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
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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
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FEPP IN FAYETTE . A iL<i Is
brewTngln IMs town over the Medgar Evers Memorial Monu
, ment and apparently it will have to be settled in court. The
one-ton marble monument was placed In the town’s only park
July 7th for Charles Evers inaugural ceremony as the new
mayor. It was supposed to have been moved after the festivi
ties.. it wasn’t. The town Board of Supervisors ordered it
moved from the Confederate Park August 11, saying it was plac
ed there without their authorization. Evers, along with his son
in this photo, said it would not be moved and would be left
there permanently. (UPI).
Block Americans Invited
To "Directions” Confab
DETROIT - All black people
in America are invited to a
major directional convention in
Washington, D. C„ this month,
August 21 through August 24,
The Crime
Beat
FROM RALEIGH’S OFFICIAL
POLICE FILE
THROWN OUT OF HOUSE
Miss Minnie Pearl Forte, 22,
534 E. Martin Street, told Of
ficer J. L. Arrington at 7 : 03
p.m. Friday, that she was visit
ing at the resident of tier sis
ter, 125 Idlewild Avenue when
Phillip Murray, 30, same ad
dress, jumped on her and start
ed beating her about the head
and kicking her on the legs.
Miss Forte said that, “If all
started with a quarrel with his
wife (believed to He the com
plainant’s sister) and he threw
me out of the house onto the
sidewalk. An assault and bat
tery warrant was signed by Miss
Forte and Murray was arrested,
* * *
ASSAULTS TWO OFFICERS
Officers Jimmy Max Glover,
25, and Floyd I. Denton, 48,
were asaulted by a 10-year
old subject here at 4 a,m. Fri
day. Glover said he was chasing
Joseph Chavis 1112 E. Martin
Street, in the 300 block of E,
Davie Street, after Chavis had
assaulted Officer Denton, and
was pushed off when he was ap
prenended the first ttrne. Of
ficer Denton said he was at
tempting toprevent Chavis from
leaving the police car when
Chavis struck him in the face
and ran. He was apprehended
in the 300 block of S, Blood
worth Street and now faces two
counts of assault on an officer.
Neither officer was hurt.
(See (’RIME BEAT. I*.
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 16. 1969
as the Republic of New Africa,
opens its “First Year on the
Land” in Mississippi, chal
lenges the Panthers, the Black
(See \!X BJ ,\< KS. I>. 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).
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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
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