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Mann Film Laboratories 7^0 Chatham Rd. Winston-Salem, N. C. 7/20/Comp Trustees Approve Nominations Oj Two New Deans At NCC WOMAN HELD IN BRUTALSLAYING OF MOTHER ink MISS EVANS ffTk^RUTMTlNBPtSEO^ VOLUME 41 — No. 30 DURHAM, N. C.—27702 SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1964 RETURN REQUESTED PRICE: IS Cents GALIMORE AND FARRINGTON Bloody Body Found Folded In Locked Trunk A 44-year-old Durh«im wo man, Miss Fannie Evans of 1004 Rock St., is being held by police pending further investi gation in the death of hi-t mother, Mrs. Gertrude Evans, 73, of the same address. The dead woman’s body was found Tuesday afternoon in a trunk in the home after the p. m. Mrs. Evans, who had worked at the Jack Tar Hotel 30 years as a housekeeper, had been stabbed several times in the top of the head, the should ers and ths chin, according to Coroner Dr. R. Perry. He indi cated that the slaying touk pUicc late Monday night. The coroner speculated that the woman was already doa^' from loss of blood and slioch prior to the time her body Wi. (tuffed, knees to chin, in the oft. Eashioned mTKal trunk. Sheriff Jennis Mangum sail that “Fannie slept in the living room either on the divan, or oi. k mattress on the floor. The onlj bed in the house was in the beu room occupied by her mother. “Fannie,” the sheriff cuntum ed, ‘‘said that her mother lia. planned to go to New York Tuesday morning, and she was not apprehensive about her un til she noticed the trunk pulled away from the corner. She said she never left the living room all-night, but stuck by the tele vision until she went to bed on the divan at 11:15 p. m. ■'We believe her mother wa; killed in the living room, the See BODY page 4A Chicago Bear Stars Killed In Indiana Automobile Accident STAUNCH REPUBLICAN Jackie Robinson Urges Support 01 LBJ's Presidential Campaign White Man Shot In Forced Race GALIMORE FARRINGTON (Photos Courtesy of AP) NAACP Blames Apathy of City As Rioting Cause NEW YORK — The outbreaU of violence in Harlem on Satur day, July 18, and in the Bed ford — Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn two days Inter, lias been strongly condemned, but n lhare of the blame is attribute;! to the apathetic attitude of cit.v officials toward the nerds ami problems of Negro citizens. The Rev. Richard A. Hildc brand, president of the New York branch of the National A.^;- Boclati,on for the Advancement of Colored People, made this charge in a statement to thr press Thursday, July 23. The disorders which eruptn' in the two communities, Mr Hildebrand said, did not orlf’i na'te with the “senseless shiy Ing” ot 15-year-old James Po well by a white off-duty polici’ officer. T h a t incident, Mr Hildebrand asserted, "nierrl> triggered long smouldering and Justifie presentments stemming from gross neglect of the needs of the people imprisoned in these ghettos.” The Powell boy was shot tr death Thursday, July 16, by Police Lieut. Thomas Gilligan According to Lieut. Gillipan. who has received several citn tiong for bravery, the Nogto 'Jad Careers Snuffed Out in Tragedy As Players Rush to Beat Curfew RENSSteLAlTRrfi^tr^^fpf)' — \ tragic automobile accident this week cut short the careers ind snuffed out the lives of two of the most outstanding football stars ever produced by pre dominantly Negro colleges. Willie Gallimore, sensational backfield star from Florida A & M University, and John Bar rington, an outstanding offen sive end from Prairie View were killed instantly Sunda'V night when their auto tnissed a curve and overturned near here. They were rushing back to the Chicago Bears training camp at St. Joseph College to beat an 11 p. m. curfew. Dan T. Desmond, a spokesman for the Bears, said the accident occurred about 10:25 p. in. He said the Volkswagon in which they were riding, owned by Gallimore, went out of control when it entered a tight “S’’ curve at about 50 hiiles per hour. The World Champion Bear? are in training for the College All-Star football game in Chica go on August 7. Gallimore died of multiple skull fractures in the right temporal region multiple inter nal injuries and a crushed chest, according to Dr. E. R. Beaver, Jasper county coroner. Farrington, a four-year vete ran from Prairie View College in Texas, also suffered multiple skull fractures. Both were prtShounced dead on arrival at the Jasper County hospital here. Coroner Beaver a trrbuteci llic accident to the collapse of T",.' right wheel when it slipped off the shoulder ot the country road. Farrington, 28, joined the Bears in 1961. He had been mar ried following the National I,ea- gue championship, which the Bears won last December. Galimore, 29, had been on the bench most of last season Cue to an off season op.vation to re pair knee injuries. Desmond had been looking forward to a “great season” in 1964. Galimore is survived by a wife and three children. Galimore, a graduate of Flori da A & M University, joined the Bears in 1957. He was born Sec Accident page 4a Bias Attempt ! ATLANTA (NPl) 'a white man was shot and critically wounded here last week as he tried to forcc a vvliite restauraut .owner to kec'p his business se- '« regated. ! Victim of the shootinj; was Maurice Lawson, who just he fore had joined a group oL other whites in ordering Noki'o es out of the restaurant, located in a racially mixed neiglihov- hood. Lawson underwent sur gery a few hours after tlio shoot ing. Accused of the shooling wa- Iledell Crosby. Crosby told pi» lice he shot Lawson v.'hen the latter picked up a bottle and tlireatened to “come behind llial liar and bust you brains out.” I Meanwhile, in- another Inei dent, a white man and his youuf! son were slightly injured by a shotgun blast that shattered the window of their car. They sai(l it was fired from a car contain- I ing two Negroes. j Wounded in the auto shooii.-^i j were Arthur B. Keitli and hi.*- I son. Wylie Leon, 12. Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders has ordered state investigators to probe tin shooting. NEW YORK — Terming Re publican Presidential nominee JJarry Goldwater a “captive” ot the right-wing extremists he espoused in his acceptance -ad dress Ijefore the GOP convcn tion, former baseball star Jackie Ilubhjo.i urged Negroes to SHAW U. RECEIVES $10,000— Dr. James E. Cheek (center), presi dent of Shaw University, receives a check for $10,000 from the Home Mission Board of the South ern Baptist Convention for the University's Emergency Fund Cam paign. The Baptist State Conven tion of North Carolina had al ready contributed in excess of $10,000 toward this drive, making a total ot more than $20,000 re-1 celved by the University from the Southern Baptists In its campaign! to liquidate the University's in-1 debtedness. Shown in the picture: with Dr. Cheek are, (left)-Dr. W. i R. Grigg, State Secretary, Depart ment of lnterraci.al Cooperation, North Carolina Baptist State Con vention, and (right) Dr^^. L. Spi vey, Director, Division of Missions. Baptist State Convention of North Carolina; and also a member of the University's Board of Trustees, Demonstrators Undaunted By Guardsmen In Rioting Spree unite tjc’Hiiia privsiaont L.vndnir I}. Johnson to defeat the Arizona senator. Robinson issued the blast at Goldwater in an article written for tlie New York Tribune News service. RobinsQii, the first Negro 1o break into organized basebau, denounced tliose _among Gold water’s followers who he said mpsquerade as fighters of com miKjistti, but whose “real motive is to take over our nation and subject it to a rule of dictator ship and repression every ineli as vicious as communism.” In urging Negroes to back President Joiinson, Jackie said: “There is a challenge to the j ^k■gro people — a challenge to i fight in the precincts, in the j churches, in the union halls, a I fight to effect that kind of unity ! behind Lyndon B. Joiinson ' wliich will ensure tlial Gold- waterism and extremism and anti-Negroism will be so brutal ly defeated that hey can never ' a gain hreaten the future of I America.” I In his acceptance speech bc- j fore the GOP national conven- I tion in San Fracisco recently, ' Goldwater declared tliat “ex- I tremism in the defen.'^e of liber- l.v is no vice” and tiial "nuHlcra- I See SUPPORT p;i,!'e 4,\ LBJ Asks Henry Ford and Top Businessmen for CR Act Support WASHINGTON D. C. — Pre sident Johnson at a White House lunchcon recently called upon Henry Ford II, Roger M. Blough and 240 other captains of American industry to use their influence in support of tiie Civil Rights law. In one of the largest meetings of billion-dollar corporation ex ecutives ever held. President Johnson said; I intend to work to ensure that every person en joys the full consltutional rights and equal opportunity that are his birthright as an American citizen.” The President sought their support saying: “I ask you to use the Influence and position and respect which you possess in such abundant measure to persuade others that the law ol the land must be obeyed.” The arrival of the business leaders in, Wa^ij^^n t« mept executives came in 90 private planes, including a dozen four engine Jet Stars. This meeting in support of the Civil Rights law was one in a series that the President is cal ling of. leaders in various fields, Friday afternoon the President meets with the leaders of Orga nized Labor from all over £he nation. The text of the President’s re marks to the business executives follows: Our Constitution and our law.'; place upon us a duty to provide equal justice to all Americans. To fail to observe this duty at tacks the entire structure of or dered liberty on which the life of this nation depends. DR. PITTMAN DR. EDMONDS Edmonds and Pittman Replace Brown and Kyle as School [leads I ask you to use the iufluencp and position and respect wTilch you possess in such abundant measure to persuade others that the law of the land must be Sec BUSINESSMEN 4A ^ DURHAM, — North Carolina College President Samuel P. Massie announced Sunday that the college’s board of trustees had approved his nominations of Dr. Helen G. Edmonds as dean of the college’s Graduate School and Dr. Joseph A. Pitt man as dean of the Undergrad uate School. Th^y will assume their posi tions prior to the opening of the 1964-65 academic year, he sajd. In announcing the appoint- aisatsi Presidcst Mussie -om- mented that he was pleased that these two well known scholars and_ educational leaders, both with ong years of ser^rc to the college, had accepted these positions of leadership in his administration. Dr. Mmonds, currently chair man of the Department of His tory, succeeds Dr. W illiam li j Brown, who will return to the i classroom as professor of educa- I tion. Dr. Pittman succeeds Dr. I George T. Kyle, who will re- 52S .»tEPLACE 2A Copter Crash | Tragedy Brings | Pause in Clashes ROCHESTER. N. Y (NPD— The prediction tliat it wouW lie a “long hot summer lor civil rights” has turned out be a "act. I and especially In the state of New York, and to a lesser ex tent in Iowa. Last weak, the scene of racial demonstrations shifted from New York City — where Negro es took umbrage over the slay ing of a youth by a white police man. _lo Rochester, when some 1,000 Negroes and whites be came involved in rioting touch ed off be the arrest ot a Negro at a street dance. Though the city’s entire police force was mobilized, for duty in a 50-block area, they were un able to contain and quiet ttie street-fighting, lootVng and burn ing which resulted. Before dawn Sunday, City Manager Porter Hoier had declared a state ol 'emergency and petitioned Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller for state police assistance. I Later, the governor orered 1, 000 national guardsmen into the city to assist the local police and state troopers in halting tin,' wholesale damage to property and persons. The rioting had its beginning when two policemen were sum moned to arrest a Negro repor tedly causing trouble at a streel dance in a Negro area near See Cr.'TER 2A Anti-Poverty Bill Passtt Despite BarryColdwater WASHINGTON CNPI) — The administration's $ 947,500,0 0 0 anti-poverty bill was approved by the Senate and sent to the House last week, despite criti cism and untimely opposition votes from Sen. Barry Gold water, and efforts to “cripple” it with states rights amend ments. The final vote for passage was 62-to-33. The House is expected to vote on the measure in early August. Goldwater, who voted against the recently-pa.ssed civil right."- bill, attacked the anti-poverty bill as-"worthless hodgepodge" designed to garner votes for President Johnson. But when acrucial vote came on an admendment to give a zcvt.'rnor the power to prevent “'I'O ^^!T! POVE?iTY Li Suspension of New York Police Official Sought By NAACP NEW YORK -- A group ol' Harlem political, civic and reli- ‘ gious leaders, headed by the I Rev. Richard A. Hildebrand. , president.^ of the New York i Branch of the National Associa- ' tion for the Advancement o( i Colored People, has demanded that police officer who killed a : 1.5-year-old Negro lad. touching I off five days of rioting in Tlar- ] lem and Brooklyn, be suspend »d pending the outcomc of “a I tliorough and unbiased investi gation by a group outside tli( ; police department.” I The suspension of Police Lieut. Thomas Gilligan was oiu I of five demands presented ti i Acting Mayor Paul R. Scrcvanc in a meeting Monday, July ‘2(1, j designed to remove tlie . caiisi j which rftight lead to furthoi racial disorders. .“M tl'e time ol tho^meeting Mayor Robert Wag ner was vacaiTsning in Europe News Service for New Generation I js Organized CHICAGO (NPI) — The birth of NEGRO PRESS INT£RNA- j TIONAL, a comprehensive news and fealiire service, piloted hy ' young journalists under tile ! motto of “A News Service for I a New Generation,” was an nounced here this week. Leo Blackwell, 35-year-old I former managing editor of the j Chicago Daily Defender and I editor of the Associated' Negro 1 Press, is organizer and and will ! serve as president and manag- j ing director of the new service, j The organization will be di versified and international in scope, seeking business and providing service not only in this country and Africa, bull j throughout the world. The Chicago headquarters of- 'fico of NPI is located at 5708 ■ S. State Street, which formerly I housed The National News Com- j pany, a pioneer Negro news- ^ paper and magazine distributing I firm. I With Blackwell' is J. HSfiry j Randall, former A N P staff member. A veteran journalist, I he will serve as Chicago office ■ manager and Chief of the NPI Foreign Desk. ’Two other former ANP staff members hold key positions In the new organization. Adolph J. Slaughter, a former Defeudtr police rei)Orter before See NE'.VS SEP.VICE 3A Dixie Solons Call For Civil Rights law Compliance 1 WASHINGTON — Dixie so- i ions who had been blatantly un- j eoinpromising in their attacks j on Uie civil rights bill during t d'l)ale in the Senate, ate now , resiuiH'dly calling for its com- i pliance. i Among those now advocating I compliance witii law in varying I respect are Sen. Richard Rus- I sell, who led the Southern's at tack on the bill; the staunch pro^segregi^tionist. Sen. Strojn Thurmond of South Carolina; [Russell's fellow Atlantart, Sen. I Hei man Talmadge, and Sen. ,1. I Kllender of l4>uisiaaa, another j firm segregationist. t Denouncing opposition by vio- ■nce, Ru.s.sell said in a speech before an Area Development commi.ssion in Rome, Ga,, that I most Georgians were outraged j “by the brutal and senseless ; murder of a Negro reserve of j ficer upon our public highways I a lew days ago.” He referred to liiCv-aml)usii slaying of Lemuel See SOLONS page 4A REV. McKINNEY Evangelist is Revival Keynoter Revival services, which arv being conducted at the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church, are slated to end on August-1. The services, the theme of which is, CRUSADE FOR CHRIST,” began on .July 27. Hev, Z. D Harris is pastor of the Church. The Rev. PervJ* “Fireball" McKinQey, pastor of Iburvey Memorial Baptist Churdt, Waslv See IVANOILIST psfe 4A u..