Outside Magistrate's Office
PRESS RUN ms WEEK
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'Raleigh Officer Struck Me,' Man Tells Newsman
After Second Attempt, Raleigh !flau
P Murders Self
‘Mistreated By
Cop,’ Says
H. L. Whitley
BY CHARLES K JOSES
A distraught 58-yearold
black man walked into
the offices of The
CAROLINIAN this week
and told of still another
case of police brutality
in the City of Raleigh.
Henry Lawrence Whit
ley, 813 S. Person Street,
told a newsman that he
. was "at a house near the
Walnut Terrace section
on Saturday, January 6,
where 1 had a drink of
liquor."
I decided that I had better go
lioine. so I
came out of the
house and fell a
few limes. It
was m the early
morning hours
Finally. I saw a
[silice car and
iiadedildown I
asked the two WHITLEY
ollieers. I) S Tripp and J L
Brown to lake me home I yelled
■he\. I'm nol lost. 1 just want to
go iiomi- Instead 1 was taken to
Wake Counly Jail
Al Hie police station (outside
III ihe magisirate's officei. 1
.-.aid (iood (lod. I asked for help
and you all brought me to jail '
At Ihis point, one ol Ihe officers
(See '.MLSTKE.ATEU.' P 2i
Rev. Walton
To Preach
In England
The Rev Clyde Belvin
Wallon. pastor of the Oak City
Baptist Church. Method, will
preach in England during
Brotherhood Week. January
2K February :i He will deliver
messages at two Chapel Din
ners in Cpper Heyford. Eng
land
The minister will be accom
panied by his wife, the former
Miss ( ereather Jeffries, a
native of Oxford. In England,
the Waltons will stay with their
son, Charles Edward Walton,
stationed their with the U.S. Air
Force.
A Garner native. Rev. Walton
is a graduate of Shaw Universi
ty, both liberal arts and the
School of Religion, and has done
further study at Southeastern
Theological Seminary, Wake
Forest.
The School of Religion
Library at Howard University,
Washington, DC., recently
announced that he had been
(See REV. WALTON. P. 2)
For Robbery, Attempted Murder
Rap, Others On Trial
VOL. 32, NO. 13
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
W'EEKENDING SAT., JAN. 27. 1973
SINGLE COPY 15c
Gregory To St. Aug.’s
TWO BI..\CKS GET TOP STATE POSITIONS - In left photo. Governor James Holshuuser of North
Carolina, left, aiinounerd .Mniida.v of this week, the appointment of Dr. Jacqueline Renee Westcott.
right. Goldsboro native. Durham resident, to administrate of the state's welfare program, thus
making her the highest black woman in stale government. Ur. Westcott is the mother of three
teenage daughters. Carolyn. Gail and l.aMarr Westcott. She will be sworn in on .Monday, February 5.
Dr. Westcott was formerly with the Nationai Laboratory for Higher Education. At right is North
( arolina’s .Attorney General. Robert Morgan, shown on the right, after he named Attorney Waiter
Hicks, left, as Assistant Attorney General. Ricks is the first black ever to hold this post in this state's
history. (CPU
Contemporary History Is Recorded
During Inauguration In Washington
DICK GREGORY
Gregory To
Raleigh On
January 29
Dick Gregory, former
nightclub comedian, now
champion of civil rights wiU
appear at Saint Auftus-
tine's College on Monday,
January 29, at 8 p.ra. in the
Emery 'Lalth and Fine
Arts Building. Gregory
abandoned a successful
(See D GREGORY, P. 2)
WILLIAM H JOHNSON
“Bull City’’ NAACP Will
Install New Members Sun.
DURHAM - The Durham
Branch, NAACP, will hold its
monthly meeting, 4 pm,.
Sunday. January 28, Emanuel
A M E Church. River Road.
Rev. J. R. Crutchfield pastor.
The meeting will be featured by
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON liM»*1973
Former President Johnson’s
Final Acts Were For Blacks
(Editor's Note: The death of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th
President of Ihe United States, came as a complete shock to blacks
across the United States, because the "Civil Rights " President had
done so much for the black population of Ihis country. It was
President Johnson who got the most civil rights laws passed after
the untimely assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
His last two acts were pointed toward the black population of this
couatry: His final appearance before the public was in January of
this year when he addressed a civil rights rally at the Johnson
Library at the University at Austin. He will live forever in Ihe
minds of most blacks for he was Ihe Abraham Lincoln of the long
civil rights period.)
WASHINGTON ■ It was reported here this week that the late
former President Lyndon B Johnson momentarily came out of
retirement recently to assure that his fellow Texan and political
protege. Rep Barbara Jordan, received Ihe seat on the committee
she wanted, namely the Judiciary Committee.
(See L B JOHNSON. P 21
the installation of the 1973-74
officers and citations given to
persons who made outstanding
contributions during 1972.
Due to the fact that Ihe black
church has played such an
important role in the fight for
freedom and the fact that Ihe
Interdenominational Minister
ial Alliance of Durham and
vicinity has accepted an
adopt^ credo that one cannot
be a firstclass Christian unless
he is a firstclass citizen, the
Rev L H. McDonald, president
of the Ministerial Alliance will
deliver Ihe address It is
expected that a large number of
ministers will be present.
The Rev. L. A. Miller, pastor,
SI Mark A M E Zion Church,
will ask the ministers to
rededicate themselves to the
cause of freedom by a fuller
participation in the local
NA.ACP program The Rev
Miller is expected to tell the
audience that the black church
(See NAACP OF, P. 21
Dr. King,Sr.
Heard At
NC Central
DURHAM ■ The Dr Rev
Martin Luther King, Sr attend
ed a Recognition Day program
Monday of this w eek in memory
of his son, the late Dr. Martin
Luther King. Jr . and told
students and faculty members
at North Carolina Central
University that "America just
won't do right. "
The pastor of Atlanta's
Ebenezer Baptist Church said,
"America knows right and sees
right but hasn't got the guts and
courage to stand up and do
right" He mentioned the
Vietnamese War as an instance
The Rev. Dr King told the
students, "You've got to
outthink Ihe man who's trying
to keep you donw You've got to
be the best preacher, the best
teacher, the best everything.
Principal speaker for the
occasion was Osofo Lafayette
McDonald, pastor of Northside
Baptist Church in Durham.
The memorial program was
sponsored by the university's
history and social science club,
the Alfonso Elder Student
Union, the college minister's
office, and the political science
club
Claims Man
Previously
Tried To Die
BY CHARLES R. JONES
A Raleigh man, who
has expressed a strong
penchant for suicide,
finall.v got his wish here
last Friday night. Wil
liam Henry (Billl John
son, 51. 307 Bragg
.Street, pulled out a .22
■•alihre pistol in a
..trber shop about 6:45
p.m. Friday, sent a
bullet whizzing through
his brain and himself
into eternity.
This same man is believed to
have pone behind Raleigh
Funeral Home on Cabarrus
Street several years ago and
shot himself. He was saved that
lime, however, because he was
rushed to the hospital.
According to investigation
gathered by Officer R. W.
Miller, he received a call at 6
p.m. that day to go to 125
Idlewild Avenue, the location of
James Ross High’s Barber
Shop. "I observed five Negro
males inside the shop. In the
west corner of the shop there
(See KILLS SELF, P. 2)
CHIME
BEAT
Krom Kaleilh** OfflclaJ
Police Flk*
Brown, 3
Others On
Trial Now
NEW YORK - Rap Brown and
three co-defendants went on
trial early this week, faced with
24 counts of robbery, attempted
murder of five policemen and
possession of weapons in
connection with a holdup In
1971
Under probably the most
stringent security precautions
in recent times here, the four
went on trial in State Supreme
Court in Manhattan after a
delay of more than 13 months.
Police have charged the men
with holding up the Red Carpet
Lounge on West 85lh Street on
October 16, 1971. They could be
sent to jail for life if found
guilty.
Jury selection started Mon
day morning.
Expected to last several
months, legal groups have
taken a particular interest in
this trial because it represents
the first time recently that a
leading Black has been a
defendant in a criminal case in
this city.
A number ot other issues have
arisen within the last few
months which raise procedural
tSee BROWN AND. P.2»
Magee Again
Thrown Out
Of Courtroom
SAN FRANCISCO - San
Quentin ’lifer" Ruchell Magee,
who is accused of murdering a
judge in 1970 while attempting
to escape from a Marin County
courtroom, was bodily removed
from the courtroom again last
week
The 33-year-old ' other defen
dant" in the Aneela Davis trial.
See MAGEE .AGAIN. P 2»
AppreClatiOIl
(Special to The CAROLINIAN)
WASHINGTON. DC. ■ Edi
tor’s Note; This is a contrasting
storv, written exclusively for
The CAROLINIAN, by a
veteran newsman, who began
covering inaugurations of pre
sidents in 1929 and has seen
black participation move from
back door involvement, on the
part of hand picked black
leaders, by both major parties,
to what can be well defined as
contemporary history, as it
relates to black involvement.
It is Thursday morning in the
nation’s capital and the black
advance contingent, from every
state in the 50. is converging on
the world’s capital. There is the
mad rush for tickets for this
affair and that alfair. Black
VIPs, both has-beens and
hopefuls, are vieing for their
respective places in the social
sun. The N.C. delegation, led by
A. J. Turner, head of the
Minorities Division of the State
Republican Committee, checks
in
A pall fcdM over the black
setting when R. J. Brown
announces that his office, as one
of its last official gestures,
called Mr. N.C. Black Republi
can, Alexander Barnes, in his
sick bed in Durham Wednesday
and asked that he be present for
a special affair, sponsored by
black Nixon advisors, for blacks
who went all out for the
re-election of the President, was
told that he (Barnes) would not
be able to leave his home until
January 30.
It was not too long before both
black Democrats, many of them
who roasted and blasted Nixon
and his policies, during the
campaign, and Republican
faithfuls from Tar Heelia were
bending elbows, tripping to the
light fantastics and making
frequent trips to the festal
Rev. Farmer
Shaw Orator
Thursday
The Rev. James Farmer,
former director of Ihe Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE) ana
former assistant’ secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare
will speak at Shaw University
Thursday. January 25th at 11
a m His topic: "Our Present
Black Dilemma "
Farmer, the leader of the first
civil rights direct action de
monstralions against racism in
America, was the .National
Director of the Congress of
Racial Equality (CORE)
during, the early sixties. His
actions made CORE one ol the
strongest organizations in A-
merica He later became
Deputy Director of Health,
Education, and Welfare under
Ihe Nixon Administration
Farmer later resigned his post
with the Nixon .\dministration
because of policy conflicts.
He is presently developing a
National Black thmk-Tank "to
serve the needs of the Black
boards. In this group were the
Asa T. Spauldings and their two
sons. Mrs Lavonia Allison.
Durham County Democratic
chairman and many others. On
the other side of the coin was
Mrs Tommie Young. E. C
Pratt, the James Hawkins from
Durham. A. J. Turner’s busi
ness partner, Ted Thompson,
from Raleigh.
By Friday night, the N.C.
contingent had become fully
Republicanized and everybody
was drinking out of Nixon's
peace-proposals cup of hope and
program of what one can do lor
himself, instead of how much
one can get out of his
government.
The N.C. contingent, by this
time, had rubbed elbows with
Paul Jones, who is moving lo
Atlanta's HUD office. Sam
(See INAUGURATION, P. 2)
PEACE BULLETIN!!!
According to an announcement made in a f>hort speech to the
nation Tuesday at lU p.m. b> President Richard M. Nixon, peace is
linully on the way after over a decade of fighting in Southeast .Asia.
Agreement has been reached and the final official signing is
planned for Saturday. January 27. Complete troop withdrawal has
been promised w ithin 60 days and the release of all prisoners of war
is also set for that date. The President said it will be a just and fair
peace. More than J.iU.OOO .Americans have been killed and wounded
in the \ ietnam War. Advisor. Dr. Henry Kissinger and North
Nietnam's l.e Due Tho plan to negotiate the end of the W'ar
Saturday. .American servicemen were overjoyed at the news,
according to wire reports.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This coiuma
or fcEturo It produced in the pub>
Uc Interest with an aim towardi
eUmtnatIng Us contents. Sumer-
oils lndlvldual% have requested
that they be given the considera
tion of overlookin' their listing
on the police blotter. This v/e
would like lo do. However. It is
not our position to be Judge or
Jury. We merely publish the facts
as we find them reported by the
arresting officers. To keep out of
The Crime Beat Columns, merely
means not being registered by a
police officer In reporting hit
findings while on duty. So sim
ply keep off the “Blotter" and
you won't be la The Crime Beat.
RE( FIVES MULTIPLE
WOUNDS
.Melvin Edward Williams, 24,
Route 7. Raleigh, told Officer R.
G Maynard at 11:17 p.m. last
Friday, that he had gone into
the Family Restaurant, 100
block of S. Blount Street, with
James Lee Dunn. Herbert
Dunn. George Dunn and Clar
ence Pulley. He said that as he
was returning to his car, George
Dunn shot him with a single
barrel shotgun He suffered
multiple head and chest
wounds Arrested, however,
was 30year-oid James Lee
Dunn, 1325 Walnut Street, who
was charged with being an nation."
accessory after the fact of Re will speak on “Our present
assault with a deadly weapon, Dilemma"
(.See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
Issues Of
’73 RCA’s
Main Goal
BY .MISS J. E. HICKS
As usual. Ihe Raleigh Citizens ^
Association met at 8 p.m. at the
East Hargett Street YWCA on
the third Thursday. Ralph
Campbell, president, presid^
and opened the meeting by
stating the overall concerns
facing the Black Community in
the new year.
The first of these concerns is
representation on all boards
and ccjmniissions of Raleigh
and .Vake County.A list of
suggested candidates is being
compiled for this purpose. A
second concern was the threat
of moving Polk Youth Center to
the Black Community. RCA
went on record against locating
any other Prison compound iiul
Southeast Raleigh since they
already have two.
H. B. Pickett mentioned the
building of apartments behind
other apartments in the Rock
Quarry Road area. "This
crowding is possible,” observed
Campbell, "because the prop
erly in most of the Black
community is zoned R-6 instead
of R-4, strictly residential.” The
following committee was ap
pointed to study zoning in the
RCA BE^S ^
LEADER OF WASHINGTON
.MUSLIMS - Washington -
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis. leader
of the Hanafi Muslims in
Washington. January 22 blamed
Black Muslims for the murder
of seven members of his sect
last Thursday and he charged
the killers were part of the
group responsible for the 1965
assassination of Malcolm .X.
Khaalis is shown at a news
conference here January 22.
(UPl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HUOSON-BELK DEPARTMENT STORE
F'or Quality Merchandise Al Low Prices
I Money Claimed
I By Two Here
Two more winners have
added their name-, to the
growing list of prize winners in
The CAROLINIAN'S Apprecia
tion Money weekly feature.
Mrs, Mary Knight and Mrs.
Dorothy Perry each won $10 Iasi
week by spoting their names on
the Appreciation Page in last
(Sec APPRECIATION, P 2)
NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION - Klngilon. Jamaica
- Victorious George Foreman smiles after defeating Joe Frazier
January 22 for the world heavyweight title. Referee Arthur
Mercanter stopped the fight in the second round. (LPI)