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Blacks Kill King's Dream'
Top Gospel Iflusic Singer
Clara Ward Dies
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VDl. ,i2, NO. 12
R.'VLEIGH. N. C., WEEKHNDINO S.\T.. J.W.
20. 1973
SINGLE copy IS,-
' I.\>1 IMfl ss< n\l lilU Nri-; KIK KSSKX S FAMII.V • Kmporia.
Kails ■ I III* l.iiiiih <ii M.ii k i > Ksst'X nH>( Milb n(*usmen in
i:in}Miria. Kansas I'hui s^iav to rxplain iiuidinils loading to Ksscx's
shwUoul with \* u nriraiis police. From left are Mrs. Nellie Kssex
h.' man s inotfin ; Mark Lss.'x. falhrr; l>i-iiin Ko\. siMpr; .lovce
Horne, sister: riinnic Kssex. brotlier. <11*1)
Charlotte To Host As
Asheville Pastor
Elevated T oBishop
State NAACP Will Meet
Rev. James Lawson Howze
Auxialiary Bishop -Elect
< . Hulu s 'll the eastern part
ut tile .Sf.'ie ami tnends will
lionnr Be hop i > t .Joseph L
ilnu/e \c iiii a la. e u*ll rreeplion
Ueilnesiias .-vemniz at the
.luilt'inium (it the t'ardinat
(iitit.oO' lliuh Sehool. oft West-
'•n, liKd . tiepinmng at 7 .’10
P !i. The Misliop-eU'ct has
'.er^ei! pari'.hes at Sanford.
Sdo i.riii I'nies and Durham
.iii'l Lisiis .il \>ln-M!le until he
ua- naiiied .\u\iliar> Btshop of
!l>e Itiiiiuin t alholie Diocese of
Naieluv .I.i. ksoii. .Mississippi
lie ••c'll le.(\(‘ shortly for his
oe\c ij.p'iiriUhent made by Dope
I'.m' '.I .ihd '.cill he ordained
- . ' p al !h»' .Municipal Audi-
' ' *; «*n '»n 'anuary
2«th
Mtnnhers ot Ihe Ualeigh area
( atholic churches are sponsor
ing the informal reception,
iealunng glee club presenla-
liohs ami s{M‘akers. The public
IS invited
John \V Winters of Raleigh;
Sister .Miriam Regina, principal
,ol (Mir I.ady of Lourdes
Parochial School, and Auxiliary
Bmhop (leorgi* K Lynch and
Bishop Vincent S Waters of
Ki leigh will speak in behalf of
the laitN. religious Sisters and
the clergy
The H<‘v (lerald L Lewis,
vicechancellor of the diocese of
1 Raleigh is toastmaster.
Bishop Water^ ordained Bish
op cdeet How /.e to the priesthood
al the Sacred Heart Cathedral
here on .May 7. 1959 He is the
second black priest named a
bishop in recent years.
Bishop How7e is a convert to
the Catholic Chuich He was
born in Daphne. Alabama on
.August 30. 1923. and attended
the Dure Heart of Mary
Kleirenlarv School and public
high .school m .Mobile. Ala.
He is a 19-18 graduate of
.-\labama State L’niversity in
.Mobile He taught biology and
chemistry at Central High
School, Mobile Received into
the (’atholic Church in 19-18. he
later taught al St. .Monica's
High School in Tulsa. Okla-
ff\r
hood began at Kpiphany (^)llege
in Newburgh. N V and was
(See PRIEST NAMED. P. 2)
BISHOP .1 L HOWZE
Staff Sgt. Tinsley Gets
Top Honors In Carolinas
Air Force Staff Sergeant
Ulysses Tinsley, 106 Hunting
Court, Garner, has been honor
ed as Outstanding Support
Non-Commissioned Officer of
the Quarter for Air Force
Recruiting in eastern North and
South Carolina.
Selected for the award by-
Major James T Jones,
mander of Air Force recruiting
in the 81-county area. Sergeant
Tinsley serves as an adminis-
tSee STAFF SGT., P 2i
Raleigli Man Insulted
By Officer R. Sneeden
BY CHARLES R. JONES
l-'r.mcis .Jerome Poole. 805 Delany Drive, came into
the office of The CAROLINIAN Tuesday and told a
tale of a while Raleigh policeman, Officer Robert W.
Sneeden. who arrested him almost in front of his
eh'-rch. Wilson Temple United Methodist, where he
was on t he list to usher that day. M r. Poole is a lifelong
resident of this city, having been reared in the Oberlin
(West Raleigh) eommunity.
.Ml i*oule .Siiid the 23-year old Charles R. Jones, managing
sneeden. -Aho al.so manhandled (.See INSULTED. P. 21
SGT TINSLEY
rilHtK HI. \CK \.C. I,E(.ISI..\TORS NOW - Raleigh - The three black members of the North
Ca’olina House of Representatives are shown above. From left to right, they are Deiniie-rals I)r. Jov
!. lo)inson ot Fairmont; Henry E. Frye. Greensboro: and H. M. -.Mickey" Michaux. Jr., of Durham.
Thev ,re shown as ihev chal together last week before the i:inth Geoer:il tssemhlv hecan here.
Hegro Women
Discuss
Turnkey Three
BY MISsS J E HICKS
The National Council of Negn*
Women met Sunday at 5 p.m. at
the home of Mrs S, V. Perry.
1105 S. Person Street Miss
Emma Foreman led the group
in devotional singing
The business discussed in
eluded concern for the Turnkey
III Appolo Heights housing
which initially was sponsored
by the group, but now seems to
differ from the early plans A
committee. Miss Louise La
tham, Mrs Susie Perry. Mrs
.Nora Lockhart. .Misses Mgve K
Ligon and .Jeannette Hicks plan
to studv Ihe new plan
workshop in this area i:- f^i
being considered for Ihi* mem
bership
For a public meeting which
NCNW hopes to have soon in
continuation of voter-registra
tion the club was divided into
committees which planned
activities for that meeting.
Hostess Susie Perry served a
(See NCNW MEETS. P. 2)
Progressive
Baptists To
WASHINGTON
CINCINN.ATI. O, - Placing
high priority on Convention
objectives. Progressive Bap
tists are holding their Mid-Win
ter Adjourned Session in the
nation's capital, the location of
their headquarters and the
Nannie Helen Burroughs
School, which they support
along with other Baptists
bodies They will convene at the
Shoreham Hotel. Connecticut
and Calvert Streets. N.W .
(See BAPTl.STS T(1 P. 2>
NAACP TO
MEET SUN.
The Raleigh-.\pex Chapter ol
the N.A.ACP will hold its .-Vnnual
Installation .Service ol .New
Ollicers along with a .Memorial
ol the late Dr .Martin Luther
King. .Sunday. January 21. 1973
at the First Baptist Church on
Wilmington Street in Raleigh al
■1 30 p m The public is cordially
invited to attend
Women Voters
Will Discuss
Taxes In City
You .U-V invited to join l.eague
inemhers in a wiirkshop In
eonsider --Ttie Elteet of Taxa-
tiiin on Ihe I rliaiiiAalinii of
Wake County" This prnjeel has
iH-en partially funded tiv Ihe
Nnrih Carolina Commiltee lor
Continuinp Edueation in the
Hnmanlies Tiie st-ssion will tie
held al Christ Episeopal
Church. F. Edenlnti and Wilni
inploii SIreels
We plan to meet at lO Dli a,to
on January 22 In iiear lour
exeeplioiially well-qualified
men present tlieir view-s on tax
policy, parlicularly how lax
laws alleel land use The
League has come In see the
restraint lhai is imposed on
enlightened land use by eurrenl
'.See WO.ME.N TO 1> 2-
MI.S.S (T.ARA WARD
King’s Dream
Not Fulfilled,
Minister Says
ATLANTA. Ga. - As
the late Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. once said — “A
time comes when silence is
betrayal." That time has
come for the Atlanta
Chapter of the Southern
Christian Leadership Con
ference in relation to the
works of Dr. King.
January 15, 1973 marked Ihe
5lh birthday anniversary since
a sick white racist, savagely
and cowardly assassinated our
champion of the poor Many
relatives, friends, and followers
with good intentions will
celebrate and honor our King of
Justice by contributing and
participating in nothing more
than a gala commemorative
attraction.
In an attempt to remind thc.se
relatives, friends, followers,
and the nation as a whole of the
sacrificing and suffering Dr.
King did for the poor, we
pre.sented the first of these gala
attractions to be held al the
Wheal Street Baptist Church on
Sunday, Januarx Uth. wheri* on
stage an all-star cast unvicled a
live porlraval of “THE LIF'E
OF MARTIN LI THER KING.
JR ■ Then, in a tribute to Dr.
King and to develop financial
resources for the Marlin Luther
King II- ('Pnier for Nonvinlcni
.Social ( hange. mi!>. vw.w.J
Scott King featured nationally
known TV per.sonality Flip
Wilson at the O.MNI in a gala
birthday celebralioii-
• Whiie the Atlanta Chapter of
.SCI.C -.uppoits .Mr.s, King and
the Center in this particular
lund-raismg event. Mrs King's
lailure to share the resources
.See SAYS KING'S. D 2)
Two Strokes
Fatal For
Miss Ward
LOS ANGELES - Gos
pel singer Clara Ward, who
sang her first solo at the
age of 5 and grew up
singing in churches with
her mother and sister, diet!
Tuesday after suffering two
strokes within the past five
weeks. She was -48.
Miss Ward, leader of the
Clara Ward Singers, had been in
a coma at L'CL.A .Medical
Center since sulfenng the most
recent stroke at her suburban
Baldwin Hills home last week
During her career. Miss Ward
performed twice betore Dresi
dent Lyndon Johnson, played
('arnegie Hall with .Mahalia
Jackson, directed the music lor
a Broadwav play and was
nominated for a (irarnmy
Award.
Miss Ward and her sisfer,
Willa, joined their mother.
Gertrude, when they were still
children to form the Ward
Singers trio and for many years
sang at Sunday services in
all-black churches.
(See TWO STROKES. D. 2)
MISS BEVERLY MITCHELL
RCRC Fills
Two Posts
In Raleigh
Raleigh Community Rela
tions Committee Chairman Z.
N Holler has announced the
appointment of Miss Beverly
Ruth Mitchell to the position of
Assistant to the Executive
Secretary (Bill Jessup) and
Liwrence Wray to fill the newly
created Dost of Social Services
(.See RCRC KILLS. D. 2)
BEAT
From Ealclffh*s Official
Police PUm
EDITOR'S NOTE; This foiumii
or feature is produced in the pub
lic interest with an aim towards
ellminattns Us contents. Numer
ous individuals have requested
that they be flven the considera
tion of overlooking their livtlnj
on the police blotter This v.e
would like to do. However. It is
not our po-<itlon to be Judge or
jury. We mcrelv publish Uie facts
as we find them reported by the
arre-ktlng officers. To keep out of
The Clime Beal Columns, merely
mean> not beinR riijisttred by a
poliie offher in reportinc his
finding' while un dutv So sim
ply keep off the Blotiet” and
you vson’t be in The Crime Bea*.
STABBED IN ARM
William Thomas Dales. 35,
■424 S Bloodworlh Street, told
twticops at ():.54 p.m Saturday,
that at about 2p m. on that date,
he was slablied by his wife. Mrs.
Mary Oates. 32. following an
argument. The man said he did
not intend to pre.ss charges. He
sutlertqi a stab wound m the
upper right arm
See CRIME BK,\T. D
HELD IN COD .SIIDDTINfi • Detroit - \ hiitlto'ed and handcuffed
lla> ward Brow ii. IH, out* of three iiii>n Miiight in a inassis e manhunt
the latal shooting ol a Delidii idaiiu-loihes police offict*!'
December 27. 1972 anti the wouniiing ol live other policemen,
pauses hriidiv as he is t'scorled mlo a com lroom lamiars 12 to be
arraigned on murder eluirues *1 DD
Appreciation Money Is
Claimed By Three Here
Afivr no winnvrs claiincil Pnzi-x lii-il week
their prizes in 'riu* -Swatle .Xrehihleo! 11 |i» lla/.elnut
CAROLINIAN'S .\ppreciali(.n •''“filings of
Monev feature for the last two ni4Holmes.Si .irulMrs .\va L
weeks, all ol a sudden winners Terrell ol - Taihoio Street
popped up Irrim eveiswhen- '•'f'*' wmiurs i.i.st week
All three winiUTs came m to \rehible > na.iie appealed la
See ADDlU-yiATloN. D 2-
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NATURAL HEALTH FOOD STORES
For Ri a.Noi..it)!\ Drieed .\nil F'otent Health Foods
Formulation
Of Chapters
NAACP’s Goal
BY J B. HARKEN
CHARLOTTE A slror.g
appeal has gone out from the
office of N C N.AACP president
Kelly Miller Alexander. .Sr .
requesting the pre.sence ol
representation from each of
Tarheelia's one hundrtd or
more NA,A('D adult. Youth and
College chapters to meet
Januarx 27 to help formulal*'
the 1973 stale program.
On the eve of his departure to
attend the national hoard
meeting of NA.ACP m New York
Januarx li-H. Alexander, an
mlluential board member him
self. announced Ihe “Annual
Leadership Meeting of Officers
and Members " w ill he convened
at Holiday Inn of Charlotte.
Number 2 Downtown. 900 No.
Trxon St., all day. Salurdax.
January 27
The theme of the meeting.
Alexander stated, is “Doing f>ur
Thing In Housing", an area in
which Negroes have suffered
much discrimination and ex
ploitation.
The veteran .NAACP piexy
(25 years at the helm a said
“Negroes of North Carolina are
'See N C NAACP. p Ji
Training
Progrmns
Are Frozen
.National b ■ cice
WASH I ‘ freeze on
new enrouiiit m me nation s
job training piograiiis has been
ordered by the .-Xdmmistration
Civil rights leaders have
declared that the action will
severely cripple etiorts to train
thousands of blacks for jobs.
.-Mthough the Administration
said the move was lusi
temporary, insiders believe
tha: this is merely an omen of
things to cqine f(»r the
manpower training programs
'See PROGRAMS ARE, P. 2i
‘We Foster
Polarization,’
Wilkins
National Black News Service
NFAV Y()RK ■ The “executive
hranr'h of the Federal Govern
ment" is guilty of fostering a
polarization between blacks and
whites in this country, NA.ACP
Executive Director Roy Wil rins
contends.
Wilkins, addressing 200 dele
gates to the Association’s
annual meeting here, sounded
tar more pessimistic about the
future of blacks under another
term for President Nixon than
in recent memory
■ We u.sed to he able to call
l.yndon or John when things goi
bad.' said .Aaron Henrx
prcj-idenl of me Mississippi
slate chapter.
“But now we've lost the White
House and the .Vltornex Gen
eral .And when Nixon appoini-
one more member to lh>-
Supreme Court xve've lost that
too,"
The N.A.ACP executive direc
tor told the group that the
President had launched a seige
against blacks by telling whites
ihex were “harti-working " He
said Nixon was implying that
blacks were not
Wilkins said his greatest
.See ROY WILKINS P 2.