"Don’t Transfer Students,’ RCA Advises Parents
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Denies Sheeting _
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Tries ToMurder Victim
Peterson
'Fingers’
Jas. Snow
Although Herman
Peterson, 313 Bledsoe
Avenue, denied being
shot, police are almost
positive that they found
a gunshot wound in his
head, along with other
injuries to that portion
of his anatomy.
Peterson caht-d the Raleigh
Police Department at 4:35 p.m.
Sunday. He told Officer J. D.
Narron at 4:38 p.m. that he and
Ned Womack, a friend, age
and address unlisted, were
talking, "somewhere near
Walnut Street*’ (in the 1000
block of Fayetteville).
James Snow, 35, Halifax
Court, Peterson declared,
came upon the scene, pulled
a .25 calibre pistol out, point
ed it at them and told them to
shut up, that he had heard
enough out of them.
Peterson declared that Snow
then proceeded to whip him in
the head with the pistol, but he
would not admit to having been
(See MAN STABBED, P. 2)
Mm Ohs
Hen After
§f§ Chase
Dennis Gill, 2G, of 'JIG S.
West Street, was still being
held in the Wake County Jail
Wednesday morning under a
SIO,OOO bond for the alleged
assault on a female with at
tempt to commit rape follow
ing the incident behind a down
town restaurant Monday night.
A preliminary hearing is set
for Wednesday, June 2 at 9 a.m.
for Gill, who is accused of
trying to rape Mrs. Lou Esther
Corbett, white, manager of the
Trojan Club in the 500 block
of S. Salisbury Street.
The alleged incident which
resulted in the death of one of
the customers in the restau
rant at the time of the attempt
ed rape, took place around 11
o’clock Monday . night when
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No rth Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY. MAY 22, 1971
Local Female Arrested
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HERMAN PETERSON
Official
OfNAACP
Blasted
MOBILE, ALA. - During a
speech delivered to a meeting
of NAACP leaders, workers,
and members from the South
west Alabama Area, the Rev
erend K. L. Buford, Alabama
State Director, NAACP, read
the full text of a letter which
he had received from State
Representative W. M. (Monty)
Collins in which the member
of the State Legislature refer
red to the NAACP leader as
being one who "make their
living trying to make racial
turmoil where there is none."
The letter further stated that
Mr. Collins "will not be affect
ed by rabble rousers like you."
Amidst applause and cheers,
the NAACP State leader told
the audience, "If ‘Monty’ Col
lins is naive enough to sin
cerely believe that there is
no racial turmoil in the State
of Alabama, and particularly
in the area which he repre
sents, the electorate from this
area have done all the people
of Alabama a grave injustice
by giving this man of limited
knowledge and ability a seat
in the Alabama Legislature,’’
The feud between Buford and
Collins began when Buford
wrote Representative Collins
indicating the NAACP’s sup
port to a resolution passed by
the Mobile Branch opposing the
modified "Freedom of Choice’’
or Student Transfer Bill”
which Representative Collins
is credited with steering to
passage through the State Leg
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Woman, 35, Jailed
As Man, 63, Gunned,
A Raleigh man who told a police officer that
the woman who shot him twice last Saturday
“was about drunk,” was almost annihiliated by
the woman when she returned to the scene on
S. Swain Street and allegedly shot the man twice *
once each in the right hip and on the left side.
50-Yr.
Cleric
Buried
NEW YORK CITY - In deliv
ering the eulogy of Rev. Peter
Alexander Price at Mother
A. M. E. Zion Church, May 12,
Bishop H. B. Shaw told of the
services he rendered to the
church and the community of
50 years as the assistant pas
tor of the mother church of
the denomination. He likened
him as to biblical Peter and
it was the opinion of the bishop
that Price was the rock pre
pared to save Mother Zion.
He served under four pas
tors, two of whom were elect
ed bishop. He began with the
late Rev. J, W. Brown, who
was elected in Greensboro,
N. C,, 1936. He was on hand
to greet Dr. B. C. Robeson
and was his armour bearer
until his death. He was able
to aid the Rev. A. G, Dunstan
when he took over. However
the Rev. Dunstan had a short
tenure, due to the fact he was
elevated in less than a year
and Rev. Price had to wel
come the Rev. G. W. Mc-
Murray.
He was perhaps the most
respected religious leader in
Harlem. His was a mission
of service. He was a well
known figure in hospitals and
sick rooms, where he took the
elements of the Lord’s Supper,
but also gave unstiutlngly of
his means to aid those in need.
He is known to have gone to the
last story of Harlem’s highest
tenement house to give succor
to sick and indigant persons.
He was born in Atigua, W est
Indies, July 14, 1884 and died
May 6, 1971. He joined Mother
Zion Church in 1920 and was
licensed to preach the same
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At Setend Moss Meeting
SINGLE COPY 15C
WfTlte Davis, 63 -year -oljj
resident of 203 Dorothea Dr ~
informed Officer \V. B. Holland
at 6:11 p.m. Saturday, that he
and Miss Clara Mae Johnson,
35, 311 Battle Street, were at
520 S. Swain Street. Mr. Davis
stated he only had a beer, when
he got off from work, "but
Clara Mae was about drunk.”
Davis further declared they
got into an argument and Miss
Johnson left the scene.
A few minutes later, Davis
said, he heard a gunshot and
started toward the door, when
Miss Johnson came into the
house, shot him twice, then ran
out again.
Davis was treated at Wake
Memorial Hospital, where x
rays showed two bullets inside
(See WOMAN SHOOTS, P. 2)
Pf illiams
Acquitted
Os Raps
NEW YORK, N.Y. A jury in
a New York City Criminal
Court last Friday acquitted
Hosea Williams, National Pro
gram Coordinator of the South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference of charges stemming
from a protest at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral here on Palm Sun
day, April 4th,
Williams had been arrested
at the Cathedral after he led a
protest demonstration there
"to challenge the religious
forces of America to meet
their Christian responsibili
ties to the pool
During the three-day trial,
Mr. Williams stated, "I com
mitted no crime, and I will
pay no fine. If I am convicted,
I will accept whutevei sentence
is imposed upon me.” When he
heard the vordiot of acquittal
on both charges--disorderly. »
conduct and interfering with a
religious service—Mr, Willi
ams said: "This is not only a
legal victory for me, but also
a moral victory for the Church,
which hopefully will now take
advantage of tin- challenge to
adhere to the Christian princi
ples of service to the poor and
human justice."
Williams stressed that he
was not challenging the Roman
Catholic Church alone, but that
he selected St. Patrick’s
Cathedral as a powerful sym
bol of American religion.
"We wish to expose the large
investments of Church funds
In corporations which practice
racial discrimination at home,
make profits on war, and co
torial regimes s«ch as South
operate with racist and dicta-
Africa,” he said.
Williams testified in court
that he chose to demonstrate
on April 4th, because he is a
(Sts* ACQUIT CEO, P. S»
SHERRIFF’S ACCUSER LEAVES COURTROOM - OPELIKA, ALA.: Wilbert Dean Harris and his
wife of Tuskegee, Ala. leave the U. S. District court here May 17 during recess in the trial of black
Sherriff Lucius Amerson and one of his Negro deputies on federal civil rights charge. Harris is
the man that Sheriff Amerson and the deputy allegedly beat during an arrest last August which
brought the civil rights charges. (UPI).
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STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL BACKS AMERSON - MONTGOMERY, ALA.: Macon County
Sheriff Lucius Amerson and Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley are shown together in photo
graph during a recent news conference held by Baxley (L) where he announced he would back
Amerson and Amerson’s black deputy Richard Coleman aeainst charges they beat a black prisoner
during an arrest last August in Tuskegee, Ala. Amerson and Deputy Coleman went on trial in Opeli
ka, Ala., May 17 in U. S. District Court. Amerson became Alabama's first black sherrif since
reconstruction when he was elected in 1966. (UPI).
Corftk.rris, Veteran Educator ,
Given Last Rites In Lou is burg
LOUISBURG - Funeral serv
ices were held here for Carl
Allenmore Harris last Friday
afternoon at the South Main
Street Baptist Church. Rev.
John G. Me Knight, pastor, and
the Rt. Rev. Odell G. Harris
officiated.
Harris, a native of Warren
ton, died last Wednesday at the
Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Interment was in the Oak Level
Cemetery in Manson.
After receiving his early
educational training in Hacken
sack, New Jersey, Harris, the
son of the late W’alter and Cora
T. Harris, came to North Caro
lina and received his high
school diploma, Bachelor of
Science and Masters Degrees
from A&T State University.
He did further studying at Ho
expression tells the story, aft St, LOtlts firemen carry out one
of four bodies from the Ambassador Hotel fire, May 14, Four
elderly persons were killed and five other residents were In
jured In a fire on the third floor of the mostly residential
Ambassador Hotel, (UPt).
ward University and Meharry
Medical College.
Among his professional and
community affiliations were a
life member of the National
History Is Made A t
FSU’s Commencement
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
FAYETTEVILLE - A record
breaking class, a record
breaking crowd of parents and
relatives, along with members
of the "Class of 21”, Jammed
Seabrook Auditorium, many
standing, at 2 p.m., Sunday, as
Dr. Samuel Dußois Cook re
lated relevance with relevance
Education Association, a
member of the North Caro
lina’s Teacher’s Association,
president of the Franklin
(See C. HARRIS, P. 2)
at the 94th commencement ex
ercise at Fayetteville State
University.
Dr, Cook opened a line of
communication between the
250 graduates with a changing
world and a perplexed society.
He warned the class that the
world was their parish, but
only true dedication to the
cause of service would deter
mine how well they used the
training and expertise they had
received while at the institu
tion.
The degrees were presented
to the graduates by Dr. C. A.
Lyons, Jr., president, with Dr.
George Butler, first black
chairman of the trustee board,
assisting. Dr. Lyons told the
newly-capped persons that
t'elrs was a great challenge
and how they met it would
reflect greatly upon the uni
versity. He lost no time in
saying to them that many sac
rifices had been made on the
part of parents, relatives and
(See HISTORY IS, P 2)
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When more merchants begin
to advertise on the Sweepstakes
page the Sweepstakes Promo
tion Is expected to be renew
ed In the very near future.
Even though the promotion
Parents’
Vote One
Os Concern
BY MISS J. E. HICKS
At its second miss
meeting Monday night,
May 17 held at Carnage
Junior High School to
consider the desegrega
tion of the Raleigh
schools, Raleigh citi
zens -voted unanimously
to recommend that par
ents refrain from turn
ing in any transfers.
Parents who have already
turned in transfers are urged
to return to the superintendents
office and remove same. This
action has been taken to put
pressure on the school board to
desegregate the schools.
In the past, this school board
has relied on the black com
munity to desegregate some
schools. This time, the board
has also chosen, after the vot
ing on busing, to bribe the
black parents by sending free
transportation and admission
to any white school. Thus, the
burden of desegregating the
schools will fall on the backs
of the black parents as usual
for there were approximately
two thousand children attend
ing the white schools last year.
(See NO TRANSFERS, p. 2y
Veeps In
3 More
NC Cities
Three more North Carolina
cities elected black mayors
pro tern this week as the elec
tion of local officials headed
into the final stages.
Durham, Charlotte and Rox
boro elected black vice mayors
to Join two other cities who
named black mayors pro tern
last week. Fayetteville and
Chapel Hill elected black vice
mayors last week.
John W. Stewart became Dur
ham’s first black mayor pro
tern Monday as a result of a
unanimous vote by his fellow
councilmen. hi Charlotte, Fred
Alexander became the first
’ (.see THREE BLACK. P. 2\~~
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CRIME
BEAT
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NOTE: This columft
or feature it produced in the pub
lic Interest with an aim towards
eliminating its contents. Numer
ous individual-, have requested
that they be given the considera
tion of overlooking their listing
on the police blotter. This we
would like to do. However, it is
not our position to be Judge or ju
ry. We merely publish ;he facts
as we find them reported by the
arresting officers To keep out of
Tlie Crime Beat Columns, merely
means not being registered by a
police officer in reporting his
findings while on duty. So sim
ply keep off the “Blotter” and
you won’t be in The Crime Beat.
Struck with belt
Mrs. Janie Marie Dew, 22,
1117 Page Street, told Officer
R. W. Miller at 5:40 p.m, Sa
turday, that her husband, Mat
thew Lee Dew, 26, was "play
ing” with their two-vear-old
child, when, all of a sudden,
he started beating the child
for no apparent reason. Mrs.
Dew stated that she tried to
stop him, but Dew then struck
her in the eye with a belt,
wrapped the belt arour.! her
neck and started choking her.
Mrs. Dew said she got away
from him, ran to their car and
came to the police department.
The woman was dressed in a
night gown and was very up
set according to the cop’s
notes. She said she would sign
an assault on a female warrant
against her mate. Mrs. Dew
complained of an aching throat.
(See CRIME BEAT, l\ %')
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