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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-24

other is heat produced from coal. Each of pEpco's
huge generating plants combine these two
elements with maximum efficiency and economy.
Among the nations generating plants, PEpco's
new Dickerson plant produced the second largest
amount Of Electricity from each pound of coal
used during 1860.
Ever greater efficiency will be built into new
PEPco facilities now under construction and on
the drawing board. Therefore, you can continue
to be sure of an abundance of Electric power
at lowest practicable cost.
Evening star., 1962-04-22
ROOMS WITH BOARD WTn,

ELDERLY MAN in good health wants
rm. and board or room near res
taurant. Chesapeake Bay area,
near water. Box 354-R. Star.
Evening star., 1962-04-22
RECENTLY DECORATED

RECENTLY DECORATED
926 L st. N.W.-3 rms, kit. and
bath, $50.
1888 Meridian PL N.W.-I rm. and
bath. S46.50.
1l37 7th st. N.W.-1 rm., kit. and
bath, S35.
2922 Sherman Ave. NV rms. b,
kit. and bath. from S62.50.
1ll3 9th st. N.W.-3 rms, kit.
and bath. $50.
HARRISON & ADAMS co.
932 K st. NV. Ma. S-S30s
Evening star., 1962-03-21
Alexandra
School Board
tToLoseChief

Thomas B. Mechling, chair
man of the Alexandria school
board, has announced that he
will be ineligible for re-appoint-
ment when his term expires in
June. He expects to move next
summer to a home he recently
bought in Fairfax County, he
said.
= Hite w. Sweeny, whose term
also expires in June, said he
, will be available for re-appoint-
-ment by the City Council for a
second three-year term.
Although the council has not
yet asked the public for nomi-
nations to the board, several
organizations already are ad-
vising their members to suggest
nominees.
One resident already has re-
vealed his intention Ito make
q very strong effort to gain the
appointment" He is Edward
j. r. Gulewicz, president Of the
Alexandria Voters and taxpay-
ers League and a frequent cri-
tic of the City Council.
Mrs. F. K. Dashiell, president
of the Alexandria Council of
PTA Associations, said the
council will not offer any nomi-
nations but individual asSocia-
tions and members may.
The Alexandria League of
Women Voters will not recon-
mend any nominees, said Mrs.
Robert S. Roe, president. In
recent years the league has
followed the policy Of outlin-
ing qualifications for the coun-
Gil to consider in making ap-
pointmentS.
Mr.. Mechling, A, was ap-
pointed in 1856 as a representa-
tive Of the south side of the
city. His successor. however,
may live in any part of the
city since residence restrictions
were abolished in the recently
revised City Charter.
Evening star., 1962-03-21
II Acres Given
For Children

An 11-acre tract of wooded
land near Poolesville, Md, has
been donated to the Kiwanis
Club of Georgetown for use by
children supported by the clubs
activities.
The donor Is Bernard L.
Siegel, a farmer, investor and
business consultant.
In turning over the tract to
the club, Mr.. Siegel said he
wanted some Of the land
cleared by the children and
said it should be used for ma
ture study and hunting Indian
relics.
The tract, located near River
and Sycamore Landing roads,
Is a short walk from the Chesa-
.peake & Ohio Canal.
!. The club was scheduled to
!. honor Mr.. Siegel at a luncheon
today.
Evening star., 1962-03-21
Montgomery
Blast Shelter
Plan Outlined

An ambitious plan to build
community shelters capable of
withstanding the blast, fire and
fallout Of a 20-megaton bomb
was recommended yesterday
: Tor Montgomery County.
* Advocating the program be-
fore the county council were
leaders Of three civic groups
> whose members live within a
few miles Of the District-a
prime target area" in their
opinion.
Protection against radiation
alone might be adequate for
more distant county residents,
they said, but here we must
consider blast and heat" as we'll.
-, The council, which soon must
decide what to do about shell
ters in next years budget, took
: the proposal under advisement.
?" Plan Outlined
The program was outlined
, by Joseph Citizen of Wheaton
Woods; John Sharon of Roll
ingwood and Lawrence Clark of
Locust Hills-Parkwood.
They say the shelters would
cost $500 person, about double
the cost Of simple fallout shell
ters. Allotting space for every
one living within blast range of
the DiStrict-and allowing for
unforeseen expenses-the cost
Of the program would be well
over 500 million.
y It would be financed, the
civic leaders said, either by an
increase in property taxes or
BY special assessment in each
r residential area. Federal aid
IN loans, grants or matching
funds also would be expected.
In Wheaton Woods, Mr.. Git
. len said, an increase of so cents
in the property tax rate over a
30-year period would provide
adequate protection for citizens
in that area.
Other Uses, Too
r- 1t was suggested that the
blast shelters be designed for
other uses, and be built near
Schools proposal in line with
present county policy on fall
: out shelters.
AS a first step, the civic lead
ers asked the council to allocate
$4,000 for a retailed study of
shelter problems. They also
asked that districts be estab-
@lished and equitable" taxes be
levied according to the needs
Of each district.
Council members, skeptical of
undertaking any large scale
shelter project before a clear
cut Federal policy is estab-
lished. commended the civic
groups for their well-docu-
: mented presentation of the pro-
gram.
Council President David L.
Cahoon expressed concern,
however, at the impact such a
high cost program would have
on the county's capacity to
borrow for other projects.
IF each community in the
county wanted the same kind of
program" he said, ut is ques-
tionable If we could carry it
out"
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
THE 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
as anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01

State LIBRARY & Archdvss '"
State Capitol Bui ldihgo FoS'ase
Phoenix, Ariz. Phoenix Arizona
Bulk Rate
ttf6 Permit mo. 498
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01

covered are Florida, Georgia
North and South Carolina, Missis
sippi and Tennessee.
| Region vi will convene at Ok
lahoma City, Okla, March gil
States covered include Oklahoma
Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas anc
Arkansas.
Region III will convene at Day.
ton, Ohio, March 1924. States COW
cred are Illinois, Kentucky, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio. and
West Virginia.
Region II will meet at Hartford,
Conn.,, April 7-8. It covers New
York, Conn.,, Penn, New Jersey,
Del, Mass, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Maine.
Region w convenes at Mime
apolis, Mimi, on May As. 1t covers
Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Mimi,
Mo-, Mont, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota and Wyoming.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
Complaints Are
Aired By Mayor,
City Council

Mrs. Marie Ogletree. president
of the South Phoenix Civic Organi-
zation, with a large number of
South Phoenix residents, called at
the City Hall Monday, January 20,
to protest water conditions on the
South side.
The group talked with the mayor
and the city council and received
assurance that something would be
done about this deplorable con-
dition. However, the Council made
it clear that the only body in
authority to handle the matter di-
rectly was the Corporation Com
mission.
Steps will be taken,'' Mrs.
Ogletree said, Immediately to
discuss the matter with the Corpo-
ration Commission. With the sum-
mer months soon approaching, "
she stated, southeast Phoenix
residents will be in greater need
of more and better water and
they cannot be expected to con-
tinue receiving the small amount
and poor quality water they had-to
put up with last summer. Just be-
fore election time,'' she remarked
lis not very good time to have
our citizens angry with candi-
ate. whom they feel could be doing
more about these water conditions.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
kAACP Launches
Registration Drive

Baltimore = Maryland's NAA-
CP state conference has launched
statewide non-partisan register.
to-vote" campaign in answer to
bias against Negroes in Route 40
restaurants and other places of
public accommodations through
out the state.
Announcement was made by DR..
Lille M. Jackson, NAACP state
president, at meeting here on
Jan. 20 of NAACP state leaders.
She said the Negro vote is Of
crucial importance in the drive
for passage of state legislation
guaranteeing free access to all
places of public accommodation. y
Route 40, which spans the dis
tance between Baltimore anc
Washington, D. c., has attracted
worldwide notoriety in recent
months as the site of restaurants
which have refused service to Afri-
can ENJOYS and other Negroes.
The NAACP has appealed for
legislation to outlaw such bias
None has been forthcoming.
DR.. Jackson said that Phillip H
Savage, NAACP field secretary
from its tri state area New
Jersey, Penn, Delaware), has
been assigned to direct the cam
paign.
I'm the majority of counties, y
DR.. Jackson said, where elect
ed representatives to the S a e
Legislature have indicated resist
ance or lack of interest toward
passage of public accommodations
legislation, a strong Negro electo-
rate will change things.
IAN increased Negro registra-
tion should be ample evidence to
those politicians that they must
support and protect the rights OF
all Maryland citizens, white or
! Negro. she concluded.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
"Job Discrimination Is Un-Ame

JOB DISCRIMINATION is Un-Ame
rican."
Woolworth Discriminates.'
'I'm Qualified But l Can't Work
Here. I'm Negro
These signs were held doggedly
aloft by Negroes marching in a
long line past the F. w. Woolworth
Co.'S downtown store this week un.
der the leadership of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. The march sig
nified the most important thrust
to be made for equal rights here
since Phoenix Negroes and their
white allies went to court to deseg-
regate the city's schools in the ear
ly 195O'S, ahead of the U. S. Su-
preme Court decision.
Now the objective is employ
ment-the breaking down of dis
elimination barriers which have
kept Negroes from decent jobs and
equal opportunity except in "a few
isolated cases. -
The issue finally came to a head
when two representatives OF the
NAACP-the Rev. George Brooks,
President of the Maricopa County
Chapter, and Lincoln j. Ragsdale,
of the Labor and Industry
Committeeman to several large
downtown stores heavily patronized
by Negroes and asked them to en-
plOy Negroes in sales, clerking
and cashieh positions. Two of the
stores said they would; the Wool
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
Proposed Federal
Action On Equal
Employment

Washington - Curtailment of tht
discriminating practices exacts ;
Staggering toll that our economy
can i'll afford, a top official of tht
National Urban League warned il
congressional testimony here to
day.
Alexander j. Allen of New York
associate executive director of tht
NUL,, presented a statement il
behalf of the organization before
the House Special Subcommittee
on Labor, at its invitation. The
Congressional body has been con
Quoting hearings for several
months relating to proposed Fed.
eral action on equal employment
opportunity.
Mr. Allen cited data drawn from
the 1860 census published few
weeks ago by the National Urban
League. Copies of this 32-page doc
ument, titled Economic and So
cial Status Of the Negro in the
United States" were presented as
an exhibit to the committee in con-
junction with Mr.. Aliens state
ment.
The Urban League official drew
attention of the COngreSSmen to
these facts as set forth in the re-
port.
Even after two decades of i'm.
proved economic status, the pres.
ent employment position of Me-
groes can be described thus:
1. Negroes are more likely to
work in unskilled or semi-skilled
jobs.
2. When at work, Negroes are
employed fewer hours per week.
are twice as high as those of
whites.
A. Negro men earn 60 percent
as much as white men, while Ne
gro women earn little more than
half as much as white women.
S. The lower earning power of
Negro men, and the more frequent
breakup of Negro families makes
it necessary for more Negro wom.
en- to work than white women.
6. Despite higher unemployment
rates, nonwhites have less pro-
lection under the unemployment
insurance programs, and because
so often they are in the lower-paid
occupations those that are protect
ed receive smaller benefits than
unemployed whites.
Mr. Allen said that mankind to-
day is faced with only three choices
on how to sustain itself.
"One," he said, ''is to earn a
living. The second is to beg for it.
The third is to steal"
He pointed out that in the second
Continued on Page Four
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
Negroes Add New Dimension
To Phoenix Social Activities

worth store, located at Sc East
Washington, refused, (Woolworth' S
does, however, employ a dozen or
more Negroes in janitorial and
cafeteria jobs.)
The upshot was a decision by
the NAACP to launch picketing-
and-boycott campaign against dis
criminatory downtown stores and
to start it off with demonstration
at Woolworth's.
In so doing, the local group fol-
lowed the lead of thousands of gal
liant Southern Negroes who in the
face of possible violence and ar
rest have picketed large downtown
stores and forced them to end their
Jim Crow employment policies.
The success of the local demon
stration against Woolworth'S has
been beyond expectations. On the
first day-Saturday, January 81
there were more than 60 Negroes
in the picket line. The second turn
out Monday night saw as many as
80 taking part in the march.
Among them were a large num-
ber of ministers. including Rev.
l.. j. Harper president of the In
terdenominati0nal Ministerial AL
liance), Eddie Hudson, M. Thomp-
son, S. P. Easter, C. C. Byers. C.
S. Starks, C. B. Allbritton E. A.
Hunter, A. L. Patrick, George
Brooks, C. N. Hall, j. r. Miner,
Continued on Page Four)
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
CIVIC GROUP VISITS CITY HALL
SAVANNAH POLICE EXONERATED
IN KILLING OF g. YEAR old NEGRO

Savannah, Ga. = Another page
of southern history turned here
this week when Chatham County's S
police court exonerated two police
officers Of the killing of 23-year-
old Negro man.
Georgia NAACP President w.
w. Law brought the killing to ma
tional attention and assigned at
torneys, from the Association Sa-
vannah legal redress committee, to
assist in the case.
Patrolmen C. L. Goolsby and
C. l.. Diffenberfer said Arthur
James was armed with a counter
stool when they attempted to ac-
cost him January 5 at the Safari
Restaurant, Negro establishment
OH the westside.
Judge George E. Oliver said at
the conclusion of a four-hour hear
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
Job Discrimination
Banned By West
Virginia Governor

Gov, William w. Barron says
that he wants to be part of the
movement to end discrimination in
the state of West Virginia. He
shows his sincerely by issuing an
order banning discrimination
against Negroes and other minori-
ties in the state government. This
order was announced at a meeting
of the West Virginia Human Rights
Commission in Charleston.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01

ing that he would not hold Goolsby.
whose bullet killed James, who was
father of a ore-year-old daughter.
However, eight Negroes, who
were in the Safari Restaurant al
the time of the killing, testified
under oath that James had his
hands over his head and was re-
treating when the officers fired
one shot each.
Disregarding this testimony
court believes that he (James) had
a stool and that the officers action
was in Self-defense.
| NAACP attorneys E. L. Gadsden
and Bobby C.. Mayfield said that
they plan to present their evidence
to the solicitor general of Chatham
County and ask him to place the
matter before the grand jury.
Mr.. Mayfield added that the MA
3ACP is contemplating asking for
a Department of Justice investiga-
tion.
An array of character witnesses
for Goolsby and Diffenberfer testi-
fled. Goolsby has been on the force
six months, Diffenberfer, nine.
But Mrs. Henrietta Simmons
Grant signed an affidavit saying
she saw the officers bearing down
on James.
'Artie kept backing up and they
kept coming forward" she said.
tArtie stumbled over a chair and
fell. While he was on the floor, the
policemen pulled out their guns
and shot him.
The trouble sternmed from AMI
argument between James andI
the two patrolmen outside the Sa-
fari, when the deceased took up
for another Negro, Frank Pickett, |
who was having mechanical prob
lens with his car.
When Pickett was released, the
officers went after James who had
started toward the restaurant.
The police said that James had
knocked them both down. But,
Mrs. Frances Bradley, an eye
witness, said. when the two Of
ficers came out of the club, their
clothes were neatly buttoned.
"A little while later" she added,
lone officer came back. His jack
ct was unbuttoned and his shirt
pulled open. One button was miss
ing from his shirt at the bottom.
And" Mrs. Bradley said, ''his
r-Shirt was torn little way from
he top" Il
The Negro section of the court {
'oom was overcrowded, forcing
Negro witnesses to stand during
he lengthy hearing. There were
empty seats on the white side.
Another rs Negroes jammed the '
corridor leading to the courtroom
while several hundred stood around
outside.
Mrs. Mercedes Wright, Georgia {
tate NAACP youth advisor, said {
hat the Negro population of Sa- {
,annah and surrounding Chatham
county is aghaSt at the outcome of I
he hearing. This means no Negro {
S safe in this CITY," S
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01

This mOment0us crisis in the life OF On
ganized mankind may be Iikened to the cuL
minating stage in the political evolution of the
great American Republic the stage which
marked the emergence Of a unified community
of federated states.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
NEGROES MARCH FOX BETTER JOBS
.PICKETS
F0CUSON
WO0LWORTHS

On January 81, 1862, over 1OC
Negroes concerned with what they
term "the sad and deprived eco
nomic state of themselves and
their people, . marched in protest.
According to an NAACP spokes-
man, "They were protesting the
previously stated and definitely ap-
piled policy of Negro discrimina-
tion in clerical and sales capacities
in the Woolworth Stores in the
Phoenix area"
Judging from all surveys, Ne
groes are currently employed as
janitors, kitchen and bakery help
and in other menial capacities.
However, NAACP officials stated
that to their knowledge no Negro
has ever been hired to sell goods
at Woolworth Stores or any of the
other downtown 5 & 10 cents chain
stores.
'The marcherS," an NAACP Of
ficial says, reject the oft-stated
phrases that Negroes are not
ready for such jobs and the buying
public will not support such radical
changes in hiring policy and will
march ever forward to strike down
this most un-American practice of
refusing to hire person for GER
tain jobs merely because he is a
Negro"
According to NAACP leaders,
this long-overdue march was al
most averted when Edwards Banks.
editor and publisher of local tab
loid, allegedly took it upon himself
to inform Mr.. Harry RosenzWeig.
President of the Downtown Mer-
chants Association, and informed
the management of the downtown
Woolworth Store, which was the
target of the picket and boycott.
NAACP officials stated that Mr..
Banks revealed the plans of the
'NAACP at least four days before
the NAACP- organized march for
better jobs took place.
Many prominent citizens, several
of whom, according to reports, have
been repeatedly attacked by Mr..
Banks, participated in this NAACP
sponsored march. NAACP states
emphatically that the loyalty of the
attacked participants is unques-
tionable; but they feel the loyalty
of the attacker is in question, par
ticularly since he is reported to
have prematurely revealed the
NAACP plan for acquiring better
jobs for Negroes.
The NAACP reports that Rev
erend George B. Brooks, President
of the local chapter of the NAACP,
w. A. Robinson, Chairman of the
Education Committee of the Ma
ACP, all repeatedly under constant
attack by Mr.. Banks, participated
unselfishly in this march in sup
port of better jobs for their people.
Reverend L. j. Harper. Presi-
dent of the INSTRUMENTATION
Alliance, and 20 other
ministers of that Alliance, marched
and supported the NAACP in mass
protest against what they consider
a deplorable un-American practice
of discrimination in employment.
The NAACP states that it has
this method to abolish
job discrimination and will continue
this fight until the walls of dis
elimination in job opportunities
come tumbling down.
Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
NAAcP SCHEDULES S REGIONAL MEETINGS

New York = Announcement of
the -NAACP's spring-1962 regional
conference schedule was made
here this week by Gloster B.. Cur
rent, director of branches.
Region V will convene in Jack
son, Miss, February 22-25. States
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20
BUREAU RATES CENTRAL SAFE

Dr. Clarence C. Bailey of Palmer, a member of the Mat anuska Valley Chamber of Commerce school committee, has made public the contents of a letter to him from the Pip pei Insurance Agency in re- gard to the relative fire safety of Central School.
 The letter, in part, reads:
 '' I referred this inquiry to the Pacific Fire Rating Bur eau in San Francisco, the rate making organization.
 "The Bureau makes annual inspections of the property un- der the current insurance pro- gram. They are, of course, un- willing to become involved in what may be considered politi- cal matters, but did report that their inspections revealed the following:
 1. There are no major defici- ency charges in the current rate for Central School.
 2. The building is adequate
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20

team left Wasilla by train on
 Tuesday, Dec. II, meeting the
 Eielson Ravens on Dec. 13.
 The "B" team game was played first, the Eieleson JV's defeating the Palmer "B" team. The varsity game turned out to be disaster for the Moose, when the Eielson Ravens downed them 73 to 35. The Moose were still in the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but their defense fell apart and Eielson walked away. High scorers for the Moose were Butch Mckenzie with l8 points and Wayne Eckert with 6.
 On Dec IA the Palmer Moose "B" team met another defeat ln the opening preliminary game with Fairbanks. The var sity game was great improve ment over the Eielson game. The Fairbanks Malemutes op- ened the game with 2 point lead and maintained it the whole game. The final score was Fairbanks 53 and Palmer 41. High scorers for the Fair banks team were Eric Duncan with l2 points, following close ly by Russ Gillaspie, who had 10. For the Moose, Butch Me Kenzie led with 19 points, fol- lowed by Andy DeVries with 12 points.
 On Dec. 15, the Fairbanks Malemutes defeated the Pal mer Moose for the second game, winning by a score of 64 to AT. High scorers for the Fair banks team were Gary Wilken with IS, followed closely by Eric Duncan with IA. For the Moose, Andy DeVries was the top scorer with 16 points, fol- lowed by Wayne Eckert with 2 points and Butch Mckenzie with 2.
 The Kodiak Bears will arrive in Palmer Friday, Dec. 21, for a two game encounter with the Palmer Moose. On Friday and Saturday nights, people who come to the games will receive tickets for turkey raffle Sat urday night. Those who come both nights will receive a tic ket each night and will double their chances. On Saturday night two tickets will be drawn and the winners will each re- ceive a Is pound turkey. Pal merites are urged to come out and support the team.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20
hememakers' News
Golddusters

The December meeting of the Golddusters homemakers' club was held Wednesday eve ming, Dec. l2, at the home of Mrs. Lois Feaster. There were 20 members and two visitors. Miss Myrtle Bang and Mrs. Lourine Lentz, present.
 During the short business meeting, members voted to send Christmas boxes to two families of the Wasilla area.
 The remainder of the even- ing was spent in playing games with the leader, Gayle Row land, and singing carols led by Mary Ellen Mover.
 Refreshments were served by Mary Lou Rideout and Ina Nor bo, followed by the annual ex- change of homemade gifts.
 The next meeting will be Jan. 9 at the home of Marge He'd dles. Miss Bang will speak on the topic of Freezing Meals"