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By Prince Hall Masons
A mericanism Day Planned
Sp»‘<*tai*ular
Event Set
September 9
DL'KHAM J A Carter,
gencrui tJutirrr.an. ‘)f the
commitet' on arrangements
Y* for fVince Hal) American
ism Dav, tor the Durham
area IVince Hall Masons,
announced upt;n liis arrival
from the HOth annual
-4'Oiisention of the AEAC-
HMS, held in Detroit.
Mich., Au«. :‘»-:Mth. that
due to information received
while in !f< M nor City,
that w.; !n used to
implemoni ihi- acliviiies
planned lor Prince Mall
•Amt li. ar.i‘-iv Day. Sept. 9.
it shov.ld *»• the most
spectaciiiar ever presenied
ll»'re
it I*- t* In that
eariie; pi.ns ('.hfed for a
■ parade tha; >vill at the K
N harri'- s* ' .io p.m., on
that t'lfe le.oujing participa
tion h> ai! seiTct orders,
fraterni:n-s anti .’•oronties,
alonj* uitli supporhng or^fan-
i/at:on , {•> i oiiii !f..uie funds for
the \ ( .Stale ('on^ rence of
Branciie.-x. l;» tlie Jurisdiction
Nortfi Carolina .Masons,
mtiro dll ills and ^rdls w.ll he
adde<!
■\ii < . iliora' ■ pt .>;••.'-n will he
.'■es. -d 0. If,, p.jtdic
% o' t f- in at
r'.KMi. 'ci . f;uroh. S.
ANto.: \\ •tuic \!r Carter
sat.s iin.d iiisIuklions will be
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wiloehati Dr A D Most-lev.
paMtir, M? (ill,-ad Hr.pjjst
Ch tr.-fi wi-11 Ki; wa. i.i| ri^lus
lead-r nd ii-inedme past
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National Black News .Service
WASHlNcil't'.N Housing
allowances. pa>able in cash,
for the elderly f>tHir. will be
recommended to the President
as a major part of a complete
||ye haul o( the nation's
leasing policies
Final dei.tils of the package
are still fM-ing worked out. but
purees closi- to Hou.sing and
Y fhun De\clttpnient Si*cretary
T/ames T l.>nn. say that he
favors Ihe following prupc'snis'
Dropping die current subsidy
programs f<ir law and middle
ini orne htnidiig ctuisfruction
which have l>cen frozen .since
January and giving ca.sh
alUi.'.ancc.s ,o |M)or p«-ople,
aiartmg w itn the elderly.
Helving primarily on the
present -.npplv of htMsing to
prov ide acieptahle shelter for
low income families rather
than emphasizing new con
struction .
offera.g nudtier'* in areas
where existing housing is in
'See m D K\FS. P ’’
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
NO. 44 RALEIGH. N.C. WEtlK E.\D1N(; SATURD.AY, .SEPTEMBEK 1, 1»73 Sl.NGLE COPY 15c
Sheriffs Deputies Stymied After
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ARE MURDERf
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Diirinfr Orientation
Set Goals, Prexy Tells Frosh
Robinson
Challenges
Freshmen
Boys Dart
Into Path
Of Auto
BY CHARLES R. JONES
At this very moment, two
little boys, one age 4. and
the other 6, are fighting for
their lives after both
dashed across the 700 lilock
of E. Martin Street at 4:58
p.m. last Saturday, appar
ently heading for a grocery
store across the street.
Both are listed in "serious"
condition at Wake Memor
ial Hospital, in the
Pediatrics Ward. The
children were struck by a
1965 Oldsmobile, driven by
Tommy Ray Baker. 35. 405
—Bagwell Street, Garner,
who was returning to his
home. Both children are
listed in "serious" condi
tion and are believed to be
suffering from multiple
head and face, as well as,
internal injuries.
The Newsman, relaxing on
his front porch at the time, a
short distance away, asked a
(See CAR HITS. P. 2)
“Set your goals in the right
direction, and four years
from npw you will be closer
to your goal. If you don't
set your sails aright, you
will go - but where you will
go. nobody knows.'‘^This is
what President Prezell R.
Robinson told St. Augu.s-
tine’s College freshmen and
new students during the
banquet in their honor on
August 25.
Dr. Robinson stated his basic
pi.ilo.Miphy, wnich includes the
i.See SET GOALS. P. 2t
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thlt column or fenlor#
It produced In ibe public Inlerotl »lib nn
■ Im lowardt rlimlnaling fit raaieMi.
Numcreut Indltldualt bate rcqucticd that
Ibey be fiven ibe contIderaOen a(
overlookina Iheir lltling on ibt pollco
bioiier. Tbft ue nould like lo do. Howreer.
II It nol oitr Dotllion la be judfe or Jury. We
merelt publith Ihe laclt at we find ibem
reported by Ihe arretling ofllcert. To keep
•ul of The ('rime Beal ('olumnt, merely,
meant nol belnp refltlercd by a police
oflUrr in rrportlne hit (indlnft whrie on
duly. So limply keep o« Ibe "Blaiirr" and
you Hon'i be in The (rime Btal.
STEAL .\T ARLANS
Mrs. Betty Powell Johnson,
security agent at Arlans
Department Store, 1920 North
Boulevard, told Officer W H.
Payne Saturday, that she saw-
one black male and one black
female come into the store and
steal one brown coat, valued at
$23. one pair of girl's brown
shoes. $8.53 and one blue shirt.
$2.44. Arrested and charged
with larceny were .Miss Sharon
Robinson. 16. and Kenneth
Donald Yarborough. 17, No
addresses were listed
iSee CRIME BEAT. P 3>
‘Blood Was
Everywhere,’
Police Say
"MISS BLAC K A.MERK .\“ • Cherry Hill, .N.J. - Arniece Russell
newly crowned 'Miss Black America" of 1973. smiles as she
displays trophy. MKs Russell won the title over 31 girls from
throughout the countrv. .She represented New York. The .Miss
Black America Pagi-ant was held at the Latin Casino. (I'PI)
Oft-Criticized Cop
Quits Raleigh Force
BV STAKF WHITEK
The resignation of 26.yearold Robert Winfield
Sne^en, a white alleged racist policeman, from the
local force from .August 13. was announced last week by
Police Chief Robert E. Goodwin. Mr. Sneeden's first
venture into overt and unprovoked racial violence
jKcurred on Sunday. July 31. 1972. in front of
W lygul-Sanders Ford. 401 Downtown Boulevard, when
he apprehended CAROLI.\I.-\\ managing editor,
Charles R. Jones, charged Jones with carrying a
concealed weapon la 2.5 automatic pistol I. and driving
W miles per hour in a 45 mile zone. Jones of Camden
handcuffed by S'leeden. his car was taken
to I rice s Garage and he was generally embarrased by
this officer s action.
Catholics
Altering
US Course
NKW dRLEA.VS • The fact
that t)lack t'athulics are
moving tiway from the tactics
of controntf'ition that have
brought 'hem only limited
success in their search for
more participation in the
church doe.s not mean acquies-
encp to what they see as racism
in the church
Black priest.s. nuns, semi
narians and lay people met
See I'S CATHOLICS. P 2)
Mr Jones had just exited
Wade Avenue nirouii h.une
from tile .ModiKMifer and
admitted that when he ticard
the siren of the police vehicle
which .Sneeden Wii> driving, he
imniediatelv ch»" ked hi^
speedometer andohM-rved that
he was going 47 milc'^ |H*r hour
"It there wa> air. speeding
done. It wa.s Offnei .Si.eeden
doing it,' Jone.s lulcr rejrorted
in this nev^spaper The con
cealed weapons rap a as
thrown out. but the rewsnian
paid $10 and costs of court for
the s{H>eding chaige
Early this year. Sneeden
stopped Francis Jerome P.iole.
then a parole officer oi Delany
Drive, this city, and charged
Mr Poole with driving 4j miles
(Cee COPS giTTS, P 2»
by ALEXANDER BARNES
DURHAM • Eight-year-
old Tina Atwater might
forget the thrills of
Disneyworld that she had
just returned from with her
parents Sunday night, but
she will always remember
the horror she witnessed
about 2 a.m., Monday,
when she entered their
room and found that they
were the victims of a
heartless murderer of niur-
y -* J ilia and Matthew
Tina, who was asleep in
another room, and did not hear
the shots that took Ihe life of
(See MAN. WIFE. P. 2)
Suspect In
Death Fails
To Appear
National Black News Service
PHILADELPHIA • Ronald
Harvey, a suspect in two
Cherry Hill, N.J. murders and
seven Washington, D.C. mur
ders. failed to appear for an
extradition hearing and an
assislanl United Stales attor
ney testified that he had
"disappeared."
The attorney, Terry Russell,
said that Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents "lost
contact" with Harvey shortly
before he was indicated bv a
grand jury in Washington,
along with six other men. on
charges of murdering seven
Hanafi Muslims Iasi January
The most recent hearing had
been scheduled in response to a
request by New Jersev that
Harvey be extradited to face
charges in Camden Countv for
the murders of Major B C'oxon
and Lita Luby in Coxon's home
last June.
Judge Ethan A. Dotv of
Philadelphia's Common Pleas
Court, issued a bench warrant
for Harvey’s arrest and
ordered his $145,000 hail
forfeited. Meanwhile. Harvey's
lawyer told Judge Doty he
'See SUSPECT IN. P 2i
ihi'rna'i! *T ’ Two youngchildren.who were attempllng to dash across
mo J E. Martin Street at near s p.m. fait Saturday, were struck bv a I9B.5 white
Oldsmobile. driven by OS-yearoild Tommy Bay Baker of Gamer. In top photo. 4.vmro>ld ( harlrs
Larnom Baker foreground, of Portsmouth. Va., was found lying near Ihe south side ot Ihe street,
while Raymond l.amonl Artis. (. 313 Camden Street, who was seen lying nearer in the curb, on Ihe
far s dC’ must have ^en knocked acroas Ihe area. Both boys are Haled In “serious condletion" bs the
J .“.‘“.'iP". Memorial Hotplul. In bottom picture, Sgl. Charles G. Dledrlrh.' left,
and Officer M. If. Hicks, are shown assisting two ambulance attendants lilt the Artis boi onln the
stretcher lor his sojourn to Wake Memorial Hospital, as spectators weep and look on
Candidates For May or^ Council
Continue To Mount In Raleigh
to boil in city elections, two candidates have already
announced ihetr intention of seeking to become Raleigh's first mayor chosen directl'v
controversial Michael m “onoilman, and one-term
week is Ivies 'l r-noin to announce for the mayor's race thi.s
X Bovd want^ tlPt^fi; Xb "^fotor- It is still a mystery
wn> iioyd wanted to talk with Coggins and not Lightner Tuesday morning about the
Filing for district council
seats Tuesday were two men.
William Rogers Knight, a
CR Fight
Shifted:
Rep. Young
.National Black .News Service
WASHINGTON - Rep. And
rew ^uung (D Ga.i. former
executive director of the
'5ee CK FIGHT. P 2»
KALFKiH TR \.sH MAN rOOl.S OFF - Raleigh. N.C. - Picking up
uritund (iir \.( . sijie ( ainpus can be a tiring Job. Flliott
Hear" Misl«i out* oi iht- nianv hundH (hat keep the campufi cleiin.
takes (iiitc i*ut trom iiis work to sit under a tree In the shade and
fan hin.NfU wiui .n- . 1 einpi-ralures ranged in the IHi's .\ugust
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
For K.j.jMfnablv Clolhing Care
COUNTDOWN; GETTING
CLOSER - .-\tlanta • Hank
Aaron powered his 706th career
homerun In the first Inning
August 28 against Milt Pappas
of (he Chicago Cubs. It left him
black, who announced for a
seat, representing South Ral
eigh District, and Edward
Carson, who placed eighth in a
seven-council race in 1971, who
also plans to represent the
above-mentioned district
The Rev Thomas B Bash-
ford. pastor of Fuller Memorial
Baptist Church. HOO N, Blood-
worth Street, threw hi.s hut into
the ring, also Tuesday, seeking
election to the East Raleigh
District.
(See CANDIDATES. P 2*
Appreciation
Check Claimed
By City Man
The lone winner in The
CAROLINIAN'S new Appre
ciation Money feature was
Rodney McNeil, who resides at
1309 E. Martin Street. .Mr
McNeil's name was in the
advertisement paid for by the
M.4N DEFIES CITY - New York - Leunai d Schneider’s newsstand
does a brisk business here late August 27. Ever since he took over
the newsstand, his father started .'•( years ago. Schneider has spent
12 hours a day selling papers and tnug.i/ine from his corner on
Times Square. He's going to cunllnue selling them despite the City
of New York. A few months, (he Deparlmenl ol ( onsiiiner .\ffairs
derided that Schneider's stand was hliukini; the sidewalk and
forcing people into the street, d Pli
(...» mioK. Z.t o i. D \i. “uveriisemeni paia lor ny the
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
Vacation Time:
Thw will be no edition of The CAROLINIAN for the
we<^ of September 2-8.
1T4 D A* first time in the near 34-year history of The
CAROLINIAN that such a decision was neceissary to
allow all of its personnel a much needed vacation and
rest.
We are sure that our representatives, readers und
advertisers will allow for this week's void in their
f^eparation of news, photographs and advertisements.
Regular schedule for news correspondents will resume
a week later with deadlines as before.
Consideration of rescheduling anv national or local
advertisement for the week of September 2 is
suggested.