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HUMAN RELATIONS WEEK
February 13-20
VOLUME 51 No. 5
Conspiracy Trial Youths Gain Little Hope
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FIRST BLACK WOMAN N. C. LAWMAKER
Dr. Alfreda Webb, left, professor of biology
at A&T State University, takes oath as the
first black woman member of the N.C. House
BLACK CAUCUS VIEWS STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
NORTH CAROLINA'S
First Block Woman
Wants To Encourage Women
Final Tribute Paid Evangelist
Inez Choates Here on Tuesday
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EVANGELIST CHOATES
Bv JAMES VAUGHAN
The Reverend Inez W.
Choates, noted Evangelist and
founder of Deliverance Taber
nacle of Durham was funera
lized this week. Rev. Choates,
who went in to the ministry in
1954, was heralded for estab
lishing, in addition to the local
Deliverance Tabernacle, others
throughout the eastern sea
board, including the states of
Connecticut, New York, South
Carolina and Georgia.
Her ministerial duties ex
tended beyond the national
boundaries into countries
abroad.
Beginning her ministry in
A Case for N. C. Central; A sl2
Million-Plus Budet tor 1980
By JAMES VAUGHAN
"The goal may remain the
traditional well-rounded man,
but he will be defined as the
integrated' man. He will com
bine an awareness and appre
ciation of his own personal
worth and independence with
a sense of the interdependency
of all men; he will be so sure of
his own values and contribu
tions that he will feel no need
to denigrate those of others."
The quotes are taken from a
report of the Presidential Task
Force Committee on the Case
for North Carolina Central Uni
versity.
The report is a written re
ference to provide a plan of
action for the university based
on (1) an inventory of needs
of Representatives. Holding Bible for her iflj
bailiff Edward H. Williamson. Oath wai ad-[
ministered by Judge James G. Exum.
1954 In Oxford, her husband,
Robert Lee Choates gave ac
count of how her unfaltering
dedication to the church be
gan: "One morning she was lis
tening to Bishop Frizelle Yel
veiton's radio program and de
cided that it was time to an
swer God."
For the next five years she
pastored Mount Calvary Holy
Church in Oxford, later es
tablishing her Durham minis
try.
A most memorable event
surrounding Rev. Choates, her
husband remembers is one in
which, in his words, "is unlike
ly to be believed by many
people."
"We were called to Hills
borough in 1959 where a
friend, a white minister visit
ing there was strickened with a
heart attack. We arrived as
many people had gathered; she
went into the room quietly as
he layed there. After silent
prayer, she went to the minist
er and touched his head. He
arose, walked, and drove his
car following us back to Dur
ham," he recounted.
According to Mr. Choates,
she had been suffering from
(See CHOATES page 2A)
which require funding from
private sources, (2) a set of
major arguments for why
NCCU should be considered
an object of significant philan
thropy, (3) the University's ac
complishments and distinctive
services, and (4) the Univer
sity's future thrusts.
The New Directions data
continued: "Of necessity, he
will be 'plastic' - having the
ability to adapt himself and
his knowledge to any situa
tion."
Also included in the future
forecast -- a projection of the
1980 NCCU graduate and his
class was, "The racial mix pro
bably will move toward a 20%
white component plus a small
(Sec BUDGET page 2A)
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - "I
want my appointment to this
office to be an encouragement
to both blacks and women."
Those were the remarks of
Dl. Alfreda Webb, an attractive
college professor and mother
of three, who was sworn in
Tuesday as the first black wo
man ever to serve as a member
of the North Carolina General
Assembly.
Dr. Webb, a professor of
biology at A&T State Univer
sity, received her oath of office
from District Judge James C.
Exum in Greensboro. She had
previously been appointed to
the position by Gov. Robert
Scott, on recommendation of
the Democratic Executive
Committee of Guilford
County.
As a new legislator, Dr.
Webb will replace Rep. McNeil
Smith, who resigned to accept
an appointment to the state
Senate.
"I feel like this service is the
best way for me to be in
(See LAWMAKER 2A)
Racial Justice
Group Bows to
HR Commission
RALEIGH The Commis
sion for Racial Justice can
celed plans Tuesday for a
weekend hearing in Wilmington
and offered its encouragement
instead to programs launched
by the port city's new Human
Relations Commission.
The Rev. Leon White of
Raleigh, regional director for
the civil rights organization,
said activity by the reorganized
Human Relations Commission
influenced his decision to can
cel the Wilmington hearing.
"The kind of forum the
Commission for Racial Justice
had planned to provide would
have permitted persons of di
verse and sometimes opposite
viewpoints to sit down to
gether and try to come to
grips with the racial problems
besetting Wilmington," White
said in a statement released by
the commission's New York
office.
He continued, "And this is
what the Wilmington Human
(See RACIAL 2A>
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 29, 1972
Final Decision to Be Reached
In Selection of Jurors Friday
Seven youths charged with
conspiracy in the attempted
bombing of a Burlington de
tective's home won a small
victory in Alamance County
Superior Court recently. Judge
Henry A. McKinnon Jr. of
Lumberton ruled that an out
of-county jury will be selected
for the trial of five charged
with the conspiracy.
The Judge ruled after listen
ing to motions from defense
attorneys requesting the trial
be moved to another county.
The Judge denied the mo
tion for moving to another
county but ruled that jurors be
selected from another county.
The motion was argued on
ground that widespread publi
city has been accorded to the
case.
Nixon Fails to Mention Baton
Rouge, Wilmington,N.C. in Talk
LOS ANGELES - The Con
gressional Black Caucus views
the State of the Union Address
delivered to the Congress on
Thursday by President Richard
Nixon as arecapitulation of his
same old unsuccessful pro
grams while placing the blamo
on Congress for not passing his
proposals.
The President said that he
had presented "90 proposals"
that still needed real action by
Congress, but completely over
looked and refused to even
mention any more than 60
proposals presented to him by
Congressional Black Caucus.
The entire message, in our
view, was an evangelistic
meandering with nothing en
couraging or helpful for the
Labor Dept. Survey Shows Black
Workers Not Content With Jobs
"Workers, young black ones
in particular, are displaying
gross dissatisfaction with their
jobs," reported "ManPower"
magazine and the Department
of Labor.
"Workers talk back to
bosses. They no longer accept
the old authoritarian ways.
The turnover rates are climb
ing despite rising wage levels.
Absenteeism has increased as
much as 100 percent in the
past ten years in the automo
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MAKING PLANS— Provost J. C. Morrow, (1),
and Carl W. Smith, go over some plans for
academic administration at Chapel Hill.
Smith, an instructor in business at N. C. Cen-
Charged in the case are
Thomas Michael Hanford,
William J. Stollings, Michael S.
B°ggs, Glenn Alan Lee and
Jeffrey S. Martindale. All five
charged with conspiring to
place the bomb at Detective
William Hoggard's home.
John D. Smith and Samuel
D. Faulkner were charged with
the conspiracy and placing the
bomb. Smith and Faulkner are
scheduled to be tried later.
Another hearing, discussing
the selection of jurors, was ten
tatively set for Friday. A final
decision is to be reached on
what counties the jurors are to
be selected from. Suggested
counties currently have been
Caswelf, Chatham, Guilford
(See YOUTHS 2A)
situation of Black people in
the United States. The issue of
civil rights, for instance, was
virtually omitted.
The glowing peace phrases
uttered by the President were
contradictory with- the war
mongering suggestions of in
creased spending for defense.
Comparing the 1960's with
1970'5, and comparing the de
fense budgets over spending
for human resources over the
last two decades were not suf
ficient documentation for his
projections for 1972 nor for
his boasting of past accom
plishments. The Congressional
Black Caucus can find nothing
within the Nixon Administra
tion that indicates any signi
(See CAUCUS 2A)
bile industry. In short, workers
want to do meaningful work
and the chance to achieve and
grow on the job-perhaps even
overshadowing financial con
siderations," reported an
article listing the results of a
Survey Research Center at the
University of Michigan under
contracts from the Department
of Labor.
According to the survey,
"The people most dissatisfied
are blacks under 30. Second
tral University in Durham, has entered an
internship in Provost Morrow's office at the
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,
effective from January to June.
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NEW ARMY OFFICERS Col. William B
Neal, right, professor of military science at
A&T State University, awards commissions
as second lieutenants to (left to right) Wil
Convention Center
Holds Meet At City Hall Hon.
By JOHN MYERS
The newly formed Conven
tion Center Commission held
its first meeting in the City
Council Chamber of City Hall
Monday 24.
The original 14 member
commission, at that time, an
nounced the addition of Dr.
Lelian Williams. The 15
member group, headed by Em-!
Ie Greup of WTVD in Dur
ham, will be in charge of se
lecting a site for the center,
obtaining the land, hiring the
architects for preliminary
drawings, and promoting the
center and selling it to the
public. The group will later be
(See CENTER 2A)
come all workers under 30 who
have some college education.
And women under 30 are the
third most dissatisfied group.
Dealing more with the black
situation, the report stated that
blacks were about twice as
likely to be dissatisfied with
their jobs through age 44. Then
the percentage of dissatisfied
blacks dropped to 7 compared
with 9 for whites age 44 and
over.
(See WORKERS 2A)
WORDS OF WISDOM
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee.
—Psalms 58:22
We must keep our faith in God, and know that thft
light and guidance we receive from Him through pray
er will take us forward to the perfect fulfillment of
our needs.
liam R Hargraves, Durham; Walter A. Fos
ter, Marion, N. C.; and Joseph A. Durham,
Mt. Olive.
Benedict President Dr. Payton
Named S. Carolinian of the Year
COLUMBUS, S. C. - D*.
Benjamin F. Payton, president
of Benedict College, this week
became the first black man to
be named South Carolinian of
the Year.
The 39-year-old educator,
who has just taken a leave of
absence for the college to head
the Ford Foundation's SIOO
million program to increase
minority opportunities in high
er education, was honored at
ceremonies Wednesday given
by WIS-Television and Radio
Station in Columbia.
He is the ninth recipient of
the annual award, which pre
viously has been presented to
U.S. Fifth Circuit Judge
Donald S. Russel (1963), in
dustralist Charles E. Daniel
(1964), U.S. Army General
William C. Westmoreland
(1965), Dr. Thomas F. Jones,
Four Black U.S.
Congressmen al
Lusaka Talks
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Con
gressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
(D.Mich), Chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Sub
committee on Africa and
Chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus, made the fol
lowing opening statement at a
press conference held here to
day. Congressman Diggs is at
tending a conference in Lusaka
designed to bring together
American parliamentarians and
African leaders for the purpose
of evaluating U.S. and Western
policy vis-a-vis Africa.
"This is the first time that
four Black members of the
United States Congress have
been on African soil at the
same time. This press con
ference is being called because
of the historical significance of
this, our being together in
Africa and in Zambia, which
under the courageous and wise
leadership of President Ken
neth Kaunda has been a mov
ing force in the political and
economic liberation of Africa.
(See LUSAKA 2A)
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president of the University of
South Carolina (1966), Ellis
Campbell MacDougall, Direc
tor of the state's correctional
system (1967), U.S. Senator
Strom Thurmond (1968), U.S.
District Judge Clement F.
Haynesworth (1969), and The
Public School Student of
South Carolina (1970).
"Dr. Payton's dynamic drive
for the betterment of black
education has focused national
attention on the state of South
Carolina," the citation said.
"Under his guidance. Benedict
College is presently carrying
out a seven-and-a-half million
dollar, five year development
program. In October, 1971 the
college received a Ford Foun
dation grant*
Shirley Chishlom
Announces Her
Candidacy for Pres*
Shirley Chisholm, Demo
cratic Representative of Brook
lyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant area
of New York, the first Black
woman in the U. S. Congress,
recently announced her candi
dacy entering the presidential
j race.
"I am not a candidate of
Black America, although I am
Black and proud. I am not the
candidate of the women's
movement in this country, al
though 1 am a woman and I
| am equally proud of that,"
she said in opening remarks of
her announcement as a candi
■ date from a church in the
Bed-Stuy slums.
The fiery former schooltM
i (See CHISHOLM 1A) v