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Dr. Albert Whiting Named President Of NCC
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"GREAT AMERICAN MOTH
ER"—Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey presents a brace
let carrying the Vice Preside". |
tial seal to Mrs. Gladys Russell, I
60, who has five sons and one
daughter in military service.
In addition three other sons '
Saint Paul Hosts 74 Annual
Western N. C. Conference
RALEIGH The 74th ses
sion of the Western NorVh Car
olina Annual Conference, Sec
ond Episcopal District of the
of the A. M. E. Church, con
vened here Wednesday, Nov
16-20, at St. Paul's A.M.E
Church, with Bishop George
W. Baber, presiding. Accom
panying the bishop was his
wife, who is Supervisor of Mis-
Colleagues of the conference
also include the following Pre
siding Elders: Rev. D. William
son of the Durham District;
Rev. J. D. Davis of the Morgan
ton District; and Rev. C. C
Scott of the Raleigh District.
Wednesdays' opening session
included the Holy Communion
given by Bishop Baber and the
Presiding Elders. Rev. C. L.
Stephen, spoke at the annual
"Men's Night" program which
Former City Minister Honored
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ABOUT 250 PERSONS crowded
into the Oaks Banquet House
recently In Springfield, Mass.,
to pfy tribute to Rev. Charles
E. Cobb, former pastor of St.
Former Durhamite Honored
In Testimonial At Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Rev
Charles E. Cobb, former pastor
of St. John's Congregational
Church, told an applauding
group of about 250 well-wish
ers that he would continue his
fight for justice for every
American, at a testimonial in
his honor at Oaks Banquet
House Sunday.
NATIONAL POST
Mr. Cobb left St. John's in
September to become executive
director of the Committee for
Racial Justice Now of the
Council of Christian Social Ac
tion of the United Church of
Christ in New York City.
For 15 years he had been a
religious, civic and civil rights
leader in the city. In 1965 he
was a candidate for mayor.
Mr. Cobb told the group that
in spite of recent developments
on the civil rights front, he is
encouraged and is enthusiastic
are veterans. Mrs. Russell,
the mother of 14, said all her |
sons volunteered for service. |
Her advice to each was—"Be a
good soldier." A younger son,
son, Merritt, 17, (center) is a
cadet in high school and plans
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BISHOP BABER
Presiding Prelate
. ended the first day's session.
I Thursday' events included a
i noonday service and terminated
John's Congregational Church,
who left the city in September
to become executive director of
the Committee for Racial Jus
tice Now in New York City.
about his new opportunity to
work for equality on the na
tional level.
The testimonial address was
given by Congressman Edward
P. Boland Rep. Boland told the
gathering that he had often in
the past sought Mr. Cobb's ad
vice in matters of civil rights
and had come away "refreshed
and invigorated."
QUALIFICATIONS CITED
Rep. Boland said he consid
ered the pastor extremely well
qualified to take a role as •
leader on the national level of
the civil rights movement: "It
is impossible to conceive of a
more suitable position for a
man with the quality of heart
and mind that Rev. Cobb has
displayed in his service here."
Noting that no man can right
fully take a neutral position
on a moral question, the con
gressman said, "With spirit and
to join the Army In June fol
lowing his graduation. In com
mending Mrs. Russell, V. Presi
dent Humphrey said she was "a
great American mother who
has given her best to her coun
try."
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Prelate's Wife
with the annual "Missionary
Night" sponsored by the Mis-
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Left to right are: the principal
tpeaker. U.S. Rep. Etward P.
Boland; Mr. and Mr*. Cobb;
an dthe chairman of the testi
monial, Dr. Albert C. Pryor, Jr.
dedication, with logic and rea
son, with compassion and un-
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Host Minister and Presiding Elders Western N. C. Conference AME Church
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RIV. FOUST
Hott Paitor
Che Car§i|a Ctaies
VOLUME 43 No. 45
GOP Elects Ist Negro
To Seat In U.S. Senate
Att'y Edward Brooke of Masfc
Defeats Ex-Governor for Posf
Law School
Gets Confab
For Friday
Three nationally recognized
experts on patent, trademark,
and copyright will present a
program on phases of the law
pertaining to such a symposium
sponsored by the North Caro
lina College Law School on
Friday.
The experts, all in federal
service in Washington, D. C..
are Gerald D. O'Brien, assist
ant commissioner of patents;
Morton D. Wendt, director of
trademarks; and Abraham L
Kamenstein, register of copy
rights. Each will lecture for
approximately one hour on his
specialty at the symposium
which is expected to attract law
students from Duke University,
t ie University of North Caro
lina, and Wake Forest College
Milton E. Johnson, Professor
of Law and coordinator of the
symposium, said that in addi
tion to the law students, mem
ber's of the local bar and other
interested persons are invited
to attend.
A formal session, beginning
at 10 a.m., will be held in the
auditorium of the College's
Education Building. An infor
mal session is scheduled in the
afternoon in the Moot Court
Room of the Law School, John
son said.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Ora
Reynolds Tues.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ora Pettiford Reynolds, 87,
who died here Sunday, Novem
ber 13, were held at St, Jo
seph's A. M. E. Church, Tues
day, Nov. 14, at 4:00 p.m.
Mrs. Reynolds, the daughter
of the late Sandy and Mrs.
Amanda Pettiford, was a native
of Yellow Springs, Ohio, where
she was educated and later
married to Lyman E. Reynolds
who succumbed March 15,
1934.
Soon after her arrival in
Durham, Mrs. Reynolds became
a member of St. Joseph's and
was active in the Missionary
Society and during recent
years, the Golden Agers, until
confined by illness.
Mrs. Reynolds is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Laura
Bruce and Mrs. Omeda R. Liv
ingston, who reside in Durham;
two sisters, Mrs. Ada Corne
lius of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs.
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REV. SCOTT, P. I
RaUlgh Dlatrlet
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1966
Democrats Also
Elected to
Important Posts
WASHINGTON, D. C. Ne
gro candidates in both the Re
publican and Democratic par
ties scored great gains in be
ing elected to public office in
the General Election of Nov.
8. In addition the Negro vote
showed a decided increase,
especially in the deep South
where heretofore it has been
practically impotent.
Topping the list of success
ful candiates was that of At
torney General Edward W
Brooke, Republican of Massa
chusetts who defeated former
Governor Endicott Peabody,
Democrat for the United States
Senate. Brooke is the first of
his race ever to be elected to
the upper house by popular
vote.
Negro Democratic candidates
for seats in State legislatures
also set a record by winning
133 posts in 21 states as the six
ifWumbent Negro Democratic
Congressmen were re-elected.
Negro Democrats won 60 new
State legislative seats.
In races for State senate
seats 24 Negroes won while 109
won seats in the lower houses.
For the first time in this cen
tury, Negroes will serve in the
Texas legislature as three
Democrats were elected and
five additional seats were won
in Tennessee whereas only one
served last year.
Representative William Daw
son of Illinois, Adam Powell of
New York, Augustus Hawkins
of California, Robert Nix of
Philadelphia, John Conyers and
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N.C. Youih
Confesses
To Sheriff
WINDSOR, N. C.
A sheriff said Monday that
suspicious neighbors led to
the arrest of a 14-year-old
boy who confessed to slaying
his father, mother and four
year-old sister more than
five months ago.
Sheriff Ed Daniels said the
boy, Robert Bernard Lee,
confessed to the shootings, at
first believed to have been a
double murder and suicide,
after he was questioned in
the presence of surviving
members of his family.
THE VICTIMS were Willie
McCoy Lee, 51, his wife, Es
sie Mae Lee, 41, and Carolyn
Ann Lee, 4. Mr. Lee and his
wife died of wounds from a
.22 caliber rifle on May 28
and the little girl,, shot in an
eye, died two days later.
RIV. DAVIS, r. I.
Mordant** District
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ATT'Y GENERAL AND WIFE,
CAST VOTES—Att'y General ]
Edward W. Brooke and his wife i
cast their vote at the Mason-
Rice School in Newton, Mass. I
Brooke defeated former Gover
i nor Endicott Peabody in the
Dr. King Gives Analysis of
National Election of Nov. 8
ATLANTA, Ga —Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. declared after
surveying the 1966 campaign
results:
'The outcome of this elec
'•on is a mixture of encourage
ment and discouragement."
"On the discouraging side,"
he said, "this is the first elec
tion in modern times in which
racism figured as one of the
dominant issues in cities and
states of the North and South."
"Scarcely disguised appeals j
to prejudice were accepted |
practice in many campaigns." j
Candidates in the North and j
South exploited feelings of
hatred in contests for Con-1
gress, governorhip and local of-1
fice. It was the old "backlash"
game: Politicians try to get
elected by campaigning against
Civil Rights, and then use anti-
Negro myths as an excuse for
intimidating and blocking pro
gress in Civil Rights.
The victory of Mrs. Lurleen
Wallace in Alabama, conserva
tive Claude Kirk, Jr. in Flori
da and Ronald Reagan, in Cali
fornia, and the defeat of the
Police Review Board in New
York City, indicate that "large
segments of America still suf
fer from a repulsive moral
disease that must be cured be
fore our moral health can be
restored," Dr. King said.
"On the other hand, some
most encouraging developments
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REV. CANT, P. E.
Graansboro District
PRICE: 15c
. General Etaction, Nov. 8 for
the office of United States Sen.
i ator to become the first of hit
1 race to ever be elected by
,I popular vote to the upper
house.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE—(Tus
ktgaa Ala.) —Lucius Amarson,
32 a former Negro postal »m
ployta won election in Macon
County Tuesday Nov. 8 to be
coma the first sheriff of Hi a
raca in tha deep South. Amer
♦on pondars tha problems of
bacoming tha firit Nagro sher
iff whlla tossing soma tools of
his trada in tha air.
(UPI Talaphoto)
PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK
So profitable has the inter
change of trade ideas become
that businessmen today invite
their competitors to make
themselves at home in their
offices and factories.
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Durham District
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DR. WHITING
Morgan Dean
Becomes 4th
School Head
The North Carolina College
board of trustees, meeting in
special session Friday, unani
mously elected Dr. Albert N.
Whiting president of the col
lege.
Dr Whiting, now dean of
the college at Morgan State
College, Baltimore, Maryland
will assume the presidency ef
July 1, 1967.
Bascom Baynes, chairman of
the NCC board of trustees,
said the present interim com
mittee consisting of William
Jones, chairman; Dr. Helen G
Edmonds; and Dr. William
Brown, will continue to serve
with full authority until July
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In commenting on the ap
pointment of Dr. Whiting.
Baynes said. "After months of
careful deliberation the Selec
tion Committee of the board of
trustees, headed by Attorney
Clyde Shreve of Greensboro,
recommended several distin
guished educators, one who
was Dr. Whiting, w'.io was se
lected We feel that Dr. Whit
ing is an able educator and
administrator and will do an
outstanding job as president
of North Carolina College."
"Our thanks go to members
of the Selection Committee for
their exhaustive and painstak
ing efforts," he added.
Dr. Whiting. 49, becomes the
fourth president of the 56-year
old institution.
A native of Jersey City, N
J , Dr. Whiting holds the A B
degree in political science from
Amherst College, the M.A in
sociology from Fisk Univer
aity, and the Ph.D. in sociology
and public welfare from the
American University. He stud
ied also at Columbia Univer
sity and the University of Pitts-
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