North Carolina Newspapers

H .-.iiyiy^ir ' '^ib^ry '3lv. For Mew BloO^M UtrMt YihU Ridiords HeadsBuildingFund g yj Television's Black JonninI . Will Assess Dr. King’s Impact it, . ■•‘V .jf'* . ' HUNDBms March ok s. c. state CAPrrOL - ■n.is sroup of auck students UJS .rrone ti,. more than a l.uadr.-.! stiKie-r.ls -aho assombl. 1 In front of the North Cirollnj State CapHol despite the -a r.d ar.d snoa last sstiirlai afternoon tr. protest of the Jalltjit of Kev. Bon Chavis and 12 others In UUtnu.cton.'sont pli.Ao It Milton Colen:at.i. . .uia .. mners North Carolina's Leadinfi Weekly Nixon Leading Nation Down ^Dangerous Road i^NEA Head VOL. 31. NO. ?2 RALEIGH, N. C., WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL I. 19?2 SIKBLE COPY I5{ Kan Charged With Murder After \VA.SHlNi I( A', I). Prt.'SKlont Nixon, in a.skin" Congress to hall new federal rrour! htjsin" onlers. abandoned moral leadership and began tak ing the narion dnun “.i dangerous road to the dead end of racial segrega- naol Woman Dies tion and eilueation. disaster,' SOCialjon rieclatvd last week. the head of the National Education As- Jf-Xi-Xi-Xl- Dr. Nelson H. Har ris, Chairman of the a loodwo rth St reel V MC.A announced Fri day that R. N, Hich- ards. prominent Ua- leigh builder, de veloper, and civic leader, has accept ed the invitation of the "V** Board of Direc- • ors to serves astlen- eral Chairman of a $600,000 capital funds campaign to bukld a new VMC.A building. The p: posed r.eu building NF.A Pr-vU5«‘rit r-Wtald r. Morris'tn sari NIxor. i.s urgb^K a r.'trea» fr»r!. iln- lai/Jmurl S'jpr*-:. Coiit^ de cision »r.di-(.: dfM-cle gation a.’id is sj-'-kitig i'- Th. peat the ‘•i*TriTl‘- rr.lstak#''’o# a cenlurr- acf' wlif*:; racial s- (jregaiion -- rj‘N-r u.ar; true tr'‘*^orri and r.quatiiy .. '*ero s'il.s(lt«t«i for slaver). "w*. have rf*aped a full har- VfLst Of poverty and crime, des pair and riot, ailc-naiion and ff-ar •' .Morrison satd, *'Now, as rhe fyleral courts are a( last taking steps to rectlfj our *ur,daiTi»*nta| mistake, .tnd hun dreds of school officials are Dr. Henderson Heard At NLI Conference ATLA.STA-.Thlrf.-flve per cent of th»* ri.itioii's vlark ’aork force th«' ape^ of 1C to M IS O'lt of W' rk In Eh«'ttos acres*! tta- coti iir;. and *-xlstlng national ir-anpfjwrr poMc) Is In adequate to 1 • ip then., said l>r. Vlvlsr: tlT.fJ«rsor., llirk'CLi:.o- inlst and preslder.i of Clark Collect, declared lierereceMl). r>r. •feeder>i'%f N came durlfiK a s«'S*>’on t 'm- Natl.f-al frt;ii. 1 earu'-'s 1th Annual L»lor * dnr.it Pki Ad- vancemetit Prf>rJr.'f 'IKAr Corif»>rp: Te. l.« *•' i ■ I gularl) separated out of unem ployment data by the govern- m.ejit, Henderson said the latter group — estimated at one to everj four ''unemployed’* workers by the government — are "the people w-ho never get counted, who have given up hopf', who drift onto welfare .'oil:, or are teenagers with '!'» previous work experience, i/.d who wiU never join the la bor force under such clrcum- si.inc«-s." making good 'alth efforts to com.ply. the President proposes to turn back the clock and re peat tne disaster of Recon- 5lrUi"?l0n.” Nixon "dropped Ihe hall" In falling to assert positive lead ership Oft one of the great social Issues of the time, .Mor. rlsoft added. The President no! only had the opportunity to .support the efforts of the na tion's courts--rather than un dermine thern-’-but also an ap propriate occasion to call upon the Congress and the people to achieve an integrated society through open housing and other means* .Morrison, recognising that Implementation of desegre gation orders Inevitably calls for some difficult personal ad- Justmcnis, noted: "We cannot remedy centuries of Injustice without some Inconvenience." The San Diego social stud- b-:, teacher pointed out that, because of a generation of c- vaslon and delay U Implement- FirsfBlackBillion DollorC ompony NCMutualNowAtTop OwnersOfPoIicies Are Given The Facts iiiiliUiiMiiUiiiiaia Ing the Supreme Court decision of 1&54, many black children DURHAM-The seventy-third annual meeting of the policy holders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insuratice Com - ptny, with the largest number In attendance in the Company's history, heard the firm's slxt'- president. Joseph V/. Gppdloc. announce their firm had "crashed the size barrier and had become the nation’s first, black-managed billion dollar board members as well as the election of two now ones w’as held under provisions of the Company's current by-laws. Later, a second election was held with nominations from (he .toor. The double olectlon was conducted In accordance uUh a court order provided by Superior Court Judge Richard Cooper, Jr. This court order cent of the nation's black work force between the ages of to &4 is out of work In ghettos across the country and existing national manpower policy Is In adequate to help them, said Dr. Vivian Henderson, Mack econo mist and president of Clark College declared here recently. Dr. Henderson's '■emarks Came during a session cf the National Urban League's 4th Annual Labor Education Ad vancement Program (LEAP) Conference, held Mardi 22 to 24. Henderson explained that Fe deral unomploymont statistics of 11 ^ black unemployment in clude only those whoareactive ly seeking Jobs and can't find them, but ins figure also ' Included one million black male heads of households who are forced to take seasonal or part- time work that Is not enough to sustain them, and In ad dition, "discouraged work er" — a category (hat Is re- ployment data by the govern ment. Henderson said (he latter group — estimated at one to every four "unemployed" workers by the government — arc 'ahe people who never get counted, who have given up hope, who drift onto welfare rolls or aro (cctiagcrs with no previous work experience, and who.win never Join the la bor force under such circum stances." He termed the total picture "dismal and sad," and said, (fire }iVU CONPAD. P. 2) SkillsAre Needed: SJatkson Students Win Prize For Design GREENSiJOKO - aamvs D. Camp, a student In the School of Engineering at A& T State University, has been named asa regional winner of the 10'?'* annual Reynolds Aluminum Prlxe for architectural stu dents. Camp, a native of Dcssemcr City, N. C.. was presented a (See FOR DRSIC.V. P. 2) GREENSBORO - The highest black appointee In the Nixon Administration said Wednesday night that more blacks are need ed In the plannliig and man agement of the nation's cities. Samuel Jackson, asslstantse- crctary of the U, S. Depart ment of Housing and Urban De velopment, was the open ing speaker at the third annual Urban Affairs Institute at A&T Slate University. "We need to completely In filtrate all of the agencies that plan and manage our cities," said Jackson. He said other pressing problems in the ur ban dilemma Include the drug problem which Is rendering useless a large segment of the nation's youth, the deteriora tion of communities caused by the large scale abandonment of 8cr S. JACKSON. P. Z> through open housing and other means, Morrison, recognizing that Implementation of desegre gation erders inevitably calls for some difficult personal ad justments, noted: "We cannot remedy .enturles of Injustice without some inconvenience." The San DJego. social stud ies teacher {Jointed dtit that, because of a gencratlcm e- vaston and delay In Implement ing the Supreme Court decision of ld54, many black children have gone from first grade through high school without at tending a desegregated school for e>eR one day. But brighter days were on the horizon, he indicated. A now generation of black children wcrf> at last having their con stitutional rights vindicated, ho explained, In (he wake of the Supreme Court's having tq^eld busing as a reasonable and of ten necessary tool to achieve desegregation, provided It does not impose idue burdens upon schoolchildren. So it Is at a "critical Junc ture," Morrison emphasized, that the President has proposed to deprive the courts of an es sential means of Implementing the constitutional command to provide equal protection of the laws. He charged that the Pre sident Is Interfering with the Judicial process, Nixon promised alternative methoos of desegregating the schools, but failed to list them or explain how desegregation can accompllshot) when such alternatives wUl not do the job. "In short,".Morrison said, "the President is for desegregation but against the remedy that Is necosswy to fyUy achieve It." Are driven i tier acts DURHAM-The seventy-third annual meeting of the policy holders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com - pany, with the Invest number in atiendtRce In the Compghy's history, hoard the firnl's sixth, president, Joseph W. Copdoe, announce their firm had "crashed the sizo barrier and had become ihe nation’s first, black-managed billion dollar company." The firm's policy owners met in th» home office tfudUorlum here In Durham last week. Two separate elections for board members were held. Bal loting for the rc-elocllon of two All-White Union Is Target board members as well as the elKtloft of two now ones was hdd under provisions of the Company's current by-laws. Later, a second election was held with nominations from the .toor. The double election was ’^eonductod in acsordmnee with a court order provided by St^erlor Court Judge Richard Cooper, Jr. This court order was an outgrowth of s suit initiated by a dlschargodcm- ployee in which It had been con tended that the "nomination re quirement" based on proxtas signed fay "two per cent of (ho Company’s policyholders was unfair." The case is still ponding. N. C. Mutual's President Joseph W. Coodloc and Vice President L Actuary N. H. Bennett, Jr., were returned to the board for four year terms. Newly elected were John M. Wheeler, Mechanics!Farmers Bank president, and John $. Stewart, a Durham city council man and president of Mutual St« .V. c- SIUtUAl.. P. J) Held For Murder Wilter Junior John son. a 27-year-old man from Houte 1, Knight- dale, Isnow languishing in the Wake CnuntvJ.TU. Will be buUt on .i »wo-and- quarter acre building site owned by the RIoodworth Street As sociation and located between South Blocdworth and South Person Streets and bounded by East Lenoir and East South Streets. The plans call for a*. A..a, U. size. Indoor .swimming pool, an 80 X 104 fock gym:iasluir., physical fitness and oxercLve areas, club rooms, game room, and program offices. The building site, consisting of a full city block, allows ample space for parking, outdoor play area and future hujlmng ex pansion and Is tneally locat ed to serve the East Raleigh community, Richard'-, m arcepimg the campalg:. chairmanship, prais ed the services which the Blood- worth Street Y.MCA ha* ren dered to Ihe youth and adults of the East Raleigh community over the past twenty-six years. "Not only has the YMCA been Instrumental In guiding the development of boys and girls through Its character'building programs but it has helped people achieve positions of lea dership and responsibility In dlMiiiiiiililfeiiilik] Held For Murder WALTER J. JOHNSON Impart Of MLKTo Be Explored WASHINGTON, D.C.-Tho De partment of Justice filed a ci vil suit charging a vlrtally all- white union local wuh interfer ing with the Philadelphia Plan to Increase minority employ ment on construction projects. Acting Attorney General Richard G. Kleiodlenst said the (See ALL-WHITE, P, 2) (SM_NEA_PItFXY a i I.aIP- CRIME beat Ftom Raleigh’s orflct.d roller Files mrOK'S NDRt TWa celttiaB or fextur* u pr»ia* to tht poa- He lattrett »tU) an ala towarSf tUminatlni lu roslaou: Namer- eei UiCIvUlBati hav* rfqntfUA Utat ther be civta tbe cotulSera- - ttOB’ot avertoftkint their iiiUbs •B the pallet blauer. Thif wa WOOM llkt to do. Bawever. It ta •ot aur potltlan ta be jatfee or |B- ry. We merely publUh the facta 'aa we find them feparted br the arreitlBf atticera. Ta keep Jut of The Crime Beat Calttmai, merely meafta not belac retUtered by s' S I ICO otneer la renaitlas. Ma bdlare while aa dalt. Be lim ply keep off the -Slettar* aad 'you won't be la The Crime Beat. L Wilkins Selected By Manpower THE PENhtVh ANGELA DAVIS - SAN JOSE. CALlF.t Angela Davis waits outside the Santa Clara County Court house March 28 after being told she could not enter because 01 a jaunruak attempt Vi progress lOO-ya^s a^y In the Santa Clara County Jail. Miss Davis’ trial was postp^ed until March 20. Deputies killed one of the three prisoners attempting to escape. Two hostages were released unharm ed. (UPl). A- WOMEN ATTACK TRUCK Miss Linda Faye Glenn 1201 E. Lane Street, (old Officer R. L. Sauls at 7:59 p.m, Tuesday, that she was crlvlng west In a Chevrolet truck on E. Davie Street In the 700 block when the window 0.1 the left side of the vehicle burst. Her girlfriend. Miss Rose Smith, saw (wo fig ures running from the scene. Two Negro males told Miss Smith that the (wopersonswere females and they lived Ir. that general area. One said he did not know who they were. In side (he irttek.aroekwasfotmd. Miss GJenn was taken to Wake Memorial Hospital for treat ment of a headache which she suffered when hit by the rock as It came through the win- dow, (8t« CRIMC BEAT, P. » 'Df DEMAND FOR MARRI AGES - ST. LOUIS: With Judges no longer able to charge fees for performing marriages, couples can still get the knot tied by (he Janitor In the St, Louts Circuit Court. The Jani tor is the Rev, Louie C. John son, a blshopoftheChrlstTem- pie FIr.st Church In St. Louis, and an employee In Ihe court of Circuit Judge John C. j Casey. Since the recent Mo. Attorney General's ruling that Judges and mag 1st rates can no longer charge or accept fees for performing marriage cere monies, Rev. Johnson has been In some demand. Rev. John son said, 'micy come over from the marriage license bureau. Molten they can find no Judge 1 take (hem Into an empty courtroom and they’re married in about 10 minutes. There's no foe either, unless th^' want to dre^ a donation off a Washington — Thomas a. Wilkins has been named Man power Administrator for the District of Columbia, Assist ant Secretary of Labor Mal colm R. Lovell, Jr., and .May or Walter E. Washington an nounced recently. WUkIns fills the vacancy left by the death of Horace Holmes. In his new post, WUxins wUl be responsible for the effective oj)era(lon of training and work experience programs such as Job Opportunities In (he Busi ness Sector (JOBS), .Neighbor hood Youth Corps, Operation Mainstream. New Careers, Work Incentive (WIN), Public Employment Program (PEPX and Concentrated Employment Program (CEP). Wilkins will be the principal advisor to Mayor Washington on all manpower matters. He will oversee the District's Em ployment Security office at 6th and Pennsylvania Aver.ue whore candidates for manpower train ing programs are registered and referred and whore Job placement services are avail able. eSce T, WILKINS P. 31 A (wo - part Black Journal special wUI assess the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King's life and death on the condition of Black AmericansTuos, April 4 and Tuesday, April 11 at 9:30 p. m. on Channel 4. Three prorr.inert Black Jour nalists will recount some of their personal and professional experiences with she slain ci vil rights leader and reflect On (he times from which Dr. King and the civil rights movc- monl emerged. Appearing on the program will Ilf C.'rald Fraser, New York Times rep'jrter who co vered Dr. King and who was with him iii his lust day in New York; Che.'-ter Higgins, senior iKlitor ot Jia magazine, and Peter Bailev of Ebony ma gazine. ine now.smen will dSseuH Ihe void created Ly Dr. King’s assassinadoti four 'ears ago and analjnce what m^ny believe to be a presslnp nf* d for a new leader to unite disparate black groups In America. The panelists will assess the tSvr KI.V' S Walter Junior John son, a 27-year-old man from Houte 1, knlght- dale, Is now languishing in the Wake County Jail, charged with murder in the March 24 death of the then pregnant Miss Essie Mae Holden, 29. also of Route 1, Knlght- dule. The woman died of a blood clot on the brain. Miss Holden was admitted to W'ako Memorial HospltaI.cn March 11, a Saturday night, after a nurse on duly at the facility called "the law" and reported that three men had brought the woman to the hos pital and left her there. Miss Holden had been severely beat en and gave birth to a baby daughter on the night she was admitted. The child, now 17 days old. Is in the custody of the Wake Coiuity Social Services Depart ment and has been placed In a foster home. A hearing for Johnson In the murder case IsplannedforFri- March 31, In Wake Dis trict Court, Hewasflrsteharg- ed with assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to klU. According to 'Mrs. Josephine Kirk, director of Wake Coun ty's social services depart ment. the child has been named T racy by some of her relatives in the Knighldale area. Tracy was taken to a home 3 week after her birth, where she will remain until perman ent arrangements can be made for her a-nd MlssHolden'stbrec (See WOMAN DIES, P. community, Richard-*;, in accepting (he campaign chairmanship, prais ed theservlees which the Blood- worth Street Y.MCA has ren dered to the youth and adults of the East Raleigh community over the past twenty-six years. "Not only has the YMCA been Instrumental in guiding the deve! *'ment of boys and girls through -Us-characterrbuUdli^ programs but It has helped people achieve positions oflea- dershlp and responsibility In the city,'' Richards stated. "The time has now come when the Bloodworth Street YMCA can no longer adequately serve Us members andthecommunlly with worn-out, sub-standardfa- duties and equipment. Wo are living In a day when youth is tempted on all sides by In fluences which destroy rather than create. The Young .Men's Christian Association serves as a positive Influence for self- realization among youth, but U must be able to carry on Us program in modem, attractive ftcQuies If U Is to compete successfully for Ihe leisure time of Its youth. I accepted (See RICHARDS IS, P. 2) Woman Is Compliance Officer ATLANTA, Ga. -- hivestl- gatlon is not traditionally a woman's field In either indus try or government, but this has not been a deterrent to the am bitions of 28-year-old Annette Allen. Miss Alien Is a compliance officer in the Atlanta area of fice of the Labor-Management Services Administration (LM- 8*e rO.vpuANtt, Appreciation % INQl I BING REPORTER § THEY SAY I Money Won § 55 5: By Four BY STAFF writer I WTi.it .irii vour plans for the Easter holl- flay ueekentl? Four persons picked up their 310 checks last week In ’Tho CAROLINIAN'S new Apprecia tion Monev feature. (S«« APPBECIATION, P. 2> .Mrs. Ntna HliUf, Durhair. "I plan to attend church Sun day morning and visit my famt. fat the church." (UPIX Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK WAREHOUSE OF TIRES, INC. For Good Tires At Reasonable Prices ]y the rcmalner of the day Sun day. Monday I plan to hide Easier eggs for the chtldrco and Just relax to get ready for work again Tuesday." Mr. Joseph Hudson, CrcH^nsboro "i plan to spend the weekend with my In-laws In New York qUy. Hopefully we will get a chance to see the Easter pa rade on 5th Avenue In New York." Miss Sue Ledbetter, Raleigh '■I do not have any particular plans right now for (he holi day. As usual 1 plan to ^ay around home and relax. May be Monday, I will have an Eas ter egg htffjt for a few of the (See TUfcY SAV. P. 2) MRS. PA IRICIA MONTAGUE.