Ex- Comedian Very Serious . 'The Whole Domestic Funds 9,200 World Is Going Crazy:' Says Gregory Reduced;’Nam Gets Billions "The Whole World has gone crazy," Dick Gregory, former comedian and Civil Rights Activist told Saint Augustine’s College stu dents Monday. January 29, as he lectured during a lyceum feature. Gregory said that America is about to spend two and one half billion dollars to help rebuild North Vietnam; and at the same time culling domestic programs which aid the p<H)r (See FrNDS. P 2 For Day-Long Session Laxity Caused Racial Brawls VOL. 32. NO. 1-1 North Carolina’s Leading Weekly . KKKK.VDl .NCi SAT.. FKB. 3, 1973 SINGLE COPY 15c Unc>^mpIoymeiit Critical iven Worse Than Bleak Figures Reveal NP:W ;()KK. NY • The Black unemployment rale ho ver near the 10 percent level throughout 1972. virtually the same as it was in 1971. according to the Bureau of l.,abor Statistics iHl^i But while no improvement was being made in the Black unemployment rale, the rale for non-working whiles decreased from 5,4 percent in 1971 to 5.0 percent last year And. as if the BLS figures were not bad enough for Blacks, some pointers indicate that the unemployment problem is worse than reflected by this data Kconomists generally agree that the federal unemployment statistics tend to understate the unemployment situation • es- ' pecially "for Blacks .ecause of the way in which they are computed First, the government counts as •employed” millions of workers who an* only working part-time (bi*cause they cannot find full time johsi and may thus Im' earning a poverty level wage In 1971. for example, three- fourths of all Black men who headed poverty level families were working part-time. (As a matter of fact, the number of Blacks living below the poverty level indicates that even many who work full ’me year around still earn only poverty level wages) (See WOKSE. V 2) State NAACP Holds Meet , CHARLOTTE - The North Carolina Slate Conference of NAACP Branches tackled one of the basic problems of human dignity, housing, at its annual leadership meeting, held at Holiday Inn No. 2. in a day-long session. Saturday, January 27. The theme was ‘Doin' Our Thing in Housing". U was really that. The special guest consult ant was William Morris, National NAACP Director of Housing Programs of the New York office. The meeting began at 9:30 am., with William Gaines Maxton, chairman. N.C, Stale Conference Housing Commit tee. presiding. After prelimi nary opening remarks and the statement of purpose by Kelly M. Alexander, president, work shops on all phases of housing were set up Workshop No. 1 was presided over by Charles Mc^an. field director. It dealt with how to organize NAACP Branch Hous ing Programs. The consultants were William R Morris. Don * Harewood. Emily Berger ar William Gaines. It ended with a rou id table luncheon discus sion, featured by an address from Thomas Jenkins. Deputy (See NAACP. P- 2) Naval Riots Seem Solved On Carriers WASHINGTON - A House Armed St‘rvices Subcommittee this week discounted allega tions of racial discrimination and suggested that ‘ pcr.nis- siveness" was the cause for brawls which erupted aboard the aircraft carriers Kittyhawk and Constellation last year. The subcommittee, which took 74 hours of closed-door lestimonv on the two incidents. National Black .News Service said It could not find a single case ol racial discrimination that could have provoked what it termed a • riot ’ aboard the Kittyhawk Oct. 12 and a sit-in alMiard the Constellation Nov. 3 and 4. • The riot on Kitty Hawk consisted of unprovoked as saults by a very few men. most of whom were of below-average • See NAVY RIOTS. P. 2) Gate City Readies For Gala Day GREENSBORO ■ According to information furnished by Au^stus Finly, Jr.. Imperial Director for the ceremonies of Gala Day, top attraction of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles M,' Stic Shrine of North and South America and its Jurisdictions. Inc,, this city will be the scene of the ^r^atest celebration ever held in Shrinedom. May 17-19. MOTHKH OF IT ( HILDREN < II\R(;EI) WITH MI RDER Miuiiii. h'lu. - Mis. Modie (iraiiger. shown in a police photo, faced .'lid degree nuiider charges in Miami .laiiuary :m for the fatal ohotiiig of her >ister. .'saruh. .Mr». (iranger. niolher of 17 children, old the judge she shot her siller because she was leading her T->ear-old daughter, (ia.^nu^•. astray. M Pl> Toure Says Aide Killed African Liberation Leader National Black News Service WASHINGTON - Amilcar Cabral, leader of PAIGC. the African liberation movement in Guinea-Bissau, was slain by one of his aides, according to a radio broadcast by President Sekou Toure of Guinea. Cabral, who made his head quarters in Guinea for his fight to oust the colonialist Portu guese regime from the soil of the tiny Portuguese-held colony- in W'pst Af'*ca. was assassinat ed two weeKs ago in front of his home in Conakry. Toure has identified the assassin as Inocente Camil. a top aide to Cabral and naval commander of PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde). The Guinean President said Camil had been captured in one of three boats intercepted about :10 miles from Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea) along with several others who were involved in Cabral's death, With them were other P.AIGC leaders who were to be turned over to the Portuguese by the traitor. According to toure. Camil has confessed that Portuguese authorities had promised to grant independence to Guinea- Bissau on condition that Cabral was killed and P.-MGC was destroyed Under the agree ment the off-shore Cape Verde Islands were to remain under Portuguese rule, Portugal has denied any involvement in Cabral's assas sination. Under Cabral's leadership. PAIGC has liberated 90 percent of the territory of Guinea-Bis sau and elections were conduct ed last December to establish a 12U-men assembly to govern the liberated areas. Radio Conakry announced that Vitor Monteiro, like Cabral a native of Cape Verde, has been named to succeed the fallen leader. And President Toure said that the traitors involved in the assassination would be turned over to PAIGC for trial. Cabral's younger brother. Luiz, called for cohtinued struggle to liberate Guinea-Bis sau He said the PAIGC party office in Senegal had been swamped with people wanting to pay their respects to the slain revolutionary. In this country, the African Lil>eration Support Committee and other Pan .Africanist and nationalist groups held memor ial services for Cabral. Most of them called for increased support by blacks in this country for African liberation movements in southern Africa, (See KILLED. P. 2) CRIME BEAT From lUlrlch's Official FoUcc File* EDITOR'S NOTE: This cojunA or feature U produced in ihe pub lic Iniereet Alih an aim toward* cllminattnc Its content*. Numer- ou* indhlduals have requesced that they be flven ihe considera- tlon ef overlooklnf their lUtlns on the police blotter. Ihl* v.e would like to do However, U »* not our position to be Judfe or jury. We merely publish the facts as we find them reported b> t)ie arresting offUeri, To keep out of The Crime Boat Columns, merely means not being registered by police officer In reporting findings while on duiv. So sim- Dlv ket-r off the Blotter and you won t be in The Crime Beat TE.> SLAIN HERE SINCE JANUARY 2 • Santa Cruz. Calli. • Five persons have been found slain here January 26. .\ young hippie mother. Kathy Francis, 31. her sons. David. 10. and Daemon. 3. were found shot and stabbed In this remote cabin at the end of Mystery Spot Road. The cabin had no water or electricity. Later, laniiars 26. a voung couple. James. 24 and Joan. 23. Gianero. were oiMid dead oi gun •»hot wound* In Sanlii Criir. U PI) MAN FINALLY CAUGHT Miss Patricia Ann Johnsoik 507 S McDowell Street, lold two cops at 12:03 p.m Saturday. :;j: that subject. I.,oiinie Watkins. :9 32,911 New Bern Avenue, came to her house at about 10 p.m the day before "In a very intoxi cated condition, using abusive language and threatened her". The woman said she asked Watkins to leave several times, but he wouldn't. Watkins was finally subjected and arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, damage of property and public intoxication. (See CRIME BEAT, P. 3) The gala affair will be an innovation in the history of the high order. The jurisdiction has been divided into regions, with Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, West Virginia and Delaware making up the 2nd region. All of the Deserts of the region will combine in the promotion of Gala Day. It was rather unique that North Carblina was selected, as the state, to host the event. The selection of the city brought stiff (See GALA DAY. P. 2) AME Zion’s Tri-College Funds Grows FAYETTEVILLE - A one- day check-up meeting of the Central N. C. Conference. AME Zion Church, presided over by Bishop W. A. Hilliard, held at New Bethel Church Monday. Jan. 29. revealed that the reactivated fund raising drive, for the support of the denomi nation's three educational insti tutions, has reached such dimensions until the returns could exceed the subscribed quota. The full report will be made at the annual Founder’s Day celebration, which will take place at Livingstone College. Salisbury. Feb. 8. Reports will come from the 48 domestic conferences of the second largest predominantly black Methodist body. Livingstone is the capstone of an extensive educational program, sponsor ed by the denomination. Hood Theological Seminary is also located on Livingstone's camp us Dr F. George Shipman is the president. There are two junior colleges, which serve as feeders for Livingstone: Clinton Junior College, Rock Hill. S. C., whose president is Dr. Sallie V. Moreland and Lomax-Hannon Junior College. Greenville, .Ala, The Rev. C. Miflin Smith, w ho made an enviable record as a pastor and community- worker. in Lancaster. S. C.. who took over the reigns in 1972. has projected a prestigious pro- hu gram at the Alabama school, that is receiving marvelous support throughout the denomi nation ■ Wh; IIAVK A BK; job to no.■■ says dick ORKOORV („ riRhC Dick (ircivr.. former coinedian, now civil rights worker. :is be talks with Sainl .Augustine’s College '.uidi-itts: Dwighi Jordan, senior, business major from Re k\ Mount, ami Ihe SI. Aug's siiident go\ernmem \ ice president: Sarah Lax erne Poole, freshman, pre-law. from Philadelphia. I»a.: .lerrx \ . .Alston, seiiioi music major from Louishurg: Brenda Rodgers, freshman, business administration major of \\ ilson Gregory spoke on 'Social Problems: Social or Anti Social’.”’ He lold the students that we have a big job to do and not much time to do il. His appearance was a iveeum feature at Saint .Augustine's Conege on Monday. Januarx 29. Blacks Need To Examine Revenue Sharing According To John Edwards Argument R3r;itlts In Shooting Surely, one black Raleigh man knows just how lucky he was last Saturday night when the bullets started “flying” at 1725 Poole Rd.. Apt. 7. AIvIk Hardy, 26. quoted to Officer W. L. Carter that he, James Davis and three other men were present at the above location when an arguement ensued. Hardv is said to have declared he did not know who shot him. A search of the apartment revealed a sawed-off, 2 gauge shotgun found under the sofa in the living room with an expended shell still in the gun. Another expended shell was found lying beside the gun. When “the law" arrived at the apartment to search it, the brother of James Davis, David O'Haria Davis, of 609 Dorothea Dr. and his girl friend were also there, but allegedly stated that at the time of the shooting, they were ru)t present Haray was taken to Wake Memorial Hospital by a neigh bor. Frank Turner, 1725 Poole Rd.. Apt. 5. for treatment. He (See SHOOTING. P. 2) Tutorial Project To Start Again DURHAM - North Carolina Central University’s SNEA Pilot Tutorial Project xx’ill begin registering primary and sec ondary school pupils for tutor ing on Monday. February 5. The Student National Educa tion Association offlee in Room 118 of NCCU's Education Building will be open from 5 to 7 p m.. Monday through Thurs day. February 5 to 8. to register the pupils Tutorial sessions xxill begin the follow! 'g week, according to Miss Linda Hannibal, cluster coordinator sessions will be conducted from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and • See PROJECT. P. 2) DURHAM - “Revenue shar ing means that Black citizens must take a new and hard look at how local and state government funds are spent,” said John Edwards in a statement released by the North Carolina Voter Education Proj ect. ’’It is most important." Edwards said, “for Blacks to learn more about the how', ‘where’, and ‘xxhy’ of decision making on how the people's money is spent and for Blacks to contact public officials, parti cularly at the local level about this new program, for revenue sharing may create new problems for the Black commu nity." Revenue sharing, which is known officially as the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, provides for the federal government to give I3U.2 billion over a five-year period to local and state government for use as they see fit. within certain broad guidelines. “While the idea of revenue sharing is simple, the implica tions for the black community arc enormous", said Edwards. He pointed out that little federal control means that the variety Appreciation Feature Has Two Winners of civil rights laws and administrative protections will not be available. Consequently, state and local protections will bv more crucial The Nixon Administration has announced plans to cut back and eliminate federal luiuls for many of the social programs initiated during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations Problems Of Year At YM Are Revealed To meet the problems of the current scene. Inc Y.M.C.A. has adopted five new national program thrusts, accordinii to Ernest L. Haiford, Executive Director of the Bloodworlh Street Y.M.C.A. Using a combination of traditional programming a- dapled to current needs and innovative program that reach esoul in new directions the is implementing its five goals. These goals are: eliminating a personal and institutional racism, changing the condi tions that foster alienation, deliquency and crime, reduc tion of health problems by strengthening physical and mental health, si.'f/igthening family slruc'tui. hv enhancing relationship-, and improving conanunicatiiiiis; and joining i>eoplf Irum other countries in )<uilding international under ' anUtng and world peace. ‘l^cai Associations, which are autonomous, develop pro grams to meet these needs as (See PROBLEMS P. 2) Many of these .social programs were the only programs that attempted to eliminate some of the problems facing the black community • In light of this, the revenue sharing law becomes even more important." said PMwards. I./)cal and slate public monies, including revenue sharing funds, may be used ti* continue these social programs in many instances, or they may be spent on programs which will be of little or no Inmefil to the black community. Edwards feels that ihe»e is a great danger that the revenue sharing funds will be spent for such programs as law enforcement, primarily the purchase of additional weapons, rather than tor health, recreation, and social services for the poor and aged unless public pressure from the black community is brought to bear upon county coinmissiuneis, city councii- men. and other public officials. Ix>cal governmental IxKlies (county commissioners and city councils’ and the .state govern rnent of North Carolina are scheduled to receive approxi- malelx $o.(i n.illion of federal funds under this act. Two-thirds or $446 million, of the will go to county and city govern ments in the slate. The other one-third of the money will go directly to the Slate govern ment The director of ‘ '.am- based org.a.. all of the luo' approxi mately sh * .:«in to local governments unu $45 million to the .State government) have been, or .soon will be, distribut ed b>' the U Treaso'’;, Department which administers (See BLACKS NEED. P. 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK HEiLIG-LEVINE Where Bargains Reign Galore All Over Your Store , \ MRS. BLANCHE P. JENKINS Mrs. Jenkins, who lives at IKK) Holmes Street here in Raleigh, was the only winner in this special weekly feature of this newspaper. Her name appeared in the Piggly Wiggly advertisement on page 12 of last wee'k's edition. Piggly Wiggly has stores located throughout eastern North Carolina featur ing everyday low prices and clean stores. Even though there was only one winner last week, there could have been as many as ihrpp winners. “I was so happy and surprised w hen I found out 1 had won. I couldn't believe it because I have never won anything in my whole life." These words uttered from the lips of Mrs. Blanche P. Jenkins this week after she had won $10 in The CAROLINIAN'S Appre ciation Money weekly feature. You. loo. may be a winner. Check the adverti. .-rents on page 12 of this week’s paper. Persons who see their names in the ads SHOUl D NOT go directly to the merchants involved but come FIRST to the office of this newspaper, located at 518 F. Marlin Street, so that we can identify vou Please (See APPRECIATION. P 2) Mission Wiii Recruit Biack America’s To Repiace Asians NEW YORK ■ A press conference here Jan 30 was scheduled to announce the forthcoming visit of a special commission created by General Idi Amin, president of the East African nation of Uganda, to come to the United Stales and make a direct appeal to American blacks to go to Uganda to replace the Asians ousted from that country’s commerce. New York journalist Talieb Zobeir. who suggested to General Amin that he recruit Black Americans while in Kampala to cover the oulster of the Asians for the National Black News Service, will conduct the press conference here. Zobeir described th? decision (See RECRUIT P 2) HER HUSBAND'S ( OMING HOME • Memphis. Tenn. - .xirs. Beatrice Williams, 26. of Memphis isn't complaining about being uxxuken at l:2U a.ni. January 2K. The call was to lei) her that her husband, Air Force Cajit. James Williams, was among the POWs to be released from Vietnam. An earlier call, at 12:30 a.m.. had informed Mrs. WHllums that her husband's name xxas not on the POW list, but officials said the earlier call was an error. (UPI)

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