GOOD READING IN THIS ISSU&
LOVE ME, LOVE MY WIFE By George B. RUB
PREGNANCY PLANNING A HEALTH By G. Rifffsbee
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L. Kearney
WRITERS FORUM . By George & Ron
YOUR MIND By William Thorpe
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mm. Syminer Daye
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WELCOME HUG— (Washington)—First Lady Pat Nixon gives a
welcome hug to one of 80 children from the Foundation for the
Junior Blind in Los Angeles who visited the White House recent
ly. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, right, helped entertain the children.
In another heartwarming yuletide acthity. Mrs. Nixon inspect
ed Christmas tree decorations in a multiservice center operated
by the YMCA and YWCA.
Pan-African Childhood Educator
Receives John J. Whitney Grant
By JAMES VAUGHAN
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MRS. McDONALD
On any day between the ,
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 !
p.m., the gentle, crisp chanting '
of pre-schoolers summons life I
at its freshest. Usually, 35
three to six year olds-all j
black-are gathered to start
another day's experience on a
serious note by reciting the j
Black Pledge of Unity and Use- |
fulness. They are part of a new !
concept in the city here: The i
Pan African Early Education j
Peninsula Literacy
Shipbuilding Emplo
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -
A year ago, Newport News
Shipbuilding employee W. R.
"Red" Harris started some
thing most of us take for grant
ed. He began to read.
Not that Harris, a veteran in
the Tenneco company's traf
fic department, couldn't read
at all. He could, but not well
enough. He had to leave school
early to go to work, like many
Center, located at 832 Ridge
way Ave., Durham. N. C.
"When dealing with the
question of education for
Black people, it becomes ap
parent to us that the existing
white-oriented educational
system does not and will not
encompass our needs as a
people, or even acknowledge
our existence."
"It is essential that a mean
ingful education begin at the
pre school level. Black children
should be made aware that
they are Black and what it
means to be Black in this socie
ty; made aware of their heri
tage and able to say in reality
and pride, "I am somebody."
Mrs. Mary McDonald,
teacher-director of the Pan-
African Early Education Cen
ter, Inc., made the above
statements. She recently re
ceived an SB,OOO research grant
from the John Hay Whitney
Foundation, New York. The
SEE GRANT page 2A
men his age. You can see the
man's keen intelligence in his
eyes. But his inability to read
well, quickly, and with com
prehension had hampered him.
With help from the ship
yard, Red Harris now can read.
He's proud of it. What's more,
he's teaching a non-reading
neighbor in Smithfield.
Help came to Harris through
the shipyard's material manage
Che €ar#ipt Cimes
Police Department Bias Laid
To North Carolina Eastern City
Wallace Frightened Of Millitants
Appearance of Panthers and
Black Muslims Angers Whites
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Governor George C. Wal
lace, of Alabama recently
asked the State Legislature
again, to appropriate funds to
increase the size of the State
Police force to combat "re- j
volutionaries and Black mili- !
tants" in the state. The re- i
quest was the third made to |
the Legislature in 1971.
According to the state's j
chief law enforcement officer, |
Col. W. L. Allen, the Governor j
is now seeking authorization !
to add an additional 100 state J
troopers to the current staff of
651 due to a rise of Black 1
militant and revolutionary
forces in the state.
The Colonel testified be
fore the legislative committee: i
"I am frightened for your '
lives."
His request was for funds 1
approximating $1 million.
Alexander Pratt Funeralized at
First Calvary Baptist Church
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USDA Adds Hew
To Food Stamp Transactions
(By JOHN MYERS)
ATLANTA, Ga. According]
to a statement from the U S
Department of Agriculture in
Washington, D. C. dated Mon
day, December 27, 1971, gro
cers will no longer be allowed
to give cash change in food
stamp transactions, nor accept
food stamps as deposits on
bottles and other returnable
containers.
The revisions will become
effective March 1, 1972. The
revisions, according to Russell
H. James, Southeast regional
administrator of USDA's Food
and Nutrition Service, were
made under USDA's rule-mak-
ment division and the Penin
sula Literacy Council.
In September 1970,
vision conducted a program to
train 100 forklift truck opera
tors in the safe operation and
preventive maintenance of
their vehicles. The program in
cluded instruction from a man
ufacturer's representative, oral
and written examinations, and
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 197/
He warned that revolu
tionaries and Black militants
were criss-crossing the state
like airlines pilots. "We have
our work cut out for us," he
said.
He further stated that he
had reports that there were
three encampments of revo
lutionaries in Alabama as well
as Black Panther training
grounds and weapons ordi
nance.
In one of the counties,
whites have been angered by
the presence of the Muslims
and the Muslims have reported
acts of violence as arson and
cattle poisoning.
Last summer, Wallace asked
for $1.5 million special appro
priation to hire 200 more state
troopers to keep order in Ala
bama schools during the de
(See WALLACE page 6A)
Funeral services for Mr.
Alexander Pratt, were held
Tuesday December 23, at the
First Calvary Baptist Church.
A son of the late Alex and
Jane Pratt, Alexander Pratt was
born in Orange County, Octo
ber 25, 1887.
He was a retired worker
from Liggett and Myers To
bacco Company. He was
married to the late Mrs. Har
riett Trice Pratt. To this union
two children were born. At a
later date he married Mrs.
Jeanette Holman who survives.
Pratt had been a member of
(See PRATT page 6A)
ing procedures in response to
comments contained in the
Agricultural Ap p ropriations
Conference Report of July 22,
1971. The Senate House Con
ferees said that the practice
of giving cash change "threat
ens the success of the food
stamp program and should be
stopped."
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HARRIS AND INSTRUCTOR (Newport
News, Va.) —Red Harris and) his Peninaala
Literacy Council instructor W. Lawton get
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NAACP LIFE MEMBER —Secretary of Trans
portation John A. Volpe, second from left,
was recently awarded a Life Membership in
the NAACP. Kivie Kaplan, Boston indus
trialist and President of the NAACP, Is
shown with a membership plaque, made the
Five Dix Escapees
Hounds Used To Hab Last Two
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Two brothers accused of
murder, were among five
patients who escaped from
Dorothea Dix Hospital's close
custody ward but were cap
tured at the beginning of the
week.
James M. Hicks, 15 and
Johnny Ray Hicks, 13 of
Davison County were under
charges of murder in the slay
ing of Alvin R. Sechrist, 72,
at his home between Lexington
and Thomasville in November.
James Hicks along with
Donnie Ray Flood were the
last to be re-captured Monday
near Hunter's Trading Post in
The revisions will require
detail food stores to issue
credtit tokens to shoppers with
food stamps for amounts up
to 49 cents with the tokens
to be good only for eligible
foods in the store.
Unendorsed 50-cent food
stamp coupons will continue to
(See STAMPS page 6A)
together at the Council's headquarters, ii
Hilton.
presentation as Mrs. Kaplan and Clarence
Mitchell, Director of the Washington Bureau
looked on. Mr. Mitchell praised Secretary
Volpe's record In establishing an effective
equal employment program in the Depart
ment of Transportation.
the Late Wheeler Road area,
reported authorities.
Others of the group includ
ing Danny Dorsey, 19, of Gas
ton County and Richard I.
Lunsford, 35, if Wilkes County
were captured in Fuquay-
Varina after police spotted
them on the main street.
Flood was t/ie only regular
mental patient from the hos
pital. The other four were
there for observation and treat
ments.
According to authorities,
the last two to be captured,
Hicks and Flood, were track
ed down by Wake County
authorities using blood hounds.
Police were alerted to the
where about of the two by a
resident of Lake Wheeler
Road who had been ap
proached by the two. Report
edly, the escapees approached
the door of the residence ,
knocked until there was an
answer. They then requested
matches claiming to be
stranded traveling from South
Carolina.
Mrs. Alice Rouse, the resi
dent, agreed to bring back the
matches closing the door on
the two.
She reported to news
WORDS OF WISDOM
Business ia never so heaßhy as when tike a chick— I,
it must do a certain amount of scratching for what It
gets. —Henry Ford
The man who rests on his oars will soon ffaid himself
drifting. —Elbert Hubbard, II
sources that she and her hus
band had been alerted of the ,
escape by radio broadcasts. ;
Instead of returning with the
matches, they telephone po- j
lice.
She stated that the two re
mained at the door, contin
uing to knock until police ar- |
rived.
The two fled once the !
patrol cars approached the
scene. The two, however,
(See ESCAPEES page 8A) ]
Kennedy New Board Chairman
At Mechanics & Fanners Bank
J. H. Wheeler, President ofi
Mechanics and Farmers Bank)
announced' today that W. J. :
Kennedy, Jr., had been elected
Chairman of the Bank's Board
of Directors following the
death of Dr. Clyde Donnell,
who had served in that capa
city since 1952
He also announced l election
of Albert N. Whiting to fill
the unexpired term of Dr.
Clyde Donnell.
Mr. Kennedy, former Presi
dent of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,
has been a member of the
Board of Directors since 1935
(See BANK page 6A)
Pitt Cy. United Effort Coalition
Continues Fight Against Brutality
By JAMES VAUGHAN
The Pitt County United
Effort Coalition (PCUEC) re- J
cently made a bid to church j
groups throughout the state for
support and funds to continue
its fight "against police brutali
ty" despite the recent an
nouncement from the Green
ville chapter of the North
Carolina Civil Liberties Union
that the Billy Day case is
closed.
The Coalition, PCUEC, is a
group of Black organizations
including, SCLC, NAACP.
Black Pastors' Conference of
Pitt County, Muslims, and The
PRICE: It CENTS
Black Officers
Relegated to
Lowes! Rank
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. -
Charging that the Fayetteville
Police Department widely dis
criminated against its black
members and applicants, the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People has filed suit in the
North Carolina Eastern Federal
District Court calling for an in
junction against local officials.
The class action suit was
brought by nine black police
men and the North State Law
Enforcement Officers Associa
tion, a private organization, on
behalf of the 13 Negro mem
bers of the department.
Filed last November, the
suit charged widespread viola
tion of the Fourteenth Amend
ment, guaranteeing equal pro
tection under the law. It is
similar to another action that
was filed earlier in Philadelphia
charging discrimination in the
use of unfair tests and back
ground investigations.
Named as the defendants
are Chief of Police L. Fenton
Worrell, the City's Civil Service
Commission, Mayor Jackson F.
Lee, the City Council and City
Manager J. Guy Smith.
The suit noted that of the
approximately 120 members
of the police department, only
13 are black. Also, in all ranks,
Negro police officers were un
der-represented. "There are
only two black police officers
(See OFFICERS page SA)
KENEDY
Black and Oppressed Commu
nity which organized in the
wake of Black protest over the
I police slaying of William Mur
phy, a Black farm worker of
the area.
The PCUEC has demanded
the regisnation of Trooper
Billy Day, responsible for the
| death of Murphy. Day how
! ever, has been cleared by state
' investigators of the death and
remains on duty.
In addition to the demand
for the trooper's resignation,
• the Coalition has drawn up a
list of six demands to be t*»-
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