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"PLAY FAIR OR ELSE/ LBJ WARNS DIXIE ON RIGHTS ******** ******** ******** **** **** Medic Held In Abortion THE CAROLINIAN North Carolina s Leading Weekly VOlTmTnO.'46 ~ RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1965 ”~"~~PRICE 15 CENTS Ministers Open NAACPTaIks ******* +■**■¥* + * ******* Woman Freed In Mate’s Death Two Clerks Featured On Qdtober/ WINSTON -SALEM - Rev. Jack Crum, Director of Chris tian Social Action, N. C„ Coun cil of Churches, will keynote the Ministers and Church Com mittee sessions of the 22nd Annual Convention of the North Carolina NAACP Conference, October 7 at Winston-Salem. Rev. Crum, a native of Au gusta, Ga., was reared in North Carolina, graduating from Broughton High School, Raleigh, in 1945. He received his A. B. from Emory University in Atlanta and his B. D, from Duke Divinity School. A mem ber of the North Carolina Meth odist Conference -since 19 53, during the summer of 1962 he spent six weeks in Europe un der the auspices of the Metho dist Church. Addressing the Ministers Banquet will be the Rev. K. L. Buford, Pastor of Butler Chapel AME Zion Church of Tuskegee, Ala. Rev. K. L. Buford is one of the first Negroes elected to the public office in the State of Alabama and the first Negro to be elected to the Tuskegee City Council, a member of the Executive Committee, Tuske gee Branch NAACP-Chairman, Labor and Industry Committee. He has been selected for in clusion in: Who's Who Among Negro Clergy and Who’s Who in the Democratic Party, and selected as "Minister of the Year” NAACP (1965). Educated in the public schools of Pulaski, Va., Rev. Buford received his bachelor of Arts degree-City College, New York, N. Y., his Bachelor of Theology degree at Bloomfield (See NAACP TALKS, *>. 2) St. Ambrose Dedication Set Sunday On Sunday, October 3rd at 3:00 p. m. } the Rt. Rev. Thom as Fraser, Bishop of the Dio cese of North Carolina, will dedicate the new St. Ambrose Episcopal Church on Darby St. in Rochester Heights. The Rev. Arthur Calloway, rector, will preside. In addition to the Service of Dedication, the parish will sponsor a week of services and activities. Tuesday night, October 5, a Service of Witness, with the Rev. Loren Mead, as speaker; Wednesday, October 6, Night of Fellowship, by the Episco pal Church women; Thursday, October 7, choir; Friday, Octo ber 8, Young Peoples' "Nite of Fellowship.’’ The public is invited to at tend all functions. MEMBERS OF NATIONAL PAN - HELLENIC COUNCIL . Pictured «• 19 of the 20 members o? the National p£n»llellsßic Council, who met In a special summit meeting h* Washington, D. c. All sight of the Greek letter organizations v/ere represented and many important rulings made* (See story, this page, for names). CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR - Victor B. Phillips, recently promoted to a new position as assistant to Horace D. Godfrey, right, Administrator of the U. S. Department of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, discusses the agency’s progress ir. civil rights compliance with his chief. Mr. Godfrey received a special commendation from Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman recently for effective adminis tration of his agency's nondiscrimination policy. Mr. Phillips has been assigned an ASCS civil rights coordinator. He was promoted from personnel assistant and equal employment opportunity officer. (USDA PHOTO). National Pan-Hellenic Council In D. C. Meet WASHINGTON, D. C. - Lead ers of the eight national Greek letter organizations compris ing The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Ir.c., meeting in a sum- Man Bound Over For frilling WENDELL - Theodore Roo sevelt Bridges, 32, year old resident of 1015 S. Wllmong ton St. Raleigh, remained in Wake County Jail at Raleigh as late as Wednesday of this week in the lieu of $5,000 bond after being tried in Recorder’s Court here Thursday on a charge of manslaughter in the death of a mother of eight children. Bridges was bound over to Wake County Superior Court after probable cause was found in the death of Mrs. Earline Wright Williams, 39, also of 1015 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh, and the mother of eight chil dren. Mrs. Williams was a pass enger In Bridges’ car when it overturned after going out of control Saturday night, Septem ber 4, on Highway 64, East, about 500 yards east of the Ra leigh city limits. The defendant is also charged with speeding 80 to 90 miles per hour in a 60 mile an hour zone and driving while his li cense was revoked. (Bee BOUND OVER, P. 2) mit conference here recently, showed keen concern over the relationship existing on the many campuses on which they operate, resolved that there should be a closer bond be tween the organization and the administrative heads of these colleges. The conference set out four objectives that the Council would work toward: 1. To assist college and u nlversity administrations in at taining their educational and cultural objectives. 2. To maintain, on a high plane, fraternity life and in terfraternity relationships. 3. To serve as a forum for the consideration of questions of mutual interest to the mem ber organization. 4. To serve as a standard setting body for the affiliate organizations in the areas of rushing, pledging and initiating. The conference took stock of all the Interests of their mem bers and potential members on the respective campuses. It looked very closely into the matter of recruiting and came up with the central idea that scholarship should be the main factor In recruiting. The mat ter on initiation was another important factor in the two-day meet, Walter Washington, president Utica Junior College, Utica, Miss., as chairman, presided over the conference. William E. Doar, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. is the secretary. The following organizations were represented by the per sons listed; (See HAN-HELLENIC, p. 2} Suspended Senteme is Ordered Here Mrs. Della Yvonne Ruffin, of 218 S. East Street, accused and convicted of having mur dered her husband with a but cher knife last October, was given a suspended prison sen tence here Thursday. Mrs. Ruffin, originally charged with murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Wake Superior Court Judge James H. Pou Bailey. The judge sentenced the 25-year-old wo man to serve from five to eight years in prison. He then suspended the sen tence and placed her on pro bation for five years. Testimony in the case showed that Mrs. Ruffin stabbed her husband, Andrew Lewis RuR 'n, 39, with a u. «_>r knife at their home in October of 1964. Dies At 140 NAIROBI, Kenya-Paren A tambamala, an African, de scribed by his relatives as having been 140 years of age, died last week here. The old Baluhya tribesman, they reported, had ten wives and was the father of 103 chil dren, including 87 sons and 1C daughters. in Death Planned Raleigh eighth traffic fatality of the year was chalked up last Thursday afternoon when a 50- year old woman was struck and killed by a car, driven by a Durham man, Mrs. Fanny Rowland, of 712 S. Saunders St., was attempt ing to cross the 600 block of W. South Street on foot about 4:45 p. m. when she’was struck by the car of Calvin O’Briant Markham, 48, of Durham. According to Patrol Sergeant C. D. Diedrtch, it was about fifteen minutes before an ambu lance could get to the scene of the collision. He said Light - ner Funeral Horne was called first, but their ambulance was out on another call. Then Ra leigh Funeral Home, some ten blocks from the scene, was called, and respoinded with an ambulance. Heavy afternoon traffic also played a major fac tor In the delay. Witnesses told the cop that Mrs. Rowland stepped into the path of the Markham automo bile. Her body was thrown some 75 feet from the point of (See INQUEST PLANNED, P. 2) J. Starie Challenges Teachers Speaking on the topic, "De veloping Effective Associa tions,’* John Starie, NEA Con sultant for Local Associations, told 120 teachers attending the Classroom Teachers State Workshop, September 25, that a local association In any of its guises is the most important agency in the profession, Starie challenged the local associa tions to "discover the concerns of their members by listening to their problems and encourag ing them to talk." He advised the local association presi dents to make the teachers a ware of all phases of their pro grams, including state-wide credit union, the NEA Invest (See STATIC’S TEACHKRS, F. 2> Or. Howard Denies Rap This Time CHICAGO (NPI) - Dr, T. R. M. Howard, formerly of Mound Bayou, Miss., is up once again on a charge of abortion-a charge which he says is without found ation. Dr. Howard was arrested in his Southside office on charges of attempted abortion and con spiracy to commit an abortion. “But how could one attempt an abortion on a woman who who was not pregnant?” he ask ed. “How could there be a conspiracy to commit a crime where there was no crime?” Dr. Howard described the in cident as “purely a case of entrapment. They sent in a woman rigged with a tape re corder, who said she was six or seven weeks pregnant, “She did not ask to have an abortion nor did she use any words to that effect. I of fered to examine her. “I never put my hands on her. After preparing to examine her, the man representing him self as her “boyfriend” opened the door and said, ‘Doctor, you’re under arrest. ’ ” Dr. Howard declined to say whether he has ever performed an abortion, legal or otherwise. In cases of heart trouble or some other ailments, abortions could be legal, he explained. But police had other ideas. They arrested the doctor in 1964 on abortion charges, but the charges were dismissed in Fel ony court. According to Sheriff Richard B. Ogilvie, Dr. Howard’s of fice records indicated he was performing as many as six abortions a day. Last year he was fined $lO,- 000 and placed on one year’s probation by U„S. District Judge Joseph Sam Perry after plead ing no contest to charges he failed to pav income taxes on a total of $73,793 in 1959 and 1960, Sheriff Ogilvie said the po licewoman, Rosemary O’Brien, posed as an unmarried expect ant mother and paid Howard SSOO in marked bills. Another police deputy, Felice Sanglrar di, who posed as her boyfriend, made the arrest. Dr. Howard and his nurse, Mrs. Margaret Banks, were each booked on the two charges and relaesed on $5,000 bond. They were sche duled to appear in the Oak Lawn branch of Circuit court Oct. 20. 75 Lmai Boys Hear Jobs Man Around 75 boys attended a meeting at the YMCA Tuesday to hear a discussion by Mi chael Bushy, Job Corps Coun selor. Eligibility for attend ance at work - study camps where boys may attend, learn an occupation, and be paid while they learn were outlined. The Job Corp is mostly for young men and women, 16 to 21 years old, who are out of school and cannot find a job. In these centers, these young people will receive basic edu cation, job training, and the experience to develop good work habits. They will get room and board, clothing and spending money of S3O a month. Also, when they leave they will get SSO for each month of satisfactory service in the Job Corps. A young man or woman may spend anywhere from a few' months to two years and leave at anytime. Boys who are interested in applying for the Job Corp are invited to attend a follow-up meeting at the Bloodworth St. YMCA Tuesday evening Octo ber 5, at 7;30. Rev. Foust Remains At St. Paul In last week’s CAROLINIAN, It was reported that the Rev. Benjamin S, Foust, pastor of St. Paul AME Church, Raleigh, had resigned his position at the church to become president of Klttrell Junior College, Klt trell. Last Sunday this assignment was rescinded and Rev, Foust will remain as pastor of St, Paul, but will continue to commute to Klttrell as interim presi (S«e KEV. FOUST, P. ?.) T’.e ctenterc C d* j. rirat ;t* Louis.ills, FREEDOM DEMOCRAT FAIL IN MISSION - Washington: The House of - last week to affirm the seating of its Mississippi members as ci\il rights demount. in silent support of their claim that the state’s elections were illegal becaus-- Ncgro.-Cw: •• barred from the polls. Three of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’-- norms'.■,••••- the state’s five seats hold a telegram from Speaker John McCormack, granting then Usi'isViun to take seats on the House floor during the debate. The Mississippi congressmen v.l > ’ M .’. >' however. From left to right are: Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, Mrs. Victoria Gray and M. < Devine. (UPI PHOTO). President Vows To “Cut Out Agencies Which Are In Way"' WASHINGTON (NPI) - Pres ident Johnson has decided to shake up his administration’s civil rights program and cut out rights agencies which are getting into each other’s way. He alsohastold cabinet mem bers and agency executives he’ll be keeping a personal eye on them to see to it that they don’t permit racial discrimina tion in their departments’ hir ing policies. In approving a far-reaching series of moves to “stream line and strengthen” the fed eral government’s civil rights program, President. jGhnson in creased the responsibilities of the Justice department and the Civil Service commission. Each cabinet member and John IV. Winters Receives yJT Three Unique Invitations ' %\ John W, Winters, Raleigh City Council m an, attended a na tional conference on Equal Bus iness Opportunities in Wash ington, D. C., on Wednesday, September 29. He met with business and professional lead ers from across the country to discuss ways “for the eco nomic development of '.he im poverished and disadvantaged in their communities, ” as Vice- President Hubert Horatio Hum phrey wrote Winters in his letter of Invitation. The conference was called by Mr, Humphrey as a major step in carrying out the Eco nomic Opportunity Act or the War on Poverty, He stressed the importance of the small A&T Students March Again; This Time Reason’s Changed GREENSBORO A&T Col lege students, nationally known for their civil rights demon strations, marched again last, week, but this time for a dif ferent purpose. A group of 500 or more of the s-tudents, just arrived by 48 hours to begin the fall semes ter, put on an impressive dem onstration last Saturday night and issued demands on them selves, rather than upon others. Their “demands” called upon students for constructive lead ership, qualitative scholar ships, and effective citizenship. The demands were a part of a proclamation, Issued under the signature of George E„ Stevens, Jr., a Greensboro senior and president of the A&T College Student Government. Stevens led the “march” to the residence of Dr, Lewis C. Dowdy, president of the college, and Mrs. Dowdy following a gen eral meeting of the student body Prince Hal! Masons To Louisville LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - The city of Louisville is all set to entertain the Supreme Coun cil, 33rd degree section of Prince Hall Masons, Southern jurisdiction, when they hold their 79th annual session here, October 16 to 19, according to W. H. Perry, Jr„ active mem ber of the council, and deputy for the state of Kentucky. Headquarters have been es tablished at Stouffer’s Louis ville Inn, 120 West Broadway, where the business sessions and. the banquet will be held and most of the guests housed. Among the important events scheduled are a get-together entertainment at the Prince Hall (Sec NATION'S MASONS, *». 8) federal head will from now on be strictly accountable to the President for seeing to it that there is no discrimination in personnel policies. Government officials are not the only ones affected by the. Presidential shakeup. Busi nesses having dealings with the federal government will come under special scrutiny from federal officials including President Johnson him self--to see to it that they don’t re fuse Negroes jobs because of their race. Other private businesses are to be investigated, as well. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wlrtz will continue to have responsibility “for reviewing discrimination complaints and businessman as being basic to the economic health of the whole community. “Your wisdom and experience,” the Vice-Presi dent wrote Winters, “can play a significant role in the im portant attack on poverty and disadvantaged in your commu nity and in the nation.” Two other signal honors corne to John W. Winters early next week. On Monday, he ill at tend Pope Paul’s celebration of mass in New York City ’s Yankee Stadium. Because this is the first American visit by a Bishop of Rome, there are literally hundreds of thousands of people clamoring for invitations who simply cannot be seated. (See JOHN WINTERS. P. 2) at Harrison Auditorium at which the proclamation was adopted. He read the document and pre sented the scroll to the Presi dent, before the assemblage of students. The proclamation set the first week of classes, September 18- Temperatures for the next five days, Thursday through Monday, will average a jfew degrees below normal. Norm al high and low temperatures for the Raleigh area will b' 16 and S 4. It will become * lit tle warmer during the first part of the period, but other wise cool weather will prevail through Monday. Rainfall i* expected to occur during the early part of the period, with some also likely during the weekend It will average four tenths of an inch or more. From Raleigh's Official Police Files: THE CRIME BEAT BY CHARLES R. JONES Three Women Beat One Mart Miss Anna Cooke Dickens, 24, of 529 E. Davie Street, report ed to an officer, at 3:40 p. m. Saturday, she was at the corner of Davie Street and Patterson Alley with her boyfriend (un named) “when three girls jump ed on him.” In so doing, Miss Dickens stated, one of the girls grab bed her wrist and her watch was torn from her arm, dam aging it in the amount of $2.50, the price of a broken band. She said she didn't know any of the girls or their names. It could not be learned as to what extend the boyfriend was ► assuring compliance by go em inent contractors with non-dis crimination requirements.” This means that a largo sham of American Industry, which gets some SIOO billion a year in federal business, will have to prove, as never before, that hiring practices are fair. (See IJJJ WARNS. V 2) * * JM I* ■■■ ?■**• «pl i\ KV. MISS ROW i AN i ) Mississippi Volunteer To Raleigh Sun. The Rev. Miss Wtlmlna Row land, who recently spent four months as a volunteer in the Civil Rights movement in Greenville, Miss, with the Del ta Ministry, will share in ser mon and administration of the Lord’s Supper this Sunday ai the 11 a. m. service in the Davie St. United Presbyterian Church, Davie and Person Sts. She will preach on “The Mean ing of the Lord’s Supper.” Miss Rowland serves the U nited Presbyterian Board in Christian Education as direc tor, Educational Loans and Scholarships, In the General Division of Vocation and Min istry. She has been a teach er in China, a professor of religion, and a staff member of several interchurch agencies including the World Council of Christian Education. She is a Fellow of the Society on Re ligion In Higher Education. Born in Augusta, Ga., Miss Rowland graduated magna cum laude from Wilson College with a B. S. degree in political science and education. She holds a M. A, degree from Yale University and a B. D. de gree from Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where she graduated cum laude. (See VOLUNTEER, P. 2) injured. Jerry Booker Gets Booked Miss Mary Arlene Peterkin, 27, of 905 Cannist_ St., told Officer John Baker, Sr., at 6:33 p. m. Saturday, an argu ment started between Jerry Reed Booker, 36, of 604 E. Martin St,, and herself, and Booker beat her with his hands and fists, cutting her upper lip and bruising her right eye. She signed a warrant and Booker was booked at Wake County Jail on a charge of assault on a female. The In cident took place at her home. (8»s CREME BEAT, P. 3)
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