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Assaults White NAACP Picket at Riverside

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GOVERNOR SAVES HOLD-UP

SLAYER FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR

NAACP Prexy

Urges Arrest Of Park Co-Owner

Rev. Andrew J. Brown, president of the Indianapolis branch NAACP, Thursday blasted Marion County Prosecutor Phil Bayt for his failure to act on an assault affidavit filed against one of the owners of Riverside Amusement Park. The Riverside co-owner allegedly struck a white youth marching with members of the NAACP Youth Council in protest of "race hating" signs which are displayed at the park. Members of the NAACP Youth Council .have .been .picketing Riverside for more than a month in an effort to get John Coleman, co-owner and manager of the park, to remove signs proclaiming: "Patronage Whites Only Solicited,” which are displayed throughout the park grounds. On Sunday members of the Youth Council went to the Northside park about 5 p.m. after holding a workshop at Greater St. John Baptist Church. They formed a line at the ticket booth, with David Fender, the white youth who alleges Coleman struck him, at the front of the line, a spokesman said.

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A booklet telling the story of \egroes in the Hoosieg state from pre-Civil War times to the present will be published next spring, it vas decided this week.

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Death Sentence Commuted; Crump Gets 199-Year Term

The research committee of the American Negro Emancipation Cen- j tennial Authority, meeting Tuesaay, resolved to make preparation of the booklet its major elfort beween now and next April.

67th Year

Dr. Emma Lou Thornbrough, Butler University professor and distinguished historian, agreed to accept responsibility for writing the booklet with the aid of other committee members.

Dr. Thornbrough is author of ‘The History of the Negro in Indiana Before 1900,” published by he Indiana Historical Society, and irticles in historical journals on s T egro history and the Civil War, « story of the Ku Klux Klan and elated subjects.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Ang. 4, 1962 Number 31 ^ Court Frees Man

CHAPTERS OF THE ANECANS, he young adult section of the novement, are now unearthing loc a 1 history regarding Negroes throughout the state.

SEEING THE LINE form, Coleman and h-s brother, Robert, who shares ownership of the park, came out and offered to let the groun enter at the regular admissions price. Fender, The Recorder was told, replied: “We will be happy to patronize the park if tne ‘white only’ signs

The research committee urges these these workers to adhere strictly to the following procedure: Typewrite or write in ink every item discovered, noting carefully and clearly the source to make possible a double-check later. Make at least two copies, and mail one promptly to Andrew W. Ramsey, 3853 Byram, Indianapolis 8.

Mr. Ramsey is chairman of the research committee. The meeting was held at the home of Charles S. Preston, 307 W. Hampton Dr., a member of The Recorder staff

Charged With Shooting Youth

CHICAGO — Gov. Otto Kerner on Wednesday of this week commuted the death sentence twice imposed upon Foul Crump, 32, to 199 years in prison without parole. He announced his decision about 34 hours and 16 minutes before Crump was scheduled to die in the electric choir of the

Cook County jail at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

CRUMP WHO has received 14 j possible factor must be evaluated

Negro Raps Kennedy Delay

In Banning Housing Bias

NEW YORK lANP) — While one :andidatos from 20 states that the of President Kennedy's closest ad- President felt it was necessary to

visors predicted he would soon sign an order outlawing discrimination in Federal hou ing, a New York Negro accused the Chief

wait until the right time. This, he said, involved the status of the Administration’s legislative program in Congress, the problem of edu-

PROTEST CONTINUES: "Whites Only SoliciteH" signs remained in the Riverside Amusement Park this week, and NAACP picketers continued their protest. Rev Andrew J. Brown, dynamic president of the NAACP Adult Branch, (right) joined the youths in a picket line Tuesday night in front of the park. Other marchers included (from left to right) Miss Gwendolyn Heeter, Ted Artis, Thomas L. Brown,

Miss Miriam Cohen, and Miss Constance Ccsper. Rev. Brown pledged "full support" of the adult branch in the NAACPers dr ve for equality. During a "stand-in' Sunday, John D. Coleman, owner of the park, said the signs expressed his "freedom of speech" guaranteed under the U S. Constitution and they would remain. (Recorder photo by George P. Stewart II).

A charge of assault and battery with intent to kill filed against a 47-year-old Northside man after he wounded an 18-year-old youth with a shotgun blast in an attempt to break up a gang of young rowdies,” was dismissed Wednesday in Municipal Court. Morris Woods, 4140 Boulevard PI., told Judge Charles Daugherty in Municipal Court Room 4 that for over three weeks a large gang of boys would gather in front of his home each evening and use loud profane language, run through the yard and sit on his, and other cars parked on the Slightly injured in the leg and thigh when pellets from the blast, which was fired into the ground, struck him, was 18-year-old Raymond B. Glaspie, 3963 N. Kenwood. Woods said he had no intention of shooting any of the boys, but war. only trying to scatter the gang. He added that the police had been called on several occasions but the boys would always run when a squad car approached. Woods said he has a teenage daughter and that there are several other children in the house. The youths just wouldn’t respect anyone, he charged. Glaspie and a 16-year-old were arrested and charged with being disorderly persons.

previous stays of execution faced death in the electric chair for the 1953 hold-up murder of Theodore P. Zukowski, chief guard in the Libby, McNeil & Libby food plant

in this city.

In the Libby robbery, for which three of Crump’s accomplices received 199-year sentences Zukowski was shot down, five other employees of the firm were bludgeoned with iron-pipe, and it is reported more than $20,000 was taken. Crump was sentenced to the chair because of his confession of the murder of Zukowski. Later he repudiate*! the confession which the prosecution presented at his trial. During the trial he was styled “an illiterate, beastly, animalistic criminal.” Gov. Kerner said he acted because testimony and affidavits from those who know Crump show “the embittered, distorted man who committed a vicious murder no longer

exists.

“It would serve no useful purpose to society to take this man’s life,” Gov. Kerner asserted. ' EXCERPTS FROM Gov. Ketner’s Statement in granting Crump

clemency are as follows:

“. . . In rny capital case, there

be no easy decision. Every

before a final decision is made. “I am personally opposed to capital punishment. My personal convictions however, will not predetermine my actions in a request for commutation in a capital case. “It does not follow, however, that every request for clemency lAust be denied. To take that position would be to abrogate the power which was consciously and deliberately invested in the gover-

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“The most significant goal of a system of penology in a civilized, society is the rehabilitation of one of its members who, for a variety of complex reasons, has violated the

laws of society.

“If that premise were to be denied, solely because it is a capital case, a great disservice would be done to what we hopefully embrace as the ultimate goal of

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About ten minutes after Crump was granted executive clemency by the governor he was removed from his solitary cell near the elfctric chair by the county jail warden, Jack Johnson. WARDEN JOHNSON long has expressed the view that Crump has become a reformed and rehabilitated man. When Crump arOntinued on Page *

Executive of “playing petty pol-1 eating people involved and other

itira” by not signing an executive factors,

order to that effect. “My personal prediction is that In a television interview, George it is coming soon,” Sorenson added. H. Fowler, chairman of the State But Fowler, in his television re-

commission for Human Rights, i marks, said:

called the situation a ‘‘fraud on the “Even if yr. Kennedy signs it toNegro people of this country . . . morrow the damage has been done

an Insult to the Negro people. HE CHARGED that Kennedy

failed to carry out a campaign

Use by not issuing the order ise he was “courting the

Soulhern Democrats for his medi-

care and agriculture bills.” At almost the same time, Theo-

dore C. Sorenson, a close Kennedy advisor, was predicting that the President would sign the long delayed executive order forbidding discrimination in 1 _SJ

housing.

Sorenson told Congressional I ment.

He’ll never be able to make it

whole.”

He was apparently referring to the 1960 campaign, in which Kennedy chided in Eisenhower administration for not taking a civil rights action that he said could be accomplished with the stroke of a pen. When one candidate asked So-

renson about the matter the Presidential aide replied that Kennedy

Federa 1- aid had indicated his intention to

carry out this campaign commit-

Uncover Huge Dope Ring In Chicago Post Office

NAACP President To Be Guest On 'Topic Indianapolis' Program

CHICAGO (ANP)—The sensa-: marijuana or other drugs, tional dope ring operating under ! face civil service charges now be-

the noses of narcotics agents in the Main Post Office here late last week which led to the arrest and arraignment of 38 persons, most of them Negroes, has widened and officials now say upwards of 150 postal workers are

involved.

According to postal inspectors, between 125 and 150 more have admitted using heroin, cocaine.

1500 Women of Churches of

God in Christ Here for Meet

By WILLA THOMAS

Indianapolis played host last week to an estimated 1,500 women who gathered here Thursday for the Women’s Convention held in

conjunction with thi Holy Convo- Blakely.

were the following group representatives: Mrs. F. Turnipseed, Mrs. Mary Allen, Mrs. Retha Scott, Mrs. Rosa Warren, Mrs. Blanchia Owens and Mrs. A.

cation of the Churches of God in

Christ.

Sessions were held at the Church of God in Christ, 630 E. 28th, and Elder Charles Webb,

Also Mrs. Stella Dupree, Mrs. Lena Minor, Mrs. Juanita Reward, Mrs. Arthelda Charleston, Mrs.

Birdie Clay,

Mrs. Lula Smith, Mrs. Fannie Kinnie, Mrs. Lenora Robinson,

pastor, and his congregation were * Mrs. I. Nelson, Mrs. Nina Davis,

I Mrs. Augustine Boutry, Mrs. A.

Mrs. Beulah Hatchett of Michi-1 Catlett, Mrs. Stella Dupee, Evangan City is supervisor of the worn- gelist Mable Borders, Mrs. Annie m’s division, and Bishop C. E.! Johnson, Mrs. Mary E. A. McNealy Bennett of Gary is presiding and Mrs. Lula Smith.

bishop of the convocation. OTHER OFFICERS and discus-

sion leaders participating include

Mrs. C. E. Bennett, Mrs. L. M.

Pennington, Mrs. Mannie B. Bart-

lett, Mrs. Beatrice Collins, Mrs.

Pearl McCullom, Mrs. Ofleter

Blair, Mrs. Lula Mannie, Mrs.

Minnie Perry, Mrs. M. L. Perry,

and Mrs. Mabel Abernathy. Making reports at the confab

The women’s group is a branch of the national which was organized in 1906 by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson. Mrs. Brook Coffee of Chicago is national su-

pervisor.

There are 80 state supervisors with six women’s conventions in foreign countries including Haiti, Bahama Islands, six stations ii Africa,

and British Honduras. The first year of the convention $10,000 was given to missions and each year since $3,000 to $5,000 has been donated. The general body has many worthwhile projects including educating 14 African students in a Mississippi college. ELDER JAMES BUGGS, local minister, is serving on the public relations board. The delegates were officially welcomed to the city by the host church, Governor Matthew Welsh, Noble Hollister, representing the Mayor, and President John F. Kennedy from the White House. Elder L. Barton was mas-ter-of-ceremonies for the welcoming program, and Elder M. Hall responded to the welcome. Music was sung by choirs from Kokomo, and South Bend. Also taking part in the confab, which attracted 2,000 persons, were D. C. Coatie, superintendent; Elder W, B. Laird, and Elder James Hall.

ing prepared against them. THE CASE IS believed to be the biggest dope scandal in the city’s history and the first of such scope in the annals of the Post

They Office, which employs 20,000 per1 sons at the main office and 5,000

others in sub-stations.

The scandal was the leading topic on the predominantly Negro Southside over the weekend. Many of those arrested were recognized in newspaper reports by embarrassed friends and relatives.

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“Equal Employment Opportunities in the Federal Service” will be discussed on the “Topic Indianapolis” program over WFBM radio Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m. The program will also be aired on WFBM-FM Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

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The 38 arrested were trapped by postal inspectors

and narcotics agents who had taken undercover jobs at the Post Office in a secret investi-

Gene Slaymaker, panel moderator, will have as his guests Rev. Andrew J. Brown, president of the Indianapolis branch NAACP; Atty. John Preston Ward, administrative assistant to Brown; and Patrick J. Ruttle, U.S. Civil Service representative for Indianapolis and Indiana.

KILLED ON BRIDGE: A blanket covers the body of Charles Sneed, 58, Marion County Home for the Aged at Julietta, who was struck by a car as he walked across the North Senate Avenue bridge over Fall Creek last Saturday. Sneed sustained severe lacerations of the right eye, left hip injury and a broken neck. He was pronounced dead on the scene by Deputy Coroner Dr. Harley P. Palmer. (Recorder photo by Jim Burres).

gation that began last November. In one of the boldesjt operations known to dopedom, the dope ring had flourished one floor above the Federal narcotics bureau in the Main Post Office Building. According to Asst. U.S. Atty., Raymond K. Berg, the peddlers sold narcotics during working hours to fellow employes and mail carriers even delivered drugs along with the mail.

Baptists State Convention and . / Auxiliaries Meet in Munde

ALFRED WILLIAMS, the driver of a car which struck and killed Charles Sneed last Saturday, sits in a patrol car after his arrest at the scene on charges of drunk, involuntary manslaughter, driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and reckless driving. Williams later appeared in .court and was bound over to the grand jury on charges of reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter. Williams, 51, gave his address as 1125 N. Pershing. (Recorder photo by Jim Burres),

Berg said marijuana cigarets were smoked in the postal build ing on several floors. So bold was the operation that the undercover agents were able to buv * total of $1,400 worth of narcotics before making the arrests. THE 38 ARRESTED were ar raigned before federal Judge Hubert L. Will. Their bonds were set at $1,000 to $2,000 each, except in the case of one man, whose bond was set at $10,000 on a report that he threatened the life of a postal inspector. However, the bond for Harry Clark, 32, was later reduced to $1,000. Among those arraigned was Willie J. Folie, 28, a postal worker who served on a jury that freed a man charged with murder. Folia was called from the jury room and placed under arrest, it war. reported. During the murder trial, Continued on Page 2

MUNCIE—The Indiana Missionary Baptist State Convention and its Auxiliaries, headed by Dr. H.T. Toliver, pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Indianapolis, will assemble its 105th annual session here at Calvary Baptist Church, 1100 E. Jackson, August 6 through 11.

The Rev. G. R. Wilkins will be host pastor for the convention, including eight auxiliaries, all of which wjll carry the convention’s general theme: “The Christian’s Hopes in a Troubled World.” The first of the eight auxiliaries meeting will be the 13th annual session of the Indiana Baptist State Music Department, headed by Mrs. Willa Johnson, president. SCHEDULED TO OPEN at 9 a.m. Monday, the meeting will include the annual sermon by Rev. H. McBride of Bethesda Baptist, Anderson. During the afternoon assembly Mrs. v^era Ross will lead a discussion on the convention’s theme, and Mrs. Blossom Jones

tljeme, and Mrs. Blossom Jones \iill lead discussions on “Mvisic

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department, and the B.T.U.” In closing the music department will present its 13th annual music extravaganza. Featured during this period are to be various singing groups throughout the state as well as the host church.

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Meeting for the 86th time

will be the annual session of the Indiana Baptist State Minister's and Deacon’s Convention. With Dr. B. L. White of South Bend as president, the gathering will commence Tuesday with a welcome address by Rev. Wilkins, and the annual sermon by Rev. A. Ber-

nastor of Greater St. Mark Baptist, Indianapolis.

| T’ipq*tny aTTemoon will feature seminars conducted by Dr. F. Beniamin Davis of New Bethel, Indianapolis, and Dr. J. T. HighMn"* of Good Samaritan, also

"B.ble school the rotmster, morn-' ni . ht . whi( . h time a /.g sen ices, the youth Continued on Page 2

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