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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
Shirley Fry Winner
verAItheu Gibson

MELBOURNE, Dec. Is R.-
Shirley Fry Of st. Petersburg.
Fla. rallied after losing the
first set today 70 defeat Althea
Gibson Of New York in the
finals Of the Victorian tennis
championships.
The scores were 4-6. 81.
S6 in a match that lasted
more than three hours because
Of rainy weather.
In the all-Australian mems
singles finals Lewis Hoad wa
leading Ken Rosewall. Ga. Ga
Ia when rain halted play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
WordDueTod
On Request for
Racing
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

BALTIMORE, Dec. is.
though it lacked official approval
from the Maryland Racing Com
mission there was ever yindica-
ton today that Maryland racing
in 1857 would start February IL
lat Bowie, the earliest opening
ever. attempted in the State.
After Laurel and Pimlico had
indicated earlier in the week
that they did not consider the
proposal of Bowie President
Donald Lillis feasible the three
major tracks reversed their field
yesterday and let it be known
yesterday that they we're in ac-
cord with the plan to open in
midwinter on Lincoln's BIRTH
day. This would provide 70
days of noncompetition with
Garden State in New Jersey.
Hearing Pushed Back
D. Eldred R,nehart, chairman
of the Racing Commission,
promised an announcement on
the situation today at Pimlico.
He also disclosed that the for
NAL hearing on dates had been
pushed back to Tuesday. Orig
linally it was set for Monday.
Pimlico, Laurel and Bowie
have forwarded a letter to the
commission, at the suggestion
of Rinehart. saying they have
agreed to the Lillis plan and
proposing that the unprece-
dented schedule be adopted on
a five-year basis.
Under the proposal for 1857
Bowie would open February II
for a 41-day meeting, including
one extra day for snowed-out
program this year. Laurel and
Pimlico would follow with
shorter meetings. Laurel and
Pimlico also would stage fall
meetings. and any winter anc
spring would be run of then
Change Of Heart Seen
Only last Wednesday. Rine.
hart had instructed the track
TO tailor their dates between
March / and December Z.
Commenting on the agree,
ment among the tracks, Rine'
hart said yesterday:
II can only say that I me-
with the tracks and they seemed
to reach an agreement OF
dates" He indicated he nigh
have changed his mind abou
scheduling a meeting before
March l..
Earlier this year when tn,
Maryland Legislature added q
days to the mile tracks schedule
to bring the total racing day.
to 100. Rinehart. in adjusting
dates. said it was due only h
necessity that he was scheduling
racing as late as mid-Decembe
at Pimlico.
Favorable weather this De
cember has made Pimlico's fal
; meeting the most successful o
any session in the State thi
year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
Doubles Victory
Puts u. 5. Team
In Cup Finals
GiummuIvu, Seixus
Defect Indion Pair
In Four-Set Match

Billy Talbert's gamble of pair
ing Vic Seixas' experience will
the power and enthusiasm O
young Sam Giammalva paid of
today as the United States Davii
Cup pair thrashed India il
doubles to win the interzonl
finals and a place in the chal'
lenge round against Australia
defending champions.
Giammalva, a bowlegged Tex.
an squarely on the spot, con,
tributed more than his sharl
as the American tandem won il
four sets, 60, 3-6, Ga, GA, from
midas Mammalian Krishnar
and Naresh Kumar.
The victory, coupled with yes.
terday's singles triumphS By
Seixas and Herbie Flam, gavt
the Americans a 30 lead in thu
best-of-f1ve series and made {
formality Of tomorrow's final
two singles matches.
Green to Get Chance
Talbert, United States cap.
tain, called the play of 33-year.
old Texan and his 22-year-olC
partner "a pleasing perform.
ance," then said he would sub.
stitute another youngster, 49,
year-ol6 Mike Green of MAN
Beach, Fla, for Seixas against
KriShnan in the first singles
tomorrow.
Flam, who felt he was "lucky'
to beat Krishnan on openinl
day. was to have met Kuma,
in the other singles, but Talber
later asked permission to sub
stitute Giammalva for Elan
and received the okay from
Kumar.
Giammalva, told just before
the match by Talbert that thu
doubles represented his big test
responded with excellent play
He returned service brilliantly
and pulled off numerous win.
ners, although his forceful stylt
forced him into several errors
Presses at Start
The young Texan seemed tt
press at the start and made f1vI
errors in the second game O.
the first set before pulling hi
game together. Then he turned
in several killing smashes anC
gained more confidence.
After that the Americans were
clearly in command, although
Krishnan and Kumar, who car
ried Seixas and Ham Richardson
to five sets at Wimbledon last
summer. rallied just enough tt
keep the American team on edge
In the final set, the Indians
down 2-1-twice broke Clam.
malva's service with spectacular
volleys and moved into a A.:
lead in games.
The steady Seixas, in the midst
of his sixth Davis Cup campaign
had the answer. He held hi
service. then pulled of three
amazing winning shots. two or
volleys, to break Kumar anC
square the count at "A.
Giammalva, a University o.
Texas graduate from Houston
held his service in the ninth
game and the match was ovel
when he and Vic broke KriSh'
nan in the 10th.
"As of this moment" Talberi
said afterward, "this is my No.
doubles team. Vic and Sammy
need a lot of work together. They
are not a perfect combination
yet. but they're the best We
have"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
Officials Give Up Fight
To Bar S. c. Freshmen

son, Furman, Richmond and
Washington g. Lee.
Robert N. CRed) Brown, ath-
letic director at West Virginia,
was another official who thought
the subject was dead for several
years at least. II know well
never bring it up again, for
awhile, anyway" he said. "Ac-
tually it makes no difference to
us because as a matter Of school
policy we don't use freshmen
but ! think it would have helped
the conference.
The conference turned down a
proposal to make it mandatory
for the baseball champion to
enter the NCAA tournament
Last spring George Washington
was champion but did not elect
to go to the NCAA affair because
of a number of freshmen on the
team, who would have been in
eligible at the tourney. The
dates also confiicted with exam.
inations.
In the election Of officers
Ralph c. Mcdaniel Of RichmonC
was reelected for a third tern
as conference president, and Col
ID. S. McAlister Of The Citade
was renamed secretary treasurer
Fronts w. Johnston of David
son was made vice president.
The meeting wound up will
Ia dinner last night at which
Jennings Randolph, former rep
lresentative from West Virginia
. was the main speaker.
Trophies we're presented Nose
J ley as football coach Of the yea
! and Walt Brodie Of William 4
Mary as footabll player of tn,
. year by Charles Karmosky O
the Newport News Daily Press
president Of the Southern Con
ference Sports Writers Associa
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15

In a Mason-Dixon Conference
game at American U. last night,
Randolph-Macon ran its Con-
ference record to 2-1 and over
all to 2-3 by defeating Gallau-
Diet. 1887. The Blues now are
0-3 in the Conference, and IA
in all games.
The yellow Jackets we're Is
points ahead at halftime and
used reserves freely in the Sec
ond half. Jimmy Smith, high
scorer with 20 points. made 10
of them in the first half.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC
lElral nnnnAL

Fifst Round
Duke 20 Aiabama -
west NiFEiDta lO0 Miss southern 81
STILL BOWL
fftrat R1undD
PITT ~ - CafneGie Tech ~
Duqneane 50 Geneva "a
CHICAGO STADIUM TOURNEY
lEifst Round
San Ffaneiaee 81 ChieaGa L9yoia ~
SHAW Arb TOURNEY
Mitchell AFB N. ~ VI.
fsrt KneH Ky ~ fevsrtlms
Pensacola MAS 90, fsrt Neada ma 81
tCenaotatianl
CamD Lsisune -,
chsrisstss g. CO. Misc gIssi q
K'ssisr tHiss) AEP q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
By the Associated Press

It's been a week Of surprises,
but the latest may be the biggest
yeti seems Wilt the Silt
Chamberlain isn't the only guy
playing basketball for Kansas
after all.
The Jayhawkers. No. team
in the Nation. didn't have much
trouble winning their thirt
victory Of the season in a 77-6;
game with the University Of
Washington at Seattle last night
Chamberlain, the 7-foot wonder
shared 30 points, but 1t remained
for Maurice King, a husky guard
to take up the slack with "a
points.
Elsewhere, San Francisco
ranked No. 2 in this weeks As
ISOLATED Press poll. pushed ii
lall-time record to 80 consecutive
victories with a 67-4e Job or
Loyola Of Chicago. But Alabama
victory string was snapped at 70
with an 1918 defeat by still.
lunbeaten Duke.
Both results came in tourna.
ment play. San Francisco ad.
vanced 70 the finals Of the Chi
cago Invitational and faces Z
defeat that isn't at the hand
lof the United States Olympi,
champions tonight. The Olym.
plans, who toyed around In I
07-57 decision over Santa Clara
are not in the collegiate" cate
CORY and the result Of tonight
game won't affect the DON
record one way or the other.
Duke Meets MOuntaineeFs
! Alabama. which has ruled n
three previous Birmingham
classics. was popped In the FRS
round Of the four-team tourRa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
ALABAMA STREAK ENDS AT 20
Wilt the StiIt Gets 30,
Has to Share Spotlight

ment, while Duke advanced 10
the title game tonight against
also unbeaten West Virginia.
which set a tourney scoring rec
ord with a l05-67 victory over In
experienced Mississippi Southern.
Kansas, which plays a repeat
date against Washington tonight.
led all the rest Of the way after
three ties in the first three min
utes, although the Huskies OUT
scored the Jayhawkers. 1896, in
the last half. Chamberlain. the
Negro sophomore who led the
Nation win a ass average in two
games, now has scored l2l points
for the season. He got his 30 last
night on II field goals and eight
of IL free throws.
However. II was King who kept
Kansas in gear, collecting 10
points in the first half. Bruno
Boin led Washington with Is.
Loyla, which hadn't lost In
three games, led San Francisco.
1915, after 10 minutes. II was
23-all at the half, but the Dons
put Il away with a i0-point squirt
after the intermission. Art Day.
6-foot-9 soph who has replaced
the graduated Bill Russell at
center, scored 10 for the Dons.
with Carl Boldt and Mike Farmer
each getting "a.
Vernon Leads Duke
I Russell and X. c. Jones. an
other ex-Don, didn't play much
for the Olympians. who mad =
1929 margin over Loyola at the
half. Russell and Jones each
scored eight points a. Dick
Boushka. formerly Of 81. Louis
University. Was tops with 10.
Bob Vernon popped In ~
points for Duke. which barEed 70
See BASKETBALL, Page ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
Duke Meets MountaIneers

Alabama, which has ruled the
three previous Birmingham
classics. was popped IN the FIRST
round Of the four-team tourRa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15

Totals ES II 73 Totals ~ 10 8
Half-Randolph Macon. 33-17
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15
Cards Flying High

N. c. State appears to have
lost its iron, grip on Atlantic
Coast Conference basketball SUI
lpremacy, but that doesn't make
lGW's task any easier. The Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-15

GEORGETOWN goes after itsonials rebuilding
fourth straight victory at the They've
Expense Of Baltimore University William Mary
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11

Senator John Stennis will be
the principal speaker at the an
nual meeting of the Mississippi
Forestry Association to be held
tomorrow, Oct. II, at the Edwards
Hotel in Jackson.
As a member of the Appropria-
tons Subcommittee on Agricul-
ture, Senator Stennis has dealt
with expansion of conservation,
forestry, agriculture research and
extension, and other agricultural
programs.
Last fall the Senator visited
Mississippi on tWo-day tour to
better acquaint himself with the
latest forestry developments. On
the tour he visited National For
est lands, naval stores demonStra-
tons, and a forest tree nursery.
The annual meeting of the Ash
ISOLATION will come as a part Of
Forest Festival Day which in
cludes the Forest and Forests
Products Parade and crowning of
the state Queen of the Forest.
The meeting gets underway al
1890 when luncheon will be
held Entertainment will be fur
nished in songs by Miss Charlotte
Wicker, soprano from Belhaven
College.
Activities of the Mississippi For
estry Association for the~past year
will be outlined in the annual
report given by President Sam E.
Moreton, Jr, of BMrookhaven.
Two new projects have been mi
tiated in the associations program
and will receive special attention.
These are the Mississippi Forest
Fire Prevention Conference and
the Sears Koebuck Foundation
Forestry Contest.
Beauty will abound when the
four district Queens OF the For
est and the new State Queen are
introduced to the membership.
Each of the pretty young ladies
will receive a US. savings bond
on behalf of the Association for
their worthwhile work in promot-
ing forestry in Mississippi.
Also, among the special guests
will be Miss Linda Carol Eldridge
Of Forest, the new Turpentine
Queen Miss Eldridge won the
title in south-wide competition in
July.
A business session will follow
for the election of officers and
meeting of. the executive COM
mittee
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11
with Liberty And Justice For All -"
Left-0vers, Thank You

We noted with interest in recent issue
of the Journal and Guild, Norfolk, Virginia,
letter from a reader, in which he wrote as
follows:
Editor, Norfolk Journal and Guild:
| believe the existing unhappiness be-
tween the races arises not so much from Sc
gregatlon as from discrimination, and think
the NAACP would be happy.
One of the greatest opportunities arising
from this question is to use our educational
facilities to accomplish twice as much as hey
are now accomplishing Our public schools
now operate about 200 hours per term. Bv
using the schools for different groups each
day = one group from 8 a. m. to y noon. the
other group from to o. m, six DAYS a
week, they would be able to provide approx
mately the same number Of teaching hours
Where the number of hours Of instruction
fell short, the Easter vacation could be elimi-
mated = something new anyway, or school
could be extended one week III June or both
Mechanically, the number Of hours Of instruc-
tiontion could easily be equalized
Group one would attend from a. m. to
II noon from September to January. Then
could switch with group two
Advantages
l. Eliminate all discrimination, because
the different groups are attending the same
school, enjoying the same environment only
the hours are different
q Twice as many students could be edu-
Gated in the same building only half the
number of buildings would be needed. A ire
mendous savings in amount of physical pro-
perry required saving on heat, custodial SER
vices, etc.
3. (a) Under this system teachers and
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11

government is the supremacy of Individual
freedom, justice fair and equal treatment
under law Interracial conferences on segre-
cation problems that do not start from that
basis can accomplish no lasting good
History and our own experiences teach
us that attempts to force the mixing of the
races in some areas of life, ignoring the Gus
toms and preferences of the people involved
are not only unrealistic bat dangerous. Pro
gress in theseSfields must come slowly and
naturally by mutual acceptance or the great
gains already achieved could suffer severe
setback or be lost altogether .
By sensible cooperation on fair and e
quail voluntary basis our white and citizens
can 'have their cake and eat it too" in public
schools public recreation in their churches
and in many other fields
Because our Negro citizens are minority
group with relatively little political or &C.
onomic power they would be severely pen
allied in the 'private enterprise" develop
ments in all the fields under discussion
Our white citizens have delayed much
too long in sharing policy making RESPONSE
bilities in civil, educational and government
tai affairs with colored fellow citizens. For
instance the case for public school segrega-
ton is greatly weakened without proper Ne
gro representation on school boards and COM
missions.
The best insurance for segregated pub
hc school system, voluntarily maintained
would be indignation on the official level
giving Negroes a proportionate voice in the
operation Of separate schools, which most of
them, as sincerely as the whites, genuinely
desire. Furthermore there should be a pro-
per ratio of Negro representation on the Of
fetal level in other governmental agencies,
local and state.
Should disasters take place in this con-
nection all informed people surely must rea-
lie which race would suffer most grevious-
ly. The Negro race has been handicapped
far too much already. Our colored and white
citizens owe it to themselves and to each
other to cooperate intelligently IN peaceful
and constructive evolution rather than to al
low their current racial difficulties to pre-
cipitate chaos and revolution
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11
Health Officer
Reports On Polio
PROGRESS In State
BY Felix ]. Underwood. M. D.


The effectiveness of polio vac
cine in Mississippi during 1856 is
very pronounced, according to DR..
A. L. Gray, director of Prevent
able Disease Control, who today
released to the public a polio
progress report for the past nine
and a half months.
While the picture DR.. Gray's
figures paint is reassuring to
those who have gone forward
with vaccination, it contains at
the same time warning to the
parents of some 100000 Missis-
sippians in the UNDERGO age group
who have had no vaccine at all.
Based on Mississippi records,
compiled and analysed on Sept.
Is, 1856 as another polio season
is closing, the evidence is that
there has been from to times
more polio among the unvaccinat-
ed than among those who have
had l or 2 injections of the Salk
vaccine.
Polio cases in the state this
year have been cut practically in
half. The average number of cases
from January to September Is in
the last Swear period is 358, as
compared to 1870 cases this year.
Of these 1870 cases, 1872 had had
no vaccine, reports DR.. Gray; and
none of them had had three in
jections of vaccine as recommend
ed for maximum protection.
Z The case rate per 100000 pop
ulation IA years of age and under
in the unvaccinated is 44.2; for
those with one or two injections
of vaccine, 90.
In pointing out the difference
vaccine has made in case rate to
date, DR.. Gray declares with the
full dosage of 3 injections the case
rate would have been lowered
much more. However, less than
Us of those who started their
series of Salk vaccine have had
the third injection because of the
time lapse necessary between the
second and third injections =
period of seven, monothS.
Continued on Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11
Draft Deferment
Tests Set For
November Is

Col. John w. Patton, Jr., State
Director of Selective Service for
Mississippi, has received notice
that General Hershey, National
Director, has arranged; for Selec-
tive Service Qualification Tests
for college students on Thursday,
Nov. Is, 1856 and Thursday, April
18, 1857. These tests will be held
at approximately 1000 testing
centers throughout the nation.
ITO be eligible for the test, a
registrant must ID intend to re-
quest deferment3 as student, ~
be satisfactorily pursuing a full
time course of instruction, and
90 must not previously have TAX
en- the qualification test" Col.
Patton explained. He said appli-
cation blanks for the November
test may be obtained from the
students nearest local board
NOW, and full information will
be given by the clerk of the local
board.
Applicants should be submitted
at the earliest possible date for
the November test and the dead
line is Tuesday, October 80, 1856
Any applications postmarked af-
ter midnight on Oct. 80 will not
beaccepted. The pplicatio n S
should be mailed to Science Re
Continued on Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11
Do Negores Have Rights? =
Almost Another American Myth

It is imperative now that responsible CT
tizens, irrespective of color or creed, talk
about race problems in their communities
and state. In resolving this crisis over public
schools it is vital to the honor, peace and
progress of the state that there be mutual
respect, goodwill and intelligent cooperation
between our white and 'colored races.
In the promotion of these detectives it is
up to the white people to lead the way be-
cause of economic and political power are
on their side.
Their first move should be to do every
thing they can to Danish forever what is left
of the cruel and absurd notion that there
could possibly be any stigma attached to any
human being because of race, color or other
physical characteristics. The Creator never
stigmatizes anybody =.
The next step our white people should
take to help create wholesome climate for
tolerance, justice and interracial cooperation
is to try to convince everybody, especially
themselves, that in democratic America no
citizens rights are melted out on basis of
color, creed, occupation, education, intelli-
gence wealth or social position. Human dig
nifty, freedom, justice and civil rights are in
Invisible = all our citizens must have them
equally or none can ever be secure in them.
All our people, colored and white, need
also to understand the vast difference be
tween civil-legal rights and personal-social
privileges In the latter field discrimination
is not bad word nor an evil practice In
our personal affairs and social relationships
we all discriminate and indeed must do so
to get along.
In these relationships background, color
of skin and other factors can and frequently
do make practical differences which must be
considered. Recognition of such differences
does not reflect on anybody Difference is
not stigma, nor sin. 1t is natural and neces-
sary. A free society is full of differences and
benefits enormously from them.
1t is violently contradictory in free ma
ton for anyone to insist that white supre-
macy or any other sort of racial 'supre-
macy be supported by law. The only sup
remacy that can properly be part Of our
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-11

The state of Florida took bold step toward SO
44/IOO%o assdom on Thursday September 9th At Mon
ticeo, Tallahassee the commissions of three coun-
ties decided to fire the county health officer Dr. Deborah
Coggns, for having had lunch with Negro nurse in
private dining room, the purpose of which dis
cuSs the question of health of the community How silly
can anyone get They had seperae but equal knives and
forks, surely
You see constant stream of Khan Kopy in which
they point out that Negroes will have to do something
about their health problems before they make any
progress, etc. Well hells bells how can they! Witness
the incident mentioned above In Hattesburg there
three hospitals and Negro medical doctor cannot prac
tlce in either of them Yet contend the Negro has
serious health problem, which, indeed, he does. But
how can he be taught? What inducement is offered
Negro doctor getting out of school to to Hattes
burg? None whatsoever Result Twelve thousand Neg
in the county and two doctors of their And
then sit around and wonder what's wrong with so
many things in our beloved Southland. Quite basicay
slit own throat and then shocked and
prised when someone points it out to
Somehow there ought to be moral here Maybe it's
niger ought not get hungry" Yes, and some
white doctors, too.