Leaders Set For Final Drive In Holy/^J[jand Race
Dungee Holds Narrow Lead, But
Five Others are in Strildng Range
Monday, April 29, is the day.
Twelve o’clock noon is the hour
when the curtain will ring clown
on the Carolina Times Second An
nual Ministers Vacation Popularity
Contest.
Already the contest manager is
making special preparations to
assist in taouiaiing the avalanche
of ballots mat are expected to be
handed in during the week-end
and at noon Monday when all con
testants are expected to hand in
their final reporjs.
From all indications several of
the leading contestants have been
playing possum and will be ex
pected to spring a surprise as
they make their final bid to walk
off with the big Grand Prize which
be a free airplane round trip to
the Holy Land. Second rpize will
bea free airplane round trip to
Bermuda with the third prize be
ing a free airplane round trip to
New York.
Still clinging to the- lead this
wcelt with dogged determination
was Rev. John R. Dungee of Hen
derson. Breathing down his neck
though are four other top-running
ville and Rev. T. H. Murphy of
Durham, Rev. J. H. Jones of Dan
ville, Rev. J. C. Harris of States
ville and Rev. T. H. Muruhy »f
Henderson. Either one of the four
last named are close tnough on
the top running contestant to
throw a last minute block buster
into the contest and upset the old
applecart.
In fact there are at least five
other contestants in the race that
are not yet to be counted out and
may be heard from before the
final curtain is pulled down on
Monday noon. As it now stands
its anybody’s guess as to who will
walk off with the Hol^ Land
trip.
Dropped from the relative stand
ing this week were all contestants
who appeared to be too f«t bt'
hind to be possible contenders for
one of the three prizes. Up to
Wednesday noon the relative
standing of contestants was
follows; • •.
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Half of School Destroyed
Rev. Jgjin R. Dungee, Henderson 5,401,500
Rev. A. D. Moseley, Durham 8,179,500
Rev. J. H. Jones, Danville, Va 4,&M,500
Rev. J. C. Harris, Statesville 4,866,000
Rev. T. II. Miirphy, Henderson 4,702,300
Rev. A. W. Lawson, Durham - • ■ 3,992,000
Rev. Kermlt De Graffenreidt, Pittsboro 3,641,500
Rev. J. R. M[iinlcy, Chapel Hill 2,908,900
Rev. W. !pr Bigelow, Durham 2,969.500
Rev. I. W. Choates, Durham 1,789,000
Rev. Walter Yarborough, Franklinton 1,754,500
Rev. R. L. Speaks, Durham 1,702,500
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Boy Sets $.5 Mil.
Blaze to Get Even
With His Teacher
Durham police arrested a 16- early Wedne.sday morning. Preston Trice. 16. a resident
Jfcar-old high school youth who . Police said the youngst;r start Rt. 4. Names of the boy s paren.
rnnfp.ssed to starting a'half mil- ed the fire to get even with his were not immediately availabl'
RUINS OF AUDITORIUM AT EAST END SCHOOL f
d*llar fire which destrojed a unit, toichers
of East End elemfintary school! The youth was identified
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VOLUME 40 — No. 17
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1963
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PRICE: IS Ceptf
Crowds Hear Muslim Debate M
Candidate Running for
Throngs Attend
He was a ward of the Welf«ir'
as Departmeat.
i Young Trice wa.t captured at
the scene of an apparent break in
by a policeman shortly after the
fire was discovered.
He also confessed to starting a
series of other fires including ont
which destroyed the car of a :each
• er at East End school on t.ie
same night he set the school fire
and several grass fires.
^ Police quoted the youngster,
•Aho was described as having a
long record of difficulty wiiii
school authorities, as sayiag :ie
started the fires Tuesday night Uj
get even with teachers.
A student at Merrick-Moore
school, the yoangster was rep^irtetl
by police to have had a conflict
■ with a teacher at Merrick Moo>-.
, on Monday.
It was repotred that he was s^t
Ste FIRE, 6-A
CAROLINA TIMES AWARD—
Norma Allc* Bennett, a Whil-
ted Junior 'High School news
paper staff member, beams as
the receiyes a plaque for her
publication at the annual con
ference of the Southeastern
Scholastic Publications Associa
tion held recently at North
Carolina College.
Mrs. Ruth J. Tillman. Person
County High School, Roxboro.
past president of SSPA, pte.
«ents ihe plaque, donated b y
The Carolina Times for excel
lence in editorial writing.
Publisher Stresses Opportunity as
High School Journalists Honored
In SSPA Conference at N. C. C.
Kennedy Vetoes
Plan to Cut off
11.S. Miss. Funds
WASHINGTON, d’. C. —
President Kennedy last week
vetoed a proposal by the Civil
Rights Commission to withhold
federal funds from the state of
Mississippi. ^
Kennedy’s stand on the issue
was revealed Friday in an ad
dress he mad” before the
American Society of Newspaper
E^litors.
The ciiluf executive had b*en
urgod to take the actiqn by the
U. S. Commission on Civil
Rights in a special report sub
mitted to him several days ago.
In other actions on the civil
rights front this week.
•—Mass picketing of Char
lotte, N. C. hotels, restaurants
and theaters by Negroei was
callcd off temporarily l>y Dr.
Reginald Hawkins, Negro lead
er, so that city and stat^ offi-
Ste VETOES, ti-A
"In your day anri time, em
ployment opportunities tre not
timilcd to Negro publicitiohs
With proper education and pre
paration, you can bccomii a Carl
Kuwan ...”
With these words, Frank L.
Stanley, Sr., cditor-publisher ol
The LeuUvllle (Ky.)
challenged some 200 youths at
tending the annual ccinfCrcnce of
the Southeastern Scholastic Pub
lications As.sociation at North Ca
rolina College Friday.
In his keynote address, Stanley
accented the needs and opportuni
ties in the field of journalism,
commcniing that journalism is “a
vchicle throu.?h which many per
sons have ridden to fame." He re
ferred io the example of Carl Ro.
wan, who became distinguished as
a journalist and who is no’A' the
United States ambassador to Fin
land.
Stanley commenled also on a
former student of his, Flctehcr
Martin, who bccame as.sociated
with his hi.?h .school paper ini'
went on to become a war corrcs
pondcnt. Martin is now Cffflcer of
Information for the United States
ambassador to Ethiopia.
Stresssing th? opea ng opportu-
Scc JOURNALISTS, tf-A
City Nixes Hall
By GUYTANNA HORTON
Despite the refusal of city
of Durham to permit the stag-
debate at a city ownedJ_{
recreation hall between a lead
er of the national black Mus
lim sect and Durham NAACP
leader the event was transfer
red to another auditorium and
drew throngs of the curious in
Durham and Chapel Hill.
When Durham city manager
Harding Hughes revoked a per
mit for the event at the W. D.
Hill Recreation Center for las'
Thursday night, the debate wnf
shifted to Page’s auditorium on
Roxboro street wihere crowds
of Negroes, and whites filled the
hall to capacity.
Principals in the debate were
Malcolm X, number two lead
er of the Muslim sect, and Atty.
P. B. McKissick.
The scene was shifted to
Chapel Hill on Friday where
the two principal!; met in a
verbal contest at Graham Me
morial hall at the University of
N. C. It was also crowded to
capacity.
T‘hc white man in America i^^
on a sinkins ship. Mis time ha.'
tome to .suffer for the mistreat
ment of the black peoples by his
ance.stors. All eonntries which
have participated in colonialism
have .suffered except America.
Now her day has come, i or thi
rea.son, the Muslims desir"' scparft
tiort of the races."
See MUSLIMS. 6-A
Masons Study Proposal to Erect
$3 Million Project in Charlotte
RALEIGH—A proposal to ^Sve
the North Carolina Masons, estab
lish a multi-million dollar hous
ing prttject in Charlotte was ^b-1
j led bf'rc Saturday at a join meet-|
ing of the executive committees
of the state Masons and its wom-j
— . ___ . ^
Durhaffi Reveals'
PARHAM
MORRISON
MALCOLM X
Falkener Gets
By Primary
^n Greensboro
GREENi5B0R0 — The results of
a dispute over location of the pro-
"Josed nc'.v multi-million dollar
Uchardson Memorial hospital had
ittle apparent effocts on Waldo
Faulkener's candidacy for re-
leclion in the primary held here
Tuesday.
Falkener, seeking to be return
'd to his seat on the City Council,
an fifth in a field of some 28
candidates for the Council.
However, he will lace another
'.est on May 7 when the 14 sur
viving candidates go to the post
■■or the final choice of the voters
tor seven seats.
Falkener, suffering from disfa-
'or incurred from Negro residents
of the fashionable Benbow park
irea, polled 4,895 votes out of
■iome 10.913 cast in Tuesday’s
irimary.
Mayor David Schenck, who led
he ticket, garnered 7,523.
Another Nesro who made the
•ace, newcomer A. J. Taylor, also
See FALKENER, 6-A
Gastonia Home Is
Destroyed by Fire
GASTONIA — The home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ferdinand Wallace was
totally destroyed by fire on Sun
day night.
On discovering the fire, Mrs.
Wallace awakened seven of her
nine children and safely escorted
them from the house before it
was demolished by flames. i
Mr. Wallace was at church at
the time of the biaxe.
Stewart To Address
NAACP Meet Sunday
John S, Stewart, President of
the Mutual Savings and Loan As
sociation and member of the City
Council, will deliver the main ad
dress at the monthly meeting of
the NAACP at 4 P. M. Sunday,
April 28, at the Orange Grove
Baptist Church on East End Ave.
Mr. Stewart will discuss housing
and urbait renewal.
Rev. J. A. Brown is president.
Ushers Make
Finance Report;
Hear Fleming
FRANKLINTON — More than
$2,000 was reported by units
of the North Carolina Inter
denominational Ushers Union at
the organization's annual mid
year meeting here Sunday.
The report of funds for the
group’s central treasury was one,
of the highlights of the one-day [
meeting, which opened Sunday j
morning and closed Sunday after
noon.
The Rev. John W. Fleming,
director of Christian Education
for the State Baptist Conven
tion, emphasized that man is j-
faced with an eternal choice be-1
tween good and evil throughout |
his life, and that the quality of
his life depends on his decision. {
-Fleming delivered the major j
address to the convention. I
Two prominent churchmen •
were awarded honorary mom-*
See USHERS, 6 A
REV. WADE
Several Enter
City Elections
Throughout N.C.
FROM TIMES DISPATCHES
Negroe.s are entered in city
elections races this spring in
several North Carolina cities for
the first time in history accord
ing to reports received this
week.
Perhaps the most spectacular
entry was that of insurance ex
ecutive S. G. Parham, who is
rjunning for Mayor in a five
man field in Henderson.
Parham’s supporters were
optimistic about his ciiances.this
Sec ELECTIONS, 6-A
Integration Plani
For City Schools
The City Board of Education
disclcosed Friday it will assign
full graduating classes ftom
two all Negro elementary
schools to formerly white junior
high schools here, beginning this
fall. The plan will allow
all elementary school pupils to ^
request this summer transfer to
schools in their home areas.
Federal Judge Mwin M.
Stanley, in an integration order
handed dpwn earlier this year,
had instructed the board to
submit the plan by May 1.
The new plan calls for:
1. Assigning all pupils gradu-'
ating from all-Negro Crest St,
School to formerly all-white
Carr Junior High School;
2. Assigning all pupils gradu
ating from all-Negro Walltown
School to formerly all-white
Brogden Junior High School:
3. Accepting request for trans
fer from' any parent or guar-
See INTEGRATION. 6 A
e»’.« ausi(Hlr}', the 'Bsstern Siar*
'But; group, however, voted to
appoiht ^ study committee to re
poet on t^e proposal at the organi
zation's state convention in De
cember.
The proposal wat pi-c»cijt«?d by
Fred .Alexander, ■! Charlotte,
grand secreiry ei the Order. It
would have the Masons borrow
efsush money flroin the Federal
TTdme aitd muncc A^r,L-y—trr-
er >ct a housing project at a cost
estimated at $3 million.
The study committee, formed by
the joint executive -committes of
the Masons and Easiern Star, will
include four additional members
who are not currently sertine on
cither of the executive commit
tees.
A spokesman for the group said
the proposal appeared to l>e a
“sound business proposition." but
that the executive committee felt
it lacked the authority to act in a
matter of such scope. It ‘.vili be
brought t>ofore the state con\en-
tion in December.
BOYCOp’ UST
FiTe stores r«mained on the
boycott list in Durham this
week. TWy ar* Seais. Robbins.
Roscee-Griifin. Walgrcen's, and
Thom Me An.
Th« stores mrm being boycotted
by Durham NAACP and CORE
ia an •tfort to secure broader
employment iox Negroes.
MASS. ATTY. GEN. VISITS personnel during a rocent visit MCCt Bteeket '
NCC Massachusetts Attorney- to the campus. stude«* »ar Aaaeetui* jiidt
General Edward Brook* (se- la the group, from loft: Daniel dent* mmI Maf
cond from left) chats wth North Sampson, professor ol Uw at MCC law iiudMU. m'"
Caioliua CalUj* Law Schooi ^