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Girl, 14, Claims Assault;Say Doctor Disagrees

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1 At BelmontBELMONT A plump 14-

year-old g<rl. u-ho a physician,reportedly, raid has not beenraped, accused a white textile

| mill worker of rapine her at! her home when he asked for a

drink of waterBilly S, Brewer, 43. i* heme

held without, bond pending a. pre-liminary hearing in Belmont re-corder's court this week on a

i charge of attempted rape.

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North Carolina’s Leading WeeklyVOL IS NO. 42 SATURDAY, JULY tg, 1959 RALEIGH, N. C. PRICE 12c IN N. C.: ELSEWHERE 15c

Integration To Eastern NC4> 4* + + + + 41 4

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Woman Vanishes HereChildrenOs MarinesAccepted

KINSTON —A personnel problemit Cherry Point Marine Corpr AirStation has been resolved in theprogram of integration to be em-

ployed at the next session of twoCra'-en Countv Schools

The Craven Beard of Educationhas agreed to admit colored stu-

dents »o the previously all-whiteHavelock elementary and GrahamBarden elementary schools

Military authorities said?hat come members of *he ma-rine air has* -- personnel hadasked for transfers because ofthe problem of their having to

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NAACP Meetsin NY; UnionEx-Prexy Goes

NEW YORK New York u-o' -

ernor Nelson Rockefeller Monday

kicked off the NAACP s golden

anniversary convention with a

po'* er-packed speech in which herecapitulated past incidents ofrace discriminations in thu coun-try and lauded the progress of theNegro during the past 15 years

The governor declared thatsegregation is on its way out in

the Nation “

He recalled that "in !Wour wisest leaders recogniiedthat there was a race problemthsi affected not one race i-

ione but every American citi-ien

"

The evils of race discriminationand segregation have not beer.

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I State News; Brief

FAYETTtVTLLE DISTSICTMEET

FAYETTEVILLE - The 91st«ess:os cf the Christian EducationConvention of Central N. CConference of the AME ZicnChurch was held at Clark Cha-pel Church Tar Heel, recently.The Rev John W Hatch, presidingelder of the Fayetteville District,presided

The nine sessions of the conven-tion were centered around thetheme Christian Education in the

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DISAPPEMS —Mis? Bea tric eRodrigues, 20-year-old collegecoed, has been missing from herOberlin. home since last Fridayafternoon. She was last seenleaving her job at 9 p.m (See

story this page).

St. Augustine’s College Coed LastSeen Leaving Work Friday Night

BY CHARLES E JONES

A hard-working college toed appears to have “vanished into thin air” Miss Beatrice Rod-

riquez. 20. was last seen Friday night after a five-hour stint as cashier at the Royal. Theatre. Itis possible that she had around $75 on her person at. the time, which represented a part of hersavings.

Mrs. M H. Andrews, who is. the young lady's guardian, said she last saw Miss Rod-riquez Friday afternoon when she left her home. 1001 Parker Street. Oberlin, about 4 pm.

A major m elementary educa-tion at St Augustine's College.

Moss Rodriquez- was described asbeing very dependable." by Mrs.

Andrewsvintii m ¦Louisian?. *hc * .->»,)

•..pent in:in v i<xar r - in in r,r.

ph?rut« at Baldwin, La andfinally worked her way

through one school beforemeeting Mrs Andrews at Al-len University in South Caro-lina^Miss Rodriquez is of light brown

complexion. 20-years-old. fivefeet, five inches tall and weighs113 pounds .

This summer marked the begin -

mg of her third year here She

is a rising sophomore at St Au- 1gustine’s.

A brother and sister of the coed,lives ir. Texas but Mr- Andrew?said she did not know where

Investigating the cas c is Detec-tive R L Ennis, who ha: had

¦ sessions with both Mrs. Andrews! and 'he manager and employee:. of the theatre

Anyone having . info:mat-ion ofMir: Rodriquez's whereabouts isurged to contact the Raleigh Po-lice Department at once

Winston-Salem HermitTo Undergo'Mental Tests

WiNSTON-SALEM A 50-year-old Negro hermit, who claims tohave lived in nearby woods forthe past five years, will be examin-ed by psychiatrists during the next60 days which he must spend inthe county jail.

.toe Nelson was given sentencestotaling 60 days in Municipal

Court Friday after he pleadedguilty to charges of vagrancy andindecent exposure H» was ar-rested Monday after police receiv-

ed reports (hat a man was seenrunning through the woods with-out any clothes

Hf told skeptical officershe had lived in the woods forfive years on berries, smallcame and gifts from peoplePolice expressed the view thatif be had lived in the area foran extended period (hey would

have known about it.However, they found a shel-

ter made, of boxes behind anabandoned building where heapparently had been Bleeping.Two suitcases with clothingand some food also werefoundNelson fold a reporter shortly

after his arrest that, his wife diedfive years ago of astheme and "mymemory went bad. T couldn t, re-member where my house wasi wandered out into the wood?"lie said while living in the woorir-¦‘l never bothered nothing.” IT.-aid he took some of his clotheoff last Sunday and went for a

walk because d was hotPlp aLo fold the reporter h*

would eo back to the woods if re-leased from jail I wouldn't knowwhere else to be going.” he said.

First U. S. High Mass ForPriest Well-Attended Here

BY GLEN MITCHELLA capacity body witnessed the

first solemn mass given by FatherThomas. P. Hadden, ne" ly-ordain-

i ed Catholic priest, at Saint Moni-| ca's Church on Sunday last After-wards parishioners and visitingCatholics lined up to ask the Fa-

i ther s blessings and to shower himwith words of congratulations

The new priest was introducedto the integrated body by Fr Je-rome Tierney, a former pastor ofSt Monica’s, who lauded Fv. Had-den in glowing terms as a son ofthe community whose growth had

, been carefully watched. ‘We hav°

j seen him grow up. we have all! loved him." the priest said

Ft Tiernev made referenceto Fr Hadden's great sacrificetn becoming a priest He spokeof the courage of the priestwho had tost both parents atan early age "We hare watch-ed him come to high schoolSometimes things did not come

the way he v anted 1* A manwho was much weaker wouldhave given upT-Fr Tierney

! continuedHe has one of the nicest,

j quietest dispositions This is thequalification of our new priest."he added

In his opening remarks FrTierney said. This is a first mevery way' Fr Hadden was the

j first Negro to graduate from the| North American Catholic College[ in the Vatican City of Rome where!he offered his first mass He is

also the first North CarolinianNegro to become a Catholic priest

Fr. Hadden was assisted in themass by Father Joseph Howze,first Negro priest to be ordained

j in the- Cathedral were. Sub-deacon

Rev Mr Louis Morton, and Mon-

signor Herbert Harkins of the Ca-

thedral here Fr. Howze is now*

serving in CharlotteMEANING OF THE MASS

The mass is the ordinance whicnrepresents the Lord's Supper. Itis dnuded inu three pa r ts: fl lScripture—period for readingsfrom the Bible. (2- Prayers ofThanksgiving, during which thepriest repeats the words whichChrist used at the Last Supperconcerning His body and blood:and (3 1 Communion.

At the beginning of the ceremo-ny, the priest walks down theaisle cf the church in a proces-sion and blesses the congrega-tion by casting consecrated wateramong the people He then returnsto the aba: and performs, with

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KILLED IN WILD CHASEBENNFTTSVII.LE. S. C-—A IS-year old Hamlet, N f, Negro

was attempting to beat a Marlboro Countv deputy sheriff to thestate line, was killed Sunday when he lost control of his automo-bile

The Highway Patrol said Alexander Pratt was being chased by

a deputy 12 mi!e« north of Benneftsville on a dirt road known asThe Old Hamlet Highway.”

Pratt, apparently trying to get across the state line to avoidarrest, lost control of his auoniohile and wa« killed.

TAR BEFL ELK 1* BREAK GROUND FOR COTTAGE HSFOE-W Shrine CaKniidMie Charles F, Mcftoa* (left'- joins Mrs. AnnieV- Battle, T*sh»eikft‘s Elk Preiy, K. P. Battle and Vice Pray JackFaison In the formal ground-breaking ceremony for ihe state cot-

’ tags at, the John Brown Farm. Harper* Ferry, W, AA. Judge Billj Ksetgsu. the '-'iftthcr of the Elks education aw»«u»‘\ wields tfef

I»»rk as he strikes the blow for freedom progress on July 4th.Others ia the photo are the Be*. Otis E. Dunn. asst grand chaplain;William T, Grimes, grand music director Julius R. Haywood Wal-ter Murphy and Henry Atwater la back few 'left* are Harvey L.Harris. Tar Hfcel natives rssldeat of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. oho gave

IS9 to North Caroline cottage 'fund* Mrs. A. Jl. Barmt, and Dr. A.W. Auderson of Pecos. «J B. BARREN FOYO).

Club Which Barred Or. BunchsUnder Fire By NY Commission

NEW YORK 'ANF i - A hear-ing has. been called for July 2! bythe New York City commissionon inter-group relations to investi-gate the discriminatory practicesat the famed Forest Hills club, siteof the U S. tennis championshipsand Davis Cup matches. The hear-ings were scheduled when thecommission learned that Dr. RalphJ Bunche and his son had beenbarred from the club and thatNegroes and Jew are excluded,from membership.

Dr Bundle, undersecretaryof the UV and winner of theNobel Peace prize, reportedtit* Incident esrilm last week.

I The commission, a JS-mem’eergroup created in 1955. was setup to eliminate prejudice anddiscrimination.Dr. Alfred J Marrow, chairman

of the commission, in scheduling

I the hearing, said it. had subpenai powers and announced that Wil-i feed Burglanri, president of thej club and other club officials would

I be called to testify.Officials of the V. S Lawn

Tennis association also may beasked la ettted.

Said Morrow, “<Va find it

uatliiiikable that ms.for inter-

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PICTestimony In ¥/ake Rape Trial IsUnderway As Paper Goes To Press

An all-white. 12-man jury se-lect-el from a venire of 125 hoardan 11-year-old girl tell her story

of how she was raped bv a 36-year-old white man in the woodedsection of Wake County.

The girl, a resident of Varma. ¦Route l, told the Grand Jury onTuesday that Ralph Lee Betts.jex-convict of Apex, took her outm his car from her home and at-;lacked her at gunpoint.

The HUIe girls testimony{r.ilnivcd hei rfvanratie idenli

Ftcation of the man being triedin Bake. Superior Court forhis life She pointed hr r fingerat, Betts, assuring the courtshe was positive that he wasthe man that assaulted herAccording to her m:,Union

Bet's lured her to his car withnumber of pocket-books which rhid asked her to help him s r'

She said she refused 'Then ihollored at me and told me to gs

in the car"Hr rtrm p down hrlntr TlrA

•an* Grene Church and stop-

ped the car and got our andtold me to come on When igot out 1 knew what he wasgoing to do so I turned aroundand started to run she said .

it «s y at, this point that ill?ud he pulled a gun on he: sav-

You don t ' ant that, do

she said Betts told her to<ak off her clothes and *emile a bert ou> nf ihem 1,i Acted riling, and he • wd ifi rjidn t h., iv? going totiuf his gun on me again she

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Tegiiager HeldAs Gr HitsChild in Yard

AHCSKIE A teenager 'is

jailed Monday on manslaughtercharge after hr iar ran out ofcontrol and plowed into a neigh-bor - yard where a. 14-month oldgril was fatally injured

Highway Patrolman Thsd Jerm-gar, said Carol Elaine Retd. whos?fannh live; on the outskirts ofAhoskie. wa- killed Sunday morn-

ing in her front is t He: 3- ear-old '-.-.try Lvnette. "'.if injured inthe accident

Tommie Outlaw- lit, was jaiI-

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Man GuiltyOs LookingAtLegs

RICHMOND. Va - A 26-ysar-old man was convicted last 1 eekas a person of ill fame for con-spicuous!'.” looking at the legs ofwomen drivers

Hustings Court Judge W Mcieco*Huntley ordered Georgr Hun* a

Negro, to post a $30(1 good behaviorbond Judge Huntley upheld Hunt s

earlier conviction m police court.Hun 4 was charged as a per-

L-m «f pi fam* when womendriver? romp!sin*d they hadseen Hunt and another Negro

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ALBERT. 1U AS HERBERT H WHITLET

Albert Lucas Shot In ArmAt Sweet Shop In Raleigh

A shooting last Saturday nigh

in the 400 block of S. Bloodwort'rKtreet increased the number o:criminal acts reported in that are?

n the past five years to a staggerng number.

Albert Cleveland ‘CorkeviLucas, 2fi. claims HerbertHoover Whitley, 25. of the 1100block «f S. East Street, shothur? in the arm at Burnett'.

Sweet Shop Saturday night

At least one man has been

shot in the block this year

and several other crimes a-

gainst persons have been com-

mitted

Whitley received a prelimmai ..earing in City Court Monday or

the charge and was bound overto Wake Superior Court

Lucas claims Whitley used a

ruckle-plated 25 calibre automaticon him Court records show thatWhitley was tried in 1956 on a

similar rap Lucas has also hadbrushes w ith the law.

Although Whitelv denied ih 6

shooting, eyewitnesses said hedid it

Lucas lives in the 699 blockof r Cabarrus -*re*t Hiswound is not believed to beseriousInvestigating " ere Officer' B G

Pa.'ker and E L Barham.

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