NAACP Wins Victory Over Illegal Searches
U.S. Court Bans
Police Entry of
Private Homes
RICHMOND The Fourth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
this week ordered a federal
district judge to enjoin Balti
more police from conducting il
legal searches of private homes.
The decision, in a case liti
gated by the NAACP Legal De
fense and Educational Fund,
was hailed as major triumph
over improper police tactics.
The court said police should
be enjoined from searching
private houses to arrest a per
son not known to live there,
regardless of whether an arrest
•warrant has been issued, when
the belief that the wanted per
son is on the premises is based
only on an anonymous tip.
Legal Defense Fund Associ
ate Counsel James M N'abrit
111, who argued the case, called
the decision "particularly im
portant for minority groups
and poor people who bear the
brunt of unlawful police tactics
But the decision benefits all
Americans," Nabrit added.
He said it is probably the
first time the courts have used
the injunctive power to pro
tect innocent citizens against
illegal searches.
"Today the right of privacy
is under attack on many fronts.
The entire nation is interested
in the problem of wire-tapping
and electronic eavesdropping,"
Nabrit said.
"Innocent citizens now have
a new weapon to use against
illegal invasions of their homes,
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Rites Held for
Mrs. Norwood
At Kyles Temple
Funeral services for Mrs.
Stearlena A Norwood were
hclrl June 18 at Kyles' Temple
AMF Zion Church, of which
she was a member, with the
Rev. Durocher L. Bailey, pastor
officiating
Mrs. Norwood, who was born
in Raleigh grew up in Durham.
,vas the widow of Fletcher Nor
wood Sr., to whom she was
married in 1912. Norwood died
in 1953. Of their four children
two are now deceased.
Surviving are a stepmother,
Mrs. Viola Adams; two chil
dren, Mrs. Mable Powell of
Durham, and Rev. Fletcher
Norwood Jr., of Baltimore, Md.;
four grandchildren, Mrs. Con
stance N. Fenwick, Miss Belva
Norwood, Fletcher Norwood,
111, and Stearlena Norwood, all
of Baltimore; one daughter-in
law of Baltimore; one son-in
law, James Powell of Durham;
one sister, Mrs. Pear Murphy
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one brother
in-law, Choice Murphy of Pitts
burgh, Pa.; one niece, Mrs. Mar
garet Whitaker of Rochester,
N. Y.; one nephew, Albert
Whitaker of Rochester, N Y.;
one sister-in-law, Mrs Nora
Norwood of Durham; and one
cousin, Mrs. Grace Arrington of
Baltimore.
Interment was at Beechwood
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were George El
liott, George Bass, Henry Ward,
John Mason, Gilbert Armstrong,
and James Edgerston.
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MASS GATHERING An
almoat capacity crowd gatharod
at St. Joseph's AM.E. Church
hara lait Wadnaiday night for
Che Cawla fttnt**
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VOLUME 43 No. 24 I'DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1966 PRICE 15c
REV. R. L. SPEAKS
Ex-Durham Pastor Returned
To Charge After Court Win
IJ
FIRST PLACE GRAND PRIZE
WINNER—Mrs. Naomi C. Gold
ston smiles happily at her home
on Tripilo Drive with John S.
Stewart, president of the Mu
tual Savings and Loans, after
she was delivered the RCA 21"
Color Television, first prize in
the Mutual Savings grand
opening drawings held June 24.
Mr. and Mrs. James White of
2303 Otis Street were winners
Dr. Robt. WeaverToGet Elks
Lovejoy Award August 24
Funeral of Mrs. M. F. Pearson
Held at St. Joseph's June 29
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Fannie Bailey Pearson
•aore held Wednesday, June 29,
at St. Joseph's AME Church
with the Rev. Philip R. Cousin,
pastor, delivering the elulogy.
Mrs. Pearson was born in
Durham on Aug. 27, 1884, and
died on June 26 at 5:30 p.m.
at Lincoln Hospital after a
long illness. She was a graduate
of James A. Whitted School
and attended Hampton Insti
tute. For seven years she was
an elementary school teacher in
Durham.
On June 6, 1906, she was mar
ried to James L. Pearson. The
couple had four children, all
of whom survive. The daugh
ters are Mrs. Minnie Pearson
Spaulding of Durham, and Mrs.
Louise Pearson Hayes of Wash
ington, D. C.; the sons, James
L. Pearson, Jr., of Washington,
D. C., and William G Pearson
11, of Durham.
Also surviving are six grand-
a man maotingi hold in protoat
of aubitandard rantal houui
by Abo Graonborg In tho
Edgomont araa of tha city.
of the second prize, a seven
piece coffee and tea silver serv
ice set and third prize, a G E.
AM-FM Radio, was awarded to
Larry Daniel of 1613 Dexter
Street. 12 persons were given
eic.ht transistor RCA Pocket
Radios as the result of daily
drawings during the Grand
Opening.
(Photo by Nat Purefoy)
W sS^>Y
MRS. PEARSON
children, Israel E. Turner, Jr.,
of Sacramento, Calif.; Eugene
P. Turner of Durham; James
M. Turner of the U.S. Army;
Edward L. Hayes, Jr., of Wash
ington, D. C.; Michael P. Hayes
of New York City; and William
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Laadars of tha protoit mova
mont woro from tho Edgomont
Community Council which had
alto iod in picketing Groan
Judge Administers longue
Lashing to Speaks' Opponents
I BROOKLYN The- case
against Rev. Ruben L Speaks,
pastor of the First A M K
Zion Church came to an abrupt
end in Brooklyn Supreme Court
here Wednesday, .1 un e 27,
when Darrell A Shavers, a
member of the church and
treasurer of the Trustees' Fund,
appeared in court to air charg
es against the pastor and one
of the Stewards, Robert Bow
den. Shavers had commenced
an action against the two chary
ing they hSd misappropriated
church funds
On June 6. Shavers had ob
tained an ex-party stay restrain
ing both of the defendants from
disbursing any of the church's
funds. On June 13. the plain
tiff's motion for a temporary
injunction and restraining ord
er which would have continued
the stay, was denied by Mr.
Justice Edward G Baker, who
also vacated the stay which had
been originally obtained by
Shavers.
The trial of the plaintiff's al
I legations was set down for
CLEVELAND Honorable
Hobson R. Reynolds, Grand Ex
alted Ruler of the Improved
Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks of the World, announced
that Dr. Robert C. Weaver, the
first Secretary of the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development and the first Ne
gro to sit in the Cabinet, has
been selected to receive the
1966 Lovejoy Award.
Reynolds added that the co
veted Elks citation would be
presented to Dr. Weaver at the
public meeting of the Elks
Civil Liberties Department on
August 24, at 2:00 P.M. during
the Grand Lodge Convention to
be held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Weaver took office as
Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment on Tuesday, January 18,
1966 He has been identified
•with housing and urban mat
ters for more htan 30 years. Dr.
Robert Clifton Weaver was
born in Washington, D. C. He
is author of four books: "Ne
gro Labor; A National Prob
lem"; "The Negro Ghetto";
"The Urban Complex: Dilem
mas of Urban America."
Dr. Weaver is married to the
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berg's downtown offices and
rental agents of 21 of tha
houses which city authorities
found to be substandard.
June upon the consent of
both part ic
on that date, the plaintiff '
was - un'A to proceed and
he requested an adjournment
which was granted until June |
22. Notwithstanding -the fact
that the defendants were again
prepared to litigate the plain- j
tiff's contentions. Shavers conn-i
sel again stated that he was
not prepared to proceed to I -
trial and wished a further ad I I
journment The request was de i ;
nied by Referee MeiCr Stein ! 1
brink, who thereupon dismissed! 1
the plaintiff s complaint with 1
the defendant- to receive the
costs
Edward 1, Johnson, the at
torney for the plaintiff stated,
during the course of oral argu
ment -before Referee Steinhrink,
that his client. Mr Shavers did
not intend to accuse Rev I
Speaks of any personal wrong
doing. The plaintiff's sole alle
gations concerned the account-i
ing procedures used by t ho j
church in tiie handling of its
funds.
Shavers had initially brought
his action on behalf of the
Board of Trustees of the First
AME /.ion Church. It was re
vealed, however. 'hat the suit
had never been authorized by
any official act of the Board
of Trustees
Shavers had issued a check!
from the Trustees' Fund to i
his attorney for the sum of j
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Inspector Finds Houses Of
Abe Greenberg Substandard
Owner Agrees
To Repair and
Paint Dwellings
Durham's City Manager Har
jiding Hughes disclosed here
Tuesday that an official inves
tigation of houses owned by
Abe Greenberg are below city
I building code standards. Charg
j es that many of the houses
owned by Greenbery were be
low standard w€re brought out
! in a fact sheet issued by the
Edgemont Community Council
The Council followed their
I charges by picketing Green
' berg's offices, City Hall and the
| home of David Stith, local Ne
i gro who had made attempts to
| defend Greenberg.
The fact sheet stated that.
"Houses owned by Abe Green
I berg contained holes in the
| ceiling, no bath tubs, plaster
falling down inside of houses,
j bad wiring conditions, no hot
1 -water, no screen doors, air
I condition without air condition,
no paint on outside, broken
down porches, holes in the
floor, roaches, rats, snakes,
bugs, etc." It further charged
j that rent for such houses were
j in many instances as high as
1 516.50 a week."
Investigation of the Green
| berg houses was conducted by
City Building Inspector, John
I Parham and City Public Works
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SUBSTANDARD HOUSES
The photo a t the top show*
three of the group of substand
! ard houMi ownid by Abe
! Greenberg that tipped off •
protest here lait week when
offices of the landlord and hit
rental agents war* picketed by
th • Edpemont Community
Council members. Many of the
houses are without bathroomi
and contained rata, roach*! and
bug*. the ECC charged.
(C) photo ia an outiida toiiat
JOHN BAKER HONORED
John H. Baker Jr. Day was ob
served in Raleigh, June 24, on
proclamation by the mayor in
honor of the star footbsll pla-y
er of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Shown from left to right, are
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V P Humphrey Praises Negro
Press At Banquet In Philly
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. The
Negro press must continue to
provide "creative agitation"
and vital leadership as Ajneri
ca struggles to move beyond
equality in law to equality in
fact, according to Vice Presi
dent Hubert 11 Humphrey
Speaking at the John B
Russwurm Banquet of the Na
•ional Newspaper Publishers
Association s 26th annual meet
ing in Philadelphia, the Vice
President said for 140 years
the voice of the Negro press
has often been America's
conscience on the questions of
racial justice,"
"From the days of John Kuss
•vurm's Freedom Journal in
I 1827 until now." the Vice Presi
j dent said, "the Negro press
lias been a vital factor in de
fining- the issues and goals of
the civil rights movement
in providing a sense of direi
tion and perspective ... in
renewing courage and faith
among those who had known
only defeat and despair
| and in carrying forward the
job of 'creative agitation'."
Mr. Humphrey pointed out
'
jj^
provided for ona of tha Green
barfiv houses. Ai incradibla ai it
ia tha abova "toiiat" is located
insida tha city Imita only 2 1/2
block south of tha Hillsida
High School.
Jame* A. Stevens, Baker, Her
man H. Riddick, and P. H ,
Williams. Stevens and Riddick '
| were Baker's coaches at North
Carolina College, and Williams
coached the athlete when he
played football at Raleigh s Li
m
V. P. HUMPHREY
that the Negro publishers
• hrough their collective elforts
and "creative agitation' have
produced many significant vic
tories—such as abolishing the
color ban in major league base
ball
However, he said the major
battles of the next phase of
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Tha bottom scana shows anoth
er ona of tha Aba Graanbarg
housas which is includad among
thosa reported as substandard.
According to information re
leased by City Manager Hard
gon High School. Baker was
I given citations from the Cham
ber of Commerce, the Raleigh
City Counci. and other orc.ani
zations on the program held in
Memorial Auditorium.
| NAACP to Hold
Annual Meet
In Los Angeles
ICS ANCKI.KS l-'cir the
| fourth 11nio in lis history. the
\AA("I' is rctiirnint; to this
i-11>. .1 iily 59. fur its nniiu.il
I cum cut ion At this 57th meet
ill", soiiii' 1.5(10 delegates arc
| expected from 50 states and
i the District of Columbia
In 1 928 A'lU'll the \AA(T
held its nineteenth convention
here, there were about 38.90(1
\e'_'rn('s living in the city, a
s little more than :i per cent ol
- the city's t'otal population ol
I' l.'2;!B.>ufcTT"fhc :»R years since
tile \ i*i'l'll poptilalioli in I-o:
l ' Anuclcs has increased many,
'• f ild and now numbers more
than half-a million
r j The reputation the city en
f loved in 1928 as a serene com
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• ing Hughes, this week, Green
berg has agreed to bring all
of the houses he owns up to
the standard required by the
city code.
(Staff photos by Nat Purefoy)