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VIOLENCE IN BIRMINGHAM ERUPTS AGAIN
'Bama Gov. Opposes
School Integration
an
^*Tht*nWTM UKMmgegy
VOLUME 40 — No. 36
PURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1963
RITURN REQUESTED
Prioct 15c
Mystery Shrouds Killing of
Young Orange County Man
Automobile to
Be Top Prize
The nomination period for th» | (The contest announcement
(Carolina Timei second annual on page 6-B erroneously listed
PREBXDEMTIAL BRIEnUO — i Colkg*, bxitft. Dr. Samuel D,, U. S. P«ac» Co*P». as dlr»c»o»
Pr. L- C. Dowdy. laft. who hK Proctor, th« prMldsnl, who r«- of lh« program In Nigaria and
(or th* p«»t tO-monlhs tumad lo Ih* A. and T. posi lat#r at aiiociata diractor.
pM acting prasldant of A. and T. ^ aftar sarrlng, on laar* wUh th» |
Lincoln Nurse
School to Give
Diplomas to 11
Lincoln .hospital’s school o1
nursing is scheduled to award
diplomas to 11 graduates of the
school in commencement ex
ercises at the Oak Grove Free
will Baptist Church Sun. after
noon.
Mrs. Della Raney Jackson,
chief nurse of the allergy-
dermatology section of the Dear-
horn,^ich. VA hospital, will ba
princip^~.§^aker for the pro
gram. ' ^
Mrs. Jackson, a graduate of
the hospital, is a majoV in the
reserve Army nur.se corpr
She will be introducw iy
Dr. Clyde Donnell, chairman of
the Lincoln hospital board of
trustees. ^
Special mOsic for the prograjii
color trievisionT^KCond "pHzel j will be furnished by the Oak
and Mrs. Maudie Dickerson, of Grove Church Choir
fubscri^tion contest officially
opened this week.
The contest, which features a
li«w Ford Falcon, a fur stoic
and a pprtablfe television set
M the first three prizes, will
close on Nov. 4.
It is open to all eligible con
testants in the Carolina Times
circulation area.
An announcement of the con
test appears on page 0-B of this
veek'S' paper.
The contest is divided into
three periods and the nomina
tion period. The nomination
period openi with this week's
i>aper. The other three periods
0t the contest are as follows: 1st
period, Sept. 23-Oct. 7; 2nd
Krlod, Oct. 7-Oct. 21; 3 period
;t. 21-Nov. 4.
the beginning of the first period
as Sept. 7.)
The winners will be deter
mined on the basis of number
of votes each receives during
the contest. Votes Will be award
ed points on the basii^^of a sche
dule as shown in the contest,»««•
nouncemiant (6-B) and tlit
rules.
The complete set of rules
which, will govern the conlesi
will be available to all contest
ants.
Miss Hattie White, of Dur
ham, won the first frize, a Ford
Falcon, last year. Mrs. Rujsy De-
vine, also of Durham, won a i
Page Eoiind ,
Wounded on
County Road
PITTSBORO — Authorities
here had reported no arrests in
the mysterious death Saturday
night of a young Orange County
man.
Gennie Russulee Page, 27,
was discovered lying in tho
Lystra Church Road, Just out
side the Orange County limits,
by a resident of thearea was not
the victim of a hit and T'un ac
cident.
H« was rushed to MemorfiiT
hospital where-he diead short-
afvs'rwards. Funeral services
were held Wednesday. (Funerai
details, page 4-A.)
It was first belived thnt
Page, was the victim of a hit
and run driver.'According to re
porU, his body was run over
by an automobile. However hov
pital. a4Aliori4i«s,,c«M>rta4 that
the man auffered extensive
knife wounds around the side
of the head, the neck and chest
In' addition, a trail of blood
was discovered in the (^on^ead
ing some distance from where
his body was found. Best guess
es were that it is believed that
he stumbled* long road until
he passed out at the point hla
body was foun4.
There were no reports from
investigating highway, patrolmen
as to possible suspects in the
case.
Young Page had reportedly
gone to a party on the Lystra
Church road early Saturday
night and left shortly afterwards
in tiie compaB^ of several per
sons. He was reportedly seen
a few moments later in another
area.
Two Enroll at
LAST RITES for Shelton Mat
thews, head betketball coach it Va.
itate College in Petersburg, Va.
ware held on Wednesday, Septem
ber 4,. at the Zion Baptiit Church
Rev. Andrew J. White officiated
Coach Matthews was killed in
stantly in an automobila accident
on U. S. Route 15 just south of
Lawraflceville, Pa. on Wednesday
night, August 28. (See story on
page 1-B).
Joseph Brooks Named
Exec. Sect’y of ATA
ATLANTA, Ga. — pr. Joseph
T. Brooks, former/^assistant to
the president of Alabama Statf
See BROOKS, 6-A
Durham Not
Target For
New Protests
Durham is not a target of new
demonstrations against racial
segregation to. be staged this
fall, it was disclosed this week.
Attorney Floyd B. McKissick.
national CORE chairman, reveal
ed at mid-week that other cities
in North Carolina may be tar
gets for the new type of denwm-'
strations planned, but added tiiat
Dufham was not among those
chosen.
McKissick’s disclosm-e brought
a sigh of relief from several
community leaders, many of
whom had expressed over the In
itial announcement that Durham
had been selected a.s a target
for a new type of militant de
monstrations this fall.
Reaction to the first anfioimc*-
ment was sharp. Newspaper ac
counts said that Mayor Grabarek
was the object of heavy criticism
from many of his white col
leagues who had opposed his ef
forts last spring in helping to
prepare of desegregation CT
some Durham facilities.
The Mayor took a leading role
in the negotiations which follow
ed three day* of nass demon
strations here and appointed a
committee which effected dese
gregation at som.e regtauranfs
and theaters.
Grabarek himself had expres?
ed some shock at the announce
ment stating that ^he city had
been selected as'* target. He in-
Sce MYSTERY 6-A
Troops Called
BIRMINGHAM — Two Negro
boys enrolled at a previously
all-wiiiie school here Wednesday
despite action by Alabama Gov
ernor Wallace which appeared
designed to block integration of
public schools ordered by feder
al courts here and in schools at
three other Alabama cities.
The boys, brothers Dwight
anil Floyd Armstrong entered
praymont grammar school.
A mob gathered outside fo
iaunt and jeer, but police man
aged to disperse H, and there
were no reports of violence at
this point.
Enrollment of the two boys
'marked the first time that an
'Alabama public schooj, below
the coliegc leve, had been inte
grated.
However, Governor Wallace,
wlio defied federal authorities
la.st spring in the integration ol
the University of Alabama, ac
ted to delay integration at three
other cities.
Uc lorccd postponement of
school openings at Tuskegee.
Huntsville aqd Mobile. Two Ne
groes register^ t o enter the
12th grade at all-white Murphy
school in Mobile on Wednesday,
however.
In addition, throe white .Cotli!
plos entered a court actioti wAl»
the blessings of Gov.
seeking to reverse ^ •
I ordered integration on the W*»
I See WALLACE, 6-A
Man Killed in the Aftermath of
2nd Bombing at Shores Home
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The
home of a Negro leader was
bombed for a second time and
a Negro fatally shot in violence
which erupted here as the after-
math of court ordered school
integration.
The home of Attorney Arthur
Shores wai rocked by an ex
plosion here early last night. It
was the second time in less than
three weeks that a bomb had
been exploded in front of the
home of Atty. Shores. He has
been a leader in desegregation
movements here.
Shortly after the- blast, the
streets in the area were filled
by angry crowds of Negroes.
When police lines met them
head-on, tive scene became one
of confused rock throwing and
shooting.
In the melee, tw o Negroel
were shot, one fatally. The dead
;Ynan, John Foley, 20 was shot
through the neck. He died at
University hospital shortly after
wards.
Tlierie was no'information »»
to what kind of gun was used
to fire the fatal shot. Nor was
there any Indication from police
as to who fired the shots.
The identity/^f a second man
who was shot was not made I
known. However, it was report- j
ed that he was not seriously
wounded.
Scores of other persons were
hurt when hit by rocki. Several
Integration at ^
MT College
Works intarse
tdftEENSBORO — A quiet,
but increasing process of “inte
gration in reverse,” Is underway
in student enrollment at A. and
T. College.
During the Summer School,
just concluded , twenty-three
American t whites and one
Chinese-American were enroll
ed.
This is not a large number,
when projected against a total
enrollment of nearly 3^000 stu
dents, but it doeg represent a
ti-end.
William H. Gamble, Director
of Admissions, ‘ told reporters
this week that while his office
does not maintain students re-
I See REVERSE, 6-A
Margarettesvllle,
$300 cash.
third prize.
AT COUNTY STADIUM
Hillside and Merrick-Moore To
Open High School Grid Season
Br LINDSEY A. MEHBITT
'Coach Russell B. Biunt, his
ooaching staff and the 1S63 edl-
tton of the Hillside High School
Honet gridders will open their
new gridiron season agaliut the
Durham County Merrick-Moore
Tiger squad Friday alght at 8
9*clock In Memorial Stadiutn.
The g^me will mark the third
encounter between the two
■choob. Hillside’s gridders em-
•i'ged victoriously in flte 1961
and 1>62 contests.
Merrick-Moore, coached by
Uany ‘Chocker’ Edmonds, will
tM (tarting their third Mason oi
wan, and chould ield a
more leasoned team than ia the
past two years.
Both squads have had only
two good weeks of practice, and
leven in that short period of
time, injuries have played havoc
with potentially good prospects
for the 1963 year.
Edmonds' Tiger squad will al
so be weak in the vet depart-
mined to try to turn the tide on
mined to try to turn ttie tidt on
the Hornets.
Both Hillside Mentor and Ti
Other hospitsl officlAIs to
take part In the excises are
Mrs. L. Z. Williams,/director ol
the hospital nur.sip^ school; Dr.
W. A. Cleland fncmbcr of the
hospital staff/ executive com-
See DIPtOMAS, 6-A
Controversial
Project Zoning
Gets Approval
The Durtiam City Council Tues
day night unanimously approved
the rezoning of a tract of land in
the Burton school community open
ing the way for construction of a
moderate income 150 unit apart
ment project
The project is to be sponsored
ger Coach said that probabla' by the Lincoln Hospital Foundation
starters would not be named to provide housing for persons dis
until early Friday. I placed by urban renewal projects
Hillside and the Merrick- The issue had been fought out
Moore Band will be on hand tor over the past iivc months, through
hall time entertainmeiit. , 1 See ZONING, 6-A
MKW PIUSIDEITT ~ Ragiaald
W. Daliea, pfomiMat Durham
chHrehmaa. (eantor). aawty aUd
4d pfMldaBt of tk* XoH Caray
Baptist Foraien Mission Con-
Tantioa. is shown hara w 11 b ^ of the coav^iioli. ScMae oc-
other CoaTantioa officials who cural during tha organisation's
are th# RaY. L. W. Chaaa, Dan- annual conrenlien g» which Dal-
▼ill«, Va., and Har. E. A. Par-1 ton waa alactad to tha layman's
hai", Colttmbn», Ohio, presidenj puat.
policemen were reported injur
ed in the rock throwing.
The surging, angry crowd
milled around in the area from
shortly after the blast until
around 11 p. m. when police,
with the aid of Negro leaders
who urged the crowd oyer
loudspeakers to go home, final
ly succeeded in dispersing tha
group.
The explosion which touched
off the melee was the second in
less than three weeks at the
Shores home. No one was hurt
at the residence in either case.
The Attorney, his wife and his
17 year old daughter were at
honte at the time of tha blast.
It was also the second tlnM
that an angry crowd of Negro
es had rushed into the streets
around the home after the blaCl
Police lines were required to
break up a similar crowd wtdch
filled the area around Shores
home after the first explosion
at>out three weeks ago.
Thera have been no reports
of erriests in connection with tha
first blast. There was no infor
mation concerning suspects in
the second explosion.
The explosion and Its after-
math followed in the wake of
controversy over court ordered
desegregation at one school iwre.
Governor Wallace has joined
with a group of white citizent
who are opposing the tntatfratlofl
of the achools. *
HEADS LAYMEN
NEW YORK—Reginald W. Dal
ton, well-known churchman and
in.surance executive of burhani,
was elected president of the Liy
men's League of the Lott Carey
Baptist Foreign Mission Conven
tion here in its sixty-sixth annual
se.ssion at Convent Avenue Bap
tist Church, Augu.st 26-30. The Rev
L. Wilson is pastor of the
host church.
Dalton, who is a member of the.
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in
Durham, where the Rev. E. T
Browne is pastor, was elected tr
a full term after having served
out the term of R. L. Harmon of
Norfolk, Va., who has recently
retired because of Illness.
Other officers elected were Dr
E. A. Parham, Columbus, Oliiu
president of the parent body; Dr.
J. C. Hairston, vice president
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Dr. A. W. Brown
Richmond, Va., trea.siirer; Dr. J
J. Freeman Norfolk, Va., secre
tary; the Rev. C. W. Ward, Kal
elgh, assistant secretary; Dr. L. J
Shipman, Chartotte, statistician,
and the Rev. M. G. Wood Balti
more, Md., historian.
Officers of the Woman's Auxili
ary elected Mrs. Mary E. Ransome
Richmond. Va., president; Mrs. J
L. S. Holloman, Washington. D.
G., vice president at large; Mrs
N. L. Scarborough, Columbus. 0.
vice president; Mrs. Mary J. Ruc
ker Winston-Salem, vice president’
Mrs. M. P. G. Kelly, Philadelphia,
Pa., recording secretary; Mrs. La
verty Hobbs, Philadelphia, Pa.
corresponding secretary, Mrs. 0.
0. Bullock, Washington, D.
treasurer emeritus; Mrs. Ellen Al
ston, Raleigh, chairman of the
executive board; Mrs. C. E. Urlf
fin, Norfolk, Va., superintendent
Young People’s Department and
Mrs. Barbarra W. Wingfield, as
sistant superintendent.
•Lewis Parker, Amber, Pa., was
chosen by the youth Aq>ortmaBt
t'oe i OTT CARRY,, 8 A
Marriage of
Ga. Pair Told
The Marriage of Min Char-
lay ne HunW tha firat Nejpo
coed to grddtiate from the Unt-
verslty of Georgia, to Walt«
Stovall, a white classmata, wft
revealed this week tfaroutf
special correspondence.
Miss Hunter is th« Atlanta
born girl who entered the Un^
versity of Georgia in Jfenuary,
1961. Her arrival on the campni
touched ’off rioting.
Miss Runter, 21 and her S0-
year-old husba^ are now living
in a one-room apartment la
Greenwich Village In New York.
In Atlanta, Ifrs. AlttaM Hunt
er, Charla7nc*8 mother, coirfinN
ed her daughter’s marriage. If
was alao revealed tlmt llr. and
Mrs. Stovall are expecting.
Stovall met lliw Hunter at a
campus coffee shop laM fall.
Stovall quotev-^There wit oaiy
one seat across from CaUrlajme
and I sat there.” We were seea
together from then oo arouar
the school In my c%r, but you
couldn't really call it dating be
cause there la ^othteg much to
do tn AtheMi^ tba aaiversily
town." ,
Mrs. Stovall recalM “Some
time w«’d ^ Atlanta to
gether. At tiMt time some el
the theaters and restaurants had
been Integrated la Atlanta and
the city waa fairly aopUstieatr
ed.** She added that they dM
net conoeal ttelr dating, biit
kept the marrlaaii arcrci b*
cauae StevalFs ^ns Ip spend