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Remember! A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE Register and Vote VOLUME 49 No. 26 N. C. Governor To Become Chairman SHREB Board In Sept. * * * * * ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * * ★ ★*★★★* Black Theater Object Of Early Morning Dynamite Blast Building Badly Damaged By 12:30 a.m. Explosion in Building An explosion which did extensive damage to the Your Own Thing Theater building and damage of a less extent to adjoining buildings occurred here Tuesday around 12:30 a.m. The explosion, the source of which was not at first known, was later designated as dynamite by the investigation of the local police force and U. S. Army demolition ex perts. Several witnesses said they saw a car pass by the theater just before the explosion oc curred. None of them were Rankin Named NCCU Security Chief Dr. Whiting Announces Guy R. Rankin has been named Chief of Security at North Carolina Central Univer sity, President Albert N. Whit ing announced recently. Ranklin, captain of Van guard Security Agency in Dur ham, will assume duties at N. C. Central on July 1. He is a former member of the Metropolitan Police De partment and the Reserve Po lice Corps, Washington, D. C., and was previously employed as training instructor for a Washington-based security firm and as chief investigator for another security firm in the D. C. area for four years. Rankin is a graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School, Washington; and of Montgomery Junior College, Takoma Park, Maryland. He attended District of Columbia Teachers College. He is an associate membei of the International Associa tion of Chiefs of Police, a pro fessional association of law en forcement officials and execu tives of private security agen SISTIR OINNILL PURCBLL ■jol:* Vniv. J J\i£' t"''- ■ > Cbe Carwla Cun TRUTH UNBRTCTUED"^ able to determine whether the dynamite, which later proved to be two or three sticks, was thrown from the car or not. Happily no one was in jured in the explosion, the damage being confined entire ly to that which happened to the theater the adjoining Biltmore Grill and the Haram bee Shop which had their windows blown out. The theater building is owned by G. W. Logan, re tired theater operator of Dur ham. He stated that it will be (See BLAST page 2A) RANKIN cies. The new security chief is a member of Omega Psi Phi fra ternity. "I am deeply concerned about problems related to nar cotics," Rankin said. "I am primarily interested in elimi nating the pusher and aiding the user." He said he would institute a new training program for NCCU security officers. "The (See RANKIN page 2A) MMj | Rh I I M Jo t ■I I & 3mtv. A ay 4 H i ■II, £i vßfl iS H wk ■ IJUT HjZfl A* Bf * JIM jp j wJSl®P J ' Vi i' ' "ttsK \>- ammsmk ' > >3f|f ip : . CONGRATULATIONS Wes ley F. Queen of Baltimore, Md., president of the graduating class, is being congratulated by Dr. Edward D. Irons, Exe cutive Director of the Nation al Bankers Association, follow 21 Black Bankers NBA, ABA Sponsore WASHINGTON, D. C. - Twenty-one black bankers, trained to assume manage ment Training Program spon sored jointly by The National Bankers Association and The American Bankers Association. "These first blacks enter banking at the management level through a specially de signed career program, bring ing us one step closer to our goal of a banking industry more responsive to the black community," said Donald E. Sneed, President, Unity Bank & Trust Company of Roxbury, Mass., in addressing the gradu ation ceremony. He was pinch hitting for William R. Hudgins, UOCI Sponsors "Miss Black Durham" Event MISS BLACK DURHAM—SIa ter Gennell Purcell, a secretary at Operation Breakthrough was crowned Miss Black Durham at t'h e "Miss Black Durham* Beauty Pageant to be held at Craftman's Lounge, Sunday, June 21st. The pageant was sponsored by UOCI. Sister Purcell was crowned by UOCTs Executive Director, Ben Ruf fin. Sister Purcell, will be the official hostess for the state Miss Bronzeville Contest to be held in Durham at the Durham Business College Auditorium, Saturday, June 27 at 8. M. Six teen Black beautiful young ladies will be seeking the crown of Miss North Carolina in the National Miss Bronze ville Contest to tbe held in New York City in August. The National Bronzeville Contest is sponsored by Professional Sports, Inc., an organization of Black Professional Athletes. Judges for the state pageant will be: Honorable Howard Lee, May or of Chapel Hill; Miss Carol Price, New York City, a former Miss Bronzeville, now Execu tive Secretary of Miss Bronze ville USA; Mrs. Thomas Moss, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Director of the South Carolina Bronzeville Pageant and Thad Olive, Atlanta, Georgia, Finan cial Director, Voter Education Project. DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1970 ing the graduation ceremony | for 21 graduates of the first Management Training Program sponsored jointly by the Na tional Bankers Association and) the American Bankers Associa tion. Other participants were: First Vice President of N.B.A, which represents the nation's 24 predominantly black owned banks. "Approximately half of Mother of Walter G. Rhodes Succumbs in Wilmington Tues. WILMINGTON - Mrs. Minnie G. Rhodes, 88, widow jgpr MRS. RHODES of Willie G. Rhodes, died here at the home of her son, Royce Tuesday, June 23, at 2:00 Fatal Beating ot Youth in Jail Spurs LDF Damage Suit in Ga. AUGUSTA, Ga. ln the absence of criminal prosecu tion, attorneys of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed suit in U. S. District Court here this week on behalf of the mother of a 16-year-old men tally retarded youth who died in jail after a series of savage beatings by fellow inmates. The death is believed to have, sparked the recent pro tests in Augusta during which six men were killed. Representing Mrs. Cornelia Oatman in her suit for the recovery of over $1 million in damages, the LDF maintains that her son Charles had been confined illegally to Richmond County Jail on April 8, 1970 and was subjected to repeated assaults, "with the knowledge Clifford C. Sommer (center), Vice President of A. B. A. and Donald E. Sneed, President, Unity Bank & Trust Company of Roxbury, Mass. Mr. Queen trained at the Continental Illi nois National Bank in Chicago. the*?e first trainees will begin wtoking ir, black-ow*ned banks fulfilling the initial purpose of the training program," said (See BANKERS page 2A) p.m., following an illness of three weeks. She was a native of Onslow County where she lived until 1922 when she moved to Wilmington with her husband. Funeral services will be held at the Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church in Wilmington Friday at 4:00 p.m. The Rev. Albert Humphrey, pastor of the Church, will officiate and de liver the eulogy. Surviving are eight children including three daughters as follows: Mesdames Edna Hawkins, Helen Detaaoor and Miss Esther Rhodes, all of Philadelphia. The sons are Walter G. Rhodes of Durham; Victor of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Roosevelt and William of Philadelphia, Pa. and Royce. and approval of the sheriff and jailer," which resulted in the boy's death on May 9. According to LDF attor neys, the victim's incarceration in the county jail was illegal since he was a minor, already under the jurisdiction of the Richmond County Juvenile Court, and should have been sent to a youth detention center. The complaint charges that Sheriff E. R. Atkins and Jailer James R. Powell took no action to prevent the con tinued physical abuse of the victim or to provide medical treatment for the bruises, lacerations, and cigarette burns which he bore from numerous attacks. LDF attorneys assert that (See BEATING page 2A) State's Chief Executive Robert Scott Named To Important Post ATLANTA Governor Robert W. Scott of North Carolina will become chairman of the Southern Regional Edu cation Board (SREB) in Sep tember, succeeding Governor Buford Ellington of Tennessee. Other officers of the Board for 1970-71 are Dr. Robert C. Edwards, president of Clemson University, who was reelected vice chairman, and State Sena tor Paul W. Manns of Bowling Green, Virginia, secretary treasurer. Senator Manns suc ceeds State Senator Walter A. Holden of West Virginia. The new chairman became governor of North Carolina in January, 1969, after serving as lieutenant governor from NUL 60th Anniversary to be Observed in July NEW YORK, N. Y. - The - National Urban League will mark its 60th year in the front line of the battle for human rights when it holds its annual conference in New York City from July 19 to July 22. More than 3,500 delegates and guests will attend the League's 60th anniversary meeting, which is expected to be the most important race relations forum in the coun try this year. Much of the 4-day confer (See NUL page 2A) 1 § _____ TOKIN Of APPRECIATION— James M. Schooler receives from Mrs. Medessa W. Justice a Paul Revere Bowl as a token Booker T. Hawkins Killed In Automobile Mishap S. f. Asia Mr. Booker T. Hawkins, son of the late J. A. Hawkins and Mrs. Blanch Hawkins, was born in Cary, February 3, 1916. He died June 17, in Southeast Asia as a result of injuries. Employed as chief civilian automotive specialist for the U. S. Army Detroit Tank arsenal for several years, his work took him to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Viet Nam and other parts of the Far East. A graduate of Hillside High School, Hawkins took a degree in automotive engineering from Hampton Institute in 1949 after spending four years in the U. S. Army. He grad uated in an Army Logistics Management Course from Words of Wisdom i * He that hafh no rule over his own spirit it like a city that w /broken down, and without wall*. —Book of Proverb* He who cofiei to do good knock* at the gate; he who loves finds the door open. —Rabindranath Tag ore GOV SCOTT 1964-68. He is a graduate of North Carolina State Univer sity. I FLASH By Special Wire E. Washington Rhodes, Edi- / tor-Publisher of THE PHI LA DELPHI A TRIBUNE died in the Mercy Douglass Hospital Wednesday morning, after an illness of two weeks. He had suffered a heart at tack within a week after his re turn from a six-week overseas trip which included thr&? Afri can countries and several Euro pean cities. Funeral services are scheduled in Philadelphia, Sun- MllHfct day, 5, PJM. RHOOES of appreciation from the Hill* side High School Class of 1941. Mr. Schooler retired recently HAWKINS United States Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee, Virginia, November 24, 1965. PRICE: 20 &*C Governor Ellington served two terms as chairman of SREB; his first term was In 1960-61 and his second term was for 1969-70. SREB, operating agency of the nation's first interstate compact for higher education, cooperates with educators, government officials, and civic leaders to further the South's effort to provide quality edu cational opportunity for its citizens. The Board was created in 1943 at the direction oi the Southern Governors' Confer ence and served 15 states. The election of officers was held at SREB's annual meet ing in Houston, Texas. after 41 years of service witfc the Durham City School sya» tern. He was one of the survivors of Che historic battle of th« bulge in World War II end was with the late General George Patton's troops when the Allies entered Germany. He joined the U. S. Army Arsenal civilian staff more than ten years ago. As an automotive specialist, he was concerned with the develop ment of all Army vehicles and with suggestions from manu facturing engineers on im provements. At an early age, he joined White Rock Baptist Church. He was a member of the Detroit Chapter of Kappa Al pha Psi Fraternity. His survivors include one (See HAWKINS page 2A)
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