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About Oregon mirror. (Portland, Oregon) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1962)
REFLECTING ACHIEVEMENTS, VOL. 11 NO. 1 5 Cadet Payne Returns To Academy 1st Classman Cadet Isaac S. Payne, IV, 3on of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Payne of 3946 N. Borth- wlck left Portland, to retrun to U .S .A . F. Academy, Colo, after completing a 2 week tour of duty of O fficers Training on the job at Portland International Airbase. Cadet Payne was appointed to the A ir Force Academy by Congress- woman Edith Green. June week at the Acadamey* Payne was pro moted to 1st Classman, he w ill graduate in June, 1963, then gr into training as a pilot. Plan Fight On Gradual Desegregation Of Parks MEMPHIS, Tenn. -N eg ro leaders said .hey w ill take to the U. S. Supreme Court their attempt to immedi ately desegregate Memphis parks and recreational facili ties. The U S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Tuesday upheld a gradual plan for desegregation o f the facilities. The plan was first approved by federal district Judge Marion S. Boyd here last June 15. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said the decision would be ap pealed “ as soon as the w rit ten opinion of the court has been received and studied.“ FOUND PROPER The appeals court ruled in tegration of the city’s park facilities was proceeding prop erly and legally. “W e have before us a pro gram of desegregation that has been carried out, is being carried out at the present time, and w ill be carried out in the future until all o f the city's parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities are de segregated," it said. Attorneys Russell B. Sugar- mon. representing the plaint- INTERESTS PO RTLAN D, O REGON Clerical Worker 0 i-i ' abi.no Negotiations between the Com pany's personnel manager and the Urban League's industrial rela tions director, Jim F ra zier, have resulted in the employment of Delores M itchell as office clerk in the sales department of National Biscuit Company in Portland. This is a " f i r s t " fo r a Negro worker. Miss M itchell graduated from David Douglas High School in 1961 and is presently attending North western School of Com merce. M r. F ra zier states that she possessed very good skills in shorthand and typing and came highly recom mended by her schools. Commendation is due Nabisco fo r this progressive step and to M iss Mitchell fo r her high qual ifications. U.S. Refutes White Rule But Backs Britons U NITED N A TIO N S, N. Y. — Although the United States backed Britain in its attempts to stall debate on Southern Rhodesia Tuesday in the UN Assembly, U. S. U. N. Ambassa dor Adlai Stevenson declared that the U.S. w ill work for an orderly rapid decolonization in Africa. However, the British l o s t the move as the Afro-Asian lineup supported by the 11- nation Soviet block including Cuba and three other Latin American nations, voted 62- 26 to air the issue o f white supremacy in Southern Rho desia. Stevenson stated t h a t the Rhodesian issue where a new constitution would permit rule by 200,000 white settlers over 3,000,000 Africans, w ill affect the whole future of Africa. He tried unsuccessfully to get the debate postponed until fall. The Afro-Asian nations de clared that white settlers in the Rhodesia are setting up a South Africa style apartheid regime to perpetuate t h e i r rule. They insist that the new c o n s t i t u t i o n discriminates against the Africans and a racial upheaval is in prospect if the constitution is n o t changed. The British on the other hand declared that this is not so; that no debate was neces sary because the constitution cannot go Into effect until af- elections. They also said that as a result of the debate, ra cial animosities may be un leased. iffs, said he knew of no other decision “ which has upheld a gradual desegregation plan in the field o f public recreation. ” WILL NOT STAND Another attorney, H. T. Lockard, said “ the decision w ill not stand.” The gradual plan, which calls for desegregation o f all such facilities by 1972. was praised by city officials and park rep jntatives. Meharry Gets $140,000 Grant For Building N A SH ILLE — The Health Research Facilities of the Na tional Institute of Health has awarded $140,812 to Meharry Medical college toward the constructing and equipping of a new science research wing. Meharry’s president, Dr. Harold D. West, received t h e notice of the grant from Dr Dale R. Lindsay of the Nation al Institutes of Health. ‘‘The grant will assist in M e harry’s research activities by providing for additional space for our present faculty mem bers and for new research spe cialists who w ill be joining the staff shortly,” the President said. Dr. West said that in a 10 year span, grants and funds supporting research at Meharry have grown from $53,635 in 1952. to a current figure of $450,147 yearly. “ Such growth demanded ad ditional space to accommodate our expanding research p r o gram, Previously,” continued the president, “ we had run out of space long before reaching our research potential.” He said that architectural plans and specifications h a v e been drawn for the three-story wing which w ill consist of six ultra-modern research suites and w ill be situated over the northwest wing of the medical college. N IH officials announced that the funds were given to Me harry on a matching basis with $129,335 given for construction and fixed equipment, and $11,- 457 for movable equipment. The remaining funds for con struction and equipment will come from the fund-raising campaign which is currently underway. Plans 75 Year Celebration MOUND BAYOU, Miss. ---- This small all-Negro town is currently preparing to cele brate its Diamond Jubilee from July 12-15. The seventy-fifth year will be marked by many outstand ing events. Several railroad companies have planned special excursion rates to and from this colorful event. Church and civic groups from all over the country have planned special programs for the Jubilee. 14-Year-Old Girl W ins 1st Prize at Science Fjir S A N DIEGO. Calif. A 14-year-old girl with an inventive mind and unusual skill with quad ratic equations was voted first prize winner in the eighth annual Greater San LMego Science Fair lftst week« She Is Miss Lauren Jones. O’ F ar- rell Junior High school student, who took top hor.jrs in the eonti-st by constructing a machine on which she computed quadratic equations, utilizing the principle of balancing torques. A large number of candidates were entered In the science con test, t.eld In Balboa Park. AND PROGRESS Wednesday, June 27, 1962 Local 1404 Five Cents N A C W C O ffers Land F o r Elects N e g ro Business Agent ■ L • 1 » |L Douglass H om e W ASH ING TO N. D. .C. — The Cedar Hill estate of Fred erick Douglass, noted 19th century abolitionist and Negro leader, has been offered to the federal government by the N a tional Association of Colored Women’s Clubs for the estab lishment of a national memor ial The Douglass Home, located on a 10-acre estate in the Ana- costia section of Washington, has been operated jointly by NACW C and the Memorial and Historical Association. Bills for its establishment as a national memorial have been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Hart and in the House of Representatives by C o n g . Charles C. Diggs, Jr., (D. Mich.). A t the recent hearing 'Sen. Hart called for the establish ment of the home as a memor REV. Sylvester McCullumn of 1760 N. Ross Ave. was elected last week as Business Agent for Local 1404, Ship Scalers and Auto Painters Union. The Election of Rev. McCulumn as Business Agent marks the firs t time In Portland a Negro has been elected to serve 6a an agent fo r the union. Rev. McCullumn stated that he beat his closest opponent by 30 votes In the race fo r Business Agent. Rev. McCullumn Is pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church, and very active in civic and community affairs. His duties as Business Agent will be to hire employees, dispatcher, correct all dues, and serve as delegate at business meetings and conventions. SAFE W AY HIRES ANOTHER ial in time fur the 100th anni versary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963. Sen. Hart said that a Doug lass Memorial would be a symbol for the history of hu man freedom throughout the world. Dr. Johnson asked not only for the establishment of the home as a shrine but for extensive renovations of the present site. Dr. Gragg, whose organiza tion has spent nearly $250,000 on the maintenance of the Douglass Home since 1916, said that NACW C financial re sources are no longer adequate to maintain the home in a manner befitting Douglass. The NACW C president also called for the restoration of the home and for the erection on its grounds of a monument which will bring international attention to the importance of Douglass to the freedom of Americans. The Douglass home, where the distinguished leader re sided following the Civil War, is located at 1411 “ W ” Street, southeast, Washington, D. G Atlanta Theatres Desegregating CHECKER Safeway, Inc., has hired another Negro grocery checker, in the person of Arthur Shepherd, who began work on May 27 at the Lloyd Center store on N. E. Broad way. This brings to four the number of Negro checkers currently env- ploy*xl by Safeway stores. Two women are working In their Union Avenue stores and another is at Interstate and Mason. Shepherd la a graduate of Benson Polytechnic High School and has attended Lewis and Clark College and the University of Oregon. He was referred to Safeway by the Urban League,______________ ATLANTA. The A t lanta Journal said last week that downtown movie theatres have de segregated under a “ two-a-week" plan negotiated in secret bi-radai talks. Small groups of Negroes were admitted to at least two of the four big theatres with no signifi cant incidents reported, the news paper said. Managers of the four largest theatres named in the Journal ar ticle declined comment. Under the reported agreement, the film houses were to admit two Negroes each week until June 1. A fter that dn?e. there would be no restriction on Negro patrons. A similar plan would become e f fective June 1 (or the numerous suburban theatres, the Journal said.
