Jackson advocate. [volume], October 13, 1962, Image 1

About Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current

Image provided by: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

                
Stigers-alcorn braves clash sat. night
Patronise Our Adrertie- W V A f I GOOD CONDUCT
•" — Th«ir Advertising I A I mm ^ A A A A1 A WILL ALWAYS GAIN
s=£Zx\ J ECKSOR wms Advoratp | ==?•
Voliijne XV—N umber 49_.Jackson, Mississippi, Saturday, October 13, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Eye Further Action From State Power Structure
I
Coast Guard Officer Describes
Career Opportunities at Academy
f
Washington, D. C., Oct. 1—
Lt. (J. G.) Andrew L. Holeman,
USCG, is scheduled to visit a
number of cities this fall to ad
vise young men about the pro
fessional education available at
the U. S. Coast Guard Acad
emy, New London, Connecticut.
Lt. (J. G.) Holeman is Assist
... i»w
ant Procurement Officer at U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters in
Washington, D. C.
The Academy is open to all
to the degree of Bachelor of
Science and a commission as
Ensign in the Coast Guard.
The Acedemy is open to all
(Continued On Page Four)
National Examinations For U. S.
Coast Guard Academy Feb. 18-19
The 87th annual examination
for admission to the U. S. Coasc
Guard Academy, at New London,
Connecticut will be held Febru
ary 18 and 19, 1963 in cities
throughout the United States.
Successful applicants will be
admitted to a four-year course
of instruction at the Academy
which has provided career offi
cers for the Coast Guard since
1876.
Appointments to cadetship at
the Academy are made solely
on the basis of competitive ex
amination and prospective adap
tability to military life. There
are no Congressional appoint
ments or geographical quotas.
(Continued On Page Eight)
William T. Gossett Elected
College Fund Board Chairman
New York, Oct. 3 — William
T. Gossett was elected chairman
of the board of directors of the
United Negro College Fund at
the organization’s annual meet
ing held in Atlanta Oct. 2.
Mr. Gos'VJfct retired this year
as general counsel and vice pre.
sident of the Ford Motor Co. to
devote all his time to activities
of a public service nature. I
The College Fund has been
one of Mr. Gossett’s principal j
concerns for the past dozen
years. He is a trustee of two of
UNCF’s member institutions,
Atlanta University and More
(Continued On Page Five)
School Of Pharmacy Florida j
A&M Uni. Holds Day Long Seminar
Tallahassee — The Florida
A&M University school of phar
macy staged an all day seminar
recently with “Increasing Pro
fessional Prestige and Patron
age” as its theme.
Greetings from Dr. George W.
Gore Jr., president of A&M, and
Mlirphy D. Jenkins, acting dean,
school of pharmacy, were given
at the opening session in the
Perry-Paige Building.
Also held during the first ses
sion were discussions on ‘ Moral
Responsibility of the Profession
al Pharmacist,” by Father Da
vid H. Brooks, vicor, St. Michael
and All Angels Episcopal Ch.;
‘Flavors and Flavoring Agents,’
(Continued On Page Seven)
Member Of Uganda Parliament
Lectures At Florida A&M Uni.
Tallahassee — The Honorable
Kham Kirk Karegesa of Ugan
da lectured on “Uganda and
Problems of East Africa" as a
part of the September Commit
tee of the Florida A&M Univer
sity observance of its Diamond
Anniversary.
He is a member of Parlia
ment and the National Assem
bly of Uganda. He traced the
history of Africa from the be
ginning of Western Civilisation
on the Nile River to the present
crisis.
(Continued On Page Six)
Supreme Court
Called Nation’s
Supreme Guard
Of Liberties
AJC Reports
Annual Survey
Of Supreme Court
Decisions
An analysis of the decisions
of the U. S. Supreme Court dur
ing the 1961-62 term underlines
the role of the court as “the na
tion’s supreme guardian of the
liberties of the people,” it was
reported yesterday (Monday,
Oct. 1) by the American Jewish
Congress.
The organization’s annual sur
vey of Supreme Court rulings
showed that in 22 out of 28
civil rights and civil liberties
cases decided last term, the
Court ruled in favor of the per
son claiming his constitutions1
rights had been denied. This
amounted to 78.5 per cent, com
pared with 68 per cent — 10 5
favorable decisions in 185 cases
(Continued On Page Six)
-0
Cstifi Asked
To Integrate
S. C. College
Alexandria, Va. — A Feder
al Appeals Court was asked
Thursday to crack South Caro
lina's educational racial barrier
for the first time and order Ne
gro Harvey Gantt enrolled at
once in Clemson College.
Gantt’s attorney, Mrs. Con
stance Baker Motley, told the
Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals there was nothing in
the record to show that the Ne
gro students should not have
been enrolled in the all-white
college in due course.
Mrs. Motley, who represented
Negro James Meredith in his
fight to enter the University
of Mississippi, said Gantt was
(Continued On Page Three)
Bomb Home Of
Vice Chairman
State Civil
Rights Group
FBI And Local
Police Launch
Investigation
Columbus, Miss. Oct. 8 — The
U. S. Commission on Civil
Rights revealed Friday the home
of one of its Negro officials was
“bombed” here two nights ago
by a Molotov cocktail tossed
from a speeding automobile.
Tho Justice Department, FBI
and local police were investigat
ing the incident at the home of
Dr. James L. Allen, vice chair
(Continued On Page Four)
United Supreme
Council Prince
Hall Masons
Meeting Here
Representatives
From Africa,
Hawaii, Haiti To
Attend Session
The welcome mats will be
out here next week for the
Seventy-sixth annual session of
the United Supreme Council of
the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite of Free Masonry,
Prince Hall Affiliation, South,
ern Jurisdiction, which will be
held here October 14th thru
(Continued On Page Seven)
Hotel Association Ninth Annual
Convention In Miami, Florida
Washington, D. C.—Members J
of Nationwide Hotel Associa
tion, Inc., will meet in their 9th
Annual Convention at the fabu
lous Hampton House Motel and
i Villas, Miami, Fla., October 14
17.
Mrs. Theodore R. Hagans, Jr.,
(pictured above) Vice president
and General Manager of The
New’ Dunbar Hotel, Washington,
Dr. C., and National President
of NHA, announced that hotel,
motel and guest house owners
and operators from all over the
(Continued On Page Two)
i
Okla. NAACP
President Found
Guilty Of Libel
Jury Awards
Police Detective
$17,000 Judgement
Oklahoma City — A district
court jury has awarded a police
detective a $17,000 judgement
(Continued On Page Eight)
Negro Voters
League Started
At Ruleville
See Pressure On
Church Used As
Meeting Place
Ruleville, Miss. — While Mis
sissippi backed out the houv
long CBS program, “Mississip
(Continued On Page Four)
-e>
State Negroes
Take Heart
From Action Of
White Leaders
Meredith Crisis
Still Simmering
At Ole Miss
Jackson, Miss. Oct. 8 (DSN)
—The more responsible and in
telligent Negro citizens of Mis
sissippi looking towards their
future action and leadership and
its effect on race relations and
the rights of Negro citizens of
the state are seen as taking
heart from statements from
members of what Ralph McGill,
the famous Atlanta, Georgia
editor calls the “Power Struc
(Continued On Page Five)
-o
Meredith Cost
NAACP $30,000
Aaron Henry
State Pres. Says
CLAKKSDALE. Miss, i
Aaron Henry, state president of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peoplp,
said today the James H. Mere*
' dith case has ‘‘already cost the
NAACP upwards of $30,000.
In a letter to the Coahoma i
County branch of the NAACP, j
(Continued On Page Four) i
-o
Negro Woman
Now Working
D. C. Airport '
Washington — Pretty Mal
rene White, of Detroit, a ste
wardess with Northwest Air-!
lines in Minneapolis for the;
past two months, has been as
signed to work out of the Wash- J
ington airport terminal.
(Continued On Page Three)
AT THE STATE FAIR HERE OCT. 15,15,17: Shawn Mac
Gowna, thrilling adagio dancer and Choreographer with Leon
Claxton’e 1952 edition of the Harlem Remo with fire of the
A
•epian beauties that are featured in the fast stepping musical
on the Royal American Shows mile-long midway this season.
STATE COLLEGES TOP HIGH
SCHOOL BANDS PRANCING
MAJORETTES TO FEATURE
OPENDING DAY PARADE OF
STATE FAIR HERE MONDAY
Leaden Puts Fair And Its
Purpose Above Ole Miss Crisis
Predict Many Outstanding Exhibits
I
THE GRANDMASTER: James
C. Gilliam, of Clarksdale,
Grandmaster, M. W. Stringer
Masonic Grand Lodge of the
State which will be hoot to the
Supreme Council meeting in
Jackson next week.
A record crowd is predicted
here for the three days and
three nights showing, Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, Oct.
15-16-17, of Mississippi Negro
State Fair at the State Fair
Grounds.
The opening day parade Mon
day which will be featured by
State College and High School
Bands and marching groups is
expected to be one of the most
outstanding in the history of the
Fair. One of the things that
gives rise to the prediction is
that the parade Monday morn
ing will be one of the most out
standing in the history of the
Fair in the fact that this year,
for the first time Fair Officials
have put up substantial cash
prizes for the best decorated
floats in the parade, which is
expected to attract a greater
number of floats than has been
seen before in the parade.
(Continued On Page Six)
U. S. Office Of Education
Organizes Desegregation Service
New York, Oct. 8 — The U.
S. Office of Education is or
ganizing a desegregation ser
vice for school boards willing to
accept integration as inevitable
and seek aid, The Insider’s
Newsletter reported today.
Headed by Dr. Herbert Con
rad, the service is being launch
ed as a result of scattered calls
for help from Southern school
administrators with desegrega
tion problems. It intends to
build a file of information and
provide consultants and district
(Continued On Page Eight)
State Department Said In
Search For Negro Diplomats
The State Department has
launched an unprecedented
search for Negro diplomats, re
veals the October issue of Eb
ony.
Recruiting teams are scour
ing the country, urging talented
Negroes to apply for foreign
service posts in a new policy for
the State Department, the na
tional Negro monthly magazine
discloses.
It’s a new drive “reflecting
the need for dark skins in dip
lomacy and the Kennedy admin
(Continued On Page Four)
Nkrumah Declines Life Presidency
Proposed By Ghana Parliament
ACCRU — Dr. Kwame Nk
rumah, President of Ghana,
was reported Tuesday to have
declined the offer of a life
time appointment at the open
ing: of the Parliament.
He said he approved of a re
cent motion to make Ghana a
one-party state, but rejected
the life presidency because the
best way to show support for
him would be to return him to
office at the elections held
every five years.
Leader of the Convention
People’s Party, Dr. Nkrumah
said the attempt on his life
last August was “a desperate
attempt to arrest our progress
(Continued On Page Five)
Senate Confirms Negro Member
Of Federal Trade Commission
Washington, Oct. 8 — The
United States Senate confirmed
Friday the nomination of A.
Leon Higginbotham, Jr., to the
Federal Trade Commission.
Th« 35-year-old Philadelphia
lawyer thus becomes the first
Negro to serve on a Federal
regulatory agency.
Higginbotham has been presi
dent of the Philadelphia branch
of the NAACP tince^ 1969 and
Is a member of the Pennsyl
vania Fair Employment Com
mission.
A Democrat, he was named
by President Kennedy to succe
ed William C. Kern, whose term
expired Sept 25. He will serve
for seven yean in the $20,000
a year post
When Higginbotham appear
ed before the Senate Commerce
Committee Oct 4, two Senaton
and five Representatives' en
(Continued On Page Seven)