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Dr. Clyde Do DR. DONNELL WORDS OP WISDOM WORDS OP WISDOM Don't be afraid to chart a new course. You'll probably find it's not so new as you think and therefore quite safe. —Hal Stebbins VOLUME 50 No. 42 Philip Morris To Deposit Additional $1 Million In U. S. Minority Banks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★*★★★ ★★ ★ ★ IPr. Mays NCCU Keynoter Distinguished Educator To lecture On Campus Monday And Tuesday Dr. Benjamin E. Mays president emeritus of Atlan ta's Morehouse College and president of the Atlanta Board of Education, will be a lec turer on the campus of North Carolina Central University Monday and Tuesday, Octo ber 18 and 19. The distinguished educator, who holds the Ph.D. degree from the Universitty of Chi cago and 1 has received 30 honorary doctorates from col leges and many universities Residents Meet at Shepard School To Discuss UR Project By JOHN MYERS In December, 1970, the Redevelopment Commission introduced a proposal for NCR -14, Zone 12 redistricting. At present the housing is single units under urban renewal consideration. The 1970 pro posals would have built multi family housing developments. The community residents turn ed the proposal down stating that they did not want multi family unita, They wanted to retain the single unit" structures presently occupying the com munity boarded on the north by Columbia Street, on the south by Nash Street, and east and west by Fayetteville Street. Monday night 10, com munity residents met with James Kerr and Charles Till Annual Meet of Municipalities Held at Durham Hotel Monday By JOHN MYERS An estimated 800 mayors, governing board members, and key municipal depart merit heads began arriving in Dur ham Oct. 10 for the 62nd. Annual Convention of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Registration began at 2 p.m. in Durham Hotel's Hill Room under the theme, "Intergovern mental Action-Key to the delegates and guests found their way to the University Ballroom of the Hotel for a get acquainted reception, fol lowed at 7 p. m. by a buffet supper at the Durham Civic Center. After dinner, Durham Clyde Donnell, M. D., 81, of 2602 FayetteviUe St, Dur ham, long-time leader'ln the continuing education of black physicians in the Carolina* and Virginia, died early Sunday morning at Duke University Medical Center, after a short illness. He was second medical di rector and a former chairman of the directors of North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Company, had been board chairman of both Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Lincoln Hospital since 1952 as well as Wke €ar#p €ime& (ptimWTW UWMBDEEO'fI throughout the United States and from the University of Lfe, Nigeria, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 18, in the Alfonso Elder Stu dent Union. He will also speak at a combined class session at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 19, in room 301 of the Uni versity's Classroom Building. Autograph parties for Dr. Mays, whose social autobio graphy, "Born to Rebel," was published this year by Scrib man of the Durham Redeve lopment Commission at Shep ard School to again discuss proposals of urban renewal. The Redevelopment Com mission, at this time, pro posed one and two-family units. They could not go lower than two-family units accord ing to Kerr. The citizens tentatively accepted the propo sal pending approval by the Commission, the City Council, and the Department of Hous ing and Urban Development. Welfare Declines FRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky reports its welfare rolls down by 4,300 persons from April 1970 to March 197 L Spokesmen said part of the de cline is due to a program under which private citizens help find work for qualified welfare clients. Mayor James Hawkins wel comed the assembled dele gates and their wives to the city. Honored guests at the dinner included 4th district congressman, Nick Galifianakis Secretary of State, Thad Uhur: and State Senator, Henry Millgim. General session got under way Monday morning at 9:30 in the University Ballroom. Presiding was Mayor Fred L. Hartison of Scotland Neck. Other participants in the morning session were John T. Morrisey, Executive Director, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and the (See MUNICIPALITIES 7A) Beloved Physician Funeralized Tuesday at St. Joseph's Church vice president of Mutual Sav ings & Loan Assn. He was born in Greens boro, August 4,1890. He grad uated from N. C. A. & T. University with a B. S. degree in 1907, from Howard Univer sity in 1911 with an A. B. de gree and from the Harvard University Medical School in 1915. He interned at Massa chusetts General and Boston DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1971 ner's Sons, are scheduled for 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Union. Dr. Mays graduated with honors from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1920, re ceivedl the master of arts de gree from the University o' Chicago in 1925, and was (See MAYS page 7A) v i - v I DR. MAYS GTE to Seek for Increase in Its Phone Rates General Telephone Comp any notified the city of Dur ham, Oct. 4, of its intention to ask the State Utilities Com mission for an increase in re venues of over $2.4 million annually from its North Caro lina exchanges. General's state manager Claude O. Sykes, said the ap plication for rate relief will be filed with the SUC early next month. Sykes said the company's application will not ask for in creases in rates until after the current freeze on wages and prices is ended. "We expect the commission will place the request in se quence with the other similar requests already in file," he said. The company's application is based on cost levels and economic conditions experi enced by the firm for the twelve month period which ended May 31, 1971, the manager said, "but inflationary economic conditions have con tinued up to and beyond August 15, the date of the president's order." "The company's date re (See GTE page 7A) City Hospitals. He did graduate work at Harvard in X-Ray and Physical Therapy in 1922, 1924, and 1932. Dr. Donnell pioneered in the study of the causes of adverse mortality and morbidi ty in the Negro population. He spearheaded the formation of projects and programs for general health education among black citizens as well Mechancis and Farmers Among Institutions Receiving Deposit NEW YORK. N. Y.- Philip Morris Incorporated and its subsidiary, the Miller Brewing Company, will in crease its present deposits among minority-owned banks by a total of $1 million to be distributed among minority owned banks throughout the U. S., it was announced today by Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd, Chairman of the £oard and Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris Incorporated. Details of the Company's plans to make the additional $1 million in deDosits were made known in a letter from Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd to Samuel S. Beard Chairman, Capital Formation, Inc., a non profit organization from the private sector in cooperation with President Nixon's Mino rity Business Assistance Pro gram In his letter to Capital HELP HOUSE RECEIVES DONATION OF $25 FROM LAMBDA MEN'S CLUB By JOHN MYERS William J. Stewart, President, J. Quinton Parker, Vice Presi dent, James Harrington, Secre tary, and Jethroe (Jeff) Rogers, Program Chairman of the Lamb da Men's Club presented a check for $25 of a SIOO donation pledge to Help House for their fight against drug problems in Durham, Friday 8, Lambda Men's Club is a civic organization of Durham with a policy of donating to charities periodically. This is the'Yirst I OFFICERS OF LAMBDA MEN'S CLUB who recently presented a check to Help House for their fight against drug problems in as continuing education of black physicians. His first step was to organize the Life Ex tension Department medical director of that firm. This was to organize the Life Extension Department of the North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Company shortly after his appointment as medical direc tor of that firm This was the means of distribution of reams of health literature through out North Carolina and eight other southern states. Later, as an officer of the (See DONNELL page 7A) QUOTES We are a generation that seems about to give up the use of legs. Women are the only ones smart enough to find a use for them. —Dr. I. H. Page PRICE: 20 CENTS Formation, Inc. Mr. Cullman said: "We, of Philip Morris Incorporated, wish to com mend you for the outstanding work being carried on by Cani tal Formation, Inc. in behalf of the nation's minority groups. "As you may know Philip Morris Incorporated has for many years been an active sup porter of minorities through out equal employment and ur ban affairs programs as well as through economic support of minority-owned banks. "Our Company's relation tionship with minority banks to 1963 and, as of the present Philip Morris Incorporated maintains bank balances total ling approximately $225,000 among seven minority banks throughout the country. "It, therefore, gives us special pleasure at this time (See BANKS page 7A) time the club has helped an or ganization other than a recog nized charity. Some of the club's usual donations go to the Salvation Army, welfare associa tions, and scholarships. Stewart said the club made the donation to Help House because it feels the programs of Help House are very worthwhile and that more people should take an active part in their enactments. Ste wart also said that Lambda Men plan to assist Help House on a (See LAMBDA page 7A) Durham. Left to right: James L. Harrington, William Stewart, John D. Lennon, Jethroe Rogers and Quinton Parker. Bk\ *..\ ■'.!*>. ~ Z^mgjm K.. ■'■ Ik. 4^fMkßi *N?S? ' ■ . Km ■UBflPa NORTHGATE'S PLANNED EXPANSION This artist's sketch shows the expansion of Northgate Shopping Center expected to be gin within 30 days. A new Sears store Is to be built, as shown at upper left, as part of a multi-million dollar expansion program, Dr. K. Cheek To Be Inaugurated As Morgan State's 7th President BALTIMORE, Md. - The inauguration of Dr. King V. Cheek, Jr. as seventh presi dent of Morgan State College will be held in the Carl Murphy Auditorium on Saturday after noon, October 16. Cheek, who assumed the presidency at the Northeast Baltimore institution in Febru ary, 1971, will be given the investiture in ceremonies com mencing at 11:00 a. m. Walter Fisher, director of the library at Morgan State and chairman of the Inaugural Committee, announced the Northgate Plans Climate-Controlled Sears Roebuck To Occupy Over 175,000 Sq. Ft. Plans for construction of a new Sears Roebuck and Co. store and an enclosed climate controlled mall were an nounced here at Northgate Shopping Center on Tuesday. Spokesmen for Sears and Northgate unveiled details of the expansion program at an afternoon news conference. Managers and other represen tatives of the 40 stores pre sently operating in the center were given details of the ex pansion just prior to the news conference. W. Kenan Rand, Jr., presi dent of Northgate Shopping Center, and F. E. Patton, Durham Sears manager, out lined the approved develop ment which will begin in the immediate future. Upon com pletion, Northgate stores will occupy 600,000 square feet. Patton spoke for Sears lo cally and for Sears area zone manager, J. H. Williams of Greensboro. Additional features of the (See NORTHGATE 7A) including a climate-controlled null. The ex isting stores at Northgate are shown as dark er grey on the sketch. The new Seers, a park ing deck and some 40 additional stores are included in the construction scheduled. m ... DR. CHEEK JHfWr |fik| jLljk ..U( ■ - j 1 LOCAL BANK RECEIVES DEPOSIT—J. H. Wheeler, (left) preri dent of Mechanics and Farmers Bank receives « check from Herbert H. Wright, representative of Philip Morris, Inc. (cen ter) as part of the deposits the company is making in minoctty owned banks throughout the U.S. as J. B. Anglin, Jr., (right) comptroller, looks on. Two N. C. Central U. Football Players Facing Murder Charge A Grand Jury of the Dur ham County Supreme Court returned a true bill of first degree murder indictment against twe North Carolina Central University students this week. McGrue Booker, 20, of Jacksonville, N. C., and Larry Hatten, 20, of Winston- Salem. N. C. were charged in the alledged October 8 slay ing of Ollie J. Spraglin, 21, of Plainfield, N. J. Police sources based on eyewitness accounts of the in cident stated that Booker and Hatten, two freshmen mem bers of the NCCU football team alledgedly waited in am bush on o'Kelly football field and accosted Spraglin about midnight leaving him uncon scious on the field. Police re sponded to calls and arranged for the removal of the victim to Duke Hospital where he died about 2:00 a.m. an hour complete schedule of events and activities surrounding the inauguration. According to Fisher, the inauguration will be a college wide effort involving the for mal opening of the new Mor gan Art Gallery, a choral fes tival featuring the College's choirs and festival orchestra which will also celebrate the 104 th anniversary of the founding of Morgan State Col lege, and a symposium on the College Presidency today. Born in Weldon, North (See CHEEK page 7A) after arrival. According to detectives as signed to the case, there ap peared to be no weapons used on the victim. He was severly beaten and abandoned. Booker and Hatten remain ed in the custody of the Dur ham County police without bail Attorney Kenneth Spaulding of Durham was ap pointed by the courts to re present Hatten. Booker, how ever, refused counsel with in tentions of hiring a private lawyer, it was explained. Students and faculty at tended a memorial ceremony for Spraglin, October 13, at the college in an air of dis belief and shock over the Inci dent. Sources within the stu dent government stated that "there is a good chance that there fe more to the matter than has been brought out.** (See MURDER page 7A)
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