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Governor Barnett’s Action And
The Drive For Negro Integration
The action of Governor Ross Barnett in the
Meredith case, while it could conceivably bring a
bout the final settlement of the question of interpo
sition and states rights as opposed to Federal Gov
ernment, invented simultaneously by John C. Cal
houn of Somh Carolina in the effort to preserve
the institution of Negro slavery. Questions pre
sumably settled by the Civil War and the Emanci
pation Proclamation. The Governor’s action is also
bound to cause a grave second look, in many quar
ters. at the drive for Negro integration.
That the Governor’s action will cause a grave
second look at the drive for Negro integration may
be easily seen by the fact that the population of
this country is made up of many racial, ethnic,
cultural and national groups, whose desires to pre
serve their heritage limits their acceptance of in
tegration, with all of its purely social connotations,
as a purely political formula. And by the further
fact, that despite the magic of figures, after all
the money, sweat, and tears, only token integra
tion of Negroes has been brought about anywhere
in this country.
While there is enough evidence to show that
the people who make up the various racial, ethnic,
cultural and national groups of this country at
times wish to preserve their own identity and heri
tage without being forced to integration, there is
abundant evidence to prove their desire to see Ne
groes have all that they can accomplish under the
tried American political formula of equality under
the law.
In a country made up population wise as is
the United States it may yet appear that dem
onstration of the right of each group to have and
enjoy its own institutions with the equal protec
tion of the law is a far better answer to the chal
lenge of communism than racial tension, confusion
and hatred engendered by the Negro integration
drive.
in the light of such a future possibility the
question immediately arises what will become of the
prospects of Negro freedom. A question which can
be considered intelligently only in the light of the
past history of the nation
In the first place there are many instances in
the nation’s history where laws enacted by the Con- j
gress, and subsequently upheld by decisions of the I
Unitea States Supreme Court, because of the over
whelming rejection of American public opinion,
with the consequent lack of public support, have
been finally repealed. Notable among which, in
what may be called contemporarv American his
tory was the prohibition act, which remained on
the statute book for 18 years, with many lives lost,
and millions of dollars spent in attempting its en
forcement, only to have it finally repealed for lack
of public support and the final overwhelming re
jection of public opinion.
Any view or study of American history, and of
the American ideal of democracy, is bound to re
veal that what brought peoples of all races, na
tions, colors and creeds to these shores to join j
in helping make the United States the great nation 1
it is today, was that each group could have their
own churches, schools and other institutions and or
ganizations under the guarantee of equal protection
under the law.
it was the impetus of the idea and ideal of
equal protection under the law that created what
became known to history as the American Melting
pot, an expression the essence of which was the ,
fact that people of all races, nations, colors, cul
tures, and creeds, upon reaching this country be
came merged in the American spirit, while at the
same time enjoying the privilege of their own
churches, schools, and other institutions and or
ganizations, with equal protection of the law.
It was under the idea and ideal of equal pro
tection of the law, and the right of each group to
have its own cnurches, schools, and other institu
tions and organizations, that the American Negro
made his greatest progress. A progress primarily
possible because racial pride was then a powerful
motivating incentive, which is not and cannot be
true under the interpretation of, and drive for
integration.
The idea of integration in this country was
bom in the minds, first of those who saw in it a
means of creating the division, and stirring up
strife and tension in the United States* as an aid
to the cause and advancement of world commu
nism, and later by those who think the best way to
combat Russia and Communism is to make the
United Spates as nearly like Russia as possible, un
der the impossible assumption, as events are pro
viding da$jy, that this could be done without in
jury to thg great idea and ideal of American De
mocracy.
We see no reason why the aims of the Negro
for equal protection under the law would suffer as
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1 cup cold water
2 cups hot water
3'/3 cups (2 large cans)
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2 cups (1 pint) mayonnaise
Soften gelatine in 1 cup water.
Add hot water. Stir until dis
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mayonnaise in bowl, stirring
constantly. Add dissolved gela
tine and lemon juice. Chill until
mixture begins to thicken. Fold
Jackson, Miss.: — Thurgood
Marshall, recently confirmed as :
circuit judge of the U. S. fed-j
eral court by the U. S. Senate,,
will be the principal speaker at
banquet to be staged by the (
Supreme Council, 33rd. Degree,.
Prince Hall Masons, Southern
Jurisdiction when it convenes
in Jackson, October 14 to 16 in j
its 76th annual session. Judge j
Marshall is a Prince Hall j
Mason, is minister of state of j
the 33rd. degree council, hav- j
ing been elevated to position j
following the death of the late
John Wesley Dobbs. Dr. Charles
W. Stewart, prominent Metho
dist minister of Buffalo, New
York, will deliver the sermon
at the Divine Services. A re
cord attendance is expected at
this meeting due to the fact that
the Sovereign Grand Command
er, Dr. John G. Lewis, Jr., has
personally visited every council
of deliberation in the jurisdic
tion during the past year. The
report on the construction of the
new cathedral in Washington
will be a feature of the conven
tion.
New Orleans. Announcement
was made this week by 0. C. W.
Taylor, director of public rela- !
tions for the Conference of
Grand Masters, Prince Hall j
Masons, that two grand masters !
had visit* d lodges in foreign
lands. Dr. Amos T. Hall, Okla
homa, visited the Prince Hall
lodges in Germany and P. G.
Porter, Kansas visited the
Prince Hall Lodge in Newfound
land. Prince Hall has other
lodges in the Bahamas, Haiti,
Haiwai, Alaska, Central Amer
ica, South America nad Africa.
Grand lodges exist in Haiti,
Bahamas and Liberia, Africa.
New Orleans. Two grand lod
ges of Prince Hall Masons re
ported giving scholarships in
the amount $6100 to deserving
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Evaporated Milk makes the salad smooth and creamy, j
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HAM AND VEGETABLE BUFFET SALAD
(Makes about 18 servings)
y/i cup lemon juice
3 cups (2 10-ounce packages)
well-drained cooked peas
V2 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped celery
2 cups chopped ham
2 cups grated process-type
American cheese
in remaining ingredients. Blend
well. Spoon into four cake pans
(8. 7, 5 and 3-inch) or two 2
quart molds. Chill until firm
(about 2 hours). Unmold. Garn
ish with cucumbers and radishes.
a result of the repeal of the U. S. Supreme Court
Decisions in public school integration cases
Indeed, the Negro, particularly those in the
South, might be far better off than they now are,
by thus relieving the existing tension, and again
making race pride a motivating incentive for Negro
progress and again making possible southern inter
I racial cooperation and goodwill.
Moreover, we see American Democracy under
its original idea winning the propaganda battle
with world communism.
Finally, the repeal would have the subject of
racial integration a matter between the individuals
involved, thus making it a social, rather than a
legal concept, the social concept being the chief
basis of the arguments on which the decisions
wrere based.
Judge Thurgood Marshall To
i Speak At Masonic Meet Here
boys and girls in colleges this
; fall. The grand lodge of Texa
I gave $4500 and the grand lodgo
i of Louisiana gave $2600. Prac
tically every grand lodge in
j Prince Hall Masonry givev
; scholarships to students in vary
ing amounts.
—
New Orleans. Two grand
masters of Prince Hall Mason
ry were signally honored last
month. Grand Master P. G. Por
ter, Kansas, was appointed a
member of the Kansas Civil
Rights Advisory Committee by
Governor John Anderson and
Grand Master John G. Lewis,
Jr., was made a member of the
national board of National Ur
ban League. Dr. Lewis was also
recently made a member of the
board of Plint-Goodridge Hospi
tal in New Orleans.
YOUNGSTERS CAN MAKE
i family Christmas table decora
I tions and be proud of results. The
• two trees in this picture were
I made from Norcross new gift
wrap papers “Crystal Trees” and
'“Peppermint Stripe.”
You’ll need: a 2 inch foam ball
for top and a box of 1-inch foam
balls to pin all over. A sheet of
heavy art paper 22 by 28 inches;
a cardboard mailing tube; piece
of cardboard 10 inches square
and you can get a powder box
from Mom or Big Sister.
Twist art paper to form cone.
Cut top corner to eliminate bulk.
Tape together. Measure 20%
inches from point all around and
trim to keep symmetrical shape.
Then cover with the beautiful
paper. Cut a hole in the square
cardboard and a like one in the
powder box. Put the tube in the
box and well up into the cone.
Glue, cover with red paper and
the job’s done. Striped cone on
right is made same way, except
a paper doily is glued just inside
the top edge of box and a Puff
Bow is pinned to the top.
aus....
SENTIMENT COMBINES
I WITH tradition to make 19G2 J
! Christmas cards the warmest
[ever. Studio cards have lost their
bite and will offer gentle whimsy
in place of brash humor, like
this Norcross card that remem
I bers the famous letter written in
j 1807 by the editor of the old Sun.
He said “Yes, Virginia, there is a
[Santa Claus.” The card shows a
j delightful mite in a red night
gown and she says “Yes, Santa
j Claus, there is a Virginia
Particularly notable are the
{religious cards, which this year
•as in past years, will account for
I more than 3 O'/e of all Christmas
; cards sold.
j GO NOW, BUY LATER
If you’re flipping at the thought
of college and in a flap about
what to buy, take the advice of
upper classmen: make your ma
jor purchases after you've cased
the campus and know who’s wear
ing what, where and with whom.
Remember your old wardrobe
will look new to your classmates.
And new clothes, purchased after
you see what you need, will fit in
with the scheme of things.
There are sad cases to prove
the wisdom of this advice. Miss
Meep, Class of ’06, made the first
! dance simply Splitsville when she
I arrived in yards and yards of
pink tulle, a rhinestone coronet
shimmering in her hair, her
matching pink shoes pinching
just a little. The stags wearing
business suits and the gals in
wool sheaths couldn’t stop the
yuks (behind her back). She
'couldn’t stop the tears, nor get
I back the money she’d invested in
i a totally useless outfit.
And there’s the case of Miss
Casual, ’65, who arrived with in
formal corduroy bedspreads,
drapes and pillows for her room,
expecting her roommate to pay
half the cost. Her roommate liked
things bright and fluffy and they
; spent the year without benefit of
interior decoration, staring at
, blanketed beds and curtainless
. windows. So don’t buy now and
• pay later, with embarrassment
i or discomfort.
Remember that most colleges
I have a well-planned orientation
' week for newcomers, and you will
! fqpl pretty familiar with the
campus and college policy by the
i time upper classmen arrive. Good
idea for making friends ahead of
I time is to have a party for gals
and guys going to your college.
, The Dean’s office will give you
i names and addresses of pre
i freshmen in your area. You sup
ply coffee and cookies; the con
i versation will take care of itself,
| for you’re all about to face the
i same exciting experience.
] These easy-to-make College
.Chocolate Brownies are a natur
al for your college party. To
make about 2 dozen brownies,
combine 1 cup sugar, 2 table
spoons soft shortening, 1 egg
and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until
light and fluffy. Add 2 ounces (2
1-ounce squares) unsweetened
chocolate which has been melted ;
mix well. Sift together 1 cup
sifted all-purpose flour and 1
teaspoon baking powder. Add dry
ingredients to sugar mixture al
ternately with 1/2 cup undiluted
Carnation evaporated milk. Add
1 cup chopped walnuts; mix well.
Turn into greased 9-inch square
.pan. Bake in moderate oven
(350°) about 35 minutes. Cool.
Cut into squares.
The Carnation Teen Commit
tee, made up of teens in schools
, across the country, make sugges
i tions for this column. If you have
an idea, write to CTC, 124 East
:38th Street, New York, 16, N.Y.
A Teen Party Idea booklet will
. be sent on request.
Instant Music
Mood music throughout the
house, for the first time avail
able without the expense and in
convenience of custom wiring
makes phonograph news this
year with the introduction of a
“Home Music Distribution Sys
tem.” You can have music to
dine by, soft melody to lull you
to sleep, and background music
for patio entertaining—all “dis
tributed” through existing house
current by a plug-in portable
receiver developed by General
Electric for use with several
of the company’s 1963 stereo
console phonographs. A trans
mitter, installed inside the phono
graph cabinet broadcasts the
signal to one or more receivers
which can be simply plugged in
upstairs or downstairs, inside or
outside —wherever there’s a
floor or wall outlet. Voila Instant
Music!
Measure...
(Continued From Page One)
tion.
They were unanimous on
only two.
• First, the War Amend
-— '
menls to the Constitution, par
ticularly the 14th, ratified in
1868, which defined citizen
ship and extended the equal
protection of law to all persons.
“The Emancipation Procla
mation did not really free the
slaves; the 13th Amendment
did,” says Dr. John Hope
Franklin, chairman of the his
tory department at Brooklyn
College.
“The 14th Amendment
brought the Negro into the
American family. The 15th
gave Negroes the right to vote.
Together, they made it possible
for the Negro to come into the
mainstream of American life.”
"The 14 th Amendment is
what the Negro has based his
whole fight for equality on,”
adds Dr. Benjamin Quarles,
chairman of the history depart
ment at Morgan State College
in Baltimore.
• Second, Brown vs. Board
of Education, the Supreme
Court decision of May 17, 1954,
which overturned the long
standing rule of “separate but
equal” and banned segregation
in public schools.
“For 58 years,” said Dr. Clar
ence A. Bacote, chairman of the
history department at Atlanta
University, "separate but equal
was the standard in race re
lations. The decision of 1954
set a new standard.”
“It placed the Negro in a
position where he was able by
law to avail himself of existent
opportunities." says Dr. Frank
lin. who prefers to measure
Negro progress by opportunity
rather than deed.
Smith vs. Allwright, the Su
preme Court decision of 1944
that opened previously all
white primary elections to
Negroes, rated high on the his
torians’ list of milestones.
“Smith vs. Allwright means
more to us in the South than
in other sections," says Dr.
Bacnle. “It revived the Negroes
in the South. In Atlanta, at
least, it has changed the whole
political climate.
“Many ills can be redressed
by voting intelligently. But
first you have to register. Once
we get federal protection at the
ballot boxes we will get a dif
ferent type of representative
from the South."
Another popular choice: Ex
ecutive Order 8802, issued by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
in 1941, barring discrimination
in factories with defense con
tracts. It was the forerunner of
Fair Employment Practices
laws.
“For the first time." says Dr.
Franklin, “it gave Negroes an
opportunity to make a living.”
Both Dr. "Bacote and Dr.
Charles H. Wesley, president of
Central State College in Wil
berforce, Ohio, rate the rise of
I segregated Negro schools high
on their lists of milestones.
For Dr. Wesley, it’s sym
bolized by the founding of Fisk
University in Nashville in 1866,
the first major Negro college
founded after the Civil War.
“At the time of the Emanci
pation Proclamation,” says Dr.
Wesley, “Negroes were 8fi per
cent illiterate. They have made
an amazing advance. 1 know ov
no other instance of a sub
merged group emerging so
quickly.”
For Dr. Bacote, the rise of
Negro education is symbolized
by the day in 1929 when At
lanta University became the
first Negro graduate institution
offering a master's degree.
“For a long time.” he says,
"it was a widely held, bpinion
that Negroes were inferior to
whites mentally. Education,
particularly the number of
Negroes earning master’s de
grees and doctorates, is de
stroying that myth.”
Dr. Rayford W. Logan, chair
man of the history department
at Howard University in Wash
ington, sees the integration of
the armed forces, symbolized
by the graduation from West
Point of Benjamin O. Davis,
now a major general, as a top
milestone.
“It lifted Negro morale,” he
says. “Who wants to fight an
enemy abroad when you have
a fight of your own just to
serve your own country?”
Dr. Wesley picks as a mile
stone Plessy vs. Ferguson, the
Supreme Court decision of 1896
that established by law the
concept of separate but equal.
“It gave Negroes the op
portunity to work out their
own problems,” he argues.
“Out of it came the nucleus of
colleges and universities for
Negroes. It was a necessary
and healthy exercise in self
help.”
Dr. Franklin names the Civil
Rights Act of 1875, which was
later declared unconstitutional
on grounds the government
could not enact legislation to
effect equal rights.
“But it dared to call for the
,protection of the rights of
Negroes as any other Ameri
can citizens,” he *ys. “We
have been trying to catch up
with the act since 1875. Only
now are we seeing it realized.”
Most of the Negro historians
see their milestones in legal
terms; as court decisions and
legislative acts that broke
down barriers to equality.
Not so Dr. Quarles.
Among his selections: The
signing of Jackie'"Robinson to*
a Brooklyn Dodger contract in
1947 and the refusal of Mrs.
Rosa Parks to move to the
rear of a bus that touched off
the Montgomery bus protest of
1955-56.
“Jackie Robinson symbol
ized the acceptance of the
Negro into the mainstream of
popular culture, which shapes
public opinion,” he says.
;“Even white people couldn’t
fail to miss the impact of Rob
inson as a symbol.”
Dr. Franklin stands at the
opposite pole.
“Dpn’t measure Negro prog
ress by saying so many Ne
groes have Ph.D.’s or so many
sine «*anrt nnera ** ha mv«
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Federal Troops.
(Continued From Page One)
ZAPU, were served with re
striction orders, police said.
Government planes flew over
African townships, dropping
leaflets announcing the ban on
ZAPU in English and two Af
rican languages.
“ZAPU is dead,” the leaflets
proclaimed.
“Government forces—police,
Army, and Air Force—are in
your district to help you,” they
said. “They arc *thcre to re
move the bad people who have
intimidated you and damaged
some of your homes and
schools.”
They told Africans, “You, as
a private person can arrest
anybody committing a crime
in your presence.”
“ZAPU have no power, so
they can never be the govern
ment.” the leaflets asserted.
At the same time the De
fense Ministry of the Federa
tion of Rhodesia and Nyasa
land, to which Southern Rho
desia belongs, called up Army
and Air Force national guards
men and volunteer reservists
“in aid of the civil authority
in Southern Rhodesia.
Federal Defense Minister
Malcolm Barrow said he had
“given instructions for certain
precautionary troop disposi
tions.”
The ban on ZAPU, an
nounced by Southern Rho
desian Premier Edgar White
head followed a wave of vio
lence, arson, and sabotage in
the African territory.
Sir Edgar, who declared last
Sunday that he was determined
to bring violence to a “speedy
end,” accused ZAPU Thursday
of using intimidation to recruit
members and crush opposition.
In a speech to the nation, he
said that ZAPU, through its
; youth league, had built up a
I “terrorist organization typical
; of the worst days of fascism”
and had done its best to “de
stroy the political liberty and
economy of the country.”
Mr. Nkomo, on a visit to Lu
: saka in Northern Rhodesia,
said of the ban there: “It’s a
good thing. . . . This is the
beginning of the end for Whitc
, head.”
Accusing the- government of
; “most savage behavior,” Mr.
; Nkomo added. “They have not
! even got the decency to let me
i get home first.”
Earlier in Lusaka, Mr. Nko
; mo had called for an immediate
| constitutional conference to
discuss the future of his coun
; try.
Mr. Nkomo said he has re
peatedly urged Britain to scrap
1 Southern Rhodesia’s present
Constitution and introduce a
new one that would give Afri
cans a majority in the govern
j ment.
“We must have a conference
now,” he declared. “Otherwise
the country is heading for
ruin.”
He denied his party was re
sponsible for recent outbreaks
of violence and arson and said
the violence resulted from
“sheer frustration.”
Police moved into ZAPU
■ hcadquaiters in Salisbury and
examined documents and party
property.
Explaining the federal troops
call-up, Sir Edgar said he had
hoped that lecent security leg
islation in Southern Rhodesia
would stem ZAPU violence.
But it only increased it, he
said.
The* call-up and deployment
of federal security forces, he
added, had been carefully
planned, and. those forces
would remain mobilized until
arson, sabotage, and intimida
tion had ceased and the perpe
trators of these crimes brought
to justice.
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Nigeria Africa
Party Chief
Is Arrested
£agos, Nigeria
An opposition leader in the
Nigerian' Parliament, Chief
Obafemi Awolowo, was placed
under house arrest Saturday.
Police declined to give a rea
son for the move or to associate
it with a recent search for il
legally imported arms. Chief
Awolowo, with other Action
Group leaders, previously had
I been restricted to small areas
around their residences.
A strong force of police
| guarded the house in a Lagos
! suburb. Only Chief Awolowo’s
wife, members of his family,
and three servants were per
! mitted inside.
Chief Awolowo, a lawyer,
was educated at London Uni
versity and first became a min
ister in Western Nigeria in
1952. He was appointed West
ern Nigeria’s first Premier in
1954 and held that office until
1959 when he resigned to be
come leader of the official op
I position in the federal Parlia
i ment.
He has long been a political
leader in Western Nigeria
which, currently under emer
gency regulations, is being run
for the federal government by
an administrator appointed by
the national Prime Minister.
Dr. Chiko Obi,'leader of the
Nigerian small, left-wing Dy
namic Party, was remanded in
custody when he appeared in a
Lagos court Saturday on
charges of possession of for
eign ammunition.
Dr. Obi, formerly a mathe
matics lecturer at University
College, Ibadan, Western Ni
geria, has often Criticized the
Nigerian Government for its
moderate policies.
Patramza
Our Adnrtisers
Mich Governor
Urge Censure of
Gov. Barnett
LANSING, Mich.— < UPI> —Goi
John B. Swainson Friday calle
on the nal ion’s governors to cen
sure Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnet
for blocking integration at th
University of Mississippi.
The Michigan chief executiv<
sent a telegram to Gov. Albert C
Resell ini of Washington, chairmar
of the Governor’s Conference
Swainson’s telegram read:
In view of the disgracefu
flouting of both the law of th<
land and the courts of the Unitec
States by Gov. Barnett of Missis
sippi. I urgently request that yoi
convene an emergency meeting ol
the executive committe of the Gov
ernor's Conference for the purpose
of censuring Gov. Barnett
His outrageous conduct in de
fying the court-ordered integra
tion of the University of Mississippi
has brought shame on the citizens
of that state as well as on all
freedom-loving people in America
and throughout the world.
"I believe the governors of the
United States should let the world
know, in clear and unmistakable
terms, that they disapprove of the
actions of anyone, particularly the
governor of a sovereign state,
which violate not only America’s
moial commitment to freedom and
equality but the law of the land
as well ”
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Georgia Church 1
Burners Draw
7-Year Terms
COLQUITT Ga.—<SNS)—Three
confessed white church burners
were sentenced to seven years im
prisonment Saturday by Judge
■Walter I Geer, less than one week
after they burned a Negro church
in Dawson.
The trio was listed as Glen
Roland, 56; Melvin Earl Roland,
21; and Marvin Allen Milner, 31,
who pleaded guilty to arson charg
es after being apprehended by the
FBI
Terrell County Sheriff Z. T.
Matthews was quoted last week as
saying the men had been drinking
and discussing burnings of two
other Negro churches in the Daw
son area when they decided to set
fire to the Hope Baptist Church.
A 16-year-old white youth ar
rested in the church burning is
expected to stand trial m juvenile
court next Saturday.
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation agents capture} the four
shortly after the cf.ureh burning
when they sped by the scene in a
car. The FBI said there was no
indication the men were involved
in other church burnings recently.
White citizens in the Dawson r
area immediately began, a campaign
raising drive to rebuild the burned ,
Negro church which was destroyed
by fire.
Judge Geer, uncle of lieutenant
governor candidate Peter Zack
Geer, said that he sentenced the
men to ‘‘no more and no less than
seven years.” •
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Texas Telephone
Company Hires
Negro Clerks
SAN ANTONIO — (ANP) — With
a minimum of fanfare, Southwest
ern Bell Telephone company has
employed its first Negro clerical
workers. Two young women, having
passed required examinations and
physical tests .went to work re
cently.
Miss Beverly Ann Johnson, 24. is
a combination clerk, who does ttl
.:g and operates the teletype.
Miss Rhittie Watts, 18, works
in the accounting department as
a ticket clerk, sorting iong-distance
tickets and verifying calls.
Miss Johnson .a San Antonian, is
the daughter of Mrs. Armenta
White, and Erpest J. Johnson. She
is a 1955 honor graduate of Phyliss
Wheatley high scnooi.
She attended Fisk university,
graduating with honors in 1950
Miss Watts is an Oklahoman,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrsv
Ezekiel Watts of Ada, Okla. She
; is a 1961 honor graduate of the in-'
tegratcd Ada high school.
She came to San Antonio to
| attend^St. Philip’s college.
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Nehru Cancels
Ghana Visit
Accra. Ghana
In the wake of a series of
. bombings, Prime Minister
' Jawaharlal Nehru of India
has postponed a visit to
Ghana.
Officials announced the de
cision Sunday night on the
heels of disclosures that
three more bombs had ex
ploded in this" capital Friday
night. No casualties were
reported.
Mr. Nehru, now on a visit,
to Lagos, Nigeria, was to
'have arrived Wednesday for
talks with President Nkru
mah. The announcement of
the postponement was made
by Indian and Ghanaian offi
cials in Lagos.
Six bombings in seven
weeks have blamed on polit
ical foes of Dr. Nkrumah, who
is facing his most serious
! crisis since Ghana became
j Independent five years ago.
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