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VOLUME 45 NO. 24
Bayard Rustin Resigns Post With
Southern Leadership Conference
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SHAW'S HONORARY DtOftKl
RECIPIENTS Pictured above
are the four men who were
awarded honorary doctorate de
grees here Sunday, June 9,
during Shaw University's 103 rd
Commencement, held at the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
UNC Law Student To Work With
Vice President This Summer
KENNETH SPAULDING EMPLOYED
INTERN IN OFFICE OF HUMPHREY
CHAPEL HILL-Kenneth B
Spaulding of Durham, a Uni
versity of North Carolina law
student will begin work as an
intern in the office of Vice
President Hubert H. Humphrey
June 10.
Spaulding is the son of Mr. '
and Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding of
1608 Lincoln St., Durham. The
eider Spaulding is the retired
president of N. C. MUtual Life
Insurance Co., the world's
largest Negro owned business.
A rising second year law
student, Spaulding served as
president pf his freshman law
class this year and was respon
sible for bringing many notes
speakers to campus, including
William Sullivan, FBI assistant
director, and Attorney General
Ramsey Clark. Spaulding is the
first Negro ever elected presi
dent of a UNC class.
Spaulding was graduates in
1963 from Oakwood School in
N. Y., where he
See SPAULDING, page 8A
Raleigh Host to 81st Old North
State Medical Society Meeting
ROCKY MOUNT - Dr. R.
W. McDowell of Raleigh, the
overall convention manager
for the 81st Annual Meeting
of the Old North State Medical
Society, announced this week
that all plans have been final
ized for the sessions sched
uled which opened at the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh on
Tuesday, June 11.
Approximately 300 Medical
Dental and Pharmaceutical
men and Auxiliaries are ex
pected for the sessions.
The opening Business Ses
sions for all three of the units
are slated for Tuesday night,
at 8:00 p.m. with Dr. J. P.
Green of Henderson, president
of the medical unit presiding.
Items of great importance
to free the convention are con
cerned with the comprehensive
medical care for all citizens,
more representation on boards
and committees having to do
DURHAM, N. C. - SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1968
From left, they are: John W.
Winters, Raleigh real estate
broker-land developer, award
ed the Doctor of Laws degree;
the Rev. Theodore H. Brooks,
superintendent of the Central
Orphanage, Oxford, Doctor of
Divinnity degree; Andrew Hei
served as president of the Boys
Council. He attended Howard
University and was graduated
cum laude in 1967. There he
served as student assistant to
the citizenship Project and pre
sident of the Political Science
Society.
In 1966, he served as ad
ministrative assistant to the
Durham City Manager, I. Hard-
SPAULDING
with medical care in North
Carolina, discussion of welfare
policies in North Carolina,
talent recruitment of medical
and paramedical personnel in
the state and the admission
policies of the medical schools
operating in North Carolina as
they relate to Negro students.
Also meeting were scheduled
with representatives of the Pal
metto Medical Society (South
Carolina) and the Old Domi
nion Medical Society (Virginia)
on the feasibility of joint meet
ings.
He social side of the con
vention got underway Tuesday
at 10:30 p.m. with a dance
and reception in the hotel's
Virginia Due Ballioom.lt was
preceded by a golf tournament
which was begun Tuesday af
ternoon at the Meadowbrook
Country Club tad a card party
See OU» NORTH STATS 8A
sKeu, Chairman of the Board,
Time and Publisher of Life
Magazine, keynote speaker, the
Doctor of Laws degree; and
William A. Hudgins, President,
Freedom National Bank of New
York, the Doctor of Humanities
degree.
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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
of the International Ministerial
Alliance of Durham and Vicin
ity are shown following elec
tion which was held at Mount
Vernon Baptist Church recent
ly. Dr. V. E. Brown, president,
presided. From left to right
are: Rev. E. T. Thompson,
pastor, Community Baptist
Church, Secretary; Rev. L. H.
McDonald, pastor, Northside
Baptist Church, Second Vice
President; Rev. E. H. Whitley,
PNBC Congress To Hold 6th
Session In St. Louis, Mo.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Progress
ives now well over the half
million mark will be well re
presented by the educational
units of member churches
when the Sixth Annual Ses
sion convenes in St. Louis,
Mo., June 17-23, at Christ Pil
grim Rest Baptist Church,
1341 N. Kingßhlghway Blvd.,
pas to red by Dr. E. R. Williams,
hodtTßl General Headquarters.
Dr. O. R. Heliums is General
Chairman of the Entertainment
Committee and is supported
by all the Progressive Baptist
Churches and their Mends.
Dr. William C. Upshaw, new
president and former Dean of
the Congress will preside over
the sessions and will be assisted
by Rev. C. William Butler and
PRICE: 20 Cents
Noted Leader
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Unable to Make
It With Group
Bayard Rustin, at a press
conference this afternoon,
made the following statement:
Gentlemen:
Thank you for coming.
In my press conference yes
terday morning, I reported to
you that I had suspended my
activities in connection with
the June 19th Mobilization to
Support the Poor People's
Campaign.
I made clear that I could
not resume these activities un-
til Rev. Ralph Abemathy and
the Southern Christian Lea
dership Conference had satis
| fectorily clarified the status
jof the 14-point agreement
which was the basis of my
| assuming the responsibility of
j National Coordinator of the
' Mobilization.
I futher stated that serious
; and conclusive discussions to
ward such a clarification had
I See RUSTIN, page 8A
pastor, Ml. Olive AU£ zion
Church, Pint Vice President;
Rev. A. W. Lawson, pastor,
Fisher Memorial United Holi
ness Church, President; Rev.
Mrs. E. J. Sims, Associate pas
tor, Oak Grove Freewill Baptist
Church, Assistant Secretary;
Rev. O. L. Conyers, pastor,
Bible Way Holiness Church,
Fayetteville, Treasurer; Rev.
W. H. Fuller, pastor, Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Critic; and
Rev. Charles W. Green, vice
presidents. The academic pro
gram will be under the guid
ance of Dr. S. H. James, Dean
of the Congress and Rev. J. 0.
Rich, Assistant Dean. Under
the Tenure Law of the Pro
gressive National Baptist Con
vention, Inc., the Congress
like all other Auxiliaries will
present a whole set of new
officers to pilot the Congress
tor the next tow years.
The Congress will address
itself to a very significant
theme for these troubled times
-"The Whole Bible In A
Changing Culture." Among the
speakers who will give address
es or sermons are: Drs. R. L.
Patterson, Logan Kearse, S. H.
James, B. L. Hooks and Stroy
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POLICY FO« EMPLOYEES—
N. H. Bennett, Jr., left vice
president, actuary, with North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Local Insurance
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POLICY is PART
OF PROTECTION
FOR EMPLOYEES
DURHAM - The Lorillard
Corporation, in a momentous
step, recently signed a policy
with the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company with
a face value of $2,170,00 for
Lorillard Employees.
The policy represents a siz
ably portion of Lorillard's
overall group insurance bene
fits for its employees.
This policy, along with sev
eral other efforts to involve the
See POLICY, page 8A
Hev. «. A. MacK, pasior, more
head Avenue Baptist Church,
Historian. Not shown are Rev.
L. W. Reid, pastor, New Bethel
Church, Assistant Historian;
Rev. J. A'. Bailey, Chaplain and
Rev. L. C. Hill, Assistant Chap
lain. and Rev. L. C. Hill, As
sistant Chaplain. These officers
will be installed in services
September 9 at Fisher Memo
rial United Holiness Church.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Freeman. Dr. D. E. King will
give a meditation each day.
Several Divisions will empha
size the theme in classes, dia
logues, workshops and plenary
sessions.
Dr. Gardnet, C. Taylor, Pre
sident of the Progressive Na
tional Baptist Convention (pa
rent body of the Congress) will
hold an Executive Board Meet
ing on Wednesday at one of
the Progressive Churches, yet
to be announced. He will also
address the Congress and pre
side over the election of offi
cers on Thursday. Mrs. Minnie
Bruce, president of the Wo
men's Auxiliary will extend
greetings from Progressive Wo
men on Thursday, June 20th.
See PNBC. page 8A
Company, and W. A. Clement,
center, agency vice president,
look on as W. P. Friedle, man
ager of employee benefits for
Houston, Texas to Host 1968
Annual Dental Meet Aug. 4-8
HOUSTON, Tex.—"Science |
and Fun in View of the As
trodome," is the two-fold
theme of the 1968 Annual
Convention of the National
FORMER
Durhamite Named To N. Y.
Chamber Commerce Post
NEW YORK-Hope R. Ste
vens, President of the Uptown
Chamber of Commerce, today
announced the recent appoint
ment of Callis N. Brown, as
Executive Director of the Up
town Chamber of Commerce.
He will assume his official duti
es on June 1. Brown was form
erty National Finance and
Community Relations Director
for the National Office of the
Congress of Racial Equality
here in New York.
Brown's appointment was
determined by the joint efforts
of the Executive officers of
the organization, composed of
Hope R. Stevens, President,
Jack Blumstein, Vice-President,
William R. Hudgins, Vice-Pre
sident, Sol Light, Vice-Presi
YOCA To Hold First Annual
Meet In Durham Satjun. 15
Howard Fuller To
Address Conference
At W. D. Hill Center
The recently organized
youth organizations for com
munity Action (YOCA will
hold its first annual meeting
Saturday, June 15 at 3:00 p.m.
in the W. D. Hill Recreation
Center. Guest speaker for the
affair will be Howard Fuller,
Director of Training for the
Foundation for Community
Development.
The agenda for the meeting
includes the election of officers
for the coming year, reports of
standing committees and the
announcement of winners of
the YOCA emblem contest.
Youth Organization for
Community Action was form
ed over three months ago for
the purpose of strengthening
participation among low -in
come youth and directing
youth councils from low-in
come neighborhoods in Dur
ham joined together to form
YOCA,
The first major project of
YOCA has been the assistance
Lorillard Corporation, signs a
policy with a face value of $2,-
170,000 for Lorillard employ
ees.
Dental Association, which will
convene in the Shadow of the
Astrodome, in the Shamrock
Hilton Hotel of Houston, Te-
See DENTAL, page 8A
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BROWN
dent, Jack Daving, Secretary (
and Alfred Lerner, Treasurer, j
Brown is a graduate of Hill- [
Dr. Roy Crawford Killed in
Los Angeles, California Jun. 4
The Carolina Times learned
this week that, Dr. Hoy Craw
ford, a former resident of Dur
ham was fatally attacked Tues.,
June 4, in Los Angeles, Calif,
where he had lived for the
past five years. While all the
details surrounding his death
are unknown, it was ascer
tained that the coroner's report
lists the cause of death as
strangulation.
Dr. Crawford, who has taught
Psychology at UCLA since 1963,
is said to have been on his way
to the university to teach a
mid-morning class when after
parking his car his assailant or
assailants brutally attacked
him resulting in his death and
stole his automobile. -
Born in Durham, Dr. Craw
ford was educated in the pub
lic schools of this city and
in the preparation of a pro
posal to the Office of Econo
mic Opportunity for a Sum
mer Youth Program in Dur
ham. Operation Breakthrough
See YOCA, page 8A
Reports Charge
Officials Used
Intimidation
CREEDMOOR - Eleven
black teachers at the predo
minantly Negro Hawley High
School here were told by their
principal, D. O. Leatherberry,
to resign their teaching posts,
according to a report to The
Carolina Times.
Despite the fact thdt all
teachers are employed under a
"continuing contract" and
many have taught at the school
for a number of years, ranging
from one to twenty they were
summarily and without prior
warning called upon to submit
their resignations.
The request to resign was
initially made to each teacher
not in writing but by word of
mouth by the Negro principal
D. 0. Leatherberry, on May 3,
on a visit to each affected
teacher's classroom, g
Leatherberry told some of
the teachers, according to re
liable sources, that they were
not going to be continued at
Hawley High next school year
and if they resigned he, Lea
therberry , would give them a
good recommendation but if
they refused then they would
receive a poor recommenda
tion.
L. C. Adcock, Superinten
dent, Granville County Schools
See TEACHERS. 8A
side High School in Durham,
where he was President of the
Class of 1957. President of the
Broadcasters Club, Band Cap
tain and a member of the Jun
ior Varsity Basketball Team.
He is also a 1961 graduate
of North Carolina College at
Durham, with a major and a
minor in biology and chemist
ry, and a 1963 graduate of the
North Carolina College School
of Law.
Among his many activities
while at North Carolina College
Brown was President of the
Student Bar Association, Pre
sident of the North Carolina
College Chapter of the NAACP,
Commissioner of Student Af-
See BROWN, page 8A
. graduated from Hillside High
School in June, 1943. He at
tended West Virginia State Col
lege and received an A.B. de
gree. Graduated studies were
undertaken at New York Uni
versity where he received both
the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.
Ho taught at Albany State Col
lege. Albany, N. Y. and Creed
more Institute, New York City,
prior to joining the faculty at
UCLA in September, 1963.
Funeral services were held
Friday. June 14, at Unity Chap
el, 125 th St. and Bth Ave., New
York City, at 8:00 pm.m.
He is survived by his moth
er, Mrs. Rosa B. Crawford; a
daughter, Miss Joyce LaVerne
Crawford; three sisters: Miss
Clara Crawford, Mrs. Corinna
Williams and Mrs. Beatrice
Vinson, (all of New York City):
four brothers: Samuel, New
York City, Allen, James and
Walter, all of Durham and
many other relatives and
friends.
Interment was in the Vete
rans Cemetery 'in New York
City.