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VOL. 29, NO. 39 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MBS. JOHNNIE M. KINNEY
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Kinney, age
47, of 1006 E. Washington St.,
died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1970 at
her home.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. Irom the
Mount Carmel United Church,
with the Dr. J. B. Jowers, of
ficiating. Interment followed in
the Piedmont Memorial Ceme
tery.
Survivors are: her husband,
Harry Kinney, mother, Mrs.
Amanda Lovejoy, of the home,
three brothers, Earlie Brewster,
of Greensboro, N. C., Elijah
Brewster, of Columbus, Ohio,
and Eugene Powell of Greens
boro, N. C., nieces, nephews,
and a host of relatives and
friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. MAUDE M. CRUDUR |
Mrs. Maude M. Crudur, age
65 of 803 Reid St., died Friday,
Aug. 7, 1970 at her home after
a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1970 at
3:30 from Salem Baptist Church
in Columbia, N. C. Burial was
in Baptist Church Cemetery.
Survivors are: one son, Oliver
Crudur of New York City, one
sister, Mrs. Mary Jean Alexan
der of Columbia, N. C., two
brothers, William and Henry
Melton both of Columbia, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. CHARLES IVEY
Mr. Charles Ivey, age 74 of
1308 Sloan St., died Saturday
at L. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1970 at 1:00
P.M. from Hargett Memorial
Chapel, with Rev. L. S. Penn,
pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church,
officiating. Burial was in the
National Veterans Cemetery,
Salisbury, N. C. with full mil
itary rites.
There were no immediate sur
vivors.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. SARAH JACKSON
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, age 81 of
109 London St., died Saturday,
Aug. 8, 1970 at her home, after
a brief illness.
Funeral services where held
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1970 at
3:00 P.M. from Hargett's Me
morial Chapel. Burial was in
Piedmont Memorial Park Ceme
tery.
Survivors are: one brother,
Lawrence Williams of North
Philadelphia, Pa., two sisters
ih-law, Mrs. Clifford Mae Wil
liams of North Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Mrs. Hattie Williams of
Early Branch, S. C., and a host
of nieces and nephews.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. JENNIE PRITCHETT
Mrs. Jennie Pritchett, age 89
of Evergreen Rest Home, died
July 31, 1970 at the Evergreen
Rest Home, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held,
Monday, August 3 at 3:00 p.m.
from Hargett Memorial Chapel,
with the Rev. J. L. Pickens,
pastor of Reid's C.M.E. Church,
officiating. Burial was in Maple
wood Cemetery,
There were no immediate sur
vivors.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
CARRIE S. WOMACK
Carrie S. Womack, age 80,
died Friday, Aug. 7, 1970, at
the Carolina Nursing Center,
after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Aug. 10, 1970, at the
Church of God and Christ, with
the Rev. J. H. Thomas, officiat
ing. Interment followed in the
Snow Hill Cemetery, in Mt.
Gilead, N. C.
Survivors are: three neices,
one grand-nephew and several
cousins, and a host of relatives
and friends.
Compliments of the Harg?tt
Funeral Home.
MR. SPENCER L. W ATKINS
Mr. Spencer L. Watkins died
Thursday morning, August 6th
following a brief illness.
He lived at Rt. 1, Box 455,
Oak Ridge, N. C.
Funeral services were neld
Saturday. Aug. 8'h. 2:00 P.M.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in New Bethel
Church Cemetery.
Survivors include son, Leo
Spencer Watkins, Kernersville,
N. C., step son, Walter Young,
Baynock, N. J.; daughters, Mrs.
Leoma Tatum, Oak Ridge, N.
C, Mrs. Bessie Mitchell, Guil
ford, N. C.; three step daugh
ters, Mrs. Beatrice Wilkerson,
Harrisburg, Pa., Mrs. Dorothy
Jeffries, Greensboro, N. C., and
Mrs. Thelma Martin, Kerners
ville, N. C.; twenty -six grand
children, twenty great grand
children; sister, Mrs. Sadie Wat
kins, Oak Ridge, N. C.; brother,
Lee Watkins, Winston-Salem,
N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. ROBERT GAD SON
Mr. Robert Gadson, age 35,
died at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital Thursday, August 6th
following a brief illness. He lived
at 1302 E. Washington St.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, August 9th, 3:30 P.M.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Patricia Gadson; son, Daryl
Gadson; sisters, Paula Denise
Gadson, Rose Mary Gadson and
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?F.D.A. Approves
Monosodium Glutamate
A controversy over the safety
or monosodium glutamate has
ended with a determination by
he nation's highest scientific
body that the widely used food
flavor enhancer is safe for hu
man use.
The Pood and Drug Admini
stration announced the clean
bill of health for MSG after anj
extended study of current and'
past scientific research under
'f- at the FDA's request by[
the National Academy of Scien
ces/National Research Council.1
The PDA assigned the MSG
study to the NAS/NRC body
during the flurry of concern
and confusion over food com
ponents and additives which fol
lowed the ban on cyclamates
last fall.
j The Prestigious NAS/NRC
j appointed a special committee
of leading food scientists and
i pediatricians to scrutinize the
subject; and the committee re
Ported to the FDA that there is
no risk to man from the normal
use of monosodium glutamate
as a food flavor enhancer in
the home or in industrial and
institutional food preparation.
Monosodium glutamate is a
substance which is derived nat
urally from the glutamic acid
in protein foods. It has been
used for half a century as a
flavor enhancer by homemakers
and food processors to restore
flavor to its peak. Its safety had
rarely been questioned until the
cyclamates incident. Public at
tention focused on MSG ap
parently in large part because
of the similarity in the sounds
of cyclamates and glutamate,
although these are two entirely
unrelated substances.
One of the focal points of the
controversy had been the use
of MSG in baby foods, which
baby food manufacturers had
announced they would withhold
because of public fears, althougn
they considered it safe for use.
Tne final report to FDA
cleared MSG from any restric
tions of any kind. It commented
that because the committee
could not find any benefit from
use of MSG in foods specifically
designated for infants, it wai
recommended that it not be
added to infant specialty foous.
For all other consumers, tne
report said, "the flavor-enhanc
ing property of MSG is consid
ered to be beneficial."
The first suggestion that MSG
was under fire came two years
ago when a physician wrote to
a medical magazine that he had
experienced brief physical dis
comfort after eating in a Chi
nese restaurant. Several other
physicians reported similar ex
periences to the magazine, and
it was suggested that the use
of MSG in soups and solid foods
might be responsible.
I Such experiences were char
acterized earlier this year by
an NAS/NRC committee as of
a transient nature, possibly oc
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ALFRED BLOUNT GETS FIVE YEARS
FOR POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS
Guilford Superior Court Judge I
James C. Bowman of Southport, j
sentencing a young marijuana i
user Tuesday, said, "those who '
say marijuana won't lead to hard ,
drugs don't know what they're
talking about."
Judge Bowman made his
statement while addressing Gary
Lloyd Pugh, 21, of 408 Meadow
view Road, who had pleaded
guilty to having 24.85 grams
(.870 oz.) of marijuana.
Judge Bowman said, "In no
case ? and I've tried several
? where the use of heroin was
involved did the defendant fail
to say they'd previously been
caught on marijuana. Those
who say marijuana doesn't lead
to hard drugs don't know what
they're talking about."
He referred to a case on which
he had just passed. He had sen
tenced Alfred Blount, 43, of 413
N. Dudley St., to five years in
the state prison for having 15
packets of heroin at his apart
ment on Aug. 6. In addition to
the heroin, police vice squad
men seized several needles and
hypodermic syringes.
Blount pleaded guilty to the
one charge, and Solicitor Doug
las Albright elected not to prose
cute several other drug charges
against Blount.
Judge Bowman told Fugh be
"could end up like the hard man
I've just sentenced. That's how
he got started ... on mari
juana."
Pugh was arrested Feb. 20 at
the Meadowview Road address
alter a police search of his
apartment turned up the mari
juana.
Bowman sentenced Pugh to
four to five years. With Pugh's
consent, he suspended the sent
ence on payment of a $200 fine
and costs, probation of three
years and abstinence from any
type of drug.
JOHNSON & EVANS REFUSED
REVIEW BY SUPREME COURT
Two young Greensboro blacks,
charged with public disturb
ances preceding racial confron
tations here in May, 1969, lost
their immediate bids for free
dom Tuesday.
Nelson Johnson and Robe.-t
Evans were arrested on an orr'i.r
from Superior Court Judge
.,'ames C. Bowman after the N.
C. Supreme Court refused to re
view their conviction from the
N. C. Court of Appeals.
The pair was jailed early !
Tuesday afternoon, but within
two hours their attorneys began
processing a final appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Johnson's attorney David Dan
sby, was in Raleigh late Tues- 1
day working on the appeal. One 1
of Dansby's associates, Alvis j
i-.ee, said an associate justice of I
the State Supreme Court had
agreed to sign an order staving
oft' the prison sentence pending I
final perfection of the appeal to
tile U.S. Supreme Court. j
Judge Bowman is expected to
enter an order for commitment
to prison sometime today in con
formity with the recent Court
of Appeals ruling which upheld
an earlier conviction.
If attorneys for the two are
successful in obtaining a stay
until completing the appeal,
Johnson and Evans can be freed
on bond until the Supreme Court
accepts the case or denies a
final review.
Judge Bowman of South port,
holding a term of Superioi
Court here, ordered the arrest
of Johnson and Evans on Mon
day following notification by the
State Supreme Court that it had
i denied to review the case.
Johnson and Evans were held
in jail here Tuesday night
awaiting some official action in
their attempts for continued
freedom.
The two were sentenced to 12
months in prison following a
Guilford Superior Court convic
tion of disturbing the peace at
Dudley High School in May,
1969. Johnson and Evans were
named in a restraining order in
May, 1969, prohibiting them ?
and 29 other persons ? from
disturbing classes at Dudley.
The Dudley incident later de
veloped into a wider clash
which erupted in gunfire at and
near the A&T State University
campus. Several police officers
were wounded and one A&T
student, Willie Ernest Grimes,
was killed.
No arrests have been made
in those shootings.
Johnson and Evans appealed
their convictions to the N. C.
Court of Appeals which review
ed the cases June 24 and issued
an order upholding the convic
tions on July 6. The Appeals
Court, however, reduced the
sentences from 12 to six months
for each defendant because the
last General Assembly cut the
maximum sentence for disturb
ing the peace to six months.
That ruling was then appeal
ed to the State Supreme Court
which refused to review the
case.
Both Johnson and Evans, a
former Dudley student, have
been involved in civil rights
? issues among local blacks, espe
' daily younger groups, for sev
i eral years. Johrfson is more
I widely known.