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§f& SSL KFF i «IS SECOND TOLT< OF DETV IN VIETNAM - PiNU- Qelphia: Sgt. Henry Lackey sits with his wife Barbara, and his ' children, Kenneth, 2, and Zaundra, 8 months in their home. Sgt. Lackey served 13 months in Vietnam and said "I’m not going back to Vietnam. An if it’s necessary I’ll go AWOL to keep from going back.’’ (UPI). New Look At Church Needed, Council Told BY. J. B. BARREN DURHAM - The Annual Meeting of the Council of United Presbyterian Men, Catawba Synod, United Presbyterian Church in the USA (UPUSA) was hosted last Saturday by the Covenant United Presbyterian Church Men’s Counil with someone hundred ten men here from the four presbyteries of the Catawba Synod-Cape Fear, Catawba, Southern Virginia and Yadkin. -i* MRS, PEGGY JEAN LEA *Mrs. Lea Is Bound Over for Murder Mrs. Peggy Jean Lea, 21, 203 N. Cooke Street, has been bound over for trial in Wake Superioi Court in the May 27 murder of her husband, Ray mond Lea. airout 25, who was shot to death on the night of Tuesday, May 27. It is believed that trial will not be held until the July or August term of court. Mrs. Lea, according to re cords in the Wake County Sheriffs Department, had ob tained a permit to carry a gun on the same day of the killing. No bond has been al lowed and she is still at the Wake Count’. Jallawaitingtrial. Wake County Coroner Mar . shall W. Bennett, who viewed r Lea’s body at Wake Memorial Hospital, where it was taken shortly after the shooting, said, “There was very little blood (Sec MRS. LEA. P. 2) THROWN OUT O! CHURCH - St. Louis: Carried from church, James Rollins, member of the FUack Liberation Front, was arrested at the Central Presbyterian Church, in suburb of Clayton, June 1". Rollins and group of militants literrupted services to demand reparation from the church for poor Negroes. (UPI). Theme of the session was based on the dearth of Negro ministerial candidates for the Black seminaries and churches. It was reported that only eight were on the roll at J. C„ Smith Seminary, Char lotte, this year, with much doubt as to whether more than one of tiiem is committed to entering the ministry. Throughout the day-long meeting there were questions on youth’s church activity, by the Rev. Joe L. Spears, recent ly removed from Georgia to Statesville, where he is now pastoring. Spears has worked (See NEW LOOK, P. 2) ON HOUSING AUTHORITY- Frank L. Turner, 50, 1609 E. Davie Street, was named to fill a vacancy on the five-member Raleigh Housing Authority, He succeeds Charles A.(Doll)Hay wood, Sr., in this position. Mr. Turner, who holds degrees from lona College, Rochester, N, Y„ and Fordham University, New York, is a native of the Oberlin section ofthecfty.He Is training development coordinator for N, C, State's Department of Per sonnel. The appointment was made Monday by the City Coun cil. IGNORE THE BLACK MANIFESTO’ INC IA Head Blasts Teacher Firings 1969-70 Dismissals Revealed Recent developments in two of N'ort h Caro bin’s counties point up the continued elimina tion of black educators en masse as schools stop up their desegrega tion plans. In Wai ron County, 6-10 black educators have been rumored to have been dismissed without just cause for the 1969-’7O school year. Letters sub stantiating this rumor have been reported to the office of the executive secretary of The North Carolina Teachers As sociation by six of the dis missed persons. The letters all read in brief: ("Your contract for the 1969- ’7O school year has been ter minated by the Board of Edu cation of the Warren County School System on the grounds that your performance was not satisfactory as reported by your principal. It may be that we will be able to you in another situa tion next year. We would be happy to assist you in getting placed in another system.’’ All of the Negro teachers displaced were working under white principals. One of the teachers read her letter to her (See NCTA HEAD. P. 2) Publishers Meeting In Arizona PHOENIX, Arisona -TheNa -11 ou a 1 Newspaper Publishers Association, in its 29th annual convention June 18-21, in Phoe nix. will hear Julian Bond, Re presentative of the Georgia Legislature, Hugh Downs, host of "Today” Show on NBC TV; Art I.inkletter, television star and host of "The House Party” on CBS - TV; William P. Reil ly, President of the Arizona Public Service Commission al so Chairman of the Phoenix Hu man Rights Commission and Jonathan Marshall, Editor- Publisher of tlve Scottdale Ari zona Daily Progress. The NNPA will buckle down to serious business for such pro fessional discussion as ‘'Com peting for Circulation Dollars;” "A New Look at Classified Sel ling;” "How to Build a Pre sentation;” "Our Future in Communications;” and "Stag ing a Profitable Exposition.” The circulation discussion will be lead by C. K. (Ken) Jeffer son a -14-yeai veteran news paper man. He is the former circulation manager of the Des Moines lowa Register A Tri bune, and the founder of the Institute of Carrier Leadership which provides professional training classes and training plus providespromotlon material in print. He is the di rector of International Circula tion Managers Association and the founder of the Newspaper in the Classroom movement. He is the author of Carrier Leadership, a very popular re resource book. The highlight of the con vention will be NNPA's annual awards banquet at which lime (See PUBLISHERS. P 21 Tim Carolinian North Carolina s Leading Weekly VOL. 28. NO 31 RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY, JUNE 21. 1960 luNGLE COPY 1 So> During Scuffle With Businessman, Baieighite ’ ■tssT ii* f F 11*1 %Jr f* ,feji §<#JLjt iPjPsXxJ- 4x4x42 43 In City Government Winters Asks Changes Advises Firing And Quitting ' Former Raleigh City Coun cilman John W. Winters, in an address to the Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, June 17, called for the outright firing of H. Pal mer Edwards, executive direc tor of the Raleigh Redevelop ment Commission and for the resignation of Robert Brough ton, chairman of the Raleigh Housing Authority. Mr, Winters addressed mem bers of the Junior Chamber at the Faculty Club, Hillsborough Street, at 6:30 p.m. He said this city’s “ultra conservative white leadership has turned Raleigh into a powd er keg whose lid can be blown off with the slightest provoca tion.” The three-term city council man, who become the first Ne gro ever to win a seat here when elected in 1960, continued by saying, “Several years ago, I appeared before this body to deliver the first address by a black-man. At that time, I talk ed about our city and its prob lems as they related to traffic, utilities, planning and general growth, but without specific re ference to racial matters. 1 was very soundly criticized by the local black press for fail ing to use this opportunity to relate to you some of the in equities and problem pertain ing to the black community. "While serving on the City Council, I continued to believe that Raleigh citizens, both black and white, would rapid!’ move to solve these racial problems (See WINTERS ASKS. P. 2) The Crime Beat FROM RALEIGH’S OFFICIAL. POLICE F LE “CHAIN-GANG CADILLAC” ACCUSED Miss Dorothy Newsome, 20, 201 S. East Street, told Officers Norman Artis and R. E. Brown at 7:30 p.rri. Saturday, that she was shot by a man called “Chain-Gang Cadillac,” whose real name is Leroy Purcell, 47, 008 E. Davie Street. She claimed she was shot in an at tempt to get back a watch Pur cell took from her while she was asleep. However, he told the officers that he shot her because she had a gun. The guns were not found, but twelve bul lets were found in "Cadillac’s” pockets. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The police report did not state just what wounds Miss Newsome received, but she was treated and released at Wake Memorial Hospital * * * MAN CUT, ONE ARRESTED Mrs. Luemell L. Upchurch, 31 McKee Street, called "the law” at 7;20 p.m. Saturday, Lonnie Upchurch of that ad dress, Informed Officer John Lefftngwell lie was cut bv Samuel Gill, 47, during a "fuss.” Mr. Gill is also said to have received a slight cut down his chest, starting at the collarbone. Samuel Roosevelt Gill was charged with engag ing in an affray. The incident took place at Upchurch’s house. He received a two-inch cut on the left side, of Ids neck. (See (Ml UK RIAT. I* I) Southern Baptists Told To I r. A ■-■ - uw J ' 4 ‘« * y-'Y leiU. £ i sfel JAMES O. HOWARD VANCE EVANS, JR. 50,000N0w Oil Welfare W ill Receive Training WASHINGTON More than 50,000 welfare recipients have been put into jobs or skill training programs in the past six months through work in centives of the WIN program, Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz lias announced. Shultz said that jobs, train ing or other required services for 97,000 persons on welfare rolls are the goals of the Labor Department and the local state employment service offices bj the end of the this year. The 50,000 persons reached Rocky Mount’s Dr. Armstrong Meharry’s "Alumnus Os Year” NASHYTLI i , Tonn. - Dr. W. T, ( \RM y) Armstrong of Rockv Mount, last week was named Alumnus -of tlie- Year In the Meharrv Medi cal Colley. Alumni Associa t ion. Armstrong, a 1744 graduate Os Meh a r : ’ s School of Medicine, clebrated i.is 27th class reunion and was pre sented a plaque at the Annual Alumni Banquet, held on the Mehann campus. Armstrong received the a ward so: demonstrating excell ence in the art and practice of the healtl sciences. A native of Pocky Mount, Armstrong is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Na tional Medical Association of which another Mehart y alumnus is president, Dr. James Whit tico. Armstrong'is serving his second five-year term on the SWEEPSTAKES 1675 552 254 $40.00 $5.00 $7.50 Anyone having < urreiil VEI.I.OIV (irkels. ,| „.•«! ,|„ m . 14 ISB9 „!tl. proper numbers, present same to The 1 \KOI.INI A\ office and reri’ivi* :imnmn listed above from the SVVI I PSIAKK Feature Mrs. Moore Sweepstokes Winner Mrs. Susie Riddick Moore, 21G Fowle Street, did some shopping at Hudson-Be'lk De partment Store, 310 Fayette ville Street, last weekandcame away with Sweepstakes ticket number 3170, second prize, worth $lO, when she presented it as the office of The CARO LINIAN. Ladies have been the sole winners of prizes in The CARO- by the program since it began in September last year were residents in 38 participating States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin 1 slands. The program will be in effect in all 50 States shortly after July 1. Preparations for parti cipation are being made b> State employment service of fices in Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, In diana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, (See ON Will FARC. P. 2) Hospital Advisory Committee of the North Carolina Medical DR. YV. T. ARMSTRONG I.INIAN's Sweepstakes Promo tion for the past four or five weeks. The gentlemen are urg ed to get in on the winnings by visiting the “right” busi nesses and picking up Sweep stakes tickets. To be valid this week, tickets must be vellow in color and dated June 14, 1069. Number 1677, first prize, will be worth (See SWEEPSTAKE* l> 2) J. Howard Charged!n Sun Rap A Raleigh man discovered last Saturday that liquor and fighting do not mix. And as a result of this, he was shot in the leg, then charged with as sault with a deadly weapon. The pistol which inflicted the wound belonged to him. Vance Evans, Jr., owner of Evans’ Shell Service Station, 500 S. Blount Street, related to Officers H. L. Rushing and R. B. Tant at 12:45 p.m. Sat urday, that James Odell Ho ward, 47, 224 Smithfield Street, came into his station and had been drinking. Mr. Evans said an argument ensued between he and Howard and Evans asked Howard to leave his place of business, Howard then took a taxicab and left the premises, only to return minutes later with a pistol. He then entered the service station again and laid liis gun on the counter, telling Evans, “I’m going to kill you.” The men struggled over the gun and it went, off, striking Howard in the left leg. Evidence snowed that Mr. Evans had the pistol in his hand when it went off. The defendant was treated (See SHOT WITH. P. 2) Care Commission. He also serves on the Youth Fitness Commission of'North Carolina. Presently a member of the Boxing Commission of the City of Rock', Mount, he is also vice president of the Rocky Mount Voters and Improve ment League. Armstrong is vice chairman of the Nash- Edgecombe Economic Develop ment Authority (poverty pro gram) in Rocky Mount and serv ed as the vice chairman of the Rock} Mount Centennial Com mittee in 1967. He lias serv ed as commissioner of high (See Dlt ARMSTRONG. P. 2) TESTIFY BEFORE DEMOCRATIC COMMISSION - Atlanta: Tw'o of the first witnesses to appear before the Commission of the Democratic Party structure, headed by Sen. George McGovern, here June 16 morning were former Georgia Governor Carl Senders (L) and State Representative Julian Bond- (R). The hearing was to continue throughout the day with witnesses from five southern states appearing. Sanders said the South should be given an opportunity of revitalizing its own political structures and Bond called for a. new way of selecting the candidates. (UPI). Seceded Rather Than Mix NEW ORLEANS - (NPI) - Some 15,000 de legates attended the an nual -convention of the Southern Baptist Con vention, held in the new Convention Center, Rivergate, last week, and wrestled with the problems of raee , poverty, and law and order. The Southern Baptists com prise the group which seceded from fellow denominational groups in a difference of opin ion and thought on racial ques tions. High point of the meeting came when a group called Baptist Students Concerned recom mended that the convention ig nore the “Black Manifesto” but approved such items as the establishment of aSouthern Land Bank, reformation of the federal welfare system to “as sure every American a decent living,” and direct a id to Black administered p r o g r a rn s . The group endorsing the manifesto seeks S’oo million dollars from whites of the country. Such programs includes the Interreligious Foundation for C Oil m tin it y organizations, which makes money available to Blacks to establish their own enterprises. The Rev Maniel L, Scott, pas tor, Calvary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, sounded the only sour note the meeting when he advocafed that the police be (See BAPTISTS TELL, P. 2) |j| f ii| ON TOP AGAIN - Washington; The Supremo Court ruled June 16 that the House of Repre sentatives improperly exclud ed Rop. Adam Clayton Powell, D-NY, from sitting in the 90th Congress in 1968. Power!, pic tured in a March, 1969fi1e photo, pursued his appeal of the ouster on the grounds that the House owed him hack pay and re storation of his seniority. Chief Justice Karl Warren, wilting the 62-page majority opinion, said that the issue of back pay should Ire considered first in lower courts. (UPI). IWiATHi^EPORr Temperatures during the ue reiod, Thursday through Mon day, is ill average much above normal. Daytime highs are ex pected to average in the upper 70s in the North Carolina moun tains arid in Ihe lower 80s else where. Lows at night will be in the low to middle 50s in the mountains, and 57 to 65 degrees elsewhere. A gradual warming trend is expected Thursday and Friday, with cooler weather set ting in Sunday and Monday. Precipitation will average more than three-fourths of an inch, occurring as showers in the mountains Thursday and Friday, and spreading over the entire state Saturday and Sunday.
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