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New Political Allianceßody Is Formed In Raleigh vV v-A vi s-L T-_ vA K* K, K.- K— vAvl Wl w 4 * ’ . s s \ s s s . L—. iy-c * s —S .... y V vA. v p Gamer Man Charged With Murder In Killing Os Elderly White Grocer Man 23, Picked fit lineup A Garner man. who is believed to be a na tive of the Lincoln Park section, is beine; held in the robbery attempt and murder of a 62-year old white grocer. He was reportedly picked from a police line-up at the Wake County Jail. William Henry Powell, Jr., 23, was charged with murder in the death of James Ralph It \ * J WILLIAM H. POWELL, JR. Mart in, according to statements by Raleig' defectives last Thursday. The grocery store, Little Dixie Nmnoer 2, is lo cated at 231 Smith field Street. Powell was charged in two warrants late Wednesday night, according to Detectives W. E. Auslev and Nelson S. Lockey. He was originally in jail on a fugitive-from-justice warrant which came from Portsmouth, Va., and because of alleged lar cem charges here. A preliminary hearing for Powell has tentatively been set for Monday, March 29, in Wake Count;. District Oort. Ti e dead man’s wife told police t' at a man entered the store, I ittle Dixie Number Two, about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March, and announced, "This is a holdup.” She said her husband then reached for a tear gas canister behind him on a nearby shelf and was shot at this time, lodged in his spine, according to police reports. According to Detective Lockey, Powell was originally charged with the larcey of a (See MAN HEI D. X) Hairston Now On Board GREKNSBORO-Rev. Otis L. Hairston, forme: pastor of sev eral ciiprches in the Raleigh a rea, was named to the Greens boro Board of Education by the f ity Council last week, Hairston, presently pastor of the Shiloi Baptist Church here, succeeds George E, Norman, Jr,, who was recently named chairman of the board, who is completing a third term on the board. The policy adopted by the board in 1998 limits terms of appointees to three terms or to 10 yea.: . whichever is less. Rev. Hairston, a native of Greensboro, was president of the Raleigh PTA Council just af ter the Supreme Court decision of 1954 on school desegregation and was selected by the all black PTA council to debate the mat ter with the Raleigh Superinten dent of schools and the white PTA council president. The Shaw University graduate is the former president of the Greensboro Citizens Associa tion, the Pulpit Forum and the Greensboro Ministers Fellow ship. He founded the Citizens Emergency Committee, which .splealt with a number of dif ficult racial problems of the ft>6os before the committee merged with the citizens as sociation He said his first task: as a school board member will be to ■‘assess the development of the total child and familiarize* myself with, the current situa tion and the purpose of the school for t’-e child." THE COROLINIAN VOL. 30, NO. 21 Raleigh Kin Os Apex Man : '|| r ***' ill i 1 * t Bp ■l';Cfi - f. ©!? % * p%ifw fI I i.if W lfgp* M? g|S|r. jpMto>L G'-NT-hr As Urban League’s Executive Director Wade Succeeds Youna Professor Appointed Sncces ■ r NEW YORK-The Na tional Association of Social Workers an nounced last week that Dr. Alan Wade, Dean of the School of Social Work, Sacramento State College, California, has succeeded the late Whit ney M. Young, Jr., as executive director of the 52,000-member organi zation. Dr. Wade called cne49-year old civil rights leader’s death, “tragic, a terrible loss for the social work profession and for the forces of racial and so cial peace in our nation. There is literally no one who can take his place as a builder of bridges between the factions that divide us.” Mr. Young, executive direc tor of the National Urban Lea gue, died last Thursday of an apparent heart ah ,ck while swimming off a beach in Lagos, Nigeria. He had been in Af rica attending the Third An nual African-American Confer ence, sponsored by the Ford Foundation. In the official NASW announce ment, Mr. Young was called a “special man.” For years, he Lad served as a volunteer In many major social work or ganizations, including the presidency of the National Con ference on Social Welfare and he was a member of the Board of the Council on Social Work Education. A social worker himself/ he was a recipient of the master’s degree in the field and a mem ber of the NASW’s Academy of (See DU WADE. K~2) Dr. Wesley To Keynote Founding CHARLOTTE - America's most outstanding authority on Negro life and culture will be the featured speaker at John son C. Smith University’s 104th Founder's Day program Wed nesday, April 7. Dr. Charles H. Wesley, cur rently executive director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in Wash ington, D, C., will be present ed to the student body, faculty, and general public in the Hart ley Woods Gymnasium at 10 &. m. A Phi Beta Kappa key holder, Dr. Wesley received his Ph. D, from Harvard and Masters de gress from Yale. The former Dean of Graduate School at How ward University, Wesley served as president of both Wilberforce and Qentra! State Colleges in Ohio before associating him self with the late Negro his torian Carter G, Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and Culture, (.See DR. WESLEY, P. *1 North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1971 SINGLE COPY 15c REV. J. OSCAR MCCLOUD Rev. McCloud Promoted By Church NEW YORK -The Rev. J. Oscar McCloud, an executive since 1964 in United Presbyterian programs for racial justice and reconciliation, last week wase (See REV. MCCLOUD, P. Z ) NAACPOf State To City .Rally BY J. B. HARREN Sunday, May 2 is the import and date; Raleigh Memorial Auditorium is the place where some two thousand loyal sup porters of the North Carolina Conference of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People fN a a CP) will (See NAACP RALEY, P. 2) C "’! I £ ,M T. COf, '»*SSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE- WuhtqSOK A«■» •rict Wlfe »“PPCrt»r« following Ms election March 23 as the Dls -rict of Columbia s first Congressional representative since 1875. Rev. Fauntrov a Baptist other JsftiM ho°r < u^ Bnant to the Or, Martin Luther King easily out-polled five eaS r t Snr t 0 r , el ?; ftßent the Nation’s Capital in Congress. Fauntroy will have S OJPi). Representatives in the House with the exception of a vote of the House Many Questions Were Unanswered\ Says Niece The words a distraught niece of an Apex man, who was killed by two State Highway Patrolmen after he allegedly ref id id to drop a shotgun he was carrying, and those of Wake County Coroner Marshall W. Bennett differed sharply here Tues day afternoon and Wednesday morning as a CAROLINIAN newsman was given two versions of what they believed occurred at about i2:10 a. m. Saturday. - Mrs. Geraldine Cozart, Ra leigh, niece of Willie Cozart, 57, Apex, Rt. 1, came to The CAROLINIAN about ,5 p.m. Tuesday and expressed the al legation that her uncle had been mistreated by Troopers J. C. Anderson and C. C. Cum mings. “If he was hot at 12:10 a.m. Saturday, why wasn't he taken immediately to the Apex Branch of W’alje Memorial Hos pital?" Mrs. Cozart asked. "In stead," she stated, "It was IF ill Bi-Racial Miss. Demos Name Gov.? NEW YORK, N. Y.-On Sunday, April 18th, the men and women who comprise the bi-racial D emocratic Party of Mississippi and others will meet iri conven tion in Jackson, Miss., to choose a candidate for Governor of Mississippi. In all probability, that nominee will be the first Negro candidate for governor of Mississippi. Mayor Charles Evers of Fayette brother of the slain civil rights leader and former NAACP Field Sec retary--is considered by many to be the leading candidate for the nomination. The convention is expected to attract several hundred dele gates fTom virtually every com munity in the state. It will be held at College Park Auditorium on Lynch St, west of Jackson f about five hours later that he was taken to Raleiirh.'’ However, in a discussion with Wake County Coroner Bennett early Wednesday, he had a com pletely different story: “Nc probable cause was found a gainst the two patrolmen at a bearing, held at 2 p.m. "One of the officers stated at the hearing that he saw Mr. Cozart going down the road and looking as if he was trying to (See KIN THINKS. P. 2) State College from noon until 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 18th. Several recent developments all of them being challenged in the courts--have significantly altered the political picture in Mississippi. Since last summer, many of the state's 82 counties have purged the voter registration rolls and required re registra tion, either on the grounds of new 1970 census figures and/or on the grounds of redistricting resulting from the new census. The effect of these acts has been to wipe out most of the progress made between pas sage of the 1965 Voter Rights Act and 1970, during which peri od the number of registered Ne ( ee DEMOCRATS, P. 2) Bfe .. 'WBUp Mr MARRIED IN JAIL-Cliicago: Robert Daniels, 25, and Gloria Bruce, 21, at their wedding in Criminal Courts building here Marc:, 15. Daniels, a convicted burglar, had handcuffs removed tor the vows. He was sentenced to one to three vears last month After the wedding he was handcuffed again and led away to pri son to fii ish the sentence. (UPI). NC ‘Mom’ OfYear’ Honored Mrs. Henry Frank Amakerof High Point became the first black mother in North Carolina ever to be selected State Mother of the Year last week when she was named 1971 State Mother of the Year. Mrs. Amaker was chosen from among twenty five outstanding mothers at the Sir Walter Hotel. Mrs. Amaker and her hus band are the proud parents of six children, the grandpar ents of fiteen and the great g’ tndpa - /its of mr. He” chil dren include a police lieuten ant, an optometrist, a business man, an ex-court judge daugh (See MOTHER OF, P. 2) I Bull City ' Man Shot; Wife Held DURHAM - A 31-year-old Durham man, who reported at first he was shot by a Negro man, was reported in good condition at Watts Hospital last week. Despite the saying by the injured man, Durham police later arrested the man's wife and charged her with assault and battery with a deadly weap on, resulting in serious in juries. Larry Wayne Pascell of 1110 Angier Ave., was found in front of his home last Thursday, af ternoon with a gunshot wound in his left leg. He reported told police he was shot by a Negro male. However, a bystander told the investigating officer that a white woman came to the front door of Paschall's home and shot him with a .22 rifle. Hilda Matthew Paschall, 41, the wife of Paschall, and of the same address was picked up later and charged with the shooting. Detective C. C. King made the investigating arrest". Pharmacist Attacked In Store Dr. Richard Elias Wimber ley, Sr., 75, 408 S. Bloodworth Street, was attacked and robbed in his place of business, Central Drugstore, 601 E. Davie Street, about 8;15 p.m. Monday. The pharmacist, who has own ed and operated the drug store, located at the corner of S. Swain and E. Davie Streets, for several decades, received a slight laceration on his left forehead. U. S. currency, mostly in denominations of $1 bills and change, was taken in the after math of the scuffle. The total amount was reported to have been S4O. The attacker and robber was described as being about 20 years of age, five feet, eight inches tali and weighing about 155 pounds. A .32 calibre hand gun was used in the robbery. Officer D. R. Turnage In vestigated, The pharmacist and the rob ber struggled for the handgun, which, police say, was the pro perty of the fleeing suspect. Home Economists Told Os Hew Girls' Program Pregnant girls now have the opportunity to continue their secondary education in the pub lic school system while they prepare for motherhood. In formation about this new ex perimental urogram was pre sented at. a regional home eco nomics meeting held March 20 in Durham, by Mrs. Shirley Willis, principal, and Mrs. Alice Walker, Instructor of the Durham Cooperative School. Financed by Title 111 fund: of the Elementary and Second ary Education Act and com munity contributions. this school has a four-fold pro; ram acaaemlc, health, counseling, and evaluation. Good nutrition is stressed with each girl re quired to eat a well-balanced, low-salt, high-protein lunch served at the school. Results show that the babies born are healthier abc. therefore have a better chance in life The girls themselves show marked improvement in self esteem, some returning to the regular public school system and some to the cooperative school after their babies are born. Several have obtained their high school diplomas. Seeking neither to condone nor to condemn, this school is one of the new innovative ap proaches to education. Cur- RCA On A. ir Each Sunday At its regular meeting la- 1 Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Fas: Raleigh YWCA it was reported that a series of programs spon sored by the Association would begin at 5:45 p.m. Sun da;, March 28 on a local radio sia tion. Edward Carson, president of RCA is scheduled to be the fist person to appear on the pro gram. Soon a schedule of other (See RCA ON, P. 2) In The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK Top Electrical Values At Suprisingly Low Costs (See Numbers, P. 10j> Sweepstakes Moves Last week again resulted in no winner in the CAROLINIAN Revised Sweepstakes Promo tion thus setting the stage for three big prizes this week. This week, the three prizes total SSO, good sos. trade of mer chandise at three local mer chants. The numbers this week are 08760 good for first prize of $25 worth of merchandise from Liles Shoes at 131 Fayetteville Street, formerly Edward's. The second prize number of 08022 is worth sls in merchandise from Roses Stores in Cameron Seals Os FAIR Are Revealed A nonpartisan alliance of neighborhood organi zations was announced Wednesday morning by Mrs. J. O. White,presi dent of the newly-form ed association. The as sociation, named “The Free Alliance for the Improvement of Haieigh (FAIR)”, is dedicated ,to the establishment of equitable public policies and fair treat ment for all individuals in our diverse neigh borhoods; these ob (:• - fives to be obtained, through inter neigh Go, - hood cooperation e l concerted action Mrs. White emphasi;?, it FAIR welcomes the pari idea tion vA all neighborhood >,rj,.i zations dedicated to these - (See POIITK AI P ■>) rently 108 girls are er cl:-:: in the school and .01 ait • quired to be from Dm : air, c ty. Home Econorra-t-■ from 1- leigh attending •; e meetin were: Agricultural Extensa Service - Mrs. Marumi • r .. _ nell, I ood and .Ntrition spe cialist; Mrs. Elizabet Meldan, District Home Economics \- cents: Mrs. Carroll Beckwith, Wake Count . Extension Agent; Home Economics Education State Depart n:< nt <>i Pul ie 1..- Struction-M sss Louhse Swann, Miss Major) Cooper Mrs )• an Mallei., an.: Mass ' White; Llgor Higt School-Mrs. Alberta Levington, Homo Eco nomic Instructor Meredith Col- Jege-Mrs. Kaj Ann Fredrick, Instructor of Foods arid Nutri tion; and Farmers Home Ad ministration -- Mrs. Leolia Spaugh, Home Supervisor. (Set NEW GIRLS', I’ Z, CRIME BEAT From Raleigh’s Official Police Mies EDITOR’S NOTE This column or feature As produced in the pub lic interest with an aim towards eliminatim; its contents Numer ous individuals have requested that they he given the considera tion of overlooking their lislinc: on the police blotter. This v-c would like to - do However, it is not our position to he judge or ju ry. We merely publish the facts as we find them reported b\ the arresting officers. To keep out of Tite Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered bv i polire officer in reporting his findings while on duty. So sim ply keep off tite “Blotter" and vou won't he In The Crime Beal PISTOL STOLEN James H. Dulamw, 64 ■ Ma;. - wood Ave., told Office' R. i . Frinse at 12;42 p.m. Satvr dav, that N- noticed is pist 1 was missing that morning, add ing the last time he had. noticed it was a week ago. Mr. Dulaiun said he did not know whether liis desk drawer was locked. The .32 calibre Smith and Wes son revolver was valued a( SIOO. {Bee CHIME BEAT. V .11 Village. The $lO third prize carries the number of 08891 to be exhanged for merchandise at Natural Health Foods at 8 EJast Hargett Street. Thompson - Lynch Company, located at 20 West Hargett St., is in the Sweepstakes Spotlight this week. You can get spectacular values at Thomp son-Lyneh Company, the home of the Zenith Color TV. It is important that the per sons who have these lucky tick ets understand that ne or she SHOULD NOT go to the busi nesses involved but first nre fSee SWEEPSTAKES, P. 2}
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