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Man Admits Killing Insurance Agent over Claims Dispute
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EX-CdP TRIES TO KILL CHIEF; SLAYS WIFE, HIMSELF
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Durham Man
slain in Fight
At Night Spot
One man was killed and an-| of 612 Unutead Street who died
oOMsr wounded us the result oti Lincoln hospital eariy Sun-
• fight outsida of a popular jay morning from a pistol
Durham night spot late Satur-, wound in the stomach.
6iy.
The slain man is John Hicks,
HICKS
Wounded was Eugene Hayes,
27, who police said admitted ta
shooting Hicks.
Hayes suffered knife woundt
in the incident and was treated
and released by Duke Hospital.
He was charged with murdei
early this week.
The incident occured late Sat
urday at the Club Valet, a favor
Itg night spot located near th«
city limits on N. C; 55.
Police reported that Hayes *toId
them the incident resulted from
a fight between him and Hicks
According to investigating po
liceman O. W. Justice, Hayet
said he and Hicks had been in
a fight at the club. He added
that he shot Hicks with a plCstoI
giveq him by a friend aftei
Jtoya* 4>a4 rtabb«id him.
Funeral services for the slaiA
man were scheduled to be held
Thursday afternoon.
NCC HIGH-STEPPERS — Three
winsome North Carolina Coilage
freshman me|orctfes display some
ol lh«^9rac*fulnaii which led, to
their being selected to the col
lage't girl corps of high-step
pars. The group will perform with
NCC’s 120-piece marching band
It home gemts.
From left to right: Olerla Davis
Wilton; Waynette Stawart, Char
iotte; and Janica Pelton, ElItabitfK
City.
—NCC Newt Bureau
MRS. DAYE MAINTAINS LEAD
Attte Contest Race Nip, Tuck
lliis week's votin|| in the Caro
(iAa Times big annual aiibicrip
(Ion contest developed into a nit
i&d tuck affair with thtf n.ne t(|
^bntestants ruaaing so cln.se that
it was anybody's guess as to wtiie)
6l them would be the winners oi
tfie three prizes that are bein-
offered by the. newspiptf; -
11 In an eHort td i cqi|fl|plete tht
toulation ^y press time lftst Week
iPs. Ethel iLawson’s name w^ in
iftfvertentiy omitted from ihe Us-
Ih the relative standhtys. Mrs. Lie*
Mfln, who was fifth olace the wee^
iHHpre, had actual!" moved up U
fMrth place last week with a tola)
^unt of 1,210,900 Dolnts.
'S« close are the contestant* t'
each other this week that *t h
even possible, at they stood at the
close of the tabulation Wednes
day noon, for any of th«m to com;
In from the rear as a dark hors'
and walk off with eithei' one o
the three prizes.
At Monday noon, Mrs. Syminei
Daye was still in t^ie top positioi
with Mrs. Esther Wiley clos>> ir
pursuit. Breat^g down the twi
top contestantj neck^ hor^ever
were B. T. Artis, Mrs. Esthei
Bland, Mrs. E^fie iSdwards, Mrs
Ethel H. Lawson, Mias Marthf
lowland and Mrs. Qarrllia Long.
From all indications, the goin”
■ext week and the final week b
going to be tough and rough with
•II of the top runn'ni; contestants
throwing all they n«v« Into the
battle.
See contest, 6-A
Homecoming
Outlined at NCC
North! Carolina College stu
dents will participate In a week
of festivities during U>« celebr»
tion of this year’s Homecoming
season, James FerguMA, presi
dent of the Student Oovenuneni
Association, announoM recently
Homecoming Day, jKheduled
for Saturday Noveniber 2, will
h«v« as its highligbt a football
game between the NCC Kaglet
•nd the Shaw Univacattir Beart
beginning 1:30 p. «. go NCC’f
CrXelly Field.
Halftime ceremoal«t will in
elude Um preaentaUo* • Misf
Margarat P. McAiUotigh, a sen
ior sociology mailor irom Chop
Iotte, who was electod “Mlai
UDmeeomlng’’ last apr^ aid
wlU reign during day.
^ gag HOMa€
MRS. KINO MEETS FANS —' ing har speech there. Looking
Mrs. Martin Luther King, Ji„ I on in center it Mist T. Lorraine
principal apeakar for a program Cumbo, who served at chairman
at Flrti Baptitt Church in Ra- for the prograim at which Mrt.
ieigh last Sunday, signt auto- King appaared.
graph for young admirer follow- I —Photo br Shepard
Mrs. Essie Trice, Durliamite,
Eulogized in Funeral Rites
The funeral of Mrs. Essie
Ardonia Trice, wife of Roy O.
Trice, Sr., waa held at 'White
Hock Baptist Church here, Mon
day, October 21, at 4:00 p. m.
with the Rev. Miles Mark Fish
er, pastor, officiating,
Ifrs. Trice died in her sleep
at her home, 613 Grant Street,
Saturday, October 19. She wai
the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar B. Womack of
Durham.
Mrs. Trice was bom in Dur
ham, November 3, )B92 and
reared in the city where she at
tended the public school.
Jor a long number of years
she was a member of Whlta
Rock Baptist Church whore she
was actively engaged aa a mi»
sionary and in various other
church activities.
In addition to her many
MKS. TRICI
Just recently she celebrated
church activities, Mrs. Trico held with her husband their SOth wed-
membership in several dvK ding anniversary at the home
sad fratarnal orgaaizatian of ^ wImt* the c6upl« racived erany
Ctty, Sao MRS. TRICi, &-A
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Plans Readied
For Durham
Trade Week
Three major events have been
planned in celebration of annual
Trade i Week by the Durham
Business and Professional Chain,
it was revealed this week.
TTie events are a banquet, a
“Miss ^rade Week” contest and
a talent program. They will be
staged during the week of Nov
4 9.
Trade Week is an annual pro
ject of the Durham Business and
Professional Chain whose pur
pose ^ ^3cus attention of the
community on member business
es of the Chain,
Planning for Trade Week is
being undertaken by a steering
committee, headed by Lee W
Porter, assistant actuary oi
North Carolina Mutual Life In
iurance Company.
Porter is being assited by a
committee composed of I. R.
Holmes, H. W. GillU, Mrs. J.
OeShazor Jackson, Charlie Jack
son, Mds. Mary Horton, J. C.
(Skeepie) Scarborough, III, N. B.
White, F. V. Allison, J. w. Hil)
and R. K. Bryant, Jr.
A banquet on Monday night.
Nov. 4 at the W. D. Hill Recrea
tion Center will formally launch
the Trad« Week celebration
John Whaler, prominent Dur
ham business and civic leader it
to be the main speaker
Among the outstanding guest*
expected to attend the affair it
famed bandleader Count Basie,
whose orchestra is scheduled for
a concert in Durham later in the
evening.
The “Miss Trade Week” con
test, which officially got under
way several weeks ago, will be
climaxed on Thursday night
when the winner will be crown
ed at a talent program.
Miss Tra4e Week” will b«
picked from a group of young
Durham girls. This phase of the
Trad* Week program is being
hahdlM by Mrs. Horton and Mrs.
Atagnolia L«ake.
Mrs. Jackson will be in char
ge of the talent night program
w^ich starts at 7:30 Thursday
nigbt at W. D. Hill RscreatJin
Center, ' v '
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VOLUMeW-No. 43
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1963
RETURN REQUESTbD
PRICE: IS Cants
NAACP EYES C-R DEFEAT
Executive Body
Opposes 'Vi^k'
C-R Legislanon
NEW YORR^ If the civil
.jrights bill which finally emerges
from the House Judiciary Com
mittee Is watered'dbwh to a
point of ineffectiveness, the NA*
ACP may consider calling for its
defeat.
The executive conunittee of
the Association's Board of D1
rectors adopted a resolution at
its regular monthly meeting
here, Oct. 14, rejecting any com
promise on the basic principles
incorporated in th* House Judi
ciary subcommittee draft of the
bill.
Adoption of the resolution fol
lowed dispatch of a telegram by
Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood,
NAACP Board chairman, to the
Attorney Oenera^rior to Mr.
Kennedy’s appe^tnce before
closed sessions of the full House
Judiciary Committee, Oct. 15-16.
Although warned that reports
tl>at the bill might l>e seriously
iiMakened “are deeply dlsturlft
ing” to civil rights advocates,
the Attorney General recom
mended a softer bill than that
drafted by the suticommittee.
In Washington Kennedy's re
commendations drew a prompt
retort ^rom Clarence Mitchell, di
rector of the NAACP Washing
ton bureau.
Said Mitcfhell: “The Admin
istration should be in there
fighting t ^r^ ftiis 1 ^btommittee
bill. Ins|0^,^ ^ lAltoi^y Gen
eral is ^y)ng t* g^t the^ people
who ar^t cfifitoltted tct it to
change iheii^jftpsit^n.’*
State Mist
Convention to Be
Held in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE — The 96th An
nual Session of the General Bap
tist State Convention of North
Carolina, Inc. and the 14th An
nual Session of the Laymen’f
League Convention will be held
October 28 - 31, 1963 at the St
Paul Baptist Church of Char
Iotte. The host pastor is Dr. J
F. Wertz. The theme of the con
vention is "THE MARKS OF
TRUE WITNESSES."
The first two days will be de
voted to the work of Laymen
under the sub-theme, “Laymen
Witnessing For Christ.” The An
nual Sermon will be delivered
by Dr. Otis E. Dunn, of Ashe
ville. Frank H. Marshall is pre
sident and he will deliver his an
nual addroas on Tuesday morn
ing.
The Parent Body will con
vene begimilng Tuesday after
noon when the annual sermon
will be delivored by the Rev
erend George Dudley of Rocky
Mount. Tho theme of the con
vention will be discussed by th#
Reverend Charles Mosely on
Wednesday morning on the sub-
theme, “Stewardship u a Mark
of True Witaeases” and by the
Reverend W. B. Lewis on Iliurs
day morniag on the sub-topif
“Breadth tmd l]q;>th of Truf
Witness.”
Conventloa hlghUghts will in
clude an address by Dr. Gar
land Hendrlch, professor at
Southeasttm Baptist Seminary:
a senmon hy Or. X. C. Smith of
Waihingtoa. D. Ci; aa address
Ity Dr. Weadoli Som^Ula, Kx-
acuUve. ^*qiotiiy ^ t|^ I,otl
Ciwy Filrilili Qiivti-
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NCM Capsule Seals
History in New Plant
PRESIDENT PLACE HOPES the firm's future hopet, in a tim«
IN CAPSULE' Preidenf A. T. | oaputle which wat t«al«d la the
Spaulding of No^h Carolina | firm's home pffica building
Mutual !Lii« thtiinlnea Cqppany i in special outdo^ 'ie'temonies
plabet a copy of tha compaiit | last Sundaf^
prophecy, a document outlining { -^Phoio by Purefoy
Duke President to Address
NCC Founder's Day Program
Dr. Douglas M. Knight, presi
dent of Duke University, will
be the principal speaker at
North Carolina College’s six
teenth annual Founder’s Day ob
servance Monday, November 4,
in the college's B. N. Duke au
ditorium.
The program, which honors
the memory of the late Dr.
James E. Shepard, founder ol
the institution in 1910 and its
president until 1947, will begin
at 11 a. m. It will be preceeded
by a band concert from 10:30 to
10:50 a. m.. on the lawn in front
of the college’s Administration
Building.
The complete scheuule of con
vocation events released by Dr.
Helen G. Edmonds, chairman of
the Founder’s Day Committee,
See ADDRES3, ii-A
DR. KNI'tHT
Veteran Policeman Goes Beserk
After Dismissal From Dunn Force
DUNN — A veteran Negro po
liceman killed hls^ wife and took
his own life after first trying
unsucessfully^o kill the police
chief here last week.
Raymond ’Thomas, 42, a vet
eran of 11 years on the Dunn
force, took two shots at chief A
A. Col)b from a moving car,
went to the home of his wife’f
employer where she was work
ing, stabbed her several times
in the heart then turned a .25
calibre pistol on himself.
Chief Cobb, somewhat shaken
by t h e incident last Tuesday,
speculated that Thomas had
ii^wa latA a lili^ i4m over his
on Oct. 10.
The chief said he fired Thom
as for “conduct unbecoming an
officcr.” He did not amplify oo
the reasons for the discharge.
However, thg chief admitted
that Thomas was a “right good
colored officer” before the trou
ble.
Thomas and his wifg were se
parated. They have a 14 yeai
old daughter.
The attempts on 'the chiefi
life and the subsequent murder-
suicide took place early Tuea
day morning. Thomas, following
Cebb in his car about 7:30 a.m.
as the chief was «n his way ti
t:« POLIO S-A
Strong Religious
Tone Pervades
Capsule Affair
A composite reeord of current
and past events relating to the
growth of North Ctrolina Mutual
t.ife Insurance Company, and Ne
groes in America was sealed for”
all times in North Carolina Mu
tual's new home office huildin/
Sunday afternoon in special cer*
monies implanting a time oapsul'
in the building.
Some 11 items of contemporary
ind recent past events were placed
in a copper container by various
individuals at the ceremeny, an’
the box-like container was after-
wards sealed la the lobby of the
building by conitractian workers
as the assemoled participant*
watched.
The cecemony bori a. strong i'e-
ii^ious overtdrie at some four
clcrgymen t6ok part in the pro
ceedings. Or. James Cleland, dean
of the Duke, chip*!, defiver^ the
invocation.' Dft Jjinus Eichj)^eN
ger, ,,ie;cr4«ry^q^4Chri4iXn Bd»'
Churck,
presented ,4 pii]Ue ^rom ais
church to tl» eohipany ;
As the tapsid* »as for ita
eventual rMtinf ^lafce lil’the |nam
lobby of,tha IniUidin t tWt to- R
L Speaks, pa^4 A.
M, E. Zion ^drth, led the audi
ence in a litanty of praise from
Psalm 133. He concluded it by
invoking the Aaronic blessing*
from Corinthians.
The Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor
of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, de
livered the benediction.
Held on a beautiful fall after
noon last Sunday, the ceremony
was attended by a large crowd,
including some 51 of the firm’s
top salesmen who were brought in
From various field offices for tha
See CAPSULK 6-A
Nude Body of
Woman Found in
Negro Cemetery
STATESYILLl — A 44 year
old ex-coMvict wha receMly com
pleted an eight year aaateoca.
has confessed to the slaying of
a white insurance woman in a
'fit of anger last Friday.
Iredell County sheriff Charlie
Rumple said Wednesday that a
statement from Robert H. Greaoe
had dared up several «iuestiona
which had arisen fallowing tho
discov^ last Saturday in a Ne
gro cenaatery ol- tho aude body
of Mrs. logon.
Acting 0m Ml anonymous tipi
police saarchod Graoao’a aport
ment Saturday, dlacorered what
was described as remnanta of th«
slain wona»’« belongtags, and
arrest^jQrofiie ,on a chai^ ol
mtMrdOT.*
Greaao bfofco his sUenco, ac
cording to IMorifI Bunplo,
Wednea4ay wfMS he broko kr«ni
and adoUttodf to tiM aiaartMg-
IradoU CouBty wtkorttioo soM
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