Newspapers / The Carolinian. / April 24, 1965, edition 1 / Page 1
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vr > North Carolina Man Murders Wife, Girlfriend, Seif Mrs . Newell Is First In Voting Tops Board Chairman In Primary Mrs. Virginia Kimborough New ell, the lone Negro seeking a seat on the Raleigh School Board, poll ed 230 votes more than board chair man. Maurice P. Thien. Tuesday. This was Raleigh's first election to choose school board members un der a law cf 1963, ending the sys tem of appointing mem.lters. Although the turnout for the pri mary was extremely light, (5,037 voted as against some 45.148 eligi ble voters in Raleigh), Mi's. New ell, a professor of mathermalics at at Shaw University, polled 2,600 of the total number cast Eliminated in the contest, which sought six candidates out of seven, for the Tuesday, May 4 genera! election, was a minister, supported by l>r. I. Berverly Lake, two-time loser for governship of North Car olina and an avowed segrega tionist. He was the Rev. George R. S. Hale, Episcopal rector of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church and head master of a l>ay School by the same name. If Mrs. Newell is successful in being elected in the May 4 elec tion, she will become the second Negro member of the five-member Raleigh School Board. Attorney Fred Jonathan Carnage, an appoin tee, is the other. His term expires in 1967. According to a reporter for s local daily newspaper, single shot voting in Raleigh's rive prrdominatly Negro precine**, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) CR Group Sets First Field Office WASHINGTON, DC. The U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Monday announced the establish ment of a field office in Memphis, Tennessee. William L. Taylor, Staff Director designate of the Washington-based Civil Rights Commission, announced that the Memphis facility will be the first office opened by the agency. It will be staffed by Jacques E. Wil more, of Pennsylvania, and John W. Spence, of Tennessee. Wilmore, who will direct the field office, recently returned to the United States after serv ing as Deputy Director of the U. S. Peace Corps program in Nigeria. A native of Philadel phia, Pennsylvaftia, he served as housing secretary for the Urban League of Westchester County, N. Y.; a staff member for the civil rights program of the American Friends Service Committee; and director of the New York chapter of Ameri cans for Domestic Action. Wil more, 38, is a graduate of Lin coln University and Haverford College, both in Pennsylvania. John Spence, 46. was named as sistant director of the Memphis field office. He is currently a re porter and editorial writer for the Memphis Press-Scimitar and has been a. staff reporter for the Chat tanoogo Times and the Covington Leader Born in Murfreesboro. Tennessee. Spence attended South eastern College at Memphis and (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) From Raleigh's Official Police Files: THE CHIME BEAT BY CHARLES R JONES Sneak Thief Tries To Repent; Too Late Miss Irene rioodson, 29, of 1628 Walnut Street, reported to Officer L. B. Council at 11:15 p.m. Monday, that Her bert Miles, of 321 Jamaica Dr., took her to the store Sunday, and when they returned, “he was B«pwi«ed to get the door key from my pocketbook. but a iso took three dollars out and left.” Miss Goodson, who came up town and signed a warrant for larceny against Miles, said, “When I got back home, he (Miles) ran in and put two dollars on the dresser and left rota.” w® msM asytai® what; f - a I i _____ MRS. VIRGINIA K. NEWELL Oldest US Citizen Dies At 121 CHICAGO (NPD Funeral ser- j vices were being arranged last ! ; for Mrs. Sally Powell, 121, I who was reported to have been the | oldest living person in the United ; j States. She died on Tuesday, April 13. at Oak Forest Hospital, where she had lived since 1951. In 1963, tthe American Medi cal association declared her the oldest living person of record in the United States. Her brith date (Feb. 10, 18441 was veri fied by a family Bible. Mrs. Powell was born in Dallas County, Alabama and said she was a “house slave" on an Alabama plantation. She was married to another slave. George Powell, who died in 1910. The couple were parents of seven children. A surviving son, Allen, resides near Green ville, Ala. ’ Mrs. Powell was blind and deaf and had been bedridden for several ’ years. Before her death, she often ; recalled events of the Civil War. 1111 \Vm ii is This Ulan EDITOR’S NOTE: An agent of the FBI asked The CARO LINIAN Tuesday here to aid ; in the nation-wide search for the person described here: "Darrell Brockman, also known ! as Darryl Brockman. Darrell Potts. Darryl Potts. Dr. Brockman, fail ed to appear in U S. District Court, Kansas City, Missouri, September 16. 1960, to answer a charge of ; theft from the mails and forgery | of a U. S. Government check. The | Court ordered the forfeiture of I bond on December 18, 1961, and federal bench warrant was issued for Brockman’s arrest for Bond - Default. 5 “Brockman Is described as foi • lows; ? Race, Negro: Sex. male; Date of s; birth, February, 5, 1937; June 5 - ; 1931, or June 5, 1926; place of ■i birth, Indianapolis, Indiana of St. . : Louis, Missouri; -j Height, 6’ 1”: weight, 160 5 j pounds; complexion, medium (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) i i nal action the police took in this ! case. 1 “Fingers” wFfe, But Both Land In Cells Joseph Walter McEachin, 41, of 205 N. Haywood Street, told Offi cer T. T. Street, Jr., at 9:45 a.in, Thursday, that his wife, Mrs. Edna McEachin, 50, cut him with a broken bottle or knife on the left side of his head and face. Both refused to disclose what caused the fight, McEachin was treated at Wake Memorial Hospital, where several stitch es were required to close his wounds. Both were then jailed on charges of engaging in an af fray with a deadly weapon. (eONTINTm : »~OK jpA»S THE CAROLINIAN VOL. 24, NO. 24 Chari ©tie’s YMCA Drops Jim Crow .1. Plays Russian Rouleife: Instant Death No Motive Seen As Three Die LAWNDALE A Cleveland County man flagged down a car in which his estranged wife was a passenger, shot and killed her, then went into another county and murdered his girl friend, and fi nally did away with himself by firing a bullet into the middle of his nose Easter Sunday. His death was witnessed by his 14-yea.r-old daughter, one of his four children. Thomas Brown, 41, shot his estranged wife, Mrs. Daisy Brown. 32, in Lincoln County, in which this small village is located. He then got into his ear, drove to the Cleveland County town of Falston where he killed his girl friend. Miss Lana Belle Phillips, who was living with him at the time. Coroners in both of these coun ties agreed on the actions of Brown. Lincon's coroner. Melvin Dram, said Mr. Brown flagged down a car driven by John Jackson, and in which Mrs. Brown was riding. Witnesses in Jackson's car stated he took careful aim and shot his wife in the shoulder and the skull with a pistol, then drove away. Cleveland’s assistant coron er, Bennett Masters, said soon after the first slaying. Brown was found near his home in Lawndale with a self-inflicted bullet wound in the middle of his nose. He died on the way to the hospital. Masters de clared. Miss Phillips’ body was found in Brown's car in the front yard. She was dead of a bul let wound in the chest. She was the mother of three children, including an infant. No inquests were ruled neces sary as the coroners ruled that Brown first killed the two women, then took his own life. Mrs, Brown was home visit ing for Easter. She had been separated from him for two j years and was bring in Wash ington, D. C. Brown was an employee of ; Cleveland Cloth Mills. No apparent motive could be ! found at the sheriff’s office. Record Number Os Hospital Complaints Filed In Dixie WASHINGTON—A record num- ( ber of complaints against “dis- ! criminatory practices in 36 fed- j orally assisted hospitals in six: southern states” has been filed ! with the Department oi Health,! Education and Welfare. Joint announcement was made here today by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educa tional Fund. Inc. two separate but closely associated organizations. Messers Frank Fohlhaus, Negro Communication Media Is Almost ignored By Market NEW YORK 1 NPTt Negro newspapers receive only 0.04 per cent of the U. S, advertising dol lar, according to Bernard Howard, a Negro market radio station rep resentative. As reported in a recent issue of Advertising Age, regarded as the "hfbte" of the Industry, Howard pletcd eat that N«- North Carolina s Leading Weekly g -- •*••*&*§ i. , xv I*!— utbCUSS EDUCATION BILL Shown in Washington last week are Rep, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. ( D.-N.Y .), left, as he discusses the passage of the mammoth aid-to-education bill with President Johnson. The President signed the bill earlier in Texas. Powell, who is chairman of the House Education and Labor Com mittee, was among several Senators and Representatives at the White House, who played prominent roles in the bill's passage. (UPI PHOTO). Dr. Hawkins’ Suit Brings Compliance CHARLOTTE North Caroline’s ; largest city has taken the lead over its Capital City ißaleigh: in lower ing the bars of racial discrimina tion and opening its doors to mem bers o. *he Negro race. The i cal (white) branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), revealed Monday that it had ended segregation in its fa cilities in face of a U. S. District Court suit, filed two months ago (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 counsel of the NAACP’s Wash ington Bureau and Jack Greenberg, director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund re quested that “appropriate ac tion be taken to insure imme diate compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The attorneys asked HEW Sec (CONTINITED ON PACK 2) I groes constituted about 11 per cent of the nation’s population. Out of a total expenditure of : approximately sl3 billion. 0.02 went to Negro radio and 0.06 to Negro-oriented magazines. Howard wrote 100 top V. S. ewpontta suggesting that <CONT£NBB*> ON MG*. *» RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1965 ! “MISS TAN AMERICA”—Miss Willie Johnson, of Washington, D. C., was crowned “Miss Tan America of 1965” in Dallas, Tex as last week. The contest was held on Saturday, April 10, and Miss Ruth A. Bat.ton, of Jack j ron. Miss., had been crowned “Mir-s Tan America”, until an error was found in the judging j : and Miss Johnson was given the title. Miss Ration, however, re ceived the new title of “Miss In ternational Tan” (UP! PHO TO j PRICE 15c Coed, 18, Suns Self St Party CHARLOTTE An 18-year-old freshman coed at Johnson C. Smith University here, took her boyfriend's .22 calibre pistol, plac ed it to her head and literally 'blew her brains out" Sunday while playing Russian roulette a lone. There was only one bullet in the grn. The victim. Miss Minnie Em ily Wiipon. of Charlotte, a for mer honor student at West Charlotte High School, played the deadly one-handed game before a stunned audience of several friends attending an Easter party Sunday evening. Miss Wilson and her boy friend, Alfred E. Wheeler, 20, had joined several other per sons at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Anthony when Miss Wilson suddenly suggested they play the deadly game of Rus sian roulette. One of the guests, Mrs. Bessie Donald, said. “I didn't really think she was serious, but when I looked at her. she already had the gun in her hand. I turned toward the washing mac-nine and said I wasn't going to be a witness." The pistol, property of her boy- j friend, was placed by Miss Wilson to her head. One shot was fired, emptying the lone chamber in the gun. Artificial respiration, immediate ly applied by the boyfriend, was futile as the girl died within sec onds. The only child of Mr and Mrs. John Wilson, Miss Wilson j attended the University of Ro chester, in New York, during the first semester on a scholar ship. She returned to this ritv In February, 11*65. She was given final rites here j Tuesday, April 20. Mahalia Is Hospitalized Again; Nerves CHICAGO (NPl)—Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was scheduled to be rleased from Billings hospital (.his week, where she has been under treatment for the past sever al days for bronchitis. The famed concert, television and recording star, who has also been under treatment for a heart ailment for several months, was rushed to the hos pital by private ambulance, Hospital officials indicated that | the bronchitis attack was not ser ious, but that the singer would be hospitalized for a few days. Meanwhile, close friends denied that the ailing singer and Minters fcigrriunti Calla way, 48, a former musican, have decided to end their mar riage. They were w ed last July. However, rumors persist that their marriage is “on the rocks.” Miss Jackson, who has also been treated for nervous conditions at varying points of her illustrious career, has travelled abroad ex tensively She has performed be fore some of the world’s greatest personalities, including royalty. She was featured in an article in i Ebony magazine Last year, shortly j after her marriage. She is a di- J vowswa, and remained single far j many yearn before remarrying, I 80NAACP’ers See Governor ■'•s,'/St mßmmmm >X . Kill. M. Local Man Killed In Car W reck Edward Claude Terry, 30. of 709 Delanv Drive, in the new Madon na Acres section of Raleigh. v.,0 killed Easter Sunday about 8:10 p. m., when the car in which he was riding went on! of corurol and overturned about 12 miles cost of this city, rvn U. S Highway 64 His brother, Willard Arthur Per ry, 35, believed to have been the driver of the vehicle, was admit ted to Wake Memo: i d Hospital, said State Troop* - Joan R v e. The car, according to the Trooper, was headfd west to ward Raieigh. when it sped nut of control on a slight curve, skidded and overturned 722 feet down the median between the two lanes of the highway. Rowe said there “was evi dence of very excessive speed.” Edward Perry was thrown a long the ground and back onto the highway about 100 feet from w here the car stopped. He was pronounced dead on ar rival. at Wake Memorial Hospital. Infprrariii! B*aii* E H oil DETROIT (NPL—A Negro girl and a white youth have been nam ed psychiatric aides of the year at North wille State Hospital. The honored pair Aireile Bates and Stanford Miles —came to the hospital in 196.5 and have taken c 200 - hour in-service education course. In making the presentations. Dr. Philip R Brown, medicat superin tendent, said, "We depend heavily upon our psychiatric aides throughout the hospital for »n --(CONTTNUED ON PAGE 2) Temperatures tr.r the next five days, Thursday through Monday, will average 4 to 9 degrees above normal. The norma! high and low remperatnres for the Raleigh area will be. 75-50. It will be warm, ex cept it may turn cooler about. Monday. Showers will occur Sat urday and Monriaa. Rainfall will a triage about one-quarter of an in< h. ■—■—CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS omasum- Bin FROM T H£M PAGE 2 Horton's Cash Srore Koll'.’s Auto Sales PAGE 3 The Remnant Shop White’s Oil Co., Inr. Madame Armstrong PAGE 5 Hudson-Belk-Efira s John W Winters and Co Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co., of Raleigh, N. C„ sm: Correil Coal Co. PAGE f. Raleigh Seafood James Sanders Tile Co Pepsl-Cola Bottling Co. Biltrnore Hills Amburn Pontiac, Inc. Cross Poultry Co. Ivey's of Raleigh Newsom# Rooting Co. Branch Banking ai d Trust Co Hildson-Belk-Efirds of Raleigh Readv Mitred Concrete Co. PAGE 7 Weaver Bros. Rambler, Inr. Rawls Motor Co Senter-Sanders Tractor Cnrp, Perry's Grocery #»& Market PAGE g Colonial. Stores Dan Moore Promises - To Consider BT J. B. HARREN A delegation of some eighty of ficers and members of the North Carolina NAACP Conference held a thirty-minute conference with Gov. Daniel K. Moore Tuesday, April 20, at noon and were suc cessful only in drawing the prom ise that he would seek to improve racial relations and job opportuni ties for Negroes, and to try to be tl o governor of all the people ol N. rth Carolina and to hear repre ss :.v ,V'\- of segments of the pop ular ion. Kelly M, Alexander. Sr., presi ded of the Tarheel si NAACP unit read a p ew red statement which had been approve- 1 by the dele cation. n'l’r'T: from across the State from Asheviih to the Albe marle Sound l-cg’on. The statement from the NA ACP represented the thinking of the more than one-hundred branch's and youth councils in the Old North State. It ask>d Gov, Moore to u<-e his high of fice to iniluenee t more equit able hiring po?>> on the part of various departments of the S'at" rovernre- ot on down to the county level: t-> encourage the removal of ex'rtinc yot*T reeistration irregular; ; >es as it affects colored citizens: and to help (hr State move at a fas ter paee toward complete school desegregation. Hou> ng and t-h- appointment ni Negroes to positions of adminis (CONTlNUn ON i \r.r Prelate Os Zion Church Top Speaker DURHAM —Bishop W. A Stew art. of Washington, D. C. chal lenged the Christians of the Dur ham community Monday night tc i really offer something to the pro posed "Great Society" of President Johnson by accepting the respon | sibilities of Christians in the home the church and the community. The prelate was the guest at a welcome banquet held at St. Mark A.ME. Zion Church, tendered by the pastor. Key, l„ A. Miller ami the members of the church. The banquet was in recognition of his being as signed to the Central North Carolina Conferenee, of which Durham is a part. Bislmp Stewart presides over the Fifth Episcopal District, com prising Ihe Albormarle. N. C.. and the Centra! N. C. Confer ences, which extend from Eliz abeth City, to Siler City. He was welcomed by Rev George Tharrington, B. T. McMil lan, J. H. Turner, A. T. Spaulding Alexander Barnes, Rev. A. B ! Moseley, Rev. Howard C. Wilkin : son and J. W. Younge. Music was furnished by Mrs. Barbara Dani els. The most unique part of the affair was the presentation of awards to wives of former pas tors of the ehureh by Rev. Mil ler. Mrs. FJssolene Perry, wife of the late Rev. S. P. Perry, who directed the building ot (CONTINUFO ON PAGE *> Acme Realty Co. ! London Oil Co | South Gate Plara F.sso PAG 5 9 A and P Stores Estates Building Co. How They Talk—A Book PAGE 1(1 Carolina Builders Corp. Peps:-Cola Bottling Co nt Ralei„!i Ride*wav’* Optician. Inc. PAGE U Mechanics and Farmers Bank L. V. Norton PAGE 13 Carolina Power and Light Co. «. E. Quinn Furniture Co. KU IX Community Drug Store Roy's Drive -In Cleaners Lincoln Theatre PAGE 14 i Taylor Radio and Electrical Co. ! I'iinn'r, Esso Service j Hum General Tire Co. Acceptance Mortgage Co., ?ne. | PAGE 15 i Smitty’s Balt and Tackle Shop PAGE 11* Mac Joseph Ring Coie Motel Mrs. Lucy F. Jnusaej
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