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Don’t Let Emotion DisplaceThoughfcMayor Lee
. Success
Os Many
Is Cited
SALISBURY - “We
must not let rhetoric
displace through and
spontaneity displace
planning,” the mayor of
Chapel Hill, told a Liv
ingstone College audi
ence here last week.
Howard N. Lee, speaking In
Varick Auditorium on the camp
us, told students that the suc
cess of many black people in re
cent years demonstrates that
Negroes are moving ahead
'The demonstrations,
marches, and ail the deaths
will have been in vain it we
do not place the goals of free
dom above personal goals,” he
asserted, adding that students
should not let emotions dis
place throught and planning.
Lessons learned during the
1960’5, he said,‘‘make us dream
of things that have not been
and work to make those dreams
come true.”
Lee, the first back mayor of
a southern city since Recon
struction, said that the 1970’s
hold the real test to deter
mine whether or not black peo
ple cars continue to make pro
(See MAYOR LEE P. 2)
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HAPPV EAGLE and ADMIKERS-Durtiani: Don, Wllktrefla. a defensive tackle from North
Carolina Central, was the number one choice of the Houston Oilers in the pro football draft,
Wilkerson selects his favorite tune on the campus jukebox surrounded by admirers. (L-R)
Janie Graves, Edith Croslan, Sally Peace Doug wanted to make sure that everyone, partic
ularly his fiancee, knows that he is getting married Januarv 31 and that these young ladies
are ‘‘just” admirers. (UPI).
REV, B. S. FOUST
Oml Os
Committee
Is Debated
A steering committee, form
ed Tuesday of this week to pro
mote passage of the upcoming
Urban Renewal Bond Issue foi
Raleigh’s Sotithside, has al
ready been questioned as to
its basic goal during an organl
, ational meeting.
If a redevelopment plan Is to
be “pushed down the throats
of Southside residents/’ some
Negro members of the organi
zation said they would not serve.
Co-chairman of the commit
tee, the Rev. Benjamins. Foust,
minister at the Saint Paul AME
Church here, commented during
> the afternoon meeting, held in
City Hall, "I cannot be a part
of ant move unfavorable to the
600 black, families in the slum
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Because Os Local Campus Trouble
Si Aug. Gagers Forfeit Game To A&T
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On Southside Urban Renewal
Clerk C o-Chaks Body
HitsEnfoned Wot l For
Moms In Nixon's Report
GREENS BORO-A nationally
known we’fare administrator
took President Nixon’s proposal
family assistance plan to task
Wednesday night, stating that
“enfot ced employment of moth
ers is no way to reduce welfare
rolls."
Critizing the welfare reform
bil', nov before the Congress,
was Dr. James R. Dumpson,
dean of the Graduate School of
Social Work at Fordham Uni
versity. ,
Dumpson told his audience
of morett an 200 persons at AA T
State University that “there
are some positive features
bout the bill, but these are off
set by negative features.”
“My most serious objec
t!on, iie said, “is that the bill
has a built-in assumption that
< nforced employment of moth
ers is the way to reduce wel
fare rolls. Are we prepared to
say that the primary duty of
a mother is not caring for her
c! ildren
■■A mother,” added the ed
ucator, “is the only one who
can decide if she should go to
work, that is if the welfare of
her children is paramount.”
Dumpson, former c'ommis
sioner of welfare In New York
City, was the first black man
to hold such a position in a maj
or city.
In hts talk, he also ques
tioned whether the proposed
guaranteed income would be
enough for needy families.
“The President in his mes
sage to Congress talked about
the concept of equity/' said
Dumpson, “but apparently his
advisors didn’t talk to him a
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RALEIGH, SATURDAY" JANUARYItI7T97O~“
bout adequacy.”
As an example, he cited the
fact that the proposed bill calls
for a guaranteed Income of a
round $3,300 for a needy fami
ly of four. ‘T don't know' the
situation in North Carolina,” he
added, “but studies in New
(Sat KHPrncK’y. p. ?>
<7O from his Bronx
apartment building here early January 24. For nearly two hours “the mad sniper” held two
dozen policemen, at bay under threat he would shoot his wife and seven children, Finally
coaxed into surrending, he was found to be armed only with a baseball bat. Shot. ~ like
sounds heard by spectators were only the bat being banged against metal door in a rapid fire
fashion, police said, Lemmons’ wife told police he had been dr in king and had a history of
mental Illness. (UPI).
Sees Man
In Street,
Calls ‘Law’
A case originally listed on
the files of the City-County
Identification Bureau as ‘‘as
sault wdth a deadly weapon,”
will apparently be changed to
“injured person” as soon as
the officer who made out the
report can be located, accord
ing to Detective Lt. Russell
A. Lies.
Darnell Palmer, 113 Idlewild
Avenue, was reportedly seen by
an unidentified woman, lying in
front of a residence at 925 E.
Lane Street, Apartment 6, about
11:30 p.rn. Monday. Officers G.
W. Black and R. L. Smith
answered the call made by the
woman, summoning help.
“She probably thought there
had been some foul play, “said
Lt. Liles,” but our investigation
has revealed that the man prob
ably just blacked out.” Officer
Black, according to the detec
tive, filled out the report.
Palmer was rushed to Wake
(See CRACKS SKITIL. V. 2
Ask Court
To Prevent
2 Sailings
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-U. S.
District Court here has been
asked to stop the prosecution
and jailing of two young people
accused of embracery in near
by Hart County.
Attorneys for Mike Honey and
his wife, Martha Allen, told the
court that the couple were in
dicted “because they have
criticized abuses in the ad
ministration of justice.”
Their indictment was called
a violation of their rights un
der the free-speech section of
the First Amendement to the U.
S. Constitution.
Honey and Allen, who are
white, are accused of trying to
Influence a jury by sending a
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SCLC Head:
Abernathy
Speaking
In Sweden
ATLANTA, Ga -Rev. Ralph
David Abernathy, president of
the Soul hern Christian Leader
ship Conference (SCLC), left
from New York, Friday night,
January 23, for a week-long
series of speeches and other
engagements in Sweden.
He is accompanied in Sweden
by Mrs. Abernathy and two
special assistants. J. T. John
son and Stonev Cooks.
Abernathy was invited by the
Swedish Government and the
Martin Luther King Fund of
Sweden, which is a strong sup
porter of SCLC and the con
tinuation of Dr. King’s work.
The SCLC president’s sched
ule:
Sunday, Jan. 25; Sermons at
the Immanuelskyrkan, the larg
est Free Church in Sweden,
and at the Cathedral of Stock
holm. Buffet supper at the home
of Professor Cunnar Mvrdal,
Chairman of the Martin Luther
King Fund of Sweden, and Mrs.
Myrdal.
Monday: Luncheon in the
Swedish Foreign Department,
with Mrs. Cunnar Myrdal, who
is Assistant Minister of For
eign Affairs, as hostess. News
(See ABERNATHY, P. 2)
Clements
Talks On
'Feelings’
The basketball team
of Saint Augustine’s
College here, which had
a game scheduled with
he Aggies of North
Carolina A&T State
University, Greensboro
in Greensboro Monday
light, cancelled the con
test Monday afternoon
when the Saint Augus
tine’s Athletics Com
mittee met and decid
ed that the local Fal
cons should not make the
trip.
"Because in part to the trou
ble that erupted here in the
first game and due to the fact
that we had trouble with A&T
in establishing a suitable spot
for this game, our committee
decided that it w'ould not be
wise to take our squad to the
game," stated Falcon coach
Jesse Clement today.
A December 10th contest be
tween the two rival CIAA uni
versities here ended two minut
es before regulation time with
A&T maintaining a 74-58 lead
in a heated contest when two
separate fights broke out a
mong both players and stu
dents.
Officials stopped that contest
leaving the outcome to the
league's administration which,
finally, aw-arded a victory to
A&T.
"We wanted a neutral site
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HENRY D. DEBNAM
Dies Here;
Riles Thors.
Henry Dallie Debriam, 50,
1114 E. Lane Street, a social
studies teacher at the William
G. Enloe High School, and vet
eran principal in Spring Hope,
died Tuesday*
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 4 p.m. Thursday at.
Saint Ambrose Episcopal
Church. Burial will take place
at 11 a m. Friday in the Nation
al Cemetery.
Debnam was born November
17, 1919 in Raleigh. He was the
son of the lateHarryL. Debnam
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BIsIMS
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CUT ON CHEEK
Arthur Roger Kearney, 25,
600 Bloodworth Street, told Of
ficer Rudolph F. Perry at 1:39
a.m. Sunday, that three young
colored males jumped on him
in the 200 block of S. East Street
and demanded that he give them
his money. He said they went
to his room at the Bloodworth
Street address, looking for his
money. At this time, Kearney
declared, one of the three struck
him 'on the right-cheek - with
the butt of a pocket knife, caus
ing a laceration. He reported
SSO in damage was done to his
sport coat. Mr. Kearney said
his attackers appeared to be a
bout 22 years oi’ age.
(Sop CV JWE BEAT. P. 3)
RAVAGES OF War -Nigeria: a volunteer worker feeds
one of 500 children housed in a disused maternity home
here, January 20. Volunteers from the town's English
community undertook caring for the 500 children in need
of care when they were brought in from the former Bia
-3 fran Enclave, January 18. (UPI).
"Dr. Hawkins Paved
The W ay: ” V. Jordan
The emergence of a black
candidate for the governorship
of North Carolina has made a
permanent impact on guberna
torial politics within the state,
according to Vernon C, Jordan,
director of a Southern voter
education project.
Jordan believes that Dt.
Reginald Hawkins’ unsuccess
ful bid in the last guberna
torial election opened the doors
to many other offices withtn
the south. “There are now,”
NCTA Prexy:
Mrs. Jones
Feted In
Rocky Mt.
BY, J. B. HARREN
ROCKY MOUNT-Occasional
ly a prophet is honored In his
or her home community. This
was the case Sunday, January
25, when the Negro Business
and Professional Women’s Club
paid a glowing tribute and pre
sented a plaque and gifts, along
with numerous letters and tele
grams, to Mrs. Ruth Braswell
Jones, a native, who is presi
dent of the 12,000-member
North Carolina Teachers As
sociation (NCTA) which is a
bout to consummate a merger
with the predominantly White
North Carolina Education As
sociation.
The BPW named Mrs. Jones
“Woman Os The Year,”- and
listened to Mrs. Mary Battle,
Nash County Elementary School
Supervisor, give vivid impres
sions on how to best get along
with all people and make of
one’s self a worthy American
citizen and neighbor
With the theme: “Women’s
Involvement in a Changing
World,” Mrs. Battle said: “We
make our leaders what they
are by what w< are ourselves,
and the way we support them.”
Some criteria suggested by
Mrs. Battle in charting one’s
(See NCTA *TF*O. P 21
$H EEPSTAKES I
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$ ¥EEPSTAKES Ads I
l i •T- • Winners: _ jj
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Mm Home Numbers Are
Drawn In Sweepstakes
.•or the second straight weex,
since its beginning, the numbers
of three houses in Raleigh have
again been drawn. Fifty-doll ars
worth of merchandise was not
claimed by any of last week's
lucky winners. Last week’s
lucky merchants were: National
Pure Food Market, first prize
of $25 in merchandise; Natural
Health Foods, second, sls; and
Oak City Laundry, third, $lO.
This money will remain
in these stores and may be
doubled when these businesses
are chosen in another Sweep?
he said at a meeting of the Ra
leigh Kiwanis Club. “«♦ least
528 black public officials in
Southern states.’’
It has also led, he said, a
growing number of blacks else
where in the South to become
increasingly active in state
wide polites and the traditional
all-white power structure is
bowing to the pressure of
blacks
Jordan, in citing the rele
vancy of black organizations,
said that black organization
are teaching blacks a political
awareness and sophistication
which can enable them to be
come politically effective.
“We’re notice at the political
process, tut we're learning
fast/’ he said.
A sad note that Jordan, a
34-year-old Atlanta native w ith
a law degree from Howard Uni
versity, injected was that black
voters in North Carolina rank
ed last among southern states.
Urge Action
On Social
Affairs Body
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Secre
tary of Commerce Maurice
Stans this week proposed a new
kind of conglomerate -a con
glomerate for social action
In an informal speec' to the
Urban Affairs Conference at the
Marriott Twin Bridges Motor
Hotel, Stans suggested busi
ness, government and com
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WEATHER
TVmneraturps during the pe
riod. Thursday through Mondav.
will average much above* nor
mal. Davtlme highs will be in
the 6°s. Tows at night will av
erage t*» tu o >innp- *»*'• in the
North r-irolHia mountains and
In the 40s elsew here. Tempera
tnres will remain warm through
the end of the week, but it will
turn cooler over the weekend
with warmer weather again pre
vailing at the beginning of next
week **» ecinft'Mion t* ill total
one-half to three-fourths of an
inch, occurring as scattered
showers and thundershowers to
ward the end of the week.
stakes drawing.
Lucky house number's this
week are: No. 12136, Thomp
son-Lynch Company, 20 W.
Hargett Street, first, worth $25
in merchandise; 0990, Economy
Shoe Shop, 104 E. Hargett Street,
second, worth sls; and 12810,
Briggs Hardware, 220 Fayette
ville Street, third, $lO.
Heads of households are e
ligible to claim their merchan
dise if they have a lucky num
ber simply by presenting the
number at the office of The
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