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VOL. 28, NO. 7 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, F. , 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mr. Marion Blackmon, age
49, of 1112 Ardmore Drive died
Saturday, Dfec. 7, 1968 at the
Veterans Administration Hos?
pital, Durham, N. C.
Funeral services were held
3:00 p. m., Wednesday, in Har
gett's Memorial Chapel. The
minister of the Providence Bap
tist Church, Rev. Howard
Chubbs, officiated. Military
rites were held on the Veterans
Plot at Maplewood Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Prances Golden Blackmon
of Greensboro; three sisters,
Mrs. Naomi B. Bailey and Mrs
Nina Blackmon, Greensboro,
and Rev. Ossie Blackmon John
son of Canaopolis, Pa.; two
bro*hprs, James Blackmon of
Charlotte and Melvin Blackmon
of Los Angeles, Calif.; other
relatives and friends.
The family met their friends
at Hargett Funeral Home Tues
Mk, LACY DILWORTH
Mr. Lacy Dilworth, age 73,
died at his home, 5920 McCal
lum Street, Monday, Dec. 9,
fol' owing several months Ill
ness. Funeral service will be
held Friday, Dec. 13, 2:00 p. m.,
Reynolds Chapel Baptist
Church. Rev. F. D. Fuller, pat
tor, will officiate. Burial win
follow in church cemetery. The
body is at Brown's Funera1
Home.
Survivors include h.s w
Mrs. Betty Dilworth; two sons,
David Dilworth, Greensboro,
and Calvin Dilworth," Reids
ville, N. C.; three grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren; 3
sisters, Mrs. Mary Walls, Miss
Lee Dilworth and Mrs. Bell An
crum, all of Greensboro.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. JANIE HOWIE
Mrs. Janie Howie, age 57,
died at a local hospital Nov. 30
following several months ill
ness. She lived at 503% S. O'
Henry Blvd. Funeral service
was held Saturday, 2:00 p. m..
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Maplewood
Cemetery. The body remained
at the funeral home until the
hour of service.
Survivors include one sister
Mrs. Eula Mae Richardson.
Monroe, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MBS. JU ANITA SILER
Mrs. Juanita Siler, age 64, oi
Route 2, Siler City, N. C., died
Monday, Dec. 9, at Chatham
Hospital in Siler City, N. C.
Funeral services were held
Thursday , Dec. 12 at Gee's
Grove Baptist Church In Siler
City. Burial followed In the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her hus
band, Rosa Siler of the home;
three daughters, Misses Maxine
Womble and Brenda Siler, both
of New York, and Miss Rosa
MR. MARION BLACKMON
day evening from 7 to 9 p. m.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangement.
Marie Siler of Siler City; one
son, Roscoe Womble of Greens
boro, N. C.; one step-daughter,
Miss Sylvia Siler of Baltimore,
Md.; four step-sons, June Siler,
Fred Slier, Leroy Siler, all of
Siler City, and Walter Siler of
Greensboro; four sisters, Mrs.
Ollie Womble of Greensboro,
Mrs/ Carrie Womble, Mn. Lou
ise Womble, both of Corona, N
Y. and Aline Womble of Siler
City; one brother, Gaston Wom
ble of Siler City.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. SHIRLEY H. BAILEY
Mrs. Shirley HUnter Bailey,
age 48, a resident of 921 Omaha
Street, died Thursday, Dec. 5,
at a local hospital following
several months illness.
Funeral service was held
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2:00 p. m.,
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park. The family re
ceived their friends at Brown's
Funeral Home Saturday night
from 7 to 9. ?* -
Survivors include her hus
oand,, William E. Bailey; three
daughters; Mrs. Geraldine
Brunson, Washington, D. C.,
Misses Jeanette and Jessie L.
Bailey of Greensboro; five sons
William E. Bailey, Jr., Reginal
Bailey and Coy Bailey, all of
Greensboro, Roy Bailey, Wash
ington, D. C. and Ronnie Bailey
U. S. Marines; mother, Mrs.
Luey Hunter, Greensboro; one
s'ster, Mrs. Ellen Sanders, So
ciety Hill, S. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors ir
charge of arrangements.
MRS. MABGARfeT
FATJCETTE
Mrs. Margaret Faucette, age
89, of 413 N. Dudley St^ee*
Greensboro, N. C., died Wednes
day, Dec. 11 at Moses H. Cone
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, Dec. IS, at Hargett Me
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Death Penalty , c.\V>
For Robbery Called
Cruel and Unusual
Washington, D. C. ? The U. S.
Supreme Court was asked today
to set aside the Alabama death
penalty against Edward Boykin,
Jr., a Negro charged with com
mitting five robberies.
Tne execution of a man for
robbery is cruel and unusual
punishment, argued attorneys ol
tne NAACP Legal Del'ense ana
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF),
because: 1) it involves brutal
and unnecessary physical and
psychological cruelty, 2) is ab
horrent to civilized standards.
3) is justilied by no rational
standards, 4) is a rare and un
usual penalty which is 5) ap
plied by juries which are given
absolute discretion and 6) in
sufficient information about the
offender.
The LDF brief notes that
there have been only 25 execu
tions for robbery in the United
States between 1930 and 1965.
Twenty-three of these cases
took place in southern states,
and 19 of" the victims were
Negro. In Alabama, the LDf
points out, all five persons exe
cuted lor robbery have been
Negro.
The attorneys also argue
against "the unfettered discre
tion of a jury," which was em
powered by Alabama law to
choose between the penalties of
death and imprisonment "arbi
trarily, capriciously, for any
reason, or no reason" and with
out instruction by a trial judge,
thereby violating due process of
law.
Three days after the first ap
pointment of a lawyer by the
court, Boykin, an indigent, was
arraigned on five separate capi
tal charges. He pleaded guilty
to all charges.
Tue LDi' is presently repre
aenunjj, or assisting private at
torneys who are representing,
more tnan hall o f the 4U0 men
on the death rows of America.
Tne LDF involvement grew
irom years of experience with
ueatn cases in the South where
Negroes had received the deatu
penalty for the rape of wnitt
women. Of the 400 persons exe
cuted for the ciime of rapt
since 1930, 90 per cent haVv
jeen Negroes; jet this figur
alone v. a. -ot c nsidered proo
)f racial discrimination in the
ourts.
Tne i icd an exten
sive sOciOiug.Coi k-rvey aa?u.J
tae summer of it>65 of 2,500
i\. pe tuae.. .n tne 11 soutne.n
states, involving both white anu
Negro ueiendants, .o determ.ne
objectively and scientifically I
where any factors other than
racial discrimination could ac
count for the high rate of death
sentences for the Negroes con
victed of raping white women.
Bonded fabrics have won a
special place In the lives of
N. C. homemakers, obeerves
Miss Dorothy Barrier, extension
clothing specialist, NCSU.
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mrmtchael Speaks at A&T Slate
Black militant Stokely Carmichael and wife singer Miriam
Makeba relax on A&T State University campus prior to his
address there this week. Carmichael's talk inaugurated the
university's recently formed center for Afro-Asian Studies.
NIXON TO POLARIZE WHITES,
SAYS STOKLEY IN A&T SPEECH
Black activist Stokley Car
michael said this week that the
election of Richard Nixon to
the Presidency is going to "po
larize the whites against the
blacks."
In an address to more \ than
3,500 persons at A & T State
University, Carmichael said, "I
think Richard Nixon is going to
polarize whites by using Ne
groes. He is far more dangerous
than anything we have."
Carmichael, the prime minis
ter of the Black Panthers, had
been invited to A&T to inaugu
rate a lecture series of the uni
versity's newly formed Afro
American Center.
Aslced whom he voted for in
the 1968 elections, Carmichael
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Samuel Boatemg, director of Secondary Education for the
Republic of Ghana talks over matters of African affairs with
Joanne Phillips, a representative for the Peace Corps Office
of Public Affairs. The African educator was malting a speak
ing engagement at Bennett College. Miss Phillips has served
a tour of duty with the Corps In Africa.
MR. SAMUEL BOATENG,
AN AFRICAN EDUCATOR
Art African Educator called
education the force that moved
African countries from under
the control of colonial powers,
to a positiqn where the "voices
of Africans are heard in world
councils."
Samuel Boateng, superinten
dent' of Secondary Education for
the Republic of Ghana, told
Bennett College students re
cently that at the beginning of
this century "colonial, admini
strator* began to take a keen
interest in the educational de
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