Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-01-12
National News
In Brief


out shelters" will be non-segregat.
ed A group of Negroes ant
whites who attended Maryland
Governor J. Willard Tawes' I'm.
segregated New Years Day "oper
house" at the Governors Mansion
later picketed the mansion because
the governor has not supported at.
tempts to enact law against race
discrimination in public accomoda-
tons.
A Cleveland minister, the Rev
Thompson E. Weems, pastor OF
New Bethel Baptist church seeks
a divorce from his wife, Jessie L.
after only ten months of married
life The us. Civil Rights
Commission will hold a one-day
hearing in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb.
to assess the civil rights situation
in that state Birmingham,
Ala, has been given ten days by
us. Federal Judge Seybowin H.
Lynne to change its city ordinance
forbidding the serving of food to
patrons on an integrated basis.
Hamilton Holmes whose entry
into the University of Georgia
along with Charlayne Hunter
caused an upheaval made a straight
A average in all courses taken in
the fall quarter &. . The California
State Insurance Commissioner F.
Britain Mcconnell is being crit
icised by the state Jewish Labor
committee for failure to act on a
complaint of racial discrimination
by auto insurance industry in the
state The City of New York
has appropriated S173,oOO to study
their narcotics problem.
The Omaha, Nebraska Public
Power District, a government own
ed and operated project is charged
with discharging Bonnie Jones, a
Negro employee because he sought
promotion A meeting was held
between some Cleveland Negro
leaders and chief police 0ffic-
ials in an effort to bate the tension
between the department and the
Negro community New Or
leans hoodlums threw acid on six
CORE members who were picket
ing that city's variety stores.
In K.C. Mo-, a veteran Negro
minister, the Rev. D. A. Holmes,
alarmed with the rising crime
rate among the city's Negro popul-
alton, has started a drive to COM
bat the situation. The S5 year old
patriarch has called both whites
and Negroes together to discuss
the problem One Of the top
K.C. Mo-, banks City National &
Trust Co., with thousands Of dol
lars of Negroes on deposit finally
employed two Negro white collar
workers The 1860 us. census
shows less crowding among New
York City's Negro population.
Negro homeowners in Philadel-
phia increased from 1894 in 1910
to 64,02s twenty years later in
1860 the us. Census reports .
Two Chicago gunner held up Dir
zy Gillespie and took $4,000 his
pay for a weeks engagement at
the Sutherland Hotel Lounge .
Attorney General Robert F. Ken
needy has appointed Maceo w. Hub
bard, former Philadelphia attorney
as employment policy officer of
the us. Department Of Justice.
Already staff assistant to the As
sistant Attorney General, Civil
Rights Division, Hubbard's new
position will be in addition to his
other duties.
James Battiste, AZ, road man.
ager of THE Platters" died Jan.
q, in Los Angeles. Last July 4,
Rupert Branker, pianist for the
group was bludgeoned to death by
an unknown killer, apparently
bent on robbery, in the same city
When Eddie Rochester" An
derson's house guests Zone a broth
er of his wife) left after a visit
the actor claims $500 worth Of
assorted foreign made firearms
went with them.
The NAACP now has 1, 494 units
in 4S states. During the past year
104 youth chapters were set up
and SO adult branches were chart
cred including one in North Oak
ota, for the first time in the his
tory Of the association.
Quote Of Week: Until the un-
known, humble person can walk
the streets of any Mississippi town
and enter any bus station in COM
plete safety, we can i'll afford to
boast Of civil rights progress
Clarence M. Mitchell, chief of