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Durham IV C ; 27706 WORDS OFWKDOm Nobody ii wholly tolerant. The more you believe . in tolerance, the less you can tolerate the In tolerant. Robert Quillen Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. Charles H. Spurgeon VOLUME 51 -No. 17 " - , - " -w- w S5 GOOD READDiG Ef TuI3 ESUTJ ERNIE'S SP02T3 COT Cy nl Luu DUSHARf SOCIAL KOTO By Kn. Sjmliirr Day FROM BLACK By John sTadgfa WRITERS FORUM By George ft. Bos A POTPOURRI OP RECENT EVENTS By CL Rbsm THROUGH BLACK EYES ByB&eftTfl DURHAM, N.C SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1974 PRICE: 20 CENTS in m m A n nnrvi fifn R AfffUl ffOfl " " White Undertaker Refuses To Burr Black Stillborn Baby ; ; ' - v ; v . Justice Dept. Mysterious Pistol Slaying Of Local Sand Manager Unsolved ; ;V 1 V, . ' , f i ' , I ! 1 ' . r -" Y WALSTON Woodrow Wilson Walston, 27, was found fatally shot to death in the bathtub of his apartment at M-29 Broadmoor Apartments on Garrett Road late on Saturday, April 27, 1974. The well known Modulations Band had earlier performed in the Band Festival Soul show at Durham County Stadium. Evidence as reported by County Sheriffs Department said that a preliminary examination showed that two pistol bullets had struck Walston, although other spent bullets were found at the scene. Apparently Walston had been taking a bath when he was shot. Detective C.R. Lynch of Sheriff's department reported that one slug struck Walston in the chest and another hit him in the head. An autopsy was performed at the Watts Hospital. Lynch said, "there was no evidence of a break-in. The door was not forced open," Walston's body was found at 11;45 p.m. by a friend who had telephoned several times without getting a response, says sheriff reports. No addition reports have been listed since Walston's death by investigators. Walston was a native of Durham and a 1966 graduate of Hillside High School. The Well known Durham artist had been a figure in the civic and music world of the community and had made-fHill, Director of Social (See WALSTON Page 9A) ! mm r ,w 7K. jf Youfh Forum Comphtes Booh Proecf UiylQvJ IvdCIUl f . The Black Youth Forum of Durham, a WUgww Steet. Mrs. E.A. Knight Deput Discriminate-! Dr. Renee Westcott Durham College To Hold Annual Awards Day Friday, May 3rd Durham College will hold its annual awards day program on Friday, 3, 1974 at 10:00 a.m. in the college Auditorium. Speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Renee Westcott (See COLLEGE Page 9A) foreign Affairs Tash force The Department of Justice today charged two funeral homes in Louisiana with racial discrimination in handling arrangements for the still born daughter of a black serviceman. Attorney General William B. Saxbe said the civil suit the first of its kind brought by theJustice Department was filed in U.S. District Court in Shreveport, Louisiana. Named as defendants were Charles Boone, owner of Boone's Funeral Home in Bossier City, and Johnnie Davis, owner of Good Samaritan Funeral Home in Shreveport. The suit said Boone and (See BABY Page 9A) The Democratic Party has organized a Foreign Affairs Task to assist the Democratic Advisory Council of Elected Officials in considering Party policy positions. Among the thirty-five members are four Blacks, six former cabinet members and seven others hwo have hald Ambassadorial rank. Chairman of the Task Force is W. Averell Harriman, former Governor, of New York, former Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. and Ambassador-at-large. The four Black members are Mrs. Goler Butcher, former staff member under Congressman Charles C. Diggs, of the Sub-Committee on African Affairs of the House Foreign Afaairs Committee. Mr. Ulric Haynes, Jr., Vice President of Management Development at the Cummins Engine Company, Incorporated. Clarence Jones, the publisher of the New York Amsterdam News. Franklin H. Williams, the former Ambassador to Ghana and former Director of the African Regional office of the Peace Corps. Each member of the Task Force will ; participate in at Fraf Awards Achievement Recognition The Delta Zeta Sigma Chapel of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. honored . several local men along with some of its members who have made significant achievements in the community, at its Blue and White Ball on April 26. The Ball was held at 'the Holiday Inn West Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University in 1914. Chapters are now established throughout the United States and continental ageas. Bigger and Better Business, political action and Scholarship Help have been the thrust of major action by this old and distinguished black fraternity. Community citizens so honored and their recognition (See FRATERNITY Page 9A) least one of the ten designated study groups. The ten as designated are: Defense and Arms Control; Russia and Detente; International Economy; Latin America; Africa; Middle East; North Atlantic; Asia, United Nations and Relations Between Developed and The Developing Nation.' Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert S. Strauss, convening the Foreign Affairs Task Force, said, "Our Party has been criticized, rightly or wrongly, for a year and a half now fonot speaking up on many of the issues confronting our nation. But we have spent this time well in a period of introspection and self-evaluation. Now, with our Party well-healed after a period of internal strife, we have the (See NAMED Page 9A) Mrs. It Haiins Hosts Walker Bible Class North Carolina Central's English Department was represente d a t t h :Tb i r tyFujfth. A n n u, at Convention of the. Colleger Language Association by its' chairman, Dr. Charles A Ray, and by Dr. Patsy B. Perry and Dr. Arthell D. Sanders. Professor Emeritus and former English Department Chairman, Dr. W. Edward Farrison, attended the convention also. Host institutions for the meetings, which were held during April 18-20, 1974 at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel were Morgan State College, Bowie, Coppin, District of Columbia Teachers, and Howard University' . This-' year's conference group of city and county high school youths have recently completed their latest project. The Youth Forum, under the direction of Charrsie Hedgepeth, Youth Co-ordinator Dwight Womble and Elaine Lloyd have established a research center composed of books from the new defunct Malcolm X University. They were donated by Owusu Sadauki (Howard Fuller) former president of the University. The research center is located in the office building of the U.O.LCat 500 East mtigrew Steet. Mrs. E.A. Knight Deputy Director of Operation Breakthrough assisted the Youtlr Forum in receiving the funds needed to buy materials for the research center. George Scott worked on the construction of the bookcases and shelves. I the Research Center contains over3,000 bard and paper back books and some 250 Reference Books. Books are categorized into sections on Skills, Africa, Literature, International Studies, Black History, Novels, and References. The library is maintained by the Youth Forum and is open to the public. fits" 1"'' " I? i jtgty ptffDi V SHOWN WITH SOME OF THE LIBRARY BOOK MAINTAINED BY YOUTH FORUM- are from left to right, Dwayne Strudwick, Yvonne Strudwick, Constance Davis, Kathy Singletary, Reggie Rivers, Brenda Singletary and Pat Davis. Mrs. M. L. find Makes Nation wide Appeal ATLANTA GEORGIA, Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. has made a nationwide appeal for individuals to support the May 4 First Annual Benefit Dinner of the Voter Education Project (VEP), and Atlanta based organization which promotes minority political participation in the 11 southern states. Senator Edward Kennedy will be the featured speaker for the dinner, to be held at the Hyatt ' Regency in Atlanta, Georgia at 7:30 p.m. on May 4. Over 800 dinner participants will pay tribute to "The Quiet Revolution: The Emergence of Minority Politics m the South." "A guiet revolution has been taking place as Black people have own the right to vote," stated Mrs. King. "Black participation in the political process is beginning to bring about many positive changes. I want to personally invite ail concerned individuals to support the important work of the Voter Education Project, an organization which has dedicated itself to work for an interracial democracy in the South, by attending their First Annual Dinner on May 4." Tax-deductible tickets for the $50-a-plate fund raising event are available from the office of the Voter Education Project in Atlant, Georgia. theme, "Language, Literature, and Liberation," was developed in formal papers and in workshop demonstrations. Guest speakers of the conference included Congressman Parren J. Mitchell, Playwright Ted Shine, and Hoyt Fuller, editor of Black World. Tickets Needed To Attends C Central Univ. Commencement Admission to North Carolina Central University's annual commencement exercises, Sunday May 19 will be by ticket only, and tickets will be controlled hv th' students receiving degrees. The University will award approximately 900 degrees a t the 10 a.m. exercises in R. L. McDounld nvmiusium f ( u f .) ) i - n ; yr: . ' f it 1 :r ? -- ' sllfi I ' I j$iiroiiiiiiiiiiinifc I - - JLi mm " Ammi hrnA ' -..,.--..-.'6-.'.mimK-nntrn i'Msattil FIGHTERS FOR FREEDOM-Shown in this picture are 10 of the thirteen mothers who will comb uurnam lor the next three weeks, in the interest of the NAACP, to bolster the "Freedom Fund Drive." The mother who raises the largest sum will journey to Raleigh, May 19, where she will compete with mothers from the "Big City" branches for the right to be the "N.C. Mother." The Raleigh winner will receive an all expense trip to the national convention, which will be held in New Orleans, La., July 1-5. Front row 1-r, Mesdame Barbara Monroe, Kyles Temple A.M.E. Zion, Emm Ifcrris, Oak Grove Freewill Baptist, Ella Jackson, West Durham Baptist, Mrs. Elizabeth Napoleon, MoreheadBaptist, and Mrs. Mildred Mangum, Mt. Calvary Christian, Back row, Nonie Hamilton, Ebeneezer Baptist, Josephine Turner, Union Baptist, Beloa Bennett, Fisher Memorial, Mildred Poole, Mt Gflead Baptist and Mary Perry, Russell Memorial C. M. E, Each graduate will control three tickets. In addition, degree candidates may apply for additional tickets. They must make application by May 6 at the University's Office of the Registrar. Requests must list the names of those for whom tickets are sought and must specify priority. The gymnasium will seat 5,000 persons, including the 900 students and 300 faculty (See TICKETS Page 9A) Judge Damon Keith To Receive S9th Spingarn Medal At Confab NEW YORK-The 59th Spingarn Medal will be presented to Damon J. Keith, United States Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, on July2, during the 65th annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in New Orleans, July 1-5. Announcement of the selection of the noted Detroit jurist for this coveted honor was made here April 30 by Bishop Stephen J. Spottswood, chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors. The Spingarn Award Committee, at an earlier meeting, chose Judge Keith to receive the award as the American of African descent who had made "the highest achievement during the preceding year or years in any honorable field of human endeavor." Judge Keith's primary achievements consisted . of a series of landmark decisions re-affirming the right of American citizens, irrespective of race, creed or color, to enjoy the full benefits of the liberty-protecting provisions of the Constitution of the United States. The gold medal award was instituted in 1914 by the late J.E. Spingarn to be awared annually to an American Negro for distinguished achievement. Prof. Spingarn established the medal "to call the attention of the American people to the existence of distinguished merit and achievement among American Negroes and to serve as a reward for such achievement ansa's stimulus to the ambition of colored youth." Earlier medalists include George Washington Carver, W.E.B. Du Bo is, Robert R. Moton, James Weldon (See MEDALIST Page 9A) Dr. Theodore R. Speigner fo Be Installed as Co-Pastor Sunday Dr. Theodore R. Speigner will be installed as co-pastor of The Church Of The Abiding Saviour, Lutheran, Sunday, May 5 at 4:00 p.m., according to an announcement made recently by The Rev. Virgil O. Wittenberg, pastor of the church. I The Church Council and the congregation extended a call to Dr. Speigner on January 27, ; 1974 to become co-pastor with the Rev. Virgil O. Wittenberg. He accepted the call in March. The call has been approved by Dr. Gordon Huffman, President of the Eastern District of The American Lutheran Church. The installation ceremonies will be a significant occasion for the congregation and the Durham community. The principal speaker will be Dr. Carl R Reuss, Special Assistant to the President of The American Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Rev. Paul G. Disbro, Assistant to the President of the' Eastern District of ALC will be the Installation Officiant Other local ministers will participate in the installation services. Dr. Speigner over the years has served The American Lutheran Church in several capacities. He served concurrently as President of Martin Luther Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and pastor of Christ Lutheran Church which is located on the campus of the Institute, before joining the faculty at North (See SPEIGNER Page 9A) I Ai V ii c !L u OFFICER RETIRES-Mrs tlattjt SihwugV retiring ftuxhasinf Officer for North Carolina Central University, reads the inscription on the placque presented to her at a university sponsored reception honoring personnel who wfll be installed into NCOTS Quarter CenturjSub m? those who are retiring at the end of 1974-75 school year. LooUng on ts Vice Chancellor of Academic Affair, 1 u M ' T Scarborough has been on the staff since 1940,
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