I'oupie Argued Sear "Fa get ierille Drossing*
BOYFRIEND KILLER IS RELEASED ON BOND
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WIDOW TO SUE IN < l»inis Highwiy (on
'WRONGFUL DEATH” Mistreated Him Here
Deadwvler
jury Says
‘Accident'
LOS ANGLI FS CXPI) - A
"wrongful death” suit • ill he
filed by the widow of a v ■ ro
motorist fatally shot hv a hite
policeman. The death • as ruled
accidentally in a coront . 's in
quest.
Leonard Deadwyl.-m, 2", was
fatally shot by patrolman Jerold
M. Bova, 23, follov.ing an .uto
chase.
Bova testified th ! his ser
vice revolver ft * d acci • tal
ly when the car su FUnR. Inch
ed forwai d.
But Mrs. i eciwU: lonied
that the car moved, .lddinc: that
her husband v.ms taking her to
the hospital bee rise sc." thought
she was in labor.
The case was the source of
racial tension both at the scene
of the inquest and in riot
scarred Watts.
However, the Negro com
munity appeared to have accept
ed the verdict, calmly.
Firebombs were hurled and
a policeman was shot at, but
no major outbreaks were re
(See WIDOW TO P. 2)
EDITORIAL FEATURE
The unfortunate circumstances sur
rounding the proposed pay hik< Vt
Jesse O. Sanderson, superintendent
Raleigh Public Schools, and his two
sistants by the Board ot Education,
serves one germane purpose in pointing
up the need to have an accepted yard
stick to determine salaries for public of
ficials. A page from Armed Forces reg
ulations would have served well in pre
venting the error of pay-raising tin man
instead of the position he holds Then is
certainly little belief in the assertion that
the local superintendent is the best in
the state. Certainly, this belie f is not
shared by few. if any, Negroes m and a
round the Raleigh area.
The announcement by the superinten
dent in Tuesday’s evening Times lu re of
his intended resignation is certainly wel
comed news by Negroes and many white
persons in Raleigh. The board should
immediately accept the resignation and
look to a new dav in the future when the
schools will be returned to th< people.
For two decades. Raleigh’s school sys
tem has been noticeably administered
by a man who built an image of indi -
It is understandable that each looks
after his own. This is clearly brought out
in the matter of the beltline or rather
the 3/4 which has been completed. The
one-fourth which still remains a mystery
as to where it may begin would affect
some 700 families in Biltmore Hills. Gar
ner, Caraleigh or South and East Ra
leigh, the step-children of Raleigh.
However, the other side of the story
is that Federal funds have been used
and will be used to complete this pro
ject. So when those who look after their
own interests don’t realize the need to
Lt. Henry O Flipper was the first Ne
gro to graduate from West Point and
was assigned to the Tenth Cavalry as its
firse Negro officer in 1877.
* * * * *
Christopher Columbus first witnessed
natives of San Salvador smoking crude
cigars in 1492.
*****
The first public restaurant opened in
Egypt in 512 B. C. It served only one
dish, consisting of cereal, wild fowl and
onions.
*****
Provident Hospital and Training
School in Chicago, 111. was founded by
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams as the first
training school for Negro nurses. Dr.
Williams pefonned the first successful
operation on the heart in 1893 at Provi -
After Tlm CAROLINIAN Give It To A Friend
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WTLI SUI IN HU?BAND’S UK U! IT!!’ - Los
Angelos: Mrs. Barbara Deachvylor, 2.', center, and Iter two
children, Leonard, Jr., 2 12, and Ch 'i '.l, 8, sit in the living
room of their home last week, short!. after a coroner’s jury
ruled that the death of her husband at the hands of an L. A.
cor. was "accidental homicide." Mrs Doadwyler said, “I’m
glad it's over.” Her attorney, Johnny 1.. Cochran, said the
family will now file suit against the city under the “Wrong
ful Death Act.” Arm ntnTot
vidualism which far superseded the of
fice. |
There has been no question about the
hoard of today and boards of the past
20 vi nrs having explicit confidence in
Mr. Sanderson. However, we believe, the
boards of tomorrow will envision a need
to enter more to the patrons of the
schools than the superintendent or his
office. Entrenchment through tenure
may be outmoded In a changing world
it will be well to designate a rotation of
superintendents after eight to twelve
years. In this way. no man could look
beyond a given time in so important a
position. On the other hand, the office
and people would enjoy change, and new
concepts.
Mr. Sanderson has certainly rclcived
the situation here through stepping
down. The Board of Education mad- |
vertently. through attempting to award
tlv r administration of the Palc ; "h schools
with pav increases, contributed to an
rarher charm* of superintendent than
Rale’nrh would have otherwise evnericnr
ed In anv event, it is our opinion that
all concerned will reap the benefits of
the surxrintendent’s resignation.
function in behalf of all, it is then time
to seek other alternatives.
Should the Bureau of Roads, which
has say-so over Federal funds, find bias
ness in the use of funds allocated for a
project, it is our understasding that all
federal funds will be held up on pro
jects involving roads in an entire dis
trict. This could happen in North Caro
lina. Certainly, it seems past time to
complete the last leg of the beltline in
view of the great demand for its use in
a fastl.y expanding city without having
Federal intervention.
dent.
Oscar Hammerstein, the opera im
pressario, did the original work in the
1920’s and controlled some of the basic
patents on the first cigar making ma
chines.
*****
Matthew Henson Plaque accompani
ed Admiral Peary on all of his polar ex- ,
peditions and was the first to actually f
reach the North Pole. Peary, unable to
walk, arrived less than an hour later to
confirm Henson’s reading of their posi- >
tion.
*****
A ''eor' Ji ««r to the American Humane
Society, the following common beliefs '
are not true: Elephants fear mice: os
triches bury their heads in the sand; and |
nightingales only sing at night.
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THE CAROLINIAN
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 25. NO. 29 RALEIGH. N. C : SATURDAY. JUNE 11. 196 b PRICE 15 CENTS
Newsman Alexander Barnes Says
LBJ’s Cvii Rights Are Long Way Off
Over 200
In DC hr
2-Def Meet
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
WASHINGTON, I). C. - Most
of the more than 2,400 d< le
gates and the more than 400
newspapermen who attended the
two-day conference, called In
Lyndon B, Johnson, to • Ful
fill These Rights,” along with
many critics in and out of gov
ernment, are not much closer
to the realization of the Pres
ident's dream than they were
when the sessions opened at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel, last
Wednesday.
Floyd McKissick, CORK
head, stormed into town saying
the meeting was “rigged." He
threw a cog into the wheel as
e.u !y as Tuesday night and vow -
ed to take l-. 00 delegates out
of the huge bal room if the plan
ners did not make if an open
meeting. lie is said to hav<
won sop,.* points, but is i.
1 loved to have not succeede 1 in
making the Vietnam war a ser
ious concern of the conference,
as it relates to the issue of
civil rights.
The issue was tossed back
and forth in many of th* sessions
and many of the speakers at
tempted to say Johnson was
(Sec I,BJ's RIGHTS. P 2)
Federated
Clubs Os NC
Plan Confab
CONCORD - The Federated
Clubs of North Carolina will
convene in their 57th annual
session June 0 through 11 at
Barber Scotia College in Con
cord. Delegates from both wo
men and youth clubs from all
parts of the state are expect
ed to attend in large numbers.
A most interesting program
has been planned around the
theme, “The Role Os Women
Promoting and Maintaining
World Peace.”
Following the Executive
Board meeting on Thursday
evening, the night session will
(See NC FEDERATED, P 2)
JAMES MEREDITH SHOT: ASSAILANT NABBED - Hernando,
Miss.: James Howard Meredith, 34, the first known Negro
to graduate from the University of Miss., was shot Monday,
June 6, as he set out to Jackson, Miss., on a civil rights
march. He is shown here on the ground as Sherwood Ross,
right, and a police officer examine his superficial wounds.
Meredith declares he will continue the march as soon as he
is out of the hospital, but the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., Dick Gregory and others, began the trek for Meredith
Tuesday, from the exact spot where he was shot. Inset shows
James Norvell, who admitted the shooting, and has been
charged with assault to murder. (UPI PHOTO).
'' ■ IA I 1' , v.
i whts opened .it th* Sl.er.iton-Park Hotel June j with a warning from Vice-President Hubert
Humph!'--' tl .it : million \n.eric.m N * . nos are imp dient for full participation in the fruits
of tnr-rie 's affluent s : *cieY. and will m- longei be ''j acified” with token progress. Attendim
the (•i.nfeimnoo o. ml t-= ! : Bayard Rust in, Nov York. Gerald A. 1 amb, Connecticut State Tt ; sur
er; J. H. Jackson, Chicago: Lemuel Wells, special assistant to the M - or of Boston, and Bill
"tissell, no', roach of tin Boston Celtics bask* tb.ill team. (UPI PHOTOX
Highway Patrolman Prevented
Him From Attending Fish Fry
BY STAFF WRITER
\ \ out it: 1F 1 1" i p,! 11 a m contact
ed the managing editor "1 The
CAROLINIAN last v "ekend and
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;t nr’arc* .rinlinir Cu.
3. Tirat :t.
Louisvnla, Ky. . oorj;
related a story of mistreatment
seldom seen o: heard of in the
city of Raleigh or ii's close en
virons.
Richard C. Watson, 21, of
100." s. Person St., admitted
to the . l iter his embarrass
ment "lien Highway Patrolman
R. Y. \ileii, would not allow
him to n. ike a turn, although
he allowed all of the wlii'e mo
torists in front of Watson to
make the same exit off the
highway, leading to the State
Fairgrounds.
The incident * iccurred on Fri
day, June 3, about G p. m.
as Watson was leaving his job.
He had plans foi attending a
huge public fish fry, held in
St. Aug. Receives $300,000;
largest Single Grant Ever
President James A Boyer
of St, Augustine's College an
nounced recently that a Found
ation in the northeast has ap
proved a request for a $300,-
000 grant to the College, the
largest ever awarded the Epis
copalian institution at onetime.
He stated that the grant will
be used tor such things as
faculty salaries, faculty and
student scholarships, library
books, the Honors Program, and
remedial programs in all a
reas.
The award will be made to
St, Augustine’s in equal install
ments over the next five-year
period,
RECEIVES' ANOTHER 25
GRAND
St, Augustine’s also receiv-
YES Group is
Here To Help
Area Children
Anyone passing the Blood
worth Street YMC A late at night
may see a light still burning
In one of the officers. That
Is the office of Y. E, S. These
three letters stand for Youth
Educational Service, an organi
zation made up of young people
Interested in education. livtheir
tSrc vi s INVADFS. IS 21
r e, JL. i sf#
Attorney Richard Morgan,
National Education Association,
released the text of a telegram
Tuesday with reference to the
Willa Johnson case (a Negro
Classroom Teacher in Enfield)
as follows:
‘ Willa Johnson Case re
verses and remanded to the
District Court with instructions
to enter an order directing the
school board to renew her con
(*<■<■ BIT I I TIN" P. 2)
the Arena on the fairgrounds.
• He said further, “Cars com
ing from both directions on the
Hillsboro Street extension were
being allowed to turn off. The
three cars in front of me were
motioned to turn by the of
ficer, and when I had proceed
ed light, behind the last driv
er, he (Patrolman Allen) mo
tioned for me to continue
straight. I didn't think then
that he understood thai I v.js
turning off also, sc I told him
that I was turning.
"Ho replied again in what I
thought - 'very uni: i* •il
voice: T said keep straight”
Then lie ordered me to pull up
(See HIGHWAY COP, P. 2)
ed *25,000 from The Mai Rey
nolds Babcock Foundation, of
Winston-Salem to be applied to
ward the cosi of expanding the
science building and facilities.
This imount bring the total
amount the College has receiv
ed to expand the science build
(See ST AUG GETS, P. 2)
WKATH KR
Temperatures for the next
five (lavs, Thursday through
2 itnrtav, will iivi*r;ti;r near
normal. Normal hls’ h and low
temperatures will be 65 and
P"> decrees. Partly cloudy
weather will prevail during
the first part of the period,
followed by warmer weather.
Scattered afternoon and even
ing showers will occur on
Thursday, and -main near the
end of the period.
From Raleigh’s Official Police Files
m cin/m beat
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Wife’s Nose Is
Hurt By Hubby
Mrs. Maggie Smith Buffaloe,
54, of 1609 E. Edenton St.,
reported to Officer W, M. Park
er, Jr., at 10:03 a. m. Mon
day at Wake Memorial Hos
pital that she was being treat
ed for a nose injury.
The extent of the injury, it
was learned, would not be a
vailable until X-rays were com
pleted.
The woman delcared her hus
band, Sol Buffaloe, 67, same
address, hit her on the nose
with a chair during a domes
tic quarrel over some money,
A warrant was signed and
Sol Buffaloe was "hauled off”
to Wake County Jail on an as
sault with a deadlv weapon rap
and placed under a bond of
.*IOO.
Blade In
Chest Kills
Her ‘Love’
BY Cli 'I i 1 . JONES
• I.onnic Everett Atwater was
a big iv.an. Ho stood C feet,
three indies in his stockinged
feet, and weighed over 200
LONNIE F. ATWATER
pounds.
lornieally, his downfall came
at the hands of the woman he
loved and had dated for some
time. She plunged a knife in
to his left chest wall at about
9:25 p. m. last Saturday, fol
lowing a heated argument. Miss
Shirley Ann White, 22, the de
fendant, is out on **oo bond.
Atwater, 22, of 209 Lincoln
Court, was the child of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. At
water. His father is a form
er school teacher and bis moth
er is now employed at the Cary
Elementary School.
Nurse Barbara Edwards was
on dun, at v. ike Memorial Hos
pital mu i.iformi officers
answerim. !■■. <\Jl, short
time earlier, that young At
water’s l»iy had i.rrr.sd there
left che-- v. all.
Mjs- Wlritt, 23, of luM Man-
Ip St., rushed Atwater to the
hospital in hei own car, follow
ing the stable’!;: incident, ■ rich
ville Crossing,*’ because it is
onlv a a. ' arris from 'rail
road tracks.
This house is routed by Miss
Anna 1 aura Im ci--rto and Johnny
Atkins.
The woman who stabbed At
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Newspaper's
New Project
Offers Cash
In this ’-eek's C ARC! IXIAN
is a full page, two-color ad
ginninf et cms!; awards t it’s
readers. Eacii week, tut* an
indefinite period, The CARO
LINIAN il: award SSO in cash
to persons who pick up tickets
haring numbers that correspond
to those drawn at it's offices
ear 1 week. A wards '• ill con
sist oi s2"i in cash to the first
recipient; sls in cask to the
second recipient; andsloin cash
to the third number drawn.
Tickets can be found with a
different number in the thirty
stores cooperative with this
CAROLINIAN sweepstakes pro
motion. All yOtt have to do is
go by as man;, stores as you
like, pick up a ticket an i re
tain it mail the persons who
have the luck; numbers are
announced. Announcement of
the three recipients will be
made each week in this news
paper. Then- is nothing to.
buy. Only adults may partici
pate. Anyont is eligible in
Raleigh or from anywhere who
picks up a ticket from the stores
listed in this paper.
Stores participating are:
Sanders Ford, Raleigh Com
( See CAROLINIAN, I» 2)
''Slapped” With
A Wooden Slab
Thurman Spence, of Rt. 1,
Willow Springs, told Officer C.
R, Wilkin- .it 9;03 a. m. Mon
day, that he was visiting his
sister, Mrs. Virginia S. Con
yers at 822 I . I.enoir St., and
Leon Williams, 24, of Durham,
called him to come outside.
Once outside, Spence report
ed, Williams picked up a long
wooden slab and "slapped’'
Spence on the right side of
his head with it.
When the cops arrived, Wil
liams ran from the rear of the
residence.
A warrant, charging assault
with a dead!. weapon, is on
file for the Durfcarr.it*’ -. arrest.
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