4i:
After Wilmington Newspaper Offices Blasted
PRLSS RUN THIS WEEK
9,700
’ Governor Offers Bombing Reward
Holshouser Says
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$2,500 For Guilty
(Editor’s Note: The following proclamation was made
by the Governor last weekend and received by The
CAROLINIAN on Saturday. June 2):
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
WHEREAS, it is believed that on or about the 28th
day of May, 1973 some unknown person or persons
wantonly and willfully by the use of explosives caused
to oe damaged the Wiimington Journal Building at
Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina,
and
WHEREAS, it is important for the preservation of law
and order that the responsible person or persons be
brought to justice.
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On State Parole Board
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Davis Replaces Baker
HE CAKO
< NOW.THEHEFOHK
f, James E Holshouser. Jr..
Governor of Norlh Carolina,
under and by virtue of the
authority contained in Section
U 53.1 of the General Statutes
North Carolina, do hereby
offer a reward of TWO
THOrSAM). FIVE HL’ND-
DRED i$2.50<»i DOLLARS to
be paid to any person or
persons who shall furnish
information to the Sheriff of
New Hanover ('ounty. the Chief
of Police of Wilmington, or the
Direc tor of the State Bureau of
Invesliuation. leading in rhe
arrest and ccmviclion of such
person or persons responsible
for. participating in. or
conspiring to commit the
above-described crime.
The reward herein offered
does not extend to any law
enforcement officer of the
State or any political subdivi
sion thereof.
Done at our Capital City of
Raleigh, this 1st day of June in
the year of our Lord, one
thousard nine hundred and
seventy-three.
James E. Holshouser. Jr.
Governor of North Carolina
WITNESS
FredG. Morrison, Jr.
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOI.. 32. NO. 32 RAI.EIGH, N.C.WEEK ENDING S.ATURDAY. JUNE 9, 1973
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Man Attacks Youth, 16, Here
Hex Offender
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New Trials Set For
Ten-Angela To State
WILMINGTON - Another trial of black activists is
for June 18 in Superior Court here. It is part of a drive
by federal and stale authorities to stop the black
liberation movement in North Carolina.
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At Frban Coalition Meet
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Inner-City Power Stressed
A protest ralh to he
addresM-dhs .Ange' i Davis will
t>e held the night before the
trial People from all over
J^Turtli f’arolina and neigh-
iMirinu slates are being urged
to attend llie rally and the trial,
v^hich will be in the New
Hantiver (*ounty Courthouse.
The defendants will be the
Rev Ben Chavis, already
under sentences totalling 34
year.s in prison; Ms. Mollie
Hicks and her daughter,
Leafu e
Thev are accused of acces
sory after the fact of murder in
nf Clifton Wright
during a protest against racial
iniustice in the schools here.
ON I'NCS BOARD OF
GOVF.RNORS ■ The North
Carolina .Senate In its last week
of the 1973 session of the
tieneral Assembly nominated
and elected .lohn W. Winters,
local real estate broker and
builder to the Board of
(iovernors to the Cnisersity of
North Carolina for an eight
year term. The Board of
Governors was created and
made effective .luly I. 1972 in
ordei to foster the development
of a uell planned and
coordinated ssstem of higher
ei! feCation. t6 improve the
quality of education, to extend
its benefits and encourage an
economical use of the Stales
resources. The I'niversits of
J^torth ( arolina is composed of
sixteen institutions across the
State, from the east to the west.
est
Wright and two other black
youths. Jerome Nixon and Don
McT.,ain. were guarding the
home of .Ms. Hicks when
Wright was killed White
vigilantes from the Rights of
White People (ROMP) were
patrolling the streets and
threatening to shoot black
people 'Tike rabbits.”
The state says that Nixon
and McLain will be the chief
witnesses against Chavis and
the Hickses. In return, charges
against the two will not be
pressed. This is in line with a
pattern followed in several
recent trials of black activists
in this stale.
Jim Grant was given 10
years in prison in federal court
at Raleigh on charges of
helping two young men to run
(See NEW TRIALS. P 2)
Revitalize
Cities, NUC
Meet The) ne
vvaSHINGTON. DC The
problems of America's major
cities will only be solved when
inner-city residents, who are
increasingly black, lake politi
cal and economic control of
them
This was the U'liel ol a
small, but vocal group of
blacks participating in the
National I'rban Coalition's
•Revitali/alion of the Cities "
conference held last week In
Washington. D C
The general conference
focused on strategies involving
coalitions among government
bodies, large corporations,
blacks and minority groups in
order to solve (he problems of
inadequate housing, crime,
soaring welfare rolls and the
lack of jobs and income
However, a small number
led by black nationalist Imamu
Amiri Baraka called for the
building of "alternative insti
tutions” so that blacks "can
create communities" for
themselves
Barika pointed out (hat
blacks have a gross spending
power of nearly $30 billion
But. he said. "This is money
that passes through our handjs
(See REVITALIZE. P 2)
THROWS GARBAGE CAN AT TEACHER • Yellow Springs. 0. • A striking student at Antioch
College throws a garbage can June 4 at a teacher who crossed the picket lines and entered the
college. The striking students, who were cleared away by police June 1. re*took the college early
June I and are re-building barricades which were destroyed by police. (t’Pl)
3 Top Leaders To Address
Publishers^ 33rd Confab
\S ASHINGTON • Three top national leaders will address the 33rd Annual-Convention
of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), June 20*23 in Houston,
Texas, at the Houston Oaks Hotel, NNPA President- Garth C. Reeves, Sr.,
editor-publisher of the Miami Times, announced this week.
The three leaders are;
Commissioner Benjamin L.
Hook.s of the Federal Com
munications Commission;
(’ongresswoman Barbara Jor
dan of Texas, and \’ernon E.
Jordan. Jr . executive director
of the National I’rban League.
Commissioner Hooks will be
the luncheon .speaker on the
22nd, Mr Jordan is to be the
banquet speaker on the 21st,
and the Congresswoman will
address the closing banquet on
the evening of the 22nd Other
speakers will be anounced.
The convention sessions will
focus on three areas, according
to Mr Reeves. These are: (D
The economic effects of
government cutbacks in do
mestic programs. -2: improv
ed .salesmanship of local
adverti.sing. and i3i the new
technology in newspaper pro
duction.
A theatre dinner party will
open the convention on
Wednesday evening, June 20,
and a Texas-size picnic on a
ranch near Houston w 'll close it
Saturday afternoon, June 23.
These iwo events are being
planned by Mrs. Lenora
Carter, publisher of the
Houston Forward Times and
official hostess to the conven
tion.
A major highlight of the
convention will be the awards
banquet on Friday evening
during which M. Carl Holman,
president of the National
I'rhan Coalition, will be
presented the "NNPA Distin
guished Service Award."
Others to be honored are Mrs
Kansas City Call; and Mrs.
Carter Wesley, publisher of the
Houston Informer.
In addition. President Fred
iSee 3 LEADERS. P. 2)
Appreciation
Feature Has
No Winners
Nu winners claimed their
prizes in The CAROLINIAN’S
new Appreciation Money fea
ture last week but the $30
jackpot is still available for
three potential winners this
week.
'See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
PIBLISHERS* CONVENTION SPEAKERS • CommI
Bci.'amln L. Hooks of the Federal Communications Commission,
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas, and Vernon E. Jordan,
Jr., executive director of the National L'rban League, will address
the 33rd Annual Convention of the National Newspaper Publishers
Association. June 20-23 in Houston at the Houston Oaks Hotel.
ECSTATIC OVER ELECTION TO CONGRESS - Chicago - EcsUtic over her election to Congress
from the 7th District. Mrs. Cardiss Collins. <C> is congratulated by supporters late June 5 including
her mother. Mrs. Rosemary Robinson <L). Mrs. Collins. 41. Illinois’ first black Congresswoman,
succeeds her late husband. («eorge. who was killed in a jetliner crash December fl. 1972 near ■
Chicago’s Midway Airport. (CPI) ,
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
ii.ii SLA f OOI)
For A Variety of Seafood At Reasonable Prices
Youth, 16,
Says ‘Man
Forced Me’
BY STAF-F WRITER
A 16-year-old Raleigh
youth told a Raleigh police
officer that he was first
threatened with a razor,
then made to submit to the
act of sodomy by a
36-year‘Old city man at 2:58
a.m. last Monday.
James Ellis Upchurch, the
victim, 1313 Walnut Street, told
Officer J. W. Tew, that Willie
Jteve Gray, 814 E. Jones
Street, held a straight razor
over his head in "an attempt to
make me submit to the act of
sodomy” or crime against
nature.
(See YOUTH. 16. P, 2)
NAACP Sets
Lobby For
Capital City
GREENSBORO - Accentu
ated by a recent cross burning
in the state and the bombing of
the office of Wilmington's
black newspaper, the Board of
Directors. N.C. Confertnee of
NAACP Branches, meeting
here recently, set the machin
ery in motion to place a
lobbyist in Raleigh for the next
meeting of the General
Assembly.
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.,
president of the State Confer
ence, told the board that the
time had long past for having a
representative to press for
legislation so necessary to
protect the rights of minorities.
He pointed to the recent
legislature that passed a $1.80
minimum wage law. He was
highly critical of such a low-
figure and bemoaned the fact
that North Carolina was in stiff
competition with Mississippi
for the lowest in the 50 states.
A committee, composed of B
(See LOBBY FOR, P 2)
CRIME
BEAT
l^rom Hjirlfh'x
Polirr Kllr«
BDITOR'S NOTE: TSit column or fcolur^
It produced In the public InicrctI wltb an
•Im lowardt ailmlnatlnf lit commit.
Numcrout IndUidualt btvt rcquctled ibal
Iber be f1«en Ibe conilderallon ot
•verlooklnt ibeir llitint on ibe police
blotlcr. Tbii «e would like to do. However,
Uli not pur DOiltlon to bo Judge or Jury. We
merely publlth tbe laett ai we find them
reported by Ibe arretllag oincert- To keep
Ml o( Tbe Crime Beet Celumnt. merely
meeni not being regtilered by a police
•ffleer In reporting bit nndiMi wblle on
duty. So tlmply ktep oN tbe "Blotter" and
yen won't be In Tbe Crime B'ai-
SAVSSON BEATEN
Elbert Carole Turner, white
resident of 701 E. Franklin
Street, told Officer S. B. Price
at l;48p.m. Thursday, that his
son, Elbert. Jr . 8. had been
beaten up three or four times in
the past few weeks bv four or
Hve black children, who live in
Halifax Court Apartments. The
man said his son was last
assaulted that day after school
had let out. He said the child
was walking home from
Barbee School and all of the
suspects jumped him and beat
him up. He said the boy
suffered a bloody nose and was
taken to the hospital for
treatment. The elder Turner
said he would sign petitions
against the blacks.
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
YOl Nt. SHAW (iRADL’ATE DIES HERE - William Henry
Brown, an aspiring young minister, who received a Bachelor of
.\ru (leg) ee April 2H of this year, died at Wake Memorial Hospital
on Friday, .time I. after a brief illness which dealt with a blood
deficiency. .Mr. Brown had been confined at Wake Memorial
Hospital, receiving up to two pints of blood a day from Raleigh
friends and Shaw students for the past month. Services were
conducted from the I nivorsity Church on Shaw’s campus at 2 p.m.
on Wednesday, .lune 6. .All personnel at Shaw was relieved of
duties for one hour during the hour of the funeral. Brown was
recenlL married to the former Miss Brenda Fogg, and thev
resided at miK San .Souci Courts. Apartment 2(i:i. Brown hail
alread> accepted the pastorale of an eastern North Carolina
church.
Ex-Raleigh Pastor^
Dean^ In New Post
STAFF WRITER
Dr. Grady Demus Davis, former petstor of Oberlin
Baptist Church here, and Dean of the ^hoo) of UeliKion
at Shaw University for many years, has been appointed
to replace John H. Baker, Jr. on the StaU^ Board of
Paroles, accordinR to official information from the office
of N.C. Governor James Eubert (Jim) Holshouser. Jr.
The Rev Dr. Davis is presently professor of psychoioRv
at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, where
he make.s his ho.ne. He is also pastor of the Union
Baptist Church in Durham. The salary is $21,000 per
year, and Dr. Davis will be on leave, while he serves the
state.
Reportedly, the decision to
appoint Dr. Davis came in a
wake of an earlier request by
the Governor, asking Baker,
ex-profe.ssional football star,
who lives in Raleigh, to resign.
Baker refused to step down and
Holshouser stated last Thurs
day that he had ‘no intention of
reconsidering” his decision to
fire Baker. The Governor had
also thr(>atened Baker with the
implied threat that he would
fire Baker'.s wife, Mrs. Juanita
•• ck
Durham Committee on Negro
(See DR. DAVIS. P. 2)
Baker, who is Jho tirst blaci
su^rinlendent of the Women’s
Correctional Center here.
Holshouser's statement
came last week in a response of
area blacks, making a public
appeal in behalf of Baker. Dr.
Davis will take office on July 1.
Dr Davis, a strong supporter
of Holshouser among the
blacks of Cumberland County
(luring tlie 1972 gubernatorial
campaign, received his B.A.
degree ai Shaw and the B.D. at
.Andover-Newton Theological
Seminary. He also holds the
Ph D degree in the Psychology
of Religion from Boston
L’niversity
lie is a member of the
Fayetteville • Cumberland
County Chapter of the NAACP,
a former member of the
Raleigh Citizens Association
and is now a leader in the
SUPERINTENDENT BAKER’
TO SPEAK - Mrs. Juanitu
Baker, superintendent of thi-
.North Carolina Correctional
Center for Women. Raleigh,
will be the guest speaker at (he
It o'clock worship services on
Sunday. June Hi. at the Maple
Temple United Church of
Christ, located on Dacian
Road. The Rev. Matthew ( .
Steed is pastor, and the public
is invited to attend.
REMOVE BODY OK AIRPLANE VICTIM - Atlantic City. N.J. -
Rescue workers remove the body of a man who along with two
women, all bcMc\ed (u be from Pennsylvania, were killed when (he
single engine plane in which they were in crashed off (he beach at
.\tlaiUic Clt>. N.J. June 3. (UPl)