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Negroes Of Mississippi Seek
Equal Municipal Services
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H. M. MICHAUX, SR. CHID—
During the Freedom Banquet
sponsored by Durham Branch,
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, Monday, March 31 at Dur
ham Hotel-Motel, H. M. Mi
H. C. Ushers Association to Hold
Annual Mid-year Meet Apr. 13
Fayetfeville
Minister To
Deliver Sermon
FRANKLINTON-The Ush
ers Home, located on Highway
One near Franklinton, will be
the scene, Sunday, April 18
of the 1969 annual Mid-Year
session of the Interdenomina
tional Ushers Association of
North Carolina.
The session will be presided
over by Clifton Stone, of
Chapel Hill, president of the
Association. Stone succeeded
L. E. Austin who resigned i|St
year after serving as president
of the Association for 19 years.
The program will open with
Sunday School being conduct
ed by E. T. Artls, superinten
dent. All devotions of the ses
sion will be in charge of T. J.
Broadnax, chaplain.
With Vice-President J. T.
O'Neal presiding, the morning
session will begin at 11:00
o'clock. The annual sermon
will be preached by Rev. C. R.
Edwards, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Fayettevßle.
Music will be furnished by the
Ushers Choir.
Lunch will be served in the
dining room of the Association
from 1:00 p.m.to 2:00 p.m.
The afternoon session will
be presided over by Vice-Presi
Spaulding Listed
In Royal Blue
Book of Leaders
Asa T. Spaulding, former
President of the North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Company and currently Coun
ty Commissioner of Durham
County, the first Negro to be
elected to the office, is listed
in 1969 edition of the Royal
Blue Book: Leaders of the
English Speaking World, pub
lished by the St James Press
of London and Chicago.
The Royal Blue Book 'is
a register of persons of dlstinc-
See USTID page 2A
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1969
chaux, Sr., second from left,
local business and civic leader
was presented a plaque by the
NAACP for his "outstanding
contributions and years of loyal
service to the Durham Com
munity." Sharing the moment
g
HIV. IDWARDS
dent J. D. Rooks, at which
time joint reports will be made
by all Supervisors, the Trustee
Board, the Expansion Com
mittee, the President, the
Finance Committee and others.
Remarks by President
Emeritus L. E. Austin and an
nouncements will follow the
reports, after which the session
will come to a close.
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AAT ALUMNI MAKI PLANS
FOR ANNIVERSARY Mem
bers of the Durham Chapter of
the AAT Alumni Association'*
Executive Committee are shown
as they make final plans for
their 40th Anniversary Dinner
with the recipient are his wife,
Mrs. H. M. Michaux, Sr., Alex
ander Barnes, president of local
chapter and National B. White,
who made the award.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Tenn. March to
Commemorate
Death of King
MEMPHIS Local organi
zations in Memphis, Tennessee
have announced plans for a
"March in Memphis" to be
held on Good Friday, April 4,
commemorating the first anni
versary of the assassination of
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
The "March in Memphis" is
being Initiated jointly by Com
munity On the Move for Equal
ity (C.0.M.E.) and Local 1733
American Federal of State,
County and Municipal Employ
ees, AFL-CIO. C.O.M.E. is the
Memphis Community organiza
tion which arose during the
local sanitation strike which
See MARCH page 2A
which will be held at the Stat
ler-Hilton Motel, FHday, April
18. Pounders of the Durham
Chapter will be honored, along
with other members with out
standing service.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, Presi-
PRICE: 20 Cents
Black Citizens
Seek Justice in
Federal Court
SHAW, Mtea—Black citizens
went to trial this week in US.
District Court, charging
unequal municipal services -
paved streets, street lights, fire
hydrants and the like.
The white side of town is
provided with numerous muni
cipal services.
The black side of town does
not have the same services.
All citizens, according to
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
attorney, pay taxes at the
same rata
All municipal services are
paid from the same tax source.
The case is part of a new
LDF drive-attacking a problem
common to the South and also
found in varying degrees in
northern cities.
Similar suits have already
been filed by LDF attorneys
in Belzoni and itta Bena, Miss.
More suits are expected else
where.
Black citizens in Shaw
charge that town officials have:
* paved and nudntained the
streets of white neighborhoods
while refusing to pave and
maintain streets in black neigh
borhoods;
* refused to construct and
maintain sufficient and ade
quate fire hydrants in black
neighborhoods, which have
fewer hydrants than do white
neighborhoods;
* refused to provide sewer
age service to many residents
| of black neighborhoods while
these facilities are provided
all residents of white neighbor
hoods;
* provided adequate water
facilities for residents of white
neighborhoods but refused to
do so for residents of black
neighborhoods, where water
pressure is substantially lower
and inadequate, constituting
an inconvenience and a danger
to health, safety, and property.
LDF attorneys participating
in this new campaign include
Reuben Anderson of Jackson,
Miss., and Jonathan Shapiro of
New York City.
JAIPUR, India . —For the
next five years, you can shoot
tigers in the Rajasthan state
with a camera but not with a
gun.
The state government had to
issue this ban to have from ex
tinction the 10 tigers still left in
its forests.
dent of AJkT, will be the guest
speaker, from left to right:
George A. Scott, Mrs. C. W.
Levelle, David G. Whitted;
stand'ng: James W. Hill and
Melvin D. Spoilt.
IN GROUND
BREAKING for the new White
R»ck Baptist Church at 3400
Fayetteville Street are pic
tured above. Reading from left
to right: C. C. Malone, Sr., Mrs.
Dorothy T. Washington, Mrs.
Black Police Offi
Mobile, Ala. With
Discrimination Suit
Brought By 27
Against the City
MOBILE A group of 27
Negro police officers this week
sued this city, its chief of
police and police commission
ers charging them with prac
tices "which discriminate be
cause of race."
The suit was filed in U.S.
District Court here.
Thus Mobile became part of
a drive against Southern police
department discrimination cur
rently being handled by at
torneys of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc. (LDF)
Similar suits have been
brought in West Palm Beach
and St. Petersburg, Fla.
Black police officers in Mo
bile charge that:
♦they are not allowed to
work in all divisions of the
force
♦police patrol zones are
gerrymandered according to
race and Negro officers as
signed only to Black comrau-
See SUIT page 2A
Black Citizen of Chapel Hill
A nnounces Mayor
Howard Lee to
Run for Post in
May Election
CHAPEL HILL- Howard
Lee, Negro citizen of Chapel
Hill, announced his candidacy
for mayor here last week. Lee
is employed as director of
personnel and employees at
Duke University in Durham.
He lives with his wife in Chapel
Hill at 504 Tinker bell Road.
They are the parents of one
son and one daughter.
Lee has lived in Chapel Hill
for 6 years during which time
he has been active in the com
munity life of the city. He Is
a member of the Binkley Bap
tist Church where he serves on
the Deacon Board.
In addition to being active
in the church life of Chapel
Hill, he has worked to aid the
local poverty program, and to
secure a low-income housing
project for the city. He alao
serves on the Mayor's Citizens
and Advisory Committee.
Registration for the election,
which will be held May 6, will
be April 12,19 and.,26.
Lee is urging all of his
friends and citizens interested
in building a begger and better
Chapel Hill, who haven't regis
tered, to do so before the elec
Ruth Ferdinand of Goldsboro,
representing her mom, an el
derly member of the church
who lives in Georgia; L. A.
Lynch, pastor, Lorenzo Lynch,
Jr., J. S. Stewart, principal
speaker; Mrs. M. T. Hargraves,
Last Rites for Rev. C. R. White
At Russell Memorial April 3
Funeral services for the Rev.
Charles Richard White, Pastor
of Russell Memorial C.M.E.
Church, will be held at the
church Thursday, April 3, at
2:00 p.m. Bishop H. C. Bunton.
Presiding Prelate of the Seventh
Episcopal District, will deliver
the eulogy.
Rev. White succumbed at
his home March 31, at 2:45
p.m., following two months of
illness.
Prior to becoming pastor of
Russell Memorial Church, he
served as Presiding Elder of the
Durham District from 1952 to
1956, after which he was
assigned to the pastorate of
Russell Memorial.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Annie White; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Laura Grove of Den
ver, Colorado; two sisters,
Mrs. Jessie Lee and Mrs. Lula
Little of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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tk>n so they will be able to
vote for him as mayor of
Chapel Hill.
Memorial Service
For Dr. Martin
Luther King Set
The Black Solidarity Com
mittee for Community Improve
ment announces a Memorial
Service for Dr. Martin Luther
King to be held Friday. April
4, at Saint Mark AME Zion
Church at 10:00 a.m. Dr. King
was assissinated one year ago
on April 4 in Memphis. Tenn.
The public is invited to at
tend the Memorial Service.
The annual shipping tonnage
handled at Houston, Tex., is ex
ceeded only by that of New
York and New Orleans.
Mrs. Fannie McLean, Mrs. Ora
S. Lee, Miss Parepa McCrea, W.
J. Kennedy, IV, W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., Mrs. Effie Cotten and
Mrs. Florida Fisher Parker.
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REV. WHITE
and two brothers, Lawrence
White of New York City and
Luther White of Tuscaloosa.
Interment will be at Glenn
view Cemetery.
Funeral Held for Duke Power
Company Official at Rougemont
Funeral services for
Reginald U. Williams, 58, were
held at Rougemont United
Methodist Church, Tuesday,
March 25, at 3:00 p.m. The
eulogy was delivered by the
Rev. Leon Hall.
Mr. Williams suffered a
heart attack at his home Mon
day, March 24. He succumbed
enroute to the hospital.
At the time of his death,
Mr. Williams was employed at
the Duke Power Company
where he had worked for over
40 years. At the time of his
death he was serving as credit
manager of the company.
Surviving are his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Williams of
Rougemont and a sister, Mrs.
Mildred Collins of Plymouth.
Interment was at Little Riv
er Presbyterian Cemetery in
Orange County.
Pallbearers were Isaac Hill,
Coin Bearing
Ike's Image
To Be Asked
WASHINGTON - COB
grass is expected aooa to conaid
sr proposals tor a cota bearing
former President Dwight D. Ei
Salary Payment
To Teacher is
Retroactive
The North Carolina Teach
ers AMOciation and The Nation
al Education Association
recently won their first battle
with The National Educational
Testing Service of Princeton,
New Jersey and The North
Carolina State Department of
Public Instruction with regards
to charges of cheating on The
National Teacher Examination.
Julius Walker, a teacher in the
Washington County Adminis
trative Unit, has had his salary
reduced this year to fifteen
(15.00) per day, because the
passing score which he made
on the July, 1968, National
Teacher Examination Test, was
questioned by The Educational
Testing Service. E T S charged
"After a careful study of
Mr. Walker's NTE answer
sheets, we can not positively
confirm the validity of the
July Common Examination
score or the education in the
Elementary School teaching
area acore; and Mr. Walker has
finally rejected our offer of a
ret est for the purpose of trying
to settle possible doubts about
his level of ability insofar as
this is demonstrated by his
performance in the N'TE."
After investigation proceed
ings by E. B. Palmer, executive
Secretary, NCTA, and Boyd
Bosma, Coordinator of Civil
Liberties of the Human Rela
tions Center, NEA and Mrs.
Mary Ann Scott, Director NEA
DuShane Emergency Fund.
NEA, a review of and com
plaints by the NCTA Profes
sional Rights and Responsibili
ties Commission which voted
to give legal support to Mr.
Walker, and a resolution sub
mitted by the Washington
County Local Unit, NCTA
expressing support of Julius
Walker, the State Department
of Public Instruction notified
Mr. Walker that:
"The last statement to us
from the Educational Testing
Service indicates that they can
not positively confirm the
validity of your July, 1968.
scores. In view of the fact, we
are accepting your scores."
Walker, received all of this
year's salary retroactive.
EAST LONDOM. South Africa
Five Rheas orstnches
hatched in West BerLin Zoo and
shipped to the zoo here are now
out of quarantine and are draw
ing many admirers.
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D. B. Tilley, J. F. Woodall, Jr.,
"John Oabtree, Clarence Robin
son, Lawson Wilson, G. H.
Ompbell and Jack Currie.
seniiower'j image!
Chairman Wright Patman, D-
Tex., of the House Banking
Committee, said he has re
ed ved several suggestions
along this tine "and I am hearti
ly in favor of doin» something."
He said the committee, which
has jurisdiction over coinage.
wouM probably want to study
precedents before considering
possihUtiesyof s special memo
rial coin or modal or a perma
nent change to the design of a
coin.