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'*ickei» ncKcnso - n«* r»b teachers Sept. 13 as the new school term continued in chaos as a result of the third day of teacher-resignations and picketing. Hopes were dim for an early settlement of the contract dispute between the United Federation of Teachers and the Board of Education. (UPI). bail Woman Accuses top In Arrest Mrs. Ethel Bass Watson, 115 Seawell Ave., convinced the judge oi City Court Mondaythat she *\vas not drunk when picked up by an officer, at the corner of Lane and Cooke Sts., Sun day night. Mrs. Watson alleges that she and her husband, Rufus, along with her 9-year-old son, Larry were on their way home, when a white policeman arrested her husband for being drunk. She alleged that when she went to try to talk, in defense of her Ahusband, that the police told her she was drunk and told her the was going to lock her up. She says that she protested and that he hit her in the face. According to her, she was charged with assaulting an of * fleer and being drunk. She al leged that at no time did she strike the officer. She said she attempted to tell him that she wanted to see that her son got home safe and that the offic er would not even permit her to give the key to her son. She alleges that she was locked up Sunday night and remained in jail until she was tried Mon day, When asked what happened to her husband, she replied, "He said he was going to plead guil ty and get the thing over. I told him and the officer I was not guilty and that I was going to tell the judge the truth., I told him just that, he turned me loose.” Rocked Boat fends Two To Bottom George McGregory, 540 E. Davie St., awakened from sleep Tuesday night and related how his step son, Thomas Farmer, Jr. 16, and Marvin Dunn, also 16, both students at Carnage Junior High School, met their deaths' in a watery grave, in Lake Benson, Saturday. Mr. Farmer began by saying, "If I had known this was going to happen I would have not gone fishing.” He then began by saying that Thomas was in the back of the boat dancing and rocking the boat and Marvin was only rocking the boat. "This he stated, "caused the boat to sink in the back and rise in the front.” This acti vity, according to the father caused the boat to go under, (See FATHER. F X) IN GARY ELECTION National Negro Vote Could Be Bedded GARY, Inc. (NPI) - Ail eyes | are on this city’s mayoral elec -1 tiots, which could decide wheth- I er the national Negro vote stays I aligned with the Democratic I party. Running in the election is i Richard G. Hatcher, 34, who | seeks to become the first Negro to be elected mayor of a large U. S, city in this century. | Hatcher has been repudiated j by the local regular Democratic [ organisation for refusing to condemn black power advocates I Stately Carmichael and H, Rap | Brown, But he drew national fund** I raising support from Vice I President Humphrey and a | group of liberal Democrats, I sensitive about what could hap- H pm to the national Negro vote m should Hatcher b@ defeated, & Until the election of Presi ff dent Roosevelt in 1838, Negroes f generally ted been aligned with *- the Republican party since the Civil War, The party of Lin coln was identified with eman cipation and Southern Recon struction, while the Democra tic party pursued a line more amenable to South segrega tionists. Roosevelt, however, wooed i Negroes away from the Re WOMAN'S DAY SPEAKER - Mrs. Millie Dunn Veasey will be the Sunday morning speaker for the annual Woman’s Day observance at the Grace AME Zion Church. Mrs. Veasey is the president of the Raleigh Branch of the NAACP. Every one is cordially invited to at tend this service. Convicted, But F reed DURHAM - Mrs. Emma Lou ise Umstead, 35, Gerard St., was cleared of the 1965 Christ mas shooting of her boy friend, Dossie Gray Hoover, 40, in the Tuesday session of Durham County Superior Court. The defendant did not take the stand and plead not guilty to a manslaughter charge which was heard by Judge W. H.S. Burgwyn, without a jury. The judge gave her a suspended sen tence and placed her on proba tion. She was also taxed with the cost of the court. Detective Lorenzo Leathers testified that Hoover was shot with a 22 - caliber pistol and that the bullet virtually cut his throat and then took a down ward turn, that destroyed one lung. The officer said that Hoover was taken to Duke Hospital af (See Convicted, p. 2) ["'SWEEPSTAKES NyIBERS l ! 8130 3088 7235 | i WORTH $25 WORTH $45 WORTH $lO \ '$ Yehow tickets, dated Sept. 18, ISS7, with proper number* present same is k to llie CAROLINIAN office and receive amounts listed above from the SWEEPSTAjkEs'FeBtui-e ", Sum mmmmm mm m m. mcm ** *s «*» m ML mm mm m'm asst $45 Paid I© Swtepsfite Wliitrs The writer dares not tell you, "I told you so,’- but somebody read last week’s article and de cided to do something about it. Mrs. Mary Kelley picked up 0900 and brought it into the publican camp with his "New Deal,.” The Negro-Democra tic linkup lias remained «vwr Cocwwdteo body to atogtog Om AaOrntt *« Wmetmi mpm President Jf, H. JwSkmm, Chicago, DL, and Vlee-PreslAmi Hubert Humphrey sice along. Vk» President Humphrey ad dressed the National Baptist Convention on September 8. VJPI}, Protestors Will March To Victory MILWAUKEE - Open occu pancy marchers have vowed to keep on demonstrating in white areas of this city until a strong fair housing ordinance is pass ed. That they mean business is evidenced by a nationwide boy cott declared against the Joseph Schiitz Brewing Company, the city’s largest brewery. The beer manufacturer was chosen solely because of its size, march officials said. The boycott, called by the Midwest NAACP, will at first affect the Midwest, then go na tionwide, according to march of ficials, who were determining that concrete gains come of their demonstrations. They recalled Dr. Martin Luther King’s open housing marches in Chicago which re sulted in a “summit confer ence” with civic leaders, a series of agreements, and little action. And they didn’t want the same thing to happen in Milwaukee. Girding for an all-out fight, civil rights leaders kept their marches from pitting whites a gainst Negroes by encouraging interracial participation. Marching at the head of the line were the Rev. James Grop pi, White Roman Catholic priest NAACP Youth Council advisor, and comedian Dick Gregory. According to Sidney Finley, NAACP quadrate director, "many whites” are among the hundreds of Milwaukeansparti cipating in the marches. "At least 800 people from out of town are here, and there are more on the way,” he added. The Milwaukee marches have turned out to be the biggest interracial demonstrations since James Meredith’s march (See PROTESTORS, P. 2) CAROLINIAN office and got her $25. It was as simple as that. She lives at 519 E. Lenoir St. Douglas McFarland, 549 E. Hargett, w'ho says it was his first time winning, got ticket number 1 1250. When he found that he had the right number since, with few exceptions. Coming elections so ay tall <*#• wm e. EX-TEACHER ROBS VA. BANK Vow To Keep Marching The Carolinian -————— North Carolina *» Loading Weakly VOL, 26, NO. 43 FOUR HELD IN MONDAY MORNING RAPE CHARGE Aid Given Nude Girl Raped 4 According to Deputy Sheriff P. L. Womble, McKeaver Dunn rendered an act of mercy early Monday moi’ning when he drove into the driveway ofLakeview County Club, off of Creech Rd„, about 2 a. m. The officer Is said to have reported that Dunn found Ifl-vr- '.I •.-***> *? LEE old, Miss Bar bara Elaine Debnam, whe gave her ad dress at 419 Watson St., but a vis it to the house revealed that her mother lived there and according to her mother she lives at an address unknown to her mother, some where on Newbem Ave,, in the nude, screaming for help. ed that she was unclad by four men, beaten, raped and de serted. She is alleged to have told W’omble that she was taken there by James Otis Blount, 22, 512 Chamberlain St. She is said to have related CARR how the four men remained at the club after all the guest had gone. It was alleged that she insist ed that Blount carry her home, due to the lateness of the hour, but he refused. She is said tc have alleged that instead of tak ing her home, someone turned out the light and she was thrown into a corner. Her clothes were torn off and when she attempt ed to protect herself, she was beaten by the four men, with their fists. (See RAPE. P. 2) he came in. He got S2O. You can be a winner too. First you have to get a CAR OLINIAN and check the num bers, shown above. Go to one of the many stores iisted on the Sw'eepstakes page, or more than one. It depends on what you are buying. If you find that you have need of some thing sold in all of the stores, go to all of them, make your purchase, pay your bill and ask SWSS3PSTAKKS, ?. 2) RALEIGH, N. SEPTEMBER 73, 1067 , _ i .... .... ”, —. . ~, SUBMITS OPEN HOUSE ORDINANCE - Milwaukee: Alderman Vel Phillips submitted her open housing ordinance to the Milwaukee comm cm council for the fifth time Sept. 19. Another proposal by Mayor Henry Maier. The council failed to vote on either of the two and they were sent to the city attorney’s office to rule on the constitutionality and legality of the proposals. Civil rights demonstrators have marched for 22 successive days for open housing here. Father James Groppi, (right) advisor to the youth council x>f the NAACP and other council members listen to Mrs. Phillips. (UPI PHOTO). Churches Redeem Crusade linage MILWAUKEE - Churches of all denominations - often ac cused in the past oi avoiding social issues -- have turned out to be the most avid supporters of this city’s openhousingdem onst rations. Led by the Rev. James Grop pi, the marches have been back ed by church groups ranging from the National Council of Churches to the American Luth eran Church and the Missouri and 'Wisconsin Synods of the Lutheran Church. Chicago’s Catholic Inter racial Council has set more than 30 members to Milwaukee to participate in the marches, William E. Cousins, Roman Catholic archbishops of Mil waukee, has given qualified sup port to the marches. And the Catholic Diocesan Priests’ From Raleigh’s Official Police Files The Crime Beat Suspected Lawrence Hinton, 25, 713 Cumberland St., had the finger of suspicion pointed at him by one James Graham Roberts, who is said to live at 428 Morrison Ave. Roberts is al leged to have told police that a business place, 319 S. Per son St., was broken into by physical force and change was removed from within. He re ported the crime as one of breaking and entering-. * * * Caught This Time The person listed above as being suspect is said to have been caught this time. The same complainant, James Graham Roberts, told the police another story on Lawrence Hinton, which caused him to be charged with larceny on auto, according to police records. It seems that Fletcher Hin ton was awakened out of his sleep, by the noise of an auto mobile due to the fact the car was being driven in a reck less manner, according to police. Fletcher Hinton is re ported as having looked out of the window and recognized it as belonging to Roberts Arnco Station. At this point Roberts is brought into the matter. Hin ton is alleged to have called 'Roberts. He identified the car. It is said that there were two men in the car, but the polios were only able to detain but one. The other Is said to have escaped the clutches erf the tow, (See Crime Beat, p„S) WEATHER Temperatures tfts ft rissS Thuratajr SAreagfe Sftaa d&jr Win average near wemuil, w»l» a sontinuat warm treats. Oeyttfee itlfKi mil vwag* ta she maw® rn, mtthttimt tews wnl he in the Sewer We. S'HWtjrfifctJae wOS total §& jib. inch or mom oee«**M»* ws ftww pt urMeiy scatwMwa Rtiuriw mtewasa. Senate voted, 21-7, to support Archbishop Counsins’ refusal to take action against Father Groppi. Jewish rabbinical and Lay groups have also backed the demonstrations. In supporting the marches, the Lutherans, broke with their tradition of avoiding pronounce ments on social issues, espe cially those as explosive as open housing. The church took an ad In Mil waukee newspapers declaring that “individuals are free to engage in such demonstrations as are lawful under the U. S. Constitution and as may help to focus attention upon racial issues.” An Influx of clergymen from coast to coast has swelled the ranks of the marchers, who have vowed to continue their demon strations until Milwaukee gets a fair housing ordinance. Father Groppi specifically called on the nation’s clergy men to take part In the dem onstrations. And the National Council of Churches, one of the country’s largest religious bod ies, asked member churcEes t© send representatives to the Milwaukee marches. Some churchmen were parti cularly interested in participat ing in demonstrations because they did not want to see the civil rights movement lose its HUD To Push Women’s Plan Secretary Robert C. Weaver of the U. S. Department of Hous ing and Urban Development to day announced the first urban Turnkey project which includes home ownership by low-income families. Tiie Turnkey process now will have three phases - Turnkey I is the development of low-income housing by private developers; Turnkey H is the private ma&Agesnfint of public housing: Sept. 18 at e 'Senate touring room, demanding that the entire VOtom Commto«e memtoyjfeip hoar their protest against House-passed welfare curbs. Chairman R«s»« & uasag, and Sen, Fred Harris,, D-OMa., listen to the protest far a while. ****» telling newsmen it was up to Capitol Police to ciedr the hearing room. (UrefPHQf O). PRICE 15 CENTS non-violent character. As the Rev. David Benedict, Methodist pastor from Bayport, L. 1., put it, after arriving In Milwaukee for the marches: (See IMAGE, P. 2) [astern Stars Raise $10,376.15 In Meet CHARLOTTE - The 66th an nual session of the Grand Chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, an affiliate of the Most Worship ful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, of the Jurisdiction of North Caro lina, Inc., held its annual meet ing here recently, in the White House Inn. The host Chapters were Deb orah, # 424 and Golden Hue, # 15, They are led by Worthy Matrons, Thelma Clawson and Queen E. Roundtree, respec tively. Mrs. Jessie B. Mc- Cain is the Grand District De puty and has charge of the 14th district, in which Charlotte is located. Mrs, Maggie L. Strong, Ayden, is the Grand Worthy Matron and presided over the sessions. A fitting welcome program was held in the first night and the Stars were given a warm welcome to the Queen City. Turnkey 133, home ownership. The proposed development, initiated by the National Coun cil of Negro Women, will be located in North Gulfport, Miss. It will consist of 200 detached three, four, and five-bedroom homes and also will contain a center for day care, recreation, meetings, and other community services. Development through Turnkey I wait be carried out W-S Grad Held For Hold-Up DANVfLLE, Va. - The hasty retreat of Herbert Hope, 37, a graduate of Winston-Salem State Teachers College and a member of the local school system between 1960 s&d 62, attracted the attention of Er nest Rowland, white Insurance man, Monday afternoon, and re sulted in Hope being arrested for armed robbery. The report of the incident began by saying that Hope en tered the Riverside Drive Branch of Danville Security Bank & Trust Company about 1 p. m., closing time. It furth er alleged that he held the bank up and was attempting to escape when Rowland's attention was attracted by the swiftness of his departure. Without any knowledge of what had been done at the bank, ac cording to the report, Rowland gave chase in his car ando"er <St* TEACHER. F. t) Durham City Worker Dies In Accident DURHAM - Otho Belvin, 46, 610 McLaurin Ave., was the death victim of the tractor he was operating, while cutting grass here Tuesday morning. Belvin, a veteran employee of the maintenance department, was crushed to death about 11 a. m., as he was using the trac tor to mow' grass and weeds, along the bank of Elerbee Creek, one mile north of Club Boule vard, An investigation revealed that the tractor fell in the creek, when it got too close, into five feet of shallow water. It furth er disclosed that members of - the crew, working with Belvin, immediately pressed another tractor into service, in an effort to rescue him. The second tractor lifted the other tractor off of the victim. It was found that his head and shoulder were buried in the sand of the creek bank. Belvin died almost instantly, having suffered a sustained crushed chest, fractured skull and broken limbs. Deputy ~McCain served as mis tress of ceremony. Dr. J. W. Smith had charge of the devo tions. Others who appeared on the program were: E. E. Wad dell, principal, West Charlotte High School; James T. Bunch, asst.-Supt, of Charlotte-Meck lenburg Schools; Mrs. Sylvia Lockhart, local Eastern Stars; Rev. H. W, Owens and W. H. Brym, Ministers’ Association. Councilman FredD. Alexand er, Grand Benevolent Secreta ry, introduced Mayor Stanford R. Brookshire, who extended the wishes of the city for a plea sant stay and a profitable con vention. There was a chapter of Sorrow, conducted by Worthy Patron D. A. Costner. The eu logy was delivered by Rev. A. E. Hudson, Grand Chaplain, Mu sic was furnished by the Se venth Street Church Choir. The first day was devoted to JSee EASTSKN STARS, S’. by the Collins Building Service of Gulfport. Francis X. Col lins, Vice President of the con struction firm, is pest pres ident of the Mississippi Home Builders Association and a Di rector of the National Associa tion of Home Builders. Management of the homes, through Turnkey 11, originally will be by an interim manage ment organization, the Harrl ' (««« HLMt. *•. 81
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