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VOLUME 43 No. 4 DURHAM, N. C - SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1966 PRICEs 15c
U.SCourt Blocks Segregation
In Macon, Georgia Park
Veteran Teacher Succumbs at
Johnson C. Smith University
CHARLOTTE—Dr. Algernon
O.- Steele, veteran teacher at
Johnson C. Smith University,
died on January 17.
Dr. Steele joined the faculty
of the University in 1932 and
continued in active service un
til his death. He was professor
and head of the Department
of Religious Education, chair
man of the Division of Hu
manities, and Dean of the
Chapel.
Before coming to Johnson C.
Smith University, Dr. Steele
taught science at Mary Allen
Jr. College in Crockett, Tex.
He was a favorite speaker be
fore college students and youth
groups for many years.
Dr. Steele was the author of
two college text books.
He was born in Mocksville,
N. C. and was a graduate of
Johnson- C. Smith University,
received the A.M. degree from
Northwestern University, the
B.D. degree from Garrett Bib
lical Institute, and the Ph.D.
from the University of Chica-
NCTA Completes Plans For
Notable Banquet Jan. 26
NCC Cafeteria
To Be Scene
Of Benefit
The North Carolina Teach
ers Association has completed
program plans in connection
w-ith the Notables Benefit Ban
quet which has been re-sched
uled for Wednesday, January
26, at 7:30 p.m. The event,
sponsored by the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurauce
Company and North Carolina
College at Durham, will be
held at the college cafeteria.
The banquet speaker is Jos
eph M..Hunt, Jr., chairman, N.
C. Highway Commission, who
will represent Governor Dan
Moore. Recognition of the hon
oree, Mrs. Josephine Sharpe,
will be made by Mrs. Geneva
Bowe, NCTA Secretary. "The
Occasion," will be discussed by
Dr. S. E. Duncan, president, N.
C. Teachers Association, who
will pay tribute to the late Dr.
William Sharpe, donor of the
more than 4,000 acres of Ham
mocks Beach Property.
Greetings will be brought by
Dr. Asa T. Spaulding, president
of N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
representing business; Dr. J.
S. Stewart, member of the Dur
ham City Council, representing
Durham officials; and Dr. S. P.
Massie, president, North Car
olina College at Durham, repre
senting education.
Responses will be made by
Dr. H. L. Trigg, member of the
State Board of Educaion; Dr.
J. W. Seabrook, retired College
President; and Mrs. Edna C.
Richards, executive secretary,
NCACT, who will present Mrs.
Gertrude Hurst. Mrs. Hurst is
the wife of the caretaker of the
Sharpe property, and recom
mended the North Carolina
Teachers Association as the
recipient of this gift of choice
land. The 4,000 acres In On
slow County include a beach
island on the Atlantic Ocean
front with more than 850 acres
of land and four miles of
straight, level, frontage as a
beach.
Other special guests will be
presented by E. B. Palmer, ex
ecutive secretary, NCTA.
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DR. STEELE
go. Smith University conferred
the honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity in 1948.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Fletcher Steele,
and two brothers; Elihue of
Washington, D. C. and Leon of
Albany, Georgia.
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NEW NCC TRUSTEES AND
CHAIRMAN—Three new mem
ber* of North Carolina - Col
lege's Board of Trustees and
Bascom Baynei, right, a mem
ber of the Board for 16 years
and Its chairman, are shown
prior to th# Board's meeting
on the Durham campus Wed
D. C. Woman Gives SI,OOO to $50,000 Drive
For Kiftrell College as Project Gets Underway
Reports from the office of
the treasurer of the Klttrell
College Foundaion, I. O. Fun
derburg of Durham, are to the
effect that the $50,000 cam
paign recently launched in be
half of the school is meeting
with success and gaining mo
mentum.
With the first report of the
campaign workers set for Feb.
16, when the Founders Day
Program will be held at the
college, Bishop George W. Ba
ber, chairman of the Trustee
Board and presiding prelate of
the Second Episcopal District,
members of the Foundation
and Dr. Benjamin Faust, presi
dent, declared in a joint state
ment this week that the half
way mark is being eyed with
Senate Confirms
Appointment Of
Robert Weaver
WASHINGTON The U. S.
Senate confirmed the appoint
ment of Robert C. Weaver as
Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment by a unanimous vote.
Weaver, 58, has been head
of the Housing and Home Fin
ance Agency which will make
up the biggest portion of the
new department since 1961.
The nomination by President
Johnson last Friday ended a
long - awaited announcement
from the top executive's office.
As the first Negro of the Cabi
net, Weaver, who had been
promised an appointment by
the late John Kennedy since
1962, was approved by the
Banking Committee, 14-0.
Thc President said: "After
looking over 300 outstanding
potential candidates and talk
ing to literally dozens of peo
ple about him, I have come to
the conclusion that the man
for the job is Robert Weaver."
Commenting on Weaver's
operations over the past four
See WEAVER 2A
nesday, Jan. 19. Appointment
of the new members and reap
pointment of Baynes was an
nounced last week by the office
of Gov. Dan K. Moore.
The new members are, from
left: Malcolm H. Hunt, of Ral
eifji, vice president and gen
great enthusiasm.
Great impetus was given the
campaign last week when It
learned that a check for sl,-
000 had been donated the
foundation by Mrs. Marie S.
Wilson, a member of the Metro
politan A. M. E. Church of
Washington, D. C. It is felt
that Mrs. Wilson's contribution
will encourage other members
of the church to make sizeable
contributions to the campaign.
, Mrs. Wilson, who is well
over the 80-year mark, is a
former teacher in the schools
of D. C., and for 24 years wm
employed by the Veterans Ad
ministration. She is the great
niece of the late Bishop Jamea
See KITTRILL, 2A
Says City Can't
Resign Trustee
WASHINGTON The U. S.
Supreme Court ruled Monday
that the city of Macon, Ga.,
could not resign as a trustee
of a park to avoid desegregat
ing the facility.
Acting on an appeal brought
by the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund in be
half of six Macon Negroes, the
high court was divided, 6-3.
The park, known as Bacons
field, was established in 1911
by the will of the late Georgia
Senator Augustus Octavius Ba
con as a park for white women
and children only.
The Macon case bears a
strong similarity to a situation
in Philadelphia, Pa., where Gi
rard College was established
by an old will as a school for
white orphan boys.
Legal Defense Fund Director-
Counsel Jack Greenberg, who
argued the Macon case, said
he "hopes the decision will
lead to speedy desegregation of
Girard College."
Sen. Bacon's will
perpetual ownership of the
land by the city, and establish
ed a trust fund for mainten
ance of the park.
However, Negroes began us
ing the facility in 1963 after
court decisions had made it ap
parent that the city could not
operate a segregated park.
eral manager of the Electronic
Products Division of the Corn
ing Glass Works; Mrs. R. S.
Ferguson, Taytorsville, a for
mer member of thrf State Sen
ate; and Robert J. Brown, a
public relations consultant of
High Point.
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SAD EXPRESSION Glnnada
Thomaa Whaeloua hanga hl«
h»ad In ehame after police ar
retted him In Ralei(jn Tuesday
after he robbed the Northalda
Branch of Flrat Citiiana Bank
and Trutt Co. in Raleigh.
Whaeloua, who has bain con
victed on other bank robberies
was arretted about a half hour
after ha held up the bank for
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Veteran Patrolmen Make
Quick Nab Of Holdup Man
RALEIGH—An alert window
washer who had the presence
of mind, when he saw a mid
dle-aged man run out a bank,
jump in a car and hurriedly'
drive off and two unusually
alert police officers played the
leading roles in the capture of
a bank bandit here Tuesday
around 10:00 a.m.
It was only one-half hour
after Ginnada Thomas Wheel
ous. 46, an ex-bank robber, had
entered the Northside Branch
•>f First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, walked direct
ly to the tellers window of
Mrs. .Mavis Johnson, pointed a
pistol at her ordered her to,
"Give me all the money you've
got" and escaped with $4,099.50
that he was captured by Offi
cers Joe Winters and T. T.
Street.
Winters and Street captured
Wheelous near the city limit
line on the Hock Quarry Road.
He had 53.500 in currency fold
ed in various pockets of his
clothes.
Wheelous was convicted in
1949 of robbing a branch of
the Durham Bank and Trust
SHUTTLESWORTH
Raps Georgia Legislature
For Failure To Seat J. Bond
CINCINNATI, Ohio The
Georgia Legislature's denial of
a seat to Rep. Julian Bond is
an act of "legislative tyranny,"
the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
declared Jan. 13.
"It appears that the segre
gationists in Georgia are still
trying to tell Negroes who can
represent them and who can't,"
the civil-rights leader said.
Shuttlesworth is president of
the Southern Conference Edu
cational Fund (S.C.E.F.) and
secretary of the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence (SCLC). He commented on
Bond's situation before leaving
for Birmingham, Ala., in re
sponse to reports of police
brutality against young demon
strators there.
He praised the residents of
Bond's legislative district in
Atlanta for picketing the State
Capitol and otherwise protest
ing his exclusion from the Leg
islature.
"Bond was elected by these
people," Shuttlesworth said,
"and they have a right to be
represented by him. That is the
main issue in this situation.
This is a test as to whether the
vote is going to mean anything
now that we are winning it. If
Negroes elect representatives to
office, only to see them barred
by other office holders who
don't agree with their views,
where are we?"
The Georgia House of Repre
sentatives voted not to let Bond
take his seat because of public
statements he made In support
See SHUTTLBSWORTH 2A
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OM ICIvliS I. I. STKKKT \M) JOK WINTKKS
ourtety Ntwi And Obterver
/yPOOLB
Company in Youngsville of $4,-
800. In that robbery he was
arrested within an hour after
White Rock to Present First
Annual Human Relations Inst.
White Rock Baptist Church
will present its first annual Hu
man Relations Institute here
February 11-13. Sessions will
be open to the public..
One of the nation's foremost
Littell, professor of Church
theologians, Dr. Franklin H.
History, Chicago Theological
Seminary, wilf be the keynote
speaker and chief consultant.
"Local Churches and Syna
gogues Seeking God's Way in
Race Relations" will be the
theme of the institute.
Dr. Littell will speak first
a t3 p.m. Friday, February 11,
at a minister's session. He will
also address the fello'wship
banquet at 7 o'clock Friday
evening. He will lead a study
session on "The Relevance of
the Christian Message and the
Local Church to Extremism"
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. His final
message will be delivered to
an assembly at 3 o'clock Satur
day.
The Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch,
who succeeded Dr. Miles M.
Fisher as pastor of White Rock
Baptist Church last October, is
in charge of overall planning
for the institute in coopera
tion with a Steering Committee
headed by N. B. White.
Registration begins at 2:30
Friday Feb. 11, at White Rock
he had committed _ the crime.
He was later sentenced to 15
years in federal prison for that
robbery.
It was around 10:15 a.m.
when Raleigh polige radio dis
patcher, W. E. Radford, was
notified by telephone that the
First Citizen Northside branch,
located on Person Street had
been robbed.
Immediately road blocks -were
set up m all toads leading out
of Raleigh. In the meantime,
Jack Poole, who had been wash
ins windows at the Person St.
Pharmacy where he is employ
ed. had observed the man hur
rying from the bank and had
the presence of mind to get
the license number of the car
in which the bandit fled.
Less than a half-hour after
the road block had been set
up Officers Winters and Street
apprehended Wheelous near
the bridge over Walnut Creek
on Rock Quarry Road.
The officers reported that
they had stopped 15 or 20 out
going cars before Wheelous
See BANDIT, 2A
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DR. LITTILL
Church.
Study sessions in five areas
will start at 1:30 p.m. Satur
day. Among the topics to be
considered are: (1) "The Bible,
The Christian Message and
Race"; 2. The Relevance of the
Christian Message to the Lo
cal Church and Extremism." 3.
"The Relevance of the Christ
ian Message of the Local
Churches to the Ghetto (pover
ty) and their local Implica
tions", 4. Politics as a Christ-
See RELATIONS 2A
Resignation is
Made at Board
Meet Jan. 19
The following statement was
issued by Dr. Baseom Baynes,
Chairman of the Board of Trus
tees of North Carolina College
at Durham here, Wednesday
afternoon, Jan. 19.
"At a regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of North Car
olina College at Durham, held
January 19, 1966, Dr. Samuel
P. Massie submitted to the
Board of Trustees his resigna
tion as President, effective
June 30. 1966.
After due consideration, the
Board accepted his resignation
with thanks for his services to
the College and wished him
well in his future endeavors.
Dr. Massie requested the
Board to grant him a leave of
absence as President, effective
February 1, 1966. The Board
granted his request with full
salary.
Due to Dr. Massie** resigna
tion and request for leave of
absence, the Board appointed
an Interim Committee effective
i February 1, 1966 to carry on
the duties of the presidency
in his absence. The Interim
Committee is composed of Wil
liam Jones as Chairman, Dr.
Helen Edmonds, and Dr. W. H.
Brown.
At an early date the Chair
man of the Board will appoint
a committee to make recom
mendations to the Board for a
President of the college to be
gin serving on July 1, 1966."
Don't Buy Them
American Firms
Selling South
Africa Sardines
NEW YORK When a 15-
ounee oval can of several well
known brands of sardines in to
mato sauce is purchased, there
is a good chance that it was
packed in South Africa,
The need for marketing of
South African sardines under
vv, '-known brand names, re
flects the business ingenuity
some firms have begun to use,
due to the failure of the fish
supply off the California coast.
It is likely this approach is
used because of the current
climate of Negro attitudes to
ward South Africa and the
fact that while Negroes are
! 11% of the total U.S. popula
tion, they buy over 50% of all
the sardines sold in America.
During the past 15 years sev
eral of the largest and most
modern- canneries from well
known fishing ports such as
Monterey, San Diego, and San
Pedro have moved "lock, stock,
and cannery" to South Africa
where fish of the same specie
are in vast abundance.
Meanwhile, the State of
Maine continues to be the only
sizable producer of canned
American sardines and has not
been forced to look to foreign
lands for its raw materials., A 1
though Maine does produce
"ome of the 15-ounce oval cans,
the bulk of its output is still
the standard quarter size or
l well-known flat can.
A Maine canner recently ad
vised his customers to look for
"Maine" on the can if they
wanted to be sure of buying
an American product and if
they could find "Maine" to
loof for the small print to make
sure what they were buying.
The South African sardines
have already been boycotted in
many countries throughout the
world because of the apartheid
policies of the Sotith African
government. t
FBI INVESTIGATING THE
TUSKEGEE SLAYING
TUSKEGEE Student* and
citizens are still at fever pitch
over the recent slaying of a
Negro youth' By a filling Sta
tion attendant. Sit-ins, block
ins, picketing and various
forms of demonstration! to
highlight their indignation at
the killing and demands for ap
priate action on the slayer.
Samuel L. Younge, Jr., 21,
a student at Tuskegee Institute
and a civil rights leader was
shot to death by Marvin Se
grest, 67, a white gas station
attendant. Segrest has been
charged with Younge's murder.
The FBI Is currently investi
gating the matter.