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Dungee Continues To Lead lii Ministers Contest
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DUKE MAY ADMIT HIGH SCHOOL GRADS SEPT.
All Contestants Prepare for Final
Rush as Holy Land Race Nears End
Rev. John R. Dungee of Hcndcr-: trip to the Holy Land,
son continued to hold on tcnaci- Trailing Rev. Dungee this wecli
ously by a narrow margin in the I is Rev. A. D. Moseley of Durham,
Carolina Times second annual Min- Rev. J. H. Jones of Danville, V«.,
ister.s Vacation Popularity contest. Rev. J. C. Harris of Statesville
With the closing of the first week who is still clinging ,to ■ fourth
of the final two weelcs period at
noon Monday, April 22, the con
test will have only one more week
to go before the curtain is iiing
don at noon Monday, April 29.
With votes coming in from all
place to which he advanced last'
week. Rev. T. H. Murphy of Hen
derson and Rev. W. T. Bigelow
of Durham.
There was also indications that
Rev. A. W. Lawson of Durham,
Philip Faces Trial in Abortion Case
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VOLUME 40 — No. 16
over the nation by letter and by Rev. Kermit DcGraffenreldt of
frie.'*. '|3 and supporters of the Pittsboro and Rev. J. R. Manley
various contestants the office of' were still in the fight. Supporters
the Times was snowed under last for all three of the last named
week in trying to tabulate all of showed this week that they are
the ballots that had come in up determined to keep their favorite
to noon Wednesday. of one of the three prizes which
From all indications the going; minister within striking distance
will be rough, tough a nd mignty j in addition to the Holy Land trip
during the closing week. As it' consists of a free airplane round
now stands the final outcome is I trip to Bermuda as the second
definitely not in the bag. Any one prize and a free airplane round
of (he top 10 contestants may trip to New Vork as the third
spring a last moment surprise and prize.
walk off with the Grand Prize! This week's relative standing up
which is a free airplane round j to Wednesday noon is as follows:
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APftlL 20, 1963
HBTUHN HEQUESTED
PRICE: IS Cent!
‘ Itev. John H. Dungee, Henderson ^
llev. A. I). Moseley, Durham ^
Rev. J. H. Jones, Danville, Va. .. 3
Rev. J. C. Harris, Statesville 3
Rev. T. H. Murphy, Henderson 3.
Rev. W .T. Bigelow, Durham • 2,
Rev. A. W. Lawson, Durham 2,
Rev. Kennit DeGraffenreidt, Pittsboro 2
Rev. J. K. Manley, Chapel Hill 1
Rev. I. W. Choates, Durl^am 1
Rev. Walter Yarborough, Frankllnton 1
llev. Z. D. ilarris, Durham 1
llcv. R. L. Speaks, Durham i.' 1
Hev. E. L. Kirby Reidsville
liishop M. T. MithcU, Baltimore, Md ^ ,.
Rev. J. H. Thomas, East Orange, N. J
Rev. K. 0. P. Goodwin, Winston-Salem
Rev, L. ,T, Daye, Mebane
Rev. J. iV. ■BrttiHt;'t)i>rhiim ...t.
Rev. G. A. Gilchrist, LitHctop .
Rev. Clyde Johnson, Weldon
Rev. Otto Smith, Durham
.380,300
.359,500
.098,500
,275,000
1U2.500
969.500
65'},000
486.500
,889,500
402.500
,;?14,000
,012,000
,010-^
899^)00
787.500
522.500
449.000
307.500
30d,000
304.500
219.000
212.500
Honor Masons Head
State NAACP
Rally to Feature
To Leaders
PHILIP
Durham Man
Named by Wake
White Woman
Strong U.S. Action Urged by Civil
Rights to Protect Miss. Negroes-
HtAbs
FM^EjUl. S. Sfititar En^l*
ahninlsf*r« •(' of-
fict to L«*li* N. Shaw, now act-
Inf Lot' AngtUt,
talif. thf 40 y«ar-«jd civic and-
^sinVsk kiidar Wat tworn In Mon-
cby Ih Ctiuntv '^ilL MuWSMr
appointed by Postmaster Gonoral
3. Edward Day last month. H*
must now be confirmed by the U
S. Senate. Nearly 800 civic and
business leaders witnessed the
swearing of Shaw, who was vicc
•# 1^ •tfvlngc' »f«d i.'^a«r
firm in Los Angeled since 1952.
The Los Angeles Post Office is
the nation's third largest, w!fh re
ceipts in excess of $80 million p*r
year.
WASHINGTON, D, C.—The Civil
Rights Commission called on
l*resident Kennedy Tuesday for
an all-out effort to' force Missis
sippi to protect the rights of its
Negro citizens.
"There is an overriding consti
tutional obligation to make cer
tain that federal funds are ex
panded in a manner which benefit
all citizcns without distinction,”
the commission said in a special
report to the president at his Palm
Ueach, Fla.,- vacation home.
.The commission has been study
ing the Missi.ssippi situation closc-
ly for several 'Afeeks. Staff Direct
or Berl I. Bernhard flew to Jack-
•son Tuesday for a spccial se.ssion
of the Mississippi Advisory Com
mittee. I
“Since October 1962,” the re
port said, “the open and flagrant
violation of the constitutional
guarantees in Mississippi has preci
pitated serious conflict which, on
several occasions, has reached the
point of crisis. Each week brings
fresh evidcnee of the danger of a
complete breakdown of law and
ordei.
The report cited a long list of
incidents and said that despite
See ACTION, 6-A
'4llrban Renewal Ready to Start
In Earnest With Federal Grant
Utban renewal for a portion of| amount will be furnished by the
Removed From NCC Prexy’s Race
John Hope Franklin Appointed
Full Professor at Chicago Univ.
CHICAGO — Dr. John Hope
Franklin, chairman of the depart
ment of history at Brooklyn Col
lege, has been appointed a full
professor of history at the Uiii-
vcrslty of Chicago, it was announc
ed this week.
Announcement of his appoint
nirnt at the Chicago school ap
parently removed his name from a
list of pos.sible candidates for the
presidency of North Carolina Col
lege in Durham, a four year lib
eral arts coilcge attended pre
dominantly by Negroes.
Dr. Franklin is a former pro
fessor at North Carolina College
and Howard Univesity.
He is currently on leave from!
Brooklyn College as Pitt professor
at Cambridge University in Eng
land.
Dr. Frankliai is one of the fore
most authoiilies on American sla
very and llie Reconstruction era.
His appointment to the Chicago
fnciiily permits him to join a
hnu. \ but gnJyjns ni inber of,
Negro professors in major Ameri
can colleges and Universities. |
The history professor wa* sc-'
lected to join the Chicago faculty'
bccause of his high ranking in his,
field it was rrported. It was also'
See FRANKLIN, 6-A I
NEW PASTOR IN DURHAM—
Here is the Rev. Cllle H.
Broadie, who will aisume the
psstorato of MU. Zoar Bapliit
Church near Durham. The Rer.
Brodie succeeds the Rot. T. S.
Gritwell, of Durham, at the
church, located on Cheek Road
near Merriclc-Moore schooL Rev..
Broadle had «erT«d pastorates
in the Franklin-Louiiburg area
^rlor to coming to Durham.
Complete lierr, page S>A.
SPEAKS
Speaks Enters
Council Race
In Durham
, The Reverend Reuben L. Speaks
pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion
Church, announced late last week
his candidacy for an at-large seat
on the Durham City Council in
the upcoming May elections.
If Rev. Speaks is elccted. he
would bring to. two the number
of Negroes now on the Council
James S. Stewart is now serving
his. second term as representative
from the predominantly Negro
third -Ward. .
Rev. Speaks' entry into the
Council race -brings to seven , the
number 4)f candidates in the race
for three at-lnrge seats. Others
who have already entered are in
cumbents Luther Barbour, and
James Hawkins, former Recorder’s
Court Crerk S. O. Riley, merchant
Melvin Gladstein and tobacco
Moritet’ Claude Hicks.
The top six irt the results of the
May 4 primary will be entered |
in the general election on May.
18 , where, the final three , will be
selected.
Rev. Speaks is a graduate of
Drake Ufliversity, of Iowa, and.
holds a master's degree in sacred
theology from Temple University.
Dujfiam’s Hayti section moved
one step nearer realization this
week with the announcement that
$4.3 million in federal funds have
been granted for the project.
Congressman Harold Kornegay
of the tenth "N. C. district, noti
fied Durham Mayor E. J. Evans
last Thursday that funds from
the Federal Housing and Homej
Finance Agency has been granted.
This action cleared the way foi
work to get underway in earnest
on the first project in Hayti
which is to include some 200
acres.
Total co.st of redevelopment cl
the area has been set at $10 mil
lion. Some $2 million of that
city under the terms of a iiond
issue, approved by voters last
spring. The federal governmeiit s
grant of $4.3 leaves le.ss than $4
million remaining, an amount
which is expected to be raised by
resale of land in the project area. I
The overall urban renewal plan
calls for some 500 acres in the
Hayti area to be red.'veioped.
Hv'.vever, urban renewal officials
have decided to undertake the re
development stages, the first of
which is the 200 acre project.
It is expected that two years will
b2 required to complete redevelop
ment of the first 200 acre project.
CHARLOTTE — Two hitjh rank |
ing NAACP officials, a Maryland |
state legislator and the crown- i
ing the "NAACP Mother of the
■ifear” will feature the annual |
freedom day rally to be staged •
by the North Carolina NAACP a* | Winston Peter Philip, 58 year
the Dorton State Fair Arena in! old Durham resident, is facing
Raleigh on Sunday. May 5. charges of performing a criminal
I Announcement of the rilly was abortion on a 39 year old white
I made here this week by Kelly M. ■ woman who police say named him
I Alexander, state president of the after she became ill and was tak-
1 N. C. NAACP. I en to a Wake County hospital.
I Alexander's statement said thati Philip, arrested and jailed late
I''thousands" of N. C. NAACP Sunday, was placed under $5,000
j members are expected to take part, bond early this week.
I in the state-wide rally in Raleigh ; Police have charged him with
i on May 5. 1 performing an abortion on Mrs.
The meeting will be fedtured; Mary D. Woodward, white, of Wil-
by the presence of several out j son, on Satruday night,
standing civil rights leaders in- > Charges were lodged after Mrs.
eluding two highly placed NAACP, Woodward abs taken to Wake
officiate -and a legislatorMemorial hospital Sunday after-
Maryland. They are Bishop StC'J noon.
phen G. Spott.v*ood, chairman ofi Philip, who at one time operated
the NAACP National Board of Di-| Durham Surgical Supply Co. at
rectors, and Clarence Mitchell, j 412 S. Mangum St., was tried and
Jr., Director of the Washington acquitted in December, 1961 in
bureau of the NAACP. ! the death of a well known Kins-
Also included in the list of, ton teacher, Mrs. Ruth G. Tillery,
outstanding leaders is Mitchell's; Mrs. Tillery’s parti ill)'clad body ;
son, Clarence Mitchell, 111, who ■ was found in Dec. 19ti0 on the|
was elected to Maryland Asembly out skiHs of Kinston. Medical |
at the agF of 22 on a• strong .civjl' evidettee produced in- Ihe trial iri-
rights platform.
Another feature of the freedom
celebration will be honoring The
Honorable Clark S. Brown, Most
Worshipful Grand Master, Prince
Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Ac
cepted Ma.sons of North Carolina,
and affiliated lodges for the con
tributions to freedom that ma
sons have made throughout the
! state of North Caroima.
A highlight of the freedom
celebration is the crowning of the
"NA.ACP Mother of the Year’’, an
See RALLY. 6-A
dicated that the woman died from
exposure. It ' was also reported
that she was pregnant and had
apparently aborted at the time of
her death.
Mrs. Woodward entered Wake
County hospital late Sunday after,
being taken there from a drive-1
in where she had become iii.'
Doctors at the hospital complain ‘
cd that an unsucces-sful abortion
had been performed and reported
that the woman named Philip. i
Durham County solicitor Dan
See PHILIP, 6-A
Says Applications
Being Processed
Duke University may set its
first Negro undereraduate stu
dent'! thU year, according to in
formed sources.
W. L. Brinkley, director of ad-
missionj.at Duke, admitted that
the University is processing ap-
plication.s from prospective Ne
gro higlr-school graduates but de-
Icinrd to go into further detaiL
iMs pcrsfsted this week that
;ht members of this year s
Ing classes of J. W. Ligon.
^feigh. Hillside, of Durham.
Dudley, of Greensboro, are
the applicants bcirtg con
siilered.
Duke, one of the South's most
respected universities, voluntarily
admitted .Negroes to graduate and
professional schools two years
ago.
Last year, a scholarship was
establishisd for Negro students in
the Divinity .schoci by the Balj-
cock Foundation of Winston-Sal
em.
It's students and faculty had for
several years prior to the formal
dropping of racial bar* by the
tru.'rtees petitioned the school’s
administrative leaders and trus
tees to ^ Negro
students. \
Six jtores On
Boycott List
Six Durham (tore* rcmaitMd en
a group being hoycotlod br the
Durham NAACP and COKE t(«is
weelk.
/
One downtawn ««emar>.'s cloth
ing star*, Hm Shop, was
er»a«ieewaty aaw>a
eott list in laat woak** isstfe of tha
TIMES.
The Beverly Shop, however, ii
not on the boycott list, NAACP and
CORE oHiclals said this week.
Included on this woefc's list of
stores being boycotted are Sears
Walgreen. Roscoe-Griffin, Royal
Clothii'g C(B>, Tliom McAn and
Robbins.
The boycott is aimed at secur
ing wider employment opportuni
ties for Negro**. ^
Fleming to Give Major Address
At Mid-Year Ushers Gathering
Dr. John W. Fleming, director
of Chri.stian Education for the
General State Baptist Convention j
of North Carolina, will deliver the
feature address for the annual Mid-
Year session of the N. C. Interde
nominational Ushers Association
on SnnHfiv at (he Ushers Home ir>
Franklinton.
Fleming is an outspoken advo
cate of equal rights and is promi
nent in .state Baptist circles.
Sunday’s one day meeting will
get underway at the Ushers Home
at 9:30 with the holding of Sun
day School,
Approximately 1.500 delegates
of the state-wide organization are
oxpected to attend the session.
Fleming's address will be given
at an 11 o'clock a.m. session.
Dinner will be served delegates
and visitors at, the conclusion on
Sunday's meeting.
The Ushers are in process of
renovating property once used by
Franklin Christian CJollcge. Part
of it is planned to be used as an
unwed mothers home and another
sei;tion for retired ministers.
SPEIGNER
Flight Executives’*
Durham Mayor Appoint "Good Neighbor Council"
FLEMING
Mordecai Johnson
At NCC On Sunday '
Dr. Mord*cai Johnson, presi
dent emeritus of Howard Univer
sity, will speak for the vesper
services on Sunday, ApriP '21> Bt
3 p.m. at North Carolini (jINIegf
Durham’s newly appointed
"Good Neighbor Council” jvas de-i
scribed as a group of "top flight;
executives” by Mayor E. J. Evans
who announced formation of thet
organization late last week.
Included among the ten mem
bers of the Council are three Ne
groes; N. H. BennetL vice presi
dent of North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company; N. B.
White, manager of Service Print-i
ing Co.. and Dr. T. R. Speigner
chairman of the Resource-Use De
partment of North Carolina Col
lege. '
' Tbe cwnmitt.e* w«? named, Ev-j
ans said, at the suggestion of Gov
crnor Terry Sanford who cu-licr,
formed a state-wide "Good Neigh
bor Council” to work on th* pro-i
blem of employment discrimina i
tion against Negroes. He urged
Mayors throughout the state to
appoint local councils.
Sanforti said the sitate council
would seek to solve the problem
through persuasion.
Mayor Evans commentefi on th«i
task of the cominitte* io anBounc*!
ing its formation: |
“Durham has a lar;;e N*|rO|
population that has madt ptro-|
gress but much more b*
done. The Members of this new
cununissiun that have agrcod to
serve oa Dighaurs Good Neighbor
Cbuncil an a)l tap execu
tives who er^ «p*rienc»d in race
relatioas in our comm«rcial life.
I htq^ their p«rticip*ttoa ia this
are* *1 comMMtity relations will
do much t* eUniMte unfair div
crlMiMtioa, UmI mignt em
ptoTcd afa^ N*tum rittaM*.
“il th« Ntgr* i* jivea a lair
cbaac« t* «*r» • danat ttvl»c tor
his family. «« iteU all witaaaa
M-v aciMMnlc CMMrtk aad
tdoittet ii| iNihem."
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