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CURRITUCK COUNTY,
N.C. — Donald Nathaniel
Ferrebee. 26, one of the
three blacks acquitted by a
jury of one black and 11
whites, twice, for rapt* on a
white girl, in early October
near Nag's Head Beach,
toldTheCAROLINIAN. in
an exclusive interview, a
harrowing story of how his
lawyers. Frank Ballance
and T. T. Clayton, were
ablo to extricate* him from
the toils of serious crime.
The accused said that he was
driving his car about a m
along the t>cach when a while
woman .steppt'd into the path of
his car. causing him to slop
suddenly He said she told him
that she wanted him to take her
home It was at this time,
according to Ferrebi-e. that
two white boys appt'ared and
began conversation He fur
thered alleged that he and one
of the white boys went into .•
business place, where thes
t)0th drank some bt'er
When he left the place where
they drank the beer, leaving
his while companion, and
returned to his car. he found
the white couple •’making
love. " He said he told them he
had to go home and for them to
put their clothes m order He
alleges that he discovered that
the girl was under the influence
of some spirits He further
alleged that she got in the car
and laid her head on the
window and he drove off He
also said that he found oiu he
did not have enough gas to take
the couple any farther and gel
to hts home It was then that a
truck, driven by Frederick
Bowles, arrived on the scene
and Lindsay Saunders was a
passenger, along with Trov
Jones
The inliTview revealed that
Bowles asked him where the
couple was He said that he told Zela Phi Beta Sorority's,
them he pul them out He "Woman of the Year.” She
alleges he went home and had will he honored during the
NAACPAids Firemen
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Itlack Teenafivr Soufiht After He Reixirledlv
MURDERS CABBIE
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Miss Louise M. Latham Chosen As
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l•K^>.'^l’K< TIVK Jl KOBS KOH .VI.I.K(:KI> M VSS Ml KlICKF H-IIOl STON-l-rosp,K.livp juror,
enter court as jury selection opened February in the (rial uf accused mass slaver David Owen
Brooks, a process that is expected to take a week. Kruokv. itu. is the second youth charged wiili
taking part in the sex-torture murder of 27 boys in the Houston area. KImer Wayne Henley has
already been convicted of killing six boys and sentenced tu .194 years in prison. <t'l’l>.
Black Solans Keep Lawmakers
Aware; Cite Dr, Alphonso Elder
City’s
Educator
Feted By
Sorority
Miss luOuise Maywood
Latham, a Raleigh native,
is Omicron Zeta Chapter of
44
Woman Of Year”
Officers,
Others In
Searches *
no knowledge
implicalt'd in
sheriff came to h
iSee I.STKIiVlKWKO
of his belt.,
rap*- until a
housi
P 2-
DC Mayor
Will Chair
Conference
WASHINGTON. DC -
Mayor Waller Washington of
the District of Columbia, will
serve as the general confer
ence chairperson for the
forthcoming workshop sessions
planned by the Conference of
Minority Public Administra
tors (COMPA) The two and a
half day program will Ih* held
in Washington on March 91).
at the Internationa! Inn
{formerly the Ramada Inn >. on
Thomas Circle.
In addition to the Mayor,
other nationally known pi'rson-
alities from government, anil
the educational community
will participate, including
Congressman William Clay of
Missouri, who will keynote the
opening session on Monday.
March 10. Ms C Delore>
Tucker. Secretary of Slate.
Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania. will address the confer
ence at the Monday luncheon
A total of 24 panels have U'en
scheduled in four topic areas
The topic areas include
"Public Program Manage
meni in Urban Areas." chair<*d
(See D C. MAYOR. P 2i
annual P'iner Womanhood
W I'A'k celebration Sunday.
Ml'. Latham is a cum laude
grailuaie of Shaw University
Her master's degree is from
Rosinn riiiversii), and she did
additional graduate work at
Syracuse University and at
University of North Carolina at
GreenslMi'ro She has taught at
the Washington High School.
Raleigh, and was. for a lime,
on the staff of Howard
University Thereafter she
reiurniMi to North Carolina to
beeome. for some twenty
years. d<‘an of women at North
Carolina Uenirai University.
Durham
There are a number of
• tirsts ■ III hAT life she was the
first black and the first North
Carolinian to he elected to
national office with
iSiH* MISS LATHAM. P, 2)
President
Of Country
Is Killed
TAN AN \RI\ K. Malagasy -
Tribal rivalry which has
plagued this island republic
since before it became a
French colony in lH8a. is
crtHliied with bringing about
the assassination of President
Richard R.ilsimandrava only 6
days alter he assunu'd power
Colonel Ratsimandrava was
killed wiih two of his
bodyguards when rebel troops
iSiv IS KII.LKD P 2'
MISS LOUISE M LATHAM
Nat’l Head
Of Omegas
Given Rites
BROOKLYN. N Y - Even
though he was not a product of
the sidewalks of Brooklyn,
having been born in the
farming section of North
Carolina (Robeson County)
and educated in GreenskMro.
George Edward Meares, even
in death, received the plaudits
of a huge sidewalk crowd. New
the York State government offic
ials. fraternal "big wigs" and
high church oflKials. Tuesday,
Feb 11. when he was
funeralized from one of this
borough’s largest Presbyterian
Churches. He was bom in 1909
Even though he formerly-
held the highest office in the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
(Grand Basileus). and was
acclaimed as one of the best
who ever ascended to the high
post, the mourning crowd b^l
remembered him as having
been the probation officer for
the area for a number of years.
On the streets and in the
audience were many whose
lives he had touched when they
needed a counseling spirit and
a guiding hand after they had ,
become entangled with (he
toils of the law
Slate Supreme Justices.
District and local judges, along
with penal institution heads
and court attendants, were on
hand In testify to his having
b(.>en faithful to the restoration
of unfortunate individuals and
iSee GIVEN RITES. P 2)
Appreeialion
Feature Has
\o ff inners
There were no claimants for
the three SlO checks in last
week s CAROLIM.A.N .Apprec
iation Money Feature, spon
sored by this newspaper and
participating merchants, found
each week on the back page of
the first section of the paper
Three persons' names were
included in as many slots cf the
nous businesses participat
ing Be sure to check the
Appreciation page this week
Your name could be found
among the three
(See APPRECl.ATIDN P 2
SMITHFIFLD ~ A
leenaged black youth is
bei-ng hunted in the
Johnston-Wakc County a-
reas in connection with the
shooting death Monday
night of a 34-year-old white
can driver, who reportedly
took the youngster from
this Johnston County seat
to a deserted area between
Smithfield and Angier.
Although the killing U t
believed to have occurred
hours earlier, the body of
Donald Linwood Wilson, who
worked as a taxicab driver
part-time, was not discovered
until about 8 p.m. that day. The
victim had been shot once in
the head.
About ISO police officers and
civilians searched a three
square-mile area early Tues
day, looking for the suspect,
who was reportedly seen in the
section about 3 a.m Tuesday
according to information sup
plied by Sgt. P. A London of
the State Highway Patrol. A
(See CABBIE IS. P 2)
NAACP Also
Cites Mrs.
H. R. White
At the February member
ship meeting held last Sunday
at the RICH Park office, (he
Raleigh- Apex branch. NAACP
voted to lend their support
to the local firemen's discrim
ination lawsuit against Ral
eigh. After discussing the
particulars of the case, the
branch agreed to give its
general support for the
complaint and should the case
demand additional fund ex-
P^rJiiure. members indicated
a willingness to contribute
some money to offset costs of
the lawyers’ fees All officers
for the new year were installed
at (his meeting, also
White Life .Membership
Memorial
Edward L Curtis. .Kill
Place, who is president ol iht-
Method Civic I.x'ague. gave .i
donation from the Civic lA’.igue
toward the Life MemiM*r-hip nt
the late Mrs Harveleigh Mi>nte
Rivera White, the I97( Si.iie
"Mother Of The Year ' Prior
to her death. Mrs White wa-*
branch treasurer and liie
membership chairper>i»ii
Spurgeon CanoTon coniril'ui«'d
toward the ( al pavineni a^
did the CAMEOS of Raleigh .i
social organization I'.XNIK* ■
preMdenl. Mr> (' J Bart)er
Jo.iN TarboroRoad <emwortl
to the N.AAUP through it-
newly appointed prograni
chairperson. Mr> Ha/.el Lo
gan
Mrs Judv Hubbard. 2-(o7
See NA.ACP AIDS P 2-
The presence of 6 blacks in
the General Assembly of N C..
is being felt as they ki^ep a
close eye on legislation affect
ing minoritie.s and (heir
constant reminding of honoring
blacks who hdve made contn
bu(ion.s to (he ongoing of the
state.
The blacks are forming
coalitions with other groups
thereby showing the political
savvy that it takes to get things
done. They seem to be doing
their homework well, so that
when bills are presented (hat
(hey are interested in. they can
. call on their associates to carry
M (he bail.
A case in point was brought
out Monday night when the
Wake County delegation re
ceived a group of Wake County-
citizens that was concerned in
what was termed inequity of
tax assessment to properly
' owners who are victims of
•fc * *- forced city annexation. The
BUiDS'S FIFTH TERM AS group was assured bv lh(‘
iXiK.'U^KNT — Kampala,
Uganda — What is amazing
about General Idi .Vmin's first
four years as President of
Uganda is that be has survived
to begin a fifth. The former
boxer, cook and sergeant
major has confounded his
critics and neartiv sidestepped
a series of military uprisings
(ipn
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
solons that legislation w-ould be
submitted that would guaran
tee fair adjudication of
annexed property
There was also the matter of
culling funds for school
appropriation, which brought
out many teachers Senators
John Winters and Barker, both
interest(*d in the budget, made
It clear that there had In be
some paring somewhere, but
schools, with an eye toward
salaries, wore al the bottom of
the priority list of funds to Ik*
cut
The reading ol a rt*solulinn.
sponsored by Representative
ii M Miehaux. Durham
County, commemorating the
late Alfonso Elder. passi*d its
first ri'ading Monday without a
iSee .N C SOLONS. P 2i
WJose lip’ Inroli'iiifj;
Area Sludenls, Tutors
for the weeks slay in th(*
capital
■rhi.s year, it will lake to
Washington for a week’s slay
students from ih metropolitan
areas in the United .States
Parole Is
Planned
For Grant
ATLANTA, Ga.—Dr. James
Earl Grant, under a 10-year
sentence al Atlanta federal
penitentiary, will be paroled on
March 19 to North Carolina
f ienal authorities where he
aces 2S years imprisonment,
the National Alliance Against
Racist and Political Repres
sion has learned. Dr Grant, a
Ph D, in chemistry and a
^ ^ member of the NAARPR
aHotment for the country's executive board, is one of the
needy families, falls about $9 "Charlotte Three ’ accused of
short of the necessary cash burning down ia barn in i%8
needed to buy foodstuffs for the case is presently under
basic economy diet, according rev'iewbyN C Superior Court
to figures released by the Judge Sam Ervin. III. w-ho is
government. being asked by the defendants
Data for December, the last I® order a new trial.
Food Stamp
Allotment
Falls Short
WASHINGTON - The aver
age monthly food stamp
W ASHINGTON - .More than
3U high school students and as
many teachers from North
Carolina counties will get an
all-expense paid visit to
Washington in May.
The visit for students from
Wake, Durham. (Jrange and
Harnett counties will be made
under a program named
"Close Up.’* whose purpose is
tobhng students rIoMr to their
government In Raleigh last
week to make final plans was
James E. (Jim) Krause, who is
responsible for (he Tarheel
portion of the program.
Also, (here will be a student
and teacher from the Central
School for the Deaf at
Mci-ganton given scholarships
Biracial
Polities
Panel Set
Biracial politics will be k''!!'
examined Frt 20 al Norlh
Carolina Slale Un.versily Jf,', f»'"nmeot
a./ i. (olliate a massive public
employment program similar
month for which figures were
available, showed that the
government's basic economy-
diet plan called for an
expenditure of $159 90 for a
family of four • two adults and
two school age children
However, food stamp allot
ment fur such a family for that
month was $150 - $9 90 or 6 6
percent less than the diet s
cost
The .Agriculture Depart
ment's basic economy diet is
the least expensive of four
plans It has developed Its
con.poMtion reflects foods
normally eaten h> various
income groups The economy
plan IS designed In provide the
basic nutritional ni'eds us-.ng a
selevlioii of food' within a
low iiu-oim- lainily budiiei The
government eon<1iuls,i month
ly rei-ompiitaiinn ot the items
Grant's federal sentence
came on charges of 'conspira
cy ' to aid fugitives from
justice The two -fugitives ' m
the case became government
informers who were paid al
least $40110 each for their
testimony, according to the
Charlotte Observer The* trial
and payments to the agents
were supervised by then
former assistant attorney
general RoNti Mardian. since
convicted himself in the
Watergate conspiracy
The two agents were also the
main slate's witness against
the Charlolli- Three-firani
poet T .1 Reddy and
mmmumiy organi/er Charles
I'.irker tor a Charloiie fire set
in I'KJi oni- vr.u alter Reddy
.11.i| I'.irki-r inii-grated a riding
le wt)i ii- 111*- lin- >K I urn-d
during the second of
three-part svmposia. The ses
sion is schedule for 7;30 p m
in Poe Hall Auditorium
Kniilled "Blacks in Southern
History." the trilogy is
sponsored hy the School of
Liberal Arts, under (he
director ol the Department of
History
Pariicipanls will be La-
w.-inda Cox ot Hunter College,
co-author ol "Pobtu-s, Princi
ple & Prejudice. 1865-66
Dilemma of Reconstruclinn
.\merica, Sheldon Hackney of
l*rincelon Cniversily. who
wrote --I’opulism to Progres-
sivism m .Mabama' and Dan
T Carter of Emory L'niversitv
whose ■ ScoilsiKiro A Tragedy
ol the .American South ' was
published in 1969
Dr Helen (i Edmonds of
Norlh Carolina Central Univ
ersity will be moderator
The putdic is invited to
allt-nd The third and final
sym|K>siiim will Ik- .Monday.
\pril 7 when authors Roi)ert
U Kogel and Eugene 1)
(ienoveNC will tx- (ealured
baseball star SERVES TIME IN JAIL—LOS
ANGELES—Former Dodger outfielder Willie Davli. currently
playing for the Texas Rangers of (he American League, is led w Ith
his hands cuffed behind his back to jail February 12 after being
held In contempt of court for nun-support of his divorced wife and
three children, ^vis was found guilty In Superior Court and was
sentenced to sdrve 90 days, but the Judge stayed R5 days on the
condition that he serve five days In jail and make further alimony
and support payments.
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
( AHOI l\A BIHLK AL
(/AKDKNS
"For A Dignified Final Resting Place
to the WPA of the I9:mk
remedy current unemploy
ment conditions. (CPIi t
Applicants
Sought For
Pageant
The committee for (he .Miss
Black Teenage World Pageant
of Wake County met recently to
continue plans for its second
pageant The committee has
completed many of its prelimi
nary plans and is now ready to
accept applications from Wake
County teens. Any teen w-i(h
talent between the ages of 15-17
IS eligible to apply.
This year s committee is
trying to make its second
pageant the best in North
Carolina The committee
members believe that more
counties will be giving pa
geants and seeking to crown
another .North CaroliQa parti
cipant for the world title. I.,ast
year was North Carolina's first
time winning the world title.
We want one of our Wake
County teens to win the Wake
title, the N.C. title and the
world title this year.
The pageant provides oppor
tunity for teens to win fabulous
prizes and college scholarships
through performing their ta
lent The world title carries
with it many enriching
experiences. It provides the
opportunity for the winner to
travel to many parts of the
world, to meet other teens, to
meet many celebrities, appear
on radio programs, appear on
TV programs and appear on
many important programs
where she can perform her
talent. Certainly, we want one
Wake County's teen to be the
one to enjoy these experiences
this yea*-. Teens, get your
application in as soon as
MDKK W ORKERS 1.AID OFF - Kenosha. W ls. - First shift workers at the American Motors Uorp. Jy and"helo vou^wfn
in Kenosha, left the plant Feb. N. after finishing work. Xinerican .Motors will lay off 4.500 vjorkers at teens ^wishing
the plant for one week beginning Feb. 17. Xll prodiu tioii of Matadors. Hornets and Gremlins woul(l information, co^
be halted for a wvvk while output of the firm s ni-w siiiaM I'aver would be stepped up for its debut .r'AM-pc d h
Feh. 2K. The Liviilfs iiulude 4.500 In Kriioshu. ;(.immi in Milwaukee and l.lHKI In Canada. (IPD (See APPLICANTS. P. 2)