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Raleigh^s Blach Community Spokesmen
Will Probe Death
Inmate’s
Iflan Also Faces Drug Rap
Death Is
City Woman Raped? studieii
TVort/t Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOl 31 NO 51 RALEIGH. N C. SATURDAY OCTOBER 21. 1972
SINGLE COPV ‘Cr
Sets Thursday Night Session
Merger Tops RCA Agenda
Black community
spokesmen here have
promised a determined
investl^tion to uncov
er the cause of a cell
fire that killed a 34-
year-old black inmate
at Central prison last
week.
Chtrles C. RlctorosOD wu
the victim. Richardson, mteo
hsd been sert'lnc sentences of
t9> to SO yeirs for assault and
armed robber)'* vas killed by
On Firebombing, Conspiracy Charges
L'lavis, 9 Others ‘GuQty’
the blase vhlch was so imcn&e
that U charred the cell*s steel
and concrete wJls and meked
the toQet fixture with Us beat.
Acents from the State Bureau
of Investigation (5BI) were as>
signed to look Into the case,
and, within two days. U was
announced that two fellow pri
soners were being held as sus
pects.
However, black commititvr»-
(»«« rueiii .^tAiai. r. si
Elks Set
Man, 29,
To Face
MAYOR’S Car "SUIPm” .
Washington - Official cars be-
longlnp to kla>'or Walter Wash
ington and his deputy Graham
Watt hav«* been sto!^’ from the
■i 22-\’ear-old young
Kaleigh woman. Miss
Geraldine Freeman of
1238 Sew Bern .Avenue,
told Raleigh police at
3:30 a.m. that hse was
raped by Leroy Watson.
29. who was arrested
for rape and on a drugs
.narge. The incident,
according to Miss Free
man, took place at 11
n m nn the nlwht he- h.rt
Ceremony
Sunday
CRmcBES COUNTY OFFICULS - Cl>lcar> - Dr. CtarlM
Hur«. lift, prtslUmt o Ualcolm X Collwr, l*Uj nenmm
»l a confermw October 16 that Cook Coonty aottiontles
— ImI r«a1U«..T . Salt
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MAYOR’S CAR ”SWTPEO»’ -
W'sshlrvgton - Official cars be-
longlag to Mayor W'Uter W'ash-
K^on and his deputy Graham
W att have been stolen from the
CaDttol narking lot. (UPI)
RCA Will
Talk Of
12*38 New Bern Avenue,
told Raleigh police at
3:30 a.m. that hse was
raped by Leroy Watson,
29. who was arrested
for rape and on a drugs
charge. The Incident,
according to Miss Free
man. took place at 11
p.m. on the night be
fore at 913 1/2 New Bern
Avenue.
W'DrrON • On Saturday, Oc
tober 21, tn the town of win-
too. Hertford County, the im
proved benevolent protective
order of Elks of the world wQl
make history, h «1U bdd the
official dedicatory services of
what, when fullycon.pleted. will
be a mllUon dollar shrine and
camp site for mderpiivUeged
yodh from throughout the V-
nlted States.
Coast speaker for the dedl-
cstor)- services will be (he
SecreUry of Stale of North
CaroUns. the Htmorablc Thad
Else. ColncldenUy, Eure
Hnbson R. Reynolds grew
.ogether tn Hertford Cointy.
A graduate of the t’nlveratty
of North Carolina, Law sebool,
Mr. Eure was one time Ma)*or
of Winton. from 192.i.Tfl2R ntc
PAHhAHA JucAAin, raCE NARCOTICS RAPS - Newark, N. J. - Actresa Barbara
MrNair ( Inset at right) hides face from photogradiars and clloga to her lawyer's arm as her
business agent-husband, Rick Manzle, also attempts to shield her as they left federal eourt Mie
October 17 following Miss McNair’s and htancle’s arralgnmant on narcotics charges. Pbete
was UVen just before actr^s and husband rot In fight with photographer. (U^
Smithsonian Institution Lauded For
Aid To Black Voting Rights
W.ASHINGTON. D. C. - john Lewis. Kxecutive director of the Voter
Education Project. Inc. (VHP) has commended the Smithsonian Insti
tution for the depiction of the black voting rights struggle in a recently-
opened exhibition entitled "The Right to Vote."
Ibe exhlbttloo describes bow
ballols ware bestowed, at times
only after much struggle and
sacrifice, ’o various groups of
oisfranchlaed Americans — the
landless, soldiers. Flacks, wo*
atwM, Selma to
wh^ch was brutally attacked at
the Edmund Pattus bridge x)
'•Hoody Sunday", was noe of
five speakers fbr the oCflclal
reception which opened the ex-
Sutad Lewis, **1 wish that all
black Americans could vlstlthe
Smlthsralan to see this dis
play. B is good that we are
eunstanlly remuidi^ that th*
vote did not come fra*l) and
Merger
BY MISS *1 K HICKS
The Raleigh Citizens
Association will hold its
regular meeting at 8
o'clock Thursday night
at the East Hargett
Street YWCA.
Presn' nt Ralph Campbell
Although die gave no reason
for delay in reporting the capi
tal crime. It Is knowii to ^-
leigh police authorities that the
wroman arrived at the W’aVe
Count) magistrate’s office to
charge she had been ravished
at 3:30 a.m. Saturday. The
c! arge of rape is not listed on
the W ake District Court docket,
bouever.
CRITICIZES COUNTY OFFICULS - Chicago - Dr. Charles
Hurst, lift, presldect of Maleotr X Ctdlege, teUs newsmer
at a oonfarenee October 16 that Cook Cototy authorities
had perpetuated tor politieal reasons ”the m}*tb that black
people come otS of the ghetto, sweepdowmand kill the whites."
Hurst crltlaed them for ascribing racial motives to the mur
ders allegedly committed by members of a group called
De Mau Mau. Six men. Including four former hlakolm X
students, are tnder arreat and twro more are being sought
for the murders of nine persons. At right Is ^iry Wright,
a representative of black veterans. (UP!)
expects the committee aDoinicd
(o studv the merger ui city
county scho^ and the
and
charter amendments of the city
of Raleigh to report Its find
ings.
Other business will consist
of reports from the political
action chairman. James H.
Brwon. Two meetings have al
ready been held b}‘ this com
mittee and a third meeting
will convene at 4 p.r.. Sunday
at the Cofield campaip. head
quarters. SIS S. Blount St.
- Because the Issues to be con
sidered aie so vital to the
Black eommuntty, it is hoped
that many memt*ers of this
Urge committee will be pre-
sent.
Watson, who resides at S27
Bragg Street, was also nabbed
for possession of a needle and
s}Tlnge. He was arrested on
this rap at 3:43 a.m. Saturday.
In parenthesis, the arresting
officers, J. L. Brown and D. N.
Scott, placed the name O'Neal
in back of the woman's name,
giving specuUtlOQ that she may
b married. She suffered
bruises on the right arm.
An attempt to contact a pos
sible attending physician at
Wake Memorial Hospital on
Tuesday end Wednesday of this
week, proved to be of no a-
Mrs. Toflimie Young To
Head Body For Nixon
WASHINGTON. D. C. - Mrs. Tom .e Young,
whose Republican background stems from a
Nashville, Tenn. mother, who worked in the
Landon, Wilkie and Dewey campaigns, was tap
ped by t»ie Committee for the Re-election of
the President, here .Monday.
Mrs. Young, WDU immos the
v’U.
Investigation la allegedly con
tinuing tn the rape case.
Sentence
Parsed On
Rev. Chavis
pre-educatlonal program at
Durtiam's N C. Central
University, was picked because
of her dedication to improved
education and uie seemmg oe-
«tre of Pr*.*std«t Ntzontoeome
vp wsh an improvea «ouea-
2 Parties
'Mum/ Savs
Analyst
sillTtWS NOTE. TWI* e»iiama
•r tesiurr U proSoreS Id the puk>
Ur ItttrrrU «itb sa aim to«arSt
rttmtwatlDc li& reaUDt* Noarr-
««i laSi'.iduai* Waie mauetteS
that thr> hr clirn thr coatidrra*
tlea at etrrtosktn: ihrir Hrtiat
oa the ftaUrr Slattrr. This s-c
aouM Uka to So Hoovvar, it is
not oar pmtttoa to ha JnSea or
Jar)-. Wr oaaral) pahllsh tba farts
as wa ftaS tham rrportaS h> the
arrasUax etitrrrs. To harp out of
TWa CrUna Baat Cottunas. marair
maaat sot hrlns mlstrraS b> a
poUra olfirar ta raportlac hii
flhSlBCt uhUa oa Sutr. to sim
ply kaap off lha "BlMtar*' aaS
yew woet hr ta Ihr Ctlmt Btat.
ACCUSES HUSBAND
Mrs Mary Kirk Winston. 26.
IRC Savannah Drive King-
wood Forest». told Officer R. L
lf«wle> at 7:26 p.m, Satur^y,
(hat ^ was in her house.
dr»sing for a party when hei
husband Donnie Nathan W’ins
ton. 90. S2»iy £ Edenton St.,
came tn cursing She said the
man then slrttck her about the
face, causing a cut on hv chin.
She declared he also tore her
panu suit An assault on a
female warrant was signed and
Winston was ‘ hauled off" lo
Wake Cowty Jail ^ ran
.NEW YORK - A leading
black educator and political
analyst claims that neither
President Richard Nixon, r'lr
Democratic candidate George
McGovern are responsive to the
needs of black Americans, and
he warns that Blacks are to
have a major impact on the 1976
Presidential elecuoo lhe>- must
begin to mobilize immediately
.** (ucai areas
Dr Ch..rles Hamilton, profes
sor of political science at
Columbia University, joined Jet
magazine mana^ng editor
Robert DeLeon and host,
executive producer Tony Brown
iSrv SNALYfT. P t,
BURGAW — hentencing was
due to be held Wednesday tnis
week in the cases of ihr Rev.
Ben Cham. Oxford native, and
nine other young men. charged
and found guilty late Tuesday of
firebombtng and conspiracy lo
assault emergency personnel in
Wilmington during racial up
risings there last year
The Pender Cotmty Superior
Court mn-. wl'ich has been
listening to testimony in the
case for more than five weeks,
took exactly three hours to
cemsider a venhet
The jurors delivered guilty
verdicts on 19 counts in the
^rsely attended and quiet
courtroom
At 8 p m. jurors asked that the
definitions of the terms "con
sjuraev" and "aiding and abet
ting ' be repeated to them
Judge Robert Martin ol High
Point, presiding over the Inal in
Pender County Supenor Court
reiterated the definitions he had
included in his charge lo the
jury earlie** in the dav
On trial in addition to Chaiu
were f'onniv Tvrdall. Marvin
tare agv. t«iA\IS. p
tlonal program,despite his bus
ing attitude.
She not only feels that H Is
not only common-sense wise
to work with the committee,
but polttlcally-aatute to be In
a position to ak! In the policy
making of a far reaching edu
cational program, designed to
meet the needs of everybody.
She feels that the black impul
should ht viable, as a campaign
Issue, and should ser^e as a
big factor Ir. the proper im-
plementatla’i.
At a press conference, held
in Durham Tuesday, she out
lined the wort of her com
mittee. the National BUckEdu-
camp site for tnderprlvllagad
youth from throughout the U-
nltad States.
CuMt speaker for the dedl-
catorr services «1U be ibe
SecreUry of State of North
CarhUna. the Hooorablc Thad
Bare. ColncldenUy, Eure aao
Fofaeon R. Reynoldi grew
.jgether In HerHord Cotrty.
A graduate of the Uitversitv
of North Car^lna. Lew school,
Mr. Eure was one time Mayor
of Winton. from 1923-1928. His
polttlcal 'l^rotsid is exten
sive having served in many
capadlies, local, county and
statewide.
Winton Is the birthplace of
the present Grand Exalted
Ruler, Robson R. Reynolds, and
it was In 1966 when Mr. sod
Mrs. Reynolds donated approzl-
matdy 100 acres of land on
which the shrine was to be
built i9on the recommendation
of the late Charles F. McCXane
of SteeUon. PennsylTania, who
served for many years as Pub
lic Relstlot.s Director for the
order of riu. H was be who
proposed to name this magni
ficent shrine In honor of the
Grand Exalted Ruler, Hobson
R. Reynolds, who bad so gra
ciously donated this valuable
land to the elks.
Charles P. McClane stated be
fore the delegates assembled
Li Cleveland. Ohio in 1966 at
the Grand Lodge ConvenUon.
'This Is the first time In the
hlstor)' of our organization that
a gift has been made to the
organization bj' anyone.**
Oe of the bulMiJv* In the
shrine wDl be named in me-
mon' of the late Charles P
Cfc« ELkS wux. p. n
— — ^ I WAAS^ AWA^AIEO
WASfflNGTO;:. D. C. - John Lewis. Executive Director o£ the Voter
Education ^ject Inc. (VEP) has commended the Smithsonian Insti
tution for tte depiction of the black voting rights struggle In a recently-
opened exhibltl >n entitled "The Right to Vote." ’
Tbe exhibition deicrtbee bow
ballots were beftr /ed, gl tiroes
ooly after mucL etr^le and
aacrtflee, to various groups of
disfranchised Americans — the
landless, soldiers, BUcks, wo
men, native Americans, ettl-
zetis of the District of Coltxn-
bls. and, most recently, to 18
yesr-old citizens.
The exhibit contains some 200
exam{des of songs, slo^s,
posters, pamphlets, historic
documents, and other objects
from pre-Revolotlonary times
to tbe Voting Rights Ad of
1970.
Included among the hems In
the etdilbU were various arti
cles of clothing wombymareti-'
ers In the 1965 March from
Selma to Montgomerj’ which
produced the 1965 Voth«RIgfats
Ad. Other items from the Sel
ma struggle Included photo
graphs, posters, snd an audio
visual presentation depldlng
the march.
John Lewis, who ledthemard:
444M.. Seims to M0Mi«ut»M> Stated Lewis, **l widi that sU
wrhlch was brutally attacked at black Amarleans could visit the
tbe E^dmvto PattM farklfe oo SmltheMitan to see this dls-
''Boody Stndsy", was cce of play. R Is good Uul we tre
five speakers for the olflcUl eocstantly •‘tmtodad that th-
reo^loo whldi opened the ex
hibit on September 26. Tbe ex
hibit will be open *o the ge
neral pdilie through January',
1973.
Tbe Vd/T Education Projed
was one of many organizations
which cootrlbuled edueallonsl
materials, posters, and other
articles for uie special ois-
pisy.
state NAACP Outlines
Its Bi-Partlsan Patti
vote dla onme freely and
easily, but only after people
paid a price — soroetlmer at
tne cod of human lives. We
roust rememter thesestruiocles
through sd) spedai exhibiU.
bd to truly commemorate the
efforts of those wbo have ctven
so mud), we must march to
tbe ballot boxes on November
7 to exercise'h'lserigfatswhich
we have w*s).'’
Dr. Larkins
To Speak
In Wilmington
McKissick
Forming 2
U1LM1.NCTON - Dr. John Rod-
man Larkins, a native ofWll-
mlngtui, but now a resident cf
Raleigh, will be ""e speaker
here Sinday afternoon at 4:30
for tbe Episcopal Church
twee DK UUIKINb. 1‘. Zl
DURHAM - Even ihou^ the theme of the
29lh annual meeting of the N, C. Stale Con
ference of Branches of the NAACP, was “The
Challenge of Facing a New Political Era,"
there were only two concrete projections -
the need of a strong two-party system and
more black representation in law-makingbodies
and policy-making boardr.
The He\'. .Matthew- D. McCol- eouto be motivated to the ex-
li^, president of the S, C. tent ’Jisl be would stop csliing
Siste Conference, who keynoted you by boy snd sddros vou as
the Church Work operations, Mister, tMre was the sequel
sd the stage for a vlaUe two- to the Conference theme.
PUij' sydem when he said that Kelly M. Alexander, an arch
S. C.’s Senator Strom Tbur-
m Old had been converted enough
to demondrate a respect for
the black vote. Rev. McCoDum
said that when Strom Thurmond
Party Unit
ors Committee, to support
esldeni .Nixon’s Election.She
plans to conce.itrate on south*
em states, where she feels the
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Appreciation
Cash Claimed
By City Man
Appr
treciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
WARKHOUSt OF TIRIS
T
How- would you like to have an
extra 5100
Uell. It IS Dossibie if you spot
ffvr n*tne on The CAROLIN
IAN S new Appreciation money
page which appears in each
week's edition.
Last u-eefc. Joshua Massen-
burg of Washington Terrace.
Apt IS won 510 for spotting his
name on the page.
As many as three persons
could have been winners last
NEW YORK (NbNS) -
Saying that the Democratic
Party has made "some accom
plishments'* for blacks but "has
done as much as it can do at this
time.*’ Floyd .McKissick. form
er director of the Congress of
Rarial Equality, has announced
that he has formed a new
Republican-onented group, the
National Committee for a
Two-Party System
.McKissick. a supporter of
President Nixon, said Blacks,
who have traditionally voted
Democratic, "should belong (o
both political parties rather
than deal with SO per cent q( the
syxtem.
"Now IS the time to go in and
do something about the Repub
lican Parly." he said "I'm not
happy about everyting it's done,
but we can't change it without
getting UI and fighting to change
It "
Tbe former CORE director
week Tbe same holds true tius
week
Massenburg's name api
ed In the Hunt Generaf^Tlre
adverusement oo page 12. Hum
General Tire is iw^ted at 428 S.
McOow-ell St. Wr^ch for your
name this week.
(art AA'MxL'lAllun. P. Z|
said he changed his pany
affiliation from Democratic to
Republican last June, denying
publicized reports that be u
supok '’ting Nixon because of
Feiiual funding for his Soul
City. N. C. housing develop
ment.
He added that the new
foe of Richard M. Nfaton, head
of Ui« orgarlzallon since 1947,
saw much virtue In the two-
party system in North Carolina.
This was due to the tact tha!
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GETTINC IN ON THE ACT - Alczanoer uamas, praasoaot, tmrbam aaneh, NaacP, wfaieo
oceted the 29th annual State Conference of NAACP BrsnehM, October 12-15, extreme right,
seems moat happ)- as be watches Mrs. Beatrice Burnett, convention secretary, pin a corsage
on Mrs. Gloster Currem, wife at tbe Director of Branches, at tbe Friday nlgM aeaaion. This
was the first vial! of the wife of the director, who was presented Just befwe Gloster made the
keynote addreas of the meet.