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Vol. 35 — No. 33
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1966
IT'S VOIR NEWSPAPER
Father of Seven Killed in Highway Collision
Mother, 33, Assaulted in Home IffE-«
7 " Gun Wielder
Woman Awakes to
Find Man in Bed,
Knife at Her Throat
A 33-year-old Bethunewalli mother was criminally assaulted,
at knife-point, in her home, Saturday morning.
The woman told police that she awoke, about 2 o'clock, to
find a man in her bed, holding a knife at her throat. He warned
her, she said, that if she screamed he would kill her.
He made her remove her night clothes, and assaulted her.
She screamed, and her 10-yeai»old son came into the room, but
■the rapist made him leave. The
attack victim declared that the
man repeatedly threatened to kill
her If she looked at him, and
aaked her, several times, if she
knew him.
He raped her a second time,
and then demanded "all her
money," saying that he knew
she had received her welfare
check.
She Informed him that she did
not receive welfare checks, and
that she did not get paid on her
Job until the following week.
When prepared to leave, her '
attacker told her that If she called
police he would kill her and her
children.
After he left, she ran next door
to the residence of a neighbor,
and called police.
Police reported that when they
reached the scene, they found
the assault victim in a hysteri-
cal condition In the front yard.
The rapist, to gain entrace,
had torn off a ktlchen screen
and forced entrance through the
window.
The woman was carried to the
Robert B. Green hospital.
New $.A. School
To Bo Named lor
Mrs. Cameron
The board of trustees of the
San Antonio Independent school
district has Informally approved
a recommendation tonameapro-
posed 14-classroom elementary
school In honor of long-time
educator, the late Mrs. Bella H.
Cameron.
Mrs. Cameron died September
7. She served In the San Antonio
Independent school district 47
years, since 1019, completing
her career as principal of Wash-
ington elementary school.
The new school, to be built on
Belgian lane, Is in the final
planning phase, according to Dr.
Ernest S. Rambo, assistant
superintendent for plant research
and planning. Construction Is ex-
pected to begin sometime next
month, he said. Plans call for the
school to be ready for classesby
September, 1967.
Rep. A. Cloyfon
Powell Far from
Politically Deed
Power-Clipped Solon
Leads Effort for
Poverty Bill's Passage
By Negro Press International
WASHINGTON - - Rep. Adam
Clayton Powell (D„ N.Y.) showed
he was more alive than ever
politically as he sent a long-
delayed War on Poverty bill to the
House and lent his support to the
measure, after sitting on it for
tour months.
Powell's powers as a chair-
man of the House committee on
Education and labor had bean
trimmed by a i7-l vote of its
members, but the flamboyant
Harlem Democrat appeared to be
no worse for wear as he lad a
move to have the anti-poverty bill
passed.
One of the reasons for the com-
mittee's revolt was Rep. PowaU'a
failure to sand the poverty bill
to the Houee floor, despite the
committee's June 1 approval of
the bill. His committee's new
rules deprive Powell of his power
to delay legislation.
No longer able to throw his
weight around by sitting on the
bill, Powell Instead used the oc-
casion to marshall Democratic
forces behind the beleagured bill
..and recoup his Influence and
prestige in the meantime.
"As chairman—stripped of my
powers--I will convene a caucus
and give them (his committee's
Democrats) the battle plan for
getting the bill through the
House," Rep. Powell said with
a grin.
The committee chairman even
appeared to be making peace with
Rep. Sam M. Gibbons (D., Fla.),
who tried to have Powell stripped
of all his -ommlttee powers and
only partly succeeded.
The New York congressman
praised Rep. Gibbons for his
"yeoman work" in managing the
(See POWELL. Page 3.)
SWORN IN--Ramon S. Scruggs (right, In picture above), recently sworn in as a public member of the
foregln service inspection corps, Is shown at the Department of State being congratulated by William J.
Crockett, deputy under secretary of state for the admlnlstrati .n Looking on are, left to right, Spencer M.
King, deputy Inspector general, and Ambassador Fraser Wllklns, inspector general.
Scruggs, who Is public relations manager of the American Telephone and Telegraph company In New
York, left on September 10 to Join Ambassador Thomas K. Wright and Kenneth W. Calloway, foreign
service Inspectors, In Inspecting theUnlted States Embassy In Brussels and the United States Consulate
general in Antwerp. He will also visit foreign service posts In Geneva, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and
Luxembourg before returning about November 15.
Scruggs, born on February 18,1908, In Nashville, Tennessee, attended parochial and public schools and
received a B.A. In 1932 from Flsk university all in that city.
Wine Drinking
Youths Attack
S.A. Policeman
A 21 - year • old San Antonio
policeman was admitted to Santa
Rosa Medical center Thursday
night after he was attacked by a
gang of six or seven youths In
the 100 block of Fitzgerald walk.
Patrolman Thomas Kelly
Dowe, 2612 Nacogdoches road,
received a lacerated chin which
required five stitches to close,
and a bump on the head that ren-
dered him semi-conscious. His
condition was described as satis-
factory.
Dowe, who at first couldn't
remember what had happened to
him, later told fellow officers that
he was patrolling the Sutton
Homes area, about eight o'clock,
and had stopped at Fitzgerald
walk and Htnes street, to in-
vestigate a group of youths who
were drinking wine.
When he got out of his patrol
car, the boys ran, Dowe said,
with his pursuing, and sub-
sequently catching one of the
youths. The boy resisted, a fight
ensued and the other members
of the gang returned and Joined
in the attack on the officer.
Several witnesses said they
heard a commotion, saw the
youths running from the scene,
and later saw the wounded officer
lying on the ground. One called
police and reported the Incident.
As a result of the attack, po-
lice superior officers ordered all
policemen in the Sutton Homes
area not to answer calls alone.
Henceforth, two officers will be
dispatched on these calls.
Scientific Study RefutesCharges
Of Strong Negro Anti-Semitism Deadline Near
Special to San Antonio Register a ** k t* A
CHICAGO—Interim figures of a scientific study of Negro fQf l()9ST UUBTQ
attitudes made public by the Anti-Defamation league of b nth
not only refute u recurring charge of strong N egro anti-Semitism I Qflgt A Q|ll jfailf C
but declare that Negroes "feel more friendly toward Jews HH
than toward other whites."
The sutdy, now under way at the University of California
Survey research center under the direction of sociologist
Gary T. Marx, will be published report now because talk of Negro
upon completion next spring
under the title "Protest and
Prejudice."
Part of a five-year research
project underwritten by the lea-
gue to examine patterns of Am-
erican prejudice, a preliminary
report of the study's findings
was made by BenJaminR. Epstein
ADL's national director, at the
human relations organization's
national executive committet
meeting held here at the Ambass-
ador hotels.
EDSteln said he was making the
antagonism toward Jews had ser-
iously disturbed the Jewish com-
munity.
"On the basis of the study's
findings," he asserted, "I think
the Jewish community would be
well advised to focus its atten-
tion on the main sources of Am-
erican anti-Semitism and to drop
undue preoccupation with Negro
anti-Semitism which only serves
to divert energies from the civil
rights struggle."
Epstein said the study reveals
(See STUDY, Page 30
Register Washinton Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Eligible
young men are reminded that
Dec. 15, is the deadline for sub-
mitting applications to compete
for appointment as cadet, U.S.
Coast Guard.
The 91st annual competition
for admission to the United States
Coast Guard academy at New
London, Conn., will begin with
the Dec. 3, administration of the
college entrance examination
board tests. Appointments are
made solely on a competitive
basis, with no congressional ap-
polntment* or geographical
quotas. Application deadline for
(See DEADLINE, Page S.)
For many years Scruggs ser-
ved with the Michigan Bell com-
pany as commercial agent,
branch office manager, public re -
latlons, staff supervisor, and
customer relations mauger.
In 1063 he toOk his tjfeent post
with the American TeliOhoneand
Telegraph company.
He was elected to the board of
trustees of Hampton Institute In
1963 and Is a member of the
board's executive committee.
He has been active In Detroit
In the United Negro College fund,
the Citizens Advisory committee
on equal educational opportuni-
ties, and the Detroit Urban lea-
gue. He Is a member of the De-
troit board of commerce, the De-
troit Economics club, and the
Plonneers club. Ha has also been
associated with the National Ur-
ban league In New York.
Scruggs Is married to the
former Marie Breaux of Chicago.
They have two children.
NAACP Holds
Important October
Meeting, Sunday
The October monthly meeting
of the San Antonio branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People will
be held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16,
at 3 o'clock, at Tried Stone
Baptist church.
Two espeically Important
Items of business are on Sunday's
agenda. One is the selection of a
nominating committee to present
a slate of officers for the branch
and members of the executive
board for 1967.
The other Is presentation of
resolutions, by the executive
board, concerning the petitioning
of the San Antonio city council
for ordinances against discrim-
ination in the buying of homes,
and for a minimum wage law of
$1.25.
Dr. King Fears
MaddoxWin May
Spell Race War
By Negro Press International
ATLANTA -The primaryelec-
tlon victory of segregationist
Lester Maddox may help start
a "full-scale racial war in this
country," Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., has asserted.
"This state's race relations
have worsened recently," he
•aid, "and Maddox's victory
could make them even worse."
Maddox is remembered as the
(See war, Page 3.)
Suspending Sippi
HeadStart
Program Decried
Special to San Antonio Register
NEW YORK,--The decision of
the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity to suspend Mississippi's
Head Start program received
sharp criticism here last week
by a leading official of the United
Presbyterian church l°.S, A.
The Rev. Dr. KennethG.Neigh,
general secretary of the denomi-
nation's board of national mis-
sions, charged that "the decision
was made only on the basis of
what was politically feasible, re-
gardless of what Sargent Shrlver
may say to the contrary."
The churchman added
"It now seems clear that OEO
has adopted a new plantation
policy where the South's poor
are concerned. The OEO decision
represents a flat denial of the
principle It most has exhorted--
that of 'maximum feasible par-
ticipation of the poor!"
"The Mississippi Head Start
program," Dr. Neigh further de-
clared, "has embodied that prin-
ciple more fully and more effec-
tively than any other anti-poverty
program in the country."
The United Presbyterian
spokesman's comments followed
an announcement made by the
Office of Economic Opportunity
that it had suspended allocation
of OEO funds to the child de-
velopment group of Mississippi.
According to news reports, a new
bi-racial group, organized ui.Jer
the Influence of the White House,
is expected to succeed the ousted
CDGM.
The Mississippi group has ad-
ministered an educational pro-
gram for 12,000 pre-sdiool age
children In 20 counties of the
state.
A United Presbyterian church-
related Institution, May Holmes
Junior college, West Point, Miss.,
has served as the enabling agency
for more than seventeen million
dollars In OEO funds.
Dr. Neigh, in further remarks,
disclosed for the first time that
OEO and Mary Holmes Junior
college reached agreement this
summer on the accounting of
expenditures for carrying out the
Head Start program.
Two OEO grants were made to
CDGM over the past two years,
the first In 1965 for *1,200,000,
and the second in mid-1966 for
$5,600,000. Of the total amount,
only *25,000 was disallowed.
Woman Manages
To Warn Father
Of Possible Danger
A telephone call, made to her
father while she was being held
at gun-point by her husband, re-
sulted In the arrest of a 23-year-
old San Antonio man who al-
legedly fired the weapon in the
direction of his wife, with the
bullet nicking her arm.
Arrested and booked on an as-
sault to murder charge wasChrls
Melvln Alexander, 23, 1215
Florida street.
Slightly wounded, when a slug
from a .22 caliber pistol, alleg-
edly fired by Alexander, grazed
her arm, Is his 20-year-old wife,
Mrs. Carolyn Alexander. The In-
cident took place at a phone
booth, Tuesday night, in the 1200
block of Florida street, near the
couple's home.
Police had been alerted that
there was possible trouble at the
Alexanders by Mrs. Alexander's
father who had become suspicious
over the natu- 1 of a telephone
call which he had received from
his daughter,
Mrs. Alexander told police that
Alexander had taken her to a
phone booth, near their home,
and ordered her to call her father
and tell him to "come over to
their house."
She also stated that she feared
her husband intended to shoot
her father, presumably because
of a misunderstanding involving
an automobile which Alexander
had bought from the older man
and had failed to make the neces-
sary payments. She said that she
had accompanied her father to
Kelly Air Force base, where
Alexander worked, and picked up
the car.
She also declared that her hus-
band held a gun on her while she
called her father and, at one
point, fired the weapon In her
direction, with the bullet creasing
her arm.
When police arrived on the
scene, Alexander, according to
his wife, fled out the back door.
He was later apprehended in the
1100 block of Delaware street,
the gun--a .22 caliber pistol--
still In his possession.
Alexander told police he "did
discharge the police In his wife's
direction, but did not aim it at her.
Cooler Weather
Doesn't Cool
Burglars, Thieves
The advent of autumn and cool-
er weather has brought no relief
to San Antonio householders and
business establishments from the
wave of burglarlas and thefts that
had plagued them throughout the
long, hot summer. More than one
reported case of vandalism also
added to the week's toll.
Some "leftover" cases of the
week before added to the thievery
total.
A radio, valued at *25.40, and
belonging to Robert Robinson, 16,
451 Ferris, was reported stolen
from the automobile of Edward
L. Price, 35, 259Fdna, a park-
ing lot at 4i5 Gabriel street.
A susr ect was named in the theft
whic* took place Monday after-
noon, Oct. 3, and the radio was
later located at a pawn shop,
where had been pawned for $7.
Mrs. Ida Burleson, 1024 East
Commerce street, reported,
Tuesday tnonrlng, Oct, 4, that the
hinges had pried off the door of
her garage and the windows bro-
ken in her 1960 automblle.
A battery, valued at *35, was
reported stolen from an auto-
mobile belonging to Mr. Teola
McCoIum, 40, 2308 Frederick
walk, during the night, Monday.
Almost
Driver of Second Car
Also Killed; Youth, 15
Critically Injured
A 46-ycar-old San Antonio father of seven was killed, a son,
15, was critically injured, and a 45-year-old Arkansan, was
also killed, early Tuesday night, in a head-on collision nine
miles south of New Braunfels on Interstate Highway 35.
Dying at the scene of the crash were Willie Brown, 46, 4902
Pharis, and Li'bournc F. Shoemaker, 45, who, with his family,
had recently moved to New Braunfels from .Arkansas,
Brown's
son, Morris Arthur
Brown, suffered multiple frac-
tures. Brown and his son were en
route to Memphis, Tenn. They
had left San Antonio about 7 45
driving a 1960 Pontiac, which was
completely demolished in the
smashup. The accident
ly occurred at 8 35.
The Shoemaker car was said to
have been traveling in the wrong
lane, when the two vehicles met,
head-on.
The elder Brown and Shoe-
maker were thought to have been
Instantly killed. Young B rown was
brought to the Robert B. Green
hospital In San Antonio, where he
underwent a tracheotomy in an
effort to save his life.
Brown's survivors include the
widow, Mrs. Lou Alice Brown;
six sons--Winston, Morris Ar-
thur, Lionel, Victor, Cecil, and
Ronald; daughter, Barbara, and
two brothers, Morris and Roy
Brown.
S.A. Candidates
Tell NAACP
About Platforms
n response to an Invitation
ext nded by the political action
con..nittee of the San Antonio
branch of the NAACP, Dr. Ruth
A. Bellinger, Chairman, eight
candidates seeking election In the
forthcoming November general
election, attended and spoke at
the Sunday afternoon meeting of
the organization, held at West
End Baptist church.
The Invitation had been ex-
tended to all opposed candidates,
regardless of party affiliation.
Eight responded - - two Demo-
crats, three Republicans and
three Conservative nominees.
During the three-hour meeting,
each of the candidates made talks,
outlining their respective plat-
forms, using about half the time.
The other half was consumed by
speeches from the floor.
Among the speakers were John
O'Connell, Joe Bernal, Phil
Pyndus, James Nowlln, Charles
Rayburg, and Casey, and I alo
Soils who was permitted to rep-
resent O.E. Wurzbach, county
commissioner.
Pro-and-eon views on civil
rights, open housing, the mini-
mum wage law, and education up-
grading, ranked high on Issues
discussed.
Five Injured,
Including Baby,
a in tne | « ,
reported- ||| lOlllSIOfl
Two Thrown from
\ehiele in Saturday
Afternoon Crash
Five persons were Injured, in-
cluding a three- month-old baby,
In a two-car collision, Saturday
afternoon, at Iowa and Drelss
streets.
The injured baby was Charles
Anthony Harlson, 711 Montana.
Also injured were--Cella Pineda
26, 711 Montana; Homer L. Ware,
36, 1516 North Centre street,
and Mrs. Laura Jackson, 35,
address listed on crockett street.
Ware and Mra. Jackson, riding
in an automobile driven by Ware,
were both thrown from the ma-
chine.
Charles F. Harrison, 36, 711
Montana, driver of the otter
vehicle, received tend and back
Injuries.
The oaby suffered a heed la-
Jury.
Mrs. Pineda suffered chest,
back, and leg injuries.
Ware suffered laceration*
about the head and neck.
Mrs. Jackson, carried to the
Robert B. Green hospital, as
were all the others, left the hos-
pital before receiving treatment
and her whereabouts were not
Immediately ascertained.
Harrison, driving a 1957 Olds-
mobile west on Iowa, told police
that Ware, operating a 1953
Chevrolet, was gong" very fast,"
north on Drelss.
Police reports Indicated that
Ware failed to yield right of way,
was driving under the Influence
of liquor or medication, gave no
signal of Intentions, and kept im-
proper lookout.
Damage to Harrison's auto-
mobile was set at*250,toWare'a
*300.
Lucky Millinderr
Famed Band
Leader Buried
NEW YORK--Death, last week,
"'aimed another famous band
(See MILLINDER, Paj^^
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simultaneously, Mrs.
On September 23, the New York Dorl* HHllard, 31, 2312 Fred-
accounting firm of Ernst and erlck walk, discovered that her
(See PROGRAM, Page 3.) (See COOLER, Page 3)
Job Completed: Special Fund
For 'Little Rock Nine' Closes
Special to San Antonio Register
NEH ^ORk—Almost nine years ago to the day when nine
Negro youngsters attempted to enter Little Rock's all-white
Central high school, the NAACP announced the closing of a
special scholarship fund which was established to assure the
youths of higher education opportunities.
In his letter to Mrs. Daisy Rates, the heroic leader in this
historic struggle _for school integration, Executive Director
Roy Wllklns wrote "I think the *1,000 and the National Negro
Scholarship fund contributed *200
for a grand total of *2S,659.
No record was kept of smaller
contributions made directly to
the children and ttelr families.
When Mrs. Bates formally
closed the account, ate returned
a check to the national office In
the amount of *263.56 which rep-
resented the balance In the find.
Seven of the original »i««
youngsters have completed ttelr
college education, iri oo. la In
« .
Little Rock Nine deported them-
selves admirably and have devel-
oped Into responsible citizens.
I am sure that the efforts of
the NAACP have been more than
Justified by these students."
During the years since 1957,
the NAACP national office con-
tributed *18,500 towards the
scholarship fund. The lndepend-
9nt Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks of the World sent *9,000
directly to the schools the stu-
dents attended. The American
Veterans committee contributed
(bee FUND, Pag* aj
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