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UDI Buys LandFor Mangum SfSupermarket Che CanSjjfct Cimes

Durham's unique plan for"community capitalism" tookon a more concrete shape re-cently when United Durham,

Inc.. purchased land at 602North Mangum Street as thesite for a supermarket on Sep-tember 15.

United Durham, Inc., is aprofit-making corporation witha board of directors on whichlow-income persons hold 2/3 ofthe positions. United Durham,Inc. (UDI), is the operatingagency for investing the $900,-000 venture capital grant an-nounced by the Office of Eco-

nomic Opportunity in April ofthis year.

"This piece of land will be

the testing place for UDl's planfor strengthening the low-in-come Black economy of Dur-ham." said Nilas Thompson,president of UDI.

Thompson, a retired DukePower Co. employee, said,"Very soon our low-income sup-porters and other friends willbe able to see community capi-talism being built on Mangum

Street."This UDI board of directors

is working to expedite progress

on the Mangum Street super-market, which is expected tohire about twenty full-timeworkers and thirteen part-timeworkers. The board is busy

with obtaining designs for thestore, hiring a contractor to

build the supermarket, makingarrangements with wholesalersand deliverers for supplies,hiring and training store per-sonnel, etc. No deadline hasbeen set for completion ot

these tasks and opening thestore.

STUDENTS OF NORTH CAR.OLINA CENTRAL University'sLaw School as they clean awayremnants of more than 21,000

volumes destroyed by the nearmillion dollar fire which guttedthe library; Dean DeJarmon

looks on.

From left to right are JamesHarris, Wayne Petteway, DeanDeJarmon, and Carlton Fellers.

(Photo by Purefoy)

Dean And Stud ents

Perform Miracle In SalvagingMany Valuable Books Of FireClasses ResumeSchedule WithOnly Short Delay

Claggett Award Recipients ForChoral Excellency are HonoredA fire at midnight, Thurs-

day, Sept. 18, destroyed over21,000 volumes of the NorthCarolina Central Universitylaw library and did extensivedamage to the law school build-ing itself.

The Durham Police and FireDepartments are investigatingthe possibility of arson as thecause of the fire.

Books destroyed were esti-mated at $500,000 in value.Many, however, were virtuallyirreplaceable. Some had beenout of print for more than acentury.

Dean LeMarquis DeJarmonsaid that he received a callfrom the switchboard operatorat the university at about mid-night. "Dean, the Law Schoolis on fire," the operator said.

By the time Dean DeJarmonarrived on campus, firemen andpolicemen from Durham andneighboring communities wereon the scene. Some 20 law stu-dnts also assisted firemen inextinguishing the blaze.

Flames were completely ex-tinguished by a.m., September19.

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The supermarket will offera discount on all purchases tolow-income persons who have

(See SUPERMARKET 10A)

MISS KING MISS ALSTON

Valeria King and VernessaAlston are the 1960 recipientsof the T. H. Claggett Awardsfor choral excellency. Theawards are presented to a jun-ior and senior high school stu-

dent who has shown a musicalinterest, a cooperative attitude,as well as a musical aptitudeduring his or her entire schooltenure.

freshman at North CarolinaCentral University here.

Vernessa Alston, daughter ofMrs. Ginnie Alston of 414 Pop-lar St., was the winner of thejunior high school trophy atthe annual awards day pro-gram at Whitted last spring.

Classes were held in B. N.Duke Auditorium on the NCCUcampus on Friday. Law stu-dents, who had launched an ap-peal for aid in replacing the

(See FIRE page 10A)

The students are chosen frommembers of Whitted JuniorHigh and 1 Hillside High since

these are the schools where

Miss Claggett taught until herrecent retirement from the city

(See AWARDS page 10A)

Valeria King, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Henry King of510 Otis St., received the schol-arship assistance and is now a

Sigmas Re-elect Dr. McNeilHational President At MeetRAPS NIXON ADMINISTRATION FOR"DO NOTHING, GO SLOW POLICY" Coretta King

To Be On'Face N

NEW YORK Delegates at-tending the 55th AnniversaryNational Convention of the PhiBeta Sigma Fraternity recently

concluded in Baltimore, Mary-land, re-electd Dr. Alvin J. Mc-Neil, Professor of Special Stud-ies and l Dean of Prairie ViewCollege, Prairie View, Texas,National President of the 55year old National Black Greek

lettered collegiate society thenwent on to underscore theNixon Administration for its

"do nothing, go slow policy"where human and civil rightsof Blacks are concerned.

dissatisfaction over what theysay is a trend of PresidentNixon and his current adminis-tration to "pay off political

debts" at the expense of tji»Black Minority of the'land.

After listening to BrotherHoward N. Lee, first BlackMayor of Chapel Hill, NorthCarolina andi Percy Sutton, Bo-rough President of Manhattanand engaging in political semi-nars designed by Clifton Feltonpast National Director of So-cial Actions; the fraternityvoted to present a series ofresolutions to President Nixonasking that action be taken byhim on them.

The delegates gave the Na-tional Body the right to incor-porate itself to act as the spon-soring body for individualchapters of the fraternity whoare interested in engaging inthe construction of low cost

(See SIGMAS page 10A)

NEW YORK -Mrs. CorettaScott King, widow of slaincivil rights leader Dr. MartinLuther King Jr., will be theI,'uest on "Face the Nation"Sunday, Sept 28 (12 noon--12:30 p.m., EDT) on the CBSTelevision Network, in color,ant on the CBS Radio Net-work.

Mrs. King, whose husbandwas assassinated in April oflast year, has written a bookabout his struggles and sue-cesses, titled "My Life WithMartin Luther King, Jr.," tobe released Sept. 25.

SHE WILL be interviewedon "Face the Nation" by CBSNews Correspondent GeorgeHerman, moderator of theweekly broadcast, and twoother reporters to be selected.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternityfounded at Howard Universityin 1914, is nationally member-ed by some 40,000 collegetrained l Black men. The Frater-nity engages in National pro-grams of Social Actions. Educa-tion and Bigger and Better

Business.The delegates also voiced

Union StrikeTo ContinueDespite Fines

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SUFFOLK Despite Ires-passing convictions of 30 peo-ple, leaders of Local 26, Dis-tributive Workers of Americarevealed Wednesday that thestrike of non-professionalworkers, that has been under-way at Obipi Memorial Hos-pital since Aug. 1, will con-tinue

A total of 22 men and wom-en, who were charged withtrespassing at the hospital onAug. 19, pleaded guilty andwere fined $25 and costs eachby Nansemond County JudgeThomas 0. Andrews.

EIGHT MORE, chargedwith trespassing on Sept. 1,were convicted and fined SSOand costs each and sentencedto 30 days in jail. The jailsentence was suspended on thecondition that they refrainfrom going on the hospitalgrounds without authority forone year. SEVERAL MEMBERS of the |

North Carolina Teachers Asso-

ciation are shown at the annualdinner of the Durham County

affiliate, hosted Monday by the

Mechanics and Fanners Bank.From left to right: J. H. Lucas,

state director of N.E.A.; Mrs.

I A. O. Eaton, president of tfte

Durham Citl unit; E. B. Palm-er, executive secretary of NCTAand guest speaker; Mrs. M. W.Evans, president of the county

unit; and S. C. Cunningham,vice president.

Other guests present but not

pictured were W. R. Collins,

expansion director of Ha m-mocks Beach Association and

David Harrison along with otherrepresentatives of the Mechan-ics and Farmers Bank.

(Photo by Purefoy)

Among those in this groupwere Lock J. Parker, presi-dent of Local 26. In the ear-lier group were Predell Madi-son, the orderly whose firinglaunched the strike, and theRev. Ronald E. Morris, presi-dent of the Suffolk-Nanse-mond branch of the NAACP.

XHE PLEDGE that thestrike would continue wasmade by DWA PresidentCleveland Robinson who re-affirmed a previous pledgethat no hospital striker wouldlive in want because of thewalkout at a meeting attendedby an estimated 75 people.

Union Secretary - TreasurerAlfred L. Bailey told the group"we're going to keep onmarching until a summit lareached.'*

VSC ReceivesTeaching GrantPETERSBURG Virginia

State College has received agrant of $147,000 from the Fed-eral Government for use in anInnovative teaching programlor college graduates forSchool Year 1969-1970.

3 Distinguished Americans to Receive AwardsThe American Jewish Con-

gress' top honor, the annualStephen S. Wise Awards, will

be presented to three distin-guished recipients for 1969:Israel's Ambassador to theUnited States, Gen. Yitzhak Rabin: Roy Wilkins, executivedirector of the National Associ-ation for the Advancement ofColored People; and BernardB. Zients, president of Gim-bels, New York, and a leadingphilanthropist.

The awards will be made ata dinner at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel Sunday evening, October26.General Rabin will be honoredfor "distinguished service in

the cause of Israel."Wilkins will be cited for

"advancing human freedom."Zients will be named for

"dynamic leadership in Jewishlife."

Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveldof Cleveland, 0., president ofthe American Jewish Congress,will present the award to Wil-

kins. Shad Polier, chairman ofthe Congress' National Govern-ing Council, will make the pre-sentation to Ambassador Ra-bin. Benjamin S. Kalnick, a

national vice president of AJCongress and mayor of King'sPoint, L. 1., will present Zients'award.

man of the board of the Ameri-

can Bank and Trust Company,and former chairman of theboard of Brandies University,is serving as dinner chairman,

with Polier and Kalnick as co-chairmen. Proceeds of theevent will further the humani-tarian programs of the Ameri-can Jewish Congress.

The Stephen S. Wise Awardsare presented annually by theAmerican Jewish Congress topersons, organizations and in-stitutions "whose moral cou-

rage and love of liberty exem-plify the traditions of RabbiWise and the teachings of theJewish heritage."

Since establishment of the(See AMERICANS 10A)Abraham Fienberg, chair-

Michigan Solon Praises PhoneCompany For Liberal Policy

2PoWorkersProtected ByGreat Lakes

WASHINGTON ln a recentspeech on the floor of Houseof Representatives CongressmanCharles C. Diggs paid a high,tribute to the Michigan BellTelephc.ie Company for actionin purchasing over 20 percent

of its life and accidental deathbenefit insurance to Detroit's

black-owned Great Lakes Mu-

tual Life Insurance Co.In his remarks Congressman

Diggs said:"Mr. Speaker, on September

2, The Michigan Bell Telephone

Company turned over morethan 20 percent of its life and

and accidental death benefit in-

surance to Detroit's black-

owned Great Lakes Mutual Life

Insurance Company. This S9Bmillion contract represents

nearly a fourth of the S4OOlife and accidental death cover-age for 28.000 telephone em-ployees. This makes MichiganBell the major account held byGreat Lakes Mutual, which Isthe largest black-owned andoperted enterprise in Michiganand 1 one of the nation's largest

black-owned insurance compa-

nies."In making the announcement

concerning the transaction,

Thad B Gaillard. C.L.U.. Presi-dent of Great Lakes Mutualsaid:

"Insurance implies con fi-dence and when a company ofMichigan Bell's stature givesus responsibility (or insuring

their employees. I think it sup

ports the idea and the fact ofBlack business more than all

the words of encouragementever could."

William M. Day. Bell's President, said Gaillard had firstapproached him for the busi-

ness about 9 months ago. Hefurther said:

"This company met all ourperformance requirements, and

(See SILL page 10A)

VOLUME 48 No. 39 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1969 PRICE: 20 Cents

N. C. Native Named AssistantSupt. OfNorfolk,?? 1

Both Races ofOklahoma SeekDesegregation

WASHINGTON, D. C. TheU. S. Supreme Court was askedlast week to uphold a U. S.District Court decision order-ing a new desegregation plan

for Oklahoma City publicschools.

However, the District Courtruling which brought more de-segregation was overturned bythe U. S. Court of Appeals onAugust 27.

Associate Justice Brennan,

acting as circuit justice in re-sponse to argument of NAACPLegal Defense and EducationalFund, Inc. (LDF attorneys,

(See SCHOOLS page 10)

Dr. Allen Is The First Black Man To BeElected To Such Administrative Post

Dr. Jesse Lee Allen, teacherat the University of Miami andassistant director of the Florida

School Desegregation Consult-ing Center, has been appointedassistant school superintendent

of the 56,000 student system inNorfolk.

The first black to be electedto the top administrative eche-lon, Allen will be in charge ofspecial education, pupil person-nel and guidance, and adjustive

services. All of these depart-ments deal with the physical,academic and l disciplinary prob-lems of pupils.

The 38 year old Durham na-tive said, "In the beginning, 1thought this might be a win-dow-dressing job, bjj|t I talkedto the superintendent who as-sured me it would be a realjob."

As assistant director of thefederally financed Florida De-

DR. ALLEN

segregation Center, Allen work-ed as an advisor to school dis-tricts attempting to find the

best methods of desegregating.The question of naming a

Negro to a top job in a schoolsystem, where 40% of the stu-dents are Negro, has been be-fore the board for some time

Some time ago. Gloria Frayser.

a faculty member at NorfolkState College, went before theSchool Board to suggest that ablack person be seriously con-sidered. Also spokesmen forthe Norfolk Education Associa-tion carried a grievance on thematter to the superintendentfrom a group of black princi-pals

Allen was educated in thepublic schools of Durham andgraduated from North CarolinaCollege. He received the mas-ter's and doctorate degrees ineducation from Duke Univer-sity in Durham.

Allen is the son of the lateMr. and Mrs. Aaron Butler Al-len, formerly"of 1515 Faye St.