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STRONG HANDS OF FRIENDS
(Grenada, Miss.) The strong
hands of friends all but carry
James Meredith down the high
Dr. Dowdy Pleased At
Action Of Legislature
A&T President
Joined By
Board Chmn.
GREENSBORO Dr. Lewis
C. Dowdy, president of A.&T.
College, was pleased last Thurs
day to learn that his institu
tion had been accepted as one
of the four state institutions
in the General Assembly's re
gional universities' bill.
The amendment to the Hen
ly Bill which would include A.
A T. College had been de
feated on the floor of the Sen
ate. The Houae of Representa
tive* passed the bill by a vote
of 81-29. Then the Senate con
curred in a House amendment
to give A.&T. College regional
university status.
Dr. Dowdy: .said "I am ex
tremely delighted that the N.
C. General Assembly saw fit to
give due recognition to A. & T.
College by including it along
with the other three five-year
colleges in the regional univer
sities' bill.
"We strongly believe that A.
& T. College is deserving of
this recognition.
"While we are grateful to all
our supporters in the state and
in the General Assembly, we
extend special thanks for the
leadership and superb support
provided by the Guilford and
Randolph delegations.
"Furthermore, we shall at
tempt to strengthen our exist
ing academic programs rather
than seeking to establish new
ones. However, an attempt will
be made to continue to improve
the academic status and re
search and service functions of
the institutions."
"Very pleased" to hear of
the General Assembly's action
was Robert H. Frazier, chair
man of the A.A!T. College Trus
tee Board. He said he was glad
to learn that the Legislature
had seen fit to give A.&T. the
status It deserved, with other
institutions of similar levels.
DCONA to Hold
Anuual Picnic
Sat., July 15
The annual picnic of the
Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs will be held at Umstead
Park, Saturday, July 15 at 1
p. m . Although refreshments
will be available for all, par
ticipants, are urged to bring
their own baskets of eats.
The picnic is given annually
with the hope of improving the
social side of the Committees
woTk as well as the program
for social and political im
provement.
BIBLE QUOTE:
What shall we say then? Is
the law sin? God forbid: Nay,
I had not known sin, but by
the law: For I had not known
lust, except the law had said,
thou shall not covet.
Romans 7:7
way toward Grenada as the
heat and his troublesome leg
make normal walking painful.
N.M.A. PRESIDENT ACCUSES A.M.A.
OF BLOCKING MED. REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, D. C—ln a
statement .released yesterday,
Dr. John L. S. Holloman, Jr.
of New York City, N. Y., Presi
dent of the National Medical
Association, accused the Ameri
can Medical Association of hav
ing "consistently blocked at
tempts to reduce medical
costs." Three allied medical
groups endorsed the statement:
Dr. James A. Catchings of De
troit, President of the National
Dental Association; Dr. Quen
tin D. Young of Chicago, Na
tional Chairman of the Medi
cal Committee for Human
Rights; and Pr. Lytt Gardner,
Chairman of. Jba. Physician*
JPorufn. joined by
Eugene' Williams, a medical
student at Howard University,
representing the Stud en t
Health Organization.
In a strongly worded state
ment, issued during the Nation
al Conference on Medical Costs
(sponsored by the U.S. Depart
ment of rfealth, Education, and
Welfare, June 27-28, in Wash
ington, D. C.) Dr. Holloman al
so condemned the lingering
"AMA view that health care is
See NMA page 2A
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DURHAM SOAP BOX DERBY
winners Mike Luffman, left,
and Alan Gunn, center, hold
trophies for the crowd of spec
tators to see. Mike, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Luffman of
Shaftsbury Street, was Class A
Full Program Scheduled For
NAACP Meeting July 10-15
NEW YORK—During the six
days of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People's 58th annual
convention in Boston, July 10-
15, delegates will have the op
portunity to participate in two
special sessions devoted to ur
gent problems of the nation's
minority groups.
On Tuesday, July 11, "Team
work for Ghetto Self-help,"
will be the key topic of the
plenary session in the Grand
Ballroom of the convention
! Meredith ended June 27th walk
just inside Grenada city limits.
(UPI Telephoto)
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NEW CHAIRMAN OF EEOC—
(Washington) —Pres. Johnson
recently announced the nomi
nation of Clifford L. Alexander
Jr. of New York, to be Chair
man of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, suc
ceeding Stephen M. Shulman,
whose term expired July 1.
Alexander is currently Deputy
Special Counsel to the Presi
dent, and has been a member
of the House staff
(UPI) Telephoto)
Winner. Alan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Gunn, 713 Grant
Street, was Class B winner.
Class A is for boys 13 through
15 years of age and Class B
is for boys from eleven through
headquarters hotel, the Shera
ton-Boston.
Special emphasis will be giv
en to Project Jet in operation
in Buffalo, N. Y., and the
Metro North organization of
East Harlem, New York City.
"The Face of Rural Poverty"
will be the focus of attention
at the plenary session, Thurs
day, 13. There will be a first
hand report by the- NAACP ob
server-team of Alex Waites and
Rollie Eubanks (New York City
Dept. of Welfare Branch) on
Che CarSa Cimrs
VOLUME 44 _ No. 21
NAACP Seeks Halt Execution
Of 61 San Quentin Prisoners
Action to Save
Men Filed in
Federal Court
SAN FRANCISCO—A halt to
the execution^of 61 San Quen
tin prisorytirs sentenced to die
for capital crimes was sought
here this week in Federal Dis
trict Court by the NAACP Le
gal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc. (LDF) and private
attorneys.
The LDF action is most un
unusual since it not only rep
resents three death row peti
tioners but also those prison
ers under sentence of death at
the California State Prison.
Attorney Leroy Clark repre
sented the LDF.
Only once before in American
jurisprudence have such peti
tioners represented other deatlj
row prisoners, and that was
when LDF attorneys won a
similar suit April 13 in Federal
Court, Jacksonville, Florida.
There, a federal judge or
dered that pending executions
of 51 men on Florida's death
row be held up until there
could be a full hearing on the
matter.
Pointing to the urgency of
the action, LDF attorneys said
that four defendants are slat
ed to be executed at San Quen
tin in July.
The LDF action lists three
petitioners on the state's death
row. They are Frederick Sater
field, whose execution is set
for July 20; Joshua Hill, pres
ently set to die in San Quen
tin on August 26; and Robert
Page Anderson, whose execu
tion date has not yet been
See EXECUTION. 2A
12. Alan lost to Mike in the
final heat by inches. Mike will
represent Durham in the Na
tional Soap Box Derby in Ak
ron, Ohio, August 19. Derby
Director Tom Green is at right.
(Photo by Purefoy)
the Mississippi Food Stamp
disaster. The Rev. Kenneth L.
Buford, NAACP Alabama field
director, and Billie Fleming,
president of the Manning, S. C.,
Branch, will report on Federal
agricultural progams in the
South and the progress of ten
ant farmers in Panola, Ala.
Highlights of the convention
will be the opening mass meet
ing Monday night, July 10,
when Executive Director Roy
Wilkins will make his keynote
See PROGRAM, page 2A
DURHAM, N C SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1967
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GREETED BY STAFF—Dr. Al
bert N. Whiting, new president
of North Carolina College,
chats with two members of the
President's Office staff during
his first day at the helm of the
Dr. King Announces Meet To
Organize Economic Drive
MINISTERS TO
HOLD SESSION
OF IMPORTANCE
ATLANTA, Ga.—The South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference announced this week
that it has called a national
conference of outstanding Ne
gro ministers to plan economic
development action for Negroes
in the nation's largest cities.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
SCLC president, said the agen
da will include discussion of a
nationwide campaign for Negro
employment and job promo
tions at a large, undisclosed
company which sells products
throughout the United States.
The ministers, meeting July
10 to 12 in Chicago, will also
confer on civil rights and re
lated issues. SCLC officials and
economic experts will hold
workshops on organizing for
economic development through
"Operation Breadbasket," an
SCLC department which has
won thousands of new upgrad
ed jobs for Negroes and made
other economic breakthroughs
in Negro communities through
out the South and Chicago.
Dr. King and Dr. Rlaph D.
Abernathy, SCLC vice presi
dent who is co-ordinator of the
conference, have invited dele
gations of leading Negro clergy
men in the 25 U.S. Cities with
the highest Negro population
Individual ministers from some
smaller cities will also attend
the meetings at Chicago Theo
logical Seminary.
In a letter of invitation to
the conference, Dr. King and
Dr. Abernathy said: "The pri
ority item on the agenda is
SCLC's Operation Breadbasket
program. We feel very strongly
that the new thrust in the civil
rights movement is, to a great
degree, economic development.
Therefore, we must concern
ourselves with programmatic
planning which will secure jobs
for the jobless of our nation.
A look at the racial disorder
in so many of our major cities
at this time clearly points up
the need for a conference of
this nature."
VERSE OF THE WEEK
In comparison with what I
expected out of my life I'm so
far ahead that I often give my
self a pat on the back.
Durham institution.
Whiting, president -elect
since November, 1966, assumed
the presidency Saturday. July
1, following an eight-year ten
ure as dean of the college at
Funeral For Mrs. Olivia Cole
Held at White Rock Thurs.
The funeral of Mrs. Olivia
Williamson Cole, was held at
White Rock Baptist Church
here Thursday, July 6, at 3:00
p.m. Th« Rev. Lorenzo A.
Lynch, pastor, delivered the
eulogy. Mrs. Cole succumbed
at Duke Hospital, Sunday, July
2, following an illness of two
weeks.
Mrs. Cole was a native of
Newport News, Virginia, but
had resided in Durham for ap
proximately 25 years. She was
a member of White Rock Bap
tist Church where she served
on the Board of Christian Edu
cation. For the past 15 years,
Mrs Cole had been employed
in the department of public re-
See MRS. COLE, page 2A
Rev. Bigelow Gets D. D. By
Va. Seminary At His Church
Drs. Browne.
Davis, Manley,
Brown at Rites
On Sunday, June 11, at 4:00
p.m. the honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity was awarded
the Rev. W. T. Bigelow at the
Greater St. Paul Baptist Church
of which Rev. Bigelow is pas
tor. The degree was awarded
by authority of the trustees of
Virginia Seminary and College
of Lynchburg, Va.
Presiding over the ceremony
was Dr. E. T. Browne, pastor
of the Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church of Durtiam.
Speaker for the occasion was
Dr. Hezekiah Norris, pastor of
the High Street Baptist Church
of Martinsville, Va., and a
member of the Board of Trus
tees of Virginia Seminary. In
troduction of the speaker was
by Dr. V. E. Brown, pastor of
Gethsemane Baptist Church and
president of the Ministerial Al
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Morgan State College.
The staff members, both sec
retaries, are, from left: Mrs.
Emma B. Marable and Mrs.
Thelma F. Smith.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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MRS. COLE
DR. BIGELOW
liance of Durham.
The citation was made by
Dr. Grady Davis, pastor of
Union Baptist Church of Dur
ham, and professor of psychol
ogy, Fayetteville State Teach
ers College, Fayetteville. The
prayer of dedication was offer
ed by Dr. J. R. Manley, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Chapel Hill.
Music for the occasion was
See BIGELOW, page 2A
Announcement
Of Plan Made
By J. S. Stewart
Announcement of the forma
tion of the North Carolina
chapter of the National Negro
Business and Professional Com
mittee for the Legal Defense
Fund was made here this week
by John S. Stewart.
Stewart, president of the Mu
tual Savings and Loan Associa
tion here, is state chairman of
the new group which has
pledged $50,000 for the under
writing of civil rights litigation.
The monies are to be raised
within the next year by an ar
ray of leaders across the state,
each of whom has pledged to
contribute or raise SI,OOO.
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton of Wil
mington and Dr. Reginald Haw
kins of Charlotte were named
vice-chairmen of the North Car
olina Committee. Both are well
known across the state for
their active work in civil
rights.
The NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Inc. (L
DF), which will receive the
money, serves as the legaji arm
of the entire civil rights move
ment.
Its attorneys represent all
the major civil rights groups
plus individuals with bona fide
civil rights claims.
Nationally, the LDF is now
representing 13,000 persons ar
rested for participating in
peaceful demonstrations, 420
groups of cases, and working
with nearly three hundred at
torneys across the nation.
Among other prominent
North Carolina business and
professional personalities join
ing Mr. Stewart at the recent
organizational meeting were
Asa T. Spaulding, president of
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, national
chairman, and Attorney Julius
LeVonne Chambers of Char
lotte.
Chambers handles more liti
gation in North Carolina for
the LDF than any other lawyer.
This North Carolina chapter
is participating in a national
campaign headed by Spaulding
and Dr. Percy Julian, a re
search chemist of Oak Park,
Illinois.
Other charter members of
the North Carolina chapter—
each of whom has pledged sl,-
000.00—include:
J. H. Wheeler, Durham; Dr.
George C. Simkins, Greens
boro; Attorney Charles V. Bell,
Charlotte; Dr. D. M. Clayton.
111, Roxboro; Carl H. Russell.
Sr., Winston-Salem; T. C. Jer
vay, Wilmington; Dr. C. Mason
Quick, Fayetteville; Ernest A.
Swann, Wilmington; Dr. J. S.
Simmons, Sanford; Dr. John P.
Holt, Asheville; Dr. P. P. Lit
tle, High Point and Dr Geo.
H. Evans, Greensboro.
Anniversary of
SCLC Set For
Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference will review a decade of
civil rights achievements and
look to the future of the free
dom movement at its 10th An
niversary Convention in Atlan
ta, August 14 through 17.
Actor Sidney Poitier will
speak at a banquet officially
opening the convention on
Mon. night, August 14, at the
new Regency Hyatt House in
Atlanta. Mr. Poitier is not only
the first Negro to win the
Academy Award for best actor,
but also an active supporter
of civil right and SCL£.
Dr. Martin Lut'ier King, Jr.,
SCLC president, will deliver a
major address at convention
headquarters, Morris Brown
See CONVENTION, 2A