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JOIN FORCES Whitney M.
Young, Jr., Executive Director
of the National Urban League
signs tha contract calling for
t+i# League's active participa
tion in tha Labor Department's |
person-to-person employment
assistance program known as >
Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria To
Represent At IN CM Rites
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Former Durhamite Named to
Springfield Advisory Council
SPRINGFIELD, 111. Gilbert
S. Derr, former resident of
Durham, has been appointed as
one of the members of the Ad
visory Council here to advise
the office of the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction. The
announcement was made here
this week by Ray Page, State
Superintnedent of Public In
struction in accordance with
the 1965 Elementary and Sec
ondary Education Act (Public
Law 89-10).
Derr, the grandson of the
late Mrs. Mary Sims who lived
at 909 Fayetteville Street, is a
member of the Vocational
Guidance Counselor Board of
Education, Chicago.
The 14 member council is
headed by acting chairman,
Robert M. Cole, Executive Di
rector, Illinois Association of
School Boards in Springfield.
The Act consists of five
titles and includes an appro
priated for Title 1 which is
000,000 to Illinois. Of this
amount $61,000,000 is appro
priated for Hitle 1 which is
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FORUM H«LD AT NCC—David
S. Blanchard, **cond from left,
the ipeaker at North Carolina
College's weekly awembly Mar.
14, llitens ai NCC *enlor Jo*,
eph Sampton tall* of hi* Llbe
Theodore Spaulding Sworn
In As Superior Court Judge
PHILADELPHIA County
Court Judge Theodore O.
Spaulding was sworn in Thurs
day, March 10, as the first Ne
gro Pennsylvania State Supe
rior Court Judge.
Judge Spaulding, a member
of the Philadelphia County
Court bench since 1955, is a
vice president of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. A for
the "Human Resources Pro
gram. Secretary of Labor W.
Willard Wlrtr who has just af
fixed his signature looks on as
does Frank Stanley, Jr., (right)
j who will administer the jolnl
program.
Under the Human Resources
DERR
aimed at the special needs of
educationally deprived chi 1-
dre'n and includes such pro
grams as remedial reading,
mathematics, science, health
services, psychological services
and counseling services. $9,-
000,000 is earmarked for Titles
See FORMER 2A
rla, Wa*t African homeland.
Alio tuning an attentive ear
art Porta Raney. a NCC *en
lor of Virginia Beach, Va.; and
William P. Malone, dlractor of
the collaga'* Placamant Bureau,
mer president of the Philadel
phia NAACP Branch, he served
for many years as a member
of the Association's national
Board of Directors.
The new Superior Court
Judge was sworn in by Supe
rior Court President Judge Ha
rold Ervin at ceremonies in
City Hall. Judge Spaulding, a
Republican, was nominated for
Program, launched by Secre
tary Wirtz last November, local
private community organiza
tions will work with local. State
and Federal facilities and pro
grams to hunt out and destroy
disadvantage. USDL Photo
Ten foreign embassies have
indicated that they will be
represented at the formal dedi
cation of the new North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Company home office building
on April 2.
According to A. T. Spauld
ing, president of the company,
countries to be represented in
clude: France, Ghana Republic
of Guinea, India, Israel, Li
beria, Malawi, the, Netherlands,
Nigeria, and the Phillip ne
Mission to the United Nations.
The April 1 and 2 ceremonies
will present an in depth study
of the Negro's Achievement
I and his contribution to Ameri
can life, past, present and fu
ture, with outstanding leaders
participating in seminars l on
government, business educa
tion, communication, labor, li
terature and the arts, religion,
and sports.
The formal dedication cere
mony will be held Saturday,
April 2. There will be an un
veiling of the state seals by
the governor or other state
officials of the states in which
North Carolina Mutual ope.
rates.
An Open House will climax
the activities.
Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey will deliver the
See NCM RITES 2A
which *pon*orad the tpeaker'i
appaaranca.
Blanchard I* deputy dlractor,
Washington Branch Offlce i In
ternational Labor Organization.
the position last Jan. 24 by
Governor William W. Scranton.
The State Senate confirmed his
interim appointment on March
7.
He is expected to be a can
didate for the full ten-year
term in the November election
this year for which he has
Republican organization back
ing.
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VOLUME 43 No. 12 DURHAMTNTC. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1966 PRICE: 15c
NAACP Uncovers Shocking
Conditions At N. C. Hospital
Branch Makes
Report to Gov.
Dan Moore
GASTONIA—The NAACP has
protested to Governor Moore
the shocking and inhuman con
ditions which exist at the Gas
tonia Orthopedic Hospital.
Foliating an investigation
by NAACP North Carolina
Field Director Charles McLean
and officers of the Gastonia
NAACP Branch, a report wag
cent last week to the Governor
outlining the treatment and liv
ing facilities of the Negro chil
dren at the hospital and urging
an immediate investigation of
•he situation.
McLean reported that all liv
ing facilities are segregated in
'he hospital and the staff is
"»gregated as well. Neither are
♦here any Negro teachers em
->loved to teach the children.
Further, McLean reported
• hat because of limited facili
ties in the separate Negro sec
tion, the children were not
separated by sex so that per
sonal privacy was impossible.
This condition does not exist
in the white Section of the hos-
Dital.
The NAACP investigation
was also made known to sev
eral white ministers in the area
•"ho were shocked to learn of
I these degrading conditions and
| nledged their support to bring
an end to these practices.
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HELP—ROOMS NEEDED
FOR NCM DEDICATION!
North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company it
experiencing some difficulty
In securing sufficient hous
ing for the lirge number of
visitors planning to attend
the dedication of tha new
Home pfflca building, the
week-end of April 1. » ,>
A. T. Spauldlng  tha com
pany president, said, "While
weare most appreciative of
the fine spirit of cooperation
shown by Durham citizens
and the motels in the araa,
we are most appreciative of
ditional accommodations be
ginning Mar. 31, and would
appreciate knowing of any
available housing facilities."
Annual Meet
Geog. Institute
Set for Apr. 19
The third annual meeting of
the North Carolina Georgraphy
and Earth Sciences Institute is
scheduled for Tuesday and,
Wednesday, April 19-20, at
North Carolina College at Dur
ham, Dr. Theodore R. Speigner,
chairman of the NCC Depart
ment of Georgraphy, announced
this week.
The institute, designed for
elementary and secondary
teachers of geography, social
studies, and earth sciences,
will follow the theme, "Earth
Sciences in Today's Curricu
lum."
According to Dr. Speigner,
three hundred invitations have
been extended to social studies,
geography and earth science
teachers in elementary and
secondary schools throughout
the state.
Principal speaker and consul,
tant for the institute will be
Dr. Phillip Bacon, professor
and chairman of the Depart
ment of Georgraphy, Teachers
College, Columbia University,
who is currently president of
the National Council for Geo
graphic Education.
While visiting NCC, Dr. Ba-
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MAP STRATEGY FOR 1966 I
Seven of the eight recently In- i
stalled officers of Beta Phi
Chapter, Omega Ptl Phi Frater
nity, Inc., Duhham, pause from
a business - strategy session
which included discussion on
fraternal, civic, religious, scho
lastic, and social functions of '
Durham Attorney To Run
For Judge In May Primary
A longtime civic leader and
attorney-at-law has announced
his candidacy as the seventh
competitior for one of three
district judge positions alloted
the Fifth of District.
M. Hugh Thompson, whb has
practiced law for 40 years; de
clared he was moved to run for
one of the judgeships after
"pleas of my many friends of
both races."
Thompson is a trustee of No.
Carolina College from which
his daughter was graduated, a
member of the Durham Coun
ty Judiciary Committee, the
George H. White Bar Associa
tion, and a former member of
the board of trustees of St.
Joseph's AME Church.
He pledged to:
—"offer the highest concept
of justice under law for all
citizens.
—"devote all my energy to
the full implementation of the
Court Reforms BUI.
—"fulfill my responsibility
with the faithful and dignified
execution of the laws of North
Court Clears NAACP Right
To Continue In Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS —The U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit has upheld the right of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People to conduct its activities
in the State of Mississippi.
The Court further ordered a
Federal Court in Jackson,
Miss., to block quick arrests of
civil rights demontrators or at
tempts to halt the right of
peaceful demonstrations against
racial discrimination.
The decision, handed down
March 6, cleared the way for
the NAACP to obtain a charter
from the state, which state of
ficials had tried to block
through legislation passed in
1962.
At that time, Mississippi
changed its law regarding non
profit oganizations and requir
ed such organizations to file an
application for a charter which
would be accepted only if it
would be "to the best interests
of the State of Mississippi."
See COURT 2A
the Fraternity for thf current
year.
Seated around the table from
left to right are: Lindsey A.
Merritt, Editor and Associate
Historian; Jesse L. Allen, Keep
er of Records and Seal; Gerald
| L. Underwood, Basileus; F. V.
ATTY. THOMPSON
Carolina."
Born in North Carolina,
Thompson attended Howard
University Law School and is a
veteran of World War I. He
participated in the Durham
County Study Group selected to
evaluate the Court Reforms Bill
See ATTORNiY 2A
2 Durham Teachers Senre on
State Evaluating Committee
Two Durham County teachers
from Little River and Merrick-
Moore, respectively, served on
the visiting committee for the
State Department and the
Southern Association of Sec
ondary Schools and Colleges to
evaluate the Jordan Sellars
Juniof-Senior High School this
month in Burlington.
■ Mrs. Jochebed Christmas Lo
cust, a ' French and English,
teacher at the Little River
School in Bahama, evaluated
the teaching of French, the
supplies, materials, aids and its
facilities in the Burlington
school. Mrs. Juanita Wharton
Taylor, a Home Economics
teacher at the Merrick-Moore
School in Durham, evaluated
the Home Economics program
at the same school. The two
teachers attended a business
Alliion. Jr., Aniunt KRS; Geo.
W. Cox, Jr., Vice-baiileu«; A.
E. Spears, Keeper of Finance;
and GroveV C. Burthey. Keeper
of Peace.
Not preient whan photo
graph was taken it Claude
Harrison, Chaplain.
TOM MBOYA OF
OF KENYA ON
NBC SUNDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C. One
of Africa's foremost spokes
men, Tom Mboya, Minister of
Economic Planning and de
velopment of Kenya, will be
the guest on "Meet the Press"
Sunday, March 20 (live color
cast from Washington, D .C., on
tlie NBC Television Network,
1-1:30 p.m. EST; NBC Radio
Network broadcast, 6:30 p.m.
EST.)
Mboya, who arrives in the
United States this week for a
brief visit, is currently Chair
man of the United Nations Eco
nomic Committee for Africa
and General Secretary of his
country's ruling political party,
the Kenya African National
Union.
Interviewing Mboya will be
Graham Hovey of the New
York Time«, Carl Rowan of
See MBOYA 2A
meeting with Dr. Johnston of
the State Evaluation Commis
sion at the Holiday Inn. Later
they attended a banquet for all
visiting committee members
who were participating in the
city wide evaluation program,
along with town officials and
Other persons interested in the
city's educational program. The
following day was spent in th 6
school where all facilities were
observed.
Mrs. Locust is a native of
Durham, having received her
B.A. and M.A. from North Car
olina College at Durham. She
is married to R. D. Locust, a
family counselor in the Do
mestic Relations and Juvenile
Court in Raleigh. They have
one son, Lewis C.
Mrs. Taylor is a native of
See TEACHERS 2A
Husband Under
Bond Following
Monday Attack
A highway patrolman Edwin
Ray Kirby of 2405 Cambridge
Drive, was booked here Mon
day on a charge of assault with
intent to commit rape.
The officer, who is reported
to have served several years as
a member of the Highway Pa
trol, was accused of the charge
in a warrant signed by Mrs.
Grace Johnson, a Duke Hospi
tal nurse. The warrant read
that Kirby "did wilfully and
feloniously commit assault upon
one, Grace Johnson, a female
person, with the intent feloni
ously, by force and against her
will to ravish and carnally
know" Mrs. Johnson.
According to reports being
circulated, Kirby, who was off
duty at 'the time, was caught
in the act of committing the
felony, at the Johnson home,
C-4 Cornwallis Court, Monday
morning, by the woman's hus
band, Hubert Junious Johnson.
It is reported that Johnson, a
nartime driver for a local taxi
firm, was away from his home
qt the time of the alleged at
tack but returned unexpected
'v just in time to accost Kirby
in the act of the "attempted
raoe" on his wife.
Johnson is reported to have
attacked Kirby with a rusty
grass sickle, cutting the patrol
man's left hand. As a result,
Johnson has been charged with
assault and battery with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill.
Both Kirby and Johnson were
released under SI,OOO bond,
pending a hearing in Record
ers Court, next Tuesday, March
22.
Police were called to the
Johnson home by the husband
at 11:30 a.m. Upon arriving
they were told by Johnson that
he had caught the patrolman
in his home molesting his wife
and that he had cut the man
with the grass sickle and was
holding him.
Kirby was taken to Duke
Hospital by police major W.
B. Julian and Captain John El
len who answered the call. J
Negro Ins. Sales
Executives In
Kansas Meet
CHICAGO The country's
leading group of Negro sales
promotion and sales training
executives will convene at the
Town House Motel, Kansas
City, Kan., March 16-18, for
three days of intensive con
ferences on economic chai
ses.
The group comprises some
60 agency officers and other
officials of 45 Negro owned
life insurance companies be
longing to the National Insur
ance Association. The confer
ence is the 27th annual mid
year gathering of agency offi
cers in the association.
They will hear major addres
es by W. D. Grant. CLU presi
dent of Business Men's Assur
ance Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Dr.
Deton J. Brooks, Jr., director
of Chicago's war on poverty
effort, and H. A. Gillifm, Sr.,
of Memphis, president of NIA
and vice president « Univer
sal Life Insurance Co. Grant
will address the opening ses
sion Wednesday afternoon. Dr.
Brooks will speak at lunch
Thursday, and Gilliam will
close the conference Friday
morning.
Theme of the three day meet
ing is "Programming for Suc
cess."The meeting will include
workshops and panel discus
sions in addition to prepared
talks.
Participants from Durham's
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Co. are: L. B. Frasier
and Thad B. Gaillard, CLU.
The National Insurance As
sociation is one of the largest
trade groups among Negro
[businessmen witlf over S3BO
million jn assets and over $2
billion in insurance in force.
It was founded in 1921.
BRENDA'S BABY BORN;
SAYS DADDY IS
JIMMY BROWN
CLEVELAND—Brenda Ayres,
18 who has filed a paternity
suit against Cleveland Browns
fullback Jim Brown, gave birth
Tuesday night tp an eight
pound 15-ounce daughter.