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All-White Board 111 Alabama County Purges Black Voters Nation's first SIOO Million Chi Car%a CliMg VOLUME 49 No. 2 Democratic NaVl Committee Plans Crime A Lawlessness Increases 11% During Year 69 WASHINGTON Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, announced recently the DNC will sponsor a national Democratic Action Conference on Crime early this year. Pointing to the need for such a conference, to stimulate greater action against crime under existing as well as ad ditional laws, Harris was criti cal of President Nixon's cam paign promise to reduce crime by getting a new Attorney General. Harris noted that de spite the emphasis on" law and order" during the 1968 cam paign, the rate of crime in the United States has gone up 11 percent during the first year of President Nixon's term in of fice. "Attorney General Mitchell and others in this Administra tion continue to play on the public's fear ofj crime| in the streets, but they have failed to come up with a comprehen sive national effort against crime," Harris said. The Senator noted that much of the action against crime needed now is available under existing law. He directed at tention to a present program to combat crime in America and observed that it was begun by a Democratic President and enacted by a Democratic Con gress. Specific reference was made to such landmark meas ures as the Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965, the Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1965, the Omnimus Crime Con trol and Safe Streets Act of (See CRIME page 2A) Black County Commissioners Clash With White Ala. Board Seeks to Purge Registration Roll of Blacks SELMA, Ala. - The all j white Greene County Board of Registrars is in the process I of purging the registration rolls of black voters. Why? Because the County Commission of Greene County (the county governing body) is now con trolled by blacks - thanks to the July, 1969 ele; lion -- and whites don't want any more blacks to be elected. They are doing this by applying an Ala bama law prohibiting anyone convicted of most crimes as low as vagrancy -- from voting. The Southern Rural Research Project (SRRP), a research and legal aid organization servicing poor rural black people in eleven Alabama counties, will file a class suit attacking the injustices of this law. The victory in Greene Coun ty in July was the first time blacks have won political con trol of an Alabama county since Reconstruction, even though blacks outnumber whites by 10,000 to 3,000 in population and '.iy 3,800 to (See PURGE pajje 2.»: DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1970 PRICE: 20 Ce»te Deacon Charlie Jackson Retired With Honors At Mt. Vernon Sun. Well-Known For Work With Local Youth Mt. Vernon Baptist Church here paid tribute to one of its members at its regular eve ning service on Sunday, Janu ary 4. Charlie J. Jackson was named Chairman Emeritus of the Mt. Vernon Deacon Board, having been a member since 1930. At the board's last meet ing on Tuesday, December 30, Jackson presided! over the final session of the year and thus ended 40 years of continuous active service, the last 18 of which he served as its chair man. In addition to his religious activities, Jackson is a Mason, committee chairman of BSA Troop 129, a member of American Legion Post"17S;"""a member of the Durham Busi ness and Professional Chain, and treasurer of local Project Outreach. In his immediate community he is well known for his dedication to youth. Al though he has no children of his own he has been the chief benefactor contributing finan cially toward the higher educa tion of several neighborhood youngsters, five of whom were of no relation to him. As a booster of the Soap Box Derby in its early years here, Jackson sponsored an entry, contribut ed to others, and was instru- Local 77 to Continue Struggle with Duke U.; Meet Planned Oliver Hardy, president of 77, told newsmen Wednesday afternoon that his group would continue their struggle for re cognition by Duke University in 1970. Stressing the fact that local 77, an afitiate of the American Federation of State Municipal Employees (AFS ME), represented a near ma jority of the non -academic employees at Duke, Hardy added that they had expanded their operations and would go before the board of trustees in the near future to apply for re cognition. "We are expecting resis tance, but we do not feel that we will fail in our efforts. We are organized and very well prepared," Hardy stated. A general meeting of non academic employees at Duke is scheduled for Monday night in the labor temple on Mangum Street. This meeting is for the purpose of evolving a pro posed contract to be presented to Duke. Also present at the press conference on the third floor of the FCD building was Eugene Gore, International Re '•Ser I.OCAL 77 putfe 2A) ij / A 9 x IL- JACKSON GETS PLAQUE mental in making a trip to Akron, Ohio, possible for many of the participants who other wise would not have gone. (He contributed to the same trip sponsored by the SBD Boosters this past summer.) A native of Timmonsville, S. Nathaniel B. White is Speaker For DBP Chain's Banquet Mon. Nathaniel B. White, president of Service Printing Company will be the speaker at the an nual banquet of the Durham Business and Professional Chain Monday night in the 4m ' M WHITE North Carolina Central Univer sity cafeteria. A business and' civic leader of Durham for several years, White is a member of the Board of Directors and past president (1954- 56) of the Dur ham Business and Professional Chain. Other business affilia tion include, member of Dur ham Werrhanls Association and C., Jackson came to Durham in 1923. He joined Mt. Vernon in 1924 and in 1926 was married to the former Cora Mason. Prior to his retirement, Jack, son was employed by the S. J. Nicholson, Sr. family for (See JACKSON page 2A) the Chamber of Commerce. Presently he serves as Chair man of the Citizens Advisory Committee and is a trustee of White Bock Baptist Chureh. A 1937 graduate of Hamp ton Institute, White has re ceived many awards for his work. They include Durham Housewives League Man of the Year in 1953 and SUver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of Ameri ca, 1968. This is the highest council award to volunteer scouters. White is married to the for mer Jean Briscoe of Washing ton, D. C. They have two sons, Nathaniel Jr., a graduate »tu- j dent at the University of North Carolina; and Joseph, senior at Florida A&M University. Women As Lutheran Pastors? MINNEAPOLIS Women us Lutheran pas tors? A resolution recom mending ordination of wom en probably will be present ed to the biennial conven tion of the Lutheran Church in Arnerica, according to Dr. Robert J. Marshall, pres ident of the 3.3 million member denomination. Annual Meet Good Neighbor Council is Set RALEIGH The «nnual meeting of the North Caro lina Good Neighbor Council has been announced for Jan uary 22 and 23, at the White House Inn in Charlotte. Fred L. Cooper, Council Di rector, has announced the pro gram plan with registration be ginning at 1:30 p.m. on Thurs day, January 22. The first ses sion will begin at 2:00 p.m. | with an explanation of the Council area concept by As sistant Director, Preston C. HilL The afternoon session will deal with "new dimensions of leadership in secondary and higher education." Area group aaeeting will be held on Friday morning and will deal with "the development of programs and leadership for unity and progress in North Carolina." Program participants will be Dr. James T. Taylor, Vice Chairman of the Good Neigh bor Council aod retired dean of the North Carolina central University, Jack L. Bui lard, Ex ecutive Director of the Mayor's community relations com mittee in the city of Char lottee, Fred D. Alexander, mem ber of the State Good Neigh bor Council and member of the Charlotte city council, Dr. Warner Hall, minister of the Covenant Presbyterian Church and Chairman of the Mayor's community relations com mittee in Charlotte, Honora ble John M. Belk, Mayor of Charlotte, Ray A Killan, State Good Neighbor Council mem ber and Vice-President of BeVc's service stores in Char lotte, Honorable Marshall A. Rauch, State Good Neighbor Couneii member and North Carolina State Senator and in dustrialist from Gastonia, Dr. English Jooes, State Good (See COUNCIL page 2A) a m i MA ■*- - A jj CERTIFICATES AWARDED Joseph W. Goodloe, preside* of North Carolina Mutual life Insurance Company, presented Martin Luther Kirn Day "Called For by Citizens Committee President Nixcn, governors and mayors of *ates and cities have been petitioned by the Citizens Committee for a Mar tin Luther King Holiday to declare January 15th a legal holiday In memory of the civil rights martyr. The appeal to the legisla tive heads came !• the form of a resolution that purported stemmed from the resolutions introduced in the Congress with the same holiday idea. eL 1M HUMORED MILLION DOLLAR MERGER Presidents of two companies, Thaddeus B. Gail lard, CLU, Great Lakes Mu Morehead Planetarium Offers Public "Sfonehenge" Program CHAPEL HUT. - January 13th marks the opeoing of the Morehead Planetarium's new Public Program "Stonehenge". This program will be offered every evening at 8:30; on Sat urdays at 11, 1, 3, 4 and 8:30; on Sundays at 2, 3, 4 and 8:30 through February 23rd. "Stonehenge" turns the clock back 3500 years and takes the viewer to England's lonely ruin. The viewer at once becomes « participant in the astronomical and religious as pects of the auspicious struc ture of Stonehenge. The ap peal of the program is histori cal and archaeological as well as astronomical This one-hour program may also be attended without ad "certificates" in recognition of a total of 111 years of loyal service to, left to right. Miss Latcille L. Baines, John EL Betts The resolution reads as follows: Whereas the United States of America is deeply grieved by the vicious and senseless act which snded the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior, this country's apostle of 800 violence; and Whereas the America* peo pie are determined that the life and works of this great man shall not be obscured by violence and anger, but rather tual Life Insurance Company, are shown reviewing the "arti cles of merger" which became effectiv January 1, 1970. vance reservation at the above times by any and all school, religious industrial, club, so cial, or civic groups at modest admission rates, Admission to the scientific and art exhibit areas is always free. On January 13, also, the full schedule of Graded Schoo Programs offered throughout the day on Wednesdays, Thurs days, and Fridays will resume For recommended grade titles and advance reservations, write to Graded School Pro grams, Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, 27514. Or, tele phone (919) 933-1236 any week day from 9 to 5 p.m. For recorded astronomical information "Dial The Stars" at (919) 933-3707 anytime day or night and W. Mance Gilliam at a re tirement program in the com pany auditorium on New Year's Eve. Macco A. Sloan, CLU, that they shall remain a shining symbol of the Nation's nonvio lent struggle f)r social progrets; and Whereas it is incumbent upon us to recognize that vio lence, hatred, and national di vision do no honor to the man who has been taken froia us; and Whereas mutual respect and a firm commitment to the ideals of nonviolence for which he labored will be the most N. C. Insurance Official Signs Merger Article Th nation's first, black-ope rated, one hundred million dollar financial institution be came a reality earlier this week when North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner, E d Lanier, signed "the articles of merger" whereby Great Lakes Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of Detroit was merged with the North Carolina Mu tual Life Insurance Company of Durham with the latter firm being the surviving company. For he past two months, of ficials of the Great Lakes Mu tual Life Insurance Company of Detroit, Michigan, and the North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Company of Durham, have been following the long and precedent-setting process outlined by the insurance com missioners of the states of Michigan and North Carolina in effecting the "first merger of mutual life insurance com panies in the history of the two states" and probably of the country. Insurance commissioners of the two states, along with the legal staffs of the two com panies, found no precedent for the "merger" of mutual life in surance companies with home offices in seperate states." Al though a number of life insur ance firms in the two states have been "reinsured" by other life companies, there was no record of a "merger of mutual companies in accordance with the statutes." Consistent with merger procedures, officials of the two companies were re quired to follow a long and in volved process. Details of the proposed merger were first filed with the insurance com missioners of the two states. Then, the merger Intention was announced in newspaper advertising columns and by direct mail and hand delivered notices to the thousands of policyowners of the two com panies. These last were pro. vided with an opportunity to express their desires by ballot sent to specially designated (See INSURANCE page 2A) p NCM Senior Vice President, • Sad left, was master of eer»> l monies at tthe program. » las. ng memorial to the life of thi Reverend Doctor Martin Lusher King, Junior, and Whereas it is fervently hoped that his a.ath may aarve to reconcile th se among us who have harbored hatred and refitment for their feiiow An ?ncans, to the end that our c ountry may at laat realize the Meal of equality set forth in our Constitution. Th erefore, it is hereby re- U:or KING page 2A)
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