CAROLINIAN Conducts Survey-Finds
Elections Offer Many Opportunities For Blacks
Attitudes
Os Voters
Checked
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
The CAROLINIAN
made a spot survey of
the attitude of the black
vole as it relates to the
Nov. 3 election, just be
fore it went to press,
in the 4th district con
gressional race, Wed
nesday. It found that
i there is still the state
of apathy on the part of
the black vote and much
of it had not made up
its mind.
The survey showed that The
black vote could liberate itself
from machine politics and could
command the respect of both
party leaders if it decided to
flex its muscles. It was definite
ly decided that should the black
\ote take a close look at In
cumbent 4th district congress
man, Nick Galifinankis’ voting
record on matters pertaining
to social legislation, it would
be to Its best interest to vote
for Jack Hawke, not necessari
ly as a pro-Hawks vote, but
an anti-Galifinankis vote.
Many black Democrats re
called the fact that the black
vote had saved Galifinankis in
(See FLECTIONS. P. 2)
* $500,000
' To Referral
From Ford
NEW YORK - The National
Scholarship Service and Fund
for Negro Students. . .the only
national organi za ti on of its
kind offering a college* referral
service, geared specifically for
Black students at no charge to
the student, has received a
$500,000 grant from the Ford
Foundation.
The grant, said NSSFNS ex
ecutive director David Kent,
will be used to broaden coun
seling and placement services
for thousands of black high
school students interested in
post-secondary education. “By
eliminating our application re
quirement of test scores and
grade averages, we hope to
counsel more black students
this yeai than every before,”
'Kent stressed.
Last year, NSSFNS counsel
ed some 18,000 students. This
year, however, throug! major
modifications in its counseling
scheme and a nationwide re
cruitment drive, the organiza
(See svooouit. p. 2i
In NC Address
R ace-Baiters, ‘C rooks 9
A Uackedßyßep . Diggs
GREF NS BOR 0-Congressman
Charles C, Diggs of Michigan
addressing the Founders Day
Convocation at Bennett College
last week, said that ‘‘racebait
ers, hoodlums, demigods, an
archists and misguided so cal
led super-patriots crawl out
from underneath the rocks, dis
rupt domestic 1 1 anquilit\ and
threaten the very foundations
of our society.”
Diggs, the “dean” of the
Michigan delegation In the
House of Representatives.
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ASSAULTS OFFICER
Office: Kenneth J, Johnson
reported at 9;44 a.m, Sunday,
that he stopped Charles Hinton,
34, 104 Bluff Street, in front of
Peacock’s Grocery,6. W, Bragg
Street, to question him about
a purchase of wine at that lo
cation. When Hinton cametothe
police car, driven by Officer
Johnson, he threw some object,
believed to have been sand, in
Johnson's face. He reportedly
then ran behind the grocery
store, throwing the contents of
the package he was carrying in
to the creek at the rear of the
store. The cop than ran behind
the store to where Hinton was.
jThere, according to Johnson,
H inton struck him several times
, about the body, then ranbacka
-md in front of the store, plck
*> a chair and hit the officer
•.e right side of his body
hand. Hinton then “split
scene.” Although Johnson
unable to locate the fleeing
on, he signed an assault
m officer warrant against
See CRIME BEAT, *». J)
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LOVE PINCH FOR MOM - Atlanta, Ga.: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius
Marcellus Clay, Jr. (or Muhammad All), playfully gives his mother, Mrs. C. M. Clay, Sr,, a love
pinch after weigh-in here Monday. Clay, who weighed in at 213 1/2 pounds, defeated heavyweight
Jerry Quarry in the third round of their scheduled 15-round match Monday night. (See sports page
for photos and story).
American-African Heritage Body
President Announces Formation
CHICAGO - Mrs. Christine
Johnson, president of the Af
frican-American Heritage As
sociation, called a press con
fereenc-e last week and announc
ed the formation of the Chicago
Angela Davis Defense Commit
tee.
Associated with Mrs. John
son in the formation of the com
mittee is T. Curtis, committee
secretary. Mr. Curtis announc
ed that the list of members of
the committee will be announc
ed later.
Mrs. Johnson is an artist,
writer and teacher, former head
of the University of Islam, and
has traveled and studied ex
tensively in Africa, Europe, and
the Carribeans. She has been
active since her adulthood in
African and Afro-American
history. . .
spoke of the necessity for silent
America to speak out, “The
(Sec CONG DTGGS. P. 2)
BankFor
Minorities
Announced
NEW YORK-Capltal Forma
tion, Inc., a national non-pro
fit foundation working in mi
nority economic development
and the National Bankers As
sociation, the nationwide as
sociation of minority banks,
have announced a one-year pro
gram to redirect SIOO million
of new deposits into minority
banks across the country.
“There are 28 minority
owned banks in 22 cities in
the United states,” said Sam
uel S. Beard, Chairman of Capi
tal Formation, “and the SIOO
million will Increase deposits
in these banks by one-third.”
Capital Formation and the
National Bankers Association
(NBA) have tne responsibility
for administering the program.
The source of new deposits will
come from corporations, labor
unions, religious and education
al institutions, the federal gov
ernment and Its grantees, and
state and local governments.
Under the direction of Capi
tal Formation and the NBA,
each 6f these sources will be
invited to redirect substantial
deposits into the minority
banks, during the coming year.
Mr. Beard and Dr. Edward D.
Irons, Executive Director of the
NBA, are national co-chairman
for the program.
The bank deposit program is
warmly endorsed by President
Nixon, who has emphasized that
“encouraging increased mi
(See BANK FOK. P. 2)
Following is a portion of Mrs.
Johnson's press statement: “I
take this occasion to announce
in behalf of my associates, the
formation of the Chicago Angela
Davis Defense Committee.
“Efforts will be made in the
Candidate
Fair Set
Here Fri.
Wake County's office--seek
ers in the Nov. 3 election will
meet the public in a unique
Candidates Fair scheduled Fri
day, Oct. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.
in the North Hills Mall.
The Raleigh - Wake County
League of Women Voters is
sponsoring the fair.
Each of the candidates will
make a few remarks and then
be available at an Individual
table for questions and com
ments.
The fair replaces the tradi
tional speech-making meeting
which the league has sponsored
in the past.
“We felt that by having the
candidates at the mall where
so many people come to shop,
they would be exposed to a larg
(See CANDIDATE. F. 21
PANTHER, YIPPIE IN LEBANON-Beirut, Lebanon; Black
Panther Field Marshal, Don Cox of New York is accompanied
by Youth International Party (YIPPIES) fund-raiser Jennifer
Dohrn on arrival for news conference here Oct. 27. They are
part of four-person delegation led by LSD/marijuana advocate
Dr. Timothy F. Leary and are en route to Cairo. The group
had planned to meet with Palestinian guerrillas here, but
were ordered to leave the country by the Lebanese govern
ment. (UPI).
immediate period to e:<pai.' .■
membership and support of he
Committee among all truly de
mocratic minded Chicagoans,
labor and the academic com
fS
crnaa Arsum.iA DAVis
munity; students and youth; rep
resentatives of ali races,
creeds, and ethnics; church lea
ders and laymen.
“My associates who have es
tablished this Committee de
clares unhesitatingly triat it be
lieves Miss Angela Davis Is in
(Sec OFFENSE FOK. P. i)
Defense Is Formed For Angela
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 29, NO. 52
Raleigh Woman Charged in
In North Carolina
Blind Workers Picker
Victim, 22,
Shot Once
In Stomach
A 35-year-old wo
man, who lives in the
Raleigh Inter-Church
housing (RICH) Park
project, located in the
Method community of
R i- ’gh, was charged
with murder early Sat
urday morning after a
22-year-old man she
had shot in the abdomen
late Friday night died
at Wake Memorial Hos
pital.
Mrs. Betty Brooks Brown,
3026-A Woods Place, was re
leased on a bond of $5,000,
posted by bondsman C.R. Poole,
Monday. She was charged with
the second degree murder of
James Edward Smith, Route 6,
Box 404-A, Raleigh. Smith was
shot once with a .22 calibre
revolver. The incident took
place In Mrs. Browns" apart
ment.
Investigating Officers D. W.
Dalmas and G. W. Williams
reported the shooting occurred
about 11:15 p.m. Friday, follow
ing an argument. Smith died at
5;10 a.m. Saturday.
The woman, who has no police
record with the City-County I
dentification Bureau here, al
legedly refused to haveaphoto
(see mrn park. p. ?.)
Claim Cops
Up in Arms
A glance at unrest through
out America and the world gives
one a picture that policemen
are up in arms. On Saturday
an army of them converged on
Washington and, in no uncer
tain terms, said that something
had to be done about the way
their comrades were being
treated.
In Durham, the black cops,
rose up in holy horror and told
the City Council they were tir
ed of the discriminatory prac
tices, practiced on them.
There were differences of
opinion about the Washington
meeting. There were those who
said that when cops began get
ting some of the things that they
had been displaying on civilians,
some of them innocent, they
began hollering to the high heav
ens. Washington is said to be
studying the national situation.
It Is apparent that the Dur
ham group is fed up and has
become very persistent. The
grievances were presented last
week and they were right back
to the City Council Monday night
to ascertain what had been done.
City Manager I. Harding
Hughes, told the City Council
that he had nothing to report,
even though he received the
complaint sometime ago. This
did not set so well with some
members of the council. There
were those who said many of
the grievances could be dealt
with then. Hughes asked that he
be given until Novemver 2 to
make a progess report.
Lt. James Samuels spoke to
the council Monday on behalf
(See CLAIM COPS. P. 2)
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1970
PREVENTS FURTHER
BLOODSHED - Detroit; Miss
Nadine Brown, a newspaper co
lumnist, was credited Oct. 26
with preventing further blood
shed by persuading Black Pan
thers to surrender after the
fatal shooting of a Detroit
policeman Oct. 24. Miss Brown
entered the Black Panther head
quarters five times carrying
cigarettes, food, a telephone
and messages while the inner
city house was under seige for
nine hours late Oct. 24 and
early Oct. 25. (UPI).
J. Jackson
To Keynote
Symposium
NASHVILLE, Tenn. : The Rev.
Jesse L. Jackson, nationally -
known director of “Operation
Breadbasket,” will be the key
note speaker at Meharry
Medical College’s National
Symposium on Nutritional and
Environmental Problems of the
Inner City, Nov. 5 through 7,
lt was announced this week by
Dr. Henry A. Moses, professor
in the Department of Biochem
istry, the symposium chair
man.
Rev. Jackson was born al
(Sfe J. JACKSON. P 2)
Retaliation
On increase?
EARLE, Ark.-As local elec
tions approach, white retalia
tion is increasing against the
black community of this small,
rural town. Black people make
up 80 per cent of the popula
tion.
Jackie and Ezra Greer were
badly beaten during school de
monstrations in Sept. They
are leaders of the Crittenden
County Improvement Associa
tion (CCIA), a grass-roots
group that has been organizing
the black community of Earle
for two years. On Nov. 3 they
will run for mayor and aider
man, respectively.
Ezra Greer said he was sur
rounded by police and town of
ficials and beaten with night
sticks, tire chains, and a car
bine on Sept. 10, during the
school demonstrations. He suf
fered a broken left arm, frac
tured right arm and hand, some
fractured ribs, and needed 20
stitches to his head. Greer said
he heard Mayor James Xing
tell the police; “Don't beat him
unconscious—that's enought,”
Mrs. Greer was beaten and
trampled by police- and had
a severe gash on ner head. At
tSee RETALIATION, p. 2 )
Negotiation
Attempts Are
Thwarted
BY MILTON COLEMAN
GREENSBORO -Blind
Black workers at Ski 1—
craft Industries for the
Blind here took to the
streets last week after
the company’s board of
directors snubbed their
noses at the worker’s
attempts to negotiate
longstanding griev
ances.
Skilcraft, which employes a
bout 150 persons--ninety per
cent of them blind and well
ever half of them Black--has
been cited by the workers over
the past four years for its un
fair, discriminatory and ex
ploitative work conditions.
The workers have continual
ly sought in vain to meet with
company officials. They have
been backed in their demands
by a number of groups and in
fluential individuals in the Black
community.
Early last month, a group of
respected and Influential Black
community members, including
several ministers and civic lea
ders, toured the Skilcraft plant.
At a press conference, a
spokesman for the group re
vealed to newsmen that the
committee was “apalled at the
working conditions, the over
(B<*e BUND P 21
SBA loans
Set New
US Records
WASHINGTON, D. C. -The
Small Business Administration
has set new records In Its lend
ing programs during the first
nine months of 1970 as com
pared with the same period of
1969.
SBA Administrator Hilary
Sandoval, Jr., said Wednesday
that SBA loans to aid small
buslnesses--inc!uding regular
business loans, economic op
portunity loans, displaced busi
ness loans and local develop
ment company loans--are up
26 percent In number and 23
(Sec SWA LOANS. P 2)
In The Sweepstake r
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
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Finest Home end Garden Tools and Supplies Available
See SWEEPSTAKES Ads
(See Numbers, P. lis>
In Sweepstakes Promotion
Gifts Are Piling lip
Merchandise, in the form of
gifts, is really piling up at
businesses which are taking
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SHERMAN BRISCO!
Briscoe
Named By
TheNNP i
CHICAGO- lohn H.
stacks, preside at of ‘re !6-
mefnber National Newspape 1
Publishers Association, an
nounced this week the appoint
ment of Sherman Brisco*:, vet
eran journalist, as executiv
director of the assoclath •.
Mr. Briscoe, who retired a--
a press officer from the U. b.
Department of Agtlcultto.
nearly two years ago, will a.s
sume his duties on Nov. 1, Hi
headquarters will be in Wash
lngton, D. C.
Mr. Sengstacke, preside ■
and publisher of Sengstack 1
Newspapers, including the Chi
cago Daily Defender am! th
Pittsburgh Courier, sail
making the announcement t!. 1
NNPA had been planning so
some time to name an execu
tlve director to s ! are the a
mlnlst native responsibilltie
of the association, and decided
at the June annual conveniio
to make the move. The boa i
selected Mr. Broscoe as the fa )
(See PUBLISHERS. P. it
Gary Mayor
To Durham
DURHAM - Mayor Richard
Gordon Hatcher of Gary, Ii
diana, will be the principal
speaker at Founder’s Day ac
tlvtttes at North Carolina Cei
tral University on Friday, No
6.
(Sec GARY M IYOR. P. 21
vised Sweepstakes Promotion
The following three number
are good this week; Numbe
(See SWEEPSTAKES, p Z)