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Baptists’
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Thursday
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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.
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InR aces For Governor , Mayor
Evas loses, But Hatcher Wins
THRiCAROLINIAg?
VOL. 31, NO. 1
At Carnage Junior High School-Black
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One Whipped At Shaw
Assistant
At Carnage
Attacked
An angry black pa
rent struck a white as
sitant principal in the
face here Tuesday
morning for apparent
ly no good reason. The
assistant, Eugene O.
Holhauser, at Fred Jo
nathan Carnage Junior
High School, Carnage
Drive, was treated at
Wake Memorial Hos
pital for abraisans a
bove and below the
righ eye.
Mr. Holshauser told Officers
that he had attempted to talk
to the youth, who reportedly,
had been expelled from the in
stitution. The boy’s name is
Gary Knight and he lives at 22-
21 Old Garner Road.
Th.e assistant principal said he
had also tiled to talk with the
boy’s mother, but had been un
able to do so.
He said that Mrs. Knight left
his office only to return later
with Joe Knight, her husband,
also of the Garner Road ad
dress.
After inviting Mr. Knight in
to his private office, the school
official declared that the man
struck him with his fist.
Officers at the hospital said
Holhauser told them he would
sign an assault and battery war
rant against Knight.
Although he lives at 45-
(Sec PARENT AND P. 2)
4 Blacks
Get Key
P. 0. Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Four
blacks, Including two career
postal Employees, have been ap
pointed to key management
positions in the U.S. Postal
Service, former Postmaster
General Winton M. Blount an
nounced recently.
John Strachan, former New
York City postmaster, has been
named manager of the newly
created New York Metropoli
tan Postal Center, In this ca
pacity, Mr. Strachan will be in
charge of all postal operations
In the boroughs of Manhattan
and Bronx.
Each borough office Is head
ed by a postmaster who will
report directly to Mr. Strachan..
A total of 107 postal activities
are located In the area.
Mr, Straclian entered the Pos
tal Service in 1941 as a clerk
In the New York City post of
fice. Working his way up
; through the ranks, he was ap
j pointed postmaster of the na
> 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
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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
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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 :<! St:it V ttS hal'.di
ly defeated by Missis
sippi Democrat William
Waller for the office
while Richard G. Hatch
er easily won re-elec
tion as mayor of Gary,
Indiana.
With 422 of the state’s 2,496
precincts reporting, Waller had
78.7 percent of the total votes
as compared with 19.9 percent
of the votes for Evers, Mayor
of Fayette, Mississippi. Wal
ler had 120,407 votes to only
30,525 votes for Evers,
In Gary, Indiana, the com
plexion of the voting was exact
ly the opposite. Hatcher led by
20,800 votes with 73 percent of
the precincts reporting to easi
ly reclaim his mayoral seat.
Ir. Cleveland, Arnold R. Pink
ne, the Black president cf the
city school board backed by out
going Mayor Carl B. Stokes
finished in second place for the
mayor seat. Republican Ralph
Perk had a slight lead over Perk
with 450 of the 632 precincts
reporting.
Perk had 58,619 votes while
Plnkne had 53,577 and demo
crat James M. Carney 44,456.
Plnkne was running as an in
dependent but had the backing
of Stokes who sought to wield
the first big-city Black poli
(S'ce EVERS, P. 2)
Masons To
Assist In
Housing
ATLANTA, Ga. - The sover
eign grand commander of the U
nited Supreme Council, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free
masonry, Southern Jurisdiction
(Prince Hall Affiliation) an
nounced recently in Atlanta that
the organization has undertaken
a program designed to assist in
the development of a com
prehensive housing management
training and technical assis
(S.e vs masons, v. 'i\
IISQI IRING REPORTER
TOMirfe nsSE..’ ’iwi' N&jjg. Raff’
MY SJ AFF \\ R1 CRH
How do you think the defeat of Charles Evers
in Mississippi will affect other Black candidates
who might run for the office of Governor?
Mr. Ralph Stone,
Raleigh
“Someone had to be first, and
Evers was. I think his willing
ness to gat Into the race will
encourage more Blacks to try
for the office of Governor In
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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
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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)