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TURED - Galveston, Texas.:
George L, Howard is led back
into the Galveston County jail
after he was captured in near
by Texas City early November
21’ Howard was with four other
prisoners, one of which had been
sentenced to the electric chair
for killing his mother, broke
from the tail earlier Nlvember
2!, took four hostages arid fled
inland from th is Gulf Coast City.
Howard, held* on a charge of
robbery by assault, was cap
tured without a fight at his
father’s home. (UPI).
Abernathy
Slated In
City Sat.
Southern Christian Leader
s hip Conference (SCLC) presi
dent Rev. Ralph David Aber
nathy Is scheduled to appear in
Raleigh Saturday, December 6,
as part of a state-wide work
shop. The all-day workshop,
slated for Memorial Audi
torium, will be centered upon
non-violence, according to state
coordinator, Milton Fitch, of
V Wilson.
The workshop is also directed
toward the status of the poor.
Educational, political, and eco
nomic systems involving the
poor will receive intensive at
tention, commented Fitch,
Rev. Abernathy will speak to
delegates from all over the
state. Fitch stated that such
black leaders as Mrs. Eva Clay
tori of Warrenton and John Ed
wards of Durham (Dir. of the
N. C. Voter Education Project)
will he on hand for the con
ference.
Registration for the workshop
will begin at 9:00 a.m. Aber
nathy is scheduled to speak at
(See .ABERNATHY, F 2)
Persecution
Os Panthers
Hit Sy SCEF
KNOX VID be., Term - The
Southern Conference Educa
tional Fund (SCEF) has called
upon the United Nations to in
vestigate “U. S. Government
persecution of the Black Panth
er Party.”
The SCEF hoard of direc
tors, holding E , 'ir fall meet
ing here, acted after hearing
talks by leaders of the Illinois
Chapter of the Panthers. The
speakers were Michael Mc-
Carty, Panther lieutenant of ed
ucation, and Eugene Charles,
lieutenant of information.
“Hundreds of Panthers are
in jail, in exile, or dead as a
result of persecution,” the
SCEF leaders said. The board
charged that harassment of the
Panthers results from their
jrwillingness to work with peo
ple of all colors and their de
mands for basic changes In A
meriean society.
SCEF Is a Southwide Inter
racial organizational working
to end racial injustice, poverty,
war, and the draft. It seeks to
do this by bringing about joint
'*•« WMBCUiHiM. *>.
Dr. Edwin Espy' (center) of New York City, general sec'y
of the National Council of Churches now meeting In Detroit,
talks December Z with the two nominees for the presidency
of the NCC. They are Dr. Cynthia Wedal (left), 61, of Wash
ington, D. C,, the choice of NCC’S official nominating com
mittee, and the Rev. Albert Cieage (right), 58, a Negro Detroit
pastor (.if the United Church of Christ, was nominated by
the National Committee of Black Churchmen, a wo
man nor a Negro has ever served as NCC president, The
election will l.v held December 4, (UPI).
NEA Asks Free Lunches
Mistrial Declared For Marines
Servicemen
Released
After Action
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-A mistrial
was declared after the first of
four black marines went on trial
on charges of rioting, con
spiracy, arid assault. A white
juror admitted he wasprejudlc
(See MARINES, P. 2)
The Carolinian
VOL. 29, NO. 6
Raleigh Woman Gives 3 ¥mims Os Having Been
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By Local Poor People’s Organization
Southside Given Aid
CHAPEL HILL STRIKE CONTINUES-Chapel Hill: Jim Pierce, (R), Regional Director for the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal employes; shown in a file photo during a
November 12, 1969 picket line at the University of North Carolina, was arrested December 1.
Also arrested was another union organizer and a striking cafeteria worker. The arrests came
in the fourth week of a workers’ strike against the SAGA food service, which operates cafeterias
on the UNC campus. Pierce was charged with disorderly conduct. (UPI).
4 Beaten’,Woman Says
Mrs. Ida Maye Smith, 111 N. Carver Street,
told a story oi' brutality here Monday afternoon,
claiming she u'as attacked by three white men,
one of whom wielded a chain and struck her
about the body. Her story also allegedly changed
according to the investigating officer.
She reported to Officer G. W.
Abernathy at 6:05 p.m. Monday,
that she was assaulted while
walking In the 300 block of E.
Hargett Street. “She gave me
three different stories,” Aber
nathy declared.
Mrs. Smith, whom Officer
CHAPEL HILL--Black Activist Howard Fuller said Sunday
to a group of striking food workers, “We’re prepared to go
against the injunction because we have the right tc be with
our people in a time of need,” Fuller is presently under
a court injunction which prevents him from picketing on the
campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
There are about 250 to 275 full and part-time cafeteria
workers on strike against the Saga Food Service which runs
the cafeterias for the University. The strike is now in its
fourth week. Fuller had participated in the picketing, but last
week was charged with engaging in a riot, refusing to dis
perse arid disorderly conduct. A court injunction followed
which barred him from the campus, (See FULLER, P. 2)
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North Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. G., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1969
Abernathy described as "about
drunk,” said she had missed her
bus for work and was returning
home when she was accosted by
three white males, riding in a
red GT9 automobile, and one of
them, she said, beat her with a
chain In front of the A&P Food
Store, corner of S. Bount and
E. Hargett Streets.
Later, she told the cop that
(See WOMAN SAYS, P. 2)
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■OT7THH
BEATEN AFTER 'PARADE
Miss Cynthia Marie Brown,
17, 2306 Spring Forest Roadj
told Officer C. R. Aycoco at
8:57 p.m. last Monday, that she
had just finished performing in
the annual Christmas Parade,
and was in the 700 block of
Fayetteville Street (near Fay
etteville Crossing), when she
was struck in the right eye
by an unidentified colored fe
male. The young woman stated
that she was returning to the
Capitol at the other end of
Fayetteville Street, when she
was attacked. She described her
assailant as being about 16 years
of age and weighing about 105
pounds Anger was listed as the
reason for the assault. She suf
fered a bruised right eye.
;S*e CRIME BEAT, i*. J)
Labor Dept.
AsksFor
FairJobs
WASHINGTON - Secretary of
Labor George P. Shultz has an
nounced steps to strengthen
equal job opportunity efforts in
Federal contract work by clari
fying responsibilities of con
tracting agencies.
An order issued by Director
John L. Wilks of the Officer of
Federal Contract Compliance
(GFCC) consolidates and reas
signs compliance responsibili
ties alone industrial classifica
tion lines for 15 agencies.
Previously, assignments to
Federal contracting agencies
were made primarily on the
basis of the dollar volume of
their contracts with particular
corporations rather than In
dustries.
"The purposes of this reas
signment,” said Secretary
Shultz, "are to eliminate over
lapping agency compliance re
view activities and to provide
(See LABOR »EPT„ P. S)
Voters Pha
ÜbmryP&ml
The local Raleigh-Wake Lea
gue oi women Voters will'spon
sor a general session, centered
around "North Carolina Public
Assistance Priorities for
Progress,” The meeting is
slated for Wednesday, Decem
ber 10, at 8:00 p.m at the
Richard B, Harrison Library,
New Bern Avenue.
(S«e VOTER* TO. r. *>
’Homework
Is Undone/
Gov’t Told
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
president of the National Ed
ucation Association has given
a failing grade to the nation’s
school lunch program and cal
led for enactment of an emer
ges NEA ASKS, P. 2)
SINGLE COPY 15c
Governor
And Mayor
Contacted
The United Poor Peo
ple’s Organization
(UPPO) is designed to
aid blacks in the Raleigh
area. It is currently op
erating out of the old
City Cab Stand office,
located at 704 S. Mc-
Dowell Street.
According to a UPPO spokes
man, Mrs. Edna Davis, ‘‘The
UPPO is an organization that
helps all black people with anv
type of problem.” She added,
• problems are never too
small or too large "
The UPPO is run under the
direction of a board of direc
tors and a working staff of four
people, Mrs. Davis stated that
the organization is looking for
members who are “willing to
help their black brothers and
(Set GOV. AND. P. 8)
“SUPREME" JUMPS FROM
SPEEDING AUTO - Hollywood:
Cynthia Ann Birdsong, 29, a
member of the soul singing
group “The Sup r ernes,”
was held for more than one hour
at knife-point by a barefoot kid
naper December 2 before she
jumped from a speeding car
on me Long Beach Freeway.
She suffered multiple lacera
tions from her jump and was
reported in satisfactory condi
tion at Long Beach Memorial
Hospital. She also was treated
for minor knife slashes. (UPI),
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| SWEEPSTAKES
I SIC $lO $5.00
$ Anyone furring current SUfll Ufelcets, dated Nov. a*. !Nt, with
if, proper numbers, present um to The CAJROUNIAN office and t
X receive amounts listed above from the SWOTPSTTAKES Feature. :
Mon Wins Sweepstakes
Atlas Perry of Raleigh be
came a three-time winner in
the Sweepstakes contest when
he picked.up a ticket atThomp-
v. o, SOLDIERS FACE CHARGES Us THESE DEATHS-SONG MY, S. Vietnam; The homes or
v Hagers in this Hamlet are shown shortly after they were shot to death, reportedly by Ameri
can troops on March i, 1968. This photo was taken by an ex-Army Sergeant. The dead aie claimed
to be victims of an alleged massacre of a Division of the U. S. Army, Most of the victims are
women, old men and very voung children. (UPI).
Election Eds.
State And
C’ntyPosts
Accepted
Mount Airy educator Leon
H, Jones and Raleigh banker
Joseph S. Sansorn will become
amloNEsWi
the first Ne
groes to sit
on the State and
County Boards
of Election, re
s p e c t ivel y.
Jones, appointed
by Governor
Robert Scott,
was sworn Into
office on Tues-
day as a member of the state
Board of Elections. Sansorn,
nominated by the State Board
of Elections.
Sansorn, nomi
nated by the
Wake Co. Demo
cratic Commit
tee Tuesday, Is
expected to have
Ihis nomination
[approved by the
[state Board of
(Elections when
m
MB—■ hi m « - MOW
it meets to re vied the nomi
nation. Sansom will sit on the
Wake County Board of Elec
tions.
Sansom is vice executive vice
president of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank here. He will
replace William H. Stephenson
on the three-man elections
board.
jones is a native of North
Carolina, residing in the west
ern section of the state. He
makes his home in Mount Airy.
In his hometown, .Jones present
ly serves as Coordinator for
Federal Programs for Mount
Airy Area Schools, a post he
had held for four years.
A graduate of West Virginia
State College, Institute, West
Virginia, he holds a Master's
degree in School Administra
tion from West Virginia Uni
versity, Morgantown.
Jones said of his appoint -
ment to the Board, ‘‘l am wil
ling to go to a non-partisan
attitude, so as to serve all of
the people.” He is a register
ed Democrat.
‘‘l thoroughly agree with our
form of government,” he said,
“and I shall do everything in
my power to keep it on a
wholesome basis.”
For 30 years, Mr. Jones
was principal of J. J. Jones
High School in Mount Airy.
(see STATE, COUNTY, P. *)
WEATHER
During the period, Thursday
through Monday, temperature*
will average much below nor
ms! In the North Carolina moun
tains, and beiow normal else
wehre. Daytime highs wilt av
erage in the upper in the
mountains, and in the 50s else
where. Temperatures along the
south coast will average in -the
upper 30s. Lows at night will be
in the upper teens in the moun
tain* and mostly in the ?0s else
where except in the Sower 3fls
on the outer hank*. Cooler tem
peratures are expected Thurs
day with a warming trend oc
curring over the weekend but
St will turn cool again around
Monday. Precipitation will total
lee* than one-fourth of an inch,
occurring a* shower* on Satur
day.
Labor, Management Asked To Dewekp
WASHINGTON Secretary
of Labor George P. Shultz has
challenged employers and labor
son-Lynch Co., 20 W, Hargett
Street. Perry’s ticket Number
0130 earned him $20,00 when he
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Varnando Simpson, Jr., 22, sits in an easy chair in the
living room of his mother’s home here November 26 as lit
recalls the raid on the South Vietnam village of My Lai on
March 16, 1968, which resulted in the court martial charge>
killing of 109 persons. Simpson, who was an Army Spec
4 at the time of the raid, said, “We had orders to destro
everything in the village. . ,to take as few prisoners a
- Simpson was with Company C, Ist Battalion,
11th Infantry Brigade. (UPI).
Draft Board ‘Eyes’
Dad Os 6 For Army
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Draft Board 47 has done
it again.
Already under attack for its handling of
several cases, the board has now given a 1-A
classification to the 32-year-old father of six
children.
A clerk at the hoard said community and a member of
that Julius E. Price, Sr., was the SCEF board of directors,
classed as eligible for military Julius Price was the first
service because he failed to (See drafi board, p. 2)
provide the hoard with a birth a m «
certificate and a copy of his #1 at-.rt
marriage license. KffMVrff «Jr JrlBV
Board 47 is the one that
refused to grant classification BL £l#
as conscientious objector to
Muhammad Ali, world heavy- #
weight boxing champion, and f WsMJ’tt
to Joe Mulloy. These cases %ti§W maiwkS
have drawn nationwide atten- "
tion. BY “PETE” WILDER
Mulloy is a mountain organ- More than ninety senior citi
izer for the Southern Confer- zens were guests of the
ence Educational Fund (SCEF), 1.8.P.0.E. of W. chapter 277
He and Ali are under sentences and Capitol City Temple number
of 5 years and SIO,OOO fines 310, at the home to enjoy the
for refusing to be Inducted in- Annual Thanksgiving Dinner,
to the armed forces. SCEF Turkey, with all the trimmings
says the boards classed Mulloy and desserts unlimited were the
as 1-A because he was organ- familiar orders of the day. One
izing poor people to fight strip Rev. Terrell brought the in
mining of coal in Eastern Ken- spirat ional message of the day,
lucky while Rev. Norman Mitchell,
Two months ago, Board 47 pastor of Mount Nebo Baptist
classified Manfred Reid asi-A, Church, presided,
although Reid Is 33 years old Amid loud “Armens”, “Hal
and has two children. Reid is a lelujahs” and the like, the
militant leader in the black (See city’s elk, p. 2)
unions to extend "equal em
ployment opportunity to ail who
seek training and work.”
At President Nixon's recent
Briefing for Business here, the
■ Secretary said that equality un
der the law and equal access
to opportunity are "the guts of
the American system,"
Mr, Shultz, who is responsi
ble for the Executive Order re
quiring equal opportunity lr,
Federally-funded contract
work, said, "There are many
ways to attack the problem of
providing equal opportunity.”
"I bid the cities, the com
munity leaders and that In
includes the leader s of manage
ment and labor to take a hard
look at these problems and to
take the initiative," he said.
The Secretary asserted,
"'i nere is no solution like a
hometown solution,” adding
that;
"It is not enough merely to
believe in equality of employ
ment opportunity. We must also
be committed to realizing the
ideal in practice. It is im
perative that we bring others to
believe In it too, that we create
ir. this country a wave of opin
ion so strong that formal gov
ernment programs become un- ■
necessary.
Equality must be more than
a matter of abstract faith. It
must also be a commitment to
tireless action. I bid ail a
rn or leans to acknowledge these
old truths and to embrace, not
the confrontation, but the New
Day,"