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ALIVE IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FELLOW
MAN - Memphis, Term.: A sign-carrying
picket is escorted from the street adjoin
ing the Shelby County Court House where
T the trial of James Earl Ray was scheduled to
begin Nov. 12. (UPI PHOTO).
* RCA Head Resip§
The Rev. Dr. Charles W.
Ward, president of the Raleigh
Citizens Association since 1964,
will step down from this posi
tion when the Association meets
in its regular monthly session
at the Bloodworth Street YMCA
DR ‘ C. W,
HUD Seeks
Over SOD
Graduates
WASHINGTON, D. C.-TheU.
S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development is seeking
300 college graduates to help
administer new and expanded
programs.
More than 100 HUD recruiters
will visit 155 colleges this year
m recruit interns who will be
trained to fill key executive and
professional positions.
The 1968 recruiting program
produced 183 urban interns from
105 colleges and universities,
86 of whom were employed at
HUD's Washington headquart
ers and 97 in the seven region
al offices.
AID TO SMALL COMMUNITIES
More than 83 percent of the
grants made by the U. S. De
fSeo IP D SK.KKS P. 2)
SWEEPSTAKES
MW AIM MS
Anyone having current WHITE tickets, dated Nov. 9 1968. with
ptoper numbers, present same to The CAROI I.VIAN office and
receive amounts listed above from the SWEEPSTAKES Feature.
Man, Woman Win Sweepstakes
9 A man and a woman were last
" week’s lucky winners in The
CAROLINIAN'S Sweepstakes
Promotion, winning a total at
sls in cash.
Mrs. Alice Benjamin of 413
E„ Worth St., picked upthe first
a prize ticket, number 4353, from
Carter's Inc., E. Martin St, She
was awarded the first prize of
$lO.
Joe Shaw, 1517 E. Jones St.,
received number 4510, second
prize, at Hudson-Belk 208 Shop,
Fayetteville St. When he pre
sented it at The CAROLINIAN'S
offices, he received the second
prise amount of $5.
Tickets good this week must
be white in color and dated
Nov. 9, 1968.
First prize ticket is number
6590, worth $10; second prize,
number 6180, worth $5; ar-d third
prize, number 6056, Is also
worth $5, as there were no
third prize winners last week
Patronize businesses which
in The CAROLINIAN,
T They appreciate your patron
age. Kindly inform them that
you saw their “ads'* in this
Newspaper.
Sweepstakes advertisers may
✓" be found on page 8 of this week's
** Carolinian. Look them over.
Visit these merchants sad be
sure to pick up/ your Sweep
states ticket.
isco s'srrstAKFJ, p. ty
Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8:14 p. m.
The minister - civic leader
gave as his reason for relin
quishing the post, the facts
that the demands of the minis
try are increasing in his pas
torate at the First Baptist
Church, and his time as chair
man of the Raleigh Inter-Church
Housing Association (RICH) was
becoming more in demand.
Dr, Ward succeeded the Rev.
John W. Fleming as president
of the RCA.
In addition to choosing a new
slate of officers, the Associa
tion will also make an apprai
sal of the recent elections in
(See DR WARD, P. 2)
9 Named To
Human Rights
Committee
WASHINGTON, D, C. - Sec
retary Robert C. Weaver of the
U. S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development last
week named nine leaders in the
fields of housing and human
rights to serve as members
of a Human Rights Award Com
mittee,
This committee will assist
the Secretary in selecting a
recipient or recipients of HUD's
first National Human Rights A
ward. The award Is part of
the Department’s participation
In the observance of Human
Rights Year 1968, and will honor
an outstanding contribution on
behalf of human rights in hous
ing or community development.
Named were John W. Gard
ner, Chairman of the Urban
Coalition; Mrs. Anna Roosevelt
Halsted, Vice-Chairman of the
President’s Commission for the
Observance of Human Rights
Year; Kivie Kaplan, President
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People; Robert L, Carter,
President of the National Com
mittee Against Discrimination
in Housing; William L. Rafsky,
President of the National Asso
(See NINE NAMED. P. 2)
FIRST IN OVER 98 YEARS - Tallahassee, Fla.: Joe Kershaw on the
right is sworn into office of State Representative of Florida. Kershaw
is the first Negro to take office t» over 96 years. The other Representa
tives are (L-R) Bob Graham and Walter Sftfcett. Administering the oath
is Supreme Court Justice B. K. Roberts. (OPX PHOTO).
Ray Tells How He Became Involved
In Plot To Assassinate Hr. King
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During Yule Shooping Season
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AND THE BEAT GOES 0N...F0R FREEDOM - Swan Quarter, N. c.:
North Carolina Highway Patrolmen guard the entrance to the Hyde
County Courthouse as a group of Negroes sing freedom songs. Several
Negroes were arrested during Tuesday’s (Nov. 12) racial incidents. (UPI
PHOTO).
hdiu 4 Women For M urder Robbery
TAR BORO - The Edgecombe
County Grand Jury Monday in
dicted four young Negro women
on charges of murder and arm
ed robbery of a Rocky Mount
Unrest At Swan Quarter Continues,
Teens Give Chickens To Officials
SWAN QUARTERS - Racial
Incidents here during the past
week have created both state
wide and nationwide publicity,
as a 17-year-old Negro girl is
reported to have broken her
pelvis when she jumped out of a
window Monday after being
locked in a room with many oth
ers protesting school segrega
tion, and at least fifty-two per
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1968
At Orange High School
merchant on Thursday, Oct, 17,
during a hearing here.
Being held here in the shoot
ing death of W. E. Strum, 65,
are Misses Bessie Wilkins, 19;
sons had been arrested early
Wednesday morning as The
CAROLINIAN prepared to go to
press. The girl was uniden
tified.
The arrests came after the
teenagers are alleged to have
blocked traffic and refused or
ders of State Highway Patrol
man to clear Highway 264, Ear
lier in the day Tuesday, some
Marie Hill, 17; Mamie Higgs,
25; and Carolyn Fox, 18, all of
Rocky Mount.
The presiding judge allowed
no bond on the charges of mur
of the black teenagers are re
(See SWAN QUARTER, P. ?)
The Crime
Beat
FROM RALEIGH'S OFFICIAL
POLICE FILE
"CLOBBERED,” ROBBED
Marvin Earl Jeffreys, 29,
1018 Nassau St., Informed Offic
er W. M, Parker, Jr. at 12:01
a. m. Thursday, that he was
struck on the head, then robbed
of $9 while walking in the 300
Mock of W. South St. A base
ball bat, carried by one of four l
colored males, was used to
"clobber” the complainant, who
was unable to give any descrip
tions. I
Mr. Jeffreys was taken to
Wake Memorial Hospital for
treatment of a two-inch lacera
tion cm the top of his head.
* * *
CORRECTION
In the last item of The Crime
Beat on Page 3 of last week's
CAROLINIAN, George Edward
Savis, Jr., was incorrectly list
ed as having been arrested for
. assaulting and stabbing George
Washington Shaw, bell captain at
the Andrew Johnson Hotel, 100
W. Martin Street. This was not
true.
Mr. Davis was merely a wit
ness against the person who act
ually did the stabbing, Robert
Lee Gupson, 24-year-old color
ed male of Room 210 at the ho
tel. The CAROLINIAN regrets
this error and wishes again t©
apologise to Mr, Davis for the
error, as it was Robert Lee
Gupaon and NOT George Ed
ward Davis, who cut Mr. Shaw
on the right and stabbed
him 5n the abdomen. * •
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Fires Into
Window Os
Neighbor
Raymond Wilson, 43, 291 1/2
Hogan Lane (Method), told Of
ficers R. H. Phillips and W,
Radford at 2:33
p. m. Saturday, __
that * James Ed
ward McNeil,
34, same ad- jjflfejife jfb
dress, different
ap a rtment
came to his a- VHH
partment ant WY;
started curslnj .
earlier In the af
ter noon. !L
Mr, Wilsot MCNEIL
said that when he asked Mr,
McNeil to leave, the suspect
jumped up and ran out of his
apartment and into his own,
across the hall.
A short time later, Wilson
reported hearing a lot. of com
(See MAN FACTS. P. 2>
der, but set SIO,OOO bonds each
in the armed robbery cases.
They are all being held for trial
in the next term of Edgecombe
Superior Court.
Detective Horace Winstead of
Rocky Mount said Strum’s body
was discovered by a customer
on the floor of his grocery store,
which is located in the north
east section of the city.
The man had been shot with a
.25 calibre automatic revolver
and robbed of some SI,BOO, ac
cording to the detective.
Temperatures during the pe
riod, Thursday through Monday,
are expected to average near
normal over much of the Coast
al Plains area. Daytime highs
will average In the lower 60s in
the mountains and 55-64 degrees
elsewhere. Lows at night will
average mostly in the 3Cs, ex
cept 27-32 degrees in the moun
tains. Warm temperatures are
expected Thursday and Friday,
with colder weather returning
about Sunday and Monday. Pre
cipitation will total over one
third of an inch in the moun
tains ana generally less than
one-third elsewhere, occuring a*
showers over the week-end.
Prominent Fayetteville Citizen Bmlei
FAYETTEVILLE - The large
crowd that attended the funeral
of W. K. Smith, held at the First
Baptist Church at 4 p. m. Wed
nesday, was evidence of the fact
that one of the most respected
citizens of the community had
fallen In death.
Mr. Smith died in a local hos
pital Sunday, after an extended
illness. Funeral! rites, by the
Masonic Order, were held
Tuesday night, at Rogers Fun
eral Home. It was there that
he was extolled as a man of
sterling character and rich vir -
tues.
One of his outstanding con
tributions was to the develop
ment of the tenets of Prince
Hall Masonry. He was a mem
ber of Eureka Lodge No. 8 and
was a past potentate of Kindals
Temple No. 68. Because of
contribution to Evans Con
sistory No. 196, he was select
ed “Sublime Prince of the Year
1964. '
Recalls Actions From
Canada To Memphis
NEW YORK - James Earl Ray, the man
accused of slaying Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., said Tuesday that he probably became in
volved in a plot to murder King when he agreed,
as a start, to haul packages of narcotics
across the Canadian border.
Ray’s own admission of pos
sible implication in a murder
plot was revealed in an article
published in the current issue
of Look Magazine. The article,
by author William Bradford
Huie, details Ray’s actions and
movements after he left Canada.
Parade T@
Signal Big
"Blackout”
DURHAM - A massive
"blackout" of business estab
lishments is being planned by
local black members of the
community, who have staged
economic boycotts of local
stores since early summer.
This "blackout" is expected
during the Christmas holiday
shopping season.
According to members of the
Black Solidarity Committee in
a meeting nere last weekend,
plans were announced for a
stepped-up boycott and for an
all - black parade on Friday,
Nov. 29, which is expected to
rival the annual Thanksgiving
parade thoughout Durham,
heralding the Christmas shop
ping season.
Bruce Bridges of the Soli
darity Committee, said, "The
black parade will be for those
who stay away from downtown.
It will be on the same day as
the other parade and will start
about the same time.” The pa
rade will be limited to black
neighborhoods, it was report
ed.
Demands for equality ignited
the summer boycott. It was
aimed at the E'urham business
community to gain support for
these demands.
Issuing a joint statement
later, calling on the City Coun
cil to meet Negro demands, was
the Durham Merchants Asso
ciation and the local Chamber
of Commerce.
l. An
geles; Executive Director Roy
Wilkins of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored Peoples (NAACP) was
asked to resign from the or
ganization Nov. 11 by three
NAACP branch presidents in the
Los Angeles area. They called
Wilkins “the No. 1 Uncle Tom
in America" and said the
NAACP’s "membership is e
roding" and its prestige is up
"onlv in the white communi
ty.” (UPI PHOTO).
W. K. Smith
He. perhaps more than any
other person, was responsible
tor
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W, K N9lf
The article in Look is the sec
ond in a series dealing with Ray
and the assassination of Dr.
King. Huie’s account is based on
Ray’s written answers to ques
tions submitted by the author.
While a fugitive in Canada,
said Huie, Ray had met a man
who called himself Raoul. Af
ter eight meetings with Ray,
Raoul offered the accused as
sassin living expenses, a good
car, suitable Identification, e
ventual travel papers and
$12,000 if Ray would return to
the United States, establish
himself In Birmingham, Ala.,
and make himself "available.”
Part of the mysterious offer
was that Ray would bring some
packages into the U. S, via
automobile across the Windsor-
Detroit border before proceed
ing to Birmingham. The trip
was carried out by Ray (a
(See RAY TRU «. P. 2)
Indents
At Orange
High Out
HILLSBOROUGH - Sixty
black students were expelled
from the Orange High School
here Monday after they left the
school to attend a meeting with
Howard Fuller of Durham, ac
cording to acting principal Fred
Claytor. He reported that the
students left shortly before 9 a,
m. and returned about 11 a. m.
However, Claytor said'fie re
fused to re - admit them to
classes and declared them to be
expelled.
Sheriff’s deputies were also
on hand if trouble had develop
ed, but none did. The students
returned to their homes after
being told of their mass ex
pulsion by Mr. Claytor. He
said they were instructed not
to come back.
This incident w» s another in a
series of developments in re
cent days, sparked by a fight
between Negroes and whites,
causing the school to close for
a day. This was followed by a
letter of resignation by Princi
pal Harry Howard, who was
since been given a two-week
.of absence to reconsider
resigning. Howard sent a letter
to Or ange County Superin
tendent G. Paul Carr Monday
In which he stated he Intended to
stick to his original letter of
resignation,
In the altercation at the
school, two students were In
jured. The fight was attribut
ed to a George Wallace hat
being worn by a white student.
"I have been placed in an un
tenable position," Howard de
clared.
Howard Fuller is director dt
tb.s training department of the
Foundation for Community De
velopment, with headquarter sat
Durham,
The situation at the Orange
High School has been watched
carefully since the first Inci
dent occurred after the Wal
lace hat incident, and it was
feared at one time snore Mack
students might have been In
volved.
Students now attending the
Orange High School are attend
ing it, for some, for the very
(See EX*>FL SIXTY. IP. 25
of Atlantic Beach, S. C., which
was the mecca for beach lover*
and fun seekers of color for a
number of years. It was his
ingenuity that kept the spirits
of the promoters and businesses
together after the devastating
antics of Hurrican Hazel. He
operated ,& motel and restaurant
In a resort for over 25 years and
served as president of the At**
lantlc Beach Businessmen's
Association.
He has been a familiar figure
In the schoc-ls of
where he carried his one-toaa
show into more than 1,-000. He
was a magician of no mean *-
bility and was a master art
of Illusion. He had been a
member of the First BajAlst
Church for mere than 40 years
and served In many capacities.
Mr. Smith was born in Wash
ington, D. C. and received hie
tteaneutary education there. Re
later attended Hampton Insti
(S<e W. «. SWIK, p, *)