Black Man Shoots Deputy After He
PRESS RUN THIS WEEK 10.300
JSreaks Into Jail^
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Frees
'■Xts-rli'L, 1;
In Rocky Mount
Trio StiU Missing,
Sheriff Tells Scribe
Omegas Hear Lightner
ROLINIAN
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
V Ol.. 33. NO. 2 RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV 17, 1973 SINGLE COPY 15g
Case Going To Court
Says Cop Beat Him
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Having Financial Wi>es
Jackson, PUSH, In
Sheriff Linwood B. Faulkner
told The CAROLINIAN that as
late as Tuesday afternoon, that
there was no word, lead or
clue, as to the whereabouts of
the unwelcomed black intrud
er. who shot a night jailer and
freed two inmates.
The story begins rather un
conventionally. According to
information received from
.Sheriff Faulkner, Doug Per
son, a trustee, was found by
Deputy C. C. Ellington, trying
to get over the fence. Ellington
is said to have inquired from
Person what he was doing and
i»e told him that Deputy Sheriff
Thuislun Medlin, who was
serving as night jailer had been
shot in the neck. He said he was
seeking aid for the wounded
man.
A merciful story of how Don
Young, another inmate, rend
ered first aid to Medlin by
clearing his breathing passage
and giving mouth-to-mouth
resusciatation, until medical
aid arrived, was told. Medlin
was taken to Duke Hospital.
His condition was report^ as
being favorable Tuesday.
It is apparent that Person
was a witness to the whole
matter. He is alleged to have
said that an unidentified black
nan burst into the office area.
. . __ with a sawed off shotgun and
|%/l A m4 -m t c«demanded that Medlin open the
UJl-CJidi'ell block. Medlin is said to
have refused and the intruder
HENDERSON • Vance County law enforcement
officers are not too sure that the days of the Wild, Wild
West are not upon us again. Some of them came to that
conclusion about 1:30 a.m. Friday, when they found
that a man had gone over a 6 foot chain fence, which
surrounds the Vance County jail, shot the jailer and
released two prisoners.
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Trouble
Officials
Order No
AT LAST RITES FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT • Oakland, Calif. • Casket of Dr. Marcus A.
I- ««ter. the Oakland sebooto supefintendent who was gunned down by assassins last week. Is carried
from Beebe Memorial CME Temple, here Nov. 12, foHowlng funeral services. An overflow crowd
estimated at 2.SM neople. ln''ittding slate and local dignitaries, attended the services. (UPI)
Governor Holshomer Speaks
To 1^000 In Soul City Fete
BY J B HARREN
take its date in history as the
day an innovative venture was
Inaugurated by Floyd B. Me-
Kissick and his opimiatic
associates, when they deter
mined that - like pioneers of old
- they would set about the task
of “building a city" with faith
in God, themselves and the
financial wizards of America.
Never before (in Tarheelia at
(See SOUL CITY. P.
. 2)
SOUL CITY - Future genera
tions will read of the history
made in this Vance Cc^ty
community when Governor
James E Hc^shouser, Jr.,
helicoptered onto a beautiful
pasture here to deliver the
ground-breaking ceremony to Wake Baptist Department
Soul City. N.C., the brain-child * ■
of Floyd B. McKlMick, the
Buncombe County (Asheville)
native, who alM “had a
dream." when he talked with
his college-mates about build- BY W A “PETE” WILDER
Meets In Raleigh Sunday
ing a model city, where all
races could live together in
peace, harmony and progress
Friday. Nov. 9. is deati^ to
The Christian Education De
partment of the Wake County
Baptist Cooventitm, will meet
at Martin Street Baptist
Church, E. Martin and State
Streets, Sunday. Ncv. 18 at 3
pm. with Mrs. Pearlina
McMichaei of Bethlehem Bap
tist Church, presiding. Devo
tions will be in charge of Mrs
Frances Burton of Baptist
Grove Baptist CTiurch. Mr.
Hulon L Morgan of Martin
Street Baptist Church, will
bring greetings from the
church Mr . Frederick Smith of
Tupper Memorial, will add the
response Mrs. Mildred T.
James, First Baptist Church,
will introduce the speaker. Mr.
Ronald Swain, also of First
Baptist C'hurch
Following the address of the
evening, there will be a
question and answer period
Aside from a solo by Miss
Martha Stephenson of Baptist
Grove, the bulk of the music
will be rendered by the youth
choir of New Bethel
The concluding remarks for
the day. will be made by Rev
P H Johnson These services
are open to the public and
'See BAPTISTS TO. P 2)
CHICAGO. ILL. - Reliable
sources have reported that
the Rev. Jesse Jackson,
close associate of the late
Martin Luther King, who
broke with Ralph David
Abernathy ana headed
PUSH, was in money
trouble with his board of
directors. Two of the city's
IsadiM daily newspapers
said Friday and SatuMay
that the board had ordered
Jackson to make no more
commitments in behalf of
the organization.
This is believed to have been
due to the fact that an
investigation into the financial
conditions showed that only
about $6,000 was in the bank
and the organization owed
more than 130,000. The board is
said to have become alarmed
when it was found that mMt of
the receipts from the most
potential fund raising project,
Expo 73, had been collected
anc spent.
The organization is reported
to have only two main projects
• a spring dinner and the fall
exposition. Both have taken
place and the coffers are
almost empty. The report is
said to show that bills due for
telephone service and travel,
total more than $25,000. Jack-
son is alleged to have to allay
any fears about the money
difficulties by saving that
contributions and other efforts
would far exceed the debts.
Jackson's handling of monies
18 said to have been realized for
“Bread Basket.“ created an
adjunct to SCLC, by King,
which Jackson h e a d e a,
brought SCLC leader, David
Abernathy, down on Jackson.
The break is reported as being
the cause of the two deciding to
go their separate ways
PUSH is said to have
flourished, due to Jackson’s
prowess and maneuverability.
He is said to have gather^
people from all walks of life
‘What Ails
America?’
Lightner
ISee J JACKSON, P 2)
Justice Dept.
Investigates
WASHINGTON. DC - A
federal indictment unsealed
last week, charged a Macon,
Georgia, policeman with as
saulting a prisoner who suffer
ed a skull fracture at the city
jail
Assistant Attorney Genera)
J Stanley Poltinger. head of
the Civil Rights Division, said
the indictment against Officer
Charles C Stokes, was return
ed sealed last Friday and was
unsealed in U S District Court
ID Macon.
(See PRISONER.
P 2)
Mrs. Harris Is
Appreciation
Check Winner
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
MAHHIK'D HANK AARON, RECEIVES CONGRATLLATORY
iMNDHH.AKE • Klagstaa, Jamaica • Atlanta Braves' oatfleMer,
tuak \aroa (seated), receives CMgrataUiary kandshakeft from
Jamaica's director of tourtom, Eric Akraksms (wkite salt), upon
kiv marriage to Allaota TV persooallty BlUye WUllamt (seat^i.
Nov. 12. Mra. AkralUms <staodlag-R), looks oa. Tke
erwlyweds are presoativ koocymooBlng la Jamaica. Aaron
finbkrd tke 1973 kaaokoU aoaaoa oae raa akort of tyiag Bake
Ratn’t 714 komenia record. (tl*l>
NKW HKHN WhM K KWIIN
Service la uur Business"
shuffle, it is thought that the
intruder seized Metllin's gun
and proceeded to shoot him
(Medlin). with his own gun.
Person proved faithful to his
trust, according to more in-
(See BREAKS INTO. P. 2)
NNPAAsks
$6 Million
In Project
said to have pulled the
trigger, but the shotgun failed
to go off. The intruder did not
give up when the gun did not go
off, but chose to tackle Medlin.
The result • Medlin was hit in
the face with the gun. In the
BY J. B. HaRREN
uJCKY MOUNT - "Religioo
and Morality, How They Influ
ence Success and Happiness,"
was the theme for the National
Achievement Week observance
of Alpha Omicron (^apter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Dentist James F. Cameron is
basileus of Alpha Omicron.
Frank C. Hunter presided over
the program, which featured
an address bv Raleigh’s re
cently elected black mayor,
Garence E. Lightner, who was
accompanied by his campaign
manager James Henry Brown,
an affable young man, who
Lightner said, was going plac
es • upward.
"A New Humanism • To
Inspire Our Youth," was
Lightner’s approach to what
ails America, as he declared:
OMFOAfi KFAR. P. 2)
WASHINGTON. DC. • The
National Newspaper Publish
ers Association (NNPA).
through its executive director,
Sherman Briscoe, asked the
Corporation for Public Broad
casting last week, for an
annual allotment of $6,500,000
for Black Journal, Sou), black-
oriented colleges, civil rights,
and service organizations.
The request represents 10
times the amount now being
alloted to black programming
by CPB, out of its ^ million
budget.
Briscoe was among a half
dozen speaker.s who testified
before CPB in behalf of more
black programming. Among
the others were: Rev. Jesse
Jackson, president of PUSH
(People United to ^ve Hu
manity); Tony Brown, dean of
Howard University’s school of
communications and producer
of Black Journal; and James
D. Williams, communications
director of the National Urban
League.
Rev. Jackson pressed for
across-the-board improvement
in the relationship of public
broadcasting with the black
community. This includes pro
gramming, employment and
upgrading of blacks, and other
facets of Station operations.
Dean Brown accused CPB of
failing to meet its commitment
to the black community and of
being insensitive to its pro
gram need.s. He cited how
Black Journal has attempted to
meet these needs, only to be
penalized by CPB fund r^uc-
tions. He vigorously demanded
a restoration of cut funds and
an expansion of his budget.
Williams reviewed the long
time support of the Urban
League of increased black
programming on both public
(See NNPA ASKS. P! 2)
PROTESTS KILLING OF ALLEGED BANK ROBBER • Allantu
Rev. Joseph E. Boone of the Atlanta Summit Leadership
Congress, talks to newsmen in front of the Spring Street First
National Bank. Nov. 12. Boone, along with other civil rights
people, were protesting the killing of George Whitfield Nov. M.
after beheld up the bank and took four bank tellers hostage. tl'PI)
NCC UNamesBuilding
For Miss L, Latham
DURHAM ■ Miss Louise M.
Latham, dean of women at
North Carolina Central Uni-
93rd Annual
AMEZ Meet
Has Changes
FAYETTEVILLE - The 93rd
session of the Central N.C.
Conference, AME Zion Cilhurch,
ended here Sunday with, the
reading of appointments by
Bishop W. A. Hilliard, who
presided over the 6-day meet.
Due to the expected large
attendance, the final session
was held on the campus of
Fayetteville State University,
in Seabrook Auditorium. A
special songfest. featuring
more than 20 choirs from
throughout the area, began at 3
p.m.. and continued for three
hours. A memorial service for
both ministers and laymen who
died during the year, was also
held during that period.
There were no major chang
es. which means that all
pastors will be serving the
same churches they served the
past year, including the pre
siding elders. This is believed
due to the progress that was
made in all phases of the work.
There were several visitors,
Bishops J. W. Wactor and G. J.
Leake, Dr. W. C. Ardrev. who
versity for 20 years, was an
honored guest recently as
North Carolina Central’ Uni
versity dedicated a women s
dormitory in her honor.
The dormitory on the corner
of Lawson and Lincoln Sis
was named The Louise M
Latham Hall, during Founder's
Day ceremonies at NCCU
Assisting in the dedication of
the building were William
Clement, vice chairman of the
NCCU board of trustees, Willie
J. Kimmons, assistant dean of
students, and Miss Sarah
Cauthen, Miss NCCU
A reception at the dormitory
named for her, saw (he
presentation, in Miss I^ihani's
presence, of her portrait (o fhe
university. The porlrail, by
Willie Nash. NC'ITI' alumnus
and Durham artist, will hang in
the dormitory and was pre
sented by the NCCU alumni
association.
Career Wk.
Now Being
Observer!
(See 93RD ANNUAL,
r iCRlRI^
CDITOR'S NOrCt ThU celumR ..
Ii produced In the public iRlerevl ...^i ..
■ Im lowirdi (limliuilR( lie roHicMa.
Numerout ludltlduaU have reqattiad tbM
(boy be fiten ibe contldcrailoR af
avcrlooklRR ibeir lUiinf or tbc poilea
bloiifr. Tbu »e uould l<bc lo •«. HoHever.
i( l> not our Doillionio be judft or jury. Wo
merely publlvh ibr facta ai u. find Ibem
reported by ibe arrcaiiRf offlccri lo keep
o«i of Tke Crime Beat Columni, merely
meana net belna retitlarcd by a pallea
oincer In rtporiTnf bU flndlnn while aa
duly. So almply kcop off ibe "Blotter ' and
you won't be in Tbe Crime Beat.
"Man JUMPED BY THREE
Richard Eugene Elsener.
38-year-old white resident of
2415-B Crabtree Boulevard, i
told Officer M. W. Brown at
11:14a.m. Monday, that he was |
leaving the manager's office,
when he was jumped by Joseph j
Lee, 26 and Kenneth Earl
Green, 23. Elsener is a private
detective and had just‘booked’ ,
some friends of the suspects. * Los Angeles • Mayor
Both men were chargecl with Tom Bradley said Nov. 13, that
assault and both reside at 617 Ntion should resign
GranUand Drive in the ApoUo ?• “* ‘® the couatry,"
Heights section of the city. because the Watergate Scandal
has crippled his Presidency.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. S) (UPI)
"PRESIDENT SHOULD RE-
National Career Guidance
Week is being conducted un the
campus of St. Augustine's
Ckillege. Nov. 12-16. Highlights
of the activities will mcludr
consultants from North Caro
lina and other states, who wih
acquaint students with career
opportunities in maiiugemen;
and business, stale govern
ment, banking and oth '* area>
Wiley Davis, vice president
for administration, said at the
luncheon meeting on Nov. t2
that the dimensions for a good
career will depend upon, a
dynamic and innovative fa
culty and staff, youngsters win.
have been motivated un<i
interested in moving .5i»i
society, and a job for th‘
graduate.
A skit was presented by peei
counselors, on improper am-
f iroper procedures for jot
nterviewing.
The objectives of tlie Vooa
tional Guidance Week are: 1 to
make students more aware o:
the importance of good career
planning; 2. to provide stu
dents with first-hand tnforma
Uon about working condition:
in the non-traditional occupa
tions; 3. to provide an explore
tion of career opportunities in
Slate and local government
business and industry, ann
educational institutions; and 4
to provide a realistic exposur>
to what is involved in bein^'
successful in the world of work
SAYS BLACK POLITICAL
LEADERS CAN RETURN
MORALITY Montgomery,
.41a. • Mrs. Coretta Scott King,
told a weekend meeting of the
Alabama Conference, that
black political leaders could
return morality lo the govern
ment by using the power of the
ballot. (L'PI)
EXP soul TOUCHERS g A H
There was only one winner in
last week’s Appreciation Mon
ey Feature, sponsored each
week by The CAROLINIAN
and its advertisers. Mrs. Irene
Harris of 1342 Branch Street in
Walnut Terrace, saw her name
in the advertisement, sponsor
ed by Johnson-Lambe Com
pany. located at 322 S. Salis
bury Street, and specializes in
sporting goods and materials
for all of your hunting needs.
Please remember that the
deadline for claiming vour
(See APPRECIATION P. 2)
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PRiSGN BAND IN ACTION - Reidsvllle, Ga. • Hiomas “ShotguiiB" Morgan, tbe elected leader anci
vocalist, sings during a practice session of “The Soul Touchers." a unique rock and jaxr g. oup ut (ht-
Georgia Stale Prison here. Members of the unit are all Inmates in the penitentiary. (.I'Pl'