JUSTICE DEPT.
FBI Probes
Shooting By
Negro Farmer
■ New YORK — At the urging
9t NAACP Executive Secretary
Jioy Wilkins, the FBI is invest!-
two eases of violence
which flared in southern schools
ifter court o^ered integration
ttriii week.
Wilkins' telegram to Burke
Marshall, chief of the Civil
Rights Division of the Depart
ment of Justice, called for in
vcstigation of reports of violence
tn| tenaion. in Qaswell County,
Worth Carolina, and in Pl»
Bluff, Atk
in .Caswell County, 16 stu
dents entered four public schools
on' the , order of U. S. District
Judge Edwin M. Stanley. Judge
J^tanley, on December 21, found
tl^ the Caswell County Board
Qf Education was not properly
#(^llistcring the North Caro'
Puiiil Placement Law. Tftte
yttenty was ordered to give
"every school child presently
tft^llod" in the school system
'^(3>mpletc freedom of choice ol
•flijpiol he would like to attend
iuring the sccond semester oj
current 19G2-63 school year."
^'{•^hen the children appeared
M School to enroll, one of the
|^i||^nts, Jasper Brown, was har
()y two white men. In the
fji^ing altercation, Brown
W0iinded the two men in self-
tfdfniiC. Despite requests from
NAACP, there was no po-
0cf protection provided for the
or their parents. Brown
surrendered to the policy
4Qa.was placed in custody.
Vfhe case was originated by
Worth Carolina NAACP
|l^e Conference in 1936 ' and
hfs been argued by NAACP
A^t^ey Conrad O. Pearson
,whO .iWill defend Brown, Under
;dlreotion of NAACP State
^esict;u)t Kelly Alexander and
Clerics McLean, field secretary,
are being ucgcd to
th«ir i^ildren to all
.^(?hlte schBois In the couhty.
^ Sec FBI, page 8-A
^0orgria Hospital
Refuses To IJse
and Mrs. Titlesr
’ MACON, Ga. — A Negro
group and the city hospital ad
ministration canae to grips Mon
day over alleged racial discrimi
nation in the use of "Mr. and
“Mrs.” before the names of em
ployees and patients.
-•The Negro Bibb County Co
ordinating Committee proposed
tht^t an impartial biracial com-
Mittee be named to seek an ac-
cdrd without legal or outside
Interference.
' Jim Griffin, director of the
city owned Macon Hospital,
said he would welcome such a
committee.
■Rev. L. S Evans, the com
mittee spcVesmaS charged Sat
urday that the hospital dis-
"Crtmiftates^ against Negroes in
. its facilities, hiring and ad
mission to the nurses school.
He lashed out at the hospital
foi* failure to designate Negro
employees and patients as “Mr.”
and Mrs. either in the records or
in'conversation.
CASWELL CA
Meredith to Continue at 'Ole Miss'
Statement of
His Intent Is
Given to Press
JACKSON. Miss.
Jam4s
llieCari
HE WILL RETURN — Dr.
Samuel D, ProcTSr, left, preti-
dent of AbT College and now
on leave with the U. S Peace
Corps, rclurn.ed to Greensboro
last we^k after on* year as
head of the Peace Corps Pro-
grim Bnd atsiured el Kli Inten
tions to return to the AItT
post next September..
He chats with Dr. L C Dowdy,
right, aoting president.
H.. Meredith said Wednesday i ^
that he plans to enroll for the I »"
spring semester at the Univer-1
sity of Mississippi.
“The Negro is not going,”' he j
told his news conference. “I, I
James H. Meredith am going,”
“I weighed this against my
Own personal position,” he said. |
Me »'dith . said he planned Jb j
register Thursday or Friday.
Asked about his grades he
said that he had received notiqp
that he was eligible for readmif-
sioa in (food standing.
Meredith’s enrbllment ajt the
University last' fall precipitated
a constitutional crisis. Army
troops had to be dispatched to
quell a riot on the campus which
resulted in the death of two
Iversons.
Miss. Gov. Ross Barnett and
Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson were
Sec STATEMENT, 6 A
DURHAM, N, C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1963
RETURN REQUESTED
PRICE r IS Centm
GANTT ENTERS QUIETLY
Extreme Cold
Fires
l^enews Promise as A&T Head
Will Return,
Peace torps' 'Prector
GREENSBORO— Dr. SamuJBi Africans are well informed good the Peace Corps Program
D. Proctot, president of. A. and I about the de{>rlvations of, and is accomplishing across the
T. College, last week scotched the discrirfiiiwlion against, the *orld. “The Peace Corps/’ he Baptist Church m Char-
rumors about the probability of i Afn6rican , Negro but few of said, “is the most creative ap-
Ms not- returning to coiUinire them know: fbOut hi* pfogress. proach to international relations
He* }iad high praise for the that we have^ver t>ad.”
hC.Smi
Barriers fall
Peacefully at
Clemson, S. jC.
CLEMSON. S. C. — Negro
Harvey Gantt received scattered
overtures of friendship during
his first full day at Clemson
Tuesday, ^blic Relations Di
rector Joe Sherman reported he
had asked Gantt how things
were going. “I don’t see how
they could be better.! He quoted
Gantt as replying.
The 20 year old Negro, w^s
accompanied to the campus on
Monday by his father, Christo
pher Gantt of Charleston, and
Rev. A. R. Blake of Morris
as head of th^'insUtutt6n
He toWtit ipjUMf-mt- reprc*«»t»-
tivas from H Ipckl newsfwpofs,
radio and tele\4sl#W and the na
tional wire services at a press
confer«nce last Thursday, ’Jan-
uar.v 24, that his plans are un
changed. “I have a committ
ment to A. and T. College,” he
said, “and intend to return next
September 1.
Dr. Proctor, currently on leave
for 18 months from the A. and
T, post had just returned from
Nigeria, Africa, where he hias
Conviction of
One in Monroe
■^aseOwrtumed
RALEIGiH- — The State
headed the U. S. Peace Corps Suprem^e Court has reversed
program in that country for the the conviction of One Of the
past 12 months. He was recent- persons charged in the wake ol
ly named associate director of the 1961 racial disturbances in
the Peace Corps and will assume Monroe which resulted ii^, the
the new position at Washington,. fleeing of the outspokenly mlli-
d; C., an February 1 tant, Robert F. Williams to
Referring to his work in Ni- Cuba
geria. Dr. Procior told report
ers, '‘I have some unders'and-
ing of how the United States
works abroad. I have some under
standing of the African. I also
feel that I can offer some erf
Couragement to yoUng Negro Jarceny.
The high court, in an drder
on Jan. 11, overturned the
Superior Court conviction ol
Javan Covington, 19, who was
sentenced last May to seven
' to 10 years on several counts ol
stuc'.^ts by showing them the
opportunities that exist and are
opening! up for them.” In these
ways, Dr. Proctor feels he can
be an ever greater benefit to
the collegfe.
The Supreme Court reversal
early last month was based on
grounds that Union County
Superior Court Judge Gambill!
had unjustly refused the defense
an opportunity to show that the
AT SEMESTER'S END —
^▼ereftt L. Aitems, a Nofth
Carolina College (enlor from
Lowell, lends a hand to Min
nie Brown, a sophomore from
Mebane, at Miss Brown pre
pares . iot first semeifex ax*
He told the group that West indictment against young Coving
ton had been drawn by a grand
jury selected in a racially dis
criminatory manner.
Covington, described by dc-
fenr-e attorneys as a leader in
the militant civil rights move
ment here, was one of several
Negroes arrested in the wake of
a racial disorder in Monroe in
the summer of 1981.
Defense attorney, said Coving,
ton was shot and wounded in
the Uhion County Jail and then
further chargc.d with attempt
ing to escape.
The disorders followed demon
istration against segregation in
Monroe by young Negroes.
Ku Klux Klansmcn mounted
• a motorcade through the Negro
section, and f^ycn Negroes were
arrested after the ensuing con
flict. Robert F Williams, form
er head of tho Union NAACP.
charged with kidnapping a whi!f
couple fled the country and
eventually went to Cuba.
Four others. Including Mrs
Mae Mallory who is fighting
extradition from Cleveland,
were also charged In the kid
napping. The other three. John
Lowry. 21 of Now York. Rich
ard Crowder. 20, and Harold
Reapo. 18 are awaiting trial on
leston
I South Carolina, the last state
I with unbrpkea pu6Uc .. school
I mMiiiMiitiiiii 11J i >1 >i
under cou»f orders _l^ondfl3»-'^o a
siniling resi?rved Negro Who em
pAasized ‘‘My main purpose is
to get an education.”
Civilian-clad state police and
unlftjrmed highway pa(trolmen
were on hand to keep order. |
ijGantt’s formal acceptance by
Clemson College marked the
first time a N«gro has enrolled
a pntsltc supported South Car
olina white school at any level.
The only hint of disorder
came when State Ijaw Enforce
ment Division agents ordered
two men off the campus, saying
they had no business here. A
SLED spokesman said the two
had been overheard making
threatening remarks and had
been under surveillance all
night.
But the tenor of such students
MEROIN^^-Six year eld Vivi»n
Diane Jordan ritked her life te
Uad a>klirtd womin from a cer
tain deetb in a fire at Salisbury
this week. See details, 5-A.
INQUIRIES POURING -
One Killed,
Many Homeless
In Durhom Arec
Fire, the unwelcome hand
maiden of cold weather, plagu
ed the Durham area last week
in the wake of record low
temperatures taking the life of
one child, leaving scores home
less and keeping Durham fire
TfiiW!n,bijsiy^*
‘ The most tragic "^iaj^sn^ed
out the life of a four^year oSJiv
I girl in the Rougemont section
last Wedriesday. (See cistails.
page 3-B.)
lihree families were left home
less! in one fire which desrtroy
ed a house at 2616 Lincoln St.
on Motaday-
A1 together. Durham fijgmen
answered a tota aiui in
the city, and couh-. .. \g the
past seven days.
Eate««tel)r coW- teipcr»T
--♦ttrfc** whicffc tnrre- in
the area during the past week
were blamed for the large num
ber of fires.
"When the temperatures go
down, people begin pushing
th?ir heaters and furnace*. As
sistant Durham fire chief C. K.
Lawson said this week- “Then
our work increases.”
'me JJur&am area has suffer-
Holy land Trip Contest For
Ministers to Open in March
From the inquiries recieved
froj^ over the state durng the
paOT several weeks interest in
the 1963 Holy Land trip is al
as were on campus was evident-1 ready beginning to take on en
thusiasm. Although the contest
is not expected to be launched
until the middle of March, re
quests for iftformation about de
tails of this year’s contest that
will again offer the ministers
a free airplane round trip to
the Holy Land including stop
over in Rome. Athens, Jerusalem
and other, points of interest to
AT W»rrE ROCK — Avra-
hem Harman, Israeli ambassa
dor to the United Slates, will
t>4 the principal speaker at
White Rock Baptist Church's
regular worship hour Sunday
morning Feb. 10. The ambas
sador's appearance at White
Rock is in connection with the
church's observance ot Race
Relations Dry.
Leontyne Price
Sings to Mixed
Miss. Audience
ly friendly.
From Gov. Donald Russell
See CLEMSON, 6-A
Campanella's
Estranged Wife
Heart Victim
, NEW YORK — Mrs. Ruth
Campanelia, 40, died of an ap-
pargpt heart attack at her Glen
d^, N. Y., home Friday Shej
had been talking to an employee
of the Inf.°rnal Revenue Service
when suddenly from her end of
the line came the sound of com
motion. Then the wire went
dead. The IRS worker called;
police who found Mrs. Cam-!
panella in a coma. With her
when stricken was one of the
five Campanelia children, Roy
Jr., 14.
Death came to Mrs. Cam-
paneiia just a few days after sWer plans to hold the party, s
trip to Bermuda as the second
prize and a free airplane round
trip to New York as the third
prize. .
The first prize was won last
year by the Rev. J. A’. Brown
of Durham; the second prize.
Rev. W. L. Williams of Weldon
and the third prize Rev. Mehrin
Chester Swann of Durham.
Exact dates for the nomina
tion period of the contest, which
will run for two weeks before
the balloting begins will not l>e
announced until the March 2nd
those engaged in the ministry. i issued of the Carolina Times.
In addition to the Holy Land In that issue all of the addition-
trip, the Carolina Times will al- al information will also be an
so offer free an airplane round nounced.
Demos Urged
To Move Site
Of Convention
TAMPA, Fla. — The local
NAACP. ' backed by its state
i>ody. has asked the Democratic'
N. .'.ional Committee to recon-1
her husband.and she engaged in
series of court encounters
1964 national conclave in Miami f
Beach due to state wide bias)
with a well known,
aminatlons.
The weak'* examination sched
ule, which ends Jan. 30« will
be followed by registration
fojr the sccond seiqaster and
the beginning of classes Mon
day, Feb. 4
Sec- MONROE, 6-A
adultery
musician.
The charge was made in Cam-
panella’^ suit for absolute di-
LAUREL, Miss. —i Leontyne vorce. Litigation was pending
Price sang Ijefore a widely ap- when Mrs. Campanelia died,
plauding integrated audience in Funeral services for Mrs.
her Mississippi howetown Sun- Campanelia were held Monday
day night to raise money for the at the Griffin Peter Funeral
small church in whose choir sho Home. 2282 Seventh Ave. Only
started her career. | invited .mourners were admitted ^^3 stgOons
It was one of the rare times to the funeral chapcl; but the 0^.V;,it continued
a non-segregated event has been' throng showed up anyway, to
which were climaxed with his ^hat would confront travelling
charge that she had engaged in Negro delegates.
C. J. DaValt. president of the
Tampa NACCP, said ‘‘niiiety-
nine per cent of the hotels and
motels in this state are segre
gated by race',’ in a wire to
John Bailey, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
“Persons travelling to and
from the- convention will be
face with insult” when .patroB-
ed through three days of re«ora
breaking low temperatures dur
ing the past week. On Tues. Jan.
29 the thermometor plummet
ed to 8 degrees, coldest Jan. 29
on record. A low of 7 was re
corded on Jan. 25 and a low of
8 on Jan. 25. These were the
coldest days of that date ever
recorded.
In addition, the other days
since Jan. 22 have seen the
temperature hover around or t>c
low the freezing mark.
"Most of the fires at this time
of year can be attributed to
overheating stoves, furances and
other mishaps incident to thf
weather. Assistant chief Lawson
said.
For instance, he cited two
cases in virhich fire were start
ed at homes when residents
used open flames in an attempt
to thaw water pipes frozen by
the chilling cold weather.
Holes were burijed in the
See FIRCS. «-A
HISTORIAN IS ItCC SPEAKER
—A Umversity ef Akron (Ohio)
history professor will deliver
two lectures at North Carolina
Death Claitns
Three Area
Meth. Clergy
BALTIMORE. Md. — Death
has claimed three Baltimore
Area pastors of The Mslhodiat
Church within a week.
The Rev. W. S McCleod. re-
tired, succumbed in High Point,
after a long illness. He retired at
the last session of the North
Carolina Conference (Central
Jurisdiction) last June.
He had been pastor of St.
Mark's Church High Point, for
eleven years. Before that time
he was superiotendent for aix
See LEONTYNE, 8-A
See WIFE, 0-A
We call your attention
See COt^VENTION, 6-A
Coll«9* Monday. February 11, as years of the Wiwton
a feature ef the college'* ob- 'The Rev, Prank Farrare, pa»
(tnrwaee ef Negto Histwy Weok. tor at Beckwith. Md.. in tiw IM
He will al the weekly aware Conference, died elNe 1.
fortiBi on the aul^Jeet, "Caatimi brief illness. Although-
log Enancipatloii A Tim* to offtciaOy retired liM.
Produce,** at 10 a. m. in B. H. besa supply pastof
. Duko Aqdiloritim. i CLIMV,