MARTIN STREET HOME BURNED - This picture shows th > ch irred
results of a fire which dumped the home of Mrs. Juanita McLean,
706 E. Martin St., Monday. The fire is said to have been caused by faul
ty wiring.
Local Fire Destroys Belongings
Martin Street residence got a
real scare Monday morning
when fire trucks raced through
the street at a high speed, to
706 E, Martin St., to put out a
fire.
It developed that the fire is
alleged to have begun, due to
faulty wiring, In the home of Mr
and Mrs. Clarence McLean.
At St. Paul's, ECSC
Presidents Retire
Dr. McClenney
Stepping Down
At Early Date
LAWRENCE VILL E, Va. -
The Right Rev. George Pur
nell Gunn, Bishop of the Epis
copal Diocese of Southern Yir
» elnia. and Chairman of the
board oi i rus
tees of St. Paul's
College, Law
renceville. va..
announced the
* forthcoming re
tirement of Dr.
lEarl Hampton
■McClennev, as
president of St.
iPaul’s.
In a letter dat-
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MCCLENNEY ed Nov. 11th, Dr.
McClenney infui med the Board
of Trustees of his desire to
retire by the fall of 1060, and
certainly by Sept. 1970, Acting
upon Dr. McClenney’s commu
(See PRESIDENTS, P. 2)
Murphy Says
"I Will Serve”
In an interview with the CAR
OLINIAN, when he was consid
ering the offer of the Mayor’s
_ Community ,R eiat ions Com
munity to be executive secre
tary, Attorney R. O, Murphy,
said, “Even though 1 enjoy a
good practice I believe this will
give me an opportunity to serve
more people.”
The 39-year ole! lawyer pon
dered the offer for some con
siderable time and finally de
cided that he would accept. This
is not the first time that Mur
phy has stepped out of his prac
tice of law, to work with civic
problems. He left a practice
in Wilson, some years ago and
journeyed to another city, where
he performed a magnificant job
and when he felt that he had
done the job, returned to North
Carolina and resumed the prac
ON
Clayton Powell, the Harlem Democrat exclud-
ed from Congress by his peers and threaten
ed with arrest ii caught in New York, thumps
the table and microphones as he makes a point
during a news conference after his arrival
Jan. 8. Powell was scheduled to make a speech
at UCLA Jan. 10 and said he would make a tour
of Watts during his stay. (IJPI PHOTO).
Mrs. McLean, frightened and
greatly disturbed, described the
fire in this manner “I was in
the kitchen cooking my break
last, when I detected a smell
ot smoke and decided to in
vestigate. When I reached the
bedroom, flames were streak
ing up the wall ” Mrs. McLean
was alone In the house, her
l)r. Ridley s
Resignation
Due June I
ELIZABETH CITY - Dr. W.
L, Ridlev, who has teen pres
ident of Elizabeth City State
College for the
past nine years,
sent a letter of
resignation to
[McDonald Rob
inson, president
|of the trustee
| board, Tuesday,
i The prexy told
Robinson that he
was asking that
| he be relieved of
his duties at the
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present school term.
The letter sot out the fact
that Dr. Ridley was resigning
for health reasons. He stat
ed that the duties were not
onl\ exacting physically, but
wt-re a drain on his emotional
tice of law, joining up with now
assistant judge of Raleigh City
Court, Samuel Mitchell.
Murphey felt that the job was
a challenge to him to have a
number of people move in the
direction, toward achieving a
better outlook on racial mat
ters The job will cause him
to work with people, listen to
their plights, chart their cours
es and above ail try to build
ar. image of mutual understand
ing for people, regardless of
background and mores.
The three man committee,
composed of James Reid, W. C.
Harris and Dr. James Cheek,
will serve as consultants, who
will enable Mr. Murphy to ap
proach problems with the know
ledge that the interest of all
the people in Raleigh will be
considered.
husband, a construction work
er, left earlier and was said to
have been on the job, when the
fire started.
Firemen reached the scene
and immediately began to ex
tinguish the flames and to pre
vent them from enveloping oth
er buildings. They succeeded,
(Set FIRE, P. 2)
Stewart
To Head
Project
R. Edward Stewart has re
signed his position as Direc
tor of Manpower Programs at
Operation Breakthrough, effec-
tlve Jan 12, to
assume the Di
rectorship of a
new project in
Durham entitled
Project Out
| reach. The new
■project will be
I funded by the Of
flfice of Economic
■ Opportunity and
■the Economic
Development
STEAABT
Administration and administer
ed by the National Business
League and its local affiliates.
According to F. V, Allison,
President of the Durham Bus
iness and Professional Chain,
a local chapter of the Na
tional Business League, Dur
ham was one of the seven ci
ties having a Director approv
ed by OEO and EDA for parti
cipation. The other cities were
Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus,
Detroit, Jackson and Los An
geles. Five other cities are
under consideration.
Stewart, holder oi a Master’s
degree from North Carolina
College in Business Adminis
tration, came to Operation
(See STEWART, F 2)
Durham's Lincoln Hospital
Raises More Than Goal
DURHAM - Asa T. Spaulding,
recently retired president ofthe
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, had nothing
but praise for those who came
to the aid of Lincoln Hospital,
long the angel of mercy for
Negroes of this tobacco town.
It is to be remembered that
less than four weeks ago, in
terested persons, led by Spauld
ing, decided they would do
something about the hospital’s
plight. The Sunday report show
ed that $lO7, 190 was raised
and .would be given the institu
tion to aid it in getting out of
its difficulty. The goal was
$103,000.
FROM RALEIGH’S OFFICIAL POLICE FILES
m atm but
ABSOLVED
This column carried a report from the files of the Raleigh
Police Department, last week, that Albert Purcell, 204 Bart St.,
was listed as a suspect for the theft of a portable bar, 'from!
the car- of Ronald Earl Marshall. Purcell informed the CAR
OLINIAN that he went to the police and cleared up arsy doubt
that he was the guilty party. Purcell further stated that he
was Informed by the police that he was not further wanted in
the case. This column is happy that Purcell cleared this
matter with the police.
SUSPECTS NEIGHBORS
Pedro Beckwith, 1415 Battery Dr., cannot account for some
one shooting at his house for a period of about 15 minutes,
Thursday, from 6:30 to 6:45 p, m. He reported to police that
his wife went upstairs, to a neighbor when the shooting be
gan. He was not at home when the shooting took place, accord
ing to the police report. Beckwith thinks that it might have
been some kids. The only damage said to have been done was
the breaking of a light bulb.
HIT WITH TUB
Carlyle Hinton, Rt. 1, Apex, told police that on Friday
9:20 p. m., he was talking to some people In the 700 block of
S. Bloodworth St., when Roosevelt Johnson, 313 E. South St.,
walked over and assaulted him with a tin tub. The assault is
said to have caused a laceration on the left side of Hinton’s
head, He said that he would sign a warrant.
BEATEN. BUT MUM
Harold Bailey, Rt. 3, alleges that he was hit in the head with
a beer mug, at 10p. m. Friday, He reported as having received
a cut on the head and a skull fracture. Hwould not tell
Officers Eatmon and Watson who hit him, (See cuimr beat, p. 3)
Selma Man And NCC Student
Found Dead In Vacant House
Ex-Shaw Prexy Is Buried
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VOL, 27, NO. 7
I C f I
_. aos Son i o beam
Charged With Rape
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DR. DANIEL
Served Va.
State Coll.
18 Years
PETERSBURG, Va. - The ed
ucational world, headed by
presidents of many of the na
tion’s college presidents, sat
with bowed heads and emotion
al faces as the Rev. Grady W.
Powell intoned the eulogy of
Dr. Robert P, Daniel, fifth pres
ident of Virginia State College
and former head of Shaw Uni
versity, in Virginia Hall Aud
itorium, Tuesday, 2 p. m. Bur
ial was in Blandford Ceme
tery.
The iate educator was pictur
(Sce SERVED, P. 2)
Spaulding did not say what
plans had been made to put Lin
coln on a paying basis, in light
of the fact that the money rais
ed would only pay the long stand
ing back bills. It was reported
that it has been running in the
red, to the tune of SIO,OOO per
month There was an outright
refusal of the county commis
sioners to give any help. This
Is believed to have prompted
the leadership of Durham to
busy itself and save the hos
pital ,
Spaulding said that only about
$26,140 of the cash total of
$107,190.28 was raised outside
_
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North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 13, 1968
Local Woman
Assaulted
In Early
Morning
Mrs. Betty Lou Golnes, 516
Dorothea Dr., had little trou
ble telling officers how she was
supposed to have been raped
by Johnny Atkinson, Friday
morning, at 12;30.
She alleged that Atkinson
came to her home, at that hour
In the morning, and used the
excuse that he wanted to give
her some information about her
husband. Mrs. Gobies related
how she permitted the supposed
news-bearer into the house, to
‘listen.
The alleged victim says, once
in the house his story chang
ed and she soon found that he
came for other purposes. On
making the real Intentions
known and not getting any co
operation from ner, she alleg
es that he pulled his kntfe on
her and forced her to submit to
his sexual wishes.
Johnny is going to have to
tell the court more than some
(See ASSAULTED. P. 21
SI,BOO
TakesLoof
“Any time a man comes in
with a sawed-off shot gun, push
es it in your stomach, and asks
for all of your money, you
don’t argue. ’• This statement
was made by Ronald Wayne
Manshack, an employee of the
Bryco Service Station at 100
Person St., when questioned by
CAROLINIAN reporters, con
cerning the armed robbery of
the station by two unidentified
Negroes. The Bryco Service
Station was robbed Friday
morning about 5:30 a. m. and
bandits escaped with about
SI,BOO in checks, cash, and
charge tickets.
Manshack, who lives at 408
New Bern Ave. revealed to the
CAROLINIAN that he was work
ing Friday morning as a "pinch
hitter’’ for his brother. “1
was pumping gas,’’ stated Man
shack, “When two men with dark
over coats came up. One ofthe
men was about 6’2” and had
a well groomed moustache. The
other man was about 6’7” and
had a “rough” looking face.
In a voice which seemed to
relive the eventsofthe robbery,
Manshack stated that the men
seemed to know exactly where
to look for cash receipts.
"Frankly, I don't remember
anything after one of the men
hit me with his fist and knock
ed me to the floor.”
Although Manshack checked
police Mug books, he could not
identify the two young bandits.
"All I can say, he concluded,
"Is that it was a pretty hec
tic experience, ’ ’
SWEEPSTAKES NUMBERS
809 - 7380 153! 8
WORTH SIOO WORTH sls WORTH S7O |
Anvone hivmg current WHITE tickets dated Jan 6 1968, with I
to The CAROLINIAN office and receive amounts listed above from the SWGF.J-S i AKE» Feature |B
Sweepstekes Pot Still Filling
The money in Sweepstakes is
still piling up. There is $lB5
In it for this week. This means
that the people of the Raleigh
area are missing out on a
chance to vein some money.
There was only one winner
this week. Mr. Howell Jones
had 6120 that he picked up at
|
MRS. SPENCER
G. Newell
Files For
W-S Board
WINSTON-SALEM - George
F. Newell, 60, associate pro
fessor of science and dean of
men at Winston-Salem State
College, became the first to file,
subject to the May 4 Democra
tic primary, for any office. He
paid his filing fee Friday, for
election to the Forsyth Coun
ty’s school board.
Newell is not a newcomer
to the city, having married the
former Virginia Kimborough
and having worked as a teach
er at Columbia Heights High
School and Atkins High from
(Sec NEWELL. P. 2)
Tenants Ponder Method
To Unfair New Treatment
DURHAM - The Durham
Housing Authority found itself
in the throes of another tumult
Tuesday, when members of the
"Tenants Steering Committee”
outlined certain demands that
they said had to be met before
any rent would be paid.
This appeared to have been
a wrinkle in dealing with un
fair housing. Ben Ruffin,
the controversial figure and di
rector of United Organizations
for Community Improvement,
said the dissatisfiedtenantshad
the money to pay the January
rent, but were told to withhold
same. A meeting was schedul
ed for St. Joseph AME Church
Tuesday, where strategy to
really implement the "rent
strike” was to have been formu
lated.
Ruffin is said to have admit
ted that* no meetings between
the committee’s representa
tives and city officials had been
scheduled to discuss the griev
ances. Carvic Oldham, execu
tive director of the Durham
Housing Authority, also said
that the committee had not con
tacted him, or any member of
his staff. Oldham has been
under fire, from the tenants,
Oak city Laundry and receiv
ed the nice sum of $45.
It is really easy to win. All
one has to dc to win is to vi
sit one of tiie stores found on
the Sweepstakes page and pick
up a ticket Compare the num
bers and see if you have the
right number. Remember you
PRICE Lsc
Knifed To
Death By
Mother
Mrs. Mary Ellen Spencer, 63-
year-old is being held' in the
Wake County jail, facing a mur
der charge, and the victim her
son, Allen, 34, lies in the mor
gue of a local undertaking es
tablishment, awaiting funeral
arrangements.
The slaying was leportedas
having taken place at the home,
333 Dorothea Dr., where they
both lived. According to the
police report, the two are said
to have argued Friday morning
and the mother brought a kit
chen knife into play and Allen
was knifed to death. Allen was
pronounced dead upon arrival at
Wake Memorial Hospital.
Det. Sgt. Horace Moore, who
Is investigatimg the homicide
reported that details were rath
er vague and therefore the cause
was not determined.
Ethel Lee Smith, 19 Dorothea
Dr. and Samuel Edward Spen
cer were listed as witnesses.
Fragmentary reports disclosed
that the two engaged in a fight
and it became very heated. It
was not ascertained as to wheth
er the son attempted to use a
weapon or not.
The dead man is reported
to have a wife, from whom he
Is said to be separated. There
is also a sister and brother;
who are believed to be in charge
of funeral arrangements. The
plans for same are not being
made to rapidly, due to the fact
that the mother is in jail and
other representatives are not
too familiar with the business of
the dead man.
It is believed that funeral
* plans will be completed and
Interment will follow. In the
meantime it has not been made
public when a hearing will be
(See KNIFED. P 2)
for sometime and has even been
asked to resign.
There were those who want
ed Mayor Grabarek to reacti
vate the special committee
which negotiated housing griev
ances la3t summer and eased a
tense situation, that brought
troops to the city. Persons
close to the situation feel that
the tenants mean business and
they are anxious that city of
ficials step in with an eariy
solution.
Meanwhile committee mem
bers reportedly were distribut
ing leaflets bearing a list of
10 demands to public housing
project tenants.
The forms apparently are de
signed for tenants to use in
{See HOUSING. F, 2}
FBI Head
Predicts Summer Riots
Washington, d. c. -j. Ed
gar Hoover, head of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation,
let go a broadside last week,
at extremists, like Rap Brown
and Stokely Carmichael, who
were bent on taking the Black
are entitled to only one ticket,
from a store.
The numbers and values are
as follows: 809 is worth $100;
7380 will give you sls, while
1531 is worth S7O. The tic
kets are white and dated Jan.
6.
Wanderer
Located
By Search
SELMA - Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon
for Frederick Douglas Smith,
38, son of a well-known local
family, who was found dead in an
unoccupied house, last Friday.
Friends and interested per
sons became alarmed after see
ing Smith enter the house of •
Mrs. Hattie Leach, hours
prior to the finding of his body.*
Knowing that there was no one
supposed to be in the house, a
searching party was formeS and
they entered to find that he had
succumbed.
Due to the fact that he was
not known to have been sick,
it was suggested that an autop
sy be performed. At press time,
the CAROLINIAN was unable to
get a report on same.
The deceased was the son of
Almond (Bud) Smith and the
former Selina Morgan, bothde
(Sce WANDERER, P. 2)
FREDERICK SMITH
Mystery’
Shrouds
Burning
DURHAM - A man, who is said
to have suffered third degree
burns, over 80 percent of his
body, in what was called a
non-consuming fire was re
ported in serious condition, in
Duke Hospital Tuesday.
Henry Edward Lee, 39, 412
Toby St., was taken to the hos
pital around 7:52 Sunday night,
for burns, after he had been
found on the porch of his home,
clad only in shorts and socks,
unconscious.
When firemen arrived they
are reported as making an in
vestigation as to the extent of
ttie fire and the cause. To
their dismay, they are said to
have not been able to find the
fire and only were able to detect
the odor of oil. They had rea
son to believe that the odor was
coming from a kerosene stove.
There were some people in
the house, who told the firemen
that they found Lee afire in the
hallway and dragged hirn onto
the front porch, where they
threw water on him to douse
the flames.
His wife told investigators
that she saw him lying in the
hall, but paid no particular at
tention to him, due to the fact
she had reason to believe that
he was intoxicated. She left
him in the hall and went to the
store. She also said that the
persons in the house wmre
friends of her, who were visit
ing her.
(See BURNING, P. 2)
Power image into the streets
of large cities, this summer
The nation’s chief detective
warned that America must rea
dy itself for the riots and dis
order by putting the lid on
such avowed leaders of violence
and disorder.
Hoover was expressing the
same idea that has been pro
jected by supporters of the Ku
Klux Klan, who say their tribe
has increased, all over the na
tion, as the result of disorder
in the streets.
Richard Nixon, working hard
for the Republican nomination,
for the presidency of the U
nited States, said in New York
Monday night, speaking at a Boy
Scout fund raising dinner that
the United States can expect
racial "war in the streets” next
summer. He continued "radi
cals are presently planning the
destruction of public facilities
and the bringing of great cities
to their knees.’’
The former vice-president
said his assertion was based
on "investigations that hstve
been made and reports on these
(St* predicts. P. 8)