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: .Photo by Steve Mueller
: Soiil Power In Resurrection City
... the other side of demonstrations
Resurrection City
Now Part Of Past
By EVIE STEVENSON
Tar Heel Staff Writer
The permit allowing the
establishment of Resurrection
City in Washington expired on
Monday, June 24.
Its termination resulted in the
eviction of its inhabitants into
the streets of Washington.
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, leader
for the Poor People's Campaign,
immediately marched into phase
two of the Campaign:
demonstrations, civil
disobedience and mass arrest.
Abernathy, along with over
200, others, yielded to D.C.
police in an orderly fashion on
Monday.
The arrests were made upon
Abernathy's group who marched
upon Capitol Hill and upon a
smaller number of campers in
Resurrection City who failed to
leave on time.
The Poor People expect to .
maintain residence in
Washington in private homes and
churches. This influx of
marchers could be minimized for
the present because of the
substantial number in jail
Abernathy, however, feels
secure that more will come to
the capital to support the
movement.
Mr. Hilliard Caldwell,
co-chairman of the People's
Reform Organization for
Democracy (PROD), the group
that organized the Poor People's
Campaign in the Chapel Hill area
stated, " The arrests will bring
more support into Washington."
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1968
Caldwell felt that the
government should have
extended the permit to camp in
order to avert violence.
The younger militants of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference will take this
opportunity, while Abernathy is
in jail, to take more brash
actions concerning the
Campaign.
One problem that the
Campaign's leaders had to cope
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July 4th Celebration
Scheduled At Kenan
The 16th annual
community-wide Old-Fashioned
Fourth of July celebration will
be staged in Kenan Stadium this
year for the benefit of the
American Field Service (AFS)
student exchange program.
Profits from the event will
pay the cost of a high school
student from another country
coming to spend the school year
in Chapel Hill next fall.
This past year an Argentine
high school girl lived with a local
family under this program. This
coming school year a girl from
Australia will come to Chapel
Hill, and a local scholarship
winner will go to Switzerland.
In addition, the Fourth
celebration will provide funds
for the two Chapel Hill high
Citizens Commr
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By TOM GOODING
Tar Heel Staff Writer
"Once the government
confiscates the weapons, the
people in the rural areas and in
the hinterland of the country
couldn't stop a communist
take-over," according to Col.
Henry E. Roy all.
Col. Royall is chairman of the
Citizens Committee to Defend
our Constitution, a "state-wide
organization to fight any move
to register guns."
Col. Royall described the
committee. "This is a citizens
committee made up of people all
over North Carolina," he said.
"It is very broad base. It is a
volunteer organization made up
of a cross section of people."
The committee has been
operating for nearly two weeks
and according to Col. Royall,
"We have been getting a
wonderful response. We have
already acquired the signature of
about 16,000 people."
"We send the petitions to
Congress periodically. They are
submitted to Congress to
preserve the rights of the citizens
under the 2nd amendment of
the so-called Bill of Rights of the
Constitution.
"The people of the state are
very disturbed about these
control laws and they want to
end them. We are going to
continue this movement as long
as there is a threat from
Washington."
CoL Royall then discussed
the objectives of the committee.
"We are going to try to vote
down any and all gun control
laws and registration laws
that are presented to the
Congress because we are satisfied
with the laws as they are now."
Col. Royall then justified the
school students who are going
abroad on AFS scholarships this
summer and next fall.
Giduz said he hopes the
afternoon and evening
celebration this year will net
more than $2,000 profit for the
AFS program so that it can be
expanded to permit an
additional student t come to and
go from Chapel HilL
Last year about $1,500 was
earned for this cause when about
1,000 persons turned out for the
fried chicken picnic dinner and
an estimated 10,000 for the
evening's free fireworks show.
Tickets for the supper will go
on sale this weekend at several
sidewalk locations inthe business
district.
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actions and reasons of the
committee he chairmans. "Any
further gun laws would be an
infringement on the constitution
as specified in the 2nd
amendment," he said,
The Second Amendment
states:
"A well regulated militia
being necessary to the security
of a free state the right of the
people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed."
Col. Royall said, "We don t
need any further harassment of
the individual citizen who needs
some way to protect himself and
his property because policemen
can't stand beside every
person there just aren't enough
of them."
Col. Royall then said what he
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Signatures Continue
On Gun Bill Petition
By JUDY FLYNN
Tar Heel Staff Writer
"People have been
wonderful," said Mrs. William
Dooley, 110 Fern Lane, "and we
see no reason to stop."
Mrs. Dooley and six other
former Robert Kennedy
campaigners have been collecting
donations in memory of
Kennedy and signatures for a
petition in the Y Court since
June 17.
Nearly 1500 people have
signed the petition which askes
for this in two ways:
All persons having guns
should be required to register
them with the proper
authorities.
No interstate sale of guns
should be allowed.
The signatures were sent to
Senator Jordan of North
Carolina and Senator Tydings of
Maryland by Mrs. David King,
19 Hamilton Road, who phrased
the petition.
Mrs. King originally presented
the petition before a Democratic
executive meeting in Orange
County.
"They approved it," she said,
"so we started the petition
here."
Mrs. King got the idea for the
petition from her mother who
started a similar one in Wilson,
N.C.
Mrs. G. Liptain, 214
Rosemary, a Kennedy supporter,
said that "the group is asking
that the petition be shown to all
North Carolina Congressmen.'.'
"Jordan," Mrs. Dooley
continued, "has always voted
against gun control bills.
Number 3
tee
felt would be the government's
sequel action to registering guns.
"If this registration were
complete over the entire nation
as President Johnson has stated
he wants the next move to be to
confiscate all the weapons."
Royall then expressed
concern that this would leave
the people completely
defenseless.
"Once the government
confiscates the weapons the
j people in the rural areas and
hinterland, of the country
couldn't stop a communist
take-over.
"With the troops out of the
country and not enough
policemen the people of the
country couldn't siop a
communist take-over of the
country."
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However, in a letter received by
Mrs. King Sen. Jordan said he
realized that there should be
some sort of gun control law."
"We're looking into this,"
Jordan wrote Mrs. King.
"Although so many people
are in favor of the petition,
we've had some interesting
arguments," commented Mrs.
Dooley.
"People complain that it's
too much trouble to register
their gun, but we tell them they
register their car so why not
their gun," she said.
"Some people are against
outlawing mail order of guns,"
said Mrs. King, "but we tell
them it's just as easy to buy a
gun from your local dealer."
Donations from the Kennedy
memorial fund now amount to
$250, Mrs. Dooley noted.
"After Kennedy's death we
contacted his national
headquarters and asked what to
do with campaign funds and
donations," said Mrs. King. "We
were told to give it to some local
worthwhile project he would
have supported," she said.
"What we'll do with it," she
continued, "will depend on the
amoung we finally collect.'"
"We're going to keep collecting"
as long as there's interest
shown."
The Kennedy people are
considering several suggestions
for use of the memorial money.
The American Cancer Society of
Orange County has asked to be
considered along with a day care
center, an anti-poverty program,
and a scholarship.
Another booth was set up
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