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Black Hopefuls
- Lose In Runoff
Carl H. RussfiH i^*f frjp fflfriy voters, who, backed
rl^i?-ii w ?W>llil | a i n? i r T n i in ' > "f ' "
u*u w uetome^ine nrat wiiiiam vmrvrnm M Egg
black mayor in WkTston- first primary, but this gain
Salem's history by a mar-^was^ not enough to coun ii.1
p^fTTrrcrty fivr fhaHfift-ir' 1^-ar" ' V. k"-bl'vnh- ""Vn
' " "vytes. opposing a black mayor. ~
Russell, who led in the The unofficial total
September primary by six- Tuesday night credited
ty-three votes, picked up Wayne Corpening with
nearly three thousand 13,422 votes to Russell's
votes in the runoff, prob- 8,850" Corperhng will now
face Republican Henry
fj W EJ Lauerman in the November
8th general election.
"We're all Democrats
# now," said Corpening,
i/i/ urging party unity for the
coming election.
ITS ^ f J ^usse^' w^? is 67,
* repeated what he has
been saying all along: that
My /%* -m o this is his last race.
wm "I'll be a king-maker
r
irom now on," he comBy
Sharyn Bratcher mented.
Staff Reporter Russell stated that he
felt the race had been
A $950,000 grant made decided along racial lines.
_to Winston-Salem State "We shall return," he
University in 1969 by R.J. added, indicating that the
Reynolds Tobacco Com- near-success of a black
_pany has expired and will candidate has encouraged
not be renewed ' the community to try a
_A spokesman Tor R-.t- gain
Reynolds explained that In the Southeast Ward
the time period on the runoff, black _ candidate
expired, and the, chancel- for alderman to the inlor
of WSSU has been cumbent Eugene Groce,
notified that the grant will by an unofficial count of
not be renewed, because 1449 to 1074. Groce was
the company feels that the the front-runner in the
iAiilitil objectives havebeen first primary, but almet.
though the ward is preThe
purpose of the dominantly white, Womwas:
ble hoped to gain enough
11 recruitment of high support in the runott to
academic achievers as take the lead. Groce will
students,- mainly through-face Travis Brown in the
2( addition of top quali- ^ L.? ni
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ty faculty?members ^
3) expansion and In Gold bowl
strengthening of the cur
riculum
"We always knew it WSSU Athletic Director
was going to expire," c E Gaines has ended
explained Dr. Lafayette speculation that the Rams
Parker, WSSU s academic wj]j accept a bid to play in
dean ' The students on the NAIA playoffs if it is
scholarship now will finish offered -If
we win the
their education next year, league crown we will play
and then there will be no in the Gold Bowl," said
more grants. Gaines this week.
About one hundred Saturdays game has
high potential students Been chosen as the Schlitz
have received scholar- game of the week and the
ships through the pro- ^op offensive and degram,
says the company, fensive players will reNearly
p third of these ceive awards frbrn the
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BOUGHS WHICH SHAKE AGAINST THE COLD; 1
WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG..." S
predates this photo of autumn in Carolina by a few hum
of fading glory, and impending winter is still as timely at
in the lake picture are a warning that the gold is not here
world will be black and white.
NNR4. Pres
At Black Press C<
Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Dr. center designed to addCarlton
B. Goodlett, pres- ress the needs of black
ident of the National newspapers in the five
Newspaper Publishers states of Maryland, VirgiAssociation,
and civil nia, North and South
rigl]jts attorney Julius L. Carolina, Georgia and the <
Chambers, president of District of Columbia. It
the NAACP Legal Defense was created in recognition <
Tund, headline a list of of the 150th anniversary of"
newsmakers and news- the Black Press,
paper experts participa- "We hope to strengting
in the First Annual then black communities in
Conference of the South- the Southeast through coeastern
Black Press Insti- operative interaction with
A..X - yv X l /N/N % % % - - -
iute, ucioDer zy-au in tne DiacK newspapers," said :
Research Triangle Park, Bernadine Moses, co-di- <
North Carolina. rector of the project.
The Institute is a new Cooperation with black J
research and development newspaper editors and
%h* 'Jim Crow'
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Jm^Bk >
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I Dr. Charlie B. Hauser, a re
I education, remembers thl
made headlines as "The P
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"^C^1 - 11 1 Staff Reporter
One of the itema on the
/ ballot in the November
Pf election is a $300 million
bond referendum which
the state wants to use to
improve the highway system.
Perhaps the most
important facet of the
I bond decision to the voter
is the fact that the alternative
to the bond referendum
is a 2 cents inp/1^5
crease in the gasoline tax.
"I a111 in favor of the
bond referendum," says
* N.C. legislator Richard
Erwin. "We need new
roads, and many of the
existing roads were badly
Ross??
: Won't
Resign
Staff Photo
)0 HANG UPON THOSE Alderman C.C. Ross,
BARE RUINED CHOIRS ?r sayS that he does not
hakespeare s description plan to resign from the
bed y?ar?, but tbe feeling Board otTrustees of Winsever.
The stark contrasts ston-Salem State Univeri
to stay, and very soon the sjty, despite the fact that
the university data processing
center prepared
^ mailing labels for the Ross
[ campaign, in violation .of*
Jl statue and university laws*
TRe computer in the
w* l^k, data-prbcessing center
prepared^ some seven
** ' ' rr^thonsnnd ^ Inhnls. which
publishers in the develop- were attached to pamphment
of staff is a major lets mailed to voters in the
concern of the Institute.-. East Ward.
She said the conference In the September 27th
will strongly reflect this primary, Ross was defeat
concern. ed by WSSU mathematics
Workshop topics in- professor Virginia K.
elude advertising and cir- Newell, who is unopposed
culation buildingT photo- In""the November general
journalism, advocacy re- election,
porting and editing and an In a Board of Trustees
issues panel focusing on meeting, Ross admitted to
affirmative action, Sou- an ""error in judgement"
thern Africa, full employ- in allowing the labels to be
ment and black political printed on the campus,
clout. and stated that he will pay
Another aim of the In- the university for the
stitute is to focus acade- See Ross, Page 2
See Black, Page 2
ecalls Clash
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By Sharyn Bratcher
\ Staff Writer
RAsa Parks was not the
only person who refused
I BL. to sit in the back of the
I ^us Thlrtyyears ag?- Dr.
I v Charles B. Hauser made a
similar refusal, and was
^ arrested for violating
North Carolina's "Jim
P ?-ntir ln?>
Sviurr law ,
In October 1947, Dr.
Hauser bought a GreyV
hound bus ticket in WinsV
ton-Salem for Charleston,
^ W West Virginia, where he
was teaching at West
Virginia State College In*
-- // ?s?r 9titute. When the bus
# ' ?
' * - reached Mount Airy, more
white passengers had
boarded the bus, so driver
I S.C. Edds orfered Dr.
Hauser to move to the
mback to make room for
more whites.
tired WSSU professor of He refused,
rty yesrs ago when he The driver called the
fegro." Greyhound officials to ask
them what to do about it,
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winter lAt^yeai ." way of raising money
John Duncan, of Mid?needed.by the state withwest
Piedmont Area Bus-' ou* Resorting to taxation,
iness Development Orga- ^e state issues bonds
nization, also favors the^totailmg the amount ofbond
issue. He explained m?ney needed, and sells
thaLfunds to improve the bonds to investors.
state's road system will They are considered a safe
mean more jobs, particu- investment for people who
larly in the field of con- are not ^ a hun7 for their
struction_ See Bond, Page 2
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Bill Pickett, rodeo performer .developed his skill oL
"bulldogging" into a fine art. Assisting him at?
various times were two unknown cowpunchers. Tom
Mix and Will Rogers.
Black Cowb- j
I Forgotton Heroes \
I! n *7 ^
Most people did not realize there was any such |
| thing as black cowboys until Miss Jane Pittman 1
I married one in a TV movie several seasons ago.
There were indeed black cowboys In the old T~
west, and since the rodeo is in town this week,
| now seems to be a good time to examine the | *
? hisfnrv nf tho Klor?Lr tA/oet
< J w. MCOl,
There were thousands of b ck cowboys who |
t rode the range and herded cattle with their white J
See Black, Page 3
With Racism
and was told: "Take ne- "When the warrant was
cessary steps to get him of finally read the Negro
followed the officers withcessary
steps to get him out further trouble,
off the bus." That decis- When he stepped from
ion would later cost them the bus he was met by a
$2,00&.? large crowd and jumped
Edds drove the entire when The NEWS camera
busload of passengers to went off, and he jumped
the Mt. Airy police sta- again when a by-stander
tion, where he conferred shouted, "Watch out!"
with officers for over half However, he showed no
an hour. Finally a warrant signs of being scared
was drawn up and signed when another man murby
the driver charging mured, "Where's the
that: rope."
The news story, written
" Charles B. Hauser did managing editor Willunlawfully
and willfully iam H j0hnson, carried
did fail and refuse to subheading: "Eduoccupy
nearest seat or ca^ecj Negro Refuses to Sit
space to rear of a motor iri pOQr r11c u
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vehicle bus when request- Race ?
ed to do so by driver of M the ,ice 3tatl0rii
said motor vehicle bus in Dr Hauser informed Mt.
violation of section 60-136 M .g licemen of the
general statute o the recent, ged federal
Stateof North Carolina , ,aw which itted
The Mount Airy New.\ b,ackg to gjt gnywhere
w ic carried the story in wished if they were
its October 24 edition,
described the scene: ^ee P*of, 2