Cites Rev. Ben Chavis' Case
Cl J Musts 1C Jistiii
Nation’s Young Democrats
Claim 3 Million New Voters
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General Counsel Also Appointed As
NUL Names 2 Execs
Statement
Released
By Group
(Editor’s Note: the
following is a joint
statement from the
Commission For Ra
cial Justice):
“Early in 1968, the
Commission for Ra
cial Justice of the U
nited Church of Christ
launched an attack on
capital punishment a
cross the country and
in North Carolina.
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C him Os
Demmmts
Is Studied
Approximately 3,000,000 18-20
year olds have registered to
vote at a 2.7 to 1 democratic
rate, Robert Weiner, National
Youth Registration Coordinator
for the Young Democrats Office
a the Democratic National Com
mittee, announced recently.
These are the results of a sur
vey of secretaries of state and
voter registration coordinators
across the country conducted by
the Young Democrats’ National
(Set- 3 Mn.Y ION. P 2)
iINQUIRING REPORTER
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MV STAFF \\ HI I 1.1 l ■
Do you plan to make
the incoming year?
Miss Thomasine Perry,
Raleigh
“I always make resolutions at
the beginning of the year and
end up breaking them before the
first of the year has gone by
as usual. So this year I have
decided not to make any reso
lutions and see how far I get,”
Mr, Russell Clarke,
Durham
“I have vowed to make one
resolution for 1972 and I know
I am going to keep It because
my life depends on it. I must
stop eating so much and I have
prom tsed myself, the doctor and
the Lord 1 will keep this resolu
tion,"
Greensboro
•'*l am pretty good about stick
ing to the New Year resolutions
so I plan to make a few this
year and stick to them. Normal
ly I break one or two but I us
ually make five or »ix. This
year 1 think I will make ten
and maybe I will stick to eight of
them.*',
Mr, Lynn Small,
Raleigh
"For me, making New Year's
resolutions is just" like the wea
ther--meaning I might change
anytime, I have decided not to
make any resolutions this
year,"
North Carolina’s Leading I Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 1, 1972
Woman Steps Outside For Air, Then She's
HUMPHREY WANTED FOR MURDER? - Philadelphia;
tor Hubert Humphrey was greeted with anti-war signs as he
speaks at a meeting of the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science in Philadelphia, December 27. A psy
chiatrist from the University of Michigan, identified as Dr.
Rick Kunnes, heaved a tomato at Humphrey. It missed and
hit the lecturn. (UPI).
Vernon E, Jordan, Jr.
Announces 3 Changes
New York-V ernan E. Jordan
Jr., who assumes the po*t of
Executive Di rector of t h e
National Urban League on
January 1, 1972, lias announced
the appointment of two Deputy
Executive Directors of the
League and a General Counsel,
effective January 15.
Alexander J. Allen, Director of
the National Urban League’s
any new resolutions for
MAYOR ENDORSES CHRISTMAS CLASSIC HERE - Raleigh's? Mayor, Thomas W, Bradshaw,
center, holds the basketball while chatting with the coaches for the two host schools about the
Christmas Classic Tournament, which will be held at Dorian Arena this week. George Blair,
left, the youthful mentor at Shaw University and Harvey Heartley, right, the mastermind for
St. Augustine's College talked with Bradshaw this week about the two-day tournament. (Photo
by J, D. Hinton, Sr,).
Eastern Regional Office, was
named Deputy Executive
Director--Administrative and
Public Affairs, with responsi
bility for five headquarters de
partments--Fund, Communica
tions, Government Affairs, Ad
ministration and Personnel.
Named to the Other post as
Deputy Executive Director--
Program and Field Operations,
was Adolph Holmes, Director of
the League’s Program Opera
tions Department. Mr. Holmes
is assigned responsibility for
Economic Development Pro
grams, Community Develop
ment Programs, Citizenship
Education Programs, Research
and the five regional offices
of the League.
Mr. Jordan named Charles E.
Eason, Deputy Director of the
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Location
Unknown
To Victim
Although a 30-year
old Aulander woman,
Mrs. Mary Agnes Out
land Archer told Ra
leigh police officials
last Sunday that rlr. |
had been raped by
three Black males af
ter 11 p.m. the night
before, Police Chief
Floyd W. Little of the
Ahoskie Police De
partment revealed to
a CAROLINIAN news
man on Wednesday of
this w ? eek that he did
not think the woman
was raped as she
charged on the gen
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THREATENS WITH PISTOL
James Paul Mettrey, 25, white
resident of 1402 Wake Forest
Road, told Officer J. L. Brown
at 11:33 p.m. Thursday, that
he went to the Templement Club,
512 E. Davie Street and was re
moving a music box when Paul
Wells, 38, of 715 Van Buren
Road approached him and kick
ed him on the leg, while point
ing a pistol at him. He said
Wells told him he was "going
to kill my a—.’ The man said
this was the first time he had
ever seen Mr, Wells. He suf
fered bruises on the left leg.
Wells was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon.
CHIME BEAT. P. 3Y
A Happy New Year For
BLOOD FLOWS DURING CONFRONTATION - Jacksonville,
Fla.: At least five persons were injured December 27 as a
bout 400 blacks battled police and motorists in a black neigh
borhood here. This unidentified black mar was among five
persons arrested during the disturbance. Most were charged
with resisting arrest. (UPP
MAKES IT LEGAL - Hosea Williams, left, received * li
cense to preach the Gosoe! from the Rev. Ralph D. Aber
nathy,
SCICs Williams (,Hs
His Preaching License
ATLANTA, Ga. - Hosea L.
Williams, civil rights leader
and ex-research chemist who
just returned from a 17-country
trip around the world including
Red China, preached his Trial
Chmh Body
Deposits 20
Gs lit Bank
DANVILLE, Va. - The Ameri
can Baptist Home Mission So
cieties, Valley Forge, deposit
ed $20,000 in the First State
Bank. Danville as part of a
total of $600,000 authorized for
placement in minor its com
munity banks across the coun
try.
Acting for the Baptist group,
the Reverend George Dudley,
320 W. Thomas, Rocky Mount,
N.C. explained the concern of
his denomination for consis
tency of its investment policies
with the theology and program of
American Baptists.
Approximately 25 banks will
receive funds. The deposits
will be treated In the regular
fashion, earning current inter
est rates and in turn will be
made available as new loan
funds to the community.
The purpose of this program,
according to the Reverend
George Dudley, focuses on the
Home Mission Societies’ con
cern for justice (equality in
life). These deposits will make
loans available to members of
minority communities whose
personal and business loan ap
plications oft times are re
jected because of the low
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In The Sweeps to kes
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NATURAL HEALTH FOODS
For flie Most Economic In Genuine Health Foods
Sermon last Sunday from the
subject, ‘‘ls Christianity too
important to be left in the hands
of today's Christians?”
Mr. Williams. who was
appointed by Dr. Ralph David
Abernathy as SCLC’s National
Program Directot before go
ing on a leave of absence to
take his t ip around the world,
also served as the late 3 i.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s chief
field'general. He holds the re
cord for civil rights arrests,
having beer arrested 81 times,
Williams stated that his visit
to Communist China had enabl -
ed him to look hack upon the
hypocrisy of his past Chris
tian life He added that eve;;
though the Chinese claim to be
devout atheists, he saw more
religion revealed in their e
voryday life than he has eve
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Hawkins’
Worker In
Appeal
(Editor’s Note: This open let
ter was written by Ezra Moore,
campaign treasurer for Dr. Re
ginald A. Hawkins in his se
cond bid for the Office of Gov
ernor of N. t.j,
Dear Fellow-Citizen;
As you may well recall, Dr,
Reginald A. Hawkins ran as a
gubernatorial candiate in the
1968 North Carolina State
Democratic Primary. While he
did not win that election, he
was successful in winning a
(BCf nn. HAWKINS, r 2)
Begin State Benefit
l o A id All Charities
GREENSBORO - A tribute to
the Honorabl Robert J. Brown,
special assistant to the Pre
sident, will lie held in Wash
ington, D.C., January 30, to
benefit the Sickle Cell Anemia
Fund and three other Black re
lated projects around the coun
try, North Carolina Co-chair
man Mrs, Ruth Miller Gore an
nounced recently.
A North Carolinian from Higl
Point, Brown has served Pre
sident Nixon’s administration
and is known as an excellent
orator.
Mrs. Gore, head of counsel
ing and testing services at A
A T State University, said ' it
would be wonderful to have a
large representation attend the
benefit from North Carolina
since Brown is a native of the
state, ’’
The affair if being sponsored
ally to provide funds for
the United Negro College Fund,
the Howard University Missis
sippi Project and the Social
Services Foster Home Chil
dren’s Program in addition to
the fight against the dreaded
sickel cell disease.
The other state co-chairman,
Orie! H. Leak, captain of the
High Point Police Community
Service and Youth Division, said
"'Lose who can’t attend can
make contributions to the funds
which are tax deductible.
Entertainment will be provid
ed by "Mr. Entertainment’
Sammy Davis, Jr. with music
by ion el Hampton.
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Sen. Muskie
Appoints A
Coordinator
WASHINGTON, D. C. - James
Hudson, prominent Washington,
D.C. attorney and campaign aide
for the Humphrey-Muskie ticket
in 1968, has been named out
uf-state Michigan campaign co
ordinator for the campaign of
Senator Edmund Muskie (D-
Me.), it was announced by Borl
Bernhard, staff director.
It. is believed that Hudson is
the first black to handle cam
paign operations in an entire
state for a possible presiden
tial andidate.
Hudson has previously serv
ed as a campaign coordina
tor for Charming E. Phillips'
District of Columbia Congres
sional campaign, and in 1969
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PROTESTING VETS GATHER AT PEACE MONUMENT -
Washington: Members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the
War (VVAW) gather at the Peace Monument near the Capitol
December 28 to protest the renewed American bombings of
Communist targets In North Vietnam. The program called
for symbolic burning of various peace documents, and a march
up Constitution Avenue to the White House for "burial"
of the peace documents. (UPI).
Responses tothe appeal should
be sent to Mrs. Gore, 1208
Eastside Drive, Greensboro
27406.
Masons To
Visit In
Liberia
NEW ORLEANS, La. A dele
gation of thirty-third degree
Prince Hall Masons has been
extended an invitation by Pre
sident William R. Tolbert to
attend his inauguration on Jan
uary 3, in Monrovia. Liberia.
Dr. John G. Lewis, Jr. of Ba
ler Rouge, 'overeigr. grand
commander Uniter’ f-
Council, A .lent Accepted .Art
ush Rite of Freemasonry
Southern Jurisdication, wil
head the delegation. He will
be accompanied by James A.
Mingo, Washington, D. C.,
secretary general, A.A.S.R.F.-
M.; Isadore H. Ciayborn,
Dallas, grand master, Prince
Hall Grand Lodg'e of Texas;
Dr. G. Wesley Allen, Fayette
ville, deputy for the A.A.S.R.-
F.M. in North Carolina; At
torney Levi Morris, Chicago,
111., and Dr. John W. Davis,
Englewood, N.J., a member of
the Louisiana Jurisdiction and
former President of West Vir
ginia State University.
While in the Republic of Li
beria Dr. Lewis will review
plans and facilities necessary
to hold a meeting of the Unit
ed Supreme Council. An in
vitation has been extended to
the A.A.S.R.F.M. to hold its
86th annual session in Monro
via, October 6 - 10, 1972, by
President Tolbert, who is de
puty for the Rite in Liberia,
and Mesurado Consistory No.
237.
"We have gladly accepted the
Invitations corning from Pre
sident Tolbert and our Consis
tory and all branches of Prince
Hall masonry to hold our con
clave in Monrovia. This will be
a monumental and history
making event,” said Dr. Lewis.
The masonic group will leave
for 1 iveria on December 30
from New Y’ork City, and will
participate in the Republic’s
Sesqu i c ent en n ial Cel ebrat ton
before returning to the United
States on January 9.