W- -''- “ Thousands Now In Raleigh As %mlm r liciifts Convene B m Baptists’ Meet finds Thursday W The 104th Annual Ses sion of the General Bap tist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc.,a long with the 22nd Annual Session of the Laymen’s League Convention o pened here Mont la \. No vember at the First Cos mop o1 il a n Ba p list Wlhurch, where the Rev. Willie B. I ewis is the pastor. The theme this year is ‘‘The Church And Radical Missions.” Monday's meetings began at 10 a.m. wit!) the executive board meeting and registration of the Laymen’s League. Workshops were conducted in the after noon with Rev. Dr. E.B. Tur ner in charge, and Dr. J. Ar chie Hargraves speaking at 4; 15 pan. on the topic, “Shaw, Our Baptist University.” Governor Robert Walter (Bob) Scott was scheduled to welcome the group to the city at 8 p.m. On Tuesday, with J. W. Me- I Queen, vice president of the state organization of the Lay men’s League presiding, the day was confined to commit tee meetings and the annual ad- V dress by the president, Frank - H. Marshall of the Laymen’s League. This session was ad journed Tuesday afternoon; K At 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the ■State Convention conducted a general board meeting. Pre siding In the afternoon were Mrs. Wesley Gram, Johnnie White, Rev. L.C. Riddick and Rev. J.C. Harris, who preach ed the Annual Sermon. The theme address for the Convention was deliver ed by Rev. J.!.. Barber on Wed nesday at 9:30 a.m. The Ci - vention will close Thursday k round noon. Rush is Hosting Zionites rBY ALEXANDER BARNES The 91st annual session of the Central North Carolina Confer ence, African Methodist Epis- copal Zion Church, with the Rt. Rev. V .A. Stewart p r e s id ing, opened at Rush Metropolitan A. M.E. Zion Church, Wednesday, at 10 a.m., with Re”. T.H. Har ris as the host pastor. The Conference is com posed of five presiding elder districts, with the following de signations: Raleigh, Rev, E. H. Beebee; Durham, Rev. J. A. Brown; Fayetteville, Rev. S. P. Rawlings; Lauringurg, Rev. S. J. Farrar and Sanford, Rev. C.V. Flack. The celebration of the Holy Sacrernent of the Lord’s Sup per featured the opening ses sion, which was followed by the organization of the Conference. A welcome program, par . ticipated in by city officials and other organizations, were held at the first-day night session. Reports from delegates and a sermon by Rev. H.S. Gilllsnie EDITORS NOTE: This column or feature is produced in the pub lic interest with an aim towards elimination it' contents. Numer ous individuals h.T. e requested that tht \ bo given the 'considera tion o[ nverlooMnu 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 the facts as we find them reported by the arresting officers. To keep out of The Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered by a police officer in reporting ills findings while on duty. So sim ply keep off the “Blotter" and you won’t be In The Crime Seat. TWO WOMEN FIGHT Miss Neil Sanders, 24, 1305 Walnut Street, told Officer John Leffingwell at 10:10 p.m. Satur day, that she and Miss Gladys A Lunsford, 30, 1302 Walnut, got \ into an argument anjl started fighting at Miss Lunsford's a partment. Louis Lunsford then f ‘ pulled them apart. Miss San ders adihitted that site then went home, got a butcher knife and went back to the house, but could not get into the apartment. She suffered a three Inch scratch on the face. No further action was listed on the general offense re port. Ron’s largest post office in 19- i 87. i Whll® postmaster of New York i City, he managed approximately ■ 43,000 employees -- the largest complement of postal workers (See SOCK HLACKS, ty c North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C„ WEEK ENDING SAT., NOV. 6 1971 Night Watchman Says Nothing As He Sees 1 f • i _ STAR CONFERS WITH SENATOR-Washington: Willie Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and president of the Black Athletes v oundation for Sickle Cell Anemia Research, left, meets with Sen. Richard Schweiker, R-Pa., November 3 to disucss a pilot program In Pittsburgh to combat the disease. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease mainly affecting black people causing intense pain and requires constant medical attention. (UPI). Urban LeogueGiven 500 Gs For Welfare WASHINGTON- The National Urban League will provide sup portive services to welfare re cipients enrolled in the Work Incentive (WIN) program in 10 cities under a $500,000 Lalwr Department contract. The new one-year program, just announced by Manpower Administrator Paul J, Passer, Jr., is operated for the La bor Department i \ the National Urban League through subcon tracts with Urban League affili ates t:i these cities: Albany, Ga.; Denver, Colo.; Elizabeth, N J.; Flint, Mich.; Madison, Wis.; Peoria, II!.; Richmond, Va,; Tacoma, Wash.; Trenton, N.J., and sci ~ Jj* t \ "p| , 1 %■ r’ ~ 0W Ifc. J ..*# J Nd WOMaN, 113, POSES WITH GREAT GRANDSON-Newton, Ga.: "My mamma and daddy got married by jumping over a broom and they stayed together all their lives.” The words came from Aunt Vic, who claimed she was 113-years-old, but doesn’t have a birth certificate to prove it. “Naw, laln’t got no birth certifi cate," Vistoria Brankleysaid. “Idon’t think they was giving 'em out then.” With her 4-year-old great-grandson, Charles Haw kins, hanging on her every word, Aunt Vie proclaimed that she owes her long life to whiskey, “Praise the Lord, and pass the Bin.*' Youngstown, Ohi< The WIN program is conduct ed by State Employment Secru itv agencies under Manpower (See Nl’L OKI'S. P. »■> Changes In Frot Journal Announced WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Oracle Magazine, official or gan of the Omega Psi Phi Fra ternity, has undergone a ma jor change in direction and areas of emphasis, it was an nounced by Otto McClarrin, the new editor of the publication. (Se? CLAN -to IN. P. i) SING IB FOR Y ISC Governor’s Race W on Bv Waller Char 1e s Ev e rs, see k - ing to become the first Rjbu'r Governor in the tllli : i- ■><• , 4>.R w- m - < ■> TO~ " - ... „;»• MA* 4 4*t.' ■ \ } ! #v y;3 • 4m m I f 11, % Jpf jf f h r • i LOSER EVERS CONGRATULATES WINNER WALLER- Jackson, Mice.: Charles Evers, who lost the Mississippi gubernatorial race to Jackson Attorney Bill Waller November 2, efforts to con gratulate Waller (shown seated in back of car) on winning. Despite his loss Evers said his candidacy for the governorship has changed the entire political system of the state. (UPI). MAYOR HATCHER RE-ELECTED - Gary, Ind,: Mayor Richard G, Hatcher won re-election over his Republican opponent by a vote margin of almost three to one November 2. Hatcher along with candidate for city clerk, Betty Milinka raise their arms in victory. (UPI). Rev, Ben Chavis Tells National CRJ Group Os Wilmington's Disturbances NEW YORK, N.Y. - At a meet ing of the Cor.mission for Ra cial Justice of the Unit ed Church of Christ late hi October in New York city, the Reverend Ben Chavis, Community Organizer for the Commission's North Carolina-Virginia Field Office, made a graphic presentation of racial conflict in Wilmington, NEC. The Reverend Mr. Chavis, who is also the minister of the First African Congregation of the Black Messiah, Wilmington, a youth-oriented church, has been working Li the community for over a year since trouble de ■ eloped out of resistance to school desegregation in that city. He continually poinis to his faith,in the love and teach ings of Jesus as the force that has kept the Black community together in a time of crisis. Ths exchange of gunfire and Says Man Did Not Interfere Stephen S. Sisk, a young white resident of lleiuterson, reported to Officer G.T. Lloyd, Jr., at 5 a.m. Sunday, that he went to Shaw University to visit a friend and the security guard isked he and Robert W. Rote hart, Jr., another white youth, of Winston - Salem, and Ricky Daypori, a black youth, also of Winston, where they were go ing. Sisk said he told the man that they were going to the sixth floor and the guard said okay. However, young Sisk declared, when the trio started up the" stairs, about nine colored males started hitting him and pushed him down the stairs. “The night guard watched the whole thing and didn’t say a word”, bemoaned Mr. Sisk. They said they were going up stairs to see Frederick Anthony Watts, who lives in Room 617, (Sec MAN. 20. T. 2) other states. I hope it will encourage,them rather than re ject them.” Mrs. J. C. Mann, Greensboro (See Aitl-V ftiAV, t.\ gt numerous incidents of sniper Lire poses a constant threat to the Wilmington Black com munity. So far 6 people have been killed and there has beer: over 40 wounded. These figures are expected to increase be cause f the crisis. Recently, the white community has or sl Million In G rants To College GREKNSRORO-The president of A&T State University Wed nesday announced that the Uni versity has received approval for two federal grants totaling $1,112,000. Dr. Lewis C, Dowdy said both grants were awarded through the U.S. Department of Agri culture, one for extension w or k in rural communities, and trie other for research in the field of agriculture and urban prob lems. The funds were awarded through the Hatch Act and Smith-Lever Act, passed in 18- •90. At its annual meeting, the AiT Board ol Trustees approved a resolution recommending ade quate minority representation on any coordinating or govern ing board adopted by the State Legislature in its proposed r e structuting of higher education. The board’s resolution stated: “We recommend the reten tion of local boards of trustees and that these boards be provid ed with sufficient authority to control the local operations of the institutions. This should include electing the head of the institution, employing faculty and staff, and formulating po licies to govern academic af fairs, student affairs, fiscal af fiars, and planning and develop ment functions.’’ The resolution also asked that there be adequate minority re presentation on the administra tive staff of any coordinating or governing board. In his annual report to the board, Dr. Dowdy asked and received approval from the board to appoin l architects and l See $1 ,\JJP I N, i-. 2) in The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK Specializing In Foods For Diabetics ganized the “Rights of White People” !• ad by a former ma rine, Leroy Gibson. Gibson’s group has repeatedly stated that they will. “Kill every nigger in Wilmington to insure law and order for white people.” ROWP has proudly displayed their arsenal in an attempt to demonstrate that whites are prepared to do whatever is ne cessary to maintain the sta tus quo. A recent raid by state police uncovered a self made Gattling gun manufactur ed by members of ROWP and designed, according to a ROWP spokesman, “to commit mass death.” Spearheaded by the or ganizational work of Rev. Cha vis and staff of the Commis sion for Racial Justice, the Black community has refused to bow down to the threats and in~ (Xti BEN CIIAVIh, V. ■) Profs. Told Os Jobs in Labor Dept. \\ aSHINGTON - Se venteer. professors from t 6 colleges and universities with predomi nantly black enrollment have completed a 2-day conference in Washington to learn what employment opportunities exist in the Department of Labor for their students. The mei ting, sponsored by Bureau of Labor Statistics, is called the Conference of Vislt ins Professors of Minority Col leges and Local Colleges. The session was the first of its kind; for the past 5 years, the program has been carried out through vivits to BLS by professors who came singly or In pairs. BLS spokesmen said the pro gram is one of the Bureau’s main avenues of recruitment at minority colleges for econp mists, statisticians and social science research analysts. The conference was chiefly in a workshop format although the visitors heard speeches by Commissioner of Labor Statis tics Geoffrey 11. Moore Deputy Commissioner Ben Burdetsky and Associate Commissioner Donald J. Keuch, Jr., and Frank A. Yeager, executive assistant (see BKIEFEI) ON, K 2)