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Evening star., 1963-05-12
Officers Elected
By RuciuI Group

DR.. c. Joseph Nuesse, profess
sor Of sociology at Catholic Uni
versity, Friday was elected presi-
dent of the newly-formed inter-
racial Brookland Area Co-or-
dinating Council.
Other officers Of the organi-
zation include George w. Dor
sey. vice president Of the
Brookland Civic Association,
vice chairman. and Mrs. Louise
Twining Of the Michigan Park
Citizens Association. secretary
treasurer. .t. b..
Elected TO the executive COM
mittee Of the council composed
OF delegates Of citizens and
civic associations and school,
church and business organiza-
tions Of the Brookland-Michi-
gan Park area, were Bernard L
Cain Of the Brookland Citizens
Association and w. H. Hymes,
president Of the North Michi-
gan Park Citizens Association.
Some so delegates Of 20
neighborhood organizations at
tended the organizational
meeting In the Maloney Chemi-
cal Laboratory Of Catholic Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
King, Riding Racial Tide, Needs Crises to Exploit

long pressed for equality
through legal negotiations and
consultation on a broad front,
drew only mild applause from
the crowd, which cried hoarsely
for Malcolm x, who had not
been given the dignity of a
place or the platform.
These striking forces operate
with maximum effect in the
local vacuums which exist when
there is no communication be-
tween the white and Negro
leaders. Burke Marshall of the
Justice Department found on
arriving in Birmingham that
the Negroes we're not In nego-
tiating contact with any ele-
ments of the white community
and that the latter was not even
clear on exactly what 1t was
the Negroes wanted.
II these vacuums persist, the
Evening star., 1963-05-12

the war. Another focus Of sup
port is 1t. Gen. Wallace M.
Greene, who is Shoup's Chief
Of Staff. Another popular
choice Is Mai. Gen. Richard
Mangrum, who commands the
Second Marine Air Wing at
Cherry Point.
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Some of the technical people
in NASA are increasingly res
tive over interference by the
Irish Mafia." both in the
White House and the Demo-
cratic National Committee, in
reversing their judgments. on
contract awards. Similar re-
sentiment over this interference,
which took a contract away
from Arkansas recently, is part
Of the motivation in Senator
McClellan's determined effort
against the Tx award.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

determined to hold his office to
the death. He has two revolv-
ers on his desk and one is a 49,
calibre Of solid gold. He says
there is q gold bullet inside and
that If the time comes when
resistance is hopeless, he will
kill himself with 1t. He recalls
that King Christophe killed
himstlf in 1920 with a silver
bullet. "When I co." he says,
"I'm going to go in gold"
So So
Marine Corps politics are
lively with competition to sue
ceed Gen. David M. Shoup,
whose term as Commandant
expires next December. One
group. including former Com
mandant Lemuel c. Shepherd,
is pushing Mai. Gen. Victor
Krulak. who knew the Presi-
dent in the Solomons during
Evening star., 1963-05-12
AirIiner Lands SufeIy
With Engine on Fire
KANSAS CITY, May II (AP)

KANSAS CITY. May II (AP)
- A Trans World Airlines
plane. carrying "a passengers
and a crew of six. landed safely
at the Municipal Airport with
an engine afire today. Just five
minutes after taking off.
The fire was extinguished
quickly by q ground crew, and
Evening star., 1963-05-12

the passengers were delayed an
hour until another plane could
be readied. The flight was No.
ia to Chicago.
The fire in the right out
board motor was described as
minor.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
POINT OF VIEW

crisis leaders will strike at them
in turn with the vehemence dis
played in Birmingham. The
moderate leadership Of the
Negro movement knows that
the Negroes have only their
mcial weight to bargain with
and If they throw that away
as they did in fact by the tim
ing Of the move in Birming-
ham, they have nothing left but
the weight of their numbers.
But these moderates cannot
hope to control the nature OF
the movement in any place
where they are denied the op-
portunity Of negotiating as re-
sponsible citizens toward their
objective Of equal treatment
NEWS FOCUS NOTES
President Duvalier Of Haiti Is
DiCtlired Nv n raceY1t visitor as
Evening star., 1963-05-12

President Duvalier Of Haiti is
pictured BY q recent visitor as
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
President Sends
Special ENJOYS
To Birmingham
On Racial Crisis
Declines Call For
Federal Troops In
Thursday Meeting
With Negro Leaders

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 23.-
The strained relations between
Negroes and whites, amid the
existing tension fed by deep set
fear and hatred, finds this city
still in the national spotlight
two weeks after a planted dyna-
mite bomb exploded on Sunday
morning, wrecked the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church, and
brought death to four young Ne
gro girls attending Sunday
school at the church.
In Washington, last Thursday,
President John F. Kennedy met
with a group of Negro leaders
headed by Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr. In the meeting the
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Vocational Technical Dept. AT
Utica Junior College Expanding

ings will include mathematics,
mechanical drawing, survey
ing, estimating, and architectur-
al drawing. Students who sue
cessfully complete the two-year
program will be qualified to fill
such positions as craftsmen, ap-
praisals, estimators, foremen,
and architectural assistants.
Prospective students may reg
lister in these courses for the
first semester up to September
%, 1868. For further informa-
tion concerning the program,
call or write the Registrar,
Utica Junior College.
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Howard U. Suggests Program For
Training Foreign Service Officers

Washington, D. C. - Presi-
dent James M. Nabrit, Jr. sug-
gested today monday, Septem-
Der 16) that Howard University
may act shortly to train candi-
dates for work in the foreign
service areas Of Government. :,
In an address inaugurating
the Goth year Of instruction at
Howard, DR.. Nabrit blamed ra-
cial discrimination for the short
age of qualified Negroes to fill
certain Government jobs, and
announced that the Federal Gov
ernment has requested the Uni
versity to undertake a special
lied program designed to pre-
pare persons for posts as for
eign service officers"
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
vaIdosta College
Accepts Negro
Honor Grads

VALDOSTA, Ga--Two Ne
gro honor graduates from Pine
vale high school here were
1uietly accepted as freshmen at
Valdosta State College, with the
official announcement coming
from college president DR.. j..
Ralph Thaxton.
DR.. Thaxton told an assembly
of some 800 freshmen that the
college had decided to go along
with the City Of Valdosta in its
reputation Of good race relations
in removing racial barriers at
the college.
The two students, Miss Drew
nell Thomas, II, and Robert
Pierce, 18, took part in orienta-
ton activities before being Of
ficially registered Wednesday.
There were no reported Incl
dents.
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Set Sanity
Hearing Date
For BeckWith

The Mississippi Supreme
Court has set Oct. IA for a
hearing or whether Byron
De La Beckwith must submit
to a mental test before being
tried for the murder of Med
gar w. Evers, state NAACP
director.
Chief Justice Harvey Nc
Gethee announced the hear
ing date after comforting with
attorneys for both sides.
The state had asked the
Supreme Court to advance
the matter on its docket and
attorneys for Beckwith join
ed in asking the early hear
ing.
Evers was slain during in
tegration efforts here earlier
in the year and Beckwith was
arrested 10 days later.
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Jackson State College Cuts Ribbon
For New Dormitory For Women

tions Of Higher Learning; Mrs.
Celeste Pharr, Head Resident
Counselor of the building; Miss
Beverly Bowser, "Miss Jackson
State College,; Mr.. Bryant
Horne, Public Relations Direc-
tor Of the City of Jackson; DR..
E. R. Jobe, Executive Secretary,
Board of Trustees; and Mr.. Ed
win r. Lewis of Overstreet,
Ware and Ware Architects, all
of whom made brief remarks.
Miss Nola Mckee, the first stu
dent to be assigned a room in
the beautifully appointed and
decorated building, was introduc-
ed by w. 0. Robinson, Director
of Public Relations. Miss Mckee
is from Greenville, Mississippi
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

On hand at Cramton Audi
torium to hear the annual For
NAL Opening address, DR.. Ma
brit's third such talk since ne
became president of the Uni
versity in 1860, were some 1900
students and teachers.
The Howard president said
only five Negroes had passed
the Foreign Service Examina-
tion in the past two years, COM
pared with 395 whites during
the same period. He added that
there were only 80 Negro for
eign service officers out Of some
3,700 such Government workers.
Zone Of the lingering and
harmful affects Of the dual sys-
CONTINUED On Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Faculty Fellowship Awarded
To 19 UNCF College Teachers

New York, Sept. 20 - The
sum of $72,504 has been grant
ed to IS UNCF college faculty
members to enable them to work
toward their doctoral degrees
during the current academic
year, it was announced here to-
day by DR.. William E. Cope Jr.,
educational division director of
the United Negro College Fund.
Each grant is financed
jointly by the UNCF Faculty
Fellowship Program and the
college at which the professor
teaches" DR.. Cope said. The
Program provides roughly two
thirds and the college one-third
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Canton Student TO Study AT
University Of Heidelberg,

Dennis Byrd, a 1868 graduate
of Xavier University, has re-
ceived a scholarship to study
Chemistry at the University of
Heidelberg in Germany, one of
the worlds oldest and most
famous Universities. The scho-
larship was awarded by the Ger
man Academic Exchange Ser
vice in Bad Godesburg. Though
such scholarships are usually
awarded on an exchange basis,
Xavier was not required to reci-
procate with scholarship of it's
own.
Byrd, native of Canton, Mis-
sissippi has departed for Heidel-
berg where he will live with a
German family for one month to
CONTINUED On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

The Vocational Technical De-
parement of Utica Junior Col
lege is in the process of expand
ing its curriculum. For the first
time, courses in Building Con-
struction and Drafting & De-
sign will be offered.
The courses are two-year
terminal, however, many Of the
supporting courses such as ply
sizes, mathematics, physical edu-
cation, and English may be
transferable toward a college de-
gree if at the end of two-years
courses one decides to enter a
senior college.
The technical course offer
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Negro Law Student Is Expelled From Ole Miss
FIRST NEGRO LAW STUDENT
TO enter THE UNIVERSITY
OF MISSISSIPPI EXPELLED FOR
CARRYING PISTOL ON CAMPUS
Sheriff Makes Arrest After Campus
Incident Reported By Students

member Student Judicial Coun-
Gil held a closed hearing on the
University's case against him.
Mcdowell, his attorney, Negro
Jack Young Of Jackson, and
Charles Evers. state field secre-
tary for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP). spent 80 min
utes in the hearing, then walked
to McDowelps third-floor dormi-
tory room to await decision.
The council. which is headed by
Champ Terney, a law student
whose father-n-law is Sen. James
o. Eastland, D-Miss., recon-
mended McDowelrs expulsion to
Dean of Students L. L. Love. The
dean concurred and passed it
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
BIRMINGHAM CONTINUES IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jackie Robinson
Heads Group
To Open Bank
$1,5OO,OOO Set AS
Initial Capital Fund

New York, N. Y. Sept. %
Jackie Robinson and Associates
was assured last week of the
opening of a bank in Harlem
when the federal government
granted the inteTacial group
permission to go ahead with or
ganization plans.
Preliminary approval for the
proposed Freedom National
Bank was given by James j.
Saxton, the Controller of the
Currency. The Controller is the
regulator of federally charter
ed, or national banks.
The organizers hope to open
it by January.
The Freedom National Bank
is expected to have as its chair.
man Jackie Robinson, the form
er baseball player who is q
restaurant chain executive.
Dunbar S. McLaurin, an eco.
nomist, lawyer and real estate
Continued On Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

Ribbon cutting ceremonies
symbolizing the beginning of
operation of the Colleges New
Dormitory for Women were
held Tuesday at Jackson State
College. President j. l.. Red
dix opened the ceremony with
remarks. He stated: "For the
first time during my admins
tration the College is able to
house comfortably all students
who will wish to live on the
campus this year." This is the
Oath year of his administration.
President Reddix introduced
Mr.. Don Ambrose of H. A. Lott
Construction Company, Inc; Mr..
w. E. Campbell, Jr., Architect,
Board of Trustees of Institu-
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Supreme Council To Hold 77th
Annual Session In New Orleans

sessions of the organization will
be held in New Orleans October
20 through October %.
It also announced that u. s..
Appeals Judge Thurgood Mar
shall, former NAACP chief
counsel, and grand minister of
state Of the council, will be the
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

of the amounts required.
The Program was made pos
sible by 100000 grant to the
College Fund by the General
Education Board to provide fl
nancial subsidies to UNCF COL
lege professors who are already
candidates for Ph.D. degrees. A
total of $245,315 in fellow
ships has been given to II quail
flying faculty members since
the Program was established in
1859. Fifty-three men and 18
women have been recipients.
Administration of the Pro-
gram was undertaken as part
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Local Negro
Group To Work
For United
Givers Fund
A. p. Johnson Is
Named The Group
Chairman

The local Negro group organ
lied annually to help the United
Givers Fund Campaign, desig-
mated the Jackson Territorial
Division held its first meeting
Monday Night.
This years Chairman is A.
P. Johnson, Manager of the Col
lege Park Auditorium, with the
Co-Chairman being Melvin C.
Wiggins, curriculum Assistant
Continued On Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Racial Issue HaIts Sailing
Of Luxury American Liner

on first assistant engineer Louis
Neurohr, who was accused of
discriminating against Negro
and Puerto Rican crewmen.
NMU President Joseph Cur
ran said the union had been re-
ceiving complaints about Neu-
rohr, AZ, for about two years.
He said the company had done
nothing about them and Satur-
day, the NMU ordered it's $50
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

New acknowledgements
was made this week by DR.. John
G. Lewis, Jr., Baton Rouge, La,
sovereign grand commander of
the United Supreme Council,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite Of Freemasonry, Prince
Hall Affiliation, Southern Juris-
diction, that the 77th annual
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

Oxford, Miss, Sept. 25.-The
first Negro law student to enter
the University of Mississippi was
expelled from the university
Tuesday.
Cleve Mcdowell, the 21-year-
old, quiet-spoken student was
expelled after his arrest Mon
day for carrying a pistol on
campus.
He had been suspended from
classes Monday after Sheriff Joe
Ford. acting on a tip from an
other student. arrested him for
carrying a concealed weapon.
Mcdowell spent 27 hours in
Jail and was released under $3.50
bond an hour before the five
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

arrested.
They also say that they be-
lieve they will be in physical
danger if required to go back to
Blount County for trial. The
cases are now set for trial in
the second week in December.
The defendants are some of
the young people, white and
Negro, from the North and
South, who were assembled by
Highlander Center this summer
to begin work on a new con-
ference center in the Smoky
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

Federal loan and grant con-
tracts for urban renewal pro-
jects.
The new non-discrimination
provisions also extend to per-
sonnel on the staffs of local
public agencies (LPA's) and to
employees of LPA contractors
and subcontractors on work
other than construction.
Executive Order lila, issued
June %, 1868, requires equal
opportunity provisions in all
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

New York - Maritime union
charges that a ships officer
was an "arch segregationist"
Sunday forced United States
Lines to cancel the sailing to
Europe of the liner America.
The $50 passengers aboard the
luxury vessel had to find other
means of transportation.
The dispute between the Ma
tional Maritime Union NMU
and the steamship line centered
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Howard And Southern Graduates
Named To REA Engineering Staff

Washington, D. C. Sept. % -
Appointment of two electrical
engineers to the staff of the
Rural Electrification Admins
tration was announced last
week by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
They are Leroy Potter of the
Virgin Islands, who is a 1868
graduate of Howard Universe
ty; and Onesimus Venzant of
Saline, La, who holds degree
in electrical engineering from
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
leontyne Price
lin San Francisco
Scores In Aida

San Francisco - Diamonds
and Chinchilla were in profu-
sion as Negro soprano Leontyne
Price, Operas gift from Laurel,
Mississippi, gave another stun
ming performance of Verdi's
aida" Saturday night, Sep
tember 14th, before a capacity
audience, at the War Memorial
Opera House.
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
AZ Negro
Candidates Are
Qualified In La.

Baton Rouge, La. - A rec
ord number of AZ Negroes had
qualified Saturday as candi-
dates for Louisiana state Of
fices in the December 7 DEM
ocratic primary election. Twen-
ty-eight of this number are
seeking office in Orleans Par
ish, the others are seeking cleo
tion in various parishes of the
state.
The highest office sought by
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Ten New Members Added To
Jackson State College acuIty

Tallahassee, Florida, Chaplain
and Associate Professor of
Religion and Philosophy; Mrs.
Barbara Crockett Dease, Raj
eigh, North Carolina, Assistant
Professor of Modern Foreign
Languages; Miss Rosalie E.
Dennis, Albany State College,
Albany, Georgia, Instructor OF
Biology; Edward J. Fisher, De
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Federal Judges Refuse To Take
Highlander Center Case

Knoxville, Tenn. Federal
District Judge Robert L. Taylor
has refused to remove the cases
against Highlander Cent e r
work-campers for the state
courts and take them into his
court.
The eight defendants had ask
ed Judge Taylor to do this be-
cause they claim their right un-
der the U. S. Constitution have
been violated. They say they
cannot get a fair trial in the
state courts in Blount County,
where the integrated group was
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

Southern University, B a t o n
Rouge, La.
Mr.. Potter has been assigned
to the retail rate engineering
staff of REA. He worked his
way through Howard's school of
engineering by holding down
a part-time job at the Govern
ment Printing Office.
Born in the Virgin Islands,
he came to Washington follow
ing two years in the Army as
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Atty. Gen. Says
Troops Won't
Settle Racism

WASHINGTON.-A Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy said Thurs
day that use of federal troops
never can solve the civil rights
problem in the South.
People can't be led by bayo-
nets" he said. Only a change
of heart can bring about the
Continued On Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Extend Presidents Policy On
Equal Job Opportunity

Washington D. C. Sept. 18 -
Extension of the Presidents
policy on equal opportunity in
employment in Federally assis-
ted construction work to hith-
erto naffected areas in urban
renewal was announced today by
Urban Renewal Commissioner
William L. Slayton. The new
provisions prohibit discrimina-
tion during construction work
performed under contracts for
disposition of urban renewal
land entered into under existing
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Negro Business
Community Told
Of Challenge
For Improvement
n. G.. Banker
KeynOtes National
Business League
Meeting

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 23.-The
63rd Annual Convention of the
National Business League joined
with the Annual Meeting of the
National Bankers Association,
both Negro groups, was consid-
cred officially underway for it's
three days session, following the
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Staying Of
cIarksdaIe
Negro Justified
Homicide

Clarksdale, Miss, Sept. 3D.
A coroner's jury Saturday ruled
the shooting of a 21-year-old
Negro by Clarksdale police as
"justifiable homicide"
Officers say they shot Ernest
Jells after they spotted him on
the roof of a cafe and he point
ed q rifle at them.
CONTINUED On Page Sx)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
n nnamdi AzikiWe
First President
Of Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria
DR.. Nnamdi Azikiwe. Gov
ernor General of Nigeria,
will be the country's first
President when it becomes a
republic Oct. /, it was an
nOunced here.
The announcement was
contained in a new Constitu-
tion for the Nigerian Federal
Republic first published.
The Constitution will be
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28

Ten new faculty members
have joined the Jackson State
College faculty. They are: NAL
colin @. Barnes, Tupelo, In
structor in Mathematics and
Assistant Counselor of Men;
Edward James Clemons, Allan
IA, Georgia, Head Football
Coach and Assistant Professor
of Physical Education; Rev
erend George E. Covington,
Jackson advocate., 1963-09-28
Negro Arrest
Bring Near Riot
In Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 23.-A
near riot erupted in southeast
Atlanta Saturday night when
more than 1000 Negroes gath
cred at the scene where a Ne
gro was shot by a white police
man after allegedly resisting ar
rest.
Willie Leon Strange, %, Of
Continued On Page Six)
The frontiersman., 1963-02-14
More Sports Exhibitions Planned For Balance of Winter Season

cause eligibility rules forced them to forfeit at three weights, and because no one on the team was heavy enough to wrestle in the heavyweight bracket. These forfeits gave East total of IS points.
 T was well pleased with the improvement the boys made in the past two weeks" Carter said.
 Scoring on individual bouts was as follows:
 95 lb. Garden, East, Pin 103 lb. Hubert, Palmer Forfeit ll2 lb. Trafflin, Palmer, Deci-
 sion
 120 lb. Petit, Palmer Decision l27 lb. Kelly, East, Decision 133 lb. Gilmore, East, Forfeit 138 lb. Crow, East, Pin 145 lb. Chmiel, East, Pin 154 lb. Piaskowske, East, Pin 165 ID. Schoming, East. Pin 180 lb. Jacobs, East, Forfeit HWT, East, Forfeit
The frontiersman., 1963-02-14

Wrestling fans who watched the Palmer team in action last Saturday evening will have two more opportunities to ob- serve the home team on the mat this season, according to Coach James Carter. Dates for the matches, against West An chorage and Kenai, will be an- nounced later.
 Several other sports exhibi- tions are being planned for the winter season. including one featuring gymnastics. The pur- pose is to give as many stu dents as possible an opportun- ity to develop their own parti- cular skills, Carter said.
 The final team score for Sat urday's bouts (East Anchorage 43, Palmer ID does not tell the full story of the contest, the coach stated. As a team, the Moose were ahead of East after the first five individual bouts; then the more experienced East wrestlers in the middle weights took over control of the match with a series of five straight pins. The Moose were at a serious disadvantage be-