NCC Band Captures Heart Of Blase New York
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GOV. SANFORD MEETS WITH NAAGP
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Fans Force Band
To Play Half
Hour After Game
' YUKK — Norm Caruiiiib
s 11/, iiiece murcniiig Datiu
cupiiviiieu an auuiaoce oi ou,-
Hoii uuriu^ ttieir nauiime per-
lorniance at tne National tOoi-
Uau lAia^ue game between tlie istfM
^urk Ciiants ana uallas CowOtfyis,
buiiuay uctoDur at YanKi.e
Stadium.
60 tnriliing was their perftM'm'
ante tnat over lu.uuu tans gave
tifem an encore and begged tnem
to play one-half hour atter the
game. Unaer the direction of K.
U. L. Jones, thejr responded and
finally had to be “rescued (o that
thty couiu catch a bus lor down
town New York.
THRII.LINO SMOW
The Giants’ management said,
"It was a thrilling show, and the
fans love them.
NCC's band received'the invita
lion to appear before the national
television audience last spring and
started preparation* for the show
and NCC football games in early
September.
The band’s trip to New York
was made possible by contributions
from Durham community mer
chants and individual members of
the City Council, who contribut
ed over $500 after the city ol
Ditrham withdrew a like amoiut.
The band, in trR>ute to Durham and
North Cai'olina College spelled out’
the letter* DURHAM AND NCC.
Jimmy McCully^ writing in the
New York Daily News, hid this to
-my about them.
"The North
brnd, 112 strong, entertairfM (he
crowd before the game attd during
intermission. Real Hep.”
MAJORETTIS EXCITI 'RtP
Leonard Lewis writing ift the
New York Mirror blames the cute
chicks in North Carolina College’s
band for a referee’* error on the
much discussed pacs from Y. A.
Tittle to Del Shpfner, Which ^
Dallas Cowboys thought he drop
ped.
"They thought that Shofner had
muffed a pass but the ‘ref’ ruled
he had whistled the play dead be
fore Del lost the ball when hitting
the ground. ‘If the ref whistled at
anyone, it must have been at those
cute chicks in the North Carolina
College marching band,’ contribut
ed a guy who couldn’t believe the
call,” Lewis wrote.
Along press row, usually a bee
hive of activity during halftme,
all eyes and ears stopped to watch
See BAND, page 2-A
VOLUME 37—No. 44
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1961
Return Postage Guaranteed
PRICE; 15 CcrU
Students Slate March On City
Hall, Plea Against Race Bias
Group Prepares Petition To
Durham City Council «i Issues
IS THAT ALL.?—Freddie Jones,
charged with two cate of assault
kt.aii incident In front of Dur
ham's Center theater last
Wednesday, Is plcturei^ h^re
«juwtton»d Ilf p^rice -i-tr
H. E. BeWleS, shorHy bfforfei he
was booked at headquarters.
Pellee war* called to the scene
when Bernice Toomer, a member
of a group picketing the theater,
charged Jones' with spitting on
him before he went inside the
theater. Moments alter this
picture was taken by Duke stu
dent Donald Williams, Jones
charged Williams and tore the
-camera from iiit grasp. A second
charge of assault was placed
againtt him for this act.. Judge
A. R. Wllswn crsmlssed the case
on the next day after asking
teatifyiitg police "Is that all
there Is to this mess?"
A delegation -from the Durham
Youth and College Chapters of the
NAACP were scheduled to appear
before the City Council Thursday
morning at 10 a.m. to present their
position on at least three local
issues involving discrimination.
According to John Edwards,
president of the group, the dis
cussion will include the matter of
a fair employment practice law for
the city; the city’s granting of
franchises to firms wh^ch maintain
discriminatory hiring policies; and
the leasing of city owned property
to businesses which discriminate
by race. / '■
Chief targets of the group are
the Carolina Theater, which is
iM^ed OR,, dijy . property,-
segr^gate^ ita^»«itin^^^raflge'
ment; the General' Teiepho
Company and Duke Power Compa
which operate under a franchise
granted by the city and which have
been accused of using discrimina
tory hiring policies; and several
local businesses which have been
picketed by the group for thei^
discriminatory hiring policies.
About 150 students- frdnii* North
Carolina College, Duke University,
Durham Business College and local
high and junior high schools are
scheduled to appear at the meeting.
Two or three spokesmen have
been selected to make the pre
sentations to the Council.
Herbert Wright, National Youth
Secretary for the NAACP, was
scheduled to appear here Thurs
day night to address a mass meet
ing sponMred by the Youth and
College Chapters. The meeting is
set for St. Joseph’s A. M. £. Church
at 7:30 p.m.
ISSUES HOUSING PROCLAMA-
‘jriON—Terry Sanford, center,
tovernor of North Carolina, is-
jSued a proclamation designating
the week, October 29-November
.4, as "Housing and Urban Re
newal Week in North Carolina,"
and formally announced the
Housing and Urban Renewal
AS FEDERAL JUDGE
Marshall Takes Oath
t
list of Dignitaries
At NCC Program
Is Revealed
A host of dignitaries, includ
ing Governor Terry Sanford, will
participate in the 14th annual
meeting of the Resour(;e-Use Ed
ucation Conference at North Caro
lina College at Durham on Nov
ember 16.
According to Dr. T. R: tpeignor,
conference director, Gev. Sanfeni,
North Carolina's "c|wallty edueaNen
governor," will deliver tho key
note address.
The governor will be welcomed
to Durham by Mayor E. J. Evans
and to NCC by President Alfonso
Elder. Dr. Elder will also introduee
the governor to the more than 2,-
000 persons expected to attend
the Resource-Use Conference.
Some of the country’s leading
authorities in conservation educa
tion are slated for main roles on
the* program. Dr. Speigner said.
These Include: Dr. Oraca L. He-
well. Program Coordination Offie-
-or of the Departmont of Health,
Education, and Welfare; Dr. Mar
garet J. McKlbben, Science Spacia*
list, also with the U.S. HEW de
partment; and Dr. John P. Mc
Intyre, director of Curriculum for
the Joint Council on Economic Ed.
ueatlon of New York.
“Quality Teaching and Learning
Sec DIGNITARIES, pag« 2-A
IN RALEIGH
Rock ’iV Roll Fans Riot
RALEIGH—A riot erupted at*,
a rock at.d roll dance at Me
morial Auditorium here Monday
night resulting in a man suffer
ing a bullet wound of the foot
and a policeman sustaining
possible broken nose.
Officer W. G. Arnold of the
Rsleigh police force was ruslied
to Rex Hospital for emergency
treatment after he was beaten
and disarmed by the mob com
prised mostly of Negroes.
James Feller, 22, of Raleigtv Rt.
3, was admitted to Wake Me
morial Hospital with a bullet
wound in the bottom of his foot.
Neither of the two men was con
sidered seriously hurt.
At least two officers, were re
ported to have had the blood bit
ten out of their hands during the
melee.
According to police, the inci
dent was triggered when Traffic
Policeman Herbert Hayes spotted
a bag on the dance floor with a
fifth of whiskey in it.
"I picked up the bag and start
ed off the dance floor with it,”
Hayes said. “A woman grabbed
at the bag.” Hayes said he arrest
ed the woman for interferring
with an officer and started to
take her to the main gate.
Accoraing to Hayes another
woman came up and hit him with
her hand and someone hit
Arnold and knocked him cold.
‘‘Then the mob moved in on
us. I don’t know what happened
then. One of the people in the
mob fired a pstol.” Hayes added.
See ROCK ’N ROLL, page 2-A
FREEDOM OF SPEECH PANE
LISTS—Pictured here are three
of the participants in last Fri
day's conference on the First
Amendment and Freedom of
Speech In Chapel Hill. Left to
right are Clifford Durr, the Rev.
Wyatt tec Walker and Judge
Hubert Delaney.
Freedom of Speech Said Vanishing
Ld-
speech is steadily being whittled
away in America, a battery of
speakers s^id here last week.
These warnings were sounded
during the course of a day long
conference on Freedom of Speech
and the First Amendment la.si
Friday:.
The contentions of the con
ference were summed up in a
public address by retired New
York Judge Hubert Delaney who
declared the U. S. Supreme Court,
under pressure of the times, is
permitting civil liberties to be
dlminshed.
Se» SPEKCH. page 3-A
NEW YORK — Thurgood Mar
r, v4etlw- Bireetcu’-Cowfel
NAACP .Legal Defea*ie
T ; 'T-
keaction Shari
To Postmaster
Gottial's Act
NEW YORK—Responding sharp
ly to Postmaster General J. Ed
ward Day’s attack upon W. W.
Law, Savannah mailman and presi
dent of the Georgia State NAACP,
Association officials and friends
this Week denounced the cabinet
officer as unfit for his high office
In a statement released on Oct.
24 announcing re-instatement of
Law who had been dismissed from
the postal service on trumped-up
charges, the Postmaster General
said he was “severely’' reprimand
ing the letter carrier and reinstat
ing him with “great regret” in
order to avoid making a “martyr”
of him.
“I would not want a person with
Law’s record of conduct deliver
ing mail to my family’s home,” he
said. He further cj^arged Law’s
supporters in Congress were moti- j (jent of the American Bar Associa-
vated by “political reasons.” (ion, has been named Founder’s
*Che Postmaster General acted Day speaker for North Carolina
after a departmental grievance' College.
committee had cleared Law of four I fhe college will observe its 14th
of the five charges against him I annual Founder’s .Day Convoca-
and on the fifth had recommend-'
ed only a reprimand.
iSincerity of
I State's Chief
I Impresses Group
RALEIGH—Kelly M. Alexander.
President of the North Carolina
I State Conference of Branches,
i National Assocation for the Ad-
} vancement of Colored People,
I stated this week the conference
j hehj with Governor Sanford oa
Friday, October 27, was encourag
ing and productive.
“t was impressed with the
I sincere approach made by the
1 Governor to the problem of Negro
: employment and recognizing the
I need that something constructive
I be done to expand Negro em{rioj-
I ment in State Government."
! ftlAACP officials met with
1 G*vefnb1' Terry Sanford and di»-
f cussed Equality of Opportunity
in State. Government, and A Re
quest for Qualified Negroes to be
Employed in State -Governmental
Agencies and Departments on an
Equal Basis with Other Citizeas.
ASK ACTION ON ESC
Led by Alexander of Charlotte,
the delegation presented Gover
nor Sanford with a written plea
urging him to call on the Stat-.
Employment Service to desegre-
.i;ate the files it keeps of those
ieeking jobs in private ndusury.
The 0ruup als» asked tne Gover
nor t* request a legal opinion 01
a t^#rth Carolina law which pro-
vfdM that Negro and white !!:29il(-
fie '■
een
National Guard to jweOi, .i. - '
that no Negroes are meml»«t
Guard units in North Orol-^.
HtONWAY PATRIH.
The NAACP delegation al?o re-
Judge Marshall’s appointment to quested Governor Saiilw^ to de
the federal bench came twenty- clare a policy that applicatmns frt
five years to the month after tie the Highway Patrol “be proeessrd
clinic t>eing held at A. and T.
College on November 3-3.
With him are J. S. Stewart, left,
Durham, city councilman and
B. W. Harris, right, director of
the A. and T. College Short
Course Department and chair
man on arrangements, both mem
bers of the general committee.
Educational Fund, was sworn in Circuit. - v
Jederiil "'fhe In'#»* ;M}mSifi
Coflrt of Appeals for the Second tered in a special session of the Thf' law has been
Court at Foley Squaii'e in
York City. The courtroom was
jammed to capacity with longtime
friends, dignitaries, and other
well-wishers.
MARSHALL
Rhyne To Speak
At Founder's
Day at NCC Fri.
Dr. Charles S. Rhyne, past presi-
began his career in the legal work
Among the dignitaries who at
tended the ceremony were Sectp-
tary of Labor Arthur J. Goldb«g,
U. S. Senator Jacob K. Javits
New York, and New York City
Mayor Robert F. Wagner.
Others present includsu NAAjGP
Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins,
Judge William H. Hastie of tke
U. S. Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit, Manhattan Borough
President Edward R. Dudley, Ap-'
pellate Division Juittice Harold
See MARSHAU., page 2-A
without usinfg race as th;
Attending the conference with
the State NAACP President were;
Atty. C. O. Pearson. Durham, State
Legal Chairman; Chartes A. Mc
Lean. Wnston-Salem, Field
tary; Atty. F. B. McKissidiu D
ham. State Youth Advisor; D
MargMC«4i» Adams. Raleigh, Sta
HousI^ .Chairman; Ralph Cam^
bell. Raleigh, President of Raleigh
Branch NAACP: Rev. J. E. Amet-
te, Golisboro, State Church Com
mittee Chairman; Mrs. B. G.
See POSTMASTER, page 2-A
NEWS IN BRIEF
Dentists to Conduct Symiiosium
Been to your dentist lately? If NoV- 1^ at 7:13 p.m.
you have, chances are you were
given a set of ear plugs as you
settled back into the chair and
solf music was piped to you while
he labored on your bridgework.
And when it was all over, you felt
as if the whole thing wasn't as
bad as you thought it would be.
The dinner is bein;; supervised
The committee, after a hearing
on Sept. 2d, by a 2 to 1 vote, de
cided that the charges did not
warrant dismissal. Nevertheless, J,
W. Askew, the Post Office Depart
ment’s regional director in At
lanta, rejected th^ findings of the
grievance committee "and sustained,
Law’s discharge. An appeal then
was submitted to the Postmaster
General.
NAACP Executive Roy Wilkins
denounced the Postmaster Gen
eral’s attack upon Law as “con-
scionable and unprecedented dis
regard for the record in the case.
It reflects Day’s contempt for Ne
groes as well as disdain of fair
play. In light of this action, it is
apparent that he is no longer an
asset to the Kennedy Administra
tion.”
The Postmaster General’s state
ment was branded as “vicious, in
sulting and misleading” by NAACP
General Counsel Robert L. Carter
who, together with NAACP attor
neys Frank D. Reeves and J. F.
See SINCEWTY, pagi 2-A
tion Friday according to Dr. Helen'
G. Edmonds, chairman of the| because your atten-
See FOUNDER’S DAY. page 2-A
TO SPEAK—Mrs. Ruth H. Mor
gan of Wendell will be guest
speaker at Lincoln Memorial
Baptist Church for the annual
Women's Day program Sunday
at 7 p.m.
tion was diverted by the music.
This and other new devices,
which increase patient comfort and
add to the dentist’s proficiency,
are just some of the things your
dentist is learning every year
through formal clinics, institutes
and symposia.
On next Wednesday, members of
the Alexander Hunter Dental
Society will staee their eighth an
nual symposium at the Lincoln
hospital A. B. Duke nurses home.
Some of the leading experts tn
Oral science and surgery will
discuss latest techniques to mem
bers of the society at the day
long meeting. Speakers include Dr
J. M. Hubbard, of Durham, Dr. R. E.
Richardson, the University of
North Carolina. Capt. R. B. Lytle,
of the U. S. Navy, and Dr. Luther
Butler, of Greensboro.
SCOUT POT LUCK FEAST
Women will have a big role in
the staging of the annual Durham
Division Pot Luck Dinner kt the
mm. ALLm
by a group kaowa as chatrladies,
picked frooi uaits thrvughout the
division. They will the minu,
and inform «ario«a units uf juji
vhat foods to prepw*.
Mr*. Dorotky c. Allen is in
charge of tlM tietrtwlies group
Other are asMlMnc
Mesdames R. C W. Perry, OteJ a
Stewairt, t’iMrtotie Sloan, Ui y
Breexe, Elrtta *iwrir Doris F'
Dorothy Bntem, S. T. D;tv ,
A. L. Smitk, lattie Kici: >.
Cate*. Monty. Uei‘i ■
Durham CiVic Center on Thursday t IMBQ3|K1S, 2-A