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THIS WEEK
Man Accused Of Double Murder Says
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‘My Lawyer Told Me Not To Talk’
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Iter. Ben Chavis To Lead Demonstration Of
5,000 In City March
Charter
Buses In
10 States
The NorJh Carolina Alli
ance Anainsl Hacisl And
Political Repression will
sponsor the first National
civil rights demonstration
in the history of Raleigh on
Thursday. July 4. 1974.
The deiiuinslralKin will bo
led by Itev lien Chavis, aluni*
wilh national representatives
from Southern Christian
U-adership Conlerence, elect
ed oflieials. miluding Rep.
.lohn ConyiTs, C S Congress
man. Mu-higan. Ira Simmons.
Berkeley City Councilman;
Donald B>rd. nationally
known ja// musician. .Angela
Davis and other leaders of the
National Alliance .Against
Racist and Coliiical Repress
ion: ainl a host ol statewide
and IfH-al leaders representing
the people black white and
Indian ol .North Carolina.
Bu.'.es have already been
gnartered Irom New York.
Caliiornia. Florida. South
(arolina. Virginia. Michigari.
Massachusetts. Connecticut.
Washinglon. D(\ Charlotte.
N '■ . Winston-Salem and
nian\ idhc-r cities.
A minimum ol S.UOO are
expected to participate in the
day-long events of the demon-
strauon Thev include a pre
march rally at H) a m. at
Memorial .\uditunum. the
national march against rac
ism ;,n-t repri'ssion will begin
ar i.oMri 111 front of the
ai. h.o. ; Mtrw-d to the
N C Slate Capitol for a
ii.itiona! rally the inarch will
continue Irom the capitol to
the l.t4 sear old t*enlral Pri
son
The demonsiiation will con
clude at Pullen Park with
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Raleighite
Named To
Drug Body
North Carolina flovcrnor
.lames K Holshousn'. .Ir . has
appointed Miss (lloria Jean
Smith ol Raleigh, to the
Advi.sory Council ol the N C.
Stale Drug .Authority
Mis? Smith,
who i.s .1 t'.iTi
grad'iati’ >4 St
\iig s College
was president
of the Socto-
log\ I'lul).
menitiernt the
Sigma Rho
Sigma Social
Science Honor ^
SociciN. Ilo-
nors Pciigiaiii, MI.SS SMITH
a dean's list student, and was
the l‘i7:l-7-l rei-ipient of the
PiMt'oiming Arts .\w.ird at St
\’ig •
Sl;e IN ii.c il.nighter of Mrs.
Rebecca Smith. 1847 Kastern
p. >ulcvard
THE CAROLINIAN
i\orth Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 38 NO. 33 RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JUNE 22. 1974
SINGLE Copy 20c
Blacks ‘Turn On’
Nick Galifianakis
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Mayor Lightner Proclaims June 17-23
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HEADS NATIONAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BODY -
Louisville. Ky. • Rev. Dr. Lawrence W. Hottoins from Decatur.
Ga.. becomes the first black to hold the top office in the
predominantly white Presbyterian Church in the United Slates.
Rev. Dr. Boltoms was elected moderator for ihe first assembly
between the U.S. Church and the I niled Presbyterian Church in
Ihe U.S.A. for unity. June ifi. (UPIi
Shrine Queen Wins
Legal Awareness Week Region Scholarship
‘Bull City’
Man Now
In Jail
BV ALP:XANDER BARNES
DURHAM - A 31-yr.-old
accused slayer of two.
Thomas J. Walker, when
led from a cell in Durham
County's jail at 11:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, to be interviewed
by a CAROLINIAN re-
resentative. said, "My
iwyer told me not to talk.”
This meant that the inter
viewer had no opportunity
to ascertain from him the
details of a double murder,
which occurred here last
Saturday.
The killing was rather
bizzare. in view of the fact
that Walker is alleged to have
walked into the home of
Earnest J. Scott. Jr.. 2206 E.
Main Street, armed with a
22 caliber rifle, pulled the
trigger, sending a bullet thru
Scott's right eye, into his
iSee 2 MURDERS. P. 2)
House Won’t
Compromise
On Busing
BY CAROLINE ROTH
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D C A-
midst cheers and applause
(See HOUSE WON'T. P. 2)
Protest
Eviction
Of Tenant
DURHAM - A group of
concerned citizens, many of
whom having been sup*
porters of former Congress
man Nick Galifianakis, al
most caused consternation
at Citv Hall Tuesday night,
(See BLACKS TURN. P. 2>
JAMES E. M.A.XWEI.L
E. Warren
Grant To
J. Maxwell
James Kddiv Maxwell of
Boa/ Road Raleigh, a
1974 graduate nt St. .Augus
lino's College. Raleigh, has
been nominated for a scholar
ship grant from the Earl
Warren Legal Training Pro
(See J. MAXWELL. P 2>
IVII.l. SHARE l,BJ FOUNDATION AWARD - Auxin. Ttxas .
Felliiier Mayor Ivan Allen. Jr., of Atlanla, Ca.. and Eranklin A.
niomas. president of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Co. of
Bruokivn. v.v.. will share the Lyndon Raines Johnson
roiiiidalion .\ward for Urban .Affairs. (UPD
State Sen. Charged
In Accepting Bribe
National Black News Service
Attorneys
Gathering
In Raleigh
At Tuesday City Council
meeting, Raleigh Mayor,
C*j''ence E. .Li^tn^, pro-
dlauned the wew of June 17
through June 23 as Black
Legal Awareness Week.
The official proclamation
was issued to John Harmon,
president of the North Caro
lina Association of Black
Lawyers, in recognition of the
efforts of black lawyers in
Raleigh, headed by Walter E.
Ricks. Ill, the state and the
nation, in being the "guiding
force” in black communities,
in using the legal arena as the
(See BLACK LEGAL. P. 2)
BALTIMORE • A 34 year-
old stale senator who has been
accused of helping line up a
phony work release job for a
convicted gambler, declares
that Ihe accusation is poli
tically inotivated-
StaU* Sen Clarence M.
Mitchell HI. who pleaded no
contest earlier this year to
charges he failed to file
federal income tax returns for
1967 through 1970 on about
S')4.iKm in gross income, is
under investigation by the
Oiganved Crime Strike Force
III Baltimore, one ul IR such
units in the country linked
Appreciation
Check Won By
Raleigh Man
Willie James Jacobs, 70i S
Hlociifwoiih Street, was the
lone luckv Winner of a SlO
clu-ck Iasi week when he saw
Ins name in The CAROLIN-
LAN's .Appreciation Money
Fe.nure. -ponsored b\ this
newspaper and participating
meichanis found each week
on the back page ol the first
stetiof:
.Mr Jacobs name was in
i!ie jci.ertisement paid for by
'See AFPRtUl.ATIUN. P 2'
directly to the Justice Depart
ment which looks into organ
ized crime
He said it w ji, no coinci
dence that the allegation
(See STATE ^EN . P. 2)
Pl.At KS \\ ATERG \TF
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Bliitk Washington allorne>.
Padit-ia Rohi-rts llairis. >airi
here .stindav. lime tl>. (hut a
la/> elecloruie inus( lake pari
of (he blame foi Watergate.
• I Pi >
(HIKE FOlND ••r.Un.TV" Allanm - Thf Rfv.
< >sea Williams adjnvts a small hand mike lute .lime IN as he
Stands on .i tiasti ean outside thi locked gru\esile of He\.
Hailiii I . King. .Ii . and speuks lu u crowd of ubooi 2ini persons
K.-tiieied In inaieh (it ('U> Hall to prniest aguinsi .Alluiua Police
thief loiin Inman. \ ’ triul" was iield on the >(eps and Inman
was iiiiiml "giiiltA" lor alleged diserimiiialion <tl l>tu«ks Itv his
Use tii "detoA .ind siake-itiu s<|h,ids to eomhat erime in the
cilx .'' ' I PI
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
CARAI.KK.M H KMTl RF
COMPANY
• For yuulily Furniture At Inow Prices”
W ALTER E RICKS. HI
C. Right’s
Mrs. Muse
- To Confab
NEW YORK. NY Attor
ned Frankie Muse Freeman,
the only black member of the
United Stales Commission on
Civil Rights, will participate
in the education workshop at
(he 65th annual convention of
the National Association for
the .Advancement of Colored
People, to be held in New
Orleans. La . next month.
.Attorney Freeman is a
Sister of .Mrs Allie Muse
Peebles of Raleigh. N.C . an
area .school teacher.
.A member of the Commis
sion since 1964. Mrs. Freeman
will join a group of educators
and urban experts in discuss
ing topics around the subject
of .school desegregathn since
(he Supreme Court's 1954
Blown decision.
The other participants are
Dr. Buell Gallagher, past
president of the City College
of .New York and vice
president of the NAACP
National Board uf Directors,
Dr Dan W. Dodson, noted
educational consultant of the
University of Texas, Dr.
.Melvin Gruwell. director of
the Educational Resource
(See MRS. MUSE. P. 2)
MISS CONSTANCE BATTLE
NC Mutual
Executive
Succumbs
DURH.A.M • Funeral rites
for Mrs, Loui.se Thompson
McCrea. wife of the well
known Frank .McCrca. Dur
ham detective, who ro.se
from a stenographer at the
Norjh Carolina Mutual to a
corporate vice president, in 27
years, will be neld at Mt
Vernon Baptist Church,
Thursday, at 4 p m.. with Rev,
Percy High officiating He will
be assisted by Dr T. R
Speigner and Rev. L IL
Welchei. Burial will be in
Beechwood Cemetery.
Mrs. McCrea. 5.5. died of
cancer at Lincoln Hospital
Tuesdav morning, thus ending
a successful career with
Durham business institutions
(See EXECUTIVE IS. P 2:
Shnners and Daughters of
Isis from 7 Southeastein
slates met in Charleston.
South Carolina, for their
second Region II Gala Dav
Coinenlion. June 13-15.
Teenage girls from each
state were competing for the
coveted title. Region II Gala
Day Qu(‘en.
Miss Constance Yvonne
Battle of Raleigh, represented
Kabala Temple No. 177. As
did o.her contestants. Miss
(Sie (Jl'EEN WINS. P. 2)
Education
Feud Breaks
Into Open
NEW YORK, NY, • A
long-smoldering feud within
the civil righls movement
o\er whether black or white
lawyers .sluiuld lake credit for
a histone desegregation case
ha.N caught fire
U S District Court Judge
Rolwii L. Carter, a former
black attorney with (he
N.\.A( I* Legal Defense and
Kducalioti Fund. Inc., in a
letter .May 311 to .lack (Jreen-
Iw-rg. a while attorney who
h<-at t'artie out te head the
Funfl. tTiiicizeri the handling
See FELD BREAKS. P. 2)
Tenants’ l\ight
The Raleigh Tenants Or
ganization. which has been
struggling with slumlords
iliroiighout Raleigh to im
prove tenant living conditions
and entorce tenants' rights,
announces Tenants' Night, to
l>o held (his Friday night and
every Friday night at Ihe
I'plowners Club, located at
12i; F. Cabarrus Street,
Beginning at 8 p.m.. there will
Im' free lenunt advice for (hose
who have problems with
landlords Housing experts
will be present.
FDtTOB'S NOTE; TliU ctlmmB tr
lealarc k> pr»4ucTd la the poMk
«Hh an aim lawardt rllmlnaOaif III
caatenu. Nwneraai Ina(,k4adla Itve
rvqacilvd that Uitjr be eleea ib»
adtoIxMi •! eTerloaklBc laelr lUila#
an Ihe police hiMUr. Thli we weaM like
le do. However. U li aot oar pooltka to he
iwd(e or Jary. We mcrel]' pohltUi the
(Belt at we Had Ibcm reported hr Ihe
arretllnp olfleera. To beep, eol ol The
Crime Beal Colamas, merely meaa* cwt
bclof regiotered by a police afflecr la
reportiai hli flndlafo while oa daty So
limply aeep oil the "■loiter" aad yao
woa’i he la The Crime Bcoi
BEATEN IN SQUARE
Miss Judy Gay Perry.
628'j Coleman Street, (old
Officer P. J McCann. Jr., at 9
p.m. Friday, that she was
attacked by Henon McNair,
Sr.. 35. in Moore s Square. 200
block of K. Martin Street
Officer McCann was nn
routine patrol when he ob
served a Negro male hitting a
Negro female about the face
with his fists, "She fell to the
ground and he began kicking
her with both feet about her
head and chest. She was
screaming arid bleeding from
several lacerations We ap
prehended the subject and he
began fighting with the police.
He was subdued and hand
cuffed, Took subject McNair
to Wake County Jail for
bonking for assault on a
female and assault on an
officer. Bond was set at $600
The woman was taken to
Wake Memorial Hospital for
treatment of injuries." She
suffered a laceration of the
lower lip. bruises and
scratches on the head, face
and arms. McNair's address
was also listc.I us being 62B'2
0)]eman Street.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 31
AAKON ONE OF WORLD'S FEW AUTHENTIC HfeRlJES” • New York - Mayor Abraham
Reamp holds bat and ball June IH. as he praises Hank Aaron, home run champion of the .Atlanta
Braves, nn steps of City Hull. Beaine called Aaron one ol the world's "few authentic heroes” as
he presented him with the City’s highest honor • the God Medal. Looking on are Xaron’s wlfe'lti
und the widows of fornwr X'ankee greats Lou (iahrig <Li and Babe Ruth, .\aron broke Ruth s
lifetime homer record when he slummed number 7|.> on .\pril H. <l Pli