MISS GIBSON GOES PRO
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fj£ w i *jRK Alth c 3 G *bon,
fu |rc ni|f;p]n of the feniV' WOiid,
and Kaiol Faghoc., ktK»wn ar- t^-n
--n‘Golden Goddess* signed pro*
contracts to tour with the
Harlem Globetrotters basketball
team *tbis winter.
Gibson*** contract, said
in h* in fhp neighborhood «i
5100,000. represrnls onr
(hr- target pver paid a pro
femn?. performer, male or fe
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.Tackson. Mi??.—''A Fra! Dignified Lynching" was the MR
n,f a Front page editorial published by the fackvcn Daily Mews
on Fdday in which editor James Ward sneered at dir attitude
"f rii*= northern press in magnifying lynching® in thr South and
almost i nmplofely ignoring them in the North.
Tbpj'F m CMild have brvrt
''streams, shouts, tears, moau* i
in*. c-ate pjsrchurch r*nd
era dead b»»Hv. \\ »rd
if former Orsijp? A j
wfto wSs MHrU in
< h else a. Vt„ had hceu killed
* r*!v-p-r*ppi 4 *
7sob c rt O W> a 4h
- ! 'hool .1 a niter, wa acquitted of
rhargfjs of bping an of ,
*' fEilswte' just ice" in Gibson s
death
the editorial. Thp South. '
Wake Trio Sentenced
In Marijuana Case
Sr STAFF WRITER
Presiding over bis first term as
* federal jurist. Judge Algernon
Butler sentenced 21 Garnet father,
his wife arid daughter to minimum
prison terms of charges of dealing
mvi; Tin;
"METER MAIDS" APPLICANTS Miss* Vivian Johannes deft) and Mrs, Ann Mowcn <center)
i-vnk on aa Mrs, Tania Lund checks their applications for parking me ter aticnd&nt in front of s parkin*
tsvetw lit New York. AM Mil women will hr hived by the City Department of Personnel to replace
polkeisssa in cheeking parking meter violations. fCPI PHOTO')-
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North Carolina s Leading Weekly
VoJTmTno.4 SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1Q59 RALEIGH. NC. PRICE 12« IN ft C.; ELSEWHERE Ise
would be deplored Oh tears would
mix with ink in editorial® ihio'ugh
o;il thr world
This happened Ore. •“!. 19A5
nearly two rears ago— tint
itiojsc fast-moving syvii ftlm U
fnj’. tie-rryeAnlhf4lt , tt' ~ pH‘/r
winning Yankee editors hid the
body all Urn time," wrote
Ward "They were lon ftu*> .
writing about southern ifiius
(« ONTOfITED ON PAr.r it
lin marijuana las* Fada- morning
: ! All gave notice of appeal to the
, ! Circuit Court of Appeal l
The trial was held in Eastern
District Federal Court located in
, the Post Office building and the
verdicts were witnessed by a largt
1 group of spectators.
The father. Jacob U- Wiley,
«7. was the first to be sentenc
ed. Me was given 5 years. Mrs
Eva WHry, a retired school
i teacher, the wife, received a
five-year term and a two-year
sentence, both to run concur
rently. Mrs Christine Wiley
near er, their daughter, was n<-
tiercd to serve two five-year
sentences concurrent!y. She is
the mother of three children
A motion to set aside the verdict
was denied by Judg* Butler after
an impassioned plea by defense at
frONTiM'RP ev etc*: *y
THEY’RE GETTING RIS WES-SAGE Nine-year old Truman
Parker of New York teenier) practice* the art of trending messages
mi a drum in the Congo as taught him by native Boy Scout and Cuh
Scouts, who were his tutors. (UP! PHOTO).
Claim Three Kids
Witnessed Rape
MOBILE, Ala An apparently
drunk man broke into a home here
last Friday night, according to po
lice reports, raped a 24-year-old
white mother twice, and walked
out of Ihe home with » 22-calibre
pistol which he grabbed from her
1 ,Vyear-old son All three children
; were witnesses of th* crime, offi
j cers said.
j A search party was organised to
I track down the man around the
| Georgetown community 30 mile*
I northwest of Mobile.
The wtmtAti related the M
lowing story: She was doring
while ttffUftg In a chair at about
SI p.ro. She pepped awake and
saw the man walking toward
her, holding a white housecoat
before him.
He grabbed her by the hair
and dragged her Into another
room, where he raped her. The
feohrrmtnsp ot* facie s>
Admitted To
Hotel In A
Dixie State
CHAHLBSOnTw“'Va.—Tha ad
mission of a Negro tea downtown
Char’esfon hotel Thursday was
hailed by a prominent union offic
ial as a "signal victory” in local
race relations
The man was Identified as G
William Dunn, s delegate to the
West Virginia Labor Federation
AFL-CIO Constitutional Conven
tion here
Federation President Miles C.
Stanley said this was the first
lime the. hotel had ever ad
mitted a Negro delegate as a
guest here.
Dunn is a boßinan at. the Green
brier. White Sulphur Springs, and
represent* the hotel and restaurant
employes -local there.
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Forty Angry
Men Leave
Union Hal!
ATLANTIC CTTY. N .» "A-.
far as we are concentred, this i?
a slap on the face.” On that note
pome 10 N‘’g''o delegates to the
17th Uniter! AiSb Workers Con
stitutional Convention walked out
of. the closing session r>n Kriday,
i- \«* r o{
o-rfmATibif-oh Hrei Agenda,
Despite this, the remaindei of
the 3,0n0 delegales attending the
convention adopted the following
resolution in corner!'on with tire
0 S Supreme Court's ruling out
lawing racial segregation In the
schools:
"We fjcpiere the failure of
both President Eisenhower and
Congress during the- past three
fCONTPWKO ON PAGE 3>
Inciting
To Riot
Trial Set
WILMINGTON— Trial for four
men charged with Inciting to riot
has been contjnued irt City Re
corders Court here because officers
plan more arrests.
Solicitor Johnny Walker said
there would be additional srrests
m connection with s “Negro sans
rivalry” that resulted In the shoot
ing of two youths Monday.
Police Chief J } Padriek said
10 of the men were ar rested Mon -
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P'-^cmoumAN— 11 :
ADVERTISERS
_BUY FROM THEM _
pAm s
Horton's Oaa*t Stow
PAGE 9
Kress
Mother A Dangfetor Store
A&P Food Btor*«
PAGE A
Mechanic* * Fanner* Bank
Carter’s fee.
Btrison-Brlk Company
Capita! Coca-Cola Botttin* Co
PAGE *
Ftrst-Citteen* Bask * Trust Go.
Famous Bakery
L. * W ‘Eire Company
Vmsteasl’s Grocery & Tranatoe 63,
Rpeeiiy-Wash. Int
Nash-Steel*.Warrsii, ear
Carolina Bower & Light Company
PAGE 7
Cheap Johns
People’s Case
Joe’s Sport Shop
Noben’s Trim Shop
Caritol Bargain Store
HeUig-tcvttte Furniture Store
Nile Congo
Major Finance Company. Sue.
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Raleigh Seafood Company
City Finance Company
Town & Country Tire Company
Electrical Wholesalers, tnc.
Johnson -Latube
Davie st. Colt) Laundromat
New York Case
Bsieigl! Furniture Company
Stephens Appliance Company lur
PAGE 9
Cocner’s Bar-B-Cu*
Censolidatetl CtotHf fV *p.
PAGE fit
Colonial Storff,
It. B. Quinn’s Puvnitv.fr Store
Modern Finance Corr-.
•standard cinder Block Company
Acme Realty Company
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r*»‘s tennis titles than any other non professional player, signed a contract with Abe Sapen>t«is tbi
n-eck tn tour with the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. She will, reportedly receive i« the
neighborhood of SIOB,OOO per year. Mbs Gibson will make a cross-country four with Wss Krrn! Eogeen-,
of Miami They will stage » aeries of tennis matches prior to the Globetrotters’ games (See store thi
pacel.
Rape Try, Theft, Robbery
Send Cleric’s Sen To Prison
HENDERSONVILLJS--A 34-yeai -
j old man who pleaded guilty to a
i charge of attempting to rape the
1 wife of a local chamber of com
merce official received a total of
•*-' years in prison Monday i’n a tn
minute superior court trial.
Johnny G Perkins nf Hen
dersnn title received IS years
! Dismiss Suit,
We Obeyed;
Greensboro
i GREENSBORO The Gita
[ School Board here asked the Fed
! era! Court to dismiss a school m
] leg) a l ion suit after converting the
| all-white school involved, into an
! all-Negro school The board de
| dared that the Negro applicants
j tp the school had been assigned to
; the school they wished to attend.
The spit was filed on behalf
of Eric and Tbctus McCoy. Va
lerie McCoy, and Michael A.
tonkins earlier this year. At
that time, they were attend
trONTOTIED ON PAGE 8)
State News
Brief
NEW PROVIDENCE BAPTIST
SETS MEN’S DAY
VAR IN A—Th« annual men's day
a! New Providence Baptist Church
m Vanns will be observed on Sun
day, October 25, with 8 special
! worship service at 7 cm.
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Tavloi Radio * TV BervtM
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A*P Food Stores
Eflrd’s of Raleigh
Gas Russo's Bart*?* i> fSoa***x
Bosse Jewelers
Ambassador Th eerie
FAGS V
i Deluxe Hotel
Fepsl-Coia Botllint Companv
Caveness Insurance Agency
Warner Memorials
Ridgeway Opticians
Carolina Builders Corn
i Watson's Seafood Compass’
Fayetteville Street Baptist Church
FA..E 13
Geadman’s Ladle* Shop
S. M. Young Hardware Co.
Gem Watch Shop
Washington Terrace AjMWtsnea*#
Odom Cut Rate Clothing
Piiertone Store?
Baleigh Saving? *■ Leas Asa'e
PAGE »
Nowell's Inc
ftov’s Drive Ss
Sure-. Pit Seat. Cover Center
Johnson-Lambe
Pepsi-Cota Bottling Ce
Harris Wholesale, tnc.
Carolina Cleaner
Sander* Motor On.
Proctor’s, tnc
Fisher Wholesalers
Arnold Jacob's Vogu?
McLeod Jt Watson Clothing Store
PAGE IS
Midas Muffler
PAGE 20
Rhode? Furniture toe.
Dunn’? Esso Servicer chief
Raleigh Funeral Howe
Huai General Tire Co.
State Finan-e Co,
Seven-on Bottling Co.
for the attack »n Mr? E R
Quinn at her home Sept ?„ He
received another 10 year? for
robbing ‘be woman of some
MBO and 18 years for stealing
the family car. He pleaded
guilty on each charge a* well
as a fourth assault with a
deadly weapon, his fist, with
intent to kilt However, no
School Auditorium
denied NAACP \
Ays'lijc A C !'*r 1
ehsifesn bl the
District One School Board, 'reveal
ed here last week that, the NAACP
had been denied the use. of the au
ditorium of the Manning Negro
Training School.
Roy Wilkins, national secre
tary of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement ni
Colored People, submitted thp
written request by mall to liar
s'in
The auditorium will seat 800 pe>
sons. The NAACP meeting had
Scared Man Jumps
Into Cape Fear River
WILMINGTON—A man who he
esm? frightened when rough wa
ter rocked his boat, drowned Mon
i day after he jumped into the Cape
| Fear River.
Officers were to begin drag
ring the northeast section of
the river here later Monday
for the body of Sam Jenkins,
about SO, who was or* g roon
hunt with two friend*.
•tonkins. Maiacst Weston and
George Porter set out with two
dog? iti an open boat on their hunt
Rough water began tossing the
host and Weston and Porter don
ned life jackets When the water
begun splashing into the small
craft. Jeokina apparently became
excited end jumped over the side.
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Commission
Halts Vote
Probings
■WASHINGTON The Civil
Rights Commission last week de
cided to hold no more public hear
ing? until the Supreme Court de
cides whether it must reveal the
names of witnesses in voting dis
crimination cases and allow regis
trars to confront them.
Chairman .John A. Wmtisfe
fold newsmen after a eotsitols
"iira meeting that the Justice
Department would be ask'ii to
miab aw appeal from federal
court decision to Louisiana
which officials said would
haadesiff the rights group
The three-judge court ruled that
the commission could hold no more
hearings in Louisiana unless it, per
mitted cross-examination of wit
nesses and permitted voting regis
trars accused of discrimination tn
confront the witnesses.
Hannah said, tie felt the Supreme
Court probably would hand down
a decision fairly quickly
He said the civil rights group
also will study the possibility
pi expanding Its tovegkifation*
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| .iU'knirftt HAf (ptjstfpf p.fj ryt} IJjC
! fourth
Firkins was arrested in Mis* l
! Oct t 3 sjryd returned tra •
! Cai nljng. He v, ? ppj 1
I Franklin H Pierre, an August,
jGa attorney u ho i? a o
i father, thp w r
; Perkin?. * Baptist minister in M
! con, r; 3
fi -0 pi«m-y by Ideal rr»• i"->
■ I
A spokesman for «he <rv..?r,i
said no reason was riv«B for v
refusal nor was any reason ;
refusing necessary “
Li- B MeE’nvd. count" sun"' -
ten den I of education, said ’?■ * re
ogmre Hie NAACP as our bitn
enemy We are not puHine n>
stamp of approval on NAAC
speaker.?
McCord branded the NAACr -
a “cpnimurfist-backed Prgamyj
tiop.” McCord is also president oi
the local White Citizens Council
He disappeared almost immedi
ately Porter and Weston reached
river bank and notified authorities
netted in dope raid —-
Amor'S five self-styled "Beat
niks" arrested in s raid to Net*
York's Greenwich Village re
cently was Ronald iMali Man)
Jackson. Detectives sal® ffe?
a.afßtei had a half pound of
marijuana, in their Volkswagen
station wagon, two loaded pis
tols in one apartment and a
loaded rifle and some merUtame
in another. Jackson, who farrs
possession of narcotics charge*,
te also charged with violation of
the B«diiv&ft Law. I UPS PHO
! TO).