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PRESS RITN THIS
WEEK IS 9,845
Dr. HI. IV. Akins, Mrs. Josephine Otey Hayes, Dr. IV. F. Clark
Three Promuieiit RaleighHes Die In Some Week
-ti-ji-ti-tt
Shades Of The Old West-Raleigh Gun
Dud'Ends Iq Death
Principal,
Tutor And
Medic Pass
BY staff writer
The Grim Reaper has
struck thrice in one
week here during the
month of October,
claiming the lives of
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 31. NO. 50
RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1972 SINGLE COPY ISc
Saint Augustine's Security Guard
U0VLJ)>nt. KC-NaPPHR shot > OrUndo. Fli. • Arr.huunce attendants remove Jacksoo SiaJ«
Itr.r froiT th>- C':‘l:aido homp Octit>er 7 aftpr he held 13 people hostage for 13 hours tn a demand
for Siiliuic u-as shot h> Oranr" eounty deputies durinc the transfer of the money. (UPI)
Stabbed Under Heart
Dr. Mack William A-
klns. principal of the
former Washington High
School here for 8 years,
Mrs. Donald Jeffrey
(Joseplilne Hoover Otey)
Hajes. veteran city
school teacher, and Dr.
William Freeman Clark,
a local physician for
over 30 years.
(See THREE DIE, P. 2)
Plemmer
Top Tutor
Durham Chapter Host A s
In Taboro
NAACP Sessions INow Ikderway
luil.wri' lASSTACUfS LKWTS HI-JaCKED BUS - E-
••tt-n, A.isli. - I'fllfVfd iass>‘:;cers leave a Cre)homd
I”- ' irp. • " '•prl*;|' to Itoard a>tother after their
fiist jttl.-Vancotn«T B. C. trlji »as halted by tmo armed
n . t. ulif* tin- Ims »lth 29 others aboard and robbed
tif i; . \i l'ast one accomplice met the robtiers with a c^*
BY J B HARRKN
TARBORO - He u-as just a
iiharecropper's son. but he
perser\'cred in what he liked
best in elemenur> school —
music — and he became a noted
musician and Engiiah teacher
Hi the E^ecombe County. N. C.
school system L^st w-eek.
Waller Plemmer, Jr., resident
of Oak City Hinhway. Prince*
vtlle-Tarboro. was named
Edgecombe County's ‘Teacher
of the 1972*73 School Year."
Plemmer was chosen by the
county conmi'lee who admit*
fed they bad rtiifictilly m
tuaAiiis « tocux'Uck* from aiiiung
the SIX nominees for the coveted
honor, ocher nominees included
I
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RKI.EAVKD PASSENCEPS LEAVES HI-JACKED BUS - E-
5er«(t, Wash. - Relieved passengers laava a Cr«)1iO(X>d
Ih:. 4>aiiv Ortol>*>r 7 mominc to loard another after their
fltKi S.*jttb—Vancouver B. C. trip '"as halted by rwo armed
men utio hijacked Uii* bus with 29 others aboard and robbed
theni. At least one accom{4lcc‘ met the robbers with a
awaj vehicle. (CPI)
YoungNay Become
Dixie’s First Solon
BY MICHAEL
A11.ANTA - The Rc\
Andrc'w Young. Jr., a fcirmer
.Bide lo the late Dr Martin
lajiher King. Jr . has the best
chance of anyone in a centurv- of
bevoming the second black man
to be sent to Congress from
Oorgia
Two years ago. he failed to
unset articulate Republican
Hep Klelcher Thompson in a
distrrii that extends from
D PETIT
the'
Gregoty To
AppearAt
ShmUniv.
Reverend C. T. Vivan, Uni
versity MLnister at Shaw Unt-
versttj has announced plans for
a two-day seminar to be held
/■Trtol..r It Slu» I'nl-
versitx.
The Topic: '‘Plaek Church -
Cent»*r *’or Community De-
vclopm*‘ijt.*’ TTh* two-day ses-
skKi will tv highlighted h> a
(See GRECOnV. P. 2)
southern Atlanta into
well-to-do white suburbs.
But this year. Thompson is
running for the U. S. Senate,
and t^ composition of the
district has been dianged
considerably as a result of
congressional redistncting
Several middJelass white
suburbs have been placed in
another district and predomin*
ately black areas have been
add^ The black percentage of
the electorate has been increas
ed frwn 31 to 37 per cent.
Young, executive director of
the Atlanta Community Rela
tion Commission, expects to win
with a large black turnout and a
substantial vote among the
wealths liberals m white
suburba*' areas
Se\'era organizations ha\e
conducted voter registration
drives in black areas, adding an
estimated S.ow new black
voters
'I'oung IS encouraged b> his
showing against Fowler in the
white precincts, where he
managed lo pull 35 per cent of
the vole, and he expects to
mobilize black voters m the
(See YOUNG MAY. P. 2)
in the Edgecombe Oxmty. N. C.
school s>‘stem. Last week.
Walter Plemmer. Jr., resideot
of Oak (Nty Highway. Prince-
\iUe-Tarboro. was named
Edgecombe County's 'Teacher
of the 1973-73 Sch^ Year."
Plemmer was chosen by tbe
county cornmtdee who a^it-
ted they had dilHculty in
maaihg « sdecUOu from aiiKiag
tie six nominees for the coveted
honor. Other nominees induded
Mrs Ida lA’hitehead. Mrs. Sarah
ShdloQ. Mrs. Susie Pitt. (>gyle
C. Felton and Robert M. Bimn.
Edgecombe rural schools
Supt. Lee Hall is quoted as
saying that Plemmer met all
the requircnenls for the
Teacher of the Year county
award and how he had enjoyed
working with Plemmer since
being Edgecombe Superintend
ent. Plemmer is an Edgecombe
native, teaching here since 1951.
Thousands of students have
studied music and participated
in choirs, choral groups, and
bands under Plemmer's tutor
ing alwa)*s With credit to
themselves and their school.
Plemmer dutifully gives cred
it to Mrs Laura Hammonds, an
early music instructo'’. for
urging him on after he began
(See PLEMMER IS, p. 2)
Guardis
Released
AlWake
BY STAFF ftWTER
An apparent attempt to
‘bother’ women students
in Gould Hall at Saint
Augustine’s College
hei.' at 8;J0'a.m. Sun
day, almost cost a se-
PllrHtv cniarvl at thi>
Ainake
ALEXANDER BARNES
NAACP’sTop
Speakersin
BY STAFF HHTTER
An apparent attempt to
’bother' women students
In Gould Hall at Saint
.Augustine’s College
her.'at 8:20 *a.m. Sun
day, almost cost a se
curity guard at the col
lege his li'e, and re
sulted in the jailing of
a 19-year-old youth on
charges of assault ulth
a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill.
Shootout
Leaves1
Dead Here
DR. M. W. AVINS
BY STAFF WHITER
The efforts of two eld
erly Kalelgh men. re
portedly bent on de
stroying each other a-
round 5 p.m. last Sa
turday, resulted in the
Dead Here jjip^
BY STAFF WHITER
MRS. M, A. HORNE
Mrs. Home
DurhamNow
W.H.Peace
Receives Top
Ga. Position
ATLANTA, Ga. - Wflltam H.
Peace, ni, former special as
sistant to Department ofHuman
Resources deputy director T.
M. Jim Parham, mas appointed
recentl) as director of the new
State ^Xlce of Housing (S.O.H.)
Itself concurrently created by
Gov. Jimmy Carter’s executive
order. The StateOfflceofHous-
Inc mil*, l-ie a unit mlthtn tbe
(See V ?H. PEACE.. P. 2)
DURHAM - Miss Mary Lee
MUla, nurse director. PHS, wQl
be the prtDdpal speaker at the
’’Freedom Fund Banquet”, 8:00
p.m. Saturday, October 14, Dur
ham Hotel and Motel, when the
N. C. Stgte Coofercoci' of
NAACP Branches will boner the
mothers of the state, mho ralred
the largest sum ever reported
for tbe freedom euase, mhlch
was reported at the annual
rally, held tn Raleigh, last May.
Alexander Barnes is president
of the host chapter. He is also
public relations director for
the state organiutlon.
The nationally known nurse Is
a graduate of the Lincoln Hos
pital School of Nursing aad has
made an envlaUe record lo her
chosen fidd. Upon iMvlngDur-
him she studied atthe Unl-
versUles of VlrglnU. kfarylaod,
and New York, earning her B.
S. and 5LA. degrees.
Frederick Thomas Staten, 24,
909 N. State Street, reported lo
Officer A. C. Holt, Jr. at the
above-named hour, that he re
ceived a call at IdS a.m. to
go to (he dcnnltory, by a ma
tron, and tnvestl^ye a dis
turbance report there.
Upon hts arrival at Gotdd Hall
Stjjen stated that be saw two
black males at the door of the
dorm and asked them to leave.
One of the men left, but the
To Toronto
The efforts of two eld
erly Raleigh men. re
portedly bent ou de
stroying each other a-
round 5 p.m. last Sa
turday, resulted in tbe
death of one and a
charge of murder being
placed against the other
in the old western type
of shootout frequently
seen at the movies and
on television.
AndAfrka
fS«e STABBED,
Prince Hall
Masons Plan
Liberia Trip
(See NAACP IS. P. 2)
Ministers Of
NAACP Hear
Rev.McCollom
••rrCPLE ARE FED UP:*' KENNEDY - Koystonc, W. Va. - 5«n. boirard M. (Ted) Kennady,
r-%U>$., lold soma 400 persons at Kej-stone to McDomell County "people are fed tg} with govem-
J that ca?/t perform.** Sen. Kennedy campaigned to West • iJ^la Saturday on behalf of the
••cGoverr-SYrf or tlc'set ?r.(l remocratte guberi-atorlal hopeful John D. Rockefeller H'. (UPI)
DURHAM - Delegates to the
NAACP C(mventton*s Ministers
and Church Work Committee
pre-convention meettog will
hear at a Luncheon, kOO p.m.,
Thursday, .October 12, at tbe
Durham Hotel and Motel, Rev.
Matthew D. MeCollom, Presi
dent. South Carottoa State Con
ference of Branches of Charle
ston, S.C.
He Is a graduate of Claflln
College of Columbia. S.C., and
Gammon Theologleal Seminary
of Atlanta, Georgia. He Is for
mer president of the Orange
burg, S.C. NAACP Branch. He
has served as Chairman of
the S. C. State Conference
Church Work Co«..mtttee ard
also tbe Southeast Region.
He was one of the foisiders
and member of the Board of the
SoiShem Christian Leaderahlp
Conference of which the late
Dr. klartto Ltther King, Jr.
was President.
He has served as program di
rector and district stgierlnt' i-
dent of the W'aiterhoro, South
Carolina District of the Metho-
(See MINTSTF FS OF. P. 2)
^BaTON rouge. La. - Dr.
John C. Lewis, Jr. of Baloi
Rouge, La., sovereign grand
commander of tbe United Su
preme Council, 33rd degree,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry, Prince Hall
Affiliation, Southern Jurisdic
tion, annotsieed last week that
plans have been finalised for
the 86th annual session lo be
held, October 28 to November
S, In Monrovia, Liberia, West
Africa.
According to Dr. Lewis, more
than 300 members of the Su
preme CoisicU win attend the
session, accompanied by some
100 wives who will make tbe
tour. The croi4> w-fil leave from
Dulles Alrpcwt, Washington, D.
C. by two chartered special
flights. A number of masons
and their wives will take an
extended tour that will include
the Ivory Coast and Ghana.
There will be guided tours of
places of interest for those re
maining to the Monrovia arwa.
(See PRINCE HALL. P. 8)
Mrs. M. A. Horne, Executive
Secretary of the Woman's Bap
tist Hone and Foreign Mis
sionary Convention of North
Carolina win attend the fifth
Continental Assembly of the
North American Baptist w>-
man*B Union whan It convenes
to Toroito October 17-19 The
North American Ba^lst Wo
men’s Union (NABTK’U? is the
Women’s D^iartment of the
World Baptist AJllance' and It
meets every five years.
"Called to Commitment*' will
be the theme of the meeting.
Mrs. Home wlB represent the
National Women’s Convention
U. S. A., Inc., and the Lott
Carey Women’s AuxUUry, Dr.
Mary O. Ross and Dr. Mary
Agnes Jordon presidents re^
speettvdy.
The NABUU will mderwrite
the expenses cf Mrs. Horne.
She is tbe first Black woman
Alexander Brevard Harris, 89.
1004 Mark Street, was dwt
and UUed at U7 1/2 Lee
Street (Soikh Park Section), and
James RiiUlp Thomas, an oc
cupant of the I.ev Street ad
dress, was arrested and
diarged with the rifle Mining.
He is being held without pri
vilege of bond.
.According to Wake Cowty Co
roner Marshall W. Bennett,
Karris was dead on arrival
(S« 'DUEL' ENtiS. P. 2)
MRS. DONALD J. HAYES
J.H.Bnwn
HeadsRCA
Committee
District of
NC AE Sets
Convention
educational sj’stem ex
tends bey ond the classroom and
educators must be involved out
side tbe classroom if we are
to make ours the best pos
sible system,** according to
Dr. A. C. Dawson, execiXlve
secretary of the North Caro
lina Aaaoelatlon of Educators.
'’That’s why educators are be
coming involved to the poll-
tteal process," he explained.
*'The political process greatly
Infloences education.
’That’s why we are asktog
(See DISTRICT NCAE, P. 2)
BY MISS J E HICKS
.\t a recent meeting of the
Raleigh Citizens Association.
Harold Webb, chairman of the
Political Action Committee,
submitted his resignation.
Mr. Webb, who is a member
of the N. C. Education
Department, felt that his duties
and schedule prevented him
from continuing as chairman of
the committee
Ralph Campbell. RCA presi
dent. persuaiM the personable
young realtor. J Henr>’ Brown,
to assume the leadership of the
Political Action Committee.
To Mr. Brown, Mr Webb
turns over an enlarged and
enthusiastic group which be
reorganized shortly before the
(See BROA-N HEADS, P. 2)
DK. W . t. CLARK
CRIME
BEAT
Fren Ralrtgh*i OffIcUl
PeUre FlMf
Appreciation
Cash Goes To
City Woman
corrott's Noxt: rail coima
9r fciturt Is protfiKrO IB thr paW.
IK lBt*mt wall u alJB lovsnU
Its roetriiu. Nam*r-
•tts ladUttfuAlt luxe rraaested
twt they We clven the roulder*-
Uoe of •'.efiMaac Ueeir lUUhZ
•a tbe pwUc* atolur. gMs w»
aeoU Ukc to do. Bewever. It H
Dot oBt pofiUeo to he Jttdae or
tary. We wrely pahllsh the torts
BS we flad theoi roported by the
■msUaa oinrers. To keep o«t of
The Crime Beot CotmoBs. merely
aseoBs Boc keiBr recittered ky o
police otneer u reperttac tots
tlBtUBcs while OB doty. So sim
ply keep off the '-Blotter*’ OJid
ypw won't ho la The CrioM Be«t.
MAN FCHTS BACK
Kerman Early Miles, 2S, 2821
Frinks Street (Klngwood Fo
rest), told officer R.C. EUls
at 9:14 p.m. Sunday, that he was
Standing to a crowd of oeople
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HUNT GENERAL TIRE CO.
For The Best In New and Used Tires
Money Is stlU available for
persons plotting their names
on The CAROLINIAN'S new Ap
preciation Money page each
week.
Even though only one person
came by to cUim ber slOprize,
as many as three persons could
have been winners last w’eek.
The same bolds true this week.
Mrs. Lettle L. Williams of
17 Chavis Wey wron $10 last
week by seeing her name to
the vtliage Inn Pizza Parlor
(See APPPLCUTION, P. 2)
at the King’s Lounge nlghi elul>,
1969 Rock Quarry Road, when
he and another stftiject started
to argue. He declared that the
other subject, whose name la
unloiovm to him, struck him to
the mouth with his hards and
flsta. Miles said he then kicked
the other man to tbe chest,
got in a ear with Junior Kc-e
and "split the scene." Inves
tigative notes revealed that thr
complainant had been drinking,
btX Miles said he would sigr.
an assault warrant *‘as sow
as 1 sober up.*'
(See CRI.ME Bi-AT. P. 3)