Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1964-06-20 J. A. Beauchamp BY SAM BROWN The announcement stated: "The Board of Control of the TSSAA voted to approve affiliate membership in the TSSAA for Negro high school provided a maturity of the Negro Schools request "this type of membership." A majority of the Negro schools of the state have already requested this membership, and officials of the Tennessee High Schools Athletic Association have met on two occasions since the fast of the year with the TSSAA to discuss the situation. There are more than 100 Negro high schools in the state, with 14 of them in Memphis and Shelby County. The announcement also stated; "Affiliate members will be entitled to ail privileges; of TSSAA membership except the right to enter TSSAA basketball and wrestling tournaments. However, such schools may schedule single athletic contests wit member schools in any sport sponsored by TSSAA "They will also be eligible to enter TSSAA tournaments and meets in spring sports. Each school will have the privilege of Slaking its own schedule in so far a single contests are concerned. Separate tournaments in basketball and wrestling will be set up for the affiliate members. This arrangement will continue until representatives of the two groups feel that the affiliate membership status may be terminated." Just how this will affect the Negro Prep League remains to be seen. It was learned sometime ago that this move was expected, and that some of the Negro Prep League teams would schedule some games in football, baseball and basketball during the 1964-65 season. Local fans, will be able to m some all - Negro teams compete against some all - white teams perhaps during the coming school season, End no doubt in the ear future, instead of just itegrated contests, there will be integrated teams in the prep league. A few nights ago an all - Negro team, composed of players from the Negro Prep League played the Bill Speros American Legion team, composed of many C B C high school boys, and runners - up for the Legion title last year, at one of the diamonds at the Fair Grounds. The Bill Speros team won the game 6-1, but it showed that it could be done. The Negro All - Stars team was off to a shabby start, committing four errors in the first inning for three unearned runs, which led to their defeat, although they (the AllStars) were held to only one hit, With it coming in the top of the ninth inning, as the Speros team two hurlers fanned 17 batters. The large crowd on hand, some 2500 fans enjoyed the contest and applauded good plays made by both sides. For the All - Stars, it was an experience that showed that experience and a well organized outfit means a great deal in a contest. No doubt some of the players were asking themselves whether or not they are really ready for that type of competition. 110 Athletes To Compete In G. I. A. All-Star Games 110 athletes to play in GIA Sports Classic. 80 football players and 30 basketball players will participate in the 7th Annual All-Star Classic. To participate in these events you must have finished p Georgia High School during the year 1964. The East - West Basketball Game will be played at Washington High School on, Wednesday August 5 at 8:00 P. M. Coach George Gay of Turner High School will be Head Coach for the West, and Coach George Coffee of Howard High School will be Head coach for the East. The East - West Football Game Will be played at Herndon. Stadium on Thursday, August Bat 8:00 P. M. Coach K, M. Hunter of South Fulton High School is Head Coach for the west, and Coach John Merkerson of Price High School will be heading the East Squad. The out of -town players will live in the Morris Brown College Dormitory, players are to report for practice on Wednesday, July 22, 1964. All coaches of both squads are urging their boys to begin getting in condition now. The out-oftown players are: Basketball — EAST: Hurbert Long, Athens; Robert Printup, Conyers; William L. Austin, Dalton; Everett L. Dillard, Dalton; J. D. Adams, Ringgold; Melvin- Johnson, Crawfordvill. WEST: Paul A. Lord Bainbridge; Eugene Foster, Barnesvllle; Artpur Williams, Blakely; Stanford S. Hillsman, Butler; Ernest A. Tucker, Pelham; Willie C. Raines, Roberta; James Moore, Columbus. FOOTBALL — EAST: Charles Cohen, Athens; Raymond Chester, Athens; Vernon Worthy, Barnesville Izell Eastering, Statesboro; Benton Burden, Statesboro; Jefferson Brown, Valdosta; Curtis Lymon, Valdosta; Horace Hampton, Valdosta; Duke Bradley, Valdosta; Johnny Williams, Valdosta; John Roberts, Valdosta; Walter Williams, Washington; Alvertis Gilmore, Dublin; Arthur Robinson, Dublin. WEST: Raymond Roper, Gainesville; Samuel Batts, Griffin; Morris Stroud Griffin; Eugene Stokes, LaGrange; Lewis Frazier, La Grange; Mack Hayes, LaGrange; Donald Ward, LaGrange; Robert Williams, Macon; Richard Burley, Rome; Franklin Roberts, Rome; Norman Nash, Columbus. GREYHOUND RACING SEASON STARTS JUNE 26 THRU. OCT. 20 AIR CONDITIONED AIR CONDITIONED VISITING CHAMP — Stewardess Ingrid Arndt admires the special hairdo and silken kimono of Tochinoumi, grand champion Sumo wrestler of Japan, at John F. Kennedy International Airport after he arrived from Berlin, Germany, aboard a Pan American Jet Clipper. The 250-pound, 5-foot. 9-inch champion said he was anxious to meet Casey Stengel of the Mets and see the World's Fair. AT FISHING RODEO — Ronnie and Reginald Mason of 1384 Quinn received find instructions for the fishing rodeo last Saturday at Barbee's Lake from Rufus R. Jones, Wt, chairman of the rodeo sponsared by Bluff City Jaycees, and George Holmes, a member of the rodeo committee. Humphrey Urges Conference To Implement Civil Rights Law Senate Majority Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) recommended today that governor's conferences be called in every state after the Civil Rights bill is passed to help implement its application and enforcement. Humphrey also urged the united States Conference of Mayors to call a general meeting of its members to seek work within the framework of the new law and "bring about application of civil rights." "It may very well be that the President himself will want to call a national conference on civil rights after we pass the Civil Rights bill to talk about the continuing problems that besot us, how we implement this law on the state and local and federal level and how we duck it up by community action and community support," Humphrey said in a television interview program for Minnesota stations. Humphrey said these problems will not be solved merely by signing the bill into law. "I don't believe that at all," he said. "I do believe that what we will be doing is to establish a framework of to in which we can attempt to work out many of-the legal problems involved in the abridgment of civil rights or in the denial of civil rights." He said it will be necessary to go to work immediately upgrading education, attacking poverty, and assuring better housing and economic conditions for may of the people directly affected by the civil rights law. "One of the great needs today is to upgrade education, particularly for those who have been deprived of really fair and good educational opportunity," he said. " . . . and that Job is going to take time. And that job also re"quires that, we pass a good deal of other legislation." Locking too Congressional action expected, after the Civil Rights Bill becomes law, Humphrey said he expected an attempt to pass a Medicare meat me to be the "hard battle." A NECEESSITY Senate Majority Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) recommended today that governor's conferences be called in every state after the Civil Rights bill is passed to help implement its application and enforcement. Humphrey also urged the united States Conference of Mayors to call a general meeting of its members to seek work within the framework of the new law and "bring about application of civil rights." "It may very well be that the President himself will want to call a national conference on civil rights after we pass the Civil Rights bill to talk about the continuing problems that besot us, how we implement this law on the state and local and federal level and how we duck it up by community action and community support," Humphrey said in a television interview program for Minnesota stations. Humphrey said these problems will not be solved merely by signing the bill into law. "I don't believe that at all," he said. "I do believe that what we will be doing is to establish a framework of to in which we can attempt to work out many of-the legal problems involved in the abridgment of civil rights or in the denial of civil rights." He said it will be necessary to go to work immediately upgrading education, attacking poverty, and assuring better housing and economic conditions for may of the people directly affected by the civil rights law. "One of the great needs today is to upgrade education, particularly for those who have been deprived of really fair and good educational opportunity," he said. " . . . and that Job is going to take time. And that job also re"quires that, we pass a good deal of other legislation." Locking too Congressional action expected, after the Civil Rights Bill becomes law, Humphrey said he expected an attempt to pass a Medicare meat me to be the "hard battle." Tampa Couple Jailed For Own Protection A domestic quarrel led police to jail a couple for "their own protection," here last week—the, man for disturbing the peace, his wife for displaying a deadly weapon. Involving were. Julius Poinsetta, 32, and his wife, Betty, 26. When police arrived at Mrs. Poinsetta's home, they found her husband at the rear door, trying to break into the house, arid Mrs. Poinsetta inside, waving a 25 callbre pistol. She told police she had left her husband and he was trying to get her back. Falling in their efforts to calm the people down, officers decided to take them into custody. Their three children were placed in a receiving home until the Poinsettas are brought to court. Welcome Selassie Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, accompanied by Tanganyikan President Julius Nyerere, arrived Sunday on another stage of his visit to East Africa. He was cheered by thousand of Zansibaris. QUICK KNOCKOUT Jack Dempsey knocked out Carl Morris in 14 seconds in a bout here on Dec. 16, 1918. Old Douglass Home Is Now A Museum If Frederick Douglass were alive today, he would probably be pleased tu know that in the townhouse where he once lived, just a few blocks from the Nation's Capitol, the Museum of African Art has made its new home. The museum is one of Washington's newest cultural landmarks it opened last week with its first exhibition of some 150 pieces of authentic African sculpture, primarily representative of Western Africa. Many of the works to be seen have been loaned to the museum by art collectors and individuals who have long recognized the artistic talent and brilliance of traditional African sculpturers. Warren M. Robbins, director and founder of the Museum, and a former foreign service officer with the United States information Agency and the Department of State, said the museum is the first institute in the United states to be devoted "exclusively to portraying the significance of African sculpture and its contribution to Western art." Many Children Are Poison Victims Of Common Aspirin More than 100,000 children in the United States me poisoned accidentally last year, 144 fatally, by a common medicinal product which can be found in almost every home, reports the Children's Hospital Medical Center. The product, says the hospital, is aspirin. A bottle of 50 baby aspirins, or a lesser number of adult aspirins, can kill a 2 - year -old, according to the hospital. The high incident rate of poison-, ing of children by baby aspirin is due to the fact that such aspirin is candy flavored, and many parents, in inducing their toddlers to take an aspirin, refer to, it as "candy," says the hospital, children not only will eat it if it is lying around, the hospital says, but will search it out on high shelves or in medicine cabinets. JFK Had Planned Reelection, Then Writing, Speaking President John F. Kennedy planned to spend the rest of his life writing and teaching after eight years in the White House, a former aide said Monday. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., was quoted in the current issue of Look magazine about the late President's plans. Schlesinger was Kennedy's confidant and a White House adviser. He said Kennedy expected to be reelected this coming November and complete the unfinished business of his administration. He then would be 51 years old upon leaving the White House, and too young he feet, for retirement. "The President intended to establish his headquarters in Boston where he planned to live at least part of the year," Schlesinger said. "His office was to be in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, which was to be built on a two-acre site he had selected only two months before his death. "Kennedy wanted to hold seminars and talk to young people, at Harvard where lie had gone to school, and also at a half-dozen other nearby colleges. At the same time, he was going to write his memoirs." CRASH KILLS MEADE LEWIS Boogie Woogie pianist Meade Lux Lewis lived through the turbulent "Roarin Twenties," but failed to survive an auto crash here last week. He was killed when an auto carrying four Minneapolis youths crashed into the rear of his car at high speed. Jimmie Dibbins, a passenger in the second car, also was killed. The others were injured. The crash occurred in the Golden Valley area, west of Minneapolis. Mende Lux, an "eight-to-the-bar" beat bookie woogie pianist, had just concludid an engagement at the White House Restaurant in the suburb. TENNIS COURT The first tennis court built in the United States was opened here in October 1876. Thunderstorm Hits Jacksonville, Fla. A thunderstorm — possibly a torado - packing winds estimated at 15 to 100 miles an hour slammed rough a southwest section of Jacksonville on June 6, toppling a 00 - foot radio antennae, sweepng cars off the street and smashng several homes. There was no immediate report f serious injuries, and no damage estimates. The Jacksonville weather bureau aid the thunderstorm, kicked up by the remnants of a tropical disturbance drifting into Florida from he Gull of Mexico, cut its destruc tive swath through the Normandy ection of southwest Jacksonville. The weather bureau said the ighest winds recorded by airport gauges were clocked at 40 miles an hour, but that reports from the scene of the worst - hit area inicated winds of 75 to 100 miles an hour. BTW Band Teacher Under Dope Charge The director of the student band and music teacher At Booker T. Washington School; was free under $2,500 bond Friday on charges of possession of narcotics. Police aid Willie Gray Dixon, Jr., was arrested at his home late Thursday night. They said they found a rolled-up sock in a pants pocket and it contained a homemade sringe, two needles, a pill box containing an opium derivative and four cocaine capsules. Dixon was suspended from his school duties pending the outcome of the charges. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Coffey, Noted Churchwoman Funeral services were held here last week for Mrs. Lillian Brooks Coffey, 70, head of the 800,000 - member international Women's (missionary) Department of the Church of God in Christ, and one of the most widely respected church woman in America. Mrs. Coffey died of a heart ailment in Jackson Park Hospital, She was perhaps a victim of her own boundless energy. She set an amazing pace as national supervisor of the Women's Department, and of its missionary affiliations in some 30 foreign countries in the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. Thousands of persons thronged Mrs. Coffey's rites Saturday at the Tabernacle- Baptist church, including scores of dignities. Long before the services for the revered church woman got under way, long lines of viewers, including just plain folks who had known "Sister Coffey," formed in front of the church. However the crowd, perhaps in marked show at reverence to her, was very orderly. Delivering the eulogy at the rites was Bishop O. T. Jones, of Philadelphia, senior prelate of the denomination. 40 College Students Begin Foreign Service Training The Foreign Affairs Scholars program established at Howard university last January by a $600,000 Ford foundation grant, begin operations here last week when 40 college students of minority groups were enrolled in the course under special graduate fellowships. The program is aimed at preparing Negroes and members of other minority groups for carreers in the U. S. Foreign service. It is administered by Dr. Vincent J. Browne, assistant to Howard's president, Dr. James M. Nabrit, Jr. The initial student body consists of 11 college seniors, and 29 juniors who will be involved in a 10 week week indoctrination program conducted by the U. S. State department, Agency for International development (AID), and the U. S. Information agency. The prospective civil service interns will receive weekly stipends of $80. At the end of the course, the juniors will return to their respectivetive schools and will continue training until they enter the 1965 school program. The Volunteer State Medical Convention, convening in Memphis this week, is a so holding its golf tournament at Fuller Park. Out of town players participat ing in the tournament are Dr. S. E. Hardy of Knoxville; Dr. Frank Perry, Dr. Walton Bell and Dr. C. J. Walker, all of Nashville; Dr. Waldo Coin of Detroit and Dr. Mose Jones of Montgomery, Ala. Memphis players are Doctors H. H. Johnson, A. K. Horne, W. O. Speight E. W. Reed, A.R. Flowers, A. F. Sanlef, F. W. Northcross and I. A. Watson. Trophy winners will be announced next week in the Memphis World. Among the more than 200 players accommodated by Fuller Park last Sunday were Misses Odessa Dickens, Louise Walker and Doris Clift, who played a threesome. Miss Walked made 2-par on No. 13 hole, but Miss Clift hostess, at the park was the winner. Jimmy sills, Herbert Tate, James Henderson Haro d Ray and Charles Loman played good ficeso Tate and Henderson taking the 18-hole game. Powers, Glover nomas Roach and Aubrey there played a nice for some with power and Banks declared the winner the 13-hole e. Paul Nickalas, Troy King, Smith, James Teel and A P played a game with and Pl taking the to ome the mers. Elton Granberry and Pleas Junes played an all even 18 have which was a hard game. Edward Lewis, John Gordan, Harold Winfrey and Lonnie Briscoe played a good all even foursome. John Walker, Mrs. Betsy Walker, D. C. Jordan and Lawrence Mason played a foursome with Mrs. Walker winning. R. J. Acey, Fulton Ford of Clarks dale, Miss., Dr. Montgomery, also of Clarksdale, and James Roland of St. Louis played together. Mr. Acey and Ford beat the scats. Lymond James and R. J. Arnold played an even twosome. John Crawford, Dalton Nickrbery and Lee June played a nice game together with Nickleberry taking the lead and winning the game. Watch the Memphis World ... Your name and your game could be next. U. S. Court Integrates Jekyll Island Resort Federal District Judge Frank A. Hooper ruled June 12, that Georgia's Jekyll Island Authority must integrate all state-Operated facilities at the oceanside resort. Hooper mid he will issue an injunction but delayed doing so in order to learn what facilities on the nine - mile, state -owned island, once a millionaires' preserve, are now under private lease. The judge gave seven Negro plaintiffs who brought the integration action last year 15 days in which to furnish the needed additional facts. The forthcoming injunction, the ruling indicated, will include a golf course, beaches, find an; amusement area. Negroes now have a beach, a motel and, a bathhouse area on one end of the island. Hooper refused to issue an injunction against any of the many holders of private leases who now operate motels, stores, restaurants and a convention center, He cited. For one thing, Hooper said, the plaintiffs had claimed they had been dented use of some of these privately operated facilities but failed to show that it was the policy of the lease holders. Hooper also pointed out that the plaintiffs had decided nut to make any of the lease holders parties to the integration suit even though he had strongly suggested that they do so. In lengthy comment on the legal effect of this, Hooper said there was no evidence that either the several legal grounds. state or the leaseholders had settled on any segregation policy, either expressed or implied. He said he cannot issue an injunction so long as they are not parties to the suit. The Jekyll Island Authority, operated by several top state administration officials, could do nothing about it if the leaseholders were guilty of discrimination, Hooper said in effect. Even though the organization using the convention facilities thus fat have been all - white, Hooper said, that does not support a finding that even these facilities had been operated in a discriminatory way. Hooper cited the reasons plaintiffs gave for not trying to bring the leaseholders into court; There are too many of them, making such a move expensive and the Negroes sought to avoid a president. The plaintiffs claimed there were indications some of the leaets would be willing to desegregate if they weer assured it would net jeopardize their long - term leses. ENTER MY SUBSCRIPTION TO MEMPHIS WORLD Name . . . . . Street Address . . . . . City . . . . . Zone . . . . . State . . . . . Eisenhower Indicts Demo Administration Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower Monday indicted Democratic administration for using inexperienced men in key foreign policy-making positions and "weakenter" American alliances. The American Republican President said that U. S. alliance are not as strong today because of "leadership methods and personalities. Eisenhower headed a panel discussion of American foreign poltey at the last of a series of six "Party to-People" forum discussion soonsored by the GOP National Committee. Students in rural high schools often, don't understand the advantages, of making an investment in education. They are not aware of the amount of education it takes to qualify for technical and vocational careers. Nor do they know about the many low - interest loans that are available to help them get the training they need to compete in today's tabor market.