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VOL. 25, NO. 44
KLAN’S SHELTON BLAMES 3
NEGROES FOR CONVICTION
Mv Race Reason For Move: Powell
W izard
To Appeal
Conviction
WASHINGTON - (NPI) - Ro
bert M. Shelton,, imperial wi
zard, United Klans of America,
has announced he will appeal
to the Supreme Court his con
viction for contempt of Con
gress.
He was found guilty on
charges of refusing last Oct. 20
to turn over Klan records to
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities.
He blamed his conviction, in
part, on the three Negro mem
bers of the jury which found
him guilty. "I don't think Ne
groes on the jury gave an un
biased verdict." he said.
The leader of the nation’s
largest Klan group was not be
hind bars, however. He was x el
(See WIZARD TO, P. 2)
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Veteran Employee Becomes Postmaster
Os Nation’s 3k Lamest Post Office
CHICAGO - (NPI) - ‘Who
is Henry McGee?" a newcomer
to the postal ranks asked with
curious sincerity recently.
"I’ll tell you who he is,"
a veteran clerk replied. "He
is just about the best darn post
man in the entire Post Office
department. He’s a good Joe."
Another clerk, when he learned
of McGee’s recent appointment
as Chicago’s acting postmaster,
offered the opinion that "He
will make a whale of a post
master."
Significantly enough, neither
of these clerks heaping praise
Dr. King’s Name On List
Os Charlotte Church Orators
CHARLOTTE— The United
Presbybterian Commission on
Religion and Race is meeting
here Sept. 20-22 with the Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
•cheduled to be among the
speakers.
The meeting, being held in
conjunction with the 100th
anniversary of Presbyterian
work In North Carolina and
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POSTMASTER OF NATION’S THIRD LARGEST CITY, SPONSOR AND WIFE - Chicago: Sen.
Paul Douglass (D-Dl) announces at a press conference here last week that the Post Office De
partment has approved the appointment of Henry W. McGee, left, as postmaster of Chicago.
McGee becomes the first Negro postmaster ever in this city. At right is Mrs. McGee. (UPI
PHOTO).
North Carolina *8 Leading Weekly
RALEIGH,. N. C., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1966
AND THIS IS AMERICA -Granada, Miss.: Miss AMat
Kimble, 19, blood streaming from a head wound, is led back
to a church last Wednesday by an unidentified marcher after
angry whites stoned 150 demonstrators here. Several per
sons were injured as violence erupted for four days in this
town of 8,000 residents. A federal court order this week
has put a stop to the stonings and beatings of Negroes.
(UPI PHOTO).
upon McGee even thought about
mentioning his race. McG<
is a Negro who rose from the
ranks to become the first of
his race to be appointed acting
postmaster of the sprawling
Chicago Post Office, which em
ploys more than 25,000 persons.
Chicago is the nation’s third
largest city, out-ranked only by
New York and Los Angeles.
His two rank and file sup
porters were concerned only
with his ability and the fact
that he is "a regular fella."
A 37 year old postal employee
who started out as a substitute
Virginia, brings together a
bout 60 Commission members
and staff personnel from all
sections of the United States.
The Commission is the policy
making body on matters of
racial justice and reconcilia
tion for the 3.3 million mem
ber United Presbyterian
Church. U.S.A.
PR. KING. P. 21
mail carrier and rose steadili
to become personnel director
for the Chicago region (which
covers Illinois and Michigan),
McGee’s appointment as Acting
Postmaster, effective Sept. 26,
was announced, importantly, by
U, S. Sen. Paul H. Douglas last
week.
At the news conference, the
"Senior (Illinois)Senator’’ pro
ceeded to express confidence
that Presidnet Johnson and the
Senate will approve McGee as
permanent postmaster.
The first man to rise from
the ranks to become Chicago
Postmaster, McGee, a man of
medium build with a roundish
brown face and a broad smile,
has two things going big for
him. He is a man of outstanding
ability and training and he has
the support of the rank and file.
The latter is extraordinary
for a man in McGee’s position,
for rank and file employees
are given to view officials on
"management’s team" with
suspicion. *
A well educateu man, who
holds a bachelor of science
degree from Illinois Institute
«Bee POSTMASTER. P 2)
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Thursday
Is Day Os
Decision
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell, flamboy
ant Harlem Democrat, fighting
to retain his power in Congres,
is not yet conceding defeat to
his confident opponents. A
showdown is scheduled
Thursday, Sept. 22. Powell is
chairman of the powerful House
Education and Labor Commit
t G G.
He has maintained that moves
to split the Education and La
bor Committee into two groups
and to shear him of influence and
authority would not have deve
loped except for his race and
for his defense of Negro rights.
He repeatedly has state d,
"They are out to get me."
The rebellion, organized by
Rep. Sam Gibbons, (D-Fla.)
is in ’he form of a prop
to turn the leadership of the
31 member committee over to
six senior Democrats who now
head sub-committees. Powell
would remain as chairman in
name, only.
Late last Friday afternoon,
Rep. Gibbons issued this con
fident statement: "I have the
votes and I challenge Powell
to be there at the appointment
hour. All it takes is 16 votes
and I have 16 plus."
Rep. Powell, jaunty as ever,
made it clear there would be
no surrender to the rebels,
but he did not contradict Gib
bons victory claim,
The New York Congressmen
and one of his leading suppor
ters, Rep. William Ayers, (r-
Ohio) ranking republican mem
ber of the committee, were con
vasslng both factions of the
committee in a search for sup
port.
REP. A. C. POWELL
Burn Cross
In Yard Os
N. C. Medic
ELIZABETH CITY - After
more than a week, no motive
has been discovered for the
cross burning Sunday morning,
September 11, on the front lawn
of Dr. Kermit Brown on High
way 17, about three miles from
Elizabeth City.
It was a mystery to the phy
sician and his family. Dr. Brown
stated he found the cross Sun
day morning after he had re
ceived a call from a patient
about 3;30 a.m. His office is
located in Elizabeth City.
The medic state, “I have no
thing concrete as to why the
cross was burned." He has been
a resident of Highway 17 since
last September. He also added
that a white family lives a
cross the highway in front of his
home, and one lives behind his
home.
(See BURN CROSS, F. 2)
Collision
Kills 5
lit Cnty
BY STAFF WRITER
FUQUAY- VARINA - Five
Wake County men, four of them
Negroes, being driven to a
farm to work last Sunday, were
killed early that afternoon when
the car in which they were tra
veling left the road on a curve
and overturned. All of the vic
tims are believed to have suc
cumbed to head injuries.
State Highway Patrolman
Willian F. White, who investi
gated, stated the driver was
Floyd Harold Honeycutt, a Cau
casian, prominent tobacconist,
businessman aid bondsman.
The passengers in the late mo
del convertible coupe were:
Lonnie Edward Lawrence, 19,
Jimmy Roy Harris, 19, Willie
Lee Moore, 23, all of Route 1,
Holly Springs, and Dalton Ray,
of Route 3, Fuquay-Varina, age
unknown.
According to White, the men
were being driven to Mr. Honey
cutt’s farm on the Bass Lake
Road when the accident took
place. It happened about two and
one-half miles north of Fuquay-
Var tna.
The highway cop said the car
failed to make a curve, crossed
over on the other side of the
road, where apparently the left
front of the vehicle caught on
a culvert, causing it to turn
over and spill the occupants
from the open-top Automobile,
The car then landed on its
wheels, about 15 feet from the
point it impacted with the cul
vert, pinning young Lawrence
beneath it,
In an interview with a re
presentative of the CAROLIN
IAN, Mrs. Honeycutt said Tues
day afternoon, that the Negro
boys were enroute with her
husband to their farm to do
some work,
William Manguin, an 11th
grade student at the Fuquay
Consolidated School, !iad been
riding his bicycle on the high
way for about a mile from where
the crash occurred, and stated
the car driven by Honeycutt
had sped by him only seconds
before and had almost gone out
of control on another curve it
attempted to make.
Constable George Under
wood, of Holly Springs, was one
(See WRECK KILLS, P. 2)
Lack Os Cop
Protection
Is Revealed
WASHINGTON (NPI)
Getting police protection from
criminal elements is a bigger
problem in the Negro com
munity than police brutality,
a survey released by the Sen
ate subcommittee on execu
tive reorganization has re
ported
According to the survey,
crime and housing are rated
as the two major problems in
the ghetto.
“The apparent meaning of
putting crime at the head of
the list is that more police
protection is wanted,” said
the report, prepared by John
F. Kraft, Inc.
The survey noted that even
in riot-scarred Watts, a plu
rality of those interviewed, 47
per cent, looked favorably up
on the police.
“The Negro, like anyone
else, wants to preserve his
family from harm, and for
this there must be adequate
police protection. . What ex
ists in the ghettos at present
is apparently a siuation
whereby a small minority
the criminals—tyrannize over
a large majority, making de
cent living all but impossible,”
The survey described the
“average Negro” as living in
“near-anarchy.”
An example of this need for
police protection was found
on Chicago’s Southside, where
parents in the neighborhood
of Betsy Ross Elementary
school were pleading for po
lice protection of their chil
dren as they go to and from
school.
Teenage gangs make the
streets unsafe in that area
especially for teenagers. Rival
gangs have declared war on
each others “turfs,” and. gun
fire is frequently heard.
Even the school principal
has put in an urgent call for
police protection at his school,
where beatings, extortion,
trespassing by non-3tudents,
and break-ins are an every
day occurrence.
"I can’t imagine any school
having any more of a prob
lem than we’ve had here,”
said William McNerney, Bet
sy Ross principal, as he plead
ed for at least one policemen
(Sec LACK OF, P. 2)
DEATH CAR FOR FIVE £N COUNTY - Pictured above is the late model convertible in which
four Negroes were reportedly being driven to work last Sunday by a white tobacconist, bonds
man, businessman, near Fuquay-Varina. (See story).
“I Could Not Stand It Anymore,”
States Popular “Sweet Bob” Rogers
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Bobby Rogers was a well
known disc jockey at Radio
Station WLLE. He came into
the offices of The CAROLINIAN
early Wednesday morning to
inform a newsman that he was
fired “between shows” and
re-hired, the same day. “Fin
ally I quit today” (Wednesday)
said the concerned Rogers.
“1 was accused of doing
something that I did not do,”
stated “Sweet Bob”, as he is
affectionately known to his thou
sands of fans throughout eastern
'North Carolina. “Everyone at
the station knew that I was
innocent of the charge (which
he chose not to elaborate on)
and some even tried to voice
an opinion in my favor, but
were not recognized.”
After completing his early
newspaper's
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in last week's CAROLINIAN
Sweeptakes, the amounts are
doubled this week.
Last week, each of the cash
awards were claimed-one man
and two women had the first,
second and third prizes, res
pectively.
This week, the first prize
money is worth SSO; second
prize, S3O; and third prize,
S2O. The participants In this
gigantic promotion are listed
on page 10 hi this week’s e
d it ion.
The general public (adults)
is urged to patronize Sweep
stakes firms and all CARO
LINIAN advertisers. In the par
ticipating store, you do not
have to make a purchase to
receive a ticket.
Save your Sweepstakes, ti
ckets, because the number you
have this week could be a
winning number next week.
Winning numbers for this
week are as follows: White
tickets, dated Sept. 17, 1966,
with number 2825 as ffrst prize,
worth SSO; number 621, second,
worth S3O; and number 1330,
third prize, worth S2O.
Remember, you may visit as
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Tar Heels
Chosen By
Loft Carey
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dr. J. C.
Hairston, Pittsburg, Pa., pastor
of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, was re-elected presi
dent of the Lott Carey Baptist
Foreign Missionary Convention
meeting here £t Macedonia Bap
tist Church, Aug. 29 - Sept. 2,
where the Rev. B. L. Brantley
is pastor.
Other officers elected at the
69th annual meeting where two
thousand delegates attended
were: Dr. M. L. Wilson, first
vice-president, New York, N.
Y.; Dr. R. M. Pitts, second vice
president, W in ston-Salem, N.
C.: Dr. A. W. Brown, treasurer,
Richmond, Va. ; Dr. J. Jasper,
Freeman, secretary, Norfolk,
Va. ; the Rev. Charles W. Ward,
assistant secretary, Raleigh, N.
C..: Dr. L. J. Shipman, statisti
cian, Youngstown, Ohio,
M. G. Wood, Baltimore, Md.,
director of promotion.
Regional vice-presidents
chosen included the Rev. V. R.
Matthews, for New York; the
Rev, D. A. Downing, the Dis
trict of Columbia; the Rev. J. F.
McMillan, Canada; Connecticut,
the Rev. C. J. Sargeant; Dela
ware, the Rev. J. D. Bussy, the
(See LOIT CAREY, P. 2)
morning (7-9 a.m. ) program,
“The Breakfast Show with Sweet
Bob,” Rogers declared he was
approached by “Big” Jim De
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NON-VIET FIGHTER GIVEN FIVE YEARS - New Jer
sey* Pfc. James A. Johnson, Jr., of New York City, walks
away from the General Court Martial building for a lunch
break last week during his trial for refusing to go to Viet
Nam. Johnson was convicted and given five years in prison.
(UPI PHOTO).
Slack Power” Confab
Called For Oct. 15-16
WASHINGTON - (NPI) - Con
gressman Adam Clayton Powell
of New York last week an
nounced that 169 delegates of
civil rights, nationalists and
other Negro organizations will
converge on Washington, D. C.
October 15-16, for a National
Conference on Black Power to
map plans for the political,
economic and cultural streng
thening of the “Black Masses.”
Powell, who represents the
predominantly Negro New York
Harlem district and Is chair
man of the House Labor and
Education Commitee, was listed
as the “convenor” of the con
ference.
The groundwork for the con
ference was laid by the first
planning session, Sept. 3. The
exact site for the main Oct.
15-16 conference has not yet
been announced.
Discussing the conference
which is to bring black people
from 37 cities, 18 states and
the District of Columbia into
session, Poweli declared:
“This will be a working con
ference. There will be several
EronL Raleigh’s Official Police Files
THE emm BEAT
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Drinking Mon
Gets Robbed
James Kendall, of 201 S, East
St., reported to Officers Nor
man Artis and James E. (Bob
by) Daye at. 11:57 a.m„ Satur
day, he had been drinking and
was walking In the 400 block
of Patterson Alley when he was
assaulted “by two or three co
lored males. 1 ”
The complainant, who said he
did not know either of his at
tackers, was treated at Wake
Memorial Hospital for lace
rations on the left side of his
neck.
He said the following Items
were taken from him .-one brown
billfold, containing s3l in cash,
and one pair of black shoes,
value unlisted.
laney, who became general ma
nager of the station last Fri
day,. “He fired me, but I was
(See DISC JOCKEY, P. 2)
panels to be announced later and
these panels will evolve plans
of action to mobilize the Black
masses in several areas under
(See "BLACK POWER,” P. 2)
Penalty Os
Death Is
Still Asked
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Au
thorities here are continuing
their four year effort to exe
cute 21 year old Thomas Wans
ley on rape charges.
Prosecutor Royston Jester,
HI, recently obtained a new in
dictment on charges thatWans
(See PENALTY OF,
Temperatures for the next
five days, Thursday through
Monday, will average four to
eight degrees below normal.
Normal high and low tem-
Eeratures for the period will
e SO and 50 degrees. Preci
pitation will total one-half to
one Inch or more, occurr
rlng as scattered showers dur
ing the beginning and again
about the middle of the period.
Doesn’t Know
Who Beat Her
Mrs. Florine Howa *d, 40,
of 416 Dorothea (Cannon Street)
Drive, told “the law” last Sat
urday at 6:14 p.m., that she
didn’t know who assaulted her.
She said it possibly could have
been her husband, Garfield Ho
ward, 50, same address.
Mrs. Howard did know, how
ever, that she was struck in the
mouth with hands and fists, re
sulting In lacerations on the In
side of her mouth.
Four stitches were required
to close the wound. The cop's
report said the altercation re
sulted from a quarrel,
No arrests were made.
(See CRIME BEAT, P. 3)