N. C. Medic Is Mum On Gun Rap
'Kind Os
Shady’-Dr.
Hammond
WASHINGTON, N. C. - “The
whole thing is kind of shady,'’
said Dr. William H. Hammond
when contacted by a CAROLIN
IAN representative at his of
fice early Wednesday '-egarding
charges of assault with a dead
ly weapon and carrying a con
cealed weapon, lodged against
him Tuesday allegedly by a
white used car salesman here.
The only black physician In
the city, Dr. Hammond told the
newsman also, "Let’s wait and
see how the trial comes out.
It snouia ce interesting." He
said he has retained a Negro
attorney from New Bern to
defend him, but did not reveal
his name.
The car salesman, Mervin
Cherry, was charged with as
saulting the medic with his
hands and fists,
Phillip Paul, chief of police,
said his investigation of a re
ported assault upon Dr. Ham
mond last Saturday night near
the Beaufort County Hospital
here led to the Tuesday arrests
43 Requests
Handed To
Chancellor
Dr. John 1, Caldwell, Chan
cellor of North Carolina State
University here met Tuesday
at 4 p.m. with a group of non
academic employees In the King
Religious Center on the camp
us to hear grievances and to
r eceive forty-three grievances,
in a List of Requests asked
by the group.
Aside from the employees,
most of whom are Negroes,
delegates from the campus
chapter of the Afro-American
Student Organization were al
so on hand.
Chancellor Caldwell received
the list and said lie would “work
on the requests as fast as I
can and in good faith.’’
There are 1,950 student pop
ulation of 11,500, there are
only 180 black students enrolled
at State.
A statement and the list of
grievances follows:
We the members of theNCSU
Non-academic Employees
Union feel that the following
requests are reasonable and we
wish to have them acted upon
as early as possible. We ask
that you make your position
clear on each of the following
requests by March 21, 1969.
So that there will ho no mis
understanding o r unnecessary
delays, please indicate your
position on each: in one of the
followings ways:
(See 43 RFQ.FSiS. P. Z)
d ft tragic SCENES - Mexico
• I city: In top photo, Ethiopian
Jr * ;«ojß P Ambassador Gaitschew Bekele
m, I weeps as police escort him from
fL Embassy hero late Tuesday, In
' photo at left, the body of Ethio-
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Negro Press Observing 142nd Year
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 28. NO. 21
N. C. State U. Employees
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NCT A Refuses To Accept
Underdog Role In NCEA
Palmer Is
Baeked
Bv Board
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BY. E. B. PALMER
In r. continuing battle, which
lias persisted for overlive
years, the Board of Directors
of the North Carolina Teachers
Association in regular session
on March 15, took the following
action;
!. - Authorized the Executive
Secretary to again make known
its long established position
on merger, “The North Caro
lina Teacher Association has
requested and sought a fair and
equitable merger with the North
Carolina Education Association
for more than five years. This
has been and still is the de
sire of tiie NCTA. Negotiations
towards this end are at an im
passe not because of ‘Black
Militancy', ‘Black Power,’ nor
desires for ‘BlackSeparatlsm,’
but due to the lack of men of
‘Good Faith’ to negotiate terms
of merger based on the equality
of mankind. If ‘BlackMilitancy’
on the part of NCTA leadership
and membership means the
failure to accept the doleing
out of token, general, limited
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY. MARCH 22. 1969
CHARGED BY TREE SURGEON - Louisburg: Jesse R. Morgan (R)
talks with his son, Jesse R, Morgan, Jr. (L) after a preliminary hearing
scheduled for Monday to hear charges of ‘‘assault with intent to kill” was
postponed until March 31 in District Court here. The Morgan’s are charged
in connection with an incident that occured near Eranklinton, X. ( ~ in
which a Raleigh tree surgeon, James I.awing, charged the two men forced
his car off the road and one of the men waved a pistol at him, (UPI).
Nation’s Commitment To Education
For Hi Cited By Mrs. f. Koontz
WASHINGTON -In a recent Women’s Bureau, stressed this
speech before the Commission nation’s commitment to “a good
on the Status of Women at the education for every citizen,”
United Nation, Mrs. Elizabeth M) s. Koontz was appointed by
Duncan Koontz, Director of the President Nixon to serve as a
Governor Salutes The Negro Press
I wish to acknowledge the commemoration
of the founding of the first Negro newspaper
in the United States by John B. Russwurm
on March 16, 1827.
The Negro Press has distinguished itself
throughout history for its forthright fight for
decency and human dignity. The freedom of
the press, as exemplified by the Negro Press,
is one of the bulwarks of society which must
never be shattered.
As Governor of North Carolina and per
sonally, I want to congratulate the nation’s
courageous Negro publishers and editors for
their continuing search for enlightenment and
truth through these past 142 years.
At the same time I want to extend my
best wishes and my firm conviction that their
crusade for full freedom and opportunity so-r
all Americans will be realized in our times.
SIGNED: Robert \V. (Bob) Scott
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No Sweepstakes Winners
Thirty-seven dollars and fifty
cents awaited three winners in
last week’s CAROLINIAN
Sweepstakes Promotion.but
neither of the three prizes were
claimed.
This week, the second and
third prizes double in value,
while the first prize money will
go up another ten dollars.
To be valid this week, tick
(Sce SWEEPS'! AKLS. I*'. 2)
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delegate to tbe 22nd session of
the Commission, .t part of the
, Set* Min K (HINT/ e 2)
FROM RAI EIGH’S OFF ICIAL
POLICE FILE
“TRIED TO ACT CUTE’
Mrs. Barbara Thorpe Ben
nett, 333 1/2 Dorothea Drive,
told Officer J. R. Privette at
10 p.m. Monday, that she went
to visit her friend, Miss Cathy
Strickland, at the corner of
Battle and Grape Streets. As
soon as she walked in the door,
Mrs. Bennett declared, Mrs.
Shirley Ann Griffin, 28, address
unlisted, started beating her
with a piece of pipe, about 24
inches long, because “Shirlet
said sue didn't like me and that
I was trying to act cute.” Af
ter the attack, Mrs. Griffin Is
reported to have run from the
1 iouse.
Mrs. Bennett, who signed an
assault with a deadly weapon
warrant on Shirley, suffered a
bruised left arm, lacerations
and swelling on the right leg
and her right thumb was sprain
ed.
* * *
FOOD STORE ENTERED
Marion Goodson, operator of
the Fast Stop Food Store, 704
Rock Quarry Road, reported to
Officer C. C. Heat: at 0 ; 04
a.m. Tuesday of last week, that
someone broke the window in the
rear of the building, causing
$75 to the doors and window, and
entered the main door leading
into the facility, which appeared
to have been kicked open.
Stolen were four cigarette
lighters, valued at S4.SB; four
boxes of chewing gum, $3.20;
one box of coconut cookies, $1;
and an undetermined amount of
cigarettes. No suspects were
listed. The incident took place
after 10 p.m. the day before,
(Sec Crtl.ui: BEAT. P 3)
Lawmaker,
Others Are
Extolled
Editor’s Note: The National
Newspaper Publishers As
sociation, this week is cele
brating the 142nd anniversary
of its founding by John B.Russ
wurrn, editor of “Freedom’s
Journal,” the Jt'irst Negro news
paper. Russvurm was also the
first Negro college graduate in
the nation's histor .. A related
story is on Page 11
Tiie Nation’s first black con
gresswoman and the young e
sourceful Georgia legislator
who emerged as a leading
figure during t!u> Democratic
National Convention were a
rnong a distinguished list of
ten recipients of NX Pa’s 1969
R usswurm Awards,
The awards, m ined for John
B. Russwurm, founder of the
first Negro newspaper, Free
dom’s Journal in 1827, are the
highest awards given by the
National Newspaper Publish
er’s Association.
The announcement of the 3-
wards including nine individuals
and the NBC “Today” televi
sion show, was made by Howard
B. Woods, publisher of the St.
Louis Sentinel and chairman
of the NNPA awards commit
tee. John H, Murphy president
of the Afro-American News
papers is president of NNPA.
For the first time, all of the
recipients are Negro. They are
New York’s Rep. Shirley Chis
holm; Georgia State Rep. Ju
lian Bond; Charles Sifford, pro
fessional, golfer of Los Angeles;
U. S. District Judge A. Leon
Higgenbotham; the Rev. James
Lawson, of the National Medi
cal Association; Dr, Lillie M.
Jackson, Baltimore civic lead
er; Alt v, Arthur M. Shores,
member of the Birmingham,
Ala., city council and Prof.,
Harr; Edwards, who sparked
tiie black power thrust at the
Mexican Olympics, resulting in
a new awareness 01 the black
athlete as coaches and of
ficials on college campuses.
Rep. Chisholm was named
for being the first black wo
man elected to Congress. Rep.
Julian Bond as a member of
the Georgia Assembly, has in
spired new concept to the
political structure in the South.
(Sec NEGRO PRESS. P 2)
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prisoners aboard a paddy wagon following
arrests in connection with a disturbance on
the campus of A&T Stale University here
e.irlv March 14. The youths were charged
on various counts, many for carrying
weapons following the melee that brought
7 5 police into the area. (UPI),
At FSC
Dr. Jones Quits Post
F A YETT E VIL LE- On
Thursday, July 31, the resigna
tion of Dr. Rudolph Jones,
president of Fayetteville State
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CATHEDRAL SPEAKER - Lcndo n: M r s.
Coretta King, widow of assassinated civil
rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, •
preaches from the pulpit of London'- S .
Paul’s Cathedral March 16. Mrs. King is the
iirst woman ever to preach at a statutory in
St. Paul’s. She is in London for three da vs
in connection with the establishment of the
M arti n Luther King Memorial Fund and
Foundation. (EPI).
Soldiers Deny Taking
Arms On Campus
r AYETTEVII I.E - Early last
I uesday afternoon, two armed
men reportedly walked into the
dining hall at Fayetteville State
College in search of several
students.
In Fayetteville’s police re
port, several armed men were
on the campus and at least
two persons had been questioned
and ' pleased.
One was said to have been
armed with what appeared ;obt
a M-14 Army rifle, and the
other had an Army .4.7 calibre
pistol.
The men involved are be
iie’.ed to he soliders, accom
panied by two other armed in
truders who remained outside
the building. The incident re
portedly followed a conflict be
tween several Gl’s and sev
eral students.
Army representatives and an
official of the college met Tues
day concerning the matter, but
came to no conclusion.
Police teportedly searched
College since 1956, will become
effective.
In making the announcement
on Tuesday of this week, Jones,
58, said, “I’m not an old man,
but after you’ve handled some
tiling like this for 13 years,
it’s time for someone else to
take over the reins.” His sal
ary was $22,000 per year.
lie said he will seek a teach
ing position at a public col
lege In this state ‘‘for health
and personal reasons.”
Many Interpreted his resig
nation to be a result of demands
by students at the college for an
administration of a more lib
eral nature.
Dr. Jones’ letter of resig
nation, addressed to the Board
of Trustees, was dated January
30, this year, but was not given
to the body until March 4,
shortly after demonstrations by
students on the campus,
The president suspended
classes on February 17. sup
posedly for two days, but the
{Sin- OK. JOSES, P 2)
for several soldiers who were
tentative! - .' identified by witnes
ses in the cafeteria.
Jesse j, Batts admitted to
Fayetteville police that he was
one of se\ ral servicemen "ho
was on the campus of F.t
etteville state College tVed’.w.s
day, but denied that they were
cun ring ‘guns.
Batts complained that ’ ■■■■ and
other Gl’s have been “!
sed and bothered” by & group
of male students “that goes
by the name of The Blacl Pow
er,”
Batts also reported to po
lice that lie did h 1 • a
too! which was wrapp > it.; iif a
field jacket and unoUv; G7 as
carrying a laundry . I i; t! d
contained nothing h- 1 <1
clothing.
The statement was m i ie to
lSet* sol UItKS Ul ' > r
Pirns For
Housing Are
Reviewed
FAY ET T E VII. I. E- 1 ;>st
Thursday, Federal housing of
ficials reviewed the i y Se
ville Housing Author:! * s plans
for improving the of
life” for resident of the city’s
two public housing projects.
'Director of the services di
vision, Office of the As dsi ant
Regional Administrates for
Housing Assistance U. IT. Wall
er, met with the authority lot
a review of the objective-: of
the modernization ami reha
bilitation program.
l ast November, the authori
ty submitted app liea ti o n for
funds for the program. This
month, a survey team has bo i
here studying the proposals.
Objectives of the program arc
to fie give more attention to
the “residents’ dignify, pri
vacy and personal safety;” ere -
at loti of an evironment where
tenants can regard dwellings as
their homes and expanding
participation of tenants in pro-
j ect management affairs and
programs.
Robert Ward, executive di
rector, reported to the authori
ty that its contract for leasing
privately-owned housing has
been approved by the Atlanta
regional office. Active negotia
tions with property owners for
leasing of existing dwelltags and
negotiations foi construction of
new units for leasing to the
authority are underway.
Ward invited other develop
ers into the program.
Ward revealed to the authori
ty that iie has asked the Fayette
ville Redevelopment Commis
sion to propose a site foi con
struction of low-income housing
units within the urban renewal
area.
Probably In. Evans Hill, plane
(Sec PLANS FOR. P. 2)
pVEAtHIR
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Murine the period. Thursday
through Monday, temperatures
will average near normal Day
time highs are expected to-aver
age in the SOs in the mountains
of the state, and 60-70 decrees
elsewhere. Lows at, night will
average In ihe 30s in the moun
tains and the lower to middie
SOs elsewhere. It will be mild
throughout the period, with
only day-to-day changes Pre
cipitation will average three
fourths of an inch, occurring as
showers late Thursday 'and
Thursday night in the western
portion of the state, and on
day in the east. Rain I, expect
ed again by the first of next
week.