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PRESS Rl \ THIS WEEK 9,685 Over Allepetl Misai>i>roftrialioii Of Students' Monies
FSU Alumni ^Mad’ With Officials
Mentions ★★★★ ★★★★
W, Collins,
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FAYETTEVILLK • Many
of the approximately 8,000
waduates of Fayetteville
State University (formerly
Fayetteville State Normal.
Fayetteville State Teach
ers College) allegedly had
many apprehensions when
they learned that two
black veteran members of
the Board of Trustees, W.
R. Collins and C. J
Barber, vehemently fought
the naming of Alexander
i Barnes as chairman of the
.Jtoard. with the argument
TKhat they were not ready.
Mue to the conditions of
the university, to turn
that authority over to an
alifnnuB. who represented
the Alumni Association
It is reported that some
reason for their opposition
could he found in an audit
recently submitted. that
showed vast discrepaiu'ies in
the handling of the tunds at
the institution The report is
said to disclose that the 1972
board, of which the two were
members, had not lived up to
its duties as descnlx'd in the
UNC Board of (iovernors
Code. Barnes was appointed
in 1973
Among the many allegations
of mismanagement was the
handling of student funds The
report set out that many
students were given money
alleged to have bi-en paid by
them as fees whu-h they had
never paid Then- is .ilso on
'he files of one ol the courts of
, .Cumberland CoL.ity. that a
^ l-'Sl’ clerk was cunvicled of 3
counts of forgery, m connec
tion with student che<'ks
The audit further revealed
(hat A (> KosirH*. who had
been financial director until
'Se<* K.SC ALCMM. P ^
!SEA Alerts
Parents To
!\eir ItfKtk
NEW YORK, N Y Tht
National Education Associa
tion, has joined the Council on
Interracial Books for Children
in alerting parents and teach
ers to questions they can raise
with students about an Oct. 21
TV production of "The Cay.”
The book by Theodore
Taylor, published in 1969, won
n literary awards, but
exhibits subtle racism. NEA
contends. The Bell System
family Theater TV produc-
^^(■lon will be aired on NBC at 8
f p.m.. Eastern Daylight Time.
"liie book's failure to deal
with a black man's thoughts,
feelings, or past experiences
exemplifies the institutional
racism that exists in our
society." Samuef B Ethridge,
NEA director of civil and
human rights programs, de
clared in New York City
Thursday. Ethridge spoke at a
news conference where repre
sentatives of the Jane Adams
Book Committee made an
ofheial statement regretting
its award to the hook
"The Cay" is a narrative by
Phillip, an 11-year <iid hov
who is marooned on a small
inland with Timothv. an
(Sm NEA ALERTS. P. 2)
VOL' 34 N3. 2
\nrth CarolintCs l^eatliti^ H eeklv
RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SAT.. OCT. 26.
SINGLE COPY 20c
Tiro Rnleifsh Men Victims
ONE STABBED, ONE CUT
ir if if -k
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In First Time Confrontation
Tenants, Realtors To
Violence
Again In
NC Capital
BY STAFF WRITER
U seems a shame each
week to have to continue
to print stories of blood
letting and violence in the
State's Capital City, but
that's 'what's happening’
and, according to some of
our readers, ‘right on with
it.' The Crime Beat cannot
contain all of it, mainly
the most violent, so here
are two stories we thought
should be handled in a
red’ line manner:
in one case, (he complain
ant ended up in Wake County
(See ONE SHOT, P. 2)
Meet
‘Heat Is
Problem:’
Jackson
BOSTONIANS VISIT CHARLOTTE SCHOOLS • Charlotte, N.C. - Mlit Barbara Steer, In white
roal at L. of Boston, was accompanied to class at West Charlotte High School. Oct. 22. by Miss
Kalhv Crosbv. a student at the school. Miss Steer Is one of four Boston students here to discuss
school (iesrKregation. il l’ll
United Black Churchmen
Honor 4 At Convention
Hot dfbate has loomed
over Raleigh for the past
several months, between
the Raleigh Tenants Or
ganization and several
Raleigh property owners
and managers over the
city’s alleged 4,000 slum
houses. A meeting has
seen scheduled for Wed-
lesday, Oct. 23,-at 11 a.m.
between the RTO and the
Raleigh Board of Realtors.
It win be held at the office
>f Gaddy Management,
Barrett Drive here.
RTO has r^ealedly attack
ed J. Henry Brown (Brauna,
i..T.D.), Joha C. Lawrence
(I^awrence Bros. Realty) and
AL GREEN BURNED WITH BOILING GRITS • MeropfaU, Adams and Terry Realty. All
Teaa. ■ AI Greea. a soul singer with 5 consecutive gold records, of these firms are represented
Is pictured at a concert here 2 years ago. Green was burned with on the Raleigh Board of
boiling grits Oct. 18. and a female companion shot to death in an Realtors according to Pat H
licldinl al hl> counlry home. (I PI) ,5^ TENANTS AND, P. 2)
‘Frame Up’ From NNPA Aid
Beginning: Backers
CHARLOTTE - Three black men. sentenced to long
prison terms in 1972 on charges of burning down the
Lazy B Riding Stable here, have asked the Superior
Court to set aside their convictions.
THE SILENT ONE • D«tr«il •
Detroit police are trying to
learn the identity of this youth
who caiU himself James. He
stepped off a bus penniless 7
weeks ago. He is believed to
be 15 years old. 5-foot-l and
110 pounds. He refuses to tell
officials where he is from •
and why he waa't go back.
(UPl)
Supporters of the three say
that new court proceedings
sirill prove the case against
them was a frame-up from the
beginning • all part of a
master plan by the FBI. the
Justice Department and other
top government officials to
harass and destroy activists
in the black liberation move
ment.
The thre^ are Jim Grant,
now serving a sentence of 25
years; T. J. Reddy, sentenced
to 20 years; and Charles
Parker, iO years
A hearing on the motion to
set aside their conviction is
set for Nov. 7. before Superior
Court Judge Sam Er\'in. HI.
in Mecklenburg County Court
here. Judge Ervin is a son of
Senator Ervin.
The motion is based on new
evidence that the (wo witness
es who gave the crucial
Appreciation
Feature Goes
Grand Slam
Last week's edition ot The
CAROLINIAN found a grand
•lam (three) winners m (he
Appreciation Money Feature,
^tonsored each week by this
newspaper and advertisers,
listed on the back page of
Orst section Each received a
check for 810 from the
DATticioating merchant
Mrs. Mary L. Knight. 824 K
Lenoir Street, saw her name
Inside the ad space bought l>v
Perry's Shell wvice Station,
corner of Fayetteville and
South Streets, where "we
steam clean your engine with
(See APPRECIATION. P 2
testimony against Grant,
Reddy, and Parker were
secretly paid at least 84,000
and probably more, by the
federal government. The pay
offs were revealed in an
(See 3 CONVICTS. P 2)
Arrest 2
In Beating
Of Black
Two white men were
arrested last Wednesday on
federal civil rights charges in
connection with the heating of
a black motorist on Oct 7,
during the Boston school
desegregation disturbances.
.Aitoiney General William
B Saxhe said agents of the
Federal Bureau oi Investiga-
tton. in cooperation with
Bo.sion police, arrested the
men in Boston
Ronald King. 22. and Joseph
E. Griffin. 23. both of South
Boston and unemployed, were
charged with interfering with
federally protected activities,
obstruction of a court order,
and aiding and abetting each
other in the commission of the
>f(ens»’s
Federal Magistrate Willie J.
Davi.-i in Boston, issued the
arrest wart ants this after
noon
.Andre Yvon Jean Louis, a
native ot Haiti, was driving
near an aiea where a crowd
had gathered to protest school
busing His car was stopped,
he was pulled from it, and
.'see ARREST 2. P 2»
NEW YORK - Dr Carlton
B. Goodlett, president of the
National Newspaper Publish
ers Association, pledged that
the nation's black press will
actively cooperate with the
drive of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People to increase its
membership to a half-million
with the aid of a special
'National Membership elicit
ation Day campaign next
month.
In a recent letter to Gloster
B, Current, NAACP director
of branches. Dr. Goodlett said
that the NNPA "will certainly
cooperate" with the NAACP
drive. He informed Mr
Current that he was writing to
tSee NNPA AID. P 2)
CHICAGO - Honored guests
at the national convention of
I'nited Black Churchmen to
be held here Nov 7-9. will be
four retired clergymen of the
United Church of Christ who
have made outstanding con
tributions to (he black com
munity.
The organization of black
clergy and laity is aimed at
increasing the impact of the
2-million-member United
Church of Christ on the needs
of minority people Sessions of
the third biennial meeting of
Uniti-d Black Churchmen will
be at the Ascot House and (lie
Essex Inn
The men to be honored are
the Rev Dr. lohn William
Faulkner. Wiluwood. N.J .
Rites Held
For Stanley,
Publisher
Frank L. Stanley. Sr.,
long-time civil rights activist,
owner and publisher of The
Louisville Defender newspa
per. died early last Saturday
morning at Jewish Hospital.
Louisville, Kentucky, where
he was taken after suffering a
heart attack while conducting
the "Black Exposition" at
iLouisville's Convention Cen
ter. His newspaper has spon
sored (his home-show orient
ated program for 37 voars.
Stanley, was a leader in
the civil rights movement in
Kentucky, achieving national
prominence, distinguishing
himself as an educator and
journalist. He had been
former dean of the Chapel at
Fisk University. Nashville,
Tenn., Rev, Dr. Henry T.
McDowell. Kings Mountain,
N C.. a missionary in Angola
for many years; Rev. William
Judson King. Detroit, a
pioneer in farm development
and citizenship education for
rural blacks as director of
Franklinlon Center. Bricks.
N.C . and Rev. Samuel L
(.aviscounl, a major influence
in the New England black
community during his years
as pastor of St. Mark's
('hurch. Roxbury. Mass.
Keynote speaker at the
opening session. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday. Nov. 7. will be a
former Chicagoan, the Rev.
Dr Reuben A. Sheares, H.
New York City, director of the
Office of Church Life and
Leadership of the United
Church of Christ. He was
associate executive director
for community development
of Chicago's Community Re
newal Society from 1967 until
he was called in 1973 to head
the new church agency whi^h
conducts national programs
for laity and clergy.
The president of the United
Church, the Rev. Dr. Robert
V. Moss, and the secretary.
Rev. Dr, Joseph H. Evans,
both of New York, will take
Candidates
In Raleigh
BY MISS J. E. HICKS
, . . ^ . At US regular dale, the
associated with The Defender Raleigh Wake Citizens Assoc-
for more than 40 years, jation. sponsored at 8 p.m.
joining the staff several years jast Thursday at the Blood-
after its founding. worth Street YMCA, a meet-
Frank SlaiUey was Iwrn m ihe-candidate program of
Chicago. Illinois, the son of a persons running for seats in
butcher. When he was 6, his oie North Carolina House and
family moved ^to Louisville. Senate
where he attended the public
schools and graduated from
Central High.
With earnings from part-
time joliS. he went to Atlanta
University, where he captain-
e<i the football and basketball
teams and was named an gj time. He remarked that
All-American at quarterback gai-h candidate would be
in 1927 and 1928. He also permitted to speak three
(See FRANK STANLEY. P.2) (See R-WCA MEETS. P. 2)
■VOI
MK.A.N l AF Bl IA TRADED?' • New York - While
Bunds Mas out fishing Tuesday for Striped Bass and
w ....
r bannel ( at aruiind Antioch Calif., the Yankees announced they
tad gotten him even up tor Bobby Mnrcer, another outfielder
tho was iuppohi-d to he the next Mickey Mantle. Bonds Is shown
( his San ( ariuv Uahf-. home after hU fishing trip Uklng in Me
f the numerous phone rails he received regarding bU trade
I I’D
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
BRIGGS HARDWARE
“For One Of The City's Top Toy Collection"
part m the opening convoca
tion. Presiding will be William
L. Parkerson. Washington.
D C., a leading black layman
of the denomination and
president of the United Black
Churchmen
Irwin France, assistant to
Mayor Daley, will address (he
delegates Friday evening.
Nov. 8 He will bt> introduced
by the Rev, Dr Arthur D.
Gray, pastor nf the United
Church of Christ of Park
Manor
A portion of the program
will be given over to the
denomination's 17-76 Achieve
ment Campaign to raise funds
for the black colleges related
(See CHURCHMEN. P 2)
Central
Confab To
Host Fete
LAURINBURG - The Cen
tral North Carolina Confer
ence of the third Episcopal
District of (he African Metho
dist Episcopal Zion Church,
will hold its annual fellowship
banquet and welcome pro-
gram. Wednesday, Nov. 6. at 8
A IWooto E-"’ Laurinburg
“ kf ■l-*B.“d.S District (Christian Youth Cen
ter. Members and friends are
urged to share the festivities
of this occasion.
The regular annual confer
ence session will be held at St.
James AME Zion Church in
Red Springs. Nov. 4-10. All
members and friends of the
conference will be greeted by
the Rl- Rev. and Mrs. William
Alexander Hilliard, bishop
and missionary supervisor of
the third Episcopal district.
Subscriptions for the ban
quet may be obtained from
one of the five presiding
elders of the conference: Rev.
Dr. James A. Brown, Durham
district; Rev. Dr, S. P.
Rawlings. Fayetteville dis
trict; Rev, Dr. C. V. Flack,
Sanford district; Rev. Dr. E.
H. Beebe. Raleigh district;
and Rev. Dr. S J. Farrar.
Laurinburg district.
Other members of the third
Episcopal district from the
Ohio and Michigan confer
ences are expected to attend
the banquet and conference
sessions, also.
Mrs. Edra M. Hilliard is
missionary supervisor; Dr. S.
J. Farrar is host presiding
elder; and Rev. P. J. Stroud is
host pastor.
Ralph Campbell, president,
presided and requested Mrs.
Elizabeth Cofield. Wake
County Commissioner, to offer
prayer,
Mr. Campbell welcomed the
candidates who were present
WATERGATE DISCOVERER FRANK WILLS FINALLY APPRECIATED - Washington *
Wills (left), the security guard at the Watergate complex who discovered the break-in al
Democratic National Headquarters there in June. 1972, was presented an award Oct. 18. al a
meeting of the Democratic National Committee. The presenUtlon was made by Robert Strauss
(center), chairman, and Caroline Wilkins, vice co<hairman. (UPl)
RECEIVES BLOODY
MOUTH
William James Dockery. 51,
925 E. Jones Street, told
Officer J. W. Tew at 9:43 p.m.
Sunday, that Charles Rawl
ings, 24. 22‘2 Idlewild Avenue,
struck him in the mouth while
he was standing on the
avenue, near the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Center. Dock
ery refused to say why
Rawlings "went upside his
head." Dockery suffered a
bloody mouth and other
injuries to his body.
(See CHIME BEAt. P. 3)