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riBtii v. tlopist Laughs In Electric Chair RAIFX)RD, Ga. Charlie Cope land convicted for raping a 12 year old girl, laughed, while sitting In the electric chair prior to his death. Dinie les Out HovI (Srrnn nfe Mflrrn (111 NEW YORK (ANP) Here's how Dixie pressure twisted a television drama mainly because it centered on an incident similar to the Till case. ThA nlav was "Noon on 'r Siv i w.1 i jf Peacemaker's End N.w1o3Mn" the Tipiy Kitty Bar, where he attempted to act as mediator tn a free for all which he allegedly precipitated between wo women.

An artery in Howard's neck was slashed by a piece of jagged porcelain thrown by Willie Washington, 20. Washington was booked for murder. Bar patrons stared nonchalantly as police investigated. FLNS Photo. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION QUADRENNIAL, May M6, Pittsburgh, Pa.

AFRICAN JIETUODIST EPISCOPAL QUADRENNIAL, May 2 16, Miami, Fla. NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, Aajust, Cleveland, Ohio. METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE, AprU 25May 9, Mlnne a polls, Minn. LAMBDA KAPPA MU SORORITY, June 21 24, Pittsburgh, Pa. NAACP, June 26 July 21, San Francisco, Calif.

NATIONAL BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BAPTIST TRAINING UNION CONGRESS, June Loa Angeles, FORMER FREEDMEN'S INTERNES, Washington, D. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF A3IERICA, September, Richmond, Va. A NATIONAL SUPREME COUNCIL, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons and Auxiliaries, nlnetsecond anniversary and annual national convention, Chicago Aug. MAInnhu MEMPHIS COTTON 3IAKERS JUBILEE, 1119, Term. Beafty With UNCF NEW YORK W.

Barton Beatty ntaA a nprmanent aF I jf. lias avwivu pointment to the fund raising staff of the United Negro College Fund. Mr Beatty had been on leave from his post as public relations director of Hampton Institute. Doomsday." It was written I by Rod Serling, produced by the Theatre Guild, sponsored by U. S.

Steel and televised nationally last week by CBS TV. The doctoring, trimming and emasculation were done on orders of U. S. Steel upon the demands of the White Citizens Council elements of the South. Serling wrote the play about six months ago.

While discussing the drama with a reporter for the trade paper, variety, the author said it concerned a small town in which a vicious crime had been com mltted by a local citizen. He said the town had been visited by re porters for big city newspapers had solidified and acquitted the criminal. The reporter said it sounded to him like the case of Emmett Till He asked Serling was that wha he had in mind. Serling answered, "If the shoe fits." Variety ran an item saying the 31 year old writer was writ ing a play for the "Steel Hour," based on the Till case. A number of newspapers picked up the Item.

Within a week, U. S. Steel was hit by nearly 3,000 letters from pro segregation elements in Mis Isissippi, Alabama, 'and severa other Southern states. PS SERLENG'S SCRIPT was cut revised and twisted because U. S.

Steel's" fear of economic pressure. The locale was changed from an unspecified place to an emphasized New England town, so THI PITTSBURGH COURIER VreAtteitdfng AMEZ Cfoforenco PITTSBURGH, Pa, Tragedy struck amid teeming crowd at son District for the AJIE Zion Church. He had served; in this capacity tending the AME Zion Church General Conference here when the Rev. for 49 years and had preached for the last GO years. Lee B.

Blackledge of Mobile Ala. was fatally stricken with a heart The deceased elder was 89 years of age. He succumbed in a attack. Pittsburgh home where he had been staying during the conference. A5EEZ Bishop H.

Bell Shaw, arranged for body to te returned 4 that no White Citizens Council could claim It was In Dbde. The word "lynch" was deleted from the script, and U. S. Steel sought to have the main character changed from a vicious, neurotic to a nice guy who committed the crime accidentally. Here's where Serling balked and he was backed up by the Theatre Guild.

U. S. Steel yielded here, but it still ran at the end of the pro gram a disclaimer that the show bore any relation whatever to reality. Even after the doctoring, the play was one of the season's best. v.

1" .1 7 Police unloaded a Pith Police rdT UUWII Mane" dur ing a mast roundup of dope tuspectt which ended with the arreit of 140 persons. Police here are busy "frisking" gents as they 9 i 4. V. wtmm ft'" va, vM. J'; a ANaw nhftlln Te State Colltg new Tneno Guiia wll, presenf Shakespeare's tragedy, "Othello," May 17, in the college auditorium, Dover, Del.

Sylvester Scheley of Atlantic City, N. is Othello, and Mrs. Mary De Young of New York City is Desdemona. All Negro Union Loses NLRD Case WASHINGTON (ANP) A Nfr 9 tlonal Jabor Relations Board trial examiner said Monday, that a Negro longshoremen's local and three stevedoring companies should be required to reimburse white carpenters for work discrimination against them. Mobile Local 1410, International Longshoremen's Association prevented the employment 61 white carpenters in "shoring or securing cargo after it was loaded aboard ships, the official said.

i Kf: step down out ofhV wagon. The gtntle man stepping out of the wagon is Sam Mc Daniels, veteran "participant" in such goings on. Harris Photo. 3 i.