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■ |4th. The National Guard and New Jerset state police ware called out Ju’y 14th ‘o aid Newark
W policy following the second night of disorder in this, New Jersey’s largest city. (UPI PilOTO).
INSPECTING - Straw-hatted Archbishop Thomas A. Boland “THE SPARK” - John W.
paid a first-hand visit to the city’s riot-torn Central Ward Smith, the cab driver whose
yesterday afternoon and said the Roman Catholic Church will arrest (July 12) sparked the
further step up efforts toward a better community, including violence which has rocked the
better community living standards. (UPI PHOTOX city of Newark for three nights,
CLF.VEIjAND, O.: Residents from the Hough Avenue area held a memorial march for the four
VN«groes killed in the riots a year ago. The paraders marched 20 blocks to the central playground
lf n%esre chicken and soft drinks were given out, topped off by speeches from Negro leaders in
as? m. <UFt PHOTOX
ERIE, PA.; City and state fire inspectors suspect arson which destroyed the M. P. Radov
C«rp, July 18. Six Negroes were charged ivl.h inciting a riot early July 19. (UPI PHOTO).
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SEARCH NEGRO HOMES - Negro girl turns
her head as armed National Guardsmen and
state policeman leave a house In the Negro
section of Plainfield July 19th, after searching
for carfetass and ammunition stolen from an
arms irndinr.
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■THE CAROLINIAN
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VOL 26, NO. 36 RALEIGH, N C. SATURDAY, JULY 29. 1967 PRICE IS CENTS
FATHER SLAYS
Parent
Blasts
Own Kin
ELIZABETHTOWN - This
farming section, all ready for
the open ing of the tobacco mar
ket, was shaken Sunday when
Archie Perkins, 54, unloaded a
shotgun into the heart of his
18-j’ear-old son Charles, killing
him instantly.
The senior Perkins told the
sheriff Charles threatened him
with a chair in the store which
he operates, and that after he
had narrowly missed him he
seized a shotgun and fired point
blank.
The sheriff’s office told the
CAROLINIAN the blast tore out
Charles’s heart. The sheriff
was not able to say what caus
ed the misunderstanding be
tween the father and son, but
said that Archie alleges he shot
in self-defense.
The accused mu"derer was
lodged in 'ho Bladen County
jail without bail and will be
given a hearing in Recorder's
Court Friday.
Funeral services for the slain
boy were scheduled to be held
at Martin’s Chapel Church
Thursday at 2 p. m. The
church is in the Martin com
munity.
The Perkins live In the New
(See PARENT, P. 2)
Governmental
Locking Poor In
WASHINGTON (NPI) - Gov
ernmental programs are lock
ing the poor in poverty, several
welfare leaders and a Con
gressman from Detroit have
charged?
Several leaders of the Ameri
can Public Welfare association
said -hat the $6 billion In relief
programs throughout the coun
try do nothing but shackle the
poor in the “dead end” of pov
erty.
J. M. Wedemeyer, Califor
nia’s former public welfare di
rector and director of the as
sociation’s project to improve
welfare services, said he was
jolted to learn that the “most
hated force (in the Watts area
of Los Angeles after the 1965
riot) was welfare.”
The administi ation of welfare
programs Is regarded as op
pressive, he concluded after
conducting a survey In cities
of 100,000 to 500,000 population.
Other leaders of the associa
tion noted that the poor are kept
Minister To
Stand Pat
GREENSBORO - The youth
ful Rev. Frank Williams, pas
tor, Mi. Zion Baptist Church,
seerns to have definitely made
up his mind that you cannot
win a fight running away from
it He vowed here Monday that
he was going to remain in the
house, bought by his congrega
tion, for he and his family.
The Rev. Williams has had to
resort to having guards keep
a vigil, even with guns, to
stave off those who would deny
him the right to live in the
521,500 home, which is in a
predominantly white neighbor
hood. He and his family were
harassed almost from the time
they moved in up to now.
After Rev. Williams an
nounced that numbers of his
congregation and well wishers
were keeping a “gun shot vi
gil” it has not been as pro
nounced as it was at the be
ginning. He has also had the
backing of D. S. Coltrane, chair
man of the Good Neighbor Coun
cil and others interested in fair
p’av.
It was the thinking of the min
ister that the trouble was being
motivated by outsiders, tat it
(See MINISTER, P. 2)
Editor's Note
The Carolinian's account in
last week’s edition of the spark
plug wires stolen July 15 from
a car parked at 421 Maywood
Ave. was incorrect, Thomas
Ivan Burt, 2719 Newsome St.,
was the owner of the 1960 Pon
tiac from which the wires were
stolen. Our apologies to Mr.
Burt.
SQUEAKS THROUGH - Alan Keyes, 16, of San Antonio,
Tex., (right) won election as president of Boy’s Nation July
25, at College Park, Md„, the first Negro ever to win the top
post in the American Legion-sponsored event. He edged
out Howard D, Burnett, of Pocatello, Idaho (left), on a 50-49
vote. (UP! PHOTO).
Tm Girls Charge Assault
Jostling could take its place
along the strange twist it® the
law, in North Carolina, jUtefe
“reckless eyeballing”
ny other seemingly ridiculous
Programs
Poverty
in poverty by the rule that
persons receiving welfare may
not have a side income.
They proposed a reverse in
come tax for the poor - in
which the federal government
pays them - as away of over
coming the “dead end” of many
of the nation’s poor.
Meanwhile, Rep. John Con
yers Jr. (D-Mlch.) charged that
“the federal government has, in
effect, legislated poverty for
17 million American workers.”
He told the Retail Clerks In
ternational association’s con
vention - whose members are
not known for their opulence -
that one ou‘ of every three work
ers earns less than $1.60 per i
hour, despite last year’s im- <
provements in the federal mini- 1
mum wage law.
“An hourly rate of less than
$1.60 does not result in even
the $3,130 a year, established
by the federal antipoverty pro
gram as the minimum neces
sary to keep a family of four
out of poverty,” he said,
“Ten million of those cov
ered by the minimum wage
law are not provided with this
minimum yearly income, while
another seven million are not
even covered by the federal
law."
The failure of the federal gov
ernment to use a coordinated
approach to the elimination of
poverty “is both irresponsible
and irresponsive to the needs of
the 17 million semi-emploved
Americans.” Any person who
must work hard every day and
<3e» PROGRAMS', PE)
From Raleigh’s Official Police Files
mt mm beat
EDITOR’S NOTE- It is a
gratifying reaction that there
is a dearth of news, as it ap
plies to crime in the police rec
ords, for the past weekend.
This column is made possible
for two reasons. The first
one is In the hope that publi
cation of crime, as it happens
here, will serve to diminish
crime, by exposing the offend
ers tc the public, in away that
will cause them to strive to
keep their names out, by not
committing crime. The sec
ond is to keep the public aware
of What is happening when it
happens.
Razors' Edge
According to the files Charles
E. Hinton, 215 Plum St., and
Willie Tabrcn, 305 Bragg St.,
decided to settle some differ
onces, with straight razors,
Saturday, while in the 800 block
or p ayehevute. The report
shows that they Inflicted several
charges.
Simmons Lee Park, 19, a
white youth, is charged with as
sault upon Darlene Louise An
drews, 1001 Parker St., about
11:15 p. m, Sunday at the Char
Grill, 636 Hillsborough St.
Miss Andrews, In & report
filed in the police records,
charge that she and Etta Ma
rie Rochell, 2205 Everette Ave.
went Into the place to get a ham
burger about the time listed a
bove. She alleged there was
a group of white men who ac
costed her with abusive lan
guage and some profanity. This
is alleged to have happened
while the two girls waited to be
served.
Miss Andrews’ report also
stated tha. one of the men
jostled her with his hips a
gainst the upper part of her
legs, It further showed Miss
Rochelle was verbally threaten
ed and told to leave or else
she would be beaten.
Officer B. G. Green is said
to have investigated the in
cident, but the arrest was made
by Detective E. O. Lassiter.
Park was required to make bond
(fcw .ASSAULT. F 21
Tutoring
Available
“The otic thing we’re trying
to do is to get poeple interest
ed enough to carry this on af
ter we leave.”
The speaker was Blanche
Ptrtzel and she w'as talking a
tout Youth Educational Ser
vices. Inc. (YES), an organi
zation setting up tutorial pro
grams fer educationally depriv
ed children in Raleigh and
throughout the state.
The Raleigh program is staff
ed by 'our volunteers, two Ne
gro and two white. They are:
Miss Putzell of New Haven,
tSi'C TUTORING. P 2>
wounds on each other. There
were a total of 126 stitches taken
on the two to mend the wounds
that the keen blades made. They
were sew ed up and carted to jail .
They are being held under $560
bond. (3«c enbat wt, *>. s)
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taking this week. The only
winner was Miss Eletea Jbhn
SON
Man Dies
In Gun
Accident
SEVEN SPRINGS - Russian
Roulette has claimed the lives
of many adventurous persons,
but John (Johnnie) Lee Whit
field, 24, was the victim of a
gun in his own hands Satur
day night as he played hide
and seek with the gun first
in his pocket and then under
his shirt.
Wayne County, Sheriff Bill
Adams, gave the following re
port at the self-murder. He
said he was informed that Whit
field was playing with the gun
while some men looked on. He
is alleged to have said, “I
can play with this gur. as much
as I want to for God is not
ready for me to die.”
It is further related that he
pwt the gun into his bosom and
ft went off. The bullet from the
22-caliber pistol is said to have
gone through the center of his
heart. After the shot Whitfield
is said to have taken a few
steps before falling to the
ground dead. The rescue squad
from Mt. Olive, 14 miles away,
arrived but was unable to bring
him back to life.
Whitfield was born in this
section and is said to have at
<»*■« ACCIDENT, r. 2)
Death Takes Eight Lives
In Automobile Mishaps
Even though there wereOTbr
tones at riots all over the na
tion last week and even some
cities in North Carolina were
threatening, there was no holi
day for death on the state high
ways. From Wednesday to Mon
day, eight race persons lost
their lives, as the ’result of
auto mishaps.
On Monday morning, at 1:30
Sylvia Dian Young, 16, 1308
LaSalle St., Charlotte, was kill
ed, when a car, alleged to have
been stolen, turned over several
times, on RPR 1395, about 1/2
mile west of Concord. The car
is said to have been spotted by
a law enforcement officer, who
gave chase. The driver is said
to have lost control.
On Sunday, at 7:10 p. m.,
Robin Ramona Collins, age 3,
whose address was given as 77
Amboy St., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
is said to have run into the path
of oncoming traffic, on N. C.
45 and RD 1446, 4 miles North
of Harrellsville, in Hertford
County, and was killed.
About 8 p. m. Sunday , 7 miles
south of Roseboro, in Cumber
land County, Cynthia Brooks, 12
2532 Riggs Ave., Brooklyn, N.
Y., was killed when the car in
which .she was riding is alleged
to have run off highway 242
and hit a power pole.
Cynthia was in a car with re
latives viio iad gone to Fay
etteville and were on their way
back to Clinton, when it was
discovered that something had
happened to the car, that caused
WEATHER.
Temperatures during the pe
rto<S Thurs Say through Mon
day wIU average below nor
mal. Daytime highs are ex
pected to average around *J
In the meuautins and along
the outer banks, and In the
middle and upper SSs else
where. lbows at night win av
erage around *# In tbe moun
tain* and the mid a«d upper
Site elsewhere, turning cooler
over most sections over the
weekend a»«t little change
thereafter. Precipitation will
total i-d to S-4 of an Inch, oe
cwrlwf at scattered Showers or
thunder shower*, aimoft. dally,
■oMf In the afternoon and
•wafac.
ma of 731 8, West St. Miss
Jctesesa jpAdfced up $lO Ittr ticket
»amh*r 8187, which she got
Rioting
Expands
In Tolls
NEW YORK (NPI) - Ten more
cities joined the growing list of
violence - plague communities
last week. AH but two were
in the North.
In city after city, it was a
repeat performance of looting,
sniping, and arson. Secretary
Robert C. Weaver of the U.
S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development summed up
Negro feelings about the dis
orders by ca”'ne them the in
evitable consequence of
“scores of decades of neglect,
discrimination, and depriva
tion.
Detroit was the major trou
ble area of recent days. Oth
» er cities hit were New Bri
tain, Conn.; Englewood, N. J.;
New York, Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Birmingham, Ala.; Cairo, EL;
Erie, Pa.; Fresno, Calif,; and
Minneapolis.
In addition to these cities,
rioting has struck Kansas City,
Mo.; Waterloo, Iowa; Hartford,
Conn.; Newark and Plalnsfield,
N. J.; during recent weeks.
Earlier disorders this year
took place in Nashville, Jack
son, Miss.; Houston, Boston,
A’lanta, Prattville, Ala.; Tam
pa, Fla.; and Buffalo, N. Y.
Os the 23 riot areas, all but
one was east of the Rocky
Mountains, and 15 were in
Northern or Midwestern states.
Only seven were in Dixie.
Rioting in the early part of
this year’s warm season tend
ed to strike Southern cities
even more than Northern com
munities, tat disturbances of
recent weeks, with the exception
of Birmingham, Ala.,andFres
no, Calif., were almost exclu
sively concentrated in the
north.
In most instances, the trig
ger in the events seemed to
be attempts of police to arrest
suspected lawbreakers.
Here is a roundup of the ra
cial disturbances that have pla
gued the nation's cities during
the last several days:
* * *
DETROIT - Rock-throwing,
looting mobs caused widespread
destruction in the West side Ne
gro section. The National Guard
(See RIOTING, p. Z)
it to need repairs and the driv
er was on his way to get some
-1 one to repair same when the
accideni occurred. It is alleged
that the car hit a power pole
after leaving the highway.
In the city of Wadesboro,
at 12:05 Saturday morning,
James William Moore, 25, Gra
ham St., is said to have walk
ed into the path of a car, caus
ing his death.
About 2 a. m. Saturday, Lon
nie Lee Mcßride, 22, was run
over by a car, while he is al
leged to have been lying in the
road, about 7 miles east of Mt.
Gilead in Richmond County.
Herbert W. Taylor, 44, 420
1 George St., New Bern, is said
to have been killed, when the
, car he was driving, on the wrong
, side of the highway 70, 3 miles
! east of Kinston, at 2:30 a. m.,
, Friday, met headon with anoth
i er car.
. The most tragic death oc
(*«• VISRAPS. r. 2)
Race Union
Gains Favor
BY ERNEST SHAW
1 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PETERSBURG, Va.-NIEU
’ what does it mean? The ab
breviation stands for Negro In
dustrial and Economic Union,
an organization which is seek
ing a meaningful and respect
-1 able posit ion to, the American
; Negro.
Jim Brown, former All-Pro
fullback of the Cleveland
Browns, is president of the un
ion, and John Wooten is Its
executive director.
NIFU’s goal is better jobs
and mov income for the Ne
gro, who lias long been one of
America's greatest consumers
but never the holder of econo
mically important or power
ful jobs.
The union does rot seek a
separate economy for the Ne
gro or for any other minori
ty group.
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