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ENEMY REMOVED - Saigon: Body of slain Viet Cong
suspect is dragged away from a government billet by two
South Vietnamese soldiers, here Jan. 31, during Communist
assaults on allied installations.
JEf:r ATTACKED - u> s. Vietnam: Vietnamese
civilians run past body of man who was killed when jeep
(background) carrying goverpment troops was ambushed by
Viet Cong terrorists during Communist attacks here Jan.
30. A Soutli Vietnam major and his driver were slain in the
ambush of the jeep.
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SUSPECT SURRENDERS - Saigon, Vietnam; A Viet Cong
suspect, believed to be one of the suicide squad members who
stormed the U, S, Embassy and occupied part of it ior a short
time Jan. 31 (Saigon time), is being taken to a jeep by Ameri
can Military police during fighting that raged in scattered
parts of the city.
CIVIL WAR IN NIGERIA - Umuahia, Biafria* Biafrifua*
troops man a Czechoslovakian jeep-mounted machine gun
here Jan. 27 to guard against Nigerian air attacks as Biafrl
an military leader Lt. Col Odumegwu Ojukwu addresses his'
consultative assembly in a nearby building. Ujukwu told a
UPI correspondent recently that secessionist Biafrta would
welcome intervention by the United States to end the six
month-old civil war between Nigeria and Blair a, the name taken
by the eastern region ot Nigeria when it seceded last July,
Bold Bank Robberies Gripping State
1 In Prison
3 Jailed
2 Sought
Bank robbing, espe
cially in North Car
olina, 'looms as a new
lure to Negroes, but
up to now most of them
have been caught o r
are being closed in on
fast.
James EdwardNesbit,Dur
ham cigarette salesman, was
given a 15-year-prlson-tprm In
U. S. District Court Monday
for the robbery of a Rocky Mount
bank, Dec. 27. He pleaded
guilty to armed robbery. He
was charged with having taken
$13,041 Practically all of the
money was recovered, in the
trunk of the car he drove for
the American Tobacco Com
pany.
The fad has even gripped wo
men it is alleged. Terrie Lee
Rogers of Sharpsburg, 20-yr
old unemployed tobacco worker,
was placed in jail for the alleg
ed robbery of a Sharpsburg
bank, on Jan. 15. The rob
bery is supposed to have net
ted $14,051. None of this sum
is said to have been recov
ered
Allan Ray Grimes, 38, of
Goldsboro, was caught in Colo
nial Heights, Va., where he is
said to have been arrested Sat
urday. There were conflicting
reports as to why he was ar
rested in Virginia City. There
was one report that he was ar
rested on a traffic charge, as
(See ROBBERIES, P. 2)
Mitchell
Supports
Program
“Become involved and not ac~
' quiese to the power structure,
which is politics,’’Senator Cla
rence Mitchell IJI of Mary
land, told students 01 st. Aug
ustine’s College, Tuesday at the
All College Assembly. “Poli
tical Power runs our country,”
and Black People must recog
nize the power of vote.” Young
educators must aspire to the
best that the country has to of
fer, and work in the areas where
they are needed.
The speaker stated that peo
ple like Stokely Carmichael and
Rap Brown are capturing the
masses because the young col
lege trained Negro youths have
turned their backs on the mass
es in the ghettos.
The "Black Power” doctrine
as advocated by Carmichael and
(See MITCHELL, F 2)
Palm er Menmb Femhm
In ixmmthn Attmk
The recent squabble over
cheating in examinations, given
to teachers in North Carolina
and the announcement that there
will be more cheating, raised
the ire of E. B. Palmer, exe
cutive secretary of the pre
dominantly Negro body--North
Carolina Teachers Association,
He let loose a broadside, this
week, at those who would re
quire teachers to take the Na
tional Teacher Examination as
a requirement for teacher
certification in North Carolina.
The Board of Directors ot
the North Carolina Teachers
Association, in a head on con
frontation with the issue, Dec,
IC, 1067, voted unanimously to
abolish the practice of such exa
minations. He gave the follow
ing reasons.
!.• The use of these exami
nations serves as a block to
teacher certification. Failure
to perform satisfactorily on the
National Teacher Examinations
could prevent students with good
scholastic records and super
ior teacher potential from
working in North Carolina, The
tests have the unwholesome ef
fect of imposing a straight jac
ket on the requirements for en
tering the teaching profession in
North Carolina.
2. These tests discriminate
against persons who come from
adverse economic, social, and
cultural environments, inade
quate elementary and secondary
Housing Probe
Reveals Bias
ASHEVILLE - Persons who
have watched the developments
in the Hillcrest Community-
Housing Project have termed
ihe policy the most ruthless
ever used,
Charles McLean, field repre
sentative for the NAACP told
the CAROLINIAN that the peo
ple affected had every reason
to rebel A copy of the lease,
that people, who rent under
the terms of the Housing Au
thority of the City of Asheville,
reveal some startling facts.
Because of the prevailing
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REGRETFUL DEPARTURE - Newington,
Conn,: Susan and Jenifer Duncan (L) greet
Elizabeth Enemo of Nigeria at the Newington
Hospital for Crippled Children. Four year-old
Elizabeth is preparing to return to Nigeria
after a long stay at the Hospital to repair a
birth defect that had twisted the child’s mouth
in a grotesque way. In such a condition,
tribal tradition declared the child be slain or
trained as a fortune teller. (UPI PHOTO).
schools, and colleges which
have been operated with mini
mum facilities and budgets for
decades. Unfortunately, Ne
groes have been victims of these
conditions and circumstances.
3. It was not the intent of
the Educational Testing Service
for these tests to be used by
state and local school systems
for teacher certification. At
the most, they can serve only
diagnostic purposes.
4. The ability to write test
answers does not insure the abi
lity to perform effectively in
the classroom.
5. We are convinced that a
single test cannot be relied upon
for a state judgment that has
the force of laws.
Palmer presented other
points to support his con
tentions, but continued to come
back to the point that Negro
teachers would not reap the
needed benefits, by being forc
ed to take the examination,
(See PALMER, P. 2)
Rev. W. Lee
Strikes Back
STATESVILLE - Rev. Wil
son Lee, militant Baptist mini
ster, and J. D. Myers, Chief
of Police, have exchanged let
ters in the past two weeks that
give different versions of an
incident that touched off racial
overtones, last July.
The Rev. Mr. Lee, in a let
ter, carried in its entirety, in
the January 27 issue of the
CAROLINIAN, charged that
Chief Myers held an arbitrary
hearing on charges, brought
by Negroes, against a white
member of the Statesville Po
lice, one Dalton Brown, for
having kicked a Negro boy and
for having slapped a Negro
girl twice. The charges were
made as the results of clashes
between the police and Negroes,
who insisted on using a laundro
mat, which did not permit the
use of same, by Negroes.
The letter of protest brought
a prompt reply from Myers,
which is as follows;
(See Rev. Lee. P. 2).
North Caroline’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1968
[TweepsT^
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a WORTH $175 WORTH sls WORTH $lO \
L Anyone having current WHITE tickets dated Jan. 27, I£6B, with proper numbers, present same
to The CAROLINIAN office and receive amounts listed above from the SWEEPSTAKES Feature P
l©is@wifis ill Sweepstakes
force f u 11 ne s s of the
Sweepstakes, made possible to
the people of the Raleigh area,
by the listed merchants and the
CAROLINIAN, is best told in the
fact that two housewives picked
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FROM RALEIGH’S OFFICIAL POLICE FILES
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YOUTH STABBED FRIDAY
James Larry Avery, 13, Rt. 2, Auburn, is said to have been
stabbed Friday, at 5:55 p. m. by an unidentified person, ac
cording to a report he is alleged to have given Officer R L
Johnson.
The report avers that Avery received a stab in his lower
left abdomen and that he received cuts on the right cheek, in
the groin and on the leg. He alleges that a knife was used to
inflict these wounds upon him, at 410 S, Blount St,
Not only was Avery unable to point out his attacker, but
to the police report he was not cooperative with the
police. He was reported as not answering questions about his
attacker. He is alleged to have been advised that since he
knew what the suspect looked like he could sign a warrant.
The report listed Harvey Williams as a suspect and is al
leged to have stated that Avery had been drinking.
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WILBERT EVANS WANTED BY
SMITHFIELD OFFICER
Wilbert Evans, whose address was given as 320 S, East
St., is said to be wanted by Smith field police on a felony
charge.
. SgE William A. Young, Smithfield Police Department, is re
ported as having asked, on Friday, that Evans be seized and
detained, on a warrant that charges he was in possession of
burglary tools and that he attempted to break and enter.
Evans was described as being 6* 2*' %veighing 210 lbs, and
supposedly having an L shaped ,?car on his left arm.
BEATRICE BRIDGES I)II) NOT
THINK IT RIGHT
Beatrice Bridges, 1016 Walnut St., did not think it was right
for Eddison Waters, 310 E. South St., to beat on her with his
hands and fist, at 0:80 Friday afternoon.
She proceeded to complain to Officer Godwin about tiie
treatment she received from the hands of Waters. She let it
be known that she would sign a warrant, tsee t heat, r i*
Truesdale Calls Mate
Then Fires Away
From the hall of the
Wake County jail Shan
non Truesdale, 38, 412
E. Martin St., known
as “Shaney” told his
story of how he shot
William Burnett, 23,
14i29 Sawyer’s Lane, at 6:10
Saturday evening.
Truesdale told a CAROLIN
IAN representative that he had
not been home,
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“SHANEY”
from work, too
long, when h e
heard Burnett,
out in front of
his house curs
ing He said that
he went out an
the front porch j
and told him h& j
would have tol
move on, with*
that cursing. He
alleges that Burnett told him he
was not going anywhere and told
him to make him move on.
Truesdale’s story continued
by him saying that Burnett
started up on the porch, with
his hands in his pocket. “I
did not Vrv-w whai he had in
ms pock ’t and w'.ut he was
going to so I shot him,”
said Truesdale.
The representative contacted
the Wake Memorial Hospital
and was told that Burnett re
quired intensive medical care
and was in a fair condition,
Tuesday afternoon.
“Shaney’s” story did not
quite agree with the report of
the police. This report read
that Mary M, Jones, same ad
dress, and Senora Truesdale
up S4O this week.
Mrs. Louise Haynes, 1417
Garner Road, received ticket
#1260 from Triangle Appliance
and got S3O for same. It was
not hard. All she did was to
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stated that they were at 31C
Love’s Lane talking, when
Truesdale came out on the porch
and shot Burnett, with a 22
rifle. The report said that
Burnett was shot in the right
chest and the bullet came out
the lower left side of his body,
Truesdale said that Senora
Truesdale was his wife, but
they did not live together. He
also said that Mary M. Jones
was a roomer in the house,
in which he lived.
A call to Mrs. Truesdale re
vealed that “Shaney”calledher
and fearing that he would shoot
her, since he had the rifle
pointed directly at her, she
started back to talk with him.
According to her, Burnett was
making an attempt, to keep
“Shaney” from shooting her.
(See •SHANEY” P. 2)
Hawkins Stops Gibbs’
Threat With Firearm
It is apparent that Willie
James Hawkins, 547 E. Hargett
c t ', had what if
took to stop the
ranting of Jt.sse
James Gibbs,
52, alias, Johrnj
Gibbs, Saturday
afternoon.
According to;
statement math
to Officer Joltr I
son, by Hawklr .>
describing the
actions of Gibbs,
fl
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H AWKINS
at the above address, 3:45 p.
m., Gibbs went on a reign of
go in the store arid after she
had finished her business, she
asked for her ticket and got it.
She compared the number with
those on the front o the pap
er and that was it. It was the
first time she had won.
Mrs. Mattie Sanders, GO" S.
East St ~ was another first time
winner. She got her ticket at
Carter’s Furniture. Itwasgood
for $lO.
You can be a winner. The
CAROLINIAN makes the money
available to persons who visit
the stores listed. Certainly
you are buying everything from
soup t'o nuts and the stores
listed on the Sweepstakes page
carry everything from soup to
nuts. Since you have to have
the things for yourself and fam
ily, why nut trade with one of
the stores that solicits your
business, thru the columns of
your newspaper, the C \ROLIN
IAN,
This is another public serv
ice feature of the newspaper.
Your visit to one of the stores
shows that you have faith in
the paper and It also shows
that you want to spend your
money with people who recog
nize the value of your money,
by soliciting your business, thru
the columns of the paper.
Not only does the CAROLIN
IAN urge you to buy from these
firms, but it asks that you tell
your neighbors and friends that
they can win extra cash, by
buying from one of the Sweep
stakes participants.
There are two newcomers to
the list this week, Wrenn Elec
tric Company,| 404 Glenwood
♦venae alfd f*.tural Health
Foodit, 8 last Hargett St. There
is al%> t!te return of Thomp
san-L«ich,«2o west Hargett St.
The men bens an* values are as
'Twelve
Fast Speed
Kills Two
Near Selma
Os the. 98 persons
who has been reported
as having lost their
lives, as the result of
• traffic mishaps this
year, 12 are listed as
Negi’oes The January
rate is running less than Jan
uary 1967, but the Highway
Department says there are still
too many losing their lives,
due to absolute carelessness.
The most grusome accident,
taking the lives of two men
Saturday, on 1-95, 1 mile south
of Selma, was related to the
C AROLINIAN, by a person who
visited the scene, minutes af
ter the fatal mishap,
The informant told the news
(See SPEED, P. 2)
Hi Woman
Ignored By
Top Police
JAMESVILLE - The blood
that failed and caused the death
of the mother of two sons, serv
ing the United States on two war
fronts, could easily cry out ov
er the world and certainly in
North Carolina, from her grave,
protesting the wrong done by po
lice officers of Williamston,
(See SICK WOMAN, P. 2)
terror
It was alleged that Gibbs be
gan slashing people with a knife.
lUk report says
that Gibbs had
cut two people
and that he was
drunk when he
started up the
stairs to cut
Hawkins. See
ing that Gibbs j
still clutchedthel
knife in his hand,!
Hawkins alleges*
that he told
GIBBS
Gibbs to stop or he would shoe*
him.
Hawkins alleges that Gibbs
did not stop and he then shot
Gibbs, with a 22 rifle. Doro
thea Newson, same address,
was listed as a witness. The
report shows that Hawkins was
arrested, but no mention was
made of the two persons said
to have been cut by Gibbs, or
what happened to him.
A telephone call to Wake
Memorial Hospital revealed
that no patient of that name
was admitted there Saturday.
There was no record of Haw
kins having been put in the
Wake County jail.
Police Clear
Wade Allen
Anthony Wade Allen, 1104 E.
Martin St., who was arrested
by Raleigh police about 1:30 a.
m. Jan. 13, and charged with
driving a car without license,
was completely exonorated.
Allen told the CAROLINIAN
that he knew they had nothing
on him and that any investi
gation would show that he was
not guilty of violating any law.
On the charge of driving with
out a license he was able to
produce his license and charg
es were dropped. He was also
able to prove ownership of a gun
ound in the car and this clear
ed up any doubt as to ownership.
The whole thing is said to
have come about when the car
he was driving got stuck in the
snow at the Bus Terminal. Al
len alleges that he was doing a
good deed by taking some per
sons who were at the Termi
nal home, when the officers ar
rived and asked for the driv
er’s license. He says he told
them that the license was in
his wallet and that he had in
advertently left it.
When he did not produce the
license, the officers decided to
search the car and that is when
they found the gun.
WEATHER
Temperatures (Burinji fbe &*-
rid Thursday through Monday
will average much above nor
mal. Daytime highs are ex
pected to average In the SO's
in the mountains and st-*S
elsewhere. Lows at night will
average S7 to 45 except mostly
30 in the mountains. Rather
mild weather is expected to
continue through Monday. Pre
cipitation will total three quar
ters of an inch or more occur
ring as occasional rain or scat
tered shower*.