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A KISS FOR THE PRESIDENT - Washington: Famed com poser-bandleader Duke Ellington plants a kiss on President Nixon’s cheek after the Chief Executive presented him with the Freedom Medal at a 70th birthday party in '• is honor at the White House April 29. Cl’PI). NAACP Chief To Be Heard At Auditorium BY J. B. BARREN Some fifty NAACP contest ants for the ‘ ‘Mother-of-the Year” honors will vie with each other to see which two of them will be crowned - one from a large city and one from a small community - as NAACP Mothers for 1969, in the Memorial Auditorium here Sun day, May 4. Delivering the principal ad dress and crowning the Mothers will be Rov Wilkins, executive Native Os CntyHits Civil Jury A Wendell native, who left the area mam years ago and attained the title, "Local boy makes good," returned to Ra leigh last week and left "dis gusted with my home county. I nrought $26,000 down here to invest for my retirement, but I’m taking tnat money lack to Baltimore.’’ Walter Henderson, who owns a night clut and a restaurant in Baltimore, Mai/land, where : e has made his home for 4! of his 44 years, came into town on Friday, April 18, for a trial in a suit which he brought as a result of a 1963 highway accident in which he ■ i s injured when a white motor is* crested the hill beyond Wake Memorial Hospital and rar. in to the rear of Mr. Henderson’s narked automobile, doing over S6OO in damages. He was asking SIO,OOO in a suit, charging_ neg ligence on the part of the other driver. However, the jury found "No negligence." The other driver was Floyd Eugene Ashy, formerly of 321 King Charles Road, who since has moved to Plymbuth, where he now resides. Mr. Henderson, who now owns two 1969 Lincoln Continentals, said he was on his way to Bunn when the incident took place. He parked his car on the shoulder of the icy road on December 23, 1963, w r hen a truck load'of oranges had over turned in his car’s path. The civil case, which began Monday, ended about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after testimony had (See BLASTS JI.UY. P 2) \ WEATHERREPORT j - / Temperatures during the pe riod. Thursday through IV7ond.iv, will average near norma! in the mount ins and below norm il elsewhere. Pastime highs are expected to average in the low 70s. Lows at n.glst will be tn the upper -Kis in tlie mountains of North Carolina, and -13-52 de grees elsewhere. Warm weather will prevail Thursday and Fri day, with a trend toward cooler temperatures Saturday and the remainder ol the period. Pre cipitation will average about, three-fourths of an inch, occur ring as showers over the week end. CENSOR CiTtZENS xrr rr OUT - tVaeMnrm*. ; Sw.uv. '.i. sn the floor In the -atidito: i :r of th«* Senate* Office Building: April 29 while' a Special Senate Committee on the Aging (background) considers legislation to assist old people. (UPI). director of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, who has spent 37 years of his life work ing to secure full freedom tor all Americans irrespective of color or creed. Heading the North Carolina Conference of NAACP is Kelly Miller Alexander, Sr., Char lotte mortician, president for more than a score of years. He is ably assisted by Charles A. McLean, field director for Tarheelia, who has 18 years service to his credit. The ‘Mothers March for Free dom’ is the annual fun-raising project of the N. C. NAACP by which ten to 1" thousand dol lars are raised each year to promote the cause of equality for all people. Special invita tions have gone out to all pass Mothers of record to be special guests along with the compet ing mothers. The freedom fund rally with Wilkins as speaker is to attract upwards of 2500 (Sec ROY WII.KIN'S. P. 2) Tort Bragg exhibits Readiness FORT BRAGG - More than 1,200 spectators werd on hand here Friday as 9,000 troops from the Army, Air Force and Special Forces participated in the reheaisal of a joint forces demonstration, called Brass Strike IV. The actual shows are schedul ed to be presented here on Wed nesday, April 30, and Friday, May 2, and will be hosted by Lietutenant General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., and the com mander-iti-chief of the United States Strike Command, General Theodore J. Conway. Gen. Davis is the deputy Com mander of the giant operation. During the rehearsal, which went off without a hitch Friday, more than 200 paratroopers jumped from four airplanes simultaneously, an "actual war” was fought with the U, S. and the Air Force "defending” Pmeiand, an imaginary coun try, friendly to the United States. Demonstrations were conduct ed with the actual weapons of war used in Vietnam, such as Napalm, live bombs and heli copter fighting, with the Cobra and other helicopters spouting fire from their positions. The entire invited delegation of more than 1,200 persons were served lunch in less than fifteen minutes from a massive tent set up near the Jchn F. Ken nedy Special banare center. The paraenute demonstra tions were held on Sicily Drop Zone, while the "war" took (See SFQRT BRAGG. P. 2) City Gears For Political Showdown F reedom Day Rally Speaker RO Y WILKINS HERE SUN. lii VOL 28. NO 27 Contributing To Delinauencv Os Minors Rap Frinks Charged Here Sister Schools Quiet, But Voorhees Is Closed VOORHEES STUDENTS LEAVE BUILDING - Denmark, S. C.: Militant students pour out of Voorhees College library building April 29, carrying bedding and personal possessions. The heavily armed students left their weapons inside and surrendered without firing a shot when South Carolina National Guardsmen and state troopers moved in to ev'ct them. They had been demanding a black studies program at the school. (UPI). - - 2kk(<f&fcs§L (SB™** THE HE ARTBRE AKER-Bos ton: Lakers’ Wilt Chamberlain (13) grimaces as Celtics’ Sam Jones winning basket, with om second left in game, parts the twine, the fourth quarter, fouri' NB A champions!': ip pla% of i game, Boston Garden on April 29. Celtics' Emmette Bryant (lower, left) whoops it up, as Sam Jones (lower, right) looks to timer. The Celtics won the game 89-88. The series are now deadlock*'*'* at 2 2, ’ Tr T' North Carolina s Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 3. 1909 Frinks Ordered To Stand Trial May 7 Ti e State Field Secretary for the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence, Golden Frinks, was ord ered Tuesday afternoon to ap- P-. a: ;n Wake District Court her* on Wednesday, May 7, to answer charges of contribut ing to the delinquency of two minors. Mr. Frinks is one of two leaders of the "Poor Peo ple’s March,” here since A pril 18.. The other is Milton Fite! . The charge grew out of two incidents last weekend when FROM RALEIGH’S OFFICIAL POLICE FILES THI CRIMI BfA T CUT "OX WAY OUT" Carlton Thaddeus Ferrell, 23, '*o* E. Harzett Street, told Of ficer R. B. Tant at Wake Me morial Hospital Saturday at 11: - "3 p.m,, that he was at a party m the 300 Mock of Bragg Street ■when a colored male came in to the house and said he was "looking for either his girl friend or his wife. He got in to a fuss wit! the man who owns the house and said he was going to cut everything in the house until he found her," stated Ferrell. Ferrell said he was cut "try ing to get out the door." Ke also stated he had never seen ti e suspect Detore. Me had a three-inch laceration on the SWEEPSTAKES 6 505 5517 $lO $5 $2.50 Anyone current YEIXOW tickets*, elated April ?6, 69. with proper numbers, present same to Xhe CARO-LINI W office *»nd receive amounts listed above from the S»\ fcJ.x*STAKES Feature. Ail Sweepstakes Prim Claimed A total of $142.50 was claim ed last week by area men, as all three prizes in The CARO LINIAN’S Sweepstakes Promo tion were won.. Winning first prize, a whop ping S3O in cash, was Edward O. Lee of Raleigh, Route 2, who picked up ticket number 880 youngsters participated in civil rights demonstrations ’ ere. Raleigh Police Captain C. J. Atkins charged Mr, Frinks with encouraging two youngsters to stand at the corner of Davie at Fayetteville Street in such a manner as to Impede traffic at the intersection. He is charged specifically with contributing tothedelinqu enev of William Lee Freeman, said by police to be 15; and- Tyrone Dudley, who they (See FRINKS CHARI FD, I' .’> lower right arm, near his elbow. if V t ATTACKED IN RESTROOM Sammy Lee Shine, B-27 Washington Terrace, a state employee, told police early Tuesday afternoon, that he was In a restroom on the third floor of the Archives Building when three colored males entered and attacked him because he "was working for the white man", said one. Shine said the trio threatened to kill him unless he left the building that day. He said his three assailants were young and wore Afro hair cuts. He was not seriously in jured in the assault. (See CHIME BUM. I*. 2) at the Piggly-Wiggxy Food Store on New Bern Avenue. Percy Perry, 905 Mark Street, shopped at Thompson- Lynch Company, W, Hargett Street, and received number 6536, second prize. When he presented it at The CARO (Seq SWEEPSTAKES, p. >) SINGLE COPY 15c Arrest 30 At Home Os Prexy According to the president of Saint Augustine’s College here, and the director of public relations at Saint Paul’s Col lege, Lawrenceville. Ya., the actions of .students at their sis ter school, Voorhees College, took them by surprise. Both hastened to add, how ever, that all is quiet on the two respective Episcopalian colleges at this time. Thirty black students at Voorhees laid seige to the li brary- administration building complex early Monday, armed with "unloaded" rifles, but with ammunition enough “to defend ourselves if provoked,” said one student spokesman. They gave up their seige and were arrested late Tuesday af ternoon after Dr. John S. Potts, president, had ordered the col lege closed down at noon or. Tuesday. Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, president of Saint Augustine’s College, was interviewed Tues day afternoon and said, "To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing brewing on this campus and all seems to be quiet.” Contacted Wednesday morn ing in his office, P. Bernard Young, Jr., director of public relations at Saint Paul’s Col lege, told the newsman, "We haven’t had any signs of unrest here. No demands of any kind have been made and no move ment is underway to start trou ble.” The Voorhees incident came as a shockto some faculty mem bers and administrators, while others "felt something was in the air" as far back as March, according to a reliable spokes m an. Some 250 State troopers and National Guardsmen arrested the twenty-five men and five women students as they walk ed pass a Guard armored per sonnel carrier to the home of Dr. Potts. At this time, J. P. Strom, chief of the State Lav. Enforcement Division was wait ing to arrest them on criminal warrants, including rioting and unlawful assembly. .Although Dr. Potts pleaded that the students not be arrest ed, Strom told him, "They vio lated the laws of this state. (See VOOKIIEES’ TWO, I'.ikc ') S. C. PROTESTERS - Charleston, S. C,: Protest marchers parade past South Carolina National Guardsmen during a demonstration April 20 in support of striking hospital workers, About 75 of the marchers were arrested when they infiltrated a downtown area where they had been forbidden to go. (UPI). Experts To Piece Board, Council Members Tues. The showdown in voting in two categories will climax here Tuesday, May 6, when the polls close and the votes have been counted for the fourteen per son s seeking seats on the seven man Paleig! City Council, and the eight candidates for the foui-seat vacancy in the Ral eigi City School Administrative t'nit (Raleigh. School Board). F ‘ Tuesday, April 22, vo ting, the foui - incumbents on the Council received the highest number of votes, with Clarence E. Liglitner, seeking his second two-year term, placing second, but received only 2,624 votes in the predominantly Negro pre \ BgER MRS. ELIZABETH B. COFIELD Mrs. Woods Celebrates 103 Birthday Quietly BY STAFF WRITER The first day of May has been a special day in the life of Mrs. Caroline Woods for the past 103 years now. It’s her birthday. When a CAROLINIAN news man visited her home, 815 E. Hargett Street, after 9 p.m. Tuesday, she was sitting in her favorite chair watching tele vision. Mrs. Woods has worn glasses for only a few years and still has her original teeth. ‘ •'She generally goes to bed about 10 o’clock at night, along with me," stated her daughter, Miss Woman Is Cut During Bout Here Mrs. Annie Lee Payne Med lin, 24, 213 S. Walker Street, Cary, reported to Officer D. P. McDonald at 3:13 p.m. Sun day, that she was having trouble with Miss Eliza Jane Woods, 23. "earlier in the day” and she called the police. However, after the officers left, Mrs. Med!in stated, Miss Woods returned to a ’house at "04 Cannon Avenue, where the complainant was believed to be seeing her husband. • A r. o t h e r argument started, said Mrs. Medlin, and during this "fuss," she was struck by Miss Woods and cut with a sharp object when she attempted to defend herself. She said she thinks Miss Woods used a razor to slash her on the side of the head and the back. A warrant was signed and Miss Woods was later arrest ed on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Mrs. Medlin suffered a three inch cut on the side of her head and a five Inch wound on the (Sec WOMAN rt’TS. P. 2) cincts. He had an overall vote count of 6,246. George Cherry, another in cumbent, placed first, wit: Se by Jones, Alton Strickland runn ing close third and fourth races. The director of Foundations and Development at N. C. State University, Robert W. Shoffr.er, was close behind Strickland in the voting Running sixth wa.-> former Raleigh Schools Super intendent, Jesse Qrmand Sand erson, Sr., followed h- Thomas Bradshaw in seventh place with 4,138 votes. The other seven nominated in the primary were Dr. Jack (See CITY GEARS l> ->> d V i ii C. E. LIGHTNER Odell Woods, with whom Mrs. Woods resides. A widow for the past fifty one years, she was giver, he (See ,V?RS. WOODS p. MRS. CARO!. IX> %W Million (XO Project ToDwbm WASHINGTON. D. C. - The Foundation for Community velopment, Durham, North Carolina will receive a $900,- 000 OEO grant to conduct a Community Capitalism project in which poor people will share ii! the profits, Theodore M. Berry, director of the Com munity Action Program, said this week. It Is the first of some $lO million in grants for Com munity Capitalism projects al located under the Title 1-D Special Impact Program for the current fiscal year. Other such (Sep sin ivm.i inv i>
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