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Rob t Williams * Sou fit Ry fBl Wilson Tragedy: Man Kills Wife, Then Self ■■ ' yefL. 20. NO. 46 IJks Kilil l.,'«i»Miwr^BiiEiis Tar Heels Outstanding: In Sessions Quit* i host of North Carolina people were m attendance at the ; 3361 convention of the Improved i Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, which was held in New York City. August 13-26 and presided over by Grand Exalted Ruler Hob- j son Reynold? The election of the Grand Daugh ter Ruler wa? perhap? the high light. of the convention and it is re ported that it. took all night to count the votes but when th e count was arsour.ced ;t was found Daugh- ' ter Nettie E Smith. Nm* York Cuv. was the winner Jack Faison Seaboard undertak er '* m elected ss on* of the Grand Auditors It. it to be remembered that he made an unsuccessful hid to replace Rev K F Battle as state (CONTINUED ON PA(»f O Assault Attempt Reported A Raleigh woman told police Monday a man brokp into her Washington Terrace home and at tempted to assault her while she slept. Mis* Myrtle Christmas of E-52 Washington Terrace said she wa? awaken by a man trying to remove the bottom part of her shortv pa jamas about 2 a. m Monday She, said she was so fright ened that she couldn't scream or say anything. She said the nun jumped off her bed, stood for s second and then ran out <st the house. (CONTINUED ON PARE WEATHER 5 ■ 1 f I | m 3 The five-day weather forerast for Raleigh, beginning Thursda> August 31, and continuing through Monday. September 4. is as follows Temperatures will average ses - erai degrees above normal Stain f3>i is expected in the amount of lest than one-half inch. It will con tinue to be warm with fair weath er prevailing most of the time There is a chance of afternoon thundershowers each day during the period. ' * ■ / - ■ ■ ■ ' ’ '' ' . mW WELFARE BOARD MEMBERS SWORN W HERE Three rmw members of the State Board of Public Wel fare were aworr. in by Justice Emery B Denny in special esre merdm if. the Senate chamber of the State Capital. They ere CfroßJ Ms) E. N, Brower, m Mope' MUM Gmeten Busk, «f £«*>• North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH N C. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1961 GREETING THE VISITOR A little child crawls out from beneath a banner that was hung up sot the arrival of U. S Undersecretary of State for African Affairs G Mennen Williams. Williams is currently in Africa on hi'- *econd trip as President Kennedy's ambassador to these, new ly-developed nations (UPI PHOTO). New State Welfare Board Members Take Oaths During Ceremony Here Thre* member* of the Stale Board of Public Welfare were sworn in at special ceremonies in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol before a large group of re :atives and friends and the othei members of the State Board, with Gov. Terry Sanford presiding las; week New appointees by Got Sanford are Gordon Bush of Len oir and Dr. S. E. Duncan of Salis bury, Reappointed was Edwin B Brower of Hope Mills Justice Em ery' B Denny administered the oaths of office. Addressing the n»w member* of th-r State Board of Public j Welfare Got Sanford referred to the long history' of public 12th Fair Planned PITTSBORO —EL Stanford, Raleigh YMCA Secretary, will r erve as on* of the judges at the !2th annua! Chatham County Fair according to an announcement, by (CONnNtjSETow PAG* 71 air, md T>t. S. E. Dttrtcen, of Salisbury. Others in the picture (from left) are Governor Terry Sanford Mrs. R. E. Stretford, «? Mew River,, end Irving E. Carlyle, of Winston-Salem, s mem- Ism ai the Booed. welfare fas nerving the need* of the State. Be commented upon the well-deaerved recognition of the North Carolina program throughout the country. He urg ed the State Board of Public Welfare to continue its effort* to provide, outstanding service* t* the clti*en* of the State as it continue* to carry out it* re spoKsibllite* on both a human itarian and businesslike basis. Following the swearing in cere ; onies the State Board of Public : Welfare held a brief meeting to j handle matter* needing immediate (coNrnmwD^STpao* s> ■Off ROBERT F. WILLIAMS PRICE 15e Wife Slain At Place Os Employment WILSON A. mar who wm dis charged two 'reek.* ago from * mental hospital in Goldsboro shot and killed his wife »t her p'ace of employment last, week Shortly afterwards, he returned to his home, where he took his own life with the murder weapon Mrs. Helen Pergiies. about 30. was shot In her right hip and the right side of her neck with S 20-gsi»ge shotgun by her husband, while working at the fCOVTWTrEP i;K PASE T> Raleighite Robbed In New York Local Elks are about read'- Vi recommend to Daughter Naomis Cannon. 170? i Pender Street, that she refrain from attending national conventions, due to the fact that she is reported to be easy prey for the wise guys who attend such meets. She Is reported to hare been the victim of s sneak-thief In New York l*4»t week She told fCOVTINtIKD ON PAOF 2) OD3S-EIOS BY SOWSY «. SHEPARD Ybsi wfH wee slfttetod people.” NOT m EASILY WRITTEN OFT Th» current M»i*l situation in Monroe, N. E is. to say tfc« least, ugly, The gwvwrnor of North Caro lina has been quoted as saying that the patience of the people (white* there has been undersiandingly rcOftnNBTOSS OK PASS S} CAROLINA M<i —— ~~ —— ADVERTISERS r r..... BUY FROM THEM 'PAGE » 1 Horton’s Cash fctor* ! Puttee SsrvSc* Co. ©? K C. 2®e Mauartck Promotion Central Drug Store PAGE 3 n. r. Good rich Co, Wtat-S»bde Stores Stephen* Appliaaes 80, Southern Beil page & The C<w*.-e«i* BnttHac Bo Efird’n Communter Florist Thomas Food Market PAGE * Colonial Stores, Inc. C Karl Lichtman 8 ct Quinn Furniture Co First Citizens Bank ft Trust Co. Tire Distributor* Tavlors Radio A TV Service PAGE 1 A&P Foot* Store* Town ft Country *imMsN 1 Firestone Store* Branch Saalciiu ft Trust Co. S M Toaasr Hardware Electrical WUsnlaaaSer*. Inc SoSotßon uteris—Caaco Product* PAGE S Blood wsrtte SC Tourist !®Me*way*» Opttetan*. tee. i'o» Wasmtgkg; Ce. $ IKiUoa Motwt nstanc* Co. Jp TCst »tm B##l«hHl ft Foultw Lftelua* Estei Warner Men - wife i* Pops* *Ckria StiQlar Co- ci s-s s.jp PAGE ■■■ Jee Slunrick Promotion PAG* U Sander* Motor C» A«ts ©iattwst Co. Weaker Bros, ttatnsler PAGE i* carolfea. Power ft Ltfltt *s®. MfeiMnt»zsnwte co MetKißßttcs ft Farmers fessb Stars6ait? Concrete Co. l-Ightnerj Fttnefal Some Griffis Pool! Store SaftnaMHtanaM Co. PACE » ®fc*d*» FornituM _____ At-rN*.***-".'*- Theatre WtotAy-WWiifa SCENES OF MONROE VIOLENCE Shown above are photographs taken th/s week s r Monroe in Union County during the racial violence reportedly sparked hr E\-Mor.roa NAACP president Robert F Williams, who rs shown at top left (See sforv on *hi- page) (UPI PHOTO) Mystery Shrouds Whereabouts Os Monroe Man, His Entire Family MONROE—Is Robert F Williams dead? Has he fled for asylum to Cuba? Do local, state and federal police know where he is or what, fate has befallen him 5 If so, what are their reasons of shrouding their knowledge with a cloak of secrecy? These questions, and many ot,h- 1 c-r related ones have been on the ■ lips and in the minds of many of 1 the citizens of this city of 10.000 following a weekend of racial no : ience during which: i 1. More than 60 persons were j arrested and jailed, most of them charged with inciting to riot; 2. A police officer was wounded by gunfire: 3 A white man and his wife were taken and held 2J hours as hostages Teenager Held In Knife, Brick Death Os Brother Funeral service* were held Wed si 4 p m at the Raleigh Funeral | Home for Ernes’ Edward Jones, Jr. i 23. who was allegedly slain by his Hunt's General Tire Co, ttnwß’t Esso Sendee Acme Realty Co Public Service Co., of N. C., tec, Ambassador Theatre Rtleisb Funeral Home Ralelah Seafood Co, Lin cola Theatre Lawrence Bros. ■ FEPC Act Seen By 1981 On or before October 28, 1961 North Caro line will have a Fair Employment Practices Act That’s a flat Carolinian 20th anniversary prediction It’s made despite the fact that not a single politician of stature in 1961 would endorse such a measure. Public opinion in North Carolina which in 1961. is beginning fee take integration in public facilities and schools in strides will soon "go all out” for economic equality as well. The Caro lint an believes tod??y. y.oflHfy ?0 states, inrividineg New /ork. have enforceable FEP acts These undergird legally the rights of all citizens to employment, Discrimination oecsuse of race, creed., or color is prohibited under such acts. New York’s FEP law was enacted in 194#. Just last month, on Sept, 18, California ob served the second anniversary of FEP legisla tion in that State. Os 11.000 cases complaining of dtsemmss •• taste in employment the Califensi* commission reported that instances of discrimination had 4 Williams and his family wife and t.wo children, suddenly "dis appeared’; 5. Federal warrant charging Williams with kidnaping were is sued . 6. Wyatt T<te Walker, of At lanta Oa , executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was thrown bodily down, the courthouse, steps by a 200-pound white man. and 7 Superior Court Judge Allen it-year-old brother with t Japa nese letter opener and s bnck Sat night, Jane*, S 3, wa» killed about 0-45 p m, on the perch of hi* home. 11?. S. Haywood Rt His brother, William Oscar, a llHh grade, student at Ligon High Soho!, mi arrested about an hour later Detective Sergeant Robert L Ennis investigated the slaying, with the help of Detective Ser geants Horace Moore and Fred Gregory. They ware told by Wil liam Jones and his mother. Mrs. Eu genie Jones, That. Ernest Jones came home drunk shortly before the slaying He eoI (CONTTNTEIj "w PAGE T) Gwyn n amed an interracial group that, further picketing would W at their own risk," Late Wednesday, this city took on an air of outward calm but there was ar. undercurrent of ra cial tension which officials feared might, erupt again ar any moment. After a grand nir- indicted the rcoNTrvT Fn ny pace ?> State News Brief MAN UNABLE TO STAND TRIAL GASONIA—A Belmont man who allegedly broke into a girls' ; dormitory at Sacred Heard College |on the night of June 7 Monday ! was ordered confined to a mental i hospital lame* Leo Rankin had been charged bv officers with firs* degree burglars' after is& vs* found biding in a shower room In the dormitory where 3 number of white girls were sleeping One of the mate wit nesses in tfce -ass was a psychi (CONTINUED ON PAGE » been found in about one third of the total cases reported. More than 85% of the cases investigated in- - volved Negroes The other complaints stem from discrimina tion in eases based on religion or national ori gins. In North Carolina, the 1961 employment pic ture for Negroes is far from bright Not even in state government are there more than a sprink ling of Negroes. The picture is hardly brighter m industry rojarf]v T)rf k S?tIT’ < * frOtH £<?<!!? •'f** I gov .mment, some industries with government contracts are employing a token number of Ne groes By 1961, it is believed that political factors, as well as a growing appreciation for fair play will result in more appreciable job gains. Generally, however. Negroes in the space age are likely to receive their greatest gains with FEP legislation This will corns only if there is a tweeting of minds between Negro poEtieil sf? $ their white allies A
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