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Hawkins In Second Bid
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HOSE A, "T H E GOSPEL BOOT LEGGER"
MAKES IT LEGAL— Hosea L. Williams, civil
rights leader and ex-research chemist who
just returned from a 17-country trip around
the world including Red China, preached his
Trial Sermon last Sunday from the subject
"Is Christianity too important to be left in
Lena Home Present
Tribute To Mary Mc. Bethune
Reginald Gray Elected President
Business and Professional Chain
Reginald Gray has been
elected president of the Dur
ham Business & Professional
Chain for the year 1972. Gray,
an employee of IBM, seems
very enthusiastic about his new
position. His determination to
"get the Chain more together,"
to increase the membership for
the coming year, to have more
participation from women and
young adults in the Chain, and
to head the Chain in an entire
ly new direction are just a few
of his short range goals.
Gray is a native of Green
ville, North Carolina, where he
attended the public schools.
He is a former student of
Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tennessee and a graduate of
North Carolina State Universl
(See GRAY page 2)
Rev. John Thomas
Man Of A Century
Tribute to Honorabl
Be Held In Nation's
GREENSBORO, N. C. - A
tribute to the Honorable
Robert , J. Brown, special as
sistant to the President, will be
held in Washington, D. C.,
January 30, to benefit the
Sickle Cell Anemia Fund and
three other Black related pro
jects around the country,
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the hands of today's Christians."
Mr. Williams, who was appointed by Dr.
Ralph David Abernathy as SCLC's National
Program Director before going on a leave of
absence to take his trip around the world,
also served as the late Dr. King's Chief Field
General.
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Robert J. Brown to
lapital January 30th
North Carolina Co-chairman
Mrs. Ruth Miller Gore an
nounced recently.
A North Carolinian from
High Point, Brown has served
President Nixon's administra
tion and is known as an excel
lent orator.
(See BROWN page 2)
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WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Glamorous Lena Home, star of
stage, screen and TV, serves as
Honorary Chairman of the
Bethune Memorial Concert
sponsored by the National
Council of Negro Women. Mrs.
Elayne Corley of New York
and Mrs. Eisie Bookhart of
New Jersey serve as
men of this event. This Concert
will be held at 8:00 p.m.,
January 14, 1972 at Cornegie
Hall, New York City.
Featured among the artists
will be Ruby Dee, noted
actress whose last appearance
was in an off Broadway Show
"Boxman and Lena."
Nikki Giovanni, young
poetess, who will be reading
some of her original works as
she performs along with mem
bers of the New York Commu
nity Choir.
Singer Kim Weston whose
voice has been described as
ranging from black chiffon to
shimmering velvet will sing her
(See BETHUNE pego 3)
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Approximately three years
ago, Rev. Thomas Newsome
preached his last sermon and
structured a church program
for a local Baptist Church. This
same man, however, gambled
with Stagger Lee, and personal
ly was acquainted with John
Henry, the rail driver.
These facts are only a
minute part of a century of
living by Rev. Newsome. He
died recently at his home at
3308 Apex Road at the age of
100.
According to Rev. William
Reeves, a foster grandson of
Rev. Newsome: "Up until
three weeks ago, he wouldn't
allow anyone to do anything
for him. He took his own bath
even while he was ill."
Rev. Reeves described Rev.
Newsome in one word, "inde
pendent."
Brief sketches of Rev. New-
some's history verifies the fact
of independence. Born in Ale
xandria, Va., May 1871, he
lived his early years in Ports
mouth, Va.
As a boy he worked on a
cattle boat making his way to
England where he lived for two
years before returning to the
(See NEWSOME page 2)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1972
Local Tourist Home Operator Shot
Robert Thorpe Dies Monday at
Hospital of Gunshot Wounds
Robert Thorpe, 65 of 203
Trinity Ave., died early Mon
day from gunshot wounds in
the stomach. It was the second
instance of substained wounds
in about a three month period.
Thorpe was the owner of a
tourist home here on Trinity
Ave.
Police accounts stated that i
Miss Lezella Thorpe, sister of
the victim was the only parson i
living in the house with I
Thorpe. She was quoted as say- ,
ing that her brother must have ;
shot himself.
When police arrived, there
was no gun near Thorpe and
Miss Thorpe said that she had
not heard a gunshot.
Two bullets were discovered
in holes in the kitchen wall
and another bullet hole in a
bedroom mattress. Two guns
were found in a closet, a .22
calliber and a .38 calliber.
Charlotte Dentist is Candidate
For State's Number One Office
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins,
Charlotte dentist and former
gubernatorial candidate has
launched a second bid for the
1972 gubernatorial race. In
making himself available for
the office of Governor, Dr.
Hawkins has listed his cam
paign issues broadly as, racism,
repression, poverty, and pollu
tion.
Dr. Hawkins became the
first black man in the state in
1968 to run for the office of
Governor since Reconstruc
tion. Recalling the campaign,
he stated that a number of sig
nificant outcomes resulted
from the campaign for Gover
nor. Among the outcomes, he
cited the fact that many people
who had never voted were en
couraged to come out for the
fast time. Also cited was the
fact that certain political and
other appointments were made
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LOAN CLOSING CEREMONIES—Pictured at the Loan Clos
ing Ceremonies were left to light: Jesse B. AngUn, Jr.,
Comptroller for Mechanics and Farmers Bank and passing
Thorpe was shot with a .45
caliiber gun Sunday afternoon,
according to investigators. He
died in Watts Hospital Monday
morning.
Wounds sustained by
Thorpe three months ago were
at the hands of robbers.
Police sources released no
further information of the in
vestigation.
No Mail Delivery
New Year's Day
WASHINGTON - The
U.S. Postal Service says only
special delivery mail service
will be provided Saturday, New
Year's Day.
There will be no regular win
dow, delivery and collection
services Saturday, although
post office lobbies will be open
in many cities for mail depos
its. Lock box access and self
service stamp sales also will be
provided
within the state that were at
least indirectly affected by the
campaign.
One of the more important
occurrances cited was the for
mation of the North Carolina
Committee for More Represen
tative Political Participation.
This group, headed by Haw-
kins, took a challenge against
the North Carolina Democratic
Party to the 1968 National
Democratic Convention. The
challenge requested that there
be at least proportionate re
presentation based on race in
political representation.
In evaluating the success of
the previous campaing, Haw
kins Headquarters stated that
he was successful in winning
about one out of every five
votes cast in the election. And,
according to spokesman, criti
cal issues about such problems
as racism and poverty
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BALLAMCI ADDRESSING GREENSBORO MEETING
Emphasis On NX
Black Politics On
(SOBU News Service)
Emphasis on statewide Black
politics continue to mount
with the active launching of
the Black People's Union
Party (BPUP). Frank Ballance,
a Warrenton attorney and act
ing chairman of BPUP recent
ly called on Black people to
make "an absolute divorce"
from the two party system
politics.
Balance stated while ad
dressing the monthly meeting
of the Greensboro Citizens
Association at St. James
United Presbyterian Church:
"Blacks must turn from the
dependent politics of the De
mocratic and Republican
parties and chose instead a
course of independent organi
zation.
Ballance pointed to the his
tory of black political involve
ment in the state accusing the
traditional parties of "betrayal
and misuse" of Black involve
ment. He further stated that
previous Black participation
has been along a path which
(See POLITICS page V
the check, Guy Ellison, Sr., receiving check; Mrs. Guy Elli
son, Sr., and Ralph Hunt, Director of Project Outreach.
NOTICE: ONLY 8 PAGES THIS WEEK
Again, the staff and management extend beat wMmm
for a prosperous New Year to our readers. Because of
the efforts to permit staff time off with their families,
this issue contains one section (eight pages). Full two*
section coverage will resume with our next edition.
Caution is Urged on Findings
Tying Man, Chimp Bloed Lines
PHILADELPHIA - Mole-
cular experiments indicate that
man is the blood kin of champ
anzees and gorillas, a Duke
University scientist noted here
today (Tuesday).
But these fintings may or
may not prove useful in deve
loping a timetable, or answer
ing other questions about evo
lution, said Dr. John Buettner-
Janusch, a professor of ana
tomy and zoology.
Buettner-Janusch, who has
conducted experiments on the
evolution of blood factors in
primates for several years,
spoke to a special symposium
here honoring the 100 th anni
versary of the publication of
Darwin's "The Descent of
Man."
The symposium was held in
conjunction with the annual
meeting of the American As-
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sociation for the Advancement
of Science.
Buettner-Janusch said that
experiments elsewhere have
shown that the molecular
structure of certain blood com-
ponents of man is apparently
identical to that of the chimp
anzee and very similar to the
gorilla and other members of
the same family. The experi
ments involved hemoglobin,
the oxygen-carrying portion of
the blood.
He noted that some scien
tists see this as support for the
idea that the family of man,
hominidae, and the chimp
and gorilla family, pongidae,
diverged from common ances
tors in the much more recent
past than is generally believed
- from 3.5 million to 8 million
years ago.
(See BLOOD page 3)
Future Plans
Call for 26
Patient Limit
Guy Ellison, Sr., owner and
manager of Ellison's Rest
Hoihe was recently granted a
loan of $117,000 by the
Mechanics & Farmers Bank of
Durham. The loan is to be used
for expanding Ellison's existing
rest home facilities from its
present 5 patient capacity to
26 patients, with future plans
of expanding to accommodate
34 patients.
A native of Craven County,
North Carolina, EUtaon moved
his family to Durham in 1945
where he engaged in the busi
ness of farming for a number
of years.
Project Outreach and per
sonnel from Mechanics It Far
mers Bank provided the tMhal*
cal assistance in drawing up
the loan package.
Present at the loan closing
ceremonies were Jesse B. Aug
tin, Jr., Comptroller for Mecha
nics & Farmers Bank. Guv Etti
(See LOAN page 1)