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Overlsoo In Semifinals Scholarship Achievement Program Durham Father And Daughter Sentenced For Tax Fraud CW Emwo VOLUME 48 No. 40 NAACP Lawyers Defend 24 In Criminal Conspiracy 14 Young Men, 10 Women are Under Sentence LOS ANGELES - The 24 young men and women Charged with criminal conspira cy in connection with a dis turbance on the campus of the San Fernado Valley State Col lege in California are being defended in court by lawyers retained by the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. The Los Angeles law firm of Miller and Miller was re tained by the NAACP to de fend the accused 14 young men and 10 young women now on trial here before Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler. The young people, 22 Negroes, one Mexican-American and one Asian, were indicted on 75 counts for their alleged role in a disturbance on the college campus la&t November. A total of 1,730 felonies, some sort of record in cases of this kind, are listed in the Indictment. Through Nathaniel Colley of Sacremento, chairman of the Association's West Coast Regional legal committee, the students appealed to the NAACP for legal assistance. In response to this request, the Los Angeles firm, consist ing of Halvor Thomas Miller, Jr., Morgan Moten and Loren Miller, Jr., son of the late Judge Miller, who has long been a leading NAACP attor ney, was retained. "Our entry into this case," NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins said, "is strictly in line with NAACP tradition and practice. For 60 years we (See TRIAL 2A) Julian Bond is Keynoter at Ya. Political Meet PETERSBURG—State Repre sentative Julian Bond of At lanta, Georgia, will be the key note speaker at a Virginia statewide conference of Black elected officials, to be held at Virginia State College October 3 and 4. The two-day session will be held In Virginia Hall audito rium and In Room 301, Foster Hall. Calvin W. Miller, Interim Head of the Department of Poli tical Science at Virginia State College will preside, and 1 serve as conference chairman. Several well known black elected officials in the State of Virginia will play key roles at the conference. They in clude: Dr. W. Ferguson Reld, House of Delegates, Richmond; Moses Rlddick, Board of Supervisors, Nansemond County, Suffolk; W. P. Robinson, Jr., Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Nor folk; S. 0. Sykes, Board of Supervisors. Drewryville; Mrs. lona W. Adkins, County Clerk, Charles City County; And City Councilman Hermsnze E. Faunt leroy, Jr.. Petersburg? Rev. L. A. Davies, Fredericksburg; C. H. Harris. Danville; Joseph See BOND page 2A) DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1969 jmi | - v j si f^jfl CONGRATULAI IONS ARB IN ORDER These are persons who took part in the Septem ber meeting of the Durham Branch, NAACP, Sunday Sept. 28, at Community Baptist Church. Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, Assistant Secretary, Charlotte Young Woman Winner U. S. Treasury Superior Performance Award CHARLOTTE - Mrs. Stella Morris Matthews, a 20 year old junior at Johnson C. Smith University, has received a Superior Performance Award from the United States Trea sury Department. The award, which included a Certificate of Appreciation and a SSO cash prize, was presented by E. Y. Poole of Greensboro, chief of the Audit Division of Inter nal Revenue Service for the Southeastern Region, "In re cognition and appreciation for to the effective and efficient op eration of the Treasury De partment." Mrs. Matthews, a native of Lillington, has been employed at the Charlotte Field Branch of the Internal Revenue Ser vice since November 1968. ELLANOIS ROBERTS AKA Sorority Presents Awards The Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority recently awarded four-year scholarships to Misses Effie Delois Lyons and El lanoise Roberts, both fresh men at North Carolina Central University. The recipients were chosen on the basis of scholar ships, need, and character. Miss Lyons, a 1969 honor graduate of Merrick-Moore High School, was a member of the Future Homemakers of United States Department of Labor, center, is being con gratulated by, I-r, Rev. E. T. Thompson, who led the devo tions; Mrs. Ruth Jones, presi dent, NCTA, who presented Mrs. Koontz to a large appre ciative audience; Dr. C. E. Boul MRS. MATTHEWS She describes her position as "a secretary-aide and 'Girl Friday' ". She got the job through the Placement Office at Smith. The performance award is given annually to outstanding employees as an incentive to inspire other employe's. .j i ' ';f r fVRWiiP it -'WWim DELOIS LYONS America and the National Honor Society. Miss Roberts, a 1969 honor graduate of Hill side High School, was presi dent of the Spanish Club and held membership in the Dra matics Club and the National Honor Society. Both young women were active participants in other school affairs and in church organizations. Scholarship awards are a priority program implemented by Alpha Zeta Omega Sorors (See AWARDS 2A> PRICE: 20 Cents ware, city councilman, who pre sided over the meeting and Alexander Barnes, president of the Branch. Mrs. Koontz pre sented a new image of produc tive education which she said was being made possible by the federal government. Black History Meet Promises To Be Greatest BIRMINGHAM—T en govern ment officials and fifty-seven persons representing fifty-three universities will converge on Birmingham in one of the greatest annual meetings on Negro History in America on October 9 thru 12. Hotel Tut wiler will be the scene of this mammoth conference on Black History which will Include topics from art and Abraham Lincoln to labor, education and Africana. Never before has so many educators in the United States, representing both black and white universities, shown such tremendous interest in bring ing to light unknown facts and figures on the accomplishments and achievements of Black peo ple. A total of sixty sessions will be held in the five meeting rooms of the Hotel Tutwiler beginning on the morning of October 9 and ending on the 12. According to Dr. Charles H. Wesley, executive director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and retired president of Central State College, "We now feel that the majority of Ameri cans are turning to the pro found significance of Negro history in America. Major pub lishers are beginning to recog nize the validity of using Black history and the extensive profits of publishing books about it." When contacted, Dr. Charles A. Brown, Principal of Brigh ton High School, Local Coordi nator of the Convention and local Chapter president said that his committee has accom plish ed l an extraordinary amount of work in the interest of making this the most excit ing and interesting Convention to date. Dr. J. Ruoert Picott. former Dresident of Virginia Teachers Association and presently an executive with the National Education Association, Is presi dent of ASNLH. Poisonous snakes found in Alabama are the coral, water mocoasin or cottonmouth, and rattlesnakes. District Court Convicts Two For Violation GREENSBORO—A father and daughter were sentenced' in the Middle District court at Dur ham last week for federal in come tax fra*ud. William A Daye and Re becca Daye Wooten were found guilty of aiding and assisting other individuals in the filing of fradulent income tax returns for the years 1964 and 1965. William Daye, on probation from a previous conviction in 1964, was found' guilty of pa role violation on three charges of aiding and assisting others in filing fradulent returns. He was given an active sentence of one year and a day. Rebecca Daye Wooten his daughter, was found guilty on five combined counts of aiding and assisting others to file fraudlent tax returns. She re ceived a four-month active sen tence and was placed on pro bation for five years under court order to prepare no fed eral or state tax returns for others during the period of pro bation. They both resided at 106 East Chestnut Street in Durham. South Carolina Deplores Testimony Of J. B. Culbertson COLUMBIA, S. C. Spokes men for the South Carolina Conference of NAACP Branch es have repudiated statements made by John Bolt Culbertson in support of the nomination of Judge Clement F. Hayns worth, Jr., to the Supreme Court. Culbertson, a white Greenville lawyer and presi dent of the Greenville County Bar Association, characterized himself before the Senate Judi ciary Committee as an NAACP "sympathizer." The repudiation, contained in a telegram signed by Rev. A. W. Holman and* Isaac W. Wil liams, NAACP state president and field director, respectively, stated that "the endorsement reported by you (Mr. Culbert son) as made by W. T. Smith, president of the Greenville Branch of the NAACP, has been publicly denied by the accused an® discarded by NAACP's constituency as a malicious af front." Further, the NAACP refuta tion "deplores and repudiates the statements ... as errone ous, unfounded, void of facts (See DEPLORES 2A) Charlotte Hosts 99th Annual Masonic Grand Lodge Meet CHARLOTTE - Featured speaker for the 99th annual communication of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, North Caro lina, when it convenes in Charlotte, October 6-8, will be Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Jr., pas tor of Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California, and recently elected president of the American Baptist Conven tion (first Negro to serve as top executive of this pre dominantly white nationar or ganization). A native of Wood ruff, S. C., and for many years, a leader in educational and religious work in North Caro lina, Dr. Kilgore is held in high esteem by his many acquaint ances in this area. He is es pecially remembered for his outstanding leadership as exe cutive secretary of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which position he held, 1945-1947. With special emphasis on charity, education, brother hood, and first-class citizen ship, the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Prince Hall Masons, with a total membership of over 30,000, is geared to a broad program of human bet- Jf/r % |Hj *, j . b"* f» t$- -1969 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER —Elks Grand Exalted Ruler Hobson Reynolds (second from left), and Grand Commissioner of Education George W. Lee (right), join Eugene McCullars of Coca-Cola USA in presenting President Smith Ann Winners of HMSC Names of over 1,500 Semi finalists in the sixth National Achievement Scholarship Pro gram for outstanding Negro students were announced this week by Edward C. Smith, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NM SC). Some 325 of the students will win Achievement Scholar ships next spring. About 100 of the Achieve ment Scholarships will be four year renewable awards ranging in value from $250 per year to $1,500 per year (SI,OOO to $6,000 over the four years.) The exact amounts depend on the indi vidual need l of the winners. These four-year awards are sponsored mainly by corpora tions and corporate founda tions. Over 200 of the awards will be National Achievement SIOOO Scholarships that provide a single payment of SI,OOO to the winner when he enrolls in college. The Achievement Semifinal ists were selected from 35,000 Negro participants from more than 4,500 schools nationwide. Among students requesting Achievement Program conside ration, the Semifinalists were the highest scorers in their geographic regions on the Na (See WINNERS 2A) DBF jH m S flh. ■P JP fW "jfc w jjk-. m ■l. 1 ■ fll fl BROWN terment and social progress • in the areas of youth guidance, job opportunities, housing, voter registration, and econo mics. The distinguished leader of this historic fraternal organi zation now serving his ninth year as top executive - is Grand Master Clark S. Brown, pro minent business and civic leader of Winston-Salem. Other grand officers in clude: Bishop H. B. Shaw, Wilmington, deputy grang mas ter; W. A. Clement, Durham, and Dr. C. W. Lawrence, Isiah White with the second annual Elks-Coca-Cola USA scholarship. White, a resident of South Bend, Indiana, visited the recent Elks Convention as a guest of Coca-Cola USA, A Division of The Coca-Cola Com New Bethel Bapt. Church Pastor To Celebrate Anniversary Sun. New Bethel Baptist Church here announces plans for the celebration of the 25th anni versary of its minister, the Rev. Dr. Lowery Wilson Reid, Sun day October 5. Dr. Reid first began his present pastorate on the First Sunday in October, 1945, at New Bethel. Dr. C. E. Bouleware, Dur ham City Councilman and lay leader of Covenant Presby terian Church, will be the guest speaker at the 11 o'clock ser vice and music will be fur nished by the senior and gospel choirs of New Bethel. The afternoon session will begin at 3 o'clock and Bishop F. Yelverton, pastor of Mount Calvary Holiness Church here, will deliver the anniversary message. Music for the program will feature Mount Calvary's choir and its congregation. Climaxing the celebration will be the 6 p.m. service with Greensboro, special deputies; Clarence Winchester, Greens boro, secretary; Dr. H. N. Dowdy, Washington, treasurer; Milton Fitch, Wilson, senior warden; James French, Lum berton, junior warden; Dr. R. Irving Boone, Elizabeth City, director of public relations and editor of The Masonic Jour nal; Dr. G. W. Allen, Fayette ville, senior deacon; G. W. Little, Winston-Salem, junior deacon, Reverend N. K. Dunn, Beaufort, junior Stewart; Dr. A. C. Cook, Asheville, master of ceremonies, W. A. Jones, Winston-Salem, attorney; Reverend John A. Mebane, Tarboro, orator; Floyd E. Spellman, Elizabeth City, lec turer; H. D. Speight, Rocky Mount, asst. lecturer Reverend J. W. Wilkins, Washington, swoi;d bearer; E. J. Elliott, FayetteviUe, standard bearer; S. F. Harrison, Winston-Salem, Pursuivant; R. P. Person, Win ston-Salem, marshal; James E. Garfield, Greensboro, deputy secretary; and there are the following district deputies: James L Evans, Wilming ton; John Henry Cannady, Richlands; H. V. Brown, Golds boro, Rev. R. A. Morris, Snow Hill. Fred Simona, Swan Qu&t- pany. He plans to study en gineering at Drexel Institute and is one of sixteen Black stu dents enrolling in colleges this fall on scholarships provided by Coca-Cola USA. 1 REV. REID the message delivered by Rev. C. L. Thompson, pastor of Children's Chapel of Graham. Rev. Thompson is an alumnus of Union Christian Bible Insti tute at Durham. Music will be furnished by the male choruses (See PASTOR page 2A) ers; James E. White, Elizabeth City; Matthew Jarmond, Win ston, Frank Cobb, Rocky Mount; G. W. Bryant, Selma; 0. L. Cunningham, Virginia, Lee W. Smith, Durham; D. W. Massey, Winston-Salem; Aaron Lighter, High Point; W. T. Horton, Sanford; B. A. Mc- Geachy, Fayetteville, Hon H. Carson, Morganton; Bismark Williams, Asheville; Thebtud Jeffers, Gastonia; James A. Shands, Charlotte; T. L. G era is, Limberton; J. R. Brewinton; St. Pauls; R. J. Harris, State ville. Saint Paul's College Gets SIO,OOO Gift LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. A SIO,OOO unrestricted gift has been received by Saint Paul's College here from Reynolds Metals Co., Richmood, it was anr'" >nced by President Earl H. McCleoney this week. The check wr.s presented by Paul Stuber, a Reynolds' executive. The presentation was made to a group of Saint Paul's trustees and administrator*.
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