Buffalo Criterion, 1957-01-26

              price ten cents western new york's most popular negro medium buffalo new york saturday january 26 1957 the buffalo criterion most complete coverage of local happenings vol xxxi no 4 supreme court voids death penalty on wm.e fikes coleman gets 5-10 yrs judge latona sends slayer of in-law to attica thtrrs , county ir.jgr jacob a latona warrtetwed 3t-yeai-ow t_r_-__t 0 cok-isan formerly of 23 simon aye lackawanna to 3 to 10 year in atuo pnson i.-ri ami convicted on a first s*i pre manslaughter charge „..*' l'om.n was tried tor the fatal t-tsf-n of his tirotherin law l-d mm lai ti.-ttf._t an argument in i*b_b-ml sic im auguvl t%m ralph bunche on crs program or ralph giiu-he i fnder **__<_- re__r t.es>_ral v the united ha t_t*ti will di-cusi sotmr f vat i man pnvhienns in f.nming unit t ■■,:-,! 5 l-mctiari-cy force its a special tapesi insjrrv iew u"i be tt___rd teo chs radio update ;-,(-. i i*v sue canal story cm dm-aday j.ntiuf y tlj_n at v i 10 f m i.vi ilrsidcs mil r»ry prn_»lcii.s ut the tioops tutu pmmad dim ....' jiicd i in ntea a no way and in vmlh anieraan cti-trtrto rairrte uiiimue limiiiis siliiaiums had t he fared a'nh ch.s n<_sm.(i art no sritr as i_.rf.itor update wtll pre col a ttrotsology sif tt»c suci ouul o.sis ft vim the i*~.e «•( t v r_r>pi.s>>v«i amis purchase to ttat pier through the tacil tie ed ti riic and bs nevsa pognrmv voices of the pe.«pk v"n 1 •• the new in ute n -'. heard including sle-hates t tt-e i,r*--i ' and iv »■ n.ist i ■ will he l m re-j natror cotomel na._rr ■ iiimsi natk*ts-:i the < **•*'. meal the decision to send the lij-i ad nat«-r i tn_r}xi_cy force ttsi ptojfram will on in_t a l____-.it tally m trafalgar sci^t m utndoa jeoofimtm r miflrsrer fdm and t t»e scene wtien the prersdi and brnish isst-ps mvaded fort saul lor the finat time em t__i p-f -.,.,;_., prt*gr«h cbs new—en in i-rgiand i r-tk and ru-s»a will irffe their opitwon oo the sirei r.s and wll tkhig the situation a the present in latß-haarar rseot reports the program r orodo-ed by cwwgsr vicaa with art rabin as ■ *■■■»_• in tsnuduction and writ _> -.- by bill oem for cbs public affair my neighbor club held meeting sun i mv neijjbhor club i data to than mr mary wise lot fcnng such a « de tvostens f__r the wr-nsdly ta sunday af errs jant-ar 20th at her home ie 8r....r aye several new me were nre .. i and en toyed he t»"i -. mr v .. nt-~_d in politar and _, b t.tr_ct comrmttet woman r..r—v cecd ihnwis of me i_\i ward •—* the guest speakct anal p.,-,r_r to help •' mrv w«y to aaakf the jute a succsn in a -____-- • he its gave •-*"*-* -.•»■ nr information to work l am a ■ i wr_h ar nr nssctir-g will be held saturday february h at » p "* „-?«• borne of mrs henrietta hetty 1470 mk.hii_n aye the ,„.,(*.""• of the ct-b rs to see after rut t.tld.cn and their fibuiic mr c a caston is piesijenl hi i fin—this crowd attended the lestliih.nial banquet in honor of !)•_> and mrs charles t inns ford at memorial ami too church 41 i as„r st kochemet — i red tab-on photo high court over rules lower tribunal 6-3 washington d c the i death semens of au alabama 1 negro was set ma bet la.t monday by the u s supreme i unit in a>6 to i decision which re-versed . conviction ip*s_-1,l by the alabama supreme court the judgement and sentence vic reversed ml the giuihhi that i the rtrs.iu.is used to convict tttc i doomed man mere maine.l through j 1 um.-lli._ja » h violated the due process clause •'' ma i ederal con ! i mitmt-un as its confessions were ' smbtanhall the only evidence * na.li the state had again i him ft seems likely thai he m he \ s,r..esstiilly prosecuted for • the same crime again ' hi a-rak_n«ie_l man william lar i-ikes 9 and a native f m.ii in ala , vs.is convicted and n:_n-t i death in june itm hy an all-white iiiry following a repoited un*in*ce**ful atlempt by an unknown | intruder lo rape the daughter of the mayor of v-ibi 1 ala and burglar ire her home ' previously several negrt^s had been rrs*st-sj in connection with a reported seiic's of urglatv and rape "> the cay ihe mayo . laughter cv-iirv-sl she awoke in her up-itnictri on th ui«ht of apul • _.*,, and found a negro silling m her with a kitilc at h_r throat she str.__.ted with him sei/rrsl the knit and he lied i'ikc wav taken mlo oust ids ma e\th ahe he was stopped in the tit by white citizens and isvld uniil p*'<i aimed.'he has nested on aa open chars land hcki two diss foi in.es-isa ! hon without bring bookcsl i at j er ha was taken to kilbv stat 1 prt-v-n mbett be maa üb*e-tc ito tight day f ift-c-s-mt ccs ] tvoniog until he alleecdelv eotv ! fe.*t-d he was not permuted to h relatives or c«>n__.t legal coots > ad af the trial the mayor daught er could not kknltfy as bee ..,,.!„!, the only evidence of fered by the state were t ai pami pammmaaotm tv court ah refused a motion hv th a_b i attorneys to kt fike take the stand to rtrfute the '' *"*"____. ' in an appeal to the alabama suf-eme court fit attorney again raised the point of *_ *'* ' lr-_c.t voluntary ofrf-_s__r tv state sopterr court upheld 4 uiwer court's conviction nod rvrath sentence and m jura 22 1435 denied a petition for a ra i hearing ttte case wa taken to ihe xi s supreme court <*> november 21 1*55 , in the argument to the v *> j uraxire court three basic hies i vm m rre raised by the attorney , j ' . t~\'v the aitm-isloti of the , i e»'m the - refusal of the , 1 s court natgr to let he con v«i-d m_n testify as to how the i . tun mmc obtained ami , that negroes mete systematically ei.lu.led from he jury _ ' chief justice i—l warren who wrote ihe majority opinirvn which j reversed the athanv supreme i cebit i-jemem descrihesj fikes as an uneducated ntf-ro certainly „» low merrtalitv if not mentally < ill who left school at it w+ule -, v third cra-lc and was a i ''■'- " wt*mr m*a*m*wa ift was kept in isrslatio ess crrt for sessions of oivstinning ' iww no friends or relatives and i both hi father and a lawyer were haired from attempt to see him ! i the chief said ( the protections to ho afford ed to * prisoner upon preliminary hearing were denied him contrary to the law of alabama he sva questioned for several hour at a time over the course of five day preceding the first confes sion and again interrogated at length before the written confes sion was secure chief justice wagren con cluded we hold that the cir c-mmance of pressure applied against the power of resistance of this petitioner svbo cannot be deemed other than weak of will or mind deprived him of duo process of 1 so viewed the judgment of conviction m this case cannot wand " • i chief justice awrren wa joined in the opinion by justices hugo l black will ham o doug la and i,mi ( talk justice l-elu frankfurter and william j biennan concurred in a sepcrate opinion dissenting were justice 1 i.i m harlan stanley f reed and harold 11 burton naacp uril defense attorney was lack ciiccnhcrg of new york who handled ihe case in conjunc tion „'!. peter a hall and or ell imlnu-.1 v jr of birming ham ala talent calvacade the talent cavalcade v-tiich was to have been held by the lit mil club on january i ah will he given friday february 13th at x attack at lincoln memo rial methodist church ma-ten and main streets mr c m mi loney is president room for rent ' — i'iini.uird room for rent to single pcr-ma or couple in ihrrs lian home all sb 5047 - despite frigid weather many immamtk bifßti turned oat t vole in the rexuariy sakedulrd n4acf ttmeoam bat friday eve aiag at use tlorkors st rater these two areae bow member ball-ting aks vsm sims won out over bert austin and lame i'arret tes-pes-tivel a bit of coo fusion esivted which i eapeeted to be cleared at the l*_waars board vleetiae i his scene took place in the beautiful bom of mr ana mr ♦'. llarle of l.oring m*t «*»„ week ago during the monthly _■- -, at the pilgrim baptist church i sher board mrs ilailr n,r._4 a 1.-lhiouh repast iota phi lambdas installed officers installation of officers for the incoming year was the business of the evening at the january meet ing of the lota phi lambda so rarity the new affican are president mrs marian m-clel lan-.-lrt v pre mrs wilhelmin godfrey nd v pus mrs alice tibbs rec sec mrs anita hayes cot sec , mr anna cromer tteas ml geneva scr*-8?s journalist mrs mabel new dean of pledgees mrs k****a list * mam *. _, mr ed.lhe meadows wasap 1 pointed program chairman fey the tk»v.-iy - k-rtam-rd - pi*_-lent soror ctc|__.r the arceun mraa held i at the . home •..- soroc msckil -»_ donaldson rd * plan to widen william street •"^£_ 9l«i !»> fn«i_--r *■«* - 4_»4b , divided , highway iv william st between michigan and fillmore wa rr-*v_d by the city plan ning cc_nn.i-.si thursday this fits in with plans for the ehi ..«' dis.nct m-tavglaaaaaai ' eugr w fitzgerald plan ning : director told the c__nmts sion edevebipcnen plan include » >,« lane roadvray between mich igan and jefferson aye and pbbwsd out traffic studies rr te by t*se board of safety indicate warn st hould be a-tened *» fillmore aye to handle the heavy flow of vehicle moolaa rhrovgt mernor al drive * fxrfrt **** „**-*-- **■ , hem ******,*- all **** temsm tern aimm hr mm he am nfw htm tm h 21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.mmmmmm mrs c johnson president modern beauticians of n j passes away buried thurs jersey city n..j._mra cordelia joha-on 19 vcjis pre is--i-t "{ the moslem beauticians association of new jersey slicd at iter home at 258-a fairmount aye on saturday morning l.m vary i*»ih 1937-at 11:35 a.clack the veteran beautician organ iat cmc leader and naacp worker had recently been hosjstt ili/e.l kit wars recuperating at home she braved a fripd day to travel to sen,,,i sunday january i tth wtierc he presided m the m annual polio breakfast of the modern beautician ass'n nt the hotel douglas then later pre sided at the quarterly meeting of mba at progressive beauticians halt tg minus-ornery st tbi sa her last fm-biic appearance her last words were about the h-a«y orp-nzations ami her dcs-re to have unity nineral rites were held 1 hurv day january 24:h and drevi a huj-e crowd of national and-near by beauty organization leaders a*j he.,utv shops p-.used • work for .. moment's silence a ssotnan of ievt!e-s energy her illness did not halt her work for h<rr organ/atioas she was also . president of the jersey city wr.f_-h maa-*p an attache et the federal small business admin istratton actise in the n j busi ness and professional women's i ea..*,ie and in her churvtv de church of c in.arnati_«n a.ked previous to the january l.tth polio breakfast if she pian , ned to ; sftfnd mra jobnr-on re . pfied li_,*j*tmld he there lf h had to go'in a wheel chair she was also planning to attend the executive board meeting nt if i national beamy < ttmr-f i ague inc in wasshitrpon d c i—i swy 7:h hows-vtt «*, senth : lion t-rirnalty br ____>_ or by mrs mason to speak at dinner in falls m/b william thomaa m of the national council t r4,_p a women inc will hr -*,« «.«.. speaker at th 2-_h annual _______ in of ■_■* s__.ia ci_nni,*b,':y , center asr*-___ii_li«>n inc on ti jsjay february 19th at c 45 p m ire affair will be u*d at ._.«- niagarah.gd tir*_t fsljukt son siv n-rpira fall n >. assemblyman butler appoints thomas crawford secy a-s_»rbslytnj writ-am-j trlter • i_er of she third , dntriri agmtfaaaa the pf-oir,_.-n_r.t of thi-t 8 crawford f ward t . am dair-nan as t*bs vevrrtary pr arm r m s „.-, c„,.,|i tb al ba mr b-f*er t h_i'rm ,_ mm as-armbly social we.lrt on-mj : tee n a wetrd>r_r r>f the g-mcrbil i hies corni—me *_.__» trw^ng aa i lemnvmsn butjer t-v of fee r s ! nespeaed and ...... r _•.__,__*»» of the assembly ' __. - for mhmngf r/o appii._fi cm ,„ rilggy rw.'hw 1,7 wlhaaas asr*4t ; t!t_br . c 4 8l *■*__ teem m mors ilaugjm of mr and mr mr of at tarn **„ warn rf.e-t.'y e_wi-r__i*_d by »' t c wat a ml t*be p chore i lawaana mr amd mi a»_-«w of 44 j i *" art the gmt pmtmxs