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J5 Blacks In S. Africa Face Dea **+ * + **★**★*****★ + * * * Home Of Young Louisburg Minister Fired Into Again Che C&ttjilia Cinug VOLUME 44—No. 52 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, !)ECEMBER ;50, 1967 PRICE ~2oc Presbyterian Leader Expresses Concern For Fate UN Officials Sent Strong Protest Letter NEW YORK-Support of the United States' position regarding the trial of 35 South West Africans and a plea for firmer action on the free dom of South West Africa from South African control were expres sed by a high United Presbyterian official today. The comments were contained in a letter to U.S. United Nations Ambassador Arthur J. Gold berg, from the Rev. Dr. John Coven try Smith, General Secretary of the denomination's Commission on Ecu menical Mission and Relations. "We. . .have noted with apprecia tion your forthright approach before the United Nations General Assemb ly last week regarding the trial of 35 South West Africans in Pretoria," Dr. Smith wrote. "We are deeply dis turbed by this matter,. . .by the con tinued imposition of authority by the Republic of South Africa over South West Africa, despite U. N. Resolution 2145. , .(and) by the in human stringencies of the Terrorism Act Itself." The United Presbyterian leader referred to a trial currently under way, in which 35 residents of South West Africa face possible death pe nalties under a law passed by South Africa after their arrest The mea aires, passed last June 12 and made retroactive to 1962, includes any act likely to "embarrass the administra tion of the affairs of the State" among its numerous provisions. It also states that "the accused shall be presumed to have committed or at- See AFRICANS page 12 ■ MISS DOBBS Noted Singer to Give Concert At Duke Univ. Mattiwilda Dobbs, celebrated international opera singer, will give a concert in Page Auditorium, Fri day evening, January 5, at 8:15, under the joint sponsorship of the Special Observances Committee of the Duke University Religious Council, and the Lyceum Commit tee of North Carolina College. The university community and the ge neral public are cordially invited to attend. There will be no admission charge. Audiences at the Metropolitan Opera and at other great opera houses of the world are familiar with the dazzling brilliance of this Negro soprano. Born in Atlanta, the holder of an earned master's degree (the only prima donna in 11M world who doeal), die lives in Stockholm in the winter and on the Island of Majorca in the sum mer. At Duke, ihe will a mixed , concert of religious, classical and folk songs. See CONCERT page 12 WHS v A a Hr M jm I 1 L W Ml a A PA mm W M Z k V W A I A WW IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN—Among the first to send their New Year's greetings are charming A&T Register, Vote Meet Called For 4th Congressional Dist. The North Carolina Vote* Edu cation Project announced this week that it will hold an organizational meeting of the Fourth Congres sional District Saturday, January 20. The meeting is scheduled to open at 11:00 a.m. and will be held at St. loteph's A.M.E. Church on Fayetteville Street, according to John Edwards, director of the N. C. Voter Education Project. Edwards stated that the meeting is being held with the hope of bringing together Negro leaders and Funeral Services Held For William M. Rich on Thursday The funeral of William Madi son Rich, 76, retired director of Lincoln Hospital, was held at St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church here Thursday, December 28, at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch, pastor of White Rock Baptist Church, of whiph Mr. Rich was a Officiated Mr. Rich was Bprn in West moreland County, Virginia the son of the late Robert and Hen- , rietta Rich. He succumbed De cember 26 at Lincoln Hospi tal, following an extended ill ness. After serving as cashier of the Browne Savings and Bank ing Company, of Norfolk, Va., See RICH page 12 AMEZ Bishops Council to Meet In Jackson, Miss. January 10 JACKSON, Miss.-Rev. R. M. Richmond, pastor. Greater Blair Street A. M. E. Zlon Church, that will host the semi-annual meeting of the Board of Bishops and the Minis ters & Laymen's Association, an nounced here this week that the plans are complete for the meeting, which will be held January 10-13. Bishop W. A. Hilliard, Detroit, Mich., president of the Board, who will preside over the opening session, says that the meeting will cover many pl.ases of the work of the church, preparatory to recommenda tions to be presented to the General Conference, which will open In De troit, Mich., May 1, 1968. •>' ' The prelate said that even though the program of the -church would State University co-eds Miss Sandra Belcher (left) of Mar tinsville, Va.; and Miss Angie Collins of Bridgeport, Conn. citizens of the 4th Congressional District to discuss the further de velopment of programs in voter registration, citizenship education, and leadership training in the Con gressional District since it was re districted by the 1967 North Caro lina General Assembly are: Chat ham, Durham, Orange, Randolph, and Wake. The January 20 meeting will be a continuation of the North Caro lina Voter Education Project's ef- See MEET page 12 M I Ik • A It# \ jB ■hj . - WL "-j® RICH be the prime work of the assembly it expected to expand to such im mediate issues as the Vietnam ar, social security and especially govern ment financing of non-profit organi zations. He felt that the A. M. E. Zion Church was intensely interested in better housing, not only for its communicants, but for all persons. The matter of open-housing is cer tainly to be discussed, rather freely. Bishop Hilliard will preach the opening sermort and Bishop A. G. Dunston, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., will take over as the presiding officer. The bishops will hear reports of , get*al officers and make recom mendations as to the completion of the work for the quadrennium. Bi shop C. Ewbanks Tucker is the host nr#Ut# fr»r Miss Belcher was recently vot ed "Miss Freshman" at the university. White Rock Pastor to Deliver Durham Emancipation Address The 1968 program celebrat ing the Emancipation Procla mation, issued by President Abrham Lincoln which became effective January 1, 1863, will be held at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church here, Monday, Janu ary 1 at 11:00 a.m. Rev. V. E. Brown, president of the Dur ham Ministerial Alliance, under whose auspices the annual ob servance is held in Durham each year, will preside. The principal address for the occasion will be delivered by the Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch, pastor of Durham's White Rock Baptist Church. Music will be furnished by the Mount Vernon Senior Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Ruth McCollum; choirs of Fish er Memorial Holiness Church and St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church. Prior to the principal address three minute greetings from representatives of education, labor, political, press fraternal business professional NAACP and other organizations will be 11 Xlsn ns, 1 Rfl ' V ■■ rm ■Mgwi ■ p^ k IBk': t I lyj PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR A4Tj FUNDS CAMPAIGN—Dr L. C. Dowdy (center), president of A&T State University, receives checks totaling nearly SSOO frnm qtnHAnt l#>nHpr« at the Miot Barely Misses Head of Intended Victim LOUISBURG—The home of Rev. Luther Coppedge, pastor of the Haywood Baptist Church and civil rights leader of Louisburg was the target of three rifle shots here Sunday Rev. Coppedge barely escaped being hit by one bullet which missed hirrt by only a few inches when it struck and passed through a bedroom in which he was lying. Rev Coppedge was born in Franklin County 35 years ago where he has lived during his entire life and bears a good reputation. One of the bullets fired at his home struck a porch chair, an other hit the porch and a third penetrated two walls and a mirror of a dresser purchased only two weeks ago. The shooting followed a se ries of attacks on the young minister's home md is ap parently a retaliation by whites for his activity as a civil rights worker, he slated. Rev. Coppedge recently gave testimony in federal court against Franklin County's free dom-of-choice plan for school desegregation. He stated he also feels that Sunday's attack of his home is the result of his appearance in federal court against the school desegrega tion plan of the county and was made by whites who hold the school integration against me. Rev. Coppedge's son was among the first Negroes to at tend a predominantly white school in the county where he is still enrolled, presently, with several others of his race. The Sunday attack on the Coppedge home is the second time it has been struck by gunfire. Two years ago a cross was burned on the lawn. sAjjlmm jlk * i kYfe REV. LYNCH given. The Emancipation Proclama tion will be read by Mrs. C. E. McLester of Morehead Avenue Baptist Church. The closing selection will be sung jointly by all choirs fol lowing which the benediction will be given by Rev. S. G. McCoy, chaplain. University. The money repre sents payment on a $3,000 stu dent leaders have promised to raise for the A&T Foundation Making presentations are Hen rv Uxlfnv flofn nt R»»(np( . I - gigr " :^ K jjjpj *. #r ; nr^ ' ,Tj[n ,^_a: LBJ BRlEFED—President Lyn don B. Johnson is briefed on U.S. air operations over North Vietnam by Colonel Daniel James, Jr., U.S. Air Force, who Kennedy, Goodwin To Feature Mt. Vernon's Annual Men's D NCM Official To Teach Men Of Sunday School Men's Day will be observed at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Sun day, December 21. Beginning with the Sunday School hour, with W. J. Kennedy, Jr., teaching all men of the church the Sunday School Les son. The day will end with the inspi rational sermon at 4:00 p.m. by the Reverend Kelly O. P. Goodwin, Pas tor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church of Winston-Salem. Sunday will mark the 14th ap pearance this year will have special significance for the men of the See MEN S DAY page 12 Lincoln Hospital Drive Nears $50,000 Mark; 10 Days Left Chairman Is Encouraged by Effort So Far Asa T. Spaulding, chairman of the Lincoln Hospital Cam paign, to raise $103,000 stated here this week that cash re ceipts are now nearing the $50,- 000 mark for the first 17 days the drive has been underway. He stated that cash and checks received up to Thurs day amount to approximately $50,000. "I would guess that pledges would amount to ap proximately SB,OOO, but we are not counting the pledges until they are collected." The 30-day drive was launch ed at a mass-meeting here Sunday, December 10, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church when nearly $25,000 in cash was raised. With a little more than See HOSPITAL page 12 chairman of the Assembly of Organizations; and Jas. Rhodes, Council, N. C., president of the Future Alumni Activities Committee. has just returned to this coun try after having flown 76 com bat missions against the Com munists. Colonel James, who was based in Thailand during KENNEDY BLACK Last Rites Held For Child Victim Of Auto Mishap ALBANY, Ga.-Funeral ser vices were held here last Sunday afternoon (December 17) for three-year old Stephen William Black, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Billy C. Black. The oldest son of the Albany State College chemistry professor and the former Helen Jennings of McComb, Miss, was killed here late Thursday evening (December -14) when struck by a passing au tomobile in front of his home. Funeral services were held here at Hinei Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church with the Reverend R. Anthony Lark officiating. Interment was at the Riverside Cemetery. Born December 14, 1964, "Stevie" was celebrating his third birthday the day of the accident. His father, Dr. Black, is an out standing chemist on the Albany State College faculty and a gra duate of Tuskegee Institute and lowa State University. In addition to his parents, "Stevie" is survived by his youn ger brother, Jamei Edward, 10- months old; his maternal grand parents, Mi. and Mrs. Alphonce Jennings of McCornb, Miss.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Billie Black of Beatrice. Ala. his tour in Southeast Asia, will become Vice Commander of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Elgin Air Force Base, Florida. * *'- v GOODWIN Lincoln Hosp. Campaign Goal °0 o "fV 100,000 80,000 « :► 6QPOO - 50,000 40/300 -H --■ 30,000 20,000 -H --■ 10,000
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