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•' —_ " ''Ji.vtiwra Rd. v - c. Negroes Urge (J. S. Court To End Firings And Evictions^ * * * * * * * ¥ * * * ★ * ★ * ★ ★ ★ * Negro Firemen Elevated To Rank Of Captain Clue Carolina Ci VOLUME 43 No. 8 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1%6 PRICE: 15c NAACP Backs Bill To Protect CR Workers Introduced in U. S. Senate By Douglas WASHINGTON The Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People has given its enthusiastic sup port to a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, Feb. 10, to protect civil rights workers in the South. Introduced by Senators Paul B. Douglas (D., 111.) and Clif ford P. Case (R., N.J.) with the support of a bi-partisan group of Senators the bill will cor rect discrimintion in jury se lections in both state and Fed eral courts, make certain state offenses triable in Federal courts, strengthen existing criminal statutes designed to protect civil rights. It will also provide civil pre ventive relief against depriva tion of rights, permit defend ants to remove cases from state to Federal courts, provide civil indemnification for victims of violence, and amend the equal employment opportunity sec tion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include states and other political subdivisions. At a news conference two weeks ago announcing this proposal, Wilkins stated: Ev erywhere I go, in the North and West as well as in the South, the questions Negroes ask are, 'When are they going to stop killing us?' 'What is the Government going to do to stop these killings?' SMITH NCC Student To Travel In Great Britain James W. Smith, a junior at North Carolina College, has been accepted as a member of a group which will travel in Great Britain under the aus pices of the Experiment in In ternational Living (EIL) next summer. Founded in 1932, the EIL bases its programs on the con viction that "one best learns to understand another people and their culture by living among them as a member of a family." Accordingly, each "experi menter" spend a month as a "son" or "daughter" of a fam ily in the country visited and a second month traveling In the country, working, and studying. Smith, who is majoring in accounting, will be one of a ten-member group which will leave in June and return in August. He is a resident of of Louisburg, and plans to en-1 ter the NCC School of Law In ' September. BOY, 14, AND BROTHER FACE MURDER RAP ELLAVILLE, Ga. A 14- year-old boy went on trial for his life on Feb. 14 be cause he killed a policeman who was hitting his brother with a club. . Charlie Hunter shot Night Policeman John A. Hardin to death last Nov. 13 on a dirt road about a mile out side the Ellaville city limits. FIRE DEPARTMENT LEAD ERS—Shown above are three of the four men at Durham Fire Station No. 4 plant who were elevated to new positions here this week. From left to rigi\t are Nathaniel Thompson who was promoted from fireman to captain, Walter Thompson, from fireman to captain and John Lyon elevated from fire man to driver. The fourth hon oree not shown in the picture is Thomas Harris who was pro moted from fireman to driver. These men along with six other men In the Durham Fire De partment were promoted to new ranks this week. This was Hie most promotions at one time ever in the history of the station. Also this week, 15 new firemen were added to the staff at Fire Station No. 2. Landlord, Employers Persecute Workers VICKSBURG, Miss. Negro parents and children of near by Sharkey and Issaquena counties this week asked the U.S. District Court here to order an end to a reign of firings and evictions. White landlords and employ ers are charged with firing adults and evicting families who sought school integration in accordance with an earlier court ruling. Some of the Negro plaintiffs were among those who sought food and shelter at de-activat ed Greenville Air Force Base two weeks ago. The suit was brought by at torneys of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Legal Defense Fund lawyers assert that the number of whites participating in the ha rassment campaign is "so nu merous as to make it impracti cable to bring them all indi vidually before the court." The Negroes seek "injunc tive relief against the defend ants (whites) restraining them from conspiring to, and from performing acts of intimida tion and harassment." The Negroes also asked the court to order the landlords and employers "to undue their past illegal acts by making the plaintiffs whole; in cases of •vrongful discharges, plaintiffs should be awarded back pay; in cases of wrongful evictions, nlaintiffs should be compen sated for injuries sustained." Speculation Rife About NCAA Tourney Participants By H. W. ALEXANDER Although it is certain that North Carolina College at Dur ham will be the site of the NCAA Mideast-South Central Regional Basketball Tourna ment on Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, the torrid CIAA and Mason-Dixon Conference races pF i 7M i* 4 kgfl cpy *w V'X : JI JHII*. rWv> t |L LJ Last Rites Held Monday For Claude Calvin Cobb, Sr. The funeral of Claude Calvin Cobb, Sr., was held at the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church here, Monday, February 14, at 4:00 p.m., The Rev. J. A. Brown, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of this city officiated and delivered the eulogy. As sisting Rev. Brown, in the ab sence of the pastor of Mt. Vernon, the Rev. E. T. Browne were Rev. J. W. Barnes and Rev. James Stewart. Mr. Cobb died, Feb. 11 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, -following an illness of several weeks. He was born in Sampson County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Handy Cobb. He at tended the public schools of Sampson County where he grew up. Nearly 50 years ago he moved to Durham and became employed at the American To bacco Company for which he worked for 45 years. After moving to Durham Mr. Cobb married the former Miss Vejjra Durham and later became a member of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and many other local religious and civic organizations. One of Mr. Cobb's outstand ing contributions to his time have caused much speculation about the teams which will represent them in the tourna ment. The tournament, to be co sponsored by NCC and the Cen tral Intercollegiate Athletic As sociation (CIAA), will feature play by three different con COBB was via the Interdenomina tional Ushers Association of North Carolina, which he serv ed as president for several years. Under his administra tion the organization made many strides forward as one of the leading religious groups of the state. Surviving are his wife, seven daughters and two sons. The daughters are Misses Alice, Dorothy and Gertrude Cobb, See COBB 2A ference championship teams and one team selected at-large. It will mark the first time a preciominantly Negro college has been host to a regional NCAA integrated tournament. Confer en ce championship teams participating will repre- See TOURNEY 2A Two Others Are Elevated To Drivers The promotion of Firemen ! .Walter Thomas and Nathaniel j Thompson of the Durham Fire j Department So. 4 station to the rank of captain was made I in an announcement here this week by Chief Cosmo Cox. Thomas and Thompson were elevated to this new post along 1 with three other former fire men. while firemen Thomas ' Harris and John Lyon of the jsame unit led a group of five | men named to become drivers. Chief Cox stated that Thomas had headed the No. 4 station for sometime and Thompson was second in line The chief sartfTT feel these promotions will provide a high degree of efficiency in the over-all opera tion of the company person net." The newly named captains will see "general duty," inelifd ing supervision of personnel and truck operations . These promotions, the larg est number ever made at one time in the fire department, came on the same day 15 new firemen reported for their first day of work $t headquarters at Fire Station' No. 1. Fire inspector James G. Eu banks was named head of the Fire Prevention Bureau with the rank of captain, filling a vacancy created by the recent retirement of Capt. L. E. Fos ter, who headed the bureau since its inception. Also, Capt. E. I. Dillehay was transferred from the firefignit ing division to the Fire Preven tion Bureau, where he will work with Eubanks. Driver Jack H. Alexander was promoted to captain and transferred from Station No. 2 at Ninth and Knox streets to headquarters at the No. 1 Sta tion:* Fireman Frank Oakley was promoted to driver to fill the vacancy. Driver Leslie M. Christian al so was named captain, and will continue to work out of the I No. 1 Station. Dr. Fred Young To Address Meet at NCC Dr. Fred Young, assistant superintendent, Burlington City Schools, will deliver the main address at the opening session of the Conference for Student Teachers, Cooperating Teach ers, and Principals in the North Carolina College stu dent teaching program Satur day, Feb. 19. The third annual event will begin at 9 a.m. in the Educa tion Building Auditorium, witfi Dr. Floyd L. Bass, director of student teaching, "presiding Dr. Young's address will be gin at 9:50 a.m. In addition to the open ing session, three other sec tions of the one-day meeting are scheduled as follows: Ses sion 11, 11:30 a.m., Area Dis cussions; Session 111, 12:45 p.m., Summary Statement by Dr. Joseph A. Pittman, dean of the NCC Undergraduate School; and Session IV, 2 p.m., lunch eon, with an address by Joseph M. Johnston, supervisor of cur riculum development, State De partment of Public Instruction. Serving as chairmen for the eight area discussions are: Mrs. Joyce Wasdell, director of in struction, Durham County Schools: John Bias, principal, Brawley High School, Scotland Neck; John H. Lucas, principal Hillside High School; Miss Jane Wilson, director of libraries, Durham City Schools; Mrs. E. R Tuck, home economics teacher, Little River High School; Miss Mamie L. Hoskins, French teacher, Norwayne High School; Thurman Clark, assistant principal. Little Riv er High; and H. J. Edmonds, coach, Merrick-Moore High School. Teachers and principals from some 50 school systems in the state, along with more than 100 student teachers, are ex oected to be present. George Clarke, assistant pro fessor of education, will pre side at Session in, and Dr. F. George Shipman, chairman of 'he Department of Education, will be kreharge' of Session IV. w [>.>lr 4 K DUAL HONORS—FIoyd B. Mc Kissick, second from right, looks on as his wife is given a corsage from the North Caro lina College Durham Alumni Association by Margaret Mc- Negro Affairs Committee To Hold Annual Meet Sun. Pepsi-Cola Company Honors N. C. Mutual Bldg. Dedication The Pepsi-Cola Company to day established a special SI,OOO Scholarship Award honoring the North Carolina Mutual I.ife Insurance Company on the dedication of its now home office on April 1. 1966, in Dur ham. Commented H. Naylor Fitz hugh, Vice President, Special Markets, Pepsi-Cola Company, "The Scholarship Award stands as a testimonial to '"iseli.hclp potentials of members of a dis>» advantaged minority group We hope it will inspire young people to prepare themselves for the even greater opportuni ties which lie ahead." The competition, open to high school seniors residing in the eleven state area served by NCMLIC, provides the SI,OOO grand prize scholarship based on scholastic achievement, ex tra-curricular activity and need. It will be presented to the applicant chosen most de serving by a panel of NCMLIC officials. Each state winner •*ill be brief reports of the assistance grant. In Durham, Asa T. Spaulding, President, NCMLIC, stated, "In CLOSING SESSION—The Dep uty Attorney General of the United States, The Honorable Ramsey Clark Is shown address in® the closing session of tho North Carolina NAACP Annual Leadership Conference. Relations Institute Attracts Large Gathering "President Lyndon Johnson is distined to occupy a place in history like that of Abraham Lincoln." Dr. Luther H. Holcomb, vice chairman of the Equal Oppor tunity Commission, Washing ton, D. C., expressed that view at the final meeting of White Rock Baptist Church's first an nual Human Relations Insti tute last Sunday. Speaking to an 11 a.m. serv ice featuring also Race Rela tions Sunday, Dr. Holcomb Cullough, "Miss Alumni." Earl ier, McKissick, recently named national director of CORE, was given a plaque by the associa tion for "meritorious service in SPAULDING our opinion, this Scholarship Award demonstrates the mu tual interest both corporations share in education. The coope ration shown by the Pepsi-Cola eov, in providing this scholar ship, is an excellent example of 'togetherness' exemplified by government, education, labor, business, civic organiza- See PEPSI-COLA 2A The Theme of the Confer ence "The Community Interest in Federally Assisted Pro gram." Also shown.seated behind the speaker is Clarence Mitchell, Director of the Washington praised President Johnson's ef forts in race relations and world peace. The institute attracted 73 pastors, priests ,and rabbis at its opening session Friday, some 350 at a banquet Friday night, and an estimated 650 at 11 a.m. services Sunday. Scores of persons attended study ses sions. Highlighting Friday and Sat urday special sessions and the banquet were the remarks of Dr. Franklin H. Littell, profes civil righti." M. C. Burt, Jr., McKissicJc's laiw pertner, pre sented the plaque. Both men re ceived their lew degreei at NCC, MT. ZION TO HOST SESSION AT 4 P.M. The Durham Committee on Negro Affairs will hold its 31>t annual report to the peo ple meeting Sunday, February 20 at 4:00 p.m. at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Dr. Grady Davis. Pastor of Union Baptist Church presiding. , Highlights of the meeting wil lhe brief reports of the activities during 1965 gf the legal redress, civic, education, economic and political'cojnniit tees presented respectively' by William Marsh, Wiliiam G. Pearson, 111, Dr. M. Fitts. N. B. White and Klll s I) Jones. Other special features will be a brief summary of re ports and projections for 1966 by John H. Wheeler, general chairman of the organization, the election of three members at-large to the Executive Com mittee and the presentation of ) citations to certain organiza tions which have made out standing contributions to the eommuniy welfare during 1965. Music for the occasion will he furnished by the choir of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church and the closing prayer will be offered by the Reverend Wil liam If. Fuller, pastor of the 1 host church. Bureau NAACP and Mr*. Ruby Hurley, Director of tha South east Regional Office. The doling session wai held at the Northwest Junior High School, Charlotte. sor of church history, Chicago Theological Seminary. The instiute dre>v one of the largest gatherings of inter-ra cial and inter-faith assemblies seen in Durham for many years. Students from virtually all of the state's colleges attended as participants or observers. The institute was coordinat ed by a steering committee headed by Nathaniel B. White, president of Service Printing Co., and the Rev. Alonzo A. See RELATIONS 2A
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