PRESS KI N
THIS WEEK
Ralrifih ('ilizpiis Concerned Over
Arrest Of J. Plummer
Intoxicant * * ^ ^ ★★★★
Liquor Is
Charjjed Political ^Fur^ Flies
rT»l .-*4 i Itt'An
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In Wake C.nuntv (',ampui«ns
The arrest ol John (Jwen
Plummer. Jr.. 52. son of a
well-known KaleiKh family
and intergovernmental re
lations officer for the City
of RaleUth. bv Officer \\ .
M. Parker. Jr.. 8:10 a.m..
Sunday In an interview
with Mr Plummer Wed
nesday. i--' iaid he was not
mistreatc-d in any wav <md
"1 was charged with
'^ilrivin^ under the inHuence
of intoxicant liquor."
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North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 33 NO. 25 RALEIGH, .N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 197^1^ SIVGI.E COPY 2(lc
Black Yonih. Id- l^icliin ts
In Death
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Plants New Branch
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Urban League Eyes City
PRISONF.KS HK.dlSTKR TO VOTK - Philadelphia - Joseph Sleeper of the city commissioner s
office, renister lliirr> McKt‘n/ie to vote while other inmates line up at the Philadelphia nelenllon
( eniei here April 2J. Some l.liiio inmates of Philadelphia's three prisons are signing up to vote after
a r.S. ilistrici ( ourl granted all pre-trial detainees the right to vote .April 19. The ruling came after a
2'.' lasN suit h> the Prisoner Rights Council. (I PI)
JOHN O PLl MMKH
Plunimi'i uiis cluirgi-d wjin
•'drunken as h< was
going honn h-itm a J.-itice. that
is said In h;. <■ iieen I'.eli' at the
Village T:ir:'' e The arr.'.si is
said t(i l<a\e made in ihe
60<) biiK k e! V (>oiil>iirn Hoad
Some .* , erned cili/ens
t.See i'l.i \!;dl-:H. )•
Shaw Given
402Gs For
Leaders
Support
Planning
A ...... .u. o:. llP? fcOX-ngl SKN fR^HClSC^
Scir.
Shaw University president.
J. Archie Hargraves, announc
ed that the inslitulinn has
received a $2.‘>H.4tM) grant from
Lilly Kndowment. Incorporat
ed. The amount received
represents Ihe first payment of
a three-year grant commit
ment of $402,710 for the
establishment of a '•.Seminary
Without Walls '
The concept of the SWW
iprogram has been in the
formative stages for approxi
mately 10 years According to
C. T. Vivian. SWW program
director, preliminary plans
were formulated in consulta
tion with Ihe late Dr. Martin
Luther King. .Ir. and others of
his associates who recogni/.ed
the need for Ihi.s type of
training as a result of their
experiences in various com
munities during the civil rights
(See SHAW GIVEN. P. 2)
A meeting held at the Sir
VValter Hotel Monday
ni^ht. when the top brass of
the Southern Kegional
Conference, National Ur*
ban Leaffuc. Inc., met with
Raleigh business leaders,
shtiv;- d very definitelv tluit
a branch of the or«(aniza*
tion will become active here
soon
The main purpose of the
meeting was to inform local
iSee URBAN LEAGUE. P 2)
Alioto^s
Order Is
Blasted
SAN FR'’'’ ISCO - Mayor
Alioto's order authorizing
random search by police of
young Negro males, allegedly
in an effort to detect the killers
of 12 white persons, "gives
license to official abuse,”
Nathaniel K. Jones, general
counsel of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said in
(Sec ALIOTO’S. P 2)
]VIiu*dci* iVlocf* Than 250 Zetas Plan
Raps For Pocky Mt, Conference
5 Whites
WILL AID ZEBRA MANHUNT? • San Francisco ■ Proclaiming
while-power, local American Nazi Party members showed up at
City Hall .April 20 to back their offer of "aid" in the Operation
Zebra Manhunt, the dragnet underway here to track down the
street killer who has slain M persons and wounded six. .Although
some 31MI black males have been slopped and searched by police. If
they resemble the composite drawing of Ihe killer, no new leads
have developed In the search for the killer. The slop and search
practice has been severely crlliciied by black community leaders,
who claim the action violates the constitutional rights of blacks.
(UPli
Momentum Picks Up
As Tirades Leveled
What has been an unexdlinj; campaign in Wake
County, with less than two weeks to ko, is now seeing
the tempo pick up. The most recent tirade was leveled
at incumbent County Commissioner J. T. Knott, by his
Democrat opponent. They want the blessings of the
Democrats for Distxict No. 1. which includes Little
River. Marks Creek and St. Matthews townships,
murder of a black cripple.
Davis charges that Knutt is
attempting to dodge the issues
or cloud them up so until the
voters cannot determine w here
he iKnott) stands Davis
alleges that he has made
himself clear on all the issues
affecting the district.
The real question in the
Board of Commissioners race
is Knoll's record. Davis said.
Citing that Knott is the only
commissioner to have openly
opposed passage of the recent
school bond issue. Davis said
that "it appears that the
accomplishments of the Wake
County Board of Commission
ers are not because of him. but
in spile of him "
The most important question
to be decided in Wake County
in the next lour years is that ot
where and how the county
grows, from the viewpoints of
size and quality. Davis
continued
"My opponent has realized
that he has no' addressed
himsell to solving the problems
ot Wake County in the past four
years, and he has panicked
iwcause of the support my
campaign is gaining through-
(See FUR FLIES. P, 2)
Appreciation
('.ash Claimed
By Three Here
Three persons hit the jackpot
last weekend as The CARO
LINIAN'S Appreciation Money
Feature recorded a grand slam
of three $10 check winners -
ihree ol them • that’s the limit
for any given week
Vernon Scarles, 200 S.
Pettigrew Street, saw his name
III the advertisement paid for
by Terry Furniture Company.
214 E. Marlin Street, which
specializes in new and used
lurniiure and appliances
Mrs Rosa B Penney. 823 E.
Hargett Street, was listed in
See APPRECIATION. P. 2-
ALLENDALE,- S.C. •
Shades of-the trial of 31
white taxicab drivers, in
the mid'fortiea, for the
murders of a black cripple,
are hoverinK over this
section of the state, where
five white men are being:
held-for the murder of a
At} youth, May 10. 1970.
The story unfolds a
"Sherlock Holmes" mystery,
with all the detectivery of
Ironside. According to reports,
Wallace Youmans, 18, was
slain in the small town of
Fairfax, as he walked past a
store, owned by a white, in a
black neighborhood, late at
night.
The sleuths were able to
piece together that the killing
was the result of revenge for
the shooting of a white man
earlier It is alleged that a
magistrate, J. Blanton O'Neal,
56. a former policeman, Jerry
Bovd. 39. W. A. Duggan. Albert
Cook and Preston Polk, were
arrested here Friday and
released on $15,000 bonds,
each.
The investigation is alleged
to have been spurred by a
Charlotte iN.C.) newspaper,
after having been handled by
Ihe Slate Law Enforcement
Division and the FBI. The
Charlotte Observer is said to
have l)ecome interested when a
local official of the NAACP told
See 5 HELD. P 2)
Banquet Of
NAACP Is
.Mrs. Millie 1), \’euse\.
easleni regional director ol the
Zeta Phi Bela .Sorority. refMirls
that more than 250 members
will convene in Rocky Mount.
April 26-28. The annual 3-day
eonlerence will he held at
Holiday Inn No. I at the Gold
Rock Interchange on 1-95.
Registration will get under
way at 3 p in on Friday. April
26. The pufiiic meeting is
schedule<l for 7 45 that even
ing A press conference will be
held at 4 o’clock in the
atiernooii. .Mrs. Isabel M.
Herson of Baton Rouge
I^iuisiana. grand basileus of
the organization, will deliver
the keynote address. The Pan
Hejleiiic Council of Rocky
Mount will entertain delegates
and guests later m the evening
at till* conference headquar
ters.
The formal openina of
Miss Latham Will Be
Honored In Edgecombe
Friday
' BLAt K HEAD COACH - Detroit - Ben filuitl is all smiles
, under the net at St. .Mary of Bedford High School on the city's west
side, where hr has been head coach, after Cornell Iniversity
named him its new head baskelbail coach April 2'.\ ■ the fir^l black
head coach in the university's ilO-year athletic history. Kluitl. 49.
it a 19.MI giaduaie of Loyola of Chicago and has spent 14 years In
Chicago and Oeiroii us u couch. The one year appointment Is
effective immediulely. (ITI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NIA(; AH A miHAPY
i;(Jl If'AllvM
• You Have To Feel It To Believe It ”
The Rev. Dr. C. W. Ward,
president. Raleigh-.Apex.
Branch. NAACP. is inviting
members of the organization,
lovers of freedom and the
general public to attend the
annual banquet, which will be
held in the Martin Luther King
Student Union, St Augustine’s
College. 7:30 p m Friday.
The prexy stressed the tact
that unless more people
become interested enough to
become members and contri
bute to the projects, sponsored
by the organization, the further
away freedom will move from
those who need it most.
He was convinced that
Raleigh should have one of the
strongest branches in the state.
He said the request for legal
aid and other needed things,
certainly warranted a good
branch. He said many badly
needed requests had to be
turned down for lack of funds.
He urged everyone to buy a
ticket for the fiaiiquet and also
lake out a membership. He was
01 the opinion that anyone who
supported the NAAC^’P's pro
gram. was buying a share in
freedom and could look
forward to the coming of full
ireedom if enough money came
to battle those who would
withhold that freedom.
Miss I.,atham was chosen for
Ihe Eastern Region's Distin
guished Zela of Ihe Year, honor
by the Regional Awards
Committee from nominees
submitted from the Eastern
Region Chapters located in the
stales of West Virginia.
Virginia. North Carolina and
the District of Columbia. The
event will take place during the
sorority’s Rocky Mount con
ference April 26'2«
.Meeting the qualification of
A Zelj who has shown
concern for the changing role
of women in today’s society,
which can l>e identified with
Zola’s program projected
through 8 target areas, with
emphasis on target R - political
action and the preservation of
human dignity of all man
kind”
Miss Latham recently in the
news and honored by having
the Senior Women’s Residence
Hall of North Carolina Central
University named the "Louise
M. Latham Residence Hall’’ is
achnmpioi -long champions.
Allhout'l, . i.iiiy of the black
community would like to
refram from the usage of the
phrase. 'First Negro to.’’ the
honoree has to include among
her many accomplishments,
first black woman to be elected
by the membership ol more
than l.4un members of the
National Association of Women
Deans and Counselors, as
.secretary and member ol the
executive board; first black
person to serve as president of
N.C. Association of Women
Deans and Counselors.
She has served as regional
director, Region III. of the
National Council Negro Wo
men and at present, serving as
(See MISS LATHAM. P. 2)
ELDER TO PLAY IN
MASTERS - New York ■ Lee
Elder will now play in (he
Masters. Rig dealt Somehow
CPO Sports Editor. Milton
Richinaii. has come away with
the leeling the whole thing was
never a matter of life or death
with Elder. «L'PI>
MISS LOUISE M LATHAM
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WOMAN AS.SAt’LTED
A complinant, Virginia John
son, reported to Officers P. J.
McCann and Patrick Johnson,
that she was allegedly assault
ed at 1(X) block of W. Martin
Street on April 22. about 9:40
p.m.
A black male was observed
hitting her about the face and
head at the above location. She
was screaming and knocked to
the sidewalk by her assailant.
.Apprehended and placed under
arrest for assault on a female
was George Johnson, 31, 500 W
Martin Street, according to po
lice reports.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 3)
MRS MILLIE I) VE\SEY
delegates, visiting snrors and
Amicae. will begin at 9 a m. on
Saturday. April 27 The
national theme for the sorority
• Relevance to Contemporary
Issues, Humanity our Concern;
The Child • Our ^'ocus. will be
projected through the regional
theme of "Meeting the ('hai-
lenge ■ POW (Plan. Organize
and Worki. The workshop
session will begin at 10 o'clock
(See 250 ZETA.S. P 2<
Bureau Of
NAACP Set
Up Here
In an effort to be more
effective in North Carolina and
to project its program with
greater push, the N.(' Stale
Conference of NAACP Branch
es, opened an office. 19 W.
Hargett St The office is
manned by Peter Stanford,
experienced lobbyist and n a-
live of Burgaw.
Mr. Stanford has been
personnel director for large
corporations in New York and
California, along with having
done a considerable amount of.
work In social service and clvtl
rights
The office is set up on the
order of the Washington
Bureau and will have close
contact with that office and the
national office. In its initial
step, it is reported as having
worked very closely with
members of the recent General
Assembly It served to keep Ihe
people of North Carolina aware
of bills prepared and introduc
ed to the legislature In the
report rendered to the Stale
Conference. April 23. it was
revealed that the members of
the law making body were
quite conscious o^ the partici
pation and ha- shown a
willingness to cooperate.
The office will keep a record
of the way members vole on
legislation that has to do with
reforms and minority interest.
It will also alert N.C. citizens
us to the necessity of
registering their likes and
dislikes about their actions. Its
(See NAACP BUREAU. P. 2)