PRKSSKLN
THIS WEEK V,04U
In Leather Strapping Of Youth-Judge Rules
§,%<dLWake Teacher Is ‘Not Guilty'
Attorney Floyd McKissick Says ^ ITipjpiri^
$5 Million To Soul City
UN I AN
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. NO. 19 RALEIGH. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. MARCH
J.6. igy** SINGLE copy 20c
by KOOD.STUFFS • San Francisco . Votunlcers
IlcarsI s Ihlrd allcnipl to convince his daushlcr's kidnapers to
release her The Ihlrd da.v of the ■People in Need • free fotld
!' **“•' "•'ere hundreds lined up to
Sf .slT. a" a“i? If"'"*'-* This woman. Mrs. l.orene Howard
Of Oakland and her 4->ear old daughter. Sugar Momma icu) are
(ra'i,7“'li''a^ Bxxls'uffs which Ihc.v received in Ih? West
Oakland dislribution center. (I’PD
Rocky Mount’s Popular
Joseph Pittman Is Dead
Justice Department Indicts Cop For
Beating Prisoner
HOCKV MOUaNT -
community was deeply sad
dened March 8 hy the news that
Joseph Pittman, age 55, a
resident of 209 Halifax Street,
had passed alter a brief period
in the hospital.
Although it was known that
popular Jno" (as he was
calk'd), had b«*en previously
^ nospjialiyctl. he was thought to
Clprivs Ask
End To
Deaths
The Inlerdenominatio n a I
Ministerial Alliance is asking
the Wake ( oiinty delegation to
srv.nser ; .,
die dentil penalty ,n North
Carolina
The Alliance takes the posi
tion that as long as man has life
there is the possibility that he
can be reformed. The release
slates lhal the Alliance does
not approve of or condone
crime in any lorm. that it does
not approve of the crimes for
which the death penalty is im
posed.
ttut it goes on to .state that it
1 IS uneqyivocally opposed to the
death penalty us imposed bv
the slate ^
The Ministerial A 1 i a n ce
slated that the Judeo Christian
religiruj gives firm grounds on
which to oppose the death pen
alty ^
The Hc' erend J, A. Boyd is
presiden*
Ruiidolph
htitute
RuJei^h
The ’ rsl Annual North Car
olina .s'.siie i (invention of the A.
Philip Randiiluh In.stitufe affi
liates will be held at the Gov-
e:r.oi '.> Inn, Research Triangle
Pork, on March 22-24
During this convention, a
xiite t iiarier is to be issued and
election 1)1 slate officers will
ViKe plac.e
Norman Hill .\ssociate Di-
factor, A Philip Randolph In-
•.tiiei,., York City will be
tl’.c speaker at the ojvening
.'e»inn
Tilt- Convention banquet wilt
In IrcH Satuidav, .March 22, at
7. «i p in bdvurri lluslin. exe-
cull' i (iircctirr. \ Philip Han-
(tolnh Iietiii.ic and a w e 11-
k'. e h:i>or lender, vmI! be the
gue-.' spe. k' r for Mils occasion
Th" A Ptidip Randolph In-
slit'jie's 'li.ie. objectives’ are
ilv »• M f nlatk masses in
i.'gs «»i nur p»..htical
and to i.oeit doors of
' ia'an ill ihi;- country
bl a ks l or these
all ‘cg iiv'n'r; of the
coulvi benefit
III 'll ince .It Some of
t. .loll • A(rl; c 0 n-
. s.-ii »n..
BV J B, HARREN
The have been well
★★★★
Top U. S. Ministers To City As
Shaw Sets Pastors
Bonds Of
In
PITTMAN
Pittman had travebd Tar-
heelia like a spider weaving a
web. as he plied his trade of
selling clothing, funeral and
office supplies to many
businesses - many out of the
slate.
A deacon at the Mt. Zion
First Baptist Church, here; a
recent addition to the Rockv
Mount Planning Board and the
(See JOE PITTMAN, P 2)
Women In
Action End
State Talks
The North Carolina chapter
of Women-In-Aclion for the
Prevention of Vuilence and Its
Causes. Inc., held its second
annual slate conference on
Saturday. March 9. at the
Sheraton Crabtree Motor Inn.
.Members from the Durham
chapter were also present
The conference began at 9::’.(l
a m with a "eet acoiialnii*d
se.sbion," Miss Louise Latham
^president of the Raleigh
chapter) presided during the
conference and introduced tin*
Honorable Mayor of Raleigh,
(’larcnce Lightner. who gave
greetings to the group. He
marks wer#then made by Mrs.
Asa T Spaulding, the founder
of Women-In-Action. Alter
Mrs Spaulding's remarks,
volunteer .service awards were
presented to .Miss .Jeanette
Micks and .Mrs Leila Coltraine
for service rendered for the
eall-ior-aclion-line.
The group took a look at
v\omen-ln-Aciion in the com-
(See WOMEN IN, P, 2i
HUD In
Project
SOUL CITY - The issuance
of $5 million in HUD
guaranteed bonds to the
new town development of
Soul City. North Carolina,
was announced last Thurs
day. by Floyd B. McKis
sick and Alberto F.
Trevino. The HUD ^aran-
teeo funds will be used •
convert raw land into
improved land under Title
VII of the Housing and
Urban Development Pro
gram.
Also in attendance was Alex
Armendaris, Director of the
Office of Minority Business
Enterprise. U. S. Department
of Commerce, which agency
has assisted with the financial
closing of the Soul City Project.
Floyd B. McKissick Enter
prises. Inc., acquired the initial
tract ot land consistii.g of 1,810
acres in 1969 and immediately
filed application with the U. S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Ik.>velopment.
The Soul City Company, a
limited partnership and the
developing entity, is comprised
of Floyd B. McKissick Enter
prises. Inc.. National Corpor
ation for Housing Part n e r-
ships. and Madison, Madison
International.
The issuance of the Soul City
bonds is a first in many as-
fiects It is the first free
standing new community to be
develop^ by HUD and it is the
first predominantly black
company to receive a HUD
guarantee It is also the larg
est black venture ever a t-
(See SOUL CITY. P. 2)
KISV. JAMES ALEXANDER
DR. K. 0. P. GOODWIN
★ ★ ★ ★
Meet
Jailhouse
Scene Of
Assault
A Hanover, Massachu
setts, policeman was in
dicted by a federal grand
jury last Thursday, on a
charge of beating a teenage
prisoner at the police
station.
Attorney General William B,
SaxiM! said the indictment was
returned in U S. District Coun
in .Boston, Massuchu<,c!ts it
gainst Officer Allan P. Jot
The indictment said Jones
beat Phillip A. Klasson. then
17, on June 23, 1972. violating
his constitutional rights not to
be deprived of liberty without
due process of law.
The indictment occurred at
the police station where Klas
son and two teenage compan
ions had been taken after theii
(See BEATIN(5. P. 2)
CRIMfe
BEAT
1 ruin Kati'ich's OfflrLU
I’ulii't' Fili-s
DR. WILLIAM A. JONES
DEOTIS ROBERTS
Two-Day Con ference
Will Attract Many
tne uor
‘•Iruktu-A
to ; 'Uiij
rfjjoiv
L!a< k N •>!
by ttu if ,
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n.u.-; ii'Ki-
1: j;
h i' ciikiiliun.i) infoiination
.'ilMUi fhi;. convention, you may
cental' I'clc Leake, c o r r e
sponding secreiary, ('. A.
Piiilip Kandolph Institute at
828-8778
ti t > ta- I pf»rl of this
• -ng .'ver.f.- j o u
•.«*.' ;ni later than
The Shaw Divinity School of
Shaw University. Raleigh, will
sponsor its first annual Pas
tor’s Conference at Shaw Uni
versity. March 18-20 The con
ference will begin Monday
March 18, at 7:30 pm and
Wednesday. March 20 at 12 45.'
All sessions are in Shaw Univ.
Church, it was announced this
week by the Rev, James Z,
Alexander, dean of the School
of Religion. ^
The theme of the conference ^ppCPClCtllOH
will be. “What’s Happening
Now: In Christian Theology*’
In Church Admini.stration? In
Sheparding the Flock
Dr. James Deotis Roberts,
dean. School of Theology. Vir
ginia Union University. Rich
mond, Va.. will deliver two
lectures on Christian Theology
entitled, “Current Trends In
Christian Theologv ' Dr Ro
berts lectures will be delivered
Tuesday. March 19. at 9:30
a m. and 4 p.m
K 0 P, Goodwin, pastor.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Win
ston-Salem, will deliver two
lectures on church administra
tion entitled. “Managing the
Modern Church ’ Dr, Good
win’s lectures will be delivered
Tuesday. March 19. at 2:15
p.m. and Wednesday March 20.
at 9:30 a.m.
Dr. William A. Jones, pastor,
Bethany Baptist Church.-
Brooklyn. N V.. will deliver
two lectures on sheparding the
See PASTORS’ MEET. P 2)
Checks Won
Hy 2 In City
KOIIOK-s SOU Thisrolunin ur li .iiuf,
U |,rndu<r<l In (hr |>ublii inirrr>l uiih dt
•im ii>UAr4l« rllminniing iin <unllnl^
N«imir<iu\ indniduAlY hair rrc|u, ,i,d ihai
■bry hi' glipn llir innNldi raiion m
• irrlunking ihpii liYi.ng i.n (hi iioliri
blotlir. Thu Hr muuld f'kr lu do Mhu, irr
il ii nii( our JiidRi- oi juf' «i
mirrly )>u>>l,v| hr (jris a\ imd th. m
rrixirird hi ihi artruing oHii ifi, |<, ki i |i
bill a| The (rime Bral folumns, mriiU
niians nnt bring rrgivirrrd h. a imbi,
olli.ir in mioriing hu fimlings rhilr
duo vi NimMli krr|) olt ihi "tl'niirr ' j id
vou uon i hr in Thr ( r.mr Btal
ASSAULTED I.N STORE
Miss Rachel Leak. 26. told
Officers J. L. Brown and B T.
Rittenhouse at 7:30 p.m. Sun
day, that she was clerking in
the L'il (!■ iA Store. 1601
New Rcrii .\.inue. when Claf
ence Brown. 1527 Fender St .
came in. The woman .‘^aid
Brown threw some merchan
dise on the counter and .struck
her in the face. MLss Leak
suffered a bruise on her fore
head. No other information
was listed on the general of
fense report sheet.
(See CRIME BEAT. !> 3f
HANK .AARON'S B U D Y-
GI ARD - West Palm Beach.
Ha. - The .Atlanta Braves an
nounced last Friday, that they
have assigned Del. Sgt. Calvin
Wardlaw (shown in this recent
• He photo) to be bodyguard to
s agger Hank Aaron. The
htalement said that Aaron had
and that the move is precau
tionary. Aaron said. “I don't
consider him a bodyguard.
He s a friend that's all. He
might be able to help in certain
situations, such as big crowds
outside the clubhouse after
gjme.s ' i| |»i)
Mayor Lee
Is Student
Keynoter
The North Carolina Student
L«'X.i.it:itii.i l.cl'* its firt.l ban
quet ilegirl.itiwi at ihe Sir
WaKer Halingh Hotel on Wed
nesday night, March 6.
The keynote speaker. Mayor
Howard I^eof Chapel Hill, had
enfouragemeni for NCSL, say
ing that this is “not just a mock
session, hut very real and ser
ious business.’’ and that NCSL
was “laying guidelines for fu
ture tioiiiiral doings.”
s'ated also, that “New blood is
tioeded in the political arena.
And the old blood .should be
swept out ■’
.\noihi r major point in I.«e’s
sjieech was that everyone
should “prevent the clock from
tiirning back by joining togeth
er. despite labels an’ affilia-
ti»)ns. ti) work for freedom jus-
liCf. and equality for all.”
The assembly was addressed
by other prominent figures, Lt.
(fO\e] noi James Hunt spoke of
when hi* was a member of
.NC.Si. ,in(l also slated that he
would 1m; disappointed if a re-
.•Yolution loncerning streaking
were lU.: drawn up at this
'-^(•.‘-SioU
Dr Diiuglas Carlisle, as
peeial gu(;st speaker, felt that
■ Nl'M. IS more sincere, more
down lo earth’’ than some o-
th(’r ^fudl•Il^ legislatures he has
been What interested D r .
Carlisle the most about North
Cai iilina and NCSL. is its "lack
t.f ariilu ality ' Me also called
.NCSL “refreshing stimulating,
and well ii.formed."
( Kher Speakers included
FJiillip Kirt; administrative
assistant of the Governor, who
reb.vcd words of welcome,
coijgratulalions. and encour-
ageiuent from (»ov. James
Holshouser.
Count Is
Dismissed
FUQUAY.VARINA ■ A
black teacher at the
Fuquav-V arina Junior
Hii^h School, Miss Jessie
n. Mebane, was found not
Kuilty here last Friday on a
chargfe of assauUiri,< a
sti^ent. believed to be
white, by whipping him
with a leather strap.
The charge uaf brought bv
Mrs. John Shofner. who
testified that the whipping left
wells on her 8th grade son
Timmy’s back that lasted for
three days.
I must say I'm quite happy
It s been resolved I am glad lb
be able to get hack to the duties
at hand.” Miss Mebane said
after Chief Wake County
District Judge George F
Bason, who heard the nonjurv
trial case, acquitted her.
Crucial questions in the case
were extent of the student’s
injury, if any. and whether the
punishment was justifiable as
“reasonable force.” North
Carolina law on Dhvsical
(See TEACHER IS. P 2)
Convicted
NC Bomber
Gets Life
WILMINGTON* - Lawrence
H Little. 19. propaganda
minister for the militant
segregationist Rights of White
People organization, was found
guilty and sentenced lo life
imprisonment Saturday.
March 2. for the bombing of the
office of a black newspaper
here last May.
An all-white jury of 8 women
and 4 men deliberated for only
about 25 minutes before
reaching its verdict.
Little, who offered no
evidence m his own defense,
showed no emotion when the
‘jcntenco was passed by Jiulgc
Bradford Illlery in .Ne.’.
Hanover Supi>rior Court
Lillie was acquitted Iasi
month of charges he had
bombed B nai Israel Svnago-
guehere. He .si ill face.** ch .rges
resulting from bombings at
Jacobi Supply Co,, Service
Glass Co and an occupied
apartment at Kiversuie Apart-
(See GETS LIFE. P. 2)
HJUND GUILTY OF STATE
TROOPER S MURDER - New
Brunswick. N.J. - A 7-man.
5-woman jur>. .March II. found
black militant Clark F. Squire
guilty of charges that he mur
dered a state triNiper last .Mav
2. during a shootout on (he New
.Jersey Turnpike. Squire, wlio
has been identified as a mem
ber of the Black l.iijcrdlion
Army <HL.‘\), was calm when
the verdict was read (U'PI)
,
A l-DFT H HI) DOFS NOT WRIT E . Tm. . .\onh Tfxai
Malf I lia. )iiri d an l■^.. .lluicl wlio call, himaelf a poet, a poet
ohudw'. Old ui ill- ai.d a di ud olfender who coun.el. .Iudeiita...all
lor 112..20 a year. .Now a number of people are watching B. F.
.Maiz to see if ihe\ gel ih-.'ir money’s worth. (UPl)
Two persons saw their
names in The CAROLINIAN’S
Appreciation .Money Feature
last week and claimed their
checks of $10 each from the
participating merchants.
Clinton Downing of 713 De-
lany Drive in Modonna Acres,
found hi.s name in the adver
tisement of Buffaloe and Ccim-
'See APPRECIATION. P. 2j
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
BROWN BE I.TY COMPANY
“For The Best In Fine Real Estate”
if oLe'r?r™’^erand ' ’’i "“l' '’•■art of Ibo c.nlrv
compulsory schooling prog,am dc.l“,',cd''"o co“rrocr' (^1