&'•'•' . , ’ - NAACP’S WILKINS THREATENED Man Cries Self To Death Over Assassination —' 1 - 1— -» 1 mr The Caroli n i an| North Carolina's Leading Weekly ' VOL. 11. NO. I RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1963 4>RICE ISc LOCAL AMPUTEE TO FACE TRIAL + + + + + + + 4 Girl, 11, Sees Dad Pump 5 Bullets Into Mother Here Victim, 47, Died Asking Mgreq ate Griffin. IS. DM “fWt «wr* lr m mu U-vwr^| faßghlW M tea trigger man wtati viuffMf Um of hg With ftaTSSttoTtto officers stated. Ortffta took wfltoi In bis nitln town of Clayton, la Johnston Co., ■hm la was Hwabewtod Sotur- MatbSdtatbe Wake County Job without privilege of bond end wffl face a preliminary hearing in CMr Court on Monday. Deoatabcr 1«. Be woctad on a etty garbage truck bare for {May years, and «M bettered to ham deserted Ua family several month* ago. Atoarta said Orff fin ‘told my motttar to epea the front door, and then poshed Ms tray inside the apartment and shot at her five times.** "My mother told me to ran and get tbs other children and she ran with me out of the apartment as my daddy Bred two more bullets at bar.** Mbs. Griffin was found bleeding from the ehest and mouth on the outside of the apartment building, when officers arrived. wem«Ba on r*ai 9 “2nd Mother” Os LBJs ' Children Is Honored WASHINGTON (AND—A lend Although tee. attempt «m Negro woman was singularly bon* mil to bMotamW seal ered on Thanksgiving eve os she Mrs. Zephyr Wright. H was to was quietly escorted into the House M #tbo . tmr Mrs. Wright—Tor gallery before President Johnson mtu 1$ years s mtiinluir spoke, and seated directly behind m the Johnson hsaaihaHl staff the first Lady of the land, Mrs. Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. (cowriwunt ON page X) ; i ' ' ' . -vi ' - ■■*':■•“ •. *■ < * ' ATTEND JOHNSON’S FIgST ADDRESS TO CONGRESS Seated in gißery daring President Jahnsan’s first address to the Joint eeaataa at Cangreas last week are, left ta right, front raw: Misses Lsey Baines and Lynda Bird Jahwaan, danghters of the new FnaMeat; Mrs. tot m Tshnsnn Mrs. WDhn White and Mrs. Zegbrr Wright, n member at the Johnson hmuehald staff. In second row, I*l te right, am: Mrs. Robert 8. McMaamra, Mrs. C. Doaglas Dillon. antdenUfied man. New Task’s Mayer Robert F. Wagner, and Secret Service man. Directly behind Mayer Wagner U Governor Carl Sanders at Georgia. (OTI PHOTO). f, V * *** r *** < ***" ?| y ***£* —- ; !■ Or. Ralph Abernathy To Keynote Dinner Friday * v : Zi- MMmm '-•J REV. DR. RALPH ABERNATHY Wk ' WrM Sfc.;' t * » Ilia treasurer of tbs Bouthem Christian Leadership Conference, the Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy, of Atlanta, Ga., will be featured speaker here Friday night. Dec ember g. 7:30 pm. The eeeaaton wfll be the 3rd Aw—i Freedom Day Dinner and will be heM ta aunty of the lata Bor. J. W. Jones, who paetarad the Fsyettevffle St. Baptist Chnreh for 33 yean. The totag ream es Saint Ang nstine’s College Wiß be the site es the affair. The Raleigh Branch of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, headed by Ralph Campbell. Sr.. Is the sponsoring organisation. Offi cials of organisations, churches and dubs have Indicated that a representative will be In attend ance at the dinner. The nattonally-famous speaker, a leader of the civil righto move ment. along with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is president Os the SCLC, Is ourrently serving as pastor of the West Hunter St. Baptist Church ta Atlanta. Dr. Abernathy it president-t --ndrtua es the Montgomery Im provement Association ta Ala bama. , A gTßdaata of Alabama State College. Montgomery, the training In the fipertmwi es seeMegy at Atlanta Unfvere- Hy. He is a member es many ebrle and —eial srgentmrinne. Dr. Ellen 8. Alston, executive teammmm ow use 9 Faces Trial In Wendell Court Thurs. - , i /WIUJI Road waa arrested, on ounoay No vember 17. and charged with fol lowing too close, improper regis tration an no operator’s license after bis rar was Involved In a collision with Berry Douglas Per ry, 31. 339 8. Main Street Wake Forest Perry Is white. • The incident task piece fear mOee aarth es Fstrigh ea V. 8. Highway NO. 1. Damage to SOS and to Perry’s at 8125. He wfli be tried Tharsday. Dee er*s Cenrt The arresting officer. Mate Highway Patrolman Charles Smith * - (tOWTWV'gn OH PAM 9 Snipes Cited To Court In Knifing Case William Beverly Snipes, who wiH he IT your* old on December M. was cited to court Monday around 1 pNL ipM charged with engujUlp in an affray with « deadly weapon (a tails) an Edwin McKee Frew | WILLIAM BEVERLY BNIFES .., faces kaife rap man, about 54. The alleged Inci dent took place at 608 Coleman St., at about‘ 3 pm Monday. Fifteen stitches were required to do— the wounds In Freeman’s face. Snipes, a veteran of the Ke reaa Conflict was arrested at his hem, 1595 Dtlleon Street (near fMhianaMe Maonna Ac res eaetlan es the rity) by Pe hee Officer* W. E. Kidd and Jimmy K. Pierce. Snip— last beta hi* leg* while serving In the Army. Both officer* have (CONTBSUBD ON PAGE 9 Gov. Taps 2 Leaders To Top Posts Governor Terry Sanford lari Fri day appointed State Senator Carl W. Meerm of Fair Bluff and Ashe ville attorney Ruben J. Dailey. * Negro to the State Prison Commis sion. Senator Near— will eerve a term expiring Jane 99. IMI. He wSI —eceed Jam— M. Parrott, Jr. of Kinston. Attorney Dailey will serve a term expiring Jane 19. 1995. He seeeeeds the tote Dr. Marrsy B. Davis es High wa_^_4 Twin*. Senator Me a re* was born Sep tember 10. 1907 at Fair Bluff. He l cueuueu uieii a«u u,u -.-J. years of college work at Mars Hill College- He completed his college education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1951. He served three terms on the Columbus County Board of Edu cation. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Mars Hill College foi 19 years and was chairman for lour years. He is owner and Operator of a ’farm supply business at Fair Bluff, a fertilizer manufacturer, and an automobile dealer at Lumber ton and Fair Bluff. He is married to the fonfter Margaret McQueen Bracy and they are the parents of two daughters and a ton. (CONTDVOgD ON PAGE Z) Gets Police Guard After Two Threats new YORK —Th* Nor York City police assigned a police euard to NAACP executive secre tory Roy Wilkins last Friday after three death threats were phoned to the NAACP National office. One of the sellers reportedly said. “Kennedy's gene, and Wil kins a next,** while east her setd,"Yen “re the mother one Although tP efftelsls have received at staffers felt precautions should he taken, and psMee were call ed. The calls came within a few hears after President Kennedy's as sassination. Detectives were assigned to pro vide a 34-hour guard around the NAACP executive secretary. A spokesman for Police Commis sioner Murphy refused to comment on whether any other local Negro leaders had received similar threats, er if they had assigned guards to sky other civil rights leaders in the New York area. “He Loved Kennedy:” Wife, Mom fPHILADMLFUA (AMP)—A »- year-old truck driver was so deep ly saddened by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that he dried himself te death, it was re ported last week. Authorities ruled, however, that the man's death waa “natural." Ri Waa Acekto Pis dr a. a track driver fW a steal eeaa pmy. srhe > »ied f) frem the time Tand futd^'tfT'gHef T ta’tta haana Sf Ms ailsgad gtrl drisnd, Mrs. Memto Allan. N, According to a report, Piadra had received the newt about Mr. Ken nedy Is Ocean City, N. J„ whan a man approadpsd him and asked: -Did you hear Ibat the President was shotr "Nw" replied Piadra to curprise. The unidentified nan then said, "that was good shooting.” At that Piadra becetne so infuriated, he stopped the man’s face and shout ed: -Don't talk that way about my President." Ptedra’i agger than taiWed te grief and ha kept crying eut S gabs aad again, "They killed him. they killed toy President. I want to dto ton” Seme M bears later. Piadra had getton bis wish. He died, atoe report edly of Ms grief. Mrs. Allen said that Piadra, upon returning to Philadelphia, first vis ited her at Jefferson hospital, whera she was recuperating after giving birth to a four-pound, eight ounce baby girl. She said Ptedra kept re peating. “They killed my Presi dent. I want to die.” He made the same tearful expression to the nur fgg. When Mrs. Allen was releas ed from the hospital. Ptedra vtotted her again to her heme— and ha was still crying. “I want to die. I want to die,” he kept repeating. His body quivered as ha cried, so great was his grief. DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION Roy Wilkins, left, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is shown tost Friday conferring with President Lyn don Baines Johnson, in Johnson's Whits Monas office. The discussion iisnesrnsd the Into Prsstdiut Ken nedy’s civil righto legislation, now In Congress. (UPI PHOTO). “Other Nations Look Upon Us With Mixed Emotions:” Proctor Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, presi dent of AftT Collage, Orssnuboro, addressed the Saint Augustine's Outage "family” at the College's reguar assembly, Tuesday, Dgoam bar S. "The United States has be come Um gmatost power of the world. Other nations took upon Americans with mixed e motions, realising that base Is Defense Against Sneak Attack Could Be Hindered NEW YORK - If an enemy launches a surprise air Attack a gainst the Unttsd States, at toast ana officer at Strategic Air Com mand headquarters may not be able to get to bis post on time. The reason: Jim Crow. At Offutt Air Force Base, the SAC nerve center 13 miles south of Omaha, every man presum ably can be at his post within IB to 30 minutes to help mount a re taliatory punch. Bot Capt. Michael King, a Negro member of a SAC In* telligence unit might need as much as sft minute* to answer an alert. According to an article In the current issue of Look Magastne, It takes King about BO minutes to UN Human Rights Day Planned Here Tuesday Miss Kathryn Potter of Durham and Mrs. Carolyn Wootten of Ra leigh will be the principal speakers at an observance of Human Rights Day to be held on Tuesday, De cember lWh, *t 2402 Van Dyke Avenue, at 8:00 P. M. The public la invited. The theme of the program will be "Human Rights—A Search for Personal Freedoms.” Programs oo this theme are being sponsored by members of the Beha i World Faith in more then one thousand Ameri can communlti—. The speakers will present their views on the mean ing of personal freedom* followed by an open discussion during which questions may be asked. An "In ternational Coffee Hour” ’will fol low the formal program. The Universal Declaration of Hu man Rights was adopted by the Say Slaying Was Result Os t Extre*~‘. over the months and weeks of crit icism against one of our nations most American-minded executives. * The atmosphere promulgated and cr—ted by the General Walkers, the Joe Pool—, the Goldwater faction, the Morning News and other ex tremists. created the atmosphere for his assassination. We. as Texas, .bung ear beads (CONTINUED ON PAGE I) strongest country In the world. Thus, the United States has reached Its point of no re turn," ho said. "Undeveloped colonies of Africa an beginning to tin of colonial ism. The people of thes countries do not like to taea the foot that than are people to tbs world who have a mortgage on their souls,” get to the beef from OmaJtab Me- KsJfc»3‘ “* v*" In a real alert, with his foot Jammed to the floor, he might make it to M. A Well wtthto a 18-mtouto ra dius of th* base Is Capehart. \ a huge development where many Air Force men and th-1r families live. In December. 1901. King applied for a house there. "They told me I was No. 381 on the waiting list.” he told Look.. ‘I checked again at Capehart the other day. I'm 430 on the list now.” - Looks report on King is part of a special 30-page section appear ing the magazine on the problems of the Negro In the North. United Nations on December 10, 1948—]uri 15 years ago. It stat in its pr—mble that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family Is the foundation of freedom. Justice and peace in the world.” This is a basic principle of the Baha'i Faith and has been since its beginning pver 100 y—r» ago. As an organisation with accred ed observers at the United Nation* in the non-governmental section, end twice cited by the U. S. Com mittee for the U. N. for it* effort* In furthering the principl— of Ih* United Nations, ths Behai’s feel that ovriyon# has a rital stake In Hu man Rights Dey. jmmmmmmmk CAROLINIAN , ADVERTISERS Bin FROM THEM » i’AGf I Horton'* Cask Star* Smith Coal A Oil Co. PAGE z __ Tows a country furniture Gem Watch Sbop PAGE 1 Hudson -Belk—Hftrd’s J. W. Winters A Co The Capital Coca-Cola Bottltaf Co. PAGE • Raleigh Puaorst Soma Acme Realty Co. • lames Banders Til* Co. McLaurtn Parkin* Company Medlln-Davts TIM Britt Can—nay Amknra Pontiac, fee. Branch Hankins A Trust Co. Hayes Barton Laundry A Dry Cleaning at Five Potato Peaal-Cola Bottling Co. Ralelsb Pal— A Wallpaper Co. T. A. Loving A Company PAGE 7 Raleigh Seafood Co. Bawls Motor Co. A1 Smith Bntrk Co Ughtner Funeral Home PAGE / „, Colonial Store* R. E. Quinn Furniture Co. Homeowner. Mortgage Co., lac. London OU co. ho stated that the American Ne gro has reached a point of no re turn in the re-integratlon efforts being made here in the United States. During the text of Ms ipeetfi. he challenged his audience -to stand tall and walk v children :©f God and to mas*. *er> Viy ooonl IHIHIk IH|H DR. SAMUEL D. PROCTOR *.. speaks at. St. Augustine’s City's Zetas To Host As. C. Chapters Sat. Omlcron Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Bororily win host the North Carolina State meeting of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Saturday, December 7. which will be held at St. Augustine's College The theme la, Zeta Paoea the Fu ture.” Soror Augusta White, regional director, will preside and Soror Nora E. Lockhart, national Tamle (treasurer) will be the main speaker. 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