i Grant Covers Five Year Period I X'- • t niESS RUN His WEFB 9,880 St. Aug.'s To Get $2.5 Million From Ford Foundation $500,000 0! A FAMILY SHOHb ITS GRIEF - New Y'ork - Mrs. Jackie Robi.’ison Is assisted bj- son, David (Lj^ and Rev. Dr. Jesse Jackson as she leaves Riverside Church October 27 after fineral serv ices lor her famous husband. Jackson delivered the euloc3‘for the maii who broke baseball’s color line. (UPI) Zebulon High School’s Black Students Register Grievances ZEBULON - Some 90 black studenls and their parents held a meeting Aith ofncials of the Zebulon School here Monday, Also present *ere members from the Wake County School Board. The incidents began last week when many black students boy cotted classes. Of major con cern to the blacks students is the allegation that school elec tions should no longer be based on the racial quota system, which reflects the 50-50 Hack- white ratio ^t the East Wake County SchoH. H was reported that black students at the school gave written statements, saying that other grievlances led up to the boycott of classes. They de clared that on Monda} of this week, physical attacks b> teach ers upon students of both races took place. As to the free election sys tem, H. Wat-ne Bare, assistant superintendent of l^ake County Schools, told the students that Airon Fussell, supenr.tender.l O" Pl*™ >*« of the schools, had requested ^ other tn early fall, that the students not hold elec- declared that neither tlons until after the board meets on Monday. November 13. Fol lowing Monday night’s meeting, the students requested a special meeting with the board, prior to November 13. Bare said there seems little chance of that. Robert L. Duncan. school principal, said he knew of only twt) limk^ts in whldi a white teacher hit a Hack student. incident had racial overtones. Both Dimcan and Bare said the charges of abuse and Ine quities in punishment seem to be minor. Duncan said that sttider.ts were not able to give specific Instances when asked about these Issues at Monday’s meeting. A white teacher did slap a black student '*for being (S«-c 31CB SCHOOL i*. 2) AME Zion Bishop Feted At Fayetteville Banquet Mrs. Bethea Dies: Rites FAYETTEVIIXK Friends co-workers, church leaders and government officials joined together Friday night. Oct 27. at the Downtowner and built a stn^ case against the old Bishop Waclor was elevated to the exalted position of the .AME Zioo Church at the General Conference, held in Mobile. Aia . in May of this vear He is a nauve of week, physical attacks by teach ers upon students of both races took place. As to the free election sys tem, K. W'aj'ne Bare, assistant siperhtendent of Wato County Schools, toU the students that ruTiu £jiuii LTioiiup 1 ou;u At Fayetteville Banquet Mrs. Bethea Dies; Rites Set Saturday Mrs. Ruth Mooie Bethea, a veteran school teacher in Tar- boro .*'nd the Edcombe Cowty area, who lived at 644 E. Lenoir Street. Raleigh, since her retirement, died early Tuesday at Wake Memorlail Hosplt^. She was also a writer of ftie Eastside Reminders column for The CAROLINIAN for several years. Mrs. Bethea's father, the late Dr. Moore, was the founder and first president of Eliza beth City SUte Unlv., where memorial serv ices are con ducted for him each year. Fweral serv ices will be con ducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at thewps. BFTHEA Davie Street United Presby terian Church with the Rev. J. H. Brown, pastor, officiat ing. Mrs. Bethea, an active woman in the civic, social and re ligious life of Raleigh for many years, was a past sectJoiul leader for the National As- soication nf College Women, to vtiicn she was most dedi cated. FAYETTEVILLE • Friends, co-workers, church leaders and government officials joined together Friday night. Oct. 27. at the DowTiiowner and built a strong case against the old saying. ‘'A prophet is without honor in his home” when they look part in an inlroductor;' banquet for Bishop & Mrs J.W. Wactor Carmichael Forming New Black Party Mrs, B^hea Is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Da- Mila- BETHeA, P. 21 CRIME B-EAT BY ROBERT N. TAYLOR W ASHINGTON, D.C. - speak ing at Howard University here, Stokel> Carmichael, popularl- zer uf the Black Power move ment of the late 1960's, has announced the creation of • Black political organization de signed to fight **the twin evils of capitalism and racism.” The new- oiganlzatlon will be loiowT as the All-African Peo ples' RevolUlonary Party (AAPRP) and will apparently be headed by the TrLnidad horn Black acth ist. Carmichael, addressing a standing room only audience at his alma mater's iroo-seat Cramton auditorium, stated that the organization would seek to “introduce a new «^elal orde- which, bj' its ver.. deflnltton, must de^rov the social order rampant In the world today, healed by U.S. Imj-erialism.'' Quotbg liberally from the writings of the late president of Ghana. Osarvefo Dr. Kwame Nk.Tniah: Sekou Toure. presl- i»rr l.thMUHAIi K J) Bishop Waclor was elevated *0 the exalted position of the AME Zion Chiirdi at the General Conference, held in Mobile. Aia.. m May of this year. He is a native of Cumberland County and spent his childhood days in the area. He attended Livingstone Col lege and Hood Tneological Seminary, receiving degrees from both. He was ordained to preach in the Central North Carolina Conference and pastored many of its churches. He had a very successful pastorate at Fair Promise AME Zion Church. Sanford, and went from there to New York City, where he built Hood Temple into one of the leading churches in the de nomination. His pastorale was interrupted when he did a •stretch" in the army. He returned to HooJ and hen (Ser ZiO.S' Bib iOP. P. 2) Mrs. D. High •Appreciation Cash Winner There was only one winner In The CAROLINIAN'S Apprecia tion Money feature, tn wblcfa three persons may win money in the amount of $10 ezch. These names appear on the Money page, wblch Is always located on the back page of the first section of this newspaper. Mrs. Delia High, 805 Tower Street (in the Oberlln section), was the luckj' w*lnner of money last week. Her name was found In the ad, sponsored by Na tural Health Foods, located at 8 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh. Don't forget to search the ads for your name this week. (Srr APPilt-CLtTlON. P 2) Ralrich'ft Offlclai « Police Files PDTTOK'S KOTC: ThU rclBOUi or feAtore is procured Id (he pub lic interest srith an aim towards eilBUnatinf its contents Niitnrr- ous indlMdualv hate requested that they be civen (be considera tion o( o^rrloektnr their UAiat on (be police btoiler. This v e wonid Uke to do. Howeser, it is not our position to be iudee or Jury- We merely publish (be tarta as wr find then reported by the arrestlnc officers. To keep out of The Crime Beal Coltunns, inereljr Beans not belns rettstered b> « poUre officer In reportmc bis ftadlnfs mhUe on dul' So sim ply keep off the "B.otur” and yon won't be In The Crtme Beat. STABBED IN CHEST Melvin Leroy Tcasly. 38. 316 Love Lane, told Officer B W. Harris at 10:06 p m.. last Saturday, that he was lying on a couch in hrs living room when James Prlvett,. 32. address unlist^. came by and stabbed him in the chest Mr. Teasly could not give the officer any indication as to why iie w-as subbed. The man. wt.o suffered a puncture in the left chest wall *and a small cut. said he would sign an assa'ilt with a deadly weapon warrant against Fri- vet! (See CKMi: UCAr. P 2) HONORARY BOY SCOUT CHALIMAN - Washington - Larry Brown, sensational running back of the Washington Redskins, Octo! er 31 was named honorary chairman oi the Annual Bo>- Scout “Good Turn Day" Clothing Drive for Goodwill In dustries. The clothing drive Involves some 50,000 6o>' Scouts in the W ashington L. C. ar' Posing in front of the Good will headquarters are, LTH: « W'ayne Ferrell, 12, Oxon Hill, Md.; lArry Brown; Scott Sandall, 13, Arllr«ton, Va.; and. foreground, Steve Nolly, 6, Annandale, Va. (UPD In Local, State, County, National Offices Total Has Candidates State Views Been Received North Carolina’s Leading Weekly VOL. 32 NO. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. Ifl73 Saint -Augustine’s Col lege of Raleigh, has been selected to participate in the Ford Foundation prograin of major as- sis.ance to selected pri vate black colleges. Dr. Benjamin F. Pavton, of ficer in charge. Higher Education and Minority SINGLE COPY iSc affairs of the Ford Shot In Temple With Pistol Blau Slain Here U. S. Elk Leader Is Foundation, slated in his letter that Saint .Augus tine’s College has the potential of achieving new levels of institu tional vitality with the assistance the Ford’s new program can give. -According to Dr. Pre- zell R. Robinson, col lege president. $500,000 has already been gii-en to the institution. Motive 1$ Unknown In City Death BY STAFF WRITEK -A 41-year-old Bronx, New York black man. by way of Raleigh, al legedly shot and kill ed a 34 year old New Jersey white man, who formerly lived in the city, early Saturday, according to Raleigi. DOlirtf* rennrfs The New York black man, by way of Raleigh, al legedly shot and kill ed a 34 year old New Jersey white man, who formerly lived In the city, early Saturday, according to Raleigh police reports. The shooting occurred at the home of Bruce (Sec MAN' SLAIN. P. Z) Views Told From Prexy To NC House Funeral Is Planned For Saint AugwMtfoc'f win be pn>- vkfod with about $3.5 rnllUoD over the nest five years. The exact amotnt win depend igxxi bow w^ the College demon strates a seriousness of pur pose in achtei’tng a set of ob jectives to be agreed tgx>r. by officials of the CcDege and the Ford Fotsidathoo. Nat’l Shrine WINTON - W'lLiaa (BU) Brown. asslstaH to Grand Ex alted RulerHabsonR. Reynolds, who lived In Wlntoo, N. C., died FrMa> afternoon, October 27, after a C019U of years of Illness at minor periods. Mr. Brown was known ^broagh* out the SUte as one a the moat % devoted Elks in the country. He was married to the sister of Hobson R. Fey- Dr. Prezdl R. Robinson, Pre sident of Saint Ai«ustloe's, stated that be Is dee^ ap- preclvtlve cf the ccnfidetice tnat the Ford Foundation has shown k) Saint Augustine’s. *^'e have over the past six years stress ed academic excePence and sotad businass management." WUh these folds from Ford, we intend to use tt wlsriy where It win serve best. We do not intend to make any drastic ebanges in our program, rwt strengthen our academic and physical areas." Saint AuT'^k’-ce’s, afeur-year liberal arts College will c^e- brute its lOOth Anniversary In who lived in W'intoo, N. C., died Friday afternoon, October 27, after a coigde of years of Illness at minor periods. Mr. Brown was knowntbrough- oul the State as one of the most y devoted Elks in the country. He was married to the sister of | Hobson R. Rey nolds, Mrs. I Susan Reynolds sound bustnesc management." W'lth these fwds from Ford, we Intend to use tt wisely where tt win serve best. We do not Intend to mzke any drastic dunges In our program, but strengthen our academic and phj'slcal areas." brown V (for Vote) Day Is only five iays away as The CAROLINIAN goes to press with various can didates seeking offices, from the Presidency to the State House of Representatives. The way seems to be clear in the voting next Tuesday for either incumbent President Rldiard M. Nixon or president ial aspirant. Sen. George S. McGovern of S. Dakota Both men have expressed th«*lr stands OT several matters, from ending the seeming endless war In Vietnam, to women's libera tion. Now tt is up to the na tion's voters, including over seven mlllloa black adults. As late as Wednesday, guber natorial candidates, Hargrove (Skli^r) Bowles, Democratic candidate for governor of the stale, and James (Jim) Hols- h-user, the GOP’s choice for that high office, were still on campaign trails, wooing voters who might vote for them. On Tuesday, Bowles called for pro perty tax breaks for the elder ly poor. Holshouser said on the same day that he would like to see the pilot caiL-er educatlix) programs expanded in the state. In the race for Untied States Senator are Durham's Nick Calif'tnakls, a Democrat, and Jesse Helms, a Raleigh busi nessman. Ca^ianakls held the office of *th District Congress man, and Helms Is vice pre sident of a Ralelgh-based tele vision station. However, Kick HOMECOMING QUEEN - Miss Georgette Dent, a jimlor at Gamer Senloi Hi^ S^iool, vas crowned bomecoml-ng queen at half time ceremonies 1^ Friday. Miss Dent was selected for the honor ly a majority of the voters at the school. Garner Lass Is Chosen As "Miss Homecoming i%te C.iNJI..ATek. P, 2) GARNER - GarnerSenlorHigh School turned out strong fen* homecoming actlvlttes this year, which Included crowning this year's Queen, Georgette Dent. She ts the first black Homecoming Queen. The activities got under way Friday afternoon with a parade down Main Street. The marchers pushed off from Gar ner Elementarj at 2 p.m., strutted doAT) old Garner Road and wheeled bark up Main Street. The Senior High Band, with a complement of flag holders and majorettes led off. They were followed b}’floats and cars of beautifi’T girls. Including all four horn, .omlng queen con testants and Miss DECA, Wanda Davis. The four finalists in the Homecoming Queen contest were (Senior Class) Eva High. Kim Jarrell, (Junior Class) Joette wilder and Georgette Dent. Miss Dent was crowned q'jeen during half-time activi ties. The homecoming game w’as preceeded by a mass pep rally at the school, followed by a procession down to the High Sdiool field. The Ti ojaiij pla' ed a hard game, but lost to the Jordan Falcons. 14 to not’.lng. lace t./iaL.xLr LVSS. P. 2) Brenvn, who survives him In Wlnton. Brown will be funerallzed it the recently-completed$2-mU- llon Remolds Shrine and will be the first person funerallzed since the Shrine was dedicated on Saturday, October 21. Mr. Brown, although 111, was present at the national dedi cation cf the Shrine in booor of his brother-in-law. AniuiK hts other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Julia Brown De- lany, formerly a professor of English at Saint Augustine's College here for manv vears. He was assigned to the 7th Episcopal district, comprised of conferences In North Caro lina. He decided to move back home and now lives here. He also, along with his wife, join ed Shad>' Grove A.iLE. Zion Church, from whence he began his mlnlstf)'. The banquet was sponsored by ’ Evans Metrc^ltan and Mat tocks Memorial A.M.E. Zion Saint Augustine’s, afour-year liberal arts Ctdlege will ede- brate tts 106th Anniversary In F^iruary. The College fully accredited has an enronmmt of 1442 students who come from 19 states and H foreign coisitrles. The CoUwe has operated with a balanced budget for (he past six years. tn 1970, Saint Augustine's laundied a 10-year, $30-mU- (S«t ST. ACG.*8. P. 2) NAACPFor Merger And Ward System (arc LLK The Kalelgh-Apex Chapter of the NAACP voted in tts month ly meeting, held last Sunday at St. Ambrose Episcopal Churdi, to endorse the school merger and reorgantzaflon of the etty council. The Rev, Dr. C, W. Ward Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK LUMBEE INDLAN PROTESTS - Lumberton, N.C. - A Lumbee Indian, Larry Klbby does a dance and signs outside the Roberson County School Dosrr* office here O^ber 31. Some 300 Indians protested outside the sdiool board offices, chaining that Federal fixids earmarked for Indian education have been misappropriated and that they have lost control over their sdiools. A court Injunctian forced them to leave the grounds while representatives met with school officials October 31. (I'Pl) tVixon Vetoes Jobs BRIGCS HARDWARE For Everything In The Ha4dware Line National Black News Service Washington - President Nixon has vetoed the $3.5 bil lion program enacted by the Congress to promote more jobs and economic de/elopm. itlnan economy where 4,8 million A- merlcans stUl are without work. Hack Americans will be q>eclal victims of the presi dential \*e(o since official gov ernment statistics show thst unemployment among blacks Is twice the 5.5 percent rate for the work force as a whefe. The Katlooal Urban Iwague’s research department calculates that the actual rale af job lessness among blacks Is twice the 10.2 percent offtelal rate - or almost four times the rate for white workers. President Nixon vetoed the Public Works and Economic Oevek^ment Act Amendments as part of his campaign to h^d ’otal federal 9>endlng to $250 bttllon In the current fis cal year. hi his veto message, the Pre sident said the programs to create more jobs through the (S«i KIXO.H VEIOCI, P. 2) DON’T FOHOET to go To the polls AMD VOTI TUISDiV. Hfll/HIBffl 7 "1

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