Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-09-08
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had drawn the wrath Of AFL-CIO
international vice president A.
Philip Randolph.
A Pennsylvania first Is the
appointment Of Wilbur Il. Hobbs,
40, as superintendent OF the
state Youth Development Center
:. Alien N. Hunt, a, secretary
10 Congressman william L. Daw-
son died from q heart attack
while enrOUte by motor 30 Chi
cage from Washington, ID. @.
The Dallas, Texas Statler-
Hilton hotel paid q $500 out Of
court settlement 70 DIR. Clifton
o. Dummett, chief Of dental
service at the Tuslegee VA hos
pital for refusing him accomO-
datiOns, on account Of race.
Birmingham Negroes and whites
may now compete together in
sports, checkers and similar &C
tivities because Federal judge H
Herbert Grooms, ruled a city ordin-
ance forbidding Negroes and
whites from participating in the
same games at the same time was
ruled unconstitutional The
policy Of some craft unions Of lin
iting membership to sons Of men,
bers Of the union sis unsound and
undenocratic and must be chang
ed" international AFL-CTO vice
president A. p. Randolph told a
Chicago audience Of trade union
lists last week.
ROly-pOIy Meade Lux Lewis,
who Fats" waller had in mind
when he sang 'SIr. Five By
Five" has won q part in Warner
Bros, nv. Roaring 2O's which
win appear over ABC-TV :.
The Kansas City, Kansas Doug
lass National Bank Is celebrat-
ing IA years Of operation.
Portugal smarting under world
revulsion of its treatment Of the
natives in Angola has by decree
made all African residents Of first
African colonies full citizens" .
Miriam MalIeba, the South Az
rican thrush win be heard on the
CHS Look Up and Live" program
on CBS-TV Sunday, Sept. 10. .
A Oak Park, Mich, public swim
ming pool open only to whites will
be sold rather than have Ne
gro residents use it A
Dallas, Texas abstract and title
firm has promoted u year old
J. w. Jones from shipping clerk
to field representative I'm
the future you will be rejected
more for ignorance than you viii
for race" DR.. Adam Bethel, presi-
dent of Tougaloo Southern Christ
ian College told the summer grad
uating class Of Negro students.
At Milwaukee, $4,000 Jehovah's
Witnesses heard leaders declare
the world Is in its last days .
Fisk University president Stephen
Wright predicted in Detroit that
as soon as the southern Negro
obtains full voting rights the rae
ial demogues in the Congress and
IN state capitols will be retired
An 81 year old man John Roll
Inns, of Philadelphia collapsed as
he waited to get a marriage license
to wed Lillian Hicks, 81. Rollins
claimed he was in such a hurry
to wed he forgot to eat breakfast.
He was revived by the fire de-
partment inhalator squad and
taken to a hospital for treatment
A total of 6,70S Negro youths
received college degrees from 50
colleges last spring. These figures
came from Negro colleges only
since most mixed" schools M
longer keep records by race
In addition to the number named
435 persons earned masters de-
grees and 30 doctorates,
Watch for Walk In MY Shoes
a ABC News T.V. social projects
documentary which is scheduled
for Sept. 10 The Negro popula'
ton OF Chicago, Illinois rose in "a