15< se. or gloating if we win. have witnessed more unethical Jl'aling in the game, from the State Superintendent. Dr. Craig Phillips, and the school people of Havelock, and especially the Mayor of Havelock, than I have ever encountered in my twenty two years of school work. The principal of Havelock. and I agreed to abide by Mr. Simon Terrell's decision, though the principal did not live up to his word, therefore we were forced to play the game at Havelock. It is a long, involved story, that people wouldn't believe, unless they lived through it. I would like to thank all of our people for sticking with us through this unpleasant encounter, and the people can rest assured that this is not the end of it, because when an individual puts athletics, as much as I love them, above the safety of the students involved, whether that individual be a State Superintendent, or a principal, they don't have any right to be associated with young people whatsoever. Sincerely, Raz Autry November 22, 1971 Mr. Simon Terrell, Exec. Sec. N.C.H.S. Athletic Association Chapel Hill. N.C. Dear Simon: I wish to go on record as placing ; formal protest against the unethica conduct of the Administration o Havelock High School. It is unfortunati that my own school is involved, but tha is beside the point. As one that wa elected to the Board of Control t< represent the schools in the state, I feel i is my du'y to see that this doesn't happei again. On page 14 of the handbook it state that the representatives shall meet, am work out the details concerning the game The Havelock officials would not agree ti meet with representatives from Hoki High School, and wanted to work ou details on the telephone We told th< principal that this would not bi satisfactory, but he insisted. We were no invited to see their facilities at any time, sent the head coach and one assistant tc make arrangements at New Bern for i pre-game meal. I told them to go tc Havelock. and check the facilities. The facilities were as poor as any in the state See AROUND TOWN, Page 11 In Superior Court McClendon Found Not Guilty Of Rape ??!%W;WSSS!?Si!?S?^*?A^ $18,171.11 United Fund Campaign Underway FISH FOR NEXT SUMMER - R.E. Smothers, supervisor of the Fayetteville hatchery, dips out some of the 30,000 tittle shell crackers released into Rockfish Creek last week. The minnow - sized small fry were put in at the bridge on 401 Bypass. By Havelock Autry Protests Unethical Conduct Raz Autry, principal of Hoke High School, has accused the Administration of Havelock High School of unethical conduct and has lodged a protest with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The protest grew out of the controversy surrounding the playing field at Havelock on which the two teams met for the semi ? final round of the Southeastern 3-A Conference last Friday night. Autry has charged the administration with nine instances of unethical conduct and has asked for a public reprimand from the Board of Control of the N.C.H.S. Athletic Association. In his letter to Simon Terrell, executive secretary of the Association, Autry made it clear that his protest was not directed at the tootball team, who were to be "commended for their conduct on and off the field," A text of his letter is printed in Around Town. Boy Arrested For Breakins Wilbert Fairley, 16, who was wanted by the police in connection with the series of store breakins here, was arrested last week at his home. He was charged with seven counts of breaking, entering, larceny and receiving stolen goods. Bond was set at SI0,000 Sales T ax In County Is $9,858 The one per cent sales tax in the county for October amounted to $9,858.95, according to a report issued by the State Department of Revenue. Collection for the state during that month were $4,626,531.15. Collections in neighboring counties that have the one per cent tax were: Cumberland, $236,546.88 and Moore. $48,423.53. Bloodmobile Here Dec. 1 The Bloodmobile will be at Burlington Industries Dec. 1 for the quarterly county collection. The in-plant visit will be held from 12 to 5:30 p.m. Clyde Upchurch. Hoke County Bloodmobile chairman, urged residents to donate at this visit to keep the county up on its quota. Two More Jobs QKed The county has received final approval .'?> hire two more persons under the public service employment act, county " manager T.B. Lester said this week. A total of five jobs have been approved for the county. The jobs are expected to be filled immediately, he said. Hiring was delayed until funding arrangements were made, Lester said. The two jobs most recently approved include a janitor for the county office building and a social services aide. Other jobs approved under the act designed to increase employment are two sanitarian aides, and an immunization specialist for the health center. Conference Delegation To Remain The N.C. Community Action Association, headed by Phil Diehl, has lost its bid to change the make ? up of the North Carolina delegation to the White House Conference on Aging. The N.C. CAA had contended that the elderly poor are not represented on the delegation appointed by Governor Bob Scott and asked in a letter to President Nixon that delegate ? at ? large slots equal to one third of the official delegation be given to elderly poor representatives. In a letter to Diehl last week, Arthur S. Flemming, chairman of the Conference. See DELEGATION, Page 1 I N-J To Publish Shelter Plans Next Thursday citizens of Raeford and Hoke County will receive an important information package with their copies of THE NEWS-JOURNAL. This supplement will help each householder be prepared for a nuclear attack, and tell him where to go and what to do in the event an attack occurs. People who do not receive the supplement with their newspaper on Thursday should immediately contact the Hoke County Civil Defense Office and obtain a free copy. The information package contains maps of the entire county and Raeford showing the location of every public fallout shelter, and the routes people should take to reach them. Additional information it given about what items families should carry with them to public shelters. The householder also is told how to set up a fallout shelter in his own home in case he prefers a private shelter. Enough public shelter spaces are available for the entire county population. The information and guidance contained in this newspaper supplement will give all residents of Hoke County a better chance of surviving the deadly radioactive fallout that would follow a nuclear attack. Those who do not receive a Thursday newspaper should contact the Hoke County Civil Defense Office located in the County Office Building. Raeford Everyone should keep this civil defense information in a safe place where it will be readily available should a nuclear attack occur. Copies will also be available at the offices of the Raeford ? Hoke Chamber of Commerce and the Hoke County Civil Defense Agency. Wendell S. Young, the Agricultural Extension Chairman, has agreed to assist in the distribution of the supplement to rural non ? subscribers of the newspaper and new families in the county. Donald D. Abernethy, Superintendent of Hoke County Schools, has agreed to allow the oldest child in each non - subscribing family to take a copy of the supplement home. The United Fund campaign got underway this week toward a goal this year of $18.171.11. The drive will be conducted by the directors. No campaign manager was named this year. The goal this year is $1,010.08 less than last year's goal. The budget for most of the 12 agencies remained the same, however reductions were made in the allocation to the recreation program. Community development and to Carolina United, the combined national agencies such as USO, and Mental Association. The only increase in the budget went to the county 4-H clubs. The fund breakdown this year includes: Girs Scouts $3,000 Boy Scouts Cape Fear Council $3,000 Occoneschee Council . . $1,500 Red Cross $4,302 White Cane $500 4-H Clubs $937 Crippled Children $400 Community Development $500 Recreation Program $500 Hoke Rescue Squad $ 1,000 Needy Children (School) $500 Senior Citizens S125 Carolina United $1,907.11 Reductions this year were made in the community development budget from $1,000 to $500; the recreation program from $1,000 last year to $500 and in Carolina United from $2,069.19 to $1,907.11. The 4-H clubs were increased from $785 to $937. The officers and directors of the drive remain the same this year. Dr. Julius Jordan is president and W.T. McAllister is vice ? president. Mrs. O.B. Israel is secretary and Sam Morr'r is >. usurer, Directors with one year remaining arc. Mrs. Richard Neely, Lewis Oxendine, Wyatt Upchurch, A.W. Wood, Jr. and Hugh Simmons. Directors with two years remaining are: William Lamont, W.T. McAllister, Allen McDonald and Sam C. Morris. A replacement for Ed Murray, who moved, has not been announced. Directors with three years remaining are: Leonard Frahm, C D. Bounds, Mrs. O.B. Israel. Dr. Julius Jordan and Graham Pope. Court Probe In County U ncertain Jack Thompson, solicitor for the 12th J_udicial District that includes Cumberland Hoke counties, said he did not know yet if he would carry his investigation of the court system into Hoke County. Thompson has been probing irregularities in the operation of a magistrate in Cumberland County and has expanded the investigation to include a broad area of the legal system there. The Cumberland County Bar Association has endorsed v the investigation and recommended that Thompson include "but not be limited to" investigation of: ?? The office of the Clerk of Superior Court. -- The office of the magistrates. ?? The office of Judge of District Court. Any attorney practicing in Cumberland County. -- All law enforcement officers and agencies In referring to Hoke County, Thompson said: "A lot will depend on the information I receive as to where it will lead." "I can't really say if Hoke County will be involved in the investigation because I just got most of the information last week and I've been in Hoke County all this week so I haven't had a chance to evaluate it." Thompson was in the county all last week during the session of superior court. Johnny McClendon was found not guilty of statutory rape Thursday by a jury that deliberated less than an hour. The Ellerbe man had been on trial for his life since Tuesday for the tape of an 11 ? year ? old girl here. Conviction would have meant a mandatory death sentence| unless the jury had recommended life imprisonment. The selection of the jury took longer than the presentation of evidence in th< ? case. Nine jurors were selected in three hours Tuesday afternoon and three mo; ? and an alternate were chosen Wednesda. morning. The jury was impaneled at 11:25. Twenty ? three jurors were excused before the defense and prosecution agreed on the seven men and live women to hear the case. An additional 12 jurors had to be drawn after the regular list for this session was exhausted. The state excused nine prospective jurors and the defense excused 11. Three persons were excused "for cause," which does not count against the 14 challenges alloted to the state and each defendant. Two black men were among those chosen to hear the case. The defendant and prosecuting witness were black. Immediately after the jury was impaneled. the state began the pres? was compMHSMH afternoon. Defense at, made his closing arj,", indue nts closing arg.*^nt towi that afternoon Solicitor ' JaTT Thompson addresser^ic jury Thursday morning. / The child was the slate's first witness. She told i!w jury that McClendon came to her nous, about 4 p.m. on March 26 of last year. He brought two plates of shrimp with him and after he and her mother ate some of the shrimp, they went to the bedroom and closed the door, she said. Her mother borrowed McClendon's car about 6 p.m. and left the home to go to a launderette, the girl said. Then she and b? ??