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For the first time, perhaps,
in the history of Republican
State Conventions, blacks
will play an important part
in the deliberations which
will take place at Dorton’s
Arena Saturday, when the
4,000 delegates, from a-
cross the state, meet to
name a chairman. The 1972
gains will be assessed and
the man selected will be
i charged with the duties of
' making more gains in 1974.
There has been quite some
in'fighting for the coveted
^b. Dopsters say it is not
-valy a battle between the
incumbent chairman,
Frank Rouse, a Kinston
businessman, and Tom
Bennett, Morehead City
lawyer and former member
of the General Assembly,
but who has the most
power, Governor Jim Hols*
houser or Senator Jesse
Helm®
Rouse is said to be the choice
of Senator Helms, while
Bennett was selected by the
governor, as the man that he
could work with best. There is
also the image of Gene
Anderson who many say. calls
the shots in the governor's
office. According to an unau-
ihentic count, there could be
'See RKPI'BIJCANS. P. 2)
NAACP To Open Office
CLARENCE E LIGHTNER
ROtlNlAN
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 32. NO. 52 RALEIGH, N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
N. C. Police Officials Say
MAN, 20, KILLS OWN FATHER
1973 SINGLE COPY 1.4c
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National Leaders To Attend
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Soul City
Argument'
Triggers’
Shootings?
Groundbreaking
Solons,
Impeach
Sounds
Heard
Delegates to the 30th
annual meeting of the N.C.
State Conference of
Branches. NAACP. held
here Oct. 24-27, adopted the
most aggressive set of
resolutions ever formulated
by the militant body. Even
though there was resound
ing notes of impeaching the
President, the committee
resolved not to have any
part of such a procedure.
The criticism of the
nation's chief executive was
G. WESLEY WILLIAMS
Last In A Series
Mayoral Candidates
Views Made Publw
lEdilor’s Note: Clarence E.
Lightner, a veteran of six and
one-half years as a member of
the Raleigh City Council,
presently the city's mayor
pro-fern, is president and
general manager of Lightner
funeral. Lightner Insurance
Agency and Hiltcrest Ceme
tery, gives his views as the first
Raleigh black man ever to
offer for the post of mayor of
the City of Raleigh^:
You are all aware that
Halelgh is going into the
district system uf citv council
representation lor the first
time. The entire council will be
TUESDAY
NOV. 6*^
Top Analyst
Talks Here
On L\\ Day
“United Nations Day is a
very significant day. because
we are now witnessing a‘
^monstraliun of what the
Hailed Nations can and cannot
do to preserve peace." .said Dr.
Lisa Sergio, world reporter and
news analyst of Washington.
^ C. Or. ^rgio spoke during
^e morning session of United
Nations Pay. Oct. 24. on the
campus ol St Augustine's
College.
She said that. “Nobody
suggested that the United
Nations could stop a war. The
purpose of the U N is to
preserve the peace which
everybody hoped would remain
after World War (I This
country is the only country that
had the audacity to throw the
atomic bomb. When you see
that this can happen again, you
want to presiTve the peace”
She stated that the L’.S and
Russia are ttic two greatest
powers , and Mr Nixon went to
China because he was fright
ened that Cliina would become
the tliird power
She said that tlu strength of
the United .Nations is no better
than the people in it and the
ANALYST IS. P. 2)
MIDDLEBURG - Mystery
still surrounds the exact
rea.son why a 20-year-old
man would murder his own
64-year-old father as was
allefjed here last Saturday
in this Vance County
community. Speculations
were rampant, but no real
evidence has been uncover
ed in the case, accordinf? to
loq^l and countv officers.
Thomas Earl (Tony) Har
grove. has been charged with
murder, after his father. Willie
Hargrove, was fatally shot in
the lower left portion of his
stomach, one time, with a .22
calibre pistol.
Middleburg is some six miles
north of the Vance County Scat
of Henderson.
A hearing was held for
Hargrove on Tuesday. Oct. 30.
He was given an attorney and
returned to the jail without
privilege of bond. ^
In a conversation with a MISTREATMENT
female official of the court in Williams holds hands with his paralyzed bride, the former Jessie
Henderson early Wednesday it Huffman, after the couple’s wedding Jan. 23. 1973 Williams
was not Immediately known during a quarrel in May 1972. but his sentence for
whether young Hargrove assault to commit murder was suspended when both of them told a
would be sent to the state ^y^Pa^helic judge they loved each other. Circuit judge A1 Sepe.
mental institution in Goldsboro Williams to jail for 15 years after Jessie said she
for a period of observation. mistreated. (UPI)
Over in Hickory, some 75
miles away from the Middle
burg shooting, a 16-year-old
youth has been charged with
the fatal shooting of a
21-year-old coed at Lenoir-
Rhyne College, according to
police statements on Saturday
of last week
Lt. David Noble of the
Hickory Police Department,
identified the boy as Nelson
Caldwell Montgomery, who
was apprehended at his home
around 8 pm. Friday.
(See MURDERS
Miami - Chris
Over 2,000 Persons At
Wilson AMEZ Conference
WIIvSON - The final session
of the Cape Fear Conference.
('ivil Rights
Leader Conti tig
To Wendell
The 29lh anniversary of the
Wendell-Wake County chapter
of (he National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, will be observed on
Sunday. Nov 11 at 5 p.m, at the
Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church. Wendell
Featured -.peaker for the
occasion will be noted civil
rights attornev Julius I^vonne
Chambers of Charlotte Cham-
Ikts is well-known across the
state and nation lor his winning
of unusual suits, brought on bv
parents of s‘udents. who are
segregated agaiiust
The branch urges all to
attend the session, especially
parent-s and students and
teachei's.
which was held here, Oct 23-28,
closed with the reading of
appointments, after the best
meeting held during its 62-year
history, by Bishop Herbert Beil
Shaw, in the auditorium of
Darden High School at 3 p.m
Sunday.
More than 2.000 persons
were In attendance for the
closing day. Bishop Shaw
preached the morning sermon
He warned that the world,
including America, needed to
come to the realization that
Isaiah had when he exclaimed.
“Ip the vear that King Uzziah
died. I saw the I.,ord" He
called upon the audtenci to see
the Lor(i and become involved
m true Christian discipleship.
He said (hat such discipleship
did not end with going to
church, paying dues, but
extended to participation in
political, civic and social
welfare.
He alluded to the fact (hat the
conference took out a life
membership in the N.AACP. at
the behest of Chas A .McLean.
(See AMEZ CONFAB, P 2i
Mayors
Invited
SOUL CITY - Soul City's
historic Rroundbreakinf;
ceremonies, Friday, Nov, 9.
1973, will be attended by
national leaders, it was
announced this week. In-
lududl amonff those ac-
cepiinK invitations are:
^onKressman Parren J.
Mitchell. Mayor Jay Coop
er, Mayor Johnny Ford, Lt.
General Daniel James, and
Mrs. Elaine Jenkins. The
attendance of these distin
guished individuals signal
the nation that Soul City is
underway.
Jerry (Ice) Butler, sensa
tional singing star, will be
present for the groundbreaking
and will cap the evening with a
dynamic show-, at Duke
University's Cameron Indoor
Stadium in Durham at 8 p.m.
(See SOUL CITY. P. 2)
Cart ha Herndon
Appreciation
Cheek Winner
There was only one winner
out of a possible three in last
week’s Appreciation Money
Feature. This person claimeci a
check for $10 at the business in
which his name appeared.
The name of Garlha A.
Herndon, a resident of 2519
Fitzgerald Drive. Billmore
Hills, appeared in an adver
tisement paid for by Thomp-
son-Lynch Company. 20 W,
Hargett Street. This company
has been serving customers
with smiles since the year of
1912. and specializes in all
forms of electrical appliances,
including the best in Zenith
television sets.
'See APPRECIATION. P 2)
(See LIGHTNER. P. 2)
Recording artist Stevie Won
der has announced plans for
the Shaw Itniversitv honetit
concert, which he is*slated to
prcMluce in Raleigh during
Shaw's Homecoming celebra
tiun
Artlsl.s scheduled to appt'ar
on the t>enefit show include I..a
Belle. Tender Lovin' Care.
Ronnie Spector and the
Ronneltes, Stevie Wonder's
encouebed in the following of people who have
resolution never served on the council
••vv*. .U ,4 1 / before. To implement this new
^ ideology of system requires strong leader-
f resident Nixon s* federalism, ship and Intimate familiarity
workings of citv
is not new. but a 1 eplay of what government. H cannot be
m overemphasized that I am the
Kcandidate seeking a
councll position With any
unserNedly say to Mr. Nixon previous exDorionce and mv
that his federalism eats at the tenure as mavor pro tein will
very core of democracy and we aid me in being an effective
call upon him to cease being mavor *
racially biased and fulfill his
promise to bring America
together. This means he must
reverse his field and carry the
hall, instead of being the
quarterback, calling plays that
keep our back.s to the wall, on
the one-yard line. V^e reaffirm
our zeal and stated position to
protect our goal against all the
decoys he might set up.
whether they he Watergate,
revenue sharing, abolishment
of helpful programs to the
poor, moritorium on public
subsidized housing, rash anti-
iSee NAACP TO. P 2)
Hannon To
Speak On
Hospitals
Frank Hannon, recently
appointed as one of the
assistant directors of Rex
Hospital, will speak at a public
affairs luncheon at the YWCA
on Wes. Jones Street at 12 noon
on Thursday. Nov. 8.
“The hospital picture in
Raleigh: Rex Faces Its
Futui e ■ w ill be the topic of Mr.
Hannon's speech. He has
recently earned his master's
degree in the ho‘*pital adminis
tration program at Duke
University, and he served part
of his degree residency at Rex.
He served other residencies in
Massachu.setts, his native
stale. He and his family will
move to Raleigh soon.
The public is urged to hear a
discussion of a critical problem
in ihi' community. Reserva
tions may be called to the
Central YWCA (828-3205) bv
the previous afternoon.
The Board of Directors of the
YWCA will meet at 10:30 a m.
on Thursday, Nov 8, preceding
(he luncheon.
(Editor’s Note: G. Wesley
Williams is executive director
of the Raleigh Merchants'
Bureau, In this, the last of a
three-part series on the
candidates, is Mr Williams'
views of his race for the post «)f
mavor of the City of Raleigh':
Feeling a keen sense of dutv
and responding to many
requests from friends through
out the city. I am a candidate
for Mayor of the ('itv of
Raleigh
Three words express the
spirit ot the program I
advocate. I propose a new goal
for Raleigh - BETTERMENT
BEFORE BIGNESS
I do not look upon growl h as a
disease, nor do I look upon it as
a measurement of succi\ss. 1
stand for orderly, qualilv
growth - the kind of growth that
serves the people, not the kind
which reijuires i>eop!e to servo
it. I am not again.-.! higi.e.ss if it
IS for betterment
Our most important goil
should always be to inif-io.r
human relations Neighho,
hood groups, enviruninenlal-
iSee WILLIAMS. IV 2-
Stevie Wonder Will Aid
Shaw University Nov. 10
DISMISSED AFTER
CHARGES - Washington - Ruth
Bales Harris, who served as
deputy assistant administrator
for equal opportunity of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (.NASAi.
said Oct. 2H. she was dismissed
after slic and two other people
charged the agency with the
worst record in guveVnmenl for
hiring women and blacks
(UPI)
band entourage Uond<>il
and Ku^prl.^e gu«-i •
The coiictri will i.r-p: ,
ed in Raleigh M-- ■■ .1
Auditorium, beginimig (
p 1. oil Saturday, Nnv ii.
irlicipants in the
Wi.nder sp<inKored .show .mII
also appi'dr in the lUK year nid
institution's annual Homeeian
ing parade and at
Winston-Salem vs Siiau
homecoming football gamr .i:
Devereux Meadow Sladiun
Prince Hall
Shritiers In
Raleigh Sun.
James E Lytle, imper.al
Deputy uf the Desert nt N'lrl).
Carolina, has announi'>'rj »
meeting on all Temple ottu'>-'
and Imperial officers of Desi-rt
to be held at the Hilton Ini:
Motel, 1707 Hillsborough St . if-
a.m.. Sunday. Nov 4
The meeting is being ca!)i‘d
to plan activities, list eonte:
ence committees, appoint
directors of workshops and
plan for the 1974 Wint* i
Conference, which will im- hH«i
Jan. 25-26
71 Daughters of Isis wi.
have representatives at [!.•
session
Mr. L>lle is baseball coaeti
and physical education prole>
sor at Shaw University He ha-
been a member of the st.ift .J
that institution for atmus* thi
score of years More inionit.i
tion regarding the oniMl..'.
session Sunday will l>e turni.-'
ed in advance*, it is believed
EDITOR'S NOTE: Tlii4 rolumii or Iratyr*
it protfvred In (hr (lublir tnioreti «iO> an
aim luuardt rilmlnailng in canianit.
Numrrout Indlt iduali ba.r requetird ibat
they br |hrn ibe contidrratlon al
otrrlouklna Ibrir htiinf on ibe poller
bloiicr Tbit ue Huuld Mke to do. Hetteter,
II Ik not pur potilion lo be )udfe or jury Ha
meiriy i<ulilith Ibe larit at we (Ind ihrm
reported b) Ibe arretilnf oOlrert To keep
out al The Crime Beat Columnt. marcly
mebiw nol being rcgltiered by a poltre
olfleer in rrperiTng bit ilndlngt «hlle an
duly Na timriy keep oil ibr B'oiier" and
you «an‘l be In The Crime Biai
f'iYPTIA.N', UGA.N’DAN PRESIDENTS MEET - Cairn
E(|>plian Pri-sirtenl AnwarSadal (L) greets President idi Amin ol
Uganda, upon his arrival here Oct 27. Amin said Oc; 27 he had
evidence Americans had fought for Israel against the Arabs in the
1973 Middle East war il’PIi
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
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HE TOOK MV BABY“
Mrs, .Maxine Clark. 24. 8i)l
Apartment E. Elkhart Drive,
told Officer .1 W. Weather-
spoon at 2 1.I p.m .Saturciay.
that she refused to talk to
•Allred Josephu.s Clark. 27. 516
S Boundary St., 'so he took
my baby " The woman staled
that she got the baby back al
r)27 E. Cabarrus Street, but
Clark is said to have then took
a stick and struck her on the
left arm. hand and in the lower
part of her back. The woman
signed an assault on a female
warrant on Clark, her ex-hus-
band Mrs, Mae Burnett of the
Cabarrus Street address, was
listed as a witness.
(See CRIME BEAT, P 3)
DEMOCRATS SEEK TO HEAL WOUNDS - Washington - The Democratic Delegate Selection
Commission opened a 2-day meeting Ocl. 27. to take up a new chance to heal the wounds of 197? with
a set of delegate selection rule.> that outlaw quotas but seek to keep a strong voice for women, slacks
an(l young people at the party's 1976 national convention. Group around Barbara Mikulshi. the
chairwoman, are. LTR: Mayor Richard Hatcher, Gary, Ind.; Gov. John Gilligan of Ohio; Lt, G v
Blair Lee of Md.; and Alex Seith, of Chicago. (UPI)