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SIX DURHAMITES ATTEND
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UUKrt/.M, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1D63
RETURN REQUESTED
New Marshal Takes
Office Oath Monday
The Americ»n Jewish Congrera Opened ite 1963 fund rtising rampaiga in' New
.Yorfc last week with an «ddres$ by Or. Martin Lwlher King, Jr., »tre»»iii the
ittiity of Negro and Jewish efforla to attain equality. Photo shows K^bbi JtMchim
Prini listening intently to Dr. King underscore the ‘VenturieffelOTg comwojf
•triiggle of Negroes and Jew) not only to rid oui-i>elvei of bondage biit to jnatco
Spprewion of any people by any others an jmpowibility." The jnt«|rarinnist
^Mader praiwd the Ameriran Jewlxh Congms M an ocganiution '‘whon* Under'-
\ landing of ike .iiMioi.joct«l,J»4Wem ^ ou; Jige haa li^a ooldl|
tcMlutely aopporied by defeib mdUctioM.^ ,
Despite Peace Corps Ties, A&t
Expects Dr. Proctor to Return
GiREENSBORO — Deplte »the that the Nigerian program wa;
fact that A. and T. College’s one- of the best in Africa,
pre-sldcnt on hraw Ur, Samurt - -.. .
D. P*roctor is making noises as. I Proctor has since liteo Iran;
if Be intended to stay wltji the ^erred to Washington and givei
Peace Crops for several more
years, A. and T. College sources
arty fully confident that Proctor
win return as president of the
college next fall.
A Source close to the former
president said hers this weeic
that he “definitely” expects
Dr. Proctor to return “as he
promised.”
' Dr. Proctor, in recent inter
views, has talked at some length
about hopes for Peace Corps
programs in the future. All of
the programs involved long-
range projects requiring several
month.s to get underway.--
He repeated such an interview
before a national t!?levision Su-
dicnce Wednesday morning on
the NBC “Today” program.
In addition, Proctor is regard
ed as one of the Corps’ most
Valuable officers. He was pulled
from his job at A. and T. Col
lege to rescue a fast failing
Pcacc Corps program in Nigeria.
After only a few months,
Pcacc Corps officials reported
See PROCTOR, G-A
Receive Dulte
Endowment Fund
CHARLOTTE — A total of
nine Negro hospitals were in
cluded among .some 08 in North
Carolina which this week re
ceived over a half million dol
lars for charily care from the
Duke Endowment.
The funds received represent
$1 per day for each day of free
care provided by the' hospitals.
Lincoln hospital, of Durham,
rcceivctl $12,069 from the En
dowment. Other Negro hospitals
in North Carolina which receiv
ed funds from the Endowment
for charity care are as follows:
Community, Wilmington $9,-
^02; Gaston County Negro,
Sec HOSPl'i'AU, 0-A
TO BE HOmOREjJ — Mrs.
Essie Trice, one of the oldeil
members ol White Rock Bap
tist Church and an outstand
ing missionary worker, will bt
honored by the senior choir
of the church In a special ser
vice Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7i30
p. m. Mrs. Trice, who has been
active in White Rock since
1905, also has several members
of her family actWe in the
church. Her husband, Roy, is a
deacon, trustee and member
of the senior cl:olr. Two of
her sons are Descons and two
daughierj are choir memb'^irs.
Frvnk Scott, director of Lin
coln, hospital, will give the
principal specch for the csr*-
mony.
Money Talks
The Fayetteville Street School
Parcnt-Teachers A.ssociatiop will
feature a panel discussion on
“Monday” at its meeting on
Tuesday february 19 at 8 p. m.,
in the school auditorium.
The discussion will be led by
J. B. Anglin, Head Teller. Me
chanics and Farmers Bank.
The public is invitetf
Joseph C. Biggers, Durham
County sheriff’s deputy, is
sch^uled -to be sworn in as a
Uniii^ Spates deputy marshal
Moitiday morhiiig in Greensboro.
Ne*^ -of Biggeirs' appointmeni
to the'federal pbsition was re
vealed early this w^ek by Her
man Burrows, chief U. S. mar
shal for the Middle N. C. Feder
al district.
9iggers will be assigned to his
sttlff, which consists of three
other marshals. Biggers’ base of
operations will be Greensboro,'
headquarters for the U. S. Mid-:
die District. |
Biggers told the TIM(ES that;
his resignation from the Dur- ’
ham County sheriff’s department i
had alteady been accepted and ^
'hat it would become effective'
Saturday. i
His oath taking ceremony
PRICE: 15 Cents
Politics, Says GOP Of
White House Dinner
BIGGERS
Agreement Is
Reached by 5
Drug Counters
Kennedy Host
To Over 800
On Lincoln Day
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Pre-
sident John Kennedy entertained
some 300 top government of
ficials and key civil rights
fighters at a dinner here Tues
day night.
The affair, keyed to civil
rights, was held in observance
of the birthday of President
Abraham Lincoln.
Prominent Negroes in the civil
rights movement from through
out the country attended the
buffet style dinner, hosted by
the President and Mss. Kennedy
in the White House.
The list included Durhamites
City Councilman and Mrs. John
S. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs.
N. H. Bennett.
Among those attending from
Raleigh was Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Larkin.
The affair was the first such
WASHINGTON. D. C. —
“The holding of a cocktail party
at the White House by the lead
ers of a political party which
has dragged its heels on civil
rights since Reconstruction in
order to celebrate the Emancipa
tion Proclamation centennial, is
not only hypocritical; it is also
in exiremely bad taste.”
This was the comment ol
Grant Reynolds, legal counsel to
Republican National Chairman
William E. Miller, upon the an
nouncement by the White House
that 800 guest would be official
ly entertained the evening of
February 12j Lincoln’s birthday.
Reynolds is a practing at
torney of Wiiite Plains. New
■\'ork.
“This emancipation - civil
- rights ■ party is typical of the
See DINNER, &A
Reporters and photographers
were l>arred from the gather-
See HOST, 6-A
OXFORD — A group of drug
'vill. be held bsf'*'een 8:30 and variety stores have agreed ; rnajor social event held at the
q a. m. Burrows told the TIMES integrate their lunch coun-
*hat he would probihly be sworn reported here this
in bv the U. S. Commissioner or
^he clerk of the Middle District. I Granville County Citizens
The a^'pointmen,t of the ve- League andjihe youth NAACP
^erati Durham County law en- reported this week that five ^
'orpfment officer )»ad b^'en ex- stores and one variety ^ ^ ^ ■
nfected for sljirft tt in'
generally knowik that two Ne- week to open s^vice on an j V ||Q| vu3v III
integrated basis to all customers.
[ The agreement, which is said
' to have resulted from a year
long effort by the youi;h NAACP
' and the Citizens League, was
I concluded at a meeting Monday
night between representatives of
I the NAACP, the League and
j Oxford store owners.
I Drug stores which took part
in Monday’s negotiations on the
Assistant Secretary of State
To Deliver Address in Durham
FACES TRIAL -i- Pictnr«£
here is Rotco* Cash, 2S year
old Durham man, whe i*
scheduled io iac* trial next
week in the December sl«T-
ing of Cleophus Pet*iford.
Fatal Bullet
Removed Frcm
Victim's Body
The body of a 17 year old
youth was exhumed from a
grave' in rural Person County
this week and a bullet renjoved
to be used as evidence in a
murder trial slated to start in
Durham Superior Court next
week.
Solicitor Dan Edwards
vealed this week that an
re-
G. Mennen Williams, assistant at 7:00 o’clock p. m.
secretary of State for African Special music for the program topsy was conducted on the body
Affairs, will deliver an address will be furnished by the Olin of Cleophus Pettiford. Durham
at St. Joseph’s AME ■church T. Binkley Baptist Church County youth who was shot to
White House since the Kennedy Sunday, Feb 24. church officials choir, of Chapel Hill, artd the death on Dec. 23.
administration assumed office. ) revealed this week. St, Joseph's senior choir. Edwards said a .25 calibre
Williams, who came into the bullet was remo-.-ed from Petti
Williams is scheduled to speak
BI0G&R9, 6-A
‘idketr Postpone
/isit of Georgia
oJftit to^€allforit}a
Hotel Jimcrow
Brought in Tenn.
Ntp^o Minister
Running for U. S.
Congress in Miss.
lime light as Governor of ford’s body by Watts hospital
Michigan, is most widely known pathologisis.
as an outspoken advocate on The bullets is to be used as
equal rights for n|inorities. He evidence in the trial of James
■uauKlicrLd for the Ca*. 2a. ol Du^m. who
Democratic candidate as Vice has besn-charged in the slay-
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — The
campaign by a Negro minister
President and President in the
past two national conventions ot
the party.
NEW YORK — A federal
suit challenging segregation in
a 'NasTivTIIel Tehh. moleT was
filed Monday morning by a Ne-
opening of lunch counters were gro, resident of Memphis,
identified as Jones, Hall’s Rex- The suit is considered extreme
rill, WiilKams and Herring- ly'significant by NAACP Legal
Williams. . ; Defense Fund attorneys repesent-
Lyon Drug store was not re- ing the plaintiff. Vasco A, Smith,
presented at the meeting, but it Jr., because the motel. Holiday
The hotl, attorney Donald was reported that the store of- Inn-Capitol Hill, was constructed tits/which are DeSoto, Marshall,
'Cing, chairman of the Demo- «cials agreed later to open its as part of an urban redevelop- genton, Tippah, Tunica, Coa-
:ratlc Central Committee of counters. | ment project. j homa, Quitman, Panola, La-
■5an Francisco Cotinly, called off Roses’g variety store, though . The complaint was filed by payette union, Yalobusha. Boli-
he reception laying "the picket- represented at^the meeting, NasiivUte J^AACP at^torney Tallahatchie, Washington.
J ivT A XI ,1 Sunflower. Leflore, Issaquena,
SAN FRANCISO, Calif. — A
olcketlng threat - by a Negro
newspaper publisher cauted the
cancellation Saturday of a re
ception planned by Democrats
'ot Leroy Johnton, Negro stale
en»tor from Georgia.
He was appointed to his pre-
f^ru^ted States'cMgresrirom Department post after
the second congressional district having served six consecutive
here is in full swing. governor of Michigan^
The. candidate, is tiie Rev. Governor
Merrill W. Lindsey, prominent 1M8.
During
mg.
Edwards said he intends to
prove that the bullet removed
this week from Pettiford was
fired by a pistol held by Cash-
Cash's trial 'fteings next week
before Judge Leo Carr in Super
ior Court,
Methodist minister here.
He is believed to oe the first
Negro to campaign for the Con
gress from this district in
Mississippi since Reconstruc
tion,
The district includes 24 coun-
Ing would cause great personal
embarrassment" to the Georgia
senator,
D r. Cerlton B. Goodlett,
publisher of a San Francisco Ne
gro newspaper, had said* the re
ception would be picketed by a
group he has orqanised to de
monstrate at all Democratic
functloM;
out incident on last Saturday, 1 district court for the Middle gjjarkey, Humphreys, Holmes,
Monday night’s negotiations, ^ District of Tennessee. It alleges ^grroll ' Montgomery, Grenada,
described as a meeting at which that the motel “is the product Tate
the formalities for integrating of indispensable federal, state, i
the counters were ironed out, and local governmental, as well
followed the serving of two as private action.” and is thus
groups of Negroes at lunch subject to the Fifth and Four-
counters on Saturday, | teenth Amendments to the
Miss Gtiiytanna Horton, presi- United States Constitution, and
the Rou t -mont section about
150 yards from the home of
Benny Chavis.
Cash was arrested at the home
of his aunt in Granville county
on Dec. 27
■ When he was booked in con
nection with the shooting,
sheriff Jennis Mangum quoted
Cash as saying that he did the
first Negro judge in the state shooting and had planned to give
and paved the way for election up in a day or so
of the first Nogro to govering Later, Cash contended he mere
boards of state colleges and ly shot at Pett.iford but didn’^t
universities. him. Someone else, he
I Williams began his career in claimed, could have killed Petti-
I public life as an attorney for the ford after the youth ran
See WILLIAMS, 6-A '
his administfaiion as
governor, he attracted wide at
tention because of his lil>eral
policies on race and finance. As
Governor of Michigan, he led
the campaign which resulted in
enactment of a fair employment
oactices law, appointed the first
N?gro since Reconstruction to
state cabinet post, appointed the
into
See TRIAL. 6-A
IN HISTORY WEEK SPEECHES
See CASE, 6-A
OXFORD, 6-A
After Century, Negro
Not Yet Free, Say Pair
HEROES OF FREEDOM
EDITOR'S NOTE: Following
is the first in a series of articles
cn Heroes ot the Emancipa-
tion^ prepared by the research
striff of the' National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People. The series will
be continued weekly during
this centennial year of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
HEART FUND WORKERS —
Thre« of the leaders in the
Durham heart fund campaign,
which I* being conducted
throughoiit the eoufity, Ihii
month, arc shown here going
over plans for the campaign.
Center H Mrs, Bessie Neal,
chairman of the North Caro
lina College division of the
campaign. She is flanked by
business division captains
Atty. C. C. Malone, Jr (left)
end Gordon Bragdon (right).
These three, along with other
campaign leaders, were ap
pointed by Basom Baynes,
19S3 Heart Fund chairman, to
■perrhead the current drive for
funds. Other heart fund lead
ers include Mrs. Charles D.
Watts, and D. F. Reed. Reed is
business division captains
while Mrs. Watts will lead a
corps of volunteers on a house
to house canvas of lha toulh-
sida communily on Feb. 24.
I CHARLES LENOX REMOND
i Bom in Massachusetts of free
; parents in 1810, Remond was
, well-educated and an eloquent
; speaker. His ability as an orator ‘thU biidy;
I was compared to that of Wend3ll
Phillips. He becme an agent of
the Mas.sachusctts Anti-Slavery
Society in 1S.38, traveling thro-
, ughout N'w England as well as
In New York and Pennsylvania.
FROM TIMES DISPATCHES
I Although Negro slavery
I been ended 100 years, the N^ro
I in America is not yet tre«. nid
two Negro scholars in “Ne*r«
... ,, . .. history week" speeches this
AI delegate to the World Anti-
Slavery Convention in 1840, They were Dr, Edgar Topi^
Remond lectured for lb months Akron University historian, and
’in the British Isles. Returning Dr. Wilmoth Carter, Sbaw Uni-
from Ireland in 1841. he brought versity sociologist,
with him a petition signed by "Today, one hundred yean
60.000 Irish citizens to support after Lincoln's great prociama'
the anti-slavery cause. | tion, we find tbat the ehains o(
Upon returning to the United outright aiavtry ’ teve beem
States. Remond was invited to sut>tly traast«in«tf Ipio the tahM
address the Legislative Com- ers of second ciMt citixemittp
mittee of the Massachusetts for Negro Aawrloins,'* iilS
House of Representatives in Toppin in a Speech mt ItBrth
support of petitions against se- Carolina OtUese MoMlay.
gregation in traveling. In^Febru-’ I>r. &atmf said ^
ary 1842. Remond appeal^ be- Shaw tlMt «1Uimi|^ wMMp
It is JUSTICE torms ai
1 stand here to claim, and not falling, nei|»
FAVOR.” he said. After point- dom are afisteg; ti 1
ing out that the citizenship ot are »elf4mpBwJ> i
the Negro ih Massachusetts had ^ Negroes aro
See HEROES 8-A i ~