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"OICs’ Dr. Leon H. Sullivan To City
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THE Carolinian
JSorth Carolina's Leadins Weekly
VOL. 34 \Q. 6 RALEIGH. N.C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOV. 23. 1974
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Ex-Durham AMt Church Preacher
BL.Af'K SEN\Tt>KS T \KK OATHS ■ BirminKham. Ala. • 1 U. t Irmon i|.i and J.
Rkhmutid IVarson take Ihr oath «l tdficp Sov IT. from stair Supreme < ourl C hief Justice
Howell Heflin, becommu Mabama's first black Mate senators since Reconslruclion. <11*11
Two Famous Clergymen Urge
Blacks, Jews To Become United
SLAIN PASTOR BURIED
National Black News Service
CHICAGO. Ill - The interests of blacks and Jews are no longer divided is the
conclusion drawn bv clerg>'men conferring at the Center for Continuing Education of
the University of (*'hicago.
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Did Ford Administration Follow .Nixon’s?
Why Was Watson Fired?
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The 5U black and Jewish
religious leaders met to
restore the coalition which
had broken down after the
civil rights successes of the
early 60s as well as forge new
links "in a time of moral
vacuum "
Led by (he Rev Jesse L
Jackson, head of Operation
PUSH and by Hahbi Irwin M
Blan, president of the Synago
gue Council of America, the
clergymen aired 'Tievances
that have pushed the groups
apart
.lewish leaflers. for exam
ple. hate long tieen opp<ised to
the use of quota systems in
education and emplnymeni.
tearing a return tn the time
when the Jew was i-xcluded
from merit advancement
Klack.s view quota s.stems as
Thtmsands
To Attend
NC Classic
DURHAM — While the eyes
of football fans are now
turning to bowl games and
there is much conjecture
about how a team is selected
to play m such games. North
Carolina football fans have
their eyes turned toward
Durham for Saturday's tilt
L between two ancient rivals •
A ^ North Carolina Central Uni
versity and A&T Stale Uni
versity
It is perhaps the last of the
ancient tilts l/mg since has
the Turkey Day liallles
between Biddle I'niversily
and Livingstone College bit
the dust and long since have
Shaw I'niversitv f.in> and S'
(See CLASSIC V 2'
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one means to gam access to
jobs and education
The clergymen issued a
Joint statement calling for a
"program of full employment
as a matter of right " They
rejected President Ford's
anii-innaiion plan bf^iause "it
sacrifices the poor, the weak.
the minorities and the elderly
who bear an unequal burden."
They also supported the
national health care and child
care programs under Con
gressional consideration and
asked for effective affirmative
action programs for women,
blacks and other minoritii in
all levels of society.
iV.U4UP Day Success;
Members Drive Moves
NEW YORK. N Y. — At
each stop he made during a
special tour for memberships,
executive director Roy Wil
kins. won warm expressions
of support, while across the
nation branches of the Nation
al Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
marked the day with similar
campaigns to wind up the
yearly drive.
The occasion was NAACP
National Membership Solicit
ation Day on Saturday. Nov.
9, which director of branches
Gloster B. Current, declared
"a huge success." He felt
confident that the Association
was closer to its goal of
"100.000 more in '74.*'
Mr Wilkins' tour included S
stops around New York City.
At each place, he was
welcomed by groups of people
who were either wailing to
greet him or paused in their
day's activities to pledge their
support of the NAACP and
lake out a membership.
At one of his stops, at the
corner of i:ir»lh .Street and
Lenox Avenue m Harlem. Mr
Wilkins was presented with
NEW TARHEEL (OI.I.EC.E PRESIDENT (OStiKATl I.XTFD
— Dr. James W. Hill, tenter, newlv-elerled president of Durhain
College, is cnngralulaled b> Dr. Perrv N'oung. left, college dean,
and Flo>d B. McKissick. right, developer <i( Soul (itv.
McKissick was the featured speaker for the iK'('asio!i last
Friday iPhoto bv Fluvd Woodard. Jr.
OLD MASTER SALUTED ■ Jackxon. Mlts. - William Grant Still
takes a bow after the world,premiere of "Bavou Legend," a
contemporaiv opeia bv the MissIssIppl-born composer. The
79-year-old black loiiipofiei nere trom bis Los Angt-les home lor
the opening Nov 13. said he was pleased with (he periormance
of the opera which he and hi* wife, librettist Verna \rve>.
completed in HHl. The vast for (he opera was all black with the
exception of one member in the choir. Three members of the
cast behind .Still, lell to right are; Barbara Conrad. Navmund
Thomas and Robert Moslev. <IPI>
the good news that Mr. Aaron
Jones had taken out a Life
Membership right there on the
(See NAACP DAY, P. 2)
97 Black
Lawmakers
In South
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON - Southern
blacks were elected to more
federal and state legislative
posts in 1974 than in any
election since the Reconstruc
tion era.
North Carolina picked up
two slate senators, John W.
Winters in Raleigh and Fred
D. Alexander of Charlotte.
Harold Ford, a Memphis
Democrat. Joins Rep. Andrew
Young of Atlanta and Rep
Barbara Jordon in Houston in
the expanded black delegation
m the U.S House of Repre
sentatives.
At the state level. 34 new
black legislators were added
to 48 state representatives and
senators who hwere reelected
Together with 12 blacks who
were not up for reelection this
year, they bring the total ol
Southen blacks in state
legislatures to 94
The number of legislative
seats held by blacks is still
only a tiny fraction of the
total, however. With 20
percent of the South's popula
tion blacks hold only 2 percent
of all elective offices
The 10 black state senators
and 84 black state representa
tives. nevertheless constitute
significant presences m sev
eral state legislatures
Georgia, which is 2& percent
black, now has 20 blacks m its
180-member state house of
representatives "^his is 6
more than following the
previous election
Alabama, which is
percent black, now has 13
hluck representatives among
.See LAWMAKERS. P 2>
Group Of
Contractors
Denied Job
National Black News Sei v ice
NEW Vt'RK - A group .>i
black contractors who wt-re
the low bidders on a S? 9
million job have been denied
the contract on a technicality
by the New York Stale
Dormitory Authority
James J Malloy, spokes
man for the Minority Compo
site Construction Corporation
said the group would "use all
necessary and legal steps,
including going to court, li
necessary" to force the
authority to award it the
contract to build the new
dormitory at City College's
North Campus.
The Slate Dormitory Au-
(See CONTRACTORS P.2'
4 Bishops
Officiate
At Rites
BV ALEXANDER BARNES
H.M.Tl.MOKE, Md. -
Even thdugh final rites for
the Hev. Melvin Chester
Swann, held at Waters
AMK Church, 427 Ais-
quiih Street, 11 a.in.,
Monday of this week,
attracted the hifthest in
church life and even
Maryland’s Governor
Marvin Mandell. the un
answered (juestions were
"Who dill it'.*” and “Why
did thev have to do I''.*"
LviTv 4|k^.'iker, iroin Bi'shop
llenrv W Mnrph. who deliv
ered the eulogy, to the
humblest mourner, could not
account for such a thing ever
happening to a man whose
steps seemed ordered by the
Ixird
However, there were those
who felt that the .slain
minister had a premonition
that his life was in Jeopardy,
due tn the fad that he wrote
his own funeral program.
Police are no closer to solving
the mysler>-killing than they
were when they found the
59-year-old pastor dead in the
powder room of his home, 1391
Lamil Avenue, on the morning
of Tuesday. Nov. 12.
He is said to have last been
seen alive when he left a joint
.See SLAIN PASTOR. P 2)
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The Rev. Dr. Leon
Howard Sullivan, founder
and director of C^portuni-
ties Industrializea Centers
across the United States
and abroad, and pastor of
(.he Philadelphia ’'’on
Baptist Church, will visit
the city in connection with
OIC and lecture at St.
Augustine's College on
Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 8
p.m. The session will take
place in the Emery Health
and Fine Arts Center.
Dr. Sullivan is said to be
America's most powerful ex
ponent of "Black Capitalism.”
His OICs have aided thou
sands of blacks by placing the
profits back into the commun
ities from whence they came.
Named one of the 100
outstanding blacks in Amer
ica. his major contribution to
the nation's welfare has been
the founding and chairing of
the OIC. an international
self-help manpower training
movement for the disadvant
aged, which came about as a
byproduct of his ministry.
Since his founding of the
first OIC in early 1964 ir. an
abandoned Jailhouse in Ni b
Philadelphia, the movemi t
has spread to over 90 cities .
the USA and four nations 1
Africa and South America. L
has trained over 60.000 disad
vantaged people from all
ethnic groura of citizens.
Rev. Sullivan founded the
Zion Home for the Retired and
Zion Investment Associates,
which has Just constructed the
largest shopping center ever
built, owned and operated by
blacks.
He has been the recipient of
(See DR. SULLIVAN. P. 2)
.MUUARTIIY VISITS MAYOR JACKSON • AHanU • Fornirr
Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy (R), here for a speaking
engagement at the Georgia Institute of Technology, visits with
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson Nov. I9. McCarthy said he
supports an independent challenge to the Democrats and
Republicans In the 1976 presidential race because voters wen-
not given a proper choice in 1968 and 1972. (UPt)
Ford Budget-Makery
Set ‘Blood-Letting’
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( H \K(;ES hi KHY. FRIEND
Mrs .luaniia Hedgepeth
Robertson. 47, .1% Freeman
Street, told Officer E. S
Wcmpl<' at in lb pm Mon
day, that ‘I knew my husband
had lieen messing around with
anotner woman, and tonight. I
caught him m his cah in the
jiHj block of E Davie Street
When 1 attempted to talk to
them ihev tmth attacked me
I don I know the girl's name,
tiut if I find out. I'll sign a
w.irr.ini against her ' Mrs.
Kobert.ton did sign an assault
on a temale warrant against
her hii-tiaiiii. 'urtis Powell
K«i)eiTM;ii same address
Mrs Riiiieitson suffered
-iriiKhes and bite marks on
In : ten arm and band.
( KIND BK\r, P 3'
WASHINGTON - Ford Ad
ministration budget-makers
are planning to balance the
fiscal 1976 budget by cutting
back social programs' while
defense spending continues to
take the largest share of
federal spending.
The sharpening of the
budget knives for what are
Powell Medal
Presented To
Abyssinian
NEW YORK — In conjunc
tion with the 166th anniver
sary of the Abyssinian Baptist
Church. 132 W. 138th Street,
Harlem. N.Y.. George A.
Beach, president of the
American Negro Commemor-
(See MEDAL IS. P, 2)
2 City Men
Appreciation
Check Winners
Two men were the lucky
ones last weekend in The
CAROLINIAN'S Appreciation
Money Feature, and both
received checks in the amount
of $10 because of it.
Charlie Spivey. 1011 E.
Davie Street, was informed
that his name was in the
advertisement, paid for by
One Hour Martinizing Service,
3911 Western Boulevard, spec
ialist in suits and dresses at
special low rates
James F, Spencer. 605
Bragg Street, spotted his
name in the ad of Raleigh
See APPRECIATION. P. 2).
called "income redistribution
programs” was made clear in
a briefing by budget director
Roy L. Ash.
As Ash left the session, ho
joked that he had to return to
his office to "lot some lilood
on HEW,” the Deparlmoni ol
Health. Education and Wei
fare.
Earlier, Ash had defoniiod
the current level of defense
spending and said that further
significant decreases in
spending for defense and
other traditional federal pro
grams "are no longer possible
or desirable.”
If President Ford is to
balance the budget for the
fiscal year beginning next
July 1. he said, "we must talk
about income redistribution
programs" These programs
include Social Security, food
stampa. retirement programs,
welfare and revenue-sharing -
programs in which the federal
government collects money
and transfers it to others to
spend
Ash said defense spending,
when adjusted for inflation
(See BLOOD LETTING. P 2
Father Of
Nine Gets
Position
KINSTON — Raymond
"Buddy" Battle is a
45-year-old native ol the
contenlnea area in Lenoir
County. He is the son of
Mrs. Corene Battle of
Grifton and was recently
elected to the Lenoir
County Board of Educa
tion and thus became one
of the few elected blacks in
the eastern section of N.C.
i.See FIRST BLACK, P 2)
\ A4CP And
Others Are
Perplexed
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C. -
Barbara M Watson, the
highest-ranking black woman
at the Stale Department, is
nut
Pre.sidi-nl Ford, last week,
accepted her pro-forma re-
.signuiion. ending more than a
year of clandestine efforts in
the Nixon While House and at
the Stale Department to oust
her She suhiniited the resign
ation when Ford became
Pre.sident as is the custom in
a transfer of power
Ms Watson was assistant
secreiar.'. ol stale in charge of
the (lep.'irtineni's Bureau of
S«Tiini> and Consular Affairs.
Tfie President's action, cer-
t.iin to arouse the ire of black
le.tdei- across the country
who had fought in .Ms
..See MS W.-XTSON. P. 2i
R-W(]A Meet
•An iiounced
BYMI.SSJ E HICKS
I'he Kaleigh-Wake Citizens
.Association will hold its
regular meeting at 7:3<) pm.
Thursday. .Nov 21, at the
YWCA, j34 E Hargett Street.
The speaker for the occa
sion will lie Mrs Lillian
Gould, who will discuss class
groupings in the Raleigh
Public .Schools.
Parents, members and citi
zens are urged to be present.
FLIP LASHES BACK AT
CRITICS - Hollywood. Calif.
— Flip Wilson has lashed back
at the black clergy (his week,
who crilicUed him for "Insult
ing God.” saying his comic
portrayal of Rev. LeRoy hit
close to homt among their
Bible pounding fraternity.
"Fm not going to apologize to
those cats." Flip flipped.
(UPD
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
SI’IVKY’S LAWN MOWERS
"For Instant And Accurate Service”
t6JM>0 BU^ DRIVERS GO ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE • Richmond, Va. • Striking Greyhound
bus drivers allow one of the laxl huvex on the road to enter the Richmond terminal Nov. 18. as
16,000 employe* nationwide went nn xirike. when their contract expired. Talks at the Greyhound
national headuiiarter* continued na<>l the strike deadline, in Fhoenlx, Arizona. (L'FO