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THE COliR'Et Three Man Panel Ponders Negroes' Suit Miss. Recreational Bias Ruling Awaited JACKSON. Mian. Special) Musaissippians are awaiting a ruling from a three man panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals In session at Houston.

where attorneys for three Jackaon Negroes argued that public recreation facilities be desegregate). The three man panel included U.S. Circuit Judges J. S. Hutch i eson Jr of Houston.

Waiter P. i Gew in of Tusealotisa. and State District Judge; Allen B. liannay of Houston. The origttial mi it tV Tiled in jJackoa, Jan.

11, 196i. arainst several Jarfcxoa offk tabs in chiding Mw A Urn Thump sm. City Cun miMioners Doug taw I. Ldrk and Thorn B. Rayfield; George KurR Director of Parks and Krcrvati in, and Judge Ienn V.

Hendrkk. rhairman of the library Board. The suit Is asked for1 an injunction ordering the officials to desegregate parks, playgrounds; zoos. libraries, golf courses and swimming pools. The attorney for the plaint.ffs argued that it was a polity uf the Oily of Ja kson to discrim inate against al! Ntgio tttizt ns of Mississippi ayid tnM the in 'junction be granted.

In a written brief suhrnitt1 to the appe'ilate court, the officials ds'm that there was enforcement of racial dis cnninaticn at the facilities. They claim that any segregation existing wax voluntary, re Milting from ruxlwm and tradition and was not In violation of the Collslillllion. V.S Judge Sidney C. Mize of ruled last May that each of the plaintiffs had the right t. the facilities, but he denied thehr reouest that (he juiiit the desegration the fa liities in behaif of all NY toes in the s.tate.

4 'A Marshall; Polio. Chief V. U. March Hi! giga.ji' WlKi. 'ft s.

Negro Leaders See Hope in JFK Rights Message WASHINGTON Hope that President Kennedy's can he exercised at a suet ific f.u ir. S. Com election, it is. to the extent of Samuel W'crtlah. the election, lost forevei." iBsadlec wa renresenTPd ir in im of eompietioM of the sixth wniiki ih4 prDectite the rase grade ahosid be sufficient.

feat the Aftoraejr's Office had requeMed that he ask the nedy urged states to act rourt to have Attorney Bradley Mercer U. Ponders Negro's Admittance li (ANP) while all white Mercer University i here is exerted to rule in fa or of admitting Negroes dur ing the present school t' rm. a student from Ghana may be student trum uhana may oe admitted Imitted 4 I 1 i'egt the a before his American cgro rountei parts. I The University said last that it will be its week ui to special study committee on in AWARDED GRANT Dr. Sanford Spraragan.

peaftttor of madicina at Meharry Mtdical Colleqa. has a remirt ntee. report baan awaroad 9rnf of $7,000 from tha Middia ln ntttaa Haarr Aitociation, to do rtiearch rtlattd to tha pathoganejii of artariotclerotit. Astittinq Dr. Spraragec if laboratory tachmcian Mrs.

tvalyn 5illiam. ation to det ide whether Ghanaian student! ap I plication for admission will be handled as a foreign student application without regard to race. I A spokesman said the com ncactet nr. waiter is expected to make on the overall ques tion of possible of integration. le said the committee has en handed the additiona chore of riwming what should dent's application.

The Christian Inrtex. publication of the Oeoigia Kapit Convention, dis losi editorial lv last week from Atlanta that the student had applied for ad Burn Paper Asking End OXFORI. Miss. i Iha r.la nf TistiCirvn iMimlnf hollr Itlmm I mi of ftin unlp nutiliar Tliirh s.Minitl LlorA tnatloa. cern.

told isdicp he 1 Okmulgee" fie CnKcrsitv of nsplojrse.H Other positive points mad" tood the building with Nebraska, at Lift ota. and Me vrl by the President, backing thejtiie payroll a man walked up. Merlical Colice, Nash record of his Admmistratioii. nntnbsi a pisi il at him aid an viiie. included: Negroes in the I.

a hokijp Coast Guard Academy for the first time in S7 years; increased prosecution of police brutality cas by th justice Depart gunnutn. In the scuffle the i senior Tavlor was, at on t'me. I done about the Ghana stu CONRRMED Mn. Ethellna mission to Menvr, and idem i to an announcement from 0f S)x ov his fied him as Sam Jerry Oni. 22.

of Takoradi. Ghana. It said Oni had been converted to Christianity by Harris Mobley. a Baptist missionary who was a 1HV) graduate of Sletcer. and ould enter Mercer as a minis tenal student The Index recommended that xrA apt be handled earn from quarters of the Negro leadership of said i this week, including Urban League Executive Director rcer University must ei.

Whitney Young Jr. hensive itatement on this enm plex and sensitive subject ever presented In our time by ckiei executive." However, he also expressed regret thai "three la no legtv latioa reeommended In the area of raeiaj dKcrtminatkxi In employment to streethen fefTm of the President's I'Mnmlttee ea Equal Kmplnjr Dieait The President's repon dealt with discrimination in. six ma WASHINGTON Ualcott A. Jor areas," but made specific Bfaciiev. 31.

a lawyer and form IefUlative proposals In only metrvj ditan policeman en three areas. tcrvt plei of not cutltv lo He asked for temporary vot tlrx murrter indict Inf referees to determine the ast Kridav. before Chief qualifications of applicants juri, Matthew" V. NUi Ciuire reeistrstion and votmK to pro 1 of PistrKt Court in the vide interim relief while voting fatai sj attractive are proceedine through Landora L. Clinton Bellamy, the courts.

These Federal retj 30. on Feb. 1 6. reea also could determine im clad in bine dur.sarees blue mediately whether or not the an(j jail brown athletic applicant was qualified to re hoe. Bradley entered the (ister.

1 courtroom on crutches. He Kennedy also asked for more I tokl the txun he did have rapid expedition of votir.g counsel at this Unie but was suits throuEh the courts. tat neeoiiaticu to get counsel W. Alendtr of Colum but, Ohio, was confined by tha Ohla as a rr.ember of tha State Board of Cosmatoiogy, according the onice ef too. A.

Rhodes. Jamet Sues 2 Wives For Divorce MIAMI. Ha. 'ANP' 7A V. iliiams urrentlj married for third time, has sued hi1 two wivrs far in Circuit Court lu i e.

Wiiiiams. a truck driver, said iic had been under the irr.pres ioti Ins first two wives had secured divorce pap is after he separated from His first two wics, ho ap patently thought he had di ii! them, think Williams' tw suits are a fine idea. They have remarried, too. The suits are airmn Mrs. Lei.mie Williams, now Leomie who marrii'd Zeli in 1927 and separated from him in and Mrs Willie u.

Williams, now Willie Sue Wat ison. who manned Williams in and parted from him in 1 19S2. i Williams, who has a family charged extreme" each case. cruelty in Leader Says Bias Hurting Atlanta ATLANTA C.a After three answered that the nation wide rate the applk at ion rom Nnn chfiih wtmid wait until the At loung caiiea me message, i allocation nf govet iiment funds the Issue or anmitting egro Coordinating mmit lanta restaurant association! which is the first of tt type hosp.taN that studenN now being conskW tcr weie turn. avt.iv voted to tr.tecrate.

1 Kennedy has made aLice tax 0t tatier is aiid ed" hy the iieial eonimirtee. i P. HOWARn JOHNSON'S was InB AffiM "th mnat nrvrr r.r I Not Guilty Of Murder, Ex Cop Says 1 Dr. Rufus B. Hanis.

pre'i tuarant lxn SNOC Ch.drrr.n the subject of an all. cut attack dent of Mercer, has gone on Charles Dew told Mayor hv civ it rights groups in North I rerd in favor of admitting1 Kan Alien Jr. that "Atlanta Carolina and Florida last sum i Tialified Nejrro sttiderts. It will never join the front r.iik mer. As a result, several in his motion lat fVt.

IS. of America's nties unril every North Carolina and all How which set up he special com vestige of racial s. greg.itun aid Johnson's in Florida aneptj mittee. has been removed." Negroes as customers. The committee.

was instruct i The three SXCC worker. Three SNCC workers were! ed to report Mck before 'the Rubv Tions mith and Julian also refused service at two 'end of the orpsem schrtot rear Bond si Wliiiarri Howard Johnsons Restaurants the question of whether Porter of Albany. were rc on last Thankivinc day. At Mercer t'niversitv should ad useil serv ice at a newlv opened that time. Bond.

SXCC Chair I mit Negro students. Howard Johnson's by a tvstau man Charles McDew and SNCC. Mercer, founded in 14 now wh" td Hu m. Ev.h utive Secretary James has a number of foreign stu "PI mtesraiea yet. were aw dents hut no Negroes Several When he' was asked "wh'eil fv.m' Howard Johnsons Res state operated colleges and 'Howard in Atlanu.

uuLanla ia iIariett.a. and universities including Georg vvouitl the man Na. tile. Tenn. 1 ta Tech and Georgia Stale now have Negro students.

Km ory I'niversity near Atlanta is the lone private college in the state which has admitted Xe cro students. I tng, "Lnress the nght Jo vote At pretunir.ary hewiina a A UL Head Says Negro Must Have Respect WASHINGTON. D.C In an Young said the first level is: address to the Capital Press to be found in even commun Club. Whitney Young exec ity in persons of educators. utive dtreetor of National t'r businessmen and profession i ban League.

trfd hite iibcrais al.vr. 1 I they must accept the fact that tiyeNgroJra.Tnovlcnger be dealt with other than on a peer iVspite; relationship with mutual ro Jt, IM rreMoens lunner ursra, Attys. vviiuam b. anujCoach jam, vK arthv. and Negro in charge.

that the riving of different Frank D. Reeves. testa to whites and errors to establish literary be pro hibited, Mating that evUrnce Assistant IVS. Atty. JoH BlarkwrU.

(old the court dur ing the arrainntent that he 1 UJf ilia Ml J.pi I rt s. I I'linJ the insistence of Republican i Your.g said. "The white lib gubernatorial candidate. Reub must tru. the Negro to have the ability to desire a better destiny and a pietty good idea of how to arrive at it." He Set foi ill fuiida mental condiments ieader prompUy on the proposed 2 submit to a mental examine latod by 5.,, iln the The older established hsi Amendment to the Constitu i tkm.

This Mr. Bradley took is el Phillips, that the school's championship winning basketball team be permitted to enter ihe.NCAA finaie. nothing wiii or can be done. A petition was being rirru idea of gaining an overvv hcim noss or person tion. rents ng.

ar.d onjnur.itv. iit.l tisvnt'v Pit ham' vas under fer i Dr. Taylor is si of Dr. In activities r. r.a::e At Milium nnnUI with thotamt Mrs Vl.u Sr Tli tar.ia wr.eie in oU was one The second level Is repre sented hy the student movements, the Southern Leader shin Conference, the Conxresn with The 7..

,0 ivf i.ifuaiii.v, iu greater degree than realized, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The last strata, according to': "riiniT is onrumtH thi niinp lerir b.t:. League, "although in ilie ana of legislative activity and legal action the NAACP must also i'Hludeit for ils piovi tl tion which would outlaw the sue with and told the cMtrt he i favorina i whose i.le has char.ced from professionalism in these aieas." poll tax. This which like this quest set th(t aholilion flf that of a sfc liatson ap.ntwi et.ojntc.jiitthHtthcse was passed by the bTiTTt oi.f hmUT lie able to laul WKlos ov the white power stru. tuie jeatiei ship ievets fa.v many press, already Jias been ratified rounseL iAn irate segregationist re to a svir.boiic roie with pnTbiems of ti by 13 states.

This is one of the few cases pcnediv stuck a match to the. the potential for subsUuli fi foolish of labeling them As spur to desegregation tn tne history of the ity in 'paper, week, to end the! nanciai as 01 cnscivative. 01 Kwjui uii'j u. ora 1 movement. Tne i 's dent recommended a Federal tiirned so speeoy VndictniOTt.

still rad a tournament time' 1 program of technical arid li me case is scneooiea tor mai approached. nanrjal assistanse, to be pre May ii. ented later In further detail 1 It Is expected that the prose One of Kennedy significant cuting attorney ill be a menv I 1 proposals was that the ber of Uie Criminal Division of rdlOIC Commission on Civil Rights Department of Justice be extr.ded for four years. Mine canoer gun usen iniKvs rt N.Y. League Taps Sit in NEW YORK.

N.Y. A for of the orgar.iwis of a student 'mer sif lea.Vf has been xmmit tee that led the first: jnami of the' Brook wavp of lunch counter sit ins hvn t'rbjn Lcag.ie. He is in that cin. He wss later Jaik'd operation for mere than fv '1'tr. murder is siill a missing Ugi I U3 I Johnnv E.

Parh. a IV lor simitar a' in vears. It ia scheduled to expire link in the case OKLAHOMA CITY. Okia. yr oli raduate ef the At lri as a memT of the i on Nov.

30. 1963. Dr Robert a Tavlor anuria ITiver ity of so Ra. wl ruantv. The messaee stressed that' Okmulpee dentist has hcenicial Work arc! fo.rr.cr Com rr the government already is do Q.

iloC a1 i named to the Oklahoma Par nturity Sent vs set Ucy of tag what tt tan in the area ofiUUllCI I a i 1 1 don and partje by Gov. equal employment opportuni 11 Henrv Bellmon. rban League, tie, through voluntary gf iKODDfir rlGGS Taylor. 35. replaces Emoty I Announcement of Pat menU and non discriminatory 1 H.

Jennings. Muskogee svhool ws made provisions in government eon 1 PHILADELPHIA AXP) principal, who was eppointed Frederick W. RicnmomL tracts. A robher tried to get a W. 000 by former Cov.

J. Howard Ed presint the 1 1 ban League The PreaUeni promised Fed paj roU at Fluoru Plastics hef mondson. and the first Negro rGreater New Yoik The .1 tit inhoM mihte rK. (oil nut nl hi 1 ev er tn wv a nn thi hr.i League is an interracial Howard Students Blast Unions WASHINGTON. 'ANP) 'Student leaders at Howard' L'nivcrsitv have charge1 fojt.

iqBMWwUaltww, ana enea owanoma. i Uaie involve in Fed progress since the executive Richard Oner. 32. of River 1 The appointee is a grad v1 oppwtumt.es tor NraUv a is'. on i umpus tr.g os a iu; tokcnisin' ir.eir memo i ship.

Named in th" fesi ivcrc Shf Meta! rKCi Local iH2. Sleamfitteis n.o i L'x. pistol opened and five bullets the only Negro councilman tojer and son have re en jisvu iat ttc; Pliunners I'nion Local 5 fell to the pavement The rob serve in the Okmulgee city jed in a denial dime in Okmul iami Electr! Workers Lnion ber fled. gte'ernment, Since 1956, fatli gee. 26.

I 'i 1 vtt' OPERATION UNDERSTANDING Two pro'iinent women, Mr. Hobart Taylor Jr. and Mrs. Haley Bell, were among tha all women "Operation Understanding" group from the Detroit. area who visited U.

S. Army Air Defense Command head By 4AMHS Rt XDI.FS Marshall Bridges, firebalhng. right hander! relief hurler who strk the New York Yat.kees to the Ameri. an league pen nant and eventuallv the world's i leturnitl home to kson ni entlv to recu (crate a wound ie eive. iluiinj! a visit to the Fiks I.niiiJe at Fort laulcrdalc.

where the.Yanke are their spring trainirg. Bridal" a product of the former Ja sun Cubs formerly ovvtied bv Marion Hendi't oi! highly ngardt bv the Yankee front office His imurv i m.i ie1 to impair his pitching efficiency. James Meredith will leave the Oie Miss scene, temporarily; to attend the iTeional con fen' 6f the NAAC'P at Tampa on Maich lfi. together with a number of other Negro student now attending formerly all white Southern universities, will receive a special award. note is the fact that Meredith's frequent trips to hi home in Jackson Sies him annpjoi'tiihi'ty to see" many "of his "forrrier" Jackson State chums, as vveH as the "big wigs" who always appear to have an "assignment" fur him when he arrives.

Robert Smith personal fne of Meredith and his landlord, reivt tiy retinert tha' a ier on. or persons unkrnu n. fired a round ot guntire through "ie frort vvirdivw of his suncr market, in the growirg Writ Jar kon Negro section. Smith told (orters tha: he believes a huge picture of Meredith. prorr.ineMiy plaved tn the front window of 'he tcre.

rr.rqh' have invited the gunfire. Meanwhile polit are investigating. JilpjJffacJIxriJM the XAACP. annoiiii.ed that he tert! the regional eonfeiener of the organization on March 14. Mr.

Kvers. who for a kng lime has been voicing his interest about the failure to hire Negroes, particularly whph local firms hold Government contracts, recently returned from Washington, D. C. where he engaged in lengthy sessions with the Preiietit's Commit tee on Fjual Opportunity and the nmnussjon on sf'ij Rights. He believes his trip will re wrtit In the expansion of job opportunities tor Negroes in Mississippi.

Ope specific target mentioned bv the NAACP swtan is the In'gali's yards located at Pasagoula. Miss. Fifteen more boxes of food amved 'sently in Jackson for distribution to needy Negro families in the Greenwini area of thc Dclta The project, to N'ecroes ii' dropped from ndief rolls. ben "i rt tempt, to register and vole, as pe.irheadod by the Council of Federate! Orgartat tors a comprised of the NAAt'P. LC 'Southern leadership Coir SXVC 'Student Violent Committee State XAACP President Anon IVrrv stated.

at GreenworM. that more 5t0 persons have been feed t'Vong'i eratson Airlift." hundreds more si ill renari in nr st. Negroes in Greenwood. ti CUirksdale area stil! a d's vsit median Dick'Gregorv wo wi'h the first plane lend of fc. i h.

liisi its distribution. A regrds thp r. i. of t'r Masjtn Luther Kirg that sj.Mr a i arTT'tT'M To Talsp for the Fs l'a some citizens of the area epr 'he heli that Dr. Klig partii ipatioe is a bit belated Mr.

Heory, over all directr of the. to help the Delta nredy, said that the attempts to discourage. Necroes mistering in the Delta city have failed. Actiuilv. the number uf registrations bav im rea isj since the relief rll drnoing acts aikx were eommittrd, arewnliiui to reji irtv MeanwHile.

and vunti i c' f'; in the Delta situa'io i. I. whii some Negroes: oa.U the Di Gtv' iv ft 1 1 i ptiMvity stunt." State larm 'ivti 'i of Mime Qovernmenr ttrpiits s'i f. per sors i i the LeFlore Ccunty v. is dnnc without reganl to ra.e At tlv tit.

iyxi continues to noor into Mismsmi Ji oit; wide areas of the nation. Michael Thelwell. erlitor of the campus newspaper, iiilltop. formally complained to the President's in n. i 1 1 on Fqual Employment Opptrtan: ty in a letter rweiv.

hv the committee last week. Wwk on iiie i svinnatditrn he l(rn 'c tta. through Govemnu nt Seiv cs by VKnor Bcauchmp. Inc. Discrimination in hiring on Federally Mipported iwivimc tion was banned lat year bv an Exccutivsa Order.

i ii 0 quarters in Colorado. Springs, Colo. Hera. Mrs. Taylor (far left) chats with Mrt.

William W. Diclt wife of ARADCOM commanding general; Mrt. Dwight B. John ton, wife of the deputy commanding genera! K' Mrr G. of D'o't.

U. S. Army Photo THE MISSISSIPPI SCENE Ne2r lost a true friend wVn deatli lidimeit A. Eko'd Campb, ll of Ja m. 4 ll a a former president of the nited Sfat.

luimher ot omnvrce. chairman of the Mississipii shK( Supply. Office ipply and (x neral equipment lanufa iur ing o. at rvstal springs. Mr.

M. ho also headed the Mis sj.tj pi Cr rp. ar.d the Magnolia Sat Founds tior. a trust, gave gr rf s. in hi fa fltig' ttperaM' important positions of tnist and g.

si s. v.hile at the sanie tuiie off ting eistiuc'ive atle and financial to nary worth 'hile civic efforts sponsored by They're still talking about 'he integrated ivirverl given by opera star Leor.tyne Pt ue in her native Ijuiel via! lat ors sn the small 27.000 resident' city have unproved 100 per cent since the In town ret 'iv was top public relations man wry. ine jovial ana taienteti beef company is one of the few Nectoes temaining in top PP. positions around the country. I.oi t.

Jk is that the 'Greenville editor H' iding Carter. outspken white Del tan. 'has no' enfleated him elf to the ci'ienrv' In a re enl spe to Ihe I'niversity of olornHo ioiimlim snnvm i MissisipH c.ov, Kss Bamelt an ambitious, deiiiagoirti" who see In hi present ctmrse an opportunity fur plitiral advantrment Caiter a ldei. "Baniett has his eve on the Senate seat now held bv Senator John s'teK" Hie tioii gs of the Repiihii a.ns i in Mississippi theso days it was exa try ten vears ago lhtseek. that the Hon.

Perry Howard he would remain Republican ra'ioral i imrrlttMftrii.n for ssic nri te th 'it lie favored 'he Se at Robrt Taf? over Gen Dwight Ftserhower for tiie GOP presidential nomination row the. R. oun lientne have swank revs laduuar'er in i i Ki jji Rsin. mmpieip won a canninare tor govrrror bin nor a tan face can aivi the place Seem we're all Democrat thr nays Desjiit hi pleas tho Detroit hrsrch of the NAACP. the Detroit Symphony On hestra a eared in Jackson re a capa ity crow d.

The affair was sponsored by the Jackson Mu ir Assr iation Dewey Greene. he qualified or. not, still will have a wait rw he has the to become secr.n Negfo a' the tvrrsrfr rf iss ire 1 of Antra's has an cor.vrned th.r there will he a of lit Hbe! a'liUl he ft ie is taken. Dr. Samne! F.

'cr rrai: T.an the snr isl st ierce area ar.d lofessor Tumn. s. and Dr Harry Jiis, Van vf HI. asH iaie ptvfi sspr of soiial e. and chairman of the Telt 'etit ure ei i.

,1 1 ks State, have been inriuricrt tn tM.tb ioion nf Amorjjj M.T.'.of if r.ee. z. puhlu ation covet inj; the sih ial an, I tx'haviota ienu s. Prof Wal'er president of 'a In? 1'oli 'i of the Mi iNe ro ch. A.s.

j.covn. has lmt sines of tru'aT w. March 2 of ention ir: Jack Tt teachers from over the tav a.e e.t cted to at tetiil 'he will he in lege Tark udif ritim and Ja kson Site College. Tlie MissiippS Negro Nurses Club has wnd cnkcn the pr i pr.c.'.dtrig dental can tor 1ei prvii tsj ''h jrng jB3. nl.

Th PfTc eVtt by the P.Uars Ni svrg A a I hns aught fire si.Kv ii.r, rur state. Tie atin ia issir pi Pageant. t' 'tuiirg of state's v.A r'y ran is. will iCid t' 0 if port on 'H uot lii? ssi.ssippi i foast. 5'iu nc vv t'rn trrg tr ventlt a.i rsor by.

'ieadirig vvnite ar.d Negro lirms. ptovMes Iniiirship awards for lop finailsiK the e.travagfta. Trade School Opens Doors TIS. Mo. Ttw Dav id N'.

Si ii of Mix liar.i. ai ojn ilS lit) (is Ncgft st tnbi'itiont1. t. fine in v. ir ks i plai.

ils M. i in the AACP. Ttrougn kca) Uf.or ar.d i rn i tee. 'he (Hi hs fi in weif ex apprentictship ua ailiii it oni. iNflme NAACP PALM SI'H'NGS Cai f.

Lovc vi i.i.g iiia MCan ot of Pel was r.ai NAACP lonp'C complaints nuru tne "ay jxiutnrm with aiirnenf id.aita onieience here L.l)rjlast Ajuil. charging that weeK..

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