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Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
new YORK NAACP
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

NEW YORK. = A. Philip Ran
dolph, president of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters and
a vice prenident Of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has accepted
the general chairmanship of the
current membership drive of the
New York (Manhattan) NAACP
branch.
The Manhattan chapter is con-
Quoting crash membership pro-
gram to enlarge the branch and to
enable it to engage in a dynamic
program of action on all levels
in the Harlem community: Their
goal is $1,000 members by the
end of this year.
Mr.. Randolph in his role as
chairman of the drive stressed
the need for concerted effort and
direct action to end racial restric-
tions on every front and urged
vigoruss upport of the Manhat-
tan chapter by every member OF
the community.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
Recreation Given
Shrine Delegates

The Mobiles of MoSlem Temple
No. 70, Phoenix Oasis, Desert of
Arizona were present Sunday after
noon July 29, 1862 to give the deie-
gates enroute to the Shriner's Con-
vention in Minneapolis, Minnesota
a farewell reception. This in ac-
centuation the fine support thai
has been evident throughout the
past year.
The delegates attending the con-
vention are Sylvanius Boyer, Ill.
Potentate, Leonard Caldwell, Re-
corder, and Walter B. Scott, I'M
perial Advisor. A most successful
trip is wished to the three men.
Boyer will be able to boast that
38 new men were initiated into
the order during tine past year.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
fHE NEGRO PRESS CREDO

The Negro Press believes that America
can best lead the world away from racial and
national antagOnisms when it accords to every
man, regardless of race, color or creed, his
human and legal rights. Hating no man. fearing
no man, the Negro Press strives to help every
man in the firm belief that all are hurt long
rs anyone Is held back.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09

PITTSBURGH, Pa. = Opera
tion Fair Employment, a drive
conducted by the Pittsburgh branch
of the NAACP, during the past
year, has been marked by COLI
siderable employment gains for
Negroes in this city which has had
a high level of unemployment.
Over 100 new jobs have been gain
ed covering many areas of prevl-
ously all-white employment
The drive was marked by tac-
tics of negotiations, picketing and
Selective buying campaigns. Jobs
as receptionists, statesmen, manage
ment trainees, stenographers, Sec
retaries, assistant buyers, waitres-
Ses and many others have been
given to Negroes at such COM
panies as Alcoa, Beck's Shoe Co.,
Bell Telephone Co., Isaly's Dairy
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
Chester NAACP Gets
New Jobs For Negroes

CHESTER, Pa. = Through eff
forts of the Chester branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People three
major department stores and a
large factory in the city have OPEN
ed employment opportunities to
Negroes for the first time.
NAACP Branch President George
T. Raymond announced that
Spears, Weinberg and Starter de-
partment stores had hired nine
sales persons as result of branch
negotiations with the stores. In
addition, Scott Paper Co. has add
ed 13 new Negro employees in de-
partments which previously had
no Negro personnel.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
VI y. .St@s.-.
To Appeal 900 Judgments
Against NAACP Miss. Leader

The statements attributed to him
were published in local papers
and. carried over the wire service
to other newspapers.
IsSIri answer, Mr.. Henry denied
that he had .'maliciously prepar-
ed, composed and published.
false y dematory and libelous
Statements about Mr.. Pearson
and Chief Collins. He further denied
that he had communicated any
such statements to the United Pres
international or the Associated
Press.
i Moreover, the answer pointed
out, neither of the plaintiffs suf-
fered am damage, professionally
or socially, from publication of
the alleged statements.
The libel charges against Mr..
Henry ,cl0sely followed series of
eOfficial and private actions Of
,har assment because of his leader
ship, in tie civil rights struggle in
Mississippi including a selective
buying campaign and a voter reg
iiStratiOnf drive. ~
He has been arrested and charg-
edslwithN conspiracy to interfere
with ira ,ss as well as indicted
adsc0nv eted on a morals charge.
In the neantimd, Mrs. Henry
was disl issed as "a public school
teacher, opposition which she had
] held for no, years.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
NAACP LEADERS HAIL VA. RULING
NAACP Interceds In
Killing By NC. Cop

SILVER CITY, N. C. = Floyd
D. McKissich. NAACP Counsel
was retained to represent the in
terests of Melvin White, who was
killed by a white policeman with
five days of experience.
Ptl. Joe Jucinic asserted that
young White was drunk and at
tempted to run away after being
arrested, allegedly causing the
officer to fire a warning shot into
the ground
However, the shot was said to
have richocheted off the ground
and struck the young Negro.
Whites family, after considerable
difficulty, secured permission for
an autopsy to be performed in
another county.
The autopsy showed no alcohol
in the dead mans body.
Under North Carolina law, it is
illegal for the police to shoot In
connection with a misdemeanor
such as drunkenness.
Ptl. Jucinlc still had not been
indicted and the case was still
under investigation. News
papers first reported that the Of
ficer was out under $1OO bond, but
the figure was changed to 1000
when local Negroes started talking
of calling in the NAACP.
Lewis Austin, publisher of the
Carolina Times, Durham weekly
addressed a mass meeting which
rallied community support. Mr..
Austin strongly advised that the
Association be called in.
Local citizens report that there
have been four similar incidents
in surrounding Chatham County
in the past five years. ..A,......e...-. S.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09

NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins called Judge Lewis opin-
ion. handed down on July rs, "a
great victory for the Negro par
ents and children of Prince Ed
ward County" and said it res
cues both white and Negro chill
dren, the former from catch-as-
catch-can unsatisfactory private
education and the latter from no
education at all.
Robert L. Carter, the ASSocia-
tion's general counsel, who first
argued this school desegregation
case in 1852, viewed the Courts
latest ruling with considerable
satisfaction, especially since it
vindicates the position we have
held and pressed since the public
schools were closed in Prince Ed
ward County in September, 1859"
He praised "the courage Of the
Negro parents and children who
suffered the hardship of no school,
ing. for three long years in order
that there could be clear-cut de-
termination of whether school au-
thorities could close public schools
in order to avoid operating them
without racial discrimination.
This issue, he said, the Court
met with appropriate fortnight
ness.
Prince Edward County, Mr. Will
kins pointed out, was unique in
the entire United States in chO0s-
ling the vindictive and disastrous
course of closing down the public
school system rather than obey the
|U. S. Supreme Court"
Associated with Mr.. Carter in
arguing the Virginia case in 1852,
and subsequently, were Virginia
NAACP Attorneys SpottswoOd w.
Robinson, III, Oliver Hill and S.
w. Tucker. The case was one of
the five which led to the U. S. SUI
preme Courts school deSegregation
decision of May II, 1854.
In Richmond, Mr.. Tucker. who
argued the present case with Mr..
Carter, said: II am very happy
that we have a decision and happy
with the way it seems to be-"
The county schools were closed
following reversal by the Fourth
Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals
May S, 1859, of District Court
ruling which gave the county un-
til 1865 to submit desegregation
plan. The lower court was direct
ed to enter an order requiring
school authorities to begin deseg-
regation of the county schools by
September, 1859.
Rather than comply with the
Courts order, the Prince Edward
County Board of Supervisors re-
fused to levy taxes to keep the
schools open, although required
by state law to levy and collect
taxes for public school purposes.
Subsequently private schools
were provided for the county's
14OO white children. A ruling by
Judge Lewis in August, 1861, ban
ned the use of public funds for
these schools. Meanwhile, the 100
Negro children in the county were
without formal education.
In his latest ruling, Judge Lewis
pointed out the mandatory duty"
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
WHITE YOUTHS SENTENCED

In Charlottesville, Virginia two
white youth have been convicted
of attacking Negroes. The attacks
were said to be unprovoked and
constituted a night of terror with
bicycle chains and iron pipe and
fists were used. They were also
convicted of kidnapping a Negro
youth. Their sentecne totals 78
years Imprisonment.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
CHILD LOCKED I'M BATHROOM

A six-year-old youngster in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee was found lock-
ed in a dark bathroom by human
society employees. His foster moth
er is alleged to have kept him
there while she was at work.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-09
Officials Ordered To Reopen
Prince Edwards County School

NEW YORK - Leaders of the National Assoc1a-
ton for the Advancement of Colored People this week
hailed Federal District Judge Oren B. Lewis order dl
rectng Prince Edward County school officials to re-
open the public schools closed since 1882 as soon as
practical and without regard to race or color
Evening star., 1962-03-18

6:45 % HUNTLEY-BRlNKLEY.
News and Commentary
Cd DOUGLAS EDWARDS.
Reports on the news.
ZOO q LOCK UP.
Crime. Macdonald Carey stars
@ OVERLAND TRAIL.
Western. l Hour. 'VigiIantes of Mon
tana." William Bendix stars.
q SEVEN O'CLOCK REPORT.
Sports. Morrie Sieeel; Local News, Len
Deibert; Business News, Paul HaIIett;
World News. Joseph Mecaffrey; Weather
Louis Allen.
q THE DEPUTY.
Western. Henry Fonda Alan Case.
7:3o q LARAMIE.
Western. l Hour Color. "Justice in
Hurry" A young woman (Diana
MiIlay) asks Slim John Smith)-too
late-to appear as defense witness
at her fathers (Hugh Sanders) mur-
der trial.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
MRS RcKERS MAIL
When Should Boys Try to Kiss Girls Who Act Shy?

mail the invitations at least
10 days to two weeks in ad-
vance of the hay ride.
All teen-age parties should
be chaperoned, and about
1880 pm. would be q rea-
sonable time for the party to
end. providing that time is
agreeable with your parents.
Dorothy Ricker'S Games"
booklet is packed ,Dith teen
tested games. There are also
suggestions for. ice breakers,
stunts and inexpensive re.
treShments. Send for the
booklet NON to help make
your nert party a success.
Please enclose 10 cents and a
stamped, self-dddressed en-
Uelope Nth your request.
Mail to Dorothy Kicker In
care OF TEEN, The EUening
Star. Washington 3, d. c.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

to dance with his girl who is taller than he His buddy
is taking her.
Others will be staying home because their grades are
down and some schools bar those students from the
prom And others because they can't get car and they
don't want to beg to double Bladensburg High senior
Rtcky Carroll says he didn't go to the prom because he
had two left feet and no money T Just got and I'm
pouring all my money into that"
couple Of Walter Johnson seniors, Dave Vartanoff
and Tom Guernsey are sitting their prom, too
Says Dave: "The vast majority going because it's
the big deal You're conditioned to the thing to do
that just do it. the prom is cap to the whole
spirit OF high school and it's real time for those
who like that kind of thing There's no curfew on prom
night unless parents real prudes But I'm Just not in
the social set I'd rather spend my money on photog-
raphy and taking train rides"
Tom says he stopped dancing in the 10th grade and
the prom doesn't seem like the best thing for me- I
to the International Festival instead Most
people think the prom Is the thing. It's definitely
status symbol"
And here's twist Roland Sweet, a Junior at Suit
land High, didn't go to his prom even though he worked
on the committee that planned the dance The reason
Money II don't intend to go to the senior PROM either"
says the l6yearod II know fellow who spent SIS on
a senior prom. don't make that kind Of money After
the prom couples usually the Shoreham place
like that"
Many Of the teen-agers agree that you really should
like the date prom night One 17-yearold
senior turned down date with boy because she didn't
like him enough to have him spend much money on
her. He'd have more fun with else" she said
So the boy asked someone else.
Other girls, who date college boys, having diff
fcut time at prom time. Some college boys don't want
to return to high school days, for night and
others are having exams.
And sometimes" says Bonnie White, ]. E. B.
Stuart senior, "a girl is dating boy and they break up
right before the prom. She doesn't get invited"
But for those who are stepping out to the PROM and
certainly they are in the majority, the talk centers
two things, What you going to wearP" and Whore
you going with2"
Jackie Holebeek Of Central High in Seat Pleasant,
Nd solved the first question time ago. She bought
her dress last summer II 1t in window and said
That's the dress want to to the senior prom
The date came later.
Carol Thompson Of Walter Johnson High claims at
her school It's the dress question that's causing the talk
Even for boys.
"Just the other day boy asked me, What do wear
on my feet with tuxedo? told him Just plain black
shoes He said he never had black shoes in his life
Evening star., 1962-05-25
CANDID ANSWERS
CANDID ANSWERS
How Important to Teens
Is Their Senior Prom?
By Fiji GoRSKA and DANIEL POOLE
Star Staff Writers

prom is supposed to be a happy thing-a night
to remember It's sort Of swirl of finish to high
school days far seniors concerned.
But what is it realy2 1t be agony.
The girls have to wait out someone asking them to
the big dance asked they've got to decide whether
they like the boy well enough to spend about $40 to
get themselves in condition to go-hair-do, evening
dress long gloves matching shoes and purse jewery
The boys have to find the cheapest place to rent
the best tuxedo They've got to buy corsage figure out
transportation buy the ticket and take the girl to din
to some nice place afterwards.
All this prelude to a prom involves many phone
calls much conversation, conniving and in the
end for some, heartbreak
One of the best-looking and most popular boys at
school won't be at his senior prom He can't get
date He asked three girls who had valid for
turning him down Now he doesn't want to be told mo"
again. Besides that the word is out among the girls
and none want to play fourth fiddle.
Another good-looking boy is staying home the night
Of the senior prom because he feels he's too short to
Evening star., 1962-05-25

lung cancer; and of those
who smoke, nearly half say
fear of cancer might make
them decide to give it up.
Only 16 per cent, however,
expect to quit soon.
Diane E. Hayduk, 16. of
Honolulu, Hawaii, comments.
Although the reports on can
Ger were not conclusive, I
wouldn't take any chances"
Martha Katz, 10, of Coral
Gables, Fla, says she doesn't
believe the cancer reports but
doesn't smoke simply because
she doesn't enjoy it. Pam
Dermit, 18, of Whittier, Calf,
says she doesn't smoke be-
dauSe her boyfriend doesn't
approve.
Those who once had
smoked but later gave it up
(and nearly one out of seven
had thus experimentedD also
offer a variety of reasons.
Lynn Johnson, 16, of
Ridgewood, N. j., says she
tried smoking "for social rea-
sons only" and gave it up be-
cause II didn't like it, really"
Evening star., 1962-05-25

because it stains your teeth
and my beauty is more i'm
portant than anything else"
Only one out of three teen
ayers who smoke does so as
often as once a day, our sur
vey shows, and nearly as
many, 81 per cent, indulge
only one to three times a
week. OF the daily smokers,
half smoke only one to four
cigarettes, 10 per cent con-
sumo a pack or more.
The years from IA to 16
appear to be the period when
teen-agers are most attracted
to smoking. One in four be-
gins during those years. 1t
may be significant that only
2 per cent begin after they
pass II, and that of those
who don't smoke only 8 per
cent feel they might someday
try.
The majority of 64 per
cent who don't smoke offer
a number of reasons for their
abstinence.
Seventy-six per cent say
they are afraid it might cause
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Teen-Age Smoking SpiruIs Up,
But Most Say They're Against 1t
By EUGENE GILBERT
Gilbert Youth serYica

Cigarette smoking. a habit
that declined measurably
among teen-agers at the
height of reports linking it
with lung cancer, appears to
be on the upswing once again.
Our latest survey Of Amer
ica's young people shows 36
per cent of them smoke, COM
pared with Is per cent two
years ago.
Both figures, however, are
well below the findings of a
1857 survey. And only a
third of the smokers indulge
every day.
The possibility smoking
causes lung cancer-an as
sertion, incidentally. Of which
all but z per cent are aware
still leads the list Of rea-
sons teen-agers give for not
smoking. Cost of cigarettes
is another.
Another change in the pic
ture over the past two years
is the number of boys who
smoke compared with the
number of girls.
In 1860, teen-age smokers
included 80 per cent boys
and 20 per cent girls. To-
days group is made up of
SO per cent boys and 80 per
cent girls.
Why do teen-agers smoke?
"It relaxes me-" says Is
year old Phyllis Wernick of
New York City, and most
other smokers assert the
same thing. There is some
evidence, however, that some
take up the practice purely to
win social acceptance.
~ started for social rea-
sons" admits Rosie Kappa
port, 16, of Rockville Center,
N. Y. Perhaps more signifi-
cant is the answer of 18-
year-old Richard Brown of
Lincoln, Nebr., who feels COM
PEELED to point out he started
smoking "for enjoyment only
not to make a hit with the
crowd"
A significant reason for
smoking advanced by a sur
prising number of figure
conscious girls, typified by
Linda Hartman of Louisville,
KY. TT destroys my appe-
tite so I can keep my figure. "
What it does to her health
she doesn't mention.
On the other hand, To-
year-old Robin Brown of Sy-
racuse, N. Y, says she
doesn't smoke and never will
Evening star., 1962-05-25

is get invited to the senior PROM while some senior
girls who prncesses don't get asked To remind the
senior boys of their class beauties the public address
system at Walter Johnson has blaring Boys have
you asked SENIOR girl to the promo"
Skip Heiney, Mclean CVa.) High senior says lack
of funds shouldn't keep boy from asking girl to the
prom.
Anybody can borrow earn or scrape together $50
year looking forward to the prom and is now counting
becaue they're in the cafeteria and they're too crowded
and all you do sit and sweat But the senior prom
is the best place to sweat"
Dick Blacklow, student council president at Woodrow
Wilson High, counting heavily his senior PROM too
of school are off," he says 90.
And like most of the Prom-goers, Skip and Dick
looking forward to the trip to the beach the next day.
The beach trip is usually part Of the prom week end.
But at Richard Montgomery High, according to Leigh
Wheeler, the football captain segment is thinking
Of going to the mountains to fish in Thurmont Md.
But Bobby Graham, clasSmate of Leighs, is pass
ing up the whole deal
"I need a tire for my automobile and $3.50 for sum-
school at the University Of Maryland" he says. T
guess I'll stay home and play cards with Of the
other boys who're not going. There lot Of heart
aches about prom"
And what will some of the girls be doing while the
prom is going on?
There's talk of having slumber party and pretend
ing it's Just another week end
AS one Rockville Senior High girl put 1t, "Ill console
myself by telling myself and again that thereU
be plenty Of dances when get to college"
Evening star., 1962-05-25
By DOROTHY KICKER

Register and Tribune Syndicate
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
We are two 15-year-oId
boys. We haven't been
dating long and we do not
date often. Since We are
inexperienced, there are
several things on which we
need advice. First Of all,
what about q boy putting
his arm around a girl?
The last dates we had the
girls Just sat there rigid as
boards. They acted as II
they were afraid Of us and
didn't trust us. Since we
did nothing to make them
feel like that, we'd like to
know whether 1t was our
fault or theirs.
Second, when Is the
proper time to kiss a girl?
We know that first-date
kissing Is out, but isn't it
Okay on a second or third
date? Is this being too
fast? We are sure some of
the older boys follow this
practice.
How else can a boy tell
II q girl likes him? We
believe your answers to our
questions will be helpful
to other beginning daters
who want to start out on
the right foot.
BOB and JIM
The dating experience OF
the girls who acted afraid
was probably as limited as
yours. No doubt they not
only felt unsure of them
selves, but were a little leery
of you. too. Most girls, as
well as boys, go through .
period Of being uneasy when
they first start dating; it
is natural and normal.
Kissing should be reserved
for someone special. 1t should
not be done in public, and
a boy should never try to
force a girl to kiss him
whether it's their third date
or their 18th. Kissing is a
way Of expressing affection,
but If the affection is not
mutual a kiss becomes a
meaningless gesture.
Just because some girls let
a boy kiss them does not
mean the girls are always
fond of them. Sometimes
they kiss a boy simply be-
cause they do not want to
hurt his feelings" There
are other ways a boy can
tell II a girl likes him. /.
If she accepts more than a
Evening star., 1962-05-25

If l ask the girls to bring
dates, they may not want
to invite a boy.
Should / just invite an
even number Of girls and
boys? The kids will all be
about 14-16 years old.
Should the party be chap
erOned? l am going to have
a weiner roast after the hay
ride. What time should it
end?
ENID.
The best way to solve your
guest list problem is to de-
eide first on the girls you
want to invite. You prob
ably know which girls like
certain boys so choose the
boys accordingly and, of
course, have an equal num-
ber of both. Just be sure to
choose your guests wisely and
Evening star., 1962-05-25

advised him to polish his brown ones black He just sad
oh, mol"
Carol and Vivian Barbee, Frederick SasScer senior
claim the parties before and after the prom are what
everyone looking forward to- than the prom itself
I'D just as soon go to dinner and the movies as a
prom They're a big build-up" says Carol You spend
money on hair and dress and when you get there
after months Of planning there's not the special sparkle
you expect It's different though If you like the person
lot that you're with"
It's for that very reason that Vivian isn't going to
her senior prom.
I've been going with boy at the University Of
could have gone with else, but to senior
want to go with someone who means something to me-"
Mary Kay Miller of Oxon Hill High and Gene Leach
Of Wheaton High say at their schools everybody look
ing forward to the prom.
Gene says it's expensive but "I Just took it for
granted would took the cost about $780, from
ingS from a summer Job last year."
Alice Neff says she thinks girls spend more than
boys. Dresses can cost from $50 to $80"
I've been worried about the prom since was in the
ninth grade says the BCC senior 1T don't know which
would be worse-going with you don't too
much for, or sitting at home.
"The boys start asking in September" Alice says
but mostly dates for the prom made about month
or so In advance There boy who got date on
the day Of the prom. His regular date fell through
he up to group Of girls in the school cafeteria
and asked Would any Of you like to go to the prom
tonightP junior girl said, would, and he took her"
Some sophomores, Gloria Smith of Northwood High