Durham Will Host
I«KKSS RUN THIS WEEK JjQ^Q26
7-State NAACP SessiMT
Mifst Crucial Ever:
Mrs, Ruby Hurley
Itl'llllAM • Mrs. Ruby Hurley, director, Southeast
NAACP, composed of North and South
C'arolina. Goor^ia, Florida. Alabama. Mississippi and
Toniu-ssee, announced from her Atlanta office recently,
'nat the 22nd Annual Convention of the region, which
will .neet at the Durham Hotel and Motel, March 14-16,
t\ill be the most crucial ever held.
Avenue lUplisl Church, will
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City’s First Buptist Church To
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ItK' thfineol the convention.
K':ua!<t\ and Justice in
An« :lier Time of tYisis,” will
!'0 txpiftretl in all its
lan.ilicalioiK. More than 500
'lelfgates are ••vpected. due to
ihe need of the organization to
implemerii it.s program that
}io:h tiu- Ib.'sident of the
( nited .'^l.ites and Congress
tiave ^h:tted their interests
wav troin minoritv rights to
^ -uch an extent that many
loree-. are attempting to
hg» all a’.vav some of the
gain- m.ide in the 60s-
Hegi.stralion will begin at 8
.i-iii Tlt.ifsdiy. March 14 The
band oi 1 eniral Orphanage.
Oxford m’.I give a concert.
Doginning at ■) a.m. The Rev.
H A Mack, pasttir. Morehead
Ex-Athlete
Is Given
Finnl Rites
l>l KHAM The universal
Umpire and the eternal Ref
eree vailed Thomas E. Hayes
uHi at the plate and waved
mm into his corner, at Watts
Hospital n:50 a m . Tuesday.
Fehruary 19. after a week’s
dines'-, f'linging an end to a
ciito'''-.. .ireer as a baseball
, las-: .ii.d prize f'ghter.
*V\ Thonui • w as l*orn m Raleigh.
•■lit -pi nt most ot his life here,
h s ne.ther. the late Bernice
was a member of a X^fl
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conduct a memorial service for
those who passed during the
year. The opening plenary
session will begin at 10:45. with
the Rev. J. C. Hope. Macon.
Georgia, presiding, at which
time the convention will be
organizer.
The Ministers’ Luncheon,
with Rev M. D McCollum.
Charleston. S.C.. in charge,
will be held at 12:30 p.m. The
Rev Charles H. Smith.
Huntington, W. Va.. will tell the
ministers how important they
are in this time of crisis. The
second plenary session of the
day at 2 p m., will feature
• You Were There in Other
Times of Crisis. ’ with Miss
Janice .lohnson, Atlanta. Ga..
you h dir<‘Ctor. presiding. This
sessior is expected to chart the
coursi of the youth, in the
approach to the new freedom
horizons
The highlight of the first day
will lx; a public meeting, which
will oegin at 7:30 p.m.. at
Morehead Avenue Baptist
Chunh. with Kelly M. Alexan
der. Sr.. Charlotte, president.
N C Slate Conference of
Branches, presiding. There
will U> a musical extravagan
za. featuring the chancel choir
of Morehead Avenue Baptist
Church. .At 8 p m., welcome
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Observe 162nd Year
LINIAN
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 33 NO. n RALEIGH. .N’.C. WEKK ENDING SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1974 SINGLE COPY 20c
Raleigh Weekend Violent-Two Men
Shot To Death
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RCA President Campbell Warns
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Hi^h Court
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Landlords
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON - The S u-
prenve Court has ruled that a
landlord is entitled to a jury
trial even though it might in
crease his chances of being
acquitted for failing to rent a
house or apartment to a olack
ianii))
Justice Thurgood Marshall
wrote the unanimous opinion,
d^laring:
* We recognize the possibility
tha> jury prejudice may de
prive a victim of discrimina
r.M CRT \I\FR IIOSPITAL-
1 t/l-.l) .Miuiiii Reach
^ nli'ilaiiit’i'Saiiiin> [)u\ix.Jr..
'iilforril flu-si pains during
luiK li I i>l>. .'.'i ami was taken to
a hospiial when- his fOndilion
was M-pniied as sutisfacturv.
• IPI
^We Cannot Afford The
Luxury Of Division ’ Here
Mother^
^Friend,, ’
Charged
BY STAFF WRITER
Murder ran rampant in
Raleigh last weekend as
two men were shot to death
- the first by an alleged
friend • the second by his
own mother. Two persons
have been charged with
murder in the deaths, which
occurred last Saturday
afternoon and Sunday
night, respectively. The
two killings trok place less
than a mile apart.
James Arthur Anthony. 31-
year-old resident of 1224 Blar
ney Court, reportedly became
engaged in an argument with
Garence Hamlin. Jr., 26, 1254
New Bern Avenue, over a dog
and the supposed mistreat
ment of same by one of the two
men. Hamlin is said to have
produced an illegal 410 gauge
shotgun and fired at close
range, the bullet landing in the
left side of Anthony's chest,
believed to have killed him
instantly.
This incident took place at a
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SOl'GHT IN CAROl.lNA Ml'RDERS - Columbia. S.C. - So.rch conllnued hero lor tbroo men w.nlod
. officer. In Kershaw Counl.v and a Forest Acre, and a ColumWa
lion of the verdict to which he businessman. McKInle.s Thomas (R). turned himself in over the weekend In Richland Conniv
or she is entitled ...But Ihe Uolumblal SherilCs llcpulies. bin Dennis Wilson (l.l. Is still ot large. (CPI)
clear command of the Seventh a
rro^'«e“eThri‘a’.u"^ Affencv Told To End Bias In
in controversy shall exceed ' •'
Its Practices Of Employment
tion, even with the right to jurv
trial assured for the landlord,
would have a chance of getting
(See LANDLORDS, P. 2)
GREENVILLE. Miss. The
4-H and homemakers pro-
National Black News Service
grams in Holmes County have
been guilty of widespread
racial disermination in em
ployment practices. A judge
has ordered that the bias be
eliminated
Chief U.S. District Court
Judge William C. Keady. in a
43-page ruling involving an
CRIME
BEAT
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I’olicr Files
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Is lirndutrd In Ihr vublir inirrrsi wiih an
aim ifiwards rllmlnallni Ms ronlrnlb
Numt ruub indit Idualv hasr rriursird lhai
lbr> hr fltrn Ihr rgnsidrralion ol
atrrinoking ihris lisi.ng on ihr ixiliii
bloMt i This w< would lu du Huh, i rr.
In hr judgr or jur> Wc
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IMIOTE.ST INKQl'lTIKS .AT I'NIVERSm' - Athens. Ga. • A gathering of some l.)U hlark students
pioteslfd ullegi d inequities at the I’niversity of Georgia. Tuesday morning. Feh. 2C. following a
N< ui'fle' at Mil iiitianiural uasketbill game Monday afternoon and piesenled a list ot griexances to
I iit\ Prfsideni Fred Davison. Davison met with represeulalives of the >:i oup and announted later
tn u tl'fv “canie to a good undefAianding." The students are pressing for equal rights, a black
Niudriu :nuiii. more black administrators and instructors. (I'PH
■ tpi>ri‘riali(m
(dierli II an H\
Raleigh Matt
There uj' onl\ one lucky
winiit rof d Siuebeth las' week
m The rARiiLINlAN s Appre
ciatioii Mon(\ ^'ei'tiire. spon
sored bv thus newspaper and
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rr|>urlrdb> lh> urrrsong olfirrrs. Iukrf|>
eul ol Thi ( rimr Brul (ulumns, mrr>Is
mi'uns nol bring rrgisirrrd b) 4 |>aSrr
•lllsir in rriioriing hiK findings nhtlr on
dui > -HI simplv s.rr|i oil Ihr "B'i>lirr" and
>ou wun'l hi in Ihr Crlmr fv«al
FACES FELONY CHARGES
Mrs. Alma Baker Fort. 28,
2152 Mayview Road, told Of
ficer D. C. Pratt at 5;29 p.m
Sunday, that she was k i d •
napped, assaulted and an at
tempt was made to rape her A
razor blade is said to have been
used to cut the woman on both
cheeks of her buttocks Arrest
ed and charged with these raps
was James Edw ard Wright. 24,
address unlisted He was
charged specifically with kid
naping. aiding and abetting in
assault to commit rape and
assault with a deadly weapon.
Place of the alleged occurrence
ol ihe incident was not re
ported
.Sai crime BEAT. P 3-
April, 1970 lawsuit on behalf of
three black workers, black
farmers and youths, found the
Mississippi Cooperative Ex
tension Service guilty of bias.
Along with MCES, the judge
found officials of the Missis
sippi Slate L’niversity, the
State College Board and
Holmes County guilty of
diserminating against blacks
in hiring and promotion
policies and in programs for
4 H and Young Homemaker
Clubs.
Criticizing the extension
service for administering job
evaluation tests that are unfair
to blacks and for discrimina
ting against blacks in hiring
and promotions, the judge
ordered the service to give
all former black county agents
and black home demonstration
agents who were demoted
when the two county organiza
tions merged, top priority in all
future promotions to MCES
p«isis.
i.Si'f AGENCY TOLD. P. 2)
FIST-SWINGING MELEE ENDS IN ARRESTS - Oakland. Calif. -
The ‘ People In Need” project to which Randolph Hearsl and the
Hearsi Foundation, already had contributed 12 million in return
for his daughter's safety, got off to a chaotic start Feb. 22 \t
Oakland, there was a fist-swinging melee when a deliver> truik
drew up and someone throw food from it. leading to the brawl.
( rowd <topi is unruly as police try to keep order. .-M bottom (L).
one of the persons involved is taken into police car aH H ■ another,
face bloodied, is taken in. (t’Pl)
Tarheel Native Is
Watergate Standout
WASHINGTON. D. C. • A
native of Fayetteville. N, C.,
who is also a registered Dem
ocrat is a relatively new face
now being seen at the Water
gate hearings. He is Albert
Bryant. Jr.. 27. recently ap
pointed as a research assistant
with the U. S. Senate Select
Coimmitlee on Presidential
Campaign Activities. He is the
first and only black to work for
the committee in a professional
capacity.
In this position. Bryant
serves as staff aide at hearings
when they are held. Otherwise,
he is on duty at the office of the
Separation of Powers Commi-
leo.
Brcsinl was appointed to his
posi by Rufus Edminsten, who
serves as deputy chief counsel
for Watergate Committee. Ed
minsten. who is from Boone, N.
C., serves also as staff director
and cliici’ A'ounsel for Senator
Sam Ervin. Jr., chairman of
(See NATIVE OF. P 2\
ALBERT BRYANr
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Top Events
At Church
On Sunday
Twelve years after the First
Baptist Church celebrated her
sesquicentenniui anniversary,
the pastor. Dr. Charles W.
Ward will deliver the I62nd
annivor'-arv sermon Sunday.
March .Jrd on the theme. “The
Rock of Faith.” Or. Ward is in
his 15th year as pastor of the
historic First Baptist Church
and under his leadership the
church has continued to make
(See 162ND YEAR. P. 2)
.p CCS t AN T \^>TE • IvondoD • EHiabeth il may be queen, bui
-lo .1, * \ulv for ihe man who will run her government. Queen
l.li/ iiifti. uidi*,!- tile lowliest of her subjects, doesn't have the
• I..M to voir in the Feh. 2K ndiional elections. Neither has anv
other iiii-iiibei oi the Royal Fionily. The queen is shown walking
pusi iisitiv e daily el s on her arrival at Hubert Murrav .Stadium here
Fell J(., 11 PC
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
H .i.ci; (.o. m ii.DF.R.s
“fail For Free Aluminum Siding Estimates"
THOtSANDS .AWAIT FREE FOOD • Oakland. Calif. • Hundreds of people line up at the Oakland
outlet of “I*eople In Need.” where they wait for the first giveaway of free food, sponsored by
Randolph Hearsl in an attempt to meet the demands of the kidnappers of his daughter. Patricia.
The giveaway program was ordered by the Symbionese IJberatioii .Army as a goodwill gesture to
win reieuse of Miss liearst. (L'PD
Reelected RCA Head
Challenges Members
Following his re-election as president of the civic and
politically potent Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association
last week. Association President, Ralph Campl>ell. Sr.,
released the following statement;
'‘Naturallv, I am very pleased that there were those, in
sufficient numbers, who believed in the policies and
philosophv of leadership I advocate. Simplv defined,
these policies are working out wavs and means
calculated to promote, enlarge, expand, and protact the i
interests of the black citizens of Wake County. True,
there were those who felt the time had come for new
leadership, a feeling they had every right to expouse.
tion reveals. It is everlasting
true that we can nol offectivclv
(See RCA PRKXY. P 2-
Dr. Lyons
Elected As
NAFEOHead
HOUSTON, Texas Dr
Charles Lyons. Jr.. chaiKvIlor,
Fayetteville Stale University,
has been named president ot
the National Association for
Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education.
Dr. Lyons' election came at
the annual meeting of the as
sociation in Houston Texas.
He succeeds Dr. Herman
Branson. President of Lincoln
University in Pennsylvania
NAFEO is composed of more
than 1(X) prcdominatly Black
colleges and Universities en
rolling ove** 200.000 students in
undergraduate, graduate, and
professional schools
In his acceptance remark.s.
Dr. Lyons stated that he was
gratified at the trust his peers
had placed in him and pMged
to work to make NAFEO the
most viable and forceful as
sociation speaking for and
about the traditionally Black
higher education institutions in
the United States.
“These are very crucial
times for NAFEO-meinber in
stitutions and I solicit your
cooperation and support as we
face, together, the challenges
ahead of us in higher education
in general and in Black higher
education in particular. ' Dr.
Lyons said. ”1 pledge to you
that I will utilize all of the
leadership talent we have in
this association as wc move
forward to meet these chal
lenges.”
Dr. Lyons has been the chief
administrator at Fayetteville
State University since 1969. He
came to the post from Howard
University, where he was Di
rector of Admissions.
(See UR. LYONS. P. 'il
•However. I can not and will
not ever believe that Ihe
minority group, who sought
such u change, are any degree
less dediciiled to the welfare
and programs of our black
citizens Because of this belief.
I eurnesily call for a dedicated
and purposeful rededicated
unification effort.
“.An objective look at the
many problems facing all of us
should be sufficient to convince
every black in Wake County
that we cun not afford the
luxury of division. I am
pleading for unity, for under
standing. for compassion and
for support. I am asking that
each of us stand before the
mirror of his consciousness,
examine the reflection exposed
to him and let him satisfy
himself whether or not he is
satisfied with what his reflec-