Acme Cab's James P, Freeman Skin in Raleigh - *•
.Woman Free On Bond Sn Death Os Cab Co. Head
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ilonci Set At $5,000-
Hearing Held Next Day
“It looked to roe as though he had been shot
: . ght in the heart,” stated Wake County Coroner
Marshall W. 'Bennett-, early this week in com
menting on the death of James Palmer Free
man, who was shot to death around 3 a.m. Jan. 1.
Mrs. Lucy Harris Be coat, 55, 3 052-A Woods
Place, was charged with murder in the death.
Released unde: a bond of
ss,ob( in the custody of bond
man M. E. Williams of w&w
Bonding Company, 305 Pace
street, Mrs. Becoat was given
an earlier hearing on Saturday,
Jan. 2. She is believed to have
jpen a dispatcher at Acme Cab
ftftjmpany, where the shooting
occurred,
Freeman, 60, a native of Ra-
I leigh, was borr, on Dec. 3, 1910.
Police officers were called
( v Miss Hattie Yvonne Moore,
83: S. State Street, at 3:07 a.
n.. She is believed to be a
dispatcher) for the cab.company,
owned by Mr. Freeman, who
also operated Acme Auto Serv
ice and other business enter
prises here.
According to a witness, she
observed Mrs. Becoat and Mr.
-• reema:. walking out ofthe dis
patcher's office, heard sounds
of an argument, then heard a
gun go oft. Officer B, B.
Bitucum was the first to ar
• :v< at the scene of the shoot
ing, 529 S. Blount Street. She
also said she saw Freeman
iving in the street, then saw'
Report Gainful Work
Kor Minority Bodies
* JEW YORK, is. V.-AR in
crease in the proportion of
gainful employment by minorl
t workers or. State-aided hous
ing developments during the
first year of operation of the
State Division of Housing and
Comm unit} Renewal’s Affirma
tive Action program was an
nounced last Thursday by State
Housing Commissioner CharleE
J. Urstadt,
"Our Affirmative Action pro
gram,*' said Commissioner Ur
stadt. "was initiated in an ef
fort to promote maximum em
ployment opportunity, without
discimination, during construc
tion of these protects. Althoug)
the State does not hire, o;
place, construction workers on
these State supervised proj
ects, we feel a strong responsi
bility to aid minority group
construction workers in gain
ing employment consistent witii
the availability of such workers
in the area of the project."
The statistics cited by Com
missioner Urstadt are based
r on an analysts of data on mi
r-m rtty employment in the major
•• employment categories of
foreman, journeyman, laborers
and apprentice compiled in the
field and reported by the general
contractor on 38 State-aided
middle-income housing proj
ects under construction during
the four quarters beginning Ju-
T 1, 1969 and ending June 30,
1970. Tiie Division’s program
uses man-days as a unit of
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two men pick him up and place
him In an automobile.
According to officers, when
they arrived at the scene,
Freeman was sitting in an up
right position in the car.
It could not be ascertain
ed just how the hearing was held
on Saturday, since that was a
part oi the Rev. Year's holiday
weekend. However, according
to Jailer W. £. Bagwell, Mrs.
Becoat v/as freed on the $5,-
000 bond at 3:45 last Saturday.
The coroner said the weapon
used is believed to have been
a .22 calibre pistol. Only one
shot was fired.
The Acme Cab Company was
founded bv Freeman in 1939.
He made his home with a sis
ter, Mrs. Pearl F. Williams,
at 211 K. Tarboro Road.
Funeral services for Mr.
F reeman were conducted Sun
day, jan., 3 at the First Bap
tist Church wit.-, the pastor,
Rev. D>'. Charles W, Ward,
and Father Arthur J. Calloway ,
rector of Saint Ambrose E
piscopal Church, presiding.
(Sc. BOND SFT, P. 2)
measurement rather than a
simple head-count to ascer
tain actual amount of gainful
(See MINORITIES P 2)
'f reach The Gospel Os liberation/’
[mancipation Bay Audience Is Urged
DURHAM - Osofo LaFayette
M cDonald challenged the m blis
ters of the Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of Durham
and vicinity and the general
audience to "preach the gos
pel of liberation to ever} man,
woman’and child until justice
runs down like a might
stream" as he delivered the
speecti for the Emancipation
Proclamation one hundred and
sixtt anniversary service which
was held at West Durham Bap
tist Church at 11 o’clock on
New Year’s Day.
McDonald, who is pastor of
the Northside Baptist Church
in Durham and also college
minister at Durham Business
College, was a last minute sub
stitute speaker for Dr. Sandy
F, Ray, pastor of the Corner
stone Baptist Church in .Brook
lyn, New,York. Dr. Ray was
unable to get to -the services
because of the inclement weath
er.
Learning he was to he the
speaker for the services about
an hour and a half before the
Over 60 Involved
jNC Marines Engage In Bi-Raeial Fist Fight
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Council Sees Huggins
Igniflaa
On, lit
Gas Out
A laulty rnuffler iebe
lived to have been the
cause of death for two
Raleigh ; re a residents
earl y Monday. Wa k e
County Sheriff’s Depu
ties found the bodies of
Miss Shirley Ann Tay
lor, 23, Route 3, Ra
leigh and Marvin Jones,
24, Route 1, Raleigh.
The car in which they were
found was parked ten miles
northeast oi the city on a dirt
road, oft V. S. 401.
According to Wake County
Coroner Marshall V,. Bennett,
early reports link the deaths
to carbon monoxide poising.
The coroner stated, “When
the sheriff's deputies got there,
the ignition was on, hut there
was no gas in the car. The muf
fler v/as in awful shape. The
(See IGNITION P, Z)
6. L. MCDONALD '
Son Os Ex-Residents
A mong32US Scholars
BALTIMORE, Mri.-Kurt Sch
moke. Baltimore native arid
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KURT SCKMOSCE
North Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY JANUARY 9. 1971
BOXER CHARLES “SONNY” LISTON FOUND DEAD-Las
Vegas, Nev.: Former world heavyweight boxer, Charles
“Sonny” Liston, 38, was found dead in his home here late
Jan. 5. Authorities said Liston had teen dead about one week.
Liston developed his boxing skills in prison and after being
released at the age of 21, he went on to teat 33 of 34 opponents
before winning the championship from Floyd Patterson. Sept.
25, 1962, on a first-round knockout. He lost the title to Cassius
(Muhammad Ali) Clay Feb. 25, 1964, He also lost a rematch to
Clay May 25, 1965. The cause of his death has not been deter
mined. (DPI).
time for the program, Osofo
McDonald spoke from the sub
ject, "The Gospel Os Libera
tion’’ taking his text from the
fourth chapter of Luke, the 18th
and 19th verses.
The former chaplain of Lin
coln Hospital and presently a
member of the Board of Direc
tors for Operation Break
through, told the audience at
the beginning of speach, "1 am
not going to try to fill the shoes
of Dr. Ray because 1 have teen
walking in my own shoes for 33
years and the; feel pretty good
to my feet.’’
During ids 40-minute talk,
whici yra® aimed at the young,
old, educated, uneducated, those
who have it ana those who
haven’t gotten it yet, McDonald
encouraged his audience to
make room for the young people
(tjee Lit»*,KATlotv P :’)
Yale University senior, has
been selected as u Rhodes scho
lar, one of 32 students in the U.
K. picked for the honor. He is
the grandson of the late John
H. Sclimoke and Mrs. Pearl
Schmoke Freeman, former Ra
leigh residents.
Kurt is a graduate of Balti
more City College. In a school
of 3,800 boys, he was elected
president of His 19th ana 11th
grade classes and in his sen
<«»« SON OF, P 2)
"National Product Is Not
Helping Blacks:" Burrell
Washington, u. c,-"Th»
recently announced trillion dol
lar grow national product is not
helping the nation’s Blacks at
all,” declares Berkeley G. Bur
rell, president of the National
Business League, the nation's
ANGELA GIVES BLACK
POWER SALUT E-San Rafael,
Calif,: Accompanied by a
Sheriff’s ir.atro n, black mili
tant Angela Davis (rear)smiles
as she renders a "black power’
salute on entering courtroom
where she arid Bar. Quentin Pri
son convict Puche3l Magee(cen
ter forag'd, in profile) were
to he arraigned on charges of
murder, kidnap and conspiracy
for the Marin County Court
house shootout that left a judge
and three others dead. (UPI),
ctueet business association.
“Quite toe contrary, the ap
parent upsurge in the economy
has been drastically offset by
Inflation, the cut back® in de
fense spending, end tb* General
t*» tP ¥. SI
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Refuses
lo Grant
Request
Harry. Huggins appeared at
the regular bi-monthly meeting
of the Raleigh City Council
Monday afternoon and r equest
ed that the council set-up a
civilian review bear'd to review
hie case of charges levied a
gainst Black patrolman Flc-yd
Lee Rountree for police brutali
ty.
The council decided not * ■
take any action on this mat’ or
until after the case is beard m
the Raleigh District Court Feb.
3.
nrrm.-iN*. e
Increased
Cash Set
For V ets
Increased payments, averag
ing between 9 and ID per cent
for approximately 1.6 million
veterans and survivors or the
Veterans Administration pen
sion rolls, are provided in a
bill signed into law by the
President on Dec. 24.
The bill, VA reported, also
raised income limitations that
determine if, and how much,
VA pension can be awarded to
disabled veterans, and widows
and children of deceased vet
erans.
VA pension is paid for dis
abilities and deaths not due to
military service.
The new law was designed to
avoid a drop in income for
those "current law" pension
er* whose Social Securit; in
creased during 197© and who
would have had veterans pen
sion benefits reduced beginning
Jan. 1, 1973.
An increase in benefits was
also given to parents receiving
dependency and indemnity com
pensation (DIG).
The income limit controlling
the receipt of pension was in
creased by S3OO for both "pro
tected" and "current law" pen
sioners. as well as parent- re
ceiving DIC.
Increases of 10 per cent were
also authorized for veterans on
the current lav pension roils
entitled to aid and attendance,
as well as for widows receiving
death compensation, DIG or
current law pension. The house
bound rate for veterans entitled
under the current pension law
was also increased by 10 per
cent.
The new law also removes
the requirement for persons age
72 or older who have teen in
receipt of VA benefits for two
consecutive years to file annual
income questionnaires, al
though they are still required to
report changes in income or
net worth. This provision ap
plies to income reports to be
filed at the end of IS7I,
TO READERS!
Due to circumstances beyond
our control, Tit* CAROLINIAN
ic only priming sixteen pages
this week. Hometown news, lo
cal and MS&omi photographs
net mm in the iww*p*p*r this
w*sk, will tee handled in the next
sditior.. spacs* jssmfttto®.
FRST 81-AC'K on GMC’S
BO ARD OF DIF EC TORS -Re*
You. The General Mott/r®
Cor;. t. »ard oi directors e
leefe"- Dr. Leon Howard Sal
iva: Jan. 4 ’o ■■ tht ft.: sr
black " '■ ' her of tte hoard in
rte corp'*ra+l'.<n*s 63-year tois
: L ' . 46 1® pas
tor of ; or, Baptist Cbv'ch
Phv-deip I*, tki
Publishers
Will Hear
Jas. Farmer
CTNCrVTCATI - Jam*® Far
tr,i ■ V--• - ivil rights leader
wh-t r-'-reirl resigned from the
Nis nr *-t'h- Oabine! as Assistant
Sen ••••.•:«.:: erf ite Depart t: ent of
Kea'ih. Ed vratlnn. aafl Welfare
(HEV. , vlll address rue Mid-
Wins-: v-orksno; ctf tteNariac
t .[» ■ Pm.-jr.e.’ -• >.o
sociation her* Jan. 20-22.
I w,.‘ in- : art! e.’ s first maj
or addi ess since leaving his Ad
it: inistrat mo pom. He willspaai
at a dinner meeting on Jan. 21
at me Netherland Hilton Hotel
where the Workshop is to he
held.
Others who are to speak be
fore the body are: Gov. John
J. Gil fan of Ohio; Michigan
Secretary of State Richard Aus
tin; anc Abraham B
tin, and Abraham S. Venable,
director, Office of Minority
Business Enterprise of the U.
S. Department rtf Commerce.
Additonal features of the
Workshop, says John H. Beng
stacke, head of Seagstacke
newspapers and president of
NNPA, will tie discussion ses
sions aimed at further improv
ing V e Mack press and making
it more useful to its readers.
In addition to discussing civil
rights, black political power,
and Hack Capitalism, tm pub
lishers will concern themselves
with; Special editions, cooking
schools, nev. st; ling, new edi
torial and advertising ap
proaches. and the role of the
black press in the 1970’5.
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X V
FIRST MOTHER OF YEAR POSES WITH BON-Mrs, Mar
garet Ruth Johnson Prince, 26, of si« Cleveland Street (off
Gleriwood Avenue) poses with her infant son, Billy Ray Prince,
Jr,, borr at 2:47 p.m. Saturday, JSan.2. at Wake Memorial Hos
pital, The baby weighed in at si* elevto ounces. Mrs.
Prints*, the mother of three titter children, is married to
Billy R. Prince, 26, As th® mother of the first toby torn at
Wake Memorial, eh® will receive gifts from«JS»iJtotoen busi
nesses, including The CAROLINIAN, vfctehaponsortotteyearly
promotion. A native of Apex., Rwto 1, tost 48, Mrs. ftriaee*s
mother still resides at that sMmm.
X J
Cops Given
Assistance
By Military
JACKSONVILLE -Mili
tary police Assisted city
policemen for the city or
J a cksomi Me, S o r t h
Carolina in breaking up
fights here lasi Thurs
day morning at the local
bus station.
More ttuu f,n Mar Les were
loaded on a truck and returned
to Camp L-eietae earl’ Thurs
day tcorT.ing after a 1 raw; tor :•*«
oti! between a white an: Hack
Marine in the bus station . r *>und
12::SO sum.
After this one Incident ac
cured. tfe bus station develop
ed into a •■‘massacre." Twelve
Marines: were held tortsCy ■ '
questioning, but no charges
were preferred.
Charles Miracle, efty police
department detect :ve, said
racial tensioo (tad beer grow
ing big 1 it th® city since pvt.
Alonza v arts a black, was ar
rested and charged wit- t*. ■
(Sot «■ M*«£SIES r
CRIME
BEAT
fr-,-r Rater*- ‘ Of.VijL.
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Editor’s Neste: This column or
feature is produced in the put -
lic interest with an aim tov. at ds
ei ini mating its contents. Num
erous individuals havereques' -
ed that they foe given the cor—
slderatiot of sme'looking ihi
listing or tiie police bßir-e-.
This we would like • v v Be*-- -
ever, it is not our po-Irion ic
be judge or jury . We mere:
publish the facts as we fine
them reported by the arresting
officers. To keep out of The
Crime Beat Columns, mere
ly means not teing registered
by a police officer in report
ing his findings while on dut. .
Do simp!; keep off t’rie»‘Blot
ter" and oil won’’ be n y>,
Crime Beat.
USE .AXE, KNIFE
William Roger Ray, 34, 514 S.
Saunders Street, told Office:
R„ L. Johnson at 2:38 a.m. Fri
day, that he was in a fight wit!
Donzell Williams, age and ad
dress not listed. Ra; said he
had an axe and Williams was
ii. possession of a knife. War
rents were signed against both
men charging engaging it- ar
affray where a deadly weapon
was used. The cop was unable
to locate Williams, but Mr. Ray
wan jailed after being treated
and released at Wake Memorial
H ospltal for numerous cuts and
lacerations about his head,
shoulders and left arm. The
melee occurred at Ray's house.
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