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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01

SILVER ANNIVERSARY of her historic heart operation will be observed in August by Mrs. Paul A. Nicoli of Belmont, Mass. 1t was in 1888 that Dr. Robert E. Gross of Boston corrected her congenital heart defect in the first successful operation 0f its kind. Now B, she is in good health and the mother of two sons.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01
CLASSIFIEDS SAVE BUSY PEOPLE TIMl AND MONEY!

Whenever you want to buy, sell, rent or trade =. you can do it fastest with want ad, Busy residents of the kenai-SoI- dOtna area place their advertising in our want ad section, where they reach more people at less cost!
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02

Delaware turns the spotlight
on its capital Saturday and Sun
day, when Dover stages its ira
ditional "Old Dover Days."
On these occasions, visitors
are greeted by residents of the
host ommunity in Colonial
costumes, and a variety of spec
ial attractions are offered in ad-
dition to tours of historic homes,
gardens, churches, museums and
public buildings.
One of the principal attrac-
tions of Old Dover Days is The
Green, out by William PENIS
order of 1853, and, for many
years, the scene of markets,
fairs and history-making events.
From earliest times May Day
festivities have been celebrated
here and, during Old Dover
Days, these customs are revived
with Maypole Folk Dances, Min
uets, Quadrilles, Folk Songs and
Games.
Always popular with Dover
area visitors is the Dickinson
Mansion, the restored home of
the famed "Penman of the Rev
olution." Located on State
Route 8 just short driving dis
tance from downtown Dover,
the Dickinson Mansion is fur
nished with items that either
belonged to John Dickinson, au-
thor of the Articles of Confed-
Grafton and one of the signers
of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States, or are contemporary
to his time.
Other places of interest which
are on public view during the
two days include: The Old State
House (722); Christ Episcopal
Church (l734) and churchyard;
the present capitol building, Leg
islative Hall; the Hall of Rec
ords, which contains such out
standing documents as the orig
inal royal grant from Charles
II to James, Duke of York; Great
Geneva and Aspendale, unusual
examples of early Kent County
farm homes; and the three build
ings of the Delaware State Mu-
scum, one of which houses what
is believed to be the oldest log
cabin in the United States.
On the first day of the two
day event, Governor Ebert N.
Carvel will host a reception
open to all "Old Dover Day"
visitors-in the present day cap
itol building Legislative HalD
and, on the following day, the
Mayor and Council of the City
of Dover will hold a similar re-
ception in the Old State House,
second oldest in continuous use
in the United States.
In Dover lives the rich lega-
cies of the part and are cherish
ed.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02
Stories Abound

In 1745 a ghost was buried
on The Green. Chief Justice
Samuel Chew, who died in l744
was said to be haunting The
Green and so generally believed
were these tales that residents
took to staying home at nights.
The prescribed methods of deal
ing with ghosts in those days
was to bury them. So a grave
was dug under an old popular
tree and after proper ceremony
the spirit of Samuel Chew was
laid to everlasting peace and
rest, and never again disturbed
pedestrians on Dover Green. No
fear of ghosts should keep you
away from the ceremonies over
the weekend
Another interesting story con-
nected with The Green concern
ed an old tavern that stood
where the present day Court
House stands. The tavern was
built around l722 and was
known as the King George tav-
ern.
A large sign was hung out
side with a full length portrait
of King George III painted
thereon.
The sign was erected before
the War for independence, but
during the war, as the fortunes
of war changed, the likeness on
the sign changed from King
George III to Washington, back
to King George and after the
Declaration of independence,
finally back to Washington.
'Tis said that time and wealth
er faded out the colors on the
sign so that both likenesses
could be clearly seen just before
the tavern burned on Nov 10,
1868.
These and many more histori-
cal fact and legend will be re-
lived during Old Dover Days,
when the city throws open her
homes and her historic gardens
to visitors.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02

Here, for almost two centur-
les, stood the coaching inns and
hotels which served travellers on
the Kings Road from Philadel-
phia to Lewes. Here lived the
statesmen and legislators, the
lawyers and barristers, the mer-
chants and professional men
who helped to build a state and
nation.
During the Revolu ionary
War, the Delaware Regiment
was mustered on the Green be-
fore marching to meet Wash
ington in the North. Near here
began the famed ride of Caesar
Rodney to Philadelphia, to sign
the Declaration of Independ-
ence.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02

AROUND THE - old State House re-
wolves the government of the State of
Delaware 1t is one of the finest
examples of colonial architecture,
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02

be
in
to
of in
of of
ehopeo much
We wrshyo a truly
The Friends of Dover
Smyrna times., 1963-05-02

THIS YOUTHFUL GROUP
-attired in colonial
costume are posed in front
of the beautiful Ridgely
House garden, one of the
many Dover show
places open to the public
on Old Dover Days.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
F.B.I. And Jackson,
Miss. Police Turn I'm
Good Job I'm Evers Case

Apparently the slayer of Medgar Evers has
been apprehended by the FBI in cooperation with
the jackson, Miss, police force. Already MOTTO
subtle press campaign has been launched in Miss
issippi to make a hero out Of 42-year-old White
Citizens Council member De La Beckwith ex-Marine
who was arrested for the murder Of Mr. Evers
The Southern Associated Press boys have dis
covered that Beckwths grandmother supposed
to have been friend of jefferson Davis, the PreSi-
dent of the rebel Confederate States In some man
ner this is perhaps offered to extenuate the crime
of this murderous savage who hid In the bushes to
shoot Medgar Evers patriotic American in the
back
The arrest shows how effective the FBI be
when it wants to be in the apprehension of Grim
inals-even those charged with crimes against
American Negroes. A key factor in the successful
the Jackson police detective force which prod
ded on by the city's Mayor Allen Thompson who,
alarmed at the enormity of the crime, led the move
to find the killer.
After observing the historical lack of interest Of
Mississippi juries in Furnishing whites indicted for
violent crimes against Negroes we cannot be sure
that Beckwith if proven guilty will receive punish
ment to fit the crime. We recall how Mississippi
jury freed the two sayers of IA year old Emmett
Till, with not even slap on the wrists.
OF course times have changed to some degree,
in Mississippi burt wouldn't wager that
Beckwith gets what's coming to him, even if found
guilty We hope wrong about this conclu-
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Letters To The Editor

loud singing and raucous colored
kids. They weren't very good
either as singers, and they men,
toned watermelon several times.
am sure there is not an Amer
lean Negro alive who is not aware
of what is happening both in the
South and in the North. So, I fail
to understand the logic behind this
kind of public behaviour on a pub
lie conveyance, which proves that
some of us are mot ready" even
in Minneapolis.
The Fourth Av. bus is the most
convenient transportation for me,
but have been thinking of taking
another line in the future, as have
a few others I know, who are
ashamed of the boorish, uncouth,
loud behaviour of some of our
youngsters. Earl Burnaugh,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Statement on civil rights adopted by the AFL-C

civil adopted
Council at its meeting it. LOUSY
The racial disturbances in Birmingham shocking
standard They should not
must again anywhere in America.
Obviously the Negro citizens they
dignity being They
every O
the failure of Birmingham o simple Of
Amecanm that led to the hdeOus events that
open
fully supports
should be allowed
equality citizenship equality opportunity
Boston well Birmingham Michigan
issippi
Fnger-pontng Birmingham general does
be further federal
the rights which
opportunity grossly
neglected.
though
realized
abolition the applied
Equal public
guaranteed far possible within the jurisdiction
presently defined.
untouched the federal except employment
panies having federal government
Only fortnight ago again appealed Congress
employment opportunity
that appeal
Fully securing these fundamental basic remedy for
njusices of which the Birmingham symptom
tho ultimate those
other Binnghams that and varying
strewn the length and breadth Of this nation
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27

lege teacher. The group had been
jeering and singing freedom
songs" This sort Of thing had
happened in Birmingham on a
larger scale, to be sure, but in that
case police repression was ordered
by city government already repu-
dated at the polls and on its way
out Of office.
Across Mississippi the pattern
on segregation has ranged from
intransigence' to naked defiance.
And Mississippi is in a unique posi-
ton in its wholesale denial Of the
right to vote, through the appIca-
ton of spurious hteracy tests. No
where in the South Is the voting
franchise abused on such a scale.
Even Alabama and South Caro-
lima have been making some pro-
gress in providing equality, not to
mention what's being done in sew
eral ways in other Southern states.
mississippi, then, is in a league
all of its own.-ArEansas GAZ-
ETTE,
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Stuffed Shirts
And Nonsense

One Of the incidental values that proceed from
a great popular movement such as the current Negro
drive for full citizenship is its function in showing
up the stupid factorums, the empty heads and
stuffed shirts who have accepted the role of main
tanning the status quo.
One of the more diverting incidents comes out
of Tallahassee, Fla, where Negroes were being ar
rested for the crime of offering their patronage to
the motion picture houses Circuit Judge Ben Willis
according to press reports decreed this to be crime
and ordered the arrests
willis issued his order after theater manager
Les Pendeton complained that the demonstrations
were hurting business.
willis said: The constitutional rights Of any
cease when they encroach upon the constitu-
tonal rights of others"
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Our Past This Week
Clip for Negro History Scrapbook

Chp Tor Negro History Scrapbook
June %, 1881 - Nat Turner
led the famous slave insurrection
in Virginia.
June "a, 1913 - Henry Ward
Beecher, lecturer for equal rights,
born.
June "a, 1874 - M. Harriet
Bailey, mother Of poet Paul Laur-
ence Dunbar, was born near Shell
byville, KY.
June 25, 1776 - Phyllis Wheat
ley, famous Negro poet, was
brought to the United States from
Africa as a slave at the age Of
seven.
June rs, 1941 - Executive Order
1902 (Fair Employment) signed by
President Franklin Delano Roose-
welt.
June 26, 1919 Sol Butler,
noted athlete, broke the worlds
high jump record In France.
June ~, 1872 - Paul Laurence
Dunbar, noted poet and short
story writer, was born In Dayton,
Ohio.
June n, 1910 - NAACP found
ed.
June ~, 1887 - william Ed
monson, sculptor, holds Hshow in
New York.
June ~, 1886 - Negro athletes
star at olympic games in Berlin,
snubbed by Hitler.
June 2S, 1902 - The United
States purchased the rights and
franchises for the Panama Canal.
June 20, 1946 - Jackie Robin
son makes his debut as a profess
sional baseball player with the
Montreal team In Canada. !.
II June 80, 1840 - w. ]. Sim
mons, Baptist minister and organ
izer of the National Baptist Con-
vention in 1885. was born in
Charleston, sc.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27

the same methods which were used
to fight unionization in the 1905.
We've all run up against anti
picketing ordinances, against the
court injunction which forbade
peaceful assembly, against police
whose mental makeup was SYM
bolized by the riot stick he carried
in his clenched and irrational fist.
I'VE all hurt in the same place
when we know that as head of a
household we cannot provide for
our families. One who has exper-
fenced that can understand how
bitterness takes the place of hope
If such deprivation is because Of
ones color. It's not much different
than the bitterness of the 30's. :"
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Reader Claims Socialism
Is Answer 70 Ending
US. Race DiseriminuE

OsSs N0GS discrimination
Editor: While the forces which
engender racism prevail, mere leg
islation cannot solve the basic
problem or prevent that problem
from growing. 1t is economic con-
ditions which create race discrim-
ination and prejudice. The real
issue is unemployment, or rather,
the capitalist system which breeds
unemployment. For in the prem
ises of unemployment - now a
permanent feature of decadent
capitalism - racial discrimination
is inevitable, executive order or no
executive order. The abolition of
unemployment - in practice, the
abolition of capitalism will ter
inmate the prejudice breeding
competition for jobs.
Socialism, a system of produc-
ton for use instead of production
for sale, will ensure economic op-
portunity for all. Daniel De Leon,
founder of the program Of the
Socialist Labor Party, put it this
way, Under Socialism the Negro
will occupy the identical position
occupied by the white, the yellow
or the brown man. Whoever works,
whatever his color or creed, will
enjoy the full fruit of his labor.
Whoever is drunk, be he white or
Negro, will be despised; whoever
is sober, be he Negro or white,
will be esteemed. Opportunities,
physical and mental, being equal
to all, a man will be the architect
of himself and esteemed for his
architecture. Yours truly, Gene
We've Gunders Minneapolis,
MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27


might start country the road racial unity respect
at home and abroad individual citizens who favor civil rights ga
ion a responsibility.
Senators and Congressman get amount Of mail But
matter Congress pay
attention it. from individuals out Of their
states o districts.
esd civil rights legislation seldom write their
representatives
The true those opposed to such legislation whose
often
Of laws which will the njusces which
inflicted on the Negro from the cradle grave.
public OF rights
Congress Kennedy
cussiOn home at the meeting the
beauty shop debates won't do nearly
letter from
atOrs from neighbOring states.
Minnesota Congressman by and be expected support
history
hberay rights question Rovaag pointed
meeting
Nfanao that Generally speaking Minnesota the
against
of any state in the union"
important
Congressman letter along
asking support
program in its entirety.
equality
strengthened by a
Those who quite convinced
which good public servant afford ignore
strategy write those
rights tell when get
why suggest writing Congressman Senators
from nghbong states will
ckenlooper
Dakota Senator Milton North
tended
civil rights legislation from enactment
These representatives from northern states
pected vote with the diehard southern
national
from others states write these support
civil rights legislatOnthe known mght be
Dakota,
write to EIckenlooper Mundt and Young
great personal kilograms right
but they usually
Often these mangs reading
containing identical
effect that the individual letters
write
from this state and other sates.-Cecl
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Republican Leader Dirksen
& The Private Right To
Discriminate In Public

In facing up to the civil rights issue, Senator
Everett Dirksen (R.-nl) is again mouthing be-
half of the conservatives Of the Republican party
the old COP. .-Disdecrat line that has human rights
subordinated to proptrty rights.
Senator Drlksen is again raising the question
whether in enacting sweeping civil rights legsla-
ton on public Accommodations not interfering
with the rights of Others.
1t is necessary to put this in context. If we
pass legislation that will assure Negroes access to
publicly offered services and accommodations pro-
vided by publicly licensed and chartered business
organizations will, in Senator Dirksen's view,
transgress the rights of the owners of those bus
inesses to and refuse service to whomsoever
they choose.
This brings up a poignant, touching picture.
Poor Howard Johnson, for example, sitting agonized
in his suite of offices while his rights are being
trampled upon: his rights to turn away unfed and
unrefreshed from his hundreds of roadside restaur-
ants hungry and thirsty wayfarers whose dark COM
plesdons offend him! Poor Mr.. Kresge! Poor Mr..
Hiton The country has used them badly, has eroded
away right after another We take big chunks of
their profits We interfere with and regulate their
rights to float stocks and bonds. We even lay down
and enforce rules about the food they serve and
the conditions under which it Is handled. We tell
hotel and motel operators how they must launder
and change bedding Such interference with their
private rights
Now going to tell them that accommod-
ations and services offered to the public must be
open to the public. Such interference with their
rights! There's no longer any liberty in this country
when public host cannot tell thirsty or tired way
farer to go you-know-where.
We cannot resist sarcasm in dealing with argu-
ments such as those offered by Senator Dir1sen Of
Illinois, the Senate minority leader. However they
deserve the serious attention of all civil rights advo-
Gates and especially the civil rightists in Repubi-
circles. For if Senator Dirxsens sham arguments
are to prevail, even to be taken seriously among
thinking men and women, great damage can be done
to the country and especially to Senator Dirsen's
Republican party
It has been a source of great astonishment to
to observe how people like Senator DirEsen
delude themselves with this outlandish confusion
and perversion Of the issue. Dirksen really knows
better.
We are talking about the rights of people to
the necessities and comforts available in publicly
offered services and accommodations. Senator Dirk
is talking about the rights Of publicly chartered
businesses to shut off their services to whole sections
Of the American public That's the issue If the Re-
publican leadership wants to have division Of the
electorate that one, let them keep Senator Dirk
sen out in front their spokesman on this matter.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27

was foul murder, not in the least
extenuated by the belief of the
brutes who did it that they were
serving the cause of the South.
Were the murderous thugs so
vacant in the head and so craven
in their purpose that they hadn't
a glimmer of the consequence of
their deed? The violence which
they or any others visit upon black
men or white can only do multip-
lied violence to the South" -
Montgomery ADVERTISER.
State Of Mississippi In
League Of lfs Own
"A case of police brutality in
Jackson, Mississippi, offers one
more piece of evidence to impress
Southerners with an awareness of
the widening gulf that separates
Mississippi from the rest of the
South as well as the rest OF the
country.
Police charged the porch of a
Negro home in Jackson and club
bed into submission a number of
young Negroes, and one white col
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Everett Ln0nam

talrly Is not q Everett Lu0Ga@
friend of the working man.
That Jimmy Hoffa and the
Transfers Union are among
labor's best friends can be easily
established. Take, for instance, the
desperate strike of the miners in
Hazard, Kentucky. These miners,
who work for as little as $500 per
day under desperate conditions,
have been disowned by the United
Mine Workers. The Transfers
Union is the only union that has
come to their assistance. It sent
truck loads of food and clothing to
their destitute families. This action
was fully reported in "The Inter-
national Teamster" to build up
sympathy for these miners.
Another instance is Crystal City,
Texas. Crystal City is a town that
until this year was ruled by an
aristocracy of whites even though
it is 80% Mexican. This year the
Transfers Union helped in the
formation of a Mexican political
organization which swept every
seat in Crystal City. The Team
ster's Union in effect brought
democracy to the town. This action
was also fully reported in '"Fhe
International Teamster."
The Teamster's Union has also
been active In the Negroes civil
rights struggle. In EnglewOOd,
New Jersey, the Transfers Un-
ion has Joined with Negro moth
ers and children In picketing the
de facto school segregation that
exists there. They are picketing
the virtually all-NegrO Lincoln
school and the Cleveland school
into which the Negro mothers
hope to enroll some of their
children.
James Hoffa further is the only
labor leader that Is attempting to
identify the white worker with the
present Negro struggle. Consider
the following quotation from the
June, 1868, International Teamster:
II can understand why an Attorney
General with Bobbie Kennedy's
mentality and background would
fail to understand the civil rights
fight of the Negro, as a leading
Negro author has charged. But I
can't for a moment comprehend
the working man who has any
thing but understanding and en-
couragement for the American Ne
gro. Especially should we expect
guidance and encouragement from
our older members who once had
to fight for rights we now take
for granted"
Hoffa goes on to show the SIM
ilar1ties between the Negroes pres
ent struggle and the unions strug-
gle thirty years ago. mot since
the 1930s when labor battled with
company goons on the streets of
Detroit for decent wages and dig
nifty on the job has this country
witnessed revolution such as the
one which is sweeping the South
and threatens to erupt in the North
Any labor leader worth his
salt should recognize that the Ne
gro today is being frustrated by
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
FRANKLY SPEAKING

That Attorney General Robert
Kennedy, the chief consul for the
House I'm = American Activities
Committee during the infamous
Mccarthy era, Is the leader in the
anti-Hoffa and ani-Teamster's
Union battle Is highly significant.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
Bus Singing Youngsters
Indicate Some Not Yet
Ready. Reader Asserts

Editor: Perhaps you or some of
your readers can explain some
thing to me. A few years ago I
wrote a letter-it appeared in the
Minneapolis Morning TRIBUNE
which was the exact opposite of
this communication. In it I de-
Tended the behaviour of the Ne
gro youngsters.
1t was my misfortune to board
the Fourth Av. bus a few evenings
ago to be greeted by a group Of
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27

This should be
cause for pause
on the part Of all
workers and q re-
study as to who
his friends are,
A chief counsel
for the anti-Ne-
gro and anti
labor HUAC GER
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-06-27
DRY POINTS
BY FRED GRAM

The "moderates" In the civil
rights fight are now counseling a
rule of legalism on the part Of the
demonstrators. They feel that a
Negro who proposes to go to a
rest room should be prepared to
wait until the Supreme Court is
sues an order.
We seem to be falling behind In
the m anufacture Of political
cliches. We've got political foot
ball, for an issue that's been kicked
around plenty. How about base
ball? peg 1t fast from hot glove
to hot glove.) Handbal? (swat II
and duck.) Basketball? (Good fol
a fast deal under the table,. Golf ?
(Play with the wrong people-ala
Profumo - and keep the whole
party in the rough.)
They are paving some Of the
new highways two or three year.
ahead of opening schedules, provid'
ing ample time for the follow-ul
installation Of sewers and utintie.
and replacement of pavement be
fore they are ever used.
Question: Why are downtown
| p Q edestrians required to crosi
streets at intersections instead o.
J in mid-block? Answer: It amuse.
the police to see them jump out
of the way Of Away traffic.