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VOLUME 38 — No. 7 > . ft. C, SAtURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982
PRICE: 15 CmU
MTURN REQUESTED
Edisnlmi YoEilhs In Sit-in To
Face
In Wake Of Prbt^
EJDENTON — FUur. Megro
youths and their adidt leader,
charged in connqcUon with antl-
segregation demonstratldis, will
be given jury trials in the April
2 term ot Chowan Superior
Court.
Justice qJ^the Peace Ralph
o£iicM siii^ ine|li ;||ilc^etinc.
Coim^^at^, , of police
brutall'ty]^ aiikiw chiiNt of, tollce
Leo wiin tield to iMer-
al a»4 itaie '‘»w eidter^mmt
,offlcei^'%' lMn|cs. * ’,
A«f^r4I|tg to witAtsssei, t«yoie
l^nks M. h« itood in
rr
.WiHNe«er8ellieS«M"
This ,w»s th« comment of on*
loca> r*sid«nt fbllowthg .■
dramatic' wet|(-«tid
yoxmg N»gro«*
EdaiOoa.., 'fl^tjBSS f*Kptlw j
WUkMt
Pillett, de-
Parrish gp*t)((fed h;
day night 1?y CT. It
fense attorney.
The fiv^ are Coijden .FrinKs,
youth leather - -far the €howarr
County NAAICP;. ErnesUne Wil
liams, 18; Wij^Ii'am. Kelfy Jordan,'
1^: and Calvin Lron Webeter,
16, all of the Edehtoo area; and
John W. Edwards, youth field
secretary for the NAACI*,, of
Durham. All are free on bond.
Frinks’ bond of $260. was con
tinued. The Edentin youths were
continued on $50, .bond each,
and Edwards, bond was raised
to $100.
Frinlis was arrested Saturday,
Feb. 3 wtule he and a group
of youtlis were pickejtlng the
Taylor theater during a Twist
Party matching whites a^inst
Negroes. He was charged with
resisting arrest, assault on an
[ueBt^on- iiihe tfther iTAMSf*' yoif«»
pliclii^rt, i!^t)rtiMi«d«d 1^, hit
him in th« %ith M« ii$t,
«Ri kidced 'in the back
'iiiin|')to J*H. .".if \
The likcid^nt obcijir^ outride
the tow^' only theitet where
the ~ypu^ ■ !>vwf ptcicetUig iti
q£ . (he . sjbgre-
galpd'itejk't^ ’
too whl.te# had iinfed up
In ,fr(»t ,of ti» . theater Satur-
dai« h^ht; waititi*, to be iENimlit-
ed^to thel»pecl^l>‘"l^ist Party”
Staidd the theater. The
NAAiCp ^t up Its t)icket lines,
as fisuAl, iu-ouhd Uk theater.
Witnes^s aiild Wvoii djarged
Frinks ^th biiYing too many
picketers oh the line. City or
dinance provides'for a maximum
Nine Enter
Action Against
Two Hospitals
(Greensboro — Nine Negro
doctors and dentists and two
patients filed suit in U. S. Mid-
dl« District Court here this week
seeking court orders to direct
Mqks Cone Hospital and Wesley
Lotog Community Hospital to
adanil Negro patients ■ on the
same basis as white patients and
to allow Negro doctors and den
tists to use staff facilities.
In addition to the hopsitals,
^e suit is directed against Har
old Bettfs, direclor of Moses
done Hospital, and A> O, Smith,
Administrator of Wesley Long
Community Hospital.
Attorneys for the National
As^ciation for the Advancement
of Colored People are listed as
counsel for the medical men and
their patients.
1116 suit was filed by Drs.
A. If. Blount Jr., Walter J.
Hujiies, Norman N. Jones,,
Girfrdeau Alexander E. C. Noel,
■4rd,« and F. E. Davis, nledical
doctors; Drs. G. C. SirApkins
Jr., Milton H. Barnes and W. L.
T. Miller, dentists; and A. J.
Taylor and Donald R. Lyons.
Taylor seeks admission to either
hospital for treatment of a
gasMc ulser,. and Lyons for th«
refnoval of an impacted lower
molar.
FH%d, as h class action, on be^
M Kegto«$ “bimilBrljr
’ th# suit’MlKo Mki fof
r>- [ 'f'
GETS II YEARS FOR DUGHNG BABY
HEART BOOSTfiRS >- That*
piatiy young HilUid* High
School pupils ar« on* reason
Haan Fund officials predict
ed their drive will be a auc-
caii. They aia avid boosters
of th* Heart Fund Drive which
is being conducted in th* Dur
ham area during February.
They are left. Miss Bernadette
Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Roberts of 908
Eliaabeth St.. and a sophomore
at Hillside;^ and Miss Sylvia
Jones, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A- Jones, 913 Dupree
St.. also a sophomore. Mrs.
George D. White is general
chairman of th* Hayti area
Heart Fund Drive. The final
push of the drive will be held
Sunday, Feb. 24, when scares
of workers will canvass the
entire Hayti area seeking
funds.
photo by Purefoy
Charlotte Bank to Open March 1
Bob White,
Well-Known
Durhamite, Dies
Robert (Bob) yf^te, native of
Durham and well-lUipwn barber,
died Sunday,. Feto 11, at hia
home on Roxbpro Road after a
longtime illness.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at the. S;9rfoorough
Funeral Chapel, with the Rev.
A. T. Smith, pastor ^ Mt. Olive
Baptist Church, officiating,
Burial was in BeechwiMd
Cemetary.
White, a wcll-know Durham
figure, worijed as a barber at
the Bull City Bait>er Shop on
Pettigrew St. for more than 40
See WHITE, 6-A
See VoulMSi 6-A
A NEW MOTTO — Edenton
youths, who are spearheading
•n anti-segregation drive aimed
at a loosl movie theater have
ad^ted' a new motto, which
they hop* the community will
also accept. Th* slogan ap
pears on the dgn displayed
by one of the young picket-
ers above. The reference to
"the alley" refers to the side
entrance of the Taylor th*at*r
which N*groes are required to
use. The- youths have alao
staged two sit-ins at' a local
drug store, which maintains
segregated lunch counter ser
vice.
IN ^lEF
INQUIRING REPORTER
What's Wrong With Negro
Women? Durham Men Know
A formal date for opening
of the new branch of the
ileehanics and Farmers bank
Charlotte is a*asis9. Bank
irfliciala 4oid tii* TIMES tMs
waek that they expect the new
facility tq be ready for bua^
IniMM by March 1. Se* com
plete details, page 5-B.
NEW.-BORN
Child is Pushed
Down 60 Feet
Embankment >
ROXBORO — A 28-yearHJld
Roxboro father., who attempted
to dispose of Itis infant ctilld by
placing the baby in an,‘al$Midon-
ed refrigerator and pushing it
down a 60 ft. emiwnkment, wu
sentenced to ten year* in the
state penittentiary Wednesday.
Bennie Daniel Johnson plead
ed guilty in Persaon Superior
Court to a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill. ■
Judge Herman Clark allowed
a motion for nonsuit in the case
•gainst the child’s mother. Mrs.
Katie Johnson, 21, who was
charged with aiding and aliett-
ing in the assault
Acco«Jlng to Sheriff C. C-
Holman, the only witness cull
ed in the case, the baby was
born about midnight last Oct
31 and was placed in • bucket
on the back porch of tiie John
son home.
Testimony showed that Joiin*
son later placed the bucket be
side a railroad track when ttM
infant started erying. Ttie child
remain«d there, until the next
day, ^eff Jbhnson took it to
the eity dump and placed it in
the refrigerator.'
On the following day, when
the child was almost 4wo dayi
old, its crying attracted • t
by and the Infant was l^pnd In
the ic^MX.
To Run For
WINSTON SALEM—Wililani
R. Crawford, former Winston-
Salem city alderman, announced
week that he would. inAkc
bid to become the first Ne-
to serve in the State Legisla
ture sin!e Reconstruction.
Crawford’s bid is considered a
^eripus. one by political observ
ers who feel he has a good
chance of winning.
The 50-year-old Negro now
holds one of the highest De
mocratic Party posts ever held
by a Negro Irt North Carolina -
vice president of the power
ful Forsyth County Democratic
Executive Committee.
He announced Sunday that he
will be a candidate in the May
primaries for one of the' three
y sea'ts ln' 'tli6
House of Representatives. Craw
ford conceded he would face an
uphiU fight l>ecau.se of tlie race
See CRAWFORD, T-A
5 Million in Buildingrs
y>i Million in Buildings
SAlLlSBUHY — More than
$600,000 wot'h of build'
ings were dedicated at ,L^ving-
stone ColleKt' here Thursday, in,
connection with Uic annual ceie-'
bration of the I08th anniversary
of its founder Jiweph Charles
Price.
The Mary Reynolds Babcpck,
wiiich houses 73 women, and
See DEDICATES, 6-A
WASHTNOTOW,:©. C. — The
annual sasslon of the bouncil of
Bishops of tile African Metho
dist Episcopal Church meeting
at Metropolitan A. M. K. .Church,
1518 M. Street,'NW-. Wi»^l»»g-
toh, D. C. Fei>riary 21 am} 22
#111 bring together all ef the
presiding i^shops of the Con-
tinenUI United SUtes and tlie
18 General Officeri and per
haps 1,000 or more leaders of
church > Ui*. from throughout
the nat4an. , « •
They will aisemble to review
the affairs of this million mem
bership denomination, in Mia-
sions, Evangeliam, Education,
Social Action, etc.
The Councy. of Bishops wil?
be presided over' by Bishop I
See AlME, 6-A
WHITE
ROCiaKcaiAiSl — a Bock-
injphiiii. nian and the neighi>or
he w^ irking to rescue perish
ed in a fire thlat destoryed a
two-poom hoaae here this week.
The victims Mfrere ;Postel Canter-
on -lad JunM H^nigan, both
about 30. \
rotaunt sTvosim to
AT St. Jpsfeptf'l
SroQierhood Sunday will be
otoerved St. Jofeeii^’s A. M.
E. Cburch on .Suqda\y. Guest
speaker for 11:00 A. J*- Wor
ship Seivice wiH be 'Rev. D.
F. Jarvis, U; Piresideo^ Stu
dent .j^dy, Divinity ^ScImoI,
QuJce. Uniye»ity. ,
A special program has t>een
prepsned tor the 7:00 P, M.
Woi^P Service.
Victor'l^afo, i nUii^e of
Ghana. and . a member of St.
Joaeph's is in cliarge and will
preside.
There will i^ a panel dis
cussion on , "Affx I My Broth
er'* KeeperT.” Participants wiH
be K. A;^, Pa^istfn, (Duice
SM BBfiCr, 6-A-
answers.
Charles Harden, Rt. 3, Book
er St.: ‘There are so many
faults until I'd Me afraid to
single out any one.”
Charles McCollum, 727
Apple St., Burlington:: "Many
Negro women don't care
much aijout appearance. This
should bo improved. And you
find a lot of women who are
too loud. But then I guesi
that's a characteristic about
any kind of woman ....
See WOMEN, 6-A
HAYES
Last week, the TIMES In
quiring Reporter asked the
fairer sex, “Wljat in your
opinion is the biggest fault in
Negro men.” If you recall, the
rep.xter came up with some
Interesting answers.
This week, we decided to
give the men a chance to
answer their women. This
week’s question was geared to
the men. “What in your opin
ion is the biggest fault in Ne
ro women.” Following are the
NEW PASTOR FOR GETHSE
MANE — Th* R*v. V. E.
Brown, of Durham, has ac-
c*pl*d th* pastoral* of th*
G*ths*man* Baptist Church at
906 Roxbore St. The church
is in final slag*s of conitruc-
tion of a naw building. R*v.
Brown announcad that a two
w**ks financial campaign has
b**n launch*d to raise funds
for completion of construction.
Th* n*w 0*ths*man* pastor
is wall known in Durham ra-
ligious circles. H* ha*'"h*ld
paaferafas at Oxford. Bullard
and Roseboro.
McLendon Takes
Job As Pipers'
General Mgr.
OLEVIJLANO—John B. Me-
t«ndon, who resigned earlier
this month as coach of the Cleve
land Pipers, this week accept
ed a ]ob as vice president and
general nuinager in chargc of
personnel of the same club.
The fcMtner North Carolina
College coach signed the contract
for the remainder of tlic year
and lias tlie option of returning
to his former job as coach next
See McLENDON, &-A
c*at*r, formtr p
Harvaad UalvMstty
H»rth Cmitanr Oo
w**k. H* to 1m
wiUch is iav«ftigatlii#
*z *duaatl«n s*v*ral
lions ia &ia
ef th*** sdMol*«
Dr. Ceaant m»..1
Cattwsiglit
sity aa4 »».
DISTUfOUlSHED VUITORS
— Outslanding aducatore
vlslt*d th* Durham ar*a Jlas|_
w**k. In til* top photo. Dr.
MordaieU Joknaoh, l*ft pi*si-
d*nt *mMritvs of-Howard Uni-
vsrsity:, was keynot* sp*akar
at Raea Ralati*ns Sunday h*ld
'*t St. jM^h's A. M. E. Church
this w**k. Pictur*d with Utn
from l*ft t* si0lii ax* tlM
R*v. wniiam Walkar of Duka
University, th* R*v. M*lvin
Ch*pit*r. Swann, pastor, of St.
JoMph's, th* R*v. J. W. Smith,
paster' of Covenant Prasbytar*
Ian Church. Dr. Alfonso
Elder, president of North Caro
lina Collage, and the Ra,v.
William T. Scott, presbytarUn
minisfar. In th* bottom pi^-
ur*. Dr. Jamas B. Coaaiit^