INS TON Sl.im N C
7^ Ch,-;..,fviai Rd .
Winston-Galem,, N, C.
7/20/0omp.
is R^rted Top Choke for NCC
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ACCIDEIfT VICTD4S — Plc-
lurad liar* kr» Mm. Hattte Ruii
(toll) of E«t* St, tnd Mra. Eldoia
l>aiii«Is (right) of 1102 MMOn
■L. I^rham, war*. tarioHi-
Ijr in}ur«d in a thraa car c«-
lUlea at a dowatawn iatMMc-
in ' Durham .Friday nigM.
Vk* wentNi, who war* waiting
^ a bui aiopi, wtfa ttruck by
on* af tha thra* car* w> h I c b
want out of f^ontrol, jumy
•4 a ildawalk dirb and knock*
44 tha pair tMvough a plat*
glaH window at tha Krast ▼ar-
l*ty iiora. Both ara hoapitaHaad
at Duka whara thay undarwani
amargaticy »MrgarT itta laal
waak. Tkalz candition* wara rt-
portiad "fair" Jhi« iicMk. 1|lia
ptirham woman, Irlijrti el long
•landing, waaa ••jiiKair
homa from churdt m«^*«
whan tha accldant occtirad.
Thraa olhart, oceupanta of'lha
ttaaa can UiTolTad, ra««rl*ad
minor injaiiaa in tha wrack.
See Column 7
County Schools Face^Suit, City 'Free Choice
K
MARINES PROIEST SEGREGATION
Cherry Point Leathemecb Hit
Conditions at Nearby Havelock
VOiyUME 40 - No. 30
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1963
RITURN REQUESTIp
PRICE: 15 Cwit*
DURHAM IN TESTING PERIOD
Theaters Not
WHEELER HEUPS
FORM GROUP TO
COMBAT POVERTY
Jokai H. Witaalar, Duxluun
bVAkav and elTic laadar, wa* wa
JUmt-oi I>urham’i tnovle
ten t(fe cornntiy imdehMHS^ *
20 .day pcrlofl of oonttaUed. {
toiceR intfe^tion in
tacUite,a cb«og« to
•Of rogation, it was |
thia waek. , ;
l.a»t week, the t^rhaw wly
newspaper* reilwrti^ thiA i*ll
but ona of^tiu wy’i
-kousoa had dr«pp*4
11*. 11 I
Am ct^ «r"v«v«rir" ^ ifar^
Carotli^
AnMUBoaaaat ol fha aiMMtok
mMit of tha fund was aada by
OoTarnor Sanlor 1ft*t wa«k.
Tl|* agoBcy. 1* b*. Itaanetd by
IIm) PorV Fo«ndlUloa, will work
t* combat tha preblam of
pOTarly through incraaaad In*
dualriat education.
. ' Th» «hi^ ;bn|n^tal*n
ba*lda»;'';WlMfto Mt*; lUford,
Caiarlaa’'b4^^. dlWlltaii-
l^am, and C. H. M^K^lgMt, of
Chariot!*..
Sai^ord alio appointed a
bbi^d of director* induding
,:«hi*aler. McKnight, Dr. Samuel
‘Duncan, SaliabUripi' Moni*
lEdtn*. Mf«. H. F. For*yth; imd
.Jama* Gray, all of Wiaelon*
Valemi Dalla* Herrlitg.. Of Re*e
Milli HargroTe* Bo^le*. Jr.,
Qteemboro) Oerald MeCowan,
A*heTille> Wallace Murehleon.
Wllmlngtont Mr*. C. B. Farker,
Alb^rmarlei' and ThoiAaa fMr*-
alL Rocky Hount
Jtowajm. tk^
man fi^ ttva
KAACP and CO^S duijgitim>^.
plained that the ti^ater* tMwe
not yet fully iotecra^d ,bMt
that they ar« .experim*'^!''*'
with a plan of cantroUed, tckin
integration, limiting ,th* itulnb>t
of Negro patrpn* at varioii*
movie# houses in tlw citjr,
., According to the (policsman.
^F*. Beuie.AlcLauriii on« of Ui*
i^dult afvi*or|i to CpMS, li tWY-
ing as master coordtottor whb
the theaters in scheduliP^, llv
attendance of Negroes to y»r
ious movie houses.
Negroes who want to at^t){)
n Piven tiieater must call
Mcldurin who in turn m«|c’
an appointment with the theater
management for their atten
dance.
The NAACP-CORE gpokesman
said the agreement was that
the theaters would acct^t I**
creased number of Negro l>at-
rons each day of the 20 day test
ing period.
See THIATRIS, S^A
Harvard Law Dean, Wilkins
Back AccomtndatkMis Law
WASHINQTO»>. D. C. —
NAACP SecreUry^y Wilkin*
and Harvary UniVtr^y Law
■chool dean Erwin Qriswoid sup
ported President Kennedy's Pul>-
lic AccommodatloB bill this
CORE-NAACP
Slates Workshop
For Durham
WfeA.
Wilkin* said the memire
would not infringe on anyone'*
freedom and would remove a
stigma from a large portion of
the country’s citizens.
Dean Oriswold^i|Mio is also »
member of the U. S. Commis
sion on Civil Rights said pass
age of tiie measure is “the oiost
important issue facing this Con-
IWilkiPs comments came be
fore Senate Judiciary Committer
hearings on the Civil Rights pro
poaals.
A workshop on non-violent, * Griswold stated that Conicrefi'
direct action techniques in the haa ample constitutioAal author-
straggle against racial discrimi- ity to enact such legislation
Bption will Im held fat Durham'under the Commerce clause, the
next week under the auspices of. Fourte«.nth Amendment ot'
the Durham NAACP and CORE combiAatlon of iioU) pMVistons."
chapters, it wa* announced this
wee«.
The workshop will operate for
He said that the issue is not
whetlier Congress has the pow
er to ball discrimination i|^ thr
three days at St. JtMeph AME J great majority of businesses
Churrti, Aug. 1-Aug. 4. j which serve the public “but
It is designed to imtract civil whether it wishes to draw tii»
rights leaden from throughout, line short of full exercise of Iti
the state on noti-Wolent, direct ooverag* «ad effective enjbMrce-
taction tecMquM, the announce ment, iwinHng out thdt 30
meat of the i**rk«hop Hid.
Instruction wAl b« supplied by
nationally known civfl rtghta
from such iMi)«r orfani-
' WOXKSnO*. 9*^-
States nftw have piiMie decttm-
modetioiU laws which 40 not
plaoi* thnit* on the slie ^Hhr
estabHihmelits covetatf.
tAW. M ' '
- :^v V . ..V.
r'
IN SUMMIR SCHOOt.— for high wheel stodanl* ef th«
Ww>i'l*»iww« Pwiti Owed* el MMtan.l juniar *nd santer clataificatien at
itM .i«lk .fltwiKJilMiigi UviM»ene .CHem bort-iaifci
I Ceii*ar i . .,
TH*y are. MH ta riglit. Mary Kath .
Ali«a, Mery Ann, end !
miH;>.,The^ inaf ^
Milk Babies'' ara Identical and
af tha time dress Identical ait4
Hiri)l In ctieiuaa*.
for Meets
l^te Baptist
n New Bern
NEW BERN—Mes*enjjcrs from
'^tpMst cburchcs throughout the
:t»t« flathor in New Bern at
St John Baptist Church, Au«us'
nfl.
The occasion will be the Joint
inmial sRision of the State Sun
day School and State Baptist Train
ing Union Conventions. t..e 90th
and 63rd respectively. E. M. But
ler. of Wilmington, is the presi-
lent of the Sunday School division
and J. T. Hawkins of Durban'
leads the Baptist Training
The theme for the session is:
Achieving the Larger Steward-
hip Through Christian Educa
■on." It '.vill be treated during
he three-day session through ser
none, addresses, forums, classes,
iDd workshop*. I
Many noted speakers wli;,ibe!
leard. The featured address, Wed '
-lesday, Angus! 7, will be delivered
by Attorney F. B. McKisslck ol,
Durham, outstanding civil rights
awyer. Baptist layman, and r»«
:ent’y elected chairman of the
istionslly known Congress of Rs
ial. Equality.
Other speskers include the Revs
saac Horton, D. L. Epting, and X.'
>. Logan, who will deiivor sarm- ^
ms; tile two pmhtents of the con-
’cations, who will deliver their
.nnual addresses; the Reverend
Tiyde Johnson, devotional leader;
■>r. R. M. Pitts, representing the|
Mneral Baptist State Convention.
IM) Dr. Nelson H. Harris, who
fill speak in the interest of Sha«
University.
Classes, an annual fe«ti^. will
I* taught by Reverend ,fL Horn»
^mer, ^ame* Raye, Mr». Bestric
inderwood, ard ttisi Mirian
akks.
The two conventions ate suxili
iriM of the General Baptist Stat
Tol^fntion of North Carolina, an
eek to promote the work of th
'•sunt body through c, prograaa o
lutetiaa ^UMtion.
Rev. John T. Parks u the pasto
I .rf (fee htott-eiMircb. « '
1 . ;1 . . , . J . .
§
REV. YELVERTON
BISHOP JOHNSON
Durham Clergyman to Figure In
33rd Holy Church Convention
RALEIGH — The 33rd An
nual North Carolina and Tenn-;
essee Stste Convention and I
Convocation of the Mt. Calvary ,
Holy Church of America Inc. i
will convene July 28, August 4 |
at the Mt. Calvary Holy Church
on Ornpe and Bsttle Sts.
Elder Ellis Keith is pastor ^f i
the host church.'
Mrs. Mary Louise. Johivion. [
•••»tp president, will preside at i
the meeting of the State Ml* ^
sionary Convention on Sunday
and Monday,, July 28-29. Rev. I
Mrs. Mable Gary will deliver
th* welrome gddress at 8 p. m.
OQ MoniMy.
The Convocation will begin at
10:00 a. m. on Tuesday with
Elder P. C. Thomas, presiding.
C. C. Smith Jr., director man
ager of the North Carolina Mu-,
tual Life Insurance Co.. will de
liver the welcome addresg at
•:30 p.'m. on Wednesday. ^
Senior Bishoo’s Day will l>e
observed on Thursday. Bishop
Brumfield Johnson, Senior Bi»
hop and founder will be hdnorw
ed. Bishop F. Yelverton wiH
preside at this service.
On Friday the Senior Bishop
will lead the group in obier-
vancg ' of State Mother'! Dey.
A special program is scheduled
for 8:00 p. m.
At 0:00 p. m. on Saturday n
bnnquct will be given in honor
of BiHhop F Yelverton, State
Overseer.
The convention will close on
Sunday with the observance Of
State Overseer's Day. Bishop B.
Johnson will deliver the annual
sermon st 12 o'clock noon.
Members of the official Staff
and Bl*hop F, Yelverto", State
Overseer; Elder B. F. Siler, As
sistant Overseer; Rev..Mrs. Beu
lah Lee, State Mother, Mrs.
El>ernezer Rucker, state secre
tary; Rev. Mrs. Inez Choates, a.*
■iatant, s*eretary. Rev. Mrs.
Lydia Whitmire, treasurer and
national Mother; and Dr. Bram-
fieid Johnson, Senior Bishop
and founder.
Missionary off^ials, are Mr.s.
Mary Louise Jbhnson, st»tr
president; Rev. Mr*. Parllia
Walkw, vice president; Rev.
Mr*. B. House, second vice pre-
sldeat; Mrs. Madie Moore, as
sistant' secretary. Miss Shirle'V
Rucker, corresponding secretary.
Mn. Ilomel Thomas, treasurer.
aa4 iRev. Mrs. Elliabeth Hill, na-
ttMil iwetideul. ,
I -.-'1 ' .
Faiths
Over 1,500 are
Expectecji for
KITTRELL — More than 1.500
ministers, laymen, young people,
adult leaders, and missionary
workers arc expected to attend
the Second Episcopal DIstritct
Ministers School and Summer
Retreat on July 29-AugUNt 2 at
Kittrell College.
Dr. J. T. McMillan, pasitor of
St. James AME Church, Wins
ton-Salem and director of public
relations for the Second Episco
pal District, ha.s announced that
special emphasis will be stress
ed on methods of improving the
Christian Education program In
AME Churches,
Faculty members for the
school are Bfshop S. L. Greene
Senior Bishop, AME Church and
presiding Bishop of the second
Episcopal District, Mrs. Callie
C, Green, Missionary'-Supervlsoi
of the Second Episcopal District:
Dr. J. T. McMillan, pastor of St.
James AME Church, Winston
Salem; D r. Andrew White
Connectional Director of Chris
tian Education AME Church,
Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. J. Oscar
Lee, Director of Cultural and
Racial Development of the Na*
tional Council of Churches.
New York, N. Y., Dr. J. Edward
Lantz, Director of the Southern
Division of the National Coun-
W1 of Churches, Atlanta, Oa.;
Dr. Di'wcy Toblnson, pastor of
the Metropolitan AME Church.
Washington, D. C.; Dr. S. I,
Greene, ir.. Secretary Educa
tion AME Church, ’Nashville,
Tenn.; Dr. Jlarrlson Brj^ant.
pastor of Bethel ^^ME Church,
Gary, Ind., and Dr. Charles
Snivey. D^>nn of Payne Theologi
cal Seminary, Wilberforce Unl-
verjitj^
Courses to be taught are Re
ligious Education in the Local
Church. The Pastor ai*d Social
Actjon, Speaking and Ecun»en-
icali Leadership, Pastoral Coun-
*eling. Homiletic*, Image of the
Pa*tor, The Uniquenes* of the
AM* Church, and Tt»e fasior
and ^ecular Education.
I ■•« -tee AMR, a-K' -
HAVELOCK — Merchant.s of;
this Marine iiase community
were scheduled to meet Wednes I
day night to reconsider their |
segregationist policies in the i
face of reque.sts to the Depart- j
ment of Defense to piacc the 1
town off limits to Marines sta- !
tinned -at nearby Cherry Point !
Mayor George W. Griffin sai i
Tuesday that an informal! poll i
among merchants indicated that |
most were ready to open their j
businesses to Negroes.
This action was the result of |
a rrquest .sent by a Durham at- i
torney on behalf of a group of !
Negro Marines stationed here |
who have been protesting the i
segregation in the town since'
this spring.
Attorney Floyd B. McKissick,
NAACP leader and national
CORE chairman, wired Di'fense
Secretary McNamara Monday.
His wire asked the Secretary
to place the town of Havelock
Action Seeks Ban
On Durham
School Practkes
A suit seeking to end segre-
gration i n Durham County
schools was filed this week tn
federal court.
The action, placed with tHfe
U. S. Middle District Court ft
Greensboro, asks for an injunc-
tiw barring tije school author
ities from "continuing a policy,
practice, cuitom and usage (51
operating and m^ntaining a I#
racial schocl system.
The action was brought on b?
half of some 61 Negro pupils in
the County system.
off limits to Marine personnel 7' County school board chairman
Kennety Royall, Jr. expressod
suprise at the action. .
The County school board vot-
ed this year to admit the first
four Negroes to white schools
in the system. All will attei)d
tt^?' n*wly build Jordan high
school in September.
I The suit was the latest de-
velopm*n)t . on tlw
at Cherry Point
Defense Department spokes- [
man had not acknowledged re- '
ceipt of the request at presr j
time, and indicated the Depart
ment had no intention of plac- !
Ing the to^vn off limits.
McKissick’s wire stemmed
from a series of incidents involv
Ing N9gro Marines in the town,
lor Trespass. ' take some ^tioij to deMgregate
The men — Carl .Randqlphu -'i ?
Bobby Moore, Samu«rt Williams, i .. S.* Vk
Rbterbi.EI*n, CI«enc^-Greer,««
Donald Marshall. Richird R“S-j ^ ,
s^i; Rbbert McGuire, Martin!
Veneer, Ronald StSt wart and/jii®!!'
Ronald Stringer — were cdn-;
victed in R^ecJfdelf’*. Court and
handed .fuspanded s^ntin^es and'
fines of* $5.'5 each.
Attorney Reginald i'rasi^r
who regr«s(inUd nf’itf, said
he intends to'appeal the con
viction to Superior Court.
Three women companions of
the men, also tried on similar
See MARINES, (i A
Massey Said
Favorite of
NCC Trifstees
A Howard University chemis
try professor who is also an
assistant director of the Nation
al Scief.ice Foundation is the
leading choice to succeed Dr.'
Alfonso Elder as president of
North Carolina College, inform
ed sources reported this week.
He is Samuel Proctor Massey,
44, a native of Little Rock, Ark.
Dr. Massey is reported one of
several men whose name will
be presented to the full trustee
boaro at North Carolina College
sometime early next month for
a selection of a new president.
Informed sources reported this
week that he enjoys the favor
ite's role amonj( members of a
special trustee committee ap
pointed to recommend a succes
sor to Dr. Elder.
Dr. Massey is highly regarded
as a distinguished scientist.
He is currently serving his
third year as associate program
and project director for the Na
tional Science Foundation and
is also professor of Pharmaey
at Howard University.
Dr. M*ss6y’s career as a te»-
cher of science encompasses 23
years, and Includes professor
ship* at Arkansas AM. and N.
Langston and Fisk Universities.
He was graduated from Dun
bar High, of Little Rock, In
lUdO aMd recirivi;d tlie B. 8. de
gree from Arkansas AM uud N.
i a 1 U S tt ana Uie MaUer -
^>cleoc«i from Fisk in IMO.
Dr. MuMy beg«n lus tedctu>(
1. see MabskV. i a
m{n«i s^ul
Jey''* '-frep
^dfeltion*:
be' siihed ' \md law>
Boa|rd ,chl
rejejtif^
choree* 01
are it IWil
soon. -M
The board Tticlferouily ibted
Objectten* td Vh-W ijfcn ' « ita
meeting last week. However, in
formed sources report that,
wbrti the board iesrrted that
Judge Stanley might require an
even stiffer order, the members
relented and decided at an ad
ditional meeting last Wednesday
to accept the order.
Provision* of the “free choice”
order include the freedom of ^e
gro pupils to attend any school
in the city of their choice as
long as the unit is not over
crowded.
This lilan was ordered by
Judge Edwin Stanley of the U.
S. Middle District court after
See ACTION, 6-A
Charleston; S. C.
Merchants Offer
To Infcgrate
CHARLESllrON, S. C. — Ne-
gro leaders Ver* neatlng at mid
week to consider > pledge by
some 62 downtd'wn f^rleaton
merchants that they «suld Inte
grate.
The |»r6«tiae by the .Merchants
was made on Tuesday in hopes
that it would bring an end to
a series of mass demenstratiorit
which iutve beselged this, h&-
toric seaport towa for the past
several days. “■ '
The pledge mM the ' nwr^
chant* are ready to Integrnte
now or wouW ImMadMeiy tako
step* to i»tejri«.
GMrtMlMi became the
Ikdi 1**^ ehrO ffiM*
meat last Qov
•ell of^erdfc the tflstlonal (
On alert to cupc
mouatu)]p^;40naaaknrtijM
Mu ktato
men
ten