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intent of collecting $37.5OO fight
insurance.
Graham has repudiated the
statement in news interviews.
District Attorney Bert Keat-
ing said the prosecution will try
to execute Graham in Colorado's
gas chamber. Court-appointed
defense lawyers said they are
going to trial, seeking justice. :"
They said Graham has never
admitted the crime to them.
Pictured as feeling good" and
"unafraid," Graham played a
word game-Scrabble-with his
county Jail guards over the
weekend.
His wife, Gloria. %, mother of
their two children, described
Graham as anxious to get it
over with-and not afraid" Jail
Warden Gordon Deliver said
Graham felt good"
Six hundred Denver residents
have been called as prospective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16
.AirIiner Bomb
Trial Begins

DENVER. April 16 (R.-State
and defense attorneys began to-
day picking jurors to try John
Gilbert Graham, "a. on murder
charges for the dynamite bomb
ing of an airliner which hurtled
A persons to death last Nov
ember l..
The convicted forger and for
|mer drive-in restaurant operator
is charged specifically with kill
ing his well-to-do mother, Mrs.
Daisie E. King, SIS.
Federal officials said the 6-foot
1-inch, l60-pound defendant
signed a statement admitting he
planted a 25-stick dynamite
bomb in her luggage with the
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American coins is in the Smith
sonian's Arts and Industries
Building.
Medieval and Vatican coins
from the collections of Catholic
University and the Rev. John S.
Dooling are on display in the
foyer of the Catholic University
Library.
Individual collectors have ex-
hibits at Eastern Junior High
School. Silver Spring, the Clar-
endon Trust Co.. Arlington.
three branches of the Alexandria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16
Pennies of World Shown
By Area Coin Collectors

Coin collectors Of the Wash
ington area are celebrating ma
tional Coin Week" with displays
on the theme Pennies of the
World"
Biggest of the exhibits spon-
sored by the Washington Numis.
matte Society is one at the
Smithsonian Institutions Nat
ural His Sory Building, Tenth and
Constit' ion avenue NV, trac-
ing tn history of the penny
from a out 500 BIC.
An exhibit stressing earliest
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line car that speaks as well Of you as you will speak of it

OF the many pleasures Of owning this new Lincoln.
none is more satisfying than what this completely new
fine car says about you.
For here is the car that says you have feeling for
nend-setting style : that you admire the sweep Of
clean-fowing lines the Scant five feet of lowness
the sleek new length that is SO unmistakablv
Lincoln. And, as so many Others now turn to this
Lincoln making it the most sought-after of all time
TINS superb new car says that your judgment is of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16

National Bank, the Naval OBJ
servatory branch of the Subur-
ban Bank and at a number of
business establishments through
out the area.
Tippy Stringer, Washington
singer. has been selected queen
of National Coin Week and was
presented with a coin encrusted
crown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16

Straud. 81. Lansing, Mich. auto.
mobile executive.
They died when a United Air
Lines DC-6-B exploded II min
Iutes after taking of from the
Denver Airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16

Jurors.
State and defense lawyers
have estimated the trial may
run from five to eight weeks.
Victims Of the air crash were
men. women, children and one
unborn baby from IA States.
Prominent among them were DR.,
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the kind others follow And that you know fine cars.
This Lincoln says that your heart lifts to spirited
performance : the kind that comes from teamng 285
nlgh-torque horsepower with Lincolns incomparably
smooth TurboDrive. And yet it also says that you
expect such great power to be beautifully balanced
win comfort to soothe you stability to ease your mind
ana feel OF the wheel to put you completely in control
There's SO much more that Lincoln says : and SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-16
Rubber Universal

DETROIT.--A passenger au-
tomobile uses about IS pounds
OF rubber for its tires and about
so pounds or more for its en-
CINE mountings and other uses.
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The EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c. Ais

Harold Sandstead, Washington.
D. c. deputy secretary of the
United States Public Health
Service; Quincy Edwards, Prov
idence. r. l.. attorney and trustee
OF Brown University. and James
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much you will say. But why not let this new fine car
speak for itself?
Stop in tomorrow : or today if you can : and slip
into the drivers seat Put this fine car to the test and
make your own appraisal of this Lincoln that's SO
long and so loneed-torl
LINCOLN
Enthusiastically the finest in the fine car field
R LINCOLN DEALERS
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
Charles Will
Fight Young
Welsh Heavy

London, Eng, Aug. 20 - Dick
Richardson, a 22-year-old slugger
from Wales, today was matched
against former world heavyweight
champion Ezzard Charles in a 10
rounder at Londo2's Harringay Sta
dunn Oct. 2.
The fight is part of plan by
Britain's ever-optimistic Promoter
Jack Solomons to give young Brit
ish heavyweights chance to show
how good they are against Ameri-
can fighters.
Richardson, defeated twice in Is
professional contests, usually takes
the short route to victory via his
sledgehammer right. But his IL
knockout victories all have been
against mediocre Britons or Con-
tinentai fights.
The Charles fight will be his
first with an American.
Solomons said that if Charles
defeated Richardson he would try
to sign the American for fight
against one of his other bright
young hopes-Joe Erskine or Henry
Cooper. Both are %.
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Mumford Expects
Large Turnout

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. 70
Coach A. W. Mumford says he ex-
poets a large group of gridders to
answer his summons to report for
drills, when the Southern Univer-
sity Jaguar Cats begin practice
here Sept. 1, in an effort to re-
tain the Southwest Conference title
of a one-year duration.
The crafty mentor who hoisted
the Cats from a lowly place in the
conference twenty years ago to
the top spot, which they held con-
secutively for five years, believes
the freshman crop will be an
answer to the tremendous losses
suffered by the Jaguars through
this years graduation.
Mumford, as usual, failed to
identify the new prospects; but
from all indications the frosh group
will consist of prep stars from
some of the top Louisiana schools
and other high schools over wide
spread section OF the nation.
Hard, long work will face the
Jaguars as they gather for the I'M
tial exercises. The usual practice
sessions call for two daily drills
a two-hour workout in the morn
ings and a similar one in the after
noon, which will be supplemented
by movies and chalk talks.
The rough road to another
Southwest Conference Champion
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
keefe Answers
Jackie's Letter

A New Orleans daily newspaper
sports editor told Louisiana Week
ly newsmen last Wednesday morn
ing during a two-hour session that
he had no "grudge" against Jackie
Robinson. And in another breathe
said he took issue with the base
ball stars article in Sporting News
which criticized the people of the
South for adhering to "their age
old custom"
Bill Keefe, a seemingly mild
hammered newsman of As years on
the Times-Picayune, was insistent
that Robinson should have more
control over his temper, and he
(Keefe) has not changed.
The interview came shortly after
Robinson's letter appeared in The
Louisiana Weekly. Earlier specula-
tions around New Orleans had
filled the air that perhaps Robin
sons reply to the ancient sports
editor, who claimed Jackie was the
prime cause of Louisiana's new
ban against mixed sporting events,
would usher in a new era of posi-
tive reporting on Negro athletes.
The obviously confused Keefe
raped Robinson and the cele-
brated Autherine Lucy (now. Mrs.
Hugh C. Foster), whose humble ap-
pearance for enrolment at the
University of Alabama spotlighted
disgraceful white hoodlumism, as
the two Negroes today that have
done more to widen the breach be-
tween whites and Negroes in the
South.
Keefe admitted that he had re-
ceived a Every intelligently writ
ten" letter from the Brooklyn Dod-
ger star. Said he: Robinson has
had a remarkable career. Under
conditions that must have been
trying, he has made good in a field
where success is hard to gain even
under favorable conditions"
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
SR1R1S z42I3I
Sugar Ray Robinson Seeking
S1OO, 600 Guarantee From IBc

New York, N. Y, Aug. Cove
like to see anybody make what he
can. But we hate to see a fighter
get by with an unreasonable de-
mand as an excuse to duck tough
opponent.
Specifically, we have in mind the
case of Sugar Ray Robinson, the
middleweight champion, who is
trying to line up a West Coast title
fight with Gene Fullmer.
Robinson has been talking about
running out on his exclusive con-
tract with Jim Norris of the Inter-
national Boxing Club, a contract
which runs to December, 1858.
TBC contends Robinson owes them
$12,50O and calls upon Truman K.
Gibson, secretary, to collect it.
Now let's have a few of the facts
of life just to show you how some
things happen in this crazy fight
racket.
Robinson has been demanding
a 100000 guarantee for the the
atre TV rights, instead of the 60
per cent Norris offered him, know
ing Norris can't possibly guaran-
tee anything because the TV peo-
pie can't guarantee Norris.
And here's why the TV can't
guarantee. Theatre TV drew $685.
900 for the Moore-Marciano fight.
But it wouldn't have drawn half
that If there had been a guarantee,
because the theatres would have
known they had the TV people over
q barrel and TV would have had
to take what the theatres offered.
Another point, Norris has been
in the habit of giving the cham
pion 40 per cent of the net all
the way down the line and the chal-
lenger 20 per cent.
But Robinson or one of his
agents induced Marvin Jensen,
babe-in-the-woods in the fight
racket, to accept a 4712-1212 per
cent split.
Jensen was so eager to get the
fight for Fullmer that he even
gave his word to let Robinson take
all of the TV melon. But despite
that, Robinson has the gall to ask
a flat guarantee.
When Norris learned of this deal
he was burned up.
Robinson talks of huge guaran-
tees from the West Coast for him
to fight somebody-preferably a
welterweight he is sure to beat.
And, strangely enough, Norris
has grown so sick of him, that he
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
Boston Sports
Editor Defends
Jackie In keefe
Controversy

Boston, Mass, Aug. 20 - Dave
Egan is columnist for the Bos-
ton Daily Record. He writes a
hard hitting, but eloquent, exposi-
ton on sports under the title The
Colonel.
It's always a pleasure for me to
read his daily contribution to
sports literature anytime l visit
Beantown. This time proved even
more of delight.
Although Jackie Robinson has
answered personally and cogently
the scurrilous attack on him by
Fill Keefe, sports editor of the
New Orleans Times Picayune, |
think what Egan had to say is
worth repeating. Heie it is:
"Bill Keefe is dreary hack who
writes for the New Orleans Times
Picayune, and he is one of the
reasons why the Times-Picayune
is Picayune.
"He blamed Jackie Robinson for
the segregation law in Louisiana,
which is like blaming the jews for
what happened to them under Hit
Ter. Says he is insolent. Says that
he is a troublemaker. Says that he
is the principal reason why the
sovereign state of Louisiana passed
the dreadful law that such Catholic
colleges as Notre Dame, st. Louis,
Dayton and Marquette have vetoed.
This is worse than just lame ex-
cuse intended to justify an un-
justifiable law. This is bilgo-
water.
at is quite probable that the
nincompoops who voted 33 to moth
ing in the state legislature to pass
the law never saw Jackie Robinson
play ball, Joe Louis fight, or Jesse
Owens run. This was not an ex-
preston of opinion on the past
of well-balanced men on the sub
ject of Robinson. This was bigotry
as expressed by the defendants of
the white-robed Ku Klux Khan, and
it mattered not what the person
atty of Robinson is. The vote
would have been the same if he
acted like a door mat, and the
dishonest Bill Keefe knows it and
is looking for a convenient exit
through which to escape.
Robinson has every right in the
world to quarrel with umpires
about their decisions. He has the
same rights as any white player,
and the same responsibilities, too.
Only that and nothing more.
Reasonable men do not judge his
actions by the color of skin and
label his as insolent simply because
he is black.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
Armstrong, Dot
cambridge Signed
For "cole Porter
Festival"

Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dan
bridge and Dolores Gray, dancer
Sally Forrest, and actor George
Sanders have been signed to join
Cole Porter, Shirley Jones and
Gordon MacRae in the cast of the
"Cole Porter Festival" hour-and-
one-half musical revue in color
which will launch the second sea-
son of CBS-TV's "Ford Star Jubi-
lee" Oct. 6, CHS announced today.
The famed Satchmo, who recent
ly completed his 38th motion pic
ture, High Society,"" will be spot
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
17-:Yr.-0Id Youth
Drowning Victim

DeKalb, Miss, Aug. 20-A IT.
year-old Wahalak Negro drowned
in lake five miles west of his
home Friday.
Sheriff S. S. Clay said James s.
Peterson swan across the lake and
was returning when he became i'll.
Two Negro companions, Gus
Greer, Jr., and Walter Rupert, saw
Peters in distress and ran for a
rope When they returned, he had
disappeared.
His body was recovered about a
p. M, some three hours after the
drowning.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
SteeIers Get
Former ]. G.
Grid Star

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 20 - The
Pittsburgh Steelers today signed
two backfield players who have
been released by other National
Football League teams.
They are fullback Bob Hill, who
was released by the Baltimore Colts
and quarterback Maury Duncan,
who was dropped by the San Fran
cisco 49ers.
Hill played for Jackson College,
Mississippi, last season and was
one of the Colts draft choices. Dun
can originally played for the Los
Angeles Rams. He came to the
Steelers in a trade then was sent
to the 49ers where he played last
year.
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is inclined to let some sucker stage
the fight.
We have heard that Norris
bought up Jersey Joe Walcott's
end for $250,0O0 for his second
fight with Rocky Marciano but
realized only 100000 on the deal.
If so, we can understand his re-
luctance to guarantee anybody
and especially Robinson-anything
In fact, if he gets sore enough,
Norris might demand an immediate
accounting of all money advanced
by him, deductable from Robin
sons next fight.
The unvarnished truth is Robin
son knows he has about reached
the end of the fistic trial. He also
knows that Fullmer is a rough,
tough customer who can travel Is
rounds at top speed.
And he has a strong suspicion
that Fullmer will hand him a
beating. Hence his reluctance to
fight.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-08-25
indians Recall
Dave Pope

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 20 =
The Cleveland Indians today took
up left fielder Dave Pope from
the Indianapolis Indians Of the
American Assn, and sent down
catcher Earl Averill on option.
Pope, received indirectly from
Cleveland through Baltimore May
20, has batted .293 in SO games,
including % homers. He has bat
ted in II runs.
Averill has batted .218 in SO
Cleveland games and has three
homers, two doubles and IL RIBS.
He was with Indianapolis IL days
early in the season.
Pope is to join the American
League club in New York tomor-
row.
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Negro

CONTINUED from Page One)

free vaccine.
Bynum said the National Founda-
ton is now embarked on a program
to encourage the use of the polio
vaccine. He added:
1--WE need hefp-the help that
you can provide by talking with
your friends and neighbors, your
church groups and clubs"
In conclusion, Bynum's letter adj
vised: 81 strongly urge that thru
your chruch, clubs, fraternal and
service organizations and by
word of mouth that you encourage
the prompt use of the vaccine"
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ship has as its obstacle six rugged
teams and four more outside-top-
flight aggregations must be beat
en-, if the Jaguars have higher aspi-
rations.
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lighted in a number of Porter's
hit tunes, as will the Misses Dan
bridge and Gray.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22

L. A. Blaekman of Elloree. S. C..
and Gus Courts of Belzoni. Miss.
They will appear at the Sunday
session.
Mrs. Foster, now a minister's
wife. became the subject Of world
wide interest when she was
stoned by a mob on the Universe
ty of Alabama campus after hav-
ing enrolled there as the univers-
lty's first Negro student.
Mr., Blaekman. president Of the
Elloree NAAcP branch, was
threatened by the Ku Kiux klap
and denied needed building ma
terials because of his NAACP role
agd because he secured signatures
On a school desegregation petition.
He was forced out OF the build
ing construction business and now
is a distributor for various pub
ucatioEs in has area.
Mr.. Courts, president of the
Belzoni. Miss. NAACP branch I'M
al he fled from Mississippi to
Dallas, Texas for personal safety,
was nearly killed by a shotgun
blast after he registered to vote.
lie had been warned that he
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22
9TH Annual Council
OF DeIiberafion
Meets in Camden

The Seventh Annual Council OF
Deliberation. Jurisdiction Of Ar
kansas. Prince Hall utilization. will
convene in Camden, Saturday at
e.sO a. m. at the Shiloh Baptist
church, 2l6 Buchanan street, IN
der the direction of Thomas Har-
ris. ssd. deputy Of the Valley.
Host and hostess for the meet
ing are the ]. c. White Consistory
No 2o3. ". H. Ferguson, com
msnder-in-Chief. and Amy Rich
ards Assembly No. 2O3. Theresa
Williams. loyal lady ruler. Dele
gates from each Consistory and
Golden Circle in the state will
attend.
Featured on the program IS a
demonstration Of the Scottish Rite
work in all phases. A banquet
with all delegates participating
will be held at p. m
All Princes and Loyal Ladies
Of the state are invited to witness
these events.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22

presented to an athlete, Jackie
Robinson Of the Brooklyn World
Champion baseball team. Roy Will
kins. executive secretary Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People, an
nounced this week
The medal was awarded TO
Jackie for his superb sportsman
ship, his pioneer role in breaking
the color bar in organized base
ball. and his civic consciousness"
particularly his work in the ef-
forts to curb juvenile delinquency.
Joining the Brooklyn Dodgers as
an infielder in 1917. he became
the first Negro major league base
bali player.
Customarily, presentation Of the
award IS made at a public meet
See RoBINSON-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22
Chicagoan Slated
For Women's Day
Speaker Sunday

Rev. Mrs. Idona X. Anderson Of
Chicago. will be guest speaker at
Bullock Temple CINE church. nth
and Cross streets Sunday in the
women's day observance. Mrs.
Anderson is a noted evangelist
and public speaker. She has
travelled extensively and has a
message of interest for the needs
of the present day.
General theme for the day
Christian women's Contribution
to the Growth of the Church.
See sPEAKER-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22

would be killed If he tried to
vote.
Awards 10 BE Given
A Freedom Fund dinner at the
Palace hotel will be the
scene for awards to association
branches which were responsible
for major civil rights advances
in their local communities during
1855. A report also will be given
To dinner participants on I h c
progress Of the NAAcP Fight for
Freedom campaign. set up at the
1883 convention to raise one mil
lion dollars annually for 10 years
for the associations drive TO COM
plete emancipation by January /.
1868. the centennial of the Eman-
eipation Proclamation.
Community Action Workshops
Convention delegates will parti
cipate in workshops discussions on
how TO utilize community forces
in meeting problems of diserimi'
nation in education, housing, en-
ployment, recreation and transpof-
tation with members of the ma
tional office staff serving as dis
eussion leaders. Additional work.
shops on political action. public
relations. membership. fund rails
ing. youth work, and administra-
See CONvENTION-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22

800 delegates from all sections of the country will open with
keynote address by Thurgood Marshall the NAACPs special
the battery of NAACP lawyers who
ed the historic school segregation
The delegates will be welcomed the opening session by
Mayor George Christopher and Reynolds general chair
Of the convention.
feature of the convention will be election year de-
bate Democratic and Republican spokesman the
civil rights program of their respective political parties.
Reprisa Victims Expected
illustrate human form of its Work since last
years convention the NAACP invited the leading figures OF
three its celebrated civil rights convention
guests They Mrs Autherne Lucy Foster of Tyler Texas
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22
Flowers 10 Head
Sw Bar Group

Harold Flowers. Pine Bluff at
torney. was elected president of
the Southwest Bar association.
Saturday evening. at the close Of
a two-day convention held on the
campus Of the AMIN college.
The group voted TO mobilize all
Negro lawyers in the south. in an
effort to win full augmentation
Of all U. S. Supreme Court de-
ciSions.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Leona II. Pouncey, Kansas City,
vice president; NJ. W. Piummer.
Houston. Texas. secretary; and j.
J. Bruce. Oklahoma City, treas
urer
The group voted to hold its next
meeting in jackson, Mississippi in
.:lay 1857.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-06-22
wilkins Sees
Hope for Rights Bill
In House Rules Action
representative James ". TrimbIe Of
kansas Opposes Civil Rights Action

Following agreement by the
use Rules committee to take
vote on the Administration =
/ lsored civil rights bill. Naacp
ou'lve secretary. Roy wilkins
.eSsed renewed hope" that
'Ore adjournment. the congress
axe affirmative action to as
equality of opportunity and
1S Tor all Americans irrespec-
Oh race or color. religion or
aonal origin
&c tail to take such action. +"
wilkins asserted. lis to en-
Isse rebellious elements which
openly calling for defiance of
I united States Supreme Court
al federal authority"
: stake IS a federal civil rights