At 64 Annual Convention
Nat 1NAACP Nixes President
Carolinian Scribe
Covers Ind, Sessions
PRESS RlIN THK WEEK 9,870
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Wake Man Dies After Being
BY ALKXANDEK BAHNES
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The three names that
permuted the air at the 64th annual session of the
NAACP: Nixon. Ming and Spottswood. held here July
2-6. brought boos and cheers from some, grief from
others and sorrov/ to many.
The spark against Nixon was lighted by Roy Wilkins,
executive director, in a press conference, held prior to
the opening. Wilkins, even though caustic, was careful
to state that he refused to sentence Nixon until he had
been found guilty in the “Watergate mess."
Struck By 2 Cars
The charges against the
President were carefully
brought out by Dr Buell
Gallagher, vice chairman of
the Board of Directors, as he
.served as keviiofer for the
convalescing^ chairman, Bjs-
hop S. (J .Spottswood. on
Monday night
Dr, Gallagher, well-known
educator and civil rights
supporter, who tried a stint as
the president of a black
.southern college and found it
too tough for a white man. built
his address around the theme
of the convention. ‘Lest We
VOL. 32. NO. 37
iVort/i Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JULY 14,
1973 SINGLE COPY 15c
(See NAACP MEETS. P. 2)
(hice Worked Here
Was Trying To Break Up Fight
Lu L. A. Oxley Given
Washington Rites
MAN SHOT IN
V\ ASHI.NGTON. D. C. ■ Lt. Lawrence A. Oxley, 86,
former professor of social science at St. Augustine's
College in Raleigh, N.C., for four years, died here
.Monday, July 2. at the Washington Hospital Center
after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the
National Cathedral on Friday, July 6. at 11:30 am
Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery.
From 1925 until 1932, Lt c'l.v in 1934 lo join the staff of
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HKI D IN DEATH OF DEPITY SHERIFF Columbl. SC -
South ( arolina l.a* Enfnrcrmrnl DKiaion Chifl p,lr Strom I LI
nxtey was .N'orth t'arolina’s
slate director of .N’eyro Relief
■' the Federal Employment
Relief Agency He came to (his
OXLEY
the Labor Department.
A well-known civic leader, at
the time of his death. Lt. Oxley
was director of special projects
of the .National Council of
Senior Citizens. Inc., a position
he had held for many years He
was also president' of the
famous Pigskin Club of
Washington, a position he held
for some fifteen years.
Born in Boston. Mass . Lt
Oxley s jjrior career included
work as a religious leader,
educator, author and lecturer
Last year, on his B-Sth
birthday on Ma> 17. he
received a certificate of
meritorious public service
from Mayor Walter E Wash
ington It was accompanied bv
a letter from Senator Hubert H
Huniphrey iD-.Minn.i. praising
him for his dedicated services
to 'your fellow man of all
colors and ages."
He wav tutored privately by
Harvard University instruc
tors. although he never
recieved a degree from the
Shriners, Isis Set Miss, Meet
McKeithan
Is Victim
In Shooting
and Ker,ha» .Sherifl I.. I.. DrBruhl (Rl arri%, h,rV JuiiTulTh
\auKhn (.reRur> .Smith Ipl ,u,p„l in thr killinit ol Kr,.ha« I,
shanll s Dfpul> I at Orr ol ( amdrn, S.C. Smith »a, ihr obim ol a
I ■' arrMlfd in SI. Auguilinr. Fla lair July «.
Mrs. N. H. Harris" Sister
Jones Quits
School For
Labor Post
(See LT OXLEY. P 2)
CRIME
BEAT
It apparently doesn't
always pay to interfere in
someone else’s business.
This information came the
hard way for Luther
McKeithan. Jr.. 22, of 702
E. Hargett Street last
Sunday. Tie was shot in the
chest by a man he knows
only by sight and first
name.
McKeithan (old Officer J. M
Farmer at 6:13 p.m. Sunday
that he was gunned in (he chest
as he tried to break up a fight
between a man and woman.
The location of the reported
fight is said to have been 204
Selwyn Alley (between E.
Jones and N. State Streets).
McKeithan declared the man
shot him. but he only knew him
as "Bobby", about 25. no
addres.s listed. The woman’s
name was not given lo the
officer.
(See SHOT IN. P.
Nobles And
Daughters
To Jackson
NC Educator KiUed
Li Arkansas Wreck
^ BY ROBERT BRIDGES
There is a gap in the
administrative ranks of the
Raleigh Public Schools that
will be very difficult to fill.
^ George .lonev, assistant
principal at Sanderson Senior
High School, resigned his
position elfective June 3mh to
(See EDUCATOR IS. P-
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EDITOR’S NOTE: TJil* calimii tr
it proMaced In ihr pytur iMaratt with a*
aim lawarAt rllmlnaiing Ha aaaUMa.
Numrroai ladit Muali haba raqaaalaR (hai
ihajr ba fitaa lha cantldarallan af
oArrlMklM tfcair htiinf an tha palica
bloiiar. Tbit wa would tiha la da. Hawavar
It It not our Dotliion la ba judfa ar jary Wt
mrraly puhllah Ihr facta at wa find tbaa
rrpartad by iba arratilng officara. Ta haap
out of Thr (rima Beat Calnmnt. marali
mratit not balna
oltirar in rcponl
duly So tlmply h
yau wan’t ba in Tha C'rlma B«al
• iMar Dco> A ainoiHt. aaraij.
rlni rafitlarrd by ■ palica
toninp hit findliut wibila aa
ly haap aft the "B'atiar" and
GEORGE C JONES
N \H2FOR FHiilTING
Officer H L Battle reported
at 1125 pm Tuesday of Ihia
week that he and Officer K F
Warmath were traveling south
on W Sfiuih Street, when they
observed two black males
struggling at the Save on Gas
Service Station, located in the
100 block of W South "They
were fighting with their hands
and fists ' When the officers
approached the pair, thev were
told the fighting started when
the service station attendant
broke the kev in the other
subject s gas tank Arrested
and charged with engaging in
an affarv were Wallace
Griffith, Jr . 2ii. iJii Branch
Street, and Charles Tavlor. 18,
700 Rock\ Branch Griffith
suffered an abrasion oxer his
right eye
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3i
Rev martin LUTHEr]
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VISITS DR. KING'S TOMB AFTER QUITTING POST • AtlanU •
Dr. Ralph David Abernathy (C) pauses for prayer at the tomb of
his predecessor. Dr. .Martin Luther King. Jr., after announcing his
resignation as president of The Southern Christian Leadership
Conference here July 9. Abernathy, who succeeded Dr. King 5
years ago when King was assassinated in Memphis. Tenn.. said
that he would step down formally at the SCLC's annual convention
on .August 16. (I’PI)
First Car Hits, Runs;
Woman Reports Striking
FORMER BOXER KILLED •
Cincinnati - Wallace "Bud"
Smith. 42. World l.ightweight
boxing title holder in l9.tS-.i6.
was shot to death here Jul>
Kith while apparentlx trying lo
act as a peacemaker \ man
xxas arrested shoitix after the
street shtroling and is being
held for questioning b\ police.
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APEX - A hit-and-run
accident, involving two cars,
killed an Apex man. who was
reportedly on his way home
last Wednesday, between 9 and
9 30 p.m The x’ictim was Rufus
Hezekiah Jones, in his mid-for
ties There was one witness to
the fatality, but the State
Highxxay Patrol has not listed
his name.
Mr Jones was struck twice
on N :* Highway 55. two miles
south of here, according to
Stale Trooper C. M. Cum
mings, who investigated the
incident.
The man was apparently
struck the first time while
crossing the highway, by a car
traveling south, the witness
told the officer. This car failed
to slop after the accident.
Police were notified by a
second driver. Mrs. Linda
Collins Lawrence of Durham,
Route 4. that she struck Jones'
See TWO CARS. P. 2)
An Inexcusable Oversight
It's a crying shame that elected and paid officials in
Wake County would be so narrow-minded or so
ill-informed that they could disregard a 33-year-oId
newspaper in the placing of their supplement. How
The CAROLINIAN could be singl^ out to be
omitted, thus denying its readers, too. the
information presented through this supplement, is
hardly understandable.
We call attention to this sin of omission so that our
readers will know that we were apparently not
considered in the planning of this supplement,
although all Wake weeklies and Raleigh s two dailies
are listed on the front page.
We are sure the public would think that certainly
any one of the commissioners and the county
manager would know of The CAROLINIAN in that
it was used to aid in their election to office.
We think our Wake Commissioners and their
manager will, in the future, consult with some of the
blacks who care about their institutions to the point
that they don't want them insulted.
BAHAMAS BECOMES INDEPENDENT • Nattau, Tti# BalianiaB • Prince C'harlct !■ gree ed laal
Saturday by Bahamas Prime Mlnlater LyndenO. Piodling (center xvith dark auiO Mra. Andling and
other officiala on hii arrixal at Naaaau for Independence ceremoniei. (I'PI)
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Appreciation Money
LEON BYRUM OPTICIANS
For Dependable. Economical Glasses
PETERSBURG. Va. •
More than 27,000 cans of
food, enough clothing to
di^s 1,000 adults and
children and cash grants
donated by Prince Hall
Shriners and Daughters of
Isis from temples and
courts throughout the
nation and overseas, will be
distributed to black bro
thers and sisters in the
Black Delta Belt area of
Mississippi by John W.
Edghill of New York, the
Imperial Potentate of the
Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine lPrinc« Hall Shrin
ers) at Jackson. Miss, on
July 14 and 15.
Distribution will be made to
needy and distressed families
in Mississippi as the result of
EdghiH's plea to Prince Hall
Shrine temples and courts
throughout this nation and
overseas.
For the past two months,
shrine temples and courts have
been collecting can goods, nexv
and used clothing, and finan
cial contributions for shipment
to Mississippi. Presentation to
the Black Delta Belt residents
xvill be made July 14-15 by
Edghill on behalf of some
33,000 Prince Hall Shriners and
12.000 Daughters of Isis
members holding membership
in 187 shrine temples and 152
courts throughout America and
overseas.
The can goods are being
purchased at a substantial
reduced price from Stokelx-
Van Camp Food Company of
America, the items of ciolhtng
are being collected on a
volunteer basis from temples
and courts and several cash
grants and financial contribu
tions have been received from
Prince Hall nobles and
daughters in cities and towns
throughout the USA.
The national charily pro
gram is being sponsored by (iie
National Council of Negio
Women and the Imperial
Council of Prince Hall Shnn-
ers. The project is being
coordinated through (he Miss,
regional district office of
Womenpoxxer Unlimited at
Jackson. Miss
The watchword and slogan
for the project has been dubbed
"Help Another • From Those
Who Care " by Edghill The
theme for the program is the
administration's theme for (he
year. Prtigress Through To
getherness"
Ml' Maitjf Liniiell Sxxayze
J.u Msier of .Mrs Nelson
Mams uf this citv xxas killed in
an -lUfomtibile accident in
.\rk.iiisas ,Al liie lime of the
accident, she seas on her xxay to
Tailahasst'f Fla . two hro-
thers. James E and Preston A
Svxayze of Cleveland Ohio j
grandchildren and . "i. rela
tives am friends
Intern..nt vxill beat Carolina
Biblical GardeiLS
City Cleric
Honored In
State Book
The Rev. David L. Morrison,
Sr . pastor of St. Matthew AME
Church, was informed by letter
from the office of Names of
Distinction. Inc.. Marietta,
Georgia, that his name is
(See CITY CLERIC. P. 2)
MRS MATTIE L.S JACKSON
visit her hometown of Arkdel-
plua. .-Xrkansas. Her uncle and
the driver of the other car were
also killed in the head-on
collision
For many years, she was a
teacher in the Winston-Salem
Public Schools. Prior to
coming to North Carolina, she
had taught in Chicago.
Funeral services xvill be held
Saturday. July 14. at 11 a.m.
(rttin tlie St Paul .AME Church.
In addition to Rev. Dr.
Nalhamel Gaylord, the Rev J.
T .McMillian of St. James
A.MK Church in Winston-Salem
will officiate
.^u^vlx•ors include; one
danghicr. Mrs Carolyn Walts
of Sacramento. Calif.; two
Nist'Ts. Mrs. Nelson Harris of
Raleigh. Mrs. Arthur Teele of
REV. D. L. MORRISON. SR
Appreciation
Feature Has
Three Whinners
Shaw Tutor,
2 Students
NowInAfrica
Fot ilie first time in several
vxe.k> The CAROLINIAN'S
nexx .Appreciation Money Fea-
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
%
Bruce Winston, instructor,
Urban Sciences, and two
students, Rnsalyn Seabrook
and Rudolph Morris, departed
July 3 to participate in a
summer study program in four
West African countries -
Ghana. Togo. Dohomey and
Nigeria.
(See SHAW TUTOR. P. 2)
More Blacks
In Poverty
Than In ’72
•N'exxs
By National Black
Service
WASHINGTON - Although
the number of xxhite Ameri
cans living in poverty declined
by more than one million last
year, the number of black
Americans officially in poverty
rose by 300,000 over last year.
In a report issued by the
Census Bureau, it was shoxxn
that black families have a
median income of only $6,860.
xx'hich is only 56 percent of the
$11,550median income of ..lute
families.
The median income for
Americans in general rose 8.1
percent, but the inflationary
(See IN POVERTY. P 2)
SOUTHERN U. STUDENTS STUDY SHOOTING REPORT •
Baton Hnuge. La. • Southern University's itudenls (L-R) Iris
WanBureii of Tacoma. Wash,, Carolyn Hester of Chatham. La.,
and Madison of Monroe. La., pause on campus July 10 to look
oxer a copy of the juat-releaied Attorney General's Commission
Report on the November 16. 1972 shooting deaths of ixxo Southern
students during a campus disturbance. The shootings, xxhich took
place by the building in (he background, were without cause
according lo the report. More detolli have beeh given a grand
lurv. (IPI)