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NAACP Launches ••('««/ Summer 99 Drive W•** * 1 i • ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * ★★ N. C. State Ushers To Hold Annual Mid-year Session Sun. - Clie CarSlila Ciin^gs H UNBRIDLED jJ VOLUME 45 No. 16 Early Morning Blast Wrecks Stallion Club Cause Not Yet Found for Night Spot Bombing An early morning dynamite blast of the Stallion Club, a night spot,,.located on N. C. Highway 55. occurred around six o'clock Tuesday morning. The blast tore a hole about eight feet wide in the roof of the building and a hole over two feet wide and six inches deep in the terrazzo floor. In addition to the damage done the roof and floor, doors were torn from their hinges and windows were blown out. Walls of the building were also badly damaged. From information disclosed by the Durham Sheriff's office, the manager of the Club, Wal ter McC.hee, worked in his of fice up until about 3:00 a.m., Tuesday morning. It thus ap pears that the dynamite was set by a person or persons between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. In an interview with an oc cupant of a nearby home, the Times was also told "that im mediately following the blast a 98 Oldsmobile was hurriedly driven from the scene. By whom the car was owned or where it See BLAST 8A _ SGT. COUCH Posthumous Awards for Sgt. Couch Sunday A public program in which posthumous citations including the Bronze Star Medal and Pur ple Heart for Heroism awarded Sgt. Harold Eugene Couch by the U. S. Army, December 9, 1967 will be held at New Bethel Baptist Church here Sunday, April 21. Sgt. son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Couch, was born and reared in Durham where he attended the public schools. He joined the armed forces of his country in Octo ber, 1965. He was killed in action in Vietnam November 12, 1967. Presenting the Bronze Star award will be Lt. Julian Beas ley. The award will be received on behalf of Sgt. Couch's fa mily by Mr. and Mrs. Couch. See COUCH 8A Voting Power is The Right Power DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1968 v cay Si V , i /S^j i -j |||^BKMfl Interior of Stallion Club after blast- Workmen are shown making repairs. LDF Promises Enforcement of New U. 5. Fair Housing Act Durham Minister to Terminate 45 Years Pastorate at Apex Rev. James A. Stewart is be ing honored by his congrega tion at White Oak Baptist Church, Apex, with a series of of special services marking the termination of his pastorate following more than 45 years in this capacity. Rev. Stewart, who was born in Wake County June 2, 1886. joined the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Moncure at an early age. He attended the public schools in Chatham County and Shaw University, Raleigh. Or dained a deacon at his home church at the age o'f 19, he also served as secretary of the ehur«h. Rev. Stewart, during many years in the ministry, has pas tored several churches through oiTt the state. He is affiliated with the General Baptist State a K .. • m A lal Pa B£f Kll MZm ." ■,. PwB aL HIGHLIGHTING THf I*4« An nual Mid-year Session of the Interdenominational Ushers As sociation of North Carolina to ■ 'Wm I REV. STEWART Convention of N. C., Inc.; mem ber, Interdenominational Minis ters Alliance of Durham; mem- See REV. STEWART 8A be held at the Ushers Home Sunday, April 21, Franklinton will be the famous Pilgrim Wonders Choir of the Orange A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People PRICE: 20 Cents LAWYERS ISSUE STATEMENT ON RIGHTS LAW NEW YORK-Jack Green berg, director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement yesterday upon learning of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 by Congress: "The passage of the Fair Housing Act presents another opportunity for racial progress through law. Fair housing means not only a'right to buy or rent a house but opportuni ties to attend schools and hold jobs now placed off limits by residential segregation. "The NAACP Legal De fense Fund is making imme diate plans to enforce the new law in the courts. The bill has many procedural imperfections but the LDF nevertheless will See HOUSING 8A Grove Baptist Church of Dur ham, under the direction of Wilbert Holloway. I 1200 Expected At Franklinton Meet Apr. 21 FRANKLINTON—With the opening of Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., under the direction of Prof. Earl T. Artis, chairman of the program committee, the 1968 Annual Mid-year Session of the Interdenominational Ushers Association will be held here Sunday, April 21. Following the Sunday School, the opening program of the annual session will be called to order by Clifton Stone, supervisor of the Orange County District and administrative assistant to the president, who will present President L. E. Austin for opening remarks. At 12:30 p.m. the annual sermon for the Mid-year Ses sion will be preached by Rev. F. A. Hargett, Sr., pastor of the Mt. Zion Church of Christ of Greensboro. A special fea ture of the 1968 session will be the Pilgrim Wonders Choir of Orange Grove Baptist Church. Following the annual ser mon, dinner will be served in the dining room of the Ushers home for $1.50 per person. Meal tickets will be available at a booth located on the base ,ment floor of the main build ing from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Climaxing the session will be an address at 3:00 p.m. by Dr. Reginald Hawkins, candi date for governor of North Carolina in the Democratic Primary to be held Saturday, May 4. President Austin stated this week that he is urging all offi cers, as well as Supervisors to do everything possible to have each district present a round report so that sufficient funds will be made available to retire the indebtedness of the insti tution. East Durham Citizens To Carry Housing Protest To Washington Members of the East Dur ham Citizens Association will carry their fight opposing the Hoover Road, Boone Street Project to Vice President Hu bert H. Humphrey and have arranged a meeting with federal officials in Housing and Urban Development. Guy Rankin, spokesman, re vealed that Humphrey had re plied to a letter from the group which raised protest to- the location and erection of 47 fo'rr and five bedroom public housing units on 4 and ?/ 10 acres of land. Rankins letter to the Vice- President voiced opposition on some of the following points: (1) Forty-seven 4 and 5 bedroom apartment means between 8 and 10 people per apartment or up to 100 per sons per acre; (2) Four hun dred additional children in Y. E. Smith or Holton School will create an over crowding of the public schools which might leave "Bussing" as the only alternative; (3) There are no shops within "walking dis tance"; (4) There are only "white only" -churches m the immediate neighborhood and £5) Fertilizer Factory, brick manufacturing plant, 2 railroad rightaways and a pond sur round the site. See CITIZEMS 8A 1 iff jrm Vf I I Ivl ML J i WT M g^H EDITOR SWORN IN Deputy Postmaster General. Frederick C. Belen swears in John H. Johnson (left), editor and pub lisher of Johnson Publications, Chicago, as a member of the Post Office Department Advis ory Board. Holding Bible is I Wilkins Calls Fo Drive To Avert Ex-Durham Mayor to Moderate Meet the Candidates Forum Mrs. Hillel Gitelman, chair man of the Meet the Candidates meeting sponsored by the Dur ham League of Women Voters, announced last weekend that former Mayor E. J. Evans will be moderator for the event. It will be the League's twenty first annual candidates meeting, ft ts scheduled for 8 p.m. on April 23 at the Central Civic Center on Foster Street. Mr. Evans, who has lived in Durham' all his adult life, served six terms as mayor from 1951 1963. Hie is a former presi dent \of the North Carolina LeagCfe of Municipalities and was appointed by President Kennedy to the twelve member See EVANS 8A Greensboro Minister Slated for Mount Olive AMEZ Revival Rev. Cecil Bishop, minister of Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, Greensboro, will be guest evan gelist at Mount Olive A. M. E. Zion Church, Thaxton'Ave. and Powe St., for its annual revival, April 22-26. Rev. Bishop was born and reared in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he completed his high school training. He received the Bach elor of Arts degree from Knox ville College, Tenn.; Bachelor of Divinity degree from the School of Religion, Howard University, Washington, D. C. and Master of Sacred Theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D. C. He has served churthes in Rockville, Tenn., Washington, D. C. and has pastored t\t}»e Trinity AME Zion Church, in Greensboro for eight years. Rev. Bishop is past president of Greensboro Ministers Fel lowship; member, Board of Management, Hayes-Taylor YM CA; member, Board of Direc tors, Cumberland Courts and member, Executive Committee, N C. Council of Churches, Ra leigh. Services will be held nightly at 7:30 with music furnished by the choirs of the church. Board Acting Chairman Paul J. j Perocchi, Special Justice, Law- I rence (Massachusetts) District Court. Other Board members are ; Charles H. Earl, lawyer and businessman of Little Rock, j Arkansas; Dr. Robert Sumwalt, | jg ■ w K 'V i EVANS REV. BISHOP 21 Injured By Youths On Rampage NEW YORK At least 21 persons were injured Sunday night during ■ Coney Island to Manhattan subway rampage by white and Ne gro youths angered by being turned away from the famed amusement park. At least 42 persons, mostly aged 12 to 18, were arrested on charges ranging from ju venile delinquency and disor derly conduct to felonious as sault. ■ Voting Power is |he Right Power president emeritus of Univer sity of South Carolina; Fred Gates, businessman and civic leader, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Victor Bussie, president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO. NAACP OFFICIAL STRIVING TO HALT RIOTING NEW YORK-Roy Wilkins, executive director of the Na | tional Association for the Ad ' vancement of Colored People, has initiated a nation-wide drive to avert further racial violence. In a news conference j at national NAACP headquar ters, here, April 8, he said: "Anything can happen this summer and probably will, un less we act to head off disas ter." He then announced a massive program to be imple mented by all 1,500 branches of the Association across the country. The campaign will seek re sults through finding more jobs j for youth and "the hard-core unemployed," fostering coope ration between Negro commu nities and police and other local officials and the promo tion of a "cool it" attitude among its nearly a half-million members and other citizens. An action-program kit de tailing the program has be£n sent to branch officials. It stresses implementation of the report of the National Adviso ry Commission on Civil Disor ders. The NAACP action kit makes specific recommenda tions for action in the areas of See WILKINS 8A Hawkins Names Co-Chairmen of Carrboro Office CARRBORO—Dr. Reginald Hawkins, candidate for gover nor of North Carolina, an nounced this week the opening of a- "Hawkins for Governor Headquarters" for the Trian gle-Piedmont Area of North Carolina. Office of the heaJq«arteTS will be located at 413 W. Rose mary Street in Carrboro; phone 942-5121. Co-chairmen of the new Triangle-Piedmont office are Howard Lee, Dr. Frank Wil liams, Hilliard Caldwell and Edwin Caldwell. Already several committees have been set up including one of steering, finance, voter re gistration, publicity, tefephone and clerical. See HAWKINS BA
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