This Time In Rock>
Wake County District Attor
ney Burley B. Mitchell, was
responsible for a charge of
stealing a 35 cent bottle of
aspirin l)eing dropped in Dis
trict Ciiurt here Monday a-
gainst Morris <.Moe) Rivers,
star bdskelball player for the
North Carolina Stale Univer
sity \Notfpack basketball team.
The attorm'v said he decided
to drop the case 'because I felt
the state simply could not
f irove any intent to commit
arceny ”
Rivers was accused on Tues
day. Jan 15. 01 the theft of the
aspirin irom the Mission Val
ley Food Marl .A private se
curity guard '•igned the war
rant
“Rivers said he left the store
with lh<‘ aspirin in his hand."
Mitchell said. “His girlfriend
would have testified that he
had it in his hand when he
asked her for .15 cents to pay for
it because he didn’t have
change. At that point, the pri
vate dct» rtivi came up.
"My feeling is that nis evi
dence, together with the fact
that as a member of the team,
he can get asprin from the
trainer any lime without
charge, would tend to make a
Prisoners
Win Hifr
Court Suit
National Black News Service
SPRINGFIELD. Mo - A pro
gram called “behavior modifi
cation" by prison officials and
“brainwashing" by inmates,
has h(‘en settled in Federal
court in favor of the prisoners.
Officials of the Federal Bu
reau 01 Prisons, have announc
ed they will soon dismantle a
behavior modification project
in Springfield and other site:;;
across the county
The project, known as
START lan acronym for Spec
ial Treatment and Rehabilita
tive Treatment I involved lock
ing “troublesome inmates" in
cells for hours and depriving
them of all privileges. If they
behaved, there were rewards
which eventually resulted in
the restoration of all privileg
es.
START rapidly Irecame a
program scorned and hated in
prison populations. There were
^linger .^trikes staged, at least
’one suicide and protests from
several ('ongressmen and the
National Prison Project of the
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
The latter organization was
instrumental in getting the
Federal Bureau of Prisons to
'Seo PRISONERS. P. 2>
this week 10,060
Frinks Leads New Protests
Entprtainer ISo Longer T.harmed'
Davis, Nixon ‘‘Out”
EOIINrAN
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY li wished to alJ by lovely
Fayetteville State I'niversily freshman coed Barbara Williams of
Charleston. South Carolina. (FSU Photo by John B. Henderson).
Charge Dismissed
Against M. Rivers
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 33 NO. 15 RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. FEB. 16. 1974 Sl.N'GLE COPY 20c
Bullet Bends Badge, But
Cop’s Life Spared
jury have more^lhan reason
able doubt about intent to com
mit larceny”
Mitchell said the warrant
under which Rivers was
charged was also defective and
would have to have been
changed by the court.
“Under those circumstanc
es. I decided to nol pros the
case. " he said.
Rivers was suspended for
one game after the charge was
brought tor missing curfew by
basketball coach Norman
Sloan. Sloan said the suspen
sion was routine penalty for
mission curfew.
The charge was filed at 10:15
p.m Sloan declined to tell
newsmen last month, when the
curfew was
Wake GOP
Body Ends
City Meet
Veteran black Republicans,
joined by convert^-D e m o-
crats, met here. Saturday, Fe
bruary 9, to evaluate the first
12 months of the Holshouser
Administration, as it related to
the black community.
It was the concensus that the
governor had made more black
appointments in his first year
than all the Democratic gover
nors made in the past 72 years.
However, they were much con
cerned about the persons ap
pointed and the method used to
select those persons.
They were not critical of the
governor, but felt that his black
aide. Dr' Lamie Horton, was
more concerned about building
his image than building a
strong mack following. The
persons attending the meeting^
(See WAKE GOP. P 2)
RICH Park To
Be Scene Of
NAACP Talk
Mrs. Fran Stevenson will be
the speaker and answer ques
tions Sundav afternoon at 4
o'clock, at the monthly meet
ing of the Raleigh-Apex Chap
ter of NAACP
Mrs. Stevenson is secretarv
to Representative Ike Andrews
of the Fourth Congressional
District The public is invited
to attend this meeting.
The meeting is held monthly
at Rich Park Housing office.
555 Method Road.
Or. Charles W. Ward is pre
sident
State
Man Held
In Fracas
With Law
DURHAM • For a tew
minutes, neither bis love for
his large white wife, nor the
impending danger of being
killed by two deputy
sheriffs seemed to have
daunted John Bullock. Jr.,
a black man. from spending
his wrath on J. C. Grav, Jr.
and L. C. Creech, deputy
sheriffs, who went to his
home at 916 N. Elizabeth
St.. Monday at 1 p.m.,
aUegedly to evict him and
his wife for the non-pay
ment of rent. One of the
officer’s life was appan ntly
saved when a bullet, sent
toward his chest, was
deflected by his badge.
Information gathered from
reliable sources, revealed th^l
the officers were standing on
the porch explaining to BulloTk
that they had a job to do - take
him, bag and baggage, along
with his wife, out of the house.
To their surprise. Bullock is
believed to have raised his
right hand and begun firing,
with a 22-caliber pistol that the
officers had not seen
The officers are said to have
made a hasty retreat from the
porch and proceeded to take
cover beside the porch. How
ever. before Gray could escape
Bullock had sent a bullet to
ward his chest, that penetrated
a heavy jacket he was wearing,
but had apparently been de-
ilecled by his badge’, which was
E mned on the jacket on front of
is heart.
As soon as the officers real
ized that Bullock meant real
trouble, they began firing.
Shortly after the shooting be
gan, Durham police arrived on
the scene. Bullock is said to
have gone into the house with
his wife. Jo Ann. and readied
for battle.
One of the city policemen is
said to have fired a shotgun
into the house Neither Bullock
nor his wife, was hurt, but his
large bundle of marriage bliss
is said to have convinced him
he could nol win a i he finally
succumbed to he pleadings
and surrendered.
Creech attributes Bullock's
bad marksmanship to his not
killing both of them The fol
lowing is said to have been the
(S«« MAN HELD P. 2V
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Seeking New Members
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r
NAACP Sets Drive
Resident
Of Person
Selected
CHARLOTTE • According
to Kelly M. Alexander,
president, N.C. Stat« Con
ference of NAACP Branch
es. H. B. Sects, who ia j
president of the Person
County Branch, Roxboro.
was named general chair
man of the 1974 member
ship drive, at a meeting of I
the state staff, held in
Greensboro recently.
St NAACP TO P 2)
IT’S NOW 20‘
Beginning with this edition
of The CAROLINIAN
single copy price will be
increased to 20 cents. This
unavoidable price increase
is due to not only newsprint
increases, but the general
overall inflation spiral,
which has affected busi
ness, industry and living
costs throughout the coun
try.
Policies
O f Nixon
\Not Davis*
National Black News Service
LOS ANGELES - Sammy
Davis, Jr., who took a lot of
I abuse several years ago when
he endorsed President Nixon’s
re-election bid, says he is now
quite disappointed with the
President’s s o c i a 1-orient^
programs.
The object of severe critic
ism from blacks and liberals
for endorsing the President,
Davis was photographed in
1972 hugging the President at
the 1972 Republican National
Convention in Miami Beach.
He said he was endorsing the
President because he felt he
had done a good job for blacks
(See SAMMY DAVIS. P. 2)
Appreciation
Check Won By
City Woman
Mrs. Nettie Harrington of
1211 S. Bloodworth Street was
the recipient of a $10 check last
weekend as she saw her name
in the advertisement paid for
by the Natural Health Food
Store in The CAROLINIAN'S
Appreciation Money Feature,
sponsored jointly by the news
paper and participating busi
nesses
Natural Health Food is lo-
(See APPRECIATION. P 2)
MAYOR LIGHTNEH
Mayor And
Dr. Bryant
To College
Dr. Prezell R. Robinson,
president of St. Augustine’s
College, has announced that
the I07lh Founders’ D a y -
Homecoming activities have
been scheduled as follows: The
Founders' Day Assembly will
be held on Thursday. Feb. 21.
at 11 a.m. in the Emery Health
and Fine Arts Building. The
(See MAYOR AND, P. 2)
tRIME
BEAT
I rum K.'ilt'ieH's O'firi.il
I'oitt-r Filrs
11)11 oil's SOTI. thi, ralumn Traiur«
O |ir»ducrd in Ike public InirrrM uiik an
aim lauardt rllmlnaiinc lit conieoit.
Sumrrout Indh Idualt havr rcqurtied ihal
Ihc) bv gitrn ihr rontidarailon al
otrrioohint Ikdr llki.ng on the polira
blailrr Tklt ur uould Hhr lo do. Houatrr.
II is n<ii our uotilion to br judfr ar jur>. Hr
mrrrl) pulilish Ihr lads at wr find ihrm
rr|iorlrdb> ihr arrrsiing oMIcrrt To hrep'
oui ol Dir (rlmr Brai Columns, mrrrl)
mrans nol briny rrgltlcrtd b> a poSrr
oKiirr in rrporiTng hit (Indlnct uhlir on
dui). So timpi) krrp oft thr "Blallcr'' and
)au uon’i br in Thr Crlmr Bial.
CHECK IvS FORGED
Mrs. Azelene L. Williams, an
employee of Hudson-Belk De
partment Store. 319 Fayette
ville Street, reported to Officer
J. L. Stoudemire at 1:05 p.m.
Saturday as follows: "I took
this check on John Schwimmer
and Company from a young
black girl who gave her name
as Asheiehn Moore, 459 Dacian
Road. She obtained money and
merchandise in the amount of
$70.92. It was later learned the
check was written in the a-
mounl of $7.92 and that a zero
had been forged behind the
seven and “ty ” added to the
written seven. I know this girl
when I see her and I was raised
in the same part of town as she.
Her description as I remember
is approximalelv 20. five feet,
five inches tall. ISO pounds,
dark complexion."
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
DR J ARCHIE HARGRAVES
Hargraves
Honored
By UNCF
Shaw University president J
Archie Hargraves was award
ed a recognition plaque at the
annual conference of the
UNCF’s National Alumni
Council President's Recogni
tion Dinner last week The
conference was held at the
Shoreham Americana Hotel in
Washington. D.C.
Plaques were awarded to
each president of the 41 mem
ber colleges of the UNCF in
recognition of the concerted
untiring efforts of the honorees
in making the nation aware-
that "A Mind is a Terrible
Thing to Waste '
Also in attendance at the
conference from Shaw were
Sandra Lee, “Miss Shaw Uni
versity." a senior math major
from Blakely. Georgia and
(See DR. HARGRAVES. P. 2)
MAYOR. CHAMPION IN ACTION' • Atlanta • Tennib buff. Mayor
Ma>nard Jackson (top) of Atlanta, and head football coach
Pepper Kodgers (bottom) of Georgia Tech, plated in an im
promptu tennis match Feb. 11 with Stan .Smith, winner of the iSM
Uorld Championship of Tennis, to keynote thr formal annount • •
ment of the 1971 Peachtree Corners-FirsI National Hank rennis
Classic to he held here later this winter, d PI’
Church Scene Of
Frinks^ Address
BY J B HARKEN
ROCKY MOUNT - CominK on the heels of another
March .-Against the Death Penally, and parucularlv on
behalf of the three Edgecombe Counlv blacks • Vernon
L. Brown. Bobbv Hines and Jesse Lee Walston -
Golden Frinks moved his crusade against Turheeliu •«
use of the Gas Chamber (allegedly used nrincipailv
against blacks) from Tarboro into Rockv Mount, where
a pep rally was held Monday night at North Find
Baptist Church, the Rex. Elbert Lee. Jr., mintsler
The speaker went tin re
Slew the ret'uril how alter
the U S Supreme Couri ! ...eu
again.st death senience-s 'tie
See FRINKS LKMis V j
RCA Plans
Important
Feb. Talk.s
BY MISS J E HICKS
The Raleigh Citizens As.so-
cialion will hold an important
meeting at 8 p.m Thursday.
Feb, 21 al St. Ambrose Episco
pat Church After the report of
the nominating commiltoe. of
ficers will be elected for a two
year term Members oi this
committee are chairman, Mrs
Cobb, James Coiield. Harold
Webb. Daryl Welister and .lohn
Baker
A committee cho.sen to revise
the RCA Constitution, will also
report its findings The meni
hers are Attorney Ernest Rat
cliff. Attorney Samuel Mit
chell. .Mrs. ('aesarea Ix'bnam.
the Rev. Leon Pennv
Other persons asked to make
reports are Vernon Malone,
chairman of the education
committee and Harold Webb,
political action.
In his address to the small
group which, reportedly, is
gathering momentum here.
Frinks outlined how the death
penalty has l>een used almost
exclusively against blacks
since 1910. He cited licures
which purportedly proved that
“of ;iB3 death sentences over
the past 72 years. 290 were
blacks. ' Frinks stated he had
"never heard of a white man
lieing sentenced to or put to
death tor raping a black wo
man."
Unit Of
Police On
Way Out?
BY JEANNE A FOX
National Black News Service
DETROIT - Detroit's contro
versial police unit. STRESS
'Stop the Robberies. Enjov
.Safe Streets I. may be disband
ed as part of some depart
mental reorganizations. Phillip
Tannian. Detroit's Police
Commissioner, has revealed.
STRESS was the name given
to a decoy operation unit t^gun
in early 1971 It was soon used
(Sec UNIT or P. 2)
SOUGHT IS’ KIDN \PPING • San Francisco - The San Franciico Bureau of the FBI. last week,
^itleascd (hese composite sketches of tuspecU In the kidnapping of Patricia Hearsi from her
Berkelex. Calif., lownhuuse Feb. 4. Thr composites were drawn from Information received from
wlta« sscb. including .Miss Hearit't fiance. Steven Weed, who was beaten, kicked and bound during
the abduction. A letter received Feb. 7 by a Berkeley radio station, said the 19-year-old daughter of
aewspapei executive Randolph A. Meant, had been “arretted b> combat units’’ of the terrorist
Symbiunese Liberation Army. Dmriptions of the sutpeett, are. L-R: male Negro, early 20's. 5-10,
16U Ibh . short natural hairdo: male Negro, age 20, &-U to 6fl.. short natural hairdo, mustache and
nay haxe been wearing glasses: white female American, early 20's. 5-5 to 5-6, 120 fbs long dark
hair. (IPI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
}H! H ItMU RE CO.
"For The Best In Quality And Economy"
"HIS EXCELLENCY THE DUKE OF ELLINGTON" CITED - Washington - Mrs. Julie Nixon
Elsenhower, shows the Presidential Commendation card which she presented lo Duke Ellington
(behind her) Feb. II President Nixon’s card to the Jazz-planlsl-composer was addressed to “His
Excellency. The Duke Of Ellington.” and read “There will never be another you." The card salutes
Ellington for six y ears' service as a member of the .Advisory Council of the National Endoxxment of
the .Arts. (UPI)