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STUDENTS OF NORTH CAR.
OLINA CENTRAL University's
Law School as they clean away
remnants of more than 21,000
Dean And Stud
Perform Miracle In Salvaging
Many Valuable Books Of Fire
Classes Resume
Schedule With
Only Short Delay
A fire at midnight, Thurs
day, Sept. 18, destroyed over
21,000 volumes of the North
Carolina Central University
law library and did extensive
damage to the law school build
ing itself.
The Durham Police and Fire
Departments are investigating
the possibility of arson as the
cause of the fire.
Books destroyed were esti
mated at $500,000 in value.
Many, however, were virtually
irreplaceable. Some had been
out of print for more than a
century.
Dean LeMarquis DeJarmon
said that he received a call
from the switchboard operator
at the university at about mid
night. "Dean, the Law School
is on fire," the operator said.
By the time Dean DeJarmon
arrived on campus, firemen and
policemen from Durham and
neighboring communities were
on the scene. Some 20 law stu
dnts also assisted firemen in
extinguishing the blaze.
Flames were completely ex
tinguished by a.m., September
19.
Classes were held in B. N.
Duke Auditorium on the NCCU
campus on Friday. Law stu
dents, who had launched an ap
peal for aid in replacing the
(See FIRE page 10A)
Sigmas Re-elect Dr. McNeil
Hational President At Meet
RAPS NIXON ADMINISTRATION FOR
"DO NOTHING, GO SLOW POLICY"
NEW YORK Delegates at
tending the 55th Anniversary
National Convention of the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity recently
concluded in Baltimore, Mary
land, re-electd Dr. Alvin J. Mc-
Neil, Professor of Special Stud
ies and l Dean of Prairie View
College, Prairie View, Texas,
National President of the 55
year old National Black Greek
lettered collegiate society then
went on to underscore the
Nixon Administration for its
"do nothing, go slow policy"
where human and civil rights
of Blacks are concerned.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
founded at Howard University
in 1914, is nationally member
ed by some 40,000 college
trained l Black men. The Frater
nity engages in National pro
grams of Social Actions. Educa
tion and Bigger and Better
Business.
The delegates also voiced
volumes destroyed by the near
million dollar fire which gutted
the library; Dean DeJarmon
looks on.
ents
Claggett Award Recipients For
Choral Excellency are Honored
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MISS KING
Valeria King and Vernessa
Alston are the 1960 recipients
of the T. H. Claggett Awards
for choral excellency. The
awards are presented to a jun
ior and senior high school stu
dent who has shown a musical
interest, a cooperative attitude,
as well as a musical aptitude
during his or her entire school
tenure.
Valeria King, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry King of
510 Otis St., received the schol
arship assistance and is now a
dissatisfaction over what they
say is a trend of President
Nixon and his current adminis
tration to "pay off political
debts" at the expense of tji»
Black Minority of the'land.
After listening to Brother
Howard N. Lee, first Black
Mayor of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina andi Percy Sutton, Bo
rough President of Manhattan
and engaging in political semi
nars designed by Clifton Felton
past National Director of So
cial Actions; the fraternity
voted to present a series of
resolutions to President Nixon
asking that action be taken by
him on them.
The delegates gave the Na
tional Body the right to incor
porate itself to act as the spon
soring body for individual
chapters of the fraternity who
are interested in engaging in
the construction of low cost
(See SIGMAS page 10A)
From left to right are James
Harris, Wayne Petteway, Dean
DeJarmon, and Carlton Fellers.
(Photo by Purefoy)
MISS ALSTON
freshman at North Carolina
Central University here.
Vernessa Alston, daughter of
Mrs. Ginnie Alston of 414 Pop
lar St., was the winner of the
junior high school trophy at
the annual awards day pro
gram at Whitted last spring.
The students are chosen from
members of Whitted Junior
High and 1 Hillside High since
these are the schools where
Miss Claggett taught until her
recent retirement from the city
(See AWARDS page 10A)
Coretta King
To Be On
'Face N
NEW YORK - Mrs. Coretta
Scott King, widow of slain
civil rights leader Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., will be the
I,'uest on "Face the Nation"
Sunday, Sept 28 (12 noon
-12:30 p.m., EDT) on the CBS
Television Network, in color,
ant on the CBS Radio Net
work.
Mrs. King, whose husband
was assassinated in April of
last year, has written a book
about his struggles and sue
cesses, titled "My Life With
Martin Luther King, Jr.," to
be released Sept. 25.
SHE WILL be interviewed
on "Face the Nation" by CBS
News Correspondent George
Herman, moderator of the
weekly broadcast, and two
other reporters to be selected.
UDI Buys Land
For Mangum Sf
Supermarket
Durham's unique plan for
"community capitalism" took
on a more concrete shape re
cently when United Durham,
Inc.. purchased land at 602
North Mangum Street as the
site for a supermarket on Sep
tember 15.
United Durham, Inc., is a
profit-making corporation with
a board of directors on which
low-income persons hold 2/3 of
the positions. United Durham,
Inc. (UDI), is the operating
agency for investing the $900,-
000 venture capital grant an
nounced by the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity in April of
this year.
"This piece of land will be
the testing place for UDl's plan
for strengthening the low-in
come Black economy of Dur
ham." said Nilas Thompson,
president of UDI.
Thompson, a retired Duke
Power Co. employee, said,
"Very soon our low-income sup
porters and other friends will
be able to see community capi
talism being built on Mangum
Street.
"This UDI board of directors
is working to expedite progress
on the Mangum Street super
market, which is expected to
hire about twenty full-time
workers and thirteen part-time
workers. The board is busy
with obtaining designs for the
store, hiring a contractor to
build the supermarket, making
arrangements with wholesalers
and deliverers for supplies,
hiring and training store per
sonnel, etc. No deadline has
been set for completion ot
these tasks and opening the
store.
The supermarket will offer
a discount on all purchases to
low-income persons who have
(See SUPERMARKET 10A)
Union Strike
To Continue
Despite Fines
SUFFOLK Despite Ires
passing convictions of 30 peo
ple, leaders of Local 26, Dis
tributive Workers of America
revealed Wednesday that the
strike of non-professional
workers, that has been under
way at Obipi Memorial Hos
pital since Aug. 1, will con
tinue
A total of 22 men and wom
en, who were charged with
trespassing at the hospital on
Aug. 19, pleaded guilty and
were fined $25 and costs each
by Nansemond County Judge
Thomas 0. Andrews.
EIGHT MORE, charged
with trespassing on Sept. 1,
were convicted and fined SSO
and costs each and sentenced
to 30 days in jail. The jail
sentence was suspended on the
condition that they refrain
from going on the hospital
grounds without authority for
one year.
Among those in this group
were Lock J. Parker, presi
dent of Local 26. In the ear
lier group were Predell Madi
son, the orderly whose firing
launched the strike, and the
Rev. Ronald E. Morris, presi
dent of the Suffolk-Nanse
mond branch of the NAACP.
XHE PLEDGE that the
strike would continue was
made by DWA President
Cleveland Robinson who re
affirmed a previous pledge
that no hospital striker would
live in want because of the
walkout at a meeting attended
by an estimated 75 people.
Union Secretary - Treasurer
Alfred L. Bailey told the group
"we're going to keep on
marching until a summit la
reached.'*
VSC Receives
Teaching Grant
PETERSBURG Virginia
State College has received a
grant of $147,000 from the Fed
eral Government for use in an
Innovative teaching program
lor college graduates for
School Year 1969-1970.
Che CanSjjfct Cimes
VOLUME 48 No. 39 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1969 PRICE: 20 Cents
N. C. Native Named Assistant
Supt. Of Norfolk,
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Both Races of
Oklahoma Seek
Desegregation
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
U. S. Supreme Court was asked
last week to uphold a U. S.
District Court decision order
ing a new desegregation plan
for Oklahoma City public
schools.
However, the District Court
ruling which brought more de
segregation was overturned by
the U. S. Court of Appeals on
August 27.
Associate Justice Brennan,
acting as circuit justice in re
sponse to argument of NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc. (LDF attorneys,
(See SCHOOLS page 10)
Michigan Solon Praises Phone
Company For Liberal Policy
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SEVERAL MEMBERS of the |
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation are shown at the annual
dinner of the Durham County
affiliate, hosted Monday by the
Mechanics and Fanners Bank.
From left to right: J. H. Lucas,
state director of N.E.A.; Mrs.
3 Distinguished Americans to Receive Awards
The American Jewish Con
gress' top honor, the annual
Stephen S. Wise Awards, will
be presented to three distin
guished recipients for 1969:
Israel's Ambassador to the
United States, Gen. Yitzhak Ra
bin: Roy Wilkins, executive
director of the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People; and Bernard
B. Zients, president of Gim
bels, New York, and a leading
philanthropist.
The awards will be made at
a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel Sunday evening, October
26.
General Rabin will be honored
for "distinguished service in
Dr. Allen Is The First Black Man To Be
Elected To Such Administrative Post
Dr. Jesse Lee Allen, teacher
at the University of Miami and
assistant director of the Florida
School Desegregation Consult
ing Center, has been appointed
assistant school superintendent
of the 56,000 student system in
Norfolk.
The first black to be elected
to the top administrative eche
lon, Allen will be in charge of
special education, pupil person
nel and guidance, and adjustive
services. All of these depart
ments deal with the physical,
academic and l disciplinary prob
lems of pupils.
The 38 year old Durham na
tive said, "In the beginning, 1
thought this might be a win
dow-dressing job, bjj|t I talked
to the superintendent who as
sured me it would be a real
job."
As assistant director of the
federally financed Florida De-
I A. O. Eaton, president of tfte
Durham Citl unit; E. B. Palm
er, executive secretary of NCTA
and guest speaker; Mrs. M. W.
Evans, president of the county
unit; and S. C. Cunningham,
vice president.
Other guests present but not
the cause of Israel."
Wilkins will be cited for
"advancing human freedom."
Zients will be named for
"dynamic leadership in Jewish
life."
Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld
of Cleveland, 0., president of
the American Jewish Congress,
will present the award to Wil
kins. Shad Polier, chairman of
the Congress' National Govern
ing Council, will make the pre
sentation to Ambassador Ra
bin. Benjamin S. Kalnick, a
national vice president of AJ
Congress and mayor of King's
Point, L. 1., will present Zients'
award.
Abraham Fienberg, chair-
DR. ALLEN
segregation Center, Allen work
ed as an advisor to school dis
tricts attempting to find the
pictured were W. R. Collins,
expansion director of Ha m
mocks Beach Association and
David Harrison along with other
representatives of the Mechan
ics and Farmers Bank.
(Photo by Purefoy)
man of the board of the Ameri
can Bank and Trust Company,
and former chairman of the
board of Brandies University,
is serving as dinner chairman,
with Polier and Kalnick as co
chairmen. Proceeds of the
event will further the humani
tarian programs of the Ameri
can Jewish Congress.
The Stephen S. Wise Awards
are presented annually by the
American Jewish Congress to
persons, organizations and in
stitutions "whose moral cou
rage and love of liberty exem
plify the traditions of Rabbi
Wise and the teachings of the
Jewish heritage."
Since establishment of the
(See AMERICANS 10A)
best methods of desegregating.
The question of naming a
Negro to a top job in a school
system, where 40% of the stu
dents are Negro, has been be
fore the board for some time
Some time ago. Gloria Frayser.
a faculty member at Norfolk
State College, went before the
School Board to suggest that a
black person be seriously con
sidered. Also spokesmen for
the Norfolk Education Associa
tion carried a grievance on the
matter to the superintendent
from a group of black princi
pals
Allen was educated in the
public schools of Durham and
graduated from North Carolina
College. He received the mas
ter's and doctorate degrees in
education from Duke Univer
sity in Durham.
Allen is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Butler Al
len, formerly"of 1515 Faye St.
2PoWorkers
Protected By
Great Lakes
WASHINGTON ln a recent
speech on the floor of House
of Representatives Congressman
Charles C. Diggs paid a high,
tribute to the Michigan Bell
Telephc.ie Company for action
in purchasing over 20 percent
of its life and accidental death
benefit insurance to Detroit's
black-owned Great Lakes Mu
tual Life Insurance Co.
In his remarks Congressman
Diggs said:
"Mr. Speaker, on September
2, The Michigan Bell Telephone
Company turned over more
than 20 percent of its life and
and accidental death benefit in
surance to Detroit's black
owned Great Lakes Mutual Life
Insurance Company. This S9B
million contract represents
nearly a fourth of the S4OO
life and accidental death cover
age for 28.000 telephone em
ployees. This makes Michigan
Bell the major account held by
Great Lakes Mutual, which Is
the largest black-owned and
operted enterprise in Michigan
and 1 one of the nation's largest
black-owned insurance compa
nies."
In making the announcement
concerning the transaction,
Thad B Gaillard. C.L.U.. Presi
dent of Great Lakes Mutual
said:
"Insurance implies con fi
dence and when a company of
Michigan Bell's stature gives
us responsibility (or insuring
their employees. I think it sup
ports the idea and the fact of
Black business more than all
the words of encouragement
ever could."
William M. Day. Bell's Presi
dent, said Gaillard had first
approached him for the busi
ness about 9 months ago. He
further said:
"This company met all our
performance requirements, and
(See SILL page 10A)