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Dr. Lyons Fills Fill's Board Os Trustees 1 * Pressure Will Not Force Me To R esign Position ’ ’ CHARLES EVERS ADMITS HIS ‘SHADY’ PA I v vl> CHARLES EVERS Racism Was I Cause, Says Miss. Mayor FAYETTE, Miss. - "Racism drove me to do it. No jobs or anything.” These were the words Char les Evers allegedly used Tues- L day in describing to Associated T Press what made him run pros ®titution houses, bootlegging and F numbers operation before his | climb to prominence. But the only black mayor in this Mis s sissippi town quickly vowed, "I’ll never do it again.” Evers, the brother of slain civil rights leader, Medgar Ev ers, who was assassinated in June of 1963, made the com ments Tuesday when question ed about preview reports of his book entitled "Evers.” The book Is scheduled to be pub lished next Sunday, about tue same time Evers is expected to be selected as a guberna torial candidate by loyalist Democrats. Evers said, "I rather tell you about my life myself. You can read the book for yourself. It is all in there.” The first black -man to defeat a white candidate for mayor in a Mis sissippi town went on to des cribe some of his early exper iences in life. k ”1 tried bootlegging when my * family owned funeral parlars at Philadelphia, Forest and Mt. Olive. I’d buy 10 or 12 cases from white bootleggers in Vicksburg and I’d put them in (See CHAS. EVERS, P. 2) Baptists Set Two Weekends" The Brotherhood Department of the Baptist State Convention lias announced that there will be town Family CamptngWeek ends this year at Camp Cara way in the Uwharrie Moun tains just west of Asheboro. The first is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, April 16-18 and the second, April 30-May t. These retreats are held in (See BAPTISTS, P. 91 HEW IUTCE Ow MMUE CEUFEmU. WIFE -Mr- Calls,; Warren Wldener, ss, a liberal attorney became the first black elected to the city of Berkeley's top office IJto April 6. Wldener and his wife are shown at campaign headquarters after the final tahuiationtfetting one of numerous phone calls congratulating him on his victory. (UPI). ~. . —’J VOL .30, NO. 24 Man Finds Estranged Wife in Raleigh Holelßoom As Os Food Store Chain Plan National Boycott SCLCTo Ignore Stores ATLANTA, Ga. - Rev. Ralph David Ab ernathy, president of the Southern Christ ian Leadership Con ference , announced from the Overseas Press Club in New York City, plans for a naionwide campaign a gainst a nationally - known food chain store. Abernathy was in New York last week to launch the second phase of the Spring "War A gainst Repression.” Monday, April 5 the SCLC leader led thousands of demonstrators to New York’s Wall Street, where he challenged the nation's ec onomic leaders to invest in life rather than material wealth, Tuesday, April 6, Rev. Ab ernathy and delegations of poor people from across the country, marched to the national head quarters of the food giant, where after being refused an audience with the chain's pres ident, Abernathy, Dr. William A. Jones, president of the S CLC’s Greater New York chap ter of Operation Breadbask et and fifty-three demonstra tors, were jailed. The SCLC is making plans for a nation al meeting of Operation Bread basket chapter, affiliates and ministers to launch a national withdrawal campaign from the food chain. The SCLA president said in his national call, "we will halt this company’s exploitation from Savannah on the Atlantic (See SCLC TO. p. *> North Carolina’s Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1971 j| ECCLES LEE LEAK Miss B. Sandford Will Represent GN Council Miss Betty Sandford, Human Relations Specialist in Training to work with women’s organiza tions, will represent the North Carolina Good Neighbor Coun cil at a workshop sponsored by U omen-In-Action for the Pre vention of Violence and its Causes. The Women-In-Action Workshop will be held in Dur ham April 16-17. Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding is president of the organization. Women-In-Action has‘invited statewide leaders from North Carolina Communities to attend the workshop and discover how the group helped alleviate ten sions on the local level. The WIAPV was formed In ill To Cite Top Slack Official With Company WASHINGTON, D, C. - The widespread Interest in Blacks and other minorities succeed ing in business lias been to a large degree the responsibili ty of Abraham S. Venable, Berkeley G. Burrell, presi dent of the National Business League and General Chairman for "A Salute to Abe Venable” has announced that some 500 friends of Mr. Venable's from coast to coast will gather at the Twin Bridge Mariott Hotel, April 21, for a dinner honoring his achievements and express confidence In his ability to suc ceed in his new assignement with Genral Motors Corpora tion, As Director, Office of Mino rity Business Enterprise, a US Commerce Department Agency, Venable has directed a staff of 80 business specialists whose assignment has been to locate and coordinate government Black Mayor Os Fayette, Mississippi September 1968 during a Dur ham “black buying boycott’’ when tensions were mounting, and acted as a safety valve by offering a platform for grie vances. In 1970 they helped pave the way for a peaceful court ordered school integration. A special invitation was is sued to the women's organiza tions and individuals interested in working toward solutions of problems that could cause ten sion In the community. Miss Sandford said that lo cal persons wishing to attend may contact her at the North Carolina Good Neighbor Coun cil 829-7996 for further infer (See GN COUNCIL, P. 2) programs henefitting minority business. President Nixon created the agency in March, 1969, and gave the Secretary of Commerce, Maurice Stans, operating au thority. The Secretary originally named Venable, Deputy Direc tor, but soon gave him full re sponsibility. His leadership assisted Sec retary Stans in launching the Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Corpora tions (MESBIC) designed for large corporations to partici pate with government in de veloping sources for equity capital and other financial aids for minority business. He has also worked very closely witli all types of community groups that operate In this arena. Mr. Venable Is a Washing (See NBL WILL, P. 2) SINGLE COPY 15c Bullet In Chest Killed’ “I think the bul let that entered his chest was the one that killed him,” said Dr. W. W. Hedrick, Wake .l. c unty Medical Exam iner, Tuesday night when interviewed by a CAROLINIAN news man regarding which of the three bullets which entered his body at 2:45 p.m. last Fri day, allegedly fired by 32-year-old Andrew Miller of Durham, killed Eccles Leak, 43, on a second floor room at the Hilton Inn, 1707 Hillsborough Street. Leak was director of Shaw Uni versity’s Housing and Urban Development program. In the room with Leak was Mrs. Wil ma Stewart Miller, estranged wife of the man who fired the shots, who was allegedly Leak’s secretary and who lives at 1313 Savannah Drive in the Kingwood Forest section of Ra leigh, Miller, who was originally (See BULLET IN. P. 2) Board Ends its Spring Convention ATLANTA, Ga. - The Board of Directors of the Southern (See BOARD ENDS P. Z) PRESIDENT CITES "BOY OF THE YEAR” -Washington.; President Nixon presents a plaque to Pelton Stewart, 18, of San Francisco, who was named the 1971 national "Boy of the Year” of the Boys’ Club of America, at the White House April 9. Stewart was chosen from among 10 finalists representing more than 900 clubs and will receive a $4,000 scholarship. Earlier, in a statement, Nixon announced he will ask Con gress for $63.4 million to provide an additional 100,000 summer jobs for underprivileged youngters this year, (UPI). mtm WKL. SAY THEY PLOTTED TO KILL MAYOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER - Chicago: Four persons have been arrested in con nected with an alleged plot to assassinate Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and make a power grab in the ensuing racial strife. Arraigned on charges of solicitation to commit murder were (U-L) Charles R. Whiteside, 35, (U-R) Howard Harris, 35, (L-L)Earl P. Dillard, 37, and (L-R)Terry Simmons, 38, all shown in police identifica tion photos. (UPI). Mayor Lee To Keynote Elks’slstNC Meeting ASHEVILLE - Chftpel Hill’s Mayor, Howard Lee will be the keynote speaker for the 51st annual convention of the North Carolina State Association, Oi’der of the Elks of the World, to be held here May 1-5 at the Grove Park Inn. Lee, the first black mayor to serve a small southern town, will speak Sunday afternoon May 2 at the 2 p.m, session. The theme for the five day meet, which is expected to at tract more than 1000 prospects will be “To promote health, secure education, build per sonalities and build a shrine.” Fawndale Lodge No. 363 will be the host lodge and Rhode dendron Temple No. 573 will be the host temple. Dr. Otis Dunn, serving as local pro gram director, has received the Butler Elected Trustee WINSTON - SALEM - Dr. J. Ray Butler, pastor of the Shi loh Baptist Church here and formerly pastor of the Ebene zer Baptist Church for 16 years, has recently been elected a Trustee of the Friendship Col lege, Rock Hill, S. C. The Shiloh Baptist Church will observe the first anniver sary of Dr. Butler on Sunday, April 18 at 4:30 p.m. The Rev. James A. Hawkins and congre gation of the Harms CME Church of Winston-Salem will be special guests. Shiloh Baptist Church arose (See DR. BUTLER. P. 2) backing of the city and county government officials in plan ning for the large turnout. The confab will begin with registration scheduled for Sat urday, May 1 at the Grove Inn, A memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday morn ing, May 2. The Molock Lodge Elks’ Chorus of Gastonia, will render music for the memorial service. Mayor Wayne Montgomery will bring the welcoming ad dress to kickoff the 2 p.m, session before Lee deliver the keynote address. Charlotte’s City Councilman Fred Alex ander will speak during the Elks’ Civil Liberties program at 8 p.m. Sunday night. Other top officials expected to appear on the program during the session will be Dr. J.~6. Jones, A. health director from Elizabeth City, Dr. A. H. Vin cent and Dr. John Holt. Judge Hobson R. Reynolds of Philadelphia, Pa., who donated (See ELKS' 51ST, P. Z) Boy Scouts Set'o-Rama MereM&yi A cast of 10,000 Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Explorers will dramatize “Manpower begins with Boypower” at the biennial Occoneechee Council Scout- O-Rama scheduled for the N. C. State Fairgrounds here on Sat (See BO\ SCOUTS, P. 2) In The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK Foi A Wide Variety of Fabric Selections (See NUMBERS, P. 12) Sweepstakes Last week, Mrs. Esther Snipes, 1312 Pender Street, was the winner of SSO worth of mer chandise from Narron Brothers Upholstery Department, 225 S. Wilmington Street. Although We have no winners this week, there is still a big chance that the Sweepstakes ticket which you have is worth that much or more In trade, so hold onto those tickets. FSU Head Says He Will Stay FAYETTEVILLE - Dr. Charles Lyons, Jr. president of Fay etteville State Uni versity, in a prepared 3 3-page report, told the Board of Trustees of the university l ist Tuesday that he would not be pressured into resigning by dissident students, faculty members and alumni. “I can only surmise that my detractors reason that with e nough of this kind of pressure applied with sufficient form and intensity, I will crumble and resign, thus handing them their prize. They have mis calculated,” Lyons said. Because of the large amount of testimony heard at last Tin day’s meeting, the trustees re fused to issue a statement. However, the board is expect ed to release a statement C' cerning its findings nt its May -27 meeting. Lyons responded to critic ism of his administration which resulted into student boj c 1 1 of classes at the university a bout two months ago. This re port was part of a trustees’ investigation into campus un rest, which also included testi mony from student body lead ers, alumni and faculty mem bers. According to Lyons, the most emotionally charged issue a - him was the removal of Dr. D. W. Bishop from the faculty. Lyons accused Bishop of manipulating the Faculty As sembly “as a weapon to sow seeds of division, distrust, dis cord, suspicion and confusion in the university.” "Bishop still has allies lieutenants working,” said Lyons who quickly stated that a "second effort had been made to discredit the present admini stration in the eyes of the stu dents, staff, community and state.” • Lyons charged that the stu dents are “pawns in a power game, most of whom at first (See DR. LYO.VS^_ai CRIME BEAT I rom Raleigh's Official Police Files EDITOR’S NOTE: This column or feature is produced in the pub lic Interest with an aim towards eliminating Its contents. Numer ous individuals have requested that they be given the considera tion of overlooking their listing on the poliee blotter. This we would like to do. However, it is not our position to be judge or ju ry. We merely publish the facts as we find them reported by the arresting officers. To keep out of The Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered bv t police officer in reporting his findings w'hile on duty. So sim ply keep off the "Blotter” and vou won’t he In The Crime Beat STABBED IN BREAST Miss Brenda Lucille Evans, 312 S. Swain Street, told Offi cer W. B. Holland at 12:20 a. m, Sunday, that she was strug gling with Leamond Williams and Robert Louis Williams in the 300 block of West South Street. During the struggle, the woman stated, Leamond Wil liams stabbed her in the right breast. She signed a war rent and Williams, 27, 608 Jamai ca Drive, was “hauled off” to Wake County Jail, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. (See CRIME BEAT. P. 3) Due to the few merchants ad vertising on the Sweepstakes page, prizes will be curtail ed until the page’s advertisers are built back up. In the Sweepstakes Spotlight this week is Narron Brothers Upholstery Department, 225 S. Wilmington Street., where you will find a wide selection of fabrics and experienced crafts manship.
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