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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12
DonuId O'Connor
.Murries Actress

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Oct.
~ (P.-Actor Donald O'Connor
81. with almost enough best men
to form a baseball team, was
married yesterday to actress
Gloria Noble.
The 23-year-old bride wept a
bit as Municipal Judge Frank
Kearney performed the cere-
mony in the non-denominational
Ell Preside Chapel. Mr.. O'Connor
fianked by seven best men, said:
I've been best man at so
many weddings l thought l
would repay them all at once. "
This was the second marriage
for both Mr.. O'Connor and Miss
Noble. Mr.. O'Connor said they
would honeymoon for few days
in Santa Barbara and later
would go to Europe or Hawaii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12
Foe of Government
Returns to Brazil
RIO pE JANEIRo, Oct. L lFl

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. IL Up
Carlos Lacerda. newspaper
publisher and member of parlia-
nent who openly opposes the gov
eminent, returned today from
elf-imposed exile in the United
States and Portugal.
He came back by plane to take
his seat again in the Chamber
of Deputies after an 11-monthS
absence. Greeted by about LOCO
friends at the airport. he inn
mediately launched a new attack
on the government.
| Mr.. Lacerda's charges of scan
dals in the government of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12
Fitch Will Direct
Social Security Unit

Appointment of william C
Fitch as director of the special
staff on aging was announced
today by the Social Security Ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Fitch. a career employe
had been assigned with the Blu.
reau of Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12

two atomic submarines, the Maui
titus and the Sea Wolf.
Contracts also have been let
for an atomic power plant fol
an II ,000-ton cruiser as we'll as
for six other atomic subs.
II has also been announced
that one of the 60,000-ton For
restal class super aircraft car
riers will be atomic-powered. II
will require eight nuclear re-
actors.
While the United States Navy
has a number of battleships in
mothballs. no plans have beer
made to convert them to atomic
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12

late President Getulio Vargas leo
to an attempt to assassinate Mr.
Lacerda and the suicide of Mr.
Vargas two years ago.
Lacerda opposed President JUS
celino Kubitschek and Vice
President Joao Goulart in theil
campaign to succeed the Vargas
government. Lacerda left Brazi
last November after an army
coup to insure Kubitschek woulc
be inaugurated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12
TropicuI-PIunt Garden

MIAMI.-The largest collec.
ton of tropical plants in the
Nation is on display at an 85.
acre garden in Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-12
Soviet WhoIer Reported
.A-BottIeship Forerunner

Union entering the atomic power race with
this country with interest is working nuclear
propulsion whale catcher of upwards 40 600 tons
which would be the forerunner of atomic baaeship
This yesterday by intelligence officer
from headquarters of Allied Commander Atlantic
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State NAACP
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who called upon Senator Eastland
were C. R. Darden, of Meridian,
President of the State Conference
of NAACP Branches, and Gus
Courts of Belzoni who told the
Conference previously that he was
shot and seriously wounded last
November for insisting on his right
to vote.
In the report of their visit to the
Senator which was made by Gus
Courts to the concluding session
of the Conference Tuesday, Courts
said Sen. Eastland was "very cor
dial" to them and spoke out against
violence in the South's race I'M
easiness.
The report said that Senator
Eastland told them the Federal
Government has considerable pow
ers to enforce the civil rights of
all citizens in Federal elections, and
he suggested that what we would
have to do in the future was to ell
ect a president who would act in
case of disorder"
The Conference ended with the
threat of a call for a continued
Negro march on Washington until
Congress passes the necessary
Civil Rights Laws.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
fGrambIing In I
Baltimore Camp

GRAMBLING, La. ESPECIALLY
Ezell King, a thin-shanked 200
FOUNDER who starred in baseball
and basketball at Grambling Col
lege, is fighting a five-way tug O.
war for. the regular first-base job
with the Baltimore Orioles in their
Scottsdale, Ariz., training camp.
The 6-5 stringbean has been
given an "inside" chance of stick
ing with the club by jury board
of critics that includes Manager
Paul Richards and the Baltimore
News-Post.
King was signed as free agent
last summer while playing in the
Negro American League with the
Detroit Stars.
During the winter he played
basketball with the Harlem Globe
trotters.
An aggressive athlete with great
natural talent, he scored 629 points
for Grambling in 1852, club cage
record until Bob Hopkins came
aolng, and led the baseball team
in homers, triples, and RIBS with
a prodigious .473 average.
King is trying to beat-out Gus
Triandos, Bob Hale, Tito Francona
and Bob Boyd for the first-base job
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10

New York, Feb. 29.-In defiance
of warnings from friends that a
Negro could never be big league
baseball manager because white
players would resent him." Jackie
Robinson, Brooklyn Dodger star,
today challenged the major leagues
to accept him as managerial can
didate.
Robinson revealed, in q copy
righted article in the current issue
of REAL Magazine, released to-
day, that he had been warned
against accepting a minor league
managerial offer because it would
be "a dead end street"
"Well, why can't l manage in
the majors?" said Jackie. "Be-
cause am a Negro? Because
white players would resent me and
would be reluctant to take orders
from me? say~nuts!"
On the contrary, declared Rob
inson, who was the first Negro
player to break through the Grace
barrier" in the majors, "the first
Negro big league manager would
have it a lot easier than the first
player"
players don't play for a man.
ager. They play for next years
salary" Robinson contended in the
REAL article. eff you can con-
vince them that you can help them
to win they'll be for you"
Stressing the Importance of in
dividual ability regardless of race,
Robinson pointed out that Eddie
Stanky lost out last year with the
Cardinals" when his players iran
him right out of the National
League" Jackie added the obser-
walton, "It seems to me that he'll
(Stanky) never get anywhere as
a manager until he gets the play
ers to respect him and not resent
him."
maybe l wouldn't be a good
manager" said Robinson, "but the
reason would come from what was
inside me, not outside me and in
side my players.
Robinson recalled that late last
fall he had read a newspaper ac-
count that he was being considered
for manager of the new Vancouver
team in the Pacific Coast League
At that time he had stated that he
was interested in hearing more
about the proposition, although he
thought there was "plenty more
big league baseball left in me-
Immediately afterwards, Robinson
revealed, friends warned him not
to consider the possibility because
he could never become big league
pilot. E
Anticipating the doubts that
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
NWAA AII-conf.
Cage I cam Named

Kentucky State College, Jackson
College, Central State College and
Tennessee A. & l. State University
placed two men each on the 10-man
MWAA All-Conference team Sc
lected by players, coaches and the
Tournament Committee during the
MWAA Tournament which was
held recently at Tennessee A. &
l. State University. Lincoln Uni
versity and Grambling College
placed on man each on the mythical
cage squad which has everything
hustle, rebounding finesse and
shooting proficiency. Clark Rob-
erts and Max Jamison, Kentucky
State; Paul Covington and Herbert
Smith, Jackson College; Charles
Jones and William Hill, Central
State College; Dick Barnett and
Ben Jackson, Tennessee State Uni
versity; and !. Robert Hopkins
Grasnblmg's great center, were the
players selected to receive the COW
eted gold basketball. President W.
S. Davis of Tennessee State pre-
sented the trophies to the three
top teams in the Tournament. Ten
nessee State received the cham.
pionship trophies, Central State
the runner-up trophy, and jackson
College the third place consolation
| trophy.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10

erase the dichotomy between class
room and non-classroom learning.
The headmaster will be an auth
ority in the sciences, the social
sciences or the humanities with the
rank of full professor or associate
professor. In no sense will he be
a dormitory disciplinarian, bit
rather teacher without port
folio" The learning process, I'M
der this part of the plan, would
extend considerably beyond the
formal classroom situation and
would teach the student in almost
all of his activities.
Present dormitory facilities WI
be remodeled to conform with the
"study center" idea. In addition, a
new dining hall designed to ac-
commodate the total enrolment in
groups not exceeding SO is being
planned. The building would also
provide facilities for student I'M
ion, student organization, and fra
ternities and sororities. A new
mems dormitory, made up OF small
Independent units, is also planned.
These changes and additions to the
physical plant to conform to the
new program will cost approx
mately one million dollars.
DIR. Johnson stated that the
"study centers" will have advanced
students in residence, in addition
to the headmaster and tutors.
Younger students will consequent
lv be in close touch at all tim IS
with cider and more advanced per-
sons. At the same time, this will
provide advanced and graduate
students with a period of intern
ship in a teaching situation.
The Fisk plan for enriching the
students educational experience
and for broadening the teachers
scope has been under study for
several years, DR.. johnson stated.
It is based upon several tested
systems currently in use. The
"study center" idea is a variation
of the English university system
of dividing large universities into
small colleges, in which students
and teachers live and work together
intimately. The audio-visual pro-
gram has been used with marked
success by a number of institu-
tions, mainly in the midwest, but
never as yet on a university-wide
basis. Fisk is the first college to
reorganize its entire curriculum
in order to incorporate these en-
richment aids into it's teaching.
Although groundwork for this
extensive change-over is being laid
now, students will be introduced
gradually to the new methods. 1t
is anticipated, however, that cur
riculum adjustments and new phys
ical requirements will be completed
within three years.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10

Fort Mcclellan, Ala, March 3
-Spl George P. Durr of Jackson,
Miss, who recently reenlisted here
for three years in the Army, will
go to Fort Riley, Kan, for a new
assignment in the 1st Infantry Dr.
vision.
En- route to Fort Riley, Specialist
and Mrs. Durr will visit their par
ents in Mississippi, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Durr of Route 8, Mt. Olive,
and Mrs. Levillia Byrd, 1411 Deer
Park St., Jackson.
Specialist Durr has been assign
ed to Fort Mcclellan for the past
year as assistant in the Post Lii
brary. Fort Mcclellan is the home
of the Chemical Corps Training
Command, Chemical Corps School,
Women's Army Corps Center and
School. Post personnel furnish
logistical support to these activi-
ties and to some 10000 National
Guardsmen and Reservists who
train here in the summer.
A 1949 graduate of Lincoln Vo-
National High School in Mt. Olive,
Specialist Durr entered the Army
in February 1949. He has served at
Fort Bragg, N. c., where he earned
his parachutist badge, in the Far
East, at Ford Hood, Tex, and
Fort Mcclellan.
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during the specified period, "Ne-
groes who are eligible should go
to their respective city halls, in
those communities where they are
permitted to vote, they should be
urged to take the time to fill out
an application for membership with
the NAACP, or if they are already
members, they should contribute
at least dollar to a special fund
to help finance the fight against
these latest uprisings. Of course,
this latter idea could apply also to
those who are registering to vote. u
Diggs wrote that Negroes, in this
concrete way, would have "a stong-
er voice in the councils of both
parties in support of pending civil
rights legislation"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10

vealS.
In addition to Russell, these
layers are: K. C. Jones, San
Francisco; Sihugo Green, Duques-
ne; Willie Naulls, U. c. L. A.
In announcing the squad, Look
singled out the two repeaters from
last years squad, Russell and Du-
quesne's ST Green, for special men
ton.
Russell, Look said, lied the Dons
on their record-breaking victory
string. His reflexes and range
pressurized opponents. Even the
revision of the rules to widen
the free throw lanes could not
stop him."
"Si Green is an all time marvel"
Look continued, "he single-handed-
ly put his team in the National In
vitation Tournament"
This years Look squad is his
tory's tallest. But, unlike the
squads of ten years ago, the big
men can now maneuver and handle
the ball and shoot from the outside
| and the corners.
1.-THE ponderous big boy, like the
'goon of yesteryear, is definitely
finished" Look said.
The complete Look All America
Squad: Bob Burrow, Kentucky;
Robin Freeman, Ohio State; 81
hugo Green, Ducuesne; Tom Helm
sohn, Holy Cross; Joe Holup,
George Washington; X. c. Jones'
San Francisco; Willie Naulls, U. c.
L. A.; Bill Russell, San Francisco;
Ron Shavlik, North Carolina State;
Bill Uhl, Dayton.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
Grabbing
Baseball Team
Ready To Go

GRAMBLING, La. ESPECIALLY
With the first game only a week
away, the Grambling College base
ball team is making a virtue of ne
cessity in an effort to knock as
many preseason predictions as
possible askew.
On paper, the current Tiger nine
is supposed to be anything but a
formidable run-making machine.
1t was hard-hit by graduation
and only seems certain of sharp
"inside" direction by President
Coach R. w. E. Jones.
Hearty, genial and the soul of
good nature, the coaching presi-
dent directed his poems to II vic
tories in 20 games last spring.
Grambling will have to spread
eagle the field to come anywhere
close to that record this season.
For change, they are not auto
matically the odds-on favorite in
the Midwest Conference after
picking up three straight titles.
The Tigers are short on pitching,
defensive strength, infield depth
and cunning.
Slow hit grounders have skipped
blithely through holes in the infield
all week.
There are favorable signs
through, that the young club might
shake off it's lethargy once it gets
| few games under.its. belt. =
President Jones all but admitted
| it Thursday during an interview
while striving valiantly to keep
despair out of his voice.
1--WE should do all right after
a couple of games" he said, nod
ding in the direction of his thir
line of heroes.
He listed the long ball and big
punch among the squads few at
tributes before ending, what fol
him was, an unusual outburst Of
optimism.
Twenty-Five candidates are seek
ing positions on the team.
Grambling will play a H-gamt
card which includes tentative tOul
of Ohio for games with the Uni
versity of Dayton and Contra
State.
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Jackie Robinson Talks About Being
A Major League Manager

might be raised in the minds of
critics, Robinson stated in the
REAL Magazine article:
swell, why can't l manage in
the majors? Because l am a Ne
gro? Because / am emotional :?
Because l can't get along with
people, no matter what the pig
mentation of their skin? Because
white players would resent me and
would be reluctant to take orders
from me? Because baseball isn't
ready now or never will be ready
to accept a Negro as a manager
at the major league level? Because
Pm not qualified by experience or
ability! To all these questions,
except possibly the last-which l
would have to prove-I say nuts!"
Robinson concluded.
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Indignation
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the 14th amendment to the U. 5.
constitution and the civil rights
statute.
The attorneys for the children
requested that a three-judge court
hear the case as soon as possible.
The East Baton Rouge Parish
School Board and the parish's sup
erintendent of schools, Lloyd Fun
chess, are named as defendants.
Federal Judge ]. Sicily Wright
set March IL for the hearing IN
Baton Rouge.
The state laws which the suit
cites previously were ruled uncon-
stitutional by three-judge federal
court in a suit involving Orleans
Parish School Board. The court
ordered Orleans Parish to discon-
tinue segregation but no date was
set to complete the action.
The 1854 Legislature placed
school segregation under the states
police powers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
Jackson College
Graduate Married
InLiberia

A social event of the season was
the recent marriage Of Miss Wede
Jones daughter Of ]. A. H. Jones,
Divisional Commander of the Ii
berian Armed Forces and senator
from Cape Mount, to DR.. John
Payne Mitchell, the first African
to win a Pho. Degree from the
University of Chicago. The bride
was an honor graduate with the
class of 1850 at Jackson College.
She received the masters degree
from Columbia University and has
done further study toward the doc
torate degree. She is presently
serving as professor of English at
the University of Liberia.
Mitchell, who also holds a de-
gree from Boston University, won
his decorate in the field Of inter-
national relations. He is the Ii
berian commissioner of immigra-
ton and assistant attorney general.
His father, Lawrence Mitchell, is
a member of the Legislature from
the territory of River Cess, where
he has been superintendent.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed at the St. Thomas on the
Road Church, with the Reverend
DR.. ]. D. Kwee-Baker officiating,
assisted by the Reverend J. s.
Gooding. Dressed in white satin,
the bride was escorted to the altar
by her uncle, E. c. B. Jones, Ii
berian Secretary of Defense, and
was given in marriage by Justice
E. Himie Shannon, a cousin Ct the
family. Attending the bride were
Mrs. Lucretis Thomas, chief brides
maid; Miss Famata Dukuly, daugh-
ter of the Liberian secretary OF
State; and Miss Rose Sherman
Attending the bridegroom were
Assistant Attorney General Joseph
Chesson, best man; Assistant At
torney General Rockeforte Weeks
and Solicitor General Joseph Gar
Der.
Following the wedding, recep-
ton was held at the Executive
Pavilion with President William S
". Tubman and other dignitaries
attending.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
Veteran Muskogee
Policeman Dies

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Mar. s.
Arthur A. o. Allison, one of Mus
kogee's first Negro policemen, died
here recently at his home, 2217
Topeka.
The 60-year-old former polite
man joined the force here May 16,
1912, and walked the beat on Sec
ond street for several years before
retiring because of i'll health.
He had previously seen service
as a salaried deputy sheriff in
Muskogee county under Sheriff
John Baxter, and had also worked
on the Kansas City police force.
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tern Gifts; Mr.. Rufus Lewis, chair
man, teams organization; Mr.. L.
M. Arlington, chairman, Committee
Of Management; Mr.. Henry Spears,
Branch Executive Secretary. In
addition to these there were 1873
other loyal workers in the drive
who put it over.
Mr.. Reed who has directed the
effort in connection with the staff
members of the Financial Service
Bureau of the National Council of
YMCA's stated that he had never
seen a splendid community spirit
that exists among the Negro peo-
pie of Montgomery, Alabama. He
also stated that large sums woul!
continue to flow into the YMCA
office for this project for the next
few weeks although the Drive for
mally closed on schedule "over the
top"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-03-10
Negroes Again Dominate
Look All America Cage Squad

New York, March paced by
giant 6'1O" Bill Russell of the San
Francisco Dons, the Look Mag
azine All America Basketball Team
is again dominated by Negroes, it
was announced today.
For the second straight year,
four Negro players have landed
berths on the 10 man squad, which
is selected from the ballots of
over TOO sports writer's and broad
casters, the new issue of Look re-
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Glendora, with a shotgun blast
last Dec. 3.
Police said he told them the Ne
gro had fired at him three times
with a pistol. Gas station owner
Lee McGarrh contradicted Kim
BELLS story. Melton was unarmed
at the time he was killed, he said.
McGarrh, a white man, said Kim
bell, also a white man, had flown
into a rage and accused Melton Of
filling the gasoline tank Of his car
when all he wanted was five gal
Ions.
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Fisk University
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closed-circuit television, sound films
and other audio-visual supple
ments. Through these media stu
dents will see and hear the great
est authorities in their respective
fields, which no university could
otherwise assemble on a single
campus; they will see demonstra-
tions of scientific processes and
methods hitherto available to only
a few students in a few places
and they will have available doc
umentary materials impossible OF
access through books, personal in
struction or experience.
DR.. Johnson stated that these
aids are intended to give college
teaching a new dimension and to
enrich the educational experiences
of students. They will not, he en-
phasized, replace the direct per-
sonal instruction of teachers.
Under the educational reorgani-
zation plan, Fisk will erect ar
audio-visual center costing approx
imately 100000, including equip
ment. It will contain a lecture
hall with a giant color screen, cap
able of accommodating about one
third of the projected optimum en-
rollment. There will also be II
video-sound rooms for smaller
groups. Not only will video be
received in the center, but pro-
visions will be made so that closed
circuit programs can originate
here.
More Effective Utilization
of Personnel
Use of technical aids is but a
part of the program for more ef-
fective utilization of teaching re-
sources, DR.. johnson said. Rising
enrollments, which are expected t.
increase by so percent within the
next three to five years and to
double by 1870, coupled with
strong competition from govern
ment and industry for teaching
personnel, make it imperative tina,
professors be freed of routine tasks
that cut into their teaching time.
Fisk will attempt to meet these
problems without sacrificing quail
ity by employing tutors and grad
uate assistants to handle routine
duties, and master teachers" fol
form al instruction. Competition
for master teachers" who will be
outstanding scholars in their re
spective fields, will be met by IT.
creased remuneration. DR.. John
son, who was director of the Socia
Science department and professor
of sociology at Fisk for 10 year:
before becoming it's president II
1916, stated that one Of the objects
of the new program is to invest
the college teacher with the status
and dignity that should be his. A
higher standard of pay and lime
for creative work and research
should do much to accomplish this
DR.. johnson said.
Campus Reorganization
Another aspect of the program
at Fisk involves the decentraliza.
ticn of the university into small
"studv centers" that will tend tc