Although August Dute Is Tentativi
BenChovis, AngehiMayMeetHere
^■-r ‘2
Representative JohnConvers
Demands Probe Of FBI
Bond High er Than
Miss Davis’: B. Chavis
BY CHARLES R. JOKES
“I have plans lo meet with Miss Angela Da
vis, here in ilaleigh sometime in August,” the
Hev. Ben Chavis toU a CAHOLIMAN’ news
man in an exclusive interview here Tuesday
morning. My bonds, totaling S125.000 are even
more than her SIOO.OOO Ixmds were during her
imprisonment.”
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 31. No. 36 RALEIGH. N. C.. WEEK ENDING SAT.. JULY 8. 1972 SINGLE COPY l.Sr
Largest DL\M0XD ever FOUNTi - London;
L:. I jtifJvv. Nicol, thi* Sierra Loone High Commissioner,
:fi tl«- *‘.S{ar of SjMrru Leone’* diamond at a news con-
KTcuci' In Losniori recently. The diamond, discovered in
t • iniiiii.^.’ rou;, f,i V«.r.cviiia, is the third largest rough dia-
r;..x ! .'-..-r Jtiijn'j. Ii '.vMghs 309 carats, and is 2 1/2 Inches
1'-:.; ‘ 1 ;/r i-.ct.f'S ^^^de. H Is tu bo sold In London thIs
:• »-.t} viff. the l USdUiB exjiected to start at $1 mlliton. (UPI)
Rev. Cunningham Retires
Reception, Testimonial
Local lUlan Threatens Cops
ootsWomanWithdiiM
Will Honor City Pastor
I* ormpr!S i. iCP President
riY r.TRS. IRENE C SCALES
Tti*' - ltd Howard Cun-
iiiiigJ.an., ij.i.s'or ■/. ih*.- First
l.'iiit*xi Cli-irr* f,f Christ (Con-
.:rtigatl«/iaL (,',r:nT South and
M;»nl«n •Str.'.t> is entiUig his
2 1 years of t* ' «ire.
Tif rffjc. r.s ill..I members
of tie cJuri. recoplze his
•t.ai.j cl.t .v- e s.-rvices ren-
(U-re«‘ t., fi.. rhurch and to
:h«' *•.•*11. i aJ*-!:;!. commtinlty
durt;.. t: !' i.-war spx’i. In
”1‘ R»r all f>f his il-
siv.-ii;ef,ts,alosU-
.■ and reception
.I.' .•1 for Swiday
I at th‘ cliiirch.
hi-s program
'••s’liTioJilal
:• f’ers'*tnices
.it'.ts of associa-
:o le Drosented
'! '.olturte of let-
f-ersonal ac-
f>' of the
appreci
Li'-trt.-1;
tl'
A.!! i
W
■ la i
durtrij: Hits 21-iear spati. In
apprr?ciul..ri for all of his II-
lustrto js acliu'venients, alcstl-
Jitoiiial proKiait. and reception
Is Ix-L'h' plaiiiirHl for Sunday
afl'Toiron. .Inly 9, at Ihechitrch,
t.f this program
will i;.f ]*it!.- r>‘sri[i)onlal sreel-
•ei*s t.t |.t..'i;L-r. f i-.rsonages
fj f-■ ‘-.o .ons .•re.ii of assocla-
tloi.. Al.s‘* to K* nresented
All! be a bonriij volume of let
ters exp|-.->sli;p personal ac
colades fror:: fan.illes of the
Chuifh. rtubs .,rid organlza-
' Ions, foriu.'r menil.-.-rs and
frit'iid.v;,
tJUior 'rtl'iaes wlj; be ex-
pressetf in ti.iisic ami original
*' real Ions
Th,. t.reptUiii tl, Fellowship
J.aU of ri:.. church wU! pro
vide ar- opponuiitiy for all at-
tondtiig u, leoft and to greet
Revereii'.J CiuinUipham and his
iSfi- lei I I I'TION. P. 31
Ralph Gunpbdl Heacb RCA
C. Bumpers
Nabbed By
2 Officers
A Raleigh man, who,
after shooting one wo-i
m-'tn, elled to his wife
nearby that she was
next, has l)een arrested
and is now languishing
in the facilities of the
2 Officers
REV. HOWARD CUNNKGHA.M
SCLCsht
Breadbasket
Is Discussed
A Raleigh man, who,
after shooting one wo-»
man, yelled to his wife
nearby that she was
next, has l)een arrested
and is now languishing
In the facilities of the
Wake County Jail.
The :il*yeiir-*old man was
charged Saiurday wiih assault
with a deadly \vea|)on with
iiileni to kill after he allegedly
shni a woman and Ihreaicned
two Raleigh |ioljcenten.
(‘harles Runnett Rutnpers of
K Rargeit St was
arrested al 1 :W pm Saturday
Veteran
In Rights
Is Chosen
BY AOSS J. E. HICKS
At its regular meet
ing hold at 8 o’clock,
la.irsday night, ’"ne
29, at the Hargett St.
YWCA, the Raleigh Cl-
tizanc* Aseaniaflii
Is Chosen
BY MXSS J. E. HICKS
CHARLES B. BU&tPERS
al his residenee
W. Bryant
GetsfSU
Position
FAYFTTKMI.I,:: ■WlllleL.
Dryaut is tuck at a familiar
posUloii. Lust •.t.’oRjitieformer
Arriv S'. Majot vvas named
• Ujeot-Jt 01 i.'i.sions at Fay-
etl-vlUe Staiv I’lilverslty h\
rresider.t ClI.1;le^ Lyons, Jr.
''OJ vmr ill li.b iieu position
Is x.otidiii- : eM io Rriaut, He
liebl the !'■ .s;ti .. of director i-f
rvcoi-d> ii.i! I ■ t sstratleji at
Shav, I'M’-.rslfj. .ls^lstaIit dt-
recto! .'1 .tdrulssioDj: a!'.d rec
ords al I lorlcla AiM Univer
sity, refisTjr at North Caro
lina I'nlverslly and
Mississipri v,iiey 5tate Col
lege iuid a-.sx:iate registrar at
Saint College.
Vt.i- l.olii-r of the n, S. a!id
M. Mt! .U*cr.*es U; RusiiieSS
Skp w un.\v\s'T p
DETROIT, Mich, - Planners
for the Michigan Chapter South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference Operation Breadbas
ket’s first Black Expo *72 were
overwhelmed with the national
community response totho first
time event which ran June IC-
18 al the Michigan Stale Fair
grounds.
Ovo: 70,000 people view,
ed busLiess exhibits, atto:ided
programs, and panlcipate! if.
the events plam ed throughtheS
day period. Ch er 130 Black bus-
Iness exhibitors participated in
displaying tnelr wares. All
Black Fxp'> *72 Fairground con-
Ces.'ilon services were con-
trjcted from Black firms in
cluding the food arid mahiteii-
ance concession.
This year's Expe was plan
ned and coordinated during .. 12
week perlcid.
'*tVithout a douW it takes
at least a year of plantibig for
an Expo to run smoothly. We
thank the many Black business
es as’.d volunteers who worked
through all the rough spots to
make this Expo so successful,*'
commented Dr. Claude Yoimg,
(5fr Sfl.C'K 1ST P it
(Set C. ni'MPCItS. P. 2)
Alphas Of
J, Conyers
AsksFor
FBICheck
Nation Set
66th Meet
NKU ••RI.K.VNS, I.A The
tkiih .innivers.iry cuiiventjon ol
.Alpha I'll! .\lplia Fraternily,
liu- will t«u-us Its aehvilies
ai>*ijml rhe ;>rm’rai theme
Kliinin.dion ot il;e tiheltci
Coruititima (irtals for the
Scvriuu*' announced Judge
Knii-vr \ Mnnal o| New
(M le.iris grtiei'nl president
Tbr 4«»n\eufiini will be held
Juh •« I'l .It ttie hi'intT llilion
H'lfi'! ii: li4’uvfr (‘oloradti
Kftniii .1 H.ill n! A’eadon. Pa .
I- dtreii’U ♦'! general euineii-
’i"n .»!Mi ll.ini-„j] HikImui and
H.ii'v r W.iN'T- all' the loeal
rtl.li: l!!i :■ Til,- |))»I i lutpItTs
.!'«• Ib’P.i P*: l.ainbd.i Ileiuei
and Utnui’on l..ttnbia Coliira
do Mirinu''
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Con
gressman John Conyers lairt
Wednesday called for a joint
congressional investigation of
the FBI, and proposed legis
lation which would limit the
directorship of the Bureau to
a single six-year term on the
advice and consent ofiheSenate.
These proposals were made at
today's session of the ^ck
Caucus Governmental Lawless
ness hearings which are being
held this week In Washln^on.
Congressman Conyers chaired
today’s session on the surveil
lance of citizens by the FBI
and the Secret Service. His
proposals were buttressed by
the testimony of nationally s>7)-
dlcatel columnist Jack Ander
son who testified as a surprise
witness to the unwarranted sur
veillance of citizens, especially
Use Hotline
For Heroin:
tSpc At PHIS Tl*, p. ■;
Galfianakis
W ASHINGTON, D. C. - Con
gressman Nick CallfUnakls
urges North Carolinians to take
adva:nage of the Natlunal Heroin
Hotlir.e to report any informa
tion they may have on heroin
1:. their commtadtlcs.
Gallflanakis said the hotline
was established to collect infor
mation from citizens throughout
the Vnited States that would aid
law enforcemer.i officials in ar
resting those v.ho deal In her
oin.
In tirglr.g the hotline's use,
Gallfianakts noted that a Con-
Spp H01I.INI' p 3i
A( Its regular meet-
Hng'ii^d”af8 o’clock,
Tfl.irsday night, A'lne
29, at the Hargett St.
YWCA, the Raleigh Ci
tizens’ Association e-
lecteci Ralph Camp
bell, an official of
Wake Opportunities
and also executive
secretary of the Ra
leigh NAACP chapt
er.
Miss Louise Latham, vice
president of RCA, presided.
At that time, the group accept
ed the verbal resignation of
Edward Carson, previously
made at a Political A^!on meet
ing.
The body then approved the
vice president's appointment of
James A. Shepard to continue
the meeting which went into
execidive session for the c-
lectlon.
The nominating committee,
Dr. Charles Ward, chairman,
Mrs. Margaret Hinton and Ju
lius Haywood, retired and re
turned shortly with the nomi
nation of Campbell as presi
dent. Submitted from the floor
was the name of WiltUm Knight
of the Raleigh Human Relations
Council. .Mr. Campbell won
the election. The election of the
other officers of RCA will be
held In the fall.
The RCA went On record to
send, along with the NAACP, a
committee to the Raleigh Hous
ing Authority to Investigate the
dismissal of Benjamin Davis.
*rhe RC.\ committee members
were Ralph Campbell, Mrs.
Ethel Ridley, Miss Jeannette
Hicks, and J. Edward Cofield.
Representing the NA.ACPwere
Dr. Charles Ward, .Mrs. Har-
velelgh White, James Shepard,
and Spurgeon Cameron.
RALPH CAMPBELL, SR.
NUl Plans
Annual
Convention
A committee to Investigate
the status of housing in South-
side was also appointed as fol
lows: Chairman, Miss Louise
Latham, Miss Jeannette Hicks,
A. J. Turner, James Shepard
and David Lorenzo Haj-wood.
N'E\\\OKK. N •Returning
to St. Louis for the first time in
over a quarter ol u century, the
National Urban la.'ague will
hold its rj2nd Annual Conferon'-e
in lhai city. July JOvXug 2. at
the Chase-Park Plaz.? Hotel.
The theme ol this year’s
conference is “Action for the
"O's” as the League examines a
number of today's crucial
issues including black ecoiioniic
developmeiu, education, voter
registration, health, justice
drug ahuse.s, housing and social
wellare
'The keynote address will be
delivered on Sunday night. .July
10. by Vernon K. Jordan. Jr .
who was named Executive
Director of the League follow
ing the death of Whtiney M
Young.
This will Ik* preceded on
Sunday aflernoun by the annual
luncheon of Urban League
Guilds with State Senator Rar-
bara Jordan ol Tex.is as the
gue.si speaker. :iiid l>v the
opening of t»ie exhibji ari’a al
K am
Registration to the Uonler-
cnce is open to anyone ifjler4'sl-
ed in attending tvmteience
meelinRs, including represent-
ative.s of public and vnlimlarv
health and welfare ageruue.v
individuals interested m educa
tion. and civil rights. ;md repre-
senlativesoi busine.ss. mdiisirv.
labor and ginerninent
The 1972 (’onlerenee is being
(Sec xt:i, plax.« !• 31
Present at the meeting were
Mrs. Elizabeth CofJeld, candi
date for Wake County Commis
sioners and A. J, Turner, can
didate for a House seat.
Appreciation
Money Goes
To M. Bailey
^BERA IN PROGRESS - Boston: Cameras In two different positions in the Eliot
,K 1: the Foxbury section of Boston showed this robbery in progress last week by a
al'cut C ft. tall, slim buUd. Upon approaching the bank president, he pressed a
• i IV iid took $3,540 In cash from several tellers. He then kidnapped the bank presl-
: to drive Mm In his car and make good his escape by adandonlng the car and the
• I ;he Mouri Pleasant section, (UPI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NARRON BROS. FURNITURE CO.
For Quillly Furniture At Sensible Prices
Milton Bailey was the lucky
person last week. The form
er resident of the 1600 block
of Poole Rds, came into the
office of The CAROLINlAn
slightly before the noon dead
line on Monday and produced
evidence of his residence. His
SIO check was found in the ad
of the Raleigh FCX Service,
301 W. Cabarrus St.
Persons who see thelrnames
in the column on the Money
page, SHOULD NOT go direct
ly to the merchants involved.
(8*c APrRRtlATIO.V. r 2) *
The 24-ye.ir-oId soft-spok
en native of Oxford, madeaspe-
ciil (rip from Wlimtngtoa,
v.iit-re hr had b .slness, to In-
forii. this newsr aper ofhispo-
Iliical trials a d tribulations
V. iih ] .oth the sta « and federal
courts.
To put It partly Into Chavis*
words, wo now- quote him:
••.V total of 16 Of us were ar
rested, but o:ily 11 were held o-
ver 3 months. I think that this
is a prime example of pre
trial detention and political in
carceration. Iwas first arrest
ed on Wednesday, March 15 al
v.’iimlngton, whUe standing In
the door of my church, First
African Temple of the Black
Messiah, T14 Castle Street/*-
Hev. Cfiavls faced five char
ges: c^spiracy to murder, con
spiracy to assault emergency
(oll-whlte) personnel, conspira
cy to assault nine white Wll-
mlngton city policemen and con
spiracy to burn a business. The
actual burning of Make’s Gro
cery', a white store hi a black
neighborhood.
Chavis said he was standing
in the church’s door about 10 p.
m, foUowln a prayer meeting.
Some 28cop5werecountedlnthe
immediate vicinity oflhechurch
and had 11 completely surround
ed.
“On Ibis particular day, I
had just returnixi from the Na
tional Black Political Conven
tion, held In Gary, .March 12-
14, and I had managed to get a
resolution passed regarding
Wilmington, Includ'Kl In this a-
genda was a resolution condem
ning the “Illegal v.cls of violent
repre.-sion again^it the black
people in Wilmington, N. C. I
was physically pulled out of the
front door of the churcb,' im-
Soul City
Foundation
to Banquet
Slllll. riTY . Tba C»..l filu
REV. BEN CHAVIS
mediately handcuffed atidplaced
in the Mck of the squad car and
taken to headquarters.
“This was the third lliiieihat
I had been arrc-st'xl there. The
first was Nov. 1971 -Ahen I was
arrested becauselhadnoregis-
tration card in my car (they
kiiew it was my car). I stayed
In jaa two days on that charge.
"The second time was De
cember of 1971, v.’hea 1 was ar
rested and char^ced wiih V-esuK
an accessory* '.hemurJorofan
iR-year-old h...ck youth, but I
was in Raleigh atthetlrneoftlils
v»i inis inrticiaar cay, |
had just returned from the Na
tional Black Political Conven-
Soul City
Foundation
To Banquet
SOUL CITY - The Soul CitY
Koundaiion. Inc . will hold iis
firsi banquet un July 21 al 7:30
p III. in Ihe Warren County
Armory localed on Macon
Road. Warrenton. N. C The
announcemeni was made by
Lewis H. .Myers. Director of
Community Affairs for the
Koui-.'lation. Mr. Myers slated,
“'this will be the fiVsl banquet
ever sponsored by the Founda
tion. and we intend to make Ihe
bj’nquel an annual affair.
The banquei serves the dual
purpose of bringing people in
Ihe immediate area together as
well as being one of ihc major
vvhieles for fund raising which
the Foundalton will employ .Mr
-Myers further slated, “’while
luiids were being received from
federal sources for s|rt*cific pro
grams. nuijnr funds either in
goml.s or services are required
to be raised from the private
seelor b\ the Foundation "
The Soul City Foundation, a
North ('arolina non-profit cor-
p^iraiinn. was crealed more
tluin three >ears ago for the
purjKist- fit dealing wilh Ihe new
tow n’s research and planning in
Ihe fii-lds of education, heallh.
iraming and recreation The
F'luiulalmn is responsible f ir
the overall comprehensive so
cial planning of Sou! City
16 Black US
"■ wvn vt imr cnr ana
taken lo headquarters.
"This was the third tlmelhat
I had been arrested there. The
first was Nov. 1971 when I was
arrested because I had no regis
tration card in my car (they
knew it was my car). I stayed
in jail two days on that charge.
"The second time was De
cember of lO"?!, when I was ar
rested and cltargcd with beins
an accessorytothemurderofan
18-year-old black youth, but 1
was in Raloigh atthellineofthis
occurrence. I was placed un
der a $10,000 bond and hold In
the Wilmington City Jail for
one day, 1 posted bond and am
still out cn bond on that case
at this time, although that bond
was raised to $100,000 after T
had marie a speech about the
conditions In Africa. This
speech was made at Trinity Col
lie. My topic was "America’s
Relations with Africa."
'*Shortly thereafter, my bond
was lowered to $15,000, but I
still stayed In Wilmington Jail
for one week. Arrested here in
Raleigh by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation on federal con
spiracy charges (commuting an
offense against the U. S.) In
which they claimed lhat Ihelped
two black men to leave this
countr>-. This was in December
of 1971, and I was originally
placed under a $10,000 bond,
which was eventually (In March)
raised lo $20,000. In AprU, 1
was found not guUty, here In
federal court of two of the
three (fedcraDconspiracychar-
BOS, However, eventhough, I
am Still under ihe original
$20,000 bond, I must still lace
the federal court on the third
charge. When I n’as arrested
back on March 15, 1 was origin
ally placed under abondof$75,-
000. At one point during my In-
Sef REV. CHAVIS, p.
Stars To Be At
Demo Meet
CRIME
BEAT
Sixiven black stars of Ihe
sports and enicrtamment world
uill take part in the Democratic
Nalional Telethon July 8-9 on
AHU-TV to help raise Ihe $9
milln'M needed lo gvi the parly
»ul ol debt belore Ihe presi
dential ok'clion
Rosie drier. Rafer Johnson,
and flail Sayers will represent
the sports world, while stars
such as Biliv Eeksline. Della
Reese. Leslie Uggams and Gail
Fisher will lako part from Ihe
world of entertainment
The show will continue for 19
hours with segments from
Miami. Nashville and Holly
wood. and conirihutions wili
phoned in to 12 regional offices.
In addition to appearing on
the leleeast. the stars will also
telephone contributors at ran
dom across the United States to
thank them for their donations.
Along with the individuals
taking pan there will be several
black groups, including The
Clara Ward Singers. The Sup
remos and The Temptations.
other artists taking pan
inrludi’ 0 R. McClinlon. Freda
r.ivne. Judy Pace. Dionne
warwickc. and Slappv White
From Ralrish's Official
rotice Files
CDITOE'S NOTE: TnU columB
or feature I& produced in the pub-
Ur interrit with an aim towarJs
bllmlnatlne ll» contents. Numer
ous Individuals have requested
that ihcv be tlven Che conitdera-
tton of ovcrloutcnc their llsllnc
on the police blotter. This we
would like to do. However, it It
not our position to be Judge or
Jur>'. We merely publish the facts
as we find them reported by the
»resilne officers. To keep out of
The trt-»e Brat Columns, merely
means not beinjt reKltlercd by »
police officer in reporllnc h!t
Hndines while on duty. So sim
ply keep off the "Blotter" and
you won't be In The Crime Beet.
CITY MAN THREATENED
DonneU Thomas Campbell,
220 S. Swain St., told Officer
M. H. Hicks at 10:23 p.m, Thurs
day, that a man came inandtold
him to get out. Campbellsaidhe
did not seeanythlngtocausethis
but anger. He said he got up and
started toward the kitchen and
the suspect, James Frederick
Hooker, 38, address unlisted,
backed away from him and fired
a shot from a snub-nosed .38
calibre pistol, missing Camp
bell. The police arrived on the
scene and jailed Hooker on a
charge of assault with'a deadly
wespon.
(See CRIME beat, P. 3)