strategic Local Observers Feel
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Political Elites In Squabble
The gar
VOl.. ;i2. N(.'. 17
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
WKKK E\U1.\G SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1973
SINGLE COPY 15c
OurliM'tn WontMn
Men
Two Deaths
Result Of
Argument
Politics
May Have
CausedMove
HV A STAKK UIUTKIl
Thf j«*Mgnation ol former
Halei^jh Schuals Siiprnnlendenl
Jch n .s.iiuiui'on .1 'ploy*' of
the UaU-l^’h < jt> fouiicil pov^er
stmcliir»' tiric observer said
Ihis wiivk
SaruietAon, who was elected
to the couruil m resigned
Monti. \. e!t«'c!u e at the end of
the month
He served on the Law and
Finance committees
SevfM'al obseiwers ot the local
political scene were inter
viewed I'uesdciv on the iinplica-
bons of the Sanderson resigna
tion foi the blacks and other
r.inonties ol Italeigh
Several sources said Ed
,'arson, recently appointed
Uate OEf) director, would have
x'cn a logical choice if he had
lot recently accepted his
present position.
Carson ran eighth in the seven
nan council race last election.
“The political >trategy of the
'ouncil politicians is to grot;m
«?veral •acceptable' candi*
fates for the redistricting that
s coming up.” this observer
laid
Another source, agreeing in
ubslance with the view that
ianderson's resignation is part
•f overall, long term plans.
(See ’PLOV”. P. 2)
Elizabeth
Cofield To
Be Honored
JOH.NSON
FRED L. SWANN
Representative
Claim Challenged
WASHINGTON - It was black
men against black women at a
showdown meeting with Demo
cratic National Chairman Ko-
bei l Strauss last week
The principles in the drama
were, for the men. Congress
man Louis Stokes ID-Ohio) and
John Conyers (D-Mieh ).
h'or nwwomen. Rep Shirley
Chisholm, iD-N.Y ), Barbara
Jordan (D-Tex.) and Yvonne
Broathwaite (D-Calif.l.
It all began with Congress
man Stokes pushing some
demands from the Congression
al Black Caucus in Chairman
Strauss's direction.
Strauss got his hackles up and
told Stokes the Caucus is not
representative of a large cross
section of black citizens in the
US
Strauss has not been in favor
with upper echelons of the black
congressional delegation large-
Iv because he has from the
outset shown his favoritism!
toward Representative Chis
holm of N Y.
He visited her, rather than
Stokes, after his contested
election last fall.
Stokes n.ade two demands on
Strass: ■') Determining voice
in selecting hlack staffers for
Strauss' office, and t2i Veto
power over eight additional
black committee members
Strass has promised to appoint.
Strauss adamantly refused,
supported by Rep. Jordan, who
said: "If you had agreed to
those demands, 1 would have
had to dissociate myself from
vou and this meeting "
Rep Jordan said Stokes.
Conyers and the caucus are not
spokesmen for all black Demo
crats.
Strauss finally introduced a
conciliatory note at the meeting
by agreeing in principle to what
appeared to bother the spokes
men for the caucus: he agreed
not to appoint anybody who
lives in the congressional
district of a black caucus
member without first confer
ring with the congressman, ’^e
women were solidly behind
Strauss in every move.
OEO Being
Dismantled
InQuickTime
WASHINGTON - The Office of
Economic Opportunity, the
federal antipoverty agency, has
been dismantling in double
time, ever since President
Nixon set a July I deadline for a
hall in funding of local
community action agencies and
the transfer of OEO programs
to other federal departments in
his fiscal 1974 budget message
to Congress.
Theodore Telzlaff, head of
OEO's controversial legal serv
ices program, appears to be the
DURHAM - Mrs. Juanita
Leverne Cotton, 25. 1121 West
Chapel Hill Street, stayed at the
scene of the shooting of two men
Monday afternoon, until offic
ers arrived and was placed in
the Durham County jail, on two
charges of murder. _
Events attendant to the double
murder seem to have moved
swiftiv. In less than '24 hours
after the shooting. Mrs. Juanita
Cotton pleaded innocent to two
murder counts, waiving a
preliminary In Durham District
Court Tuesday.
Judge Milton Read ordered
her held, without bond, to await
the action of the Durham
Counlv Grand Jury March 5.
.She'is alleged to have not
shown any emotions until she
was being led hack to jail when
she broke down ia tears.
According to reports the
bizzare action could be pul in
the category of the Wild. WiM
West, which is sei-i. n
television 'wery wi ,kdi.y .it' •
noon.
According to investigating
officers, when they arrived on
the scene, which was in the back
of a laundry, 1201 West Chapel
Hill Street, they found the body
of Robert Johnson. 28. lying in
the back of the laundry and that
of Fred Lynwood Swann, lying
in the front of the laundry, on
the sidewalk. Swann was
reported dead upon the arrival
of officers, while Johnson was
mortally wounded and was
reported dead upon arrival at
Duke Hospital, only a short
distance away.
Mrs, Clara Green, mother of
the accused woman, is alleged
to have given a running account
of the double shooting. She is
said to have told the police that
her daughter received a tele
phone call from two men,
sometime before the shooting,
which said that they were
(See TWO DEATHS. P. 21
l)l(.M l ARIES HONORED .AT ST. AUG.'S - Dr. Prezell Robinson,
president at SI. Augustine's College presented plaques of
achieveiiieni to some outstanding local, state and international
citizens as part of the Founder's activities at St, Augustine's last
Saliirdav. In top left photo. Dr. Robinson presents the
Distinguished Citizens Plaque to Dr. J. II. Holland, former
Ambassador to .Sweden who was the Founder's Day banquet
speaker. In top right photo. Dr. William Friday, president ol the
Consolidated University of North Carolina, aveepis tlie
"Distinguished Educator's" award from the St. Aug's presideni.
The Rev. Sister Mabel Gary, pastor of the Wesleyan First t Inireh
ol Deliverance, received a certificate ol merit from in the tpoilom
left picture. In bottom right photo. Oscar Smith is cited for his
achievements in the field of mass media.
POW
Returns To Wife
And Mother After
5 Yrs*r 7 Mos.
- V.
V
MRS
KELLY
Beating Cafises
Woman To Squeal
MKS. ELIZABETH I'OFIELD
Mrs Elizabeth B, Cofield,
director of Student Life and
. Associate Professor of Educa
tion at Shaw I ni\ ersity. and the
first black and only woman
serving on the Wake County
Board of Coir.missioners. will
be honored as “Woman of the
Year” b> the Zela Phi Bela
Sorority on Sunda>. February
25. as the culmination of its
Finer Womanfiood Week Ob
servance
Mrs Cofieiri is the wife of
James Cofield. Sr., a local
bUMnessman The. are the
parents of twin sons: James.
Jr., of boston. Ma^saenusetts
.iiiii Jimp ot Nrw York City
Cofkdd. P. 2)
Slate Film
Premiere
WASMINC'MN 'The Living
Word' a him highlighting over
:«»black recording arhsls of the
Stax Lee irding Cft . was
s-hedut-.-o to be premiered
Thursdi.,. at the HKO Keith
• Thea"-e. tilM h Htrenlh St , N W .
Washington
Manv Hvilrigh and Wake
(ounl;. i«,lb‘W«!s of Shaw
l'ni\'ersi{\ weft expt'cted to
.i-ionijivin'. “he university's
j.;/,' ba; «L (.ifv- iiN and slu-
d.-ni- 'C-.»'•pec’.i' chartered bus
t li.
CRIME
BEAT
From RalelciVs OfflcUi
Police FUe«
EDITOR'S NOTE; Ihlt eoiDM
or featuro ti produced In Uie pub
lic Inlcreit with an aim towar^a
cUminatInt Ite content*. Nuroei-
ou* indlvldualt have requeited
that they be given the conildera-
“on of overliokln: their lUtlng
on the police blotter. Thle v,o
vtould like to do. However. It le
not our position to be Judge or
Juiy. We merely publlih the fact*
ai we find them reported ■»' ‘ho
arresting olllcers. To keep out of
The Crime Beat Columni, merely
meant not being reglltered by a
police otilcer In repotting his
findings whUe on duty. So sun-
ply keep oil the "Blotter" and
you won’t be In The Crime Reas.
uouiM K assaulted
Robert Lee Rhodes. 311 S
BloodworthSt told Officer E C.
Duke on Feb 1C that his wife
went next door at 313 S.
Bloodworth. and two women
"jumped on her and started
choking her " She managed to
hieak away and went back
home She iold her husband of
the assault and he went to see
what it was all about When he
walked in the door the two
women along w-iih two men
' jumped on " him. He received
abrasions about the face and
head during Ihe attack No
reason was given for the
assault. Police reports list Joe
Hedgepeth. 307 S Bloodworth
SI as one of the suspects
Sec CRIME BE.AT P 3i
After allegedly sustaining a
murderous barrage of blows
from fists and a vacuum
cleaner handle. Teresa Ann
Hayes, 21. of 1923 Rock Quarry
Road, told officers that her
assailant had some marijuana
on the premises.
Officer Gil Mack reported
that search of the premises
revealed 6.5 grams of marijuana
presumably the property of
William James Cheek. 21. also
of 1923 Rock Quarry Road.
According to Officer Gill's
(See BEATING
Carolinian
Columnist
Eulogized
EDITOK S NOTE: Charles R.
Jones. Mrs, Kelly’s “adopted
son” who resided with her at 114
N. Slate Street, has been ill for
.several weeks and was unable
to write the following story.
Sunday afternoon, February
18. t97:t will linger in the minds
of friends and lormer sludent.s
who attended the funeral
services of Mrs. Emily May
Morgan Kelly, a great musician
and educator. The services
were held at Ihe First Baptist
Church with the pastor The
Rev ('barlch \\ Ward, olncia-
ting.
The «)r(ier at the services w ere
planned by .Mrs Kelly and
executed hy her musical
friends. The selections were
numbers that she loved and had
taught her choruses troin year
to year To mention a few
numbers T’anis .Angelicus”.
“Donna Nobis Pacem“Halle-
iSee t'OLL’MNlST. P 2»
FAYETTEVILLE • “We nev- The couple
er gave up hope. We kept children
praying and our prayers were
answered.”
Those were almost the
identical words of Major
William H. Hardy’s 75-year-old
mother and his wife of 13 years.
Mrs. Delphia Hardy of Ayden
and Mrs. William Hardy of
Fayetteville spent last weekend
with Major Hardy at Ft. Gordon
Ga.
do not have
Major Hardy will probably be
at Ft. Gordon for several more
days. His wife kept a running
commentary on her husband’s
imprisonment. It had been
“exiicily five years and seven
months,” she said since she had
seen him
The three letters were her
only contact, but they were
enough to keep her faith m ms
The major’s mother said her safe return, Mrs. Hardy said,
"looked pretty good.” It The major is one of ft
children, his mother siad.
The CAROLINIAN reached
was her first sight of her son in
more than five ye&*s.
“He may have a alight touch
of malaria, but his appetite is
good and he talks real wellthe
mother said.
The major s mother had not
heard from her son since his
imprisonment.
His wife, however, had
received three letters.
"No, I never gave up hope.'
Mrs. Hardy said by telephone
from her home in F’ayelleville
Their plans, as a couple ar
simply “ to lead a normal life,”
Mrs. Hardy said.
the
major’s parents ^hrou^
Mrs G.'L. Foxwell .'f Raleigl
A resident of 1807 Charles
Street, Mrs. Foxwell is the
major’s first cousin.
Major Hardy returned to the
U.S. with the first group of
ROW’S. The C.MIOLINIAN in
its issue of Feb. 17 ran a story
and official i’entagon picture of
the PC W.
.'•i. i.jr Hardy is a graduate of
the HOrC program at A&T
Slate University. He is a career
aian in the U.S. Army.
Studesif Reported
Dischanted At UNC
CHAPEL HILL - Rumors
about the disenchantment ol
black students at the University
of N.C , that have bee.i flying
thick and last, came out in a
newspaper article Monday The
CAROLINIAN learned that
there were some who were
dissatisfied with some of the
conditions that prevailed at the
instilulion. long before the end
of 1572.
It hao iiuormation that black
female students, who were
opposed to the use of drugs,
were finding it intolerable to
live with white females, who
were sympaihetic with the use
of drugs It was informed that
one student Iranslerred to
another state sehocl, in an effort
to gel away from drug
subjection.
The article disclosed how
black students were trying to
keep their identity by grouping
themselves off on the campus
and at gatherings It told of how
black students were pu.shing for
segregated housing There were
some who reported that a
dormitory be gi'.en them There
were others who are said to
have asked for segregated
fliMirs in some ol the dormitor
ies
The story related how blacks
had set up an activities room
awav from the student union
building whi-relbev carried on
in rue black -Indent traditio.i it
See STUDENTS P 2'
MILLARD PEF.BLE'-
Contractor
Tapped For
Top Pos;
The owner of M R Peebh*-
Masonr> Contractor Co of
Raleigh is the city's new
chairman of t'; nning
Commission
He wa ...4 'da\ to
succeec .. M< iaxiuni'
who resigi.i
Peebles, a Raleigh native,
lives with hts faniil> at 721
Calloway Drive
zMcLaurin praised Heebie'-
highly.
"1 think he is a ver> able man
I don’t think he will ever i'»n.=
to any conclusion without ver;
careful thought I am pieased
by his selection ■ Mcladunr.
said
The Planning CommisMon
one of the most impcjrtani
bodies in cases of land Ziining
and use
Each rezonifig reque'* -en:
to the commission and i.> hearu
there before it goc^ to the cit>
council
Appreciation
Money Won By
Two Women
The CAROLINIAN " Apprt-
ciation Mones lealure winmn^f
list continues to grow l-pa-si
week two winners added ibfU
names to the list ol winners
Mrs Lillv Wombie and Mrs
bhirl»*> Winston each won il' n
liie weeklv lealure of this puper
Both came bj. the office ol Th»
CAROLINIA.N and propen.
idenlitu*d themseUes
Mrs Wombie s name ap
peared m the Liles Shoe
advertisement on p*ig» 12 i.*'-
week Mrs Wombie re>ide>
See swKEPSTAKK.S P 2
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
RALEIGH SEA FOOD.
“Fresh Fron The Coast To You.
Ill INJURED IN PROTEST BUS CRASH Baltimore -
unidenlilied Bronx. N Y. woman U transported to an ambulanie
Eehi-uarv 211 alter two Washington. D.t. ^und th-rier buses
rrashed on the Harbor Tunnel Thruwa.s in Baltimore. .More than in
pi-isi.n- w.-ri- taken to liKal hospitals lor treatment ol minor
iiijiii ic. Tile liiiM-s. chai ti red b, the I.eague of Autunomoiis Bronx
l»rgjni/..li..ii-. fill ll.•m■w.ll. wer, headed to the natiim's capilol for
a |ni)tc-l .iqaitisl tile tiiidgel prop.ised b.s President Nixon, il PI'