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ENTINEL
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1955
SENTINEL STAFFERS COP AWARDS
First prize awards were won
by two members of The Ohio
Sentinel's editorial staff during
last June's 17th annual convention of the Nat'i Newspaper
Publishers Ass'n in Kansas City,
Mo. Announce ment of the
awards was formally made last
week.
The Sentinel staffers were
John B. Combs, managing editor, and Nina M, Redd, former
city editor now associated with
the Dept. of Journalism at Lincoln university, Jefferson City.
Mo.
Combs took top honors- in the
"General and Local Stories Division" with a series of seven
articles, appearing in July, August and September. 1954. editions
of The Sentinel, entitled "Jim
Crow in Ohio." The judges de-
-clared that, in "Their opinion,
"these stories are as good or
even better than some Pulitzer
prize stories (we) have read."
Miss Redd walked away- with
first place in column writing,
"Humor arm Local." for "the
rollicking column, 'Chicago
Dateline—This is the City',"
which she wrote for The Sentinel
while on leave of absence attending the University of Chicago.
Other prizes won by The Sen-
tincl:
Third place for "Government
and National Stories," for a
series of three stories by John
B. Combs "exposing discrimination against Negroes for jobs in
state agencies."
Third place (tied- with Pittsburgh Courier* for Washington
and national affairs columns
This award was also won by
Combs for "the column. 'Speaking of Politics,' which is devoted
to Ohio politics, politicians and
political issues." According to
the judges' evaluation of the col.
umn. "His (Combs') readers
certainly should be well educated voters."
Second prize in the "Features"
category went to William Mirt
Wood,  for a   camera  study  of
JOHN B. COMBS
Wood's son made at a YMCA
camp, which was published in
The Sentinel. "The picture,"
said the judges, "is simplicity
to the extreme, a boy-row Ing a
boat; but the expression on the
boy's face tells a story that
truly no thousand words could
convey."   " .
For "Public Service Programs,"' The Sentinel received
third prize "for a series of articles aimed at building healthy
interests among boys and girls
in Ohio by sponsoring a Halloween block party, by encouraging sponsors to pay expenses of
delegates to Boys' State good
government 'encampment, and
by sponsoring youngsters for sn
annual soap box derby.- These
ventures have proved factors in
diminishing delinquency among
juveniles in the Columbus
area."   ".
"Best Examples of Promoting
the Negro Newspaper" also
brought The Sentinel a third
prize award "for its several promotional projects designed to
enlist the support of a variety of
people in its subscription efforts
and to call attention to its years
of service to community life."
In the "Mechanica* Production" division the judges gave
special mention to The Sentinel
"for the quantity of work that
went into its 80 page fifth anniversary edition."
You Can Help Serrtinel
Newsies To Win Prizes
IF SOME young newsboy
knocks on your door and
asks you to subscribe to Ths
Ohio Sentinel for one year.
chances are he's entered In
Tbe Sentinel's big football
contest and is ont to win oae
of those Genuine white night
and day footballs.
Don't tarn him sway, for
he's entering upon s career as
a young bnsinessman snd your
NINA M
acceptance may be .the on* to
send him on the road to success. Incentives such ss this
contest help spur him on to doing s bigger and better Job.
For each one year subscription, the Circulation Dept of
The Sentinel is giving sway
free, a genuine regulation
night snd dsy footbsll to the
lucky boy or gin bringing in
the filled certificate found
elsewhere In this edition.
Not only that but the boy or
girl msklng the biggest Increase In sales In on* week ts
awarded s free ticket to ths
next Ohio SUte home game.
Winners to date have been
Peter McKlnnoo. Ronnie Ervin and George Taylor.
Among early winners of the
football wss Henry nick*, 1451
Eastwood av., sen sf Rev. nai
Mrs. H. B. nicks.
Paxey's Par-ertfs' Ass'n
Elects Current Officers
Officers for Parents' Ass'n of Paxeys Play school, Columbua,
were elected during a regular meeting Friday. Prior to the olfaction, remarks on -the association were heard from Mrs. Helen
Paxton, director of the school. >
S e r v ing for
the new year
will be Mrs.
Nellie Binns,
president; Mra.
Frances Thurman, vice president; Mrs. Ed*
die Laududal,
secretary;  Mrs. \\
A. Davenport. £j V .   j jan. 29
assistant   secre.       '' J**~13-
tary; Mrs. Ger- Mrs. Sudderth
aldine Lynch, corresponding sec-
porter; Mrs. Gay Reid, chip-
lain, and Mrs. V. D. Robinson,
treasurer.
Installation was conducted by
Mrs. Charlene Sudderth. assistant director of the. school.        , .
Parents' Ass'n sponsors tho
seventh annual project, an edu-
cational  tea, at Beatty Center*
Guest'will be Mrs. James Parrish, who will show pictures oil
retary; James V.. Robinson, re-!her recent trip abroad.
Washington
•   st
Conclave Speaker
Val J. Washington, director of
m i n o r i ties. Republican Nat'l
Committee, will be one of the
principal speakers at tho Ohio*
Republican campaign conference
at the Neil House hotel, Columbus, Nov. 14-15, it was announced this week by GOP State
Chmn. Ray C. Bliss.
Washington, who has served
on the .Nat'l GOP Committee
since 1949, will discuss "Minority Groups" at the two day
closed meeting.
Other prominent Republican
leaders on the program ' arre
Leonard W. Hall, chairman ol
the Republican Nat'l Committee; Murray Chotiner, attorns/
of Beverly Hills, Cal.; L. Judson
Morehouse, chairman of N. York
State Republican Committee*
John Feikens, chairman. Republican State Committee of Michigan, and John M. McElroy, ad*
ministrativ* assistant to Sen.
Bricker.
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VOL. 7, No. 22 TWO sections THIS ISSUE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1985  *c32L? ow.^"£iVi_r& *?srs. rmt 0MW*'     COLUMBUS. OHIO
IN PUBLIC FACLITIES
FIRST NEGRO HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
Associate, Is Death Victim
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CINCINNATI—P e r c y Williams, onetime business associate of the late Melvin Clark, was
killed" here Thursday when his
car went out of control and was
wrecked.
Williams, who operated the
.popular Play Bowl restaurant,
was found- pinned by the steering whoel, suffering from a skull
fracture, crushed chest and fractures of both'legs.
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ANDREW O. FREEMAN, RIGHT, and Rev. C. J*. Jenkins,
' not pictured, are members of Citizens' Committee for Health
Levy, supporting proposal on which Columbus people will vote
Nov. 8 to provide increased public health protection. Freeman
is shown discussing levy with Charles H. Campbell, left, executive secretary of Hilltop Business Ass'n and Central Ohio Academy of Pharmacy, and Charles A. Jones, center, of Columbus
Hospital Federation. According, to Campbell, Columbus must
provide more funds if it Is to keep up good health protection M
ths city grows. Without the tax levy, he said, many important
services of Dept. of Health will have to be reduced. Already,
Campbell reports, Columbus only has ons-fourth of the fr*******
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TAKES   SOME   DOING   to
•dd glamor to a.picture of a
young lady engaged in such a
simple task as tying a shoe
... but then all young ladies
don't (or can't) look as giant*
esroua as Pat Hodges.   .
He died while being taken to
Cincinnati Gen'l Hospital.
Police said he apparently fell
asleep while driving to his home.
A native of Cleveland, Williams came to Cincinnati about
18 years ago. Hs reportedly
gave Clark his first chance in
the numbers racket here several
years ago.
Clark was slain in Newport,
Ky., last July when a war broke
out for control of the numbers
racket here and m northern
Kentucky.
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GOV. LAUSCHE WARMLY congratulates L. O. Sharp of Columbus, first Negro
In history to be appointed to State Highway Patrol. Story, other photos of history
making event on Page 2
Jury Refuses To Indict
Accused Kidnapers Of Till
GREENWOOD, Mias. — A Leflore county grand jury
Wednesday failed to indict Roy Bryant and his half-
brother, J. W. Milam, for the Aug. 28 kidnaping of 14 year
old Emmett Louis Till.
Bryant and Milam are aew entirely free ef charges they
kidnaped the Chicago bey, killed hint aad threw his weighted
body hi the Tallahatchie river. An all-white jery acquitted them
of the murder in September and. under Mississippi law, they
cannot be tried fer It again. *
Moses Wright, great-uncle of the slain boy who fled the south
after testifying at .the murder trial, had returned for this latest
hearing.  So did Willie Reed, 18 year old surprise witness.
When first arrested. Bryant and Milam said they were the
men who took Till at gunpoint early one morning. They denied
killing him, saying they released him unharmed.
Till was reported to have made indecent overtures at Bryant's
wife while buying bubble gum at a grocery store in Money, Miss.
Since the murder trial, the half-brothers have been free under
t^.OOQ bond. *
Had thv-y been indicted, they could have been tried under one
of two Mississippi kidnaping laws. One provides death for suspects found guilty, the other, up to ten years. In prison.
Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of the dead boy, haa said she
would file lawsuits against the two men, seeking $200,008 damages.
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WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORES Cecil Mitchell right, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Margaret Fields, center, Columbus, receive certificate awards snd congratulations from Dr.
Milton 3. J. Wright, left, head of Dept>of Economics and Political Science and advisor to YM€A, altar they had *"•>•*■ titles of
"Mr. YM" and "Miss YW" at the Ohio institution. Mitchell solicited 18 members, while Miss Fields secured M new coed mens*
bers for YWCA. Both were crowned at special ooronstk—