PRESS RW THIS WEEK
9,950
Raleigh Republicans Sweep Top N. C. Seats
if ifDU
Holshouser And Helms Are Victorious
Ticket-Splitting Patterns
Evident; Some Demos Win
Jim Holshouser and Jesse Helms, the “HtH
Boys,” broke a North Carolina tradition Tues
day when they liecame the first Republicans to
lead the state of North Carolina this centruv;
to liecome Governor and U. S. Senator, respect
ively.
Hols-iouser, uho had the back-
liic of sevor,iI hlack leaders in
the state, h^^ld a slight four per*
cer.tagf- lead over Han^'ovt
(Ski{^r) Ikmles, uhoconced*
ed just before 3 a.n,. Wednes*
day.
Helms. U'ho turni-d Pej ublJcan
In 1970, received ahoti 94 per
cent of the vot«* to outdlstant
Democratic challenper Nick
Galtflar.akis.
Mrs. I'lllzal'eth Cofield led the
ball4iTic In the rac^* for the two
seats Of! the Wake County
Board, was the top vote-getter
among four cat.dldates.
A. J. Turner, another black
runr.tnc for the state's Kith
District Huus*- of Representa
tive Seat, finished tenth in a
race of 12 candidates for six ,-
(Set tLiicTlONS, p 2\ MRS. ELIZABETH COFIELD
Charges Ttvo Local White Men
GIRL, 17, RAPED
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
V'OL. 32. No . RALEIGH. N. C.. WEEK ENDING SAT,, NOV. 11. 1972 SINGLE COPY 15c
Raleigh ‘Friend’ Held As JVfan Almost
Killed In Street
Jl-sExl-x!-
Boyer Consistory Of
Masons Set Banquet Saturday
Rarhpr Rf - - PUt-i# u»i.i
SDCO.V SUPPORTER APPEARS HAPPY - MontgomelT^!!^
A group of ITacks stopped In Montgomerj October 23 on tbelr
in-cU) tour to cnmialgn for the re-election tt President
Tuskegee, Als. Major Johnnj-
rord (RX Aa>or ford, who was on the presidential campalm
staff of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy before he *-as shot in
. alHor.,!, V. -.j. ^
r^-.'UkCtlon of NUon because we mayors need meney and
f^erJ resources. want to develop a rapport with the
adminlStrattor., and we»re teUlng it like it ls,‘» said the
^•a>'>r. At left ts Ed Sexton, assistant to the director
DURHAM - Alexander tomes,
NKON SUPPOin ER APPEARS HAPPY - Montgomery, Ala -
A grotq) of blacks stopped In Moatfomery- October 23 oo their
10-ctty tour to campaign for the re-election of President
Nixon, Among the gro(g> was Tuskegee, Ala. Mayor Joiutny
Ford fRX May'or Ford, who was on the preskSentlaJ campaign
staff of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy before he was shot in
CallfornU, said was per* of the hlaeh Witz team for the
re-election of Nlx(m because we mayt^s need meney and
federal resources. *'\t'e «ant to develop a rapport wUh the
administration, and we*re telling It like it is,’* said the
black mayor. At left Is Ed Sexton, assistant to the director
of the R^tiblican National Committee. (UPD
A. Barnes Attributes
His Loss To NAACP
interest of many white voters
who might have voted a straight
Republican ticket. The results
showed that many of them
crossed over and voted for his
two white opponents.
He was loud in his praise
for the Committee on Negro
Affairs and styled its support
as one of the boldest gestures
made for black political unity.
He also says that It shows the
strength of the black vote and
should make the bid for it, by
both major parties, more dig
nified.
It is to be remembered that
the Gmernor-elect, Jim Hols
houser, came to Durham in an
unprecedented move in political
hlkory. Sunday, and spearhead
ed a fund raising raily to his
candidacy. He hailed Hols-
houser's election as a new day
for blacks in North Carolina.
He also saw him using his in
fluence to aid church-related
coHegef. in th> tate.
who went down to defeat in
his bid to represent the 13lh
Senatorial District Tuesday, at
tributes his defeat to the fact
that his failure to play down
his work in the NAACP, cost
him the white vote, whldi he
usually gets.
He feels that ♦he pending
school suit, brought by black
Durham plaintiffs, dulled the
Panther On
Trial For
Shootings
NETA" VCSlK - A 27-.yeir-old
member of the Black Panthers
went on trial last week in
State Supreme Court in Man
hattan on charges of attempted
murder in a ma^lne-gun shoot
ing in which twopollcemen were
seriously wounded last year.
Richard Moore ts accused of
firing a barrage of machine-
gun shells from a car Ln May,
1971 at two policemen sta-nd-
Ing guard near the home of
Manhattan I'lstrlct Attorney
Frank S. Hogan. The attack
same six days after Moore and
19 other Panthers were ac-
qultted'of consnlrlng to Mov up
depart:.'.ert s*ores and police
stations.
Moore, «1}0 was acquUted in
absentia after jumping 1^100,000
(»«r PAM Hi K NOW. I>
Charle*. Robson
Luynioii's I3av
Orator Sunday
Laymet.’s Pay will be ol serv
ed at St. .\mbrose Episcopal
Church onSu^.day,No^•emN>rl2,
with the Ja/me:. in complete
charge of th' day*s activities,
The 11:00 a.:;:, servict^s will
feature Charles Poison as
speaker and Harold White as
soloist. A hcspitaltty hour in
the parish house has t«er. plan
ned to follow the morning serv
ices. A cordul bi\ltation to at
tend is extended to the general
public.
Jama'S Reavls is president of
the Layn.vr.'s League, and
Purdle A-dersl- ;er.eraJcl:*lr-
man for Laymen's Day.
The Rev. Arthur J. Calloway
ts roctor at S* Ambrose.
Batter Of
Greensboro
Will Speak
Many citizens and the
recipients of donations
k-now little or nothing
about the involvement of
Boyer Consistory No.
219 and its financial sup
port to many local, state
and national funded or
ganizations.
From its incepion'in IMS.
Boyer Consistory No. 219 of
Ralei^. has annually sup-
►now little or nothing
about the involvement of
Boyer Consistory No.
219 and its financial sup
port to many local, state
and national funded or
ganizations.
From its incepion'in IMS.
Boyer Consistory No. 219 of
Raleigh, has annually sup
ported to the present time:
Tubercular Fund. March of
Dimes. Mental Health Fund.
United N^ro College Fund.
Freedom Banquet. Catheural
Fund Banquet. Thanksgiving
and Christmas Charities.
St. Augustine’s College will
host on November 11 at 8p.m. in
the Student Union BuiMing on
the campus, the Annual Ban
quet of Boyer Consistory No.
(See MASOMC. P. Jl
JAMES M. PAIGE
lomac Dfiinra
Clark Held For Murder
In Death Of Hedgepeth
“We have been friends since we were in the
third Rrade in school,” allegedly wailed 18-
vear-old Ronald Leon Clark, whose address
was listed as being 4i2 1/2 S. Swain Street,
as he was charged with murder in the death
early Saturday of 19-year-oId Joseph Hedgepeth,
whose body, almost dead, was found lying in
the street in front of 37 E. Worth.
Detective Mellle Blssetle, Jr., »*lklng erocia Hed|e(«th »1ien
who signed the warrant, which he arrived on the scene and
was Issued Saturday, charted Cbrk told police then he and
»hii yount H^deepeth was taken Hedgepeth had been trie- ds
toWake Memorial Hoepual alter 't-' ht the tl.lrd
he was discovered about 12:30 Eha'l® ht school.
Saturday. The man died at Pifl fW 17
as he was charged with murder in ibe death
early Saturday of 19-year-old Joseph Hedgepeth,
whose body, almost dead, was found lying in
the street in front of 37 E. Worth.
Detective Maine BUsette.Jr„ walklnc around Heds..wtb when
h.NUOnt.kGKG YOUNG SUPPORTER - Atlanta - I .-n o-
cralic conpressionaj candidate, the Rev. A,«Ire. Yoiru
i;i his campaign headquarters early Novemlier 7 ar.d -
cotr.tcn^ Jaiites Gray, 4, son of one of his Mjrk«‘rs V
found that James nad \een sampling the dot^nuts i -t • -
""'■‘‘'■I- '"““e seams. Rodney Co./ . •
DWrw'^m”Ge;,rr luPD
Durham. Voir Hosting 92ui.
Couveution Of AME Zion
Dl RH.AM - The 92nd annua] session of thr*
CeiUr.al N. C. Conference, .A.M.E. Zion Chur.-h,
began Tuesday, at St. Mark Church, with the
financial reports being made by the presiding
elders and pastors from the five districts.
Durham. Raleigh, Fayetteville, Sanford and
Laurinburg. The 6-day meet is being presided
over by the Rt. Rev. W. .A. Hilliard. Detroit.
-Mich., a former pastor of St. John .A.M.E.
Zion Church oi Wilson.
TTie Tuesday session vvaa cli- vedvement are being explored
naxed In- the celebration of the and It is expected that (^trlst-
Holy Sacrement of the Lord’s Ian education will get much at-
Supper. The pommunlon sermon tentlon. The approach tc ho
was delivers* by the Rev.
Melvin P. Ward, pastor.
Mattocks Memorial Church,
Livingstone College, the cap
stone ofthedenomL’tation'sMti-
catlona] system, locat'xl
Fayetteville. Tl>e celebrants, Sallsburj-; Its two Juiiior ccl
assbftLig the prelate, were leges, In Rock Hill, c
Revs. J. A. Brown, E. H. and Greenville, AU.Mlllbodia
to-ebe, S. P. Raultngs, C. V. cussed.
Flack and S. J. Farrar.
Reports continued Wednesday
LoUiyists are t-xiiocti-j I'i
monilng after a chaUenglng ^ the door steps of lb;
message, slyleU as the “Sebool
of the Prophets." by the Rev.
C. M. Feltoo, former pastor of
M>. Lebaooo, Eluabeth City,
1.0* pastnrmg In Chicago. Due ' ,si "f.'
to the fact this is the Grst ‘‘‘'I J ”
session
first
rtf the nindrafinlim
iv. * gw votevt
JA.MES 1 BARBER
To Keynote
Career Days
FAVETTEVILLE - James
M. Paige, Commissioner of
Youth Development, North
Carolina Office of Youth
Development, will be the main
speaker for Fayetteville Stale
University’s third annual New
Career Oj^rtunities Pr^ram
November 16-17, accord!^ to
an announcement made by Dr.
Charles Lyons. Jr., chancellor
of the university.
Paige, an alumnus of FSU,
and the first Black to head a
State agency in N«uTh Carolina,
will speak to the student
assembly in the school's J.W.
Seabrook Auditorium at 12:00
noon on Thursday, November
16.
Paige, a Raleigh native, was
appointed to his present post by
Governor Scott and has the
distinction of having the highest
state-appointed position.
According to FSU Career
Planning and Placement
(Sfv f>AIGL TO. P. SI
who slgnod the warrant, whl^
was Issued Saturc y, chargod
nsl yoing PKlgepeth was taken
to Wake Memorial Hospital after
he was discovered about 12:30
a.m. Saturday. The man died at
the hospital. He had been sh' .
Once in the right side of his
body.
Clark was taken into custody
at the scene of the killing by
Ralei^ police. He was charged
with pt^llc Intoxication after
being questioned, then taken to
Wake County JaU at 1:30 a.m.
Later deciding that Clark was
sober. Magistrate J. P. Ray,
allegedly had Clark released,
Clark will appear before a
District Judge in Wake County-
on Tuesday, November 2L
According to pc^lce reports,
Officer E. T. Bert found Clark
COITOk'S NOTE: This colnma
er feAlar* It produced ta the pub-
Uc tatcrect «Uh aa aim toaardt
ellmlaatlaf Itt ceateatt. Noaicr-
out ladh-Sdnalw have requested
that they be civea the coB(1dera«
tloB o( everlookla- their Uttiac
on the police blotter. Thit we
would like to do. Beoever, It li
aot our potiUea to be jodee er
Jury. We raerety publltb the facta
ai we riad them reported by the
arrettlnc offlceri. To keep out of
The Crime Beat Cotomas. merely
meaai aot belat recitlered by a
poUce officer la reportiac hli
ftadlB(» while OB doty. So aim-
ply keep off the "Blotter*' aad
you weal be ta The Crime Beat.
USES CLASS ASH TRAY
Clarence Hamilton, 25, 1125
S. State Street, Ap^.-nent 2,
told two cops at 1:30 p.m. Fri
day, that he went home to get
something to eat and when he
went inside his house, his wife,
Mrs. Jewel Hamilton, 26,
struck him on the head with a
glass a»h ♦•‘ty. The man was
taken to Wake Memorial Hos
pital. where he was treated
for a four inch cut on the fore
head and a one inch cut on the
bridge of his nose. HamQtoo
said that he would sign an as
sault with a deadly weapon
warrant against his wife w-hen
he was able to. .Mrs. Hamilton
told the officers that ^e was
"tired of all the cain he was
raising around there at me and
the children, so I hit him.**
(See CBIMC DLAT. P. 31
be arrived on the scene and
Clark told police then he and
Hedgepeth had been friends
siDce they wc**e !n the third
grade in school.
Girl Of 17
Says ‘I Was
Rape Victim’
Miss Annie Pearl
WTiitley, 17. 1908 Poole
Road, told Officers H. R.
Baucum and R. E.
Deaton at 1:50 a.m. Fri
day. that she was raned
by two white men. near
the N’euse River Bridg".
The young woman declarsdthat
she was standing on F Har
gett Street at the cc...er of
S. East Street, watting for her
girlfriend, kUss Ora Hinton,
122 S. Flfhsr Street, who had
gone Into the house to see her
boyfriend.
Miss U'htUey said at this point,
two white males, one about
45, and the other about 30,
drove up in an old model Uue
(possible 1955 or 1956) Chev
rolet pickup truck, headed west
on E. Hargett Street.
She said the older man had
gray hair and the younger one
sported browm hair.
A charge of kidnaping was
w-rftten at the top of the general
offense report.
In a similar case, a Shaw
University stude.nt reportedas-
(See GWL ((APED. P. 2)
Appreciation
Cash Is Won
By Raleighites
In the midst of all the hustle
and bustle leadLnr up to the
general election this week,
readers of The CaROv-INT^N
did not fall to recognize their
names in The CAROLINIAN'S
Appreciation Money feature.
Two more w inners added their
names to the growing list of
winners last week. Miss Joyce
(Me A1'!-RI.C1A110.N. P 2)
YOUNG GIRL tSCAPES ABDUCTOT - W'ashington - An untdentllled Indian man, apparently
paniclpattng in the occupation of the Bureau at Indian Affairs November 4, suddenly seized a
youne girl and with a pair of scissors at her throat started front tne bufldiOg. As they reached
the outside, the gli 1 broke away as an Indian guard (background) began chasing him with a club.
The man, however, got away. (UPO
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
SAM GOODY’S RECORD SHOP
For ‘The Best And Latest In Good Music
assisting the ftf-^late. were
Revs. J. A. Brown, E. H,
Beebe, S. P. Rawlings, C. V.
Flack and S. J. Farrar.
Reports continued Wednesday
morning after a challenging
message, styled as the **Scbool
of the Prophets,** by the Rev.
C. M. Felton, former pastor of
Mt. Lebanon, Elizabeth City,
notr pa^ormg in (^licago. Due
to the fact this is the first
session of the quadrennlum
many top officials are expect
ed. Among them wQl be Bishop
S. G. Spottswood, Washington,
D. C., wiio was retired at the
May Genera! Conference and
chairman of the Board of Di
rectors of the NAACP; Dr.
David Bradley, Bedford, Pa.,
and Bishop George Leake, who
was elected this year.
The welcome carpet was
spread for Bishop Hilliard and
his wife, Mrs. Edra Mae
Hilliard, Missionary Supervi
sor, at the Downtowner,
Wednesday night, when city of
ficials, business exectAives,
dmrch leaders and local citi
zens attended a ’‘welcome ban
quet,'*
Expansion and Christian in-
‘Politics Is
A Tool For
Change:’Lee
DURHAM - Chapel Hill’s
black mayor, Howard N. Lee.
told students at .North ^rolina
Central University on Friday
(hat the time is right for social
change and politics is the tool to
use to make the changes
Lee spoke to the annual
Founder's Day Convocation at
the unviersity, commemorating
the late Dr. James E Shepherd,
who founded the institution in
1910 and remained its president
until his death in 1947.
■•\Ve enjoy .North Carolina
Centra! University today be
cause Dr James E Shepherd
had a vision yesterday m 1910.”
Lee said ’•We must not only
have similar visions today but
they must be grounded on the
same solid foundation ”
'Today's pnvil^es and rights
are enioved. Lee said, "because
during an earlier revolution we
had leaders who did act in a
socially responsible fashion.”
"The time for change was
protiably never so ripe as now.”
L(h.‘ said "It lakini no great
courage for the Governor of
North Carolina (ixiav to appoint
or for a black to accept a
Supreme Court judgeship - it
takes no great courage for
young blacks to demand from
this society the kind of things we
know are right - it lakes no
great courage for women to
push hard lor women's rights -
It (ake.s no great courage for
black colK'ge or university
prc.si(k>nt.s to demand resources
for their schools from the
government or a legislative
body - It takes no great courage
for any of us today to speak out
forcefully on the gieat issues
thai he niet ”
(see POLIIU S, F l)
leges, tn Rock Hill, S. C..
and Greenville, Ala. willbedls-
cussed.
Lobbyists are expected to
camp on the door steps of tb;
N. C. State General Assembly
and the White House to ge:
both state and federal aid.
The wwnen will bare an ex
tensive missionary progran
(Sm A.MK ZIU.V. F. 21
Soldier On
Stand For
“Fragging”
BY FLORENCE TATE
National Black News Si-rvice
FORT ORD, Calif. - ThebU v
defeidant in the most highly
pybllcized of the Vietnam War’s
"fragging" cases last weektook
lae witness stand for the first
time in his foui-week-oldeoun'
martial trial.
Pvt. BUly Smith dented that h«
plotted the fragging, or the set
ting off of a fragmentation gre -
nade, whldi killed two Army
lieutenants in an officer's quar
ters in Vietnam on March 15,
197L
The 24-y^ar-oJd GI from Wgtt r
testified in a and steady
voice under questlMilng by his
defense attorney Luke R Me-
Klssack.
He answered "No," when ask
ed by* McKlssack if, while Li
Vietnam, he had any desire to
kill any officers, wound an:
officers or scare any officers.
Smith again answered no wlien
aslwd U he tried to set off a
(See SOLOlEJt O.V. P. 21
SECOND BLACK MOMAN R
CONGRESS - Houston, Tex. -
Texas State Democratic Sena
tor, Miss Barbai- Jordart, b;
show-n on November 7 after si i
won the race to become the
first black woman In the Unit*-*
States House of Representa
tives. She defeated a white male
Republican for the seat from the
16th Congressional District. She
thus joins Mrs. Shirley
Chisholm, (D-N.Y.) as the sec
ond black worr.an h. the United
States Co'.gress. (UPD