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Durham To Vote On Library Bond Issue On March 5
Citizens Asked
To Approve
$2.5 Million
On March 5, voters of Dur
ham County will be asked to
approve a $2.5 million bond
issue for a new library, in
addition to a permissive tax
levy for its operation. If ap
proved, the new library of
,70,000 square feet will be built
y in a triangle bounded by Chap
el Hill, Mangum, and Orange
Streets. It will be adjacent to
the city's new parking garage
structure, which is not at issue
on the ballot but is scheduled
for immediate construction re
gardless of the fate of the
library vote.
In an interview with The
Carolina Times, George Linder,
director of the City-County
Library, described the need for
a new library facility to serve
the county. He pointed out
that all other metropolitan
areas in the state have had
either a new library or bipnch
or both since World War 11,
while Durham's main facility
was built in 1921. Since that
time, he stated, the county's
population has increased By
nearly 100,000. The latest U.S.
census survey, according to
Linder, shows that Durham
trails all metropolitan areas of
the state in support of local
library services.
"We have only one-half the
space available in such small
cities as Oxford and Chapel
Hill," Linder said. "We have
one-fifth the square footage
of Winston-Salem and less than
a tenth that of Charlotte and
Greensboro. The results are
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Top Theologians To Keynote
Shaw Religious Emphasis Wk.
RALEIGH—Three of this
country's most outstanding
ministers will present their
views on "The Judaeo-Chris
tian Faith and Current Crisis,"
theme of Shaw University's
annual Religious Emphasis
Week, when they are heard
in Spaulding Gymnasium on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, February 26-28 th.
The observance will get un
derway on Sunday, February
25, when the University Choir,
under the direction of Harry
Gil-Smythe, will present a con
cert in the University Church,
according to the Rev. James
See SHAW page 8A
NCC To Host 28th Annual
Language Meeting April 18
North Carolina College will
be host to the 28th annual
meeting of the College Lan
guage Association at the Holi
day Inn, 605 West Chapel Hill
Street, Durham, Thursday,
April 18, through Saturday,
April 20.
The convention will feature
addresses by Dr. Wallace Fow
lie, Duke University; Donald
R. Tuttle, Office of Education,
U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare; and
Frederick O'Neal, president of
Actors Equity Association.
Section meetings devoted to
research and to the teaching
of languages will be held each
day.
Among the institutions
which will be represented are
Hampton Institute; Norfolk
Division, Virginia State College
Morris Brown College; A & T
University; Atlanta University;
Morehouse College; Living
stone College; Howard Univer
sity; Brooklyn College; Mor
gan State College; West Vlrgi
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LDF Asks Supreme Court To
Put Teeth In '54 School Law
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ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO
LIBERIA. Sen. Edward Brooke,
right, was greeted in Monrovia .
by Ben H. Brown, left U. S. >
Ambassador to Liberia. While j
In Monrori«, Senator Brooke
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DR. OANDY
nia State College; Le Moyne
College; Fort Valley State Col
lege; Florida A & M University;
York College (CUNY); Univer
sity of Missouri at St. Louis;
Quinnipiac College; University
of Connecticut; Southern Uni
versity; Davis and Elkins Col
lege; and South Carolina State
College.
Dr. Charles A. Ray, chair
man of the department of Eng
lkh at NCC, and Dr. Irene D.
Jackson, chairman of the de
partment of Romance lan
guages at NCC, are co-chair
men of the general host com
mittee for the event.
LUCKY PURCHASE
Swayzee, Ind.-Last No
vember Max Petro bought a $5
pair of overalls to wear on his
farm. When he put on the over
alls, he found a "roll of bills
—a total of $460-or 23 S2O bills.
The mystery has not been
solved and no one has claimed
the money.
Soviet skiers finish first In
cross-countiy test.
DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1968
also had the pleasure of meet
. ing Dr. Horace G. Dawson, in-
I formation officer of the U. S.
■ Information Service, and Mrs.
I Dawson, at left at Senator
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550,000 Voters
Registered By
NAACP in Tex.
HOUSTON, Texas—A total
of 550,000 Negro citizens of
Texas have been registered to
vote in the 1968 elections,
according to W. C. Patton,
NAACP associate director of
voter education, who directed
a massive two-month drive
ending Jan. 31.
Involved as volunteers in
the state-wide campaign were
some 2,000 door-to-door can
vassers working through the
57 branches of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People in the
state. They had the support of
clergymen throughout the
state who rallied the members
of their respective churches
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Brooke and Mrs. Cecil Dennis.
Dr. Dawson is a former mem
ber of the N. C. College faculty
where he served as associate
professor of English.
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PftOGfttSS POUT—The Ini
tial progress report of the
"AJI State" rally being conduct
ed by the Emmanuel A.M.E.
Church «u held Sunday, Feb
ruary 18 at 7:90 p.m. When the
final tabulation* were all in,
it was found that Mn. Alma
Bigger* was in the lead by re
porting the highest amount so
PRICE: 20 Cents
Three Cases
Seek Halt to
South's Stalling
WASHINGTON—The NAACP
Legal Deffense and Educational
Fund, Inc. (LDF) this week filed
briefs with the U. S. Supreme
Court in three school integra
tion cases.
The cases—which the court
has already agreed to review—
present a critical test of the
extent and meaning of that
court's 1954 Brown decision.
The litigation comes from Vir
ginia, Tennessee, and Arkan
sas and deals with issues preva
lent across the South, namely,
"freedom of choice," gerry
mandering of school zones, and
"open transfer" plans.
These cases present a com
mon pattern in that 80-85% of
the Negro students In the re
spective communities are still
attending all-Negro segregated
schools just as they were before
the Brown decision.
The school boards in each
of these cases assert that the
school system is completely
desegregated because all of the
Negro students theoretically
have a right to attend previ
ously white schools.
Green v. County School Board
of New Kent County, Virginia:
•New Kent County is a rural
area of. Virginia near Richmond
which has just two schools, one
of which was traditionally for
whites and the other for Ne
groes.
It is operating under a "free-
I dom of choice" desegregation
plan under which all of the
white students in the system
continue to attend the tradi
tionally white school and 85%
of the Negro students continue
to attend the traditionally and
still all-Negro school.
Raney v. Gould School District,
Arkansas:
•Gould, Arkansas, is a small |
rural community southeast of
Little Rock. (Same situation as
in Green.)
Monroe v. Board of Commis
sioners of Jackson, Tennessee.
•Jackson, Tennessee, is a
small city in midwest Tennessee
See BOND page 8A
far. The final report of the
90 state representatives will be
held Sunday, March 3 at 7:30
p.m. The above photo of states
reporting was made at the
church. From left to right front
row are: Mesdames Charles
Yarborough, Minnie Bell, Ga
malia Webb, Christine Alston,
Mary Tapp, Bessie Jones, Ame
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"MISS ALUMNI" CONTEST
WINNER Dr. J. M. Hubbard,
Durham dentist and former
president of the NCC Alumni
Association, is shown present
ing a U.S. Bond to Miss Sandra
Senator Scott Urges Passage
Of Fair Housing Legislation
Ahoskie Minister Speaker for
Community Baptist Church Sun.
RALEIGH The Reverend
John L. Scott, pastor of the New
Ahoskie Baptist Church, Ahos
kie, will be the speaker for
Community Baptist Church's
annual "Shaw Day" observance,
Sunday, February 25, at 11:00
A.M. worship hour. Rev. Scott
is the product of a wide range
of experiences: A native of En
field, he received the A.B. de
gree from Bloomfield College,
Bloomfield, New Jersey, and
the B.D. degree from Crozer
Theological Seminary, Chester,
Pennsylvania.
Rev. Scott's interest in
church-related and civic affairs
is reflected in the numerous
organizations with which he is
affiliated, a few of which are
the North Carolina Council of
Churches, Ecumenical Council
of Christian Clergy, Hertford
County NAACP, General Bap
tist State Convention Board,
"director of the Department of
Christian Education and Train
ing ofthe Baptist State Conven
tion of North Carolina, and the
People's Program on Poverty
(cited by OEO as one of two
examples of programs involv
ing the poverty-striken).
Prior to his coming to the
lia Haley, Mary Newby, Marga
ret Moore, Rev. J, R. Crutch
ficld, pastor. Back: Mesdames
Emily Hinson, Mamie Stinson,
Rosa llarry, Emma Vinson,
Ethel Warren, Alma Biggers,
Ruby Margraves, Johnny Wiley.
Mamie Lewis, and Luis Har
grave, not pictured.
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Pilgrim, winner of the 1968
"Miss Alumni" contest, given
annually by the association.
Miss Pilgrim is winner of both
the local and national contests.
Runner-up is Mrs. Carrie Mat
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New Ahoskie Baptist Church,
Rev. Scott served as pastoral
assistant in numerous churches
located in the Northeastern
area of the United States. De
monstrative of his activities are
a concern for, and an interest
in, youth and their role in
Christian discipleship.
The guest soloist for the an
nual observance will be Mrs.
Ella S. Hayes, a member of St.
Mark A.M.E. Zion Church of
Durham.
USDA, AID Respond to Africa
Request to VP for Technical Help
WASHINGTON, D. C
USDA and the Agency for
International Development are
responding to requests made
to Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey during his recent
African trip, according to Se
cretary of Agriculture Orville
L. Freeman and AID Adminis
trator William S. Gaud. Several
heads of state requested tech
nical assistance in agriculture.
A two-man team left for
the Congo to analyze that
country's self-help efforts in
agriculture and identify bottle
necks to future agricultural
growth. The team is composed
of an AID employee, Carl Fer
guson, formerly a USDA soil
scientist; and an economist,
William Jones, of the USDA's
International Agricultural De
velopment Service.
USDA Regional Coordina
tor for Africa, John Beasley,
has just returned from a two
week supervisory trip, to help
with a rice-improvement pro
gram in Senegal, where a
USDA/AID team is just start
ing to set up rice demonstra
thews, at right. Both Miss Pil
grim and Mrs. Matthews are
members of the Durham chap
ter of the association. The pre
sentation was made at the NOC
lining hall, Friday, Feb. 16.
PA. SOLON GIVES
VIEWS BEFORE
SENATE SESSION
WASHINGTON, D. C.-CJ.S.
Senator Hugh Scott (R.-Pa.)
today said "there is'a crisis in
human relations In America
today," which will certainly
be aggravated by "failure t»
recognize thp rights of all our
citizens to equal access to de
cent housing within their
means."
In a statement before the
Senate, Senator Scott said:
"Fair housing legislation for
this Nation is long overdue.
We have passed laws which
guarantee equal opportunities
in education and jobs, and
equal access to public accom
modations, the voting booth
and the jury box. The over
whelming majority of Ameri
cans believe in the rightness of
these laws.
"Yet many of our citizens
are fenced into ghettos. +
"Most persons in this coun
try can rent or buy the dwell
ing of their choice, if they
have the money or credit to
qualify. But others, even if
they have unlimited funds and
See SCOTT page 8A
tions. Another USDA/AID
team is scheduled to leave
shortly to work with the Liber
ian Government to identify ob
stacles to increased rice pro
duction.
A U. S. resident team is
planned for Zambia: Three
USDA technicians will advise
on credit, horticulture, and soil
and water conservation; two
other agriculturists from U. S.
universities will teach animal
husbandry and agricultural en
gineering.
AID is also planning a pro
ject in Kenya, and will send
several hydrologists to assist
with water development in
Kenya's northeast frontier.
A recurring theme in the
Vice President's talks with
African leaders was how U. S.
agriculture can help spur farm
modernization in Africa. The
Vice President and his hosts
talked about AID programs to
assist agriculture, and how the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture and the Peace Corps could
help. i.