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Claims She Refused To Cook Wand Slays Minister-Wife Atty. Gen. Warns Os Summer Race Strife Slums, Jobs, Schools Are Considered new YORK —U. S. Attorne} 1 General Nicholas Katzenbach •warned Monday that racial viol ence could flare up “in .ms one or more of 23 or 30 cities [. this summer.’’ In an interview appearing '.n the current issue of a nation- jj al magazine, Katzenbach said that such violence would prob ably occur unless communities ‘‘face up to their slums,’ try to solve their school problems and attempt to find jobs for un emploved young people. With civil-rights groups due in Mississippi again this sum mer, Katzenbach said that things ‘‘will not be tremendous- i ly different than last summer.” He commented: “There’will be phony arrests I and violence —blowing up a church, beating up a guy. All this can happen. It depends on the pressure we and state (See WARNS OF. Page 2) i*. slßl§P£'- •••Ft FELTON J. CAPEL Capel Mayor Pro Tem Os N.C. Town SOUTHERN PINES Vet eran Citv Councilman Felton J. Capel, who recently was re elected to his 4th consecutive term on the Southern Pines City Council, is now serving as mayor pro tern, a distinction unprecented since Reconstruc tion Days in the South. Last term, Councilman Capel MAYOR.PRO-TEM. Page PEPSICOLA PRESENTS $2,000 TO HIGH SCHOOLERS—J. D. Lewis, Spec,. ! repre sentative, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company , Raleigh, presented SSOO scholarship awards to four high school seniors who maintained the highest scores on an examination given recently. Tins is the third year the scholarships have been offered by Thomas Gaddy, president of the Pepsi Bottling Company, Raleigh. Pictured, from left to right, are : Mr. Lewis, Mis- Dele-da Harris, Harold Dunn, Miss Ella Wat sot.. and Wiley M. Davis, director, Testing Bureau ,<r Sat tit ustine's College. Dougins Freeman, a Ligon High School senior, also received ssoo '■•it «« .(/>• sent when this photo was mode The recipients are seniors at J. W. Ligon High School. Mi** Harris and Miss Wasson will enroll at Saint Augustine’s in September, while Dunn will matricu late at Shaw University, THE COROLINIAN VOL. 24 NO. Alabama’s Top Lawyer Says KLAN THREAT BIG Eyes Forte j Os The KKK In Politics ! MONTGOMERY Ala. (NPI)- ; The Ku Klux Klan has again be come an effective political force in some parts of the state, ac cording to Alabama Atty. Gen. Richmond Flowers. An investi- the Klan with or with out the help of other state authorities will be pushed, he added. Commenting on the Klan’s numerical strength, Flowers i eve rled it did not have the numbers It had three decades (bee KLAN LOOMS, Page 2) Dr. Larkins On Panel In Washington WASHINGTON, D. C. A mong the speakers scheduled to address the Annual Health, Wel fare and Recreation Conference are: Earl Beatt, Director, Fam ily and Child Services, Minne apolis, Minnesota; Dr. John R. Larkins Consultant, N. C. State Board of Public Welfare, Ra leigh, N. C.; and Dr. James D. Wharton, Chief of Public Health Administration Branch, Community Health Services, U. S. Public Health Services. They will speak on “Preven tion of Illness and Social Prob lems,” at the Statler Hilton Ho tel, from 9:30 a, m. to 11:30 a. m., Thursday, May 20. Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, presi- j dent, Greater Washington Ed i See LARKINS, Page 2) North Carolina s Lp.adinsr Weekly RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1965 % PBe HI * W Wii&l aleM - 9 DIPLOMAT EXPEL LED BY SOVIET UNlON—Afos covv: Herr: D. Garnet tv, .'2. A .r ’-ran diplomat, leaves the U. S. Embassy in Moscow May 1 Uh after being accused by the Soviet Union of trying to recruit pits among African student s in Moscow. Garnett was ordered expelled. He denied the charges. (UPI PHOTO). . Second Man Dies Os Wake Wreck Injuries A 32-year-old man of near Fuquay-Varina died at 6 p. m. Monday at Wake Memorial Hos pital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident Saturday night, May 1, on Highway 55, near Apex, William Longmire, of Route 1, Fuquay-Varina, followed Ezekiel Winston, who was kill (See SECOND MAN. Pa ß c 2> Lucian Banks, Heavyweight , Dies After Bout PHII, AD EL PHIA -(N PI)- - The boxing world was stunned last week by the death of one of its promising young stars, Lu cian (Sonny) Banks, one of the few fighters ever to put Heavy weight Champion Cassius (Mu hammad Ali)Clay on the canvas. Banks, a 24-year-old heavy v. eight from Detr oi t, \v a s knocked out by Leotis Martin, Philadelphia, in the ninth round of a scheduled 10-rounder last week. He was unconscious for about 20 minutes. He was rushed to Presbyterian hospital, where he again lapsed Into uncunsciotts llt'S-. !)i. Robert S. Andre, a local neurosurgeon, operated to re move a Mood clot. However, Hanks succurnmed to the in juries early Thursday, aftei tS-.a POXF.K OVZS, *»fr PRICE 15e Wnt Mem ToSheotHer/ Mate Sap CHICAGO (NPI) An argu ment with her husband over al leged refusal to prepare dinner 1 led to the slaying last week of a 'onular woman minister. " to death was the Rev. Mrs. Esther Leighton. 45 (53- 32 Prairie), assistant pastor of Christ Unttv Temple, Her 32-year-old husband, Horace, toid police lie had no intention of shooting his wife, bui that she was struck In the neck when the gun he was hold ing during an argument dis charged accidentally. He was charged with murder and faces a court hearing on June 8. Police said Leighton, an in surance counselor, admitted arguing with his wife over her refusual to prepare dinner. The Leightons were married alittle over a year ago. The minister’s brother, Wil liam Reed, 34, who rented a 1 room in their apartment, dis armed the accused man as he (See HURRY KILLS, Page 2) _ i Winters To Nebraska As RSM Guest Secretary of Defense, Rob ert S. McNamara, has person ally Invited Raleigh’s only Ne gro city councilman, John W. Winters to attend a Joint Civil ian Conference, conducted by ttie Department of Defense, May 20-2 G, for the purpose of giv ing approximately 73 civilian leaders, representing a cross section of American business and professional leadership a cross the country a first-hand view of’our armed forces. Mr. Winters left Wednesday, and will be gone approximately 10 days. The conference will open with a reception and dinner at Offutt Air Force Base In Omaha, Ne braska, on Thursday evening, May 20. The group will begin a tour of bases; on Friday. Included will be Installations and ships, (See WINTERS. Page 2) J.S Stewart Reelected At j "Bull City” DURHAM - John S. Stewart, president of Mutual Savings and Loan Association, defeated re tired textile executive William J. Lee by over i 2-1 margin here May 15 to retain his post on the City Council from the Third Ward for the third con secutive election. First elected to the Council In 1957, Stewart was re-elected In 1901 without opposition. In tiie May 15 eWtion, Stewart polled 0,92't •.<.•! -- against Lee’s 3.095 Although he had the (See STEWART. Page 2) ar m ' /■ Jail* m WSL M ' DEAN LATHAM HEADS WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL GROUP Pictured above are the new officers of the North Carolina Association of Women Deans and Counselors, who were elected during the group's annual spring meeting at Duke University recently. Left to right are: Dean Mary Logan, of Mars Hill College, vice-president: Dean Louise M. Latham, of North Carclia College, president; and Dean Roberta D White, of Kings College in Charlotte, secre tary-treasurer. Dean Latham succeeds Dean Katherine Carmichael, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dean Lathem is a Raleigh native and the first Negro to head the or ganization. (Duke Photo.). Boy, 15, Sets 2 Fires; Wonts To Return To Reform School GOLDSBORO—A 15 year-old boy who told the local cops he wanted to return to a reform school Tuesday of this week, will apparently get his wish as he was held without bond on two counts of arson, one i:i- Greensboro Church Plans Big Building GREENSBORO -- The march of the redevelopment program of this city that has left its image upon both the religious and business life included the membership of the historic Trinity AME Zion Church, and on Sunday, May 16, ground was broken at East Florida and Larkin Streets for a new edi fice, estimated to cost $200,- 000.00. The congregation, led by Rev. Cecil Bishop and Presiding El der C. W. Lawerence, and Gen eral Officers D. W. Andrews and Alexander Barnes,took part in an appropiate ceremony that marked the beginning of an op eration that will give Greens boro another modern church building that will add to the image that is now being created for bigger and better “Gate City." The church building, one of the landmarks of the Negro community, located just off Market Street, is one of the many that ’.yere torn down to make way for the city’s church life. It has served both Ben nett College and A&T College and has listed in its member ship many personages con nected with both institutions. It was host to the 1936 Gen eral Conference of the denomi nation. The ground-breaking cere mony began with the singing (See CHURCH BREAKS, :2) W§ Apolftftlit In last week's edition of The CAROLINIAN, there were sev eral photos with the outlines (information under the picture), reading from right to left, in stead of the correct left to right way. this was our first attempt at offset printing, and errors were made in the placing of negatives as they should have been plac ed. For these and other mistakes in our first “new” CAROLIN IAN, we apologize. volving a $300,000 fire which almost destroyed a school, and a minor fire at a private home. Justice of the Peace Leslie Sutherland ordered the boys, James T. Lane, held for trial in a criminal term of court, whicti begins Tuesday, May 25. The slightly built Lane Is charged with setting the fire which practically destroyed the School Street Elementary School early last Sunday, and at the home of Mrs. Dolly Bry ant three weeks ago. Police Chief H. A. Lane gave this account: Young Lane was apparently angry at a teacher at the West Elm Junior High School, where he was a student, because he said his stepmother had been ridiculed by the teacher. His attempt to enter that school Sunday was thwarted, be cause all the windows were locked, but was able to climb through a window and enter pTeATHE^ Temperatures for the next five days. Thursday IhrouK Mondav, will average 3 to 7 degrees above normal Scattered thundershowers will occur Thursday afternoon and eveninK The remainder of the peri od in the Raleigh area will average Sess than .800 of an inch. From Raleigh’s Official Police Files: THE CRIME HEAT BY CHARLES R JONES Lover ibsaiilts His Pregnant Girlfriewd Miss Clementine Lockley, 25, of 808 Johnson's Alley, told Officers D. Brinson and J. A. Perry at 10:23 p. m. Saturday, at Wake Memorial Hospital, that her boyfriend;Charles John Austin, also 25, of the same ad dress, got mad with her be cause she left the house. They met at the corner of Fayetteville and Cannon Sts., she stated, and he allegedly struck her, knocking her down, then kteked her in the stomach with his feet, but she refused to sign a warrant against him. The extent of Injuries to the 7-month pregnant woman were not known as the cops left Wake Memorial Hospital while she was being transferred upstairs for further examinations. School Street School. He then piled tip some papers and set them afire Inside the school. The blaze was not discovered until 4 a.m., three hours after Lane admitted setting it. (See TWO FIRES, Page 2) Professor At Shaw ToOak Ridge, Term Leung Wang I.an, an asso ciate professor of physics at Shaw University, has been no tified of tills acceptance to work with the EGCR Project this summer ai the Oak Ridge In stitute, Oak Ridge, Term. Lau, who is currently com pleting requirements for his Ph. D. in physics at North Carolina State University at Raleigh, will be making pre liminary measurements for re actor stamp in the EGCR pro ject (experimental gas cool re actor project). A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where he received his B. S. degree, 1 au earned his M. S. deg. ,;e from the Uni versity of North Carolina. At Shav. University, he teaches general physics and differential equations. Man Sl»st*<l In Barber’s Chair James cOt-art, of 718 S. Mc- Dowell St., reported to Officers W. E. Kidd and B. G. Lassi ter at 4:15 p. m. Saturday, he was sitting in the barber’s chair- at the Walnut Terrace Barber Shop, when Charles Ed ward Collins, 25, of 22 Mc.Kee Street, walked In and started beating him about the head and face with his hands and fists. When “the law” talked to Collins, he stated he attacked Cozart because the latter had cut him on Easter Monday night, April 18. However, a warrant was signed, charging assault and battery, and Collins was “hauled off” to Wake County Jail. (See CRIME BEAT, Page 3)
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