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Volu™ XV—Number 46 ~ ~ Jackson, Mississipp^aturda^,Member 22, 1962-'-PRICE TEN CENTS
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HERE SATURDAY NIGHT:
JACKSON STATE COLLEGE VS PRAIRIE VIEW
SEE NEED FOR GRADUALISM - HIT PRAYER DEMONSTRATIONS
Record Crowd
Predicted For
Tigers First
Home Game
Coach Merritt Sees
Game As Test For
Another Great Year
A record crowd in excess of
10,000 fans, from every section
of the state, is predicted for
the Jackson State Tigers first
home game and the opening of
the 1962 College Football Sea
son here when the Tigers meet
the always powerful Prairie
View College Panther, from
Texas, at the Jackson State
College Stadium here Saturday
night.
The Prairie View Panthers
comes to Jackson smarting over
the defeat suffered at the hands
of the Tigers last year w’hich
put them out of the running for
the conference crown which was J
eventually won by the Tigers
sending them to the Orange
Blossom Classic against Flor
ida Ramblers which turned out
to be one of the greatest games
in Negro Football History’.
According to all reports the
Panthers are bringing to Jack
son a team just as strong, and
perhaps stronger in some re
spects than that which the Tig-;
ers faced on the Panthers’
Home Ground last year.
The Tigers, Southwest Con-'
ference Champions, and second
ranked team in Negro College |
Football in the Nation last year
goes into game with few re
placements for its last year’s
team. According to reports
some replacements in the for
ward wall due to graduation
appear to be even stronger than
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Congo Govrenment Hints Freedom
Near For Antoine Gizenga
Leopoldville, Congo
Antoine Gizenga, the former
Lumumbist leader who has
been held prisoner for eight
months, may be freed, sources
close to the government said
Monday.
Premier Cyrille Adoula and
his Cabinet were reported con
sidering the step, confident that
Mr. Gizenga no longer repre
sents a real threat to the Leo
poldville regime he tried to
overthrow.
They feel that Mr. Gizenga I
has lost most of his personal
following during the months in
a lonely island jail in the Congo
River and his continued deten
Congo To Get $3 Million Worth
Of Additional Food From U. S.
The Republic of the Congo
a »H get $3,250,000 worth of
additional American farm pro
duct* under an amended Food
for Peace agreement which pro
vide* for the tale of U. S. ag- 1
ricutturml com modi tie* to that
country for Congolese France.
$200,000 Gift To Vassar College
Is For White Girls Only
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — The
trustees of Vaesar College are
faced with a ticklish question:
Should they accepl a gift of
scholarship funds totaling some
$200,000 — but restricted to
white girls.
The woman’s college last
week said '.it had been informel
that the late Sally Baker Staton
(VMsar, 1897) of Tarboro, N.
C.p had left her entire estate,
unofficially valued at $200,000,
to Vassar.
But, her will stipulated, only
white girls from Tarboro, Edge
combe County in the state ^east
ern North Carolina or western
North Carolina—in that order—
may hold the Staton scohlar
s hips.
A Vassar spokesman said all
gifts go before the board of
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THE 1962 JACKSON COLLEGE TIGERS: This first picture
of the 1962 edition of the Jackson College Tiger® shows the
squad wearing the numbers that they will wear in the opening
game of the season here Saturday night. Fans attending the
fame will find the names of the players identified by the num
bers list on the official program at the game which will start
at 7:30 P.M. at the Jackson College Stadium.
Rockefeller Gift
To Rebuild
Burned Georgia
Negro Churches
Attorney General
Kennedy Urged To
Act In Church
Burnings.
Dawson, Ga. — (UPI) — In
tegration leader Martin Luther
King announced at the site of a
burned church here Friday night
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tion is an embarrassing relic
of less stable political days.
Mr. Gizenga regarded him
self as the political heir of
Patrice Lumumba and tried to
take over when the Congo’s
first Premier was slain.
Last week the few effective
Gizengist lieutenants remain
ing in the- old Lumumblst
stronghold in Stanleyville were
placed under house arrest or
forced into hiding.
Yet as long as Mr. Gizenga
himself remains a prisoner,
Mr. Adoula is deprived of
support from some Afr-.an
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Announcement of the amend
ed agreement was made last
week by the U. S Department
of Agriculture. TV value of
the products includes certain
ocean transportation costs.
Food products to be received
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Southern Negro
Democrat Group
Meeting In
B’ham Saturday
E. W. Henderson,
House Committee
Counsel, To Speak
Birmingham, Ala. — Elmer
W. Henderson, of Washington,
D. C., counsel to the Commit
tee on Government Operations,
| House of Representatives, will
jbe the featured speaker at the
I banquet session of the 11-state
meeting of the newly-organized
Southern Democratic Confer
ence at 8 P. M. Saturday, Sept.
22 in the L. R. Hall Auditorium
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Albany Negro
Exchange Shots
With Police
Albany, Ga. — An albany Ne
gro was arrested here after a
i shooting exchange with local
police early Thursday.
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett
praised his officers for prevent
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Negro Woman
Elected To
Democrat Post
San Francisco, Cal.—Mrs. Jo
an Finney became the first Ne
gro woman in Northern Cali
fornia to be elected to a Con
gressional District co-chairman
at the recent meeting of the
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Nashville Youth
Winners Of Elks
Oratorical Prize
Detroit.—Robert H. Derden,
Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., was re
cipient of the Elks National
oratorical contest, held in Cobo
Hall while more than 4,000
members and guests witnessed
the impressive education pro
gram, sponsored by the Educa
tion Department. The Elks
boast of a mammoth educational
program.
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Jomo Kenyatta
Denounces
Secret Meeting
Oath Taking
Ceremonies
Kenya Land
Freedom Army
Would Wrest Lands
From Whites
Nairobi, Kenya.—Jomo Ken
yatta, African Nationalist lead
er, has denounced secret meet
ings and oath-taking ceremonies
of the Kenya Land Freedom
Army that seeks to wrest lands
frcm whites and other owners.
An estimated 10.000 Africans
cheered the former Mau Mau 1
chief at a rally in nearby
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Report Clash
Rival African
Political Groups
in Rhodesias
One Dead, 19 Others
Injured In Week
End Fighting
Lusaka,
Northern Rhodesia
One African was killed and
at least 19 persons, including
j four white, were injured as
stone-throwing crowds fought
in Northern and Southern
Rhodesia at the weekend.
In the mining town of Chin
gola in Northern Rhodesia, 14
persons were injured and
dozens arrested in a clash be
tween rival African political
groups as the government an
nounced a general election will
be held Oct. 30 in Northern
Rhodesia for 45 legislative
council seats.
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Jackson To Attend Second Vatican
Council Of Catholic Church
Chicago (Special) — On the t
final day of its 82nd annual
meeting. The National Baptist
Convention, U.S.A., Inc., unani
mously decided to send its pres
ident, The Rev. Dr. Joseph Har
rison Jackson of Chicago, to the
ond Y’atican Council of the !
$152 Millioa More Available
New For Rural Housing Loans
Roman Catholic Church. Vatican
Council sessions will begin Oct.
11.
Commenting on the decision
to go to Rome, Dr. Jackson said
it was the first time the Roman
Catholic church had extended
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An additional $152 million has
been made available for rural
housing loans by Secretary of
Agriculture Orville L. Freeman.
This brings total rural hous
ing loan funds for fiscal 1963
up to $182 million. It is esti
mated that this will be enough
to make credit available to 20,
000 white and colored rural fam
ilies who do not have adequate
housing.
Altogether, the Congress has
authorized the Farmers Home
Administration to make rural
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Negro Members South Africa
Bar Team U. S, News Experts
Louisville, Ky.—Because two
Negroes were members a gov
ernment - sponsored team of
journalistic experts had to pass
up a visit to the Republic of
South Africa during their recent
tour of South Africa.
Ibe four nan party beaded by
Floyd G. Arpan, journalism
professor at die University of
Indiana included Frank L.Stanr
Icy. Sr., publisher of die Louis
ville Defender and George
Brown, city editor of , the
Denver Post, both Negroes. Ar
pan and Alexander Bodi, editor
of the Palo Alto (Calif.) Times,
die fourth member * weft
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Dr. J. H. Jackson
Denounces As
Hyprocrisp
Preaches Prayer
Crusade To Ga. j
Say Negroes Should
Use Gradual Process
In Seeking
Civil Rights
Chicago, 111.—Dr. Joseph H. \
Jackson re-elected President of
the National Baptist Conven- j
tion, USA, Inc., for an unprece
dented tenth term, told the 25,
000 delegates attending the re
cent annual convention that he
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Negroes Enroll
!At Florida Uni.
Gainesville, Fla. — Another!
race barrier in education fell
here quietly last week when five ;
Negroes enrolled in the under- j
graduate division of the Uni
versity of Florida.
The three women and two men
w'ere officially enrolled when
they completed registratioon.
They were identified as John
cyna Williams of Bradenton,
Alice Marie Davis of Rubonia,
Rose Elizabeth Green of Day
tona Beach, Jesse Dean of Pen
sacola and John Reddick of
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Name Negro
Chief Of Jobs
Equality Group
Detroit, Mich. Sept. 17 —>
President Kennedy has picked a
i 41-year-old Detroit Negro to
serve as operating chief of the
j newly reorganized Presidential
; Committee on Equal Employ
ment Opportunities.
The appointee, Hobart Taylor,
Jr. told a news conference that
i his aim is to see that every
American citizen gets job op
portunities based on his ability,
regardless to race, religion or
sex.
Taylor also said he would not
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Negro Woman
Receptionist At
Idlewild Airport
New York.—A Negro woman
who speaks and writes Spanish
and French fluently was ap
pointed as supervisor of Im
migration and Naturalization
Service port receptionists at In
ternational Airport, Idlewild.
She is Miss Margaret M.
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Adam Powell
Given Elks
Lovejoy Award
Detroit.—Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell, of New York
City, was recipient of the cov
eted Lovejoy Award, presented
by the Hon. Hobson R. Rey
nolds, of Philadelphia, Pa., at
the annual Civil Liberties pro
gram, held in Co bo Tall on Mon
day afternoon.
Among other highlightn of
the 63rd annual session if the
Improved Benevolent Protective
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Interposition Speech Aimed At
Blocking Meredith’s Entry Of
Univ. Seen Increasing Growing
Apprenhension Of Negroes
See Re-Apprasial Of Negro Leaders
DEMOCRATS SPEAKER:
Either W. Henderson, Counsel
for the House Committee on
Executive Expendetures, fea
tnred Speaker at the meeting j
of Southern Negro Democrat
Council in Birmingham, Ala.
Saturday.
Jackson, Miss. bept. 17 —
(DSN) — A pall of gloom set
tled over the state’s Negro
community like an ominous and
foreboding cloud following the
interpostion speech by Gover
nor Ross R. Barnett last Thurs
day night, interposing himself
between the United States gov
ernment and the University of
Mississippi at Oxford, to block
the enrollment of James Mere
dith, a Negro student, who has
been ordered enrolled at the
University by Judge Hugo
Black of the United State
Supreme Court, with the unani
mous approval of all the judges
of the court.
Governor Barnett made his
speech in support of a campaign
pledge in which he promised if
he was elected, during his term,
there would be no integration in
the state.
The pall o' gloom as it settl
ed over the state’s Negro com
muni|y like an ominous and
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U. S. MARSHALL TO ESCORT
MEREDITH TO OLE MISS
Washington, D. C. Sept. 18 — order that directed the Univer
The U. S. Department of Justice sity to admit him.
announced Monday that United The spokesman, Edward Guth
States Marshalls will escort man, made the announcement
James H. Meredith when he when questioned about reports
goes to enroll as the first Ne- that United States Marshalls
gro student at the University had been sent to the area where
of Mississippi this week. the 29-year-old Negro Air
A Justice Department spokes- Force \eteran is seeking to be
man said several Marshalls will come a student at the state
accompany Meredith and pre- University,
sent University Officials with Meanwhile, in Mississippi,
a copy of the Federal Court (Continued On Page Six)
President Kennedy Hits Acts Of
Terrorism Against Southern Negro
Washington — President
Kennedy said Thursday acts of
terrorism in the South against
Negroes were both cowardly
and outrageous.
He told his news conference
that “I don’t know anything
more outrageous than to burn a
church,” such as occurred a
few days ago in Georgia.
The President was askeo
about his views of recent acta
against Negroes and what the
government is doing and plans
to do to protect their rights.
Referring to shooting in Mis
sissippi where Negroes were
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AFL-CIO Urges Federal Lead
In Vocational Education
The AFL-CIO believes the
federal government must exert
far more leadership and invest
much more money in vocational
education “if the nation is to
meet its economic and social
problems and maintain its role
as a leader of the free world.”
The union position, presented
to a Presidential panel of con
sultants on vocational education
by Peter T. Schoemann, chair
man of the AFL-CIO Committee
on Education, envisions voca
tional training as high school
plus rather than as a substitute
for high school.
“Vocational education i s
broader than job training,” the
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Facts Off Meredith Suit To
Enter University Off Mississippi
New York —After almost 16
months of litigation, James H.
Meredith is expected to become
the first Negro to enter the all
white University of Mississippi
this week.
Registration at the University
is from Tuesday to Thursday
this week. All session classes be
gin Friday.
Mrs. Constance Baker Motley,
Meredith’s attorney, said today
she expected that Mississippi of •
ficials who have been enjoi 'ed
by the federal courts to ad nit
Meredith will follow the court's
edict despite a statement by
Governor Ross Barnett calling
for defiance.
District Judge Sidney Mize is
sued a three-page order last
Friday prohibiting Mississippi
officials from (1) refusing to
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