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Former N. Y. Congressman^ Pioneer Integrationist
Ex- Rep. Adam ClaytonPowel Die In Miami At 63
Says Two Men Took Turns
Female^ 19, Oaims Rape In City
Top Mind
Silenced
By Death
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North Carolina‘'s Leading Weekly
VOL._ 3l_._NO. 23 RALEIGH. K C ■ WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL S, !' iNOLK COPY 150
IVoAs County Man Held-Alk^edly
Clin.D DIKS IN BURNING BUILDINC - TAMPA, FLA.: Rosctirers struggle to revhc ot*e 0/
sl^ .'.i]ttr>Ti ‘Ahcn. they atomenls earlier had pulled from a burning hiiUdbg. Five children
dJ-il In the HfM, jges two years to six years. Joe Cornea, Tampa Fire Mar.shal said the fire
Was caust*d 1y a careless smoker In the front tedroorn. One C year old clrl b» rofoniKl in
cm «cal ciuaiiiion. She was the sixth to be brought out bj rescuers. Saturday, Cl’PI).
man To Dcatli
MIAMI, Fla. - The
Uev. Dr, .Adam Clayton
Powell, the one-time
“King of Harlem’’ and
congressional voice of
the nation’s lurg'-st
black ghetto tor 23
years, died late Tues
day night of prostate
hemorrhaging and a
recurrence of cancer.
He was 63
JohnLewiSfFormerHead Of
jO-xi-jO-x;-
SiVee, Speaks Here Saturday
At Washington Session
John Lewis, executive direc
tor uf th«.> Atlanta-based Voter
i-Mi;callor. Project, will deliver
the keynote address at theCo.n.
ference For Black Candidates
of North C4rQ|lr;a. The confer-
er-ce will bo hold Saturday, A-
pril 6, .at Urn Holiday binr.dwn-
towu ir. Ralttlgh,
TltM cwfei enco it beuig spon
sored Ity the Ltirhaui-t^iSed
North Carr.llnj lotor Education
Prujict, ■ii.ato alfilbto of the
Voter education project.
John Edwards, director of
the .North Carolina Voter Edu
cation Project, said ihat the
purpose of the cotiference Is to
ariswer the many questions *h-it
Black candidates h ive about
reporting campit contribu
tions and expenditures, the ap
pointment and ditties of poll
watchers and poll workers,
counting the vote and other top
ics. Workshops wlllbeconduct-
NY's Robinson To Attend
Hargraves'inauguration
\ , *»
Iv J Jio/I wnej. ijr. Al-
Ivj, I-. Pr>l.|;so;, iT.'vUJej.t of
’^owlutj' Cullege. Lolig l$lat:u,
N ’ir^’turns to Raleigh to at-
' ‘Ilf siiauyttratJi.; of Jarncs
.MO
par.i.> liianan.iual.sLx-weokpro
gram. Dr, Robinson begat, tiis
teaching career In 1044 as an
instructor of English at North
Carolina Stale College, and In
addllion taught at the Univor-
iiiiyiittAiilttiiiiilia
••d on those and other topics..
AI.SO Alex Brock, executive sec
retary of iho Stale Board of E-
leciions, will Ik- present to an
swer candtfwies* qufsttnns.
Th»- director of the North
Carolina Voter Education Proj
ect said that 'he organization
had conducti-d a statewide .sur
vey to d^'terrr.lr.e the numher
of Blacl cjiididates runiiltig for
public office Ir. The pre-
llmlitary results of the sur
vey tJidicato that tJtere are over
IDO Black caneltdares.
Edwards said that ht? r'-*-
llzed p4,’opte were nO'« working
on -.oter registration ai.d get
ting pe'jplf elected to office,
but that they should iir.t forg.*t
iliat iioiuic.'il tnwttnp.-i wUl ly*
held soon after tJ.e M.mar:.
(S«* aOltN LEWIS. M
Blacks Reaffirm Unity
Say Gary
Powell, a minister who was
expelled from Congress In ID67
for misuse of public funds, died
In Jackson ^Temorlal Hospital,
t'ow'eu nad Dcen in a coma
since ho was flown here by
Coast Guard helicopter from
hts home In the B^amas on
March 17. A hospital spokes
man said he died peacefully at
l(h45 p.ra. EST.
ts*« nwBX Difii. r. t>
Plans Still
Applicable
AMEZs Set
A
Co-Chairmen Charles C
Diggs, Jr.(D-Mlch.),Mayoriii
chard G Hatcher of Cary. bij
and L.ia!nu A. Baraka cf
ark. .N, J. pre.ildcd over the
meeting of state chairmen and
representatives of Black na
tional organizations who were
certified at the Cary Conv,>n.
Shot On
Easier
Sun. Night
A 25 - year - old
ZoBuIor man. George
Henry Carpenter, of
Route 4, must have
»'«*nortoc1ly in a
“murderous rage,**
when he pumped seven
■iUttaiyiiiifa
DR. ADAM C. POWELI .JR.
Appreciation
Money Won
NY's Robinson To Attend
i.' arcover
Hargraves'Inauguration
OAi^DALl, V V. ft V.11I
l« a homecoming when Dr. Al-
lyn P. Roblnso.'', President of
Dowltnp College, Long Island,
N. y., returns to Raleigh to at
tend the Inauguration of James
Archie Hargraves asnlnth Pre-
sldcni of Shaw C’nh'ersity on
Saturday, April S.
Dr. RouL-s.-son, who served as
Minister of ihe United Church of
Ralelgli from 1039 to 1946,
ffmr.Kl«Hi the Raleigh Institute of
Religion, a national acclaimed
.idwli education program Invol
ving more than 1,000 partlcl-
Abernathy
RapsRarism
At The UN
NEW YORK, N. Y. . Racist
governments In Southoni Africa
and the support they receive
fom the United States and other
world powers were condemned
by Dr. Ralph David Abernathy,
president ofthcSouihernChrfs-
tlan Leadership Conference, at
a meeting of the United Nations
Commlssiuji on Racism and
Apartheid. The meeting took
place at the U. N, hcadouarters
here.
Ktht KAP r. t)
paM.t In un annual six-week pro-
grami Dr. Robinson began his
leaching career in 1944 as an
instructor of English at North
Carolina State College, and In
addition taught at (he Univer
sity of North Carolina where he
helped to establish the Soulh^s
first workshop on Iniercultural
education.
In 1946, Dr. Robinson left
Raleigh to join the sta« of the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews, Greater New
York area. He served as Exe
cutive Director fur almost
decade. During his admlnistra
tlon, extensive programs were
developed In teacher education
and In human relations train
ing for police. Under his lead
ership a vigorous dialogue de
veloped among the clergy of all
faiths and special programs In
labor-management and the pub
lic biicrest were created.
Dr. Robinson cametoDowling
College In 1965. The College
was then known as Adelphl Sid-
folk College, a branch of Adet-
phi University, and Dr, Rob
inson served as Dean of the
College. In 1966, the College
was granted an aosoiute chart
er as an independent Institu
tion and named DowlLng College
for Us leading benefactor, Rob-
'.•rt W. Dowling. Dowling College
was accredited In April of 1971.
Dowling College Is private,
four-year, co-oducatlonal lib
eral arts institution locat:^ cn
IM* lUBOAAVXS, r t)
voy Indicate that ihcri
100 .Tlack canuidates.
Edward.s said that he rea
lized people Were now working
on voter registration and get
ting people elected to office,
but that they should not forget
that political meetings will bo
hold soon after the priman.
tS«* 40BN LEWIS. P U
Applicable
AMEZs Set
Convention
In Mobile
MOBILE, .\|a. - Represen
tatives of the 3 ul'llc Relations
Department of the AME Zion
•» Church,
Co-Chairmen Charles C.
Diggs, Jr.(D-Mlch.\MayorRl-
chard G. Hatcher of Cary, b^d
and Imamu A. Baraka of New
ark, N. J. presided over the
meeting of state chairmen and
representatives of Black na
tional organizations who were
certified at the Gary Conven
tion (March 10-12).
At the Washington meeting, a
restatement and clarification
was agreed upon by the Steer
ing Committee on two contro
versial resolutions that wore
passed In Cary the Israeli
resolution and busing.
The T' solution on . -ii
01 tno AME Zion . ' wiuugo on
alter spending some at the March 24 rui.
he eik'- Irtef >*• ■UCArriKM. P. X)
time In the city last week, re
ported tlial plans are almost
complete for the convenL'ig of
the General Conference of the
750,000 meml'er Hack Metho
dist tody.
According to advance regis
tration reports from the Ad-
m Iral Somnses, which will servo
as headquarters, it Is receiv
ing resenatloiis daily and i
beglnnl/ig to rofeg some to oth-
er hotelcries. Delegates
-.w .......... a , V
scheduling reservations for as
early as April 29, though the
moot does not gel uijdei wayun-
tll May 3. a report from Ar
thur £. Brooks, Washington, D.
C., president of the Laymen's
Council, revealed that more
than 100 members of his organ
ization will hold atwo-daymeet
on .May 1 and 2 to go over pro
posed legislation that will bo
presented to the delegates. This
AME. JitXiS. p. tt
Lightner
l^eepOf
JM'Fund
Sun. Night
A 25 - year - old
Zebulon man. George
Henry Carpenter, of
Route 4, must have
reportedly been in a
“murderous rage,*’
when he pumped seven
bullets into the bodyof
M rs. Justine MeCIean
on Easter Sunday
around 6 p. m. at her
home, where she lived
with her itushand and
children.
tSe. SHOT 1. P, 2}
DR, ADAM C. POWSLKJB.
Appreciation
Money Won
By Four
Agali) Iasi week, four persons
claimed $10 each In The CARO
LINIAN'S Appreciation Money
feature, wiilch Is designed to
(s*« AmcciAnoH. p. iy
Took Turns
Raping/l/le/
CRIME
BEAT
V --# ^ i
From Ralfigh's OfflcU
PoUee FH«
CDITfm'S NDni ni^ela^
or fexiur* ii nroeueed^ the soh-
Ite lAtcreit wtth oa ala tewardt
•llmlastijii fu eeDtnii: Nomcr-
eat indlvidoaU haw rrsacit«d
that Uiejr he ilvcn the considers-
(ten*of oTerte&hlne thel» lt^*‘—
«o the pollre blotter This
would like to do. Bow«>vrr.
not our potlcioo to he ludsc or ju> .
ry. We merely publish the facts
AS «e find them reported bv thr ^
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E, N. Richards, General
Chairman of ihe $600,000
Bloodworth Stroot VMCA New
Building Fund Campalgn,an-
nounced that Clarence £. Light
ner, 11 had accepted the posi
tion of Vice Chairman of the
Campaign.
Lightner, a native ofRalcIgh,
Clly Councilman and Mayor
Pro-tom is President and Gen
eral Manager of Llghtnoi Fun
eral Home, Lightner Insurance
Agency anc Hltlcrest Cemetery,
The Campaign Vice Chair
man is currently serving his
third consecutive term on Clly
Council and Is Chairman of the
Law andFinanceCommliteeand
the Mayor's Committee on
Southsldc Redevelopment.
He is president of the Nation
al Fimoral Dli ectors and Mor
ticians Association and Is ac
tive In the Raleigh Chamber of
iSst UCHTNEIE 2)
SBTER GARY’S HOME . The Rev. Sister
il. h*° 5i^V' Rout! In Southgate, Is shown sllltr-
on hor dining area table last Sunday, foUowbig morning services
hnf three-inch deep water, which erupted from
a bouse two doors from her and spilled Inle h^tattrS
Vktim Says
Sister Gary’s Home
Flooded Al Easier
BY STAFF WRITER
A 19-year-old woman, who Is
a native of Fuquay-Varlaa, in
southern Wake County, told Of
ficer J. L. .Stoudemire a piti
ful story last Saturday of how
She was ravished by two young
men in Raleigh and how she
didn't know the city well enough
to bo able to tell «*the taw"
«*«e flroluS’ •AM, p. n
MRS. DORIS M. BURKE
ma ms ama tnvm rrporica --
anfitine Afrutn. To ketp Ait of
Ttit Crime Br&t Columoi. merHv
Btraas not brtnr rcKUterrS by a
pollcA otiltft In rcportlnc Mx
... a—i..
l»«* uceiNt*. ». 2) located at the corner oJ E. Ed-
BY CHARLES R. JONES
The Rev. Sister Mabie Garv. IG13 Proctor
Road, (Southgate), came into the office of The
CAROLINIAN this week ant! related a story that
only a true Child of God could take and liot do
anjthing short ot near violence afjout it-even on
Easter Sunday.
The pastor ol the Wesloyan
First Church of Dellveiance,
located at the corner of E. Ed
AI^ELA SHOWS OFF "HER NEW LOOK" - SAN JOSE
«ALIfAftgela Davis showed up al hertrlalAprll 3rd wearing
a now outfit, a mlnl-sklrt knll dress with a dove emblazoned
or her bouse. A photographer, who took pictures of the 1970
Mari'i Count’,' shootings, was on the stand for the prosecution
tnd also a .M;irin County Sheriff's captain. (UPI)
wi.av.a ,,,
fladlati whllA on doty. So dm*
,Dly keep off (hr "Blotur** obd
jt«a won’t hr In The Crlnp Dett.
.NAl» Z 1.S PROSTlTfl lU.N
Two persons were arrested
In Room '*02 of the New Holi
day Irj.. 320 HUIstdroiigh St.
at 9 p.rn. Friday and charged
wUii prostUutlo:) at:d aidutg and
abetting prostitmior.. Officer
D. L. Harrell roportt>d that as
a result of on Investigator gett
ing a room at the Ism, Miss
Paula Jones, 23, ’813 S. Blocd-
Aorth Street, was charged with
prosttiutli»i, and L.tico Elan
Dllltnghan., 22, Room "M, New
.Men's Residence, Shaw Univer
sity, was charged with aiding
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^ UY .staff V.-KITFH X
What is your reaction to the showing of the
Monteomerv to Memphis movie last Sunday night?
entofi and .N. Pettigrew streets,
said she was watching
her taped television pro
gram. ‘'The Sister Car> Spiri
tual Show," when she heard wat
er af*d sewage begin to rise up
In her bathtub and commode.
This was about 10 a.m. She said
the water and waste matter coa-
liJiued to ovcrfleix! her entire
liome and when she left for tlip
Miss Geneva Smith,
High Point
"I think this was the great
est movie television has ever
presented. The documents of
Martin Luther King's life were
expressed so beautifully In this
movie."
Mr. Albert Nixon,
Greensboro
‘■The movie .Montgomery to
Memphis has to rank amongthe
UYSTAFFiVRlTER §
* * • • ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Of the so'A'avp. which emanated
from tb hemo of a neighbor,
t»o ho cs up the sircei from
hers, was very strong.
stirea oarv i» u
and alx^tting pro.stltutlcn. Both i:r^V‘Xr‘'m
court o„ w«lu«dai. April 15. .JVhls m^vf. ■■
(».. CBI.ME BEAT, P. ]) ■(«.« iTiIv'a., PT 21
Appreciarion Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
CARALEI6HFURNITU;iEC0.
For Fine Btdroom, Llvkig Room. Kitchen Furniture
WOMEN COPS FRISK FEMALE - Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ann
Arbor Patrolwoman Tanya Padgett 0) looks on as her partner
Tommie Stewart frisks a woman suspect before an arrest
March 30. The woman, sought on a warrant, was In coiir»
wlthUi 14 minutes of her arrest after the policewomen spot
ted her on the street.* Ann Arbor Is one of cnly two cities that
have uniformed, armed women police officers walk street
patrols and ride In police cruisers. At the present three are
qualified as policewomen on Ann Arbor's force. (UPI).