a BREATH Of< likb -bos* an Mass : patrolman inonrias stack gives mouth-to-mouth res nsctation to Gitja Wilson, 5, after she was nearlj strangled to death by an automobile door here August 11. Looking on, left, is one of the child’s neighbors, one of the 15 persons who helped move the car which had rolled some 25 feet after slipping out of gear, ending up against, a fence, trapping the child. (UPI). ( a Vi I Rights Commission Blasts State, Local Bodies On Job Bias WASHINGTON, D. C. - The U. S. Commission on Civil Rights declar ed Tuesday that State and local government shave failed to assure equal job opportunities to member of minority groups and recommended that Congress amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to bring these now exempt igove rnmo.uf s under nondiscrimination in employment requirements of that act. It also note i that the rederal Government has itself “failed to exert leadership to protect the rights of minority group members in State and local government” and recommend bishop Jones Os Salisbury Recovering MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A re port from St. Margaret’s Hos pital, where Bishop Raymond L. Jones, GO-year-old senior prelate of the AME Zion Church, Salisbm v, N. C., has been con fined since July 30, revealed that the prelate was in fair condition and was on the way to recovery. He suitei ed an attack after i ivha delivered the sermon at 4 opening of the Connectional Council and the summer meet ing of the Board of Bishops, whioi met smultaneonsly at Old Ship Church July 30-August 1. Hi complained of not feeling ell at the completion of the sot’ll;oi and was uken to the offict oi the churei . Upon exa n- ion, l>j .>. doctor, lie was os Jet ed to t Hospital. A i! 'as been kept ovei 1 1 in since that time and anthill i- e-s at the hospital say that ate ' i weeks, lie lias show a" d signs of im provt. is wife has been at ids l>. : almost continuous 1\ sine was admitted. It is also !■ nm ted that his three daughtci - have attended him most of the time. As tin re'ii ing president of the Board of Bisiiops, it was his to delivei the sermon for the open in!.', .session of the two bodies. Persons close to him and those who have seen him in action ;a\ that this sermon was perhaps the most force ful that he • .er delivered. His admonition was said to have been superb and his concern (sec bishop som s. p. .»> N. C. GOVERNOR FREES FIVE ON ARSON RAPS - H, C«s Ths@@ five young R«gro** leave prison August 12 after being given gubernatorial clemency by Gov. Scott, after serving two montns of a twelve year sentence for setting fire to a Ku Klux Ktas meeting hall, (L to R) Percy Raifield, 17; Fredrick Lockamy, 18} Jesse Jones, 21} Dubois Gather, 20; and Leo Stewart, 18, Ct/Pl), the passage of legislation au thorizing the withholding of Federal funds from any State or local public agency discri minating against any employee or job applicant who is, or would be compensated in part by, or involved, in administ ering programs or activities assisted by such funds. These recommendations are among a number contained in a Commission study of public em ployment In seven contained in a Commission study of public ployment in seven metropolitan areas that revealed the pre sence of discriminatory ele ments in State and local gov ernment personnel systems which restrict opportunities for minority groups. Specific steps were suggested for affirmative act ion programs in the areas of recruitment, selection of employees, place ment and promotion, discipline and facilities The Commission pointed out Say Cleaver Will Return To The US CHICAGO - (NPI) - Eld ridge Cleaver, self-exiled Black Pan ther minister of defense, will return to the United States with in six months, it has been re ported. According to the Panthers' minister of education, Raymond Hewitt, Cleaver has lawyers working to arrange his legal return to the United States. But if legal moves fail, Cleav er will return anyway, Hewitt added. Cleaver fled the United States last November to avoid arrest on charge of parole violation and aggravated battery in con nection with a gun battle with police in California. Hewitt and Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas said they conferred with Cleaver in Algeria during the recent Pan African Cultural festival held (See CI.KAVER. that State and local governments have a responsibility to alter any laws, regulations andprac tices which stand in the way , (See CR BODY, P. 2) Director 01 Youth Center Interviewed A disturbance at the Youth Center, located in the 200 block of S. Bias: Street Monday afternoon, resulted in the arrest of Eddie Lee Smith, 18-year old resident of 812 Cape Street, on charges of disorderly conduct, resisitingar rest and assault and battery. A CAROLINIAN representa ti v e interview’d several by standers on Tuesday, all of whom stated the incident began with an argument inside the Center between an unidentified teenage boy and girl. Asked to leave the Center several times by center di rector, Leon Davis, he finally called police headquarters. The boy is alleged to have flea upon seeing the cops. However, sev eral other teenagers allegedly followed the officers out of the building, Davis stated. Witnesses declared that a number of other police cars were called to the scene, and said Smith was arrested after being manhandled, squirted with tear gas and kicked by officers in the lower part of his stomach. Officer J. L. Arrington said he was bitten on the thumb during the melee. Policeman J. L. Arrington said he and Officer R, W. Mil ler answered a disturbance call (See YOUTH CENTER P. 2) To Board Os Trustees NUL Names Two Activists Zion Church Divided Over Manifesto Thm Carolinian •■ ■■■ t ■v : •t ■ ■.v/ - —— VOL. 28, NO. 42 His Father Was Fighting Mother - A f y-jLy-.ry y-rvy>p. y-xj-y-y- HS-k-f-ci At Youth Center Here Says Fight Provoked ■to a&JHUb' m nmmmte * ■§. FEPP IN FAYETTE . A iL. 2) Owen Nichols Joins Cheek At Howard WASHINGTON, D. C. Owen D. Nichols, Raleigh, N. C. na tive, and director of the Of fice of Technical Information and Publications of the National Air Pollution Control Adminis fill OWEN D. NICHOLS tration, has been apponted assistant to the president of Howard University, it was an nounced last Friday by Dr. James E. Cheek, president of the university, Mr, Nicholas, who,was an undergraduate student with Dr, Cheek a t Shaw University, Activists Assume NUL Posts NEW YORK - Two activist student leaders were among ten newly-elected members of the National Urban League’s 59- membei Board of Trustees. Mario Baeza, 18, of Verona, N. J,, a student at Cornell U niversity, and Ernestine Cook, 24, of New York City, a stu dent at Hunter College, were elected to one-year terms by the League’s governing body, the Delegate Assembly. A third student leader. Charles Hamilton, of Harvard University, continues to serve on the NUL Board. Mr. Baeza and Miss Cook replace two student Board members whose terms have ex pired, Barbara Burton of North western University, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, and Talm&dge Kenly, of Columbia, South Carolina, a student at Bendict College. This is the second yeai in which students have been on the Board, the League’s policy making body. Announcing the addition of three students tothe (Sec URBAN I EAGUE. I* 2) | WEATHER REPORT j . Temperatures during thJ pe riod, Thursday through Mon day. will average below normal. Daytime highs will be near 80 1 nthe North Carolina mountains and along the north coast, and in the North Carolina mountains Lows at night will be *rs the up per SOs in the mountains and in the 60s elsewhere, It will be mild Thursday and Friday, turn ing cooler over the weekend. Precipitation will total one inch or more along the south coast and in the mountains, and up to three-fourths of an inch else where, occurring as .scattered showers and thundershowers mostly over the weekend. graduated with honors from that institution as class valedictor ian in 1955, and received the M. S, degree in physical chem istry at Howard University in 1958. He did additional gradu ate work in information sci ences at American University on a part-time basis from 19- 63 through 1966. Beginning hi s professional career as a glassblcnver and equipment technician at Howard in 1957, Mr. Nichols became an associate professor of chemis try at South Carolina State Col lege in 1958. He returned to Washington in 1959 to accept a position as research chemist with the U, S. Naval Research. Laboratory, and remained there until 1962 when he became a physical science specialist with the Defense Documenta tion Center in Alexandria, Vir ginia. Four years later, in 1966, he was appointed technical in formation specialist for the Air Pollution Technical Information Center, National Air Pollution Control Administration, De partment of Health, Education, and Welfare. In that position he served as deputy to the chief of APTIC, and participated in the overall operation of the In formation Center. Last year, he became direc tor of the Office of Technical In formation and Publications, ad ministering. a comprehensive program to provide technical (Her NirHOI.B JOINS. i>. •;) SINGLE COPY 15c ■mBSM MICHAEL R. ALSTON 12-Inch Butcher Knife Used .A 15-year-old boy, due to enter John W, Ligon High School in September, plunged a 12-inch butcher knife into the buck of his father here last Wed nesday morning and killed him instantly. Michael Robin Alston, 1125 Gregg Street, is now being held at the Wake County Detetnion Horne, E. Whitaker Mill Road, according to Police Lt, John (See BOV i 5. P. .2) CONFER ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT - Washington - Be fore leaving on a month stay in California, President Nixon held a conference August 0 with William Brown, Director of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, on legisla tion enabling the commission to bring suit in cases Involving violations in equal employment. Attending the discussion are, left to right, Nixon, Brown, Robert J, Brown a Presidential assistant and Arthut Burns, counsellor to the President.(UPl). PSWEEPSTAKES I 2753 3055 1754 $lO $5 $lO L Anyone- having current GREEN tickets, dated August 2 1959 with proper numbers, present same to The CAROLINIAN office and receive amount -.listed above from the SWEEPSTAKES Feature. ILiaaMBIIP T— iMßiimimmm ■ ■- 1 .^»cv-nT-irii^wgia>>n»B»B—wintmihiw up |„„ ~ Two Win Sweepstakes Cash Two ladies claimed a total of $45 ir. CAROLINIAN Sweep stakes cash last week. Mrs. Frances Falvey, 2402 Van Dyke Avenue, visited Na tional Health Foods, 8 E. par gstt street, where she receiv ed lucky ticket number 132. When she presented this ticket A. Barnes Reports On Division DURHAM - Alexander Barnes, director, Public Relations De partment, AMP: Zion Church, when questioned here Tuesday about a story that appeared In the New York Times, as to the denomination’s stand on the Black Manifesto, as it relates to reparations tothe black com munity, said that his investi gation revealed that there were two camps. A story appeared in the N, Y Times, dated August 6, carried a head, which read “Forman Backed by Negro Church” with a subhead which read “Repara tions Idea is favored by AME Zion Panel.” Bishop Felix And erson, secretary, Board of Bis hops, Louisville, Kv., declared the headlines mis’eading and the accompaning story untrue. Bishop H. B. Shaw, W timing ton, chosen at the summer meeting of the Board, In Mont gomery, Ala., July 30-August 1, who presided over the meeting of the Connectional Council, composed of the bishops and policy-makers, is reported as saying that the Council adopted a resolution that accepted the principles of the manifesto, as guidelines to be studied by the denomination and to be adhered to according to the dictates of one’s conscience. Bishop Anderson stated that the matter was on the agenda for discussion by the bishops, but due to the time element, fSec ZION CHURCH, P ■> Pythian s To Hear Koontz BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Four major attractions will highlight the 45th biennial session of the Supreme Lodge of Knigths of Pythias and Order of Calanthe set for Aug. 17-20 at the Tut wiler Hotel here. Dr. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor, will be the featured speaker at the public meeting set for 7;30 Sunday evening, Aug. 17 at the Tutwiler Hotel. She will be in troduced by Dr. J. King Chand 1e r 111, president of Daniel Payne College. Mrs. Koontz is a formei president of the National Eduea tlon Association and the As sociation of Classroom Teach- ' ers. The Supreme Lodge, meeting in Birmingham and the South for the first in its history, will hold Memorial Services at 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Tutwiler, Convention (See MRS. KOONTZ. p. •>) at The CAROLINIAN, she was awarded the $5 second prize money, Mrs. Mary Denning, 1220 Smithfleld Street, won the whop ping amount of S4O. The em ployee of Woolworth Store has never won the Sweepstakes be swKrrsTAKis »•