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 ★★★★ ★★★★ City’s First Buptist Church To ★ ★ ★ ★ ItK' thfineol the convention. K':ua!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 \ ATHLETt:. P 2) 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 'Set- NAACP MEET. P 2) 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 ★★★★ RCA President Campbell Warns ★ ★ ★ ■★ Hi^h Court Ilr-C •SVC 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 tSee SHOT tq. p 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 I'roiii It.'ilfieh'H Offtfi.il I’olicr Files » III lOR's N(I11 This (slumr or ts diurc' 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 iiuhlisl ■rls i ihi i 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 See I\ri(»N P 2 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 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-