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"CHICKEN SNICK" SHOOTING
JFK HEABS PROBLEMS OF
KEGRO SiCHOOLS — PrMi-
d*nl John F. Kannady met
With • group o| dUllnsuiihod
No0f« •ducaton for naarly an
hour last Wednosday in tho
Whilo Houm> Thoy ditcuuod
problonu of financing for
privato eollogM and tho Proti-
dent indicatod hi« koon in-
teioit. TboM profont during
tho conforoaco, loft to right,
w o r o Soct. Bibicoff (not
■hewn) of tho Dopartmont of
rioalth, Edueuion and Wol-
faro. Dr. Luthor Foator of
Tu*kogoo, Dr. Bonjamin May*
of Morohouto CoUogo. William
Trent of the Unitod' Motfro
College Fund and Dr. Albert
Dent of Dillard Univenity.
Abo with the Pretidenf b«#
not shown in (the above photo*
graph were Dr. Fred Patter-
•on, former Tuskegee Presk
dent and Dr. StephW WrigHtn
President of Fisk University.
VOLUME 38 — No. 9
Doctor
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DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1M2
RBTURN REQUESTED
NOMINATIONS OPEN
PRICE t IS Cteto
Voting in Ministers Coolest For,
“Hie Chicken Staack,” a grtfl
on Bivens Rd. In I^banob
was the scene -of-'a
a^ar-faial ahootlng Saturday
OT«tcher Hufhes, 20, of Rt.;
ttardel Mills was hit in the
by a .22 calibre pistol bul
let as a result of an argument
■with a 17-year-old youth.
Held in connection with the
•Iwotlng is Sterling Eugene
Whitted, 17, Rt. 2, Guess Rd.
Me has been charged with as-
ult and battery with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill
and placed under $1,000 bond.
*ni« victim, who was admitted
to Duke Hospital at 10:30 p.m
Saturday, was described in
“aritical” condition at press-
time. The bullet entered his
head Jnst above the right eye
and lodged at the base of his
•kull. He was deecribed as l>tt-
Ing completely paralyzed
rtgl4 side of his body.
SiKriffs Deputies L. R. Watr
■on and J. E. Wheelous report
ed the shooting occurred dur
ing an argument and quoted
Wiiitted as saying that Hughes
“came after me with a knife.”
2ie said he pulled a pistol from
his pocket and fifed one time,
deputies said they were told.
WUttCd said he then ran
from the grill into a nearby
woodt where he threw away the
t>lsfaA and headed for home.
r-WMtted, accompanied by his
laU*r, turned himself in at the
ilieritt’a offie* at>out a. m.
if^yXCTQi, page 2rA
SHOOTING SCENE — Pictur-
' ed here is the "Chicken
Shack," an entertainment spet
which was the scene of a near
alal sheering last S«tuTday
night. The "Chickei^ Shack,"
which features dancing to
Juke box muiic, is located on
Bivens Road in Lebanon town
ship approximately four and
half miles from the city.
phelo by Rivera
M&F Opens Charlotte
Bank; More Rites Sun.
WQfSTOtN-S^KIVf — Dr.
#oMiril M.' Walker Jr., a Wins
ton Salem surgeon, this week
became the first Negro'- physi
cian to be named to the' medical
Maff '&f all-white City Hospital.
: ite. Walker^-was among
Sd frfiysi^ians to be granted
Curtesy staff priviledges by the
I^Tinston Salem Hospital Com-
Ittission. More than 130 doctors
appointed to the staff by
fbe commission in a five-
tdinute meeting IViesday ijight.
A doctor with courtesy staff
|i^lv*il^es doesn’t practice re-
|pilar]y at City Hospital. But he
lUs tfie privilege of requesting -
and receiving • permission to
placc-a patient in the hospital.
Walker’s privileges extend to
his ilpecialty - surgery. That
meaiis that he nfiay perform
mirgry on a patient in City Hw-
pital and have that patient as
signed to a room at the hopsital.
' HARftlS
Ex-Durhamfte
Succumbs From
Heart Attack
Final rites for Charles Edward
(B'ieldmouse) Harris, former
Durhamite who died in Wash
ington early this week, will be
held Sunday at the White Rock
See HARRIS, page 2-A
NEWS IN BRI^JF
Pearson'fTA Carnival, Delta
Show in Oxford are Coming Events
The W. G. Pearson School
Mrent-Teachers Association has
Mt its annual Carnival at the
S^ool for Tuesday night, March
§.
The Carnival, an event which
jrtarly attracts city-wide in-
Mrest, wl|U feature numerous
games, dances, ^ movies, ^nd
other attractions.
Concession stands will be
•Balntained tlmnighout the
tthool with prizes offered.
Money to be earned from the
Carnival will be applied to the
Uroject for providing free lunch-
«■ for under-privileged children
at the school as well as other
#TA projects.
OXFORD-HENDERSON
DELTAS TO PRESENT NCC
BAND, DANCE GROUP NEXT
FRIDAY
The Oxford-Henderson Alu-
■inae Chi^ter, of Jlelta Sigma
Theta Sorority Inc. presents the
•»OB1W CAROLINA COLLBGl
band and DANCE GROUP in
■ concert at the 03CF0RD
AirISCNRY on FRIDAY, MARCH
i at SslS p m.
Jjut year’s Queen and
Princess of the JaM>erwock win
6e on hand to crown tUi year’s
Qumo and Princats.
Following this affair, a danca
will be giv^n in honor of our
Queens and Princesses. The
public is cordially invited. -
HILLSIDE PTA WILL MEET
MONDAY
The Hillside Higti ' School
■Parent-Teacher Association will
hold its regular meeting next
Monday night, March S, at 8
p.m. in the school auditorium.
As a special feature of the
meeting, Mrs. E. M. King,
Guidance Counselor at Hillside,
and Mrs. E. M. Herndon of the
guidance department, will serve
as speakers on the subject
“drop-outs.”
NATIONAL STtnDENT EXAMS
SLATED AT LITTLE RIV£R
The National Merit Qualify
ing examination wiM be given
to 11th grade ' students at
Little River high S(rfiod on
Tuesday March 6, at nine p. m.,
Mrs. Lenoiis & Hooker reported
this week.
The tiiree hour examination Is
jised to select Students who re
ceive scliolarships to college.
A Natiqpal Education IMvtftop
See SRifPS, page 2-A
A total of 23 nUnlitari were-
fominated this week win big;
(trizes in tKe C^OLINA TIMES
Jriinieters’ Vacation Popularity
contest, as voting'is slated to get
undemay on Monday, March 5.
One of the ministers ndhiinated
spend his suifinier vacation in
the Holy Land, courtesy of the
CAROONA ■nMES. That’s right,
The trip to Holy Land i^; ^Irst
p#i2o In ^e Ministers’
Coiitest. ^coD^ ivif!^ is a, f»und
tri|>' ^ vicdttoit t6 • IS^ntuda-ji Star
some lucky minister. And the
third prize is a round trip vaca
tion to New York,
Here’s liow the contest works.
On page 4-B of this issue appears
an advertisement announcing the
big contest. To nominate the
minister you wish to win (nomi
nations are still open), simply fill
in his name and addreess on the
nomination blank and mail or
bring it to the CAROUNA TIMES.
Your nomination will automati
cally , give the minister 5,000
points. (The minister with the
highest number of points at the
end of the contest wins.)
Voting in the contest will begin
on Monday, March 5, and will con
tinue for three 2-week periods,
ending April 14. During this time,
beginning with this week’s CARO
LINA TIMES^ a blank ballot will ap
pear in each issue of the paper.
Clip the ballot and write in your
favorite minister's name and. mall
or bring it to the CAROLINA
flMES, 436 E. Pettigrew St., Dur
ham, N. C. You may vole ftw a
minister as many times as you
wish. Each ballot will count for
5,000 points.
See CONTEST, page 2-A
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Segregation
WAfiHmCTON — The Su-
panw Coi^t this wock Instruct-
ed a Jackson, Miss, federal court
to overturn the state’s travel
segregation laws a« tmbongtitu-
ti>nal. *>
The court declared tiifere
no necessity for a three Judge
federal paiwl to evaluate the is
sue. The high court said it had
See COURT, page 2-A
OHABIxmi:, ^ MiimM D.
JMUten, SHresideai^ at the Qtlxetia
,1^. rjf.,
tldn’a larkest bafijk opanited W
Negroes, wlU deliver the dadl-
catory speech tor the CiMirlotte
branch of the Mechanics and
Fanners Bank at 4 p.m. SuH'
day, March 4, In the Johnson
C. Smith University Church.
The program Is open to the
public.
The new Charlotte branch
held ribbon cuttiag ceremoniea
on'Thursday Mueh I> opening
day*
An open'house ceremony fea
turing tours of the new two
story $160,000 Norman brick
See BANK, page 2-A
f o»A1
MCDONALD
Durhamite Elected
Over 3,000 At
First NAACP
Confab in Miss.
JACKSON, MISS. _ La-
Fayette McDonald, of Durham,
N. C., was elected president of
the NAAIOP youth organizations
of the Southeast region here
last week as several outsandlng
Negro personalities took' part in
Ihe first ma^ NAACP con-
ventionf ever to be held la
Mississippi.
ArchiR Moore, Floyd Patter
son, Jackie Robinson, Curtis
See NAACP, page 2-A
NEW NCC TRUSTEE —
Pictured above is W. H. Daven
port, priaUpal ef Eppes High
Scheel in OreMvlUe. who this
week waa appointed to tte
board ef truetees at North Car
olina College to replace John
O. Clarke who resigned re
cently.
Economic Boycott
In Edenton
EDENTON—“Wear old clothes
with new dignity.” This has be-
cmne the slogan of Negroes in
this small town, who last week,
called for a boycott of the entire
dowtnown area of Edenton.
Led by Golden A. Frinks and
the Rev. F. H. LaOarde, Negroes
at a mass meeting Sunday night,
agreed to provide transportation
for f/thers to nnrby cities to
purchas« necessary things. A na-
ti..nal cuemetics and household
good,s company has also been con
tracted to provide many items.
The boycott^ according to the
leaders, will last for at least
three weeks or “as long as we feel
it is necessary.”
“Our aim in staging this boy
cott is to l6t the downtown mer
chants know that we are not satis
fied with ,situations as they are
now. Wc want them to know that
See BOYCOTT, page 2-A
XoftarUk
(M* Aa tib-
Imb MTot^ flia i^nOranee of fh#
new braneh ot Me«kanla and
Farmers bank here sbottly
after nlna a. m. Thursday.
day ef iMsinea
CrewAi of qpaoiniM*
day da^oeitoffr kept the
braneh'a peraonnel busy
throughout flie mornlag open-
See C&REUONY, page 2-A
MILTON
WHIBLIR
Integrate, N. C. School Board Told
CHAlUXnTE — The North
Carolina Council on Human Re
lations this week called on
school boards in the state to
seriously consider making plans
to desegregate public schools,'
A statement outlining six
reasons why the council believes
the time is ripe for desegrega
tion was sent to the school
boards and superintendents of
schools throughout the state.
The reasons, as set forth by
executive com-
the council’s
mlttee:
1. “It la now generally re
cog nizfed that forced racial sefre-
gatioD is morally wrong. . .."
2. “Segregation as is practiced
In the schools of our state to
day, is contrary to the law, both
state and fed^ral.”^
3. "Yaar by year, delay la
complylQC with the school de
segregation laws have sorely
See INTEGRATI. page 2-A
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WORK BEGUN ON SHOPPING CENTER BOWLING ALLEY
Work was scheduled to bagin
•eon a saw $178,000 bewl-
^ alley being oonstrucled in
College piasa Shoeing cenier,
locvled off Soutli FayettelTDe
stiaat la Diubiia. Tieliuad
above is Ibe archlleet's oob*
caption of tiw 34 lana allay.
A. Oreraberg, ewnar of
cenier, annwunoed the appeal-
ment of Biirtli Carolina Cel-
la«a gradiMta Jaarn fawlaa
as manager of the recreation
facility. Ha said Fowler bas
^ni the past two yean
working la bowling Mew
Tark. TIm naw bowUng allay
will be epereled by Delta Bawl
ing Corp, of New York, a na
tiMMl diain with oper^ions in
FIofMa, South CaroUsa. LM-
aiana and Datowata. The
center will be equipped with
automatic Btachlnary. wiU can*
tain a lew^, a nursery, a
raatuarant4iincbroem. Itehaa
facilities and meeting rooms
for laagua acHvilias. A, M.
Rani is iiMlte«^ ^
the
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