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DURHAM - In a hard
hitting speech, delivered at VDy-
the September meeting of
/he Durham Branch,
>AvaACP, September 23,
Joseph W. Becton, director,
Durham Human Relations
Commission, took the
organization to task for an
out mixied program; the
media for printing half
truths; Durham citizens, of
both races, about an
apparent apathy that could
wipe out the few gains,
made in human rights, and
restore the city to the
depths of racism that it was
in before the civil rights
legislation, in the fifties and
sixties.
Me chided Ihc NAACP for not
trcining younger persons to
leplace the present leaders, so
thill when they passed off of the
scene, the program would not
ijfler. for the lack of
ex(>eni-nce He called for allout
support .if the organization and
said that >1 was the lever by
^'hich H'ii uam could be raised
U»in the doldrums of ineptness
^ i platitudes.
H ‘ attacked media for its
f ulure to tell the whole truth
itKMit the Pettigrew Street
situation. It was Becton's
thinking that the bad state of
affairs on Pettigrew Street had
long 'lince been made known to
citv officials. He attributed the
failure to do much about it to
the fact that Durham citizens
have become too complacent.
He also pointed out that the
... ■ oru. in the Pilot
.,rta. ViC.. Durham college,
were becoming intolerable and
(hat something should be done
about that situation.
He was disturbed about the
lack of interest on the part of
iSee BLASTS APATHY. P 2)
Two Awards
^Going To
Roy Wilkins
^ NKW YORK • NAACP
Executive Director Roy Wil
kins will be present^ the
$25 000 Zale Award for his work
m civil rights at a dinner in
Austin. Texas, on October 7.
Mr Wilkins was informed of
(he award by Mrs Claudia
. I>ady Bird) Johnson, widow of
the late President. Mrs.
Johnson is a co-chairman of
The Zale Award Committee.
The presentation will be
made on the night preceding
the opening of (he next
symposium of the LBJ Librar-
Wilkins will also be honored
on October 6 by the 369th
Veterans’ Association. Inc., in
Lancaster. Pa . for his “signi
ficant contribution in his
chosen field of endeavor,’’ The
Veterans' Association award
will bi' presented at a banquet
^See ROY WILKINS. P. 2)
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
47 RALEIUH. N.C. week ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBEH g9. 197.7
White Woman Declares She Wns
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At Regular Session
RCADiscussess CivicCenter
Victim States She
Told Attcu ker^
A ZZ-year-old white worn, i, Miss Brenda Faye Lewis,
Room 316, Andrew Johr >on Hotel, 100 W. Martin
Street, considered a ‘black hotel, because it is allegedly
leased to and operated by jlacks, stated that she was
raped. However, the wi man did not describe her
attacker by race.
Miss Lewis related to Officer
B. M. Perry at 5:55 p.T
‘Tuesday, that she was in her
room “talking to a friend of
mine, Dwight, when this other
fellow came into my room and
told Dwight he wanti'i to
to me Dwigh* (In' . , .i
when he aid, the guy told me
that he wanted my body."
The young woman contin
ued; “I told him no, man, I
can’t do that, even if 1 wanted
to. I still could not do that."
She also declared, “He
forced me to the bed and pulled
my pants off’’ and reporte^y
had sexual relations with her.
as the officer slated on the
report sheet, “Her private
parts were attacked”
Tho woman, who never did
give the name of he* attacker,
had bruises about her eyes and
Uk left side of her face.
Ms-'nvestig^tion into this case
is suil underway by member
of the Ralei^ Police Oepai
ment as to what the race of her
attacker was and allegedly to
why she did not scream or
resist the reported force of her
ravisher.
Information regarding the
(See RAPED HERE, P. 2)
READS TO HIS SONS • Honolulu • U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas
Davli. Jr., flanked by his adopted tons. Tommy (L) and Danny,
performs typical parental duty, tharbig reading session with
the youths. Both boys are result of union between Black American
Gis and Korean women. (t'Pl)
Congressional Black
Caucus Is Saturday
Plans Revealed For
Civic Center Here
BY MISS J. E. HICKS
At its regular meeti^ last Thursday night, held at St.
Ambrose Episcopal Cnurch, Ralph Campbell presided,
and Harold Webo offered prayer. Then the president
presented Manley Casper, executive secretary for the
Raleigh Civic Center.
WASHINGTON. D C. - Sen,
Edward W. Brooke, the first
black to serve in the U.S.
Senate since 1881, will be the
guest speaker a( the third
annual dinner of the Congres
sional Black Caucus at the
Washington Hilton Hotel cm
Saturday, Sept 29, beginning
at 6 p.m. Senator Brooke was
elected to the Senate in 1966
from the state of Massachu
setts. where he previously
served as attorney general.
Rep. Louis Stokes, chairman
of the Congressional Black
Caucus, said the group hopes to
raise some $250,000 from the
dinner to help underwrite
research aimed at resolving
the social and economic
problems of ihinorities. Tickets
for the affair which Stokes says
will be “an historic occasion"
cost $100 per person.
The Caucus is a non-partisan
coalition of the 1C black
members of the House of
Representatives formed in
(See BLACK <
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THREATENSTO
CUT-JAILED
Robert Eli Creech. 43. white
male. 508 Longview Street,
informed Officer J. S. Carroll
at 12 50 a m Saturday, (hat
Robert Earl Wilson, 25, 706
Mr. Casper had brought
along illustrated charts which
he used to describe the mall in
the Memorial .Auditorium
complex, where the Civic
Center will be located, bound^
by the Sir Walter Hotel on
Davie Street. Salisbury Street
and Wilmington Street
The purpose of building the
Civic Center is to revitalize the
downtown area. Tracing the
expi'rience of cities which have
built such centers, there was
nothing but praise for the
economic advantages which
they experienced commented
Mr Casper A Washington,
(See RCA HEARS. P. 2)
Judge Sets
October 19
For Death
BY J B. HARREN
ROCKY MOUNT - P'rs.
Mamie Lee Ward, a
52-year-old resident of 520
Gay Street, Rocky Mount,
became the second black
woman from this city to
receive a death sentence
within the last few years.
(The other black female
who received a death
sentence was young Marie
Hill, who was convicted of
the robbery-murder of an
aged white grocery store
owner in the black
community. She is still in
prison).
Mamie Lee Ward was
convicted of first degree
murder in connection with the
July 19 slaying of Frank
Parker, her alleged common-
law husband, when she
allegedly found Parker seated
on a couch with another
woman It was alleged that
Mrs. Ward traveled from the
west side (Happy Hill com
munity) to the east side to
Parker's residence, where he
was shot in the face with one of
his guns, dying immediately.
Judge Joshua S. Jones
pronounced the death sentence
for October 19. whereupon
defense attorney Howard A.
Knox gave notice of appeal to
the North Carolina Supreme
Court.
The seven men and five
women jury (one alternate)
deliberated 30 minutes in
reaching a first degree verdict.
Reportedly, there were four
blacks on the jury. An
assortment of rumors are
(See WOMAN IS. P. 2)
Nbeon^s
Housin/or
‘Sorry^
NEW YORK N Y. -
.'resident’s housing message it
a dismal disappointment to low
income and minoritv fami
lies.” Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.,
executive director, National
Urban League, said this week.
Mr. Jordan's complete state
ment follows:
“The Administration had an
opportunity to give the nation a
badly needed comprehensive
housing program. Instead, it
produced a watered down
non-program. The Congress is
now our last resort.
“Although the administra
tion is partially lifting the
moratorium on Section 236, it is
on a severly limited basis, far
less than enough to meet
demand. The administration
talks about a program of direct
cash assistance but it's not to
be instituted until 1975.
“In addition, it is rM clear
that the administration will
insist upon counseling as an
adjunct to the program and.
without counseling, it is
doomed to failure. Worst of all,
we have enough experience
with housing programs gen
erally to konw that speculators
will find some way to ‘rip off
direct cash assistance just as
they have ‘ripped off" other
programs.
'In the final analysis, since
(he proposal effectively scut
tles our national goal of 26
million new units and six
million subsidized units over a
ten year period, low income
Appreciation
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nuuvri c,dii misuit, m, (w jyr j w m m
Filmont Street, approached nOntCin AtlU .flan
him at the Union Bus Th-r*.
(See HOUSING,
DEATH CLAIMS LIFE OF ACTRESS • New York - Diana Sand-.,
the black actress who rose to stardom w ith her role in "Riiisiii in
the Sun," died September 21 of cancer at the age of :i*). it uus
announced September 22. Miss Sands had been at MenHui.tl
Hospital here for cancer and an allied disease for several we*'k%
following unsuccessful surgery to remove a tumor. (I'Fl)
Actress Diana Sands
Is Victim Of Cancer
NEW YORK ■ Famed actress Diana Sands. 39, died
here Friday night of cancer, the same disease that took
the life of the person in whose play she was appearing,
the late 34-year-old Miss Lorraine Hansberrv. Ijlaek
authoress of "A Raisin In The Sun." The death was
announced Saturday. Miss Hansberry died in 1905.
Miss Sands had been at the ^ ^ I I
local Memorial Hospital for .Tfl lilaCKS
Cancer and Allied Diseases for Itiy
several weeks, following an
unsuccessful operation to re
move a tumor. Although she
had a starring role in
"Claudine", a inovie, she was
best known for her portrayal in
“Raisin In the Sun."
A New vorR native. Miss
Sands began her career as part
of a dance team, known as
Twain and Di.ina
She appeared in a number of
plays, but the big break came
for her In 1959, when she landed
with the Broadway play in
"Raisin."
The performances by Miss
(See MISS SANDS, P. 2)
Says Gov.
Holshouser
Soothes Fear
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
CHAPEL HILL - Those who
were fearful that black
colleges would be phased out
got uncompromising assur
ance from Governor James E.
Holshouser. Jr., at the two^ay
meet of the Institute of
Government, the Board of
Governors of the expand^
University of North Carolina
and the trustees of the
16-member units of the
university, held here last week,
when he addressed the meet, at
a dinner Thursday night.
The chief executive made it
clear that he was dedicated to a
program of higher education
that would have only one aim •
every child in the state, no
matter what school he chose,
would receive the best educa
tion possible, regardless of
whether it was at a so-called
(See EDUCATION. P. 2)
Seeking
Ga, Offices
ATLANTA. Gi-orgi.! Wilh'vi
black candidates rum,,, .,.r
public office in Ihc l\
1973 eleclions Mianl.i '
will provide Ihc n.ir
highlight of mioonlv poh'i.-al
aclivily for the falk sai- M,,
nonparlisan Voter Kduc .iii.,ii
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RECORD - Houston • Hank
Aaron moved within two of
Babe Ruth's careei home run
record September 22. when he
hit the 7l2lh homer of his
career In the sixth inning of a
game between the .\tlan(a
Braves and the lluuston
Astros. It is the 39-yrar old
Braves'outfielder. d Pl)
Terminal. 217 W Morgan
Street, with four or five otner
people, and asked him what
nme the next bus would leave
for Durham When he was told
6 a m.. Wilson.began to curse
Creech and blamed him
because there wasn't a sooner
bus He pulled out a pocket
knife and said he was going to
cut Creech, who signed an
assault with a deadly weapon
warrant and Wilson was jailed.
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
There were two persons
lucky enough to win two checks
in the amounts of $10 each last
week in The CAROLINIAN'S
new Appreciation Money fea
ture. L^ok on the Appreciation
Money page for your name. It
might just appear there
Winners were Mrs. Mable H
Davis, 604 E Hargett Street,
who told a CAROLINIAN
newsman that she had been
"looking and looking for my
(See APPRECIATION. P 2)
WAKE DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOT HERE - Ralcigb. N.C. • Wake County Sheriff's Deputy. W.
H indy Stott Is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after being shot in the stomach with his own pistol
l|rpiember 25 in the County Courthouse building on the main street here. .A suspect, identified as
Timulhy Sherwood Davis. 20. of Knighldale. Is being held. Officers grabbed the suspect In a parking
lot two blocks from the shooting scene, after chasing him on foot and exchanging gun fire. (t'PI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
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For The Best In Night Patrol
WORLD BANKERS MEET JOMO KENYATTA - Nairobi, Kenya - World Bank President Robert
McNamara <2nd L). looks on as Johannes Wittsveen <L). general manager of the Internatio.ui
Monetary Fund, greets President Jomo Kenyatta at opening of International .Monetary Fund aj.«l
World Bank meeting here September 24. At extreme right Is Chairman Chambers. Meeting is first
one held in Africa. (UPl)