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GREETS SPRING —Jacqueline
Scott of Oxford, N. C., North
Carolina College, greets the
spring with a smile. Dogwoods
Mrs. Carter Clings to Lead in
Times Subscription Contest
Mrs. Oneida McGee
Moves Into Second
Place In Big Race
The final count of the second
week's tabulation in the Caro
lina Times big Subscription
Contest revealed here Monday,
April 10 that Mrs. J. A. Carter
was still holding fast to the
top position.
The final count of the week
also revealed Jl\3t
McGhee of Durham, who held
the third position last week,
had advanced to the second
place in the Contest that was
held last week by Mrs. Aline
Baldwin of Chapel Hill.
In addition to holding the
first place in the Contest, Mrs.
Carter was able to widen the
gap between the first and sec
ond position held by Mrs. Mc-
Ghee by a total of 120.000
points or eight more subscrip
tions than those reported by
Mrs. McGhee.
As the Contestants gird for
the second period which gets
underway Monday, April 17,
when all active contestants are
required to make their final
report for the closing of the
first two weeks'penoTi—
big race the going is
to get tigher and faster.
Looming into sight are the
three big prizes which are a
1967 Mustang Ford, first prize,
a Color television set, second
prize, and third prize, a mink
Stole. Non prize winners will
receive 20 per cent commission
for all subscriptions reported
for.
BONUS POINTS OFFERED
During the last two periods
of the contest 1,000 points will
be offered for each and every
Bonus Coupon mailed in or
brought to the office of the
Carolina Times. The Bonus
Coupon appears on the front
page in this week's issue of the
Carolina Times where it will
be published each week until
the close of the Contest, Mon
day, May 14, at 8:00 p.m.
All that Is necessary to vote
a 1,000 point coupon for a
favorite contestant is to clip
the coupon from an issue of
the Carolina Times, write the
name of your favorite contest
ant, and mail or bring it to
the Times office 436 E. Petti
grew Stre«t, Durham, N. C.
This week's standing of Con
testants is as follows:
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PROCTOR
Proctor Challenges Audience
At J. C. Smith Centennial
Charlotte — Negroes do in
deed have only a marginal
heao of a new
for
Negro colleges in the
South said Friday morning
as Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity celebrated the cen
tennial of its founding in
the aftermath of the Civil
War.
But how free is any human
being "locked into the 20th
century of mid-point"? Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor of Wash
ington, president of the In
stitute for Services to Edu
cation, asked his audience
iri the Hartley Woods Gym
nasium on the university
campus.
"Seize the margin of free
dom and expand it," Dr.
Proctor said. "It takes a
certain awardness a cer
tain savoir faire, to take
advantage of the margin of
freedom that young Negroes
had 100 years ago.
"We need concern for
those with a margin nar
rower than our own. Use
every bit of that margin to
expand knowledge and
break the poverty cycle.
"Our freedom grows as
we snatch little children
out of the jaws of poverty."
Dr. Proctor, a Norfolk
native who has been presi
dent of two colleges, Vir-
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Powell Winner In N.Y.
Race For Congress
Mormy rigure
Remains at His
Island Retreat
NEW YORK —Adam Clay
ton Powell, ousted congressman
from New York won a land
slide victory in a special elec
tion held in Harlem on Tues
day, April 11.
Powell, who was refused his
seat in the United States House
of Representatives, following
an investigation by his peers,
had predicted that he would be
returned by an overwhelming
majority. His prediction proved
correct and few people regis
tered any amount of surpise
when the results of Powell's
election were made known.
For 22 years, Powell has rep
resented his district, which
comprises Harlem, where he
has a legion of faithful follow
ers. Despite investigations and
alleged misconduct Powell's
followers rallied to his support
even without him making a
single appearance in Harlem
during the campaign.
The flamboyant minister and
congressman has remained at
his island retreat, in the Ba
hamas, since his appearance
before a special congressional
committee holdingjmrings into
bis affairs. Currently a court
order for his arrest is yet valid.
If he returns to the United
States, he is subject to be
jailed.
Powell received, an 86 per
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MRS. NEAL
Funeral Held at
Ml. Level for
Mrs. M. H. Neal
The funeral of Mrs. Mary
Harris Neal, 77, was held at
Mount Level Baptist Church
here Tuesday, April 11, at 3
p.m. The pastor, Rev. A. L.
Daye, delivered the eulogy.
Mrs. Neal, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Harris of Granville County,
was born March 6, 1890.
Her husband, Joseph Neal,
Sr. succumbed several years
ago. From this union three chil
dren were born, two of whom
survive, namely, Mrs. Creola
Neal Campbell and a son, Jo
seph Ernest Neal. One brother,
Willier Harris survives along
with several other relatives.
$ MILLION FOR DIFBNSI
NEW YORK Dr. Percy L.
Julian is spearheading an effort
to raise at least $1 million for
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund. The 68-year
old still active scientist is co
chairman of the National Negro
Business and Professional Com
mittee for the Legal Defense
Fund.
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HAMPTONIAN OF THE YEAR
—J. J. Henderson, member M
the Hampton Trustee Board, |i
shown presenting Mrs. Willi
Cofield Johnson the 1967 H»mp
tonian of the year plaque here,
Hampton Alumni Honors
Former Enfield Teacher
Mrp, Willa CoflQld John
son, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Thomas Cofield of En
field, was awarded the
1967 Hamptonian of the
Year plaque at the 27th
Annual Conference of the
North Carolina Region of
the Hampton Alumni Asso
ciation held here Saturday,
April 8, at the Statler-Hil
ton Inn.
The award was presented
Mrs. Johnson by J.J. Hen
derson, an alumnus of Hamp
ton, a ijiember of the Hamp
ton Trustee Board and trea
surer of N.C. Mutual
Life Insurance \Company.
Mrs. Johnson, presently
employed with the Durham
office of the N.C. Fund as
Technical Assistant on the
community support staff,
was discharged as a teacher
in the T.S. Inborden High
School of Enfield for parti
cipation in civil rights
demonstrations in Enfield.
Following her ousting as a
teacher from the Enfield
school, legal action was
taken with the case finally
being fought through the
lower federal courts to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The
latter refused to hear an
appeal by school officials
from a decision of the 4th
Circuit Court of Appeals
which had previously or
dered Mrs. Johnson's rein
statement as a teacher of
the Enfield School.
The Hamptonian Award is
given annually by the N.C.
Region df the Hampton
Alumni to an alumnus who
has distinguished him or
herself in some worthy field
of endeavor.
Va. State to
Host language
Ass'n Meeting
PETERSBURG, Va. - Vir
ginia State College, Peters
burg, will host the 27th
Annual Conference of the
College Language Associa
tion, Thursday, April 20 to
Saturday, April 22A
The meeting will draw
more than 100 delegates
representing colleges and
universities in 20 states,
including North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky,
Texas, West Virginia, Penn-__
sylvania, Georgia, Mary-
See COMPIMNCC 1A
Saturday April 8, at the 27th
Annual Conference of the
North Carolina Region of the
Hampton Alumni. The award
was presented Mrs. Johnson in
recognition of her contribu
Nation's Leading ATL Members
Launch Crime Seminar in Fla.
BOSTON, Mass. A "state
of emergency" in the battle
against crime that is affecting
the welfare of millions of
Americans has been recognized
by the nation's largest trial bar
association the 25,000 mem
ber American Trial Lawyers As
sociation.
In response to the urgent
need for extensive revamping
of training techniques to re
duce crime—and for an under
NCW PRMIDINT—Mrs. Mar
garet K. Goodwin (center) is
shown lighting the candle, sig
nifying her taking over of the
presidency of the North Caro
lina Society of Radiologic Tech
nologists at the 29th Annual
Mrs. Goodwin Named Pres.
Of Radiologic Technologists
Mr*. Margaret K. Goodwin,
Chief Technician of Lincoln
Hospital, prominent civic and
social leader of Durham was
named president of the North
Carolina Society of Radiologic
Technologists at the 29th An
nual Convention of the organi
zation which met in Durham
April 7-8 at the Jack Tar Ho
tel.
The election of Mrs. Good
win, followed a two o'clock
luncheon meeting of the So
ciety, held in the University
tion in the field of civil rights.
Henderson, an alumnus of
Hampton, is treasurer of N. C.
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
(Photo by Purefoy)
standing of new rulings and
the role of the courts in this
battle the ATL bar associa
tion has gathered together the
"giants" among the criminal
trial bar for a nationwide se
ries of "teaching clinics" open
to all lawyers and law enforce
ment officials in the country.
One of the major sites chosen
.for the nationwide teaching
program is the state of Florida
See CRIME 2A
Convention held at the Jack
Tar Hotel here, April 7-8.
Mrs. Goodwin was installed
in her new position by Miss
Mary Rudder, representative of
the American Society of Radio
Ball Room of the hotel, and in
stallation of the newly elected
president took place at the An
nual Banquet, at 7:30 p.m. She
is the first of her race to head
the organization since its be
ginning 29 years ago.
Mrs. Goodwin has been em
ployed on the staff of Lincoln
Hospital since 1938. She has
held the position of chief tech
nician since 1941.
Installation ceremony of the
newly elected president was
performed by the outgoing
Dangerous Condition Exists In
Md/s Largest City, Report Says
Educational Decay
Seen In City's Public
School System
. "WO&W-mGTON, D C.,
—The National Education
Association today called for
the united action of Balfi
more's power structure to
check an alarming trend of
educational decay in the
city's public schools —par
ticularly among Negro stu
dents—brought on by dec
ades of inadequate finan
cial support.
Unless public officials
and the general citizenry
are reawakened and an emer
gency effort made to "pro
vide needed financial help,"
a special investigative com
mittee warns in a hard-hit -
ting report, the "current
dangerous conditions" will
grow even worse in Mary
lands largest city.
Most of Baltimore's edu
cational problems stem from
the existence of slums in
its Inner-City, which is
predominantly Negro. The
committee maintains teach
ers are underpaid, buildings
are underequipped and un
dermaintained, and the
schools are understaffed
and underfinanced by the
city.
"The majority of the pub
lic schoolchildren in Balti
more are the children of the
poor —the vast majority of
these are the children of the
Negro poor," the NEA Com
mittee pointed out, adding :
"These children live and
go to school in the ghetto
where they are trapped by
housing restrictions, pover
ty and rigid adherence to
the neighborhood schools."
Negro children, with all
their other handicaps, are
subjected to the handicaps
inherent in the ghetto school
environment —no play area,
congestion, traffic, and an
impossible noise level
even the newe* Inner-City
schools have no acoustical
insulation.
"This environment en
dangers their health—which
is already tenuous at best
by subjecting them to un
even temperatures, draughts
from broken windows, toilets
and drinking fountains in
dank, dungeon-like base
ments, the lack of cafe
terias and food services,
the lack of physical fitness
space and facilities, and,
of course, the daily fire
hazard," the report sternly
reminded.
A major problem of the
Inner-City in recent years
has been the displacement
See BALTIMORE 2A
logic Technologists. Th 6s e
shown from left to right are
Miss Polly Story, retiring presi
dent; John Cahoon, toastmast
er; Mrs. Goodwin and Miss
Rudder.
(Photo by Purefoy)
president, Mrs. Polly Story of
the Baptist Hospital of Wins
ton-Salem.
In addition to the large num
ber of officer* and members
of the Society present and the
installation the program was
witnessed by Mrs. Goodwin's
entire family, including her
mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Kennedy, Jr. Mr.
Kennedy is the retired presi
dent of N. C. Mutual life In
surance Cooapany.
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MRS. SPEI&HT
Last Rites Held
ForMrs.Thelma
W. Speight
Last rites (or Mrs. Thelma
Williams Speight, 46. were held
at the Community Baptist
Church here Tuesday, April 11,
at 12:30 p.m. The eulogy was
delivered by Rev. E. T. Thomp
son, the pastor.
Mrs. Speight succumbed at
Duke University Medical Cen
ter, Saturday, April 8.
The deceased was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Williams, Sr., was bom
at Snow Hill, May 15, 1921.
She was married to Dennis
Speight, Sr., April 13, 1942. As
a citizen of Durham, Mrs.
Speight contributed much to
the community life of Durham.
At the time of her death she
was a member and director of
the choir of Community Bap
tist Church. She was also di
rector of the choir of Mt. Ver
non Baptist Church of Creed
moor and secretary of the High
land Junior High School.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are two sons, Dennis
and Alonza Speight of Durham;
four sisters, Mrs. Mildred Har
! dy of Norfolk, Va.; Miss Juan
ity Williams of Snow Hill,
Miss Cora Harper of East
Orange, N. J. and Mrs. Doro
thy Wright of Newark, N. J.;
four brothers, Jeffrey Williams,
Sr. of Newark, N. J., James
Williams, Jr. of Kenilworth, N.
J., Retho Williams of Snow
Hill and Croxton Williams of
Kenilworth, N. J., and several
other relatives.
Interment was at St. James
AME Zion Church Cemetery,
Snow Hill.
LDF Wins Case
For Alabama
School Girl
NEW YORK —An Alabama
Negro teenager, now a ward
of a white family in Port
Washington, will be permit
ted to attend public schools
there without payment of
tuition.
Announcement of, the rul
ing by Commissioner of
Education James E. Allen
was made here today by
officials of the NAACP
Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund, Inc. (LDF),
Jack Greenberg, LDF
director-counsel argued the
case before Commissioner
Allen last January in Al
bany in behalf of the Stu
dent Transfer Education
Program (STEP), an affili
ate of the National Urban
League.
Commissioner Allen ruled
that the Board of Education
of Union Free School Dis
trict Number 4 failed to
show "a valid or sufficient
reason militating against
reception of this pupil (Mary
Elizabeth Moore) on a
tuition-free basis."
He added that "there is
no evidence indicating that
such attendance would
cause an unreasonable addi
tional operating cost."
Commissioner Allen said
that, even if an additional
five other students within
the same district were ad
mitted on a tuition-free
basis, their admissions
"could in no way be deemed
to cause an unreasonable
additional operating cost."
Mr. Leonard Saletan,
chairman of STEP, said
that "other school districts
with STEP students can
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