The Louisiana Weekly from New Orleans, Louisiana • 1

A A S'ii MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Saturday October 3 1964 New Orleans Louisiana 70150 Vol XL No 3 Youth 22 In Charity With Head injury A 22-year-old Algiers man who was arrested by Four til District police Sept 12 is presently under treatment for a bead injury in die Charity Hospital The Louisiana Weekly ascertained this week The young man has stated that his injuries were inflicted by Fourth District police while he was in their custody It has been verified by The Louisiana 'Weekly that Rudy Watkins 22 of 1136 Verret Street Algiers La is presently confined at Charity Hospital and that he has been interviewed by die FBI and by Arthur Chapital Sr executive secretary of die New Orleans Brandi NAACP Watkins however did not make a statement to a Louisiana Weekly reporter who visited the hospital Monday A check with NAACP secretary Chapital brought die information that die organization is still investigating die matter and would make a formal complaint to die police department and a statement to the press after its probe is completed police reports show that Watkins and Errol Franklin 19 of 916 Delaronde Street Algiers were arrested about midnight Sept 12 The arresting officers were identified as Patrolmen Adler and Joseph Lore and Auxiliary Sgt Lore Jr The police report states that die officers answered a call at 12 midnight Sept 12 relative to a disturbance at 1024 Teche Street This is a business establishment shown in die directory as Chicken-in-the-Box" According to die police bulletin the officers on arriving at that place learned from Salvadore Sunseri white 1024 Teche Street that six colored males had left but that he could identify diem and that they a distur-- bance ir die place The police report continued: Jji- ponrpanjfci with the complainant Mr Sunseri cruised the area in an attempt to locate the subjects En route back to die establishment above officers heard See YOUTH 22 Page 6 IN HOSPITAL Rudy Watkins 22 of Algiers La is shown in die Charity Hospital this week where he is undergoing treatment for a head injury Watkins who was arrested September 12 alleges die injury was die result of a beating inflicted by police (BOB CAFFREY PHOTO) Dillard Student Prexy Invited To White House IV 0 ft if 1 A I EL PASO President Lyndon Johnson talk to the crowd on his way to meet Mexican stands atop a police car in downtown El Paso' President Lopez Mateos at die S-Mexican and addresses a large crowd that lined his motor- border President Johnson will be in New cade route President Johnson stopped die Orleans on October 9th (UPI TELEPHOTO) motorcade several times to shake hands and if Alert Police Work Solves Sisters Heist Swift action by die New Orleans police department coupled with cooperation from private citizens last Friday resulted in die solving within one hour of a $5477 armed robbery and die arrest of one of two suspects The holdup occurred about 1:50 pjm Friday in die Two Sisters Restaurant 2163 Aubry Street investigating officers Patrolmen Walter Weysham and Billy McGaha gave this report on die robbery and arrest: Mrs Celie Daste 53 of 2639 A this Street operator of die restaurant had returned from the bank with die cash in a bag when two young men entered pointed a gun at her ani demanded the money She complied and die-men fled to die street Fired Shotgun From Passing (Car Into Group New Orleans police moved swiftly Saturday night and solved the shooting of two Negro youths who were standing with a group at the intersection of Prentiss and Bac-etch Street Within the hour police had arrested three white youths and were searching for a fourth Wounded not seriously when a shotgun charge was fired fptn the group about 11 pm Saturday night were Harold Hudson 20 of 5803 Franklin Avenue and Alphonse Blunt 16 of 5632 Baccich Street Michael Killian white 18 of 5239 Arts Street was arrested by Third District officers' and was booked on a chhrge of 'aggravated battery r'Ihe-whiie-io-'ycar-old juveniles whose names are withheld were turned over to the juvenile Bureau and police were searching for a third whose identity was known The case was investigated by Patrolmen Hurlbut and Panter with Sgt George Vogt supervising According to police Hudson and Blunt were standing on Prentiss and Baccich Streets when Killian and die three white juveniles passed in an automobile and fired two shots from a 16-gauge shotgun into die group Many residents in this neighborhood reportedly have been shot by unidentified persons and the residences vandalized are among the most expensive in the neighborhood and occupied by Negroes Many cars owned by Negroes and parked in the streets be- fore die homes and in car ports have been riddled with bullets in this neighborhood The incident occurred several days after New Orleans Brandi NAACP Executive Secretary Arthur Chapital Sr told The Louisiana Weekly that he intended to ask local police the district attorney's office and the FBI to look into die unprovoked attacks being made on Negroes by white youths in the streets of New Orleans During the past week letters on the incidents have been mailed to die police superintendent the district attorney Mayor Victor Schiro and die FBI Chapital said Tuesday He said replies had been received from die district attorney and from the FBL The Saturday night shoot- See-FIRED SHOTGUN-Pg 6 1 C0 Price 15 Cents 'k 11 Arrested I After Attach On Negro Cop The Desire Housing Project area last Thursday was foe scene of what local police at first suspected tobe ah all-Negro anti-law enforcement riot such as has plagued other large cities of die nation However die disturbance was quelled as numerous police cars converged on the area where two young women and nine men had been arrested after one of the young women allegedly attacked a Negro policeman According to police Patrolmen Alfred Carter and Roland House went to die 3300-block of Desire Street about 3:45 pm last Thursday to investigate a disturbance The "officers reportedly several hundred men and women congregated there Reports state die two officers attempted to handle die disturbance without making any type of arrest but while they were talking to die young women an argument began The two officers reports state then informed Marie Joseph 17 of 3606 Benefit Street and Janice Nelson 18 of 3603 Benefit Street that they were under arrest The officers say Marie Joseph then began fighting with ptn House stating that she was not going to be put lip Jail Reports state that she began kicking the officer bit him on the right shoulder and scratched him on the right arm A crowd estimated by die investigating officers at about 500 then swelled to about 3000 reports state and several persons began to throw bricks and stones at the police car The officers radioed for help and a ''number of police units arrived on the scene The disturbance was then quelled police said but not before nine men were arrested for refusing to move on Records show that Marie Joseph was booked in the Fifth District station with simple battery on Ptn House dis- Dr Aaron Henry He is president of die Mississippi State Conference of NAACP Branches a member of the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference secre- See FREEDOM Page 7 Freedom Marchers Gain 3 Out Of 5 Objectives Loses Car And Money In Try For The desire for late-hour female companionship last week reportedly resulted in the seeker's loss of his automobile and $11 in cash Fifth District police reported The victim was identified as Joseph Dobbs white 24 of 1535 Terpsichore Street According to police die victim stated that he was driving around die downtown area yyifeing for a female about 12:45 am Saturday when be was fiagpwd down by an unknown Negro man about 25 years old The victim is quoted as 'saying he stopped his automobile and die Negro man fcot in He is further quoted as saying be told die new passenger he was looking for female company Reports state die new told Dobbs to turn right off North Claiborne See LOSES CAR Pace 6 X) v-x US set the Citizens Committee of Greater New Orleans which included the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance the Rev A Davis Jr president die Congress of Racial Equality Miss Oretha Castle chairman the NAACP Atty Ernest Morial president the Consumers League of Greater New Orleans die Rev Avery Alexander chairman and die United Clubs Inc Gerald Thomas president rhapttai and Don Hubbard were co-ordinators of die demonstration Goals set forth by the group at die time included 1 To abolish die dual system of classification in City Civil Service so that qualified Negroes can be considered for jobs in other than Negro institutions as well as jobs in all levels of city government Chapital told The Louisiana Weekly on Monday that this haa not yet been achieved He said however he expected this objective would be attained when the job discrimination phase of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 goes into effect next July 2 To appoint Negroes to various boards particularly to the Housing Aurhority of New Orleans where Negroes constitute a majority of the tenants Chapital said this objective still awaits action by the city officials 3 To remove all racial signs from municipally-owned buildings such as City Hall Civil Courts Building and die Municipal Courts building This objective has been attained Chapital said through die cooperation of city and state officials Moreover he pointed out a recent Federal Court action by GORE has resulted in the removal '0f racial signs in the Wildlife and Fisheries Building 4 To repeal all city ordinances that require segregation oi the races par se MARCHERS Page 7 2 Sherman Copelin president of DillardUniversity's student body is among a group of student leaders invited by President Johnson to meet him at the White House on October 3 president Johnson expressing an interest in getting to know die thinking of young leaders emerging in our colleges has invited representative colleges and universities Paul Tombar Dies While On Fishing Trip Paul Tombar 51 of 2214 stricken while on a fishing' trip last Wednesday according to Seventh District police Investigating officers Patrolmen Dussor and Ma-dere said they answered a 11 about 4:45 pjn at the South side of die Intracoastal Canal pontoon bridge and found Tombar apparently dead The officers said they learned that Tombar and Charles Jackson 61 went fishing in die Intracoastal Canal and about 4 pm Tombar complained of a pain in die chest Jackson told police he docked die boat in which they were fishing at die pon-toon bridge and Tombar grab-ged his chest and fell gasping for breath Special investigator Schuster of die Orleans Parish coroner's office made an on-the-scene investigation and Tombar 's body was taken to die city morgue Wake services for Tombar were held Monday night at the Philadelphia Baptist Church Hahnville La Funeral services were held at 1 pm Tuesday with die Rev Herbert Johnson pastor of the Gtoryland-Mt Gillian Baptist Church officiating He was assisted by the Rev Isiah Charles interment was in die Holy Rosary Cemetery Taft La The Calvin Young Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements only seat them on a rotating This condition the Rev Mr Brown said has been existing since the term began I complained to die principal Mr Isidore Wolf" die minister said I was told that the situation was only temporary and would be corrected" The Rev Mr Brown said he the" telephoned the Orleans Parish School Board and spoke with a Mr Dean who assured him situation would be relieved within 24 hours morning after die 24 hours had die conditions were the same Children were still taking seats in shifts" die Rev Mr Brown said complained again to die principal Mr Wolf and he asked me to give them another 24 hours grace" be said See PROTESTS Page Sherman Copelin throughout the country to select student leaders to visit with him on Saturday The President expressed an in- tet esfc- who while maintaining good academic records have shown special qualities of leadership character and interest in roll 5- and public affairs Upon arriving at die White -House the students will be received by the President and Mrs Johnson They will hear remarks from die President and talks by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson This will be followed by a buffet dinner and entertainment at which Lynda Bird Johnson will be hostess The selection of Sherman Copelin to represent Dillard University at the White House gathering was announced by Dr Albert Dent president of die University Mr Copelin a senior majoring in music is the son of Mr and Mrs Sherman Copelin Jr and resides at 2016 Delery Street Wounds Received In Fight Fatal A fight last Monday night in the business district of Dryades Street proved fatal Sunday to Virginia Jones 25 of 2518 12 Willow Street according to Sixth District police Investigating officers Par trolmen Cleveland and Bergeron last Monday checked out a call about 7:15 pan that a woman had been stabbed Police said they learned from a Dryades Street business operator that two women had been fighting and that she had told them to move away from in front of her store One of the women police were told was armed with a knife die other with an icepick The Jones woman who was wounded was in a state of shock and could not be interviewed police said She was taken to the Charity Hospital where she was found to be suffering from chest wounds inflicted with a butcher knife The wounded woman died at 2:15 am Sunday in the Charity Hospital the Orleans Parish coroner's office reported police were furnished with only a scant description of the other woman who was involved in die fatal fight ALERT POLICE-Pg 7 See-I I ARRESTED-Pg 7 'Freedom Leader To Speak Here Thursday By John Rousseau New Orleans Negroes have achieved three opt of five objectives which were set forth Sept 30 1963 when approximately 10000 citizens staged a March" on City Hall here a Citizens Committee of Greater New Orleans coordinator told The Louisiana Weekly during an interview Monday Reminded that Sept 30 would mark one year since the spectacular demonstration which climaxed with a mass meeting in Duncan Plaza and on die steps of City Hall Arthur Chapital Sr one of the co-ordinators of the affair said three objectives have been attained one would probably be solved within months by die Civil Rights Act of 1964 and another still awaited action by city officials It is recalled that some 10000 persons including more than 200 whites assembled at Shakespeare Park Third and LaSalle Streets on Monday Sept 30 1963 about 7 pjn and marched to the City Hall The on New Orleans City Hall for Jobs and Freedom" was sponsored by Fund Among those present were Dr Gilbert Mason leader of die wade-in-movement on the Mississippi coast Attorney Jesse Brown Jack-son Attorney Marion Wright New York City NAACP counsel Atty Ernest' Morial New Orleans Branch NAACP president 'Attorney Greenberg told die aiAnpg that die defense fond would back them to die hilt in their fight for first class citizenship and they must back themselves as well Protests Overcrowded School In Ninth Ward Freedom At Mississippi Hotel A candidate for United States senator from Mississippi will be the principal speaker for die New Orleans Branch NAACP's Leadership Conference in New Zion Baptist Church 2319 Third Street next Thursday at 6:30 pm according to Arthur Chapital Sr executive secretary of die New Orleans Branch Ernest Morial NAACP branch president will preside over the conference which he says is a prelude to the Fall Membership Roundup The speaker will be Dr Aaron Henry prominent religious professional civic and political leader of Clar ks-dale Miss Dr Henry who was nominated Sept 14 to the National NAACP Board of Directors helped organize the Clarks-dale Branch NAACP in 1952 and was elected its first president He is presently serving in that capacity Complaint was registered this week by a prominent downtown minister concerning the overcrowded conditions of some classes in die Alfred Lawless Elementary School The Rev Brown 2220 Lamanche Street told The Weekly that he had gone' to die Lawless Elementary School on Monday to check on die progress of his three children who are in die first second and fourth grades there According to die Rev Mr Brown he went into the first grade classroom and found it overcrowded classroom has chairs and tables for 35 pupils" he declared 'Yet 44 children are assigned in die room The extra nine pupils stand uo at the rear of the dass-Som and each of the pupils gets a turn to stand up for a while since die teacher can BILOXI Miss The annual Freedom Banquet staged by the Negro residents of Biloxi and other portions of Mississippi broke a precedent of long standing when they held their annual banquet last Saturday night at the: Buena Vista Hotel heretofore reserved entirely for whites There were no incidents reported and the attendance was reported as being nearly two hundred Speaker for the banquet was Jack Greenberg chief counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense.