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For and Mostly about
_ EDITOR~S NOTE:.,
Our Women~s Editor, Darcy DeMille, is in Fort Worth,

~Texas where she is serving as Editorial Consultant to 5 as ~.

Magazine.

Her Column ~ ~For and Mostly About Women~ ~_
will continue after a month~s leave of absence.

Flint News Briefs

RICHARD J. RUHALA TO RUN FOR.
BOARD OF EDUCATION

A Flint Attorney, Richard J. Ruhala, announced today
that he will seek election to the Board of Education on |:
April 1.

Ruhala was educated in the Flint School System, 'hav-;.

ing attended Garfield Elementary, Emerson Junior High,
and Northern Senior High Schools, and has also participated
in a number of Mott Foundation activities. His wife, a former teacher in Flint, taught at Cook School and in the
special program fer physically handicapped children at~ Du
rant-Turri-Mott. His close association with the Flint school |~

system has given him a thorough understanding of its
operation, goals, and its role in-the community.

He is a member of the Genesee County, State of Michigan, and American Bar Associations, the Flint YMCA, the
Flint Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Flint Association of Life Underwriters. He has participated in the local
Red Feather Fund drive and the Educational program of
the American Cancer Society. Recently, he was appointed
Co-Chairman of the Education Program for Legal Secretaries. He resides at 217 West Pasadena Avenue, with his wife
and daughter.

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THE MANAGER IS WORRIED! ey
Flint~s new City Manager, Tom Kay, is discussing the.
need for economic development in the City of Flint. He

Stressed the fact that 17,000 jobs have disappeared since
195& due to technological advances.

Kay indicated grave concern for the graduating classes |;

to come out es Sere bpm enol in the near future stat
cream-colored wings. fluttered across the 1900 block of
Barks Street this week. Mother Nature Pe eucca! got her
time-table mixed up.

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OLE, PARA LE FLAMENCO

Carola Goya and Matteo, world famous dancers by the
virtuosity of their flitting heels and flashing fingers, ~zapatoed and castaneted~ their way into the hearts of an overflow crowd at Ballenger Field House.

They were presented to the Flint audience by ne Bal
lenger Chair of Eminent Persons.
But.it was the lusty ~Venge Conmigo,~ the traditional
dance performed in the caves of Granada and cafes of Se-ville that brought audience participation to it~s highest
peak. Shouts-of ~Ole!~ rang loud and long as Senora Carola
and Senor Matteo maper bly executed the intricacies of the
racy dance.

The Pandari Attam of India and the Sh*an Trews of
Scotland were appealing in their universality. More performances of cultural importance will be offered in the
near future by the Ballenger Chair of Eminent Persons as
a service to the select public.

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Women be

~thing to seat and

A small, inch-long ~silver-bodied moth with delicate we

3

ba Travis~
Condition Is
Very Gitical

GREENWOOD, Miss. ~ ~delet
Travis, a 20-year-old: field secretary for the Student Nanviolent
~oordinating. Committee, was
gonned last night by three white
men and isin a hospital here in
critical condition.

Travis is in Graahindod: Leflore
Hospital with a shoulder wound
and a bullet lodged behirid his
spine. He is scheduled to be
transferred to, University _Hos~ital. in Jackson. this~ morning. -

"ebert Moses, director of SNCC~s
Mississippi voter registration proi"af and Randeiph Blackwell, field

ie éurveshen rq,ect wen an.

untagged white Buick began fol
~hye white: men were in the car.

The three Negroes. had -somedrove to the
highway.in the direction of Greenvilie about: ~1:00~ p.m. The white
Buick- was~ ~parked at the inter~section of the highway and. = wise
ed, for Seven miles.;

being Kill

Negroes have attempted to reg: |
ister. to vote in Greenwod in the,
past two -deys, ~the. tirst real
vreakthrough.in Mis>.~

| SNCC Chairman* Charles MecRew wired Attorney General
Robert F. Kenriedy early. this
morning and requested an_investigation into the shooting.
SNCC executive secretary wired
President Joon F. Kennedy today:

~Based on your speech yesterday on voting rights for Negro
Miscerbacae' én Page i

Top Dollars To

| announced today.

~Sheriff Peter Buback, right tional ~Broadcasting Cobapecs:

| were ane

pins an honorary badge on the
chest of Romaine W. Johns who
Romaine W. Jonns is retiring
from the Wayne County Sheriff's
Department after being empleyed
since January 25, ~952, as a patrolman assigned to the Communicatons department at the jail. Mr.
Johns is a bachelor, born in Detroit and graduate from Eastern

School.
While going to high school he
worked for the Detroit News.

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Romaine loved ~show business~

and during his. career as a singer | 543

met many celebrities~famous actors and actresses and has many
friends among that profession.
He appeared in two legitimate |*
theatre shows~one with Tallulah

GM Employees
For Suggestion:; DETROI~General Motors..emvioyes in the U.S: and Canada.
ast year were awarded $6,756,22 under the GM Suggestion
lan, Louis. G.-Seaivn, -viee presi- |
igne in cuarge of Personnel Staff,.

c ~The Corporation during 11962 |
| adopted an all-time high of 188,665 suggestions by employes on

ate make their jobs safer and
pie! and at the same time im| prov a
ards of $5,000 each

_ Im 1961, General Motors adopted 116,871. suggestions by employes for awards totaling $5,159,
sen demonstrated interest in

s ion Plan,~ Mr. Seaton said,

Travis was ~accompanied by = i

director of the: ~Atlanta-based Vot- |

~owing them about 9:30 p.m. |.

to 8 halt, Travis}
wtedical gttention at} =~
issippi Vocational College| =.
and: then-brough here to the hos-| @"@_
pital: Ae zt ~

Moses said ae this morning, Lae
~We all were within ncn of a

He ~fapotted that at least 150!

rations. Sixty-three | oj

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BY LEE IYORY |.. > CirY EDITS:
~A. Detroit) polic

man with a
~arttime job-as a G@ght manager,
ventrary to the edifts of his superiors, shot and killed John

~Wimpy~.: Ethott,

well-known, t state ightweignt champion

fight: trainér ade former prize
fichter.

Forrest: Foster, Jr.,-a patrolman
ssigned to Petoskey Station, 1s
-eported to have shot Elliott, also
~nown as ~Bad Foot~ John, in
n argument over the ownership

Gene Gresham, now in Milwaukee.
where he is scheduled to fight
Thursday night.

Elyott~s body was found in the
irunk of an automobile owned
oy Harry F. Command, 34, who
was. driving Foster to Algonac,
t was reported, where they plan
HOTEL AND WAL-HA ROOM THINGS OF THE PAST

\Gov. Romney

ned to ~throw Ellictt~s ted)~
into Lake St. Clair.

In a_ futile escape.attem,.
foster was shot in the hip by 2
Macomb County Deputy Sherii ~,
who was called by an alert gi
station attendant who said the:*
was ~something in the rear o~
of the car~, when Command an

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| Foster stopped to have a flat tire

repaired and changed.

Foster, it. was ~learned, hes
een called ore top police (
ficials and qGestioned about thi.
nanagership oi Gresharii, wis
ights in~ both the light ar~.
welter-weight divisions. It is | -
eyed Anat roster had ~been t. |
to break his connections ~ wi
aresaam,

wi

-, Unofficial reports indicate th
{Lott was slain following <1
wgument over Gresham~s c: 'caet, and certain tinaneial tra:
ctions.

It is hoped by concerned Ne~ >
leaders, that the ensuing ~i:vestigation of gamblers cunaecte |
with Foster~ will not cloud the
fact that Foster murdered a huan being.~

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NEW YORK~The following
statement relating to President
Kennedy's Special Message on
Civil Rights, as presented to the
Congress, was issued in. ~behalf
of the National ~Urban ~League
by Whitney. M... Young, Jr., @Xecutive director:

~The ~President's message re-.
~ |f.ects a conviction that the time |*:

is urgent for taking massive action to dissolve remaining barbidro Withers OEGPENT wee ~ 1 Coatde./S
from enjoying fhe iruits and disch. zing the full responsibisities
or we First ciass citizenship.

~it *~ the mest comprehensive | w
statement on this complex. and
uc.:o thee Subgect ever |. eseured
in our time bya Chief Executive.

~However: cornmendabie as are
many of the statements in his
nvessege, we view, with some conj~ern--thet-there.is no legislation
recommended in the area of ra-/

skagen ch Opportunity.

fiz Adoption

| dent were ~a program

eration as an siiportent the to
remedying a very harmfdl ~deciency in our great country. 4
fe Id seem clear, that he
As ane The Urban Leave now strongly u */ the President to follow thr: pity with the
full moral force o- 3 Office and
to provide the bold/ /eadetship by
tie White House. that will he required to get tne/ job done.

NAACP

~NE W YORK~While praising
as ~admirable~ aspects of President. Kennedy~s first civil rights
messaze to Congress, NAACP Ex-.
ecutive ~Secretary - Roy Wilkins
noted serious omissions ~which

weakened the message~s overall

impact.

The message, sent to the.Congress on Feb, 28, called ior new
legislation to facilitate voting
rights of southern Negroes who,
under present laws, face long delays in securing this ~right pending court action, as discriminatory.application of registration
| tests. It also asked for acceptance

1 of completion of the sixth grade," enne

as evidence of literacy. -

~Mr. Wilkins pointed out, ~would
| appreciably accelerate the voter
registration drive now being conducted in the South~by the

1 NAACP ghd other organizations.~

by the Presi.
Also recommended. be;

at ipchnical sa Sane ow iae

of these proposals, | voti '

>; develioe ~ddan & ie appoin inted Leo A. Greene, Flint business~man, a& a Special Assistant to
serve in an advisory: capacity on
minority relations.

Greene, 45, served in a similar

| capacity during Romney~s cam
paign for governor,

crintinatien in all rade aity ation |
housing,~ setting a deadine for
school. districts to comply with
sie Suprer ~ Court~s desegrega-:on Ruling of May 17, 1954, ores-,blishing | a Fair ~Etmployment |
-ractices Commision with strong~
enforcement powers. The omission |
ot such proposais, he said, con-'
stituted the ~weakest aspects of |
air, Kennedy~s message.~

The full text of Mr. Wilkins~
statement follows:

Kennedy's civil rights message to

agency of the civil rights issue, |
aut aso proposes: specific, need-|:d and impertant recommenda: |
aons for pore esas action.

Hewever, it offers no new pro
aroblel of discrimination in
neusing. Nor does it call for an
effective | Abedin for school systems fo achieve desec-egation.
Aiso lacking is a recommendation for a Federal. ~FEP law with/
strong enforcement. powers. These
are | the weakest aspects of:

ent civil a iets acts are subject
to: ~judicial delay~ and to admini
In many respects President

Sengress is anh admirable docu-:
mezit. It not only secognizes the!,osal fer dealing with the acute |

Romney said Greene will parti| Cipate in regular staff meetings
in the governor's ofiice, and serve
| as a consultant to the Governor
and his staff in problems and programs involving eon esa

A native of Algaionas EEresiih,
moved to Detroit in 1940 after receiving a degree in~ business ud.
ministration from Tuskegee -.istitute. He served 3% years. iu
the Army, including service in
the European theater, and thea
attended Worsham n Cortes. in...

strative abuse.~ His recommedna