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ga««aaift> Vol. XVII No. 20 —~ ■ ■—■—■■•■ ■' ■ ~ *""" | fl BBat, N -: W& bbmmWt ipi r l4!aw Wi(H || || Mil K' jjjfjl Hi \S# aiMKI jM H BB B M / WEa Bm| Hr* || j I |m WjP|pP^|HK : ;::;-^ij | ,&v.\ d jT^HH I '■ W »>;Lo Jffl HB| JHBk; ism i|| ' W : -jo.’v :: . • . p>s: I swn HtIHtSS fRi HBhBHHP 11 ■■• *^fi NO LAUGHING MATTER Looking less than heart broken about the whole thing are the four college basketball stars suspended by the AAU from the recent East-West classic in New York, because of their announced intention of playing for the College All-Americans the next day. in a game against the professional Globetrotters. The fifth man. Darrel Floyd (nght) was suspended, but reinstated. The others (from left) are: Ron Robieszcsky (DePaul); Juhus McCoy (Michigan State); Si Green (Duquesne); and Tom Heinsohn (Holy Cross). Floyd is a Furman player. (Newspress Photo) NEW MANAGER AT ZIEDE’S Aaron L. Griffin, 4846 S. 20 Place, was recently promoted to manager of Ziede’s Food Center at 1630 S. 15 Avenue, one of three Ziede Food Centers in Phoenix. Mr. Griffin is formerly of Tuc son where he was employed at the Congress Hotel for nine years. A Resident of Phoenix since 1953, Griffin has been em ployed by two Phoenix grocery chains. He is another ‘first’ in better employment for Negroes in Phoenix. Other employees of Ziede’s Food Center are Mrs. Zora Will rich, cashier; Harvey Padget, meat department manager, Rhonnie Smart, stockman; and Robert Moreno, carry out. o ALLEN RITES PENDING Funeral arrangements for Alice Allen who passed Sunday, April 8, are pending at Ragsdale Mortuary. > Jlet « ' mm, I*. # SUN, SHINE IN YOUR HOME If your neighborhood is not serviced by an Arizona Sun news boy, just step around the corner to the nearest newsstand. Here is a list of stands for your convenience: Rosner Pharmacy , 901 East Jefferson Street Norman’s Pharmacy 1402 East Washington Street Reddy’s Corner 1602 East Jefferson Street Jim’s Food Market 1110 East Washington Southern Drug Store 624 South 7th Avenue Broadway Pharmacy 1608 East Broadway Mountain View Grocery 2106 East Broadway Key’s Market 2454 East Broadway Nelson’s Grocery 2803 East Broadway STREET AND TRAFFIC SURVEY LAUNCHED DY U.S. OFFICIALS i. W. A. Rusch, stiff director of the National Committee on Ur ban Transportation, met Wed nesday with officials of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Arizona Highway Department, Maricopa County, and the City of Phoenix to launch a survey of street and traffic problems in the Phoenix urban area. The four levels of government are cooperating with the National Committee to make a comprehensive study of street, traffic, ransi, parking, and other transportation problems in the Phoenix urban area. The survey will also be used to test a new manual of transportation survey procedures developed by the National committee. o SPIKE JONES HERE APRIL 16-22 Spike Jones and his Musical Madcaps will appear at the Phoenix Home Show daily thru April 16 through 22. PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956 Wm. Burnette Rites. Friday William Burnette of 1002 S. 13 th Avenue died Monday at Shelter Arms Rest Home follow ing long illness. Funeral services set for Friday, 10 a. m. at Rags dale Chapel in the Valley with the Rev. C- K. Hayes officiating. Masons will conduct graveside services at Greenwood Memorial Park. • Mr. Burnett was born in Paris, Texas, coming to Arizona in 1911. He operated a restaurant here before taking a job with Arizona Highway Department where he worked for many years. He worked at Herb Bland Clothing Store from 1940 to 1944. He re mained active dealing in real estate until several years ago. He was an early member of Tan ner AME Church and also the Masonic order. Survivers include his wife, Es telle; mother, Mrs. Mille Pal mer of Sherman, Texas; daugh ter, Mrs. Dorothy Moore, Los An geles, California; sister, Cora Marshall, Fresno, Calif.; and nephew, Edgar Williams of Phoe nix. ★ PACKING HOUSE OUTLET OPENS NEW MEAT MARKET A Call to Housewives —who appreciate fine meats at reason able everyday prices— you are invited to visit the Packing House Outlet Market at South Seventh Street at Mohave where your meat dollars will go farth er. The demand for these fine meats are so great that the pro prietor, Mr. Davies, has opened Packing House Outlet No. 2, at Roeser Road and Central Ave nue for convenience of house wives in that area who prefer fine meats at reasonable price* FUNERAL TODAY FOR WILLIAMS RESIDENT Services for Mrs. Viola D. Mar tin of Williams, Arizona, who passed Monday in a local hospi tal were held today at 2 p.m. at Webber’s Chapel of Eastlake Mortuary. The Rev. A. D. Hutr chins officiated. Interment was in Double Butte Cementery. Mrs. Martin was bom in Fort Grant, Arizona. She is survived by her husband Millard, son, Horace Woods, daughter, Mrs. Jessie McNealey, and mother, Mrs. Clara Wright, all of Phoenix; 3 brothers, Law rence, Albert, and Caleb Wright, two sisters, Harriett Jackson and Clara Adams, all of Los Ange les, California. * BERTHA BOHANNON RITES SATURDAY Funeral Rites for Mrs. Bertha Bohannon 41, will be conducted Saturday at 10 a. m. at Ragsdale Chapel in the Valley. The Rev. A. G. Kendrick will officiate. Mrs. Bohannon born in Mon roe, Louisiana, was the only child of Elizabeth and Robert Pargo. She married Conrad Bohannon in Memphis, Tennessee in 1940, moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1946 where Mr. Bohannon ob tained his degree in Pharmacy. In July 1950 the couple moved to where they operated Bohannon’s Cactus Drug Store at 1144 East Washington Street, until about 2 years ago when ill health overtook Mrs. Bohannon. Before her illness, she was ac tive in the Eastern Stars, and Q’ettes. She was a member of First Institutional Baptist Church. < Survivors include her husband Conrad; mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, step-father, Lasco Col lins; five uncles, 7 aunts, and 2 great aunts. ★ DAY OF PRAYER IS SET FOR EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON According to Rev. A. G. Ken drick of First Institutional Bap tist Church, the Central District Association, a Christian organi zation of churches of Arizona held a meeting last Wednesday at Welcome Baptist Church where a resolution was passed to pray every Wednesday at noon that right will prevail in Montgomery, Alabama. This prayer campaign will continue until May 7, Rev. Ken drick said, and “on that day we shall fast and pray for' our people in the Southern states.” A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ATTEND ANNUAL FESTIVAL TALLAHASSEE. Some 250 high school students and their directors are expected to attend the seventh annual Florida A and M University conference and play festival scheduled for May 8-10, according to S. Randolph Edmonds, head of the depart ment of speech and drama. Plays, orations, readings, speech correction, discussions, and clinics will be the featured is. activities of the conference A GOOD newspaper and the Bible in every house, a good schoolhouse in every district, and a church in every neigh borhood, all appreciated as they deserve, are the chief support of virtue, morality, civil liberty, and religion . — —Benjamin Franklin 10 CENTS PER COPY News Os Civil Rights, Liberty NEW YORK.—When, on April 9, James E. Jackson, Jr., well known Communist leader stands trial in the U. S. District Court at New York’s Foley Square for alleged violation of *the Smith Act, he will be represented by a member of one of the leading law firms of the nation’s capital. Charles T. Duncan, partner in the firm of Reeves, Duncan and Robinson, will serve as counsel in Mr. Jackson’s defense. (In a previous Smith Act case both Justices Black and Douglas en jlp WMmm Wlik ill tered vigorous dissents from the majority opinion of the Supreme Court upholding convictions, on the ground that the law “is un constitutional on its face and as applied” to the Communist Party defendants.) Mr. Jackson, member of a pro minent Richmond, Va. family, is a graduate of Virginia Union and Howard Universities. He is widely known throughout the South and nation as a fighter for civil rigts during the past two de cades. Commenting on the trial, Mr. Jackson, who is now secre tary of the Southern regional Hi '-’ ■ & We*. a jpc- a Hl J§l® 1 committee of the Communist Party and member of its natio nal committee, said: “My life has been dedicated to the struggle for equality and (Continued on page 4) For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the trans gressors shall be rooted out of it. Proverbs 2:21-22.