davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Silent Night
Holy Night

"Silent night, holy night rises
from the hears of mankind each
year during the yuletide season
since the Christmas night of 1918,
when rector and choirmaster
gave the world blessing of peace
in the form of a song.
The song. "Silent Night" echoed
out of the small village of Oben.
dorf in the Tyrelean Alps OF
Austria. The twenty-five year old
rector of the village church, Jo-
seph Mohr, was alone on tn
Christmas eve of 1918 when he
heard a loud pounding on tn e
door. He opened the door and a
woman pushed past him grasping,
Come child is born, and the
young father and mother want
you to bless their home." Then
the woman collapsed from ex-
haustiOn.
The rector started out on a tedi.
cous journey up the mountain side,
to a small cabin, miles in dist
ance. After many hours Of climb
ing he reached his destination
and saw within the cabin repeti
ton of the Nativity scene. T h
young mother lay on a bed o.
-beughs, and her newborn sor
{laysiia a rough hewn cradle made
by the Alpine mountaineer father
The rector blessed the home anC
left the cabin to make return
journey to the village. His hear
filled with song, because of the
uplifting impressive scene; ant
his ears filled with rapturOus tun'
which enveloped him. Keeping his
feet in rhythm he made his way
down the mountain side. T h
Christmas night the rector stayet
up writing the manuscript for his
inspired song.
The next morning Joseph Mohl
visited the village organist anC
choirmaster, Franz Gruber. He
asked the choirmaster to pick Ou
the melody of the song on an ole
guitar because the organ was brok
en-. A few hours later Franz Grubel
ran to the rectory with the tune
and words he has sounded out
On December Is, 1918, the village
of Obendorf gathered in the rectory
to hear for the first time the song
''Silent Night" sung by JOSEPH
Mohr in a baritone voice and Fran
Gruber in loud bass. 1t was {
song of peace.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Page S
Ase : Tie
Sun
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1861
Bias In Housing

/ Continued from Page One)
lines in Rockville Centre and Long
Beach.
by picketing and walking the
streets on a cold day." DR.. Reed
added. 1--WE have dramatized this
discrimination as crucial matter
needing immediate attention of
local, state and federal officials. :"
An estimated six hundred Negro
families reside in four Long Island
sites marked for clearance and re-
construction. Their relocation op-
portunities are severely limited
by the refusal of white property
owners to allow them to purchase
or rent homes in white neighbor-
hoods.
Jack E. Wood, NAACP special
assistant for housing, reports that
"a substantial number of these
families will have to relocate out
Of their communities in order to
find decent housing they can af-
ford.
1.-THE problem in Long Island
is partly the fault of New York
State which contributed one-half
the local costs. thereby becoming
a partner in this subsidization of
Long Island prejudice" Mr. Wood
asserts.
He noted that the NAACP filed
complaints with the New York
State Division of Housing last Aug
ust charging that agency with fail
ure to promote a spirit of non
discrimination in housing programs
receiving state financial assistance.
The Association urged the state
and federal agencies, which joint
ly pay for a major share of the
costs of local programs, to with
hold all further financial assist
ance pending a thorough investi-
cation.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21

half of his client, Richard Girls
void.
Text of Confession by Howard
Stack Spelling and punctuation
are as in the original.)
On or about 4th Sunday of Aug.
1861. l was in the union county
Jail on l charges of worthless
checks and 2 assault charges. The
Monroe police and deputy deputy
forces of the city of Monroe put to
me a proposition if l would by
force assault one of the freedom
riders Griswould they would see
l went free of my charges. This
beating l did in the bottom cell
in the union county jail. l went
free for 2 weeks and was picked
back up and sentenced for the
crimes which was supposed to be
dropped for the assault l did for
them. They turned their backs on
me is why | confess to this.
Howard Stack
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Lille Jones Outstanding Senior
Konored AS Girl OF The Month

Lille Jones, an outstanding per-
sonality, who is Vice President
of the Senior class, has been Sc.
lected by the Standards Commit
tee as South Mountain High School
Girl of the Month for December
When asked how it felt to receive
this honor, Lille said:
'It's really wonderful. Yes it's
a great honor and l think just
about every senior girl wishes to
be girl of the month at some time. :"
Lille is an active member of Ma
tional Honor Society, Memorial
Hospital Junior Auxiliary, Girls
League, French Club, Speech Club,
Book Worms. and Tri-Hi-Y. Also
she is on the Tri-Hi-Y inter-club
council, and president of the down.
town branch.
"Well after graduation and six
years at U. of A. l hope to become
a lawyer. These are Lilies un-
usual but honorable goals for the
future.
Any girl who maintains a three
average, has no more than ten
demeritS for the last semester,
has an excellent citizenship record
and is active in some extra cur
rucular activity that benefits both
herself and South, is eligible to be
chosen.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Action Sought
Continued from Page One)


bail furnished by the Committee
to Aid the Monroe Defendants
They are: John C. Lowry, &c, Free
dom Rider from New York, Rich.
ard Crowder, 10, president of the
Monroe Non-Violent Action Com
mittee, and Harold Reape, II, a
member of the MNVAC. A fourth
defendant, Mrs Mae Mallory. "a,
is fighting extradition from Ohio.
The beating of Griswold was in
terrupted only when another ar
rested Freedom Rider, Kenneth
Shilman of Oceanside, N. Y, hap.
pened to be led past the cell in
which Griswold was lying blood
covered and semi-conscious and
raised an outcry. demanding Girls.
wold'S removal from the cell be-
fore he was killed. The turnkey,
fearing that Griswold might be
killed. complied.
Stack later boasted in the hear
ing of the Freedom Riders that
police had prearranged the beat
ing with him half-an-hour before
: Throwing the pacifist Freedom
Rider in the same secluded cell
located in the sound-proof base.
ment of the jail.
Subsequently, Stack voluntarily
gave to the Committee to Aid the
Monroe Defendants handwritten,
signed confession stating that the
Monroe police and Union County
Sheriff's deputies had promised
him immunity from prior pending
charges of forgery and assault
in return for beating the Freedom
Rider. It is this confession, for
warded in the original by Attorney
Lynn, which forms the basis for the
FBI investigation of police brutal
ty. FBI agents in recent weeks
have interviewed Griswold and
Shilman. Lynn is requesting
prompt and complete action on be-
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Negro Airman-
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
udices in this region of the coun-
try.
The airmen are trying to get
whites near the air base to live
up to the new North Dakota law
which forbids discrimination ir
places of public accommodations
Some restaurants and bars have
openly defied the law.
Negro military personnel are
also facing hardship in finding off
base homes for their families.
Leonard H. Carter, NAACP field
secretary, informed James E.
Evans, civilian assistant to the
Secretary of Defense in Washing
ton, D. c., that when Negro air.
men find homes, "they pay higher
rents than similarly situated white
families because of the restricted
market.
aside from the humiliating ano
personal insults these servicemen
are subjected to, it is unthinkable
that the U. S. Government will
tolerate discrimination and exploit
tation against members of its arm
ed forces" Carter added.
Actually these Negro families
are paying a color tax, in addition
to excessive rents" he said.
j. The NAACP asked for an i'm
mediate investigation into this mat
ter. and that some solution tC
this problem be found" The AS,
sociaion offered its full coOpera-
ton to the Secretary of DefenSe's
office.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Negroes To Decide
If Democracy Wins
Over Communism

Tuscegee Institute, Ala. Color
ed people not whites will decide
whether democracy and freedom
will win out over communism and
slavery, and Italian political ana
lyst who helped overthrow Benit0
Mussolini said. a
Miss Lisa Sergio, former lang
uage interpreter for the Italian
World War II dictator, said Anne
rica's non-white youth face ''very
special challenge" because the ma
jority of the people who are to de-
termine the future of the w0rl6
are not white"
Pointing out that communism
dominates one-half of the globe
she said: IF this majority pre-
fers freedom, communism will moi
prevail"
While black continents, such as
Africa and Asia, claim neutrality,
she said, ''it is inevitable" that
they will have to decide which side
they are going to take.
Turning to Americas racial
problems, Miss Sergio said the
United States, "by not practicing
what we preach" has been weak.
ened enormously" abroad.
When African visitors come to
America, Miss Sergio said, 81
shiver" when they read the in
scription "All Men Are Created
Equal on the Jefferson Monument
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
TALLAHASSEE. FLA.
IN VOTER CAMPAIGN

Tallahassee, Fla. = The NAACP
kicked off a ''whirlwind voter reg
istration drive slated to run 80
days, according to w. c. Patton,
NAACP voter registration specia-
list.
Sunday, Dec. 10, was Citizen
ship Sunday with all local Negro
churches participating. The clergy,
under Rev. C. X. Steele, local
NAACP president; lead the drive.
On Sunday, Dec. II, some SOC
college students and 200 adults
canvass the Negro community "tC
encourage adults to become first
class citizens said Mr.. Patton
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Leaders Arrest
Continued from Page One)

which started shortly before
Thanksgiving Day, was spanked
by withdrawal of an invitation to
the bands Of the Negro high school
and junior college to participate
in the annual Christmas parade.
AS in previous years, the bands
were invited to participate. Later
the invitation was cancelled by
the !, Chamber of :. Commerce,
allegedly at the demand of the
Mayor.
The impact of the Withholding
campaign in the pre-holiday period
led to the arrest of the leaders of
the movement on orders of County
Prosecutor Thomas H. Pearson.
The prosecutor told Mr.. Henry
and the other defendants that it
was against Mississippi law for
two or more persons to conSpire
to withhold trade.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21
Africans

Continued from Page One)
enter the conversation, no one
understood what I was saying at
first. Then they all started laugh
ing at my accent. One Negro man,
who was very big and rough look
ing, began saying nasty things. l
left and never tried again."
The Africans also resent the fact
that many U. S. Negroes look on
them as curiosities straight from
the African jungle. Said Sunday
Nwokorie, a Nigerian studying at
Atlanta University: when l came
here, Negro students asked me
how many wives l had. Was I a
village chief? Did l have snakes in
my room? | found these questions
were not intended to offend me.
1t was merely ignorance" Added
Andrew Makhene of South Africa,
another student at Atlanta Univer-
sity: 81 have met several white
college students in the South and
they never ask me such silly ques-
tions."
But American Negroes have their
own case to present: to them, the
Africans sometimes seem delib-
erately aloof. Says Leroy Bolden,
a Negro who was an All-American
halfback at Michigan State in 1858
and is now doing research at STAN
ford: Most of these Africans are
high ranking, chiefs sons or 9th
ers with the contacts needed tt
line up an American education
They want to identify themselves
with the group on tOp-and that
not us. Try calling one a Negro.
Chances are he'll correct you by
saying Pm an African"
Arizona sun., 1961-12-21

The Bureau of Land Manage
ment administers approximately
4,4OO mineral leases in Arizona
These leases embrace about $500,
600 acres.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-06-02

The attack aircraft carrier USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt has three
steam catapults which permit it to
launch six planes each minute.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-06-02
ARTHUR SPENCER DIES
IN KILL DEVIL HILLS

Arthur Spencer, 50, retired grocer
and former Suffolk, Va, resident.
died Sunday at $3.50 a. m. at his
home in Kill Devil Hills.
He operated Spencer's Corner
Grocery in Suffolk until 10 years
ago.
A son of Alonza E. and Maggie
Young Spencer, he was Nanse-
mond County native.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Madeline Tucker Spencer OF
Kill Devil Hills; two sons, Charles
E. Spencer of Portsmouth and
Pihp r. Spencer of Norfolk; a
daughter, Mrs. R. E. Moddispaw
of Bayside, Va. a brother, Harry
Spencer of Norfolk; sister, Mrs
J. w. Staylor of Norfolk; 10 grand
children; and two great grand
children.
A funeral service was conducted
in /. o. Hill & Co. Funeral Home
Suffolk, Wednesday at 2 p. M. by
the Rev. DR.. r. E. Brittle of Bethle-
Rem Christian Church with burial
in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
Star Dust
THE FRONT COVER

THE FRONT COVER
NHIS being Rock Creek Day freeance Lily Spandorf
presents pleasant at Pierce Mill And pages
and staff writer Harriet Grths pursues the subject
article sights sounds of Autumn
in Rock Greek Park with the accompaniment of appeal
ing pictures by staff photographer EwOOd Baker all adds
fitting tribute to the worlds largest natural park in
the heart of metropolitan city
ORIGINS
EoPLE frequently ask the features in SUNDAY The
Star Magazine, originate: how and where get ideas
subjects suggested people
and many things in different Some Of best
ideas from readers others suggested by things
read. hear and
For example a member of the staff was driving up Thr
teenh street NV evening his way home from the
office The car ahead of him displayed with the words
Maryland Underwater Rescue Squad His curiosity aroused
he asked his companion the license number Next
day. The Stars police headquarters reporter obtained the
and address Of the and the story and photos
pages and resulted
WE SENT staff photographer Paul NJ Schmick Calvert
w County, Nd to illustrate the story pages 10 and H.
and he returned minus the important picture of ALL
Helen FesSenden banding captured
all the birds around the Girl Scout Camp Lusby
stubborn and refused to be caught in Helen and
But photographer resourcefu fellow he Helen
a roll of film with instructions when
she captured bird many days before the post
returned the film which, when developed produced the
picture Helen banding bird We under the impression
that SchOolmae Oberlin College clicked the
POST OFFICE
CPEAKING of the postman how would you like o
- post office for family room? Well that's the situation
in which singer Gene Archer and his family find themselves
The ancient Montgomery County farmhouse which the ArcherS
restored proved to have interesting than they
realized you doubt will agree you've
F. Atchisons story pages IA and is.
MExT SUNDAY
Restoration Old Aexanda-Living temporary
quarters and worrying about antique ChippendaIe cabinet
bouncing pickup truck only two of the effects of
soraOnitis suffered by Dr. Arthur MOurot setting
up their 18th century home
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09

Trade Union Conference
on Civil Rights held by
the Jewish Labor Commit
tee under the chairman
ship of Adolph Held, ma
tional JIG chairman.
Mr.. Minko f f conceded
that during the past year
there has been greater ac-
tivity among the organized
group of hate-mongers."
He cited a list of anti-JeW-
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09

FOREST P AR K, Pa.
(JTA) Organized politi-
cal anti-Semitism is at its
lowest point today in the
United States, Isaiah M.
Minkoff, executive director
of the National Commu-
nifty Relations A dvis ory
Council, coordinating body
of Jewish groups active in
combating big otry, re-
ported at the National
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09
Anti-Semitism At Lowest Point

ish publications from New
Jersey, to California to
Birmingham, Alabama, but
he added, "they don't
amount to a tinker's DAM"
He said that despite
front page publicity,
George Lincoln RockwelPs
American NaZi Party lis
not being bought by the
American people,"
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09
B'nui Birth
Donates To
Tractor Fund

WASHINGTON, GTA) =
President Label A. KatZ of
B'nai Birth made known in
a letter to Mrs. Eleanore
Roosevelt this week that the
Jewish organization was con-
tributing $4,000 to the "Trac-
tors-For-Freedom" drive to
save Cuban prisoners of the
Castro regime.
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09

ward J. Nell scholarship in
journalism in the amount Of
$500 and will attend the Uni
versity of Arizona this fall.
INA ABRAHAMS, daugh-
ter of MR.. AND MRS
LOUIS ABRAHAMS, gradu-
ated Summa cum laude at
Arizona State University.
She has turned down several
scholarship offers in favor
of a $500 Phi Kappa Phi
graduate fellowship at the
University of Hawaii. 1t was
one of six felloWships award
ed in the us. -.
MRS. EUGENE DEUTSCH
is travelling through Europe
and Mr.. DeutSch will join
her in Vienna in July so that
he may visit with his faith
er, sister and brother-in-laW.
MRS. KATHERINE cow
AN had the pleasure of hav-
ing her niece, BETTY LEV
INSON, of London, Eng,
visit her last month. This is
the first time in Al years
that Mrs. CoWan has seen
any of her family. Miss Lev
inSon has returned to Eng
gland.
JACK G.. MARKS, former
City Attorney, has been ap-
pointed Pima County Court
Commissioner and will take
over the post Aug. l.
MISS SYLVIA MINDES of
Brooklyn, N. Y, has moved
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09
New Stevenson
Foundation Set

NEW YORK, CJTA)-For-
mer Senator Herbert H. Leh-
man announced at a dinner in
honor of Adlai Stevenson,
sponsored by the Jewish The
illogical Seminary of Ameri-
ca, that the guests had estab-
lished a 81, 100000 Stevenson
Foundation as an adjunct of
the Lehman Institute of Eth
les of the Seminary.
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09

From Denver'S In t e r
mountain wish New S
comes this timely bit:
Told that her son had re-
ceived top honors in college,
the Yiddish mamme smiled
confidently and said, Il al
ways knew my Moishele had
a Phi Beta Keppela.'
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09
Round The Town

From Denver's Inter
mountain wis h N ews
comes this timely bit:
Told that her son had re-
ceived top honors in college,
the Yiddish mamme smiled
confidently and said, II al
ways knew my Moishele had
a Phi Beta Keppela.'
RABBI JOSEPH GUMB-
INER, former spiritual lead
er Of Tucson's T e mpl e
Emanuel, will receive a Doc
tor of Hebrew Letters de-
gree from the California
School of the Hebrew Union
College-JeWish Institute of
Religion. Rabbi Gumbiner
now is Hillel director at the
University of California in
Berkeley.
LESLIE w. HYMAN, son
of MIR. AND MRS. MAUR-
ICE L. HYMAN, is gradu-
ating from Southern Illinois
School of Architecture June
IA.
MARK HI. KLAFTER has
beeen invited into member
ship in the American Society
of Real Estate CounSelOrS.
The organization has only 19
members in the entire coun-
try.
JACOB BASKIN attended
the Bar Mitzvah of his
grandson, SIDNEY BASKIN,
in Chicago on the first day
of Shavuous. Sidney attends
the Chicago Yeshiva and Mr..
Baskin says even if he is
prejudiced, his grandson did
an outstanding job. =.
MIR. AND MRS. 1. LEVIN
SON are proud grandparents
of Ronald LevinSon born
May 18 to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Levinson.
MAX NER, distin-
guished political writer and
lecturer, will speak in Tue
son Feb. II, 1862 on the Sun
day Evening Forum. The
Tucson Jewish Community
Council will co-sponsor his
appearance.
MIR. AND MRS. EDWARD
CHESIN recently returned
from a trip to Washington
DC. where they attended the
National Assn. of H m e
Builders spring conference
Mrs. Chesin attended the
meetings of the NAHB Wo
mems Auxiliary in which she
holds the post of national
treasurer. The CheSinS went
on to Philadelphia to visit
their family and returned in
time to hold a reception in
their patio for Congressman
Frank Thompson and Mrs
Thompson of New Jersey.
KEN FELDMAN is attend
ing a career orientation sem
mar in Columbus, Ohio. The
seminar is sponsored by the
Midland Mutual Life InSur
ance Company. q.
MIR. AND MRS. MAURICE
l.. HYMAN have left for Chi
cago to spend the summer
They will cele brate the
seventh wedding anniver
sary of their daughter ano
son-in-law, MIR. AND MRS
AL DEUTSCH.
o o
ROBERTA WEST, daugh
ter of MIR. AND MRS. MAN
WEST. was awarded the Ed
CONSERVATIVE
The Arizona post., 1961-06-09

to Tucson to make her
permanent home with her
sister and brother-in-laW,
MIR. AND MRS. MAURICE
mitchell KOTLOWITZ
of Brooklyn, N. Y, has been
visiting his cousin, SHER-
MAN MOLL, for the last two
weeks. He returns to New
York June 10 but may come
here in the fall to attend the
University of Arizona.
Evening star., 1961-10-25
SALES
SALES TRAINEES

Beginners earn Above income 1st
month: guarantee during train
ing; NO cAEVAssiN0; prestige
product: sales In local Va. area I;
car Necessary. Telephone u.
2-e070 for appointment.
Evening star., 1961-10-25
WALL AlIf.f,ASSSf, STREET f f.

Yascinate your Enjoy lots Of vari.
ETY. In your days work. Think you
have tact and . pleasant manner
With the publie7 II so you may be
the right Girl Friday for expand
ing Investment firm. Moderate
steno skills Many other good
FT 7-TQ00
Evening star., 1961-10-25
WEDNESDAY


Established concern is
holding interviews for 8
positions. If you have a
nea t appearance, are
between 81 and so, am
bilious, and willing to
accept a starting salary
of 1925 mo-, apply in
person to MR.. HEN
DERSON, 1907 King St,
Alex, Va, Wednesday
only 10 am. to S pm.
Evening star., 1961-10-25

LIQUOR Statesmen C2J, eSperi-
.need' % .Cod pH.vssDs pay; pss%snent 1toE,os Hssi;
STORE, IA. e-e139 for appoint
Evening star., 1961-10-25
HELP MEN
Securities Statesmen

We have openings available for 2
qualified securities salemen. Lib
eral commissions, allowances. 10
you are qualified. Please call NE.
e-O47l,
Evening star., 1961-10-25

YOUNG MAN. 25-35. peFsonabie
with retail sales experience. Apply
pAxIp pAsI,gp a. MANN JEWELERs; CON
IA. 2-5107 for an appointment.
Evening star., 1961-10-25
ENGINEER

For modern downtown apartment
building. License with air condi-
tioning experience. Good local
references required. 1-becrm. apt.
and good salary. See MRS. KAI-
SER, HO. 2-O50O.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
Clay Tennis Court Asphalting
Has Area Citizens i'm Arms

Spare the county's clay courts
from asphalting, 400 Silver
Spring residents urged the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission this
week, and tennis bluffs won't
have to join country clubs to en-
joy clay court play.
In a petition to the MNCPPC,
the indignant "users and
parents of users" of two tennis
courts at the Argyle Recreation
Center on Forest Glen I'd. join
ed with other area residents and
ordinary taxpayers" in asking
that the six remaining clay
courts in the county not be as
phalted.
1--WE strenuously object to as
phalt courts" they declared.
They're hot, hard on the feet
and extremely wearing on ten
mis- balls"
For these, and the fact that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-05
CD Office Here is Swamped
With Inquiries from Public

continued, adding that about
the only warning people are
likely to get is the take cover
Immediately" alert - the three
minute, rising and falling wall
of sirens.
Evacuation plans are on hand
and have been publicized, Cook
said, but many more fallout
shelters in all types of business,
industrial and residential build
ings are a must" he tells his
questioners.
Cost of residential shelters
can range from as little as sew
eral hundred dollars to close to
$1,000, depending on how the
homeowner wants to 60 about
it," Cook explained. The Civil
Defense office has available, on
request, copies of the official
CD specifications for building
and supplying such basement
or outside underground facilities
- a booklet which is fast be-
coming a runaway best seller"
across the nation. It is avail
able free.