l> " y ‘ ' Claims Muskie’s Statement Hurt Him Says Senator Kennnedy Choice Os Most Macks 4M CAROLINIAN’S FOURTH “CHRISTMAS CHRISTIAN FAMILY OF THE YEAR” - Pictured here is the family of Dr. and Mrs. James Alexander Boyer 1504 Oakwood Avenue. The Boyer famiU is The CAROLINIAN’S fourth “Christmas Christian Family of the for 1971. The other families were: 1568, Deacon Chester Debnam and family; 1969, Deacon and Mrs, Delmus K. Ingram and family; and, 1970, the Rev. and Mrs. Leotha Debnam and family. Pictured from left to right, ire: Miss Esther Alethea Dover, daughter, Mrs. Emma L. Perrv Dover and Dr. James A. Dover. (STAFF PHOTO). The James Alexander Beyer Family.. Christian Stalwarts in These Times How do you color a oan who voluntarily stepped down after ten years as president of the largest predominently black Episcopalian-oriented institution of higher education (Saint Augustine’s College) in the United States? How do you color a man, who succeeded his own father as dean of instruction at the college, a revered professor of English, and husband and father of the highest religious esteem, who walks humbly with his God each day and never seems to have any complaints? How do you color this man and his ibmilvV Color them GREAT. Church To Serve Fellowship Meals A Christmas Da-. 3 ■ ll> - y’-.lp P'irKr will *• ’ to 5?011- tor citizens and ; oi\ families at the First !>' ptist Church’s Cafeteria on Wilmington and Morgan Street on Chiistmas Day. This fellowship dinner is being coordinated by the North Carolina chapter of the South ern Christian Leadershi; Con ference (SCLC). Several churches and organizations in the city of Raleig!. are parti cipating. The dinner will be gin at 12 noon, but those at tending should be at the church at 11 a.in. SCLC is especially concern ed with all families in Raleigh and Wake County who are in need of fellowship and com panionship on this Christmas Day. We feel that this fel lowship and food will be just one item on the menu. Pastors, ministers and mis sionary workers of various churches are invited to par ticipate. We are also inviting anyone with an automobile who will furnish their services to deliver dinners to the shu< -in. Buses have been secured to bring families who live at a distance where they cannot walk. Community workers are re-,, quested to make j&ntaet w tt> needy families and senior ci tizens and contact the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence for the i urpose Os sett- Polities Divorce Is Urgsd so iC GREENSBORO - Frank Bal lance, a Warrenton attorney and temporary chairman of the newly formed Black Peoples’ Union Party (BPUP), has called on Black people to make an "absolute divorce' from the dependent politics of the De mocratic and Republican par ties and chose instead a course of Independent organization, Atty. Ballance made the state ment while addresing the monthly meeting of the Greens boro Citizens Association at St. James United Presbyterian Church here Tuesday night of this week, A packed room of Citizen’s Association members and guests was on hand to hear his presentation. Speaking in a relaxed and in < formal style, Atty, Ballance said he viewed the BPUP as "a con tinuing step forward in Black people’s struggle to become their own masters and deal with their own problems." For the first part of.the pre sentation, the North Carolina Central University alumnus traced an extensive history of political dealings in the state, beginning in the 18th century, MVOKCF IS, I*. V) ing up our roster and time sciietl ule. Thr following persons should ‘■e contacted: O. A, Dupree or Bobby Jones, 755-4828; Mrs. Rosa Cooley, 755-6797; Mrs. Laura G. Milliken, 755-6834; Mrs. Ruth Purcell, 755-6713; Mrs. Lovie Debnam, 834-23- 34; or Mrs. Clydia Mae Hill, 834-2107. * js a » fP ■■jfgmm j/i t Fn? GIRL SLASHES MAN Robert Dan Holloway, 22,424 S. Bloodwcrth Street, told Of ficers D. W. Martin and O. T. Wester at 7; 10 p. m. Sunday that he was walking on S. Blood worth Street, at its intersection with E. Cabarrus Street, when his 16-year-old girlfriend, Miss Gaii Bobbitt, 736 Elling ton Street, approached him and cut him with a broken Pepsi- Cola bottle. He declared that earlier in the day, Miss Bob bitt came to his house “apd saw me with another girl.’ - H Financial Plight Explained As Shaw To Release Employees THE COROLINIAN North Carolina's l eading Weekly VOL. 31 NO. 8 Escaped From Ceils Here, But Two Os City’s School Code RCA Backs Probe Allleged Killers Caught Two escaped pri soners. both accused of recent murders in Raleigh, were ppre hended Monday >fter noon at 568 Nev Bern Avenue, while he wo rn an of the h ause, Mrs. Iredell Christine s# ton, 31, was charged in two warrants with har boring and aiding es caped prisoners. The escape took place late Sunday night. Steven Holloman, 25, and Francisco Rones Rivers, 19, both of Raleigh, were the two men recaptured. Robert J. Pleasants, sheriff of Wake County, said Tuesday, “The two murder suspects who escaped from the new Counter Jail, did so through an err di in judgment on the part of the jail staff. Measures art being (See jAIUBItRAKEnS. >. SJ m m#■ - Wi A|P jSBm. m JSfo v&y to. .£&&& jygp mm » .. rjar STEVEN HOLLOMAN RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, DEC 25, 19 1 . ••r*DBV' HOME FROM VIETNAM FOR CHRBTMAS”- Olatfie, Kansas: M. Sgt. Otis Simmons, a 19-year Army Ve teran, appears happy to be home for Christmas as he holds his crying daughter, Sheila, and a cup of coffee late Decem ber %i. Simmons was ojp of 10 Olathe servicemen station ’fed in Vietnam that, were brought home for Christmas by the community. J PresidefttCarsonGets Group’s Full Backing At us regular December meet ing, the Raleigh Citizens’Asso ciation, in an informal meet ing, heard Its president, Edward Carson, read portions of the student code adopted by the Ra leigh School Board, November 30. Mr. Carson remarked that there were things in the code not in keeping with the har monies of the races and also that the code was detrimental to deprived students. Rule 10 states, "No student shall steal or attempt to steal, damage or attempt to damage, any private property either on any school premises, or on any school bus, or during any school activity, function, or event off ' school property." "What does attempt to steal or attempt to damage mean?” queried Mr. Carson. Rule Breads, "Nostudent shall knowing!} possess, handle or transmit ariv knife, razor, ice pick, explosive, loaded cane, sword cane, machette, pistol, rule, shotgun or any object that can reasonably be consi dered a dangerous weapon or Show University Plans A Joint Venture With USC Shaw University president, Dr. ,T. Archie Hargraves, has taken another step toward the ful fillment of the university’s mls s!on--to build and strengthen in stitutions which meet the needs of the poor, the black and the disadvantaged. Dr. Hargraves believes that public administration as a pro fession may be the greatest opportunity of the next decade for blacks, not only in terms of employment, but as a means of taking their proper place in a predominantly white society (See SETS JOINT P. 2 ) dangerous instrument,” "The catch phrase here is ‘knowing ly possess’ -a statement of judgment,” commented Mr. , Carson. Rule 2 --Disruption of School “No student shall, by the use 3f passive resistance, noise, threat, fear, intimidation, coer (See RCA BACKS, P. 2) US leathers Will Honor King s Date WASHINGTON, D. C. - The representative assembly of the nation’s largest professional organization, the National Ed ucation Association have pro claimed January 15 as Human Relations Day in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (See HONOR KING, P. 2> j INQUIRING REPORTER IP iiEW € II V I I nis I I i BY STAFF WRITER What does Christmas mean to you and how do you plan to spend the day? Elisha Greene, Raleigh “To me, Christmas means the spirit of giving and cele brating the birth of Christ, I plan to spend the day at home with my family and enjoy all the food my wife will have. Mrs, WRamona Long, Durham and show the meaning of. the spirit of giving, Christmas is a time set aside to be spent with your family arid to cele tn?-r TBKY SAY, ». IS) SINGLE COPY 15c Financial Conditions Are Cited “The philosophy be hind the new mission of responding to the poor, black and disad vantaged is that we deny no student an oppor tunity to be educated but neither will we give him a poor, black and disadvantaged educa tion.” This striking comment came from Cleon F. Thompson, Shaw University Provost, during a meeting of faculty, staff, and administration last Friday. Thompson called the faculty to together to relate the steps being taken to Improve the u niversity’s academic programs that would assure continued aca demic excellence while cutting away the access. Thompson said, “We must constantly remind ourselves that we cannot do all things for all people. W’e can, how ever, expand through clearly defined, mutually agreed upon and high spirited cooperation with our neighboring Insti tutions.” He said that the kind of ar rangement being considered could bring three neighboring institutions -- Kittrell College, St. Augustine’s College and Shaw together in cooperative curri culum arrangements that would allow for broadened areas of program development and en hance human and fiscal resourc es. Dr. J. Archie Hargraves, the president of Shaw, has been deeply Involved in finding ways to solve the monetary problems of Shaw and to develop firm fiscal and administrative pro cedures in an effort to put Shaw on the sound footing that is need ed to operate effectively. Hargraves said in a recent interview that many faculty and staff cutbacks wmuld be ne cessary to help solve the money crisis. ‘‘What cutbacks that will take place will not be de termined until after the aca demic task force has made its recommendations to the admin istration, We want the entire (See SHAW TO P 2) 2 In The Sweepstakes £ | SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK | | HEIUG-lftMl FURNITURf CO. | ' For Furniture At Economical Prices X Political Part ies Ignored CHICAGO, 111. - Sena tor Edward M. Kennedy is the favorite presi dential candidate of black voters, regard less of political par ties, whil- President Richard M. Nixon runs 7th among all can didates, a poll by Se pia magazine shows. The survey of black voter pre ferences In the 1972 president ial election aiso shows that the top Democratic front runner. Senator Edmund Muskie, sttli Is affected by his statement about a black vice presidential nominee hurting the Democrats. He was 4th In the poll by Sepia, a lead ing black monthly magazine. Senator Kennedy was first in the poll reported in the Januam issue of Sepia with 309 while the 1968 Democratic nominee, Se nator Hubert Humphrey, fol - lowed with 22 .. New York’s Mayor John Lindsay follows with 17?- and Muskie had 7'?. President Nixon trailed with 5% behind Senator George Mc- Govern. Former Senator Eu gene McCarty also had 5% and a total of 8% were undecided. Results of the poll are report ed in a special “Politics: 1971” issue of Sepia, which predicts that up to B,OCO black voters will go to the polls in Novem ber, compared to 6,300,000 blacks who voted in 1968. Black strength in presidential elect tions has more than doubled in the Dast 20 years, Sepia states. Republicans have not been able to get substantial support from Negro voters since the early 30*s when the black vote fir. t swung to the Democrats unde; President Franklin D. Roose velt. Highest percentage of black voters chalked, up by a GOP norr, - lnee for President sine; tin was in 1956 when Dwight Eisenhower got 39V. Ip. the if, election Nixon only got 12? of the black vote. JAMES HENRY TURNER, SP. I Turner "Employee Os sear 1 James Henry Turner, Sr. has been named outstanding Em ployee of the Year at Doro thea Dix Hospital in Raleigh. The announcement is made by the Hospital’s Superintendent, Dr. Bob Rollins. Presently, shift leader in the food production division of the Dietary Services, Mr. Turner has been on the Hospital staff since 1957. With a staff of 203, Dietary Services provide daily sustenance to a patient population of approximately 2,000, and operates a cafeter ia serving two meals a day for the employee staff of 1,300, Mr. Turnei is described fc his fellow employees as a dedi cated, efficient and cooperative leader. He was educated a* Berry O’Kelly School at Method * served in the US. Navy, dur ing World War H aboard the U. S. S. Randolph spent ten years in farming; and since ((tee TURNER IS. P. a)