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Arsonist Is Found Guilty Setting NCCU Law School Fire
Mrs. King Listed Among World's 10 Outstanding Women
Che Carolina Cinws
VOLUME 48 No. 51
Minister's Home Blasted For
His Stand On Race Question
Bombing Comes
During Party
Of Daughter
WAKE FOREST A series
of events with racial under
tones are believed related to
the shotgun blasting of a Wake
Forest minister's home this
week. The attack on the home
of Rev. J. Wesley Shipp oc
curred during a party given by
his 16-year-old daughter Karen
Saturday night. Both Black
and white teenagers attended
the party.
First of the events linked
with the incident is the recent
expulsion of two teenage boys
from the Wake Forest High
School for printing critical
articles in an unofficial cam
pus newspaper, "The Voice."
The boys, one white and the
other black, allegedly wrote
(See BLAST page 9A)
NAACP Calls
Police Killings In Chicago
28 Deaths In
2 Years Draw
Ire of Citizens
NEW YORK - Police kill
ings of Black Panthers • 28
within two years - are "spread
ing fear and resentment at all
levels in the national Negro
community," Roy Wilkins,
executive director of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
said in a telegram to U. S.
Attorney General John N.
Mitchell.
The telegram, urging a Jus
tice Department investigation
of the police killing, Dec. 4, of
Fred Hampton and Mark Clark,
youthful officials of the Black
Panther party in Chicago,
cited "the conflicts in the
stories of the shooting by po
lice and the location of bullet
holes in the premises," which,
the NAACP leader said, "have
aroused suspicion in the minds
of many persons who may not
subscribe to the Panther ideo
logy or methods."
On the same day, that the
Wilkins telegram was dis
patched, a Justice Department
spokesman in Washington an
nounced that the Department's
Civil Rights Division "is con
sidering a request to make an
investigation of allegations that
undue force may have been
used by local police in carrying
out their obligations."
Many persons, Wilkins said,
"are extremely apprehensive
over the police action and its
possible employment against
any other individuals or groups
suspected of some infraction
of the 1aw.... We are sure your
Department realizes the danger
Inherent in any considerable
segment of the population be
coming convinced that harass
ment and summary execution
will be visited upon dissenters
and protestors by police and
(See KILLINGS 9A)
DURHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1969
Widow Noted CR Leader Ranks
7th In Recent Magazine Poll
Mrs. Martin Luther King,
Jr. ranks seventh in a national
magazine survey of the world's
ten most admired women.
Shirley Chisholm, New York
Congresswoman, and actress
Diahann Carroll were runners
up in the poll, which is to be
published in the current (Jan
uary issue of Good 1 Housekeep
ing.
Actress Patricia Neal was
voted number one position by
readers for her quiet courage
and perseverance. Miss Neal
made a triumphant return to
her screen career following a
series of massive crippling
strokes. Writer Pearl Buck
placed second', and Mrs. Dwight
D. Eisenhower third. Mrs.
Robert F. Kennedy was in
fourth position, followed by
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, who
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THRU PARTICIPANTS in a
recent Black Culture exhibition
at North Carolina State Univer
sity are shown here viewing
some of the sculpture exhibits.
Statement on Commission of Inquiry Into the
Black Panthers and Law Enforcement Officials
We, the undersigned, are
concerned about increasing
violence in American life. We
believe that government under
the scrutiny of an alert citi
zenry must assure civil peace
and that private or paramili
tary violence and police ex
cesses should have no role in
the process of achieving
ordered liberty under the law.
It is in this context that w?
are profoundly disturbed by
recent incidents in a number of
our cities involving the police
or other law enforcement of
ficials and members of the
Black Panther Party. The past
weeks' events in Los Angeles
and Chicago have raised grave
questions over the whole range
of civil rights and civil liber
ties as applied to the Black
Panthers.
We have received anxious
queries and representations in
MRS. KING
was fifth. The nation's first
lady, Mrs. Richard M. Nixon,
From left to right they are
Henry Bowers, director of Stu
dent Union, Bobby Coley, stu
dent president of Society of
such volume from all parts of
the country as to leave no
doubt that a great many
Americans share our concern.
There should, moreover, be no
doubt as to the degree of gen
uine fear and anxiety which
these developments have
nourished in the minority
communities.
The fatal shootings in Chi
cago on December 4 and the
raid in Los Angeles on Decem
ber 8 underline the sobering
assertion by Panther spokes
men that, within the past two
years, as many as a score of
Black Panthers have been killed
by law enforcement officers.
Depending on who is speaking
and w.ho is listening, the image
the Panthers present is mixed,
varying from their children's
breakfast programs to their
willingness to use violence -
some say in self-defense only,
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placed sixth. Three heads of
state were among the top ten:
Queen Elizabeth n, Mrs. Indira
Gandhi, and Mrs. Goltfa Meir,
who ranked eighth, ninth, and
tenth, respectively.
The poll was conducted
among a sampling of 1,000
members of Good Housekeep
ing panel. The women were
asked to choose the people
they considered most outstand
ing from a list of 22 names of
prominent women. Among the
runner-up were: Dr. Joyce
Brothers,, Dr. Margaret Mead,
actress Katherine Hepburn,
Mrs. Lyndbn Johnson, Mrs.
Hubert Humphrey, and the
wives of the Apollo 11 astro
nauts, Mrs. Nell Armstrong,
Mrs. Michael Collins, and Mrs.
Edwin Aldrin.
Afro-American culture *t the
university and Richard Shack
le ford, Special Projects Direc
tor of Student Affairs.
others say in other circum
stances as welL But there is
little doubt of their appeal to
many black youth. However
one views the Panthers, this
clearly poses the most serious
questions, which must be an
swered and dealt with if
Americans of all persuasions
are to have continued faith in
the democratic process.
Towards this end, we are
announcing the formation of a
commission of citizens, with
supporting organizations, who
will immediately assume the
following responsibilities:
1. To direct a searching
inquiry, along appropriate
lines, into the incidents in
Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit,
New York and elsewhere in
which Black Panthers have be
come the object of attention
by law enforcement agencies
(See PANTHERS 9A)
Death Penalty
Of 17-Year-old
Girl is Upheld
RALEIGH - The SUte
Supreme Court of North Caro
lina handed down the deci
sion on December 9, 1969, to
uphold the original verdict of a
Tarboro, North Carolina jury
to execute the 17 year old
Miss Marie Hill The execu
tion of this black teenager had
originally been scheduled for
January 3, 1969, and after al
most a year's fight to save her
life, it has again been set for
December 27, 1969.
Marie and three female com
panions were charged with the
murder of W. E. Strum, a
white merchant in Rocky
Mount, but the charges were
later ~ dismissed against the
trio.
(See GIRL page 9A)
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MAZYCK
St. Mark Pays
High Tribute to
Guy Mazyck
In a program filled with rev
erence, St. Mark A. M. E. Zion
Church honored Guy Mazyck
Sunday afternoon for his 27
years of faithful service aa
Sunday School Superitendent.
Guy Mazyck was born in Ber
keley County, South Carolina,
July 23, 1000, the son of the
late Rev. Zachariah and Lydia
Mazyck. He grew up in the
and attended the Berkeley
County public schools, and
worked with his brothers and
sisters on their father's farm
for a number of years.
As a child he was taken to
the Good Shepherd Sunday
School by his mother, where
he learned to attend Sabbath
School (as it was called then)
regularly. As he grew up, he
became very active in the
church, confessing the faith at
an early age. He became a full
fledged member as a young
ster.
He came to Durham in 1932
and was employed by the lig
gett & Myers Tobacco Com
pany. Two years later he mar
ried Miss Estelle Fisher of
Orangeburg, South Carolina.
The Mazycks have adopted four
children: Miss Johnnie Mae
Williams, Miss Barbara Bates,
Reynold Bates, and James
Moody.
Mazyck became active in St.
Mark A. M. E. Zion Church
almost immediately after join
ing. Over the years he has
served in several capacities.
He has been a member of the
Usher Board, Song Leader in
Sunday School, Teacher in the
Sunday School, a member of
the Senior Choir, the President
of the choir, a member of the
Music Committee, a member of
the Male Choir, and the fam
ous Union Star Quartet of St.
Mark, class leader, Trustee,
Director of Christian Educa
tion; Director of Christian Edu
cation of the Central North
Carolina Conference which con
stitutes five districts, four
times elected delegate to the
the General Conference of the
AME Zion Church. Presently, he
is beginning his 28th year as
Sunday School Superintendent.
Many well-known Durham
ites joined in the salute to Ma
zyck Sunday. They included:
J. H. Wheeler, bank president;
Dr. C. E. Boulware, City Coun
cilman, and the heads of the
Sunday School departments.
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FOR LONG YEARS OF SERV
ICE—Otis Thorpe, Jr. (left) j
presents gavel to Sandy L. I
Addison Given 1
Term For Million Dollar Fire
Bishop Lawson Named President
New District United Holv Church
The United Holy Church of
America, Inc., organized a new
district convocation at a Wed
nesday night meeting at Fish
er's Memorial United Holy
Church here. The new organi
zation groups the Sanford.
Central and Western Districts
of the church together, break
ing a 75 year old tradition.
Boundaries for the new district
! are West Raleigh and' Fayette
ville.
Officers elected were: Bish
op Andrew W. Lawson, Presi
dent; Mrs. Marie Smith, Secre
tary; Miss Priscilla Jones, As
sistant Secretary and Rev. Jas.
Byrd, Treasurer. Other com
mittee members were also ap
pointed.
The new president is a well
known churchman in the area,
having served in many capa
cities over the years. He pres
ently is serving as President
of the Durham Interdenomina
tional Ministerial Alliance for
a two-year term. He is also
Chairman of the United Christ
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YOUNG MSN OP THE YlAft
Attorney Maynard Jackson
newly elected Vice Mayor of
Atlanta, and 1969 World Series
Most Valuable Player, Donn
Clendenon exchange congratu
lations after Jackson was nam
ed "Young Man of the Year"
and Clendenon was named
"Young Man of the Year" in
Welfare Recipients Plan to Take
Protest of Reductions To Scott
A joint meeting of Durham's
Welfare recipients and officials
of the Durham County Depart
ment of Social Services was
held Tuesday night at the Ope
ration Breakthrough Area B
office on Main Street. Reason
for the meeting was to study
methods by which Durham's
Johnson (right) in recognition
1 of his long years of service to
I Doric Lodge. Johnson served as
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BISHOP LAWSON
Lan Ministry on the campus of
North Carolina Central Univer
sity.
Bishop Lawson is married to
the former Miss Gracie Owens
of Sampson County. Thef have
four children.
Professions, at the annual
Omega Chapter of Vs Men's
Club International 1969 Awards
Banquet. Clendenon runner-up
to Jackson's Award, was tha
featured speaker. He is Vice
President at Scripto, Inc., and
owner of Donn Clendenon's
Supper Club in Atlanta.
8,000 welfare recipients can
get some of the state's reserve
money to replace cuts in their
welfare checks.
The Department of Social
Sen-ices announced recently
that they would be cutting the
monthly assistance checks ef
(See WELFARE 9A)
Worshipful Master of Doric lot
a number of years.
(See story on pa ge 4A)
7-DAY TRIAL
ENDS TUESDAY
WITH SENTENCE
Months of charge-counter
change, intrigue and name
calling ended Wednesday when
Egbert Langston Addison was
sentenced to a 10 vear orison
term foi the one million dollar
fire at the North Carolina
Central University Law School
September 18. The seven day
trial ended Tuesday when the
jury returned a verdict of
guilty of arson.
Addison, 27, who described
himself as i Black Panther and
claims he is a political prisoner,
has created no small stir since
his arrest not long after the
nighttime fire nearly gutted the
university building. He first
attracted attention by a hunger
strike that caused a Superior
Court judge to order him sent
to Central Prison in Raleigh for
observation and treatment.
After his return, Addison
charged prison officials with
brutality. He, however, refused
to have court subpoenas
issued for persons responsible
for alleged beatings.
The trial was continued
several times for one reason or
another. Addison's day in
court was postponed once be
cause all records of the charges
disappeared from the locked
clerk's office. These records
have yet to be discovered.
Duplicate copies were used in
the trial.
Proceedings finally got
under way last Monday morn
ing with a calling of witnesses.
Some 59 persons had beet sub
poenaed by Addison to appear
for the defense. Several of
these were late excused by
Addison who handled his own
case after they expressed
either no knowledge of the
case of claimed to have prior
commitments.
Throughout the trial, the
defendant attacked the legal
system, saying he should be
tried by an all-black jury and a
black judge as white people
are not his peers.
He alternately charged
racism as being the reason for
his trial, or the fact that uni
versity officials feared he was
going to start a Black Panther
group on the campus.
The case was given to the
jury Tuesday aften.oon, and
they returned the guilty ver
dict later that evening. In sen
tencing Addison, the trial
judge decried the statutes that
set the maximum sentence for
this particular charge at 10
years while a person charged
with burning down an empty
dwelling could receive a maxi
mum of 40 years in prison.
Addison refused to exercise
any other constitutional rights
(See ADDISON BA)