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VOLUME 38 — No. 6
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1962
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TIME Reports
On Industry's Try
To Snare fiarket
NEW YORK—Consumer-goods
companies are becoming in
creasingly, II belatedly, con
scious of the Negro market as
a distinct and. flourishing entity
with the U. S. economy.
In the past dozen years, Time
says in the current (Feb. 9) is^
sue, the personal income of U.
S. Negroes has doubled to $27
billion, and now consy^tutes 7
per cent of the U- S. total - a
buying force about equal to that
of the whole population of
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THHOUGH WITH MEN? 7 ?
—Della Reese, who wai quot
ed by the Amsterdam News as
beinsr "though with men"
•Iter her last marriage hit the
rocks, is scheduled le ting a
concert with the Meditation
Singers at North Carolina Col
lege's gymnasium on February
22. The performance is staged
for the benefit of the school's
alumni association's scholar
ship fund.
singe*
(right)
horilwlth her sister
WliUaiBh %frtUtn»nt, of
. ai Mif yted sojjtano
5ioppd in Uiy between
^p^formaniiM# iii; Atlanta and
iriw 'Yoil; Tbit' mttium
of,her faqiilT' Dobbs, who
was the first N^o to b« given
a role in a Metropolitan opera
production, had Just returned
frem" Atlanta'wliere s&e made'
another bif of racial hislory
by crwddltff Uto long-^tanAing
segregation custom at Munci-
pal Hall last week when she
performed in a recital before
a desegregated audience. A
aanve itr AHatns. Min Dobbs
was in Dnriiam to visit her
\
sisters, Mrs. Clomont and Dr.
Ireno J^ckaon. of the North,
Carolina College faeully,
her mother, who is stayir)
with the Clements on Pekoi^
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—^photo by Putef«y
HUMAN RfitATIONS BODY HAS ISSUE
Action Awaited on Movie Jimcro
The Mayor’s .^himittee on.
Huntan Kelatiojfiis took up the
issue, of segre^tlon at the Caro
lina Theater in a closed session
Wednesday aftfsr jjearing peti
tions from a il^up of young-
aters representing city and col
lege chapters of the NAACiP.
The Committee; had not an
nounced what retMwnmendations
See MOVMlj 6-A
Freedom Rides Show That Lynch
Spirit Alive: Tuskegee Report
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(UPI)—
The annual Tuskegee Institute re
port said Thursday the 1961 “free
dom ride” movement exposed one
of the most “vulnerable weak
nesses” of American democracy.
“The unreasonable attacks on
the riders exposed racism at its
worst; for here were citizens lit-
tcraMy seeking to destroy fellow
citizens fc« no other reason than
that rf exercising rights guaran
teed to all in their common coun
try," said the 16-page report.
The document concerned itself
with the 17 states and the District
of Columbia which practiced legal
segregation in education before
1^. . ,
On the significance of the bus
segregation tests, the report said
“the activities of freedom riders
advanced citizenship status signi
ficantly and helped build a firm
base for wholesome race rela
tions.”
The report said "the press at
home end abroad was overwhel
mingly sympathetic with these
integrctloflists." It added that
modern communications had re
vealed "the fact that the lynch
ing spirit still exists in areas of
the Sooth and that It still has
the »anction of many public of
ficials."
Desegregation focus shifted
from schooi.s to the “total life of
the country,” tiie. report said
School desegregation was “gener
ally more harmonious than previ
ously” in 1961.
WEBB
^tiointod To
range County
, { iilL^i3®OHO . >~r "The appoint-
te^nt of Cedar Grove high
(Choal’g princlprtiJHarold Webb
to thft Orange CJoiOity Board of
Welfane has mefr with approval
of citi^e* of both races.
the
^ IN BRIEF
Legislator Wants Schools To Use
Books "Proving" Negro Inferior
RICHMOND. VA.. (UPI)
—A Virginia Legislator p'ro-
posed' that the state's public
school system consider using
a book which purports to
sImw inherent intelioctniil su
periority of whites to Negroes.
DeL W. A. PMmln^on. a
Buckingham county physi
cian, introduced a resolution
t|tat would Ilf VO the ttalo de-
parfment of -ediiclUioti nnrf
‘kMcA «i oducaiion decide if
liie book "Bace and Reason,
A Yankee View,'' by Carleton
Putnam, should be used in
teaciiing.
.. Tile resolution said Putnam
"ha* written a l>ook that ex
poses that flagrant distortion
and perversion of scientific
truth by so-called Social An
thropologists and Socially Or-
ient«i Sociologists,"
see Bai£6’, 6-A
NOEL
Well Known
Baptist Layman
Dies In Durham
Charleg Bruce Noel, 64, well
known Baptist layman, of Dur
ham, ■ died , suddenly at the Ve
terans hospital in Durham early
Wednesday, Feb. 7. Death was
attributed to a hesrt attack.
Noel was taken to the hospital
on Tuesday evening suffering
from complications resulting
from an aittack of influenza.
He was stricken with influenza
about a week ago and had been
confined to his home since last
Friday.
Funeral services have been
scheduled for White Rock Bap-J
tist Church. Further details of
the services were unavailable nt
Se« NOEL. 8-A
TO LEAD csxJnAitfioN
W. Gilli*. exMMM of
Durham BlvWon oi' Iho
OecoaaooohM ■:.=CoijPl| - -of..
)Boy'flcowtf 1^-
t coats.
nd pictureiC*^ -ifligoi
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Ditch Bobby For
Weaver, Suggests
Miss. Congressman
WASHINGTON (UPI)~A Mis
sissippi congrfSMnsn s«id thl*
week that H President KoniMdy
must heve a Negro in flie CUbl-
net he should dHrii one of the
present members—possibly bro
ther Bobby.
Rep. Thomas G. Aberncthy,
D-Miss., made the suggestion as
part of his criticism of the ad
ministration's desire for a new
,P«partment of Urban Affairs
with Cabinet status.
President Kennedy said that
if the department is established,
Megro Robert C. )No»yr will In
come the first secretary. ^
". . . If the administration
feels that there just must be a
Cabinet post for a colored citi
zen," Abernethy said, "this could
be readily accomplished by seat
ing him in an already warmed
seat of a current Cabinet offi
cer—for instance B^>by Ken
nedy, Udall, Ooldlierg, Dillon or
just any one of the 10-member
Cabinet.
Urban Renewal
Chief Charged
With Attack
Before Crowd
i^JilNTON—The chief oi po
lice here has been eliarged with
brutality and Federal and State
law enforcement officers have
been rushed to the scene follow
ing an incident here ^turday
night involving the arrest by
the police chief of an NAACP
leader.
Youth NAACP oUiaetM dis
patched an appeal to Governor
Sanford and the U. S. Justice
Department for help early this
week after chief Leo Lavoie was
accused of hitting and kicking
the chapter’s adult adviser Gold
en Frink before a crowd of over
100 movie goers on the Main
Street here Saturday night.
State NAACP Youth oMicera
Ned C^ton and John Edwardi
said they were told by witness
es to Saturday night’s incident
chief Lavoie arrested Frink a*
he stood in line with other
NAACP youth plcketers, repri
manded him, hit him in the
mouth with his fiat, and kicked
in the back with his knee as
he was taking him to jail.
The Incident occured outside
the Taylor theater here which
has been the scene of periodic
picketing by young Negro
NAACP members since early
1981. "nie NAACP group is pro
testing segregated seating inside
the theater.
Over 100 whites had lined up
in front of the theater Saturday
night waiting to be admitted to
a ipeclal "Twist party" staged
IN DURHAM SUNDAY
Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson,
president-emeritus of Howard
University and one of the
country's most celebrated
speakers, will deliver a speech
at St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church
Sunday evening, Feb. 11. at
7 p.m. Dr. Johnson's speech,
"The '^•reat Task Befora Us,"
wil uo delivered as a part of
It. church's annual eb-
seivance of race relations
day.
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Wins lor Vrban Renewal lie
velopment in the Hayti area of
Dul^ham itro still in the fluid
state' according to Ben Perry,
executive director of ttie Dur
ham Urban Renewal CommlS'
lion.
rry, tn an interview With
the TIIME3S Wednesday, said that
the Commission could not pin
point a date for Uie beginning
of the project, but said they
would probably start negotiat
ing with merchants and home
owners in the area in the late
spring or early summer.
The plans, called Project 2
by the Commission, call for the
demolition of buildinigs in- the)
Hayti area, and construction of
a low-rent housing area and
shopping center. Also ^ planned
is an expressway to run directly
through the aera.
Perry said the Commission
plans to set up a relocation of
fice probably in August and will
find housing for families and
many businesses which will
liave to be uprooted.
“What we want to stress more
than anything else tiiis
we don’t want the people in
these areas to panic when the
demolition crews come. 'They
need not worry about having a
place to live. We will find houS'
See RENEWAL, 0-A
A GAL WITH HEART —
"Official" heart-beat of North
Carolina College males is
pxolty BertiM FowUr et Dtu-
ham, sliown above holding tiie
giant Valentine presonied by
a boat H canpui admirers. A
hoAiO ocofloifiics major, Bort-
iaa> plan a eai^r aa aa ia-
terloi decorator.
J -I,-
rlNMRr,
theater,
Accordinc to Emma Bonner,
one of the In the
picket Haw, .qhlrf Lavoie came
from acroag street toward
Frink and ahouted.
"Oat thoee goddamn aigvara
flit fli«
When Frink appeared puzzled
by the chU^g action, Lavioe re*
portet^ wMlwd up t6 him and
said; .1 ,,
‘‘I told you aijout this . . . . (
You gt»t too many pitkets.”
See Btaam>N. 6-A
report shows
South Slows
Empk)yinent of /
Negro Police
By PATRICK HARMN
United Press Internatlml
ATLANTA — The Southern Ra
tional Council (SRC) reported to
day that anti-Negro feeling has
run so high in the South since
the 1M4 Supreme Court School
Desegregatioti Decision that the
rate of hiring Negro poltee offi
cert has slowed to a virtual stand
still.
In a special report entitled,
”rhe Unequal Badge,” the SRC said
that prior to 1M4 the employment
of Negro officers was oi) the
'fha council said that during '
the past eight yaarsv the num>
. ber ' of Negro policemen ' hl^
stayed about the same.in-Hm
Sooth. But because the nvmber
of urban Negroes- In llte SOMth
has r|sofl. sul)ttantially., the over*
all employment rate far Negro
pollciwijlii lias doclin^.
At thv close of its report, SRC
recommended U»t increased em-
pit^menr"^ Negro poUceihen is
essential ton the development of
the South.
The Council b rlti-racnil organi
zation %vliich has for several years
studied' and recommenda
tions on raeW, problems. It has
taken a moi|ft^ integrationist
.fPPEDai^'14 1^ matten.
11^ jMiudL'on .Negro policemen
fipetty of
the Ua
Aasoda
at