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PRESS RUN 9 73Q THIS WEEK ’ Noted Nutritionist Sars OMKOKTS CONCEHNKD WIFE • Washington - L'.S. Marshall 4^lvln Mouton comforts his wife Ethel after he and 6 other persons held as hostages by two convicts in the L’.S. District Court House escaped July N. (I'FI) NC Educators Set Leaders’ Confabs For the first time in its history, the North Carolina Association of Educators will hold three*summer leadership conferences for leaders of its local units, according to Dr. A. C. Dawson. NCAE execu tive secretary. The regional conferences, under the leadership of NCAE president John Lucas, are being held because of the tremendous growth in NCAE membership across the state in recent years Only one statewide conference had been held each year until la.st year, when two conferences were held -y -Aboui 2IH) teachers, princi- rpals, supervisors, superinten dents and other certificated school personnel are expected to attend each of the three conferences The three conferences are to be held in Fayetteville at the Downtowner Motor Inn. July 31 From City At Fnveilinfjf BY MISS J E HICKS For 13 years, the National Council of Nefiro Women has talked, puffed and sweated about placing a fittin. me morial to its illustrious founder and president. Mar- McLeod Bethune. who dreamt of an organization that would ^ally be a coalition of black momen devoted to improving ^ (he cultural, intellectual and spiritual lives of black people Well, that dream, under the leadership of Dr. Dorothy Height and the black and while women across the country who donated more than $450,000 for a bronze statue of Mrs. Bethune passing on her legacy to a girl (See UNVEILING. V 2> 3 Muslims Given 140 Yrs. In Jail National Black News .Senice WASHIN(7TDN - A federal judge has sentenced three Philadelphia Black .Muslims to life m prison on each of iM of the 2.3 churces against them in the mass murders ol 7 Manafi Moslems In'-! xear )iThe :i inei. will have !•. 4'erve. according to prison officials, an absolute mini mum of l4o years each m a maximum security federal prison Those conx icted h\ the jury oil the premeditated (See 3 MUSLIMS. |>. 2i 24 and 25: Durham at the Durham Motor Hotel, July 29 and 30; and Hickory at Mom and Pop's Ham House, Aug. 2 and 3. Similar workshop sessions will be conducted at each conference by NCAE state leaders, NCAE professional staff and three members of the National Education Assoc iation professional staff. Topics include: planning local membership campaigns, special services and pro- (See CONFABS, P. 2; City Elks Honor 53 ^Seniors ’ BY W. A. "PETE" WILDER The Progressive Council of Elks held "Senior Member Day" at the local Home Sunday at 5 p.m. Fifty-three members were officially re cognized. Past state officers and all leading officers of the council !o(jked with pleasure on the services, with Daughter Hat tie Singleton presiding. After the ode and the prayer were offered, the purpose was simply slated by Daughter Almeta Latta. A duet was offered by mother and daugh ter. Mrs Willie Bridgeford and Mrs. Joanne Alston, with Mrs. Margaret Herndon at the piano. Ministers’ Wives At Convention The William Penn Hotel, a historical landmark in down town Pittsburgh. Pennsylvan ia. was the convention site for the 34ih annual conference of the National Association of Ministers' Wives'. Inc., for 1974. last week Pennsylvanians rolled out the red carpet to welcome Ministers' Wives' from 30 of the .50 tales in the Union. Tours were made available to the delegates. A cruise down the Allegheny and the Mona- guhcla Ruers with dinner was the entertainment Welcomes from the mayor and other dignitaries were warmly received. A beautiful soul-stirring address was given on Wednesday evening by Mrs. C. Delores Tucker, the first black woman to hold tlie position of Secretary of State of Pennsylvania, they were also enriched with an undying message from the national president. Mrs. Julia Frances Keaton McCormick, of Wilmington. N.C • See WIVES ATTEND. P. 2) Food Stamps Not Answer Poor Of America Discussed ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ President Almost 4 Years ★ ★ ★ ★ Cheek Quits Morgan North Carolina’s Leading Weekly Husband Fares Murder Rap After Wife Slain Here ★ ★ ★ ★ GREENSBORO • While maiw persons are excited by Guilford County’s new food stamp program, Mrs. John Hampton, a foods and nuLrition instructor at A&T State University, says it is not the answer to feeding the nation’s poor. "People are not being reached by 'feed the hungry’ or other current federal programs," said Mrs. Hamp ton, "and the growing infla- probl4“" **“ VOL. 33 NO. 40 RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JULY 20. 1974 While somewhat down on the food giveaway programs, Mrs. Hampton is very opti mistic about revised attempts of Congress to come up with a national nutrition policy. "It’s the best thing that ever happened," said Mrs. Hamp ton, who has just returned from special hearings of the Senate's Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs in Washington, D.C. “The senators needed to be (See FOOD STAMPS. P 2) Links Give $132,000 To The UNCF The 19th gener.^1 assembly of Links. Inc., was held In Washington. DC. recently at the Washington Hilton Hotel. National Links, Inc., is an organization of black women with 134 chapters, located throughout the United Slates and the nation's capital, 'ne organization was founded by Mrs. Margaret Hawkins, and Mrs. Sara P. Scott in 1946 in Philadelphia. Pa. "The Priorities of 1970's - Links’ Effective Involvement Now." was the theme of the 19lh general assembly. Links, Inc., has a three-prong program: services to youth, (See LINKS GIVE. P. 2) Odd Fellows. Household Plan Meet S™IKE . B.mmor, . Bru« L,*!., (2.d from R.). mrmbrr of Ihr Bolllmore committee, reads the latest contract offer to City police picketing outside cllv The 92nd annual mating o court July 5. Although satisfied with the offer, the striking policemen vowed to continue their district Grand Order of walkout until Police Commissioner Donald Pomerleau relnsuies H2 policemen fired for walking off Odd Fellows and district their jobs. (IPIi SI.NGLE COPY 20c ★ ★ ★ ★ Rev. Nathaniel Gaylord Pastor Threatened ^ W. Bland Accused In Death Polict* are holding William Oti.'i Hland, 41. 2226 New ark Drive in the Kingwood Forest section of Raleigh, for murder, in the death early last Wednesday of his 31 year-<dd wife. Mrs. Jes sie Lant. Hland. who was allegtdlv shot in the back. Th«- sla’. ing was reported by one ol .Mrs BLiiid's small children, ih:* name uf whom ptilift- rciused lo reveal (See WIFE SLAIN. P 2) BLACK WINS IN .S.C Matthew J. Perry, t'olumhia. S.C. attorney, ran against University of South Carolina professor Cole Blease Gra ham. Graham quit at-iivr campaigning several weeks ago. making Perry a winner in the Democratic portion of the primary July 16 to oppose Republican Congressman Floyd Spence in the general election in .November. <UPIi Grand United Household of Ruth will n.iet in Raleigh, beginning Monday. July 22 and ending Wednesday. July 24 Headquarters will be the Sir Walter Hotel on Fayette ville Street. Attending will be Grand .Master Leslie I. Gaines of Maryland and Grand Superior Vivian C. D. Meyers of Brooklyn. N.Y Others from the slate will (See ODD FELLOWS. P. 2) Appreciation Feature Has No Winners There were no winners in The CAROLINIAN'S Apprec iation Money Feature, spon sored bv this newspaper and participating merchants, lor the week ending July 6, 1974. following which the newspa per's employees began a one week vacation. Be sure to check the back page of the first section of The CAROLINIAN and look for your name in one of the many boxes (here. You just might find it and become $10 richer There are three names listed there. iSef APPRECIATION. P 2i Justice Department Reports Five Blacks Held As Slaves COLUMBIA. SC. • The operator of a farm migrant labor camp near Ridge Spring. South Carolina, and his (wo assistants were indicted last week by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring lo hold five black workers in involuntary- servitude. Attorney General William B. Saxbe said an ll-count indictment was returned bia. S.C. Cleveland Williams, the can.p operator, and Roosevelt Band and Leroy Alford, .Ir., his assistants, were named in one count on the conspiracy- charge. Williams was charged in 5 other counts with illegally holding 5 workers in involun tary servitude and in 5 more counts with holding them in a condition of peonage by preventing them from leaving U.S. District Court in Colum Ex-President (If Shaw To Hifrher Education ANNAPOLIS. Md The Board of Trustees ol the Stale Colleges of Maryland an nounced the resignation of Dr King Virgil Cheek. Jr., as president of Morgan State College in Baltimore iMd • here last Thursday afternoon .According to Edmund C Mesler. executive director of the Board. President Cheek s resignation is effective as of Aug 31 The 37-year-old Bates Col lege graduate leaves Morgan State to accept the position of vice president for Planning and Program Development of the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, based in Yellow Springs, (^hio Established in 1964, the Union for Experimenting Col leges and Universities has become one of the leading (See CHEEK QUITS. P 2- his employment and control. The indictment said the offenses occurred between May 10 and June 14. 1974. Five migrant w-orkers were named as victims in the conspiracy count, and two additional workers were nam ed in the other counts The migrant workers named in the indictment were Pat rick L. Sullivan, Ray Buy Pyatt. Donnie ('ook. Gerald (See FIVE BLACKS. P 2i WILLIAM 0 BLAND 1954 photograph DONT \ LEJiC • HATON! Officers Alerted liy Cleric The Rev .N.ithailiel Gay lord. pastor <if itie St Paul -VMK Ctiureli. to'j W Kdeiilon Street, called (he Raleigh P(iIk« Di-pailinent Sunday morning (o r<'|>nrt that he had t»eeii tlil'-afeiii-ci to reach the niini-iiT f>v letenhune. made se. RK\ (.AVLORD, P 2i NAAUP BEGINS NEWS FEATURE • In an effoil Ui keep ('\KOI.IMAN rvjHers well informed as in upinioiih affecting (he Raleigh Bureau. NAAUP. Peter Stanfmd. who U the director, annuum ed (his week (hat a column will appear in (he paper each week. There is also an added feature (hat attends the effort Guest writers will be selected from all walks of life to echo (heir thoughts in (he culumn. This is another public service of The ( AKDI.IMA.N to ke.-p its readers abreast uf polities and issues. The column will appear in next week's edition. NAACP Told Truth Is The Issue BY MICHELK-JKAN PKTI I National Black News S*tvic(* NEW ORLEANS U Dis Angeles Mavor Thomas Brad ley clo.sed the 65tti annual cdnveiilion of the Nntmn.il Association for the .AHv.mi-e ment of Colored People I NAACP I with .1 fon elul speech in which ho said "Today, truth is the vant is.sue and not raee -'ll the black ^xihtician <an make It. hlaek petiple can make it 1 must be the mayor ot all me people. 1*0 %inMiive of the needs ul all tiu- people (.See NAACP TOl.D, P 2. EUITOR-.S SOTf- Thit r«>i.mr Icalure i» pruducfd in ihr (luiilir mu «llb nn aim loanrdt rliminaiini i.i|urcird ibal ihrj br aixn canvidrralion ol eirrlooking ibric li- •ft (br polKc bluOi jBdgr I Ilk) DR KING V CHEEK KALEU'.ICTES MTh.ND persons from Raleigh w ho ai in Washington. I).l BhTHl NE MEMORIAL UNVEILING - Show'n are a portion of the (tended the unveiling of the statue of the late Dr. Mary .McLeod Bethune 'dnesday. July 10. (See storyi. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK im.l. JONKS TIRE RLTRKADINt; SERVICE "For Reliable And Hea.sonable Rubber" publuh (hi lactt Ok «>r lino inrm rrbur(rd b> (e< arretling oOifrrt. T<i krtf oul n| rb( Crimr Oral Colurnnk mtrrl> mran^ ool bring rrgltirrrd b> a {tulm ulOrrr ir reporting hit lindlngt whilr on du() x (ImpI) kerp oil (hr "Blolirr ' and }at. non'l br in Tbr (rimr Rroi Ul T BV IMRl DPR .Mrs. Carolyn Lee Winters, 30. 6014 Colonial Drive, told Officer W T Liles at 12:56 p m Friday, that >!u- .»s driving north on S Wilni.i.g- ton Street, at its .iiiei-h>-c;.oi. with E Marlin, vvli.-n Law rence Hines, ;id 421 Walton Street, pulled open her ear door and told a passenger, Mrs. Sue Williams, to gei nut When she didn't. Mrs Winters declared. Hines produced a knife and got into the vehicle The passenger. Mrs. Williams, was then cut on the right and left arms by Hines and the clothing was reportedly tom from her chest area War rants, charging assault with a deadly weapon, were issui'd against Mr. Hines (See CRIME BEAT. P 3' ESI APED CONVICT CAUGHT IN N.U. • (ireenshoro. N.l. • Henja-.iin I . Saids < center) is escorted by Federal agents from the (iiiiltoi-ii ( ouiuv jail lo the Federal Court House. Sauls had been the object «(f a iwu rtav search since he shot a deputy and escaped from Danville. \a. with three hostages Thursday. He was captured near a railroad track by dog handlers near Brown Snnimil. N.t al It .< m. Salurdav. <UPIi
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