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Martina Baldez ana Mrs. Matte
Woodland assisted Mrs. North.
New Years Day Brunch: Mrs
Dovie Black Haynes, 3619 Port
land Av., entertained a few friends
New Years Day morning at
brunch.
Visitors From La Grange: Mrs.
Maggie Hickman of La Grange,
Mo, arrived Saturday, December
IT to visit her sisters and their
families, Mrs. Olive Willis, 1924
Minnehaha Av. S. and Mrs. Roma
Batsell.
White-Batsell Nuptials: Miss
Carol White, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Patterson, and Mr.. Ern-
est Armstrong, Jr., son of Mrs
Roma Batsell, were married Sun
day, December 10, at the home of
the groom's sister, Mrs. Juanita
Green, 1922 Knox Av. N. Rev. L.
H. Mhoon performed the double
ring ceremony. Best man and mat
ron of honor were Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Green. The newlyweds are
at home at 1907 James Av. N.
Sad News: Mrs. Rodney Dun
can, 627 Eighth Av. N, received
word Saturday, December 80, of
the death of her brother-in-law,
Elder Spence Boyd of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Duncan's sister is Mother
Boyd Spence, church mother of the
State of Colo.
Crystals Have Party: Members
of the Crystals Club danced and
enjoyed refreshments, Friday, De-
Cember 20, under the red and pink
streamers that gaily decorated the
recreation room of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lawson, 4424 Fourth Av. S.
Guests were Misses Linda and Yer
OniCa Breedlove, Lynn Kelly, Oar
lene Lawson, Jackie Perry, Gail
Miller, Nolita MiCheau, Sue Moss
Claudia Brown, Marie Mccoy, Den
Use johnson, and Messrs. Dichard
Kelly, Duane Moore, Howard Law
Tony Roberts, willard Moss,
George Kelly, Larry Randolph, and
Luther Gilbreth.
Family Dinner: Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter McElroy, 1887 Fifth Av. s.,
were hosts at a family dinner
Christmas day. Guests were Mrs.
McElroy's mother, Mrs. Ruth Ma
jOrs, and sisters and their families,
Mrs. Lucille Anderson and children
Alberteen, Corrie, and Cydnae, and
Mrs, Ruth Griffin and daughter
Saundra Lee of San Diego, and
Mrs. Maude Redmond of Mem
phis, Tenn, aunt of Mr.. MCElrOy,
also Mr.. Lawson Porter. Mrs. Red
mond has enjoyed the many social
COurtesieS extended to her, inClud-
ing a tour of Southdale, the Gem
store where Mrs. McElroy is en-
ployed, and the SoCialites New
Years Eve party.
EnrOIls At u. OF M: Miss Saun-
dra Lee Griffin of San Diego,
daughter of Mrs. Ruth Griffin,
will begin studies at the College
of Education Tuesday, Jan. 2. Miss
Griffin, a former resident of Min
neapolis has been away ten years
and is busy renewing old acquaint-
ances and making new friends.
New Year - Another Year: Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Kingsbury, zoos
Irving Av. NJ, were hosts at a
combination New Years Eve and
birthday party, Sunday, December
81. AS the new year was being
ushered in, these guests were en-.
joying a delicious dinner, Mines
! and Messrs. Leroy MCGOWAN, Jack
Hyatt, Glen Slaughter, Clarence
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very enjoyable time playing
games and making tape recordings
of their voices. A delicious buffet
dinner and cocktails were served.
Guests were: Messrs. and Mes
danes Arthur Cassebury of White
Bear Mimi, Arthur People, Sam
uel Allen, Vanderbilt Tyuse. Mes
dams: Jessie Martin, Burie Smith,
Helen Brown, Pearl Buckner,
Marie Brown, Georgia House.
Messrs. Bobby Jones of Chicago,
Illinois, Tony Saunders, Jodie Sim
mons, Jake Lynch and Raymond
Brown.
After-Party: Entertaining at an
after-party following the Cameo
Christmas holiday dancing party
was John M. Whitaker, GAL Mar
shall Av. Guests enjoyed liquid
refreshments and a early morning
repast of food. Among those pres
ent were Messrs. and Mines. Ben
Alexander, John Williams and
Mines. Helen Allen, Launa Jack
man, Estyr Peake and Lillian Bal
enger. Miss Barbara Green and
Messrs. Mel Maloney and Cecil
Newman.
Gayettes Christmas Party: The
Gayettes Social Club met at the
home of Mrs. Ollie Mae Hill, 582
Iglehart Av., on Dec. Is. A dis
cussion of business was held. They
also presented Mrs. Orion Shelton
a lovely birthday gift of lingerie.
The Gayettes Social Club also met
on Dec. 20 at the home of Mrs.
Roberta Ingram, GIT Fuller Av.
where the club members ex-
changed Christmas gifts. A discus
sion was held concerning the clubs
donations to Crispus Attacks Home
and the Lexington Booster Club.
New Years Eve Party: A New
Years Eve party was held by the
Gayettes Social Club at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ware, 1909
Marshall Av. A lovely dinner was
served buffet style. Special guest
was Mrs. Geraldine Hartman, sup
ervisor of Crispus Attacks Home.
Other guests included Messrs. and
Mesdames Raymon Kintz, William
H. Jenkins and Orion Shelton. Mrs.
Roberta Ingram; Misses Johnnie
Marie Lewis and Diane Owens and
Messrs. Henry Wilson, HOWE Bar
rett and Zacharias Blakey.
Dinner And Open House: Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Sanders, ST., of
305 Mackubin, entertained at din
ner and open house at their home
on Christmas Eve, December "a.
Special guest at their home that
night was their son, Edward San
ders, Jr., and children, whom they
had not seen for % years. Other
guests for dinner were: Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Jones and Mrs. Anna
Mae Clark. The rest of the evening
the Saunders spent greeting their
friends as they came and went.
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THOSE LONG, NARROW
ENVELOPES - WITH
RTTL INSIDE!

Syracuse, N. Y. (ANP) - Sew
eral thousand Syracusans got a
Merry Xmas last week when they
opened their long, narrow envel-
ope, with the oval-shaped win
dow" revealing a crisp, new bill
inside.
Local banks report they had re-
ceived requests for 1000 bills of
the 500 denomination; 100 Of the
$500 - and % of the $1,000 bills!
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Galloway, and Mrs. Lucille Brown.
1t was Mr. Kingsbury's birthday.
New Years Eve Dinner: Mrs.
Mary Lassley and Mrs. Arthur
Moore were Co-hostesses at a new
years eve dinner party, Sunday,
December 81, at the home of Mrs.
Moore, 1920 Fremont No. A superb
dinner was served to Mines. and
Messrs. Virgil Harris, Albert Clark,
Joe Norris, Mrs. Almanac Stever-
son, Messrs. James Lassley and
Arthur Moore, and Mrs. Alma
Heath of Chicago.
Visits K.C.: Mrs. Mary Driver,
1901 Oak Park Av. N. returned
home Thursday, December %, af-
ter a very pleasant weekend in
Kansas City.
Visits COffeeville: Mrs. Ruby
MCGEE, teacher at Hawthorne
School, left Sunday, December "a,
with her children to visit her home
town, Coffeyville, Kansas.
Holiday GOings And COmings:
Mrs. Helen Smith and daughter.
Janet and son, Michael, 1926 Fourth
Av. s., returned home Saturday,
Dec. 80, from Cleveland, Ohio,
where they spent Christmas holi-
days with Mrs Smiths mother and
their grandmother Mrs. Marie
Briggs and the children's brother,
Raymond. Pvt. Allen Smith, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Smith, re-
turned to Fort Carson, Colo. after
a five day visit with his family.
New Years Dinner Party: Mr..
and Mrs. William L. North, 1415
James Av. NJ, entertained guests
Sunday, Dec. 81 with a New Years
dinner party. Among the guests
were Messrs. and Mines. Marion
Brown, Edgar Pillows, Henry
Lewis, James Hatchett, Arthur
Anderson and Albert Senter.
Also Mines. William N. North,
Erma Mazingo, Leola Clark Lydia
Pillow, Margie Sayles and a WIS.,
itor from Little Rock, Ark, Mrs.
Sam Woodland. Also Miss Jane
Kathleen Batsell of Indianapolis,
Ind, a house guest of Mrs Ma
lingo and Messrs Herman Brown
and Harry Massengill. The Norths'
guests enjoyed the sumptuous holi-
day meal served by their hosts.
Les Amies Holiday Party: The
Les Amies holiday party was held
Friday night, December 20 at
Ballentine VIEW post clubrooms.
Members of the club their hus-
bands and guests enjoyed tasty
canapes and liquid beverages.
Dancing and a Twist" contest
was feature of the evening. Some
danced and others gathered around
a piano for some CLOSE harmony.
1t was a lively party and both
guests and members enjoyed the
affair.
Sunday School Party: Mrs. Cur
It's c. Chivers, 4O17 Clinton Av. s.,
was hostess Wednesday, Dec. 27,
to her Sunday School class from
st. Peters AME Church. The
youngsters who spent the after
noon playing games and singing
were Keith Pleas, Camille Gill
mont, Charlie Tramel, Charrline
Wilson, Yvonne Bridges, Kimberly
Hines and Ira Hendon. Special
guest was Lowell Johnson, Jr.
! Other guests who assisted Mrs.
! Chivers were Mrs. Lowell Johnson,
Mrs. Bessie Lewis and Mrs. Coler-
idge Henson. Everyone had pleas
ant time in keeping with the pro-
gram of st. Peters Sunday School.
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Social and Personal
< MINNEAPOLIS

Sixth Birthday Party Wayne North of Mr. and Mrs
William n North 1922 Fourth Av S. celebrated his sixth
birthday New Years Eve Sunday Dec 81 Youngsters
helped make the day memorable Rckie Fisher
Ahea Bufod Susan Pearson Godfrey Baldez J Peter Hill
Jimmy Holloway and his brothers OreI and Dexter Games
were played and the youngsters danced the 'Twist Mrs
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WE'RE NOT HOLDUP
MEN-WERE BURGLARS

Philadelphia (ANP) - When
Patrolman Edward Sajech was
making his rounds one night last
week he spotted two men inside a
locked and darkened supermart.
Suddenly a voice from the shad-
oWs pleaded: please don't shoot!
We're not holdup men-we're burg
lars" And that's how they were
booked next day in Magistrates
Court!
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Hired AS Mite Manager
MpIs. Loon Hotel

The Hotel Gibson, located at
Glenwood Av., has hired Hersal
George, a Negro as its night man.
ager according to Mr.. and Mrs,
Don Gibson, hotel managers.
George, native Kansas citian
is the son of Mrs. Marion George
of Los Angeles, Calf.
In addition to his hotel manag-
ing, George is a gospel lyric writer
and a former member of the famed
Bradford Singers now of New
York.
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Social and Personal
4 sT."PAUL L

Dinner Guests Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brown, 868 Carroll
entertained at dinner December &C. at pm Guests
Miss Hazel L. Murray Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin L. Bryant and
son and Miss Kathe Brown
New Years Eve Party Mr. and Mrs Carter Fletcher of 55
West Central entertained New Years Eve Party in their
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"The most provocative age for
a woman is any other woman's. -
Fred w. Grown, Edgewater (N.J0
Bergen News.
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s h e sigh e d.
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mean that af-
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years for this
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Elizabeth is using the dining
room for us to eat in this week
They're not through painting the
kitchen" Charlie Crawford,
Lawrenceburg CTenn) Democrat
Union,
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For every man who lives to be
85, there are seven women - but
by then it's too late" - Edward
]. Franta, Cavalier County (Lang-
don, ND Republican.
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A Woodworking mother of five,
who recently returned from a
grand tour of Europe, was asked
what she liked best on the Con-
tinent.
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quacies in education and earning
power, but telling the Negro to sit
in the back of the bus gives them
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Signs Of Safety s

First traffic lights appeared in Amer
lea in 1916 -23 years after the first
automobile. Traffic lights signal more
than just "stop and 60" A green ar
row means go-bu yield right of
way to pedestrians and other traffic.
A yellow light means caution.
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Evening star., 1962-10-02
8 in Contempt Case
Reversal Reiindicted

applied to all criminal cases
it would "invalidate an un-
countable number of indict-
.mentS."
The new indictments re-
turned yesterday spelled out in
detail the circumstances OF
each charge, including the
time and place. subject under
investigation and the specific
questions each witness had de-
clined to answer.
Indicted were:
Norton Anthony Russell, an
engineer Of Yellow Springs,
Ohio.
John T. Gojack, Fort Wayne
Ind, former vice president Of
the United Electrical Workers
Union which was expelled from
the CIO on grounds 1t wa'
Communist dominated.
Frank Grumman, Fort Lee
N. j., a radio operator, and al
the time he testified an officia
of the American Communica'
tions Association which wa
kicked out of the CIO for al
legged Communist domination.
Bernard Silber, New Yor
City, a telegrapher and one
time member Of the America,
Communications Association.
William A. Price, New Yor
City, a former reporter Q
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Neither Liberals Nor Conservatives
Seek Political Capital in Situotion'

suasion of their colleagues
through the sheer power of
their personalities and their
ability. They are among the
country's best politicians and
that being so, they under
stand the limitations of lead
ership.
An unusual and too rare
element also exists in the
Mississippi situation and that
is the personality Of one
man, the States junior Sem
ator, John C. Stennis. In is
years here Senator Stennis
has gained not only the re-
spect of his colleagues but
their personal affection.
Fear that he may be hurt
helps to seal the lips of even
ardent integrationists.
Dispatches from the State
said early that Gov. Barnett
has his eye on Senator STEM
MS job when it comes up
again in 1864. The only
weapon available to the
Governor is his perhaps
greater and more inflamma-
tory lung power on the segre-
CATION issue. Senator StenniS
upholds that same principle.
but he is not violent by ma
ture and his kindly judicial
manner-he was a Judge 10
Evening star., 1962-10-02

the right Of a free people to
debate crucial national is
sues with all the relevant
, facts before them.
Short-range political as
tutenesS may indicate the
need to play down the size of
the present crisis. But long
range craftsmanship solemn
ly demands that the truth
be told.
What is now at stake in the
decision for intervention or
non-intervention in Cuba is
the question not only Of
American prestige but Of
American survival.
If the decision is not to
intervene, then that means
the United States accepts the
existence of Soviet military
and political power in the
Western Hemisphere.
Postponing the decision to
intervene will not make it
any easier. The same argu-
ments which are used against
Intervention today could and
would be used when Russis
has control Of half-a-dozer
hemisphere countries.
If the United States deems
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Haste in the Mississippi Case

his legal procedures, but a
staff OF distinguished lawyers
among them John C. Sat-
terrified. immediate past pres
ident Of the American Bar
Association-were not per-
naitted to argue for him or
for the State Of Mississippi
in Fridays hearing in the
Federal court at New Orleans.
Thus, the picture Of free
America" presented before
the world today is not an in
spring one. The episodes OF
the week end merely proved
that unfortunately too often
might makes right" and
that when one party-a SOW
ereign State-asked for its
day in court, it was re-
buffed.
How much better 1t would
have been if the legal ques-
tions had first Been resolved,
and then a proclamation is
sued by the President with
ample time for the people to
digest it. ;.
AS it was, Gov. Barnett
called for obedience by the
people and deplored any vio-
lence. He said that the SOW
ereignty of the State Of Mis-
sissippi had been "trampled
upon" but nevertheless he
accepted the presence OF Fed
eral troops.
Military force is not sub
stitute for the processes OF
law or a means of establish
ing a voice of reason in the
community. In the Soviet
Union, they customarily use
force to secure obedience to
governm e ntal edicts. In
America, court orders are al
most never EeSiste d. But
when any administration
takes the law into its own
hands, mobilizes armed forces
on the scene, and attempts to
decide issues that the courts
should rule upon. there is
bound to be friction and RI
oting.
1t is an example of another
tragic era such as America
witnessed 81 years ago when
Congress ordered the Execu-
tive to use Federal troops to
compel the Legislatures of the
Southern States-three years
after the War Between the
States was over-to "ratify"
the Fourteenth Amendment.
Yet on this amendment the
whole desegregation decision
of the Supreme Court in 1854
was based. 1t is time for a
dispassionate look at the
facts so that a truly constitu-
tional remedy can be found.
(Copyright. 1862
Evening star., 1962-10-02
The Senate Looks at 'OIe Miss

years-prevails in the hottest
debate.
He has been given by his
Senate peers all the commit
tees most important to his
State which gets so much
Federal money and returns
so little in taxes because 1t Is
poor. These are Aeronau-
tical and Space Sciences. APP
preparations and Armed Serv-
ices.
Past elections have proved
that States are not always
responsive to such aspects OF
a Senator's reelection bid.
1t would however seem that
Mississippi has more than
most to lose If it lost Senator
Stennis. That Washington
would be desolate. the State
perhaps does not care at this
moment.
At a late hour Senator
Olin Johnston of South Car
olina had broken the self
imposed ban of silence but
then he has the unusual prob
lem of a Republican oppon-
ent, william Workman, whom
Republicans feel could win.
The Senator also worried
about denomination and it
was a false alarm, but he Is
apparently taking on chances.
Already the Senate was
preparing to adjourn. Its
seniors now feel that thefinal
gavel can't fall too soon.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
DAVID LAWRENCE

Was it worth it? Couldn't
the loss of life and the
wounding ) of scores of per-
sons in the rioting at the
University of Mississippi
have been averted if Presi-
dent Kennedy and his
brother, the Attorney Gen.
eral, had permitted the State
of Mississippi to exhaust its
legal remedies in the normal
way before any armed forces
were ordered to the scene?
What was the reason for
haste in such a delicate situa-
ton?
Wouldn't it have been bet
ter not to have smuggled
James Meredith. a Negro
student, onto the campus
through a back entrance?
Wouldn't it have been easier
to explain to the people the
true basis of Federal action If
an opportunity had been af-
forded first to let the Su-s
preme Court of the United
States hear argument on
legal questions of an un-
precedented nature which
we're raised last Friday before
the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals in New
Orleans; La?
1t Is doubtful whether the
American people will ever
learn the whole story of the
Mississippi dispute. Lawyers
with many decades of ex-
pe1jienee in the practice Of
law say they have never
witnessed in their respective
careers an exhibition such as
occurred when the court of
appeals was sitting as a
trial court in civil contempt
proceedings against Missis-
Sippi Gov. Ross Barnett.
The main facts as shown
ina the record are these: A
private suit was originally
entered in behalf of Mr..
Meredith to obtain his admis-
sion to the University of
Mississippi. The Unite d
States Government, repre-
sented by the Department Of
Justice; asked permission to
enter the case as a friend
of the court" The court
granted the request. The
State of Mississippi asked
for a similar status, and its
request also was granted.
Then, after the court had
found that the Governor
was not present at Fridays
proceedings, the presiding
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Failure to Move Federal State Issue
To Supreme Court Called Mistake

:"
Judge indicated that the
State OF Mississippi would be
denied its status as "amicus
curiae" - or friend of the
court.
The attorneys for the
State Of Mississippi asked for
an opportunity to argue
briefly why the State was en-
titled to be represented. The
court made no answer but
took a 10-minute recess.
When the recess was over.
the court, without listening
to argument. declared that
the State of Mississippi could
not intervene as a friend Of
the court" even though the
United States had been per-
mitted to make pleadings in
that manner.
The Constitution Of the
United States says explicitly
that in all legal cases in
which the Federal Govern
ment and a State are in con-
flict, the Supreme Court must
take over. The Supreme Court
then sits. not as an appellate
court, but as a court of orig
inal Jurisdiction"
What all this means is that
Mississippi. as a sovereign
State, has certain rights un-
der the Constitution which
cannot be ignored. President
Kennedy told a radio and
televiSion audience Sunday
night that the controversy
was simply a matter of obey
ing laws, even though one
might disagree with them.
But the court order to which
he had referred was itself
invalid, inasmuch as the full
Supreme Court Of the United
States had not heard argu-
ments either on last Fridays
conflict of view or on the
petition submitted in mid
August by the State of Mis-
siSSippi. The latter was ruled
on by only one justice. since
the Supreme Court itself was
not in formal session.
Under circumstances as
vague and as legally complex
as the foregoing, would it
have hurt anybody'S cause if
the President and the Attor-
ney General had exhibited
patience and had waited
awhile before trying to force
on the University Of Missis-
sippi the registration Of Mr..
Meredith?
Gov. Barnett could eventu-
ally be adjudged wrong in
Evening star., 1962-10-02
DORIS FLEEsON

The United States Senate
is showing extraordinary re-
serve with respect to the sit
uation in Mississippi. Liber-
ais and conservatives alike
display no disposition to seek
political capital from the un-
happy situation in which
that Deep South State is now
plunged.
In one sense, this is the
measure of how stupidity they
feel Gov. Ross Barnett has
handled the situation. Poll
ticians have defended the in
defensible on occasion. but
even the most convinced
segregationists are quietly
avoiding this one.
The sophisticated South
erners who have so long held
the legislative line here and
restrained, even tanned, Pres
idents know that Gov. Bar
nett only eomplicates their
careful strategy. They have
believed that President Ken
nedy could not be provoked
into extreme measures. but
they deplore the provocation
he is being given.
Nor can they afford asso-
citation with death and vio-
lence because part of their
influence here rests on per-
Evening star., 1962-10-02

Eight persons, including
three New York newspaper
men, whose contempt Of Con-
gress convictions were thrown
out by the Supreme Court,
were reindicted yesterday by
q District grand jury.
The eight had declined to
answer questions at congress
sional hearings dealing with
communism. Each was sepa-
rately indicted, convicted and
sentenced to terms ranging up
to nine mouths and fined UP
to $500. The convictions were
upheld by the United States
Court of Appeals but were
overthrown by the Supreme
Court on the grounds that the
grand jury's indictment had
not been specific enough.
In its ruling, the Supreme
Court held that the convictions
could not stand because the
indictments failed to identify
the subjects under inquiry at
the time the individual refused
to answer questions.
This was a new pronounce
ment in the legal field, Justice
Harlan, who dissented, called
it "a sudden holding" baset
on novel and unconvincini
reasoning"
Another dissenter, Justic
Clark, said if the decision wer