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gtajttor A., Printing C; * ' x. w ««* Wake Victim Was White, Jurors Also, But Two Blacks Get Life In Murder -&### 4x-ix4t# 4j4i4x# : :x-;:': A t Democratic Credential Sessions Lawyers To Conduct Hearing THE COROLINIAN North Carolina’s Leading Weekly VOL, 31, NO. 15 ” RALEIGH, N. C. ( WEEK ENDING BAT., FEB. 12, 1972 JIV H .!■ < OUT 150 Allegedly Ravished By Two Men 111 J§ I f I Ifi r* utl iiTfl a is l § & ■ sill%. *>• 1 ¥ll^ vJUUUts*itß»# \rf*l*lwr«W JU %J M % *v> On Rocky Mount’s Cify Council 2 Females Seek Seats f Ine Mao Innocent, Judge Says Two black men who were convicted of first degree murder bv an all white jury for Tailing a whiteman last February, were sentenced to life 1 mprisonment T u e s~ day by Wake County Su perior Court Judge E. Maurice Braswell. Wesley Harris of Newark, N. J. and Stauoil Loo Stan back of Balt!;: a'i '.', were foundguil ty of inurdei iii the death of Jossi Lexter Wall, Jr., a 33- year-old whit ■ Knightdalefarm er, I!;- jury consisting of 10 men and two women, deliberated hours and 43 minutes !>eforp returning their verdict with a recoin mandat ion of mercy. Under state law, a convic t ton of murder in the first de cree, with a recommendation by the jury for mercy, carries in automatic life sentence. Har ris and Stanback gave notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court. Four persons were original ly charged with murder in Wall’s death. Sammy Lee Walker of At lanta was freed Monday when a motion for nonsuit was allowed by Judge Braswell. Braswell allowed the motion because he said the state presented no ev (See CFT IOT, P. 2) m m mm, mm m. ■ CRIME beat From RalfithS Official fe; I’Qlice Fiies.jVd d-r EDITOR’S NOTE: Thl* eoltunm ar feature 4s produced In the pub lic interest with *n aim towards eliminating its ‘content*: Numer ous individuals have requested that they be given the considera tion ’of overlooking their listing on the police blotter. This urc would like to do However, it ts not our position to be Judge or Ju ry. We merely publish the fart# as we find them reported by the arresting officers. To keep out off The Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered by £ police officer in reporting Ms findings while on duty. So *l«a ply keep off the "Blotter 1 * a»« you won’t be in The Crime Beat. SLAPPED IN BED Miss Beno Aine Jones, 20, E-I Washington Terr., told Of ficer Anthony Dunbar at 1:35 a.m. Thursday, that she was in bed in her bedroom when a man, whom she knew as Robert Fer guson, 25, Raleigh North Apart ments, came in and laid down on the bed with her. The woman said that when she asked* him to leave, he became abusive and started slapping her in the face. She also stated that her screams brought her roommate, Miss Genevieve Jones, a cousin, who lives with her, and she said that at this time, Ferguson went in to the kitchen, returned with a knife, and threatened to cut her. However, Miss Jones said her screams scared the subject off and he left. The woman suf fered no injuries and said she would sign a;i assault with a deadly weapon against Ferguson on Friday morning. CSee C*HME BEAT. V. D /T ’ . - m s IS SAMMIE L. WALKER W ESLEY R. HARRIS STANCIL STANBACK ‘ 3 Blacks To Conduct Hearings WASHINGTON, D.C. —Three prominent black lawyers are among the first 11 appointees to the panel that will conduct hearings on credential chal lenges prior to the Democratic. National Convention. Credentials Committee Chair man Patricia Roberts Harris, former dean of the Howard University Law School and former Ambassador to Luxem burg, said blacks In the first wave of appontees are Robert Carter, former NAACP legal {See 3 LAWYERS, I*. J) Says Two Guilty in City Rape Although she wis robbed of money a nr! a wristwatch, me main concern of a 40-vear old Raleigh woman, Mrs. Mary Essidelle McDougal, 1845 East ern Boulevard (Apollo Heights), was the fact that she had been rap ed and beaten on E. Martin St.at 12:30 a.m. Saturday by two men** unknown to her. Mrs. McDougal reported to Officers T. Liles and B W. Peoples at 1:42 a.m. Sat urday, that she was walking west in the 500 Flock of !•. Martin Street, when a young Negro male grabbed her and forced her to the rear of 526 E. Martin. There, Mrs. Mc- Dougal said, she was raped by this young colored male, and when he finished, she told tin. of <See Cl AMS RAPS. P. 2> Announce Plans for Lent Here Rev. Claude It. Trotter, president of the Raleigh Inter denominational Ministerial Al liance, announced this week the schedule for the series of Len ten worship services which will begin Wednesday night. All services will bog in at 7;3 p.m. The lenten services will culminate on Faster Sunday morning with sunrise services at St. Paul AM* Church with the Rev. Dr. C. V. Ward, pastor of First Baptist Church and his congregation, in charge of the services. The services will begin Wed nesday, February IC, at Rush Metropolitan AMF Zion Church with Rev.J. H. McCollum, and liis Wilson Temple United Me thodist Church and congre. a tion serving as guests. The remaining schedule and guest ministers and churches for the services are Wednesday, February 23 at Martin Street (See LENTEN. P. 2 in The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK § ¥§ CkIASfC !* b I*o Fine Shoes, Geared To a Moderate Budget U. S. REP. CONYERS TOST. AUG. - Congressman John Con yers, Jr., Detroit Democrat of the First District, Michigan, will speak at an All-College As sembly on Thursday, Feb. 17 at il a.m. in the Amphithea ter of the New Classroom Build ing at Saint Augustine’s, mark ing the beginning of the 4-day 105th Founders’ Day and Home coming Celebration at the col lege. Edgecombe Pair File For Race BY J. I-. BARREN ROCKY M«'EM - Woman's Liberation took a sirldr v.j'.ei: two Mark v.-iun'ii simul taneously iminod headlines by innounchi(. tln-ii candidacy foi seat; on the City Council Much hitherto has not had , t Negrf men:! ,r in s.ano seve: • y eul s, despite the efforts of .u least five Mark- to v |; the lanrlu., - tion (taiitamon! to election) in tills Democratic stronghold. Mrs. Esmeralda Rich Haw kins is :■ uki.n her s»-c<- id lid for election to the city .Ml, bavin , • , ears , I r Mrs. An :1 ., Y.ti.re-. Hines, h is her first .do-, pt tt/ M- l( black C<ai:i< dv tr.i,. ■ . Both v. ■.:,<•!. are i .tellers in tin local sclK'ol system with splendid record.- i, the class (SfH Ta n WOMEN. -*> jyry.v. , TNqi IKim REPORTER \ f fM! ' ; Wiiat is your opinion or reaction to the firing of the staff workers at Shaw Just week'.’ MISS ADA STRICKLAND, V 11, MING TON, N.C. “I look at the .'rings with mixed PIC Educator Os 55 Years Is Given Rises ■ Alii-I 'A-itkins, a veteran !'t i 1 '■ i !, U \ ! SON • i-1: ti • :i :. >r, :•■'.■• . J. I). I.i-i k’ey, officiatin'.'. 'A atkin> i’,i> l*i! in Wake «'< lit-, on Got ! i 4, I'iT-i and s■> i’ veil > :> |.r ii.( ipal an <1 ■■ v ■■or tt N- ■ -•• Svi-r -Fork .old Jeffery's Ci'i.vi' Pci:, 'ids for iiioc. ■ tiiat! .‘in \. n]■.-. II" attended school in Chase ' l-;., Ya. .aid idmded from Shav University. H.ai ris joined ioilc., ill ■ Factist Church at an .•aii - . a .■ atid upon moi in" t ti St. Matthew- i "licnunil v hi jollied tin- -I. Mafti ■ m s i ’ c.t Church wh.-: i'he served f' : n.oi" than 75 years . • • vici -i ii. r. 1 o '. MaiMi r* ", r.,. av School lenciai, .supenuiondeiit (See I'm catok. r. 2) rf ** ■ «*: SETHI B, MACK.U. Muslims' Education Head Here *A * * I » (1 .Cl.l \ A.• (! i it(J, .\ ,i tionnl Director of Education, Muhat mad. University of Is- Li:n and educational represen tative .of the Most Honorable I 1 iia.h Muhammad, messenger ot Ulah Master I ar<l Muhain visitvd Thv c •.:-.’i >i in*lan and the local Mosque on Tues da\ afternoo:., Sister Maurari has been on traveling; a tour around the U. S., <Sce MISI.IMS, P. 2) emotions. I understand that soiii! ways and means <.jf do er easing the budget 4 Shaw were necessary in order for Shaw to get nit of the red. But by iho same token, the manner m . hit.li the vmrkeis were dismissed so suddenly is ?. severe blow t' ih" workers.'* MR. ALBERT ALL FN, ASHEYIU E have no comment on the firinf s but I would like to say the workers economical status should h been considered before the fir ings.” MRS. LA VERSE CROSS, ROCKY MOUNT (See THEV SAY. t* f '% * ** * Msi M VY BECOME SECOND BLACK AIR FORCE GENER AL- The President has an nounced the nomination b- the United States Senate of 76 Air Force colonels for appointment to the grade of temporary brig adier general. Included was Col. Lucius Thetis, who, when confirmed, will become the sec ond black general in the United States Air Force. The other Mack general is Brigadier Gen. Daniel James, Deputy Assist ant Secretary of Defense (Pub lic \.fairs). Col. Theus is cur rently assigned as Director, Management Analysis, Office of tin vir Force Comptroller, Headquarters, U. S, Air* Force, Washington, I), C. Geo. Esser Now Heads The SRC ATI.ANTA, Ga. - The Southern Regional c • >uncil Monday announ ced the appointment, of George H. F.sser, Jr., as Kxecutive Di rector. Mr. Ksser, .71, is a native of Norton, Va., and has lived most: of his adult life in Chapel Hill, where ti<- v,as associated for many . ,r- with the University of .>' l l ■ *h Carolina and later gained "io" reefignitlon as Executive Director of the North Carolina bund, established in 1763 as a ■n r, ,!, agency loaling with pov •ir .md education in the state. h a joint statement follow im Fsser’s appointment, Dr. itayn.onil Wheeler, President of if" Council, and Dr. Vivian Hen lersoi:, Chairman of the Coun "i!L I xecutlvt Committee, said: '■ Direct in the Southe: n Reg ion al Council lias never been an ease task, 'out, rather an extra "■dii.arib. demanding one, re quit inv an t.’Xtrf'ii.eiv dedicated, (See ESSER TO. I*. 2) L Johnson Sanctions E. Muskie WASHINGTON, D, C,-Georgia i State Sen. Leroy R. Johnson last Tuesday, endorsed the pre sidential candidacy to Seri. Ed mund S Muskie (D-Me) and ac cepted a major post in the Maine Democ ■ at‘s campaign. Johnson a black man,ap peared with Sen Muskie at a Miami, Fla, union hall where the Democratic presidential can didate named State Sen. John son a national political coor dinator while campaigning for Die Florida primary. “I thank Leroy Johnson for his support and welcome him to the campaign, ’ Sen. Muskie said. "His formidable politi cal abilities are going to be well-utilized; I look forward to ■* or king with him throughout the months ahead. ’ Pi accepting the post, Johnson called Seri. Muskie "'’the one candidate who has demonstrated the iite ity, concern and e x p e r i e n c e the nation badly weds now in its president. I tSe« SEN. JOHNSON, P. 2) u. S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PUTS HEART INTO RALEIGH ADDRESS - Raleigh: Shirley Chisholm, Con gresswoman from Brooklyn, puts her hands to her head as she spoke before a packed, cheering student audience here at North Carolina State University Feb. 7. Mrs. Chisholm an grily attacked tin lav sGiing up North Carolina’s new presi dential primary, contending, the rules thwart democratic pro cess. (UPI). ■”Rlacks Want To Be A Part Os Bream’' Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to announce her candidacy for the United States presidency, brought her campaign to Raleigh Monday morning and told a gathering of mostlv students at North Carolina State University’s Erdahl-Cloyri Union that blacks are rising to say they want a part of Ihe American dream. Mrs. Ciiidholm, a 47-year old New Y'ork Democratic rep resentative in the United States Congress, told the gathering, "The blood, sweat and tears of blacks lie rooted deep in the t _ ’Youth Going Down Drain In Dope 5 ’ Park “•Mi appalling number of teigh and\\ake Count\ vuungster.s are going down the drain...'vic tims of drug abuse....unless io cal government begins taking the problem more seriously.” Ron I . Park, chairman of the Vtake County Task Force On the Role Os Parents in Drug a buse, voiced thi»conclusion last Thursday in a talk to the Re search Triangle Park Ro tary Clut>. ‘‘Raleigh’s C ity Council must tmd ways to qualify for federal assistance in combatingdruga buso,” Park said to the •lunch eon audience at Lowe's Grove Baptist Church. "A toxicology lab as well as a medical dis pensary are among highly cri tical needs which must be fill ed. ■‘The Wake Board of County Commissioners, moreover, lus before it a pioposal which would make available in our community federal funds in the amount of $4 for every $l we put up to help ourselves,’' the Raleigh public affairs consultant continued. ‘‘But more important than these specific tangible needs if the requirement of a sense of ur gency in the minds of city and county governmental leaders. The statistics tell us 'but. one out of every four htrh school students Rocky Mount Motive To Be inducted In Hall Os Fame NEW YORK- Walter “Buck" Leonard; 04, a resident of Rocky Mount, N. C. and one of the greai performers for the Home stead Grays in the old National Negro League, Tuesday was named to the Baseball Hall of Lame, along with Josh Gibson. Leonard, who now works with the‘Rocky Mount Recreation Department and also deals in real estate in Rocky Mount, received seven votes, the mtmr "*mm pr . %•«< ' J§f I / WALTER LEONA Rp soil of this country. Blacks aiv rising, not totake over Am in erica but to say they want Part of the American dream.” Spicing her talk with a few {See RKP CHISHOI..M, P. 2) is if;', olved in sonic wuj with drugs. Wo i'now that two out of ev er; four college students are in \ ol\ od. “Until our cit;. and count > bud get priorities are ire-shuffled to upgrade concern alout drug a buse..until this happens we are writing off ats<u lost cause many young people who deserve some thing better , M the Rotary speak er said. mo Mm BeadYeh' Sanchez WASHINGTON, D. C. - Phil lip V. Sanchez, the Office of Economic Opportunity’s third director in a year, said that while Congress may be cutting back his agency’s funds, fun eral announcements are pre mature. “Some people are singing a funeral dirge around here shedding crocodile tears about the fate of OLO. That’s not ap propriate, at least not yet.'* (See Ovq is. p. 2) minimum required for selection to the enshrinement. Gibson was a unanimous choice with nine votes. Leonard Park in Rocky Mount is named in honor of the man who now serves as vice-presi dent of the Rocky Mount Class A baseball team. Leonard re sides at GOS Atlantic Street Rocky Mount. fct % * |Pr ; JOSH GIfISON
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