DR, ROSE B. BROWNE
Dr. Browne
Will Sign
Books Son.
j , w, Ligon s Library will
be the setting for an Autograph
f Reception, Sunday, Sept. 27, at
' 4 p.m.
f Dr. Rose Butler Browne, au
thor of, "Love My Children,"
will be special guest to review
and autograph copies of her
book.
Dr. Browne, a native of Bos
ton, Massachusetts, is no
is not stranger to North Caro
lina. She was for many years
Professor of Education at North
Carolina Central University
but. at present, is retired chair
man of the Department of Ed
ucation of N, C. C. Universi
ty. Her active position is, Di
rector of Happy Child Care
Center, Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church, Durham.
Dr. Browne earned an A, B.
degree from the University of
Rhode Island; A. M. , Rhode
Island College of Education;
Ed. D., Harvard University;
Ed. D. (Hon.) Rhode Island Col
lege of Education.
The many affiliations that
™ Dr. Browne has with learned
societies, teachers organiza
tions, honorary societies are
*> too numerous to mention, how
ever she is a meriiber, past
Regional D irect or, past Su
(See UK KROMM «*
TV Comm
Announces
Participants
WASHINGTON, D. C.-An un
precedented array of Demo
cratic officeholders and candi
dates will appear Saturday,
Sept. 26 on the Campaign '"0
Democratic Caucus, the fii st
political strategy meeting ever
to tie held on national closed
circuit television, Democratic
National Chairman Lawrence
F. O’Brien has announced.
"In a vs. s eal sense this
three-hour Democratic Caucus
be a mid-term meeting
of the national Democratic Par
ty in all its lively diversity.
We will bring together through
lived closed-circuit television
a cross-section of Congres
sional leaders, governors,
mayors, and candidates, as well
as other experts in a number
of substantive areas," O’Brien
<Sfe TV (At ( Us, l> 2)
Expert In
Listening
Is Called
BY MILTON COLEMAN
ATLANTA, Ga.-Appeal pro
ceedings in the case of Cleve
land Sellers, former program
chairman of ti e Student Non-
Violent Coordinating Commit
tee (SNCC), on charges of re
fusing induction into the armed
forces have been adjourned in
r ( federal district court here
4> Pending the appearance of a
key defense witness.
The case, being heard by
Judge Euden Field m the United
States district court for the
northern district of Georgia,
will resume as soon as Alden
MLller, an agent for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
can be brought in to testify in
regards to wiretap evidence us
ed against Sellers in his convic
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a. w
non, 33-year-old Toledo police Officer, was shot to death
without warning early Sept. 18 as he sat in his patrol wagon
across from the headquarters of a local black panther pa”-
ty.Mlscaatson’s partner Walter Shaw (R), said a man ap
proached the car, produced a pistol and fired point blank at
Miscannon (L). Shaw is reported In hospital in deep shock. (UPI).
Gary, Indiana '$ Mayor Tells NC Group
"Freedom Is More Important Than Life"
’Blacks To
Save Or
End’ • RGH
DURHAM - R i oh a rd
Gordon Hatcher, black
mayor of Gary, Ind,,told
more than 500 persons
who attended the final
session ol the North
Carolina \oter Educa
tion Project Leadership
Conference, in North
Carolina 'Central Uni
versity’s B. N. Duke
Auditorium. Saturday
afternoon, that freedom
is more important than
life.
He summed up ti e many ad
vantages of being fr e e and
some >i e militating causes
ti at are keeping the black man
in subservient : ole, dating lack
from tie civil war until now
and ended up by saying that tl e
wav to freedom 1 as through the
ballot i ox, due to the fact that
there is where the action : c .
The Gary mayo: told tin audi
ence that the black man would
either save America or destroy
it. He pointed out t! at •: o black
man was part of an unrest that
is sweeping the world and most
of the world had its eyes on ti e
United States. He related how
t a whir man las maneuvered
to keep t: e Negro out of; olitics
due to the fact that hi knows
where the power is.
"We have the weapon and the
way we use it will determine
where we go,’' e said. He made
point after pent as to 1 ov the
Negro should educate ! in:self
into the field of politic .H- said
one must ; egister to be able to
vote. He warned that registering
was only the first step. "You
must vote yourself and then see
that others vote "heado onisl -
ed.
He was conscious of the fact
that too many Negroes had be
come victims - f ir -fightm? in
politics. , Without mentioning
Fart', affiliation j<• said Cat
the Negro should sec-.-, the host
candidates available and get
he! ind them. He knew that many
Negro candidates had lost cam
paigns, due to the fact that
they permitted their personal
ambition and the white man’s
trickery to run blacks (gainst
blacks. He also v a: r.ed of tak
ing the w! ite man’s money to
deliver a vote. He did.! owever,
say. that if the white man is
guillible enougi to give
you some money, take it and
then vote against hint.
The day-long meet began at
9 a.m., when Howa: 1 Lee,
Chapel Hill Mavor, keynoted
tne opening session. Workshops
continued throughout the day
with consultants giving infor
mation in every phases of win
ning and losing an elect ion. The
meeting was put together by
John W. Edwards, < do directs
the program throughout the
state.
Representatives came from
every section oft! statu. Also
taking pa rt - ere Ret s. P. R.
Cousin and W. E. 1 aye, along
with llow as I Clement, C. E.
Boulware .1. ft. Stewart md
John H. Whe.dei , consultants
were Tom Bailey, Attorney
Frank Balance, B. J. Battle,
Mrs. EvaCla; v>> , Ha: old Weib,
(See GARY M WOK. 1* :)
33rd Degree
Masons Plan
84th Meeting
WASHINGTON, D. ( . - An
nouncement was made this week
by Dr. John G. Lew i{> , je.,
Sovereign Gra:>d Commander of
the United Supreme Council and
Accepted Scottish, Rite, Souh -
ern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall
Affiliation, that the 84th an
nual session of the organizat ion
would be held in Washington D.
(See MASONS SFT. P. >)
PIC
Hi \R MAYOR HATCHER AT VOTERS' MEET-Shown on the left of this group oi pictures are
pe > r ons w> lo attended the Voters Education Institute, held in Durham, Saturday, from Raleigh and
Wake countv. Mavor Richard Hatcher, Gary Indiana, its first Mack mayor, is shown in the cen
te: f s he deliver.' !an address on the science of politics, at the closing session, held in B. X.
Gets Life Term In Rape Here
the Carolinian
VOL. 29, NO. 47
Waves Bottle, Knife At Local Cop-Says
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2,000 Black College, University Students
Adopt Dope Resolve
Girl, 10,
Victim li
City Rape
A 24-vear-oiri Ra
leigh mail, James Rob
ert Taylor, whose last
address was listed as
Peebles Hotel, now de
st.roved by fire and being
demolished, received an
automatic life sentence
Tuesday morning after
a jury, composed of six
men and six women
found him guilty of rap
ing a ten-year-old local
girl on May 29 as she
and her brother, eight
years old. were on their
way 10 a restaurant
here, shortly before 11
p.m. on that date.
the jury recommwiueamer
cy, thus saving Taylor from a
Sts 'once of death for the capital
crime.
The child’s mother testified
Monday that herdiwhterpoint
ed oi:t the defendant follow -
ing weekend when they were
in the downtown area.
She testified the girl told her,
"Mommy, Mommy, that's the
man that did that to me.
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RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 1970
MORE TROUBLE IN WASHINGTON- Washington: An out
break of rock throwing and minor looting erupted late Sept.
21 in the same area hardest hit during Washington’s August,
1968 riot. Here, police patrol a glass-littered street where
trash cans were over turned. No injuries were reported in
the disturbance which Police Chief Jerry Wilson said began
after police attempted to make a narcotics arrest at a hotel.
(UPI).
Police Ch ief Defends
Two Black Officers
DURHAM-The hoary head of
police brutality was raised here
this week when Police Chief, W,
W. Pleasants, in referring to a
suit that had been filed by two
durham Business College stu
dents. resulting from what the
suit charged was brutality, in an
arrest, Sept. 15.
The two plaintiffs, George F.
Furniture Store, S. Wilmington
Street; number 1058, second is
good in the amount of sls in
trade at Briggs Hardware Com
pany, 220 Fayetteville Street;
and number 0420, third prize,
will bring its bearer the amount
of $lO in trade at Ben Frank
lin Stores, Longview Shopping
Center.
The Sweepstakes Spotlight
(See SWEEPSTAKES, P. 21
Haskins, 25, and Stanley Jones,
23, both of Norfolk, Va., through
Durham’s I egal Clinic, filed
papers in the United States Dis
trict Court, Greensboio, in
which they asked the court to
grant each one of them $5,000
actual damages and SIO,OOO
punitive damages.
The suit is said to have grown
out of the fact that Jones al
leges that he was arrested by
two black patrolmen, John £,
Hunter and Napoleon Lawrence,
as he walked, with two young
(Sic CHIEF OEFFNDS p j)
Atwater Is
Picked By
Odd Fellows
CHaPEL HI! 1 -It was an
nounced her recently that
Henry„A, Atwarter. well known
fraternal leader, was elected
a member of the Auditing Com
mittee of the Grand United Or
der of Odd Fellows, at its bien
nial meeting, which was held in
Los Angeles, Calif.
The Order met in its 39th
session which brought dele
gates from throughout the
world. It is a segment of the
International Order of Odd
Fellows, established in Great
Britlan in 1798. Its 1972 ses
sion will be held in Indiana.
(See ATWATER. P. 2)
Duke Auditorium, in the afternoon. The group on the right is irom Durham and Durham County, it
is quite evident that young people were well in attendance. The promoters feit that this was a good
sign that the political image is changing in North Carolina. The institute was non-partisan, with
both major parties being represented.
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End Week
With Big
A tioption
NEW ORLEANS -
More than 2,000 college
students attending the
“Youth for America”
day here last week, un
animously adopted two
propositions relating to
campus peace and dope.
The event, sponsored by the
National Baptist Convention,
USA, Inc., was attended by stu
dents from Fisk University,
Nashville, Tenn.; Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C.;
Jackson State, Jackson, Miss.;
' Kent State University, Kent,G.;
Louisiana State University, Ba
tor. Rouge, La.; Louisiana State
University, New Orleans, La.;
Sout! ern Baptist University,
Walnut Ridge, Ark.; Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, La.;
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Ala.; University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wise.; Xavier Uni
versity, New Orleans, La.
‘ 'Campus Peace Anonymous"
and "With Christ for Charac
ter and Country” were studied
and presented ir. a general ses
sion meeting of students. The
(see Z.ttX) BLACK, P t)
SEEING DOUBLE TRIPLY?-St. Petersburg, Fia,:No matter how you figure your math, whether
it be double triply or triply double or two by two thrice, It comes out twins - three pairs of them
all enrolled in the same kindergarten class at Wildwood Elementary school. Seated from left;
Annette and Lvnette Harden. Standing from left: Lenise and Denise l*ambert, Sonya and Tonya
Bush. (UPI).
WANTS SEPARATE BLACK NATION-Bloomfield Township,
Mich.: Black nationalist and successful criminal lawyer Mll
ton Henry and his wife, Marilynn. relax behind their $58,000
brick home in this rich Detroit suburb they moved into recent
ly. Henry wants to get along with his white neighbors, b it he
also want - to see a separate Mack nation carved out of fivi
southern states. (UPI).
Woman, 34, Subdued
After Making Threats
A 34 -ye ir-old Raleigh woman, Miss Connie
Lee Covington, 16 N. East St., Apt. A., is sateb
behind bars after threatening to kill a police of
ficer as he approached her on the sidewalk in
the 300 block of E. Edenton Street last Tuesday.
Officer Lonnie Thomas Wil
son 28, reported at 7 p.m.
Tuesday that he was on patrol
when he received a cal! to go
to the 400 block of F, Edenton.
"The radio operator told me
that a colored female was walk
ing west on E. Edenton, toward
S. Person Street,’ said Wilson.
‘T came up N. Bloodworth St.
and tin :.ed west on Edenton when
I saw this colored female with
a butcher knife in her right hand
and a Sunns drink bottle in her
left hand, I stopped her. She
turne : on me wit! the knife and
bottle and said, "I am going
to kill you, police officer,"
Zion Church
To Observe
150th Yr.
NEW YORK CITY -According
to information coming from Dr.
G. W. McMu ray, pastor of
Mother Zion Church, 140-6 West
137th Street, the New York Con
ference, (the first to be organiz
ed by the AME Zion Church),
will celebrate the 150th year
of its existence, April 25-30,
1971.
The week was proclaimed
by Bis!.op H. B. Shaw, who
presides over the conference,
Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
(See ZIO.V CHURCH, P. 2)
"I backed up,” Wll.v:; cm
tinued. "She walked About 25
feet. I came up bo! ind her and
told her to drop the knife. St -
started to wave the knife and
bottle at me again arid I backed
off and called for some more
units."
The officer concluded ti
<Sev WOMAN 1
CRIME
BEAT
: t r', ' > ’a. ■ a ' a; ~; .
Front Raleighs Official
Police F'iles ■ \
vp'rm; .!■ ..J- TL - - I-".
CUTS OWN BROTHER
Randolph Hedgepeth I'Cha
tis Way, told Office: Josep
Blaylock at 8:33 p.r . Satur
day. that kis brother Burnt"
Hedgepeth;, came to hr- .inurn
ment cursing and arguing wit!
him about the way someone act
ed at his house while lie v. -.
away in the Army. "I told him
to get out of my house ’ . tic
Randolph Hedgepeth, "b;.t !,
insisted on staying ai d told n
he would break my g-d neck,
swung at him and he pushed m.
back. 1 swung at him near the
stomach with a knife," Investi
gative notes revealed that Bur
nett Hedgepeth, who was a!
legedly cut, could not be local
ed to determine the extent of b
wound.
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