E. Zion church was funeralized from St. Catherine Church, New Rochelle, N. y., last week. Rev. Witherspoon made' an en viable record u pastor of St. Mark 'pictured hore iniat against a background of the wrocfc scona ar* tliroo of tho victimc In an autoitruck collision near Durham oarly Saturday which took two Mrs. Holman Is Orange Candidate For Mother Title - HILLSBORO —Mrs. JoMphlno Molntah, promlnont hi Orango County civic affairs, will be Orang* County's conlott^an^^^, "NAACP Mother of the 1' . ^ %h» ONhual stato^wide^’if^W oom Fund rally in Raloigb Sun day. TW« iHnning mother will too' (lB>wn at.l^ Raleigh 21 i MatiallTo^^ Address Meeting In. Raleigh Sun. EALEIGE—JSAACP T.pad«ri and Members representing 100 Branch es throughout the State of North Carolina will gather in Raleigh, on May 7th at the Raleigh Memo rial Auditorium to celeBrate free dom and hear a dynamic ad dress by Thurgood Marshall, Di- rector-Counsel, NAACP Legal De fense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York City. Mr. Marshall has received honor ary degrees of Doctor of Law from the following institutions; Lincoln University, 1947; Virginia State College, IMd; Morgiin State Col lege, 1952; Howard University; 1954; Grinnell College, 1954; New School for Social Research, 19M; Syracuse University, 1956. In the U. S. Supreme Court, Mr. Marshall has argued or prepared briefs with the cooperation of NAACP lawyers in all' NAACP cases affecting constitutional rights of Negroes from 1938 to the present time. He has appeared twenty-five times before the Unit- (Bd States Supreme Court, winning and losing two. livas. Two eoupl#t wofo on thoir way hom#'Irom a higlt> school (unleir-Mititr pr^ Mm car in which. J.hayVor« .ri|[^lrtg was smashed in tha ^da‘ by a tractor- traitor. Farrell Laa Daye and Mitt Doris Richards diod in tha wrack.. Miss Pearl Enoch and Charles Puller received iniuriat. Daye is pictured wlf.'i Miss Enoch tho IlljUhaio ki^ school dance right) a fow hour* ac£ide«». Imot at betto« M «y*ows MIm Ricte- ard:—Pholo*. ITERS; HatoigK rMi>^ dfnt, w^ Aftho* Success ful fes|^idate«' fbr_ Ovi^af on tho City Council ii| in-io'loct1«i» hold in Mtat ci^ 'on Tuofday,' |Ray 2. Wiiiters anio lif s>x|!h.V * of j14 cfndidittee. pollod'k toial 6,1U vol*s #nd bocowe thoVfir«t mem^r of hi; raco to Couple Killed Retumii| From Hillsboro High SdiOQl DiKe The sweet joys of a high school junior-senior prom were turned' into bitter tragedy for two Ala mance County families when ai couple on their vay home Iromi the dance died in an auto-track collision near Durham early Sat-. urday. Killed ware Mary L. Rickarrft, > ]«, /of EfIaNdr Md hor atcort, '| Hwwll lute S> j Burlingtoln. | They were buried in' funeral j services early this week. , j Their companions in the auto-' m(rii>ile, Charles W. Fuller, 20, alsoj of Rt. 5, Burlington, and Pearl Ehock, 16, of Inland, escaped with injuries. Miss Enoch . sustained a broken teg and was reprised in f»ly con- ditfop at lhii« lioapital lato this week. ‘ ‘ ’■ Fuller, drmv of the automobile, was tF?ai|Mt Aff 4iead injurica and releamd. ~~ The a«^Ueqt took piae* at the intersectiaii of'htshways 751 and 70, . just ‘ laaide ' Orai^e Coanty around tUrft tf-m. Saturday. ' Friends of tk« two amaftm said thar-tm i—iwafiar prom at lUdliboro’s ^entnl high school araa^ midniibit to attlend a party, l^egr peculated tkat tbe four were rettming ham* when the accIftei^ occurred Miss Ri^^s and Misa Enoch were studetitr at Central high. Fuller’s late model Fc^ sedan was struck aipidshiiK by a traetor- See SiUn.E, JHSP >A REEVES. ADDR^SES NCC AUDIENCE Church and is believed to have been the guiding apirit that car-1 twenty-three „ , ried that con^egation to the (ies were: Several cases involving See PASTOR, page 6-A , I See MARSHALL, page 6-A KEY TO THB CITY —Spoeial protidonMal astittant Frank D. lUovtt gats koy to thw city from Maypr Evant as the former was in Durham Monday to deliver an addrott at North Carolina Col leg* in commamoratjon of Law Day. Pictured at tho cora- mofioy afcova Art, loft to ri«ht, NCC PreoMient Alfonso IMor, Dr. A. L. Tumor, dMfl of the NCC Law School; Roovot, J. S. Staw#H, city tAuneilman, May4r Evant, J. N. Whao^, mMbor'of the #retiient't Committee on Equal iMploymont in Gowom- moflt CdMtracts; and A T. Spawl' ding, protidont of North Caro- linr'Mutual Lifo insurance Co. Attorney Frank D. Reeves, spe-l cial assistant to President'John F. Kennedy, told fn audience it Nprth Carolina College today that the Kennedy administration is maiung . observance • of ■ non-dis- criminatory praptices in govern ment and throughout (he country one of its pi‘iiv:ipal aiths'. Reaves ,was the main speaker at an assembly highlighting, the cele bration of “Law' Day, U.S.A-” by the North Carolina College Law School Bar Association. He was presented a “key to the city” to MayoE E. J. Evans, who cited progress Dui^ham has. made “in extending equal o.pportunities to all citizens regardless of race. Evans'said the city, in awarding Reeves the key, “wishes to show its respect for the attainment of this man.”- In his address, the presidential assistant called aftention to evi dence, of “affirmaUve action” , tak en by the Presiftnt in the area of civil rights. Included in such actiod,^ Reeves said are “taking the responsibility for implemeiUing equal .employ ment policies in government and work under government contracts; issuance of a White House memo randum directing ’all execatlve de partments and agnkcies.to cease sponsorship of any (Useriminatory employee .reereatiaqal, activities; the Presidmt’s directive. |o the Civil War .Centennlil Commission to avoid use of aeipregat^ facili ties and icconinioditijHtt in eon- nectirm.witli iti aetlvUics;.a&d .. Sea REIVES, p«|e «-A FIRST NEGRO PAGES—John T. Brown, (standing Mt} and E4- ward Wadoll (landing' oatramo right) wore '.h* firs*. Nayo boy* to torvo a* p«9tt for tlto North CaroMn* logialaturo. Th% ygynj tiora, aorvod tho laamiakor* whon Mioy mot In Wlw«h|»a talam rooaiit^«. Pldvrod wilfi rBfown and WaMall aro CHario* McLoaa, maw^ior of Poray:4i Donvo- cratic Party KMcwthm Commt^' . to4 wha nooiinatai tha bays, and Stato Senator Archto fiiavla, l^iNP' syth's Mniv|fi|litaH«o. Brawiw io tho aonr and Mrs. ciarli Brown. iwfe-\padMI> iMfiMtB aro Mr. Idwort Wo4 dolL Crowfoi^j Io ik» N. C Houao mtoMii iB'iPMMMiiMk. Cr«» ford I* IH mMhp liillto Wmt. aid ^ Wilawt le iW IwgWW and
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